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* HilariousInHindsight: When people explored the area of Mount Kinabalu they found that the lake on whose shores Sandokan was born didn't actually exist. Now it does, dug by ''UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire''.
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* HilariousInHindsight: When people explored the area of Mount Kinabalu they found that the lake on whose shores Sandokan was born didn't actually exist. Now it does, dug by ''UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire''.''UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire''.
* NightmareFuel: The water cure scene in "The King of the Sea". One moment the fake Meccan Pilgrim is bragging that Yanez, the Tigers, and the Americans won't be able to force informations out of him as he can take any torture they can come up with, and the next the Americans subject him to a torture he had ''not'' imagined and couldn't take, with Yanez watching in horror as the Pilgrim breaks.
* NightmareFuel: The water cure scene in "The King of the Sea". One moment the fake Meccan Pilgrim is bragging that Yanez, the Tigers, and the Americans won't be able to force informations out of him as he can take any torture they can come up with, and the next the Americans subject him to a torture he had ''not'' imagined and couldn't take, with Yanez watching in horror as the Pilgrim breaks.
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* HarsherInHindsight: In "The Kind of the Sea", the original American crew of the titular ship interrogates the "Pilgrim", and when he claims they have no way to force him to talk they break him in minutes through the "[[ColdBloodedTorture water cure]]", that is forcing him to drink water until his stomach streaches to the point of horrible pain and letting him suffer, much to Yanez's horror. In 2004 it came out that the CIA engages in waterboarding, a very similar water-based torture.
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* HilariousInHindsight: When people explored the area of Mount Kinabalu they found that the lake on whose shores Sandokan was born didn't actually exist. Now it does, dug by ''UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire''.
* LawfulNeutral: The novels ''The Mystery of the Black Jungle'' and ''The Two Tigers'' are set in India during the period of East India Company rule, the first in Bengal under the rule of the East India Company and the latter around India as the Rebellion of 1857 raged. In these novels Salgari takes an ambivalent stance towards Company rule: on one hand the Company is shown opening the country to trade and industrialization, hunting down dangerous animals to improve the living conditions of the populace, and campaign against barbaric customs as ''Sati'' (widow burning) and the Thuggee cult (we are even shown East India Company troops affiliated with the Thuggee Department storming the Thuggee headquarters); on the other hand the flaws of the Company, such as it's corruption, arrogance and heavy handed response to political complaints are shown, culminating in the bloody suppression of the 1857 rebellion.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** In ''The King of the Sea'' the Sultan of Shemmerindan had ordered the American-built (more specifically in Oregon) ironclad warship ''Nebraska'' to avenge his father, killed by the Dutch years earlier, and paid a good chunk of the price in advance. When the Americans showed up with the ship they discovered that the Sultan had been assassinated, and his successor told them to keep the advance money and a ship that could have given him power over the whole Indian Ocean. Upon discovering this Yanez [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] his stupidity, and promptly asked what the Americans wanted to sell him the ship.
** In ''Return to Mompracem'' it's explained that the Sultan of Varauni has bought Mompracem from the British. The British military might was the only thing keeping Sandokan from marching in and taking the island back-and the plot of the novel is him doing just that and making sure the Sultan of Varauni learns to ''stay away''.
* LawfulNeutral: The novels ''The Mystery of the Black Jungle'' and ''The Two Tigers'' are set in India during the period of East India Company rule, the first in Bengal under the rule of the East India Company and the latter around India as the Rebellion of 1857 raged. In these novels Salgari takes an ambivalent stance towards Company rule: on one hand the Company is shown opening the country to trade and industrialization, hunting down dangerous animals to improve the living conditions of the populace, and campaign against barbaric customs as ''Sati'' (widow burning) and the Thuggee cult (we are even shown East India Company troops affiliated with the Thuggee Department storming the Thuggee headquarters); on the other hand the flaws of the Company, such as it's corruption, arrogance and heavy handed response to political complaints are shown, culminating in the bloody suppression of the 1857 rebellion.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** In ''The King of the Sea'' the Sultan of Shemmerindan had ordered the American-built (more specifically in Oregon) ironclad warship ''Nebraska'' to avenge his father, killed by the Dutch years earlier, and paid a good chunk of the price in advance. When the Americans showed up with the ship they discovered that the Sultan had been assassinated, and his successor told them to keep the advance money and a ship that could have given him power over the whole Indian Ocean. Upon discovering this Yanez [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] his stupidity, and promptly asked what the Americans wanted to sell him the ship.
** In ''Return to Mompracem'' it's explained that the Sultan of Varauni has bought Mompracem from the British. The British military might was the only thing keeping Sandokan from marching in and taking the island back-and the plot of the novel is him doing just that and making sure the Sultan of Varauni learns to ''stay away''.
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* HilariousInHindsight: When people explored the area of Mount Kinabalu they found that the lake on whose shores Sandokan was born didn't actually exist. Now it does, dug by ''UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire''.
* LawfulNeutral: The novels ''The Mystery of the Black Jungle'' and ''The Two Tigers'' are set in India during the period of East India Company rule, the first in Bengal under the rule of the East India Company and the latter around India as the Rebellion of 1857 raged. In these novels Salgari takes an ambivalent stance towards Company rule: on one hand the Company is shown opening the country to trade and industrialization, hunting down dangerous animals to improve the living conditions of the populace, and campaign against barbaric customs as ''Sati'' (widow burning) and the Thuggee cult (we are even shown East India Company troops affiliated with the Thuggee Department storming the Thuggee headquarters); on the other hand the flaws of the Company, such as it's corruption, arrogance and heavy handed response to political complaints are shown, culminating in the bloody suppression of the 1857 rebellion.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** In ''The King of the Sea'' the Sultan of Shemmerindan had ordered the American-built (more specifically in Oregon) ironclad warship ''Nebraska'' to avenge his father, killed by the Dutch years earlier, and paid a good chunk of the price in advance. When the Americans showed up with the ship they discovered that the Sultan had been assassinated, and his successor told them to keep the advance money and a ship that could have given him power over the whole Indian Ocean. Upon discovering this Yanez [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] his stupidity, and promptly asked what the Americans wanted to sell him the ship.
** In ''Return to Mompracem'' it's explained that the Sultan of Varauni has bought Mompracem from the British. The British military might was the only thing keeping Sandokan from marching in and taking the island back-and the plot of the novel is him doing just that and making sure the Sultan of Varauni learns to ''stay away''.''UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire''.
* LawfulNeutral: The novels ''The Mystery of the Black Jungle'' and ''The Two Tigers'' are set in India during the period of East India Company rule, the first in Bengal under the rule of the East India Company and the latter around India as the Rebellion of 1857 raged. In these novels Salgari takes an ambivalent stance towards Company rule: on one hand the Company is shown opening the country to trade and industrialization, hunting down dangerous animals to improve the living conditions of the populace, and campaign against barbaric customs as ''Sati'' (widow burning) and the Thuggee cult (we are even shown East India Company troops affiliated with the Thuggee Department storming the Thuggee headquarters); on the other hand the flaws of the Company, such as it's corruption, arrogance and heavy handed response to political complaints are shown, culminating in the bloody suppression of the 1857 rebellion.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** In ''The King of the Sea'' the Sultan of Shemmerindan had ordered the American-built (more specifically in Oregon) ironclad warship ''Nebraska'' to avenge his father, killed by the Dutch years earlier, and paid a good chunk of the price in advance. When the Americans showed up with the ship they discovered that the Sultan had been assassinated, and his successor told them to keep the advance money and a ship that could have given him power over the whole Indian Ocean. Upon discovering this Yanez [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] his stupidity, and promptly asked what the Americans wanted to sell him the ship.
** In ''Return to Mompracem'' it's explained that the Sultan of Varauni has bought Mompracem from the British. The British military might was the only thing keeping Sandokan from marching in and taking the island back-and the plot of the novel is him doing just that and making sure the Sultan of Varauni learns to ''stay away''.
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* LawfulNeutral: The novels ''The Mystery of the Black Jungle'' and ''The Two Tigers'' are set in India during the period of East India Company rule, the first in Bengal under the rule of the East India Company and the latter around India as the Rebellion of 1857 raged. In these novels Salgari takes an ambivalent stance towards Company rule: on one hand the Company is shown opening the country to trade and industrialization, hunting down dangerous animals to improve the living conditions of the populace, and campaign against barbaric customs as ''Sati'' (widow burning) and the Thuggee cult (we are even shown East India Company troops affiliated with the Thuggee Department storming the Thuggee headquarters); on the other hand the flaws of the Company, such as it's corruption, arrogance and heavy handed response to political complaints are shown, culminating in the bloody suppression of the 1857 rebellion.
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* WhatAnIdiot: In ''The King of the Sea'' the Sultan of Shemmerindan had ordered the American-built (more specifically in Oregon) ironclad warship ''Nebraska'' to avenge his father, killed by the Dutch years earlier, and paid a good chunk of the price in advance. When the Americans showed up with the ship they discovered that the Sultan had been assassinated, and his successor told them to keep the advance money and a ship that could have given him power over the whole Indian Ocean. Upon discovering this Yanez [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] his stupidity, and promptly asked what the Americans wanted to sell him the ship.
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** In ''The King of the Sea'' the Sultan of Shemmerindan had ordered the American-built (more specifically in Oregon) ironclad warship ''Nebraska'' to avenge his father, killed by the Dutch years earlier, and paid a good chunk of the price in advance. When the Americans showed up with the ship they discovered that the Sultan had been assassinated, and his successor told them to keep the advance money and a ship that could have given him power over the whole Indian Ocean. Upon discovering this Yanez [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] his stupidity, and promptly asked what the Americans wanted to sell him the ship.
** In ''The King of the Sea'' the Sultan of Shemmerindan had ordered the American-built (more specifically in Oregon) ironclad warship ''Nebraska'' to avenge his father, killed by the Dutch years earlier, and paid a good chunk of the price in advance. When the Americans showed up with the ship they discovered that the Sultan had been assassinated, and his successor told them to keep the advance money and a ship that could have given him power over the whole Indian Ocean. Upon discovering this Yanez [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] his stupidity, and promptly asked what the Americans wanted to sell him the ship.
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** In ''Return to Mompracem'' it's explained that the Sultan of Varauni has bought Mompracem from the British. The British military might was the only thing keeping Sandokan from marching in and taking the island back.back-and the plot of the novel is him doing just that and making sure the Sultan of Varauni learns to ''stay away''.
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* WhatAnIdiot: In ''The King of the Sea'' the Sultan of Shemmerindan had ordered the American-built (more specifically in Oregon) ironclad warship ''Nebraska'' to avenge his father, killed by the Dutch years earlier, and paid a good chunk of the price in advance. When the Americans showed up with the ship they discovered that the Sultan had been assassinated, and his successor told them to keep the advance money and a ship that could have given him power over the whole Indian Ocean. Upon discovering this Yanez [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] his stupidity, and promptly asked what the Americans wanted to sell him the ship.ship.
** In ''Return to Mompracem'' it's explained that the Sultan of Varauni has bought Mompracem from the British. The British military might was the only thing keeping Sandokan from marching in and taking the island back.
** In ''Return to Mompracem'' it's explained that the Sultan of Varauni has bought Mompracem from the British. The British military might was the only thing keeping Sandokan from marching in and taking the island back.
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* HilariousInHindsight: When people explored the area of Mount Kinabalu they found that the lake on whose shores Sandokan was born didn't actually exist. Now it does, dug by ''TheBritishEmpire''.
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* HilariousInHindsight: When people explored the area of Mount Kinabalu they found that the lake on whose shores Sandokan was born didn't actually exist. Now it does, dug by ''TheBritishEmpire''.''UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire''.
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* WhatAnIdiot: In ''The King of the Sea'' the Sultan of Shemmerindan had ordered the American-built (more specifically in Oregon) ironclad warship ''Nebraska'' to avenge his father, killed by the Dutch years earlier, and paid a good chunk of the price in advance. When the Americans showed up with the ship they discovered that the Sultan had been assassinated, and his successor told them to keep the advance money and the ship. Upon discovering this Yanez [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] his stupidity, and promptly asked what the Americans wanted to sell him the ship.
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* WhatAnIdiot: In ''The King of the Sea'' the Sultan of Shemmerindan had ordered the American-built (more specifically in Oregon) ironclad warship ''Nebraska'' to avenge his father, killed by the Dutch years earlier, and paid a good chunk of the price in advance. When the Americans showed up with the ship they discovered that the Sultan had been assassinated, and his successor told them to keep the advance money and a ship that could have given him power over the ship.whole Indian Ocean. Upon discovering this Yanez [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] his stupidity, and promptly asked what the Americans wanted to sell him the ship.
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* WhatAnIdiot; In ''The King of the Sea'' the Sultan of Shemmerindan had ordered the American-built (more specifically in Oregon) ironclad warship ''Nebraska'' to avenge his father, killed by the Dutch years earlier, and paid a good chunk of the price in advance. When the Americans showed up with the ship they discovered that the Sultan had been assassinated, and his successor told them to keep the advance money and the ship. Upon discovering this Yanez [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] his stupidity, and promptly asked what the Americans wanted to sell him the ship.
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* WhatAnIdiot; WhatAnIdiot: In ''The King of the Sea'' the Sultan of Shemmerindan had ordered the American-built (more specifically in Oregon) ironclad warship ''Nebraska'' to avenge his father, killed by the Dutch years earlier, and paid a good chunk of the price in advance. When the Americans showed up with the ship they discovered that the Sultan had been assassinated, and his successor told them to keep the advance money and the ship. Upon discovering this Yanez [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] his stupidity, and promptly asked what the Americans wanted to sell him the ship.
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* FairForItsDay: To modern audiences, Salgari is a moderate racist and sexist. When the novels were written (between 1883 and 1911), Salgari was a radical proponent of equality between genders and races.
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* FairForItsDay: To modern audiences, Salgari is a moderate racist and sexist. When the novels were written (between 1883 and 1911), Salgari was a radical proponent of equality between genders and races.races.
* WhatAnIdiot; In ''The King of the Sea'' the Sultan of Shemmerindan had ordered the American-built (more specifically in Oregon) ironclad warship ''Nebraska'' to avenge his father, killed by the Dutch years earlier, and paid a good chunk of the price in advance. When the Americans showed up with the ship they discovered that the Sultan had been assassinated, and his successor told them to keep the advance money and the ship. Upon discovering this Yanez [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] his stupidity, and promptly asked what the Americans wanted to sell him the ship.
* WhatAnIdiot; In ''The King of the Sea'' the Sultan of Shemmerindan had ordered the American-built (more specifically in Oregon) ironclad warship ''Nebraska'' to avenge his father, killed by the Dutch years earlier, and paid a good chunk of the price in advance. When the Americans showed up with the ship they discovered that the Sultan had been assassinated, and his successor told them to keep the advance money and the ship. Upon discovering this Yanez [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] his stupidity, and promptly asked what the Americans wanted to sell him the ship.
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