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Emilio Salgari's series of historical adventure novels following Sandokan, the prince of a kingdom in Malaysia that was invaded and taken over by the British Empire and leading a band of pirate rebels called the Tigers of Mompracem.
A series of 11 books: Tigers of Mompracem, The Mystery of the Black Jungle, The Pirates of Malaysia, The Two Tigers, The King of the Sea, Quest for the Throne Sandokan Fights Back, Return to Mompracem, The Brahman, An Empire Crumbles, and Yanez's Revenge. The series enjoyed great popularity in Italy.
Tropes used in Sandokan include:
- Animal Motifs: Tigers
- Author Appeal: Being a fierce opponent of colonialism
- Big Damn Heroes:
- But Not Too Foreign:
- Butt Monkey: The British have failed to capture Sandokan so many times and their plans being disrupted in the most unexpected of ways by Sandokan.
- Cool Boat:
- Dime Novel:
- The Dreaded: Sandokan, of all people.
- Evil Brit: Averted for the most part, Rosenthal has a racist attitude towards the Malay people and then there is Lord James Guillonk who had no affection for his niece even was willing to kill her.
- Exotic Weapon Supremacy: Taking place in the islands of the Indo-Pacific. The Tigers of Mompracem brandish kris swords.
- A Father to His Men:
- Fighting For a Homeland:
- Flynning:
- Guile Hero:
- Meaningful Name:
- Mighty Whitey:
- Mooks:
- Not-So-Harmless Villain:
- The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything:
- Red Baron:
- The Rival: Baronet William Rosenthal
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge:
- Shown Their Work:
- Talk to the Fist:
- Too Dumb to Live:
- Worthy Opponent: