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The American Old West was the land west of the Mississippi River roughly in or around the latter half of the nineteenth century; specifically we might start it at the California [[Gold Fever|gold rush]] of 1848 and end it at the U.S. Census Bureau's official recognizance in 1890 [[The Magic Goes Away|of the end of the frontier]]. This setting is home to a definitively American genre almost as stylized and standardized as ''[[Commedia Dell Arte|commedia dell'arte]]''. The Wild West is basically the [[Theme Park Version]] or fictionalization of this setting. It has its own set of specialized subtropes, including a wide assortment of [[Western Characters|stock character types]] and its own specialized locations.
The American Old West was the land west of the Mississippi River roughly in or around the latter half of the nineteenth century; specifically we might start it at the California [[Gold Fever|gold rush]] of 1848 and end it at the U.S. Census Bureau's official recognizance in 1890 [[The Magic Goes Away|of the end of the frontier]]. This setting is home to a definitively American genre almost as stylized and standardized as ''[[Commedia Dell'Arte]]''. The Wild West is basically the [[Theme Park Version]] or fictionalization of this setting. It has its own set of specialized subtropes, including a wide assortment of [[Western Characters|stock character types]] and its own specialized locations.


[[The Theme Park Version]] of the old west is a land of Indians, grizzled prospectors, scenic bluffs, Conestoga wagons, tough, shotgun-toting pioneers and buxom, be-feathered dance-hall girls. Also home to very lucrative [[Soft Glass|sugar glass]] and balsa-wood chair industries, judging by the number of [[Bar Brawl|bar brawls]] which occur during a single episode of a typical western series. [[Villains|Bad guys]] and [[Anti Hero|anti-heroes]] wear black hats, good guys and sheriffs wear white hats, shootouts on Main Street occur with the frequency of at least one an hour -- with the sun at high noon each time -- and everyone drinks sarsaparilla or whiskey.
[[The Theme Park Version]] of the old west is a land of Indians, grizzled prospectors, scenic bluffs, Conestoga wagons, tough, shotgun-toting pioneers and buxom, be-feathered dance-hall girls. Also home to very lucrative [[Soft Glass|sugar glass]] and balsa-wood chair industries, judging by the number of [[Bar Brawl|bar brawls]] which occur during a single episode of a typical western series. [[Villains|Bad guys]] and [[Anti-Hero|anti-heroes]] wear black hats, good guys and sheriffs wear white hats, shootouts on Main Street occur with the frequency of at least one an hour -- with the sun at high noon each time -- and everyone drinks sarsaparilla or whiskey.


The real Old West was nothing like [[The Theme Park Version]] (which was originally the creation of 19th-century "dime novels"). There weren't any huge shootouts, quickdraw duels were rare, and not exclusive to desert-like "western" areas. Plus, since many guns were very inaccurate in those days, they sometimes tended to happen in significantly closer quarters than they do in fiction. The average Western town had 1.5 murders per year, and most of those weren't done with guns. The Wild West was not so wild -- it was boring, in fact.
The real Old West was nothing like [[The Theme Park Version]] (which was originally the creation of 19th-century "dime novels"). There weren't any huge shootouts, quickdraw duels were rare, and not exclusive to desert-like "western" areas. Plus, since many guns were very inaccurate in those days, they sometimes tended to happen in significantly closer quarters than they do in fiction. The average Western town had 1.5 murders per year, and most of those weren't done with guns. The Wild West was not so wild -- it was boring, in fact.


See also [[The Western]]. A popular subject of [[The Parody]], and surprisingly popular outside America. Frequently overlaps with [[The Savage South]]. [[Twilight of the Old West]] is a sub-trope about the dying embers of the [[Wild West]] flickering out during the early years of the [[New Old West]].
See also [[The Western]]. A popular subject of [[The Parody]], and surprisingly popular outside America. Frequently overlaps with [[The Savage South]]. [[Twilight of the Old West]] is a sub-trope about the dying embers of the [[Wild West]] flickering out during the early years of the [[New Old West]].
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=== Popular tropes from this time period are: ===


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* [[Anti Hero]]: ...would draw before the villain.
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* [[Badass|Badass Tropes]]:
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* [[Anti-Hero]]: ...would draw before the villain.
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* [[Badass|Badass Tropes]]:
** [[Badass Bandolier]]: Expecially during the Mexican Revolution.
** [[Badass Bandolier]]: Expecially during the Mexican Revolution.
** [[Badass Beard]]
** [[Badass Beard]]
** [[Badass Longcoat]]: One could argue this fashion arose from the long duster coats which were commonly worn in this period, and which mythical cowboys -- and cool guys in general -- have been wearing ever since.
** [[Badass Longcoat]]: One could argue this fashion arose from the long duster coats which were commonly worn in this period, and which mythical cowboys -- and cool guys in general -- have been wearing ever since.
** [[Badass Long Hair]]: Some of 'em. But not so much as...
** [[Badass Long Hair]]: Some of 'em. But not so much as...
** [[Badass Mustache]]
** [[Badass Mustache]]
* [[Bar Brawl]]
* [[Bar Brawl]]
* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: The villains are usually ruthless, greedy and despicable characters. On the other hand the "heroes" are not exactly noble guys either. See [[Anti Hero]] above.
* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: The villains are usually ruthless, greedy and despicable characters. On the other hand the "heroes" are not exactly noble guys either. See [[Anti-Hero]] above.
* [[Bounty Hunter]]
* [[Bounty Hunter]]
* [[California Doubling]]: The geography of the American West is varied, but most movies tend to take place in Monument Valley. [[Spaghetti Western|Spaghetti Westerns]] often used the Tabanas Desert in Andalusia, Spain to double for America.
* [[California Doubling]]: The geography of the American West is varied, but most movies tend to take place in Monument Valley. [[Spaghetti Western|Spaghetti Westerns]] often used the Tabanas Desert in Andalusia, Spain to double for America.
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* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Billy the Kid, Frank & Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok, Geronimo, Buffalo Bill, among many others.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Billy the Kid, Frank & Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok, Geronimo, Buffalo Bill, among many others.
* [[Humans Are White]]: Although historically about a third of all cowboys were black or Hispanic (And the word "cowboy" itself originally referred specifically to black farmhands), it wasn't until the 1960s that ''any'' black people started showing up in Westerns, and not until the 1970s that they started being main cast members.
* [[Humans Are White]]: Although historically about a third of all cowboys were black or Hispanic (And the word "cowboy" itself originally referred specifically to black farmhands), it wasn't until the 1960s that ''any'' black people started showing up in Westerns, and not until the 1970s that they started being main cast members.
* [[Injun Country]]
* [[Kirks Rock]]: Frequently used in Westerns due to its convenience to Hollywood.
* [[Kirk's Rock]]: Frequently used in Westerns due to its convenience to Hollywood.
* [[Mobile Kiosk]]: Most of the alleged doctors in the Wild West would travel by wagon from town to town selling a 'miracle elixir' said to cure whatever ailment they could come up with. These show up in Westerns from time to time.
* [[Mobile Kiosk]]: Most of the alleged doctors in the Wild West would travel by wagon from town to town selling a 'miracle elixir' said to cure whatever ailment they could come up with. These show up in Westerns from time to time.
* [[Race Lift]]: For every time someone says Crazy Horse's father was white, even though he inherited his name from his father.
* [[Race Lift]]: For every time someone says Crazy Horse's father was white, even though he inherited his name from his father.
* [[Riding Into the Sunset]]
* [[Riding Into the Sunset]]
* [[Run for The Border]]
* [[Run for the Border]]
* [[The Savage South]]: Typically there is more lawlessness and danger in the southern areas than the northern ones.
* [[The Savage South]]: Typically there is more lawlessness and danger in the southern areas than the northern ones.
* [[Showdown At High Noon]]
* [[Showdown At High Noon]]
* [[Smoking Barrel Blowout]]
* [[Smoking Barrel Blowout]]
* [[Tar and Feathers]]
* [[Tar and Feathers]]
* [[Throw Away Guns]]: Revolvers are slow to reload, so a good gunfighter will have several to draw from as the previous goes empty.
* [[Throw-Away Guns]]: Revolvers are slow to reload, so a good gunfighter will have several to draw from as the previous goes empty.
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: To the point that some viewers assume ''any'' work set in this era is racist. This aspect of the genre was a major focus of many of the spaghetti Westerns' deconstructions of it.
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: To the point that some viewers assume ''any'' work set in this era is racist. This aspect of the genre was a major focus of many of the spaghetti Westerns' deconstructions of it.
* [[The Western]]: Naturally enough.
* [[The Western]]: Naturally enough.
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=== Works that are set in this time period are: ===
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''[[Blueberry]]''
* ''[[Blueberry]]''
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* MARVEL's [[Two Gun Kid]].
* MARVEL's [[Two Gun Kid]].
* MARVEL's original [[Ghost Rider]] (the one who dressed like a ghost, not the fiery skull guy).
* MARVEL's original [[Ghost Rider]] (the one who dressed like a ghost, not the fiery skull guy).



== [[Film]] ==
== [[Film]] ==
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* ''[[Blazing Saddles]]''
* ''[[Blazing Saddles]]''
* ''[[Broken Trail]]''
* ''[[Broken Trail]]''
* ''[[Deadman (Film)|Deadman]]''
* ''[[Dead Man (film)|Dead Man]]''
* ''[[The Hallelujah Trail]]''
* ''[[The Hallelujah Trail]]''
* ''[[High Noon]]''
* ''[[High Noon]]''
* ''[[Lonesome Dove]]''
* ''[[Lonesome Dove]]''
* ''[[McCabe and Mrs. Miller]]'' which completely averts the typical old Hollywood version of the West.
* ''[[McCabe and Mrs. Miller]]'' which completely averts the typical old Hollywood version of the West.
* ''[[Maverick (Film)|Maverick]]''
* ''[[Maverick (film)|Maverick]]''
* ''[[Old Yeller]]''
* ''[[Old Yeller]]''
* ''[[The Searchers]]'', a [[Deconstruction]] of period Westerns
* ''[[The Searchers]]'', a [[Deconstruction]] of period Westerns
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* ''[[Shanghai Noon]]''
* ''[[Shanghai Noon]]''
* ''[[Silverado]]''
* ''[[Silverado]]''
* ''[[The Alamo (Film)|The Alamo]]''
* ''[[The Alamo]]''
* ''[[Tombstone]]''
* ''[[Tombstone]]''
* ''[[True Grit]]''
* ''[[True Grit]]''
* ''[[Unforgiven]]'', a [[Revival/Reconstruction|Reconstruction]] of the genre after ''[[Heavens Gate (Film)|Heavens Gate]]'' killed it dead about 15 years before
* ''[[Unforgiven]]'', a [[Revival/Reconstruction|Reconstruction]] of the genre after ''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heavens Gate]]'' killed it dead about 15 years before
* ''[[Westworld (Film)|Westworld]]''
* ''[[Westworld]]''
* ''[[Young Guns]]'' and its sequel.
* ''[[Young Guns]]'' and its sequel.



== [[Literature]] ==
== [[Literature]] ==
* One of the downtime locations in ''[[Time Scout (Literature)|Time Scout]]'' is Denver, 1885. A lot of people go down there for Wild West shooting competitions.
* One of the downtime locations in ''[[Time Scout]]'' is Denver, 1885. A lot of people go down there for Wild West shooting competitions.
* ''[[The Alloy of Law (Literature)|The Alloy of Law]]'' has the Roughs, which are basically a [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] version of the Wild West.
* ''[[The Alloy of Law]]'' has the Roughs, which are basically a [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] version of the Wild West.
* Many of the novels of [[JT Edson]], including all of ''The Floating Outfit'', ''Waco'' and ''Waxahachie Smith'' series.
* Many of the novels of [[J. T. Edson]], including all of ''The Floating Outfit'', ''Waco'' and ''Waxahachie Smith'' series.
* While he is now better known for fantasy, [[Robert E Howard]] wrote many, many Western tales, both humorous and serious.
* While he is now better known for fantasy, [[Robert E. Howard]] wrote many, many Western tales, both humorous and serious.



== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
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* ''[[The Dakotas]]''
* ''[[The Dakotas]]''
* ''[[Deadwood]]'' (Decidedly ''not'' [[The Theme Park Version]].)
* ''[[Deadwood]]'' (Decidedly ''not'' [[The Theme Park Version]].)
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' paid a visit in "[[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S3 E8 The Gunfighters|The Gunfighters]]".
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' paid a visit in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S3/E08 The Gunfighters|The Gunfighters]]".
* ''[[Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman (TV)|Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman]]''
* ''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]''
* ''[[Elfrego Baca]]''
* ''[[Elfrego Baca]]''
* ''[[Firefly]]'' was [[The Western]] [[In Space]].
* ''[[Firefly]]'' was [[The Western]] [[In Space]].
* ''[[Gunsmoke]]''
* ''[[Gunsmoke]]''
* ''[[Have Gun Will Travel]]''
* ''[[Have Gun — Will Travel]]''
* ''[[Hec Ramsey]]''
* ''[[Hec Ramsey]]''
* ''[[Highlander (TV)|Highlander]]'' had quite a few Western flashbacks of Duncan's earlier history.
* ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]'' had quite a few Western flashbacks of Duncan's earlier history.
* ''[[Hopalong Cassidy]]''
* ''[[Hopalong Cassidy]]''
* ''[[Kung Fu (TV)|Kung Fu]]''
* ''[[Kung Fu]]''
* ''[[Little House On the Prairie (TV)|Little House On the Prairie]]''
* ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House On the Prairie]]''
* ''[[The Lone Ranger]]''
* ''[[The Lone Ranger]]''
* The ''[[MacGyver]]'' dream episodes set in the town of Serenity.
* The ''[[MacGyver]]'' dream episodes set in the town of Serenity.
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* ''[[The Rifleman]]''
* ''[[The Rifleman]]''
* ''[[The Roy Rogers Show]]''
* ''[[The Roy Rogers Show]]''
* Several episodes of ''[[The Twilight Zone (TV)|The Twilight Zone]]''
* Several episodes of ''[[The Twilight Zone]]''
* ''[[Wagon Train]]''
* ''[[Wagon Train]]''
* ''[[The Wild Wild West (TV)|The Wild Wild West]]''
* ''[[The Wild Wild West (TV series)|The Wild Wild West]]''
* ''Zorro''
* ''Zorro''



== Radio ==
== Radio ==
* ''[[The Cisco Kid]]''
* ''[[The Cisco Kid]]''
* ''[[Gunsmoke]]''
* ''[[Gunsmoke]]''
* ''[[Have Gun Will Travel]]''
* ''[[Have Gun — Will Travel]]''
* ''[[The Lone Ranger]]''
* ''[[The Lone Ranger]]''
* ''[[The Roy Rogers Show]]''
* ''[[The Roy Rogers Show]]''
* ''[[Wild Bill Hickhock]]''
* ''[[Wild Bill Hickhock]]''



== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Deadlands]]''
* ''[[Deadlands]]''
* ''[[Dogs in The Vineyard]]'', although its version of the time period is a lot less Wild, so to speak.
* ''[[Dogs in the Vineyard]]'', although its version of the time period is a lot less Wild, so to speak.
* ''[[Werewolf: The Apocalypse (Tabletop Game)|Werewolf: The Wild West]]''
* ''[[Werewolf: The Apocalypse|Werewolf: The Wild West]]''
* ''[[Rifts]] New West adds a lot of magic, monsters, and cyberpunk flavor, and ''in-universe'' is a deliberate attempt to re-create the Wild West as a way of holding on to lost history. Naturally, they [[The Theme Pack Version|get some things wrong]].
* ''[[Rifts]] New West adds a lot of magic, monsters, and cyberpunk flavor, and ''in-universe'' is a deliberate attempt to re-create the Wild West as a way of holding on to lost history. Naturally, they [[The Theme Pack Version|get some things wrong]].



== [[Theatre]] ==
== [[Theatre]] ==
* ''The Girl of the Golden West'', play by David Belasco and opera by Puccini
* ''The Girl of the Golden West'', play by David Belasco and opera by Puccini



== Theme Parks ==
== Theme Parks ==
* Theme park example: ''Frontierland'' in the [[Disney Theme Parks]]
* Theme park example: ''Frontierland'' in the [[Disney Theme Parks]]



== [[Video Games]] ==
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* ''[[Trouble in Terrorist Town]] Technically if you go on the Mogz server hosted in the UK on the maps de_westwood and cs_desperados the modern guns have been replaced by western ones.However they do not have auto reload which means once your clip is dry(Shotgun 7 shells, [[Double Barrel]] 2 shells,[[Lever Rifle]] 5 bullets and 1 bullet for the sharps and six for either the colt or peacemaker) you have to pistol whip your opponent or get out of range and reload.
* ''[[Trouble in Terrorist Town]] Technically if you go on the Mogz server hosted in the UK on the maps de_westwood and cs_desperados the modern guns have been replaced by western ones.However they do not have auto reload which means once your clip is dry(Shotgun 7 shells, [[Double Barrel]] 2 shells,[[Lever Rifle]] 5 bullets and 1 bullet for the sharps and six for either the colt or peacemaker) you have to pistol whip your opponent or get out of range and reload.
* ''[[Desperados]]''
* ''[[Desperados]]''
* ''[[Gun (Video Game)|Gun]]''
* ''[[Gun (video game)|Gun]]''
* ''[[Red Dead Revolver]]''
* ''[[Red Dead Revolver]]''
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''
** (The entire story occurs after 1890, despite being a textbook western setting this is after the frontier.)
** (The entire story occurs after 1890, despite being a textbook western setting this is after the frontier.)
* ''[[Outlaws]]''
* ''[[Outlaws (1997 video game)]]''
* ''[[Sunset Riders]]''
* ''[[Sunset Riders]]''
* ''[[Wild Arms]]'' series combines western tropes with a [[Standard Fantasy Setting]]. How Western the series is varies per game.
* ''[[Wild ARMs]]'' series combines western tropes with a [[Standard Fantasy Setting]]. How Western the series is varies per game.
* ''[[Bastion (Video Game)|Bastion]]'' evokes this with its old-timey narrator and most of the soundtrack, which is full of banjos and the occasional voiced song that sounds like a traditional folk song.
* ''[[Bastion]]'' evokes this with its old-timey narrator and most of the soundtrack, which is full of banjos and the occasional voiced song that sounds like a traditional folk song.
* ''[[Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist]]''
* ''[[Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist]]''



== [[Western Animation]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[An American Tail]]: Fievel Goes West''
* ''[[An American Tail]]: Fievel Goes West''
* ''[[Quick-Draw McGraw]]''
* ''[[Quick Draw McGraw]]''
* The ''[[Histeria (Animation)|Histeria!]]'' episode "The Wild West"
* The ''[[Histeria!]]'' episode "The Wild West"
* The 1966 ''[[Lone Ranger]]'' series
* The 1966 ''[[Lone Ranger]]'' series



== [[Web Comics]] ==
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Next Town Over]]''
* ''[[Next Town Over]]''



== [[Web Original]] ==
== [[Web Original]] ==
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    The American Old West was the land west of the Mississippi River roughly in or around the latter half of the nineteenth century; specifically we might start it at the California gold rush of 1848 and end it at the U.S. Census Bureau's official recognizance in 1890 of the end of the frontier. This setting is home to a definitively American genre almost as stylized and standardized as Commedia Dell'Arte. The Wild West is basically the Theme Park Version or fictionalization of this setting. It has its own set of specialized subtropes, including a wide assortment of stock character types and its own specialized locations.

    The Theme Park Version of the old west is a land of Indians, grizzled prospectors, scenic bluffs, Conestoga wagons, tough, shotgun-toting pioneers and buxom, be-feathered dance-hall girls. Also home to very lucrative sugar glass and balsa-wood chair industries, judging by the number of bar brawls which occur during a single episode of a typical western series. Bad guys and anti-heroes wear black hats, good guys and sheriffs wear white hats, shootouts on Main Street occur with the frequency of at least one an hour -- with the sun at high noon each time -- and everyone drinks sarsaparilla or whiskey.

    The real Old West was nothing like The Theme Park Version (which was originally the creation of 19th-century "dime novels"). There weren't any huge shootouts, quickdraw duels were rare, and not exclusive to desert-like "western" areas. Plus, since many guns were very inaccurate in those days, they sometimes tended to happen in significantly closer quarters than they do in fiction. The average Western town had 1.5 murders per year, and most of those weren't done with guns. The Wild West was not so wild -- it was boring, in fact.

    See also The Western. A popular subject of The Parody, and surprisingly popular outside America. Frequently overlaps with The Savage South. Twilight of the Old West is a sub-trope about the dying embers of the Wild West flickering out during the early years of the New Old West.

    Popular tropes from this time period are:
    • Anti-Hero: ...would draw before the villain.
    • Badass Tropes:
    • Bar Brawl
    • Black and Gray Morality: The villains are usually ruthless, greedy and despicable characters. On the other hand the "heroes" are not exactly noble guys either. See Anti-Hero above.
    • Bounty Hunter
    • California Doubling: The geography of the American West is varied, but most movies tend to take place in Monument Valley. Spaghetti Westerns often used the Tabanas Desert in Andalusia, Spain to double for America.
    • Cool Train: So cool that if you find railroad clipart or caricatures, chances are, it's designed around the kind of trains used in the American West.
    • Cowboy Episode: When The Wild West seeps into a series that isn't The Western.
    • Crapsack World: Rampant lawlessness. Constant war with Indians. Everyone carries guns. Why did anyone ever romanticize this period?
    • The Drifter / Knight Errant
    • Friendly Local Chinatown: This time period was when Chinese people were starting to immigrate to the US, forming the first ever Chinatowns. Expect to see a Chinese Launderer.
    • Guns Akimbo: A Justified Trope -- with the single-action revolvers of the period, it was quicker to fire one gun, then fire the second while you were cocking the first. It was just as inaccurate as it is today, though.
    • The Gunslinger
    • Historical Domain Character: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Billy the Kid, Frank & Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok, Geronimo, Buffalo Bill, among many others.
    • Humans Are White: Although historically about a third of all cowboys were black or Hispanic (And the word "cowboy" itself originally referred specifically to black farmhands), it wasn't until the 1960s that any black people started showing up in Westerns, and not until the 1970s that they started being main cast members.
    • Injun Country
    • Kirk's Rock: Frequently used in Westerns due to its convenience to Hollywood.
    • Mobile Kiosk: Most of the alleged doctors in the Wild West would travel by wagon from town to town selling a 'miracle elixir' said to cure whatever ailment they could come up with. These show up in Westerns from time to time.
    • Race Lift: For every time someone says Crazy Horse's father was white, even though he inherited his name from his father.
    • Riding Into the Sunset
    • Run for the Border
    • The Savage South: Typically there is more lawlessness and danger in the southern areas than the northern ones.
    • Showdown At High Noon
    • Smoking Barrel Blowout
    • Tar and Feathers
    • Throw-Away Guns: Revolvers are slow to reload, so a good gunfighter will have several to draw from as the previous goes empty.
    • Unfortunate Implications: To the point that some viewers assume any work set in this era is racist. This aspect of the genre was a major focus of many of the spaghetti Westerns' deconstructions of it.
    • The Western: Naturally enough.
    • Western Characters: The full collection of stock characters of Westerns are listed on this page.
    Works that are set in this time period are:

    Comic Books

    • Blueberry
    • Jonah Hex
      • Although, interestingly, not in the movie. It's apparently set in the Wild South, unless Jonah's horse is extraordinarily fast- he travels from the Old-West-style town he's in to the villain's lair in about a day. The villain's lair is an old confederate fort, on the Atlantic coast.
    • Lucky Luke
    • Tex Willer
    • MARVEL's Rawhide Kid.
    • Blaze Of Glory, a MARVEL miniseries depicting the final fate of many of their Western heroes.
    • MARVEL's Two Gun Kid.
    • MARVEL's original Ghost Rider (the one who dressed like a ghost, not the fiery skull guy).


    Film


    Literature

    • One of the downtime locations in Time Scout is Denver, 1885. A lot of people go down there for Wild West shooting competitions.
    • The Alloy of Law has the Roughs, which are basically a Fantasy Counterpart Culture version of the Wild West.
    • Many of the novels of J. T. Edson, including all of The Floating Outfit, Waco and Waxahachie Smith series.
    • While he is now better known for fantasy, Robert E. Howard wrote many, many Western tales, both humorous and serious.


    Live-Action TV


    Radio


    Tabletop Games


    Theatre

    • The Girl of the Golden West, play by David Belasco and opera by Puccini


    Theme Parks


    Video Games


    Western Animation


    Web Comics


    Web Original

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