Romance of the Three Kingdoms (novel): Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"Should you wish to take the overlordship, you will yield the Heaven's favor to Cao Cao in the north, and you will relinquish the Earth's advantage to Sun Quan in the south. You, General, will hold the Human's heart and complete the trinity."''|'''Zhuge Liang''', to '''Liu Bei'''}}

 

* [[Siege Engines]]

* [[Smug Snake]]: Cao Cao never really gets a chance to shine in the novel, despite being the designated villain of the story. (Ironically [[Subverted]] by the eulogy poem that immediately follows his death basically declaring him above good and evil.)

* [[Stealth Insult]]: Cao Cao weeping for Guo Jia's death after his defeat at Chi Bi. All of his advisors realize that he is making fun of the fact that none of them was able to see through the fire attack in time.

* [[The Strategist]]: Everyone's got at least one, but Zhuge Liang is ''the'' King of Strategists in the novel, and probably ''the'' most awesome character in the book.

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* ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'': It turns out that the invincible Hokuto Shinken School of Martial Art has three brother schools that inherit the names of the Sun, Cao and Liu factions that their ancestors served and protected in the Three Kingdoms period, and [[Fist of the Blue Sky]] is the story of their rivalry in 1935 Shanghai.

* ''[[Ikki Tousen]]'' (''Extremely'' loosely based, seeing as it has the major characters reincarnated as top-heavy [[Panty Fighter]] schoolgirls. However, the story exists in-universe and thus some of the plot revolves around this fact.)

* ''[[Ryofuko-chan]]''

 

* ''[[Red Cliff]]'', a movie by John Woo.

* ''Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon'' focuses on the last stand of Zhao Yun.

* In an inversion of [[Sturgeon's Law]], ''Just Another Pandora's Box'', from the director of [[Stephen Chow]]'s ''Chinese Odyssey'' movies, takes a [[Seltzer and Friedberg]] approach.

 

* ''[[Three Kingdoms]]'': A Chinese live-action retelling made in 2010, focusing almost equally on Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan. Best known for its greater characterization than the novels.

* ''[[wikipedia:K.O.3an Guo|KO 3anguo]]'', a Taiwanese [[High School AU]] take on the story.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdFL7QxCFPI Title sequence here].

 

 

* From Koei:

** ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video game)|Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'' (11 in this series of strategy games and counting since 1985)

* ''[[Koihime Musou]]'': Kazuto, an [[Ordinary High School Student]], is transported to a version of Ancient China where most of the characters from the novel have been [[Gender Flip|genderflipped]] into cute girls. With his [[Chick Magnet]] powers and his foreknowledge of the original novel, Kazuto helps the kingdom he is aligned with unite China. In the original [[Visual Novel]], this was the Kingdom of Shu but subsequent installments in the franchise opened up other playable factions. {{spoiler|Kazuto is a victim of [[Cipher Scything]] in the animated adaptations.}}

 

* ''[[San: Three Kingdoms Comic]]''

* ''[[Tales From the Middle Kingdom]]'': A webcomic based on the novel. Find it [http://middlekingdomtales.com/ here].

 

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