AnAllegory Adventure is a creative work in which the characters, plot, or both parallel those in another creative work. It isn't aFable Remake, because the reenacted story is acknowledged — sometimes as fiction, other times asa record of real events. In fact, there is usually an explicit connection between the two stories.

The characters in anAllegory Adventure might beclones of those in the story being imitated, or some of them might actuallybe those characters. In the latter case, expect to see theLiterary Agent Hypothesis in effect. In either case, the events in the Allegory Adventure are likely to be suspiciously similar to the the ones in the story being aped—but don't expect anyone to notice.

To illustrate, here is a fictional example of an Allegory Adventure:Ten-year-old Alice Smith, who has to write a book report onAlice in Wonderland for school, falls into a rabbit's warren. There she meets the Cheshire Cat, March Hare, etc. (orCaptain Ersatz versions of them) and has adventures which are uncannily similar to Alice Liddel's.

See alsoWhole-Plot Reference.

Anime AndManga

• The character Nemo fromNadia: The Secret of Blue Water apparently named himself after Verne's Captain Nemo.

Film

• The filmShrek begins with the eponymous ogre reading a traditional fairy tale and saying "Like that's ever going to happen." Despite the fact that the film is a parody of fairy tales, that plot is roughly the one used in the film.
• In Jackie Chan'sThe Forbidden Kingdom, a teenager obsessed with kung fu movies is transported to ancient China, where he must return the Ruyi Jingu Bang to the Monkey King.

Literature

• InOranges Are Not the Only Fruit, the fairy tales that pepper the text usually mirror Jeanette's life in some fashion.

Live-Action TV

• In the 2001 miniseriesThe Lost Empire, a Chinese-literature expert joins forces with with the Monkey King, Friar Sand, and Monk Pig to save the kidnapped Wu Chen'en (author ofJourney to the West).

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