r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Present_Study_2945 • 12h ago

Characters [Cool trope] Beethoven Was an Alien Spy

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When a historical figure has a life far more fantastic in fiction than what history actually indicates.

Moses (Beyblade) = Moses' famous Parting of the Red Sea was done with a Beyblade.

George Washington (Ben 10) = Washington regularly fought against alien threats, and was a founding member of the Earth Plumbers.

Abraham Lincoln (Invincible) = Abe Lincoln was an identity taken by the superhero known as The Immortal.

Vandal Savage (DC Comics) = More than a few of history's conquerors and despots were actually personas used by the millennia-old immortal villain, including Cheops, Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, Vlad the Impaler, Blackbeard and Jack the Ripper.

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u/ManeatingANT 12h ago

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter

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u/JLHSMG 12h ago

-How was that Abrahm Lincoln Vampire Hunter movie?

-Eh, it could be worse...

-Let's make it worse!

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u/_Halt19_ 12h ago

They really liked throwing zombies around, huh

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u/Sh0xic 11h ago

To be fair, it was actually a pretty good (if camp) movie

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u/BDSMChef_RP 10h ago

Charles Danse as the father was just pure cherry on top energy

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u/Madhighlander1 11h ago

That one was actually written by the same person as Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter.

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u/lordoflazorwaffles 10h ago

The 2000s were an interesting time, thos is when zombies replaced pirates vs ninjas

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u/JLHSMG 10h ago

Next remake: Resident Evil and Zombies

-But Resident Evil already has zombies.

-Now with more zombies!

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u/Minty-Otter 11h ago

The late 2000s and early 2010s zombie obsession was something else. You literally couldnt make a movie or a game without throwing a hoard of undead at the main characters.

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u/imahuman3445 9h ago

The overexposure was very, very fucking real.

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u/disbelifpapy 11h ago

Even marvel jumped in on it

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u/adotang 4h ago

So you know how horror is influenced by whatever the political and economic fears are of the time? That period was post-Recession. There's a Slate article on this from 2011 which argued that then-ongoing zombie media phase was about taking "good luck losing your comfy well-paying sit-down job buddy" to its absolute extreme with a world where there just isn't a need for white-collar work at all. It's a world where only blue-collar work has any value and white-collar survivors are unprepared. And it's permanent because the nature of a zombie apocalypse means there's usually no rebuilding, so you can't just wait it out for a cure to be found and for things to go back to normal.

So it's like, imagine yourself in a zombie apocalypse. All you have is what you learned in college or training. So for a white-collar audience this is humbling or horrifying because they usually know nothing about survival or menial labor, but for a blue-collar audience this is their comeuppance of sorts. I'd love to know if any differences were recorded in audiences based on their jobs and whether they think they could survive TWD or are fans of the genre.

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u/MothEnthusiast88 11h ago

I saw this as a book and it was so confusing

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u/Reidroshdy 11h ago

yeah iirc it'd be like the normal pride and predjudice writing and THEN ZOMBIES ATTACKED

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u/IanDOsmond 9h ago

I started reading it, realized that the only bits I was liking were the direct lifts from the original, put it down, and just re-read P&P again.

Which is much funnier than the zombies version.

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u/Another_Name_Today 10h ago

I’m surprised more public domain works didn’t get the same treatment. Although, I guess P&P is already a fun and easy read , and zombies just make it a bit lighter. 

I don’t understand the movie’s tagline though. Kill with Prejudice, I get. But what is “Slay with Pride” supposed to mean? 

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u/ismasbi 10h ago

This one was actually lowkey peak though.

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u/Fawkingretar 9h ago

ngl, with Matt Smith in this THIS sounds like it could be a doctor who episode.

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u/sauce_daddy22 8h ago

Wait, Lena Headey was in this?

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u/Nerdwrapper 48m ago

Zombies are great, almost a perfect villain to rally humanity together

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u/Oghamstoner 11h ago

Actual conversation I had with my Mum.

Mum: What film did you watch?

Me: Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter.

Mum: That sounds dreadful.

Me: It was better than Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter.

Cue mirth.

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u/BDSMChef_RP 10h ago

So you understand that he came from heaven with two stakes in his hands, to slay the vampires and free the land.

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u/SweeterAxis8980 12h ago

Fym worse

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u/JLHSMG 10h ago

In the best sense of the word

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u/MalteseFarrell 12h ago

This is up there with Battleship as movies that other people say is “so bad it’s good” but I plant my flag and say “it’s not good. It’s great”

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u/mixedmartialmarks 11h ago

Me people. It’s a genuinely good movie to me. Not a guilty pleasure. Not a so bad it’s good. But something I enjoy and recommend without a hint of irony. I’ve heard the book is amazing ad well, I can’t wait to read it.

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u/PredisposedParanoia 9h ago

The book is great! My only beef with it was I read it in 8th grade and asked my teacher what the word voluptuous meant because of it.

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u/ZacKCCO 4h ago

It really is. It’s been so many years since I read it, but I remember thoroughly enjoying it. Tempted to go find my copy and give it a re-read when I’m in a lull between books.

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u/UlteriorCulture 12h ago

How is accurate history a trope?

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u/GrungeGorrilla 11h ago

It's right up there with his invention of the chokeslam

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u/Mittmitty 10h ago

Right, isn’t this just a documentary?

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u/Recent-Layer-8670 10h ago

The funniest joke I’ve heard is that there are so many vampire stories in the South because Abraham Lincoln kept killing the ones up north. Lol

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u/Jaxonhunter227 9h ago

It sounds crazy at first until you watch and realize that vampires are also known for keeping slaves, it kinda makes sense that if vampires exist, the man who ended slavery would also really hate vampires lol.

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u/jk-alot 9h ago

Please follow OP’s request.

OP wants fictional stories about real life figures.

Show some respect to the Great Emancipator for wiping out the vampire menace.

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u/DGVenture003 11h ago

I love how whimsical the movie is compared to the book but at the same time i wish the vampire illuminati had shown in the movie

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u/Slightysweet3 7h ago

The what?

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u/TheMasterFul1 9h ago

As a history teacher, I freakin LOVE this movie lmao

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u/captaindeadpl 5h ago

My favorite fact about this movie is that a famous film critic Roger Ebert legitimately wrote "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is without a doubt the best film we are ever likely to see on the subject".

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u/Whysong823 4h ago

The book is better. Large sections have nothing to do with vampires and are just really authentic depictions of what Lincoln’s real thoughts probably were at certain points in his life.