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* ''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space''. Tumok of Mars talks of how he consulted a 900-year old sage on Olympus Mons. After months of {{Ice Cream Koan}}s and WordSaladPhilosophy, he loses patience and bangs the sage's head against the hardest rock he can find. On recovering consciousness, the sage tells Tumok that he's discovered the wisdom he was looking for. "For it is only when you stop screwing around with this existential rubbish that you ever achieve anything."
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* ''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space''. Tumok [=TuMok=] of Mars talks of how he consulted a 900-year old sage on Olympus Mons. After months of {{Ice Cream Koan}}s and WordSaladPhilosophy, he loses patience and bangs the sage's head against the hardest rock he can find. On recovering consciousness, the sage tells Tumok that he's discovered the wisdom he was looking for. "For it is only when you stop screwing around with this existential rubbish that you ever achieve anything."
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* ''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space''. Tumok of Mars talks of how he consulted a 900-year old sage on Olympus Mons. After months of {{Ice Cream Koan}}s and WordSaladPhilosophy, he loses patience and bangs the sage's head against the hardest rock he can find. On recovering consciousness, the sage tells Tumok that he's discovered the wisdom he was looking for. "For it is only when you stop screwing around with this existential rubbish that you ever achieve anything."
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* Zecora in ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
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* In ''Webcomic/KoanOfTheDay,'' the guru advises his student to travel to visit a hermit who will [[http://www.koanoftheday.com/34/ answer any question]].
* The Oracle in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' was this, then subverted when he had a village built nearby just to spite his assassin.
* In ''Webcomic/KoanOfTheDay,'' the guru advises his student to travel to visit a hermit who will [[http://www.koanoftheday.com/34/ answer any question]].
* The Oracle in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' was this, then subverted when he had a village built nearby just to spite his assassin.
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* In ''Webcomic/KoanOfTheDay,'' the guru advises his student to travel to visit a hermit who will [[http://www.koanoftheday.com/34/ answer any question]].
* In ''Webcomic/KoanOfTheDay,'' the guru advises his student to travel to visit a hermit who will [[http://www.koanoftheday.com/34/ answer any question]].
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* Guru Pathik in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', pictured above. He's a bit odd but essentially kind natured.
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* Guru Pathik in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', pictured above. He's a bit odd (the man lives on onion-banana juice smoothies!) but essentially kind natured.
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* ''Literature/ToughMagic'' has Uncle Rick who lives in a mountain and away from town, all by himself; until he invites Yiltry over for the summer in order to help train him.
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* The Wise Man from the Mountains in ''RaumschiffGamestar''.
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* The Wise Man from the Mountains in ''RaumschiffGamestar''.''Series/RaumschiffGamestar''.
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* ''KillBill 2'' has Pei Mei, a kung-fu master living in an ancient temple who trained the Bride. He is an evil prick who probably ended up living alone on a mountain because very few people are crazy enough to spend more time in his company than is absolutely necessary.
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* ''KillBill ''Film/KillBill 2'' has Pei Mei, a kung-fu master living in an ancient temple who trained the Bride. He is an evil prick who probably ended up living alone on a mountain because very few people are crazy enough to spend more time in his company than is absolutely necessary.
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* K'anpo Rimpoche/Cho Je from the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial "Planet of the Spiders" (also mentioned in "The Time Monster") was a hermit who the Doctor approached in his youth at what was at that point the worst day of his life.
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* K'anpo Rimpoche/Cho Je from the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial "Planet of the Spiders" (also mentioned in "The Time Monster") was a hermit who the Doctor approached in his youth at what was at that point the worst day of his life. Another example is Dojjen in "Snakedance".
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* One CharlesAddams cartoon has a line of people climbing a mountain to consult a guru who is surrounded on three sides by massive banks of 1960's-style computers.
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* One CharlesAddams Creator/CharlesAddams cartoon has a line of people climbing a mountain to consult a guru who is surrounded on three sides by massive banks of 1960's-style computers.
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* Eudy and Nessiah in ''BlazeUnion''. It's played with, as neither of them is really isolated by choice.
* Does [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Jolee Bindo]] count? The old Jedi did live in the Shadowlands for at least twenty years more or less by choice. [[RetiredBadass And he isn't rusty in the slightest]].
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* Eudy and Nessiah in ''BlazeUnion''.''VideoGame/BlazeUnion''. It's played with, as neither of them is really isolated by choice.
* Does[[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Jolee Bindo]] count? The old Jedi did live in the Shadowlands for at least twenty years more or less by choice. [[RetiredBadass And he isn't rusty in the slightest]].
* Does
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* The Guru of ''VideoGame/SlyCooper: Band of Thieves'', an aboriginal guru who can possess people by jumping on their backs.
* Sahasrahla, and to some extent the old man on DeathMountain, in ''TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast''.
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* The Guru of ''VideoGame/SlyCooper: Band of Thieves'', from ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'', an aboriginal guru who can possess people by jumping on their backs.
* Sahasrahla, and to some extent the old man on DeathMountain, in''TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast''.''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast''.
* Sahasrahla, and to some extent the old man on DeathMountain, in
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* The Old Man on ''Series/{{Millennium}}'' monitors the signs of the Apocalypse from what a one-shot character calls a "Unabomber shack" in the Washington woods.
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** Not so wise, since her every answer to Blackadders problems was killing greater and greater amounts of people. From himself to everyone in the world.
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* K'anpo Rimpoche/Cho Je from the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial ''Planet of the Spiders'' (also mentioned in ''The Time Monster'') was a hermit who the Doctor approached in his youth at what was at that point the worst day of his life.
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* K'anpo Rimpoche/Cho Je from the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial ''Planet "Planet of the Spiders'' Spiders" (also mentioned in ''The "The Time Monster'') Monster") was a hermit who the Doctor approached in his youth at what was at that point the worst day of his life.
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* In one gag in the FMinus comic strip, a mountaintop hermit offers the advice, "Don't major in philosophy."
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* Parodied in the ''MonkeyIsland'' adventure games by Herman Toothrot.
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* ''KillBill 2'' has Pei Mei, a kung-fu master living in an ancient temple who trained the Bride.
** As a minor subversion, he is an evil prick who probably ended up living alone on a mountain because very few people are crazy enough to spend more time in his company than is absolutely necessary.
** [[TooDumbToLive And he probably saw to them pretty quickly.]]
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* Guru Pathik in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', pictured above.
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* [[SympatheticInspectorAntagonist L]] is a downplayed version of this in ''Manga/DeathNote'', as he has a nasty tendency of locking himself away and refusing to deal with the world in-person, at least until [[SerialKiller Light]] [[BrokenAce Yagami]] draws him out of his shell... at which point we quickly discover just [[AmbiguousDisorder how lacking he is in social aptitude]].
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* Played straight in ''VideoGame/ADarkRoom''.
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* ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'' plays this trope straight with the Hermit of Hekima, a giant golden eagle who can see into the future. He helps Simba, Nala and Haiba in Series Five.
* ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'' plays this trope straight with the Hermit of Hekima, a giant golden eagle who can see into the future. He helps Simba, Nala and Haiba in Series Five.
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* ''KillBill 2'' had a kung-fu master living in an ancient temple who trained the Bride.
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The HermitGuru lives on a mountain, in an ancient temple, or anyplace suitably remote. The guru is usually a male, but even the wise witch that lives in a cave could be considered a HermitGuru.
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The HermitGuru Hermit Guru lives on a mountain, in an ancient temple, or anyplace suitably remote. The guru is usually a male, but even the wise witch that lives in a cave could be considered a HermitGuru.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 150 years old.]] [[CordonBleughChef Thank the banana onion juice.]]]]
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* One appears in ''VideoGame/BlackAndWhite''; if the player manages to stealthily follow him to his place of meditation, he rewards them by helping [[RuleOfThree three times]] against the opposing god.
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* In one gag in the FMinus comic strip, a mountaintop hermit offers the advice, "Don't major in philosophy."
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* This character is common in {{Ziggy}} as well.