Line #51 Main/HistoricalDomainSuperperson


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4	->''[[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington Washington, Washington]]\
5	Twelve stories high, made of radiation\
6	The present beware, the future beware\
7	He’s coming, he’s coming, he’s coming''
8	-->--''WebAnimation/CoxAndCombesWashington''
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10	{{Historical Domain Character}}s tend to get thrown around in fiction, even if it's not a PeriodPiece. This may have something to do with the fact their stories (or at least the basics) are interesting and thus would lead to them either having a role (of any relevance) in the story or just as a one-off gag.
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12	However, they tend to be subject to getting a HistoricalHeroUpgrade or HistoricalVillainUpgrade in general, usually from a form of ArtisticLicenseHistory. Sometimes you throw in a HistoricalBadassUpgrade to that one king who was best known for diplomacy and make him lead his armies to battle or make UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln a vampire hunter.
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14	But what if that's ''not'' enough for the RuleOfCool? Then give them superpowers. Essentially, this trope is about historical figures (or those heavily based on them) but with supernatural abilities that can be anything (or maybe loosely based on what they're best known for or stereotypes around their nationality). These superpowered historical figures don't even need to be part of a HistoricalFantasy to qualify, they can even exist in the modern-day! (When modern-day figures are the ones with powers, it’s CelebrityPower.)
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16	A SubTrope of HistoricalBadassUpgrade and BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy. A SuperTrope to DemonKingNobunaga and JuliusBeethovenDaVinci. Could also lead to WeirdHistoricalWar and HistoricalDomainCrossover (where historical figures team up to fight).
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18	!!Examples:
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22	* In ''Manga/BungoStrayDogs'', every character is named after famous writers and are given powers based on their works.
23	* ''{{Manga/Drifters}}'' has several magical historical figures such as Hijikata Toshizo being able to summon the fallen [[UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi Shinsengumi]], UsefulNotes/AnastasiaNikolaevnaRomanova being AnIcePerson, and UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc having [[PlayingWithFire fire-based]] abilities.
24	* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean'' has a segment in which DIO and Pucci theorize that Creator/LeonardoDaVinci was a [[FightingSpirit Stand]] User.
25	* ''{{Manga/Nobunagun}}'''s premise is based around E-Gene Holders who use weapons infused with the spirits of historical figures. The protagonist is an E-Gene Holder who wields a {{Main/BFG}} containing UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga.
26	* ''Manga/PuellaMagiTartMagica'' is a spinoff of ''Franchise/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' starring Joan of Arc as a MagicalGirl. The main series also implies that many such famous girls and young women in history were also Magical Girls, including Joan of Arc, [[spoiler:Cleopatra, Queen Himiko, and Anne Frank.]]
27	* ''Anime/ReadOrDie'': The antagonists are the I-jin, superpowered clones of historical figures, fighting for a [[ChekhovsGun book]] once owned by [[Music/LudwigVanBeethoven Beethoven]].
28	* Karin Yuuki of ''Manga/UQHolder'', better known by her real identity as [[spoiler:[[Literature/TheBible Judas Iscariot]]]], is a holy power-wielding immortal.
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32	* ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'': The Doctor's past incarnations included UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein, Jesus Christ, and Grigori Rasputin.
33	* ''ComicBook/{{Crimson}}'' has UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar as some of the villains. Here, they were reorganized into an independent supernatural hunting force that commits VanHelsingHateCrimes. They have a group of EliteMooks called The Order of the Dragon (the most skilled and formidable Templars) who harvested Angel blood to gain supernatural strength and durability.
34	* In the 2004 ''ComicBook/TheDeadBoyDetectives'' miniseries, UsefulNotes/GillesDeRais was not only a child murderer obsessed with the occult like he was in the historical record, here his magicks actually worked, and he'd drain the lives of children around him. It's explained that this was downplayed in the in-universe history to not freak people out.
35	-->'''Marquez:''' It was more palatable that the murderer was merely a madman, and not a black magician and heretic.
36	* [[UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk Grigori Rasputin]] in ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' is a sorcerer that worships the ancestral [[Main/DraconicAbomination Ogdru-Jahad]] and wants to [[CivilizationDestroyer start the Apocalypse]]. In the original comics, he has a HealingFactor and MindControl powers and has come back as a ghost at least twice, while in the [[Film/Hellboy2004 2004 movie adaptation]] he has ResurrectiveImmortality and comes back to life with a fragment of his god inside.
37	* In ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'', the Immortal, a FlyingBrick with ResurrectiveImmortality, was Abraham Lincoln. He was also Christopher Columbus, though the [[WesternAnimation/Invincible2021 animated adaptation]] implicitly removed that rap sheet.
38	* ''ComicBook/RequiemVampireKnight'': [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Elizabeth I of England]], UsefulNotes/{{Nero}}, UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}}, Creator/AleisterCrowley, and several others are transformed into hideous undead creatures in Hell. Meanwhile, Main/{{Dracula}}'s wife is the infamous Blood Countess, UsefulNotes/ElizabethBathory, a vampire with BloodMagic.
39	* ''ComicBook/SHIELD2010'' has many famous figures in history being parts of the organisation of which ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} is the most modern part, and fighting other such famous figures. Among others, Isaac Newton is an immortal and immoral super-scientist and former stand-in Sorcerer Supreme, Michaelangelo is the Forever Man who is everywhere across time at once, and Nikola Tesla is an electricity-wielding cyborg called 'The Night Machine'.
40	* One bizarre issue of ''ComicBook/TarotWitchOfTheBlackRose'' revealed that UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington had a suit of wooden PoweredArmor and that every President since then has been expected to don Powered Armor to defend the country in times of trouble.
41	* ''ComicBook/WestCoastAvengers'': A version of the Lethal Legion consists of these, as they were resurrected by the demon Satannish. The members are:
42	** UsefulNotes/LizzieBorden ("Axe of Violence"): Gained red skin and a two-sided ax replacing her right arm, she also can throw other two-sided axes.
43	** UsefulNotes/JosefStalin ("Coldsteel"): Became a hulking 8 ft. steel giant with super strength.
44	** Lucrezia Borgia ("Cyana"): Gained light blue skin and the ability to poison others via a kiss or her razor-sharp nails.
45	** Heinrich Himmler ("Zyklon"): Gained the ability to fly and can belch out poisonous gasses from his mask and gauntlets.
46	* In ''ComicBook/XStatix'', Henrietta Hunter [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was originally supposed to be]] Diana, Princess of Wales, who had been inexplicably restored to life and given superpowers, but [[ExecutiveMeddling Marvel editorial vetoed it]].
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50	* ''Fanfic/BirthOfEvil'': UsefulNotes/ElizabethBathory steals steam from women with the Shining as a way of achieving immortality and eternal beauty. She raised and taught [[Film/DoctorSleep Rose the Hat]] her ways, making the latter a True Knot.
51	* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'':
52	** As in Harry Potter canon, Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel are immortal alchemists and made all the more so by Nick Fury offering them the Infinity Formula.
53	** As it turns out, UsefulNotes/JulieDAubigny was one of the many identities of in-universe time-travelling [[TheAgeless ageless]] MemeticBadass the Lady Knight. When she turns up, she uses Julie Maupin as a pseudonym on the grounds that it was one of her favourite lives.
54	* ''Fanfic/CodexEquus'':
55	** Music/ElvisPresley is hailed as a musical icon who changed the face of music forever, yet also derided as a joke who let himself get fat and destroyed his own legacy. Blue Suede Heartstrings (now [[MeaningfulRename King Caerulus Melodia Equestria-Corporatum]]) is a Ponified version of Elvis who, as a result of [[PointOfDivergence changes in circumstances and choices]], becomes a "prodigy" [[DeityOfHumanOrigin Alicorn god]] of Music, Humility, Performance, and Love instead. Eventually, Blue Suede re-Ascends [[spoiler:as a reincarnation of [[TheArchmage Mana Equus]], one of the [[TheOldGods Thirteen Empyreans]]]], changing his domains to Musical Magic, Self-Respect, Performance, Love, and Mana.
56	** The [[GodOfTheDead Trimortidae]] contains multiple examples as several members are based on various real-life people who died, whether way back in the past or in recent years. All of them are incredibly ancient and powerful Death deities due to Ascending to godhood post-mortem.
57	*** Creator/JamesDean is a young actor who codified the GreaserDelinquents trope, and managed to retain popularity long after his tragic death. Here, as Bronze Gear, he later became the Alicorn god of Death, Defiance, Freedom, and Technology post-mortem after helping the Trimortidae during the '[[Literature/NightmaresAndDreamscapes Applewood Rescue]]'.
58	*** Bossa Nova Hearstrings, Blue Suede's older identical twin brother, is based on Jesse Garon Presley, Music/ElvisPresley's stillborn older twin brother. Here, he becomes first an [[{{Psychopomp}} Angel of Death]] working under his adoptive father, Gavisus Manes, then an Alicorn god of [[GodOfTheDead Death]], Music, and Joy after overcoming his resentment and obsessions with his early death. During the "Dark Ages Crisis", he also re-Ascends [[spoiler:as a divine reincarnation 'clone' of [[TheOldGods Mana Equus]], the [[TheArchmage Empyrean Magician]]]], changing his domains to Death, Musical Magic, Empathy, Understanding, and Mana.
59	* The first half of ''Fanfic/AHistoryOfMagic'' consists of women from history who became magical girls with all of the trials and horrors that came with it such as UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII, Joan of Arc, Sacagewea, [[Literature/TheDiaryOfAYoungGirl Anne Frank]], Pocahontas, Lady Jane Grey, and [[UsefulNotes/MaryTudor Mary I of England]].
60	* ''Fanfic/ItFeelsMoreLikeAMemory'': All the Historical Domain Superpeople in ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' are {{Seers}}. Everyone whose Seer status is confirmed, widely accepted, or widely debated InUniverse are famous RealLife mythological or historical figures, and it's implied the RealLife mythological figures thought InUniverse to be Seers are also thought to be real historical people who lived and died In-Universe, making them qualify for this trope In-Universe. Two characters qualify for sure: its protagonist, Aaron Burr, who has the power to [[PortentOfDoom see how people die]] when he [[{{Psychometry}} has skin-to-skin contact with them]]; and UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc. Both are internationally confirmed and recognized as Seers. No other Seers are directly confirmed, but InUniverse, [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Cassandra]], [[Literature/TheBible John the Baptist]][[note]]regardless of your perspective on religion, John the Baptist is a real person who lived and died[[/note]], [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire Constantine]], and Apollo’s various Pythias (more well-known as the Oracles of Delphi)[[note]]again, regardless of your perspective on religion, high priestesses of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi who were referred to as Pythia or the Oracle of Delphi existed in real life[[/note]] are commonly accepted as Seers, and [[UsefulNotes/ReligiousLeaders John Calvin]]'s Seer status is widely disputed. There are also [[https://archiveofourown.org/comments/49763707 "a bunch of quacks that no one is quite sure whether or not they were seers"]], including UsefulNotes/{{Nostradamus}}.
61	* ''Fanfic/JoJoNewUniverse'': The ''Jojolion'' arc reveals that various historical figures, such as UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington, UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu, UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, UsefulNotes/ThomasEdison, UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill, and Creator/AleisterCrowley were Stand users (of which only Crowley's Stand, The Book of Love, is known). It's noted that history would be painted in a different light if people publicly knew about this, hence why it was kept a secret.
62	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3870185/1/Remember_the_bKing_b Remember the King]]'': [[spoiler:Elvis Presley is not only dead, but he's also the ruling King of Soul Society instead of Yhawch, making him both the BigGood and the most powerful man in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. He easily parries an attack by Aizen, mesmerizes Harribel into betraying Aizen with his immense spiritual pressure, and [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomps]] the rest of the Espada so utterly that Aizen's attempted coup was over before it even started]].
63	* ''Webcomic/ScoobAndShag'': The teenaged clone of [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy JFK]] from ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' appears in the comic with his Ballyhoo, Satellite, a telekinetic ability that can manipulate gravity.
64	* ''Fanfic/UntilTheEndOfTime'': UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler is revealed to be a [[Manga/DragonBall Saiyan]] powerful enough to hold his own in a fight with Goku.
65	* ''Fanfic/WithAKeyAndAKite'': All of the {{Historical Domain Character}}s from ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' have [[SuperFic superpowers]]. UsefulNotes/AlexanderHamilton and UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson are projection empaths, with Hamilton able to EmotionBomb people, while UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington and UsefulNotes/MarquisDeLaFayette are {{Seers}}. Alexander's wife, Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, [[HealingFactor heals quickly]] and is [[IdealIllnessImmunity immune to infections and diseases]] [[spoiler:and is either unnaturally long-lived or an ElderlyImmortal, it's left ambiguous]], her sister Angelica Schuyler Church is a [[{{Telepathy}} mindreader]], Alexander's daughter Angelica is also an [[TheEmpath empath]], Aaron Burr's power is that [[AntiMagic no powers work on him]], John Laurens' parents both have powers, and about a quarter of the entire European population and half of the population of the 13 colonies have superpowers.
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69	* ''WesternAnimation/AmericaTheMotionPicture'': Benedict Arnold, a military officer who served in the American Revolution, is a [[Main/OurWereWolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] who's the BigBad of the film.
70	* The antagonist of ''{{WesternAnimation/Anastasia}}'' is UsefulNotes/GrigoriRasputin, who's portrayed as a [[OurLichesAreDifferent lich]] with BlackMagic and a heavy HistoricalVillainUpgrade. He sets out to kill the titular character in order to finish a curse he set on the Romanovs.
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74	* In Creator/{{Netflix}}'s ''Film/AnastasiaOnceUponATime'', UsefulNotes/GrigoriRasputin has magical powers and sends UsefulNotes/{{Anastasia\|Nikolaevna Romanova}} [[TimeTravel forward in time]] to TheEighties through a portal to save her from the Bolshevik revolution.
75	* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'': Blackbeard (Edward Theach) is a master of HollywoodVoodoo and wields a magical cutlass that he can use to control his ship.
76	* ''Film/StayAlive2006'' centers on the titular fictional survival horror game that stars {{UsefulNotes/Elizabeth Bathory}} whose spirit possesses the game. She kills the players in real life the same way their characters did in the game.
77	* ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' reveals that John F. Kennedy was a mutant in a conversation between Erik and Charles.
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81	* In ''Literature/TheGodsOfManhattan'', the "spirit city" of Mannahatta has allowed various historical figures from Manhattan, like Babe Ruth and Creator/WaltWhitman, to be elevated to godhood after their deaths. Some of them even have additional powers related to whatever they're the god of; Peter Stuyvesant, for example, is the God of Things Were Better in the Old Days, and can make those around him feel hopeless and pessimistic about the future.
82	* An immortal Nicholas Flamel appears in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'' as a supporting character.
83	* The Russian ConspiracyThriller novel ''Look Into the Eyes of Monsters'' is set in an AlternateHistory where Earth is secretly ruled by [[AncientConspiracy powerful cabals of immortal magi]] sustained by a [[PhilosophersStone substance called "xerion"]]. Its protagonist is the Russian poet [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Gumilyov Nikolay Gumilyov]] who was shot by the Bolsheviks in 1921 in real life but is saved by the Fifth Rome cabal in the book and eventually becomes a full member in it, gaining [[TheAgeless eternal youth]], a HealingFactor, and a number of other xerion-powered superhuman traits.
84	* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' is very heavy on BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy, practically any historical figure who appears or is mentioned in the series is said to be a demigod. Apparently George Washington was Athena's son, Blackbeard Ares's, Winston Churchill Poseidon's, and Harriet Tubman was Hermes' daughter.
85	* In ''{{Literature/The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel}}'', all of the [[{{Immortality}} immortal]] humans are {{Historical Domain Character}}s such as the titular Nicholas Flamel and his wife, the Count of St. Germain, John Dee, and {{UsefulNotes/Billy The Kid}}. All of them can use magic.
86	* In an OlderThanSteam example, ''Literature/TheSongOfRoland'' ascribed superhuman abilities to the titular Roland, portraying him as so strong and durable that the only reason he died was that he had burst his temples [[BlowThatHorn blowing his horn]] to summon aid for his mortal troops and bled out. The poem also portrays an elderly UsefulNotes/{{Charlemagne}} as still having strength enough to kill the villain Baligant single-handedly.
87	* UsefulNotes/CharlesManson is already guilty of orchestrating murder and establishing a cult, but in [[Literature/TheGolgothaSeries R.S Belcher]]'s UrbanFantasy novel ''The Night Dahlia'', Charles Manson has achieved a twisted form of EnlightenmentSuperpower and can conjure horrific {{Eldritch Abomination}}s known as the Nightmare {{Tulpa}} from the depths of his madness.
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91	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
92	** In the 2007 episode ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode The Shakespeare Code]]'', a cabal of alien witches plan to use Creator/WilliamShakespeare to cast a spell that will help them take over the Earth, because their powers are based on language and Shakespeare is such a talent that he can use their abilities better than even they can...and ultimately, once their scheme is exposed, he even uses it to defeat ''them'' instead.
93	** In the 2022 special ''[[Recap/DoctorWho2022CENThePowerOfTheDoctor The Power of the Doctor]]'', Gregori Rasputin[[note]]Seems to be the patron saint of this trope, doesn't he?[[/note]] was really [[Characters/DoctorWhoMasters The Master]]. It's ambiguous whether he pulled a KillAndReplace on the real Rasputin or if he was ''always'' the real Rasputin, but either way, he uses his powers of hypnosis to manipulate Tsar Nicholas and his advanced technology to orchestrate a complex scheme across time and space to kidnap The Doctor from the future and wreak havoc on the universe.
94	* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': One of the expanded universe comic books implied Benjamin Franklin had the power to absorb electricity, since, according to his secret journal, he was shocked with enough electricity to kill a man during his famous kite experiment and survived unscathed, discharging it through a small static shock to his pet cat.
95	* ''Series/MoonKnight2022'' has godly avatars, humans who speak for the Egyptian gods and are imbued with mysterious powers as a result. The fourth episode reveals that the final avatar of the goddess Ammit was none other than UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat.
96	* ''Series/Sanctuary2007'': UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla became the first modern vampire. He loses the vampirism and gains electromagnetic powers, and then later regains his vampirism.
97	* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': In the episode "Requiem for Methuselah" the Enterprise crew meets an old human named Flint who is both immortal and possessed of superhuman strength. Flint was originally born around 3800 BC and lived as many notable historical figures during his long lifetime including King Solomon, UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat, Music/JohannesBrahms, Creator/LeonardoDaVinci, and Lazarus. He kept his immortality secret by letting each persona eventually "die" and establishing a new identity elsewhere.
98	* ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows2019'': Laszlo, with his vampire gifts of flying, glamoring, and turning into a bat, reveals to Nadja and Nandor as they think they're dying that he was {{UsefulNotes/Jack the Ripper}}.
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102	* [=TheRealBradNeely=]'s ''UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington'' [[https://youtu.be/l7iVsdRbhnc video]] portrays the titular [=US=] President having SuperStrength (as seen when he throws a British soldier to the sky and cuts several more in half with kicks), EyeBeams, and at one point as being a 12 feet tall [[Main/AtomicSuperpower radioactive]] man.
103	* [=TheRealBradNeely=] also made ''[[https://youtu.be/K7y2xPucnAo History Lesson (JFK),]]'' which asserts UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy could [[{{Flight}} fly]] and [[{{Telepathy}} read minds]].
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107	* ''{{Theatre/Michael Jackson ONE}}'' presents a ''very'' magical version of the titular musician and the misfit protagonists are searching for his clothes, which are also magical. Enforced due to Michael Jackson's estate serving as a co-producer of the show.
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111	* ''[[Franchise/AssassinsCreed Assassin's Creed]]'' has the Sages, a type of HalfHumanHybrid who are essentially a reincarnation of the Isu, the {{Precursors}} of the setting, created by LostTechnology and genetic engineering (it's very complicated). While the Sages don't have any combat-related powers, they can use Precursor/Isu technology, which is generally locked and thus cannot be used by regular people. Some of these Sages are also real-life historical figures as well such as [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity Jacques de Molay]] and [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedValhalla Harald Fairhair]].
112	** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'': [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy Bartholomew Roberts]] (a reincarnation of Aita) is one of these Sages who had a hand in inventing quite a bit of Precursor technology.
113	* ''VideoGame/EmpireEarth'': Strategist heroes (historical characters who often get a HistoricalBadassUpgrade as well) get a BattleCry ability that greatly reduces enemy armor and have a single-target healing ability. Including the likes of William the Conqueror, Isabella of Castille, Elizabeth I, UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, and UsefulNotes/{{Charlemagne}}.
114	* 10tons's ''Tesla vs. Lovecraft'' have both famous individuals get this treatment. H.P. Lovecraft has called upon the power of the Great Old Ones to summon monsters throughout Great Britain, but they're no match for Tesla who uses SuperScience to augment himself and manufacture weapons that are more appropriate to Franchise/StarTrek than the Victorian Era.
115	* In ''{{VideoGame/Wasteland 3}}'', Ronald Reagan appears in the post-apocalyptic wasteland reborn as a HumongousMecha with EyeBeams who is worshiped as a living god by a cult known as "The Gippers" (named after Reagan's nickname from the movie ''{{Film/Knute Rockne All American}}'' ). Though ultimately subverted: [[spoiler:it's a highly corrupted AI copy of Reagan's mind that Mother Nancy Reliance exploits to maintain control over the cult, and Morningstar, who knew the real Reagan, points out that the man was a devout Christian and would have hated being worshiped.]]
116	* The ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes'' series is about historical characters (as well some contemporary ones like [[Main/NoCelebritiesWereHarmed judoka Ryoko Tani and football player Johnny Maximum]] ) fighting against a great menace invoked by a time machine traveler, having all these famous characters their own powers, some of them being [[Main/ElementalPowers elemental]]. The only non-famous characters are a cyborg created by the Nazis and the scientist who created the time machine and [[HeelFaceTurn reprogrammed the cyborg to help him in his mission]].
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120	* ''Franchise/FateSeries'': Historical figures can be summoned as magical beings called Servants to fight in the Holy Grail War. Servants are far more powerful than normal humans and their Noble Phantasms can leave areas in ruins (some are capable of wiping out entire cities). Some highlights include:
121	** ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': UsefulNotes/SasakiKojiro's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsubame_gaeshi Tsubame Gaeshi]] can twist dimensions so as to allow him to [[BladeSpam attack with three different strikes all at once]]. [[TheHashshashin Hassan-i-Sabbah]] is actually [[LegacyCharacter a title given to multiple people over generations]], each one with their own unique ability, with the one portrayed here having the ability to [[BeatStillMyHeart create a replica of a person's heart that's magically connected to the real heart]].
122	** ''Literature/FateZero'': UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat has [[ShockAndAwe lightning powers]] as a result of being a descendant of Zeus, drives a chariot pulled by two divine bulls, and is portrayed as a huge muscular man whose account of being too small to sit on Darius III's throne is only because Darius is ''even bigger''. UsefulNotes/GillesDeRais, while not an actual mage, owns a spellbook that allows him to summon {{Eldritch Abomination}}s.
123	** ''Literature/FateApocrypha'': [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_ibn_Gabirol Solomon ibn Gabirol]] is a [[MakerOfMonsters master golem creator]]. Creator/WilliamShakespeare is a MasterOfIllusion who can trap people in recreations of their past that he narrates over.
124	** ''Literature/FateStrangeFake'': Creator/AlexandreDumas can magically create {{Effective Knockoff}}s of any Noble Phantasm. UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionheart can give any object the powers of Excalibur simply by ''insisting that it is Excalibur''. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Prelati Francois Prelati]] is a MasterOfIllusion with BornAgainImmortality and demon blood inside him due to making contact with Beelzebub.
125	** ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': UsefulNotes/AnastasiaNikolaevnaRomanova has [[AnIcePerson ice magic]] and formed a contract with Literature/{{Viy}}, who also serves as her Noble Phantasm. UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun was born from the remains of an alien superweapon and wields a LaserSword that can summon a KillSat fired down by Mars. UsefulNotes/HelenaBlavatsky has actual psychic powers due to having magic circuits. And this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this game.
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129	* The premise of ''{{WebAnimation/Super Science Friends}}'' is that historical scientists form their own team of [[Main/ScienceHero Science Heroes]] led by UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill, do time travel and fight Nazis. The members consist of:
130	** UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud: The team's telepath who has the ability to control people's sexual thoughts.
131	** UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla: Fittingly has electrical powers.
132	** UsefulNotes/MarieCurie: Her ring gives her various radiation powers such as shields, disintegration, and x-ray vision.
133	** Tapputi (The world's first chemist): Her tonics and perfumes create seductive illusions to fool men.
134	** UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein: A teenage clone of the original who has SuperSpeed as a result of understanding that time is relative.
135	** UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin: Has the ability to shapeshift into any living (or extinct) animal.
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139	* In ''{{Webcomic/Spinnerette}}'' Benjamin Franklin was accidentally transported to the present day by a time traveler attempting to kill Hitler, where he discovered that since one of his later inventions will make time travel possible the universe won't let him be seriously harmed, he takes advantage of it to fight crime.
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143	* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Various historical figures have been confirmed to have been [[TransformationTrinket Miraculous]] holders. These include UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc and the UsefulNotes/MarquisDeLaFayette.
144	* In ''{{WesternAnimation/The Simpsons}}'', one "Treehouse of Horror" story featured a guest appearance by Creator/LucyLawless, playing herself. At the end of the story, she grabs Bart and Lisa and flies off with them, revealing that she has superpowers.
145	* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'' is rife with examples, befitting an AlternateHistory universe complete with '60s era ''[[WeirdScience Super Science!]]'' and real FunctionalMagic. To note:
146	** The original incarnation of the [[WeirdTradeUnion Guild of Calamitous Intent]] included several {{Historical Domain Character}}s with implied supernatural/technological abilities including Creator/AleisterCrowley, [[Creator/MarkTwain Samuel Clemens]], Creator/OscarWilde, and "Father of Bodybuilding" [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Sandow Eugen Sandow]]. They were rivals of UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla, who fielded an army of airships along with his Avon Ladies. Col. Lloyd Venture, another founding member and great-grandfather of the eponymous brothers, was a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt (later revealed to be the actual first person on the moon, doing so in ''1902'').
147	** ZigZagged with the Guild Sovereign, one Music/DavidBowie, who is shown to have [[ShapeShifter Shape Shifting]] abilities. However, in later seasons, it is revealed that [[spoiler:the Guild Sovereign isn't the real David Bowie, merely a shapeshifter in his form. However, the two have met and collaborated, with it said that the creature on the cover of Bowie's ''Diamond Dogs'' album to be the shapeshifter's true form.]]
148	** Music/BuddyHolly and Music/TheBigBopper were recruited into the guild by Literature/{{Fantomas}}, with the plane crash that killed them in real life being a cover for their induction into the guild. They became the supervillains Red Mantle and Dragoon, respectively, the former being a [[DishingOutDirt Geomancer]] (with other magical abilities implied) and the latter possessing StoutStrength enough (even in his [[RetiredBadass old age]]) to battle the much younger and [[DeathTouch superpowered]] Phantom Limb.
149	** Music/IggyPop and Music/KlausNomi were two of the guild Sovereign's closest associates, the former capable of tossing {{Energy Ball}}s and the latter with SuperScream powers.
150	** Numerous other guild members, most often shown in flashbacks or bit appearances, bear a strong resemblance to deceased musicians and possess superpowers:
151	*** Mister Fahrenheit, "the Supersonic Man", is a [[TheSpeedster Speedster]] who physically resembles Music/FreddieMercury and whose name is taken [[Music/QueenBand Queen]] song ''Don't Stop Me Now''.
152	*** Stab Girl is pretty clearly Wendy O. Williams of Music/ThePlasmatics with an outfit based on ''ComicBook/TankGirl''.
153	*** Shrill Specter is Music/PhilSpector with [[MakeSomeNoise sonic abilities]].
154	*** Scary Nilsson is a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] Music/HarryNilsson.
155	** Dr. Henry Killinger is strongly implied to ''be'' UsefulNotes/HenryKissinger, UsefulNotes/RichardNixon's Secretary of State. He serves as a MagicalGuardian and TricksterMentor with a functional ParasolParachute and a BagOfHolding that can produce anything his clients could possibly need.
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