History Main / ApocalypseHitler

* In ''{{Hellboy}}'' and ''SavageDragon'' Hitler lived until 1952, when Hellboy killed him. Annnnd then his brain was transplanted into a gorilla.

* Given a subtle nod in ''{{Hellboy}}'', where Professor Broom casually gives a date for Hitler's death much ''later'' than 1945 - and, more concretely, establishes that Hitler had indeed [[{{Ghostapo}} used the power of legendary artifacts such as the Spear of Longinus]] to cement his power base.

->--'''[[LargeHam Adolf Hitler]]''', ''TheTwilightZone''

* An episode of ''TheTwilightZone'' which provides the page quotes sees Hitler's ghost inspire and direct a young American neo-Nazi, eventually driving him to [[spoiler:kill a friend to make a martyr for his cause, and later murder an elderly Jewish man.]] At the end of the episode, Hitler's spectral shadow [[NightmareFuel glides along a wall, seeking a new apprentice,]] as the narration proceeds to inform the audience that [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil as long as bigotry and racism exist, Hitler will always be alive.]]

* In ''[[Hellboy]]'' and ''SavageDragon'' Hitler lived until 1952, when Hellboy killed him. Annnnd then his brain was transplanted into a gorilla.

* In the {{Fundamentalist}} "End Times" novel ''The Fourth Reich'', Hitler ''is'' the Antichrist - [[spoiler: ''and'' literally Hitler reborn. He's the Russian President, who turns out to be a clone of Hitler, and is indwelt by the soul of the original Hitler, who's been released by Satan from Hell to do his dirty work]]. This book is one of the more entertaining [[SoBadItsGood (for sufficiently twisted values of "entertaining")]] "End Times" fictions around, and is also notable for a take on eschatology that differs ''sharply'' from the Premillennial Dispensationalist viewpoint with which most people will be familiar. There is much fun to be had in watching Hitler scream "''Nie wieder! Nie wieder!''" as his evil plans are frustrated, and watching him explain each failure to a furious Satan.
** In other words, the work is "Christian" End Times fiction in advertising only.

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* In ''Persona 2: Innocent Sin'', the first game in the ''Persona2'' duology, Hitler is resurrected simply because enough people believed he survived, and like other rumors in the game, it became true.

* In ''VentureBrothers'', a group of villains who want to resurrect Hitler (through cloning, and a dog reincarnation of him) are featured in the first episode of season four. It's played for laughs, of course.

* ''{{Superman}}: At Earth's End'' pits a far-future Man of Steel against the DNA Diktators, a pair of Hitler clones who Superman declares to be responsible for all the Earth's ills just before unloading on them [[MoreDakka with the most ridiculously huge BFG imaginable.]] ([[BrokenAesop The story then ends on an anti-gun Aesop.]])

* ''{{Wolfenstein}}'' had Hitler in [[StupidJetPackHitler a mecha suit]], [[{{Ghostapo}} and several different legions of ghosts, mages, and what have you.]]

** ''[[MemeticMutation Of course. Don't you know anything about SCIENCE?!]]''

* Incidentally, Hitler's surviving grandnephews (the grandchildren of his half-brother) have reportedly changed their names and vowed never to have children of their own, effectively playing this stereotype straight.
** They probably just don't want their potential children's lives ruined by their infamous relative, or get them in trouble with fanatics who believe in this trope.
*** But just think of the potential ''WhoDoYouThinkYouAre'' episode out of that!
*** Who do you think you are? Well, as it turns out, you're Hitler!

* An episode of ''TheTwilightZone'' which provides the page quotes sees Hitler's ghost inspire and direct a young American neo-Nazi, eventually driving him to [[spoiler:kill a friend to make a martyr for his cause, and later murder an elderly Jewish man.]] At the end of the episode, Hitler's spectral shadow [[NightmareFuel glides along a wall, seeking a new apprentice,]] as the narration proceeds to inform the audience that [[{{Anvilicious}} as long as bigotry and racism exist, Hitler will always be alive.]]

* ''{{Superman}}: At Earth's End'' pits a far-future Man of Steel against the DNA Diktators, a pair of Hitler clones who Superman declares to be responsible for all the Earth's ills just before unloading on them [[MoreDakka with the most ridiculously huge BFG imaginable.]] ([[WallBanger The story then ends on an anti-gun Aesop.]])

* ''[[TheAvengers The New Avengers]]'' episode "The Eagle's Nest" featured a group of Nazis attempting to revive the cryogenically revived body of Hitler.

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* In the novel ''TheBoysFromBrazil'', [[spoiler: not only has Hitler been cloned many times over, but efforts are being made to make the clones' lives more like that of young Adolfs, for example by killing the clones' fathers when the clones are the age that Hitler was when his father died.]]

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* [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2044#comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]] had a recent comic that addresses this as well.

* ''[[TheAvengers The New Avengers]]'' episode "The Eagle's Nest" featured a group of Nazis attempting to revive the cryogenically revived bdy of Hitler.

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* ''BobTheAngryFlower'' has subverted this trope for comic effect in [[http://www.angryflower.com/goodhi.gif This]] strip. It's hard to be cloned Hitler when you wish to attone for your sins.
* [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2044#comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]] had a recent comic that addresses this as well.

[[GodwinsLaw Why,]] AdolfHitler, '''[[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses OF COURSE!]]'''

Of course, in reality, Hitler was a mere mortal rather than the very spirit of evil given human form, and bringing him back from the dead would in all likelihood not make TheLegionsOfHell TakeOverTheWorld. As a matter of fact, Hitler wasn't even the greatest mass murderer ever to live- he comes in third on that list, behind Mao and Stalin (although he did achieve his number in far fewer years). Furthermore, the reason why an ''InglouriousBasterds''-type situation didn't happen in reality is because the Allies realized that [[BadBoss Hitler's incompetent leadership]] was practically winning the war ''for'' them.

Why, AdolfHitler, [[strike:[[GodwinsLaw of course]]]] '''[[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses OF COURSE!]]'''

* Incidentally, Hitler's surviving grandnephews (the grandchildren of his half-brother) have reportedly changed their names and vowed never to have children of their own, effectively playing this stereotype straight.

On a practical level, [[CloningBlues cloning Hitler]] ([[YouClonedHitler a favorite method]]) would likely result in a completely different person who just so happened to look like Hitler. And in fact, a man who looked like Hitler would probably have ''less'' of a chance to end up in a position of power in today's world than just about anyone else.

Why, AdolfHitler, [[GodwinsLaw of course]]!

Of course, in reality, Hitler was a mere mortal rather than the very spirit of evil given human form, and bringing him back from the dead would in all likelihood not make TheLegionsOfHell TakeOverTheWorld. As a matter of fact, Hitler wasn't even the greatest mass murderer ever to live- he comes in third on that list, behind Mao and Stalin (although he did achieve his number in far fewer years). On a practical level, [[CloningBlues cloning Hitler]] ([[YouClonedHitler a favorite method]]) would likely result in a completely different person who just so happened to look like Hitler. And in fact, a man who looked like Hitler would probably have ''less'' of a chance to end up in a position of power in today's world than just about anyone else.