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* DoubleSubverted in ''Film/WierIstDa'': Adolf Hitler suddenly appearing in modern-day Germany is [[AdolfHitlarious seen as pretty damned comedic]] because [[FishOutOfTemporalWater he's not used to stuff like the Internet]]... and then he adapts, and people fall under his thrall ''[[RefugeInAudacity because]]'' they think a pitch-perfect Hitler impersonator in modern-day Germany is too stupid to be anything but a joke.

* Played with in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}: Innocent Sin'', where Hitler is resurrected via the [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve power of rumors]] and a {{conspiracy theory}} suggesting he escaped instead of committing suicide and attempts to take over the world. [[spoiler:This Hitler turns out to be fake, though. He also turns out to be none other than [[Creator/HPLovecraft Nyarlatothep]] himself. [[EldritchAbomination Be afraid.]] [[GodOfEvil Be very afraid.]]]]

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* Played with in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}: Innocent Sin'', where Hitler is resurrected via the [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve power of rumors]] and a {{conspiracy theory}} suggesting he escaped instead of committing suicide and attempts to take over the world. [[spoiler:This Hitler turns out to be fake, though. He also turns out to be none other than [[Creator/HPLovecraft Nyarlatothep]] himself. [[EldritchAbomination Be afraid.]] [[UltimateEvil Be very afraid.]]]]

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* Mentioned by Professor Farnsworth in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
-->'''Professor''': Everyone's always in favor of saving Hitler's brain. But when you put it in the body of a [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks great white shark]], ooh, suddenly you've gone too far!

On a practical level, [[OurClonesAreIdentical 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. Though to be fair, most people probably wouldn't even recognize Hitler without the beard. WeDidntStartTheFuhrer, meanwhile, is a better way to [[JustifiedTrope justify this trope]] by making Hitler a literal force of evil rather than rolling with the ironic premise that it's something in the genes.

* Averted in the non-canon ''Manga/DragonBallZ'' movie ''Fusion Reborn''. A reincarnated Hitler marching through the streets of a major city at the head of a line of Panzers is played for comic relief, not horror, and is easily defeated by a couple of children. It's the reincarnated Freeza that's treated as a problem... [[CurbStompBattle for about three seconds]].

* Subverted in an issue of DC Comics ''[[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders Outsiders]]'', where a clone of Hitler is decanted, shown films of the "accomplishments" of his predecessor [[DrivenToSuicide and then shoots himself out of horror]].

* In ''Literature/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]]. Also was adapted as a movie.

* In the ''Literature/FactionParadox'' novel ''Warlords of Utopia'', which involves a war between a parallel universe where UsefulNotes/AncientRome never fell and a parallel universe where [[ThoseWackyNazis the Nazis won WWII]], ends with the son of Hitler, raised from birth to be [[UpToEleven Hitler times a thousand]], escaping to ''our world'', planning to wreak havoc. [[spoiler: He is hunted down by the protaganist, who finds him in a small villa in Brazil. He is, for all his education and pure distilled evilness, little more than just another pathetic white supremacist. He's squashed like a bug]].

* An episode of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' 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 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.]]
* Deconstructed in ''Kessler'' (the sequel to ''Series/SecretArmy''). Although there's concern throughout the series that Kessler could use his [[NaziGold ill-gotten gains]] for some sort of Nazi renaissance, his fellow war criminals scoff at the idea, one draping a Nazi flag on Kessler. "Here, cover yourself with glory!" After discovering his fanatical daughter has been killed (after being mistaken for the NaziHunter protagonists) Kessler lies down on the flag and shoots himself.

* Played with in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}: Innocent Sin'', where Hitler is resurrected via the [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve power of rumors]] and a conspiracy theory suggesting he escaped instead of committing suicide and attempts to take over the world. [[spoiler: This Hitler turns out to be fake, though. He also turns out to be none other than [[Creator/HPLovecraft Nyarlatothep]] himself. [[EldritchAbomination Be afraid.]] [[UltimateEvil Be very afraid.]]]]

** ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheOldBlood'' has a note from a man who writes about an encounter with Hitler, mentioning Hitler's hand being unnaturally cold and noticing a distinct rotting smell about him - the implication being that BJ killed him as in ''[=Wolf3D=]'', and the Nazis simply resurrected him afterwards.

* ''Webcomic/BobTheAngryFlower'' has subverted this trope for comic effect in [[http://www.angryflower.com/goodhi.gif This]] strip. It's hard to be cloned Hitler [[TheAtoner when you wish to atone for your sins]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' 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. Brock kills the dog, then remarks that he can check one more thing off the list of cool stuff he never thought he'd get to do.

Maybe there's some nutjob who hasn't given up on the idea of the Third Reich, the Aryan Nation, the Thule Society or any one of the other things Hitler had a hand in, or maybe they're just doing it ForTheEvulz, but bringing back Hitler for the express purpose of having him take over the world is a recurring villainous plot in fiction, and is often treated as synonymous with opening the gates of Hell and letting {{Satan}} [[TheLegionsOfHell and his minions run free]] or summoning down one of [[Creator/HPLovecraft H. P. Lovecraft]]'s many {{Eldritch Abomination}}s to destroy the minds of all mankind - that is, TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.

* The cult of the Nazis who fled to Latin America in ''Anime/VaticanMiracleExaminer'' plays this trope in a rather crazy way using [[spoiler: Hitler's sperm, frozen in a cryocamera, to impregnate young girls and get "Hitler's son" (in a funny way considering him a reincarnation of the "father"), all under the guidance of Satan-- who is actually a mass hallucination from the drugs they have taken.]]

* In ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' and ''ComicBook/SavageDragon'' Hitler lived until 1952, when Hellboy killed him. And then [[KillerGorilla his brain was transplanted into a gorilla]].

* In the Manga/{{Hellsing}} fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7427927/1/Hellsing-Demon-Reborn Hellsing: Demon Reborn]]'', it's revealed that a reserve unit of Millennium [[spoiler: lead by the real, still-human and ''very'' elderly [[DemotedToDragon Major]]]], has been guarding Adolf Hitler after resurrecting him. His new body is still cooking, but is stated to be made with demonic magics that would turn him into an unstoppable juggernaut. Integra, knowing just how dangerous Hitler was as a mere mortal, is convinced allowing him to fully rejuvenate would lead to TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and works with Alucard and Seras to prevent his full revival. [[spoiler: Indeed, when he finally gains a fully functioning body, he's able to fight [[ShowyInvincibleHero Alucard]] to a draw]].

* Given a subtle nod in ''Film/{{Hellboy|2004}}'', where Professor Bruttenholm 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 [[TheSpearOfDestiny the Spear of Longinus]] to cement his power base.

* ''Flesh Feast'', the last film of poor [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Lake Veronica Lake,]] is about a MadScientist who creates a breed of man-eating maggots (under the pretense of using them for "regeneration research") and helps the bad guys resurrect Hitler [[spoiler:just so she can kill him personally with her maggots by throwing them in his face, as revenge for her political prisoner parents' deaths in the Holocaust]]. [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext And that's about it, really]].

* In ''Literature/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.]] Also was adapted as a movie.
* 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 [[InNameOnly in advertising only]].

* ''CommicBook/SupermanAtEarthsEnd'' 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.]])

* Franchise/{{Marvel}} has had multiple [[YouClonedHitler Hitler Clones]] running around, the most famous dressing up in a purple KKK outfit and calling himself the Hate-Monger.

* Given a subtle nod in ''Film/{{Hellboy}}'', where Professor Bruttenholm 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 [[TheSpearOfDestiny the Spear of Longinus]] to cement his power base.

* In the [[Manga/{{Hellsing}}]] fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7427927/1/Hellsing-Demon-Reborn Hellsing: Demon Reborn]]'', it's revealed that a reserve unit of Millennium [[spoiler: lead by the real, still-human and ''very'' elderly [[DemotedToDragon Major]]]], has been guarding Adolf Hitler after resurrecting him. His new body is still cooking, but is stated to be made with demonic magics that would turn him into an unstoppable juggernaut. Integra, knowing just how dangerous Hitler was as a mere mortal, is convinced allowing him to fully rejuvenate would lead to TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and works with Alucard and Seras to prevent his full revival. [[spoiler: Indeed, when he finally gains a fully functioning body, he's able to fight [[ShowyInvincibleHero Alucard]] to a draw]].

* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7427927/1/Hellsing-Demon-Reborn Hellsing: Demon Reborn]], it's revealed that a reserve unit of Millennium [[spoiler: Lead by the real, still-human and ''very'' elderly Major]], has been guarding Adolf Hitler after resurrecting him. His new body is still cooking, but is stated to be made with demonic magics that would turn him into an unstoppable juggernaut. Integra, knowing just how dangerous Hitler was as a mere mortal, is convinced allowing him to fully rejuvenate would lead to TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and works with Alucard and Seras to prevent his full revival. [[spoiler: Indeed, when he finally gains a fully functioning body, he's able to fight [[ShowyInvincibleHero Alucard]] to a draw]].

* The cult of the Nazis who fled to Latin America in ''Anime/VaticanMiracleExaminer'' plays this trope in a rather crazy way using [[spoiler: sperm Hitler, who was frozen in a cryocamera, that to impregnate young girls and get the "Hitler's son" (in a funny way considering him a reincarnation of the "father"), all under the guidance of Satan, who is actually a mass galyucination of for the drugs they have taken.]]

-->--'''[[LargeHam Adolf Hitler]]''', from ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "He's Alive"

On a practical level, [[OurClonesAreIdentical 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. WeDidntStartTheFuhrer, meanwhile, is a better way to [[JustifiedTrope justify this trope]] by making Hitler a literal force of evil rather than rolling with the ironic premise that it's something in the genes.

* Played with in ''{{Persona 2}}: Innocent Sin'', where Hitler is resurrected via the [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve power of rumors]] and a conspiracy theory suggesting he escaped instead of committing suicide and attempts to take over the world. [[spoiler: This Hitler turns out to be fake, though. He also turns out to be none other than [[Creator/HPLovecraft Nyarlatothep]] himself. [[EldritchAbomination Be afraid.]] [[UltimateEvil Be very afraid.]]]]

On a practical level, [[OurClonesAreIdentical 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. WeDidntStartTheFuhrer, meanwhile, is a better way to [[JustifiedTrope justify this trope]].

** And kinda, [[OppositeSexClone Girl Hitler]]. But she's actually kind of one of the good guys, helping lead LaResistance to free her country from the super-villain dictator who rules it and establish a free democracy

* ''CommicBook/SupermanAtEarthsEnd'' 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.]] ([[SpoofAesop The story then ends on an anti-gun Aesop.]])

[[caption-width:320:[[Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic Nazi Science SNEERS at the boundary between life and death!]]]]

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-->--'''[[LargeHam Adolf Hitler]]''', from ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "He's Alive"

* An episode of ''Series/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 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.]]

* ''BobTheAngryFlower'' has subverted this trope for comic effect in [[http://www.angryflower.com/goodhi.gif This]] strip. It's hard to be cloned Hitler [[TheAtoner when you wish to atone for your sins]].
* ''[[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2044#comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]'' had a comic that addresses this as well. Of course, this being ''SMBC'', it's cynical as all get-out.
* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''{{Spinnerette}}'' when Dr. Universe is commissioned to create a clone of Hitler that would then be imbued with the soul of the original via [[{{Ghostapo}} German sorcery]]. After the heroes capture his clients, he points out that the whole idea was doomed to failure from the beginning, since even if the clone chose to be a dictator, the German people know their own history too well to repeat it.