History Main / FamousForBeingFirst

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': The episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS10E1TheReturnOfChef the Return of Chef]]" is about Chef being in a group called The Super Adventure Club, who were founded by William P. Phineas. He had no luck discovering new lands, since everywhere he went was already discovered by someone else. So, [[InsaneTrollLogic he decided to be the first person to have sex with children in those regions, which was enough to keep the club going]]. Now the club believes that violating children sexually causes them to absorb "Marlocs" from them, which would make them immortal.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Luz is excited to learn magic and determined to be the first human to become a witch, overcoming her lack of innate magical ability by learning to utilize glyphs. [[spoiler:However, it turns out that several centuries prior, a man named Philip arrived on the island and was able to wield magic, and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero after a time-travelling Luz taught him the final glyph]], he went on to become [[BigBad Emperor Belos]]]].]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Luz is excited to learn magic and determined to be the first human to become a witch, overcoming her lack of innate magical ability by learning to utilize glyphs. [[spoiler:However, it turns out later on that she's actually the ''third''. Back during the Colonial era, two brothers from her hometown also entered the Isles (though not at the same time). One of them became the ancestor of her mentor Eda, and the other went on to be the series' BigBad Emperor Belos.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Luz is excited to learn magic and determined to be the first human to become a witch, overcoming her lack of innate magical ability by learning to utilize glyphs. [[spoiler:However, it turns out that several centuries prior, a man named Philip arrived on the island and was able to wield magic, and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero after a time-travelling Luz taught him the final glyph]], he went on to become [[BigBad Emperor Belos]]]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'': While Shrek and Donkey are stargazing, Shrek points at some stars that represent Throwback, "the only ogre to ever spit over three wheat fields".

** It's stated on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' that Seven of Nine is the first de-assimilated Borg to regain her humanity (apparently not counting Picard/Locutus, who only spent one week as a Borg instead of eighteen years).

*** Saru is the first Kelpien in Starfleet (and most likely the first to leave Kaminar and the first in two thousand years to survive his va'harai).

* ''[[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 [=DuckTales=] 2017]]'': In "The Impossible Summit of Mount Neverrest!", Scrooge wants to be the first to reach the top of a supposedly unreachable summit, and brings his family along. This causes Scrooge to become more and more reckless, with cautious Huey disapproving. [[spoiler:It later turns out the top is almost ''literally'' unreachable because the peak is covered in various portals, so Huey convinces Scrooge to concede in order to save the family.]]

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' opens with a race Lightning [=McQueen=] is desperate to win in part because it would make him the first rookie to win the Piston Cup. This leads to him overextending, allowing his rivals to catch up and ending the race in a three-way tie that has to be resolved with a tie-breaker race. [[spoiler:By the time the tie-breaker race happens, Lightning has undergone CharacterDevelopment and gives up the chance to win in order to help an injured rival finish his last race with dignity after Chick Hicks knocks him off the road, which severely wrecks him.]]

[[InfoDump Expect to hear, from other characters,]] how X was the first to do Y, which no one else had envisioned, or which may have been thought to be impossible. Further, regardless of any advances made in whatever [[FictionalFieldOfScience field of study]], [[ArtisticLicenseMartialArts fighting style,]] or the [[{{Alchemy}} magic arts]], those that follow will always pay homage to the originators, by reminding others, and the viewer, where it all began. Dojos will have wallscrolls of their founders, who first created their style, and business establishments will usually have either pictures of their founders or plaques in their honor.