* An example that appears to make this OlderThanRadio: in ''JohnCarterOfMars'', the main character is a random American soldier... who ends up one of the strongest guys around on Mars because of that planet's lower gravity. (Thoroughly confused in one of the later books where he visits Jupiter and doesn't seem to have a problem walking there...)
* The protagonist of the first three books of the Spellsong Cycle is an opera singer TrappedInAnotherWorld in which music is literally magic - sing something, and it happens. Because being a musician in that world makes you a PersonOfMassDestruction, knowledge of music ''theory'' never got very far and much of the world is locked in MedievalStasis. Her [[GivingRadioToTheRomans real-world education]] ends up making her an extremely dangerous and powerful individual.
* {{Dragonlance}}: [[spoiler: The Dragon Overlords of the War of Souls trilogy, dragons hundreds of feet in length, came from a world near where [[ItMakesSenseInContext Takhisis moved Krynn to so she could be the dominant goddess.]] They came to Krynn because they were weaklings on their planet of dragons. Scary place.]]
* In Literature/GulliversTravels, the title character is a classic example among the Lilliputians: Gulliver is a fairly normal human, but because the Lilliputians are about six inches tall he becomes like a OneManArmy (or more accurately, Navy) for them.
* There is a similar story titled "Gift of a Worthless Man", written by Creator/AlanDeanFoster for the ''...Who Needs Enemies'' anthology, where a low criminal crashlands on a planet inhabited by sentient roach-like creatures stuck in Ancient Ages. He teaches them agriculture and basic craftsmanship and essentially uplifts their society, so that 100 years later, they are already have industry.

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* In ''JohnCarterOfMars'', the main character is a random American soldier... who ends up one of the strongest guys around on Mars because of that planet's lower gravity. (Thoroughly confused in one of the later books where he visits Jupiter and doesn't seem to have a problem walking there...)
* The protagonist of the first three books of the ''Spellsong Cycle'' is an opera singer TrappedInAnotherWorld in which music is literally magic - sing something, and it happens. Because being a musician in that world makes you a PersonOfMassDestruction, knowledge of music ''theory'' never got very far and much of the world is locked in MedievalStasis. Her [[GivingRadioToTheRomans real-world education]] ends up making her an extremely dangerous and powerful individual.
* ''{{Dragonlance}}'': [[spoiler: The Dragon Overlords of the War of Souls trilogy, dragons hundreds of feet in length, came from a world near where [[ItMakesSenseInContext Takhisis moved Krynn to so she could be the dominant goddess.]] They came to Krynn because they were weaklings on their planet of dragons. Scary place.]]
* OlderThanRadio: In ''Literature/GulliversTravels'', the title character is a classic example among the Lilliputians: Gulliver is a fairly normal human, but because the Lilliputians are about six inches tall he becomes like a OneManArmy (or more accurately, Navy) for them.
* There is a story titled "Gift of a Worthless Man", written by Creator/AlanDeanFoster for the ''...Who Needs Enemies'' anthology, where a low criminal crashlands on a planet inhabited by sentient roach-like creatures stuck in Ancient Ages. He teaches them agriculture and basic craftsmanship and essentially uplifts their society, so that 100 years later, they are already have industry.

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