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5 | [[caption-width-right:350:[-One of the most famous American presidents, used in wildly various contexts. [[note]]clockwise from top left: [[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln His portrait]], ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'', ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'', ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.]]-][[/note]] |
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7 | Simply put, it's taking a well-known person from RealLife history and using this person as a character in a story. This does mean any work of that kind, whether it's HistoricalFiction, a HollywoodHistory story, a piece of AlternateHistory, or a [[ShownTheirWork well-researched and accurate]] {{biopic}} of events. Needless to say, there isn't necessarily any similarity in personality between the real person and the character in the story. They may even be [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy classical composers who were secretly sleeper agents for extraterrestrials]]. Whatever works. |
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9 | Naturally this covers a lot of works (save for non-fiction), but given how often people can disagree about real history and our present, it would be hard to draw a line between which fictional works would fit and which fictional works wouldn't. Thus all are included. |
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11 | Note that despite this trope having "Historical" in the name, present-day living people are also included in this list, as long as they have a very significant social impact or cultural legacy that will cause them to be remembered in future media. Please remove troping in these people's pages as you browse. |
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13 | Obviously, the vast majority of (in)famous historical figures are long deceased. If a story mentions real-life dead people by characters living in the present-day, or if they're featured in historical flashbacks, then they also double as {{Posthumous Character}}s. Also compare this trope with PublicDomainCharacter, AnonymousRinger, RomanAClef, and RealPersonFic. |
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15 | [[index]] |
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17 | '''UsefulNotes''' |
18 | * {{UsefulNotes/Historical Domain Character}}s (list) |
19 | ] |
20 | !!Examples: |
21 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter/AnimeAndManga |
22 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter/ComicBooks |
23 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter/FanWorks |
24 | ** ''HistoricalDomainCharacter/ItFeelsMoreLikeAMemory'' |
25 | * {{HistoricalDomainCharacter/Film}} |
26 | * {{HistoricalDomainCharacter/Literature}} |
27 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter/LiveActionTV |
28 | ** ''HistoricalDomainCharacter/TheMinistryOfTime'' |
29 | * {{HistoricalDomainCharacter/Theatre}} |
30 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter/VideoGames |
31 | * {{HistoricalDomainCharacter/Webcomics}} |
32 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter/WesternAnimation |
33 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter/OtherMedia |
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35 | !!Subtropes: |
36 | * AllohistoricalAllusion |
37 | * BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: It's revealed that a historical figure had an unusual or extraordinary aspect of their life that isn't recorded in the history books. |
38 | ** JuliusBeethovenDaVinci: Multiple historical figures were actually the aliases of an immortal being. |
39 | ** YouWillBeBeethoven: A time-traveler accidentally kills a historical figure or finds that the historical figure did not exist, so they decide to take on the identity of the historical figure to secure the timestream. |
40 | * TheDeadRiseToAdvertise: Deceased celebrities are used to endorse products in commercials. |
41 | * FictionalizedDeathAccount: A work of fiction has a historical figure die in a different way from how they died in real life. |
42 | * HistoricalBadassUpgrade: A work of fiction makes a historical figure more impressive than their real-life counterpart. |
43 | ** HistoricalDomainSuperperson |
44 | * HistoricalBeautyUpdate: A historical figure is depicted as being more attractive than they were in real life. |
45 | * HistoricalCharactersFictionalRelative |
46 | * HistoricalDomainCrossover |
47 | * HistoricalDowngrade |
48 | * HistoricalFiguresInArchivalMedia |
49 | * HistoricalGenderFlip: A historical figure is depicted as a different gender or sex than they were in real life. |
50 | * HistoricalHeroUpgrade: A historical figure is depicted as more heroic and benevolent than they were in real life. |
51 | * HistoricalHilarity |
52 | * HistoricalInJoke |
53 | * HistoricalPersonPunchline |
54 | * HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul |
55 | * HistoricalUglinessUpdate |
56 | * HistoricalVillainDowngrade: A malevolent historical figure has their atrocities downplayed, but isn't necessarily depicted in a more favorable light. |
57 | * HistoricalVillainUpgrade: A historical figure is depicted as a worse person than they were in real life. |
58 | ** JuryOfTheDamned |
59 | * InThePastEveryoneWillBeFamous |
60 | * NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed |
61 | * RealPersonCameo |
62 | ** RealPersonEpilogue |
63 | * RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman |
64 | * YoungFutureFamousPeople |
65 | [[/index]] |
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