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* In ''Series/AlloAllo'', Rene's mother in law discusses how she bought a painting off a Dutch man who cut off his ear when she refused to marry him. "I called him Bobby, [[Creator/VincentVanGogh Vincent]] sounded too poor."

* A time-travel episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' had a little boy called Billy talking about computers and being called crazy. At one point, somebody goes "Oh, that Billy Gates!"

-->-- The original JustForFun/AtheistProfessorCopypasta

* ''Series/{{Outlander}}: Claire has a conversation with a rather charming man who amiably discusses medicine and philosophy for over three minutes of screen time. At the end of the interaction, she finds out that the man is the infamous UsefulNotes/BenedictArnold.

* ''[[VideoGame/ShadowHearts Shadow Hearts Covenant]]''. A mysterious man called Thomas is a minor ally that appears in Wales and claims he's a British spy investigating [[NebulousEvilOrganization Sapientes Gladio]]. He offers his help in opposing the secret society. Later, his full name is given as "[[UsefulNotes/TELawrence Thomas Edward Lawrence]]" AKA Lawrence of Arabia.

** That young student with his mentor who's explaining the art in Pisa Cathedral to him? The chapter ends with, "Come on, we've got work to do [[Creator/MichelangeloBuonarotti Michelangelo]]!" It turns out he's also Angelo's childhood friend, and Angelo remembers him and calls him over when the students need a repair to the [[MaleFrontalNudity intimate parts]] of a statue they broke while sword fighting inside the Archbishop's palace.

* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Simpsons}}'' episode "Simpsons Christmas Stories". After telling the nativity story to the Church congregation, Homer concludes with a dramatic "And did you know, that little baby Jesus grew up to be...''Jesus''?"

* In the novelization of ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', the little boy who hands Marty his gun belt and calls him "Mister" was revealed by bystander conversation to be [[Film/TheBirthOfANation1915 D.W. Griffith]], future film pioneer. This [[BeamMeUpScotty does not]] happen in the film proper, despite many trivia lists claims to the contrary.

** Straight again in the fifth season. After taking a hit in the 1929 Crash, Nucky decides to make up for his loses by switching Republicans for Democrats and [[TheGump convincing these]] to repeal Prohibition. The big fish that shows more interest in his offer? One Irishman from Boston, named [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_P._Kennedy_Sr Mr. Kennedy]].

* Given its {{Edutainment}} nature, ''Series/TheYoungIndianaJonesChronicles'' usually introduced its historical figures right away. [[TheGump And there were a lot]]. The exception is the 6 year-old kid Indy and company find in ''Congo, January 1917'' and name Barthélemy after one of their fallen comrades, who is only identified as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barthélemy_Boganda Barthélemy Boganda]] by the old Indy in the episode's epilogue. Since the BookEnds were deleted when the show was recut and released in home video, Boganda now remains unidentified.

*** In ''The Buckaroo of the Badlands'', Scrooge befriends a [[YoungFutureFamousPeople young]] man who chose to become a cowboy instead of continuing his political career. Scrooge inspires him to go back into politics. The story's last panel reveals this fellow's initials to be [[UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt T. R.]].

* In one of Brian and Stewie's time travel adventures on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Stewie gives money to a street performer he thinks is Creator/CharlieChaplin but his "Danke" makes Brian worry if he was [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler someone else]]. Stewie realizes his mistake but blithely dismisses it, as it was "before all the crazy stuff".

* ''[[VideoGame/ShadowHearts Shadow Hearts Covenant]]''. A mysterious man called Thomas is a minor ally that appears in Wales and claims he's a British spy investigating [[NebulousEvilOrganization Sapientes Gladio]]. He offers his help in opposing the secret society. Later, his full name is given as "Thomas Edward Lawrence" AKA [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._E._Lawrence Lawrence of Arabia]].

* In one of Brian and Stewie's time travel adventures on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Stewie give money to a street performer he thinks is Creator/CharlieChaplin but his "Danke" makes Brian worry if he was [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler someone else]]. Stewie concedes it might be but that was before...everything he did on his rise to power.

* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Simpsons}}'' episode "Simpsons Christmas Stories". After telling the nativity story to the Church congregation, Homer concludes with a dramatic "And did you know, that little baby Jesus grew up to be...''Jesus''?

** Straight again in the fifth season. After taking a hit in the 1929 Crash, Nucky decides to make up for his loses by switching Republicans for Democrats and [[TheGump convincing these]] to repeal Prohibition. The big fish that shows more interest in his offer? One Irishman from Boston, named [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_P._Kennedy_Sr. Mr. Kennedy]].

** Straight again in the fifth season. After taking a hit in the 1929 Crash, Nucky decides to make up for his loses by switching Republicans for Democrats and [[TheGump convincing these]] to repeal Prohibition. The big fish that shows more interest in his offer? One Irishman from Boston, named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_P._Kennedy_Sr. Mr. Kennedy]].

** Straight again in the fifth season. After taking a hit in the 1929 Crash, Nucky decides to make up for his loses by switching Republicans for Democrats and [[TheGump convincing these]] to repeal Prohibition. The big fish that shows more interest in his offer? One Irishman from Boston, named Mr. Kennedy.

* In ''Literature/TimeRiders'', the cast stay in a dingy basement in Victorian London, with an aggressive landlord assisted by a young man named Bertie. Sal confides in him and the two grow attached to each other. [[spoiler:Bertie is actually H. G. Wells, and an entry from his journal is included in the end of ''The Mayan Prophecy'' written later in his life, in which he expresses disbelief in what he remembers of the Time Riders, but admits to using them as inspiration for "Literature/TheTimeMachine".]]

* In ''The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril'', the protagonists (real-life pulp authors [[Franchise/DocSavage Lester Dent]] and Creator/LRonHubbard) are joined by a young man who only identifies himself as Bob. He learns a lot about pulp writing and the growing science fiction scene from them, and at the end he reveals his last name: [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Heinlein]].

-->-- A chain e-mail, called the "Albert Einstein Copypasta''

* In ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing'' King Arthur sends a young page, Tom of Newbold Revel, away from the coming final battle with Mordred, to [[BringNewsBack preserve the memory]] of [[IShouldWriteABookAboutThis Camelot]]. Newbold Revel was the birthplace of Sir Creator/ThomasMalory. (Of course, this [[AnachronismStew violates chronology]] wildly -- but then, so does nearly everything else in the series.)

* In ''VideoGame/LiveALive'', Oboromaru is only told that the prisoner he's been sent to rescue is "an important person", and he turns out to be a light-hearted but determined guy wielding a gun. After defeating Ode Iou, he reveals himself to be [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakamoto_Ryouma Sakamoto Ryouma]], and gives you the option to join him if you want.

* ''Series/NewAmsterdam'', "Soldier's Heart": Walt the orderly turns out to be Creator/WaltWhitman.