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** A miniature Charlie Chaplin as a supporting character.

* The German television series "Löwengrube" ("Lion Pit") bases on this, as it tells the history of the Munich middle class family ''Grandauer'' from the 1870s to the 1960s, following them through two world wars and the post-war episodes. One of the various examples would be the start of the first world war. In the police station (where the family patriarch works) [[AdolfHitler a certain Austrian artist]] [[[=~We Didn't Start the Führer~=] applies for German citizenship because he feels very German]]. Around the same time, the Grandauer's son (who is around 12 years old) is seen being buddies with a short and bespectacled dorky kid from his class, called [[spoiler:Himmler, Heinrich]].

* The German television series "Löwengrube" ("Lion Pit") bases on this, as it tells the history of the Munich middle class family ''Grandauer'' from the 1870s to the 1960s, following them through two world wars and the post-war episodes. One of the various examples would be the start of the first world war. In the police station (where the family patriarch works) [[AdolfHitler a certain Austrian artist]] [[[=~We Didn't Start the Führer~=]
applies for German citizenship because he feels very German]]. Around the same time, the Grandauer's son (who is around 12 years old) is seen being buddies with a short and bespectacled dorky kid from his class, called [[spoiler:Himmler, Heinrich]].

* The German television series "Löwengrube" ("Lion Pit") bases on this, as it tells the history of the Munich middle class family ''Grandauer'' from the 1870s to the 1960s, following them through two world wars and the post-war episodes. One of the various examples would be the start of the first world war. In the police station (where the family patriarch works) [[AdolfHitler a certain Austrian artist]] [[WeDidn'tStartTheFührer applies for German citizenship because he feels very German]]. Around the same time, the Grandauer's son (who is around 12 years old) is seen being buddies with a short and bespectacled dorky kid from his class, called [[spoiler:Himmler, Heinrich]].

* The German television series "Löwengrube" ("Lion Pit") bases on this, as it tells the history of the Munich middle class family ''Grandauer'' from the 1870s to the 1960s, following them through two world wars and the post-war episodes. One of the various examples would be the start of the first world war. In the police station (where the family patriarch works) [[AdolfHitler a certain Austrian artist]] [[WeDidNotStartTheFührer applies for German citizenship because he feels very German]]. Around the same time, the Grandauer's son (who is around 12 years old) is seen being buddies with a short and bespectacled dorky kid from his class, called [[spoiler:Himmler, Heinrich]].

* This happened from time to time in ''QuantumLeap'', due to Sam [[TheGump just having amazing luck]].

* ''ShakespeareInLove''
* ''Young Mr. Lincoln''

* ''Young Winston''

* ''AKnightsTale'' has GeoffreyChaucer as a freelance SmartGuy with a gambling problem. Ends with an IShouldWriteABookAboutThis.

* ''NowhereBoy'' is about the teenage years of JohnLennon
* ''1814'' is a Russian movie about several key figures of the Golden Age of Russian Literature, such as Pushkin, Delwig and Kuchelbecker (as well as the ''Russian'' Iron Chancellor, Gorchakov, often considered Bismarck's [[TheRival archrival]] in international politics) when they were students at the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum, aged [[TitleDrop from 14 to 18]]. The same applies to the first part of the Yuri Tynyanov novel ''Kyuchlya'', which partly inspired it.
* ''Max'' is a film about an art dealer in 1918 Germany who attempts to encourage a young fellow war veteran named Adolf Hitler to focus on becoming an artist. [[ForegoneConclusion He ends up becoming more interested in politics.]]
* {{John Keats}} in {{Bright Star}}. Though he was already a poet, technically he got the 'fame' part posthumously.
* JaneAusten in ''Becoming Jane''

* ''AssassinsCreed2'' has LeonardoDaVinci in his younger years as an ally of protagonist Ezio.
* The cyberpunk short story ''Mozart In Mirrorshades'' featured a young Wolfgang Amadaeus Mozart being introduced to synthesizers and electronic music by time-travelers from an alternate dimension. A young Marie Antoinette also makes an appearance.
* The ''Weapons of Choice'' series by John Birmingham features accidental time-travlers from TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture going back to WorldWarTwo, where their revelations about the future course of movies and music leads entrepreneurs to find young Elvis and Marilyn Monroe, among others, and present them with contracts to buy the rights to their future creative output.
* The TV miniseries ''Young Catherine'' featured a young Catherine The Great, played by Julia Ormond, during her rise to power in Russia.

* CloneHigh lives on this trope, but [[JustifiedTrope justified]] because they are all clones of the originals.
* ''{{Afterschool Charisma}}'' is basically ''CloneHigh'' [[AC:[[RecycledINSPACE IN JAPAN]]]] (and not quite so wacky). It's got teenage clone versions of Joan of Arc, Florence Nightingale, Marie Curie, Einstein, [[FreudWasRight Sigmund]] [[AllPsychologyIsFreudian Freud]]...
* Spoofed [[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5058529870025933880# here]].
* ''ShanghaiKnights'':
** A miniature Charlie Chaplin as a supporting character.
** Ditto a young ArthurConanDoyle
* This happened from time to time in ''QuantumLeap'', due to Sam [[TheGump just having amazing luck]].
* A creepier version happens in ''ForeverKnight''. During a flashback, Lacroix is sitting on a train next to an unshaven German soldier returning from [[WorldWarOne the western front]] after the cease-fire. He seriously considers turning him and comes within seconds of taking a bite as he is shaving, but something tells him that adding vampirism to the darkness he already sensed in his soul would be a Bad Idea... just as the soldier turns around to reveal ''that'' [[AdolfHitler mustache]]. Which is a bit of an inaccuracy as photos of Hitler show that he had a handlebar moustache when he was younger.

* ''ForrestGump'': Elvis, learning how to dance from a kid with leg braces.
* ''ShakespeareInLove'' again, with John Webster making a couple of appearances as an adolescent boy fond of {{Gorn}} in plays.

* In NealStephenson's ''TheBaroqueCycle'', in which InThePastEveryoneWillBeFamous is heavily in action, it is a kid named [[BenjaminFranklin Ben]] who brings Enoch Root to Daniel Waterhouse, after the former has arrived in Massachusetts. Then, cue the flashback to Enoch visiting Isaac Newton's school when Isaac was a kid...
* In the film ''Troy'', Aeneas makes a cameo as the civilians escape through the tunnel. A charming little addition considering the movie is basically a big "eff-you" to accuracy of any sort.
* ''TheTudors'' has the future Mary I, Elizabeth I, and Edward VI as supporting characters.
* A pre-teen Aleister Crowley briefly appears in the graphic novel ''From Hell''.

* ''BoardwalkEmpire'' features gangsters like Al Capone, Charlie 'Lucky' Luciano and Mayer Lansky in 1920 at the beginning of the Prohibition. They will not reach the height of their infamy for at least another decade.

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This is basically the SpinoffBabies trope applied to real people. The idea is to take famous figures and depict them in their youth. It can be played for laughs--implying that people we normally think of as reserved, stoic, or even evil [[FormerTeenRebel were once young and reckless themselves]]. (Or the opposite, where they are shown to possess the same traits and interests that later made them famous, even if realistically these would have come much later.) Of course, it may also be played straight.

* ''Nowhere Boy'' is about the teenage years of JohnLennon

* In "TheDreamer", a young Alexander Hamilton is a supporting character in the series.

* The SixteenThirtyTwo series by Eric Flint has a cameo appearance by an infant Baruch Spinoza[[hottip:*: actually quite tragic; his parents and community abandoned him the moment they realized who he'd grow up to be due to philosophical disagreement]], and a young-ish Oliver Cromwell who is thrown into prison by Charles I for a regicide he had yet to commit.
** In the same series, young Rembrandt becomes a famous artist when people learn that in the future-that-was, he was a famous artist. This happens to quite a few people who haven't done anything yet, and most of 'em are driven ''crazy'' by the attention and expectations.

* ''ShanghaiKnights'' had a miniature Charlie Chaplin as a supporting character.
** And a young ArthurConanDoyle

* A creepier version happens in ''ForeverKnight''. During a flashback, Lacroix is sitting on a train next to an unshaven German soldier returning from [[WorldWarOne the western front]] after the cease-fire. He seriously considers turning him and comes within seconds of taking a bite as he is shaving, but something tells him that adding vampirism to the darkness he already sensed in his soul would be a Bad Idea... just as the soldier turns around to reveal ''that'' [[AdolfHitler mustache]].
** Which is a bit of an inaccuracy as photos of Hitler show that he had a handlebar moustache when he was younger!

* ''[[strike:YoungFrankenstein]]''
* ''Young Robin Hood''

* ''{{Merlin}}'' does this to the title character and [[strike:King]] Prince Arthur.

* This is a staple of ''The Young IndianaJones Chronicles''.

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* The SixteenThirtyTwo series by Eric Flint has a cameo appearance by an infant Baruch Spinoza, and a young-ish Oliver Cromwell who is thrown into prison by Charles I for a regicide he had yet to commit.
** In the same series, young Rembrandt becomes a famous artist when people learn that in the future-that-was, he was a famous artist.

* John Keats in Bright Star. Though he was already a poet, technically he got the 'fame' part posthumously.

* The cyberpunk short story ''Mozart In Mirrorshades'' featured a young Wolfgang Amadaeus Mozart being introduced to synthesizers and electronic music by time-travelers from an alternate dimension. A young Marie Atoinette also makes an appearance.

* ''Young Winston''

This is basically the SpinoffBabies trope applied to real people. The idea is to take famous figures and depict them in their youth. It can be played for laughs--implying that people we normally think of as reserved, stoic, or even evil [[FormerTeenRebel were once young and reckless themselves]]. (Or the opposite, where they are shown to possess the same traits and interests that later made them famous, even if realistically these things would have come much later.) On the other hand, it may be played straight.

This is basically the SpinoffBabies trope applied to real people. The idea is to take famous figures and depict them in their youth. It can be played for laughs--implying that people we normally think of as reserved, stoic, or even evil [[FormerTeenRebel were once young and reckless themselves]]. On the other hand, it may be played straight.

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Deadliest Warrior
Deadliest warrior title screen.jpg
Deadliest Warrior title screen
Format Documentary
Created by Max Geiger
Starring Max Geiger
Geoff Desmoulin
Armand Dorian
Narrated by Drew Skye
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 23 ( List of episodes)
Production
Running time 44 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Spike
Original run April 7, 2009[1] – Present

Deadliest Warrior is a television program in which information on historical or modern warriors and their weapons are used to determine which of them is the "deadliest" based upon tests performed during each episode. The show is characterized by its use of the data compiled in creating a dramatization of the warriors' battle to the death.

The show is hosted by three commentators: Geoff Desmoulin (biomedical scientist and high speed camera operator),[2] Dr. Armand Dorian (medical consultant), and Max Geiger (simulations programmer). All three provide commentary throughout the show, as well as technical details of each weapons test. The show is narrated by Drew Skye.[3]

Season two had 13 episodes and began airing on April 20, 2010, with the last episode airing on August 27, 2010..[4]

The show is the brain child of Executive Producer Gary Tarpinian. The Show Runner (Senior Producer) in the First Season was Tim Prokop; replaced in the Second Season with Tim Warren. Historical Advisor and Associate Producer in the Second Season is Barry Jacobsen.
Contents
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* 1 Format of the show
* 2 Response
* 3 Episodes
* 4 Video Games
* 5 References
* 6 External links

Format of the show

Episodes begin with the introduction of either two types of historical or contemporary warriors, or two historical individuals. The history, culture, and general fighting philosophies of each are explained. The explanations are accompanied by segments showing actors performing dramatized scenes that are meant to depict the daily lives of the actual fighters. Two teams of guests (introduced as experts on the warriors) are brought onto the show to test weapons spotlighted as being used by each of the warriors. [5] Typically, the different weapons are organized into four categories: short range, mid range, long range, and special weapons. However, some episodes (for instance, "Yakuza vs Mafia") have had as many as five categories. Matt Anderson and Sonny Puzikas, the experts for the "Green Beret vs. Spetsnaz" episode, have suggested that the teams are assigned weapons by the producers and that they have little influence in the production of the acted simulations.[6]

The teams test the assigned weapons on human-shaped, ballistics gel targets. Sometimes, torso-shaped targets are covered with armor that is representative of what would be worn by the weapon's opponent. While the damage inflicted on the armor by the weapon is factored into the weapon's effectiveness, the defensive ability of armor isn't included as a separate category on the show. Natural tissue, particularly pig carcasses and cow bones, are also frequently used as targets. All of the weapon tests are recorded with high speed photography, and the results are fed into a computer that measures the damage each weapon is capable of inflicting. The winner of each weapon category is determined by a combination of the test results and the judgment of the producers and hosts. In instances when the results of the tests are close, the panel decides which weapon has won based on their personal opinions.[citation needed]However even if a weapon is given the advantage, it doesn't necessarily mean it will win out in the simulation.

The data collected from the weapons tests is fed into a computer simulation based on an unreleased commercial game engine developed by Slitherine Strategies[7] to determine the average winner of one thousand battles. These results are then used to create a fictional battle reenactment (between two characters or two small groups) performed by actors; the winner of the battle being determined using the collected data. After the battle dramatization has ended, the number of killing blows dealt by each weapon during the computer simulations is revealed. Episodes conclude with the hosts and guests commenting on why they agree or disagree with the outcome of the match.
Response

After three episodes, Deadliest Warrior averaged 1.7 million viewers.[8] On July 7, 2009, the program (specifically the "IRA vs. Taliban" episode) was ridiculed during the first episode of You Have Been Watching, a British television review and panel game hosted by critic Charlie Brooker. The show was featured on You Have Been Watching, before its premiere in the UK on August 11, 2009, on Bravo. Bravo only aired eight episodes in the UK, with "IRA vs Taliban" omitted.[citation needed]

After the third week of the show, a web series on Spike.com was created: Deadliest Warrior – The Aftermath. Produced in a roundtable format,[8] and hosted by Kieron Elliot (a member of the William Wallace team featured in the "William Wallace vs Shaka Zulu" episode), it serves as a liaison between those watching the show and its producers. During The Aftermath, the producers focus on a specific match-up, and debate the issues pertaining to the episode raised by viewers in internet forums. It was created to answer questions from viewers, address its perceived inconsistencies, and provide a commentary from contributors.[citation needed]
Episodes
Main article: List of Deadliest Warrior episodes
Video Games
Main article: Deadliest Warrior: The Game

A Tower Defense Game titled "Deadliest Warrior: Defend and Conquer" was released on March 11, 2010 and is currently available for download on the iPhone and iPod Touch. It contains three campaigns where the player must defend against groups of attacking enemies by purchasing and positioning warriors from Season 1 who each have varying stats and weapons based on the battle data from the show. [9]

Pipeworks Software announced at the Spike Video Game Awards on December 12, 2009 that they would be developing a downloadable game that will come out first for the Xbox 360, and Playstation 3. The Apache, Knight, Ninja, Pirate, Samurai, Spartan and Viking from season one are playable.[10] The Roman Centurion from season two will also be playable, with more characters to be added as the series progresses. [11]

The game was released on July 14, 2010 exclusively on the Xbox Live Arcade.[12]
References

1. ^ "Gladiator vs. Apache" at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
2. ^ http://www.geoffdesmoulin.com/index.htm
3. ^ Maldonado, Amy (2009-08-07). "Screen capture of credits from Spike TV". http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2627/3792786939_4129644e86_o.jpg. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
4. ^ "Tekscan, Inc. Featured on Spike TV's Hit series, Deadliest Warrior". PR Web. 2009-09-24. http://www.prweb.com/releases/tekscan/impact/prweb2928074.htm.
5. ^ "SpikeTV.com - Deadliest Warrior". http://www.spike.com/show/31082. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
6. ^ "Spike TV Forums - Deadliest Warrior The Aftermath". http://www.spike.com/video/aftermath-green/3171579#comment_146089. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
7. ^ Rogers, Vaneta (2009-04-21). "Fight Club Classics - Inside Spike's 'Deadliest Warrior'". Newsarama. http://news.yahoo.com/s/newsarama/20090421/en_newsarama/fightclubclassicsinsidespikesdeadliestwarrior.
8. ^ a b Tanklefsky, David (2009-04-28). "Spike TV Greenlights Digital Series Spin-Off Of 'Deadliest Warrior'". Broadcasting & Cable. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/210251-Spike_TV_Greenlights_Digital_Series_Spin_Off_Of_Deadliest_Warrior_.php. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
9. ^ http://www.spike.com/blog/deadliest-warrior/93450
10. ^ http://ps3.ign.com/articles/109/1095007p1.html
11. ^ http://www.spike.com/video/deadliest-warrior/3363964
12. ^ Deadliest Warrior: The Game releases July 14th exclusively on XBLA

External links

* Official website
* Deadliest Warrior at the Internet Movie Database
* Deadliest Warrior at TV.com

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