History NinjaPirateZombieRobot / RealLife

* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallowglass Gallowglass]] are what happened when Vikings landed in Scotland and started interbreeding with the local Celts, essentially making them Viking Highlanders, which is awesome enough by itself, but then they got hired by the famous Irish privateer, Grace O'Malley which made them ''Viking Highlander Pirates!''

* Voytek the soldier bear, a Nazi-killing, drinking and smoking bear that fought for the Polish army.

* Modern penthatlon, which features fencing, swimming, horse riding, cross-country racing and shooting (the last two, in the same event) ''in the same day''.

* The imagined arch-enemy of Creator/FrancisEDec was [[WeAreEverywhere Worldwide]] {{Mad|God}} [[EverythingTryingToKillYou Deadly]] [[RedScare Communist]] [[RuthlessForeignGangsters Gangster]] [[AIIsACrapshoot Computer]] [[DeusEstMachina God]]. Among C. God's servants are [[SchizoTech Infrared]] [[KnightTemplar Cursader]] [[BadassPreacher Priests].

* The British De Havilland Mosquito and its German rival, the Junkers Ju 88, were this. High-speed bombers, dive-bombers, high-altitude bombers, reconnaisance aircraft, bomber-destroying heavy fighters, radar-equipped night fighters...the sheer number of roles and variants these two World War Two stalwarts covered would fill a whole book. The Mosquito was an extremely fast airplane thanks to its powerful engines and a fuselage made of plywood and balsa, cranking this trope UpToEleven.

* Look at any (voice)actor's career, and imagine them as a mashup of characters they've played. For example: FredTatasciore is a [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas cross-dressing schizophrenic]] [[AlphaProtocol corporate executive]] [[{{Starcraft}} psychic]] [[VideoGame/Left4Dead zombie]] [[TransformersWarForCybertron robot]] [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 prison warden]] [[Franchise/MassEffect brainwashed villain]]-slash-[[Franchise/AssassinsCreed assassin]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} man-fish]] that [[TheIncredibleHulk you shouldn't make angry.]]

* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeMat_Revolver LeMat revolver]], a [[AmericanCivilWar Confederate]] pistol that combined RevolversAreJustBetter, ShotgunsAreJustBetter, and HandCannon into one convenient package. Favorite weapon of Confederate general J.E.B. Stuart.

* Chinese armies in World War II. Due to the Nationalists receiving aid from USA, Britain, France, and Nazi Germany (for fighting Communists) and with the Communists receiving aid from (again) USA, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union, their soldiers wore a kitbash of equipment. Therefore, it was possible to find a Nationalist soldier in a German Steel Helmet, wearing a British uniform, using an American submachine gun, and having a local Chinese made copy of a German pistol in some holster around him.

* Chinese Armies in World War II. Due to the Nationalists receiving aid from USA, Britain, France, and Nazi Germany (for fighting Communists) and with the Communists receiving aid from (again) USA, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union, their soldiers wore a kitbash of equipment. Therefore, it was possible to find a Nationalist soldier in a German Steel Helmet, wearing a British uniform, using an American submachine gun, and having a local Chinese made copy of a German pistol in some holster around him.

* Real Historical {{Ninja}} clans usually associated themselves with particular warlords. Now, those who were unlucky enough to service warlords on the losing side, often ended up getting kicked out from their home villages and in general become outlaw and brigands. Some of them, especially those who specialized in water-based guerrilla warfare, ended up pursuing... piracy. That's right. Real, historical Ninja-Pirates.
** UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo himself. Believe it or not, this legendary ninja actually considered ninjutsu and ninja-ism a ''secondary'' profession, he's more of a Samurai in service of UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu. Yep, he's both ''ninja and samurai'' in the same time. Funny that his secondary profession is the one that gets infamous.
* Depending on which rumors/stories/theories/books you believe, Christopher Marlowe was a playwriting Catholic [[AmbiguouslyGay gay]] Atheist double-agent spy who [[HesJustHiding came back from the dead]] to write Creator/WilliamShakespeare's plays.

* Ninja Pirates almost certainly did exist in Japan during the 16th century, given the number of Wokou raids to Korea during that period.

** Similarly, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi-24 the Mi-24 "Hind"]] is a modified Mi-8 transport helicopter. Up-armored with hard-point wings attached to it, the Mi-24 is the only attack helicopter in the world that can not only kill tanks, but carry troops and equipment. That said, it does not really excel in either role as well as a dedicated attack or transport helicopter.

** Similarly, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi-24 the Mi-24 "Hind"]] is a modified Mi-8 transport helicopter. Up-armored with hard-point wings attached to it, the Mi-24 is the only attack helicopter in the world that can not only kill tanks, but carry troops and equipment. That said, it does not really excel in either role as well as a dedicated attack or transport helicopter.

* Real Historical Ninja clans usually associated themselves with particular warlords. Now, those who were unlucky enough to service warlords on the losing side, often ended up getting kicked out from their home villages and in general become outlaw and brigands. Some of them, especially those who specialized in water-based guerrilla warfare, ended up pursuing... piracy. That's right. Real, historical Ninja-Pirates.
** HattoriHanzo himself. Believe it or not, this legendary {{Ninja}} actually considers ninjutsu and ninja-ism a ''secondary'' profession, he's more of a Samurai in service of TokugawaIeyasu. Yep, he's both ''ninja and samurai'' in the same time. Funny that his secondary profession is the one that gets infamous.

** Rolf Harris: Musician, singer-songwriter, composer, television personality, broadcaster and painter.
*** Five of those six things can be summed up as: makes music and appears on TV.

* Look at any (voice)actor's career, and imagine them as a mashup of characters they've played. For example: FredTatasciore is a [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas cross-dressing schizophrenic]] [[AlphaProtocol corporate executive]] [[{{Starcraft}} psychic]] [[Left4Dead zombie]] [[TransformersWarForCybertron robot]] [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 prison warden]] [[Franchise/MassEffect brainwashed villain]]-slash-[[Franchise/AssassinsCreed assassin]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} man-fish]] that [[TheIncredibleHulk you shouldn't make angry.]]

* Look at any (voice)actor's career, and imagine them as a mashup of characters they've played. For example: FredTatasciore is a [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas cross-dressing schizophrenic]] [[AlphaProtocol corporate executive]] [[{{Starcraft}} psychic]] [[Left4Dead zombie]] [[TransformersWarForCybertron robot]] [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 prison warden]] [[MassEffect brainwashed villain]]-slash-[[Franchise/AssassinsCreed assassin]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} man-fish]] that [[TheIncredibleHulk you shouldn't make angry.]]

* [[BiologicalMashUp The Platypus]]. Part beaver, part duck, part lizard, mildly venomous. [[AwesomeAussie All Australian]].

* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130 Lockheed AC-130]] is originally a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules C-130 Hercules]] cargo/airlift plane. Then you add [[GatlingGood gatling guns]], [[MoreDakka an autocannon]], and a ''howitzer'', turning it into a ground-attack plane. Then you add the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_Massive_Ordnance_Air_Blast_bomb Mother of All Bombs]], because even a freakin' ''B-52'' doesn't have a bomb bay that can fit it--but the cargo bay can! And if you don't carry too many giant bombs, you can ''still'' use it for minor airlift duties.

* The [[EldritchAbomination vampire squid]], [[ParanoiaFuel an actual animal that lives in the deep ocean]]. The squid's scientific name is ''Vampyroteuthis infernalis'', which means 'vampire squid ''from hell'''.

* Modern penthatlon, which features fencing, swimming, horse riding, cross-country racing and shooting (the last two, in the same event) ''in the same day''.

* This "Brian Kid". Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yTgMf1cOcQ

** Woody Allen, according to Wikipedia is: "an award-winning American film director, writer, actor, jazz musician, comedian and playwright". And a philanthropist, and had sex with his (adopted) daughter.

* Look at any (voice)actor's career, and imagine them as a mashup of characters they've played. For example: FredTatasciore is a [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas cross-dressing schizophrenic]] [[AlphaProtocol corporate executive]] [[{{Starcraft}} psychic]] [[Left4Dead zombie]] [[TransformersWarForCybertron robot]] [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 prison warden]] [[MassEffect brainwashed villain]]-slash-[[AssassinsCreed assassin]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} man-fish]] that [[TheIncredibleHulk you shouldn't make angry.]]

* Ninja Pirates almost certainly did exist in Japan during the 16th century, given the number of Wokou raids to Korea during that period.

* A peace-loving fellow in Santa Barbara has trained his cat to ride his dog, and his rat to ride his cat. The resulting triple-decker pet stack regularly appears on YouTube and Animal Planet.

* Look at any (voice)actor's career, and imagine them as a mashup of characters they've played. For example: FredTatasciore is a [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas cross-dressing schizophrenic]] [[AlphaProtocol corporate executive]] [[{{Starcraft}} psychic]] [[Left4Dead zombie]] [[TransformersWarForCybertron robot]] [[MassEffect2 prison warden]] [[MassEffect brainwashed villain]]-slash-[[AssassinsCreed assassin]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} man-fish]] that [[TheIncredibleHulk you shouldn't make angry.]]

* Depending on which rumors/stories/theories/books you believe, Christopher Marlowe was a playwriting Catholic [[AmbiguouslyGay gay]] Atheist double-agent spy who [[HesJustHiding came back from the dead]] to write {{Shakespeare}}'s plays.

* Look at any (voice)actor's career, and imagine them as a mashup of characters they've played. For example: FredTatasciore is a [[FalloutNewVegas cross-dressing schizophrenic]] [[AlphaProtocol corporate executive]] [[{{Starcraft}} psychic]] [[Left4Dead zombie]] [[TransformersWarForCybertron robot]] [[MassEffect2 prison warden]] [[MassEffect brainwashed villain]]-slash-[[AssassinsCreed assassin]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} man-fish]] that [[TheIncredibleHulk you shouldn't make angry.]]