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* [[Angel]] mentions crashing [[Elvis Presley|The King]]'s Vegas party and several famous Las Vegas mobsters in ''The House Always Wins.'' |
* [[Angel]] mentions crashing [[Elvis Presley|The King]]'s Vegas party and several famous Las Vegas mobsters in ''The House Always Wins.'' |
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** Angel tells a Muggle about being somewhere "during [[The Great Depression|the Depression]]...[[Verbal Backspace|I mean]]...''my'' depression...I was depressed there." |
** Angel tells a Muggle about being somewhere "during [[The Great Depression|the Depression]]...[[Verbal Backspace|I mean]]...''my'' depression...I was depressed there." |
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* ''[[Babylon 5]]'' has Kosh and Lorien, both of whom have invoked the ''"I was old when the world was young"'' line. Sebastian, the Vorlon Inquisitor invokes the Such Memories subtype when reminiscing about his past life as [[Jack the Ripper]]. |
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* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' being a TV show about vampires, demons and other supernaturals has several instances of a character getting to show off their long history. Angel, Spike and Dru (among others) all get to reminisce about the past and it gets shown to the audience in several [[Flash Back]] sequences. |
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' being a TV show about vampires, demons and other supernaturals has several instances of a character getting to show off their long history. Angel, Spike and Dru (among others) all get to reminisce about the past and it gets shown to the audience in several [[Flash Back]] sequences. |
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* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' uses this on several occasions. Fourth Doctor serial ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S16 E3 The Stones of Blood|The Stones of Blood]]'' is a case of Incriminating Evidence in the form of a set of portraits showing the villain over several centuries. |
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** [[Doctor Who/Recap/S13 E5 The Brain of Morbius|The Brain Of Morbius]] contains a sequence in which the three previous incarnations of the Doctor are shown, and [[Canon Dis Continuity|eight additional faces beyond that]]. Morbius asks ''"How far back Doctor, how long have you lived?"'' - even by Time Lord standards, it seems The Doctor has been around for a while. |
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* ''[[The Event (TV)|The Event]]'': The extraterrestrials look just like humans, but live much longer and age slowly. Photos of these characters taken decades ago, but still looking just the way they do now, are often the only clue the human characters get that reveal the true nature of friends and family members they thought they knew very well. |
* ''[[The Event (TV)|The Event]]'': The extraterrestrials look just like humans, but live much longer and age slowly. Photos of these characters taken decades ago, but still looking just the way they do now, are often the only clue the human characters get that reveal the true nature of friends and family members they thought they knew very well. |
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* ''[[Forever Knight]]'' has several types. Nick has Incriminating Evidence photos, mementos like Joan of Arc's cross and plenty of memories he likes to share, usually [[Once an Episode]]. |
* ''[[Forever Knight]]'' has several types. Nick has Incriminating Evidence photos, mementos like Joan of Arc's cross and plenty of memories he likes to share, usually [[Once an Episode]]. |
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