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{{quote|'''Gillian:''' Don't tell me; you're from outer space

'''Kirk:''' No, I'm from Iowa. I only work in outer space. }}

** For that matter, Jean-Luc Picard grew up on his family's vineyard, although he shed himself of this trope as soon as he was old enough to enlist as a Starfleet cadet.

:* For that matter, Jean-Luc Picard grew up on his family's vineyard, although he shed himself of this trope as soon as he was old enough to enlist as a Starfleet cadet.

* Not a hero, nor a boy, but the idea of the trope is invoked by ~~[[Mad Men|~~Bert Cooper]] upon the death of the secretary Miss Blankenship:

* ''[[Mad Men]]'': Not a hero, nor a boy, but the idea of the trope is invoked by Bert Cooper upon the death of the secretary Miss Blankenship:

{{quote|'''Cooper''': She was born in 1898 in a barn. She died on the 37th floor of a skyscraper. [[Mad Men/Heartwarming|She's an astronaut]].}}

* Malcolm Reynolds of ''[[Firefly]]'' was a rancher on the rural planet Shadow before he [[Jumped At the Call|joined up with the Independents]] against the encroaching [[The Empire|Alliance]]. He then proceeded to lose everything he cared about except his second in command, his coat, his gun, and [[Knight in Sour Armor|almost broken idealism.]]