Historical Hero Upgrade: Difference between revisions

Well, all you have to do is give your newfound hero a few [[Pet the Dog|Pet-the-Dog]] moments, [[Historical Beauty Update|adjust his looks for modern tastes]] and [[Politically-Correct History|cut out]] or [[Artistic License History|ignore]] anything of [[Always Male|his]] life that doesn't fit your artistic vision.

 

 

Note that this trope isn't always played seriously; sometimes, a character will be retroactively turned into something on par with a [[Memetic Badass]] purely due to [[Rule of Cool]], upgraded in ways that are obviously intended to go far beyond any real-world heroism. The most extreme examples of this, of course, often overlap with [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy]].

 

When [[Fanfic]] writers do this to a canon character, it's [[Draco in Leather Pants]].

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