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* Played with ''hilariously'' in ''[[Time Squad]]''. When the team is given a mission, Otto always would get really excited and start rattling off the wonderful achievements of whoever it was they were going to meet, pretty much ignoring any of the flaws (arguably justified through childish idealism). WhenOf theycourse, actuallythe meetmission theoften historicrevolves figuresaround however,[[Set theyRight What Once Went Wrong|confronting whatever serious character flaws are allpreventing stupid,the insane,figure stubborn,in cruel,question from doing what they orwere plain"meant" incompetentto]].
* Christopher Columbus' heroic reputation actually [[Averted]] in,with ofChristopher allColumbus places,in an episode of ''[[The Flintstones]]'' dealing with [[Time Travel]]. While the mythical story of him trying to prove the world is round is kept, here he's portrayed as a [[Jerkass]] and a [[Mean Boss]] towards his crew (andincluding the fourFlintstones membersand of the castRubbles). whoHe's hasforced to fend off an attempt at a mutiny while threatening the four cast members to help him.; Thethe mutiny is stopped when Wilma sees land... andwhich he quickly takes credit for it.
** Half a century later, hisColumbus's presumed heroism is ''also [[Defied Trope|Defieddefied]]'' in ana 2020 ''[[Animaniacs (2020 TV show)|Animaniacs]]'' skit (2020 reboot) where the Warner siblings describe in song his ''true'' history in song as best they can,. They goinggo so far as to tell the viewers to check out his entry on [[The Other Wiki]] if they want the full story. - Wakko calls him "a big phony" while Yakko calls him "history's luckiest fake.".
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