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** Earlier in the same episode, they watch a movie based on Jessie James, but it had been [[Bowlderized]] due to TV censorship, leading Bobby to believe that James was not violent.
* Jayne Cobb in ''[[Firefly]]''. On a backwater planet of mud-cultivating peasants, Jayne apparently stole a fortune from the local tyrant, but was forced to jettison the cargo from his damaged ship. It landed near the homes of the 'Mudders', who assumed he had done it on purpose. Stories were told and songs were sung about the legendary Jayne Cobb, folk hero. Even when the Mudders are told the truth, some of them are so loyal to the * idea* of their hero that they prefer to stick to the old story.
** Of course one of the themes of the episode is also about ''why'' this trope sometimes happens: the Mudders simply don't have anyone else to look to for hope and inspiration. They've never had an ''actual'' hero, so they need their created one.
* The original ''[[Star Trek]]'' invokes this trope by establishing that some people in the 23rd century consider [[Magnificent Bastard|Khan Noonien Singh]] to be one of history's heroes.
* In the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "Living Witness", the ancestors of an alien civilization are treated this way after they tried to raid Voyager and took hostages while doing so. Voyager was trading with one of their enemies while not knowing there was even a conflict between the two sides, and both are given a corresponding [[Historical Villain Upgrade]] to the point that they launched a horrific war against their "peace-loving" culture and staged full-on genocide against them. They themselves, on the other hand, are depicted as martyrs and freedom-fighters.
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