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** And the Egyptians apparently used superpowers to build the Pyramids.
* [[Alan Moore]]'s [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/comics/2000adstrips/drandquinch/drandquinch01.shtml first] ''[[DR and Quinch]]'' comic strip for ''[[2000 AD|Two Thousand AD]]'' is almost entirely based on this trope.
* Want to know how Amelia Earhart disappeared? According to ''[[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]]'', Imperial Pimpotron Alpha abducted her for a cosmic emperor's harem.
* ''[[Dilbert]]'' has the character of The Big Topper, a man who butts in on conversations and pretends like he did bigger and better things. Usually, his boastings include him introducing things to famous people. Dilbert calls him out on it once. The response?
{{quote| Ghandi said that too, and I said "I'm not eating until you take that back!"}}