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* ''[[Steambot Chronicles]]'' had a literal version of this, where after meeting with Mallow you can recover from your amnesia and reveal your past. Or not, if you didn't feel inclined. Unfortunately, this leads to some [[Paused Interrupt|incredibly stilted]] dialog in the following scenes.

{{quote|[Name] is... the son of a baker... ''fast''... ...and a lone wolf.}}

* As if the ''[[Warcraft]]'' lore didn't see enough changes/retcons recently, the setting also features a fair dosage of time travel. Certain forces can tamper with the timeline, while the Bronze Dragonflight tries to fix it. In ''[[World of Warcraft]], the Caverns of Time feature a set of dungeons where the players assist them by whatever means possible. For instance, there are two versions of Thrall's escape from imprisonment: either a bloodless escape during a distraction, or a group of strangers assaulting the keep and a nearby town.

* As if the ''[[Warcraft]]'' lore didn't see enough changes/retcons recently, the setting also features a fair dosage of time travel. Certain forces can tamper with the timeline, while the Bronze Dragonflight tries to fix it. In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', the Caverns of Time feature a set of dungeons where the players assist them by whatever means possible. For instance, there are two versions of Thrall's escape from imprisonment: either a bloodless escape during a distraction, or a group of strangers assaulting the keep and a nearby town.

** Although at the end of that one, the bronze dragon that was guiding you implies that after you've destroyed the last of the Infinite Dragons who were trying to alter the time stream, he would alter events so that the original bloodless escape is what everyone will remember.

* This is quite literally true for [[Player Character|Commander Shepard]] in ''[[Mass Effect]]''. At character creation, Shepard's appearance, gender and military specialization are filled in by the player, as well as two different sets of background details, with three choices each. Some of them actually affect how the plot unfolds - the early backgrounds each have a unique mission in the first game, while the military ones cause minor dialogue changes at various points.

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** Then again, you get a different answer from him on generally anything, depending on how knackered he is.

== Real Life ==

* In various interviews, Yul Brynner gave several inconsistent accounts of his early life to make himself seem mysterious to the public.

* Over the years, comedian Dave Allen's act incorporated a huge number of different stories about how he came to lose part of his left index finger.