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* Keima from ''[[The World God Only Knows]]'' ''is'' a weird guy deserving of the title [[Otaku|ota]][[Megane]], but his reputation as seen [http://www.mangareader.net/120-6010-5/the-world-god-only-knows/chapter-51.html here], while partially true, is a little off.
* Guts' existence is completely obscure in ''[[Berserk]]'', especially when he takes up his Black Swordsman persona after the Eclipse. Before the Eclipse, it was well known that there was a mighty man among the [[Famed in Story|Band of the Hawk]] who slayed 100 soldiers by himself, thus earning the title "[[Earn Your Title|the Hundred Man Slayer.]]" His actual name was more well known then, but after the demise of the first band, he became nothing more than myth, but his legendary feats continued to disperse and became so overblown that now a lot of people believe that he killed a whooping ''1000 soldiers'' by himself.
* The woman known only by the pseudonym "Raimu (Lime) Kawasaki" in ''[[Bakuon!!]]'' Believed to be an upperclassman by the members of the Okanoue Girls' School Motorcycle Club, she is in fact a woman in her thirties (at least), who appears to be near-legendary in Japan's motorcycle racing circles (two racers in their forties refer to her as "sempai"). Despite this almost nothing is known about her. This is only exacerbated by the fact that [[The Faceless|she never takes off her helmet]] -- at least not on screen.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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*** Of course, the truth is pretty impressive: "Sam Vimes [[Jingo|once arrested Vetinari for treason]]. Sam Vimes [[Guards! Guards!|once arrested a dragon]]. Sam Vimes [[Jingo|stopped a war between nations by arresting two high commands]]. (He's an arresting fellow, Sam Vimes.) Sam Vimes [[The Fifth Elephant|killed a werewolf with his bare hands]], and carries law with him like a lamp. Watchmen across half the continent will say that [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|Sam Vimes is as straight as an arrow, can't be corrupted, won't be turned, never took a bribe]]. The Assassins' Guild ''refuses'' contracts on Sam Vimes."
**** Strictly, it was Carrot who arrested the dragon and Vimes didn't actually kill a werewolf with his bare hands, but the rest is all true. Also, the Assassin's Guild refuses contracts both because he's so unkillable, and because his death would leave Ankh-Morpork in a shambles, but still, they dassn't try to kill him.
**** [[Thud!|And that's not to mention that he arrested an]] [[Eldritch Abomination]] within himself [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|by sheer force of autodiscipline]]. And he doesn't even know it. Seriously, the man is more of a subversion...
*** It's mentioned in passing at least once that city police forces that pattern themselves like the Ankh-Morpork City Watch are often called "Sammies" (even in areas where most people haven't heard of him), in part thanks to the Ankh-Morpork trained watchmen who leave the city to take up officer positions elsewhere.
**** Presumably a reference to the fact that British police officers are nicknamed "Bobbies" in reference to Robert Peel, the man who wrote the <s> book</s> precepts on How To Be A Good Copper.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Master Chief, the main protagonist of the ''[[Halo]]'' trilogy, became something of a "demon" in the eyes of the highly religious aliens of the Covenant after he destroyed Installation 04 (Halo).
** Spartans have always been feared by the Covenant as demons, because what else besides a supernatural evil could possibly stand up to the might of the [[Proud Warrior Race
* In ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]'', [[Tales of Symphonia|Lloyd]] [[Idiot Hero|Irving]] of all people seems like a character Shrouded in Myth to new protagonist Emil, especially since he's described as [[The Messiah]] by all his former allies, but has seemingly turned into a [[Rogue Protagonist]] at the start of the game, and had murdered Emil's parents before his very eyes. {{spoiler|The truth? [[A Wizard Did It|A Decus did it]].}}
* In ''[[Baldur's Gate]] 2'', Renal the "Bloodscalp", head of the Shadow Thieves in Athkatla {{spoiler|(but not really; he's a front man)}} is disappointed when he first meet you, having expected something more impressive. One of the possible dialogue options is to tell him that you expected more from such a high-ranking [[The Syndicate|Shadow Thief]].
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