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== Anime
* The motto of [[Big Bad]] Makoto Shishio in ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]''.
* In ''[[Scrapped Princess]]'', Earth was conquered by {{spoiler|the aliens}} who then rewrote history, presenting the heroes of [[La Résistance]] and [[Les Collaborateurs]] as evil and good gods, respectively.
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* In another issue of [[Peter David]]'s (this time ''[[X-Factor (comics)|X-Factor]]''), [[Quicksilver]] offers his own version of the phrase: "The future is written by the winners. History is written by the survivors."
* In ''[[The Cartoon History of the Universe]]'', Julius Caesar declares about the Gallic Wars, "I'll go down in history! By Jupiter, I'll '''write''' the history!!"
* In ''Black Book of Arda'', one of the most prominent Russian [[J. R. R.
* Played with in the ''[[Pony POV Series]]'' when Celestia reveals she erased [[Complete Monster|Discord]] from the history books because, in her mind, he didn't deserve a legacy after all he'd done. She also explained that she {{spoiler|didn't want the memory of those like Shady who were related to Discord to be tainted by association with him.}}▼
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:As does another:
{{quote|Treason, eh? Treason is a charge invented by winners as an excuse for hanging the losers.}}
▲== Fan Fiction ==
▲* In ''Black Book of Arda'', one of the most prominent Russian [[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]] fanfics, ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' is revised this way.
▲* Played with in the ''[[Pony POV Series]]'' when Celestia reveals she erased [[Complete Monster|Discord]] from the history books because, in her mind, he didn't deserve a legacy after all he'd done. She also explained that she {{spoiler|didn't want the memory of those like Shady who were related to Discord to be tainted by association with him.}}
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