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{{quote|"''Well. [[Trope Namer|Jetpack Hitler]]. Reality has finally [[Jump the Shark|jumped the shark]].''"|'''Ryan Choi''', ''[[The Atom|The All-New Atom]]''}}

With few [[Cloudcuckoolander|exceptions]], pretty much [[Acceptable Targets|everyone agrees]] that the Nazis were very, very bad, what with the socio-political repression, the institutionalized racialist policies, the wars of aggression against their neighbours, the mass imprisonment and murder of dissidents and undesirables, and [[Arson Murder and Jaywalking|forever ruining the reputation of eugenics and social darwinism as serious academic disciplines]]. So, how do you make [[Those Wacky Nazis]] even more intimidating? Why, by giving them [[Clothes Make the Superman|power]] [[Powered Armor|armor]] and [[Aliens and Monsters|alien allies]], of course!

With few [[Cloudcuckoolander|exceptions]], pretty much [[Acceptable Targets|everyone agrees]] that the Nazis were very, very bad, what with the socio-political repression, the institutionalized racialist policies, the wars of aggression against their neighbours, the mass imprisonment and murder of dissidents and undesirables, and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|forever ruining the reputation of eugenics and social darwinism as serious academic disciplines]]. So, how do you make [[Those Wacky Nazis]] even more intimidating? Why, by giving them [[Clothes Make the Superman|power]] [[Powered Armor|armor]] and [[Aliens and Monsters|alien allies]], of course!

While no such thing would actually happen without serious alterations to the personalities of most of the German high command<ref>the RLM in particular had roughly the same attitude towards research projects that a magpie would have in a tinfoil factory</ref>, there is a bit of a historical precedent. Nazi Germany ''did'' achieve numerous technological firsts in warfare, [[Space Race|progressed enough in rocketry]] to kill/injure almost 100,000 British people, and [[Herr Doktor|earned a number of German scientists free passports to the US]] once the war was over (along with immunity from prosecution for various morally dubious wartime activities). Many late-war experimental weapons were actually touted as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wunderwaffen Wunderwaffen], [[You Are the Translated Foreign Word|wonder weapons]] that would enable the besieged Germans to defeat the Allies or at least earn a negotiated peace.

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Another reason might be that [[Germanic Efficiency|German technology has a (not always deserved) reputation for being effective]]. The problem is that this effectiveness is usually gained by intricate engineering that increases costs and inhibits mass production. This doctrine plagued almost every weapon system the Germans utilized throughout the war, even the more conventional ones. As an extreme example, the much-vaunted Type XXI submarine was actually inferior to its Japanese equivalent and the U.S./Britain were easily able to equal its performance by relatively simple modifications to their existing designs. German tanks might have been extremely powerful, but Allied tanks were usually far cheaper to build and easier to maintain, an edge Germany couldn't overcome as the war-ravaged industrial base eroded away.

Nonethless, if you have to pick one WWII power to give antigravity and a [[Iron Sky (Film)|moonbase]], the choice is obvious; after all, it's boring if the good guys have all the toys. Not to mention that Einstein (though a pacifist and a Jew, so ''hardly'' on [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]]'s Christmas card list) was German (and there are a lot of rumours that the reason why America wanted nuclear power fast is because they thought Nazi Germany would develop it first), and [[Nikola Tesla|Tesla]], although actually Serbo-Croatian (a Slav, so a member of ''another'' of Hitler's exterminate-on-sight groups), is [[Did Not Do the Research|frequently confused]] with this due to the country being part of the Austrian Empire when he was born. Needless to say, the theme is played upon endlessly in [[Two Fisted Tales|pulp callbacks]] and modern occult works.

Nonethless, if you have to pick one WWII power to give antigravity and a [[Iron Sky (Film)|moonbase]], the choice is obvious; after all, it's boring if the good guys have all the toys. Not to mention that Einstein (though a pacifist and a Jew, so ''hardly'' on [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]]'s Christmas card list) was German (and there are a lot of rumours that the reason why America wanted nuclear power fast is because they thought Nazi Germany would develop it first), and [[Nikola Tesla|Tesla]], although actually Serbo-Croatian (a Slav, so a member of ''another'' of Hitler's exterminate-on-sight groups), is [[Did Not Do the Research|frequently confused]] with this due to the country being part of the Austrian Empire when he was born. Needless to say, the theme is played upon endlessly in [[Two-Fisted Tales|pulp callbacks]] and modern occult works.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nazism_and_occultism Nazi occultism], though often combined with the: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wunderwaffe Wunderwaffe], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Superweapons superweapon], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:V-weapons V-weapons]; was not as strong as people believe. For example, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_Society Thule Society] was shut down because the [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Ghostapo Nazis] did not trust their political loyalty.

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''Please'' [[I Thought It Meant|do not confuse with]] [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]. ([[Schmuck Bait|Oops.]])

== Anime & Manga ==

* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]: [[The Movie|Conqueror of Shamballa]]'' has the Thule Society as the main villains. (Who have extensive rocketry in the 1920s. Ayup.)

* In ''[[Jo ~~Jos~~ Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'', Stroheim is a severely maimed Nazi soldier who gets several cybernetic enhancements throughout Part 2, including a minigun with armor-piercing bullets in his chest and a ''laser eye''. The Jojo of this generation {{spoiler|receives a robotic hand from the Nazis as a parting gift after he loses his in battle}}.

* In ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'', Stroheim is a severely maimed Nazi soldier who gets several cybernetic enhancements throughout Part 2, including a minigun with armor-piercing bullets in his chest and a ''laser eye''. The Jojo of this generation {{spoiler|receives a robotic hand from the Nazis as a parting gift after he loses his in battle}}.

* While [[Hellsing|Millenium]] are primarily about using [[Ghostapo|occult means]] to accomplish their goals (most notably the creation of a battalion of vampires) they also use advanced technology such as powerful, missile-shooting [[Zeppelins From Another World|zeppelins]], and microchip implants which can be used to remotely monitor (and incinerate) their soldiers.

** Not a perfect example, though, as ''Hellsing'' is set in the modern era; Millenium is a splinter faction that survived the war (presumably building all this stuff in the intervening time).

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* ''[[Mazinger Z (Anime)|Mazinger Z]]'': [[Big Bad]] Dr. Hell started out as a weapons researcher for the Nazis (though he kept his best scientifical breakthroughs and weaponry designs for himself. He claims -predictably- if he would handed them over to the Nazis, Germany would have won the war).

* In the manga version of ''[[Space Adventure Cobra]]'', it is eventually revealed that {{spoiler|Salamander, the leader of the Pirate Guild,}} is actually {{spoiler|Hitler.}}

* In ''[[The Legend of Koizumi]]'', it turns out that all the Nazis- including Menegle and Hitler- survived WWII up to the present day, and are now living on a moon base. They travel from Earth to the Moon in classic [[Flying Saucer|UFOs]], and have a gigantic Meteor Cannon that can hit any point on Earth with the strength of a nuke. The only way to stop them? [[What Do You Mean ~~Its~~ Not Awesome|Mah-Jong]].

* In ''[[The Legend of Koizumi]]'', it turns out that all the Nazis- including Menegle and Hitler- survived WWII up to the present day, and are now living on a moon base. They travel from Earth to the Moon in classic [[Flying Saucer|UFOs]], and have a gigantic Meteor Cannon that can hit any point on Earth with the strength of a nuke. The only way to stop them? [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Mah-Jong]].

** [[Dragonball Z|SUPER ARYAN!]]

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* A 90's ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' comic had a Hitler's brain operated robot travel ''in time'' to save his past self so he could later serve in order to be saved for his brain transplant.

* ''[[Superman At Earths End]]'' is possibly the most literal example of this, not only with a mutant Gestapo armed with futuristic weapons, an army of half-human half-animal monsters, a giant evil Batman clone-monster, but with TWO clones of Hitler himself.

** [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Of course! Don't you know anything about]] [[For Science|SCIENCE?]]

** [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Of course! Don't you know anything about]] [[For Science!|SCIENCE?]]

* An arc in Justice Society Classified involved the disembodied brain of Heinrich Himmler. Who built a giant railgun on THE MOON.

** One storyline in the monthly [[Justice Society of America]] comic is all about a future Nazi Fourth Reich, complete with giant heavily armed war mechs, a means to neutralize all superheroes, and their own supervillains including Captain Nazi.

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== Films ==

* ''[[Captain America ~~the~~ First Avenger (Film)|Captain America the First Avenger]]'' has Hydra with all sorts of technology way ahead of their time. Although with the exception of the laser guns, all their cool equipment, including the rocket helicopter and cool plane at the end, were actually real life Wunderwaffen designs that were made usable and practical by the power of the cosmic cube.

* ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger (Film)|Captain America the First Avenger]]'' has Hydra with all sorts of technology way ahead of their time. Although with the exception of the laser guns, all their cool equipment, including the rocket helicopter and cool plane at the end, were actually real life Wunderwaffen designs that were made usable and practical by the power of the cosmic cube.

* ''[[Iron Sky (Film)|Iron Sky]]'' ''is'' this Trope. Trenchcoat spacesuits! A Swastika-shaped Moonbase! Invading Antarctic Moon-Nazis in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_UFOs Nazi] [[Flying Saucer|flying saucers]]! [http://ironsky.wikia.com/wiki/Iron_Sky_Wiki\], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sky\]

* ''[[They Saved Hitlers Brain (Film)|They Saved Hitlers Brain]]''.

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** Suberted, since Thor's Hammer (or THO) is a neutral power in the war, who's secretly supplying both sides with advanced weapons in order to have them destroy each other.

** It should also be noted that you can play as the Axis as well, in which case it's the ''Allies'' who you first see with the Panzerkleins.

* Averted in ''[[Command and Conquer]]'''s ''[[Red Alert]]'' series, if only because the whole point of the series is that [[~~Hitlers~~ Time Travel Exemption Act|they eliminated Hitler right off the bat]]. Its result? We got Stupid <s> [[Soviet Superscience|Jetpack]]</s> [[Shock and Awe|Tesla Coil]] ''[[Soviet Superscience|Stalin]]'' instead...

* Averted in ''[[Command and Conquer]]'''s ''[[Red Alert]]'' series, if only because the whole point of the series is that [[Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act|they eliminated Hitler right off the bat]]. Its result? We got Stupid <s> [[Soviet Superscience|Jetpack]]</s> [[Shock and Awe|Tesla Coil]] ''[[Soviet Superscience|Stalin]]'' instead...

* The second ''[[Freedom Force]]'' game has the [[Evil Gloating|ranting]] Nazi psychic Blitzkrieg go back in time to supply the Third Reich with [[Imported Alien Phlebotinum|Energy]] [[Meta Origin|X]]. The series being [[Affectionate Parody|what it is]], even the non-superpowered Nazis are [[Those Wacky Nazis|very Wacky]].

* The ''Secret Weapons of World War II'' expansion for ''[[Battlefield (Video Game)|Battlefield]] 1942'' added in various "planned", but not implemented, World War II vehicles and gadgets including, you guessed it, jetpacks.

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** Nazi Zombies returns in ''[[Call of Duty Black Ops (Video Game)|Call of Duty Black Ops]]''. In addition to the [[Ray Gun]] and the teleporters,there is also the Thundergun, which fires a huge shock wave, and the Winter's Howl, a typical [[Freeze Ray]].

* ''[[Crimson Skies]]'' has ''Die Spinne,'' a German arms cartel that is ''heavily'' implied to be front for the Nazi Party (the games are set in an [[Alternate Universe]] version of the 1930s). Their arsenal includes [[Airborne Aircraft Carrier|zeppelin carriers]], [[Zeppelins From Another World|zeppelin battleships]] bigger then most ''skyscrapers'' designed to ''eat'' other zeppelins, [[Lightning Gun|Tesla Coil like weapons]], [[Shock and Awe|an extremely potent fighter plane armed with said Tesla weapon]], [[Humongous Mecha]] [[Spider Tank|Spider Tanks]] and little things like magnetic rockets and remote controlled rocket launchers (in the 30's). Oh, did we mention the ''weather control'' device built on a armored platform suspended between ''two'' of the aforementioned zeppelin battleships?

* The [[Metal Slug]] Series. Who has [[Tank Goodness|tanks]] armed with [[Painfully Slow Projectile|painfully slow]] rolling mortar shells and [[This Is a Drill|mining drills]], anti-personell [[Macross Missile Massacre|homing missiles]], [[Humongous Mecha|antrophomorphic weapons]], [[Man Eating Plant|man eating plants]], [[The Virus|a pathogen]] that turns the players [[Zombie Apocalypse|undead]], shiny flashing bullets and grenades and access to [[Applied Phlebotinum|alien technology]]? <s>[[Those Wacky Nazis]]</s> The [[Brand X|Rebel Army]] of course!

* The [[Metal Slug]] Series. Who has [[Tank Goodness|tanks]] armed with [[Painfully Slow Projectile|painfully slow]] rolling mortar shells and [[This Is a Drill|mining drills]], anti-personell [[Macross Missile Massacre|homing missiles]], [[Humongous Mecha|antrophomorphic weapons]], [[Man-Eating Plant|man eating plants]], [[The Virus|a pathogen]] that turns the players [[Zombie Apocalypse|undead]], shiny flashing bullets and grenades and access to [[Applied Phlebotinum|alien technology]]? <s>[[Those Wacky Nazis]]</s> The [[Brand X|Rebel Army]] of course!

* The old Cinemaware title ''Rocket Ranger'' had an unnamed hero, with a jetpack, facing off against Nazis armed with anti-gravity mind-controlling [[Green Rocks]] and a base on the Moon. Eventually, it is revealed that the Nazis {{spoiler|are getting help from an alien "Intergalactic League of Fascists".}}

* Partially invoked by the early [[PS 2]] release ''[[Ring of Red]]'', an alternate history where (among other things) [[Humongous Mecha]] were developed at the tail end of World War II. The game's intro is a well-done series of [[A Mech By Any Other Name|AFWs]] spliced into actual WWII footage.

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* You'd think this would come up in ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)|The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'', but no, they actually avert it: Hitler does in fact live on the moon -- in Dracula's moonbase -- but apparently just chills in the lounge, reading novels.

** [[Alt Text|He's also apparently sensible enough to realise that a smoking jacket covered in Swastikas would be tacky.]]

* ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' repeatedly features Nazi super-tech. Among other things, Hitler is a [[~~Brainina~~ Jar]]. "Nazi science sneers at X" has become something of a running gag in the strip.

* ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' repeatedly features Nazi super-tech. Among other things, Hitler is a [[Brain In A Jar]]. "Nazi science sneers at X" has become something of a running gag in the strip.

* As it has done with so many things, Kris Straub's [[Chainsawsuit]] [http://chainsawsuit.com/2009/10/06/ went to town] with this one, too.

* In ''[[Jesus Christ in The Name of The Gun]]'', Nazis capture {{spoiler|Jesus}} and plan on {{spoiler|using his blood}} to revive Hitler, who was shot in the head by {{spoiler|a time traveling [[Ernest Hemingway]]}}. A chapter later we find out that Hitler was {{spoiler|[[Not Quite Dead]], a werewolf and probably a servant of the Devil, too}} and Nazis had created some kind of {{spoiler|ogre-like beings on which they were going to use the blood to bring them to life}}.

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== Western Animation ==

* An episode of ''[[Justice League]]'' has the [[Big Bad]], Vandal Savage, send a laptop through time to himself in the 40's which contains mechanical schematics and Allied war plans, including the Normandy Invasion. The Nazis actually turn the tide of the war (with the War Wheels from the ''Blackhawk'' example) and very nearly destroy New York City with an atom bomb. Needless to say, the heroes stop him [[Just in Time]]. Oh, and Hitler has been frozen but is thawed out at the end to [[~~Hitlers~~ Time Travel Exemption Act|carry on to his appointed destiny]].

* An episode of ''[[Justice League]]'' has the [[Big Bad]], Vandal Savage, send a laptop through time to himself in the 40's which contains mechanical schematics and Allied war plans, including the Normandy Invasion. The Nazis actually turn the tide of the war (with the War Wheels from the ''Blackhawk'' example) and very nearly destroy New York City with an atom bomb. Needless to say, the heroes stop him [[Just in Time]]. Oh, and Hitler has been frozen but is thawed out at the end to [[Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act|carry on to his appointed destiny]].

** An episode of ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' has a (fortunately failed) attempt at a Nazi [[Super Soldier]] formula, which gets dug up and personally used by the anti-superhuman [[General Ripper|General Eiling]] so he can take down the League himself.

* An episode of ''[[Captain Planet]]'' played with this. It also revealed that Hitler's stare can kill Captain Planet. Because hate is a type of pollution. Seriously.

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