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* [[The Undertaker]] was born during the tail end of the [[WWF]]'s Rock n Wrestling Era, when [[Made of Iron]] [[Invincible Hero]]es were at the peak of popularity, and the beginning of the New Generation, where cartoony gimmicks and [[Wrestling Doesn't Pay|second jobs]] were the order of the day. Accordingly, he was a wrestling grave digger-slash-zombie-slash-dark [[Superhero]]-slash-[[Anthropomorphic Personification]] [[Grim Reaper|of death]], and it worked pretty well, as Taker quickly became one of the most popular wrestlers on the card. With the coming of the Attitude Era, and the change in tone to a [[Darker and Edgier]], grittier and more realistic presentation, Taker no longer quite fit in. They tried numerous tweaks to make him fit better (giving him a family history, making him over into a cult leader, etc), but eventually, they just said, "Screw it," and completely scrapped the old gimmick, re-inventing him as a [[All Bikers Are Hells Angels|biker thug]]. After a few years, by popular demand, Taker returned to his old "Deadman" character; it seems that [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] has [[Grandfather Clause|simply accepted]] that Undertaker's portion of the show is just the little corner of their universe where reality no longer applies.