Theodore Roosevelt: Difference between revisions

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*** Gets even better than that. He had ASTHMA his entire life. After a while, it was probably cowering in the corner.

*** He famously had a severe coffee habit, which in light of his asthma makes perfect sense, since caffeine is an effective bronchodilator. He was self-medicating.

*** [[Cracked|"Theodore Roosevelt was plagued by asthma early in life. Seeing this as a challenge, he proceeded to beat his asthma to death."]]

*** [[Cracked.com|"Theodore Roosevelt was plagued by asthma early in life. Seeing this as a challenge, he proceeded to beat his asthma to death."]]

** [[Badass Family]]: Teddy's sons went off to perform their own badass exploits.

*** His son, [[The Brigadier|Brigadier General]] Theodore Roosevelt Jr, landed on [[World War II|Utah Beach]] during the first wave of the Normandy Invasion... when he was [[Badass Grandpa|56]], and [[Handicapped Badass|suffering from heart disease and arthritis]]. His actions on Utah Beach lead to him being posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, after dying of a heart attack a month later.

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** [[Death by Despair]]: Followed less than a year after.

* [[Determinator]]: He started life as a sickly home-schooled child, but managed to become the single most manly creature in existence through sheer force of will.

** [[Cracked|Did we mention he had asthma growing up? He did, and after he beat asthma to death, he ate asthma's raw flesh and ran 100 straight miles off the energy it gave him.]]

** [[Cracked.com|Did we mention he had asthma growing up? He did, and after he beat asthma to death, he ate asthma's raw flesh and ran 100 straight miles off the energy it gave him.]]

* [[Egomaniac Hunter]]: Actually a ''subversion''; he loved to hunt, but he was also a staunch conservationist who probably did more to protect nature and wildlife than anyone else.

** More preserved nature = more stuff to kill later. In other words, he may have enjoyed hunting, but he wanted to do so ''sustainably''.

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* [[Made of Iron]]: More like Adamantium given the fact he survived a bullet wound to the chest, malaria, and asthma.

* [[Mega Corp]] Buster: He built up a reputation as a trustbuster when he took on the trusts (which were the [[Mega Corp|Mega Corps]] of their day) and ''won''.

* [[Memetic Badass]]: Especially on [[~~Cracked|~~Cracked.com]], [[Alternate History Dot Com]] and in John Hodgman's ''[[More Information Than You Require]].'' Think [[Super Prototype]] of [[Chuck Norris]].

* [[Memetic Badass]]: Especially on [[Cracked.com]], [[Alternate History Dot Com]] and in John Hodgman's ''[[More Information Than You Require]].'' Think [[Super Prototype]] of [[Chuck Norris]].

** [http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/3/2/2/40322.jpg?v=1 The last thing Death sees before a brutal asskicking].

** In a History Channel documentary he is credited as being an inspiration for director [[The Dark Knight Saga|Christopher Nolan's adaptation]] of [[Batman|Bruce Wayne]].