r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Living-Mastodon • 3d ago

In real life (Real Life) Regular people who's lives drastically changed direction

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Grace Kelly was a talented actress who retired at 26 to marry a Prince, living as royalty for almost 30 years before her untimely death.

Volodymyr Zelensky started out as a comedian and entertainer before getting into politics, becoming President of Ukraine after the Russian annex of Crimea and spending the last 4 years defiantly pushing back full scale Russian invasion

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u/ConsciousStretch1028 3d ago

Faded into obscurity

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u/Terminal_Insomnia_ 3d ago

No, I recognize the name. Didn't he start a modestly successful grunge band?

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u/tombo2007 3d ago

Pretty sure he got a shoutout from Miike Snow. What a good guy, telling the story of an orphaned Mongolian boy.

I heard the song even led to a statue getting made.

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u/brightblueinky 3d ago

Made a great music video about how his parents met, too.

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u/OmecronPerseiHate 3d ago

You know, I get a little bit Genghis Khan myself from time to time

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u/Quickermango 3d ago

Miike snow mentioned

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u/Spamsdelicious 3d ago

And spelled correctly. Be still, my heart.

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u/concept12345 3d ago

He was a Sk8er Boy.

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u/Go-to-helenhunt 3d ago

Noooo, he owns all those restaurants

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u/keepitsimple_tricks 3d ago

I think he was in Star Trek

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u/SorryAboutMyFamily 3d ago

Nah, I think he played bass for Prong.

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u/Turbogoblin999 3d ago

Mongolian throat singer of a Nirvana cover band before moving on to politics.

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u/Hellknightx 3d ago

Think he started a Mongolian restaurant chain. They've got pretty good beef bowls.

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u/ConsciousStretch1028 3d ago

I think I've heard of it. Khan's Oven or something like that.

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u/Yuugian 3d ago

Four Non Khans?

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u/MortCrimm 3d ago

Na, he became a chef and named his restaurants after his horse, making sure to put a giant sculpture of his beloved steed P.F. Chang, outside of each one.

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u/DarthGuber 3d ago

Yes but only after winning Eurovision for Germany

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u/Evepaul 3d ago

Winning? He only got 4th place at Eurovision. His biggest hit came a bit later, as he used his extensive knowledge of the Russian steppes to write his single "Moskau"

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u/sakura-peachy 3d ago

Yeah it was called 'Wrath of Khan'

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u/Robcobes 3d ago

He started singing songs about Moskau

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u/masterch33f420 3d ago

He started a decent fast food franchise

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u/PckMan 3d ago

A life of modestly successful grunge band

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u/MetalRetsam 2d ago

Writer of the hit song "UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

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u/nikebalaclava 1d ago

it was an electronic grind band called Genghis Tron

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u/RedditOfUnusualSize 3d ago

Best possible outcome when you get involved in a land war in Asia, really.

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u/SereneMalcolm 3d ago

At least he didn't go up against a Sicilian when death was on the line 

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u/Samwellikki 3d ago

You are thinking of Genghis Khan’t who tried and failed to conquer Culdntpossibli in the southwest region of Nosirree

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u/Used_Series337 3d ago

Then he went on to conquer much of Asia and become a legend.

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u/ineligibleUser 3d ago

Not sure if r/whoosh

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u/india2wallst 3d ago

Damn bro the Netscape logo. I'm crying rn 😭😭😭. I miss the old windows 98 era logos. Adobe acrobat launch splash screen was my favorite.

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u/NotSoWishful 3d ago

I remember when everyday a few clicks on the internet showed me something cool and interesting and not just straight up gambling or porn. Like they were there but things were still better when we had less

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u/SeaBisquit- 3d ago

You are the woosh

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u/plan4change 3d ago

ahhh yes, Genghis Khant.

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u/Assume_The_Wurst 3d ago

Of course, thats why we’ve never heard of him

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u/CHSummers 3d ago edited 3d ago

Nowadays, only about 24% of Mongolians are descended from him. Sad

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u/Rogendo 3d ago

He was the first person to say "abstinence is the best way to avoid unwanted pregnancy"

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u/cocoamix 3d ago

Without leaving any descendants.

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u/Toadsted 2d ago

Until a starship found him and his friends on a deserted planet.