<nod> I'd meant to add an xref to Uriah Gambit to your candidate if it wasn't there already, and yeah, that example sounds more like it than the trope you're proposing. I'm going to keep looking for the examples I know I've seen but can't exactly recall at this time.
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....