Adolf Hitler

Lifted from *Downfall* parodies

Hitler's reaction when his generals have failed him and failed to stop Fegelein, yet again.

### Appearances

* Various media portraying World War II, most notably *Der Untergang* (*Downfall*)
* Various parody series

## Biographical information

### Born

April 20, 1889Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary

### Died

April 30, 1945 (age 56)Berlin, Nazi Germany

### Occupation / Rank

* Leader of NSDAP (1921-1945)
* Chancellor of Germany (1933-1945)
* Führer of Germany (1934-1945)

### Relatives

* Eva Braun (wife)
* Hermann Fegelein (brother-in-law, via Eva's sister Gretl)

## Parody universe information

### Role(s)

* The representative subject of *Downfall* parodies
* A notable crossover character of *Inside Out* parodies

### Notable for

* Losing World War II
* Blowing up in front of his most faithful generals
* Shouting Fegelein's name while banging the table

### Parody counterparts

* Various dictators, including Joy (*Inside Out* parodies)
* Riley Andersen (*Inside Out* parodies) (as the parodies' main character)
* Napoleon Bonaparte (*Rachel Andersen's Mental Companions*)

### Allies

* His most loyal ass-kisser Joseph Goebbels

### Enemies

* Joseph Stalin (both in real life and in parodies)
* Hermann Fegelein and his antics regime
* Most of his generals
* Riley Andersen

**Adolf Hitler** is the main character and the representative subject of *Downfall* parodies. As such, *Inside Out* parodies, originating from within the Unterganger community and having a lot of *Downfall* parody influences, feature him as a crossover character, though not as significantly as Leopold Slikk.

## In *Downfall* parodies

*Main article: Adolf Hitler on the Hitler Parody Wiki*
*Downfall* parodies have given Hitler a significant backstory and personality shift, compared to his real life counterpart. Hitler, as seen in parodies, shows no signs of anti-Semitism, instead directing all his hate towards Hermann Fegelein due to the perceived notion of him committing "antics", which are either harmless pranks or supernatural abilities. In addition, Fegelein eludes being found, which irritates Hitler to no end. Other generals of Nazi Germany, as well as political figures, are also given backstories of their own, usually revolving around Hitler.

Some of the significant parody series involving Hitler are "Hitler is informed", in which Otto Günsche informs Hitler of anything and everything, "Hitler plans", in which Hitler's plans are always objected to by Alfred Jodl, and "Hitler phones", in which various characters and Hitler contact each other via telephone. All of these have been carried over to *Inside Out* parodies with their own characters, becoming "Riley is informed", "Joy plans" and "Riley Andersen's Intercultural Exchange" respectively.

In order to explain the availability of modern technology to this Hitler, Untergangers have created various explanations. For example, the parodies by Hitler Rants Parodies take place in a separate universe, detailed with a timeline and factions other than Nazi Germany. Others prefer an ad-hoc universe without clear definitions as to when or how Hitler co-exists with modern technology.

## In *Inside Out* parodies

Unlike the Hitler of *Downfall* parodies, who is separated from the real-life Adolf Hitler in personality as well as historicity, there are actually significant factors pointing to the fact that Hitler, in *Inside Out* parodies, is as good as the real deal, including his actual existence in 1945 with the only "modern" technology being put forward by the Nazis themselves and being extremely limited. However, he is still portrayed by Bruno Ganz using footage of *Downfall*, rather than any archival footage.

A subplot of the "Riley Andersen's Intercultural Exchange" series features Hitler and the bunker crew at its core. Riley Andersen vs. Adolf Hitler, in particular, shows him having invented a telephone that can call people across time, and he uses this to contact Riley Andersen. However, Riley's information about the future, emphasizing Hitler's death and the prevalence of democracy, sends Hitler to despair, leading him to commit suicide as Riley reported to begin with. Then, in Riley Andersen vs. Hermann Fegelein, Fegelein congratulates Riley on killing Hitler off and grants her antic powers.

Inside Hitler briefly depicts Hitler's emotions during an instance of the "Hitler is informed" series playing out typically. In it, Hitler's emotions are actually repurposed clips of Bill Andersen's emotions, who activate a wartime-like console, making Hitler go progressively more and more infuriated with the informing, despite Günsche not saying anything else. Other Untergangers, not directly involved in *Inside Out* parodies, have also chosen to depict Hitler's emotions, though in their case, they use clips of Bruno Ganz as Hitler, instead of any *Inside Out* clip.

What Untergangers expected when they clicked on "Riley Andersen vs. Adolf Hitler" is a video parodying *Downfall* parodies as a whole, and in particular the Hitler Vs series brought forward by Hitler Rants Parodies, in which Hitler and another character fight using a certain phrase that they shout.

## Comparisons

### Riley

 At best, a side character of her parodies on her own, with only her mind as the main location and its characters the only ones willing to serve her.
 Riley exists in the modern world, and therefore has access to modern technology.
 A prepubescent child, and therefore unlikely to be seen as an authority in any context.
 Riley is predominantly happy, and being angry is unnatural to her.
 Parody of a Disney character.

## Gallery

Who presses "upgrade" on Hitler and what were they expecting?