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{{trope}}
{{quote|'''Horatio Jackson:''' I'm afraid, sir, that you have a rather weak grasp of reality.
'''Baron Münchhausen:''' Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash, and I am delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever!
|''[[The Adventures of Baron Munchausen]]''}}
He's been everywhere, seen everything, done it all and more. Given any chance, he'll tell you all about it, whether you want him to or not. His adventures may be [[Tall Tale|blatantly impossible]], or simply impossible to believe, but he rarely shuts up about them, and generally reacts badly to anyone openly doubting him. This character may be crazy, [[Self-Serving Memory|deluded]], a [[Con Man]], or a compulsive liar. The most common [[Subverted Trope|subversion]] of this is for the listener to dismiss his tales, and then find out that '''The Munchausen''' was [[Cassandra Truth|telling the truth all along]].
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The [[Miles Gloriosus]] is a subtrope where [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|his own prowess]] is the central part of his tales—and [[Dirty Coward|he's lying]].
Contrast [[Badass Boast]]. Compare and contrast [[Small Name, Big Ego]] and the [[Fake Ultimate Hero]]. Also compare to [[Expansion Pack Past]], [[Multiple Choice Past]].
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== Advertising ==
* Dos Equis' 2006-2016 mascot is [[The Most Interesting Man in the World]]!
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== Fairy Tales ==
* In the tales "[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/116.htm The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen]" and "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130313082907/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/jacobs/celtic/conallyellowclaw.html Conall Yellowclaw]", a lord captures four thieves: three brothers and an older man. The older man ransoms each of the brothers by telling a story of when he had been in more danger than they are, in the hands of a man about to execute them. The final story involves his helping a woman save a baby, and an old woman recognizes the tale and that the lord had been the baby, so the lord rewards the older thief for his rescue.
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* Lazarus Long from multiple [[Robert A. Heinlein]] stories, including ''Time Enough For Love'' and ''The Cat Who Walks Through Walls'' lived over two thousand years and done pretty much anything you can imagine, except die.
* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' has Tormund Gianstbane, whose many (likely self-applied) nicknames include "the Tall-Talker." He's a [[Boisterous Bruiser]] who delights in telling tall tales about his exploits and [[Biggus Dickus|physical characteristics]]. In reality, he's still a respected warrior and leader.
* Peter Storm in ''Azor!'' by Jim Henaghan was constantly telling people that he'd picked up various skills from "the time when I was an __..." (Circus [[Knife-Throwing Act]], for instance.) He did this deliberately, so people would '''think''' he was a Munchausen or perhaps a Miles Gloriosus, and not realize he actually was a British intelligence agent, highly regarded by those few who knew the truth.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* ''Captain Park's Imaginary Polar Expedition'', a board game from [https://web.archive.org/web/20050205091931/http://www.cheapass.com/ Cheapass Games]. You play members of a Victorian gentleman's club, all of whom are trying to one-up each other with heroic tales of adventure. In fact, all your exploits are entirely fictitious. You've just spent the last few months hiding in a hotel and sneaking out in disguise to scavenge in junk shops for "artifacts" from your "expeditions". The aim of the game is to collect convincing sets of photographs, anecdotes, and artifacts, without being spotted and exposed as a fraud.
* In [[White Wolf]]'s [[Old World of Darkness]], [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse|the Ratkin]] have an entire caste called the Munchmausen. They specialize in exploring the Deep Umbra (the most remote parts of the spirit world), where things can get '''very''' strange, and they have the inherent ability to tell one elaborate, improbable lie each day that their audience automatically believes.
* In ''The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen,'' players take the roles of debauched European noblemen regaling other players with ridiculously exaggerated tales of derring-do. The game was written in the style of Baron Munchausen himself, and accompanied by illustrations by Gustave Dore.
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* ''[[Baldur's Gate]] II''
** Jan Jansen. To the point where, when he ''doesn't'' comment on an situation with a tale of his own:
{{quote|'''Haer'Dalis:''' I shouldn't wish to alarm anyone, but I just wanted to point out that Jan has failed to produce a story. [[
** Although most of the others either suspect or know that his tales are made up. Imoen will submit one tale to him for approval and criticism, and when Viconia asks the main character why you keep the pest around, you can cheerfully explain it with the start of a tall tale of your own.
{{quote|'''Jan:''' Aye, Plooty had a way of attracting golems. Brilliant, really. You start with a saucer of milk -- golems are suckers for milk...}}
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== Web Original ==
* In ''[[Look to the West]]'', the original Baron Munchausen has a son, Ulrich, who has many unlikely adventures; however, he pales in comparison to the man he works for, Moritz Benyovsky (who also had some pretty unlikely adventures even in our own history, such as being crowned King of Madagascar).
* Given that [[Question Duck]] itself is the only divergence from reality thus far, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130615221633/http://questionduck.smackjeeves.com/comics/1394051/278/ the account of where they have been probably is this.]
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