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* In TheQuestion's [[ADayInTheLimelight spotlight issue]] of the JusticeLeagueUnlimited tie-in comic, he spends a week solving every major conspiracy in western civilization's history. Stuff like "Jack the Ripper was cloned from the Chupacabras that landed in Area 51". It turns out a lot of it was faked, but that's the kind of stuff he makes a living investigating.
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** The Robert Langdon books have had a habit of subverting this trope, however. While conspiracy theories are often thrown around by the characters, there usually ends up being a logical, or at least somewhat realistic explanation for everything. [[spoiler: In fact, ConspiracyTheorists have ended up being the villain more often than not because they believe that nothing is true and everything in permitted.]]
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* Many Internet conspiracy theorists are like this.
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* Many Internet conspiracy theorists are like this.
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* The Truth behind the [[PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs K–T extinction]], TheTunguskaEvent, RoswellIncident, SpontaneousHumanCombustion, Operation Paperclip, Project MKULTRA, Monarch MindControl program, [[WhoShotJFK Kennedy]] and Palme assassinations, the Moon landings, the [[SubliminalSeduction 25th frame]], the Watergate scandal, the first UsefulNotes/GulfWar (well, the ''real'' truth, anyway), TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt as predicted by the [[MayanDoomsday Mayans]]/Nostradamus/John of Patmos, and any number of other StockUnsolvedMysteries you can think of.

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* The Truth behind the [[PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs K–T extinction]], TheTunguskaEvent, RoswellIncident, SpontaneousHumanCombustion, Operation Paperclip, Project MKULTRA, Monarch MindControl program, [[WhoShotJFK Kennedy]] and Palme assassinations, the Moon landings, the [[SubliminalSeduction 25th frame]], the Watergate scandal, the first UsefulNotes/GulfWar (well, the ''real'' truth, anyway), TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt as predicted by the [[MayanDoomsday Mayans]]/Nostradamus/John Mayans]]/Nostradamus/[[Literature/BookOfRevelation John of Patmos, Patmos]], and any number of other StockUnsolvedMysteries you can think of.
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* The Truth behind the [[PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs K–T extinction]], TheTunguskaEvent, RoswellIncident, SpontaneousHumanCombustion, Operation Paperclip, Project MKULTRA, Monarch MindControl program, [[WhoShotJFK Kennedy]] and Palme assassinations, the Moon landings, the [[SubliminalSeduction 25th frame]], the Watergate scandal, the first GulfWar (well, the ''real'' truth, anyway), TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt as predicted by the [[MayanDoomsday Mayans]]/Nostradamus/John of Patmos, and any number of other StockUnsolvedMysteries you can think of.

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* The Truth behind the [[PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs K–T extinction]], TheTunguskaEvent, RoswellIncident, SpontaneousHumanCombustion, Operation Paperclip, Project MKULTRA, Monarch MindControl program, [[WhoShotJFK Kennedy]] and Palme assassinations, the Moon landings, the [[SubliminalSeduction 25th frame]], the Watergate scandal, the first GulfWar UsefulNotes/GulfWar (well, the ''real'' truth, anyway), TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt as predicted by the [[MayanDoomsday Mayans]]/Nostradamus/John of Patmos, and any number of other StockUnsolvedMysteries you can think of.
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* The main protagonist of ''Hunter-killer'' (written by MarkWaid) has been home schooled, and what he's been taught (as far as recent history is concerned) is all conspiracy theories. [[spoiler:And not surprisingly, all he's been taught is true, except the part about the week having six days.]] One major turning point, as it turns out, was indeed the Cuban missile crisis.

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* The main protagonist of ''Hunter-killer'' (written by MarkWaid) Creator/MarkWaid) has been home schooled, and what he's been taught (as far as recent history is concerned) is all conspiracy theories. [[spoiler:And not surprisingly, all he's been taught is true, except the part about the week having six days.]] One major turning point, as it turns out, was indeed the Cuban missile crisis.
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* Nonchalant [[TheReveal revelations]] of the ''real'' allegiances and agendas of {{Jesus}}, LeonardoDaVinci, JackTheRipper, NikolaTesla, [[RasputinTheMadMonk Rasputin]], AdolfHitler, and ElvisPresley.

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* Nonchalant [[TheReveal revelations]] of the ''real'' allegiances and agendas of {{Jesus}}, LeonardoDaVinci, Creator/LeonardoDaVinci, JackTheRipper, NikolaTesla, UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla, [[RasputinTheMadMonk Rasputin]], AdolfHitler, and ElvisPresley.Music/ElvisPresley.
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* This is the entire purpose of ''Literature/Mr Blank'', a detective story in which the hero works for literally every conspiracy there is, so when someone tries to murder him, there's no shortage of suspects. One of his most reliable tactics is playing off one conspiracy against another such as pitting the Little Green Men against the Assassins and the Russian Mob in order to rescue his girlfriend.

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* This is the entire purpose of ''Literature/Mr Blank'', ''Literature/MrBlank'', a detective story in which the hero works for literally every conspiracy there is, so when someone tries to murder him, there's no shortage of suspects. One of his most reliable tactics is playing off one conspiracy against another such as pitting the Little Green Men against the Assassins and the Russian Mob in order to rescue his girlfriend.
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* This is the entire purpose of ''Literature: Mr Blank'', a detective story in which the hero works for literally every conspiracy there is, so when someone tries to murder him, there's no shortage of suspects. One of his most reliable tactics is playing off one conspiracy against another such as pitting the Little Green Men against the Assassins and the Russian Mob in order to rescue his girlfriend.

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* This is the entire purpose of ''Literature: Mr ''Literature/Mr Blank'', a detective story in which the hero works for literally every conspiracy there is, so when someone tries to murder him, there's no shortage of suspects. One of his most reliable tactics is playing off one conspiracy against another such as pitting the Little Green Men against the Assassins and the Russian Mob in order to rescue his girlfriend.
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* This is the entire purpose of ''Literature: Mr Blank'', a detective story in which the hero works for literally every conspiracy there is, so when someone tries to murder him, there's no shortage of suspects. One of his most reliable tactics is playing off one conspiracy against another such as pitting the Little Green Men against the Assassins and the Russian Mob in order to rescue his girlfriend.

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* Parodied in the expansion packs for ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'', which include a [[Radio/GTARadio radio show]] called ''Conspire'' hosted by "John Smith", a parody of Radio/AlexJones and similar right-wing/libertarian conspiracy theorists. "John" entertains, and often voices, every single crazy conspiracy theory and bit of paranoia and racism his listeners phone in with.
** Likewise in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', there's Nervous Ron's show on Blaine County Talk Radio, which is less Alex Jones and more ''Series/TheXFiles'' with a bit of ''Series/TheMatrix''.

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* Parodied in the expansion packs for ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'', which include a [[Radio/GTARadio radio show]] called ''Conspire'' hosted by "John Smith", a parody of Radio/AlexJones and similar right-wing/libertarian conspiracy theorists. "John" entertains, and often voices, every single crazy conspiracy theory and bit of paranoia and racism his listeners phone in with.
** Likewise in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', there's Nervous Ron's show on Blaine County Talk Radio, which is less Alex Jones and more ''Series/TheXFiles'' with a bit of ''Series/TheMatrix''.



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* Parodied in the expansion packs for ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'', which include a [[Radio/GTARadio radio show]] called ''Conspire'' hosted by "John Smith", a parody of Radio/AlexJones and similar right-wing/libertarian conspiracy theorists. "John" entertains, and often voices, every single crazy conspiracy theory and bit of paranoia and racism his listeners phone in with.
** Likewise in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', there's Nervous Ron's show on Blaine County Talk Radio, which is less Alex Jones and more ''Series/TheXFiles'' with a bit of ''Series/TheMatrix''.
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* ''DeltaGreen'' is a modern-time setting for the ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' RPG. Not only is every possible conspiracy staged by either Nyarlatotep, Mi-Go, or some other EldritchAbomination, but the playable organization, DeltaGreen, is an illegal conspiracy. Why? Because official paranormal investigators are controlled by aliens, of course.

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* ''DeltaGreen'' ''TabletopGame/DeltaGreen'' is a modern-time setting for the ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' RPG. Not only is every possible conspiracy staged by either Nyarlatotep, Mi-Go, or some other EldritchAbomination, but the playable organization, DeltaGreen, is an illegal conspiracy. Why? Because official paranormal investigators are controlled by aliens, of course.



** The NewWorldOfDarkness is getting there, too, except none of the conspiracies control ''everything'', just a specialized area. The Seers of the Throne make sure that magic stays out of the Fallen World so they get it all to themselves. They have their own phony Men in Black, Division Six... and we say "phony" because the ''real'' Men in Black, Task Force: VALKYRIE, operate out of the US Treasury. Then you have the medical corporation that performs experiments on supernatural creatures to find out how useful their parts are, the Catholic Church's crack monster-hunting squad, and the FBI bureau staffed with psychics who hunt down [[SlasherMovie supernatural serial killers]] and stick them in a Midwestern Guantanamo. And so on. (It's worth noting that all of the listed examples, excluding the Seers of the Throne but including Division Six, come from ''TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil''.)

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** The NewWorldOfDarkness TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness is getting there, too, except none of the conspiracies control ''everything'', just a specialized area. The Seers of the Throne make sure that magic stays out of the Fallen World so they get it all to themselves. They have their own phony Men in Black, Division Six... and we say "phony" because the ''real'' Men in Black, Task Force: VALKYRIE, operate out of the US Treasury. Then you have the medical corporation that performs experiments on supernatural creatures to find out how useful their parts are, the Catholic Church's crack monster-hunting squad, and the FBI bureau staffed with psychics who hunt down [[SlasherMovie supernatural serial killers]] and stick them in a Midwestern Guantanamo. And so on. (It's worth noting that all of the listed examples, excluding the Seers of the Throne but including Division Six, come from ''TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil''.)



* This is one of the founding premises of OverTheEdge. Seriously, there are ''hundreds'' of them, [[GambitPileup all interfering with each other's plans...]]

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* This is one of the founding premises of OverTheEdge.TabletopGame/OverTheEdge. Seriously, there are ''hundreds'' of them, [[GambitPileup all interfering with each other's plans...]]
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* ''DarkMatter'' is this trope; includes dimension-traveling lizard people, Atlantis, the Illuminati, ModernMagic, alien bigfoot, and of course government conspiracies.

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* ''DarkMatter'' ''TabletopGame/DarkMatter'' is this trope; includes dimension-traveling lizard people, Atlantis, the Illuminati, ModernMagic, alien bigfoot, and of course government conspiracies.
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* ''Series/{{TheXFiles}}'' and its SpinOff, ''TheLoneGunmen''.

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* ''Series/{{The X-Files}}'' and its SpinOff, ''TheLoneGunmen''.

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* ''Series/{{The X-Files}}'' ''Series/{{TheXFiles}}'' and its SpinOff, ''TheLoneGunmen''.
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* The Truth behind the [[PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs K–T extinction]], TheTunguskaEvent, RoswellIncident, SpontaneousHumanCombustion, Operation Paperclip, Project MKULTRA, Monarch MindControl program, [[WhoShotJFK Kennedy]] and Palme assassinations, the Moon landings, the [[SubliminalSeduction 25th frame]], the Watergate scandal, the first GulfWar (well, the ''real'' truth, anyway), TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt as predicted by the Mayans/Nostradamus/John of Patmos, and any number of other StockUnsolvedMysteries you can think of.

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* The Truth behind the [[PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs K–T extinction]], TheTunguskaEvent, RoswellIncident, SpontaneousHumanCombustion, Operation Paperclip, Project MKULTRA, Monarch MindControl program, [[WhoShotJFK Kennedy]] and Palme assassinations, the Moon landings, the [[SubliminalSeduction 25th frame]], the Watergate scandal, the first GulfWar (well, the ''real'' truth, anyway), TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt as predicted by the Mayans/Nostradamus/John [[MayanDoomsday Mayans]]/Nostradamus/John of Patmos, and any number of other StockUnsolvedMysteries you can think of.
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* ''Conspiracy X'' is an RPG (by Eden Studios) based around the concept of some or all of the conspiracy theorists being onto something.

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* ''Conspiracy X'' ''TabletopGame/ConspiracyX'' is an RPG (by Eden Studios) based around the concept of some or all of the conspiracy theorists being onto something.
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* David Icke will tell you that the Anunnaki, ancient Babylonian gods, were in fact [[TheReptilians Reptilian]] aliens who are still among us, among them the Windsors, Bushes, and Habsburgs, and are behind every conspiracy ever alleged, including Kennedy, 9/11, the Pyramids, anything involving Illuminati, etc. (especially the antisemitic ones), authors of the past using then-acceptable antisemitism to pass coded references to Reptilians to others "in the know."

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* David Icke DavidIcke will tell you that the Anunnaki, ancient Babylonian gods, were in fact [[TheReptilians Reptilian]] aliens who are still among us, among them the Windsors, Bushes, and Habsburgs, and are behind every conspiracy ever alleged, including Kennedy, 9/11, the Pyramids, anything involving Illuminati, etc. (especially the antisemitic ones), authors of the past using then-acceptable antisemitism to pass coded references to Reptilians to others "in the know."
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** Most "unified conspiracy theories" are deliberate examples of this, being attempts to shoehorn every conspiracy theory that the writer believes into a coherent narrative.
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\"For the characters who \'\'believe\'\' they live in a Conspiracy Kitchen Sink, see Conspiracy Theorist.\"


* [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague The Question]] believes in multiple conspiracy theories, which he unifies into one big, overarching one.

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** His theories are so well-known and crazy that ''Lost Tapes'' did an episode concerning Reptilians that's basically a loving homage to his kookiest and craziest theories. It also ends with a slight twist. The Reptilians aren't here to rule and manipulate us, [[spoiler: their here to '''harvest''' us.]]

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** His theories are so well-known and crazy that ''Lost Tapes'' did an episode concerning Reptilians that's basically a loving homage to his kookiest and craziest theories. It also ends with a slight twist. The Reptilians aren't here to rule and manipulate us, [[spoiler: their they're here to '''harvest''' us.]]
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* ''DarkMatter'' this trope, includes dimension-traveling lizard people, Atlantis, the Illuminati, ModernMagic, alien bigfoot, and of course government conspiracies.

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* ''DarkMatter'' is this trope, trope; includes dimension-traveling lizard people, Atlantis, the Illuminati, ModernMagic, alien bigfoot, and of course government conspiracies.
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* The eponymous town in ''WelcomeToNightVale'' has this trope as a basic premise, except there is no [[TheMasquerade Masquerade]]; all of it is just accepted as the normal state of things.

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* The eponymous town in ''WelcomeToNightVale'' ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'' has this trope as a basic premise, except there is no [[TheMasquerade Masquerade]]; all of it is just accepted as the normal state of things.
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* The Wiki/SCPFoundation is basically a collection of inexplicable objects and phenomena, and is essentially all the conspiracies no one has thought of rolled into one.

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* The Wiki/SCPFoundation ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' is basically a collection of inexplicable objects and phenomena, and is essentially all the conspiracies no one has thought of rolled into one.
* The eponymous town in ''WelcomeToNightVale'' has this trope as a basic premise, except there is no [[TheMasquerade Masquerade]]; all of it is just accepted as the normal state of things.
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* James Ellroy's ''American Tabloid'' answers the question "Who killed JFK?", with a pretty resounding "Everybody".

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* James Ellroy's ''American Tabloid'' answers the question "Who killed JFK?", with a pretty resounding "Everybody". (If you want more specificity: [[spoiler:the assassination was bankrolled half by reactionary billionaire Howard Hughes and half by various Mafia bosses, the shooters were CIA contractors borrowed from one of the Company's many anti-Castro black ops, and J. Edgar Hoover personally directed the cover-up in the hours after the shooting]].)
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\n* Tom Smith's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm5go6mVqwU Illuminatti Polka]] plays it for laughs.

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Compare AllMythsAreTrue, the fantasy-specific version of this trope.

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Compare AllMythsAreTrue, CrossoverCosmology, the fantasy-specific mythological version of this trope.

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