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The ages don't quite work out, but seriously--look at that hair! And if not, who ''is'' her mother?

The ages don't quite work out, but seriously--look at that hair! And if not, who "is" her mother?

[[WMG: "Agent X" is meant to be the brawn to an Intersect's brain.]]
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[[WMG: "Agent X" is chuck.]]
In a great continuity nod Chuck was the first person the intersect was tested on(albiet an early version beta test thing) when his dad was working on it. His dad seemed amazed that his brain could handle this large amount of info. CHuck is agent X because he was at the time the only one capable of handling the intersect. Volcoff somehow found out about the intersect and wanted to kill the one man capable of using it so American Intelligence wouldn't be able to use it. Little does everyone know that the intersect has been heavily upgraded since then or volcoff didn't know as much about the project as he thought.
* Suggested by Chuck himself but [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. In a twist, Agent X is really [[spoiler:Alexi Volkoff]].

In a great continuity nod Chuck was the first person the intersect was tested on(albiet an early version beta test thing) when his dad was working on it. His dad seemed amazed that his brain could handle this large amount of info. CHuck is agent X because he was at the time the only one capable of handling the intersect. Volcoff somehow found out about the intersect and wanted to kill the one man capable of using it so American Intelligence wouldn't be able to use it. Little does everyone know that the intersect has been heavily upgraded since then or volcoff didn't know as much about the project as he thought.

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* WordOfGod is that he was intended to be exposed as a Russian Spy at the end of Season 1, but his character became so popular that the creators dropped that plotline...OrDidThey?

In his CIA recruitment videos in "Chuck Vs. the Alma Mater", Professor Fleming commented on Chuck's ability to retain subliminal images and mentioned the Omaha Project, which the CIA intended to assign Chuck to. If not for Bryce's interference, Fleming would have recruited Chuck, and the CIA would have used his brain to store the Intersect. As it happened, during his time at the CIA, Bryce learned that the Omaha Project was the Intersect. (This may explain why he said "We'll always have Omaha" to Sarah at the end of "Chuck Vs. the Nemesis".) When he needed someone to send the Intersect to, he recalled his conversation with Fleming and sent it to Chuck, knowing that Chuck would be able to absorb the information.

* Confirmed in "Chuck vs. The Suburbs."

* The events of "Chuck vs the Gravitron" (specifically, Big Mike's comments after his [[CrowningMomentofAwesome CMoA]]) indicate this very thing, as it appears that Morgan [[spoiler: called in Casey to deal with the 'shoplifter' that Big Mike [[CrowningMomentofAwesome subsequently took out]]]].

* Funilly enough in season 4 [[spoiler:Beckman hands over the role of manager to Morgan - so apparently he was destined for even greater responsibilties. Only time will tell if the duration he spent under the wing of Big Mike's guidence was enough for him to not screw up.]]

* [[http://www.Twitter.com/Julialing @JuliaLing:]] "...heehee! =) Loving Chuck so far. I'll be back on set next week!..." Hurm...
* {{Jossed}}. She came back to give Morgan his stuff back, and he rejected her after the cold-shoulder rekindled her interest. Hmm. This gives me an idea.

*** There is one problem with that theory - [[spoiler:they made a point of having Orion state that the Governer was the only thinkg keeping him alive & then explicitly showing his Governer smash against the floor after Shaw shot him]].

[[WMG:Orion is Fulcrum]]
He [[spoiler: went to school with the Fulcrum leader]]. He knew he wouldn't [[spoiler: be back when he went to RI (because he'd be "caught"?)]]. He did something with his arm computer [[spoiler: when they entered the intersect room (called for backup?)]]. He didn't bother to [[spoiler: put on the sunglasses when he tried to run the program (knew it'd fail?)]].

The last episode hints that the villain recognises and seems to respect Chuck's alter ego Carmichael. Fulcrum are reluctant to investigate the Buy More because they've lost too many agents there. By the end of the series, Fulcrum will be terrified of the legendary 'Agent Carmichael'.
* Implausible now that [[spoiler:Chuck has a kung-fu intersect in his head.]]

The other people exposed to the Intersect, such as in "Chuck vs. the Suburbs", died because they hadn't had their original memories wiped first. If the technology had progressed a little farther, they might have become like Alpha instead. Chuck, as suggested above, has specific mental traits that enable him to contain the Intersect without being wiped first. These traits are probably shared by Echo, since she did not go insane when she became Omega. They're probably also hereditary, since [[spoiler: Orion also has an Intersect in his head]]... maybe Chuck and Echo are related?

Maybe he doesn't even know Sarah is his sister - she's not using her original name, and they could have been separated for years. But on a subconscious level, he recognises her as related and can never be attracted to her.

* Anger seems to trigger it, as seen in the first episode of Season 3 where Chuck has to suppress himself attacking Emmett.
* Well, in "Chuck vs the Tic-Tac", [[spoiler: The emotionless drug lets Chuck use the intersect at full capacity, flashing on multiple moves at once.]] Anyone want to call this one?

* There's also "Chuck vs. the Beard", in which [[spoiler: telling Morgan everything]] relieves Chuck's bottled-up feelings and lets him flash. Honestly, I think the Intersect is affected by Chuck's emotional state but not in any predictable way.

With the introduction of the pill in Chuck vs the Tic Tac, there is now a way to turn your average joe off the street into a sociopath. Combine that with Fulcrum's research on a new intersect, the portable Kung-Fu glasses, and we got ourselves a problem.

* Calling it now. Casey's dismissal in "Chuck vs. the Tic-Tac" was cover for a larger mission.
** Conversely...

[[WMG: The Drug was always meant to be tested on Chuck.]]
* Why would the ring smuggle in just one pill? Assuming they can create the drug, they could just take suitcases full to their plant to HQ. Casey was at the tail end of a Ring Op that wanted a proof of concept test on an active intersect, and who better than Chuck Bartowski? Unfortunately for them, it went [[GoneHorriblyRight horribly right,]] and Chuck kicked the Ring agents to the curb, but they know it works.
** [[spoiler: As of "Chuck vs the Honeymooners", it seems to be going that way: in putting together intelligence and doing computer tasks he even puts ''Chuck'' to shame.]]

** [[spoiler: Confirmed in "Chuck vs The Other Guy." But as [=WMGs=] go, it was a gimme.]]

[[WMG: The Director and the guy in the middle of the Ring Council are the same person.]]
Think about it... the Ring Council is obviously a group of highly renowned leaders to the Ring, and the Director has been repeatedly said to be the agency's big cheese. There's also the fact that the Director meets Shaw [[spoiler:as a hologram]] in a room very similar to the Ring Council Chamber. And when he speaks in "Chuck Versus the Mask," it really sounds like he's using a voice changer, so he obviously wouldn't have ''sounded'' like the Director we would "first meet" in Chuck Versus the American Hero.

He finally got back to the present and, deciding he'd had enough of time travel, switched to another top-secret project, the Intersect. He was put in witness protection as "Steve Bartowski" (note the initials!) when Roark went rogue.

[[WMG:Chuck's mother is a ring member]]

* Still unsure...but in Season 4, looks like we're going to find out.
** She's being played by [[spoiler: Linda Hamilton aka Sarah Connor]], so she'll either be solidly on Chuck's side, or the writers will go for the subversion and make her Ring.

* As of ''Chuck vs. the Living Dead'', [[spoiler:he has downloaded an Intersect into his brain]], pushing him into the position of DragonInChief.
* As of ''Chuck vs. the Ring (Part 2)'', [[spoiler:he's out (but probably not completely). There are so many other bad guys now, that anyone could be the 'Big'.]]

[[WMG: Chuck's Dad is not dead.]]
That "cellular regeneration" thingy is ''such'' a ChekhovsGun. It worked for Shaw, bet it can work for Steven.

[[WMG: season 4 theories regarding [[spoiler: Orion's old enemies]] ]]
I got the impression these "old friends" of Orion we saw the codenames for (Hydra, Phase Two, CYGNUS, The Aries Papers, The Triangulum (CAPTURED), The Fornax Group and that) weren't specifically a big bad evil group like the Ring but brilliant scientists/tech engineers etc who were going to use the intersect technology and whatever else they came up with for their own purposes. That they are currently all working separately on projects along with each hunting for Mrs B, especially now that Orion is dead.

The hunt for Chuck's mum and her joining team Bartowski may start off seeming like a repeat of them finding his dad but I think she'll probably have some "darker" motives and possibly try to "save" them by having them be with her as she joins the enemy.
** I disagree. The search for Steve Bartowski/Orion began with very little to go on. The end of Season 3 seems to give indication of a lot of information that's being imparted to Chuck right off the bat about their mother, if the files being seen at the end are any indication.
** Seeing as she's being played by [[spoiler: Linda Hamilton aka Sarah Connor]] odds are she's going to be an extremely difficult person to catch up to. Kind of like CarmenSandiego.

* I like the idea but I think she turn back to the good side at the end of the episode.

[[WMG: Sarah's spy will is a {{Chekhovs Gun}} that has yet to be fired]]

Spy life is kind of the family business, what with both the elder Bartowskis being spies and the way all of Chuck's family has gotten sucked into it at one point or another. I wouldn't be all that surprised if Chucks' Grandparents were all spies, too. So it would make sense that their kids would get in on the action when they become old enough. It might be a stretch to actually show this all happening, but they could at least leave the show on a note where the audience is given the kind of spark needed to imagine what kind of adventures the next generation of Bartowski's might have.
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[[WMG: Sarah's spy will is a {{Chekovs Gun}} that has yet to be fired]]

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** [[spoiler: Confirmed in "Chuck vs The Other Guy." But as WMGs go, it was a gimme.]]

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[[WMG: Chuck and Sarah will have to use JustFriends as a cover for their rekindled relationship]]
They can't deny the incredibly obvious forever, and once they do get involved they'll try to pretend to be the same old UST poster children to fool Casey and Beckman.
* [[strike:Confirmed]] {{Jossed}}. And I've rarely been happier to be wrong.
** Even Beckman was happy!

[[WMG: Shaw is a timelord]]
He's been 'killed' how many times now? Plus there's a rule that someone has to be.

[[WMG: Stephen Bartowski is a timelord]]
He's been "working for himself" for centuries due to his long timelord life and is regenerating as we speak.

[[WMG: No one is a Time Lord...]]
...but they are Highlanders.

[[WMG: The Intersect is an early version of SnowCrash]]
It can impart vast amounts of information to human beings through purely visual stimulus, but usually results in insanity or a comatose state. Even those who ''can'' handle the information overload will lose their mind before long without a device to regulate their system for them. By the time of the events in Snow Crash, it will either have been weaponized or become corrupted due to being tinkered with by people who didn't know what they were doing some time after the United States government fell apart.

[[WMG: Shaw is a timelord]]