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You knew it was coming, but there's serious evidence for this one. The studio moves around unpredictably (that episode where he was broadcasting from ''inside an airport departure lounge'', anyone?) and apparently spends most of its time on top of the Statue of Liberty (look closely at the cityscape by the interview table) without anyone ever noticing it. Obviously the chameleon circuit actually works on this one. There's also the way that he can fit ridiculous amounts of stuff under his desk or into small spaces (John Oliver in a suitcase, two Starbucks(es?) in the shelves under the desk) and the way that certain parts of his backstory don't quite fit together. Either he's forgetting parts of it, making it up, or he's been around for a lot longer than he's letting on. Interestingly, this would account for the 'psychic' WMG nicely as well. He doesn't need to predict the future, he's already seen it. Then there's the alien financial advisor, the way he never doubts stories about alien life or bizarre technological advancements... And doesn't "The Pundit" sound like a great Time Lord name?

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You knew it was coming, but there's serious evidence for this one. The studio moves around unpredictably (that episode where he was broadcasting from ''inside an airport departure lounge'', anyone?) and apparently spends most of its time on top of the Statue of Liberty Art/StatueOfLiberty (look closely at the cityscape by the interview table) without anyone ever noticing it. Obviously the chameleon circuit actually works on this one. There's also the way that he can fit ridiculous amounts of stuff under his desk or into small spaces (John Oliver in a suitcase, two Starbucks(es?) in the shelves under the desk) and the way that certain parts of his backstory don't quite fit together. Either he's forgetting parts of it, making it up, or he's been around for a lot longer than he's letting on. Interestingly, this would account for the 'psychic' WMG nicely as well. He doesn't need to predict the future, he's already seen it. Then there's the alien financial advisor, the way he never doubts stories about alien life or bizarre technological advancements... And doesn't "The Pundit" sound like a great Time Lord name?
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[[WMG: Stephen's ''I Am America (And So Can You)'' is a homage/challenge to [[Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia America]].]]

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[[WMG: Stephen's ''I Am America (And So Can You)'' is a homage/challenge to [[Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers America]].]]



Ever seen those petitions to have Stephen Colbert voice America from ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia?'' He won't have to since he's pretty much Alfred in a dyed wig. I mean, he's hyper, brash, uber-patriotic and loves burgers and apple pie. He got his hatred of bears from a bad visit to Canada.

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Ever seen those petitions to have Stephen Colbert voice America from ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia?'' ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers?'' He won't have to since he's pretty much Alfred in a dyed wig. I mean, he's hyper, brash, uber-patriotic and loves burgers and apple pie. He got his hatred of bears from a bad visit to Canada.



[[WMG: At one point in time the wheel of heroes has/will say [[Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia Alfred F Jones.]]]]

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[[WMG: At one point in time the wheel of heroes has/will say [[Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Alfred F Jones.]]]]



[[WMG: Stephen is the creation of a union between [[Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia Alfred F Jones.]] and a [[Series/DoctorWho Timelord]].]]

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[[WMG: Stephen is the creation of a union between [[Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Alfred F Jones.]] and a [[Series/DoctorWho Timelord]].]]
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* "''2012''. The Mayans warned us. Assuming, they warned us one day that computer graphics would strip movies of any plot or characterization and turn them into [[TropesAreNotGood mindless]] orgies of [[ItsNotPornItsAnIndex Destruction Porn]]."

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* "''2012''. The Mayans warned us. Assuming, they warned us one day that computer graphics would strip movies of any plot or characterization and turn them into [[TropesAreNotGood [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools mindless]] orgies of [[ItsNotPornItsAnIndex Destruction Porn]]."
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* This is getting hard to ignore. An hour ago as of this posting, Stephen posted the following on his Twitter [[{{Twitter}} (StephenAtHome)]]:

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* This is getting hard to ignore. An hour ago as of this posting, Stephen posted the following on his Twitter [[{{Twitter}} [[Website/{{Twitter}} (StephenAtHome)]]:
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As of January 12, 2010, his cell phone alarm is the ''DeadLikeMe'' theme. He was obviously the last reap of one of the Reapers, and either has been [[DeadAllAlong Undead All Along]] or found a loophole in the swiss cheese memory clause. (Now... how to use this [[BuffySpeak fanitude]] to aim the Colbert Nation to the desired result of a ''DeadLikeMe'' revival?)

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As of January 12, 2010, his cell phone alarm is the ''DeadLikeMe'' ''Series/DeadLikeMe'' theme. He was obviously the last reap of one of the Reapers, and either has been [[DeadAllAlong Undead All Along]] or found a loophole in the swiss cheese memory clause. (Now... how to use this [[BuffySpeak fanitude]] to aim the Colbert Nation to the desired result of a ''DeadLikeMe'' ''Series/DeadLikeMe'' revival?)
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[[WMG: Stephen got his hatred of bears by playingVideoGame/BanjoKazooie as a child and not being very good at it.]]

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[[WMG: Stephen got his hatred of bears by playingVideoGame/BanjoKazooie playing ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' as a child and not being very good at it.]]



* The biggest problem with this is thatVideoGame/BanjoKazooie was released in 1998. But then again... Time Lord.

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* The biggest problem with this is thatVideoGame/BanjoKazooie that ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' was released in 1998. But then again... Time Lord.
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[[WMG: Stephen got his hatred of bears by playing BanjoKazooie as a child and not being very good at it.]]

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[[WMG: Stephen got his hatred of bears by playing BanjoKazooie playingVideoGame/BanjoKazooie as a child and not being very good at it.]]



* The biggest problem with this is that BanjoKazooie was released in 1998. But then again... Time Lord.

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* The biggest problem with this is that BanjoKazooie thatVideoGame/BanjoKazooie was released in 1998. But then again... Time Lord.
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[[WMG: After seeing the previews of the new CaptainAmerica movie Stephen will do something with that shield.]]

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[[WMG: After seeing the previews of the new CaptainAmerica Film/{{Captain America|The First Avenger}} movie Stephen will do something with that shield.]]
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[[WMG: [[TheMuppetShow Sam the Eagle]] is Stephen Colbert's [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom fursona]].]]

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[[WMG: [[TheMuppetShow [[Series/TheMuppetShow Sam the Eagle]] is Stephen Colbert's [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom fursona]].]]
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[[WMG: Stephen's ''I Am America (And So Can You)'' is a homage/challenge to [[AxisPowersHetalia America]].]]

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[[WMG: Stephen's ''I Am America (And So Can You)'' is a homage/challenge to [[AxisPowersHetalia [[Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia America]].]]



Ever seen those petitions to have Stephen Colbert voice America from ''AxisPowersHetalia?'' He won't have to since he's pretty much Alfred in a dyed wig. I mean, he's hyper, brash, uber-patriotic and loves burgers and apple pie. He got his hatred of bears from a bad visit to Canada.

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Ever seen those petitions to have Stephen Colbert voice America from ''AxisPowersHetalia?'' ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia?'' He won't have to since he's pretty much Alfred in a dyed wig. I mean, he's hyper, brash, uber-patriotic and loves burgers and apple pie. He got his hatred of bears from a bad visit to Canada.



[[WMG: At one point in time the wheel of heroes has/will say [[AxisPowersHetalia Alfred F Jones.]]]]

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[[WMG: At one point in time the wheel of heroes has/will say [[AxisPowersHetalia [[Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia Alfred F Jones.]]]]



[[WMG: Stephen is the creation of a union between [[AxisPowersHetalia Alfred F Jones.]] and a [[Series/DoctorWho Timelord]].]]

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[[WMG: Stephen is the creation of a union between [[AxisPowersHetalia [[Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia Alfred F Jones.]] and a [[Series/DoctorWho Timelord]].]]
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[[WMG: [[TheMuppetShow Sam the Eagle]] is Stephen Colbert's [[FurryFandom fursona]].]]

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[[WMG: [[TheMuppetShow Sam the Eagle]] is Stephen Colbert's [[FurryFandom [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom fursona]].]]
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** But in the finale, [[spoiler:Stephen ''killed Death itself'', becoming immortal in the process.]]
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* Also {{Jossed}}. See above.
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** {{Jossed}}. [[Spoiler:He ends up killing Grimmy, becoming immortal and joining an immortal pantheon consisting of Santa Claus, Unicorn Abraham Lincoln, and Alex Trebek.]]

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** {{Jossed}}. [[Spoiler:He [[spoiler:He ends up killing Grimmy, becoming immortal and joining an immortal pantheon consisting of Santa Claus, Unicorn Abraham Lincoln, and Alex Trebek.]]
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** {{Jossed}}. [[Spoiler:He ends up killing Grimmy, becoming immortal and joining the pantheon of Santa Claus, Unicorn Abraham Lincoln, and Alex Trebek.]]

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** {{Jossed}}. [[Spoiler:He ends up killing Grimmy, becoming immortal and joining the an immortal pantheon consisting of Santa Claus, Unicorn Abraham Lincoln, and Alex Trebek.]]
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** {{Jossed}}. [[Spoiler:He ends up killing Grimmy, becoming immortal and joining the pantheon of Santa Claus, Unicorn Abraham Lincoln, and Alex Trebek.]]
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* On December 11, 2014, Stephen announced his last guest will be Grimmy/the Grim Reaper.
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[[WMG: Colbert will appear in-character on ''The Nightly Show'']]
Wilmore has said that ''The Nightly Show'' will be done in a roundtable pundit format. Colbert could easily come back as a guest panelist, especially if the topic involves Bill O'Reilly or bears.
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[[WMG: Stephen is stopping the show due to PoesLaw.]]
The show started as a satire of far-right pundits, with Stephen taking their talking points to the satirical extreme. But now, it's gotten harder for him to out-nut the nutcases. Here's something he said in a ''2006'' interview:
->'''Stephen:''' Language has always been important in politics, but language is incredibly important to the present political struggle. Because if you can establish an atmosphere in which information doesn't mean anything, then there is no objective reality. The first show we did, a year ago, was our thesis statement: What you wish to be true is all that matters, regardless of the facts. Of course, at the time, we thought we were being farcical.

So maybe it was inevitable. [[FridgeHorror One only hopes]] Website/TheOnion won't suffer a similar fate.
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[[WMG: "Alternitivly Colbert will die in the final fighting [[spoiler:The Avengers]] ]]
[[spoiler:Cap just wanted his shield back]]
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** I would bet on Jay the Intern killing Stephen.

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** * I would bet on Jay the Intern killing Stephen.
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**I would bet on Jay the Intern killing Stephen.
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* One of his favorite ways of messing with us may be reading these theories about him and [[SureWhyNot "confirming" them on his show]]. If this is the case, then we're in for a hell of a good time.

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* One of his favorite ways of messing with us may be reading these theories about him and [[SureWhyNot [[AscendedFanon "confirming" them on his show]]. If this is the case, then we're in for a hell of a good time.
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[[WMG: "Stephen Colbert" will be KilledOffForReal when the show ends in late 2014.]]
He's confirmed his next show won't be done in character, so this seems like the natural way to retire the character for good. As for the cause of death, I'd bet on [[ArchEnemy Rain]].
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[[WMG: Steven is a [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Hydra agent]] ]]
Because [[http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bl4wpQTIMAAcNmE.jpg:medium this]] appeared in the opening sequence of the colbert report
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[[WMG: Stephen is being mind-controlled by Marik from YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries.]]

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[[WMG: Stephen is being mind-controlled by Marik from YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries.WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries.]]



* No silly, Stephen IS Marik from YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries.

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* No silly, Stephen IS Marik from YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries.
WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries.
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* [[WeirdestInboundLinkOfTheDay Confirmed!]]

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* [[WeirdestInboundLinkOfTheDay [[JustForFun/WeirdestInboundLinkOfTheDay Confirmed!]]
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** Well...Jon is Jewish...

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** Well... Jon is Jewish...




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** Naw, [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-january-18-1999/a-hastily-thrown-together-editorial---antichrist Jon already confessed to being the Antichrist.]] Presumably the Apocalypse will come on the day the Daily Show runs out of jokes.
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* When Colbert is re-recieving the [=SuperPac=] powers from JonStewart, it [[http://mswyrr.tumblr.com/post/16810815243/coincidence-i-think-not-cheap-special-effects looks an awful lot like he's regenerating]]. Coincidence? I THINK NOT!

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* When Colbert is re-recieving the [=SuperPac=] powers from JonStewart, Creator/JonStewart, it [[http://mswyrr.tumblr.com/post/16810815243/coincidence-i-think-not-cheap-special-effects looks an awful lot like he's regenerating]]. Coincidence? I THINK NOT!

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