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4 | ->''"The goat was a shapeshifter."'' |
5 | -->-- '''[=KillerKiller=]''', ''Roleplay/{{RubyQuest}}'' discussion |
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7 | A term for wild, off-the-wall theories. Named after a leading [[TinfoilHat tinfoil-hat]] theory explaining the mysterious shaking, rustling trees on ''Series/{{Lost}}'' during its first season. The theory? The trees were having epileptic fits. |
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9 | Although ''Lost'' has long since run its course, the image remains a potent title for the trope. No matter how absurd or irrational a theory (or tree) might seem, if it has enough ground, in the eyes of enough fans, it can spread new branches, seed new ideas, [[AscendedFanon and eventually come to influence the entire work]]. |
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11 | Crazy theories are not only common, but expected; especially for mystery series already host to its fair share of MindScrew. An ongoing series which uses ChekhovsGun to the point of becoming a ChekhovsArmoury encourages Trees because all newly introduced objects, people, skills, etc. will eventually be suspected of being a Chekhov's Gun. See StockEpilepticTrees for common species of Tree such as EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory or AllJustADream. Not to be confused with AluminumChristmasTrees. Has nothing to do with EpilepticFlashingLights. |
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13 | Epileptic trees that portend something so terrible or disappointing that everyone hopes they aren't true are known as WMG/PoisonOakEpilepticTrees. Epileptic Trees suggested InUniverse by the characters themselves are a sign of ScullySyndrome. When an Epileptic Tree is rendered null and void by the official {{canon}}, it's said to be {{Jossed}}. When an Epileptic Tree becomes canon, you're allowed to say "IKnewIt" -- unless WordOfGod reveals it became canon ''because'' it was an Epileptic Tree, in which case it's AscendedFanon. |
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15 | Compare conspiracy theories, Epileptic Trees about RealLife. Some epileptic trees use FictionScience analysis as their base. See also InferredSurvival, UrbanLegendOfZelda and SchrodingersButterfly. |
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17 | If you'd like to see the wiki contributors' own personal epileptic forest, check out our WildMassGuessing page. [[Administrivia/ExampleSectionectomy Don't waste your tree here]] -- go plant it in Wild Mass Guessing. |
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