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3->'''Martha:''' I thought you were going to say [the Master] was your secret brother or something.\
4'''The Doctor:''' ... You've been watching too much TV.
5-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums The Sound of Drums]]"
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7A fan gets Jossed when the elaborate EpilepticTrees or {{Fanfic}} that they've lovingly built upon canonical elements is abruptly disproved by further canon or WordOfGod. Named after Creator/JossWhedon; ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' was notorious for this. Fans would come up with detailed and elaborate theories or plots during summer hiatuses, most of which got completely thrown out within three episodes of the new season.
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9May lead to FanonDiscontinuity when disgruntled fans prefer their own {{fanon}} over the canon. In [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot extreme]] [[FanDumb cases]], critics and fans may invoke DeathOfTheAuthor to preserve their interpretation of events.
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11Note that in some circles, the term "Jossed" refers to a [[AnyoneCanDie gutwrenching main character death]], which Whedon is also famous for. This definition entered the populace when during a Q&A session at an Australian university, a young Aussie girl noted his tendency to do horrible things to on-screen couples, and to much laughter, said "We call it getting 'Jossed'". Other sources also use this term as "shocking plot twist." This trope deals only with the "classic" definition.
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13This has two opposites: IKnewIt, where the fan theory is proven to be true by a twist that was planned all along, and AscendedFanon, where the author decides to promote some fanon elements to canon status. The inverse of this is ShrugOfGod, where the author refuses to say that one answer is more "correct" than another.
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15For specific cases of fan works being disproven and not simple guesses, see OutdatedByCanon.
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17!Please do not add examples to work pages. This merely [[Administrivia/DefinitionOnlyPages defines the term]].

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