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Accidentally Accurate may refer to one of the following:

  • Accidentally-Correct Writing: What's admitted to or seen as either a mistake or unresearched conjecture by the writers is, by a complete fluke, entirely or partially correct. Formerly named "Accidentally Accurate".
  • Accidental Aiming Skills: A character absolutely nails a target. Unfortunately, it wasn't the desired target.
  • Accidental Truth: A character tells a lie that is unknowingly the truth all along.
  • The Cuckoolander Was Right: A lunatic character's ramblings were the truth all along.
  • Hilarious in Hindsight: Future events, either in real life or in-story, make something unintentionally funnier in retrospect.
  • If Only You Knew: A character says something that connects to a fact or event of which they're unaware, usually to someone who is in the know.
  • Joke and Receive: Someone makes a joke that is either true or becomes true without them knowing.
  • Right for the Wrong Reasons: Even though the character's facts are bogus, the conclusion they reach to is correct.

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