History Main / WildcardExcuse

* ''TheFairlyOddParents'': A RunningGag response happens every time Timmy is asked where he got his wished-for stuff from. Namely the quick response "Internet". See also the second page quote.

** In earlier episodes, whenever Timmy would wish for something he would be completely unable to obtain under non-magical circumstances, he claims he purchased it off the Internet. In one episode, while trying to explain why he was suddenly rich, he tried both an inheritance claim, and the usual claim, before settling on "I inherited the Internet!"

*** The peak, however, has to be Superman-esque HEAT VISION being accepted as coming from the Internet... ''[[BeyondTheImpossible before the Internet existed]]''.

* In {{Everworld}} the characters often pretend to be traveling minstrels as a cover for the fact that their from the an alternate dimension

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** One episode averts this Trope:

The WildCardExcuse is a Subtrope of BlatantLies. It often consists of a [[BlatantLies Blatant Lie]] or a LameExcuse that is elevated to a RunningGag in the series.

Timmy: ''"Uhhh..internet"''\\

See also WellExcuseMePrincess, ExcusePlot.

The WildCardExcuse is a Subtrope of BlatantLies. It often consists of a [[BlatantLies Blatant Lie]] or a normal excuse that is used as a RunningGag in the series.

* In FairyTail, Happy's answer to questions such as "Why are you blue?", "Why can you fly?", or "How come you can talk?" is always "Because I'm a cat!" cheerfully and likely intentionally ignoring the fact that these questions are due to the fact that he ''is'' a cat.

It follows after a common Question in the series, which is countered with the Excuse. The Questioner accepts the Excuse without further asking.

The Trope is subverted if the Questioner does not accept the Excuse.
It is inverted if the Main Character always gets the same unsatisfying Answer and can only accept the Excuse.

* TheWorldGodOnlyKnows is the TropeNamer:

* MahouSenseiNegima: The Mages HandWave things like people flying, shooting fireballs, or giant demon mecha with "It's CGI."
* PrinceOfTennis: Ryoma's excuse for being late: "I was helping a pregnant woman to the hospital."

* OuranHighSchoolHostClub [[HandWave handwaves]] such questions as "Why is there suddenly a piano there?" with "It's the music room!" This is perfectly reasonable - of course a piano would be in the music room, albeit hidden by a convenient curtain - until a later episode, in which the same excuse is used to explain away the presence of ''a cage that drops from the ceiling''.

* In {{Sliders}}, whenever the team lands on a new world and has to explain why they don't know what's going on, they use the excuse "We're from Canada." We've hardly ever seen it fail. Although one time they had to pretend to be illegal immigrants from Canada the entire episode, who had snuck south into Mexico for work. (Thanks to the non-existence of America in the middle, and Mexico ending up with California.)
* BuffyTheVampireSlayer was full of this: "gangs on PCP" (group of vampires); "slipped and fell on a barbeque fork" (vampire bite resulting in loss of blood, consciousness, and memory); "office broken into by a pack of wild dogs" (students possessed by hyenas eating the principal); "neck rupture" (vampire bite); "gym full of asbestos" (full of vampires)... By the sixth season, it's gotten to the point where the official line is "Mayhem caused; monsters definitely not involved."

* A variation in DoctorWho, the question being "Who are you?" and the answer being "I'm the Doctor.", rarely yielding any further questions.

* SaturdayNightLive - The {{Coneheads}} handwave their weirdness by claiming to be from France.

* TheFairlyOddParents: A RunningGag response happens every time Timmy is asked where he got his wished-for stuff from. Namely the quick response "Internet". See also the second page quote.

* JohnnyTest: Dukey the speaking dog is always "a kid with a rare hair disorder".

* SaturdayNightLive - TheConeheads handwave their weirdness by claiming to be from France.

* SaturdayNightLive - The Coneheads handwave their weirdness by claiming to be from France.

It follows after a common Question in the series, that is countered with the Excuse. The Questioner accepts the Excuse without further asking.

* PrinceOfTennis: Ryoma's excuse for being late "I was helping a pregnant woman to the hospital."

* OuranHighSchoolHostClub [[HandWave handwaves]] such questions as "Why is there suddenly a piano there?" with "It's the music room!" This is perfectly reasonable - of course a piano would be in the music room, albeit hidden by a convenient curtain, until a later episode, in which the same excuse is used to explain away the presence of ''a cage that drops from the ceiling''.

* A variation in DoctorWho, the question being "Who are you?" and the answer being "I'm The Doctor." rarely yielding any further questions.

'''Mom''': ''That's it, young man, you know you're not supposed to make your father scream like a girl three times in one day!"''

*** The peak, however, has to be Superman-esque HEAT VISION being accepted as coming from the Internet... [[BeyondTheImpossible before the Internet existed]]''.

* TheFairlyOddParents: A RunningGag response happens everytime Timmy is asked where he got his wished-for stuff from. Namely the quick response "Internet". See also the second page quote.

* JohnnyTest: Dukey the speaking dog is always "A kid with a rare hair disorder."

[[caption-width-right:350:The Wild Card Excuse at Work]]

->Dad: ''"Timmy where did all that stuff come from?"''\\

-->-- '''Timmy Turner''' to Everyone who asks where he got his Stuff from, ''TheFairlyOddparents''

The WildCardExcuse is a Subtrope of BlatantLies. It often consists of a [[BlatantLies Blatant Lie]] or a normal Excuse that is used as a RunningGag in the Series.

It follows after a common Question in the Series, that is countered with the Excuse. The Questioner accepts the Excuse without further Asking.

It is Inverted if the Main Charactar always gets the same unsatisfying Answer and can only accept the Excuse.

Contrast LameExcuse, HurricaneOfExcuses, SuspiciouslySpecificDenial

See also WellExcuseMePrincess, ExcusePlot

-->''"[He] behaves a little weird because of his excessive Gaming." <-- The Wild Card Excuse''
--->-- '''Else''' to Keimas Mother after a FreakyFridayFlip, ''TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'', "FLAG.83 The Changelings"

* Used often in ''{{Smallville}}'' during the earlier seasons, when any questions Clark Kent was asked about his interest in the caves or any Native American symbols that were related to his Kryptonian heritage were met with "It's for a term paper" -- to the point where Lex Luthor himself actually [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it later.

* TheFairlyOddParents: A RunningGag-Response happens everytime Timmy is asked where he got his wished for Stuff from. Namely the Quick Response "Internet". See also the Second Page Quote.
** One Episode averts this Trope:

** In earlier episodes of ''{{The Fairly OddParents}}'', whenever Timmy would wish for something he would be completely unable to obtain under non-magical circumstances, he claims he purchased it off the Internet. In one episode, while trying to explain why he was suddenly rich, he tried both an inheritance claim, and the usual claim, before settling on "I inherited the Internet!"
*** That particular example eventually becomes a subversion as in [[POVSequel later episode that follows the friends he told this to]] has them not buying it.

* JohnnyTest: Dukey the speaking Dog is always "A kid with a rare Hair-Disorder"

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->''"[He] behaves a little weird because of his excessive Gaming." <-- The Wild Card Excuse''
-->-- '''Else''' to Keimas Mother after a FreakyFridayFlip, ''TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'', "FLAG.83 The Changelings"

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