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** Bob's explanations "were never right in the first place" because some cosmic being [[CosmicRetcon changed the universe to make them all wrong]]. Not only Bob's theory that this happened turns out to be right, but dealing with that cosmic being de-retcons this revelation.
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** Alice is just too driven to not think of weird answers, at all, to the point of [[ScullySyndrome inventing allegedly realistic possibilities that are too bizarre on their own]] (if we truly assume that the UFO sighting over Manhattan truly was a mass hallucination, how the heck are can you make one and a half million people hallucinate the exact same thing with no variation in detail whatsoever? And how the heck make seven hundred thousand methods of live broadcast, including at least one major national news network, show the exact same thing everybody hallucinated so crystal-clear that "hologram" or "deepfake" sounds too difficult? If the Empire State is disintegrated by a plasma blast, how the heck the "terrorists" were able to literally leave nothing but ash when [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror two prior attempts on the same city]] left truckloads of debris? And there are also the questions regarding who would do that, what for, how extensive the operation to cause the hallucination would be, and most importantly, why has nobody tried to boast any responsibility for this act?).
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** Alice is just too driven to not think of weird answers, at all, to the point of [[ScullySyndrome inventing allegedly realistic possibilities that are too bizarre on their own]] (if we truly assume that the UFO sighting over Manhattan truly was a mass hallucination, how the heck are can you make one and a half million people hallucinate the exact same thing with no variation in detail whatsoever? And how the heck make seven hundred thousand methods of live broadcast, including at least one major national news network, show the exact same thing everybody hallucinated so crystal-clear that "hologram" or "deepfake" sounds too difficult? If the Empire State is disintegrated by a plasma blast, how the heck the "terrorists" that "were using the hallucination as a diversion" were able to literally leave nothing but ash when [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror two prior attempts attacks on the same city]] left truckloads of debris? And there are also the questions regarding who would do that, what for, how extensive the operation to cause the hallucination would be, and most importantly, why has nobody tried to boast any responsibility for this act?).
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** Alice is just too driven to not think of weird answers, at all, to the point of [[ScullySyndrome inventing allegedly realistic possibilities that are too bizarre on their own]] (if we truly assume that the UFO sighting over Manhattan truly was a mass hallucination, how the heck are can you make one and a half million people hallucinate the exact same thing with no variation in detail whatsoever? And how the heck make seven hundred thousand methods of live broadcast, including at least one major national news network, show the exact same thing everybody hallucinated so crystal-clear that "hologram" or "deepfake" sounds too difficult? If the Empire State is disintegrated by a plasma blast, how the heck the "terrorists" were able to literally leave nothing but ash when [[UsefulNotes/SeptemberEleventh two prior attempts on the same city]] left truckloads of debris? And there are also the questions regarding who would do that, what for, how extensive the operation to cause the hallucination would be, and most importantly, why has nobody tried to boast any responsibility for this act?).
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** Alice is just too driven to not think of weird answers, at all, to the point of [[ScullySyndrome inventing allegedly realistic possibilities that are too bizarre on their own]] (if we truly assume that the UFO sighting over Manhattan truly was a mass hallucination, how the heck are can you make one and a half million people hallucinate the exact same thing with no variation in detail whatsoever? And how the heck make seven hundred thousand methods of live broadcast, including at least one major national news network, show the exact same thing everybody hallucinated so crystal-clear that "hologram" or "deepfake" sounds too difficult? If the Empire State is disintegrated by a plasma blast, how the heck the "terrorists" were able to literally leave nothing but ash when [[UsefulNotes/SeptemberEleventh [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror two prior attempts on the same city]] left truckloads of debris? And there are also the questions regarding who would do that, what for, how extensive the operation to cause the hallucination would be, and most importantly, why has nobody tried to boast any responsibility for this act?).
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** Alice is just too driven to not think of weird answers, at all, to the point of [[ScullySyndrome inventing allegedly realistic possibilities that are too bizarre on their own]] (if we truly assume that the UFO sighting over Manhattan truly was a mass hallucination, how the heck are can you make one and a half million people hallucinate the exact same thing with no variation in detail whatsoever? And how the heck make seven hundred thousand methods of live broadcast, including at least one major national news network, show the exact same thing everybody hallucinated so crystal-clear that "hologram" or "deepfake" sounds too difficult? And there are also the questions regarding who would do that, what for, how extensive the operation to cause the hallucination would be, and most importantly, why has nobody tried to boast any responsibility for this act?).
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** Alice is just too driven to not think of weird answers, at all, to the point of [[ScullySyndrome inventing allegedly realistic possibilities that are too bizarre on their own]] (if we truly assume that the UFO sighting over Manhattan truly was a mass hallucination, how the heck are can you make one and a half million people hallucinate the exact same thing with no variation in detail whatsoever? And how the heck make seven hundred thousand methods of live broadcast, including at least one major national news network, show the exact same thing everybody hallucinated so crystal-clear that "hologram" or "deepfake" sounds too difficult? If the Empire State is disintegrated by a plasma blast, how the heck the "terrorists" were able to literally leave nothing but ash when [[UsefulNotes/SeptemberEleventh two prior attempts on the same city]] left truckloads of debris? And there are also the questions regarding who would do that, what for, how extensive the operation to cause the hallucination would be, and most importantly, why has nobody tried to boast any responsibility for this act?).
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** Alice is just too driven to not think of weird answers, at all, to the point of [[ScullySyndrome inventing allegedly realistic possibilities that are too bizarre on their own]] (if we truly assume that the UFO sighting over Manhattan truly was a mass hallucination, how the heck are can you make one and a half million people hallucinate the exact same thing with no variation in detail whatsoever? And there are also the questions regarding who would do that, what for, how extensive the operation to cause the hallucination would be, and most importantly, why has nobody tried to boast any responsibility for this act?).
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** Alice is just too driven to not think of weird answers, at all, to the point of [[ScullySyndrome inventing allegedly realistic possibilities that are too bizarre on their own]] (if we truly assume that the UFO sighting over Manhattan truly was a mass hallucination, how the heck are can you make one and a half million people hallucinate the exact same thing with no variation in detail whatsoever? And how the heck make seven hundred thousand methods of live broadcast, including at least one major national news network, show the exact same thing everybody hallucinated so crystal-clear that "hologram" or "deepfake" sounds too difficult? And there are also the questions regarding who would do that, what for, how extensive the operation to cause the hallucination would be, and most importantly, why has nobody tried to boast any responsibility for this act?).
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** The two are given several leads early on, with Alice normally dismissing the more ridiculous ones while Bob is usually suggests going back to look at them once the others turn out to be false.
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** Alice is only right in that episode because she meets Bob halfway and her own theory is wilder than her usual fare.
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* '''Enforced''': The writers are either looking to make a mystery episode in which TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight (Bob being the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} in question) or ''Alice and Bob'' is a show in which Bob is TheExoticDetective -- and in order for his [[JustForFun/FightsCrimeWithX crime-fighting gimmick]] [[NecessaryWeasel to work]] he ''must'' be right, no matter how crazy the theory.
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* '''Enforced''': The writers are either looking to make a mystery episode in which TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight (Bob being the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} in question) or ''Alice and Bob'' is a show in which Bob is TheExoticDetective -- and in order for his [[JustForFun/FightsCrimeWithX crime-fighting gimmick]] [[NecessaryWeasel to work]] work he ''must'' be right, no matter how crazy the theory.
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** Alice is just too driven to not think of weird answers, at all, to the point of [[ScullySyndrome inventing allegedly realistic possibilities that are too bizarre on their own]] (if we truly assume that the UFO sighting over Manhattan truly was a mass hallucination, how the heck are can you make one and a half million people hallucinate the exact same thing with no variation in detail whatsoever? And there are also the questions regarding who would do that, what for, how extensive the operation to cause the hallucination would be, and most importantly, why has nobody tried to boast any responsibility for this act?).
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* '''Justified''': Bob actually has PsychicPowers that influence his hypotheses.
** The two are given several leads early on, with Alice normally dismissing the more ridiculous ones while Bob is usually suggests going back to look at them once the others turn out to be false.
** The two are given several leads early on, with Alice normally dismissing the more ridiculous ones while Bob is usually suggests going back to look at them once the others turn out to be false.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Bob actually has PsychicPowers that influence his hypotheses.
** The two are given several leads early on, with Alice normally dismissing the more ridiculous ones while Bob is usually suggests going back to look at them once the others turn out to befalse. false.
** Alice's mundane explanations seem more likely on the surface, but turn out to actually be more complicated to the point that they're no longer plausible or even possible. Bob's weird explanations end up fitting the facts much better.
** Bob actually has PsychicPowers that influence his hypotheses.
** The two are given several leads early on, with Alice normally dismissing the more ridiculous ones while Bob is usually suggests going back to look at them once the others turn out to be
** Alice's mundane explanations seem more likely on the surface, but turn out to actually be more complicated to the point that they're no longer plausible or even possible. Bob's weird explanations end up fitting the facts much better.
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* '''Inverted''': Bob is ''never'' even remotely right, not even once.
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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** Bob is ''never'' even remotely right, not evenonce.once.
** Bob constantly provides a more grounded theory than Alice's in a case (mass slaughter of people by truck, Alice suggests terrorism and Bob offers drunken hit-and-run) and Bob's theory is always the correct one.
** Bob is ''never'' even remotely right, not even
** Bob constantly provides a more grounded theory than Alice's in a case (mass slaughter of people by truck, Alice suggests terrorism and Bob offers drunken hit-and-run) and Bob's theory is always the correct one.
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** The two are given several leads early on, with Alice normally dismissing the more ridiculous ones while Bob is usually the one who suggests they look at them once the others turn out to be false.
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* '''Enforced''': The writers are either looking to make a mystery episode in which TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight (Bob being the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} in question) or ''Alice and Bob'' is a show in which Bob is TheExoticDetective -- and in order for his [[FightsCrimeWithX crime-fighting gimmick]] [[NecessaryWeasel to work]] he ''must'' be right, no matter how crazy the theory.
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* '''Enforced''': The writers are either looking to make a mystery episode in which TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight (Bob being the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} in question) or ''Alice and Bob'' is a show in which Bob is TheExoticDetective -- and in order for his [[FightsCrimeWithX [[JustForFun/FightsCrimeWithX crime-fighting gimmick]] [[NecessaryWeasel to work]] he ''must'' be right, no matter how crazy the theory.
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* '''Exploited''':'''Exploited''': The criminal goes out of his way to commit his crime in the most mundane fashion, knowing that Bob will always think of something outrageous and focus solely on that.
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'''Deconstructed''': Bob's suggestions are too weird to be considered right, which then leads to other explanations like "[[CassandraDidIt Bob somehow forced things to fit his theory, including commiting crimes himself]]", which leads to Bob being harmed.
*'''Reconstructed''':'''Reconstructed''': The events that happen are just so outrageous that there is no way a human being, no matter how connected, rich, or determined, can pull it off. Bob is the only one with a theory that fits, and which solves the situation. Bob is redeemed as a result.
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* '''Played for Horror''': Bob's explanations are things like "we are in a CosmicHorrorStory".
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* '''Enforced''':'''Enforced''': The writers are either looking to make a mystery episode in which TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight (Bob being the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} in question) or ''Alice and Bob'' is a show in which Bob is TheExoticDetective -- and in order for his [[FightsCrimeWithX crime-fighting gimmick]] [[NecessaryWeasel to work]] he ''must'' be right, no matter how crazy the theory.
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'''Basic Trope''': The weirdest explanation is always right.
* '''Straight''': There's a TV show about two protagonists named AliceAndBob solving mysteries. Whenever they speculate on possible answers to the mystery, Alice comes up with mundane explanations, but Bob always suggests something weird like aliens or vampires. Bob's always right.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's explanations are ''extremely'' unusual and specific (e.g. "I bet it's a vampire from Andromeda manifesting as Abraham Lincoln!") and he's still always right.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Bob is right most of the time, but occasionally Alice is right.
** Bob's suggestions aren't ''too'' out there, but they're still less likely than Alice's (e.g. Alice thinks Carol was on drugs, Bob thinks she was mesmerised), however, he's always right.
** Bob is always ''partially'' right (like if he thinks it's vampires, it might actually be bloodsucking aliens).
* '''Justified''': Bob actually has PsychicPowers that influence his hypotheses.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is ''never'' even remotely right, not even once.
* '''Subverted''':
** In Season One, Bob is always right, yet on the first episode of Season Two, Alice is right for once.
** [[WhamEpisode One episode reveals that Bob's explanations were never right in the first place.]]
* '''Double Subverted''':
** But after that episode, Alice goes back to always being wrong.
** Bob says, "Then who was behind all this? TheIlluminati?" He's right.
* '''Parodied''': Alice believes that the killer is a normal SerialKiller, Bob thinks it's a vampire, and Dave thinks it's an alien. Bob and Dave then argue over who has the weirdest, and therefore most likely, explanation.
* '''Zigzagged''': Sometimes Alice is right, other times Bob is, and sometimes both or neither of them are right.
* '''Averted''':
** Bob is only right occasionally.
** Bob's suggestions are just as normal as Alice's.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Lampshaded''': "Why am I always wrong even though my explanations make more sense?!"
* '''Invoked''': Bob deliberately comes up with the wackiest explanations just to see if he's right.
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Bob never suggests anything weird for fear of making it more likely.
* '''Discussed''': "If I suggest that it's aliens, how likely am I to be right?"
* '''Conversed''': "There seems to be no such thing as probability in this show."
* '''Implied''': [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane The show leans towards Bob's explanations but it never confirms them]].
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob suggests goofy things like "a dancing vampire in a disco suit."
* '''Played for Drama''': Bob's explanations are not only unusual, but incredibly dark.
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* '''Straight''': There's a TV show about two protagonists named AliceAndBob solving mysteries. Whenever they speculate on possible answers to the mystery, Alice comes up with mundane explanations, but Bob always suggests something weird like aliens or vampires. Bob's always right.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob's explanations are ''extremely'' unusual and specific (e.g. "I bet it's a vampire from Andromeda manifesting as Abraham Lincoln!") and he's still always right.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Bob is right most of the time, but occasionally Alice is right.
** Bob's suggestions aren't ''too'' out there, but they're still less likely than Alice's (e.g. Alice thinks Carol was on drugs, Bob thinks she was mesmerised), however, he's always right.
** Bob is always ''partially'' right (like if he thinks it's vampires, it might actually be bloodsucking aliens).
* '''Justified''': Bob actually has PsychicPowers that influence his hypotheses.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is ''never'' even remotely right, not even once.
* '''Subverted''':
** In Season One, Bob is always right, yet on the first episode of Season Two, Alice is right for once.
** [[WhamEpisode One episode reveals that Bob's explanations were never right in the first place.]]
* '''Double Subverted''':
** But after that episode, Alice goes back to always being wrong.
** Bob says, "Then who was behind all this? TheIlluminati?" He's right.
* '''Parodied''': Alice believes that the killer is a normal SerialKiller, Bob thinks it's a vampire, and Dave thinks it's an alien. Bob and Dave then argue over who has the weirdest, and therefore most likely, explanation.
* '''Zigzagged''': Sometimes Alice is right, other times Bob is, and sometimes both or neither of them are right.
* '''Averted''':
** Bob is only right occasionally.
** Bob's suggestions are just as normal as Alice's.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Lampshaded''': "Why am I always wrong even though my explanations make more sense?!"
* '''Invoked''': Bob deliberately comes up with the wackiest explanations just to see if he's right.
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Bob never suggests anything weird for fear of making it more likely.
* '''Discussed''': "If I suggest that it's aliens, how likely am I to be right?"
* '''Conversed''': "There seems to be no such thing as probability in this show."
* '''Implied''': [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane The show leans towards Bob's explanations but it never confirms them]].
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob suggests goofy things like "a dancing vampire in a disco suit."
* '''Played for Drama''': Bob's explanations are not only unusual, but incredibly dark.
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