History PlayingWith / WildCardExcuse

* '''Straight''': Whenever William, the TVGenius, is asked how he knows something outlandish, he says, "I read it on Wiki/TVTropes."

* '''Conversed''': "People on ''[[ShowWithinAShow Alice and Bob]]'' are so stupid. Carl always uses that LameExcuse, and yet they fall for it every time!"

* '''Straight''': Whenever William is asked how he knows something outlandish, he says, "I read it on Wiki/TVTropes."
* '''Exaggerated''': William does this in all situations, such as when asked "Why do you hate [[StockYuck spinach]]?", he says "Because I read on [=TVTropes=] that kids hate it".

* '''Inverted''': William is often asked "Why did you fail that test?". He makes up new excuses every time.

** William's Wild Card Excuse is "Because I recycle one excuse all the time."

* '''Zig-Zagged''': William recycles some of his excuses, while others are only used once.

%%* '''Implied''': ???

* '''Reconstructed''': Someone investigates Willaim's 'I read it on [=TVTropes=]' excuse and is so overwhelmed by the vastness of the site that even though they fail to confirm his excuse, it sounds plausible.
%%* '''Plotted a Good Waste''': ???

'''Basic Trope''': One excuse is used for pretty much everything.
* '''Straight''': Whenever William is asked how he knows something outlandish, he always replies "I read it on Wiki/TVTropes".

* '''Subverted''': William uses "I read it on [=TVTropes=]" a couple of times before saying "I read it... in a book".

** William's Wild Card Excuse is "Because I recycle one excuse all the time".

* '''Zig Zagged''': William recycles some of his excuses, while others are only used once.

* '''Lampshaded''': "William always says 'I read it on [=TVTropes=]'. I should check it out myself one day." "Do you seriously believe him?"

* '''Discussed''': "What will you do if you get caught?" "I'll just say 'I'm looking for my lost cat'." "You've used that three times already. Won't people get suspicious if you use that all the time?" "They won't always..."

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

Where did you find the [[WildCardExcuse main page]]? [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Uhh... internet?]]

* '''Exploited''': Hearing that William isn't too good at creating new excuses, Tim tries to sell him ''The Great Book of Excuses''.

* '''Straight''': Whenever William is asked how he knows something outlandish, he always replies "I read it on TVTropes".
* '''Exaggerated''': William does this in all situations, such as when asked "Why do you hate [[StockYuck spinach]]?", he says "Because I read on TVTropes that kids hate it".
* '''Downplayed''': William does it whenever asked how he knows thing X about a show, even when the show isn't mentioned on TVTropes.
* '''Justified''': The other characters don't know what TVTropes is, and assume it's a site with a lot of funny and strange material that William is interested in, but they don't bother to check it out themselves because they prefer more "normal" pages.

* '''Subverted''': William uses "I read it on TVTropes" a couple of times before saying "I read it... in a book".

** "I read it in a book, or more correctly, I read on TVTropes that a book said so."

** William {{Time Travel}}s to a time period before TVTropes existed. He uses the same excuse as always, and people ''believe'' him.
** William uses "I read it on TVTropes" when it's a complete NonSequitur, and people accept it as true.

* '''Enforced''': "Let's make William saying 'I read it on TVTropes' a RunningGag!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "William always says 'I read it on TVTropes'. I should check it out myself one day." "Do you seriously believe him?"
* '''Invoked''': Stanley tells William about TVTropes, how much info there's there, and that he can always say he read it on TVTropes if he says something weird.

* '''Defied''': "How did you know that? Don't say 'I read it on TVTropes' because I know it isn't true."

* '''Deconstructed''': Eventually, so many people hear William's 'I read it on TVTropes' excuse that someone decides to check whether it can be true, quickly finds out it isn't, and decides to find the true reason William knows outlandish things.
* '''Reconstructed''': Someone investigates Willaim's 'I read it on Tvtropes' excuse and is so overwhelmed by the vastness of the site that even though they fail to confirm his excuse, it sounds plausible.

* '''Conversed''': "People on ''[[ShowWithinAShow Alice and Bob]]'' are so stupid. Carl always uses that LameExcuse, and yet you fall for it every time!"

* '''Conversed''': "People on ''[[ShowWithinAShow Alice and Bob]]'' are so stupid. I mean, come on, Alice. Carl always uses that LameExcuse, and yet you fall for it every time!"

* '''Reconstructed''': However, William makes a new excuse that fools everyone.

* '''Exaggerated''': William does this in all situations, suh as when asked "Why do you hate [[StockYuck spinach]]?", he says "Because I read it on TVTropes".