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[[WMG: Stabler and Freakshow (from HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle) are the same person.]]

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* Explains his unpopularity. Twins are usually closer than regular siblings. Her death might have affected Dickie a lot, and who would want to hang out with the depressed kid with the dead little sister?

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[[WMG:SesameStreet exists within the Law & Order SVU universe]]
It pretty much goes like this SesameStreet is or has pretty much a [[TheLandBeforeTime Great Valley]] like haven/secured neighborhood for all that remains of New York City's children within the svuniverse and probably was a natural habitat for its [[{{Muppets}} non human residents]] which pretty much explains why most of its residents appear to live in blissful ignorance (at least its children and child like muppets) of the far more lethal and torturous world around them.

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[[WMG:SesameStreet [[WMG:''Series/SesameStreet'' exists within the Law & Order SVU universe]]
It pretty much goes like this SesameStreet ''Series/SesameStreet'' is or has pretty much a [[TheLandBeforeTime Great Valley]] like haven/secured neighborhood for all that remains of New York City's children within the svuniverse and probably was a natural habitat for its [[{{Muppets}} non human residents]] which pretty much explains why most of its residents appear to live in blissful ignorance (at least its children and child like muppets) of the far more lethal and torturous world around them.
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[[WMG: Elliot is going to abuse Little Eli, and end up an SVU perp.]]

Without his job to give him an avenue to work out his aggressions, Elliot will become increasingly frustrated and hostile while he tries to find a way to support his family. Since he'd never hit a woman and Dickie will have moved out of the house/enlisted in the military, his youngest child will become the only acceptable target in the house. Eventually, it'll get back to SVU, and Elliot will be on the other side of the two-way mirror...

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** The very first episode of ''Sesame Street'', ever, in Nov., 1969, opened with a teacher (Gordon) at a local elementary school, walking one of the children home-- ''his'' home, not hers, without her mother's permission, and introducing her to his wife, Susan, who offers the girl milk and cookies that-- guess what?-- she just baked. Susan says she will call the girl's mother and let her know where she is, but we never actually see Susan do this. We also don't see this particular child again after this episode. Seriously, this would now be the opening of an episode of SVU. Also, because of it, the DVD for the first season of ''Sesame Street'' carries a warning that it is not suitable for small children.
*** Fanfic: CSI:NY, SVU, ''Sesame Street'', triple crossover, where they find the girl's body 43 years later. Susan and Gordon are the last ones to see her alive. Ernie testifies that he saw her go into the apartment, but not come out. Big Bird remembers Gordon introducing him to the girl, and that it was in the afternoon, helping to establish the timeline. In a final twist, it'll turn out the actual perp was Mr. Hooper, and if they dig up the foundation of the store, they'll find more bodies, but he was blackmailing Gordon, who was AWOL from Vietnam, so Gordon was bringing children home from school for Mr. Hooper. He didn't know he was killing them "Just" touching them, though; when Gordon found out the whole truth, he murdered Mr. Hooper in 1982. Susan had no knowledge of any of it, except that Gordon ''was'' AWOL.




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** I'll second that. When I first noticed the ring (in a rerun), I figured it was some retconning after Wong came out. But I remembered the episode "Inheritance," and that Huang speaks Chinese, so I thought maybe he just married someone to help he stay in the US.
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[[WMG: Interrogations are not taped in the L&O Universe.]]
Either that or the NYPD "disappear" all interrogation videos. Otherwise every single interrogation where Stabler tortures/assaults the suspect would be shown in court and wreck the entire case.
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[[WMG: One of the Detctives has a {{Death Note}}]]

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[[WMG: One of the Detctives has a {{Death Manga/{{Death Note}}]]
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What else explains why the per/suspect ends up dead so often?

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What else explains why the per/suspect perp/suspect ends up dead so often?
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[[WMG: One of the Detctives has a {{Death Note}}]]
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*** This troper thinks that is disturbing on so many many many levels. you know how many children grew up on Seasame street watching SVU? Well this troper for certain. I loved PBS.....next thing you're going to tell me is that Arthur, Clifford, and other cartoon shows on PBS and it's companion stations are actually shows created by the SVU and it's associates to keep children safe. Hell that alone is nightmarish.
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[[WMG: Elliot is [[{{Oz}} Chris Keller]] under an assumed name.]]

He escaped through the morgue after faking his death; he planned the escape in case he ever became absolutely sure that Toby would never love him again. The real Elliot Stabler was killed in action while in the Marines; Keller just happened to be in the right place at the right time for someone to recognize "him" and bring him home. He felt it was his only chance to make a new start, so joined the police force in order to protect himself from ever going back to prison. That's why he has anger problems, and why he has a difficult time with Kathy-- she's not really ''his'' wife. In the episode where Lee Tergesen appeared as the killer of the day, he recognized Toby, but realized that after being paroled and changing his name to distance himself from his time in Oz, Toby had lost his mind, and he prayed with him that way as a way to say goodbye without saying goodbye.
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[[WMG: SVU is set in the same universe as ''JudgeDredd''.]]
And Stabler is a relative of Dredd. C'mon, just compare the [[LanternJawOfJustice chins]].
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* Actually, a better question is, "When he comes back, will everyone at SVU and the DA's office still have an IdiotBall glued to their hands, like during his first appearance?"

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* Actually, This brings up a better question is, question: "When he comes back, will everyone at SVU and the DA's office still have an IdiotBall glued to their hands, like during his first appearance?"
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* Actually, a better question is, "When he comes back, will the everyone at SVU and the DA's office still have an IdiotBall glued to their hands, like during his first appearance?"

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* Actually, a better question is, "When he comes back, will the everyone at SVU and the DA's office still have an IdiotBall glued to their hands, like during his first appearance?"
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* Actually, a better question is, "When he comes back, will the everyone at SVU and the DA's office still have an IdiotBall glued to their hands, like during his first appearance?"
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* You, my friend, are a fucking GENIUS. I always wanted to find an explanation for the wedding ring that fit well in canon, and the only one I ever managed to do was him being married to a woman because he hadn't realized his sexual orientation yet- but I don't like the idea much. This idea makes so much more sense, though. :)
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[[WMG: Jack [=McCoy=] invalidated Dr. Huang's marriage in the Law&Order episode "Gov Love."]]
For the first five seasons of SVU (1999-2004), George wore a wedding ring during every appearance. Since he clearly stated that he was gay, not bisexual, and he's a psychiatrist, it's highly unlikely that he would have been married to a woman. The L&O episode that invalidated multiple gay marriages happened in 2004--the same year that George stopped wearing a wedding ring. This would explain why he is occasionally willing to go against the DA's office, and why he dislikes Elliot so much, as Elliot and Jack have some of the same crusader-like tendencies.
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** I smell a darkfic in the making!
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* And Fin is The Duke.
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** A court/legal proceeding show that routinely ignores the law and features weirdly incapable protagonists who still manage to get the job done every time? SVU takes place in the same universe as PhoenixWright.
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** The reason Munch was able to appear in them all, he's a [[DoctorWho Timelord]].

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** The reason Munch was able to appear in them all, he's a [[DoctorWho [[Series/DoctorWho Timelord]].

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[[WMG: Dana Lewis will actually kill Elliot Stabler.]]
Mainly by accident, but also by virtue of the fact that [[RunningGag every time they run into each other, he winds up getting hurt]]. Olivia will have a hard time reconciling her need to get revenge for her slain partner with [[StrawFeminist her inability to accept that]] [[TheUnfairSex women can commit crimes too]].
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*I think this could be considered Canon.
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In case of a "Not Guilty" verdict or a mistrial the DA mentally conditions victims and their families to murder the perp if he walks.

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In case of a "Not Guilty" verdict or a mistrial mistrial, the DA mentally conditions victims and their families to murder the perp if he walks.
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[[WMG: The reason why when the perp is deemed "Not Guilty" they are murdered at the conclusion of the episode]]]

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[[WMG: The reason why when the perp is deemed "Not Guilty" they are murdered at the conclusion of the episode]]]]

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[[WMG: The reason why when the perp is deemed "Not Guilty" they are murdered at the conclusion of the episode]]]]
In case of a "Not Guilty" verdict or a mistrial the DA mentally conditions victims and their families to murder the perp if he walks.
"In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories."
That statement is pumped through every courthouse at above the limit of human hearing constantly at every trial. Sometimes the DA will recite this phrase to the intended mark. The conditioning is complete when the person hears the "Doing Doing" they are activated and commit murder.
This is shown in the episode "Possessed".

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[[WMG: SVU takes place in a alternate universe New York ala SinCity or modern Earth-1 New York]]
This theory makes perfect sense, For years as both a serious commentary and sarcastic joke fans, critics, and casual viewers always have said the amount of extreme sexual criminals in the SVUniverse was ridiculous and was probably higher then the entire national high crime average of the entire continental United States itself. A few years later this was actually backed up by RealLife Statistics from the FBI and several other law enforcement agencies. And while its obvious that all the sickos on the show are really just an excuse to keep the series going for a few more years This troper has his own personal theory.

SVU (and by extension the universe of Law & Order itself) takes place in an alternate nightmarish universe where there really are THAT many excessively violent criminals/predators in the world. Basically the entire version of SVUs version of NYC is just a slightly toned down version of FrankMiller's SinCity but with significantly more sex but fewer gang fights and public shootings. And while Mayor Rudy Giuliani is frequently mentioned it appears that the SVUniverses version couldnt truly fight the cities tidal wave of extreme brutal perversion.

Basically all of New York City has a molester/serial killer on every corner and a rapist literally in every dark alley backway (possibly hiding in groups like actual animal groups/packs). However this doesn't explain why the SVUnit (especially in later seasons when the really violent criminals started piling up to 4 to 5 an episode.) isn't made into a more well armed and protected Tactical SWAT Team like squad/outfit.

Also by extension the crime rate is very similar to that of DCComics Metropolis and Gotham City of the 1930s and 40s by this one can also stipulate that SVUniverse is a possible "real life" version/basis of Earth-1 and its fictional east coast super cities. this also makes sense in the earliest issues of {{Superman}} and {{Batman}} their respective cities were "dens of corruption", where extreme forms of criminality and violence ran rampant to such an extreme only a superpowered or super intelligent crimefighter could stop it.

Essentially if the show continues as long as its parent series by or near its end either New York City or State will be nearly 2/3 empty as most of its population (not counting criminals from out of town or state) would be incarcerated and as the crime rates escalated the remains of the populace would have left for safer cities/countries leaving the city nearly deserted leaving only officers Stabler and Benson to turn the lights off when they left/moved to greener pastures which leads us to this little doozy...

* In case you are wondering while reading and are too lazy to check the statistics, NYC has a murder rate of about 500 a year and 843 forcible rapes a year if I did the math right.

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[[WMG: SVU takes place in a alternate universe New York ala SinCity or [[TheDCU modern Earth-1 New York]]
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This theory makes perfect sense, sense.

For years years, as both a serious commentary and a sarcastic joke joke, fans, critics, and casual viewers always have said that the amount number of extreme sexual criminals crimes in the SVUniverse [[TheVerse SVUniverse]] was ridiculous and was probably higher then the entire national high crime average of the RealLife entire continental United States itself. States. A few years later later, this was actually backed up by RealLife Statistics from the FBI and several other law enforcement agencies. And while its obvious that all the sickos on the show [[hottip:*: In case you are really just an excuse to keep the series going for a few more years This troper wondering, RealLife NYC has his own personal theory.

a murder rate of about 500 a year and 843 forcible rapes a year.]]

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Mayor Rudy Giuliani is frequently mentioned in the show, but it appears that the SVUniverses [=SVUniverse's=] version couldnt truly of him couldn't fight the cities city's tidal wave of extreme brutal perversion.

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if the show continues as long as its parent series series, by or near its end finale either New York City or New York State will be nearly 2/3 empty as empty: most of its population (not counting criminals from out of town or state) would be incarcerated incarcerated, and as the crime rates escalated escalated, the remains remainder of the populace would have left for safer cities/countries cities and countries, leaving the city nearly deserted deserted, leaving only officers Stabler and Benson to turn the lights off when they left/moved leave or move to greener pastures pastures, which leads us to this little doozy...

* In case you are wondering while reading and are too lazy to check the statistics, NYC has a murder rate of about 500 a year and 843 forcible rapes a year if I did the math right.
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Also by extension the crime rate is very similar to that of DCComics Metropolis and Gotham City of the 1930s and 40s by this one can also stipulate that SVUniverse is a possible "real life" version/basis of Earth-1 and its fictional east coast super cities. this also makes sense in the earliest issues of SuperMan and BatMan their respective cities were "dens of corruption", where extreme forms of criminality and violence ran rampant to such an extreme only a superpowered or super intelligent crimefighter could stop it.

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Also by extension the crime rate is very similar to that of DCComics Metropolis and Gotham City of the 1930s and 40s by this one can also stipulate that SVUniverse is a possible "real life" version/basis of Earth-1 and its fictional east coast super cities. this also makes sense in the earliest issues of SuperMan {{Superman}} and BatMan {{Batman}} their respective cities were "dens of corruption", where extreme forms of criminality and violence ran rampant to such an extreme only a superpowered or super intelligent crimefighter could stop it.

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