Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt/WMG

Panty and Stocking take place in the world of Madoka Magica
Or, at least, In their previous lives, they were Puella Magi who either died or became witches (some of their deaths are shown in the end credits). Ghosts are another name for Demons and the so-called "Demons" are Puella Magi

The
... isn't really  I mean, come on. It doesn't add up with anything previous, specifically Ghost: Phantom of Daten City. Obviously, it was a fake sent from Hell to catch Panty while her guard was down. is in Heaven still.
 * Obviously is pushing it if you ask me.
 * This Troper will bet that the entire "second season plot" will be resolved in the first half of the first episode of season 2 and everything will go back to being episodic after that.
 * The full first episode of the second season, at the most.
 * Considering that.
 * The full first episode of the second season, at the most.
 * Considering that.

Panty and Stocking are actually Twilight and Applejack in an alternate universe/continuity

 * Just watch this video.
 * You're not the only one who thinks the same idea. In fact, the whole American and Japanese fandom will explode if My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic gets dubbed to Japanese and both Panty and Stocking's voice actresses dubs both Applejack and Twilight Sparkle respectively.

Future Episodes will Parody:

 * Ninja
 * American Fast Food chains
 * Samurai
 * The Powerpuff Girls (For reasons pre-established)

Brief and Panty will have a Big Damn Kiss at some point in the show.
Because it just makes sense.
 * Jossed, only sex.
 * Um, it isn't exactly jossed if the show isn't done yet.
 * It is when
 * Not to be too dirty, but a girl does have more than one set of lips. And this being PSG....
 * There is nothing to prove that they wont get a kiss next season is what I am saying.

(Jossed) The Mayor of Daten City is Satan.
Makes perfect sense, according to Episode 6. Plus, that would explain all the Ghosts appearing only in Daten City (with Little Tokyo as an exception).
 * That actually does make sense via Fridge Brilliance. Daten City is a pun on fallen angel, and Satan (well, Lucifer) is mainly known for his fall from grace. Of course, that leaves the question of exactly who or what Garterbelt would be, considering the mayor seems to know him from way before...
 * Archangel Michael Maybe?
 * Maybe not quite Satan... but Him.
 * Given the Theme Naming of the Heros and Villains of the show, My best guess would be Knickers.
 * But wouldn't that be Brief's Evil Counterpart? That is, unless...
 * ...Unless Brief is secretly an archangel?!?!
 * I say he is Batman after all Scanty and Kneesocks limo SUV and their armbands have the bat symbol on them.
 * Maybe he's Corset from the OST. ...Squick at the implications of that.
 * I wouldn't be surprised. After all, he (she?) has been presented as Garterbelt's Evil Counterpart and both a corset and a belt are something you tie around your body. Both are also used to keep something in check - belts for men to keep their pants up (pracmatic clothing) and corsets for women to tie their waists thin (estetic clothing) - much like a boss keeps tabs on his/her underlings.
 * I thought garters were meant for women? (To wear under PANTIES and keep the STOCKINGS up.)
 * I hereby declare this Wild Mass Guessing: JOSSED!
 * I hereby declare this Wild Mass Guessing: JOSSED!

(Jossed) Brief will have a Face Heel Turn
Scanty and Kneesocks will attempt to get him to go to turn him to the dark side. Besides the obvious benefits, It would also be a good way to give Panty a Heroic BSOD, and some Character Development into less of a bitch. Hopefully, if it does happen, It won't end the way it usually does.
 * It could also make Scanty and Kneesocks (or at least Kneesocks) have a Heel Face Turn. The mayor could easily just directly recruit him as a replacement, probably due to the demon sisters' incompetence, and make him into something both sides will be afraid of. Even Evil Has Standards, you know.
 * This will probably never come to be, but it seems the Heroic BSOD and Character Development have already come into effect nonetheless.
 * Jossed.

Kamina and Simon are Panty and Stocking's Descendants
And the anti-spiral is a Ghost, in fact.

Brief will get a Transformation Sequence
More obvious reasons being Rule of Funny and possible female-oriented Fan Service, but this troper can't help but feel like he'll be important to the plot later on.
 * Well, he was important to the plot, alright... Still haven't seen a Transformation Sequence yet, though.
 * The OST features a song called 'Cherryboy Riot' and it sounds exactly like a male version the Anarchy and Demon sisters' themes, enticing phrases chopped up into catchy beats included....

Related to the above, Brief is actually a fallen angel with amnesia.
It explains his name fitting in with the other angels. The only thing he can remember is that he needs to hunt down Ghosts, which is why he's such an occult freak. Although he's been Brought Down to Normal, he still has some residual power left in him, judging from his shotgun. Alternatively, he was Panty's former lover in Heaven, and neither of them remember it. After all, it would be great fuel for some Cerebus Syndrome, don't you think?
 * Possibly Jossed, what with the  thing.

Chuck is a fallen angel, too, and See Through is his... weapon

 * Well, in "Les Diaboliques" we see Chuck driving the car in a way that's maybe even better than the sisters. Also, it's obvious that he can use it to fight, and Stocking wasn't seen with the intention to change place with him. So, Panty and Stocking drive See Through, but it's actually Chuck's car/weapon. And, with Fastener, welll...
 * Considering that Chuck appears alongside Panty And Stocking in the end credits, which seems to be about, this is not impossible.

(Jossed) The sixth episode was a Red Herring.

 * Have we found a plot? Nope. Just an epic episode. (But even if this WMG turned out to be true, I think it was worth it)
 * Jossed; Scanty and Kneesocks appear in episode 7, suggesting that there is a plot after all.
 * Except, of course, that they went through Villain Decay just as fast as Team Rocket did. Really, we could go either way at this point.
 * But then they snapped back to scarily effective in Episode 12. And there is a plot now. In other words, Jossed.

All the people are dead in Daten City.

 * Just think about it, angels that protect the souls of departed people, the ghost will be souls of people who just died, and the demons will try to take that souls to hell
 * That would certainly explain why there's a city between Heaven and Hell in the first place - it's Purgatory.
 * So does that mean Panty and Stocking are...? If so, then they're not doing a very good job.

The show itself is meant to be a Take That against both Japanese and American Otaku.

 * It's well known that Japanese anime fans want their waifus to be virgins (case in point: Kannagi Fan Dumb). It's also well known that many American fans are obsessed with the generic anime style, drawing anything from Western shows to actual people in a style that they think is better than the original (see Deviant ART). What's the best way to mess with the heads of both? Make an anime in a Western style, explicitly stating that the main characters aren't pure.
 * BEST WMG.
 * True or not, Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt has certainly succeeded in screwing with Fan Dumb. Gainax as usual.

There is a reason Panty and Stocking remain angels.
Simply put, they were good girls while they were still alive. After being "angelized" after death and realizing they can no longer really be punished for sinning, they decide to play it for all its worth. Which is why Panty doesn't get STDs from all the sex she has and Stocking doesn't get fat from eating all those cakes: they have credit from their lives as paragons of chastity and temperance. On the other side, Scanty and Kneesocks were whorebisquits in every possible way, which is why they are now demons.
 * At least they still work for Heaven; unlike a certain troublesome freeloader named Tenshi...
 * Maybe they actually weren't that virtuous in their past lives, but became angels simply because they had the absolute crappiest luck in the universe. Considering how Stocking said Panty knows nothing about true love, and the dark implications of "Fallen Angel," there might be more to the angels' pasts than we were initially led to believe. It might also explain their abnormally good luck in "The Stripping": it's a pity gift from God.
 * OR, Panty died a virtuous virgin, and as such was rewarded with never experiencing pain/pregnancy/STDs during sex. Likewise, Stocking was either diabetic from birth, had very sensitive teeth, but ultimately could never eat anything sweet. Her reward was to forever indulge in sweets with no side effects. As for the demons, they could have been crooked prwindow.location.href="http://mecnet.net/MDBLK=tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/wmg/pantyandstockingwithgarterbelt?action=edit"; ostitutes who were sent to hell and were punished by being forced to become rulemongers and to be punished gravely for even having the thought of sex.
 * OP's original WMG actually gets some canon basis in episode 12.

(up to discussion) The series will end in a normal way.
To troll the people expecting a Gainax Ending
 * To be fair, considering how the series is, any ending they choose would be a Gainax Ending.
 * Who knows? i'm pretty sure that when the sister's fight the mayor there will be an over long speech about how the ghost existence is all human's fault. and blah blah blah
 * This WMG has been Jossed. So. HARD.
 * This troper begs to disagree. Episode 13 keeps getting labeled as a Gainax Ending, when everyone seems to fail to take into account that there's a Season 2 coming. It's more like a Cliffhanger or a sudden plot twist. Calling this a Gainax Ending would be like saying Gurren Lagann ended after Lordgenome's defeat.
 * I agree in disagreeing but disagree as well. Until we get a flat out official statement, it's all just extented trolling and maybes. That said, the ending, up until the "epilogue", very well DID end just like the original WMG predicted.
 * Well, when you assume that the episode ends with the credits roll and everything happening in the stinger is just a non-canon omake (and it certainly will be forgotten in the beginning of season 2 considering what kind of stupid plot hook it is) you are left with a pretty normal "Good pwns evil and everyone rejoices" happy end.

In a coming episode, they will parody the mecha's genre

 * I think that there is two things about that Gainax is THE BEST. Gainax Ending and mechas. They already parodied the transformers franchise, the western animation and the Magical Girl genre, and the opportunity to parody their two best series it's too good to waste.
 * Does "Transwhoremers" count?
 * No, that's transformer's parody. Aaaand, as it's no human controlling them, i don't think it count as Mechas.

Panty and stocking are...Bi

 * They weren't exiled from heaven for Panty's lust or Stocking's Gluttony, they were exiled for being bisexual AND for being lovers AND sisters(oooh, nice!)
 * You know they're sisters, right?
 * I think that was obvious
 * Then why would Garterbelt, a gay priest, be their handler? He's not an angel (if he is, then Gainax has not stated it).
 * Well. Maybe, he, being a priest, has to be punished for being gay...and there is a worse punish that have to take care of those two?
 * Jossed as of Once Upon A Time In Garterbelt.

(Jossed) Garterbelt is an angel.
He's gay, and therefore was exiled from Heaven. He directs Panty and Stocking instead of collecting Heaven Coins so that he doesn't go to Hell.
 * Dude, Not Funny. He was exiled for being a pedophile, perhaps?
 * Strictly speaking, while that's certainly the joke, he's not a pedophile, or hasn't been portrayed as such. He's only drooled over high school boys of indeterminate age. Gay, yes, but ephebophile at worst (ie, attracted to teenagers). Not only that, but... people really don't get too bent out of shape about adults appreciating the beauty of teenagers. If they did, anime girls, schoolgirl outfits, and barely legal porn would be much bigger deals. I mean outside of Australia, that is.
 * If Garterbelt's journal (shown in the most recent episode as of this writing) is true, then he's even cooler than an angel: he's an ex-gangster who, after his death, was returned to earth by God to the beginning of time as an immortal to fulfill a grand, mysterious, and currently undefined mission.
 * So basically Jossed.

1 Angry Ghost is the Japanese perception of the American perception of Japanese game shows.
Either that or it's the Japanese perception of an American version of an authentic Japanese game show that is taking place in America.
 * Your Head Asplode
 * Wait, it wasn't a parody of the american justice system, with juries and death penalties?

Brief won't end up with Panty, but instead Stocking.
Considering it's shown that Panty would never be all that interested in Brief, and Episode 9 shows that Stocking doesn't seem to mind appearance (she fell in love with so), it would be an interesting curveball.
 * Jossed: given what happened in episode 12, Brief may end up with Panty after all.
 * Turns out, it's
 * The series isn't over yet! There will be a second season! Therefore, he still has time to be paired with somebody. Besides,  and in the last two episodes it looked like there was real affection between them.
 * This troper can't see them finalizing any relationships... Unless Panty undergoes some massive personality changes, it'll probably be limited to the occasional round of casual sex. Or maybe Scanty and Kneesocks will pull a Heel Face Turn in Season 2, and Brief will wind up with one (or more likely both) of them.

The ending will be a parody of The End of Evangelion.
EVERYONE'S HUGGED AND TURNS INTO TANG HEAVEN COINS.

== (Jossed) During the finale, both Panty and Stocking will become human during the course of the final battle and one of them will die and be unable to become an angel again while the other returns to her angelic form == It has been stated much earlier that Panty and Stocking are both gradually becoming human, so this could end up becoming a sort of plot point in the finale. They currently can't die, but if they become human and one of them dies, what exactly would happen?
 * Confirmed, sort of.
 * The above gets disproved.

(Confirmed) There will be a new character called Corset
The preview for the OST has a track called "Corset Theme" and Scanty and Kneesocks theme is called... "Theme for Scanty & Kneesocks"... Put the two together and yeah. Who knows, maybe it'll be like a final boss or something.
 * I already mentioned it someplace else, but it wouldn't be to much of a stretch to assume Corset is the mayor... unless they pull a fast one on us, of course.
 * Considering all the theories that Brief is an angel in disguise...maybe that's his real name?
 * In any case, it has to be a Transformation Sequence theme. It's just way too similar to "Fly Away" and "Theme for Scanty & Kneesocks".
 * This troper noticed that while "Fly Away Now" is high-pitched - well, more so than Scanty & Kneesocks' theme - and Scanty & Kneesocks' theme has deep-sounding vocals, "Corset Theme" is more in between. Maybe "Corset" is a character that is on neither side? Neutral?
 * In any case, I'm betting that Corset uses a Sword and Gun combo. He/She just has to. Maybe they're a renegade angel/demon who hasn't been caught yet.
 * I'm betting bazooka. ...I don't know, corsets just feel like they have that kind of shape.
 * True, but then again, panties aren't shaped like guns.
 * Depending on the way you hold it, it kinda does.
 * Episode 12 confirms it's the mayor.
 * Episode 13 later confirms that he's evil, he's known Garterbelt for a while, and he doesn't have demon weapons.
 * He DOES have demon weapons.

Fastener (Chuck's evil other) is a girl

 * It's the only sensible thought I can come up with and have to cling to every time I watch "Chuck to the Future".
 * Expanding on this WMG, Fastener is actually a bisexual female who once competed with Chuck for another female, but over time developed feelings for Chuck she didn't want to admit, or perhaps can't because their owners are enemies. The word 'Future' in 'Chuck to the Future' might be hinting that Chuck is destined to pair with Fastener.
 * yeah, it seems probable. Maybe, s/he will have a Heel Face Turn and become one of the good ones.
 * Well, that explains her shape...
 * And her little brain devil was a girl ...
 * While we're at it,

Ghost: The Phantom of Daten City was created with the intention of mocking the stereotypical Otaku

 * Male otaku have a lot of unpleasant stereotypes associated with them. According to stereotype, they are ugly, unpleasant to be around, have horrible social skills and are incapable of finding mutual love. They also often lust after female anime characters, and a behavior commonly associated with them is to claim their favorite to be their "wife". The seriousness of the claim can range from being a simple exaggeration used to express how much they love the character to, well... Seriousness. Some of the loonier ones (which tend to contribute more to the stereotype) are seriously in mad love with their "wife", and don't seem to consider the barrier between reality and fiction nor whether or not the object of their affections would actually love them back if they existed (if stereotypes hold true in this situation, they more than likely would not). Although nothing points to him being an otaku, the ghost in this episode is ugly, unpleasant to be around, has horrible social skills and is incapable of finding mutual love (well, prior to the episode anyway in regards to the last one). Stocking is very popular among otaku, more so than her sister. Despite being about the last person that anyone would fall for, Stocking ends up falling in love at first sight with the ghost anyway. Although this can be interpreted as being Wish Fulfillment based on this description alone, it should be noted that the episode makes it quite clear that Stocking has some seriously seriously messed up tastes in men. Pretty much the entire city reacts to him like you would expect most people to, and they mock Stocking for willingly going out with him. In short, the episode mocks the stereotypical otaku by pairing up someone who fits the stereotype to the bill with a favorite target of Otaku perverse sexual lust, and then pointing out how unrealistic the scenario is.
 * More likely it was about that you can defeat ghosts without weapons and that even so called otakus are as human as others and deserve to be loved.
 * Considering the nature of the show, it is more likely the former.
 * Considering the nature of Gainax, it could very well be all of those things, at once.

Basing in a WMG from above, an episode will give us Actor Allusions and Shout Outs to a certain Sunrise's anime.
Brief will end up piloting by accident a Transforming Mecha and will gain/reveal a Jerkass and mean alternate personality that will lead to a lot of events that will make Panty begin to have feelings towards Brief.

Jesus had something to do with Garterbelt's sexuality and vocation.
A bit of a stretch, but if Garterbelt lived through history it stands to reason that he met the biblical Messiah along the way. Garterbert was either so touched (metaphorically speaking) by his savior's love and mercy that he developed a crush on him, or he was gay all along and was merely angry and rebellious our of fear of being persecuted for his sexual orientation (his prostitutes were his beards),with Jesus' acceptance giving him the courage to come out of the closet. If the above is true, the Son Of Man's martyrdom probably hit Garterbelt pretty hard/inspired him to make sure that his shepherd's word would not die with his mortal body and devoted much of his immortality to spreading the Good Teachings in honor of that great man.
 * Personally as far as sexuality is concerned i think Garter spent so much time on God's mission looking for the Hell's Monkey hidden as boys penises that he started liking to look at them.

(Jossed) There will be no Corset
We're being trolled by the soundtrack preview
 * Likewise, there will be no fight with the mayor, and the Daemon sisters were meant to screw with the fans by giving them an awesome intro then immediately tossing them the Villain Ball as GAINAX's huge "FAK YOU BITCH" to Draco in Leather Pants.
 * Jossed. Corset is indeed the mayor.
 * The Demon Sisters have become competent again, so that's Jossed too.

(Jossed) Corset is someone that Panty and Stocking knew when they were human

 * Corset can be a third sister who hadn't died along with her sisters, or perhaps she's Panty and Stocking's mother who comes to take them back to heaven.
 * If she's their sister, I think she may be on Scanty and Kneesocks' side. Just to mess with the angels.
 * Jossed. Corset is male, and knows Garterbelt but not the angels.

(Jossed) Corset is a Parody Sue
She's Panty and Stockings lost sister. She was too perfect for Heaven, so they sent her to Daten City.
 * Funny how everyone immediately concluded Corset was a girl since his theme was sung by women.

(Jossed) Corset is...
...Brief an angel in a male disguise who hides her breasts with a type of corset. She was sent to look after them and to leave no suspicions, she guises herself as a high school boy.
 * Jossed. Brief has been seen without his shirt in episode nine, I believe. That and Brief's "shotgun".
 * That must be a really well disguised corset....I wonder why Panty's gun is reasonably sized. Also if OP is true, maybe that's why whoever gets to see Brief's crotch is shocked.
 * Confirmed: Corset is the mayor.
 * How so? Corset is not Brief, and definitely not an angel. Therefore the WMG is Jossed.

Scanty and Kneesocks are really Ascended Demons.
Going by the logic that Panty and Stocking got kicked out of heaven for being too chaotic (and of course assuming that demonkind is Always Chaotic Evil), Scanty and Kneesocks got kicked out of hell for being too lawful. Their mission of causing Daten City to be overrun by Ghosts is to prove that they're really evil enough to return to hell, even in spite of being a sucker for RRRRUUURRRUU.

(Semi-Confirmed) Corset's weapon will be a BFS

 * If you undo the lacing on a corset, it becomes long and flat. One could assume if the lace was the (ordinary sized) handle, then the corset itself would make a very LARGE blade. How does it keep from breaking apart?
 * Corset is Cloud?
 * You guessed it!
 * Jossed, actually. Corset has no weapon.
 * Partially... He used Scanty and Kneesocks as his dual BFS. And there was much rejoicing.
 * Moreover, he wraps them in his bondage straps to make them into swords. Not exactly the same thing, but similar.

Nozomu is a ghost who is the embodiement of all of the despair in the world.

 * Panty and Stocking will eventually have to take him out.

(Semi-Confirmed) Sex is the source of Panty's power
Panty has the opposite of Virgin Power. She needs sex with men to stay an angel and becomes powerless when she is denied sex for too long (In corollary this would imply that Stocking's power come from eating sweets).
 * After the fights in Buzz Of The Beehive and Les Diaboliques she immediately seeks sex from the first male in sight. Why? To regain the energy she just lost.
 * In episode 12-B Panty starts to lose her powers after she can't have sex anymore.
 * Ehhhhhhhh... I'm not buying this one. Garter forgot to tell Panty she was not allowed to have sex after she already screwed about three dozen guys; what I'm seeing here is that heaven got relatively pissed off with Panty for breaking orders she didn't know she had, and took her powers away as a result. Damnit, Garter! You should have told her this from the beginning!
 * Contrary to my original speculation, It didn't happen.
 * Eeeeeh, Garterbelt talks about the hymen reconstruction (what caused her power loss) as if it were natural. Still, . Therefore, the WMG is somewhat confirmed, as Panty had no powers when she was a virgin.

Garterbelt's mission was to protect the key
Remember the picture of a key that god gave to Garterbelt everytime he refused to accept his mission? his mission was to find and protect the key. In Highschool Nudical he wasn't trying to saw naked boys, he tried to find the key, because as we see, the key is a boy's dick, when Panty defeated the ghost with Brief's underwear, Garter discovered that Brief was/have the key. In Inner Brief he was watching closely to check that Brief was, in fact, the key. AND WE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS GAY!...wait a minute, and the end of Catfight Club?...
 * That makes so much sense.
 * OH SNAP!
 * To clarify,

(Confirmed) Stocking will return for the finale.
Which will most likely be Episode 13. As Panty can't really do anything without her angel powers (Although she might retain some Badass Normal traits if she gets out of BSOD mode early enough,) Stocking will probably return, saying something along the lines of "I knew you couldn't do anything without me." The result of this combined with fighting the Daemon sisters and Corset will probably blow our heads off.
 * Although technically it's actually supposed to be 26 episodes long, which leaves plenty of time for Panty to rescue brief and possibly declare war on all the demons coming in.
 * That's 26 half-length episodes, not full-length.
 * FUUUUUUUU-!
 * Taking that into account, it will actually be at least 27 episodes, assuming, the final episode will be a double-length one like Episode 6.
 * As the OP, I have only one thing to say:
 * Although, to be fair, there was a "Until Season 2!" splash at the end of Episode 13. Therefore, we can probably expect more.
 * Well, a finale's a finale, even if it isn't the end of the show.

"Sex and the Daten City" was set prior to the beginning of the series.
Let's connect the dots. After Panty finds out about a copy of her porno being in the net, she decides to exile herself from the world and takes Stocking and Chuck along. They go through all the dangerous situations portrayed in "Fallen Angel" until they can't take it anymore and die. God sends them to Heaven, hoping for them to change their behaviour while there. However, after a few days He notices that they haven't changed at all, thus He kicks them out of Heaven, and the rest is history.
 * I connected the dots how you said, and my picture seemed to have skipped a few dots. How did Brief, who fell for Panty upon seeing her in The Buzz of the Beehive, start wanking to her porno before he knew she existed?
 * That was Brief? I thought it was some random pervert.

Maybe this one is obvious, but I'll say it anyway: Corset's corset suppresses his powers.
Long ago, he battled Garterbelt (And perhaps God as well), the fight ending with the Corset being put on him. Take it off, and he'll go full-blown Satan.
 * This means Brief is the key to opening the Corset. Oh God...
 * Pretty much confirmed; at the very least,
 * I'd actually call this one inverted... Based on everything we've seen of him, his corset is actually the source of his powers. The tighter the stronger.

(Mostly Jossed) The Finale will be filled to the gills with twists.
Somehow, everything listed is going to happen.
 * Panty will recover quickly from her Heroic BSOD and will come to Garterbelt for guidance as they go into hiding.
 * The key will need a sacrifice, and when Corset loses patience trying to find Panty, he will throw Scanty and Kneesocks into oblivion.
 * Brief will not survive being used as the key, and will somehow become an angel. This will be closely followed by a Roaring Rampage of Revenge.
 * Maybe he'll just go to Heaven and reason with God to let Panty back after Corset is defeated; or maybe his death alone would trigger something in Panty that shows she's more than a total bitch who cares about men for sex. Either way, Panty would get what she wants (to return to Heaven) and Brief what he wants (to be together with Panty).
 * Panty has an epiphany and it's actually a part of the "No sex" deal that wasn't mentioned; She is stuck a virgin and powerless until she has sex in a manner which is not considered sinful. How? In wedlock, preferably with Brief so shippers can squee.
 * Maybe after they marry, Panty ascends to Heaven anyways in a way that makes it look like the finale of TTGL.
 * Brief will be the third among Panty and Stocking during the final battle against Scanty, Kneesocks and Corset. He will have a shotgun, while Corset has a sniper rifle.
 * Chuck will make a Heroic Sacrifice for one of the protagonists, regardless of how he's been treated thus far.
 * Stocking is aware of the events that have taken place, and acts out a sin punishable by banishment from heaven, and will return as a Demon, not unlike Scanty and Kneesocks, and will support Panty in her Darkest Hour.
 * When Corset is defeated and sealed away once and for all, God will instantly let Panty go to heaven, and will release Garterbelt from immortality.
 * Or...There will be no definite ending, and Scanty, Kneesocks and Corset will pull a Team Rocket, and promise to return another day.
 * Or...There will be no definite ending, and Scanty, Kneesocks and Corset will pull a Team Rocket, and promise to return another day.


 * My vision of the finale is a little different: during the final battle, Panty pulls a Heroic Sacrifice to save Brief's life, thus being able to regain her angel powers, reunite with Stocking, and defeat Corset with her. After it's all over, seeing how she and Brief are in love with each other, Panty will choose to remain as a human and stay in Daten City to be with him, leaving Stocking in Heaven with her fiancé, the Ghost from episode 9. Flash forward to a few years later, showing a married Panty and Brief at the maternity with their newborn child, while Stocking watches everything from outside, as the full version of "Fallen Angel" plays in the background.
 * Isn't this anime by Gainax, though?

(Mostly Confirmed) Many episodes have been foreshadowing the events leading up to the final two episodes that are not noticeable until Episode 12 is watched.

 * Garterbelt had known that Brief was Hellsmonkey for some time and had been keeping an eye on him.
 * Stocking telling Panty that she hasn't experienced love before in Ghost: The Phantom of Daten City. In Panty + Brief, Panty finally seems to actually acknowledge Brief
 * Also, in that episode, Panty said all she needed in a guy was "a pretty face and a large member." At this point we already knew about Brief's ... well-endowment ... foreshadowing that he'd have as well, and so Panty's possible attraction to him?
 * From High School Nudical, Brief's underwear did turn into a BFG.
 * In "The Stripping," Brief was somehow able to bet over $200,000 on Panty's panties, despite being a highschooler. We later find out that it's because he's filthy rich. And where do you think he got all his Ghost-finding items from?
 * Also notable because he apparently loses all his money earlier in the episode.
 * If you look, even the Bottle Episode has hints of foreshadowing: remember the conversation Panty had with the long pole reaching to Heaven? Note that Stocking is perfectly fine with staying on Earth, while Panty seems a little more desperate.
 * Also her plan mirrors that of the Big Bad's: force your way into heaven using a very tall pole.
 * The reason Stocking fell in love with the ghost is that
 * Confirmed?
 * Both Corset and Stocking have a fondness of bondage.
 * And the mayor did seem to have a keen interest in her once she got tied up.
 * In the Transwhoremers episode, Panty seemed to have more of an Autobot scheme. Stocking, conversely, turned into a more Decepticon-themed character. In the season finale, it is revealed that

(Jossed) Daten City was founded by fallen angels, and the wealthy class is descended from them.
Brief's family (aka ) is a good example of this type of thing. In addition to his shotgun being an Unusual Euphemism for a certain something, it serves as a weapon for him, like panty's panties or stocking's stockings. However, either he can't use it because he's part human, or at this point he doesn't know how.
 * Jossed.

Just like Panty and Stocking, Brief will have an evil counterpart, too
I name him Boxer.
 * It's too early in the game to say if it's true or not, but high chances dictates that is names is Trunks, not Boxer.

The pair of panties Panty auctioned off during "The Stripping" are a literal Chekhov's Gun.
Considering how, Panty's gonna need an extra pair somewhere. Hopefully Brief either has it on his person or he left it at the cabin.
 * Quite a long shot for that to happen. Panty and Stocking were shown to maintain a massive stockpile of their hardware at the church ("High School Nudical"), which also explains why they could afford to sell/auction off at least a portion of them in "The Stripping"; they simply had a lot of these to go around, and it wouldn't be surprising if Panty still has a least a few more pairs back home.

Stocking will be seen together in Heaven with the Ghost she fell in love with in Episode 9.
That may be pushing the envelope, but still...
 * It would be a nice touch to see, especially after the finale.
 * Eh, didn't happen.
 * There was a "Until Season 2" message at the end of Episode 13. So, not quite Jossed yet, unless that was Gainax lying to us again.

(Confirmed) Panty will say Brief's name.
Extra points will go out if his death is imminent/apparent as it happens.
 * Confirmed. Sorry, no death part.

(Subjective, but mostly Confirmed) The final battle will have an amazing animation

 * It's Gainax, they wait to waste near the 40% of the entire budget in the Grand Finale.
 * And when Panty gets her powers back, she and Stocking will have a new transformation sequence, and will battle in that style the whole way through.
 * That will be a complete Crowning Moment of Awesome
 * Probably justified, given how episode 11 was mostly recap footage or minimal animation.

Scanty and Kneesocks aren't really Corset's daughters.
The whole thing is probably just to keep up appearances in public. Not that it changes anything...
 * Probably confirmed; it's been implied that they have the same relation that the angels have with Garter.

While the visuals of the Ending theme show Panty and Stocking's backstory, the lyrics of the song are from Panty's perspective on the events of episode 12.
"So close" could refer to Stocking getting to go to Heaven without her, there being no place to hide could mean no more powers and trying to escape from the Demon sisters ... and "it's you I love so dearly" referring to Brief ...
 * After seeing the episode, this makes a lot of sense.
 * After seeing the episode, EVERYTHING makes a lot of sense...
 * We should make a Fridge Brilliance article about this.
 * This troper thought for a while that the song was a bit from Brief's perspective (what with the yearning and love to heaven), but the 'no place to hide' angle is brilliant.

Gainax will made Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt: Panty-Hen/Stocking-hen

 * One could tale the story of panty and stocking before being exiled. The other, the things after episode 1.
 * Then Garter-hen, showcasing  Chuck doesn't get a chapter.

(Confirmed) The last episode will be a Sequel Hook for the second season.
Similar to the above, sort of. A: It'll allow for less of a constriction on animation, B: It'll please the fans greatly, C: Gainax can make more money off the series, and D: Panty. and. Brief.
 * I can imagine a lot of trouble for the studio if they even conceive any merchandise that arises from this show.
 * Oh my god, I CAN'T UNSEE IT!!
 * I can't be the only one who wants Panty's panty gun, can I? Stocking's sword might be hard to ship to the US, though....
 * Eh, they can just transform them into stockings during shipping.
 * The post office is going to think I'm weird if I get transforming panties and stockings sent to my house from Japan. Oh well....

There will be a spinoff called "Scanty and Kneesocks with Corset."
Because everyone wants it. They want it bad. And of course they want it with more kinky foodsex and Fetish Fuel taken Up to Eleven.
 * Scanty and Kneesocks with Garterbelt is more likely, judging by the final episode. That is, unless Brief and Chuck will be the heroes.
 * Garter ends the episode with "Brief and Chuck, go forth!" So, probably them.

Stocking will hook up with Corset.
Think about it: Corset really enjoyed seeing Stocking being tied up during Scanty and Kneesocks's raport. Stocking is Too Kinky to Torture and likes... well, specific kind of men. Seems they would make quiet a good couple.
 * Actually, she's already engaged to that ghost from episode 9.
 * Wasn't he dead?
 * He could be in heaven waiting for her
 * Although, since the bondage fetish thing that brings them together, that still leaves room for Stocking x Garterbelt. I prefer Stocking x Corset, but still. Even though Garterbelt was apparently gay, he could actually be bisexual.
 * Although, since the bondage fetish thing that brings them together, that still leaves room for Stocking x Garterbelt. I prefer Stocking x Corset, but still. Even though Garterbelt was apparently gay, he could actually be bisexual.
 * Although, since the bondage fetish thing that brings them together, that still leaves room for Stocking x Garterbelt. I prefer Stocking x Corset, but still. Even though Garterbelt was apparently gay, he could actually be bisexual.

Corset will be voiced by Tim Curry in the English dub.
Evil, wears a corset, camp, creepy smile? Check, check, check, aaaaand check.
 * I shall shiver in antici
 * Nothing, why do you think I should?

(Jossed) Panty won't get Backlace back.
She'll have to defeat Corset with The Power of Love.
 * Now that I think about it, that would make "Ghost: The Phantom of Daten City" pretty significant, as that was the episode where Panty learned that fighting isn't the only way to kill a Ghost.
 * Jossed via finale.

(Jossed) Corset will cross the Bishonen Line.
Come on, he has a Transformation Sequence theme. Don't you think this is the perfect time for Gainax to milk some more fanservice out of this series? If he doesn't cross it, then they'll probably swing right to Fan Disservice to screw with the fans even further.
 * Probably when he takes of his Corset, he transforms
 * Well, that one got Jossed.

Samuel L Jackson will voice Garterbelt in the English Dub

 * THIS. MUST. HAPPEN.
 * Or at least Keith David. Any other voice actor, and it won't be as awesome.
 * Michael Clark Duncan perhaps?
 * Kevin Michael Richardson. That is all.
 * Isaiah Mustafa. He does seem to be One of Us, after all.
 * Or maybe Corbin Bleu.

(Jossed) The extra episode will feature Panty and Stocking before they got kicked out of Heaven.
Word of God has confirmed they're making an extra episode to be released exclusively with the final DVD and Blu-ray set to make up for the Recap Episode that is "D.C. Confidential". That being said, a prequel would probably work well.
 * Jossed, it's an omake consisting of micro-shorts strung together.
 * Actually, that was a special episode that was release on the 5th volume on DVD and blu-ray instead, so it's not sure that the special episode was the OVA or that the release date of the final volume that has an OVA is the OVA

The next season will explain Chuck's origin and what the hell is Brief's Key
That if it isn't somekind of joke from gainax.

Stocking was lying - .
This troper isn't sure what, but suspects that there's definitely more to this.
 * One Youtube user commented saying that
 * Besides, considering Panty and Stocking's ...
 * OP here would also like to add: Perhaps Stocking is Panty's  sister?
 * Well, they have the same surname (Anarchy), so they'd either have to have the same father, their mom's adultry is unknown to Panty's father, or they have their mother's name.
 * I was betting on both Panty and Stocking are
 * Or, Stocking is an angel and she just meant that.
 * Or, Stocking became a demon sometime between returning to Heaven and her Big Damn Heroes moment.
 * Or worse yet, it isn't even Stocking, but someone impersonating her!
 * So Stocking is like Urd?
 * I figured if this really is Stocking, it's

Stocking fall in love with corset in a point between D.C. Confidential and her return to heaven

 * Everything happened after D.C. confidential. When Stocking was alone, he seduce her, with they love for pain, and convince her to betray panty and heaven. When they completed the mission, she didn't return to heaven, she just stand between the doors and Daten city waiting to act. she putted the weapon aiming to the other side, unexpected of it's effect calling god. She killed Panty because using her weapon against an angel it's the only way to become a Demon.

The extra episode will be the "next season"

 * You never know.

The next season will be Darker and Edgier

 * But parodying it...

The Demon Sisters will team up with Garterbelt and Brief in the second season and become the new main characters.

 * Let's take it another step further...
 * Let's take it another step further...

The twist ending can be disregarded entirely.

 * Think about it: it happens right after the end credits are done with all the copyright and whatnot. There will be no second season; it's just Gainax's way of Self-Deprecation what with its frequent Mind Fucks and Ass Pulls.

If Panty gets put back together, she might act a little nicer to Brief
But only for about 5 seconds, as Brief is the Butt Monkey.
 * Or, she will shoot the crap out of Stocking. That is if a FURIOUS Brief doesn't do it first.

Oten City is a total Crap Saccharine World
If I'm not a total failure at Japanese, then it's a pun on angel. It'll probably be full of Lawful Good people, prideful people and religious fanatics, prompting Brief to put his wealthy background to good use. Of course, we might not know until much, much later, as he still has to deal with Panty's predicament.
 * Or, Oten City is a CloudCuckooLand- this troper found the citizens of Daten City to be fairly average, so what about a city full of nutters?
 * Well, considering how Daten City happens to be a city "where love and desire flow freely," I'm guessing Oten is probably a lot stricter in it's moral standards, and probably the closest place to Heaven on Earth as well.

Should a season 2 happen, the first thing Panty will do when she revives is shoot or punch Stocking in the face

 * While saying "You Motherfakah!"
 * "You fathahfakah!"

Corset would have been completely destroyed if the Panty-Stocking-Garterbelt Giga Drill actually hit
The shot to the sky did not summon Panty and Stocking's mother. The only reason their mother came down was because if there wasn't a real divine intervention soon, everyone would be screwed.

God planned everything in order to eliminate Corset
Here is my guess: Stocking is a demon, but she acted too nicely in Hell and was kicked out. God then found Stocking and took her in, knowing that having a demon on her/his side would help destroy Corset. God also needed someone to accompany Stocking so he/she took Panty, a single child, and hypnotized her into believing Stocking was her sister. They were then sent to Earth on the assumption that they were kicked out, but God and Stocking knew that wasn't the case. The season finale is mainly Stocking acting out on the plan to eliminate Corset using Brief and the Oten City Hellgate, while cutting apart Panty was in order to give Brief a motivation to actually proceed towards their target. Garterbelt knew nothing of this plan, and the reason Stocking was sent to Heaven in episode 12 is to have a strategy meeting with God.

Stocking is Bernkastel
First of all, the two look so similar that there's plenty of pictures of Bernkastel styled like Stocking. Stocking's 'promo' outfit also bares more than a passing resemblance to Bernkastel's usual outfit. They also seem to share the same BDSM kink. And their face-heels both come at the very end of the episode they face-heel in.
 * Wait a minute... Bernkastel has fame of being a Troll... The troll ending at episode 13... GOOOOOD MYYYYY OOOOOOOOH! It makes so much more sense than one would expect!
 * Or possibly, Honekoneko is actually Bernkastel and Stocking is this game's equivalent to Erika.
 * Maybe Erika's soul is inside of Honekoneko and so Bernkastel/Stocking carries her around.

Halfway through the second season, the series will have a Time Skip
Either as a reference to gurren lagann, to see what life would be like, to show off new character designs, or just for the lulz.
 * Speaking of Gurren Lagann, Stocking's Face Heel Turn reminded me of Nia becoming the Anti-Spiral messenger. Perhaps Stocking was possibly programmed to make that Face Heel Turn when a certain condition was met.

Another fallen angel will appear in the second season to aid Brief and Chuck.
She may possibly be to Oten City what Panty and Stocking were to Daten City.
 * Obviously, the new angel will probably be a reference to one of the Seven Deadly Sins and have the ability to transform clothing into a weapon. My bet goes for a girl with a Hair-Trigger Temper (Wrath) that can transform her T-Shirt in a gigantic hammer. Of course, her name will be T-Shirt.
 * Or maybe is a male angel named Longcoat who can transform his longcoat into a Lance. he can be someone full of pride or sloth...or both.
 * Or perhaps a male character named Cockring who fights with chakrams? Or another female character named Strap-on? Really, the possibilities in a show like this are essentially endless...
 * Aren't all the characters named after undergarments, though? What were the hints that these characters would appear, or is this really just a "wild guess"?

Corset will take over Stocking's body.
He certainly can't do much with what he has right now. And of course, having the body of someone who can use angelic weapons would be a great benefit if he ever has to fight Scanty and Kneesocks.
 * Since when were you under the impression that ?
 * I dunno, I never got any hints that Corset could

didn't get cut up at all.
In the first few minutes of the second season she'll walk up to the stunned Brief, Garterbelt and Chuck in her usual "Heyy, what's up" manner. (The ending of that Spongebob Squarepants episode where he had to go to prom with Pearl and it was a dummy all along comes to mind.)

Scanty and Kneesocks's last name is Anarchy.
Anarchy as last name makes sense if they are children of angel and a demon, because of they have traits of both. Scanty and Kneesocks, by chance, or by choice were born as angels, while Panty and Stocking as demons.
 * Isn't their last name Daemon? (Thus, Daemon Sisters.) So wouldn't this be Jossed?
 * "Daemon"?! What, do you play ?

Angels and demons are actually the same species.
The "angel" phenotype is the expression of a genotype with dominant allele (homogeneous dominant "AA" and heterozygous "Aa"), while the "demon" phenotype is from a recessive genotype (homogeneous recessive "aa"). This is why
 * Let's make it simpler: The only real difference between angels and demons is appearance....
 * This really is a WILD mass guess page.

Stocking is a demon.
Panty and Stocking are fallen angels correct? While not all fallen angels are demons, some did become them, so yeah.
 * Sort of confirmed:  Panty being one, on the other hand, hasn't been confirmed or even implied yet.

Stocking is a
She did a  after being   There just weren't enough sweets up there.

If there is a season 2, the first episode will have Panty and Stocking fighting another ghost
And won't remember episodes 12-13 ever happening. The rest of the cast will obviously bug them about it.
 * Sounds like something Gainax would do.

The ghost 'attacking' Panty and Stocking in the ending is
It resembles his One-Winged Angel form no? And
 * It looks to me more like

Garterbelt and Corset were once lovers
Because...um...why not.

Stocking
This Troper posits this: Stocking gets into heaven at the beginning of episode 12, but finds heaven to be not worthwhile because her sister isn't there. When she sees Panty get into major trouble further in the episode, she petitions God or whoever is in charge to let her go back, but is told "no" for whatever reason. The series already established that Stocking considers some things worth hell (that Ghost she fell in love with),  She leaves heaven   and gets the power and ability to bail Panty out, but some time between her Big Damn Heroes return and the end of episode 13,

Further, it is possible that Stocking knew, which is why she seemed to be in a hurry to finish the job once she came back for the final battle (i.e., rapidly typing away on her cell phone ordering stuff on Garterbelt's credit card) -   It may also explain why she neglects to tell anyone else about it.

This Troper will admit that this WMG is at least partly because

Additonal edit from OP: perhaps


 * This troper would like to say that this WMG is FANTASTIC. It also totally makes sense for how
 * This troper is amazed at how well thought-out this WMG is. Just watch it get Jossed...

Stocking's
She knew that her days of eating sweets all the time were coming to an end, so she

The Ending of "... Of The Dead" pulled a literal Status Quo Is God
Makes sense since God isn't going to just let them stop their heavenly duties Zombie Apocalypse or otherwise, and if episode 12 and 13 is any indication he isn't very pleased with their progress,

Scanty and Kneesocks will have a Heel Face Turn
After the events of the ending, the two can be seen behind the church, dumbfounded as They might still be heavily obsessed with RRRRRRRRRRULES, but at this point, anything can happen.

Scanty and Kneesocks will stay evil.
Because even if they turn good, they'll no longer be interesting. If anything, they might either, disappear entirely from the story, or stay at Daten City and take over it, turning it into a city filled to the brim with RRRRRRURRRRRRRU.

Gainax is performing a Xanatos Gambit with the second season.
Gainax knew damn well that the original concept for the show was, more than likely, going to get less than a full season. However, due to previous Viral Marketing, they also knew that they could throw in anything (Yes, anything. Why are you reading the WMG for this show if you don't realize this by now?) and cause half the internet to spaz out. So, naturally, the rewrote the last episode to include one hell of a cliffhanger. The result? An explosion of speculation as to what the next season will contain. True, it's a bold move for a show that might not get renewed, but at the end, you get two outcomes. The first, they get the second season. The second, the show falls into Too Good to Last territory and the entire fanbase got trolled. Either way, Gainax is having fun.

will simply come back, as seen in the Ed. Brief doesn't know that
.]] The ED shows an inverse of Little Nicky: Panty and Stocking die, ascend to Heaven... then take off their Halos and wink. This is canon. will appear near the start of the second season premier, but not before  is working under the (probably correct} assumption that Brief doesn't know what happens when

No, Panty, you ARE the demons
Stocking is a demon alright, and Panty is one as well. Think about it; was is a Demon but a Fallen Angel?

There will be a period ghost.
Honestly, would you be surprised at this point?

The second season will be called "Panty vs. Stocking."

 * This is already spreading around, so why not put it here? Besides, putting Panty back together may seem easy enough, plus it'll let the show keep its usual pace rather than follow Brief and Chuck the whole way through.

The fact that Stocking stuffs her face so much forshadows that she's actually a huge Ghost.
Or, the possibly fake Stocking is a huge Ghost. Look at the pic on Gainax's website!
 * If this is foreshadowing, look at Scanty and Kneesocks. They're allied with Brief and Garterbelt?! And got new weapons?! Gainax, are you trolling us?
 * If anything, the pic looks more like a big Ghostbusters reference, what with Brief's proton pack, four heroes standing side by side, and giant Ghost Stocking looking very much like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Not to say it CAN'T be foreshadowing, but Stocking said she was a demon, not a ghost.

If there's indeed a second season, they'll cover the bases they still didn't cover.
Like mecha genre, team-bound super sentai (think Power Rangers), soap opera, and the cartoon they kept being compared to despite not being too similar, Powerpuff Girls.

The next season will be with 26 full-lenght episodes
Maybe there will be some episodes with two chapters in one, but the rest will be like episode 6.

Corset will kill Stocking and use her soul to create the ultimate ghost
it's what i conclude from the poster...
 * Now a more detailed theory. First of all, look at scanty's appeareance. If we watch closely we will see that she, besides the chainsaw, has a new hair cut that resembles to Nia. Kneesocks seems to have something in her back. What is that? a bag? did she and her sister go in a travel to discover what to do? Maybe, in that travel is where Scanty obtain her new weapon. Now, if we watch to panty, in the middle between Stocking and Brief's team, we see that she isn't alone. Chuck and fastener The strongest charactersin the series are with her. Will she fight Corset and Ghostocking using them the same way Corset do with the demon sisters against Garterbelt? Will we see a Chuckstener against Ghostocking? Next point. Corset is in Ghostocking's head (now someones will say hey! it's true! why i didn't notice it earlier? right?) laughing (i think). seeing ghostocking's body in detail we can notice that her body is tied with corset's...whatever. her eyes are...crying? this reinforce my theory that Corcet will kill stocking. Maybe, near the end, Stocking will try to do a Heel Face Turn, but Corset will not let her go and use her in his master plan. any question? i have a lot...
 * Anyone else notice scanty has an ear piercing?
 * I think that thing on Kneesocks's back is just a scarf.
 * It's possible as the picture isn't enough clear.

Honekoneko is behind everything.
Think about it, that thing is always with Stocking and yet we've seen nothing important from it thus far. It's after revenge on Stocking for destroying it back in the episode Sex And The Daten City. It teamed up with Corset and in the very last seconds after the girls defeated him, it

The angel in oten city will be....
Put your WMG here. I'm betting on it being an Ambiguous Gender Bow and arrow user.
 * Does it mean Oten City is basically Karakura?

Breif actually encompases the Seven Heavenly Virtues... In all wrong ways
Seriously, looking at the Seven Heavenly Virtues page, Breif actually encompases almost all of them, in interestingly roundabout ways:
 * Charity: He gave several million pounds to renovate the Church .(Granted, that was to buy Panty's panties - I mean, a sacred and holy relic, and the money was technically his Father's/the Casino's they had just bankrupted that episode, but still, details; He can't use Panty's weapon, or at least not for it's intended use, and doesn't blow this sort of money all the time.)
 * Chastity: Breif is so hoplessly geeky that there is absolutley 0% chance of him getting laid, which is quite a feat, all things considered... untill Episode 12/13 (But since Breif truly loves Panty, this can't be considered Lust, and there isn't anything saying Love breaks Chasisty - Remember that Virginty =/= Chastity).
 * Diligence: He's probably the only chracter in this show actually shown doing some work, or at least willing to actually try to do something. Sure, he fails miserably at almost everything he tries, and usually can't help with the task at hand (killing a ghost, although that might be because he doesn't have any equipment to do so), but he is most definatly more diligent than the two main characters.
 * Humility: He was and still is bullied/universally hated so badly that this is the end result. I mean, I think he's overjoyyed just at having friends. He could have lived the good life with his Father, but instead lives in a dump with his grandad. Although that might not be his fault.
 * Kindess: Oh come on. I don't even have to point out that this is basically his character incarnate. He's even nice to Chuck, and even to the main characters... even after they have been rather bitchy towards him.
 * Patience: He hangs around with Panty and Stocking. This is almost a requirement for such a feat. Also still goes through with Public schooling, despite how horrible it is for him and the fact his Father is proabably rich enough to just get him in a private school/hometeach.
 * Temperence: He's overcome everything in his incredibly poor life with massive ammounts of this. It even helps him in episode 13, where he literally forces himself to not succumb to Corset's wiles. And Corset is implied to be masterfull at the art of Bondage, or at least the first definition of bondage.

Panty regained her angel powers in episode 13 because she had sex for the right reason.
What struck me about the Panty/Brief sex scenes in episode 12 and 13 was the difference in Panty's motives. In episode 12, she's frustrated due to constantly being cockblocked by Garterbelt, getting beaten up by Scanty and Kneesocks, getting rescued by Brief of all people, getting stranded in the middle of nowhere with Brief etc. The list goes on. At that point she may or may not have started developing the feelings for Brief that come full circle next episode. If she has, she may not be aware of it. Either way, she's too proud to admit it. Hell, she outright states that she only wants him because he'd be number one thousand. Cue neither of them enjoying it (Panty's hymen grows back, and Brief actually looks bored during the act.) In episode 13, on the other hand, one must remember that Panty has no reason to believe that screwing Brief will acomplish what it does. The way I interpreted it, Panty thinks the world is going to end, there's nothing she can do about it, so why not do what she does best, and why not with the one she has realized she loves? So when she offers her angelic virginity to Brief out of love, she gets her second chance. Tl;dr: Sex for the sake of sex =/= Sex for the sake of love.
 * On that note, it's also possible that some angelic force prevented Panty's newly regrown hymen from getting ripped except for this "right reason".
 * That's what i got out of it. She couldn't just have sex for the sake of sex, but if she liked that guy at all (or hell, even knew his name) than she would get her powes back. That or she got her powers back when all of creation is in danger, not just her.
 * Still, I'm starting to wonder if this isn't so much Wild Mass Guessing as it is blatantly obvious heavily implied.

Brief is the cause of the death of queen bee
During episode 12, it was mentioned that Queen Bee, the cheerleader ghost, had died by the sting of the pet bee of a geek. And what did we see in the earlier episode starring queen bee? It was Brief who was taking care of bees. Brief, the guy who gets called a geek throughout the series. Clearly, Queen Bee had only died very recently, possibly even without anyone noticing before she turned ghost, during the schoolyear after being stung by Brief's bee.

The characters can see the Art Shifts as well
In "Vomiting Point" the vastly different drawing style used to depict Little Tokyo is not simply a narrative technique, as when Panty and Stocking arrive they remain in the style in which they usually appear, clearly distinct from everything else. This indicates that the appearances of characters and objects at any one time are visible to the characters as well as the audience, including any changes that occur. It also explains why Panty and Stocking are massive Memetic Sex Gods, as their highly public Transformation Sequences, in which they suddenly become impossibly attractive compared to everyone else, would be slightly noticable.
 * Then how would one explain the Art Shifts in The Stripping where everyone Art Shifts?

The Monkey Lawyer will return in the next season
There will be another court case episode where he ends up defending the heroes. However this time, just as he's about to get the heroes off the hook another lightning bolt/strike to the head will take away all of his competence/badassitude and he'll go back to being a regular monkey, leaving the heroes screwed.

Panty is pregnant.
Of course, the fact she was sliced up probably won't affect the baby, who's still in egg stage. But assuming that she still was powerles when she did her deed with Brief, she could be able to be impregnated by a human. Not to mention that Brief didn't look like he was going to use a condom in that dire situation. Make that as you will, but yeah.

The Anarchy sisters are related to Catherine.
The only reasons being that she's a rather fanservicey girl who and that her underwear kinda looks like "Mom's".

Panty and Stocking takes place in the same world as Scott Pilgrim.
Seriously, what other reason would there be that ghosts explode into coins when they are killed?
 * It takes place in the No More Heroes world. NMH is already a huge Mind Screw, so something like this wouldn't be too unusual.

Stockings clothes have padding in the chest area.
Based on ep 9B, when Panty masquerades as Stocking, her breasts are MUCH bigger. In reality, Stockings breasts are small, but she doesn't want to feel inferior, so installs padding in her clothes, making this a case of A Cup Angst
 * I don't think so. Early on Panty griefs ever so fleetingly about how Stockings breasts are bigger than hers. And even earlier Stocking references how all she eats goes straight to ther breasts. But that last one could be denial too. Plus, wouldn't Panty have already ripped on Stocking about that little secret by now?

Gainax is a fan of Phineas and Ferb
. Compare Panty & Stocking to Candace and Stacy. YMMV

Gainax is Heaven, and Heaven just wants us to have a good time
Think about it. Heaven could have just as easily sent the two to purgatory if the intent of their banishment was to punish them. If Heaven wanted rid of ghosts, Scanty and Kneesocks repressed, or Corset destroyed, why not just send in a team of not-fallen Angels to do the job, that would clearly be more efficient. No, the reason Heaven sent Panty and Stocking was simple: Heaven wants us to have fun. Dispite constant bickering, Panty and Stocking aren't inherently evil. They both have their sins, but in varous ways they overcame them long enough to do what was right. They are the Anarchy Sisters for a reason: anarchy is good!

Scanty and Kneesocks represent the strict, militaristic guidelines set down by society and government, i.e. the man. They seem superior at first compared to the anarchy of the Angels, but are quickly identified to be evil at heart, with not an iota of good will in their beings. The Ghosts are the pent up stress and rage the rules cause in people not allowed to express themselves. Corset, who strikes more than a passing resemblance to a puritainical leader (baring the BDSM), is the ultimate embodiement of that ideal. He gets his jollies constricting (without self contol) the will of others, he does everything for his own gain, and behind his tightly-kept exterior lies a monster of rage and pure evil. Just look at his name; a device used to bring order and conformity at the expense of freedom and overall health.

Garterbelt is an exemplary figure in that he learned the balance between internal and external anarchy. He lived a life of total anarchy, and thus was sinful. But then Heaven sent him here to live all of history, and then guide Panty and Stocking, because will have mastered the true teachings: anarchy on the outside, control on the inside. He is willing to go to just about as audatious means as the Anarchy Sisters to achieve his goals, but it is always for a good cause. Just like his hidden BDSM and his namesake, he is in control of his morals, but just as wild on the outside as we all want to be.

Heaven sent Panty and Stocking to earth for a whole slew of reasons. Fighting ghosts will blow off steam, living under Garterbelt will teach them to be moral while anarchistic, and them there will provide a method of disposing with Scanty, Kneesocks, and Corset while stopping their plans. Heaven just assumed that Panty and Stocking would work out in the end. Their meteoric rise to earthly fame will serve as an emotional model for others to follow, leading the world away from constrictive rules which serve to fester immorality and internal strife, and towards outward expression and freedom which frees the soul from stress and allows for morality to take control of humanity's motives and direct its actions.

Thusly, Studio Gainax is Heaven, because it wants exactly that, outward insanity and anarchy, but with good, pure, heroic intentions at heart. All of its animes push exactly that: rebellion, youth, heroism, and insainity. Gainax's show is to the viewers what Heaven's Panty and Stocking are Daten City.
 * So Chaotic Good is the one true Character Alignment?
 * Yes. This means that Kamina is the ultimate Messiah of Gainax itself. It also would explain why Haruhi Suzimiyah is God.
 * There may be some interdimensional connection. In many of their works, the protagonists are chaotic, and the antagonists are lawful. Panty And Stocking With Gaterbelt is the spiritual and moralistic embodiment of Gainax, and by extension, the Bizarro counterpart of The Bible(the former is Chaotic Good versus Lawful Evil, and the latter is Lawful Good versus Chaotic Evil.)

PSG being licensed by FUNimation means they will dub it.
Why else would the DVDs be scheduled for a release in 2012?
 * ...why did this need to be posted? It's stupidly obvious. I don't think Funimation has ever released something without a dub.
 * Not every studio dubs the anime they license. FUNimation has a small track record for un-dubbed shows they simply distribute online or on DVD with subtitles. Dubs are far more expensive to produce than subtitles, so it's usually less a possibility. Unless you work for them, who are you to know whether or not a studio dubs something? This is called Wild Mass Guessing for a reason.
 * OP agrees with second Anon in that it is not "stupidly obvious". Again, why else 2012?
 * Wait, what? You realize that first replier is saying that it's obvious that it'll be dubbed given a 2012 release and the fact that Funi picked it up at all, right? Why are you acting like 2012 contradicts an obvious upcoming dub?
 * A particularly far-away release date doesn't tell you anything about how they'll distribute it. Unless we get actual press announcements that they will dub the show, we can't say.
 * *sigh* What I, OP, said was: "I believe that the show will be dubbed, judging by the far-off release date. Discuss." Nothing more, nothing less.
 * Confirmed.

There will be a character with a Bra-themed name/the show has a feminist slant.
Dragon Ball GT eventually did this, and they also used an underpants-naming theme. Odds are, it'll be "Mom" (aka God) to go along with "Corset" (aka Satan). God is female in the series to go along with Panty's repeated mantra of "A woman should be able to have sex freely, a woman is strong and should be able to have free will to do whatever she pleases." (See: Episode 13 and "D City Rock"). YMMV on whether this is a Broken Aesop or not, considering Panty uses zero protection (granted, if she's dead/was never alive to begin with, she's infertile anyways) and expects men to clean up her messes, and 99.9% of her sexual conquests are devoid of any romantic feelings for the guys, ready to throw them out the next day. But maybe that's the point. The show's saying sex for the sake of sex is okay.

On the subject of the show having a hidden message, I think the other one is "Bondage can be good OR bad". Garterbelt says you need to have self-control, while Corset goes Up to Eleven and actually harms himself while doing so. My money is on Stocking being good after all, considering she never does it to excess.

Panty and Stocking are in fact Bubbles and Buttercup.

 * Same hair and eye colors.
 * Similarity of PSG logo to PPG.
 * A background character in the zombie episode seemed to think there were three of them.
 * Him looks to be fairly representative of demons in Panty And Stocking With Garterbelt
 * Stocking eats so much sugar because she's partially made of sugar (along with spice and everything nice). This is also why Panty's favorite type of food is spicy.
 * They're immediately annoyed about their lawyer being a smart monkey in a helmet. The lawyer was one of the mutated monkeys Mojo Jojo created in The Movie - the electric shock reactivated his Chemical X.
 * And just for the heck of it, let's say that Queen Barby was Princess.
 * And, due to both being red-heads, Brief is Blossom.

Chuck and Fastener are basically Prinnies.
Given the implications that Daten City (and similar cities) could be a form of Purgatory, it seems entirely possible that Chuck and Fastener are sinner souls who have to serve heaven or hell until they can pay off their debts. Or they could even be particularly disgraced (or even flat out dead) ex-angels/demons who have been reincarnated in that form. ...Or perhaps this troper has just been playing too much Disgaea recently.

In the second season, Brief will learn to turn his briefs into some sort of weapon.
Defies all logic, but writing-wise it makes sense. The end of the stinger implied that the new season would focus on him for at least part of it, and since  While "High-school Nudical" would imply that the weapon would be a shotgun, this troper argues that that was only because Panty was wielding it. If he learned to transform his own underwear, my guess for the form would be a Proton Pack.

So if FUNimation does dub PSG, will not-Optimus Prime be voiced by Peter Cullen?
Place your bets now!
 * Getting celebrities in other shows will prove tough considering they're in the middle of distant Texas!
 * Though Funimation did get Scott McNeil to voice von Hohonheim in Fullmetal Alchemist.

Briefs is a reincarnation of Naota.
A female lead attempts to get a weapon out of another character, and it is too small to use. She gets it from him, and huge. Both are Gainax series and in both cases, it is presented as phallic imagery.

This series may have a video game based on its franchise.
And it will be filled with awesome.

The mother of Panty and Stocking is...
Bayonetta. Why? Because Rule of Cool

Panty and Stocking were killed by Chuck when they were still alive

 * Considering some creature like Fastener exists, Chuck could be the same race. Also, not counting the comical beatings Fastener goes through, it appears that Fastener doesn't have the same regenerative ability that Chuck has. For example, in final episode, Fastener cuts him to pieces and he regenerates instantly but when Chuck shoots a laser through Fastener, Fastener takes the remainder of the episode to regenerate.
 * The ending credits imply that Chuck existed- while Panty and Stocking were both human girls. The first scenes show Panty and Stocking featured on something possibly movie-themed with Chuck dancing on the side. This could mean that Chuck was a huge fan of theirs, maybe even a Stalker With a Crush. In the next two scenes, they both fell off a cliff and a creature (that looks like Chuck's demonic form) kidnaps them...

Like a psycho-demon stalker, Chuck wants to really kill them (Possibly eat or 'trophy' them?) but his own stupidity jams the chain lowering the saw. The two escaped(?) into a desert and Chuck chases them only for all of them to die of dehydration while attacked by vultures. For killing Panty and Stocking, Chuck is now punished to become their immortal servant- similar to how Garterbelt was cursed with immortality. This also explains why Panty and Stocking seem to beat up Chuck all the time despite him being so helpful; He KILLED both of them! (Fridge Brilliance)
 * But in the extra credits (Fallen Angel ED version 2) Panty and Stocking were both being Buried Alive in a grave after being hit by a train and shot... Just who did it? Chuck!

Panty is the real protagonist of the show
Just look at episodes 12 and 13. Season One was just the story of when she  and the rest of the show will mainly focus on her.

Stocking will be the main focus of season two
Aside from a couple of Stocking-centric episodes, Panty seemed to be the main attraction of the actual plot, getting more episodes to herself. The first season was also extremely sexual, and that's Panty's shtick. Stocking will be more important to the next season, which, unlike season one, will revolve more around sweets than sex.

In season two Brief's dad will still be trying to get Scanty and Brief hooked up
I mean the guy arranged a marriage between the two without telling the Brief until way late and he had no say in it. I would be more surprised if he didn't do this.

Chuck is a Chaos Spawn
One who's held the attention of all four Chaos Gods. His greenish skin, grotesque, exorbited eye and ability to rapidly regenerate from whatever damage he takes indicates that his body been blessed by Nurgle, his constant search of pleasure (humping random objects, eating extremely sugary foods, jerking off his zipper) shows that his mind belongs to Slaneesh, his Offscreen Teleportation and transformation ability is a power given to him by Tzeentch, and as for Khorne, well... did you happen to miss what it is he turns into?

There will be no second season.
There is no proof of a second season other than a "To be continued" at the end of the final episode. They put that at the end of all the episodes, yet, the story never actually continues. I think it means that they will continue on with their lives, not the show. On top of that, "Panty & Stocking in Sanitarybox" was probably a way for the writers/producers to say "STOP TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY. THIS WAS A JOKE.", because of how plotless and confusing the episode is. The original series also ended in 2010, and it's already 2012. I think there would be some information out about it by now if it was going to happen.
 * Also, the director has moved on to a new studio, and Gainax has moved on to manga adaptations. Sorry, but this seals the fate of the show.
 * hey now, hey now! don't dream it's over!

The Epilouge wasn't real
wasn't real. Considering the nature of Ganix, the series, and how the ending's mood greatly contrast with Panty's Break the Haughty moment, this was a faux ending for shits and giggles. Also the ova clearly indicates the ending wasn't canon.

Scanty and Kneesocks hid their horns in episode 12 by means of alternate dimensions in their skulls.
Considering how nutty the rest of the series is, it could happen.

The guy Panty was fucking in Juice was
Had to be said.