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When this happens between fictional characters, it's a [[Sure, Let's Go with That]]. When it's built into the story, it's [[Schrodinger's Gun]]. You could argue this is the creators' decision to [[Throw It In]].

 

 

Contrast [[Jossed]] (when popular fan theories are explicitly sunk by [[Word of God]] or onscreen events).

* [[Marvel Comics]] would often get reader mail that would try to explain away some of the continuity or logical fallacies in the stories. A sufficiently clever explanation would win the fan a "No Prize". When some apparently-not-so-clever fans started writing in asking when they would receive ''their'' No Prize, Marvel responded to them by mailing them... an empty envelope. Sadly, this practice has fallen to the wayside, though oddly, the empty "No Prize" envelope is considered of some value by the more hardcore fans.

* The [[Death Is Cheap|return]] of Stephanie Brown to the [[Batman]] universe used the [[Retcon]] that Leslie Thompkins had not basically killed Steph as we were led to believe, but rather faked her death and dragged her off to hide out in Africa with her where she'd be safe from psychos in costumes. Decide for yourself whether this was simply the most obvious fix, or whether the legion of forum threads and fix-it fanfics using this exact scenario during the intervening years of her death inspired DC.

* The Disney/Boom Comics ''[[Darkwing Duck (comics)|Darkwing Duck]]'' series reveals that DW had been receiving a stipend from the S.H.U.S.H. agency--one of the more popular theories as to how he could be Darkwing and lead a family life as Drake Mallard with no apparent job.

* The [[Fan Nickname]] "Clor" for the clone of Thor from Civil War got used in the recap page of Ant-Man and the Wasp, which is from current Ant-Man Eric O'Grad's POV. Officially though, the character's name is Ragnarok.

* The popular ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fan theory about a series of unaired adventures known as "season 6B" (essentially, that the Second Doctor continued adventuring in some capacity after he was captured but before regenerating at the end of season 6) that is used to plug up continuity holes has been used in some of the [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] media.

** Eve Myles' characters Gwyneth and [[Torchwood|Gwen Cooper]] were originally meant not to have any relationship to one another, but fans continued to speculate about it. {{spoiler|The Series 4 finale briefly "explains" the resemblance as [[Techno Babble|"spatial-genetic multiplicity"]].}}

** Fans had long speculated about the possibility of Time Lords regenerating into the opposite sex. In "The Doctor's Wife", a comment by the Doctor regarding the Corsair's past regenerations brings it solidly into canon.

*** The same episode also confirms several fan theories about the TARDIS and her relationship to the Doctor {{spoiler|not least that the TARDIS actually ''is'' a 'she' (Well, not exactly - it's transferred into a female body, and it apparently has a thing about Rory, but it' doesn't necessarily ''have'' a gender)}}, including the popular idea that her unreliability in taking the Doctor where he wants to go is not just due to unreliability, but also because she is taking him to where he is needed or needs to go.

* in the sound novel ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' Episode 5, {{spoiler|Battler learns the truth of Beatrice's games and becomes the Endless Sorcerer. Fans started depicting him wearing a cape similar to Kinzo's to signify his ascension from mere human player to Game Master, and when Episode 6 rolled around, the creator made the fan design official.}}

* In ''[[Cave Story]]'', it's stated once that the player character's hat has something written on it, but what this writing says is never revealed. When concept art of the [[What Could Have Been|beta version]] was released, fans noted that the protagonist's hat said "Curly Brace"--which was the character's name at that point in development. While, in the finished game the protagonist's name is something different--and Curly Brace is instead the name of an important [[Guest Star Party Member]]--fans insisted that his hat still said "Curly Brace" in the finished game. Daisuke Amaya eventually gave his blessing to that particular theory.

* Fans of ''[[Halo]]'' compiled info on the series in a ''Halo'' [http://www.halopedian.com/Main_Page wiki] online. While wikis are good, they're not perfect. When the official ''Halo Encyclopedia'' was released, it was clear that it had copied material directly from the wiki because it duplicated some of its errors and flawed ways of presenting information. As the ''Encyclopedia'' is supposed to be canon, the errors are errors no longer.

** Not always. Several bits of fanon that had snuck into the pages, such a faction called "the United Rebel Front", or clear errors like the fleet at Reach being 750 ships instead of 314 and there being a First and Second Battle of Earth, were discarded later on the wiki despite being in the ''Encyclopedia'' because they were recognized as mistakes.