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See [[Stock Epileptic Trees]] for other common examples. |
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Epileptic Trees suggested by ''characters'' are a sign of [[Scully Syndrome]]. When an Epileptic Tree is rendered null and void by the official [[Canon]], it's said to be [[Jossed]]. When an Epileptic Tree ''becomes'' [[Canon]], you're allowed to say, "[[I Knew It]]!" See also [[Inferred Survival]], [[Urban Legend of Zelda]] and [[ |
Epileptic Trees suggested by ''characters'' are a sign of [[Scully Syndrome]]. When an Epileptic Tree is rendered null and void by the official [[Canon]], it's said to be [[Jossed]]. When an Epileptic Tree ''becomes'' [[Canon]], you're allowed to say, "[[I Knew It]]!" See also [[Inferred Survival]], [[Urban Legend of Zelda]] and [[Schrodinger's Butterfly]]. |
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If you'd like to see the wiki contributors' own personal epileptic forest, check out our [[Wild Mass Guessing]] page. Don't waste your tree here. Plant it in [[Wild Mass Guessing]]. |
If you'd like to see the wiki contributors' own personal epileptic forest, check out our [[Wild Mass Guessing]] page. Don't waste your tree here. Plant it in [[Wild Mass Guessing]]. |
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"The goat was a Shape Shifter."
—KillerKiller, in a Ruby Quest discussion
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A term for wild, off-the-wall theories. Named after a leading tinfoil-hat theory explaining the mysterious shaking, rustling trees on Lost during the first season of that program. The theory? The trees are having epileptic fits. Can be traced back to HP Lovecraft's story "The Colour out of Space".
Not only common, but expected for Mind Screw series. A major species of Tree is Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory. An ongoing series which uses Chekhovs Guns to the point of becoming a Chekhov's Armoury encourages Trees because all newly introduced objects/people/skills/etc will be suspected of being a Chekhov's Gun. Horrible epileptic trees are known as Poison Oak Epileptic Trees.
See Stock Epileptic Trees for other common examples.
Epileptic Trees suggested by characters are a sign of Scully Syndrome. When an Epileptic Tree is rendered null and void by the official Canon, it's said to be Jossed. When an Epileptic Tree becomes Canon, you're allowed to say, "I Knew It!" See also Inferred Survival, Urban Legend of Zelda and Schrodinger's Butterfly.
If you'd like to see the wiki contributors' own personal epileptic forest, check out our Wild Mass Guessing page. Don't waste your tree here. Plant it in Wild Mass Guessing.
Not to be confused with the patient on House who had epileptic testicles.