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* ''[[One Piece]]'' has spawned a good example of this trope:
* ''[[One Piece]]'' has spawned a good example of this trope:
{{quote|''Franky was born a carpenter, the 'son of a pirate', we never actually see his father, who is a nonentity in his life. He builds ships to destroy sea monsters, representing mankind's sins in their desire for progress. These ships also represent those created to serve him, i.e. the apostles. Naturally, a strong authority: Marines vs Romans, causes betrayal among the apostles, and Tom dies, who represents Franky's human aspects. Afterward, Franky dies through martyrdom. (Struck by a train is similar to cruxifiction if you think about it) and disappears for a length of time, after which he rises from the dead better then ever.''}}
{{quote|''Franky was born a carpenter, the 'son of a pirate', we never actually see his father, who is a nonentity in his life. He builds ships to destroy sea monsters, representing mankind's sins in their desire for progress. These ships also represent those created to serve him, i.e. the apostles. Naturally, a strong authority: Marines vs Romans, causes betrayal among the apostles, and Tom dies, who represents Franky's human aspects. Afterward, Franky dies through martyrdom. (Struck by a train is similar to cruxifiction if you think about it) and disappears for a length of time, after which he rises from the dead better then ever.''}}
* [http://community.livejournal.com/pokemon/1575631.html This analysis] of ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' is very cruel, but also very clever.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081227190206/http://community.livejournal.com/pokemon/1575631.html This analysis] of ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' is very cruel, but also very clever.
* ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' fans are usually kidding when they invoke this—nobody ''really'' believes that [[School Newspaper Newshound|Mika's]] introductory episode was intended as a condemnation of the tendency of news media to focus on celebrities at the expense of more important issues, or that the costume designs in ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]'' symbolize the public school system draining children of their creativity and individuality.
* ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' fans are usually kidding when they invoke this—nobody ''really'' believes that [[School Newspaper Newshound|Mika's]] introductory episode was intended as a condemnation of the tendency of news media to focus on celebrities at the expense of more important issues, or that the costume designs in ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]'' symbolize the public school system draining children of their creativity and individuality.
* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' seems to attract this like flies and naturally, massive [[Internet Backdraft]] erupts when people try to discuss what it's an allegory for.
* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' seems to attract this like flies and naturally, massive [[Internet Backdraft]] erupts when people try to discuss what it's an allegory for.
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* ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]''. Even ''the creators'' can't agree on what all of it means. [[The Singularity|Pro-technology manifesto?]] Massive religious allegory? Treatise on the negative influences of Western culture on Japanese society? You decide; the [[Word of God]] isn't going to help here.
* ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]''. Even ''the creators'' can't agree on what all of it means. [[The Singularity|Pro-technology manifesto?]] Massive religious allegory? Treatise on the negative influences of Western culture on Japanese society? You decide; the [[Word of God]] isn't going to help here.
** [[Word of God]] was specifically "I want this to mean something completely different to the Japanese audience than the American audience, to spark a dialog and debate of the ideas." The fact that the [[Wild Mass Guessing]] on both sides of the Pacific were diverse and insane in pretty much the same ways was actually called a disappointment.
** [[Word of God]] was specifically "I want this to mean something completely different to the Japanese audience than the American audience, to spark a dialog and debate of the ideas." The fact that the [[Wild Mass Guessing]] on both sides of the Pacific were diverse and insane in pretty much the same ways was actually called a disappointment.
* [http://www.denbeste.nu/Chizumatic/tmw/BottleFairy.shtml This] evaluation of ''[[Bottle Fairy (anime)|Bottle Fairy]]''.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060508205809/http://denbeste.nu/Chizumatic/tmw/BottleFairy.shtml This] evaluation of ''[[Bottle Fairy (anime)|Bottle Fairy]]''.
* ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'': Anybody who was part of the (in)famous [[Tenchi FF]] mailing list at the proper time will remember one Mr. Grey, who argued that ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' was all an allegory for an obscure form of Zen Taoism. According to Grey, Ryoko and Ayeka were each half a universe, Ryoko represented the Altruist, and Tenchi represented the [[Noodle Implements|goat]].
* ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'': Anybody who was part of the (in)famous [[Tenchi FF]] mailing list at the proper time will remember one Mr. Grey, who argued that ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' was all an allegory for an obscure form of Zen Taoism. According to Grey, Ryoko and Ayeka were each half a universe, Ryoko represented the Altruist, and Tenchi represented the [[Noodle Implements|goat]].
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'': Kamina {{spoiler|[[Memetic Mutation|Died For Your Sins]]}}.
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'': Kamina {{spoiler|[[Memetic Mutation|Died For Your Sins]]}}.
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== Film ==
== Film ==
* At least one person believes that [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s ''[[The Shining]]'' was evidence that the [http://www.jayweidner.com/ShiningSecrets.html moon landings were faked.]
* At least one person believes that [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s ''[[The Shining]]'' was evidence that the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130625030329/http://jayweidner.com/ShiningSecrets.html moon landings were faked.]
** A 1987 [http://www.drummerman.net/shining/essays.html San Francisco Chronicle article] made the case that it was a metaphorical commentary about the genocide of Native Americans.
** A 1987 [http://www.drummerman.net/shining/essays.html San Francisco Chronicle article] made the case that it was a metaphorical commentary about the genocide of Native Americans.
*** Take your pick: it was a lament for the clear political demarcation of the Cold War, a metaphorical study of the Holocaust, a pontification on mankind's predilection for violence through the ages, or a commentary on the breakdown of the family, the crisis of masculinity, the state of modern America and its ideologies, sex­ism, racism, or the dominance of big business. This film, due to its open-endedness, seems to exist as a Rorschach test for most commentators.
*** Take your pick: it was a lament for the clear political demarcation of the Cold War, a metaphorical study of the Holocaust, a pontification on mankind's predilection for violence through the ages, or a commentary on the breakdown of the family, the crisis of masculinity, the state of modern America and its ideologies, sex­ism, racism, or the dominance of big business. This film, due to its open-endedness, seems to exist as a Rorschach test for most commentators.
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** For the record, it was originally supposed to be the diamonds from [[Reservoir Dogs]], but Tarantino decided to leave it deliberately ambiguous for the sake of this type of discussion.
** For the record, it was originally supposed to be the diamonds from [[Reservoir Dogs]], but Tarantino decided to leave it deliberately ambiguous for the sake of this type of discussion.
* Because it starred a black protagonist, quite rare for the 1960's, ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'' was—and still is—lauded for its metaphorical depiction of race and the Civil Rights movement in America. Funny part is, [[George Romero]] didn't intend to include such a message at all; he had previously stated that he cast Duane Jones simply because he gave the best audition.
* Because it starred a black protagonist, quite rare for the 1960's, ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'' was—and still is—lauded for its metaphorical depiction of race and the Civil Rights movement in America. Funny part is, [[George Romero]] didn't intend to include such a message at all; he had previously stated that he cast Duane Jones simply because he gave the best audition.
* [http://commanderbond.net/article/1369 This link] discusses how ''[[Goldfinger]]'' had subtext involving the [[Freud Was Right|Oedipus Complex]].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081015201101/http://commanderbond.net/article/1369 This link] discusses how ''[[Goldfinger]]'' had subtext involving the [[Freud Was Right|Oedipus Complex]].
* The final scene of (fittingly enough) ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'', the film, shows a shepherd walking through the desert. Some thought it was supposed to symbolize Jesus's resurrection, which was not itself featured with the movie (and the play it was based on). However, it was not one of the actors but a real shepherd, who just happened to walk by when the crew was filming, and they decided to leave him in.
* The final scene of (fittingly enough) ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'', the film, shows a shepherd walking through the desert. Some thought it was supposed to symbolize Jesus's resurrection, which was not itself featured with the movie (and the play it was based on). However, it was not one of the actors but a real shepherd, who just happened to walk by when the crew was filming, and they decided to leave him in.
** Significant words: They decided to. Which implies that they had some kind of reason to, even if it's not "to show Jesus's resurrection".
** Significant words: They decided to. Which implies that they had some kind of reason to, even if it's not "to show Jesus's resurrection".
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*** Considering that both Lucas' and Spielberg's films are packed with daddy issues, this would not be surprising in the least.
*** Considering that both Lucas' and Spielberg's films are packed with daddy issues, this would not be surprising in the least.
* Guillermo del Toro wrote ''[[Pan's Labyrinth|Pans Labyrinth]]'' as a straightforward fairy tale that happened to be set during the Spanish Civil War. Not only do many viewers immediately assume the supernatural elements are all hallucinations, but there are plenty of theories as to what the story is an allegory for.
* Guillermo del Toro wrote ''[[Pan's Labyrinth|Pans Labyrinth]]'' as a straightforward fairy tale that happened to be set during the Spanish Civil War. Not only do many viewers immediately assume the supernatural elements are all hallucinations, but there are plenty of theories as to what the story is an allegory for.
* Need a really good laugh? Then read [http://wtf-film.com/site/2009/06/26/night-train-to-mundo-fine/ this review] of ''[[Red Zone Cuba]]'' and keep in mind that the author is praising the artistry found in the rich, sociopolitical symbolism of a ''[[Coleman Francis|Coleman Freakin' Francis]]'' movie.
* Need a really good laugh? Then read [https://web.archive.org/web/20120826200938/http://wtf-film.com/site/2009/06/26/night-train-to-mundo-fine/ this review] of ''[[Red Zone Cuba]]'' and keep in mind that the author is praising the artistry found in the rich, sociopolitical symbolism of a ''[[Coleman Francis|Coleman Freakin' Francis]]'' movie.
* Roy Batty in ''[[Blade Runner]]'' is rather Christlike, in that {{spoiler|he saves Deckard in the end}}. If so, he's a very Gnostic Christ, with Tyrell as a fallible and imperfect God.
* Roy Batty in ''[[Blade Runner]]'' is rather Christlike, in that {{spoiler|he saves Deckard in the end}}. If so, he's a very Gnostic Christ, with Tyrell as a fallible and imperfect God.
** It needs to be pointed out that {{spoiler|Deckard is saved from death by Roy Batty's bloody, nail-pierced hand. And that after Deckard is safe from danger, Batty "gives up his spirit" by letting go of the white dove he's been clutching.}} Say what you will about professors over-analyzing for symbolism, but this film's [[Crucified Hero Shot|Jesus Christ posing]] is rather obvious and intentional, so consider also [[Messianic Archetype]].
** It needs to be pointed out that {{spoiler|Deckard is saved from death by Roy Batty's bloody, nail-pierced hand. And that after Deckard is safe from danger, Batty "gives up his spirit" by letting go of the white dove he's been clutching.}} Say what you will about professors over-analyzing for symbolism, but this film's [[Crucified Hero Shot|Jesus Christ posing]] is rather obvious and intentional, so consider also [[Messianic Archetype]].
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** It really doesn't help that part of the whole response to other Sonnets factor is showing how much more clever you are than previous writers (you know, like Petrarch throwing in special rhymes besides Sonnets, and later writers making up their own ever more complicated rhyme schemes to show off).
** It really doesn't help that part of the whole response to other Sonnets factor is showing how much more clever you are than previous writers (you know, like Petrarch throwing in special rhymes besides Sonnets, and later writers making up their own ever more complicated rhyme schemes to show off).
* Pretty much every English teacher in the world insists that Robert Frost's poem ''Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'' is about suicide and/or a longing for death, despite the fact that Frost stated publicly and often that it was just a poem about a guy who is enjoying looking at the snowy woods and didn't have any deeper symbolic meaning.
* Pretty much every English teacher in the world insists that Robert Frost's poem ''Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'' is about suicide and/or a longing for death, despite the fact that Frost stated publicly and often that it was just a poem about a guy who is enjoying looking at the snowy woods and didn't have any deeper symbolic meaning.
** Some have popularised the idea that the poem is "really" about ''[[Santa Claus]]''. This appears to have been first proposed by a [http://www.jstor.org/stable/373298 tongue-in-cheek article from 1962], which was meant as a ''parody'' of outlandish literary interpretations like the "suicide" analysis above. Apparently, [http://thelaverytory.blogspot.com/2006/10/my-english-teachers-ii-high-school.html some people] [[Completely Missing the Point|took this interpretation seriously]].
** Some have popularised the idea that the poem is "really" about ''[[Santa Claus]]''. This appears to have been first proposed by a [http://www.jstor.org/stable/373298 tongue-in-cheek article from 1962], which was meant as a ''parody'' of outlandish literary interpretations like the "suicide" analysis above. Apparently, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150805002916/http://thelaverytory.blogspot.com/2006/10/my-english-teachers-ii-high-school.html some people] [[Completely Missing the Point|took this interpretation seriously]].
* ''Things Fall Apart''. In one scene, it is noted that the white colonists arrived at about the same time as did the swarm of locusts which would be eaten by the African characters during that season. Thus, the obvious conclusion (supported by Cliffs Notes), is that the locusts symbolize the colonists—seemingly a good thing, but ultimately destructive. However, there is never a scene where the locusts are destructive, and they were simply intended to be edible locusts.
* ''Things Fall Apart''. In one scene, it is noted that the white colonists arrived at about the same time as did the swarm of locusts which would be eaten by the African characters during that season. Thus, the obvious conclusion (supported by Cliffs Notes), is that the locusts symbolize the colonists—seemingly a good thing, but ultimately destructive. However, there is never a scene where the locusts are destructive, and they were simply intended to be edible locusts.
* In one of his books, ''I Have Landed'', Stephen Jay Gould discussed how many critics thought there was a symbolic meaning to the references to butterflies in [[Vladimir Nabokov]]'s novels. However, the author was an entomologist, and intended no symbolic meaning.
* In one of his books, ''I Have Landed'', Stephen Jay Gould discussed how many critics thought there was a symbolic meaning to the references to butterflies in [[Vladimir Nabokov]]'s novels. However, the author was an entomologist, and intended no symbolic meaning.
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** There are those that argue that ''[[Harry Potter]]'' is symbolic of gay society. To support this, some people simply replace the word "wand" with [http://bash.org/?111338 something else], and reflect upon how it seems almost as many scenes were written with that substitution in mind ([[Fridge Logic|despite the fact that female characters also use wands]]). Ignoring that the series only has one (informed by [[Word of God]] ''only'') gay character.
** There are those that argue that ''[[Harry Potter]]'' is symbolic of gay society. To support this, some people simply replace the word "wand" with [http://bash.org/?111338 something else], and reflect upon how it seems almost as many scenes were written with that substitution in mind ([[Fridge Logic|despite the fact that female characters also use wands]]). Ignoring that the series only has one (informed by [[Word of God]] ''only'') gay character.
*** The "wand" thing, actually, is mostly a game. There are much more logical arguments about the possibility of it being the story where Harry is symbolically gay, analyzing everything from his literal living space in a closet to the treatment of non-human magical beings. Correct or not, people have thought it through quite thoroughly.
*** The "wand" thing, actually, is mostly a game. There are much more logical arguments about the possibility of it being the story where Harry is symbolically gay, analyzing everything from his literal living space in a closet to the treatment of non-human magical beings. Correct or not, people have thought it through quite thoroughly.
** John Granger teaches a class on, and wrote two whole books on, how Harry Potter can be seen as a fully Christian work filled to the brim with symbolism culled from classic authors the likes of which Tolkien and Lewis were reading in their heyday. However, whether he is right or wrong, it could be a bit too much of a coincidence that all the good guys are on the team with the [[Animal Stereotypes|lion mascot]] and all the bad guys are on the team with the serpent mascot (which Satan is commonly associated with). There's also [http://www.exposingsatanism.org/harrypotter2.htm this], which "argues" that Harry is ''[[The Antichrist]]''.
** John Granger teaches a class on, and wrote two whole books on, how Harry Potter can be seen as a fully Christian work filled to the brim with symbolism culled from classic authors the likes of which Tolkien and Lewis were reading in their heyday. However, whether he is right or wrong, it could be a bit too much of a coincidence that all the good guys are on the team with the [[Animal Stereotypes|lion mascot]] and all the bad guys are on the team with the serpent mascot (which Satan is commonly associated with). There's also [https://web.archive.org/web/20130314080320/http://www.exposingsatanism.org/harrypotter2.htm this], which "argues" that Harry is ''[[The Antichrist]]''.
*** Since the literary tropes of Europe are highly influences by Christianity and Rowling is a Europen writer, it would seem not very suprising that Christian symbols appear in her works. Lions are universally used as a symbol for strength and nobility for centuries and when has there ever been an animal more associated with evil than snakes?
*** Since the literary tropes of Europe are highly influences by Christianity and Rowling is a Europen writer, it would seem not very suprising that Christian symbols appear in her works. Lions are universally used as a symbol for strength and nobility for centuries and when has there ever been an animal more associated with evil than snakes?
*** Rowling essentially admitted as much in a 2007 interview with [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]]. She said that she used Christan themes because it was what she was familiar with, but that the themes could apply to almost any religion. "I did not set out to convert anyone to Christianity. I wasn't trying to do what [[C. S. Lewis]] did."
*** Rowling essentially admitted as much in a 2007 interview with [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]]. She said that she used Christan themes because it was what she was familiar with, but that the themes could apply to almost any religion. "I did not set out to convert anyone to Christianity. I wasn't trying to do what [[C. S. Lewis]] did."
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**** The original version of the song was written as a campaign song for [[Timothy Leary]], when he ran for Governor of California. The later version was a lot stranger...
**** The original version of the song was written as a campaign song for [[Timothy Leary]], when he ran for Governor of California. The later version was a lot stranger...
** "Helter Skelter" and the rest of the ''White Album'', along with several other Beatles songs, are all a huge (and tragic) example of this. The song was written about nothing (or a playground slide, or maybe [[The Roman Empire]]), but Charles Manson built up this whole mythology around it about how it was prophecy and so on. Then he went around murdering people to fulfill the prophecy, or whatever. Whoops. Turns out it wasn't any of that at all...
** "Helter Skelter" and the rest of the ''White Album'', along with several other Beatles songs, are all a huge (and tragic) example of this. The song was written about nothing (or a playground slide, or maybe [[The Roman Empire]]), but Charles Manson built up this whole mythology around it about how it was prophecy and so on. Then he went around murdering people to fulfill the prophecy, or whatever. Whoops. Turns out it wasn't any of that at all...
** A few [[Subliminal Seduction|backwards messages]] on a handful of tracks and a whole volume of coincidental, ambiguous and at times downright random pieces of "evidence" strung together, including isolated song lyrics and specific elements of the images on album covers, were enough to convince a whole group of fans that Paul McCartney was [http://www.geocities.com/sunsetstrip/3674/pid.html dead], and that there'd been a conspiracy to replace him. To be fair, some of this evidence is quite easy to interpret in such a fashion; much of it, however, is highly obscure and requires an extremely convoluted, selective and prejudicial reading in order to reach such a conclusion. Of course, the Beatles themselves reacted with laughter at this concept.
** A few [[Subliminal Seduction|backwards messages]] on a handful of tracks and a whole volume of coincidental, ambiguous and at times downright random pieces of "evidence" strung together, including isolated song lyrics and specific elements of the images on album covers, were enough to convince a whole group of fans that Paul McCartney was [https://web.archive.org/web/20091020202202/http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/3674/pid.html dead], and that there'd been a conspiracy to replace him. To be fair, some of this evidence is quite easy to interpret in such a fashion; much of it, however, is highly obscure and requires an extremely convoluted, selective and prejudicial reading in order to reach such a conclusion. Of course, the Beatles themselves reacted with laughter at this concept.
*** John Lennon admitted, not long before his murder, that the line "The Walrus was Paul" was included in "Glass Onion" for the ''sole purpose'' of screwing with the conspiracy theorists.
*** John Lennon admitted, not long before his murder, that the line "The Walrus was Paul" was included in "Glass Onion" for the ''sole purpose'' of screwing with the conspiracy theorists.
*** The originators of the "Paul is Dead" phenomenon have actually come out and admitted that it was a hoax, but that doesn't stop most proponents from claiming that they accidentally stumbled upon the truth.
*** The originators of the "Paul is Dead" phenomenon have actually come out and admitted that it was a hoax, but that doesn't stop most proponents from claiming that they accidentally stumbled upon the truth.
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** A darkly existential take on Linus and the Great Pumpkin can be found [http://www.reverseshot.com/legacy/spring04/pumpkin.html here].
** A darkly existential take on Linus and the Great Pumpkin can be found [http://www.reverseshot.com/legacy/spring04/pumpkin.html here].
* [http://img14.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pearlsdeconstruction.jpg Hilariously parodied] in ''[[Pearls Before Swine]]''.
* [http://img14.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pearlsdeconstruction.jpg Hilariously parodied] in ''[[Pearls Before Swine]]''.
* In a rather legendary example of this, a ''[[Garfield]]'' [http://www.boingboing.net/2006/08/05/death_of_garfield.html Halloween storyline] in 1989 depicted Garfield waking up and finding everyone and everything he knew to be gone and broken down. The storyline ended with Garfield embracing denial and suddenly Jon and Odie are back in front of him. A fan theory began on the Internet suggesting that every strip since that point has been Garfield slowly starving to death in his delusions or already dead. Davis was made aware of those theories in 2006 and is reported to have laughed about them.
* In a rather legendary example of this, a ''[[Garfield]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20110103082410/http://www.boingboing.net/2006/08/05/death_of_garfield.html Halloween storyline] in 1989 depicted Garfield waking up and finding everyone and everything he knew to be gone and broken down. The storyline ended with Garfield embracing denial and suddenly Jon and Odie are back in front of him. A fan theory began on the Internet suggesting that every strip since that point has been Garfield slowly starving to death in his delusions or already dead. Davis was made aware of those theories in 2006 and is reported to have laughed about them.
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' has to at least get a mention for the ''[[Fight Club]]'' theories. As well as from a long lost ''[[Non Sequitur (comic strip)|Non Sequitur]]'' comic that makes its own theories about the child's need for an imaginary friend.
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' has to at least get a mention for the ''[[Fight Club]]'' theories. As well as from a long lost ''[[Non Sequitur (comic strip)|Non Sequitur]]'' comic that makes its own theories about the child's need for an imaginary friend.
** [[Jossed]] via [[Shrug of God]] in one of the anniversary collections, where Waterson explicitly states that Hobbes is alive to Calvin, and just a toy to other people. It's not that anyone's deluded, it's that [[Mind Screw|both things are]] [[Schrödinger's Butterfly|true]]
** [[Jossed]] via [[Shrug of God]] in one of the anniversary collections, where Waterson explicitly states that Hobbes is alive to Calvin, and just a toy to other people. It's not that anyone's deluded, it's that [[Mind Screw|both things are]] [[Schrödinger's Butterfly|true]]
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** Another popular theory claims that Giygas is supposed to represent a [http://superfani.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/oh_shi.jpg fetus]. This one has been mentioned so often that fans of the series are really sick of hearing it by now.
** Another popular theory claims that Giygas is supposed to represent a [http://superfani.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/oh_shi.jpg fetus]. This one has been mentioned so often that fans of the series are really sick of hearing it by now.
* [http://sydlexia.com/pac-nihilism.htm This article] on ''[[Pac-Man]]'' had got to be a parody of this trope.
* [http://sydlexia.com/pac-nihilism.htm This article] on ''[[Pac-Man]]'' had got to be a parody of this trope.
** [http://goonfleet.com/imagehosting/1353847526801bdcc1.jpg Maybe pac man is just manic depressive?]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20090325135133/http://goonfleet.com/imagehosting/1353847526801bdcc1.jpg Maybe pac man is just manic depressive?]
* ''[[Duke Nukem Forever]]'' is not juvenile sexist tripe, but a [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/video-game-article/duke-nukem-feminism.php direct assault on the player's own participation and collusion with the Patriarchy.]
* ''[[Duke Nukem Forever]]'' is not juvenile sexist tripe, but a [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/video-game-article/duke-nukem-feminism.php direct assault on the player's own participation and collusion with the Patriarchy.]


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* This very wiki's [[Wild Mass Guessing]] page often includes these kinds of claims.
* This very wiki's [[Wild Mass Guessing]] page often includes these kinds of claims.
* Parodied in [http://community.livejournal.com/deleterius/2481366.html?format=light this] [[MST]], when a Snape/Hermione fic based on ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' summarizes the plot of the latter. McGonagall, having taken a correspondence course in Muggle Freudian Psychology, immediately starts in on it, much to the horror of the other characters.
* Parodied in [http://community.livejournal.com/deleterius/2481366.html?format=light this] [[MST]], when a Snape/Hermione fic based on ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' summarizes the plot of the latter. McGonagall, having taken a correspondence course in Muggle Freudian Psychology, immediately starts in on it, much to the horror of the other characters.
* [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/blogs/latest/entry/my-toy-collection-for-a-horse-gender-roles-and-comparative-mythology-in-nellas-pony-epic This] was written after [[The Nostalgia Chick]]'s friend Nella shared her childhood story involving ''[[My Little Pony]]''.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131021074457/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/blogs/latest/entry/my-toy-collection-for-a-horse-gender-roles-and-comparative-mythology-in-nellas-pony-epic This] was written after [[The Nostalgia Chick]]'s friend Nella shared her childhood story involving ''[[My Little Pony]]''.
** The author later created [[Brows Held High]], specializing in pretentious art films of this sort, and was later picked up by [[Channel Awesome]].
** The author later created [[Brows Held High]], specializing in pretentious art films of this sort, and was later picked up by [[Channel Awesome]].
* Parodied in ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]'' 's review of ''[[The Dark Knight Strikes Again]]'', part 3: Linkara, fed up with the comic, decides to mock interpretation of symbolism by claiming that [[300]] ([[Frank Miller]]'s earlier work) is about ''constipation''.
* Parodied in ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]'' 's review of ''[[The Dark Knight Strikes Again]]'', part 3: Linkara, fed up with the comic, decides to mock interpretation of symbolism by claiming that [[300]] ([[Frank Miller]]'s earlier work) is about ''constipation''.
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