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It's well known that [[Epileptic Trees|wild fan theories]] are prone to being [[Jossed]].

 

 

May overlap with [[The Untwist]] if the revelation is well-foreshadowed but most fans reject the theory exactly because it seems so obvious. And of course, may overlap with [[Epileptic Trees]].

Compare with [[Ascended Fanon]], where the author canonizes the crazy fan theory in response to the fans. Also compare [[Belated Happy Ending]].

 

 

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* In ''[[Bleach]]'', many fans were trying to predict the Espada numbers before the release. Eventually, only three numbers remained unknown, and many fans correctly guessed who had the ranks of 1, 2, and 3.

** There were also a lot of jokes flying around that {{spoiler|Yammy was actually the 0 espada, who was really the most powerful. Guess what..?}}

** Who thought that Kankuro would eventually {{spoiler|gain Sasori as his new puppet}}?

** Chapter 467 was full of I Knew Its for many tropers. This chapter reveals that: {{spoiler|there is a ten-tailed bijuu, there is a combined form of all the bijuus (which happens to be the Ten-Tails), the moon ''does'' have something that the Sage of the Sixth Paths sealed in it, and Madara is going to use Tsukuyomi on the moon to cast a massive scale genjutsu on the world}}.

** Chapter 559 had another I Knew It! moment. Many people have theorized that {{spoiler|Tobi isn't actually Madara, and was merely using his identity.}} This chapter revealed that {{spoiler|Uchiha Madara has been long dead and is one of the ninjas revived by Kabuto's Impure World Resurrection, which seems to confirm that Tobi isn't who he claims he is.}}

* ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'' had people correctly guessing that [[Hijacked by Ganon|Vamdemon]] [[Big Bad|orchestrated the events of the series]] after somehow surviving his death in ''[[Digimon Adventure]]''.

* The anime version of visual novel ''[[Koihime Musou]]'' features Ryuubi (Liu Bei) as [[The One Guy]], when the show was supposedly about an [[Fundamentally Female Cast]]. But there's also the announcement of ''Shin Koihime Musou'', which features a female Ryuubi. {{spoiler|It turns out to be true and that this Ryuubi is a [[Jerkass]] imposter.}}

* Many new fans of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' by way of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|GX]]'' were sure that Judai/Jaden would duel Yugi on the last episode, which more seasoned fans dismissed as noobish nonsense. Of course, while that's actually what does end up happening, {{spoiler|instead of dueling the present-time Yugi of ''GX'', we're treated to a spastic [[Time Travel]] sequence where Judai duels the Yugi of the past while he still has the spirit of Atem, setting up a [[Stable Time Loop]] to ensure that Yugi would know to give Judai Winged Kuriboh before he enters Duel Academia.}}

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'': Around the time chapter 229 was released, a theory popped up on [[Mahou Sensei Negima/WMG|Wild Mass Guessing]] that the Asuna that was with Negi and co. was not the real Asuna, but a fake, while the real Asuna was kidnapped during the previous battle. It was based mostly on the fact that a) we never physically saw Asuna joining up with everybody after the battle and b) she was acting more out-of-it than normal. Then came chapter 233...

** And as of the most recent chapter, there are probably a number of fans who are happy that {{spoiler|Mundus Magicus is, in fact, on Mars. [[Another Dimension|well, sort of]].}}

* Many ''[[Bakugan]]'' fans guessed that {{spoiler|the new [[Big Bad]] Mag Mel was actually Emperor Barodius, the [[Big Bad]] of the previous season, because they shared the same voice actor among other hints. They were right.}}

* When Episode 11 of ''[[Gundam AGE]]'' confirmed {{spoiler|Yurin L'Ciel}} to be Flit's preferred [[Love Interest]], longtime ''Gundam'' fans compared her to Lalah Sune and saw her inevitable death coming a mile away. {{spoiler|Three episodes later, they were right.}}

 

 

 

 

** Of course, given the popularity of [[Slash Fic]], something like this is inevitable whenever a character comes out of the closet.

* ''[[My Immortal]]''. Author Tara Gilesbie successfully predicted how the book series will end. This led to many a [[Wild Mass Guess]] about her being J.K. Rowling. If that were true, it would have to be the greatest [[troll]]ing of fandom ever.

* The ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' fanfic 'The Father-Son Talk', which can be found in the fanfic recommendations, correctly predicted that {{spoiler|Greed would separate from Ling}}.

* ''[[iCarly]]'' had a Spencer/Sam fanfic written called [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7061696/1/The_Way_They_Are The Way They Are]. It predicts side character/EnsembleDarkhorse Gibby being promoted to the main cast, and that Sam has a crush on Spencer. Written a year before either of those events happened, with both being very unlikely until they happened.

{{quote|'''Luna''': [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|"EUREKA! I AM THE GODDESS OF MATH ONCE AGAIN!]] [[Evil Laugh|MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"]] *[[Dramatic Thunder]]*}}

** Naruto's mom had a similar personality? Check.

** Attacking with a multitude of miniature Rasengans? Check.

* The whole plot of the ''Zelda'' story ''[[Til the Sun Grows Cold|Til the Sun Grows Cold and the Stars Grow Old]]'' (which was written before ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'' had even been announced) revolves around the notion that Link and Zelda are the same souls repeatedly reincarnated over several lifetimes. Guess what [[Word of God]] confirmed in late 2011/early 2012?

* ''[[Total Drama Chris]]'' had Chris treating the contestants especially cruelly, far more extreme than he was on the actual show... for the time, at least. A few years later, by the time ''[[Total Drama Island|Total Drama Revenge of the Island]]'' started airing, though, Chris' sinking to such depravity has become completely canon.

 

 

** Everyone knew Regulus Black... the impressive people knew immediately after reading the initials (based on the locket found in his home early in the 5th book, obsessive readers were able to recall that easily). Everyone else knew because the Internet let them compare notes with other languages' editions—the initials were R.A.S. where the Black family's name was translated to Svaart, R.A.M. where it was Musta, etc.

** The bartender in the Hog's Head being Dumbledore's brother.

** It was predicted early in the series that {{spoiler|Harry would marry Ginny and Ron would marry Hermione.}} People who were [[Genre Savvy]] enough probably figured this out about halfway through ''Philosopher's Stone'' -- {{spoiler|[[First Girl Wins]], both for Ron and Harry.}}

** The entirety of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvvFiZyEyTA Accio Deathly Hallows.] Honestly. I feel the need to mark this entire thing as a spoiler.

** This one wasn't so out-there. The look on Tuon's face was just too telling. It's also in-character for Mat for something like the above to happen. Reference {{spoiler|The Finn, his discovery of the ladies in the Stone of Tear, and his discovery of Birgitte's identity}}

* Everyone probably saw this coming, but [[Inheritance Cycle|Eragon]]'s father isn't who Paolini made you think he was. {{spoiler|He's Brom}}. Though this was more a failed attempt at an Author's Saving Throw to stop the comparisons to [[Star Wars]] in story. It ended up making people ''more'' likely to compare the two since now the farmboy has found out that his father {{spoiler|is secretly a man who once was a member of the wizard-knights who was no longer a wizard-knight after a great tragedy a long time ago that left his beloved female companion dead.}}

** Although there was a [http://www.blackmoor.ca/gwimpfcommissar1.htm limited edition female Commissar model] released back in 1998.

* ''[[Warrior Cats]]'': {{spoiler|Leafpool and Crowfeather being the Three's real parents}}.

** Quite a few fans predicted that River Song was {{spoiler|Amy and Rory's daughter}}. They were right.

** And on the subject of River, it was widely suggested that "The Good Man" that River killed would turn out to be {{spoiler|the Doctor himself}} - it was. He survived (sort of).

* Dr. Cox is {{spoiler|the new Chief of Medicine}} on ''[[Scrubs]]''.

* After the first few episodes of ''[[Power Rangers SPD]]'', one member of a popular Power Rangers forum declared that the Red Ranger of the [[Evil Counterpart|SPD A-Squad]] [[Samus Is a Girl|was in fact a woman]]. After hearing the voice of the Red Ranger, the forum member deduced from his experience with sound engineering that the voice was that of a woman which had been electronically adjusted to make it sound like a guy. Nobody believed him, because there had never been a female Red Ranger in the history of [[Power Rangers]] (or ''[[Super Sentai]]''). Eight months and thirty episodes later, the helmet comes off and... the Red Ranger is a woman! Said forum member celebrates by creating a new thread dedicated to his own awesomeness, mocking the people who didn't believe him and filling the thread with flashing GIFs declaring "I WAS RIGHT". Good game, sir. Of course, there was also the fact she was revealed to be ''evil''... Oh wait, some even guessed that as well.

** Volume Five: {{spoiler|Sylar is good now!}}

*** To be fair, Volume Five being titled "Redemption" at the beginning made this kind of a "No duh!"

* ''[[Dollhouse]]'': Half the viewers who saw the episode where Victor is imprinted with {{spoiler|Dominic's}} mind immediately pounced on his use of the word "whiskey" in the presence of {{spoiler|Dr. Saunders}}. Guess who turned out to be a former Active?

* ''[[Neighbours]]'': Kate and Declan. They'd been making eyes at each other since Bridget's funeral!

* A very unusual example occuring between shows. Davis of [[Corner Gas]] proposed a very unusual theory about the original [[Battlestar Galactica]] and how {{spoiler|all humans on earth could have decended from the citizens on the Galactica}}. Several years after the show, guess how the remake ends.

* In ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'', many were theorising {{spoiler|Mr. Gold/Rumplestiltskin still remembered everything}}. They were right, of course.

 

 

** Another example from the Zelda series is that, between E3 2009 (where the first piece of concept art for the upcoming Wii ''Zelda'' game ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Skyward Sword]]'' was revealed) and E3 2010 (where some details of the game, including its title, were announced), people thought that the mysterious blue figure in the piece was the Master Sword (or more specifically, a more humanoid version of the Master Sword). Then in E3 of 2010, it was revealed that this mysterious blue figure was none other than the spirit of the Master Sword.

*** The game also gave credence to the long-standing theory that {{spoiler|Ganon is the reincarnation of a much older demon}}. Or rather, that {{spoiler|the essence of the demon's ''hatred'' manifested as Ganon}}, but either way, {{spoiler|Ganon's exists because of an ancient demon}}.

** Also as of ''[[All There in the Manual|Hyrule]] [[Word of God|Historia]]'', it turns out that the owl in ''Ocarina of Time'', Kaepora Gaebora was indeed a form of Rauru. People had deduced it from the Gossip Stone hints, but now it's been [http://www.zeldauniverse.net/zelda-news/hyrule-historia-confirms-ocarina-of-time-owl-is-rauru/ confirmed.] The exact quote being "Rauru. He's the sage who built the Temple of Time in ancient times. Before Link pulled the Master Sword out, he followed Link's adventures as the owl Kaepora Gaebora."

** Fans were also right about ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap|Minish Cap]]'' being the first game timeline when it was originally released (it was kinda obvious: the Master sword doesn't appear, Ganondorf isn't even mentioned, and it explains where [[Memetic Outfit|Link's trademark pointy hat]] came from). It held the position of first game in the timeline until ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Skyward Sword]]'' was released several years later which was set even earlier.

** Keep in mind, he's probably doesn't even remember regular humans have round ears, the curse has been around since he was a little kid, after all.

* Several ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' fans theorized that Noob Saibot was the elder Sub-Zero (the one who starred in ''Mythologies'' and was killed at the end of the first game) long before it was confirmed to be fact in ''Deception''.

** Similarly, [[Word of God|Ed Boon]]'s [http://twitter.com/#!/NOOBDE Twitter] update on September 10, 2011 contained [http://twitpic.com/2n1by5 a picture] of a single leg, clearly belonging to a female character. Many guessed either a redesign for Sindel or (judging from the symbol on the loincloth) Sareena (an [[Implied Love Interest]] of both Sub-Zeroes and an [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]/[[Ascended Extra]] from ''[[Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero|Mythologies]]''). Others guessed that was it Skarlet, a rumored character from ''[[Mortal Kombat 2|2]]'' believed to be encountered when selecting between the blue Kitana and the purple/pink Mileena. The latter school of thought was ultimately correct, with a character known as Skarlet (originally known as "The [[Lady in Red]]") making her debut in ''9'' as DLC. The fact that [[Word of God|Shaun Himmerick]] mentioned in an interview that "hidden characters that didn't exist, we're gonna make sure they exist now" makes the notion of this being an [[Ascended Glitch]] very plausible.

** In ''[[Mortal Kombat 4|Gold]]'', the [[McNinja|Lin Kuei]]-turned cyborg Cyrax [[Suddenly Ethnicity|was revealed to be]] [[Ambiguously Brown|dark-skinned]] in his ending despite his clan being based in China. Cue the fan theory that the Lin Kuei kidnaps and enlists members into their ranks. Again, ''9'' lends credibility to this; Cyrax's bio states that he's Motswana and was recruited to join the Lin Kuei, while Smoke hails from Prague (as in, the Czech Republic).

* A somewhat meta example: it was suspected almost from the very start that the Sniper Update for ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' was more than it appeared. Valve had mentioned in passing that they didn't want to see servers flooding with the single class that was being updated, since the players hated that situation so much. When people noticed the Dead Ringer in the spy's hands on the blog, it became nearly a certainty that the Spy would be getting updated at the same time. It was also suspected that Jarate was not just a joke, but there wasn't much of a basis for that suspicion.

** Jarate is considered a case of [[Sure Why Not]]? by [[Unpleasable Fanbase|some]]. This may also be the case with the Scout Update unlocks which resemble suggestions from the forums too much to be coincidence.

* The professions of ''[[Guild Wars 2]]'' were revealed over an 18 month period between the first and last official releases. All of the professions were guessed from concept art soon after the first reveal, and the mesmer was almost certain as the final profession from about 10 months before the official reveal.

* In ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'', Optimus Prime goes to the core of Cybertron and ends up talking with a being in the core. While the credits only listed the being as "Core", many fans spectulated that it was Primus, the Transformers version of God. ''[[Transformers Prime]]'' takes place in the same universe and during his recap of the events in "One Shall Rise, Part 3", Ratchet confirms that it was Primus Optimus talked to.

 

 

== Web Original ==

* Jobe is a side character in the [[Whateley Universe]]. He's a sociopathic [[Knight Templar]] who thinks he knows better than everyone else in the world. And he's only fourteen! He has a really unhealthy interest in biologically building a Drow body to be his perfect girlfriend. Several people predicted he'd accidentally get infected with his own serum. It just happened.

* One ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]'' fan suggested that Mechakara was {{spoiler|Linkara's robot Pollo}}, which was quickly seized on by many other posters. It turned out to be ''partially'' right; Linkara notes in a commentary on the final Mechakara episode that {{spoiler|no one had guessed it was a Pollo ''from an [[Alternate Universe]]''.}}

** A lot of people guessed that {{spoiler|the Entity was [[The Missingno]]}}...they're right.

** And in a bit more sad/disturbingly funny case, it was kinda clear before they even said so that [[The Nostalgia Critic|Critic]] and the [[The Nostalgia Chick]] had [[Abusive Parents|shitty childhoods]].

** In the ''[[Suburban Knights]]'' commentary, Lindsay says that the Chick and Critic have a "history". TGWTG shippers punched the air in joy.

* ''The Classic Doctor Who Twitter Blog'' basically runs on this, despite the proprietor being armed with major [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]s.

* Fans of ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' predicted the [[Samus Is a Girl|reveal of Tex to be a girl]] several episodes before it happened. Years later, similar [[Epileptic Trees]] were validated at the end of ''Reconstruction'' where {{spoiler|1=Church was revealed to be the Alpha AI instead of a ghost}}.

 

 

* In ''[[Ctrl+Alt+Del]]'', several fans speculated that Lucas' blind date Kate was wearing a fat suit as a [[Secret Test of Character]] to see if he was a nice guy, and upon the revelation she was thin they would become a couple.

** The funniest part of this is that on 4Chan, the reasoning for this speculation was that it was the stupidest and most offensive ending Buckley could think of. Sure enough...

* In ''[[Penny and Aggie]]'', when Aggie came across Duane prostrate on the school floor, he claimed he was looking for a contact lens. A few fans speculated on the forum that he was {{spoiler|engaging in Islamic prayer}}. A roughly equal number of fans said that was the most ridiculous and baseless speculation on the comic they'd ever heard. A few weeks later, the side-story arc "Conversion" revealed that Duane had indeed {{spoiler|begun secretly exploring Islam}}.

* ''[[Homestuck]]'' is a weird example of this, since Andrew Hussie [[Sure Why Not|likes to use fan theories as actual plot points during the story.]] He's even said that "90% of 'calling it' is really influencing it in disguise".

* The phrase was even used word-for-word in ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' when Donovan Deegan revealed {{spoiler|he spoke perfect Orcish for years, and was just spewing forth random gibberish [[For the Lulz|just to screw with people, or rather, "Because it's funny"]].}}

* [http://gigaville.com/comic.php?id=213.5 This guest comic] of ''[[The Last Days of Foxhound]]'' predicted an upcoming plot twist.

* In ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'', the titular doc says this after being told by Dracula that the cure for cancer has been hidden on Mars. Comic [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/11p19 here.]

* Tycho of ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' successfully predicted ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]'' in 2006.

* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', the author Dan Shive has mentioned in commentaries instances where fans have have messaged him accurate predictions regarding certain plot points.

* The ''[[Homestuck]]'' fanfic ''[[Red Dead Virgo]]'' ends with the alternate-universe trolls scratching their unwinnable SGRUB session, at which point Feferi (on the advice of the Horrorterrors) kills her friends<ref>well, she couldn't get to Kanaya or Eridan in time, and Vriska had already been killed by Jack Noir</ref> and herself, so they can persist as ghosts rather than getting erased in the Scratch—and then the Scratch created canon Alternia. Months later, ''Homestuck'' canon revealed that the troll ancestors scratched their SGRUB session, and Meenah (Feferi's ancestor) killed her friends and herself so they would persist as ghosts, and then the Scratch created Alternia as we know it.

 

== Western Animation ==

*** It's also what happened in the Ember Island players, during Sozin's Comet, making it an ''in-universe'' I Knew It!.

** Even the name of Katara's mother (Kya) got called. Of course, it had shown up in the [[Pilot Episode|pilot]] as Katara's alternate name.

** The infamous season 2 finale was particularly effective because everyone was calling Zuko's [[Heel Face Turn]] from various points in the series (by "The Blue Spirit" the fandom had pretty much guessed this fate for him).

* For ''[[Transformers Animated]]'', nearly everyone guessed from the start that Sari {{spoiler|was actually a robot/cyborg.}} A smaller contigent figured out that {{spoiler|the Autobots' ship was actually Omega Supreme}} and that Magnus was a title rather than a name.

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