I Knew It!: Difference between revisions

When, in universe, the characters say I told you so, see [[I Warned You]].

 

 

=== Spoilers below ===

** Chapter 471 revealed that Kisame could {{spoiler|have his sword Samehada combine with him to heal his wounds (among other things)}} [http://forums.narutofan.com/showthread.php?t=215591 which someone actually predicted he could do over two and a half years before] based on a scene where it appears that {{spoiler|a wound of his disappeared without explanation}} and [[Shown Their Work|an obscure biological feature of sharks]].

** When Chapter 474 ended on a [[Cliff Hanger]] with Danzo taking some sort of seal off of his apparently non-functioning arm, and before the next chapter came out [http://forums.narutofan.com/showpost.php?p=30105086&postcount=113 one person correctly guessed] that it would be {{spoiler|the eyes of a bunch of a bunch of ''other' Uchiha killed attached to his arm}}.

** Also, fans had been assuming since [[Prequel|Saiyuki Gaiden]] started that Hakuryuu/Jeep was the reincarnation of Dragon King of the West, Gojun. Guess what?

* ''[[Fate/Zero]]'', on the identity of the Servant Berserker, Black Knight. Let's see, grudge with King Arthur/Saber, ability to turn any weapons to Noble Phantasm (even a bloody F-15 fighter)? Why, of course he is... {{spoiler|Lancelot. Considering his proficiency with any weapons and his affair with Arthur's wife Guinivere, it's bloody obvious}}.

** Many fans predicted Ash would obtain Paul's Chimchar almost a year before it actually happened, the rationale being that Ash always has a Fire Pokémon on his team and that it seemed unlikely that the writers would give Ash a Magmortar or a Heatran. And if Ash was going to obtain ''a'' Chimchar, then why not the one that was introduced three episodes in and clearly had a [[Abusive Parents|less-than-perfect]] relationship with its trainer?

*** Considering that Ash had gained his very first fire Pokemon, Charmander, under similar circumstances, it wouldn't really be a surprise for long time fans to figure that said Chimchar would end up on Ash's team, since it can easily be seen as "history repeating itself"...

* One of the more awesome, yet unsubstantiated theories about ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' was that Gaume the Steady, the alligatory-armadilloy member of Lord Genome's four Generals is the counterpart to Team Gurren's [[Team Pet]], Boota. Cue [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOBG3CCew7Q Parallel Works #8].

* The anime version of visual novel ''[[Koihime Musou]]'' features Ryuubi (Liu Bei) as [[The One Guy]], when the show was supposedly about an [[Improbably-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.}}

* One subplot of the Post-Zero Hour reboot of the ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (comics)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' was the search for the mystic artifact, the "Emerald Eye of Ekron". It was actually drawn in the background of the "collection" of one of [[Post-Crisis]] Superboy's old villains, who had taken [[The Slow Path]] to the 30th century; some fans actually noticed it, but most wrote it off as an artist's in-joke. When [[Shrinking Violet]] was revealed to have had the Eye, it turns out that she'd first found it during that storyline.

* In the beginning of her tenure as Wonder Girl, Cassandra Sandsmark was sweet, responsible, and competent. Sometime during her membership in the [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]], she started taking on mild [[Jerkass]] tendencies and basically becoming a watered-down version of the [[Alpha Bitch]] with superpowers. Some readers suspected a correlation between her change and {{spoiler|accepting greater powers and a "lasso of torture" from Ares.}} Confirmed in issue 64.

** In another, it originally was Daredevil, but the reason why this was changed is a mystery; Bendis was writing Daredevil at the time and as Avengers was starting, his Daredevil run was ending. Bendis was going to bring in the character for Avengers, but had also decided to end his run on Daredevil with Matt in jail. He decided the jail storyline was better so he dropped Daredevil as an Avenger.

* In ''[[Young Avengers]]'', the twist that Hulkling and Wiccan were a gay couple was so obvious to all the fans that Heinberg simply decided to treat it as such, rather than doing the reveal in issue #12 like he planned.

* ''[[Galaxy Quest]]''. Uber-fan Brandon's reaction to Nesmith telling him that everything in the show is actually real.

 

 

== Literature ==

* In ''[[Harry Potter]]'': {{spoiler|R.A.B was Regulus Black, Harry was a Horcrux, Snape loved Lily}}... But really, with the sheer number of theories circulating, at least some of them had to become true.

** 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.

** John Noe of ''[[Potter Cast]]'' predicted the {{spoiler|Knights of Hogwarts}} bit of ''Deathly Hallows''. It was [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome]].

** 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 Dresden Files]]'': {{spoiler|Harry will give Fidelacchius to Karrin Murphy, as confirmed in ''Small Favor''. Then the substance of the theory was promptly [[Jossed]] when she turned down the offer after drawing the sword once, although that could change at any time.}}

** Also, {{spoiler|Wizard Peabody}} is the turn coat.

** {{spoiler|Jared Kincaid}} was the assassin at the end of ''Changes''. This was [[The Untwist]]-- {{spoiler|he killed Harry using the exact method he'd explained he would use for exactly that task}}-- but there was a real twist {{spoiler|not in ''who'' shot Harry, but ''why''.}}

* The {{spoiler|conception of Renesmee}} in ''Breaking Dawn'', for ''[[Fan Dumb|true]] [[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' fans, the kind that didn't put apologies for "going against" the [[Word of God]] in their [[Fanfic|Fanfics]] in which they had {{spoiler|Bella getting pregnant}}. Because really, the only reason such cryptic statements had to be made in the first place was that too many people were guessing the plot twist, and so Stephenie Meyer made some statements that sounded superficially like a [[Jossed|Jossing]], but when [[Exact Words|examined closely]], weren't. {{spoiler|She said that "vampires can not get pregnant", and they can't--but a [[Half-Human Hybrid|half-human half-vampire]] [[Human Mom, Nonhuman Dad|with a human mother]] is just fine.}}

** In his recap of the second-to-last episode of the first season of Nu Who, Jacob of ''[[Television Without Pity]]'' incorporated a lengthy rant on Gnosticism and the [[Everybody Is Jesus in Purgatory|parallels thereto]] in the revived series. He concluded from this analysis that, among other things, the season finale would have to involve the Doctor as the Devil battling a "fake bastard God" and being saved by a female character ("I hope it's the TARDIS, but it's probably Rose") as the incarnation of the goddess of wisdom. In his recap of the actual finale, he doesn't so much gloat as express relief that he doesn't look insane.

** There was a theory that in the episode "Flesh and Stone", the reason that the Doctor was wearing the jacket that he had just lost wasn't because of continuity errors, but because he was actually the Doctor from the future who had come back in time to talk to Amy. Those who subscribed to this theory were entirely correct.

** 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).

* The final Cylon model in ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' has turned out to be one of the first people we all suspected of being one -- despite events in between that seemed, at the time, to make this impossible.

* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' Season 3 actually made canonical two of the most off-the-wall fan theories there were: Sylar being Peter's brother, and the [[Big Bad]] being {{spoiler|Arthur Petrelli}}.

** They also seem to be playing with the "Sylar is Peter" theory from season 1 before Sylar's identity was revealed, by giving Peter Sylar's homicidal urges.

** From Volume Four: {{spoiler|Micah is Rebel}}

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

** A popular fan theory was that Silver, [[The Rival]] of [[Pokémon Gold and Silver|the second generation]], is [[Big Bad|Giovanni]]'s son. This was hinted at in ''FireRed and LeafGreen when one member of Team Rocket mentions that Giovanni's kid has red hair, and ultimately proven correct in HeartGold and SoulSilver as part of a sidequest unlocked by an event [[Time Travel|Celebi]]. While on the subject of the event, the fact it requires a promotional Celebi meant it was possible it would be given away as a promotional distribution event to promote the the next movie, and that meant it had a role in the movie. Come the announcement of the thirteenth movie, [[Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions|guess who's in it]]?

** Although the typical [[Fan Nickname|provisional name]] for ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'''s Grass starter was [[Smug Snake|Smugleaf]], a somewhat-close second was Snivy (snake+ivy, with the bonus of also sounding like snide+ivy). When the starter English names were revealed...[[Ascended Meme|the Grass-type was named Snivy]].

*** Some people came up with the off-the-wall theory that Oshawott would evolve into samurai otters. They were mostly right, it's final evolution is more of a samurai sea lion, but it's first evolution is definitely a samurai otter.

* After the release of ''The Burning Crusade'', some ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' players theorized that M'uru's capture was actually {{spoiler|voluntary on his part, a [[Plan]] to explose the blood elves to the Light as it truly is}}. Then patch 2.4.0 came out. Ouch!

** 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.

** The [[Spin-Off]] game ''Mugen no Frontier SRW OG Saga'' introduces Aschen Brodel, a seemingly okay [[Expy]] of Lamia, starting from her android origins, same voice actress and color scheme. But then, comes her [[Split Personality]] problems to a [[Genki Girl]], mentioning Code DTD. And eventually it's confirmed that... she's a missing predecessor of Lamia, W07.

* The [[Wild Mass Guessing]] page for ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' mentioned the theory that Liquid never really came back from the dead and Ocelot was faking it to destroy the Patriots. It was very close to the mark with what happened with MGS4.

* For ''[[Fire Emblem]]: [[Fire Emblem Tellius|Path of Radiance]]'' people were putting out theories that the [[Black Knight]] was {{spoiler|Zelgius}} and [[Brainwashed and Crazy|Bertram]] was {{spoiler|Renning}}, which were proven right for ''Radiant Dawn''. However, it was backed by [[Dummied Out|an analysis of the game disc's]] contents by hackers (Bertram's portrait matched up with {{spoiler|an unused portrait of Renning}}). Of course, for those trying to avoid spoilers for the latter game definitely got a shock when a press release basically spoiled the Black Knight/{{spoiler|Zelgius}} connection.

** In ''[[Fire Emblem Akaneia|Shadow Dragon]]'' (the [[Video Game Remake|remake]] of ''The Dark Dragon and the Sword of Light''; [[Marth Debuted in Smash Bros|yes, the one with Marth in it]]), there is a four-chapter prologue detailing Marth's escape from his homeland Altea. This section introduces a new cavalier (in addition to Cain, Abel, and [[Crutch Character|Jagen]]) named Frey. The last chapter of the prologue forces the player to {{spoiler|designate one of his allies as a decoy scapegoat in order to ward off an approaching force of enemy units who are attempting to capture and kill Prince Marth.}} However, if you play on Hard, the prologue is skipped entirely and {{spoiler|Frey is nowhere to be seen, leading many players to believe that he was the canonical sacrifice.}} ''New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow'' (the remake of ''Mystery of the Emblem'', a retelling of the first game and a sequel to it) confirms to be true, but with a twist: {{spoiler|upon being discovered as a fake, Frey was wounded and [[Left for Dead]], but managed to survive his injuries (the only consequences of the attack being [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|a scar on his face]] and [[Trauma-Induced Amnesia|temporary amnesia]]).}}

* 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''.

** ''Deception'''s Konquest mode established the fact that [[Blind Weaponmaster|Ke]][[Disability Superpower|ns]][[Handicapped Badass|hi]] from ''[[Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance|Deadly Alliance]]'' [[Missed the Call|had been trying to enter]] [[Mortal Kombat (video game)|the first game's tournament]] [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|to enact revenge upon Shang Tsung]]. Putting two and two together, many a fan felt that Kenshi (himself one of the few [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Ensemble Darkhorses]] ''not'' from the first three games) would have a good chance of being included in [[Mortal Kombat 9|the 2011 game]]. [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|They were]] [[Downloadable Content|(mostly)]] [http://www.fightersgeneration.com/np7/mk9-dlc.jpg right.]

** 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).

** Finally, the development that {{spoiler|the younger Sub-Zero [[Unwilling Roboticisation|would be turned into a cyborg]] instead of [[Heterosexual Life Partners|his best friend]] Smoke [[For Want of a Nail|in the new timeline]]}} counts as this for some. In fact, [[Wild Mass Guessing]] on this very wiki accurately predicted this.

** 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.

* ''[[Dynasty Warriors: Gundam]] 2'', did confirm, if only for its own continuity, [[Gundam Seed Destiny|Lacus Clyne's]] involvement in the Second Bloody Valentine War was mainly to seize control of the PLANTs for herself. Kira was left thinking [[What the Hell, Hero?|What the Hell]] [[Purity Sue]]?

** Though it wasn't as widespread, it was speculated that {{spoiler|as Roxas was Sora's Nobody, Vanitas would look like Sora as Ven looked like Roxas, and be Ven's Nobody or Heartless. Well, they were right on him looking like Sora.}}

** ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' actually played with this (if you can say this trivia can be played with) after ''Chain of Memories'' and before the sequel. Essentially, the fans were right and wrong simultaneously. The clues in ''CoM'' made it fairly obvious that the leader of the Organization was Ansem, and that the character DiZ was also Ansem. {{spoiler|This was true}}. So of course, by simple logic, DiZ had to be the leader of the Organization. '' {{spoiler|[[Jossed|Logic was wrong!]] [[Shocking Swerve|There were two people calling themselves Ansem, and one of them had become two people!]]''}} Did ''anyone'' see that coming?

* ''[[Touhou]] Fuujinroku Mountain of Faith'' introduced Sanae, Stage 5 boss and [[Battle Butler]] to the [[Final Boss]]. Having noticed a pattern with previous similar characters (Sakuya and Youmu) and her inexplicable appearance in ''Subterranean Animism'', fans immediately declared that she would become playable and a major character for several games. Sure enough, she is playable in ''Undefined Fantastic Object'' alongside Reimu and Marisa (the main characters of the entire series), as well as ''Hisoutensoku'' alongside two ''massive'' [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Ensemble Darkhorses]].

** Also, on these very forums, people suggested that certain characters would be in ''Ten Desires''. {{spoiler|Yuyuko and Kogasa. They are - Yuyuko as stage 1 boss, Kogasa as stage 3 midboss}}

*** The latter was even suggested jokingly. The former was due to the plot revolving around spirits (and probably Youmu being playable) Which Reimu and Marisa notice (It's unknown how Sanae figures out where to go, and Youmu lives there anyway)

* In 2006, a fanfic about [[Maple Story]], ''Revolt of the Archers'', had a character say that " Final Attack is the key to the legendary fourth job." Come 2011, in the Jump! Update, a new skill called Advanced Final Attack was introduced to the 4th job skill tier.

* In ''[[Ninja Gaiden]] II'' for the 360, players are introduced to Sonia, a CIA agent [[Expy|who assumed a role very similar to that of]] Irene Lew (Ryu Hayabusa's main squeeze who ''also'' happened to be a CIA agent) from the original NES trilogy, right down to pinballing between [[Action Girl]] and [[Faux Action Girl]] status. While the two look significantly different (Irene being a mousy brunette, Sonia a buxom, pale-skinned blond), fan theories linking the two together began to pop up. Come ''[[Dead or Alive]]: Dimensions'', it turns out that "Sonia" (already implied to not be the character's real name) was merely an alias for Irene Lew, making the two characters one in the same. While this does create a few continuity problems (such as Ryu and Irene not meeting until the original game or the question of how Irene [[Fan Service Pack|went from cute to]] '''[[Hotter and Sexier|HOT DAMN]]''', both of which are still minor enough to be fixed via [[Retcon|retcons]]), this does help establish a more viable link between the old trilogy and the current-gen games (previously, there were only a few hints that the new titles were [[Prequel|prequels]] to ''Dead or Alive'' and the NES trilogy, such as Ayane popping up to help Ryu from time to time).

 

== Web Original ==

* [http://www.mydamnchannel.com/Big_Fat_Brain/You_Suck_at_Photoshop/YouSuckatPhotoshop1_398.aspx You Suck at Photoshop]; Donnie Hoyle is {{spoiler|Dane Cook}}.

* On [http://sonicstadium.org/board the Sonic Stadium Message Board] (due to external circumstances, it has received a total wipe), a few members had the assumption that, in [[Sonic Unleashed]], newcomer Chip was really {{spoiler|Light Gaia}}. (Of course, they had the aid of a translation of his Japanese bio...)

* 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...

* Occurred recently in ''[http://amazoness.co.uk/index.htm Amazoness!]'' with the revelation that Eutropia is a boy. At least one reader had guessed this several comics before, and by the time the actual reveal occurred a good number had already figured out where it was going.

* ''[[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"]].}}

== Western Animation ==

* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]],'' Ursa being a part of Fire Lord Azulon's assassination was finally confirmed in season 3. Sort of an Untwist since it was heavily implied from the beginning.

*** 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.

** One [[Fan Art|Fan artist]] was actually awesome enough to guess what [[The Faceless|Ozai's]] face looked like months before season 3 started. [http://www.deviantart.com/download/47613296/What_I_Think_Ozai_Looks_Like_by_Booter_Freak.png No] [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4QDNtcTXF8w/RvTFxO1GxbI/AAAAAAAAAsg/SSoAQRVoOh0/s320/Ozai.bmp Seriously]

** 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).

** Mind you, the full form of the most commonly seen "Sari {{spoiler|is a robot}}" theory was " {{spoiler|Sari is actually Arcee, or should we say [[Significant Anagram|"Arsi"]],}}" which turned out to be completely wrong. (And thank Primus it did. Seriously, {{spoiler|"Arsi"}}?)

* Some ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' fans speculated that Terry and Matt's parents were divorced because the boys both look nothing like their father (they have black hair, compared with Mary who is a redhead and Warren whose hair is light brown - genetically improbable). Flash forward to the [[Justice League Unlimited]] episode ''Epilogue'' which doubles as a [[Fully-Absorbed Finale]], and guess what? {{spoiler|CADMUS had Warren's genetic material overwritten with Bruce Wayne's, making him the boys' biological father. According to [[Word of God|the series' staff]], this decision was a [[Sure Why Not]] motivated by the realization of said genetic improbability.}}

* At the end of ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' first season, Hank and Dean {{spoiler|are killed by The Monarch's henchmen,}} and the two prominent fan theories about the second season were {{spoiler|that Hank and Dean were clones (Dr. Venture's comment upon seeing the bodies was a deadpan "Get the clones")}} or that {{spoiler|Thaddius and Jonas, Jr. would be the "Venture Brothers" of the second season}}. The first theory proved correct and served as a major plot point for the next several seasons.