Trope Name/WMG
Theory about how this character is a Time Lord.
Really bad explanation with no mention of what his TARDIS is...or where it's extremely obvious that the theorist has never even SEEN Doctor Who!
Theory about how this character is Haruhi Suzumiya.
More really bad explanations go here.
Just a theory and no explanation.
- Sarcastic response implying a preference for elaboration.
Claim that the show is All Just a Dream of one character.
Another really bad explanation.
Claim that everything past a certain point is a Dying Dream.
Possibly claiming that everyone died in the first episode, or even before.
Related theory that the entire series either takes place within Shinji Ikari's mind, or takes place during Instrumentality.
Because everything has to be somehow connected to Doctor Who, Suzumiya Haruhi, or Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Blatantly canon WMG.
Convoluted explanation.
- Sarcastic expression of disbelief.
Jossed WMG.
...that a Troper posts not knowing it's been Jossed.
- Indication and example showing that the WMG was Jossed.
- Statement of embarrassment.
Claims most of the plot is a Xanatos Gambit of the Plucky Comic Relief.
Half-assed explanation for this.
Claims that something awesome is powered by Spiral energy.
Explanation that since it is awesome, it must be powered by Spiral Energy.
Claims that good guy is a traitor.
Extremely convoluted explanation including things not actually in the work and taking everything they do as evidence against them.
Claim that shy nerd on show has autism.
Long explanation using circumstantial evidence that could describe anybody who is shy or has low self-confidence.
Shipping claims.
Made by someone who desperately wants these characters to be together.
Interesting, original, and plausible theory.
With lots of explanation that makes it easy for this to be believed. On the other hand...
Which proposes that the complete opposite is also true.
- Corollary proposing a similar theory.
Theory contradicting the above theory.
Convoluted, yet easy-to-believe theory about how this is possible.
Improperly coded example made by somebody who doesn't know what they're doing.
Theory that Fandom A and Fandom B take place in the same universe.
Including theory that character from Fandom A somehow became character in Fandom B. Similarities between Fandom A and Fandom B pointed out.
Theory that sounds really cool and brilliant in the mind of the Troper who posted it.
Troper is deeply disappointed when no one comments on the theory.
Theory that really fits a particular fandom.
Troper realizes after the fact that he just edited the wrong tab...
Theory that the hero is actually a villain and vice versa.
Convoluted reasoning that ignores big chunks of canon and invents several other facts out of whole cloth. A number of the invented facts directly contradict established canon.
Which proposes the exact same thing as a result of not checking the page thoroughly enough.
Theory that comes with no explanation or any sort of evidence, just this one line of text.
Theory that all of the above theories are true.
No matter how contradictory and absurd said assertion would be.