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Epileptic trees that imply something so terrible or disappointing that everyone hopes they aren't true are known as WMG/PoisonOakEpilepticTrees. Epileptic Trees suggested ''in-universe'' by the characters themselves are a sign of ScullySyndrome. 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 "IKnewIt" - unless WordOfGod reveals it became canon ''because'' it was an Epileptic Tree, in which case it's AscendedFanon. See also InferredSurvival, UrbanLegendOfZelda and SchrodingersButterfly.

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If you'd like to see the wiki contributors' own personal epileptic forest, check out our WildMassGuessing page. [[Administrivia/NoExamplesPlease Don't waste your tree here]] - go plant it in Wild Mass Guessing.

Crazy theories are not only common, but expected; especially for mystery series already host to its fair share of MindScrew. An ongoing series which overuses ChekhovsGun to the point of becoming a ChekhovsArmoury encourages Trees because all newly introduced objects, people, skills, etc. will eventually be suspected of being a Chekhov's Gun. See StockEpilepticTrees for common species of Tree such as EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory or AllJustADream. Not to be confused with AluminumChristmasTrees.

A term for wild, off-the-wall theories. Named after a leading [[TinfoilHat tinfoil-hat]] theory explaining the mysterious shaking, rustling trees on ''Series/{{Lost}}'' during its first season.[[labelnote:note]]Though the term may owe its origins to Lovecraft's "Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace", in which a character observes "[The trees] were twitching morbidly and spasmodically, clawing in convulsive and epileptic madness at the moonlit clouds".[[/labelnote]] The theory? The trees were having epileptic fits.

Although ''Lost'' has long since run its course, the image remains a potent title for the trope.[[labelnote:note]]There's also a second layer of meaning: epilepsy was once thought of as a sacred disease, leading the sufferer to divine revelations.[[/labelnote]] No matter how absurd or irrational a theory (or tree) might seem, if it has enough ground, in the eyes of enough fans, it can spread new branches, seed new ideas, [[AscendedFanon and eventually come to influence the entire work]].

A term for wild, off-the-wall theories. Named after a leading [[TinfoilHat tinfoil-hat]] theory explaining the mysterious shaking, rustling trees on ''Series/{{Lost}}'' during its first season. The theory? The trees were having epileptic fits.

A term for wild, off-the-wall theories. Named after a leading [[TinfoilHat tinfoil-hat]] theory explaining the mysterious shaking, rustling trees on ''Series/{{Lost}}'' during the first season of that program. The theory? The trees were having epileptic fits.

Epileptic trees that imply something so terrible or disappointing that everyone hopes they aren't true are known as WMG/PoisonOakEpilepticTrees. Epileptic Trees suggested ''in-universe'' by the characters themselves are a sign of ScullySyndrome. 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 "IKnewIt" - unless WordOfGod reveals it became canon ''because'' it was an Epileptic Tree, in which case it's AscendedFanon. See also InferredSurvival, UrbanLegendOfZelda and SchrodingersButterfly.

Epileptic trees that imply something so terrible or disappointing that everyone hopes they aren't true are known as WMG/PoisonOakEpilepticTrees. Epileptic Trees suggested ''in-universe'' by the characters themselves are a sign of ScullySyndrome. 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, "IKnewIt" - unless WordOfGod reveals it became canon ''because'' it was an Epileptic Tree, in which case it's AscendedFanon. See also InferredSurvival, UrbanLegendOfZelda and SchrodingersButterfly.

Epileptic trees that imply something so terrible or disappointing that everyone hopes they aren't true are known as WMG/PoisonOakEpilepticTrees. Epileptic Trees suggested by ''characters'' in-universe are a sign of ScullySyndrome. 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, "IKnewIt" - unless WordOfGod reveals it became canon ''because'' it was an Epileptic Tree, in which case it's AscendedFanon. See also InferredSurvival, UrbanLegendOfZelda and SchrodingersButterfly.

A term for wild, off-the-wall theories. Named after a leading [[TinfoilHat tinfoil-hat]] theory explaining the mysterious shaking, rustling trees on ''Series/{{Lost}}'' during the first season of that program. The theory? The trees are having epileptic fits.

Although ''Lost'' has run its course and its fandom is no longer as huge as it used to be, the image remains a potent title for the trope.[[labelnote:note]]There's also a second layer of meaning: epilepsy was once thought of as a sacred disease, leading the sufferer to divine revelations.[[/labelnote]] No matter how absurd or irrational a theory (or tree) might seem, if it has enough ground, in the eyes of enough fans, it can spread new branches, seed new ideas, [[AscendedFanon and eventually come to influence the entire work]].

Crazy theories are not only common, but expected for MindScrew series. A major species of Tree is EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory. An ongoing series which overuses ChekhovsGun to the point of becoming a ChekhovsArmoury 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 WMG/PoisonOakEpilepticTrees. See StockEpilepticTrees for other common examples. Not to be confused with AluminumChristmasTrees.

Epileptic Trees suggested by ''characters'' are a sign of ScullySyndrome. 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, "IKnewIt" - unless it became canon ''because'' it was an Epileptic Tree, in which case it's AscendedFanon. See also InferredSurvival, UrbanLegendOfZelda and SchrodingersButterfly.

Although ''Lost'' has run its course and it's fandom is no longer as huge as it used to be, the image remains a potent title for the trope.[[labelnote:note]]There's also a second layer of meaning: epilepsy was once thought of as a sacred disease, leading the sufferer to divine revelations.[[/labelnote]] No matter how absurd or irrational a theory (or tree) might seem, if it has enough ground, in the eyes of enough fans, it can spread new branches, seed new ideas, [[AscendedFanon and eventually come to influence the entire work]].

Crazy theories are not only common, but expected for MindScrew series. A major species of Tree is EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory. An ongoing series which uses {{Chekhovs Gun}}s to the point of becoming a ChekhovsArmoury encourages Trees because all newly introduced objects/people/skills/etc will be suspected of being a ChekhovsGun. Horrible epileptic trees are known as WMG/PoisonOakEpilepticTrees. See StockEpilepticTrees for other common examples. Not to be confused with AluminumChristmasTrees.

Epileptic Trees suggested by ''characters'' are a sign of ScullySyndrome. 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, "IKnewIt" - unless it became Canon ''because'' it was an Epileptic Tree, in which case it's AscendedFanon. See also InferredSurvival, UrbanLegendOfZelda and SchrodingersButterfly.

If you'd like to see the wiki contributors' own personal epileptic forest, check out our WildMassGuessing page. [[Administrivia/NoExamplesPlease Don't waste your tree here]]. Plant it in WildMassGuessing.

Although ''Lost'' has run its course, the image remains a potent title for the trope.[[labelnote:note]]There's also a second layer of meaning: epilepsy was once thought of as a sacred disease, leading the sufferer to divine revelations.[[/labelnote]] No matter how absurd or irrational a theory (or tree) might seem, if it has enough ground, in the eyes of enough fans, it can spread new branches, seed new ideas, [[AscendedFanon and eventually come to influence the entire work]].

->"''The goat was a shapeshifter.''"
--> -- '''[=KillerKiller=]''', ''Roleplay/{{RubyQuest}}'' discussion

Epileptic Trees suggested by ''characters'' are a sign of ScullySyndrome. 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, "IKnewIt!" - unless it became Canon ''because'' it was an Epileptic Tree, in which case it's AscendedFanon. See also InferredSurvival, UrbanLegendOfZelda and SchrodingersButterfly.

Although ''Lost'' has run its course, the image remains a potent title for the trope.[[labelnote:note]]There's also a second layer of meaning: epilepsy itself was once thought of as a sacred disease that can lead one who has it to the revelations not available by any other means.[[/labelnote]] No matter how absurd or irrational a theory (or tree) might seem, if it has enough ground, in the eyes of enough fans, it can spread new branches, seed new ideas, [[AscendedFanon and eventually come to influence the entire work]].

Although ''Lost'' has run its course, the image remains a potent title for the trope.[[labelnote:note]]There's also a second layer of meaning: epilepsy itself was once thought of as a sacred disease that can lead one who has it to the revelations not available by any other means.[[/labelnote]] No matter how absurd or irrational a theory (or tree) might seem, if it has enough ground, in the eyes of enough fans, it can spread new branches, seed new ideas, and eventually come to influence the entire work.

If you'd like to see the wiki contributors' own personal epileptic forest, check out our WildMassGuessing page. [[NoExamplesPlease Don't waste your tree here]]. Plant it in WildMassGuessing.

Crazy theories are not only common, but expected for MindScrew series. A major species of Tree is EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory. An ongoing series which uses {{Chekhovs Gun}}s to the point of becoming a ChekhovsArmoury encourages Trees because all newly introduced objects/people/skills/etc will be suspected of being a ChekhovsGun. Horrible epileptic trees are known as PoisonOakEpilepticTrees. See StockEpilepticTrees for other common examples. Not to be confused with AluminumChristmasTrees.

If you'd like to see the wiki contributors' own personal epileptic forest, check out our WildMassGuessing page. Don't waste your tree here. Plant it in WildMassGuessing.

Although ''Lost'' has run its course, the image remains a potent title for the trope[[labelnote:note]]There's also a second layer of meaning: epilepsy itself was once thought of as a sacred disease that can lead one who has it to the revelations not available by any other means.[[/labelnote]]. No matter how absurd or irrational a theory (or tree) might seem, if it has enough ground, in the eyes of enough fans, it can spread new branches, seed new ideas, and eventually come to influence the entire work.

Crazy theories are not only common, but expected for MindScrew series. A major species of Tree is EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory. An ongoing series which uses {{Chekhovs Gun}}s to the point of becoming a ChekhovsArmoury encourages Trees because all newly introduced objects/people/skills/etc will be suspected of being a ChekhovsGun. Horrible epileptic trees are known as PoisonOakEpilepticTrees. See StockEpilepticTrees for other common examples.

A term for wild, off-the-wall theories. Named after a leading [[TinfoilHat tinfoil-hat]] theory explaining the mysterious shaking, rustling trees on ''Series/{{Lost}}'' during the first season of that program. The theory? The trees are having epileptic fits[[labelnote:note]]There's also a second layer of meaning: epilepsy itself was once thought of as a sacred disease that can lead one who has it to the revelations not available by any other means.[[/labelnote]].

Although ''Lost'' has run its course, the image remains a potent title for the trope. No matter how absurd or irrational a theory (or tree) might seem, if it has enough ground, in the eyes of enough fans, it can spread new branches, seed new ideas, and eventually come to influence the entire work.

A term for wild, off-the-wall theories. Named after a leading [[TinfoilHat tinfoil-hat]] theory explaining the mysterious shaking, rustling trees on ''Series/{{Lost}}'' during the first season of that program. The theory? The trees are having epileptic fits.

Now that ''Lost'' has run its course, the image remains a potent title for the trope. No matter how absurd or irrational a theory (or tree) might seem, if it has enough ground, in the eyes of enough fans, it can spread new branches, seed new ideas, and eventually come to influence the entire work.

->"''[[TheWalrusWasPaul The goat was a]] {{shapeshifter}}.''"

Now that ''Lost'' has run its course, the image remains a potent title for the trope; no matter how absurd or irrational a theory (or tree) might seem, if it has enough ground, in the eyes of enough fans, it can spread new branches, seed new ideas, and eventually come to influence the entire work.

This is not only common, but expected for MindScrew series. A major species of Tree is EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory. An ongoing series which uses {{Chekhovs Gun}}s to the point of becoming a ChekhovsArmoury encourages Trees because all newly introduced objects/people/skills/etc will be suspected of being a ChekhovsGun. Horrible epileptic trees are known as PoisonOakEpilepticTrees. See StockEpilepticTrees for other common examples.

A term for wild, off-the-wall theories. Named after a leading [[TinfoilHat 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.