History Main / MindScrewdriver

* Some of the confusing points in ''DeathNote'' are addressed in the extra volume 13, "How to Read" (a reference to Ryuk's GratuitousEnglish instructions). Among other things, this book provides WordOfGod on whether the girl on the last page was Misa ([[spoiler:nope]]) and what L's real name was ([[spoiler:it was L, but with a last name behind, L Lawliet.]]). Which is sort of a MindScrew on its own.

** [[YourMileageMayVary Oh yeah? Really? It did the EXACT OPPOSITE for me!]]
*** It actually doesn't explain things that well. For that, see [[http://www.bloovis.com/music/lamb.html this site]]. And prepare to walk away ''still'' [[GainaxEnding not sure]]...

*** Even more than the Reports, KingdomHearts: BirthBySleep is a massive MindScrewdriver, filling most of the holes left by its predecessors.
**** {{Your Milage May Vary}} on how well (or intelligently) Birth By Sleep does this.
**** Heck, most of the games since KingdomHearts2 have been geared towards explaining questions (and raising more to compensate): 358/2 Days went into Roxas and the Organisation. Birth by Sleep cleared up most of the lingering plot holes about the series' past. Coded explained why Jimminy's Journal was missing the entries from Chain of Memories and what was in Mickey's letter. It does (finally) seem to be moving away from this though.

* The "True Ending" of ''{{Ever17}}'' clears up just about every mystery in the game. And some things that weren't, but were probably misinterpreted. Well, apart from the kick the can games, anyway.
** Nope, that's explained too, if indirectly, by the presence of [[spoiler:Blick Winkel.]]

*** Though a side effect of the Mind Screwdriver was it caused IMMENSE MotiveDecay for Sephiroth, leading the way to the Creepy Stalker of Cloud persona he adopts in later games and KingdomHearts.

-->'''HAL:''' I'm evil. (kills astronauts)

--->(STRANGE THINGS happen, and they MAKE SENSE.)

* ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNiKai'': Abandoned the "nice kids in rural Japanese town go nuts and start killing each other" premise in order to clear up the epic MindScrew of the first season in its entirety.

* ''{{Homestuck}}''[='s=] RecapEpisode.

*** Though a side effect of the Mind Screwdriver was it caused IMMENSE MotiveDecay for Sephiroth, leading the way to the Creepy Stalker of Cloud persona he adopts in later games and Kingdom Hearts.

*** Though a side effect of the Mind Screwdriver was it caused IMMENSE Motive Decay for Sephiroth, leading the way to the Homosexual Stalker of Cloud persona he adopts in later games and Kingdom Hearts. At least Jenova's Influence gave him a Motive beyond FOR TEH EVULS and MOLEST CLOUD.

** On the other hand, the [[NoExportForYou unreleased-in-America]] spinoff game ''Neon Genesis Evangelion 2'' for PS2 and PSP contains a "Classified Information" feature that actually provides concrete answers to many details of Eva's plot; the canonicity of the game, however, is [[BrokenBase debated]]. Some say its silly due to use of Sufficiently Advanced Aliens (tho' one would wonder why anyone would question this in a setting with [[spoiler: variant clones of giant aliens covered in restraining armor-like material infused with the souls of its teenage pilots' respective mothers save Rei [[MindScrew (Possibly).]] ]] but its probably the fact how it wasn't dramatically presented as abovenoted spoiler), and despite fan skepticism that component has been there ever since the beginning, as scene in the Neon Genesis Evangelion Proposal document (see EvaGeeks for more information on that).

** On the other hand, the [[NoExportForYou unreleased-in-America]] spinoff game ''Neon Genesis Evangelion 2'' for PS2 and PSP contains a "Classified Information" feature that actually provides concrete answers to many details of Eva's plot; the canonicity of the game, however, is [[BrokenBase debated]]. Some say its silly due to use of Sufficiently Advanced Aliens (tho' one would wonder why anyone would question this in a setting with [[spoiler: giant aliens covered in armor infused with the souls of its teenage pilots' respective mothers save Rei [[MindScrew (Possibly).]] ]] but its probably the fact how it wasn't dramatically presented as abovenoted spoiler), and despite fan skepticism that component has been there ever since the beginning, as scene in the Neon Genesis Evangelion Proposal document (see EvaGeeks for more information on that).

** On the other hand, the [[NoExportForYou unreleased-in-America]] spinoff game ''Neon Genesis Evangelion 2'' for PS2 and PSP contains a "Classified Information" feature that actually provides concrete answers to many details of Eva's plot; the canonicity of the game, however, is [[BrokenBase debated]]. Some say its silly due to use of Sufficiently Advanced Aliens (tho' one would wonder why anyone would question this in a setting with [[spoiler: giant aliens covered in armor infused with the souls of its teenage pilots' respective mothers save Rei [[[MindScrew (Possibly).]] ]] but its probably the fact how it wasn't dramatically presented as abovenoted spoiler), and despite fan skepticism that component has been there ever since the beginning, as scene in the Neon Genesis Evangelion Proposal document (see EvaGeeks for more information on that).

** On the other hand, the [[NoExportForYou unreleased-in-America]] spinoff game ''Neon Genesis Evangelion 2'' for PS2 and PSP contains a "Classified Information" feature that actually provides concrete answers to many details of Eva's plot; the canonicity of the game, however, is [[BrokenBase debated]]. Some say its silly due to use of Sufficiently Advanced Aliens (tho' one would wonder why anyone would question this in a setting with [[spoiler: giant aliens covered in armor infused with the souls of its teenage pilots' respective mothers save Rei ([[MindScrew possibly).]] but its probably the fact how it wasn't dramatically presented as abovenoted spoiler), and despite fan skepticism that component has been there ever since the beginning, as scene in the Neon Genesis Evangelion Proposal document (see EvaGeeks for more information on that).

** On the other hand, the [[NoExportForYou unreleased-in-America]] spinoff game ''Neon Genesis Evangelion 2'' for PS2 and PSP contains a "Classified Information" feature that actually provides concrete answers to many details of Eva's plot; the canonicity of the game, however, is [[BrokenBase debated]]. Some say its silly due to use of Sufficiently Advanced Aliens (tho' one would wonder why anyone would question this in a setting with [[spoiler: giant aliens covered in armor infused with the souls of its teenage pilots]] but its probably the fact how it wasn't dramatically presented as abovenoted spoiler), and despite fan skepticism that component has been there ever since the beginning, as scene in the Neon Genesis Evangelion Proposal document (see EvaGeeks for more information on that).

** On the other hand, the [[NoExportForYou unreleased-in-America]] spinoff game ''Neon Genesis Evangelion 2'' for PS2 and PSP contains a "Classified Information" feature that actually provides concrete answers to many details of Eva's plot; the canonicity of the game, however, is [[BrokenBase debated]]. Some say its silly due to use of Sufficiently Advanced Aliens (tho' one would wonder why anyone would question this in a setting with [[Spoiler: giant aliens covered in armor infused with the souls of its teenage pilots]] but its probably the fact how it wasn't dramatically presented as abovenoted spoiler), and despite fan skepticism that component has been there ever since the beginning, as scene in the Neon Genesis Evangelion Proposal document (see EvaGeeks for more information on that).

** On the other hand, the [[NoExportForYou unreleased-in-America]] spinoff game ''Neon Genesis Evangelion 2'' for PS2 and PSP contains a "Classified Information" feature that actually provides concrete answers to many details of Eva's plot; the canonicity of the game, however, is [[BrokenBase debated]].
*** Mostly by being rather silly by explaining everything going on as a result of Sufficiently Advanced Aliens, which also ends up sounding like a Bad Scientology OT Level. Some things are better left as Mindscrew then Pure Narm.

* The story that PeterGabriel wrote for the liner notes of ''TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway''.

* Fan-[[WildMassGuessing "explanations"]] are incredibly popular in the ''YumeNikki'' fandom, although YourMileageMayVary on the amount of DeusAngstMachina used in them.

*''MetalGearSolid 4'' managed to clear up the plot of ''[=MGS2=]'', at the price of creating a truly spectacular ContinuityLockout.