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Usually intended as a StealthInsult. Basically InUniverse FridgeBrilliance and MindScrewdriver in more serious works.
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Usually intended as a StealthInsult. Basically InUniverse FridgeBrilliance and MindScrewdriver in more serious works.
works. Can be PlayedForLaughs or PlayedForDrama depending on general context.
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* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'':
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* One of the 2015 UsefulNotes/McDonalds ads that used a revamped Hamburglar to advertise their third pound sirloin burgers depicts the Hamburglar's son walking in on his dad changing into his iconic costume and stating "That explains so much".
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* One of the 2015 UsefulNotes/McDonalds ads that used a revamped Hamburglar to advertise their third pound sirloin burgers depicts the Hamburglar's son walking in on his dad changing into his iconic costume and stating "That explains so much".
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---> '''Mary''': ''([[{{beat}} Mary's expression gradually transitions from irritation to dawning realization]])'' You '''''are''''' an alien.
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---> '''Mary''': ''([[{{beat}} Mary's Her expression gradually transitions from irritation to dawning realization]])'' You '''''are''''' an alien.
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---> '''Mary''': ''([[{{beat}} Mary's expression gradually transitions from irritation to dawning realization]]) ''You realization]])'' You '''''are''''' an alien.
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---> '''Mary''': ''[[{{beat}} Mary's expression gradually transitions from irritation to dawning realization]] ''You '''''are''''' an alien.
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---> '''Mary''': ''[[{{beat}} ''([[{{beat}} Mary's expression gradually transitions from irritation to dawning realization]] realization]]) ''You '''''are''''' an alien.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' has this reaction to [[InternalReveal Fiona turning into an ogre]] near the end of the first movie.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' has this reaction to [[InternalReveal Fiona turning into an ogre]] near the end of the first movie.movie, having understood the conversation he overhead.
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* The great many, many things that happen out there that seem strange or questionable out of context but have this trope behind it.
* This is a very common response for people with autism-spectrum disorders who don't get diagnosed until adulthood.
* It's also a common response from people realizing they're a different sexuality or gender from what they initially assumed.
* This is a very common response for people with autism-spectrum disorders who don't get diagnosed until adulthood.
* It's also a common response from people realizing they're a different sexuality or gender from what they initially assumed.
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* ''Literature/TheCousins'': When the main trio's fellow intern Brittany learns that [[spoiler:Milly and Jonah, who have quite a bit of chemistry, aren't really cousins]], she says "Everything makes so much more sense now."
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-->'''Stephanie''': Larry, Darryl and Darryl are aliens?\\
'''Dick Loudin''': That would explain so much.
'''Dick Loudin''': That would explain so much.
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* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': In the episode "Shawn Versus Darth Vader", when a foreign exchange student learns that his host is a StalkerWithACrush who was obsessed with his girlfriend and is being accused of killing her, he muses that that would explain why his girlfriend stopped him from doing to his host's house and had him meet her elsewhere.
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* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': In the episode "Shawn Versus Darth Vader", when a foreign exchange student learns that his host is a StalkerWithACrush who was obsessed with his girlfriend and is being accused of killing her, he muses that that would explain why his girlfriend stopped him from doing going to his host's house and had him meet her elsewhere.
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* ''Series/{{CSI}}'': In the episode "Happenstance", the second victim's therapist is intrigued to learn that she was adopted and says it explains a lot about how she had a harder time connecting with her family.
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* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': In the episode "Shawn Versus Darth Vader", when a foreign exchange student learns that his host is a StalkerWithACrush who was obsessed with his girlfriend and is being accused of killing her, he muses that that would explain why his girlfriend stopped him from doing to his host's house and had him meet her elsewhere.
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* ''Series/GrowingPains'': When Carol complains about her nomination for Homecoming Queen in the eponymous episode, she says that Homecoming Queens never do anything consequential with their lives. Maggie argues that she was Homecoming Queen, and Carol says "that explains so much."
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'''Cross:''' That makes ''way'' too much sense.
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* In the ''Manga/OnePiece'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', Luffy offhandedly tells Chopper that his grandfather taught him that concussions are harmless (they're ''not''). SelfInsert Cross groans that if Garp really believes that, it explains ''much'' about Luffy's IdiotHero status.
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* In the ''Manga/OnePiece'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', ''Fanfic/ThisBites'':
** Luffy offhandedly tells Chopper that his grandfather taught him that concussions are harmless (they're ''not''). SelfInsert Cross groans that if Garp really believes that, it explains ''much'' about Luffy's IdiotHerostatus.status.
** PlayedForLaughs when Cross sees the damage Luffy had caused, prompting him to wonder if Luffy was a human, a monster, or a freak force of nature.
-->'''Soundbite:''' ''[[StealthPun D:]]'' '''[[TakeAThirdOption all of the above!]]'''\\
'''Cross:''' That makes ''way'' too much sense.
** Luffy offhandedly tells Chopper that his grandfather taught him that concussions are harmless (they're ''not''). SelfInsert Cross groans that if Garp really believes that, it explains ''much'' about Luffy's IdiotHero
** PlayedForLaughs when Cross sees the damage Luffy had caused, prompting him to wonder if Luffy was a human, a monster, or a freak force of nature.
-->'''Soundbite:''' ''[[StealthPun D:]]'' '''[[TakeAThirdOption all of the above!]]'''\\
'''Cross:''' That makes ''way'' too much sense.
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--->'''Tristan:''' Ahh! It's an alien! Just like the ones that abducted me when I was a child.\\
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--->'''Tristan:''' Ahh! It's an alien! Just like [[AlienAbduction the ones that abducted me when I was a child.\\]]\\
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* ''Fanfic/AnImpracticalGuideToGodhood'': After Percy meets Hercules, the God of Strength's attitude and demeanor cause him to comment that now he has a better understanding of why Zoe Nightshade became such a misandrist after he seduced and used her.
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-->'''Critic''': If Bugs Bunny knows of a what joint is, that means he knows what drugs are! If Bugs Bunny knows what drugs are, then the rest of the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes know what drugs are! If the rest of the Looney Tunes know what drugs are, well, that...just explains ''TOO DAMN MUCH''!
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-->'''Critic''': If Bugs Bunny knows of a what joint is, that means he knows what drugs are! If Bugs Bunny knows what drugs are, then the rest of the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes know what drugs are! If the rest of the Looney Tunes know what drugs are, well, that...just explains ''TOO DAMN GODDAMN MUCH''!
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* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's reaction when WesternAnimation/BugsBunny references a joint by name in ''WesternAnimation/CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue'':
-->'''Critic''': If Bugs Bunny knows of a what joint is, that means he knows what drugs are! If Bugs Bunny knows what drugs are, then the rest of the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes know what drugs are! If the rest of the Looney Tunes know what drugs are, well, that...just explains ''TOO DAMN MUCH''!
-->'''Critic''': If Bugs Bunny knows of a what joint is, that means he knows what drugs are! If Bugs Bunny knows what drugs are, then the rest of the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes know what drugs are! If the rest of the Looney Tunes know what drugs are, well, that...just explains ''TOO DAMN MUCH''!
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* ''Webcomic/{{Spooky}}'': Tombstones says one of the requirements of being a reaper is having "above-average intelligence"; when Claw questions how the not very bright Tombstones got the job, the Mynci says he won it in a sweepstakes. Claw comments that this fact explains a lot about him as Komo tells Tombstones his robe is on fire because of some candles he sliced in half earlier.
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* The Creator/DickFrancis short story "A Song for Mona" features the eponymous stable worker and her social-climbing AntagonisticOffspring daughter Joanie, who obsessively tries to cut Mona out of her life and keep people from knowing about her origins. At the end of the story, Mona's friends find a newspaper article mentioning that Joanie's father was convicted of child rape when she was ten (whether she was his victim is unclear) and comment "This explains a lot."
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->'''Mobius:''' Do you have candy on Asgard?\\
'''Loki:''' Yeah. Grapes, nuts.\\
'''Mobius:''' No wonder you're so bitter.
-->-- ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}''
'''Loki:''' Yeah. Grapes, nuts.\\
'''Mobius:''' No wonder you're so bitter.
-->-- ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}''
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* ''Fanfic/OneForAllAndEightForTheNinth'': When Aizawa tells Inko Midoriya how Power Loader argued in favor of putting [[MadScientist Mei Hatsume]] in 1-A's dormitory, since Izuku and the other girls are the only ones that can convince Mei to take regular breaks, Inko devolves into a mutter storm much like Izuku's to plot a routine for Mei, causing Aizawa to realize "the world suddenly made sense".
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* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': In a crossover with ''Series/SesameStreet'', J.D. has a fantasy about treating a muppet patient, and explains that the issue is he has an arm up his butt. The muppet responds, "That explains so many things."
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* ''Series/ResidentAlien'': After the initial shock of discovering that bumbling, strange HughMann Harry is an alien, Asta remarks that it "sort of explains a lot."
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* In ''WesternAnimation/IceAge4ContinentalDrift'', after Sid's family leaves Granny with Sid and the herd and abandon him for the second time.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/IceAge4ContinentalDrift'', ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeContinentalDrift'', after Sid's family leaves Granny with Sid and the herd and abandon him for the second time.
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** Crops up again in the final episode when he confesses to her that he's an alien- at first she refuses to believe him, and then he points out everything he's done over the past 6 years.
---> '''Mary''': ''[[{{beat}} Mary's expression gradually transitions from irritation to dawning realization]] ''You '''''are''''' an alien.
---> '''Dick''': Yes
---> '''Mary''': Why didn't I see this before?!
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* ''Fanfic/MariaCampbellOfTheAstralClocktower'': Maria spends the first twenty or so chapters under the mistaken impression that Katarina is trying to seduce her. Later, when she and Keith are discussing their past traumas, she dryly notes that she's so messed up that when someone paid her an honest compliment for the first time in years, she assumed she was being invited to join a harem.
-->'''Keith:''' That explains so much of the first half of our first year.
-->'''Keith:''' That explains so much of the first half of our first year.
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** Upon being faced down by the Unluckies for the third time and chased all over Water 7, Cross demands to know just where the hell an otter and a vulture could have come from to be this stupidly tough. Mr. 13 bluntly informs him that they were born on Kuraigana Island, home of Dracule Mihawk, whilst Miss Friday grumbles about the island's resident [[KillerGorilla Humandrills]]. Cross takes a moment to process this, before admitting that it makes sense.
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StockPhrases usually uttered in comedies. Basically, someone has learned something strange about another character, but rather than being surprised or shocked, they take it in stride. Why? Because it actually explains a great deal of the odd characteristics of the character in question.
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StockPhrases are usually uttered in comedies. Basically, someone has learned something strange about another character, but rather than being surprised or shocked, they take it in stride. Why? Because it actually explains a great deal of the odd characteristics of the character in question.
