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* FalselyAdvertisedAccuracy: The basis of the overarching Templar-Holy Grail theme. It's almost as if Scott read ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' thinking it was non-fiction.

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* AncientConspiracy: If [[DanBrowning Dan Brown]] wrote about it, odds are good that Scott Wolter believes it and investigates it.

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* AncientConspiracy: If [[DanBrowning Dan Brown]] Creator/DanBrown wrote about it, odds are good that Scott Wolter believes it and investigates it.



* DanBrowned: The basis of the overarching Templar-Holy Grail theme. It's almost as if Scott read ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' thinking it was non-fiction.


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* FalselyAdvertisedAccuracy: The basis of the overarching Templar-Holy Grail theme. It's almost as if Scott read ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' thinking it was non-fiction.
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* WeHaveBeenResearchingPhlebotinumForYears: Scott and the Kensington Rune Stone.
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The show originally ran from December 21, 2012 to January 31, 2015, being cancelled as a result of H2 being sold (with the History Channel having no interest in bringing it to their main channel). However, in 2019, the show was revived for 10 episodes on the Travel Channel.
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* TheDeterminator: Creator/ScottWolter never rests, even Scott's vacations turn into investigations (he always has a film crew handy).

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* TheDeterminator: {{Determinator}}: Creator/ScottWolter never rests, even Scott's vacations turn into investigations (he always has a film crew handy).



* IInventedX: Archaeopetrography. Also, the term ''Hooked X'', which Wolter had trademarked even though it's a fairly standard term in linguistics.

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* IInventedX: [[WroteTheBook I Invented X]]: Archaeopetrography. Also, the term ''Hooked X'', which Wolter had trademarked even though it's a fairly standard term in linguistics.
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-->-- '''ScottWolter''' OpeningNarration


The history we all know may not always be the whole story, at least that's what Forensic Geologist ScottWolter attempts to show us in the H2 series ''America Unearthed''. Scott takes us around the United States and elsewhere to find the hidden history of America.

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-->-- '''ScottWolter''' '''Creator/ScottWolter''' OpeningNarration


The history we all know may not always be the whole story, at least that's what Forensic Geologist ScottWolter Creator/ScottWolter attempts to show us in the H2 series ''America Unearthed''. Scott takes us around the United States and elsewhere to find the hidden history of America.



''America Unearthed'' stemmed in part from a 2009 documentary called ''Holy Grail in America'' which featured ScottWolter as an expert in a form of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness or a potential [[PoorlyDisguisedPilot Backdoor Pilot]].

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''America Unearthed'' stemmed in part from a 2009 documentary called ''Holy Grail in America'' which featured ScottWolter Creator/ScottWolter as an expert in a form of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness or a potential [[PoorlyDisguisedPilot Backdoor Pilot]].



* TheDeterminator: ScottWolter never rests, even Scott's vacations turn into investigations (he always has a film crew handy).

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* TheDeterminator: ScottWolter Creator/ScottWolter never rests, even Scott's vacations turn into investigations (he always has a film crew handy).



* EveryoneHasStandards: Some things are too crazy even for ScottWolter. UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar came to America in the 12th century and hid the Holy Grail. Secret societies hide their symbols in Oreo cookies. But aliens? Now that's crazy talk!

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Some things are too crazy even for ScottWolter.Creator/ScottWolter. UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar came to America in the 12th century and hid the Holy Grail. Secret societies hide their symbols in Oreo cookies. But aliens? Now that's crazy talk!



* TheFundamentalist: ScottWolter

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* TheFundamentalist: ScottWolterCreator/ScottWolter



* JustOneMan: The show is pretty much entirely ScottWolter, and while he does interview and consult others, he's the only consistent person in the show and does all the investigating (on-screen at-least)
* LanternJawOfJustice: ScottWolter

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* JustOneMan: The show is pretty much entirely ScottWolter, Creator/ScottWolter, and while he does interview and consult others, he's the only consistent person in the show and does all the investigating (on-screen at-least)
* LanternJawOfJustice: ScottWolterCreator/ScottWolter



* ModernMajorGeneral: Arguably, ScottWolter himself. He is a former varsity football player, a successful professional geologist, and an energetic and charismatic television host. However, his historical scholarship, archaeological know-how and reasoning skills are, to put it mildly, questionable.

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* ModernMajorGeneral: Arguably, ScottWolter Creator/ScottWolter himself. He is a former varsity football player, a successful professional geologist, and an energetic and charismatic television host. However, his historical scholarship, archaeological know-how and reasoning skills are, to put it mildly, questionable.



* PhonyDegree: While ScottWolter does hold a real Bachelor's Degree in Geology, until two years ago he also claimed an honorary Master's Degree as well from the University of Minnesota, this was listed on several public versions of his resume and referenced by him on radio appearances. Blogger and Wolter critic [[http://www.jasoncolavito.com/america-unearthed.html Jason Colavito]] uncovered that the University of Minnesota has [[http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/scott-wolters-apparently-non-existent-degree no record of this honorary Master's Degree]]. Wolter explained it as follows:

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* PhonyDegree: While ScottWolter Creator/ScottWolter does hold a real Bachelor's Degree in Geology, until two years ago he also claimed an honorary Master's Degree as well from the University of Minnesota, this was listed on several public versions of his resume and referenced by him on radio appearances. Blogger and Wolter critic [[http://www.jasoncolavito.com/america-unearthed.html Jason Colavito]] uncovered that the University of Minnesota has [[http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/scott-wolters-apparently-non-existent-degree no record of this honorary Master's Degree]]. Wolter explained it as follows:

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