The X-Files is perhaps the Most Triumphant Example of this trope, using the premises of innumerable fringe and obsolete theories as the premises of episodes and the show's sprawling Mythology Arc. A partial list:
A notable Spiritual Successor, Fringe also uses this trope as its premise.
I'd argue that Fringe is the Most Triumphant Example here. The X-Files is about anything weird, and includes explicitly supernatural phenomena. Fringe is entirely about, well, fringe science.
I'd argue that Fringe is the Most Triumphant Example here. The X-Files is about anything weird, and includes explicitly supernatural phenomena. Fringe is entirely about, well, fringe science.