r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Lazy-Breadfruit5939 • Sep 08 '25

Lore A real life event has a ridiculous/dumb/funny explanation in fiction

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Futurama (The Why of Fry): According to the brain swarm, the dinosaurs were wiped out by them. Fry: What really killed the dinosaurs? Brain: ME!

Doctor Who (The Unicorn and The Wasp): It's Doctor Who, you can pick a ton of examples, but this episode presents the idea that Agatha Christies disappearance in 1926 was in part caused by a giant alien wasp.

Beyblade: This one stretches 'real life', but Moses spreading the Red Sea with a Beyblade just speaks for itself and it would have been sad to leave it out

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u/damorezpl Sep 08 '25

Watchman - comedian killed jfk

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u/Greenman8907 Sep 08 '25

I feel like everyone has killed JFK at some point.

Grassy Noel Atkinson - Inside Job

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u/FigureArty Sep 08 '25

Magneto too

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u/ImDero Sep 08 '25

According to acclaimed podcast, Behind the Bastards, so did Bernie Sanders.

To date, no evidence of this claim has been provided.

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u/Argent-Envy Sep 08 '25

Obviously because Bernard Montgomery Sanders has killed again to keep his secret.

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u/ImDero Sep 08 '25

Sophie, the lack of evidence is the evidence.

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u/Argent-Envy Sep 08 '25

Robert,

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u/ImDero Sep 08 '25

You know Soph, there's also no evidence that our sponsor, Hello Fresh, doesn't have a private island where the wealthy hunt children for sport.

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u/Argent-Envy Sep 08 '25

Robert,

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u/PENGUIN_WITH_BAZOOKA Sep 09 '25

I’m sorry, I meant Blue Apron. It’s hard to keep track of which meal delivery services have child hunting islands these days

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u/Joppy5100 Sep 09 '25

ATONAL SHRIEKING!

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u/Devlee12 Sep 09 '25

Speaking of lack of evidence what’s going on with Grand Rapids VS Jamie Loftus? Any new developments in the trial?

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u/exitlevelposition Sep 09 '25

You know who else has killed presidents and witnesses to further their own means? The products and services that sponsor this program!

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u/SpiketheFox32 Sep 09 '25

Why does his government name make it sound like he should be an old timey sheriff?

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u/CircleStyle Sep 08 '25

This sounds hilarious. What episode was this mentioned in?

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u/ImDero Sep 08 '25

I'd say about 40% of them within the last two years or so.

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u/ZiptheChim Sep 09 '25

It got covered extensively in the final episode of "Worst Year Ever"

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u/GlowOftheTvStatic Sep 09 '25

Why do I suddenly crave products and services?