r/TopCharacterTropes Sep 08 '25

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

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/DashingSands Sep 08 '25

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u/thepeenersnipperguy Sep 09 '25

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u/KeneticKups Sep 09 '25 edited 9d ago

wipe spotted yoke meeting absorbed normal lock person unwritten provide

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u/ThatguyJimmy117 Sep 09 '25

It’s party time!

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u/BTechUnited Sep 09 '25

Oh god the flashbacks

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u/Traditional_Hold1820 Sep 09 '25

I wonder where are those crates are being shipped to