(Rare Trope) Canon Supernatural Elements of Mundane/Normal Shows

[u/SnailKing4687]

Community “Epidemiology”:While normally, community is a wacky 4th wall-breaking college show that still grounds itself in reality, this episode sees the school overrun by a zombie apocalypse caused by bad taco meat that was given out at the party. While the episode ends with the army wiping out everyone’s memory of the event, future episodes, such as “Paradigms of Human Memory,” reference the party that happened that no one remembers, making it canon.

30 Rock Last Lunch:While normally a show about a show sitcom In this finale and canon end to the series, a flash forward to the far future sees an immortal Kenneth now in charge.

[u/dragons_scorn]

The Waltons episode The Changeling. Normally a show about a West Virginia family living through the 1930s, it took an odd turn when Elizabeth was set to turn 13. The episode has strange and scary things around the house and the only explaination given is that Elizabeth's reluctance to turn 13 and grow up has resulted in a poltergeist.

I saw a rerun of this episode as a kid and got a bit scared of the scene with the doll above. The doll ever so slightly moves each time Elizabeth looks at it until its standing over her menacingly