Here are a few favourites…
Warning: contains spoilers forWestworld,American Vandal,Lost,Jessica Jones season 2, The ExorcistandFringeas signposted.
Storytellers are like Batman villains they can never resist signing their work.
Rearrange the letters ofGhost Worldcharacter Enid Coleslaw and youre left with comic book creator Daniel Clowes.
Anagrammatic pseudonyms are all over film and TV.
Here are twenty-eight fun examples from the world of TV…
The family surname Simpson literally means son of a simp, or stupid/foolish person.
Westworld major spoiler ahead if you havent seenWestworldseason one!
Fans worked this one out pretty quickly.
Lost JJ Abrams wiggy mystery show is famous for hiding anagram clues in names for characters and things.
Doctor Who the humanoid Kaled race were the ancestors for the genetically engineered mutant Daleks.
Doctor Who(last one!)
Season two dropped the anagram trick and went for palindromes instead.
Nobody could deny that its fitting…
The Exorcist major spoiler ahead if you havent seenThe Exorcistseason one.
Play around with those letters and her true identity is revealed: A clean Regan.
Thats right, Rance is in fact a grown-up version of the child possessed in the 1970s feature film.
The authorities say yes, but the series teenage investigators say different.
Spoiler ahead if youve yet to watch it.
Fans spotted that their combined names form the anagram clearly car vandal is end theory.
Jessica Jones major spoiler forJessica Jonesseason 2 ahead.
Its revealed that the antagonist in the second season of this Marvel/Netflix collaboration is Jessicas mother, Alisa Jones.
Pretty Little Liars over multiple seasons fans of this show deciphered various inserted clues, anagrams and hints.
Fringe the mysterious Sam Weiss is linked to several anagrams during his time inFringe.
