Useful Notes

Useful Notes on a variety of subjects, the purpose of which is threefold:
 * 1) To debunk common media stereotypes.
 * 2) To help you understand some media better.
 * 3) To educate, inform, and sometimes entertain.

Seeing as this section aims to explain a variety of real-world subjects, it wouldn't be a stretch to assume that a lot of these articles have counterparts on The Other Wiki. Having said that, the We Are Not Alone Index is for listing tropes that both TV Tropes and Wikipedia have articles on. Useful Notes are not tropes. If you think that a particular Useful Notes article belongs on that index, please talk about it on the article's discussion page.

Don't Wiki Word unless you intend to launch an entry. Contrast Useless Notes, Did Not Do the Research, and Viewers Are Morons.

Business

 * Sony

Culture

 * Anime Fan Speak
 * Boke and Tsukkomi Routine
 * Kawaisa
 * Peking Opera
 * Pride Parade
 * Rite of Passage
 * Skinheads
 * Subcultures
 * Nudism

Folklore & Mythology

 * Aboriginal Australian Myths
 * Aztec Mythology
 * Celtic Mythology
 * Classical Mythology
 * Chinese Mythology
 * Conspiracy Theories
 * Egyptian Mythology
 * Fairy Tale
 * Flying Spaghetti Monster
 * Hindu Mythology
 * Inca Mythology
 * Japanese Mythology
 * Lusitanian Mythology
 * Mabinogion
 * Norse Mythology
 * Popol Vuh
 * Slavic Mythology
 * Theogony
 * Russian Mythology and Tales
 * Wiccan Mythology

Food

 * Cuisines in America
 * McDonalds
 * Ramen As Dehydrated Noodles
 * Snails and So On
 * Tea and Tea Culture

Games

 * Beta Test
 * Fighting Game
 * MGS 2 Ending
 * Mao
 * Magic the Gathering
 * Yu-Gi-Oh

Gender & Sexuality

 * Asexual
 * BDSM
 * The Bechdel Test
 * Bisexual
 * For the Love of Many (swingers, polygamists, etc.)
 * Homosexual
 * Transgender
 * Westermarck Effect

Geography

 * Africa
 * The Americas
 * Antarctica
 * Asia
 * Digging to China
 * Europe
 * International Date Line
 * The Middle East
 * Oceania
 * The Seven Seas
 * Seven Wonders of the World
 * Major World Cities
 * Big International Clubs

History

 * Arab Israeli Conflict
 * Hindenburg
 * History of English
 * History of the Cold War
 * Pre-Columbian Civilizations
 * Middle East Uprising 2011
 * Moorish Spain
 * Pillarisation
 * Red October
 * Romanovs and Revolutions
 * The Space Race
 * The Spanish Inquisition
 * The Habsburg Empire
 * The Trojan War
 * Tsarist Russia
 * Victorian Britain
 * The Wild West
 * The Fifties
 * The Sixties
 * The Seventies
 * The Eighties
 * The Nineties
 * The Oughts (Zeroes, Noughties, Ohs, etc.)
 * The New Tens
 * World War II
 * Maginot Line

Language

 * Esperanto the Universal Language
 * Fonts
 * German Language
 * Grammar in Foreign Languages
 * Japanese Language
 * Alternate Character Reading
 * Gender and Japanese Language
 * Green Is Blue
 * Japanese Honorifics
 * Japanese Pronouns
 * Japanese Romanization
 * Japanese Sibling Terminology
 * Japanese Stock Phrases
 * Kansai Regional Accent
 * Keigo
 * Kotobagari
 * Names in Japanese
 * Tohoku Regional Accent
 * Korean Honorifics
 * Liddell and Scott Greek-English Lexicon
 * Latin Language
 * Latin Pronunciation Guide
 * Linguistics
 * Romanization
 * Signed Language
 * Spanish Language
 * Tenses
 * Why Mao Changed His Name

Media

 * History of Animation
 * Early Animation
 * The Silent Age of Animation
 * The Golden Age of Animation
 * The Dark Age of Animation
 * The Renaissance Age of Animation
 * The Millennium Age of Animation
 * Animation Resources
 * Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Filmography
 * Looney Tunes in The Thirties
 * Looney Tunes in The Forties
 * Looney Tunes in The Fifties
 * Looney Tunes in The Sixties
 * Looney Tunes in The Seventies And Onward
 * Anime and Manga
 * Dogme 95
 * History of Hollywood
 * Hollywood Accounting
 * The Ages of Super Hero Comics
 * The 50 Greatest Cartoons
 * The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes
 * Mainstream Media
 * Marvel Comics Editors in Chief
 * Noteworthy Disney Staff
 * Noteworthy Looney Tunes Staff
 * Short Film
 * Supermarionation
 * Going Mobile
 * Three D Projection

Military

 * Air Launched Weapons
 * Archery
 * Forces With Firepower
 * Armos With Armor (Armenia)
 * Aussies With Artillery
 * Brazilians With Bazookas
 * Brits With Battleships
 * Ultimate Defence of the Realm (UK nuclear weapons)
 * Canucks With Chinooks (The Canadian Forces)
 * Chinese With Chopper Support (China)
 * The Dragons Teeth (Chinese nuclear weapons)
 * Fillipinos With Firearms
 * Finns With Fearsome Forests
 * Gauls With Grenades (France)
 * The Ultimate Resistance (Fraech nuclear weapons)
 * The Glory That Was Rome (The Roman Army)
 * Indians With Iglas (India)
 * Israelis With Infrared Missiles
 * Kaiju Defense Force (Modern Japan)
 * Katanas of the Rising Sun (Imperial Japan)
 * Mexicans With Machine Guns
 * Nazis With Gnarly Weapons (Nazi Germany)
 * Nepali With Nasty Knives (The Gurkhas)
 * New Roman Legions (Italy)
 * New Spanish Armada
 * North Koreans With Nodongs
 * Pakistanis With Panters
 * Persians With Pistols (Iran)
 * Poles With Poleaxes (Poland)
 * Portuguese Men of War
 * Reds With Rockets (USSR)
 * Russians With Rifles (Imperial Russia and the Whites)
 * Russians With Rusting Rockets (Russia)
 * From Russia With Nukes (Russian/USSR nuclear weapons)
 * The Sound of Martial Music (Habsburg Imperial Forces)
 * The Other Chinese Army (Republic of China/Taiwan)
 * This Is Hellas (Greek Military)
 * Singaporeans With Stealth Frigates
 * Slovaks With Sappers
 * South Africans With Surface to Air Missiles
 * South Koreans With Marines
 * Swedes With Cool Planes
 * Swiss With Army Knives
 * Turks With Troops
 * Warriors of Desert Winds (Jordanian Army)
 * We Are Not the Wehrmacht (modern Germany)
 * Yanks With Tanks (USA)
 * Peace Through Superior Firepower (US nuclear weapons)
 * Common Ranks
 * Common Military Units
 * Gun Safety
 * Modern Battlefield Weapons
 * Mounted Combat
 * Naval Gazing
 * History of Naval Warfare
 * Naval Weapons
 * Types of Naval Ships
 * Plane Spotting
 * Wild Weasel
 * Silencers
 * Swords
 * The Deadliest Mushroom
 * The Laws and Customs of War
 * The Rest of the Nuclear Club
 * The Thirty Six Stratagems
 * When You Need Something Dead
 * Big Brother Is Watching This Index (Real Life espionage agencies)

Music

 * Amen Break
 * Bo Diddley Beat
 * The British Invasion
 * Chutney Music (not to be confused with the sauce or savory jam of the same name)
 * Electronic Music
 * The Four Chords of Pop
 * Heavy Metal
 * Punk
 * Visual Kei (mostly about becoming a non-Japanese artist at this point but work in progress)

Natural Sciences

 * Alchemy
 * Black Holes
 * Evolution
 * Local Stars
 * The Longitude Problem
 * Genetics
 * DNA
 * Mathematics
 * Fermats Last Theorem
 * Planets
 * Prehistoric Life
 * Dinosaurs
 * Quantum Physics
 * Random Number Generator
 * Relativity
 * Scary Scorpions
 * Schrodingers Cat
 * The Scientific Method
 * Snow Means Cold
 * The Solar System
 * The Sun
 * Venus
 * The Moon
 * Mars
 * Jupiter
 * The Moons of Jupiter
 * Saturn
 * The Moons of Saturn
 * Tornadoes
 * Theorum

People

 * Adolf Hitler
 * Al Capone
 * Albert Einstein
 * Authors
 * Benjamin Franklin
 * Carl Sagan
 * Catherine the Great
 * Charles Darwin
 * Charles Manson
 * Che Guevara
 * Christopher Hitchens
 * Genghis Khan
 * Geoffrey Chaucer
 * Hillary Rodham Clinton
 * Isaac Newton
 * Jack the Ripper
 * Jacques Cousteau
 * Jacques Derrida
 * Joan of Arc
 * John Milton
 * Johnny Appleseed
 * Josef Stalin
 * Josip Broz Tito
 * Leonardo Da Vinci
 * MC Escher
 * Mao Ze Dong
 * Marie Antoinette
 * Marilyn Monroe
 * Leon Trotsky
 * Mark Twain
 * Miyamoto Musashi
 * Muhammad Ali
 * Napoleon Bonaparte
 * Neil De Grasse Tyson
 * Friedrich Nietzsche
 * Nikola Tesla
 * Notable Swedish Monarchs
 * Oda Nobunaga
 * Osama Bin Laden
 * Otto Von Bismarck
 * Peter the Great
 * Pol Pot
 * Prussian Kings
 * Richard Dawkins
 * Richard Feynman
 * Rupert Murdoch
 * Stephen Hawking
 * The 47 Ronin
 * The Men of Downing Street
 * The Presidents
 * Toyotomi Hideyoshi
 * Vincent Van Gogh
 * Vladimir Lenin
 * Walter Cronkite
 * William Shakespeare
 * Shakespeare in Fiction
 * Yagyu Jubei
 * Ake Ohlmarks (analysis of his Blind Idiot Translation of The Lord of the Rings)

Philosophy

 * Consent
 * Ethical Hedonism
 * Existentialism
 * Feminism
 * The Golden Rule
 * Objectivism
 * Political Ideologies

Politics

 * American Political System
 * Astroturf
 * Australian Politics
 * British Political System
 * Canadian Politics
 * French Political System
 * Irish Political System
 * Japanese Political System
 * Mexican Politics
 * Post War British Politics
 * Political Ideologies
 * Political System of Germany
 * Politicians
 * Reporting Names
 * Russian Political System (modern, not Soviet)
 * Standard European Political Landscape

Psychology

 * Abuse
 * Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse
 * Asperger Syndrome
 * Depression
 * Dyslexia
 * High Functioning Autism
 * Id Superego and Ego
 * IQ Testing
 * Lack of Empathy
 * Mensa
 * Psychology
 * Suicide
 * Suicide Prevention
 * Trigger

Religion

 * Agnosticism
 * American Churches
 * Atheism
 * Buddhism
 * Christianity
 * Amish
 * Mormonism
 * Orthodox Christianity
 * Patron Saint
 * Deism
 * Discordianism
 * Flying Spaghetti Monster
 * Gnosticism
 * Heresies and Heretics
 * Hinduism
 * Islam
 * Judaism
 * Jewish Life Events
 * Jewish Holidays
 * The Noahide Laws
 * Neo-Paganism
 * New Age
 * Pandeism
 * Pantheism
 * Shinto
 * Sikhism
 * Spiritism
 * Taoism
 * Voudoun
 * Wicca
 * Zoroastrianism

Sports

 * Olympic Games
 * American Football
 * Collegiate American Football
 * Super Bowl
 * Australian Rules Football
 * Auto Racing
 * Formula One
 * Indy Car
 * NASCAR
 * Baseball
 * Basketball
 * Cricket
 * Cricket Rules
 * The Ashes
 * Humans vs. Zombies
 * Equestrian Sports
 * Horse Racing
 * Ice Hockey
 * National Hockey League
 * Stanley Cup
 * Martial Arts
 * Capoeira
 * European Swordsmanship
 * Kendo
 * Kenjutsu
 * Martial Arts Belts
 * Mixed Martial Arts
 * Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
 * Rugby
 * Rugby League
 * Rugby Union
 * Soccer/Association Football
 * The Beautiful Game
 * English Premier League
 * British Footy Teams
 * European Championship
 * The FA Cup
 * Footy Rules
 * The World Cup
 * UEFA Champions League
 * Major League Soccer
 * Fantasy Sports
 * Tennis
 * Wimbledon
 * Pool Sports
 * Competitive Swimming
 * Competitive Diving
 * Synchronized Swimming
 * Water Polo

Technology & The Internet

 * Artificial Intelligence
 * Computer Wars
 * Console Wars
 * Five Five Five
 * The Great Video Game Crash of 1983
 * How Video Game Specs Work
 * Encryption
 * Alice and Bob
 * Misplaced Nationalism
 * Mozilla Firefox
 * PC vs. Console
 * UNIX
 * SNESCDROM
 * Lua
 * Professional Gaming
 * Python

Television

 * Network Executives
 * Show Runner
 * Casting Director
 * Ratings
 * TV Strikes
 * Best Boy
 * Visual Effects
 * Sound Effects

Other

 * Alcohol
 * Columbine
 * Cat Communication
 * Corrective Lenses
 * CPR Clean Pretty Reliable
 * Economics
 * Socialism
 * Capitalism
 * Fair Use
 * Gold
 * Identification By Dental Records
 * The Irish Diaspora
 * Kimono
 * Man Bites Man
 * Plagiarism
 * Roleplaying
 * Senior Exam Results Comparison Page
 * Straight Edge
 * Termites
 * Victim Blaming