I Thought That Was/F to K


 * F Zero is not an abbreviation for The Familiar of Zero.
 * Face Book is not when heroic wrestlers dictate the matches.
 * Nor is it A book filled with faces.
 * Fairly Oddparents is not about parents that are fairly odd.
 * That is, if you're talking about Timmy's biological parents rather than his fairy godparents.
 * Though arguably Timmy's biological parents and his godparents are both fairly odd.
 * Fairy Tail contains no fairies. The one mention of fairies within it includes that even if they exist, they proabably don't have tails. Similarly, it reads nothing like a Fairy Tale.
 * Family Guy is not a super hero with family related powers.
 * Fanon (by John Edgar Wideman) has nothing to do with Fanon.
 * Neither Fantasia, Arc Rise Fantasia, Battle Fantasia nor Tales of Phantasia are related aside from the titles.
 * Fate Stay Night is not what happens in a hypothetical Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Dating Sim when your AFGNCAAP gets to bed Fate. What were we saying about Fate puns?
 * It's not about turning off a computer for a night.
 * On that note, Fate/Zero is not a Crack Pairing between Fate and one of the many people known as Zero, especially not Prisoner Zero's true form.
 * Fear Effect is not a Spin-Off of Mass Effect.
 * Nor is it a Crossover between F.E.A.R and Mass Effect.
 * Fey Winds does not involve Tina Fey.
 * Nor is it about the Fey family gaining wind manipulation powers.
 * Likewise, Tina Fey isn't a member of said family.
 * The Fifth Element is not Boron.
 * Fighting Fantasy is not an alternate title for Dissidia Final Fantasy. Or Ehrgeiz.
 * Filthy Rich and Catflap is not about aristocrats who let their cats provide for themselves.
 * Final Destination is not about a Super Smash Bros stage.
 * Final Fantasy is not the last dream you'll ever have (but it almost was for Square Enix).
 * Final Fantasy X 2 has nothing to do with doubling your Final Fantasy. However, playing it may double your Fan Service.
 * Nor is it a crossover with the second X-Men movie.
 * Nor is it a crossover with Mega Man X 2.
 * Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls is not on the Nintendo DS, though it is playable on non-D Si DSs.
 * Finding Nemo is not a sequel to Little Nemo.
 * Not it is a sequel to Jules Verne's classic Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
 * A Fire Emblem is not a tattoo that burns your skin.
 * Nor does it have anything to do with the Tiger and Bunny character.
 * Firefox does not have anything to do with a web browser.
 * The Flanders Company is not The Leftorium. Nor is it a portrayal of a company that overemphasizes greed at the expense of all other characteristics.
 * Nor is it a company run by Flandre Scarlet.
 * Or a spin off of The Electric Company
 * Flashman is not a speed or light-powered superhero. Nor is he in any way affiliated with Flash Gordon, nor is he a Robot Master. Nor is it the 1986 Super Sentai team.
 * FLCL does not mean Forced LCL or anything thereof.
 * FoxTrot has nothing to do with dancing.
 * Franken Fran is not about reconstructing a Golem modeled after Balthier's sky pirate partner.
 * Friendship! and WORKING!! don't always go hand-in-hand.
 * It's also not a Lighter and Softer spinoff of Mortal Kombat.
 * Nor is it Magic.
 * Frost Nixon is not a yaoi work.
 * Fruits Basket is not that you use apples, melons, lemons, and oranges as basketballs.
 * Fuck Space! is not about having intercourse with the cosmos, nor is it a parody of a particular social networking site.
 * Fullmetal Alchemist, Full Metal Jacket and Full Metal Panic do not make up a franchise.
 * Furry Vengeance is in no way the modern Internet counterpart to Revenge of the Nerds.
 * The Game Fucking Fuck Fuck Fucker Fucking Fuck Fucker is not someone overreacting to being told that he lost it.
 * Sorry, Nerd.
 * Garfield is not a piece of land that makes you a Badass.
 * Garfield and Friends is not about late 19th-century American politics.
 * Generation Kill is not a systematic wipe of an entire generation of creatures.
 * Generator Rex is not about an electric dinosaur.
 * George Clinton isn't a trope about unsubtle and unflattering portrayals of certain American Presidents.
 * Get Backers is not Get Ed with Ed replaced by someone named Backers.
 * Getter Robo is not what Lucca shouts to Robo while they're fighting Queen Zeal.
 * The Ghostbusters, Gun Buster, Little Busters, Myth Busters, Psycho Busters and Diebuster are not specialized default weapons for Mega Man.
 * Giga Wing is not a sequel to Zero Wing.
 * Some people thought Gigli had something to do with the legendary opera singer Beniamino Gigli. A Biopic of him could easily have been a better movie.
 * Girl with Curious Hair is not part of The Millennium Trilogy.
 * The Godpigeon is not a pigeon with Reality Warper powers. Or is he?
 * Ghost in The Shell is not a spirit oyster.
 * And Stand Alone Complex isn't about a psychological disorder that makes people be loners.
 * Going Postal has no relation to Postal.
 * Golden Girls are not girls that are gold colored.
 * Goldie Gold and Action Jack are not the names of porn stars.
 * The Goon Show was not in any way affiliated with any members of Something Awful.
 * Gore Screaming Show is not a Rock Opera version of An Inconvenient Truth.
 * Gore: Ultimate Soldier is not about painting crankpot former-vice President Al Gore as a Memetic Badass.
 * Gundam 00 is not seven short of James Bond recycled with Humongous Mecha.
 * Guwange is not a rip-off of Giga Wing.
 * Gradius is not Gladius WITH Engrish!
 * Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou is not about the ambition of a gopher.
 * Gradius IV: Fukkatsu is not about fucking katsu curry.
 * Gradius Gaiden is not Gradius meets Ninja Gaiden.
 * The Grapes of Wrath are not edible.
 * Great Big Sea is not about the four seas on Earth.
 * Grey's Anatomy is not about alien autopsies.
 * The Great Luke Ski are not the Last Words of an imperial stormtrooper, upon meeting a certain Rebel Alliance hero he secretly admires.
 * Green Arrow has nothing to do with turning left at a stoplight.
 * The Green Hornet is not about an F/A-18 with a green paintjob.
 * It is also not about a green flying, stinging insect that builds paper hives.
 * Grim Grimoire is not how Billy and Mandy acquired their favorite personal plaything.
 * Guitar Hero and its sequel games is not a series about a literal guitar who has a secret identity as a super hero.
 * Gundam Seed is not about a seed that grows into a Humongous Mecha.
 * Nor is it that other thing you were thinking about.
 * Gundam Unicorn does have robot attacks, but it's not that kind.
 * Gungrave is not a disposal site for firearms.
 * Gunman Chronicles is not a Gurren Lagann spinoff.
 * Gunslinger Girl is not an anime adaptation of Final Fantasy X-2.
 * Gun X Sword won't try to shoot, then cut you.
 * It is also not a sequel to the video game Zerker X Ninja.
 * It is not standard-issue weaponry for SeeD members, either.
 * And it's not a Cargo Ship between weapons.
 * Guyver is not a Trans-Atlantic equivalent series to MacGyver.
 * Hannah Montana is not a town in the state of Montana.
 * Or a girl named Hannah in Montana.
 * Hanna Is Not a Boys Name is not a trope about Gender Blender Names, though it is a webcomic that involves one.
 * Said webcomic also has nothing to do with transgender issues.
 * Barbera is also not a boy's name, but the page isn't about them.
 * Happy Feet hardly has any Foot Focus in it... Or at least no human feet in it.
 * Hardy Boys is about Frank and Joe, not Matt and Jeff.
 * Harry Potter is not a clay sculptor who needs to shave.
 * Hayate Cross Blade is not a pairing of someone named Hayate and Blade.
 * Heavy Rain is not a sequel to Vampire Rain.
 * Havemercy is not the TV Tropes page for this song.
 * Hell Girl is not the Distaff Counterpart of Hellboy.
 * That would be Hellgirl.
 * Hello Cthulhu is not about greeting or taunting an Eldritch Abomination.
 * Hellsing is not about demonic music.
 * Heroes is not a live-action version of Justice League Unlimited.
 * The Heroic Legend of Arslan is not the unreleased eighth book in The Chronicles of Narnia.
 * The answer to Hey Ash Whatcha Playin usually isn't Pokémon.
 * Or Mega Man ZX Advent.
 * Highschool of the Dead is not a Spin-Off of House of the Dead set in a highschool.
 * Hip Hop Mania's music is not really comprised of hip-hop.
 * His Dark Materials is not to be read as His Dark Materia, and has nothing to do with Sephiroth.
 * The Hollywood Squares is not about stars who manage to avoid descending into a pit of alcoholic or drug-taking misery.
 * Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman What Did I Do To Deserve This? has nothing to do with Robin. Unfortunately, knowing this doesn't stop the mental images...
 * It also has nothing to do with the similarly-titled Pet Shop Boys song.
 * Holyland is not about The Crusades.
 * Homestar Runner is not about the management of homes or stars.
 * It also has nothing to do with baseball.
 * Nor is it about running, though it was intended to be.
 * Homestuck is not about being under house arrest.
 * Honey, I Blew Up The Kid does not involve exploding children.
 * The Honorverse doesn't mean a universe that's really, really honorable.
 * Hook is not a slasher film.
 * Horrible Bosses is not the Darth Wiki counterpart to That One Boss and Best Boss Ever.
 * House of the Dead is not a spin-off of House where the eponymous character runs the hospital's morgue.
 * House of Leaves is not a House spinoff involving trees.
 * How Green Was My Valley is not an audience response to a comedian saying "your valley was sooooo green..."
 * How I Killed Your Master is not How I Met Your Mother
 * How I Met Your Mother isn't a retelling of The Terminator by Kyle Reese to John Conner. No matter how long the show lasts, it's never going to turn out to actually be the story of Kyle growing up in the future and then going back in time to meet Sarah Conner. At least, probably not.
 * Neither is it RED Spy taunting BLU Scout.
 * Howl's Moving Castle is not the property of Thurston Howell III.
 * Hulk Hogan is not the star of Hogan's Heroes, he is also not related to the Gennai clone Hogan, or to Yusei's friend Crow
 * The Hunger Games is not about a contest when you have to starve yourself to death to win.
 * Hunter X Hunter is not the Samus/Dark Samus pairing.
 * It also has nothing to do with Gun X Sword, Zerker X Ninja or Zerker X Saurian.
 * Nor is it Left 4 Dead or Halo Screw Yourself pairing.
 * Hyakko is not one of The Four Gods. You're just one letter off there.
 * And it's definitely not one of the Warner Brothers.
 * I Am Number Four is not a comeback against someone who says You Are Number Six.
 * iCarly is not about people who are so vain, they probably think this song was sung by them.
 * Ichigo One Hundred Percent is not the acquisition, reading, and watching of all Ichigo Mashimaro merchandise.
 * Nor does it describe the ultimate yuri pairing: Nagisa Aoi/everyone.
 * Strawberry Panic does that well enough on its own.
 * Ichi the Killer is not the Japanese version of The One.
 * It's also not a little-known sequel song to The Who's "Boris the Spider".
 * I Dreamof Jeannie has absolutely nothing to do with the Stephen Foster song of that name. And besides, she has blonde hair in it.
 * IGPX Immortal Grand Prix is not about Duncan MacLeod riding around in a Pontiac.
 * Interstate 76 is not about the road of the same name.
 * Infinite Stratos is not about mass-produced clones of Lockon or Einhart.
 * It is also not three atmospheric layers under Infinite Space.
 * Inglourious Basterds is not about a bunch of illegitimate children who must learn to spell.
 * The Inheritance Cycle does not guarantee you $100,000 a year for the rest of your life after your parents die/are killed.
 * Nor is it actually a series of books about legal battles between successors over an inheritance.
 * Initial D is not about someone whose initial is D.
 * Initial D Arcade Stage is not about the cast of the series playing arcade driving games, though it is an arcade driving game.
 * Initial D Extra Stage is not the Bonus Boss that you get after clearing IDAS's Legend of the Streets mode.
 * It's also not a prequel story about Tenacious D's early days.
 * Ink Exchange is not part of The Inkworld Trilogy.
 * Instant Teen Just Add Nuts is not about those kind of nuts, you pervert!
 * Iron Man, the Marvel Comics character, is not the basis for the song "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath. Didn't stop them from using it in the closing credits of the film (minus the lyrics).
 * Or have the comics have Tony Stark inspired by the song for the name of his superhero identity.
 * Irregular Webcomic has nothing to do with Schedule Slip.
 * Ishtar is not a documentary about Marik's family.
 * Its About Time is not about the first episode of the Telltale Back to The Future game.
 * I Wanna Be the Guy is not about 1-Up's desire to be Stinkoman's sidekick.
 * Or a desire to become this Guy, that Guy or the other Guy.
 * JAGS Wonderland isn't about the adventures of group of military attorneys...
 * James Bond is not a type of chemical bond, though such a bond would probably be reserved for pretty awesome chemicals.
 * Or Pokémon's James's bonding with anyone.
 * Jack Frost is not about the cute, jester-like demons that inhabit the Shin Megami Tensei series.
 * Jenny Everywhere is not what Ash Ketchum says when he, Brock and Dawn show up at a convention involving every single Officer Jenny in the show.
 * And it is not about Jenny Wakeman developing duplication powers.
 * Jensen Ackles is not a law firm, even though his name sounds like one.
 * Jet Set Willy is not related to the Jet Set Radio series.
 * Jump Super Stars is not an order for stars, either celebrity or stellar, to jump.
 * The title Jungle 2 Jungle is not to be read as Jungle Jungle 2. There's no prequel called Jungle Jungle.
 * Kaiba is not a Yu-Gi-Oh spinoff.
 * Neither is Seto no Hanayome.
 * Likewise, Sasuke is not a Naruto spinoff.
 * And Gunsmoke is not a Trigun spinoff.
 * Kaiji is not about 100-foot tall monsters rampaging through downtown Tokyo.
 * None of the Kamen Rider series feature a protagonist with a Central American Alligator as a mount.
 * Kamen Rider Agito is not a flaming pixie (or an F-bomb-spewing rollerblader) turned into a Toku protagonist. Likewise, Kamen Rider Hibiki's alter ego is not Dan Hibiki.
 * or Ryouga for that matter.
 * Along those lines, Kamen Rider Kuuga does not have a silver wolf as a pet.
 * And Kamen Rider OOO does not share its setting with Adventure Time.
 * Kanon is not a pirate Kremling wielding a cannon. You want Kannon. And it is not how Kremlings and the Mortal Kombat fans say "Canon".
 * Nor is it about a bishounen servant.
 * Kappa Mikey is nothing to do with a helicopter pilot called Mikey.
 * Kara no Shoujo should not be confused with Katawa Shoujo. Or vice-versa. Especially not vice-versa.
 * Karin is not about the character from Dragonball or Naruto.
 * Kekkaishi is not the porn-loving, eyepatch-wearing Jonin from Konohagakure.
 * Key the Metal Idol isn't when you angrily scratch the paintwork on the ancient idol with your car keys.
 * Turns out it doesn't involve Excel Saga either.
 * Or Key Visual Arts.
 * Kickassia has no relation to Kick-Ass.
 * Kiddy Grade is not a story about elementary school children.
 * The King of Fighters is not just about the character King.
 * Kino's Journey is not about the rise of any of the following unless it has a talking motorcycle.
 * It also doesn't detail her quest to become an internet celebrity.
 * Klonoa is not a funny-sounding venereal disease.
 * KNIVES is not the genocidal alien brother of a gunslinger on a desert planet.
 * Or the homicidal ex-girlfriend of some loser rocker from Canada.
 * K-On! has nothing to deal with modsoul-possesing teddy lions.
 * Nor is it one letter off from Kaon, or K-meson, which named a Half-Life 2 soundtrack track.
 * Nor is it an abbreviation of Kanon.
 * Krull is not a Skrull reject.
 * Pity the fool who mistakes Kodomo no Omocha with Kodomo No Jikan.
 * Or Kodomo No Iibun with either of them.