I Thought That Was/A to E

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 * Tenth Kingdom is not the sequel to Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Nor is it a prequel to Twelfth Kingdom.
 * 100 Bullets is not about artificial ammo limitations in First-Person Shooters and other action games, especially in cases where the quantity exceeds the weapon's capacity.
 * 12 Monkeys contains not one single monkey. (Talk about disappointment!)
 * 28 Days Later is not a sequel to 28 Days.
 * Thirty Rock and 3rd Rock, despite naming similarities, are entirely unrelated.
 * 300 has nothing to do with perfect games of bowling.
 * Nor with NASCAR Nationwide Series racing.
 * Three By Three Eyes is not greater than 8 Eyes and less than 11eyes. Even when present, all implications of Extra Eyes are greatly exaggerated.
 * Nor does it refer to eyes that have 3 by 3 dimensions.
 * The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T pity no fools.
 * 9|Nine is not about Cirno.
 * Nor is Nine. Also, 9|Nine and Nine are different.
 * And 9|Nine, Twenty Four and 52 are not part of a series consisting of numbers as the titles.
 * 1942 and Battlefield 1942 are completely different games.
 * Nobody gets abducted in Abduction. Nobody. Karen gets very temporarily kidnapped while on the train, but hardly enough so to qualify for the title.

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 * Absolute Power is not a trope about obtaining absolute power. Reading it is not likely to corrupt absolutely. Reading this site just might, but we wouldn't recommend trying to take over the world afterwards.
 * And it is not the Pirate counterpart to Real Ultimate Power.
 * Nor is it a sequel to an Emperor Palpatine biopic.
 * Ace Combat is not an Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny between The Aces or gamblers.
 * Or a free-for-all in the Wild Cards universe.
 * The Belkan War is not fought against the Sankt Kaisers or Wolkenritter.
 * Shattered Skies is not the end result of an Imperial Guard Basilisk crew fulfilling their desire to "shatter their sky!"
 * The Unsung War is not the end result of the local Spoony Bard refusing to commemorate a war.
 * Joint Assault is not about pragmatically crippling someone.
 * Acid Bath is not about a person taking a bath in acid.
 * ADOM is not about the BDSM lifestyle. Even if you feel like it is after Yet Another Stupid Death.
 * Adventure Island is not an Adventure Game.
 * Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers is not a precursor to Power Rangers Lost Galaxy.
 * Playing After Burner Climax will not cause you to climax when you beat it.
 * AH Dot Com the Series is not a televised version of Animal House that is updated for the Internet era. Nor does it involve Adolf Hitler (okay, maybe a little), Alfred Hitchcock, or Belldandy.
 * Ai Yori Aoshi has no known lesbian characters.
 * Airheads is not a documentary about the sweet taffy-like candy.
 * AKB48 do not carry AKA-47 firearms.
 * Akeelah and the Bee is not a tale about a girl befriending a magic bee. (That would be Bee Movie.)
 * Alien Nine is not about Cirno as an alien.
 * Nor is it the ninth film in the Alien series... yet.
 * America's/BritainsGotTalent is not a documentary on breast augmentation.
 * Nor is it about those countries adopting an ancient form of currency.
 * American History X is not the ninth sequel to American History.
 * There are no angels on Angel.
 * Angels & Demons is not about those Neon Genesis Evangelion beasties fighting the Master Chief John-117. (Or did you mean the Space Marine John Stalvern?)
 * Animal Crossing is not a game where you cross different species of animals to create some sort of mistake of Nature.
 * Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney's eponymous protagonist is not a Greek god. Nor is he the fusion of a Greek god and a The House of the Dead boss. Nor is Apollo Justice the reason Gaius Baltar.
 * Appleseed Ex Machina isn't about the rapid growth of flora when the rightful king is restored.
 * The Colon in Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters does not refer to the internal organ.
 * Are You Alice is not a follow-up to Go Ask Alice.
 * Armored Core is not the Vic Viper's nemesis.
 * Assassin's Creed is not about killing people by yelling Badass Creeds.
 * Asura Cryin does not star that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 glitch, who has gone emo. And he's called Ash'ura, for the record.
 * Nor does it involve the daedric lord Azura.
 * Nor does it involve the TSAB Warship, the Asura, even though both were animated by Seven Arcs.
 * Nor does it have anything to do with the fear-inducing Big Bad of Soul Eater.
 * The A-Team is not about a school spelling bee team.
 * Nor are they related to the M Squad and the F Troop.
 * Nor are they Canadians who spell phonetically, eh?
 * Atelier Violet comes in more colors than just purple.
 * Atop the Fourth Wall is not a trope dealing with the Fourth Wall. We apologize for confusion.
 * Avatar does not feature any incarnations of gods on earth. Nor is it set in an internet forum.
 * Avatar: The Last Airbender is not a sequel to Avatar featuring an air-manipulating Na'vi mage.
 * It does feature the earthly incarnation of a god-spirit, so at least it has that going for it.
 * Awesome Series is not a page for Gushing About Shows You Like.
 * Axe Cop is not a command to get rid of a policeman.

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 * Backyard Wrestling is not part of the Backyard Sports series.
 * Bad Movie Beatdown is not a show about watching A Date with Rosie Palms from someone with a bad movie Fetish.
 * Nor is it physically assaulting a bad movie.
 * Though in some episodes, he does.
 * Bangai-O is not The Big O with more Stuff Blowing Up.
 * Bangai-O Spirits is not Bangai-O
 * Banjo the Woodpile Cat is not a Banjo-Kazooie spin-off where Kazooie is replaced by a woodpile cat. Likewise, Banjo Ginga is not another spin-off with the bird getting the boot in favor of Ginga Nakajima.
 * And all involved have nothing to do with Space Ghost's sea monkey.
 * Basara and Sengoku Basara are completely unrelated to one another.
 * It also has nothing to do with Bane's chant.
 * Basic Instructions do not include,  , and.
 * Batman is not about someone who actually turns into a bat. The title character is not part bat either. You might be looking for one of the villains in his Rogues Gallery, Man-Bat instead.
 * It is not a baseball sports film either, and it has absolutely nothing to do with Ninja Baseball Batman, either.
 * The video game Batman: Arkham Asylum is not about Batman helping ship-shaped pigs find a safe sanctuary. Similarly, its sequel isn't about Batman helping the same creatures form a community.
 * Battle for Terra is not a Fan Nickname for the endgame of Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep.
 * It is also not an episode of Teen Titans.
 * Neither is it a battle for Terra.
 * The Beano is not about that pill.
 * Bear in the Big Blue House is not an oddly elaborate new slang phrase for saying someone's "in the house", nor is it a Genre Shift spinoff of Cory in The House.
 * Beat 'em and Eat 'em is not a prehistoric hunting simulator, unfortunately.
 * Beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD is not IIDX with a distorted screen.
 * beatmania IIDX 14 Gold's theme song is not the eurobeat song "Solid Gold", nor is it played on a solid gold IIDX machine. Besides, a machine made of pure 24K gold wouldn't be very durable anyway.
 * beatmania IIDX 15 DJ Troopers is not a crossover between IIDX and VR Troopers.
 * beatmania IIDX 17 Sirius has nothing to do with satellite radio or Sirius Black, and its tagline is not "Why so Sirius?"
 * Becoming Blizzard is not about the creation of the Warcraft series. It's also not about a man turning into a giant ape god. You're thinking of Chaos, anyway.
 * Being Human (UK) is not related to the Robin Williams movie of the same name. No one remembers it anyway.
 * Nor is it a prequel to Too Human.
 * Not is it related to Being There.
 * Ben Drowned is not about about the opening scene from the third episode of Ben 10.
 * Ben 10 does not star ten guys named Ben, just one.
 * Ben-To is not a less diverse version of Ben 10.
 * Beyond Good and Evil is not the book by Friedrich Nietzsche.
 * The BFG is not about a guy searching for a Hand Cannon. You're probably looking for this story right here.
 * The Big Bang Theory is not about the theory that the universe was created from a star explosion.
 * Big Trouble in Little China is not Big Trouble remade in Little China. For one thing, the former film was made 15 years before the latter.
 * The Biggest Loser is not a contest over who is the most pathetic nerd.
 * The Big O is not about a mathematical concept or car tires. And it's definitely not about…you know, that.
 * The Big Red One is not a Sequel Escalation take on Jack London's short story "The Red One" about a bigger, meaner version of the crashed alien probe showing up for revenge.
 * Billy vs. SNAKEMAN is not a Mega Man/Double Dragon crossover.
 * Birds of Prey has absolutely nothing to do with those cool Klingon ships first seen in Star Trek III the Search For Spock and then would get overused in later Star Trek series. Or the Romulan one either.
 * It's also not a trope about literal birds of prey, no matter how Cool Pet some of them are.
 * Bishi Bashi Championship is not a competition in which you beat up Bishounen. Though given its widget factor, a bishounen-beating minigame would fit very well in the game.
 * Bit.Trip series isn't based on trying to bite as much food as possible without tripping over things.
 * BIT.TRIP FATE is not a crossover with Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.
 * BIT.TRIP FLUX is not a crossover with Back to The Future, either.
 * Black Butler's eponymous butler is not of African descent.
 * Blackadder is not about an African-American mathematician.
 * Nor is is about a snake.
 * The Black Company is not a Darker and Edgier version of The Electric Company. Or a version of the same show with an all-black cast.
 * Black Jack is not a documentary about a card game, the Tu-160, or General John Pershing.
 * Black Lagoon does not contain any creatures (that we know of, anyway).
 * Black Sunday is not about the chaos on Disneyland's opening day.
 * Blade Runner is not a character who specializes in the Blade Run.
 * Nor is it about a cousin of Homestar Runner.
 * Nor the bastard son of Homestar Runner and Blade.
 * Nor is BIT.TRIP RUNNER part of the alleged family tree.
 * Blaster Master is not connected to Bomberman.
 * Bleach is not a show where doing the laundry is Serious Business.
 * Nor is it the sequel to Hairspray.
 * And despite what pictures like this say, no, it does not have a sequel called Detergent... yet.
 * Nor a chemical whitener that you use in laundry.
 * Brian Blessed IS NOT EXACTLY BLESSED!
 * The Blob does not roll over a monochrome city to paint it in Technicolor. That's De Blob.
 * Blondie is not about Debbie Harry.
 * Or Paris Hilton.
 * Blossom is not about the PowerPuff Girl.
 * The Boat That Rocked did not play backup for The Ship Who Sang.
 * Boku no Pico is not about pico de gallo salsa, nor does it star Pico from F-Zero.
 * Boulder Dash is not a sequel of Diner Dash.
 * Nor it is a game about an anthropomorphic boulder with Super Speed.
 * Bolo is not about Bolo Santosi.
 * Bonkers are not Scouts. Or Bonkuras.
 * Scouts, however, can be bonkers.
 * The Boogiepop Series is not about Oogie Boogie's daughter, made of candy.
 * Boogiepop Phantom does not imply that Boogiepop's other father is Danny Phantom.
 * Borderlands is not a social commentary against illegal immigration.
 * It also has nothing to do with the Bordertown books.
 * The Boondocks do not have The Boondock Saints, and vice-versa.
 * Brass Eye is not a prequel to Red Eye or Goldeneye.
 * Brazil is not about the country of that name.
 * Breaking Bad is not about someone who doesn't like Michael Jackson's Album and single Bad.
 * Breath of Death VII is not Master Belch's ultimate attack.
 * Brokeback Mountain is not a documentary about hikers with severe lower back problems.
 * Brother Bear does not star Brother from The Berenstain Bears or the Brother Bears from Donkey Kong Country 3 just because the name's the same.
 * Bruce Almighty is not a biopic about Bruce Campbell.
 * The Brutal Series does not imply that sequels to Brutal Legend or Brutal: Paws of Fury exist.
 * Bubble Bobble does not feature bobbleheads.
 * Bust-A-Move, despite being a spinoff, is not a dancing game, even though a dance sequence is in the second game's intro. You want Bust A Groove, at least in America.
 * Bubblegum Crisis has absolutely nothing to do with bubblegum.
 * Bulletstorm is not a Bullet Hell game.
 * Bunny Must Die is thankfully not a page of backlash against User:Lurkerbunny and her constant Entry Pimping or against Barnaby Brooks Jr..
 * It does not have anything to do with Rabbit Season, either.
 * Nor is it about how you may feel after thoroughly playing Irisu Syndrome.
 * Similarly, Romeo Must Die is not a page of backlash against Romeo and Juliet (or Romeo X Juliet).
 * Burn After Reading is not some propaganda material straight out of the Fahrenheit 451 universe.
 * Burn Notice is not "fyi you're on fire."

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 * Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew has absolutely nothing to do with Ankh-Morpork's city guard. Especially not Angua. Be glad she wasn't here to hear that.
 * Carmen is not an opera about automobile-themed superheroes. Nor is it about a gang of elusive punny-named thieves.
 * Laputa: Castle in the Sky is nothing like Castle
 * Castle... You mean like Firefly?
 * It also has nothing to do with Howls Moving Castle, except that both films were directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
 * Castlevania Judgment is not a game where you judge Castlevania games.
 * Castlevania: Dracula X is not a crossover of Castlevania and Mega Man X.
 * Nor does the story involve Dracula getting his hands on Chemical X.
 * Cave Story is not the story of the company that develops Bullet Hell games.
 * Celda 211 has nothing to do with the initially controversial art style of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
 * Celestial Refresh is not about THE HEALING RAYS OF THE SUN.
 * Centurions has nothing to do with Roman legions.
 * Or Cylons.
 * Sadly - "What happened to the Centurions after the Grand Finale?" would be an excellent Spin-Off.
 * In Chaos Legion, you do not take control of the Chaos Space Marines.
 * Chars Counterattack is not the result of Ash Ketchum barking orders to his fiery lizard. (Or, in the case of Charizard during the first two seasons, its strategy after Ash tells it to do something completely different.) Nor is it the sequel to Nethack.
 * Charlotte Temple is not an area worshipping the candy monster Charlotte or Charlotte Dunois.
 * Toasts are almost never given at Cheers.
 * Nor do any of the character run around exclaiming the phrase in a British accent.
 * The Child Ballads are not for children. They were collected by Francis James Child.
 * A Chrome Shelled Regios is not a really shiny Variable Fighter from Genesis Climber Mospeada.
 * Chrono Crusade is not a sequel to Chrono Trigger or Chrono Cross - in fact, in some markets it was released as Chrno (sic) Crusade to make this clear.
 * Nor is it a Crusade lead by Chrono, as awesome as that would be.
 * The Chzo Mythos is not the backstory of the Metroid series.
 * Cinderella Four By Four is not an Everything's Better with Princesses sequel to Cars.
 * Cinderella Man is not a Gender Flip of the original fairy tale.
 * Clannad is not about a tribe who worships a testicle.
 * Or Enya's former band.
 * You won't hear any music by Joe Strummer in Clash at Demonhead.
 * Class of 3000 isn't about school life in the 30th century.
 * Clive Barker's Jericho is not Jericho...
 * Nor is it a revelation of Clive Barker's secret superhero name...or pro wrestler name.
 * Clive Barker's Undying does not insinuate that the noted author cannot be killed by conventional weapons.
 * Code Geass R2 is not Code Geass with a guest appearance from R2-D2. Nor is it about a make of car by Subaru.
 * Please note that Code Geass is also not a misspelled spinoff of Code Monkeys starring birds.
 * Also note that Code Monkeys is not Code Lyoko with monkeys.
 * Colgate Comedy Hour isn't a My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic fanmade series starring a background pony.
 * Nor does it star Doctor Rabbit.
 * Color a Dinosaur isn't part of the Colour My... Series.
 * Comic Fury Werewolf is not lycanthropy Played for Laughs. (Though it sometimes is.)
 * Condemned: Criminal Origins is not a Police Procedural from the makers of Law and Order: Criminal Intent and Criminal Minds.
 * Cooking With Dog, a YouTube cooking show, does not use the titular animal as the main ingredient. Ever.
 * Cortex Command is not a Crash Bandicoot spinoff starring Neo Cortex.
 * Countdown Vampires is not a game show guest-starring vampires.
 * Or a news and left-leaning opinion show guest-starring vampires.
 * Or a comic book series guest-starring vampires.
 * Counter-Strike is not some sort of bowling technique.
 * Or how one avoids being struck out in baseball.
 * Cowboy Bebop is not what you get when one of The Shredder's underlings becomes a ranch hand.
 * Cracker is not about The Cracker. Or stupid/boring white people. Or the snack food. Or the rock band.
 * Or firecrackers.
 * Critical Mass - it doesn't matter which one - is not about the Limit Breaks in The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction and its Spiritual Successor Prototype. It is not an extreme version of Mass Effect neither.
 * The Crow is not named after the gold robot from Mystery Science Theater 3000
 * Or Crow Hogan from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's.
 * Crying Freeman is not how one would describe Gordon.
 * Cthulhu Tech is not the common name of the Cthulhu Memorial Technical University.
 * Nor does it refer to the typical technology of a Cosmic Horror Story.
 * Cyber Cycles is not about a cycle of cybersex.
 * Or the light cycles from Tron and Tron: Legacy.

D

 * Da Capo is not connected to The Mafia.
 * "The Joker" (the Steve Miller Band song) is not a Villain Song but about a guy who's many things including a joker.
 * Nor is The Joker in any way a smoker or a midnight toker.
 * Dance Dance Revolution is not about revolutionary organizations that dance, nor is it about a political revolution initiated by dancing. Nor is it exclusive to the video game console formerly known as the Revolution.
 * Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA is not about dancing to create a super nova.
 * It is also not a sequel to Dance Dance, though the Fall Out Boy song does appear on a mix.
 * DDR also has nothing to do with the Deutsche Demokratische Republik (a.k.a. East Germany), but that might be why it got a Market-Based Title of Dancing Stage.
 * Danny the Dog is (thankfully) not an Air Bud knock-off.
 * Dantes Inferno is not going to be defeated by an INFERNO DIVIDER!
 * In addition, Ken Russell's "Dante's Inferno" is actually a made-for-TV biopic about Pre-Raphelite artist and poet, Dante Gabrial Rossetti.
 * Dan Vs. does not throw autographs or have a self-destruct grab super.
 * Daredevil and Devilman have nothing to do with each other.
 * Darker than Black is not the visual equivalent of Quieter Than Silence. Neither is it about a Shade Of Conflict even worse than Black versus Black.
 * The Dark Knight Trilogy is not about Sparda. Nor is it about Axel Almer.
 * Darksiders is not about The Dark Side.
 * Dawn of War is not about controlling cavemen in inter-tribe warfare.
 * Dawson's Creek does not take place in the city of the same name in Canada, Eh?.
 * Deadman Wonderland is not Boston Brand falling down the rabbit hole.
 * Deadpool is not a pool full of zombies.
 * And The Dead Pool is not about Fourth Wall wisecrack making mercenaries.
 * Death Note is not trying to teach An Aesop that passing notes in class will get you killed. (The kid writing in the notebook just might, though.)
 * Nor is it about music that kills you.
 * Nor does it feature Suiseiseki from Rozen Maiden, despite her Verbal Tic appearing in the Japanese title Desu nōto. Not that it deters fan artists.
 * Death Star is not a trope about the Death Star. However, it is a novel about the Death Star.
 * Nor is it a crossover between Death Note and Lucky Star
 * Degrassi the Next Generation is not an Anime, despite what the Word Salad Title (see below) would suggest to the uninitiated.
 * Nor is it set in the 24th Century.
 * Demon: The Fallen is not one of the first Transformers.
 * Although the subject of pornography has featured on a few occasions, Desperate Housewives is not a porn magazine.
 * Or a book from the Fallen series by Thomas E. Sniegoski or Lauren Kate.
 * Despicable Me has nothing to do with Daffy Duck.
 * Detective Conan is not Conan the Barbarian or the host of TBS's late-night talk show as a sleuth.
 * Devil May Cry is not a game where you babysit a devil and try to prevent it from crying.
 * The Devil's Panties is not satanic porn. Honestly.
 * Devil Survivor is not Survivor WITH DEMONS!, nor is it a Satanic remix of "Paranoia Survivor."
 * Devilman Lady is not about a Transsexualism devil. Indeed, it was localized in America under the name of Devil Lady for that reason.
 * Dexter is not a spinoff of Dexter's Laboratory or vice-versa. (Officially.) The laboratory itself most likely contains no forensics tools of any kind. (Yet.)
 * And neither series involves ottsels.
 * Nor Space Ace.
 * Not the name of a work, but too good to pass up: the Diet of Worms is not a diet that consists of eating worms. (That would be pretty horrible, though the actual thing was not much better.)
 * Disgaea is not the ghostly mentor of the Planeteers.
 * District 9 is not where Cirno lives. Unless it is. (Pic is safe, advertisements may not be.)
 * Banlieue 13 is not a sequel to District9.
 * And neither is District X
 * The Divine Comedy isn't particularly funny.
 * DJMAX Fever is not a disco-themed version of DJMAX.
 * DJMAX Technika has nothing to do with Ars Technica.
 * DJMAX is also not a discount clothing store.
 * Doctor Who is not on first, so stop asking. Thank you.
 * Unless you're talking about that Robot Chicken skit with the Fourth Doctor playing baseball. (Whoops, I just explained the joke of that one.)
 * He is also not related to Samantha Who, so stop asking.
 * He does not practice medicine in Whoville either.
 * He also did not perform with The Who or sing about a teenage wasteland.
 * Doctrine of Labyrinths is not a trope or other work describing the rules for labyrinths.
 * Nor is it the belief structure of goblins as taught by David Bowie
 * A Dog Of Flanders isn't about The Simpsons character getting a dog.
 * Dollhouse is not a play about a woman's decision to leave her husband SET IN THE FUTURE!.
 * Don Pachi is not about a don named Pachi.
 * DoDonPachi dai ou jou Black Label and DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Black Label are not alcoholic drinks.
 * Don Rosa is not an instruction to carry Rosa on your head.
 * There are no donkeys in Donkey Kong
 * Doodle God is not a game in the vein of Drawn to Life.
 * "Do You Wanna Date My Avatar" is a song from The Guild, not Jake's pickup line to Neytiri.
 * Double Jeopardy is not about the second round of the game show Jeopardy!.
 * Drag Me to Hell does not have a sequel called Libera Me From Hell.
 * Nor does it have a parody called Dine In Hell.
 * Dragon Ball is not what you give to The Dragon to behave improbably.
 * Dragon Fable is not a Peter Molyneux game with music from the guys who wrote that really hard Guitar Hero song.
 * Dragon Quest does not feature a Big Bad's second in command on a quest, although one of the games might.
 * Drawn Together and Drawn to Life should not be mistaken for one another, god forbid.
 * The DSM does not have a B in front. That is Something Completely Different.
 * Duck Amuck has nothing to do with ducks making mischief
 * Duck Dodgers is not about an elite team of water fowl avoiders.
 * Duke Nukem has nothing to do with a member of Captain Planet's Rogues Gallery.
 * Dwarf Fortress is not Team Fortress (2) WITH DWARVES!
 * You are so small, it's funny to me!
 * Dynasty is not about a royal lineage (except for a season finale).

E

 * The Edge Chronicles is not a biography of a U2 member, nor that of a wrestler.
 * Everworld is not an inverted counterpart of Neverland.