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* [[Raise Him Right This Time]] used to be "Second Chance", which could refer to all sorts of things that are not this trope.

* [[Random Drop]] was "Randomly Drops", but a noun is more convenient for the trope than a verb.

* [[Rapid Fire Name Guessing]] was formerly known as "Tom? Dick?" "My Name is Harry!"

* [[Rascally Raccoon]] was formerly "Everything's Rascally with Raccoons". Changed because animal stereotype tropes shouldn't have "Everything's Better With" names.

* [[Real Joke Name]] was renamed from "Klutz the Surgeon", which didn't make it clear at all what the trope was about. Even before it was "Mulligan the Headsman", which was maybe even less explicit.

* [[Really Gets Around]] used to be called "Miss Yo Yo Knickers", until the prudes found out. Changed to be gender neutral as well.

* [[Rightful King Returns]] was once "Return of the King" but it was getting confused with Tolkien's work.

* [[Rise to The Challenge]] wasn't really renamed from an existing trope, but a similar trope had existed prior to [[The Great Crash]] as "Rising Death From Below".

* [[Romantic False Lead]] was originally "The Paolo", after the character from ''[[Friends (TV)|Friends]]''. Renamed because it required knowledge of a specific work and out of a general trend away from "The X" trope titles.

* [[Romanticized Abuse]] was formerly "Abusively Sexy". It was renamed because the original name suggested that the abuse could be a good thing.

* [[Same Language Dub]] was "Milli Vanilli", but Milli Vanilli was repurposed for the pop group, then re-cut as a stub that had virtually no effort put into it.

* [[Sarcasm Blind]] was originally "Does Not Understand Sarcasm".

* [[Scandalgate]] was originally "Gate Construction". It was renamed for the sake of the page having a clearer name.

* [[Schmuck Banquet]] used to be "Goldilocks and the Mines of Moria", which did not accurately convey the trope.

* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]] used to be "...Versus Realism". It was changed by idealists. To be fair, it was probably named by the cynics.

* [[Slow Electricity]] was named "Power Slows" for about 30 minutes.

* [[Smash Mook]] used to be "The Ogre". It was changed so [[The Ogre]] could redirect to [[Our Ogres Are Hungrier]].

* [[Smelly Skunk]] used to be "Everything's Smellier with Skunks". Changed because animal stereotype tropes shouldn't have "Everything's Better With" names.

* [[The Something Song]] was renamed from "The Trope Song" for the same reason as the above.

* [[Something Only They Would Say]] was "As You Wish" after a quote from ''[[The Princess Bride (Film)|The Princess Bride]]''. Changed to avoid mistaking the trope for "a declaration of love that doesn't include the word 'love'", which is what the quote is more commonly known for.

* [[Space Zone]] was once "Lylat System", a non-descriptive title that gave no clues to those who did not know the reference (the setting from ''[[Star Fox (Video Game)|Star Fox]]'').

* [[Spanner in The Works]] started life as Xanatos Gilligan, which required knowledge of [[Gargoyles (Animation)|two]] specific [[Gilligans Island|works]] ''and'' of the once-ubiquitous "Xanatos ____" snowclone in-joke system to understand. As a bonus, the current name is commonly used outside the site as well.

* [[Splash Damage Abuse]] was formerly "Hit the Helpless Hex". It was renamed for being an obscure term and having extremely poor performance, overall.

* [[Spoken Word]] was renamed from "Plain Song" to reflect the prexisting term.

* [[Sprint Shoes]] was formerly named "Bunny Hood" after the item from ''[[The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask]]'' (which appeared in ''Ocarina of Time'' but wasn't an example then).

* [[Sprouting Ears]] was formerly named "Hyperspace Ears". Renamed after consensus that sprouting was a more appropriate description.

* [[Stopped Caring]] was formerly "I Don't Even Care". It was renamed for sounding like a line of dialogue and being non-indicative of the trope.

* [[Stop Trick]] was changed from "Jeannie Cut", due to the latter being a work-based name and the former being an established term.

* [[Strange Secret Entrance]] was renamed from "Platform Nine and Three Quarters" to avoid [[Fan Myopia]].

* [[Straw Man Has a Point]] was formerly named "The Strawman Strikes Back".

== T ==

* [[Taking Up the Mantle]] was formerly known as "You Are Batman".

* [[Talk About That Thing]] was formerly known as "The Thing", after an episode of ''[[Family Ties]]'' which used the phrase "the thing" in the service of the [[Room Shuffle]]. It was changed because the title wasn't the slightest bit descriptive of the trope, and too easily confused with [[The Thing (Film)|the classic horror film]]. (Or the [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|comic book character]]. Or [[The Addams Family (TV)|that other character]].)

* [[Talking With Signs]] was formerly "Sign Language", but was renamed to avoid confusion with literal [[Signed Language|Signed Languages]].

* [[Tangled Family Tree]] was formerly "Summers Family Tree", after the ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' character.

* [[Teenage Mutant Samurai Wombats]] is a double case. It was originally "Radioactive Teenage Samurai Robot Wombats". This was way too long, cumbersome, and hard-to-remember, so it was changed to "Secret Mutant Hero Team". However, the new name never caught on like the old name had, and [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1306370920074231900 a subsequent revisiting of the discussion] decided to rename it ''again'', keeping the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' reference, but in a more concise, easier-to-remember package.

* [[Temporary Substitute]] was formerly known as "Substitute Teacher" but people kept confusing that for tropes about actual substitute teachers.

* [[Theme Tune Cameo]] was formerly "Name That Tune". It was changed for being named for [[Name That Tune (TV)|a show]] and not clearly suggesting an in-world cameo of a theme tune.

* [[They Killed Kenny Again]] used to be "They Killed Kenny". The "again" was added to make it clear that this was a [[Running Gag]].

* [[Third Option Adaptation]] was formerly "The Pikachu Effect" but was renamed because everyone who attempted to guess the trope based on the former name failed to get it even close.

* [[Third Option Love Interest]] was formerly "Cheryl Blossom", changed for being named after a character (from ''[[Archie Comics]]'').

* [[This Loser Is You]] was "You Suck" for a very long time, but was changed because far too many people thought it meant "when a show gives a [[Take That]] to its audience".

* [[This Product Will Change Your Life]] was originally "This Trope Will Change Your Life". Changed because of the word "trope" as a placeholder.

* [[Timeline Altering MacGuffin]] was formerly "Gray's Sports Almanac" after the [[Trope Codifier]], ''[[Back to The Future (Film)|Back to The Future]]''.

* [[Tin Can Telephone]] was "Tin Can You Hear Me Now". The old name was an overcomplicated "[[Wheel of Fortune (TV)|Before & After]]" for something that has a much simpler name in [[Real Life]], so there was no reason to [[Call a Rabbit A Smeerp]].

* [[Token Minority Couple]] was once "Token Shipping" due to a complete and utter lack of shipping.

* [[Too Awesome to Use]] was renamed from "P Wing Effect" after the item from ''[[Super Mario Bros]]'' (twice, thanks to [[The Great Crash]]).

* [[Villain Forgot to Level Grind]] was launched as "The Viral", after a character in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''. The page was renamed because the word "Viral" has meanings which are more common than the the character name.

* [[Villains Blend in Better]] was "Antagonists Assimilate", name was stretched to keep unused ''Transformers'' Quote.

* [[The Villain Makes the Plot]] was once "The Law of Bruce", which failed the [[One Mario Limit]]. <ref>Are we talking Lee, Springsteen, Willis, Banner, Campbell, Almighty or Robert the Bruce? (answer is the third)</ref> The title failed to provide context: readers who guessed the Bruce were no nearer to the trope.

* [[Virginity Makes You Stupid]] used to be "Innocence Virgin on Stupidity". It was changed to be more transparent, as most people didn't get the pun and simply thought the title had bad grammar.

* [[Waking Up Elsewhere]] was renamed from "Waking Up in Vegas" because the trope was much broader than the former name made it seem... and because the [[Trope Namer]] wasn't even an example.

* [[Wants a Prize For Basic Decency]] was once "Virtue Is Its Own Reward", which sounded too much like another name for [[Think Nothing of It]].

* [[The Watson]] was formerly both "The Sarah Jane" ''and'' "The Rick", named after a companion from ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' and a character from ''[[Magnum PI]]'', respectively. They were merged and renamed because "The Rick" is just flat out too vague, the distinction between the two was too subtle, and Watson from ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' is well-known outside of [[Science Fiction]] and Eighties TV fandom.

* [[Waxing Lyrical]] was formerly "Don't Sing Along If You Don't Know the Words". It was changed because it was too long and not at all descriptive of what the trope was actually about.

* [[Webcomic Time]] has been itself for quite some time, but "That Night Felt Like Months" was lumped with it.

* [[White Magician Girl]] was originally "Staff Chick", which underwent ''lots'' of misuse with people adding examples that played the role of ''healers'' but didn't match the personality (you might be looking for [[Healing Hands]], [[The Medic]] or [[White Mage]] for more general cases) or worse, people assuming the ''staff'' to be the crucial aspect of this trope. The new name also matches this trope's [[Black Mage]] counterpart, [[Black Magician Girl]].

* [[Wife Husbandry]] was originally titled "[[Tale of Genji (Literature)|Hikaru Genji]] Plan" but was changed since the latter was too obscure to those not knowing said work.

* [[Wimp Fight]] used to be called "Zero Chops".

== Y ==

* [[You Are Too Late]] was formerly "Thirty Five Minutes Ago" after a line from a [[Watchmen (Comic Book)|comic book series]]. It was renamed because it was not only completely opaque and unsearchable, but also a major spoiler.

* [[You Just Told Me]] was originally named "Rumplestiltskin Ploy"; renamed because the former [[Trope Namer]] is not an example.

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