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* [[Softer and Slower Cover]] used to be "The Vonda Shepard Treatment", after a singer who performed some [[Softer and Slower Cover]] versions of popular songs for ''[[Ally McBeal]]''. It read like a character named trope and required specific fan-knowledge to work.
* [[So Long and Thanks For All the Gear]] was originally "Wutai Theft", after an incident in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''. Renamed to avoid the specific reference and because the trope is general enough to include cases that aren't deliberate theft.
* [[Solve the Soup Cans]] was "Soup Cans" after a puzzle in ''[[The Seventh7th Guest]]'' where a message must be spelt out using soup cans. It was renamed to give the sense of a weird puzzle to those unfamiliar with the reference.
* [[The Snack Is More Interesting]] was renamed from [[Cavalier Consumption]] to be more clear, with [[Appetite for Apathy]] as an additional redirect.
* [[The Something Force]] was formerly "Troper Force", but was renamed to not use the placeholder "troper".
* [[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.
* [[Sorcerer's Apprentice Plot]] used to be just "Sorcerers Apprentice", but when it wasn't being confused for a trope about [[The Apprentice (trope)|The Apprentice]] to a sorcerer, it was being confused for the title of [[The Sorcerer's Apprentice|the film]] or [[Fantasia|the Disney animated short]]. Sharing the same title as a work was the nail in the coffin for the old name.
* [[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 (series)|Star FOX]]'').
* [[Spanner in the Works]] started life as Xanatos Gilligan, which required knowledge of [[Gargoyles|two]] specific [[Gilligan's 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.
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* [[Super-Hero Gods]] used to be "Super Gods". It was renamed for clarity.
* [[Superhero Trophy Shelf]] was once "Super Trophy Super Rack", which was unclear about the meaning.
* [[Supernatural -Proof Father]] was once "Dad's Afraid Of No Ghosts". First, that's a stock phrase, and second it's about not believing him - not seeing them and not being afraid.
* [[Superpower Silly Putty]] once was "Twenty Four Hour Super Power". That page is now a redirect to [[Superpowers for A Day]].
* [[Supporting Leader]] was "The Aragorn", renamed because it was named after a character.
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== W ==
* [[Wackyland]] was once called "Magicant", an area from [[EarthboundEarthBound]]. It was renamed to be less obtuse and more encompassing.
* [[Wake Up Fighting]] was once called "Rude Awakening". Another case of taking a commonly used phrase and using it as something that ''wasn't'' the trope, causing underuse and misuse.
* [[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.
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