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{{quote|''On my deathbed I will mumble, "[[Badass Decay|Spikeification]]."''|'''[[ |
{{quote|''On my deathbed I will mumble, "[[Badass Decay|Spikeification]]."''|'''idledandy''', [[TV Tropes]] user}} |
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[[Naming a Trope]] can be difficult. Generally, there is a trade-off between descriptive naming and clever naming, as many clever names only make sense to members of a particular fanbase. This page is here as an archive of names that were just a little bit too obscure to stay, too easy to misinterpret, too similar to an unrelated trope, not sounding neutral enough, or otherwise deemed unworthy. |
[[Naming a Trope]] can be difficult. Generally, there is a trade-off between descriptive naming and clever naming, as many clever names only make sense to members of a particular fanbase. This page is here as an archive of names that were just a little bit too obscure to stay, too easy to misinterpret, too similar to an unrelated trope, not sounding neutral enough, or otherwise deemed unworthy. |
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* [[Everything's Worse With Snowclones]], so they're used less and less nowadays. Notable example: the [[Everything's Better with Indexes|"Everything's better with..."]] titles. |
* [[Everything's Worse With Snowclones]], so they're used less and less nowadays. Notable example: the [[Everything's Better with Indexes|"Everything's better with..."]] titles. |
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* [[Trope Decay]], where an otherwise appropriate name was being used "wrong", constantly. Eventually it becomes clear that the real demand is for the "wrong" use. Notable example: [[Moment of Awesome]] used to be "''Crowning'' Moment of Awesome", but it wasn't being used for single superlative moments. |
* [[Trope Decay]], where an otherwise appropriate name was being used "wrong", constantly. Eventually it becomes clear that the real demand is for the "wrong" use. Notable example: [[Moment of Awesome]] used to be "''Crowning'' Moment of Awesome", but it wasn't being used for single superlative moments. |
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* Using "Trope" as a placeholder. |
* Using "Trope" as a [[Metasyntactic Variable|placeholder]]. |
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* Tropes that had the same name as a work that later got an article. |
* Tropes that had the same name as a work that later got an article. |
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* Names that simply don't indicate what the trope is all about. Especially if it suggests something unrelated to most people. |
* Names that simply don't indicate what the trope is all about. Especially if it suggests something unrelated to most people. |
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* And then there are titles that [[Needs a Better Title|nobody ever really liked, even the original author]]. |
* And then there are titles that [[Needs a Better Title|nobody ever really liked, even the original author]]. |
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See also [[Trope Transplant]], a special case of renaming where the old title is commandeered to make room for a separate trope. |
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* [[All The Tropes:Renamed Tropes/Q to Z|Q to Z]] |
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Latest revision as of 16:01, 28 October 2022
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On my deathbed I will mumble, "Spikeification."
—idledandy, TV Tropes user
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Naming a Trope can be difficult. Generally, there is a trade-off between descriptive naming and clever naming, as many clever names only make sense to members of a particular fanbase. This page is here as an archive of names that were just a little bit too obscure to stay, too easy to misinterpret, too similar to an unrelated trope, not sounding neutral enough, or otherwise deemed unworthy.
Trope names based on a character (or other reference to a specific work) have fallen out of fashion, because not everyone watches the same shows. Some other common themes in renames are:
- Titles based on a character's name, but not making it clear which character with that name was meant.
- Everything's Worse With Snowclones, so they're used less and less nowadays. Notable example: the "Everything's better with..." titles.
- Trope Decay, where an otherwise appropriate name was being used "wrong", constantly. Eventually it becomes clear that the real demand is for the "wrong" use. Notable example: Moment of Awesome used to be "Crowning Moment of Awesome", but it wasn't being used for single superlative moments.
- Using "Trope" as a placeholder.
- Tropes that had the same name as a work that later got an article.
- Names that simply don't indicate what the trope is all about. Especially if it suggests something unrelated to most people.
- And then there are titles that nobody ever really liked, even the original author.
Examples of Renamed Tropes include: