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Sometimes, the idea of what a [[Trope]] is actually about gets lost somewhere along the way. Either new entries miss the point somehow, or the author [[Did Not Do the Research|just read the trope title]] and [[I Thought It Meant|thought they got the gist of it]]. This includes things like describing just anything remotely scary as Nightmare Fuel, when Nightmare Fuel was originally intended to be things you found unintentionally scary as a kid. (Hence why [[Accidental Nightmare Fuel]] was created and [[Nightmare Fuel]] repurposed) Remember though, that [[Tropes Are Flexible]]—what you think is decay may just be unusual usage on second glance.
A good example of [[Trope Decay]] in action can be seen with [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]]. This trope was originally about early [[Live Action TV|live action]] [[Sit Com]]s where the situation was so strictly defined that the real children in them could not be allowed to grow up lest they destroy the show's dynamic, a practice that culminated with the sad case of [[w:Anissa Jones|Anissa Jones]] from ''[[Family Affair]]''. However, it was quickly taken over by hundreds of [[Captain Obvious|breathless revelations that cartoon characters don't age]], and the ''Family Affair'' material was exiled to the [[Not Allowed to Grow Up/Analysis|analysis page]] in August 2011.
When this gets too bad, it may be necessary to [[Everything You Wanted to Know About Changing Titles|rename the trope]] to avoid confusion, or remove the [[Trope]], or completely rewrite it.▼
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See also [[Canonical List of Subtle Trope Distinctions]] and [[Square Peg, Round Trope]].▼
▲See also [[Canonical List of Subtle Trope Distinctions]] and [[Square Peg, Round Trope]].
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