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** As mentioned above, [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]] is a subtrope of Common Knowledge -- with ''[[Star Trek]]'' providing the [[Trope Namer]], since that line was never uttered in the original Star Trek series - the phrase the preceded beam-ups was usually something like "three to beam up". (If you wanna nitpick, we did get one "Scotty, beam me up" from one of the movies, where it was just the main seven or so characters on a Klingon ship). The main thing, however, is that after the first season, ''chief engineer'' Montgomery Scott was ''not'' the guy who ''usually'' did the beaming-up of people. That was a guy named Mr. Kyle that no one remembers.
** As mentioned above, [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]] is a subtrope of Common Knowledge -- with ''[[Star Trek]]'' providing the [[Trope Namer]], since that line was never uttered in the original Star Trek series - the phrase the preceded beam-ups was usually something like "three to beam up". (If you wanna nitpick, we did get one "Scotty, beam me up" from one of the movies, where it was just the main seven or so characters on a Klingon ship). The main thing, however, is that after the first season, ''chief engineer'' Montgomery Scott was ''not'' the guy who ''usually'' did the beaming-up of people. That was a guy named Mr. Kyle that no one remembers.
** Every Trekkie knows that ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' was the first spin-off, right? Ahem, wrong, on both counts. A lot of the more dedicated Trekkies remember the animated series, though technically this might have been intended as a continuation of the original series. Regardless, the fact that it tends to be forgotten is something of a shame, seeing as it not only , the one that not only the first series in the franchise to win an Emmy, some diehard fans claim that animation removed a lot of limits that held live action back and resulted in stories and plots ''even better'' than the series that preceded it. (''Some'' diehard fans, by the way, [[This Troper]] is ''not'' getting involved in the argument, but it exists.)
** Every Trekkie knows that ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' was the first spin-off, right? Ahem, wrong, on both counts. A lot of the more dedicated Trekkies remember the animated series, though technically this might have been intended as a continuation of the original series. Regardless, the fact that it tends to be forgotten is something of a shame, seeing as it not only , the one that not only the first series in the franchise to win an Emmy, some diehard fans claim that animation removed a lot of limits that held live action back and resulted in stories and plots ''even better'' than the series that preceded it. (''Some'' diehard fans, by the way, [[This Troper]] is ''not'' getting involved in the argument, but it exists.)
** All the even-numbered films are terrible. Supposedly this started after a claim made by someone interviewing a member of the cast of ''[[Star Trek: Generations]]'', the interviewer saying how anxious he was to see it as only even-numbered movies in the franchise are any good, the cast member replying with an, "Uhm, no." Of course, nobody can name the interview or the cast member. First of all, yeah, the fifth movie is regarded by most fans as garbage, and ''Generations'' is mostly disliked, but while [[Star Trek: The Motion Picture|the first movie]] and ''The Search for Spock;; may not have been as good as ''The Wrath of Khan'', both have interesting and complex plots with visual effects that were excellent at the time.
* Not every ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'' episode involved the castaways trying to escape the island, only about a third of them. Many episodes dealt with them trying to avoid being killed by tropical storms or some other threat, while a surprisingly large number were about things like having a costume party or a beauty pageant.
* Not every ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'' episode involved the castaways trying to escape the island, only about a third of them. Many episodes dealt with them trying to avoid being killed by tropical storms or some other threat, while a surprisingly large number were about things like having a costume party or a beauty pageant.
** Also, everyone knows that all potential rescues/escapes failed because of Gilligan's screw-ups, and the castaways should've [[Just Eat Gilligan|just eaten Gilligan]], right? Actually, in the 37 episodes that involve some chance of getting off the island, Gilligan is only legitimately "at fault" for the failure 17 times. Screwing up 17 rescues probably ''would'' make you unpopular, granted, but there were also a large number of episodes where Gilligan ''saves'' the castaways from disaster, or headhunters, or some other deadly peril. There are also several instances where the escape plan was fatally flawed, but the flaw wasn't noticed until Gilligan had "screwed it up", inadvertently saving their lives.
** Also, everyone knows that all potential rescues/escapes failed because of Gilligan's screw-ups, and the castaways should've [[Just Eat Gilligan|just eaten Gilligan]], right? Actually, in the 37 episodes that involve some chance of getting off the island, Gilligan is only legitimately "at fault" for the failure 17 times. Screwing up 17 rescues probably ''would'' make you unpopular, granted, but there were also a large number of episodes where Gilligan ''saves'' the castaways from disaster, or headhunters, or some other deadly peril. There are also several instances where the escape plan was fatally flawed, but the flaw wasn't noticed until Gilligan had "screwed it up", inadvertently saving their lives.
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