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'''<big>When adding examples, please keep in mind that this trope covers audience and fandom reactions. It is '''not''' intended to be a catalog of misspellings, misconceptions, and common errors - for that, we have [[The Big List of Booboos and Blunders]].</big>'''

:** It can also be inverted in real life, when hardcore fans or self-professed Internet scholars attempt to use the "original" Japanese name for anime/game characters around people who have only watched/played the Western version of said show/game, and are completely bashed for being total dorks. Another example suggests that you should never use the Western names for ''[[Pac-Man]]'' ghosts when taking part in online ''Pac-Man'' fan conversations—a corollary to that should be that you're better off not using anything OTHER than the Western names (more specifically, the nicknames Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde) when talking about ''Pac-Man'' to 90% of the people you will actually meet in real life.

:** In English-speaking circles, [[Gratuitous Japanese|going out of one's way to use the Japanese words for things that are typical of anime in general when the English equivalent would suffice]] is considered to reflect poorly on the speaker; for instance, saying you dig ''vampire catgirls'' isn't a big deal, but going to the trouble of saying ''kyuuketsuki nekomimi-shoujo'' will put you on the Chumptrain to Douchetown.

** Many fan translations are militant in their use of Japanese equivalents of a word whenever possible, and occasionally reverse-translate portions of a manga (EXe.g., changing Lordgenome into Genome-sama for [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]], when it was one word, and changing perverted to [[Ecchi]] in other manga when it damages a normal reader's ability to understand the text.)

* Referring to Anthy Himemiya (of ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'') as "Anshii" has been known to instill homicidal rages in fans of the show, due to "Anshii" being nothing more than a [[Engrish|Japanese pronunciation]] of the actual Greek name (seeing as Japanese does not have a "th" sound so it has to approximate it with a "shii").

* CallDon't call the characters of ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' by their Tokyopop or 4Kids names. GoJust on, I dare youdon't.

:"Chrno" can cause some confusion, too, if you misread the ch as the one from "child" and not the one from "chaos". [[Conveniently Precise Translation|Coincidentally]], "czrno" is the Slavic word for "black"... which is also what "Kurono" means in Japanese.

* The two girls in ''[[Please Twins!]]!'' are not not the twins, and assuming they are may be hazardous to your health. It's actually about two girls who each believe themselves to be the sister of the male lead, and wind up in a ''Three's Company'' sort of sitchsituation until they figure out which is which. {{spoiler|It's Mina. Or Karen. Depends on whether you take the show or the manga.}}

* For a ''[[Ranma ½]]'' fan, the use of 'Nermia' is akin to [[The Frantics|a boot to the head]].{{context|reason=why?}}<!-- That's where the story is set. What's wrong with saying so? -->

* Only some "Hardcorehardcore" fans of the ''[[Kirby]]'' [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|anime]] will be rather annoyed if you refer to the Holy Nightmare Corporation or Nightmare himself as [[Fun with Acronyms|N.M.E. or eNeMiE]], orbut any other wayif you're wanttalking toabout spellthe it.final Calling NIGHTMARE himself that is right out, and justified, as people really should know the nameboss of the FINAL BOSS OF[[Kirby's Adventure|''KIRBYKirby's Adventure''S ADVENTURE/KIRBY: NIGHTMARE IN DREAMLAND''Kirby: isNightmare notin NME.Dream YouLand'']], canthen probablycalling getNightmare awayhimself withthat usingis theright 4KiDS character names thoughout.

* Many people who got into ''[[Wandering Son]]'' by the anime think Chiba's full name is "Chiba Saorin". "Saorin" is actually a nickname used by Sasa,; "-rin" is often added to a female friendsfriend's name in Japan. Fans will make you notice if you call her that.

* Do not, I repeat, DO NOT admit to using Internet Explorer to anyone in any IT department,. youYou will get flamed. You're honestly better off not even mentioning it except in pure jest, and even then only if the jest is at Internet Explorer's expense.

* It's the [[Xbox]]. It's just one word, normally capitalized. Not XBox, XBOX, X-box, X-Box, or xBox. The name comes from [[Direct X]];. When Microsoft was creating it, it was codenamed the [[Direct X]] Box, or [[Direct Xbox]], and when they were trying to come up with a cool name for it, someone realized "Why don't we just use it as it is?".

* Groundlessly bashing [[Hideto Matsumoto|hide]] or Munetaka Higuchi or Jasmine You or anyone else who is dead on pretty much any jrockJ-rock community in general is often seen as trolling or shit-stirring behavior. You ''might'' get away with trashing poor Soichiro Umemura, but most likely doing so will bring out the one Tokyo Yankees fan still around to start thea [[Flame War]].

* ''[[DragonForce]]''{{'}}s [[That One Level|famed song from]] [[Guitar Hero]] is "Through The Fire And Flames". "Through The Fire And ''The'' Flames" is a lyric from said song. Also, ZP was ZP's actual first name, not initials.

** Furthermore, if you don't want to start an edition war, do not use past and present tenses to describe changes between 3.5 and 4th edition, e.g., "there is no lawful evil alignment anymore". And please, for the love of Pelor, DO''do NOTnot'' claim that one edition is objectively better.

* Pick a stadium in the US that's recently been renamed by a corporate sponsorship. Any stadium. Try calling it by its sponsor name in a local sports bar. For example, "I really like going games at 3Com Park," or "...Monster Park.' Proceed to get beat up by the guys who insist that it's "Candlestick Park" and it will [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|ALWAYS BE CANDLESTICK PARK!]]. Go to another city and repeat.

** One of the most insane examples: The park formerly known as Comiskey. Charles Comiskey is heralded as one of the worst sports owners; he intentionally made sure his Chicago White Sox players got less meal money than the league average and often skimped on ''washing their uniforms.'' All that led to Sox players conspiring to throw the 1919 World Series in one of sports' worst scandals. The White Sox never returned to the World Series in the next 40forty years of Comiskey family ownership. And yet Chicago natives still insist on calling their park Comiskey thatrather than the US Cellular name it currently{{when}} bears.

* The game is called [[Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Brothers]], NOT''not'' Super Mary-Oh Brothers, as some old Mario commercials would lead you to believe. His name is pronounced "Mar-eeoh".

** The page name/image refers to the [[Big Bad]] Ganondorf, akaa.k.a. Ganon (explicitly said so in the third game's manual), who is [[Common Knowledge|commonly believed]] to have gotten an additional "N" in ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' but no other official sources. The reality is more complicated. "Gannon" was used in every Japanese game up until ''Triforce of the Gods'' (that is, ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]'') at the very least, and was the official romanization up until that point. This can be seen in ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|Zelda II the Adventure of Link]]'s'' intro text and game over screen, and [[Tot G]]TotG's end credits, where it refers to "Gannon's Tower". Whether due to a simple error or a deliberate choice, the American manual of the original game favored the spelling Ganon, and beginning with Zelda II, the American localizers explicitly went out of their way to change the spelling in-game, giving the appearance that the original three-N form was a simple misspelling, rather than an artifact of the Japanese version.

** The "Tetra"force theory, which —is [[Sailor Earth|the theory that there are four pieces to the Triforce]], recieves quite a bitlot of hate.

** For your own safety, don't call ''Zelda'' an [[RPG]]. It's an Action-Adventure Game.

** [[Vindicated by History|In recent years]]{{when}}, It has's become a serious crime]] to refer to the ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|Wind Waker]]'' as [[Animation Age Ghetto|kiddy]] in certain fan groups. {{spoiler|Link stabbing Ganondorf through the head and the prime evidence of the split timeline may be a big contribution to this}}

** Also, donDon't call Link an "elf" in front of a Zelda fan unless you want to be slapped upside your face for being a complete [[Noob|n00b]]. You'lland also probably get a [[Wall of Text|huge speech]] about how Link is NOT''not'' an elf, but rather a Hylian, the main race in the games.

** For that matter, mention any of old backstory used in English speaking countries prior to ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'' and you'll likely be blasted by a group of "Only the Japanese stuff counts" purists. Which will then trigger a war[[Flame War]] with the "It's our childhood memories and we don't care if it's not really canon" type of fans.

** Mixing up the [[Sonic the Comic|British/Egmont/Fleetway]] comic with the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|American/Archie]] comic (which, while having a seperateseparate canon from the Saturday morning cartoon, used all the same characters and settings, and is where you find Sally Acorn, Bunnie Rabbot, etc.) around fans of ''either'' comic is liable to get you eaten alive.

** Questioning whether the events of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)||Sonic the Hedgehog 2006'06]]'' really happened is also good [[Flame Bait]] despite the ending hinting at the characters possibly remembering the events of the game as well as part of ''[[Sonic Generations]]'' taking place during the supposedly erased events of said game.

** Calling Amy "Amy the Hedgehog" will give you some flak, though you can get into a debate that her full-name is "Amy Rose the Hedgehog". Likewise, calling Tekno from the Fleetway comics "Techno" is a bad idea.

* Gamers have a tendency to ''flip out'' at people (especially journalists) who get the name of the thiertheir favorite console wrong, like when people refer to the [[Nintendo DS]] as the "[[Game Boy]] DS."

* Go to the ''[[Escape Velocity|EV:Nova]]'' webboard and ask about the "Vellos", "Velos","Vell-Os", or (god forbid) the "Vell'Os", and somebody is sure to point out that they are called the "Vell-os".

* In ''[[Metroid]]'' fandom, calling Samus [[I Am Not Shazam|"Metroid"]] or even, god forbid, saying "I love Metroid, '''[[Samus Is a Girl|he's]]''' so cool in these games" is considered a horrible crime.

** [[Samus Is a Girl|Likewise]], and thinking she's a he is also considered very, ''very'' bad.]]

* Never mention the "Giygas fetus theory" on anany ''[[EarthBound]]'' forum. Youor you ''will'' get banned (temporarily, at least) temporarily banned.

* The main character of ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' is Pit. Trying to saySaying his name is Icarus will get you laughed out of any Nintendo forum.

* [[Halo|The origin]] of the [[Pretty Cool Guy]] meme was rooted in a Gannon Banning.

* Do not talk about ''[[Mallard Fillmore]]'' at ''[[The Comics Curmudgeon]]''. As in, youYou'll be banned for it because it only ever causes arguments.

** You'll get just as much flak for saying that her hair is blonde, which is understandable as the merchandise and recent rereleases color give her a brighter hair color than seen on previous releases and earlier artwork.

* ''Never'' refer to ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' as "The Powderpuff Girls", or someone is going to get mad. In fact, that happened to the Girls themselves, [[Implied Trope|intentionally]], in a [[Cartoon Network]] promotional cartoon where they break into The Legion of Doom's headquarters (as in, the villains from the old ''[[Super Friends]]'' cartoon) to rescue [[Aquaman]] and [[Wonder Woman]]. Lex Luthor makes the mistake of calling them "the Powderpuff Girls";. needlessNeedless to say, the three heroines arethey're not amused.

* Confusing ''[[My Little Pony]]'' characters for each other. ItsIt's especially bad with the drift between "classic" fans and the "bronies" of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''. Confusing [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/_images/a3ae48623fda7a0008bbc28e4c8c453c/7155%20-%20applejack%20g1%20glory.png Glory]{{Dead link}} for [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/_images/d17349598ff492b34dd880bce902dda7/36846%20-%20Hasbro%20official%20rarity%20vector.png Rarity]{{Dead link}} is a bad idea, and believing Glory was the inspiration for Rarity is just as bad of an offense (she's based off [http://mylittlewiki.org/w/images/4/4f/Sparkler_cartoon.PNG Sparkler]).

* There was a small incident in the ''[[Transformers Prime]]'' fandom, right after episoeepisode 21 aired, when someone who shall remain nameless for their own safety perpetuated a rumor via Wikipedia that episode 22 would be named something along the lines of "one bot, two bots, red bots, blue bots" or some such thing like that, and somehow several people fell for it. It was even uploaded onto YoutubeYouTube with that name, but ended up being [[Jossed|completely wrong.]]