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[[File:gannon.jpg|link=The Legend of Zelda (video game)|frame|Two Ns, not three!]]
{{quote|'''[[Superman|Clark Kent]]''': [[Superfriends|Mix-Ill-Plick?]]
'''[[Reality Warper|Mr. Mxyzptlk]]''': [[Big No|NO!]] Repeat after me, bright boy. It's [[Literal Metaphor|MIX--YES--SPIT--Lick.]]
|'''Mr. Mxyzptlk''', ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]''}}
In every community for every series, there are common mistakes. Someone could [[Spell My Name with an "S"|use the wrong romanization]] of a character's name, or think that [[I Am Not Shazam|the title referred to the main character]], or insist on [[Urban Legend of Zelda|spreading a rumor about the plot until everyone believes it]].
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* 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 has to approximate it with a "shii").
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'':
** Referring to the original characters using the dubbed names. Many fans will ignore you or worse. (Some will wish/inflict physical harm upon you.) However, this has been mediated these days, with
** Say that Uranus and Neptune are cousins. You will get one of two reactions: enraged purists/shippers/ who will want to strangle you, or dubbies who will defend you to the death. Say they are lesbian lovers, and reverse the reactions.
*** What happens if you say that they are [[Kissing Cousins]]?
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* Call the characters of ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' by their Tokyopop or 4Kids names. Go on, I dare you.
* Do '''NOT''' call Roronoa Zoro "Zolo". Ever. Unless you ''want'' everyone at the ''[[One Piece]]'' forum you visit (with the obvious exception of [[4Kids! Entertainment|4KidsTV's]]) to hate you. Also, never ''ever'' call Luffy simply "Monkey". Other dub spellings provoke similar reactions.
** What if you know his name is [[wikipedia:François
** [[None Piece|We all know his name is Zoro Zolo.]]
* ''[[Death Note]]''
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** So calling him "Kelly Hunter" would be right out, then?
** Unless you're from the Philippines, in which case most who grew up watching Daimos (or Voltes V) would correct you politely whenever you use their Japanese names.
* According to the fans, it's spelled [[Chrono Crusade|"Chrno" and not "Chrono"]]. However, [[Word of God]] has admitted that "Chrno" was a mistake on Daisuke Moriyama's part, and by the time he noticed it was too late to change it.
:"Chrno" can cause some confusion, too, if you misread the ch as the one from "child" not the one from "chaos". [[Conveniently Precise Translation|Coincidentally]], "czrno" is the Slavic word for "black"... which is also what "Kurono" means in Japanese.
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''
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** [[I Am Not Shazam|Call Link "Zelda" around any LoZ fan and prepare to get yelled at.]]
** For your own safety, don't call ''Zelda'' an [[RPG]].
** [[Vindicated by History|In recent years]]{{when}}, It has become a serious crime to refer to the ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|Wind Waker]]'' as 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, don'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'll also probably get a huge speech about how Link is NOT an elf but rather a Hylian, the main race in the games.
*** According to pretty much every non-human entity in those games, Hylians are humans. Presumably the ears are just long.
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** 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.
** Debating whether Ivo's real name is "Robotnik" or "Eggman" is another classic flame war kickstarter. Sega settled the issue ([[Take a Third Option|both names are official]]) but even this works as well as [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]'s word on [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Sheik's gender]].
** Oh and do
* ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'':
** In some fan communities, there are those who will insist on using only the Japanese names (Rockman instead of Mega Man, Forte instead of Bass, etc.) and will insist that only the events as detailed in the Japanese games are "true," even if the community is based on the American games with American fans. And even if the fan-work being discussed is ''explicitly'' based on the American continuity.
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* ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' has fans constantly arguing over the hero's name being Crono or Chrono, and choosing between Frog and Glenn. In the first case it's justified, since the character names could only have up to five letters.
* ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' has this persistant FWAK entry about Palom and Porom <ref>specifically, there was a rumor spread around stating they have they can be retrieved after their [[Heroic Sacrifice]]</ref> in several walkthroughs with FWAK entries in them. Repeating them in forums can be a bad idea.
* ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', like ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' before, has FWAK entries,.<ref>specifically that you can get General Leo to join your party after his demise</ref> You'd better be planning to stay off the Internet for a while after repeating them in forums.
* [[Hilarity Ensues]] if you refer to [[Final Fantasy VIII|Squall Leonheart]] as Squall Lionheart or, God forbid, Leon Loire.
* There are people who tend to complain about the Shadaloo bosses having the "wrong names" whenever they get to play the Japanese version of a ''[[Street Fighter]]'' game, unaware of the fact that the names were actually switched for the overseas version of the series: the black boxer M. Bison became Balrog overseas, the Spanish Ninja Balrog became Vega, and the Shadaloo overlord Vega became M. Bison.
** Also, using "Shadowlaw," "Shadowloo," or "Shadaloo" will garner criticism depending on where you are.
* In ''[[Deus Ex]]'', early pirated copies of the game (that didn't include sound because of the internet speed at the time of release) would not allow players to get on the boat and go from the 1st level to the 2nd because the game required a sound clip play (and the soundclip wasn't present in the pirated copy). This has leads to pirates marking themselves as such by asking "How I get on the boat" [sic] questions on various fourms. [[Flame War]]s tend to ensue.
* There's a ''lot'' of nastiness in ''[[Pokémon]]'' fandom over names. It usually results from differing translations or romanizations, works of dubious canonicity, and good old fashioned obtuseness.
** When
* ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' fans used to have a civil war over whether one of the bosses in the original game was named Nelo Angelo or Nero Angelo. This has pretty much been laid to rest with the introduction of a character named Nero who is distinct from the aforementioned boss.
** Related, there was a
* Gamers have a tendency to ''flip out'' at people (especially journalists) who get the name of the thier 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".
* This trope can go either way, in that Pyramid Head (debuting in ''[[Silent Hill 2]]'') has been seen in other games and the movie. Some rabid fans say that this is
* In ''[[Metroid]]'' fandom, calling Samus [[I Am Not Shazam|"Metroid"]] or even, god forbid, saying "I love Metroid, he's so cool in these games" is considered a horrible crime.
** [[Samus Is a Girl|Likewise, thinking she's a he is also considered very,
* Go onto a forum and say [[Kirby|''Meta-Knight'']] or "MetaKnight" is your favorite character. You will not hear the end of it. "His name is Meta Knight, damn it! Meta-Knight is the group of swordsmen and MetaKnight doesn't exist! RAHHHHH, IT MATTERS! YOU'RE NOT A REAL FAN!"
* [[Star Fox]] is the name of the mercenary unit where Fox McCloud works. It is
* Spelling Jak's name with an added ''c'' or Daxter with an ''e'' is a [[Berserk Button]] for many ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' fans. If you're lucky, they'll facepalm and point out your mistake. If not, they'll eat you alive.
* When someone looks at some piece of ''[[Touhou]]'' fanart and asks "What anime is this?" flames are to be expected.
* Never mention the "Giygas fetus theory" on an ''[[EarthBound]]'' forum. You
* The main character of ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' is Pit. Trying to say his name is Icarus will get you laughed out of any Nintendo forum.
== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[The
** Not a name-related issue, but speculating on the comic's frequent [[Schedule Slip]] on the [[Fora]] is grounds for having your post locked and receiving an infraction.
* On the [[Fora]] of ''[[Looking for Group]]'', anyone ignorant enough to post anything even hinting that they think the comic is a ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' story happening in Azeroth will get beaten up, crucified, eaten and shot, in that order. Despite the fact that the comic started as a Warcraft parody (though only for a very brief period) and incredibly obviously took significant inspiration from the games.
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'': The third girl from the photo is ''not'' Jones, and she is ''not'' related to Gamma in any way. Fans continued to speculate to the contrary, even though [[Word of God|Tom]] [[Jossed]] those theories, within hours of their first proposal, then put [[The Rant|a note to that effect below the comic]]. At one point, a forum regular who should have known better suggested that this speculation should be a ban-worthy offense. This specific line of [[Wild Mass Guessing]] seems to have stopped now that it's been unambiguously confirmed in-comic that the photo girl and Jones are different people.
* ''[[Dreamkeepers]]'' fans are usually pretty torn when it comes to pronouncing Namah's name. Some people say NAA-MUH, while others believe it to be NAY-MUH and refuse to back down in their opinions.
* ''[[Las Lindas]]'' author Soul Kat has a big [[Berserk Button]] related to this trope due to so many people screwing up Davin Preacher's name, instead calling him Devin.
== Web Original ==
* [[Halo|The origin]] of the [[Pretty Cool Guy]] meme was rooted in a Gannon Banning.
* Don't speculate on the ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' wiki. Don't forget to sign your posts. And for your own sake, if you don't want a month long banning,
* Do not talk about ''[[Mallard Fillmore]]'' at ''[[The Comics Curmudgeon]]''. As in, you'll be banned for it because it only ever causes arguments.
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== Western Animation ==
* [[All Animation Is Disney|Call a Don Bluth movie a Disney movie]] when there are [[Don Bluth]] fans around. You'll be sure to irk someone.
* In the [[Live Action Adaptation]] of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', [[M. Night Shyamalan]] changed the pronounciations of some of the characters' names, most notably the main character, from their
* Any hardcore Disney fan will pointedly tell you, [[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]'s dress ''is not blue''! This can be blamed on the [[Disney Princess]] marketing, in which a lot of the merchandise shows Cinderella in a blue dress, despite the fact that she never wore that color in the original movies.
** 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|
* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' fans hate it when someone spells it "Looney TOONS". Unfortunately for them, people at Warner Bros. actually use that spelling too.
* In-universe example for ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'': When [[Superman]] mispronounces the name of Mr. Mxyzptlk (Mix-Yes-Spit-Lick) as Mr. Miz-Ill-Plick, said [[Reality Warper]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHJuEbNB0u8 promptly corrects him on it]. This was done as a [[Take That]] to how his name was mispronounced in the original [[Superfriends]] cartoon.
* The aftermath of asking most fans what Robin's real name is in ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' [[Internet Backdraft|will definitely not be pretty.]]
* Confusing ''[[My Little Pony]]'' characters for each other. Its especially bad with the drift between "classic" fans and the "bronies" of ''[[My Little Pony:
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' fans hate it when people and the media call it ''The Family Guy''.
* There was a small incident in the ''[[Transformers Prime]]'' fandom, right after episoe 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 Youtube with that name, but ended up being [[Jossed|completely wrong.]]
* This attitude is mercilessly mocked in ''[[Animaniacs]]'' with an ad for the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNJ6dFwh8a4 Please Please Pleese Get A Life Foundation.] In fact, the [[Straw Fan]] at the beginning and end of the segment says things reminiscent of most of the examples on this page.
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