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{{quote|'''[[Superman|Clark Kent]]''': [[Super Friends|Mix-Ill-Plick?]]<br />
'''[[Reality Warper|Mr. Mxyzptlk]]''': [[Big No|NO!]] Repeat after me, bright boy. It's [[Literal Metaphor|MIX--YES--SPIT--Lick.]]|'''Mr. Mxyzptlk''', ''[[Superman: theThe Animated Series (Animation)|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]].
 
To [[Canon]][[A Worldwide Punomenon|dorfs]], this can get annoying. Enough that people that continue to perpetuate it are treated with the same respect as a [[Troll]], although [[HanlonsHanlon's Razor|many times they merely made an honest mistake]]. As the following examples demonstrate, however, many other times the purists are not railing against mistakes, but against things which are not technically wrong, such as dub names, simply because they happened to dislike the alternate adaptation.
 
The trope name comes from ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' [http://www.gannon-banned.com/ forum] that lays out ground rules about obvious false rumors (like that a [http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR00022/ cover song] [[Misattributed Song|was produced by a different band than the one that actually did it]], that Link's name is Zelda, etc.) and shuns people that continue to spread them. Also, as shown by the picture above, in one version of one game, the [[Big Bad]] Ganon's name was misspelled as Gannon; so referring to him as Gannon (instead of Ganon) is also something likely to get you banned. Of course, the list does have things like "Claiming Zelda II is anything other than the best Zelda game ever" and calling [[The Legend of Zelda CDi Games]] "epic", so there's a strong hint of [[Stealth Parody]] present.
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=== 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. ===
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== Anime & Manga ==
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* The editor of one early (late 1970s) British computer magazine persistently claimed that the difference between compilers and interpreters was "academic", even in the face of corrections from knowledgeable readers, until one month he learned the hard way just how wrong he was, by wasting three pages of the mag on a worthless hex-dump of the workspace of a BASIC interpreter. The mag didn't last very much longer after that issue.
* Any real-life incident where a tech support person gets a call that starts out with "We bought the internet from you", "Is this the internet?", "I think I need to reboot the internet", "I deleted the internet" will lead to ''vicious'' mocking.
* If you wish to communicate with people in the Free Software Foundation, or Debian users, make sure to call the use of the Linux kernel with the GNU userland tools: [[Spell My Name With an "S"|GNU/Linux]]. Most people don't care, but there are a few that are very serious about it.
** Be very careful about who you talk to. Most other distros' users will get a bit irritated with you if you call the kernel GNU/Linux. Some Debian users do too. For further clarification this goes back to a very old argument between Linus Torvalds and Richard Stallman over who should get credit for free operating systems.
* Call Microcomputers such as the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and the Amiga "PCs" in front of Microcomputer fans.
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*** Presumably they also wouldn't like it if you pointed out that an avatar is a ''virtual'' representation (in this context, not the Hindu one). A ''corporeal'' representation...is called a [[Unfortunate Name|waldo]], after an early example in a [[Robert A. Heinlein]] story. That wouldn't look ''nearly'' as cool on the poster over the Na'vi eyes, though.
**** It's only in the digital world that "avatar" refers to a virtual representation. Outside of the specific meanings (Hindu, digital, and the movie Avatar) the general definition of an avatar is any embodiment or personification, so it's not really correct to say that an avatar must be virtual.
** Examples other than words include the depressingly common complete misunderstanding of what tsaheylu is (likely perpetuated by [[Rule Thirty Four34|a certain flash animation]]). Other misconceptions include some people who claim that either [[Did Not Do the Research|the floating mountains can't exist]], claim that Pandora's magnetic field would kill a human, or that there is no oxygen on Pandora.
* ''[[Godzilla]]'' fans are funny. Though they aren't likely to flame you for the names you use, the use of Japanese names is sort of a status symbol. So a "real" fan calls Godzilla "Gojira" or "Goji" for short. This gets silly when the name in question was actually in English, but the fans insist on spelling it the way it's pronounced in Japan (Spacegodzilla vs. Supeisugojira, or the Super X vs. the Supaa X).
* [[Smith Will Suffice|Smith]], the main villain in the second and third ''[[The Matrix|Matrix]]'' films, is an Agent only in the first movie, and his entire existence in the second and third revolves entirely around the fact that he is not an Agent anymore. Some in the ''Matrix'' community will unplug you if you call him an Agent in the context of the latter two films.
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* [[Timeline-191|In one series]] of [[Harry Turtledove]] books [[Timeline-191|(known, alternatively, as TL-191 or the Southern Victory series)]], a Confederacy that survives into the 20th century is taken over by the dictator Jake Featherston, who is basically a Hitler analog. For some reason, people insist on misspelling it as "Featherstone". This really pisses off fans, but what took it beyond the pale was when the misspelling appeared on the freakin' dustjacket of one of the books.
* Referring to any of the books of ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]'' as a "[[Doorstopper|brick]]" can ''actually get you in trouble with the staff'' in some quarters. But in other places, even on fansites, the staff call them "bricks" too, but used as a term of affection rather than, well, ridicule and scorn.
* In Mary Shelley's ''[[Frankenstein (Literature)|Frankenstein]]; or, The Modern Prometheus'', Victor Frankenstein constructs and brings to life [[FrankensteinsFrankenstein's Monster|his Creature]] or, if you prefer, Monster. The Creature itself is never named. Thanks to scads of largely terrible films, comics and stage plays, people have been using the term "Frankenstein" to refer to his Creature (and being criticized for it) since the 19th century. Yup, [[Older Than Radio]].
* Some fans of that lady who wrote the ''[[Dragonriders of Pern|Pern]]'' books are rather grumpy about "McCaffery", probably because her last name is "[[Anne McCaffrey|McCaffrey]]".
* Many of the fans of the ''[[Warrior Cats (Literature)|Warrior Cats]]'' series will scream (or at least groan) should you make the mistake of not capitalizing the word "Clan". There are four ''Clans''. The main characters are in Thunder''Clan''. Their ancestors are Star''Clan''. And don't you dare suggest otherwise. Perhaps justified in that this is pounded into your brain for over twenty books, and not bothering with grammar rules automatically gets you labeled as an idiot on the major forum.
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* 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 [[Super Friends]] 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: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''. Confusing [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/_images/a3ae48623fda7a0008bbc28e4c8c453c/7155%20-<!-- 20applejack20g1%20glory.png Glory]] for [[http://ponibooru.413chan.net/_images/d17349598ff492b34dd880bce902dda7/36846%20-%20Hasbro%20official%20rarity%20vector.png Rarity]] 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]]). -->
* ''[[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.]]
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