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{{tropeJust for Fun}}
==A==
* [[Absurdity Ascendant]] ->→ [[Absurd Adolescent]], [[Funny Foreigner|Absurd Accent]]
* [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]] ->→ [[Student Council's Discretion|Absurdity Powered Student Council]]
** Oddly enough, both are entirely appropriate for ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]''.
* [[Abusing the Kardashev Scale For Fun and Profit]] ->→ Abusing The [[Celebrity Edition|Kardashian]] Scale For Fun And Profit ->→ Abusing The [[Star Trek|Cardassian]] Scale For Fun And Profit
* [[Accent Adaptation]] ->→ [[Older Than They Think|Ancient Adaptation]], Accident Adaptation
* [[Accordion Man]] ->→ [[The Who|Accordion Mom]]
* ''[[Achaea]]'' ->→ ''Archaea'' (Trust me, microbiologists will think it's hilarious) ->→ Archaic
* [[Acrofatic]]-> → [[Afro Asskicker|Afrotastic]]
* [[Acting in the Dark]] ->→ Aching In The Dark
* [[Actually, I Am Him]]-> → [[I'm a Humanitarian|Actually, I Ate Him]]
* [[Adam Westing]] ->→ Adam Wrestling
* [[Adaptation Decay]] ->→ [[Azumanga Daioh]] (don't ask okay?)
* [[Alliteration]] ->→ Added Alliterative Apple ->→ Added Alliterative [[Nipple-and-Dimed|Nipple]]
* [[Aerith and Bob]] ->→ [[The Mummy Trilogy|Ardeth]] And Bob (which, of course, would still qualify as the trope) ->→ [[Adventurers!|Ardam]] And Bob
* [[Aerosol Flamethrower]] ->→ [[Parasol of Pain|Parasol Flamethrower]]
* [[An Aesop]] ->→ An [[One Piece|Usopp]]
* [[Agitated Item Stomping]] ->→ Agitated Item Shopping
* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]] ->→ [[Crapsack World|All Is A Crapshoot]]
** [[Home Improvement (TV series)|AL Is A Crapshoot]]
** [[2001: A Space Odyssey|HAL]] Is A Crapshoot (which actually fits...)
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** [["Weird Al" Yankovic|Al Is A Crackpot]]
** AI is [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy|a crap shot]]
* [[Air Guitar]] ->→ ''[[Air Gear]]''
* Air Man Ga Taosenai ->→ Air Manga Taosenai
* ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi]]'' ->→ Ai Aori [[Super Mario Bros.|Yoshi]]
** Ai Aori [[Super Mario RPG|Boshi]]
** Ai [[Boys Love Genre|Yaoi]] Yoshi
** ''Ai [[Yuri]] Aoshi'' (considering there's only one guy in the main cast, necessary in order to [[Pair the Spares]])
* [[Alas, Poor Villain]] ->→ Alias Poor Villain, Aliens, Poor Village
* [[Aliens in Cardiff]] ->→ Aliens in Cardigans
* [[Aliens Steal Cattle]] ->→ [[Aliens Steal Cable]]
* [[The Alcatraz]] ->→ The [[Harry Potter (novel)|Azkaban]]
* [[All Cavemen Were Neanderthals]] ->→ All Cavemen Were Netherlands
* [[Allen Ginsberg]] ->→ Alien Ginsberg ->→ Asian Ginseng
* [[All Gays Are Promiscuous]] ->→ All Guys Are Promiscuous ->→ All Guys Are Pomegranates
* [[All Girls Like Ponies]] ->→ [[All Men Are Perverts|All Girls Like Panties]], [[Hide Your Lesbians|All Girls like Penis]] ->→ [[Everyone Is Gay|All Guys Like Penis]] ->→ [[Robosexual|AI Guys Like Penis]]
* [[All Monks Know Kung Fu]] ->→ All [[Kim Possible|Monkeys Know Kung-Fu]]
* [[All-Natural Snake Oil]] ->→ All Natural [[Snakes on a Plane]] (The window was minimized at the time)
* [[All The Tropes]] ->→ All The Tripe
* [[Alluring Anglerfish]] ->→ Always Doodling (I was scrolling past really quickly)
* [[Aloof Ally]] ->→ Aloof Alley
** [[Chrome Champion|Alloy Ally]]
** Aloof Alloy (er, apathetic metal?)
* [[Alter Kocker]] ->→ Altar Knocker ->→ After K(n)ocker (On this very page.), Alter Knacker (Old Geezer in German (logically, given that the initial trope name is in a language that is essentially German+ Hebrew))
** Altar Knocker ->→ [[Assassin's Creed|Altaïr]] Knocker
* [[Ambiguously Gay]] ->→ Amphibiously Gay (makes sense in the context of the story I'm writing - no wonder I misread it this way)
** Ambitiously Gay
** Anonymously Gay
** Economocally Gay
** Ambiguously Gray
* [[Ancestral Weapon]] ->→ [[Parental Incest|Incestual Weapon]]
* [[Ancient Grome]] ->→ Ancient [[Our Gnomes Are Weirder|Gnome]]
* [[Ancient Tradition]] + [[Angry Eyebrows]] (one right under another on the same page) ->→ Ancient Eyebrows or Angry Tradition
* [[And I Must Scream]] ->→ And I Must [[The Starscream|Starscream]]
** [[Jizzed in My Pants|And I Must Cream]]
* [[And Now for Someone Completely Different]] ->→ [[Monty Python's Flying Circus|And Now For]] [[Something Completely Different]]
* [[Angel Unaware]] ->→ [[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt|Angel Underwear]] ->→ Angle Underwear ->→ Argyle Underwear
* [[Angry Birds]]-> → Angry Nerds
* [[Angry Eyebrows]] ->→ Angry Elbows, Angry Embryo
* [[Animals Hate Him]] ->→ Animals Ate Him
* [[Animation Bump]] ->→ Animation Burp
** [[Design Student's Orgasm|Animation Hump]]
* [[The Contributors]]' page [[Tropers/Anonymous Mc CartneyMcCartney Fan|Anonymous Mc CartneyMcCartney Fan]] ->→ Anonymous [[Red Scare|McCarthy]] Fan
** Which this troper just read as Anonymous McCarthy Fail.
* [[Anti-Hero]] ->→ [[A Bug's Life|Ant Hero]]
* [[Anti-Poopsocking]] ->→ Anti Pop (and) Locking
** Anti Poop Smoking ->→ Anti Poop Smocking
** Anti Poop Stocking
*** Something to do with the [[Toilet Humor|first episode]] of ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]''?
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** Anti Poop Popping
** [[Fired Teacher|Anti]] [[Turn in Your Badge|Poop]] [[George Jetson Job Security|Sacking]]
* [[Antiquated Linguistics]] ->→ Liquidated Antiseptics
* [[Applied Phlebotinum]] ->→ Applied Phletibonum (or even Applied Pletibonum)
** I still keep pronouncing it "phlebotin''ium''". Hey, "-inium" is a common suffix for elements in fiction, and Phlebotinum is a fictional element...
*** Same here, I didn't even notice the spelling until it was pointed out.
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** Apple Phlebotinum
** [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Applejack]] Phlebotinum
* [[Arc Welding]] ->→ Arc Wedding
** Arc Wielding
* [[Armchair Psychology]] ->→ Armhair Psychology, Armchair Physiology
* [[Armed with Canon]] ->→ Armed With ''[[Kanon]]''
** [[Grievous Harm with a Body|Armed With]] [[Conan the Barbarian|Conan]]
* [[Amoral Attorney]] ->→ ''[[Ace Attorney]]''
* [[Armor Is Useless]] ->→ [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|Amor Is Useless]]
* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]] ->→ Arrogant Kung Fu Gay ->→ Ancient Kung Fu Gay
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]] ->→ Arson Murder And Gay-Bashing
** Arses, Murder and Jaywalking
** Arsonmurder and Jaywalking
** [[Classical Mythology|Ares]], Murder, and Yaywalking
* [[Arthur Dent]] ->→ [[Batman|Harvey Dent]]
* [[Art Shift]] ->→ Art Shirt
** Art [[Sound Effect Bleep|* bleep*]]
* [[Ascended Fanboy]] ->→ Ascended [[Farm Boy]] (hey, [[The Princess Bride (film)|it's]] [[Superman|happened]] [[Star Wars|before!]])
* [[Ashcan Copy]] ->→ [[Stargate SG-1|Aschen]] Copy, [[wikipedia:Howard Ashman|Ashman]] Copy, Ashokan Copy
** [[Pokémon (anime)|Ash]] [[Evil Dead|Can]] Copy
** Trashcan Kicking (got mixed with the one below...)
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** Trashcan Copy
** [[All Asians Are Alike|Asian Copy]]
* [[Ass in Ambassador]] ->→ Assassin Ambassador, [[Harry Potter and Thethe Half -Blood Prince (novel)|Assassinate Albus Dumbledore]]
* [[Asskicking Pose]] ->→ [["Weird Al" Yankovic|Ass Kicking Polka]]
** Ass Kicking Posse
** [[Warrior Poet|Ass Kicking Prose]]
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** [[Idiot Hero|Ash]][[Kick the Dog|Kicking]] [[Pokémon|Poké]]
** [[Idiot Hero|Ash]][[Literal Ass Kissing|Licking]] [[Pokémon|Poké]]
* [[Audience Surrogate]] ->→ Audience [[Stargate]]
* [[Audit Threat]] ->→ [[That Poor Car|Audi Threat]]
* [[Author's Saving Throw]] ->→ Arthur's Saving Throw
* [[Award Snub]] ->→ Award Stub
** Awkward Snub
** Award Snob
* [[Away in a Manger]] ->→ Always A Manager, Away Into A Manager
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' ->→ Axis Powers Genitalia (ewwww!), [[Rule 34|Axis Powers Hentai]]
** Axis Prowers Hetalia
** [[Austin Powers]] Hetalia
* ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' ->→ [[The Simpsons (animation)|American D'oh]], Amazanga Diaoh
** ''Azumanga [[w:Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)|Day-O!]]''
 
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** Badass [[Namgar]]
* [[Bad Bad Acting]] → Bad Bed Acting
* [[Bad Boss]] -> Bob Ross
** Bad Bass
* [[Bad Guy Bar]] → [[Where Everybody Knows Your Flame|Bad Gay Bar]]
** Bad Gay Dar (on this very page.)
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** Bad Back Leader Guy
* [[Bald of Evil]] → [[Department of Redundancy Department|Bad of Evil]]
** Balls Ofof Evil ([[Villain Ball]]?)
* [[Balkanize Me]] → [[Star Trek|Vulcanize Me]]
* [[Ballroom Blitz]] → Ballroom Blintz
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* [[Between the Lions]] → [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|Between The Loins]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]] → Beware [[The Young Ones]] (Good advice, actually.), Beware [[Norse Mythology|the Norse ones]]. (Also good advice.)
* [[Biblical Bad Guy]] → Biblical Bald Guy
* [[Big Bad]] → [[Spoony Bard|Big Bard]]-→Big Beard
* [[Big Bad Duumvirate]] → Big Bad Dumb Pirate
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** [[Bully (video game)|Bully]] Needs An Orphan
** Bully Kneads An Orphan
* [[Bittersweet Ending]] -> [[The Verve|Bitter Sweet Symphony]]
* [[Bizarre Baby Boom]] → Bizarre Baby Room
* [[Black and Gray Morality]] → [[Might Makes Right|Black and Blue Morality]]
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** Blessed Are The [[Chest Burster]]s
* [[Blind Idiot Translation]] → [[Dumb Blonde|Blonde Idiot]] Translation
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil‎]] → [[James Bond|Bond]] Guys Are Evil‎
* [[Blood+]] → [[Squick|Blood Pus]]
* [[Bluff the Impostor]] → [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] The Impostor
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* [[Britain Is Only London]] → Britain Is The Only Option
** [[Cargo Ship|Britain Is On London]]
* [[Britcom]] → Bitcoin
* [[Broke Episode]] - [[Sweet Polly Oliver|Bloke Episode]]
** Brake Episode
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* [[Busman's Holiday]] → [[Land Down Under|Bushman´s holiday]] →[[Batman]]'s Holiday, Bassman's Holiday, Bustman's Holiday, Bush's Holiday
** Batman's Holiday → [[The Simpsons (animation)|Bartman]]'s Holiday
* [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] → [[Mega Man NT Warrior|Mega Man]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20190928042954/http://www.mangahere.comcc/manga/megaman_nt_warrior/v08/c004/15.html The Vampire Slayer]
* [[Bullethole Door]] → [[Anal Probing|Butthole Door]]
** Butthole Doctor
* [[Bullets Do Not Work That Way]] → [[Bullet-Proof Fashion Plate|Bullets]] [[Goggles Do Nothing|Do]] [[Nigh Invulnerability|Nothing]]
* [[Bullet Time]] → Ballet Time, [[Bullitt]] Time, [[LOLcats|Bukkit]] Time
** Bulilit Time
* [[Butch Lesbian]] → Butch Librarian
 
==C==
* [[The Call Knows Where You Live]] ->→ [[Talk Show|Montel Knows Where You Live]] ->→ [[Montreal]] Knows Where You Live
** The Cat Knows Where You Live
* [[Camera Abuse]] ->→ [[Conan the Barbarian|Camel Abuse]]
* [[Camera Screw]] ->→ Screw Canada (sorry, Canada)
** And I read that as [[Axis Powers Hetalia|Who's Canada?]]
** Camera Crew
* [[Can-Crushing Cranium]] -> [[Reality Ensues|Cranium-Crushing Can]]
* [[Canon]] -> Cannon (Fire!)
* [[Canon Fodder]] ->→ Cannon Folder (How do you fold a cannon?Fire!)
* [[Canon Fodder]] → Cannon Folder (How do you fold a cannon?)
* [[Can't Argue with Elves]] -> Can't Argue With Elvis, Can't Argue Without Elves, Can't Agree With Elves
** Cats[[Can't Argue Withwith CatsElves]] ->→ CarsCan't Argue With CatsElvis, (justCan't Argue Without Elves, Can't Agree With now)Elves
** Cats Argue With Cats → Cars Argue With Cats (just now)
** Cats Argue With [[Zero Wing|CATS]]
* [[Captain Obvious]] ->→ [[Captain Oblivious]]
** [[The Good Captain|Captain]] [[Extreme Omnivore|Omnivore]]
* [[Capulet Counterpart]] ->→ Catapult Counterpart
* ''[[Cardfight!! Vanguard]]'' ->→ ''[[Cat Fight|Catfight]] [[Vanguard]]''
* [[Cartwright Curse]] ->→ [[South Park|Cartman]] Curse ([[TV Tropes]] killed Kenny! Those bastards!)
** ...And I just read that as [https://web.archive.org/web/20121213100531/http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/The_Grinches_Who_Stole_Snarry "TV Tropes killed Snarry"]...
** And I just read ''that'' as "TV Tropes killed Snarky".
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** Cartwright Nurse
** Catfight Curse
* [[Cast from Hit Points]] ->→ [[Pokémon|Castform]] Hit Points
* [[Catapult Nightmare]] ->→ Catapult's Nightmare (how can a catapult have nightmares?)
** Caterpillar's Nightmare
* [[Catch Phrase]] ->→ [[Lolcat|Catphrase]]
* [[Catchphrase Interruptus]] ->→ [[Memetic Mutation|Catchphrase Internetus]]
* [[Catch Phrase to the Max]] ->→ [[Catch Phrase]] [[The Honeymooners|To The Moon]]
* [[Cerberus Daily News]] ->→ [[Cerebus]] Daily News
* [[Cerebus Syndrome]] ->→ Cerberus Syndrome
* [[Chainsaw Good]] ->→ [[Evil Dead|Chainsaw God]] ->→ [[Touhou|Chen]]saw Good
** Chen Saw Good ->→ Chen Saw God
* [[Chaotic Evil]] + [[City of Canals]] ->→ [[Brain Bleach|Chaotic Anal]] (Scrolling down at hyper speed)
* [[Chaotic Good]] ->→ [[God Is Evil|Chaotic God.]]
* [[Character Filibuster]] ->→ [[Chest Burster|Chestbuster]] ->→ [[Ghostbusters|Ghostbuster]]
** Because of the trope below, Chekov's Filibuster.
* [[Character Shilling]]
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]] -> Chekhov's Ganon (next to [[Ret Canon]] on recent changes), Chekov's [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Gundam]]▼
** Character Shitting
* [[Chessmaster]] -> [[Most Common Superpower|Chest Master]]▼
▲* [[Chekhov's Gunman]] ->→ Chekhov's Ganon (next to [[Ret Canon]] on recent changes), Chekov's [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Gundam]]
* [[Chess with Death]] → Cheese with Death
▲* [[Chessmaster]] ->→ [[Most Common Superpower|Chest Master]]
** And I just read THAT as [[Chest Monster]].
** [[Chest Blaster]]
*** [[Chest Burster]]
* [[Chess Motifs]] ->→ Chest Motifs
** [[Tales of Phantasia|Cress]] Motifs
*** Or better yet, [[Pokémon Black and White|Cress]] Motifs
* [[Chill of Undeath]] ->→ [[Undead Child|Child of Undeath]]
* [[Chuck Norris]] ->→ [[wikipedia:Highway 101 (band)|Chuck Morris]]
* [[Chupacabra]] ->→ [[media:chupa chups sm 4318.jpg|Chubachups]] (You really don't want to suck on the those.)
* [[City of Canals]] ->→ City Of [[I'm a Humanitarian|Cannibals]] (And I ''made'' that page!)
** City Of Cannabis
** City Of Anal
** City Of Canada
* ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'' ->→ SCANTILY CLAD
* [[The Clan]] ->→ The [[Pokémon Black and White|Cilan]]
* [[Classy Cat Burglar]] - Glassy Cat Burglar, [[Gasshole|Gassy]] Cat Burglar
** Classy Cat Burger
*** [[LOLcats|Cheezburger?]]
* [[Cliff Hanger]] ->→ [[Transformers|Cliffjumper]]
* [[Cloning Blues]] ->→ Cloning [[Pokémon|Blue]]
* [[Clothing Damage]] ->→ [[Cloning Blues|Cloning Damage]]
* [[Clues to The Conspiracy]] ->→ Clumsy for the Spiracy
* ''[[Code Geass]]'' ->→ Code Geese (I dare you to make the obvious example.)
** [[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Tall Geese.]] ^_^
** '''''[[The King of Fighters|TOOOOO EASY!]]''''' <ref>[[Don't Explain the Joke|If you don't get it]], the [[Tempting Fate]] was to refer to Code Geass as Code Ge'''''ass''''' (gotta love that [[Male Gaze]]). The next troper subverted this by using the Tallgeese from ''Gundam Wing''. Finally, the last troper used a ''[[Capcom vs. SNK Millennium Fight 2000]]'' quote of [[SNK Boss]] [[Trope Codifier|par excellence]], [[Fatal Fury|Geese]] [[The King of Fighters|Ho]][[Art of Fighting|ward]].</ref>
** I'd make the obvious joke, but we don't have a page for The Harlem Globetrotters...
* [[Colony Drop]] ->→ Colon Drop
** Colony Doppler
** [[Colony Wars]]
* [[Combat Clairvoyance]] ->→ Combat [[Most Common Superpower|Cleavage]]
* [[Combat Pragmatist]] ->→ Combat Protagonist
* [[Combat Tentacles]] ->→ Combat Testicles (as in ''[[Pom Poko]]''?)
* [[Comically Missing the Point]] ->→ Comically [[Neopets|Hissi]]ng The Point
** [[Naked People Are Funny|Comically Missing The Pants]]
* [[Comically Small Bribe]] ->→ [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl|Comically Small Bride]] ->→ Cosmically Small Bride
** Comically Small [[The Bible|Bible]]
* [[Com Mons]] ->→ Con Moms
** Con Doms
* [[Commedia Dell Arte Troupe]] ->→ Commedia Dell Arte Trope, Comedic Hell Artie Toupe, [[Ctrl+Alt+Del]] Trope
* [[The Complainer Is Always Wrong]] ->→ The Cosplayer Is Always Wrong, The Complainer Is always Wrung, [[Artificial Stupidity|The Computer Is Always Wrong]]
* [[Conservation of Ninjutsu]] ->→ [[Talking the Monster to Death|Conversation of Ninjutsu]]
** Conversion of Ninjutsu
* [[Construct Additional Pylons]] ->→ Construct Additional [[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Cylons]]
** Construct Additional Pythons
** Construct Additional [[Kid Icarus: Uprising|Pyrrhons]]
* [[Consulting Mister Puppet]] ->→ Consenting Mister Puppet ->→ Continuing Miser Puppet
* [[Continuing Is Painful]] ->→ [[Continuity Snarl|Continuity Is Painful]]
* [[Continuous Decompression]] ->→ Contagious Depression
* [[Convection, Schmonvection]] ->→ Convention Schmonvention
* [[Convection, Schmonvection]] + [[Conveniently-Common Kink]] ->→ Convenient Schink ->→ Convenient Shank ->→ Convenient [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks|Shark]]
* [[Conveniently-Common Kink]] ->→ Conveniently Common [[The Kirk|Kirk]]
* [[Convenient Questing]] ->→ Convenient Questioning, Convent Questing
** Convenient [[The Quisling|Quisling]]
* [[Conversational Troping]] ->→ Conventional Troping, Conversational Dropping, Conversational Groping, [[Dude, Not Funny|Controversial Troping]]
* ''[[Corner Gas]]'' ->→ ''[[Code Geass]]'', Coroner Gas
* [[Courtly Love]] ->→ Courtney Love, [[Patriotic Fervor|Country Love]] ->→ [[Country Matters]]
* [[Courtroom Antic]] ->→ Courtroom [[Doctor Who|Adric]]
** Courtroom Antique
* [[Covers Always Lie]] ->→ Covens Always Lie
** Coverts Always Lie
* [[Cowboy Cop]] ->→ ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''
** Cowboy Bob
* [[Critical Research Failure]] ->→ Critical [[Watchmen (comics)|Rorschach]] Failure
* [[Crotch Grab Sex Check]] ->→ [[Gender Bender|Crotch Grab Sex Change]]
* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] ->→ [[Super Drowning Skills|Drowning Moment Ofof Awesome]]
** Crying Moment of Awesome
** Crowing Moment of Awesome
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** Crowning Moment Of [[Discworld|Wossname]]
** [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]
* [[Crowning Moment/Other|Crowning Moment Of Awesome Other]] ->→ Crowning Moment Of Awesome Offer ([[Offer Void in Nebraska]])
** Crowning Moment Of Some Other
** [[Crowning Moment|Crowning Moment of Something or Other]]
** Crowning Moment of Awesome Otters
** Crowning Moment of Some Otter
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] ->→ Crowning Moment of Awesome, Crowing Music of Awesome
* [[Cut and Paste Suburb]] ->→ Cut And Paste [[Homestuck|Sburb]] (it was in the "Related To..." page on ''[[Homestuck]]'')
* [[Cute Little Fangs]] ->→ Cute Little Fags
* [[Cutting Off the Branches]] + [[Three-Way Sex]] ->→ [[Lysistrata Gambit|Cutting Off Sex]]
* [[Cyanide & Happiness]] ->→ [[Calvin and Hobbes]]
* [[Cyber Team in Akihabara]] ->→ Cyber Team In [[Deep South|Alabama]]
** That would be an awesome [[Alternate Continuity]].
** Cyber Team In [[Harry Potter (novel)|Avada Kedavra]]
** Cyber Team In A [[Kink Meme]] [[Bara Genre]] ->→ Cyber Team In A [[Pokémon|Klink]] [[Rule 34|Bara]]
 
==D==
* [[Dance Battler]] ->→ Dance Better
** Dance Butler
** Dance Butter
* [[Dance Sensation]] ->→ [[It's Popular, Now It Sucks|Dumb Sensation]], Desensitization
** ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]''
* ''[[Dance in the Vampire Bund]]'' ->→ [[Villain Song|Dance in the Vampire Band]]
* [[Dandere]] ->→ [[Street Fighter|Dan]] [[Bring It|Dare]]
* [[Dangerous Terrain]] → [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|Dangerous Terran]]
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] + [[Evil Brit]] -> [[Evil Is Sexy]] (I was reading up really quickly... {{spoiler|on the Portal Characters page for Wheatley.}})▼
* [[Dangerous Windows]] ->→ [[Black Widow|Dangerous Widows]]
▲* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] + [[Evil Brit]] ->→ [[Evil Is Sexy]] (I was reading up really quickly... {{spoiler|on the Portal Characters page for Wheatley.}})
* [[Bullet Hell|Danmaku]] ->→ Damn [[Samurai Jack|Aku]] ->→ Damn [[Crash Bandicoot|Aku Aku]]
** [[SNK Boss|Damn]] [[Street Fighter|Akuma]], Damn [[D.Gray-man|Akuma]], [[Overly Long Gag|Damn]] [[Nitrome|Akuma]] (That's a lot of Akumas, isn't it?!)
* [[Daran Norris]] -> [[Chuck Norris]]
* [[DarkDaran Action GirlNorris]] ->→ Dark[[Chuck Auction GirlNorris]]
* [[Dark MagicalAction Girl]] ->→ [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Dark MagicianAuction Girl]]▼
* [[Dark Age of Supernames]] ->→ Dark Age of Supernannies, [[Dork Age]] of Super Names, Dark Age of Supermanes, Dark Age of [[Superman]]s
▲* [[Dark Magical Girl]] -> [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Dark Magician Girl]]
* [[The Dark SideMagical Girl]] → [[Yu->Gi-Oh!|Dark TheMagician Dork SideGirl]]
* [[The Dark Side]] → The Dork Side
** The [[Kirby and The Amazing Mirror|Dark Mind]] ->→ The Dark [[The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy|Mandy]]
* [[Darkskinned Blonde]] ->→ Dark Skinned [[James Bond|Bond]]
* [[A Day in Her Apron]] ->→ [[Pet Homosexual|A Gay In Her Apron]]
* [[Deadly Lunge]] -> Deadly Lounge
** [[Deadly Lunge]] → Deadly LurchLounge
** [[Lethal Chef|Deadly Lunch]]Lurch
** [[Lethal Chef|Deadly Lunch]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]] ->→ Deadpan Spanker, Deadman Snarker
** Deadpan [[Mario Kart|Snaker]]
*** [[Prison Break|Deadpan Shanker]]
** [[Almighty Janitor|Dustpan Snarker]]
** [[Deadpool]] [[No Fourth Wall|Snarker]]
** Deadpan Stalker
* [[The Dead Rise to Advertise]] -> The Dead Rise To Adventure▼
*** Dead Man Stalker
* [[Dead Star Walking]] -> [[Star Wars|Death Star]] [[Humongous Mecha|Walking]], Dead Star [[Christopher Walken|Walken]]▼
▲* [[The Dead Rise to Advertise]] ->→ The Dead Rise To Adventure
* [[Death By Pragmatism]] -> Death By Plagiarism▼
▲* [[Dead Star Walking]] ->→ [[Star Wars|Death Star]] [[Humongous Mecha|Walking]], Dead Star [[Christopher Walken|Walken]]
▲* [[Death By Pragmatism]] ->→ Death By Plagiarism
** Death By [[Everything's Better with Penguins|Penguinism]]
** Death By [[Author Catchphrase|Furmanism]] (but [[Signature Style|better to fight the Furmanisms and die than live with the knowledge that you ran]]) ->→ Death By [[Furry Fandom|Furries]]
** Death By Paganism
* [[Death of a Thousand Cuts]] ->→ Death Of A Thousand Cults
** [[media:cit negima - death of a thousand cats.png|Death Of A Thousand Cats]] ->→ [[The Sandman|Dream of a Thousand Cats]]
** [[Star Wars|Darth]] of a Thousand Cuts
** Dearth of a Thousand Cuts
* [[Decompressed Comic]] ->→ Depressed Comic
** Decomposed Comic
* [[Decoy Leader]] ->→ Decoy Leather
* [[Defied Trope]] ->→ [[Tropes of Legend|Deified Trope]] ->→ Defiled Trope ->→ [[Garfield]] Trope (???)
** Defined Trope
** Denied Trope
* [[Deggans' Rule]] ->→ [[Dominic Deegan|Deegan's Rule]]
* [[Deicide]] ->→ Decide
* [[Delegation Relay]] ->→ Relegation Delay
* [[Demon's Souls]] ->→ Demon Soda
* [[Deployable Cover]] ->→ [[Contemptible Cover|Deplorable Cover]]
* [[Depraved Bisexual]] ->→ Depressed Bisexual
* [[Depraved Homosexual]] ->→ Deprived Homosexual
** Depraved [[The Simpsons (animation)|Homersexual]]
* [[Depraved Kids' Show Host]] ->→ Deprived Kids Show Host
* [[Descriptively Named Species]] ->→ Deceptively Named Species ([[A Series of Unfortunate Events|The Incredibly Deadly Viper]]?)
* [[Destructo-Nookie]] ->→ Destructo Noogie, Destructo Cookie, Destructo [[Star Wars|Wookiee]]
** Destructo [[Mook]]ie
* [[Determined Defeatist]] ->→ Determined Dentist
* ''[[The Devil Wears Prada]]'' ->→ The Devil Drives a Lada, The Devil Wears [[Panda Ing To The Base]]
** The Devil Weans Panda
** The Devil Reads Pravda
* [[D.Gray-man]] ->→ D.Gay-Man (How was this not misread up until now?)
* [[Diamonds in the Buff]] ->→ [[Ass Shove|Diamonds in The Butt]]
** Diamonds In The Bluff
** Diamonds in The Burp
* [[Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat]] ->→ Dick Dastardly Stoops To Cheat (same difference) ->→ Dick Dastardly Poops To Cheat
** Dick Dastardly [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|Stops]] [[Homestar Runner|The Cheat]]
** Dick Dastardly Stops To Shit.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]] ->→ [[These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know|Do Not Do the Research]]
* [[Die, Chair, Die!]] - >→ Die [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Char]] Die
** The Chair, The
*** Der Stuhl, Der
* [[Die for Our Ship]] ->→ Diet For Our Ship
** [[The Tale of Despereaux|Die For Our Soup]]
** Die For [[Fan Dumb|Our]] [[Hatedom|Shit]]
* [[Difficulty by Region]] ->→ Difficulty By Religion ->→ Difficulty By Pigeon ->→ [[Goddamned Bats|Difficulty By]] [[Super Mario Bros. 2|Pidgit]]
* [[Dirty Harriet]] ->→ Dirty [[Hamlet]], [[Doctor Who|Harriet Jones]]
* [[Discontinuity]] ->→ [[Discworld|Disc]] Continuity
** Diss Continuity (well what do you know, it means the same thing.)
* [[Disguise Tropes]] ->→ [[Disgaea]] Tropes ->→ Disgrace Tropes
** Disguised Tropes
* [[Disney Animated Canon]] ->→ Disney Animated [[BFG|Cannon]]
** Disney [[Department of Redundancy Department|Animated Cartoon]]
* [[Disposable Fiancé]] ->→ Disposable [[Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys|France]]
** Disposable [[Touhou|Flandre]] (Noooo! :( )
** Disposable Fence
* [[Dissimile]] ->→ Dismissile
** 'Dis Smile
** Dis Missile
* [[Does Not Like Spam]] ->→ Does Not Like Sperm
* [[Doing In the Wizard]] ->→ Doin' The Wizard (Never seen THAT dance before), ''[[Freud Was Right|Doing]]'' The Wizard
** Doing It In The Wizard(?!)
** [[The Pornomancer|Doing It To The Wizard]]
* [[Domino Mask]] ->→ Dominatrix ->→ [[Helena Bonham Carter|Bella]][[Harry Potter/Characters/Death Eaters|trix]]
* [[Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off]] ->→ [[I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!|Don't Make Me Take My Bra Off]]
* [[Doomed by Canon]] ->→ Doomed by [[Conan the Barbarian|Conan]], Doomed by [[The Legend of Zelda|Ganon]]
** Doomed by Cannon (That sounds painful.)
* [[Doomed Moral Victor]] ->→ Doomed Mortal Victor
* (''inverted'') Doorstep Baby (YKTTW name) ->→ [[Door Step Baby]] ->→ Doorstop Burby
* [[Draco in Leather Pants]] + [[Ron the Death Eater]] ->→ {{spoiler|[[Harry Potter and Thethe Half -Blood Prince (novel)|Draco The Death Eater]].}}
* [[Dream Within a Dream]] ->→ ''[[Inception]]'' (Just had to. Sorry.)
* [[Driven to Suicide]] ->→ Does This Look Like a Suicide (duh, probably)
* [[Drunken Montage]] ->→ [[World War II|Dunkirk]] Montage
* [[Dual-Wielding]] ->→ Dual Welding, Dual Wedding
* [[Dub Name Change]] ->→ [[Macekre|Dumb Name Change]]
* [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma]] ->→ Dude, She's Like, In A Comma!
* [[Dummied Out]] ->→ [[Shoo Out the Clowns|Dummies Out]]
* [[Dystopian Edict]] → Dystopian Erect
==E==▼
 
* [[Eagle Land]] -> England, Eaglelad, Eagerland (which is sometimes accurate), [[Adventures of Lolo|Eggerland]], [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Eggmanland]]▼
▲== E ==
* [[Easy Evangelism]] -> Easy [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelion]] (isn't that [[Mind Screw|a contradiction in terms]]?), Easy Angelism, Easy Vegetarian▼
▲* [[Eagle Land]] ->→ England, Eaglelad, Eagerland (which is sometimes accurate), [[Adventures of Lolo|Eggerland]], [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Eggmanland]]
* [[Easy Sex Change]] -> [[Truck Driver's Gear Change|Easy Key Change]], [[The Problem with Pen Island|Easy's Exchange]]▼
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]] → Earn Your [[Burger Fool|Happy Meal]]
* [[Earth's Children]] -> [[I'm a Humanitarian|Eats Children]]▼
▲* [[Easy Evangelism]] ->→ Easy [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelion]] (isn't that [[Mind Screw|a contradiction in terms]]?), Easy Angelism, Easy Vegetarian
** Earth Is Children▼
▲* [[Easy Sex Change]] ->→ [[Truck Driver's Gear Change|Easy Key Change]], [[The Problem with Pen Island|Easy's Exchange]]
** [[Sesame Street|Ernie's]] Children▼
▲* [[Earth's Children]] ->→ [[I'm a Humanitarian|Eats Children]]
* [[Earn Your Fun]] -> Eat Your Fun
▲** Earth Is Children
* [[Eat the Evidence]] -> [[The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You|Eat The Audience]]▼
▲** [[Sesame Street|Ernie's]] Children
* [[Edutainment Show]] -> Edutainment Stew▼
* [[Eek!Earn AYour Mouse!Fun]] ->→ Eek,Eat AYour Moose!Fun
▲* [[Eat the Evidence]] ->→ [[The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You|Eat The Audience]]
* [[Ejection Seat]] -> Ejaculation Seat (ewwww!), Erection Seat, Ejection Seed▼
* [[Edible Ammunition]] → Edible Abomination → [[Eldritch Abomination]]
▲* [[Edutainment Show]] ->→ Edutainment Stew
* [[Eek! A Mouse!]] → Eek, A Moose!
** Eek, A Goose!
▲* [[Ejection Seat]] ->→ Ejaculation Seat (ewwww!), Erection Seat, Ejection Seed
** That's in the wrong order. Usually you need the Erection Seat first, then the Ejaculation Seat, then you have to clean up the Ejection Seed.
* [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]] ->→ Elemental Rock Raper Scissors ->→ Elemental Rock Paper [[Pokémon|Scizor]]s
* [[Artistic License Chemistry|Elements Do Not Work That Way]] ->→ [[You Fail Biology Forever|Elephants Do Not Work That Way]]
** Elementals Do Not Work That Way
* [[Elites Are More Glamorous]] ->→ [[Likes Older Women|Elders Are More Glamorous]]
** Elites Are Dwarves
** Elites Are More Dangerous
** Elves Are Glamorous (perhaps...)
* [[Elves vs. Dwarves]] ->→ [[Elvis Presley]] Vs Dwarves, Elves Love Dwarves
** Elvis Loves Dwarves
** [[Dwarf Fortress|Elephants Vs Dwarves]] - scrolling down this page after reading Boatmurdered.
* [[Empathic Weapon]] ->→ Emphatic Weapon
* [[Enemy Mine]] ->→ [[Enemy Mime]], Enema Mine, Enemy's Mind
* [[Engineered Heroics‎]] ->→ Engineered Histrionics‎
* [[Epic Hail]] ->→ [[Godwin's Law|Epic Heil]].
** Epic Heil ->→ Epic Hell
* [[Epic Fail]] ->→ [[Epic Hail]], [[One-Woman Wail|Epic Wail]].
* [[ErikasErika's New Perfume]] ->→ [[Pokémon|Erika]]'s new perfume, [[Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones|Eirika]]'s new perfume, [[Grimy Water|Erika]]'s [[wikipedia:MV Erika|new perfume]], [[Heartcatch Pretty Cure|Erika]]'s New Perfume
* [[Ermine Cape Effect]] ->→ [[Eminem]] Cape Effect
* [[Erotic Eating]] ->→ Erotic Farting
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]] ->→ Even [[Bald of Evil|Bald Men]] Love Their Mamas
* ''[[Eversion]]'' ->→ [[Averted Trope|Aversion]]
* [[Every Car Is a Pinto]] ->→ Every Cat Is A Pinto
** Every Car Is A [[Zachary Quinto|Quinto]]
** Every Car Is A Piano
* [[Everybody Remembers the Stripper]] ->→ Everybody Remembers This Troper
** [[This Is Your Premise on Drugs|Everyone Remembers This Tripper]]
* [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks]] ->→ Everything's Even Worse with [[Stargate SG-1|Shanks]] ->→ Everything's [[Everyman HYBRID|Evan]] with a [[Knife Nut|Shank]]
** Everything Is Worse With [[Stargate SG-1|Shanks]] ->→ Everything Is Worse With Skanks
** Everything Is Worse With [[One Piece|Shanks]]
** Everthings's Worse With Skunks
* [[Everything's Better with Chickens]] + [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]] ->→ Everything's Better With [[Bill Cosby|Chicken Hearts]]
* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]] ->→ Everything Trying To [[Rickroll]] You
* [[Evil Chancellor]] ->→ [[Malevolent Architecture|Evil Chandelier]]
* [[Evil Is PettyOne Big Happy Family]] ->+ [[EvilBig Is Sexy|Evil IsScrewed-Up PrettyFamily]] -> ElvisEvil Is PrettyOne Big Screwed->Up [[Captain Obvious|Elvis Is Presley]]Family
* [[Evil Is Petty]] → [[Evil Is Sexy|Evil Is Pretty]] → Elvis Is Pretty → [[Captain Obvious|Elvis Is Presley]]
** Evil Is Putty
* [[Evil Uncle]] - Eagle Uncle (okay, this was actually [[I Said That As]], but still)
** Evil Uncle + trope above = Uncle is Pretty
* [[Myers-Briggs|Examples of Myers Briggs Personalities in Stories]] - Examples Of Myers Briggs Personalities In Stores, Examples Of Myers Briggs Personalities <small>[[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE]]</small>
* [[Exiled From Continuity]] ->→ [[You Can't Go Home Again|Exiled From Community]]
* [[Exotic Equipment]] ->→ [[Power Perversion Potential|Erotic Equipment]]
** Erotic [[Homestuck|Equius]]
* [[Explosive Decompression]] ->→ Explosive Depression
* [[Expressive Hair]] ->→ Explosive Hair [[Earthshattering Kaboom|(Ka-BOOM!)]]
** Explosive Heir
* [[Eyepatch of Power]] ->→ [[Eyecatch]] Of Power
** [[Rocky III|Eyepatch Of The Tiger]]
* [[Eye Scream]] ->→ Eyes Cream
* [[Eyes of Gold]] ->→ [[The Omniscient|Eyes of God]]
** And I read THAT as Eyes Of Cod.
*** Eyes Of [[Call of Duty|COD]]
 
==F==
* [[Face Death with Dignity]] → [[Faking the Dead|Fake Death]] With Dignity
** Face Death with [[Harry Potter (novel)|Diggory]]
* [[Face Full of Alien WingwongWing-Wong]] → Face Full Of Alien Wigwams
* [[Face Full of Alien Wing-Wong]] + [[Single-Issue Wonk]] -> Face Single of Alien Issue Wing-Wonk
* [[Face Heel Turn]] → [[Fake Defector|Farce Heel Turn]], Face Kneel Turn
* [[Face of the Band]] → [[Doctor Who|The Face Of Boe]]
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* [[Fauxdian Slip]] → [[Doctor Faustus|Faustian]] Slip
* [[Fear My Squad]] → Fear My Squid → Feed My Squid → Feed My Squad
* [[Feminine Women Can Cook]] → Feminist Women Can Cook, [[Catgirl|Feline Women]] Can Cook
* [[Festival Episode]] → Facial Episode
* [[Fetch Quest]] → Feltch Quest (Eww... Don't look it up if you value your sanity.), Fetch Guest, Fetish Quest
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* [[Foot Focus]] → [[Everybody Owns a Ford|Ford Focus]], Foot Fetish
* [[Foot Popping]] → Foot Pooping → Foot Pimping
** Foot Pimple Popping
* [[Foreign Money Is Proof of Guilt]] → Foreign Money Is Proof Of Gilt
* [[Freddi Fish]] → Freddie Fis (Seriously, this is lame!)

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  1. ↑ If you don't get it, the Tempting Fate was to refer to Code Geass as Code Geass (gotta love that Male Gaze). The next troper subverted this by using the Tallgeese from Gundam Wing. Finally, the last troper used a Capcom vs. SNK Millennium Fight 2000 quote of SNK Boss par excellence, Geese Howard.
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