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== # ==
* ''[[Tenth Kingdom]]'' is not the sequel to ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]''. Nor is it a prequel to ''Twelfth Kingdom''.
* ''[[100 Bullets]]'' is not about artificial ammo limitations in [[First-Person Shooter]]s and other action games, especially in cases where the quantity exceeds the weapon's capacity.
* ''[[12 Monkeys]]'' contains not one single monkey. [[Everything's Better with Monkeys|(Talk about disappointment!)]]
* ''[[28 Days Later]]'' is not a sequel to ''[[28 Days]]''.
* ''[[30 Rock]]'' and ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun|3rd Rock]]'', despite naming similarities, are entirely unrelated.
* ''[[300]]'' has nothing to do with perfect games of bowling.
** Nor with ''[[NASCAR]]'' Nationwide Series racing.
* ''[[3×3 Eyes]]'' is not greater than ''8 Eyes'' and less than ''[[11eyes]]''. Even when present, all implications of [[Extra Eyes]] are greatly exaggerated.
** Nor does it refer to eyes that have 3 by 3 dimensions.
* ''[[The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T]]'' [[Mr. T|pity no fools]].
* ''[[8 Man]]'' doesn't refer to a rather crowded multiplayer tabletop or video game.
*  ''[[9]]'' is not ''[[Nine (theatre)|Nine]]'', and neither is about [[Touhou|Cirno]].
** And ''[[9]]'', ''[[24]]'' and ''[[52]]'' are not part of a series consisting of numbers as the titles.
* ''[[1942]]'' and ''[[Battlefield (series)|Battlefield]] 1942'' are completely different games.

== A ==
* Nobody gets abducted in ''[[Abduction]]''. ''Nobody.'' Karen gets very temporarily kidnapped while on the train, but hardly enough so to qualify for the title.
* ''[[Absolute Power]]'' is not a trope about obtaining absolute power. Reading it is not likely to [[Rule 34|corrupt absolutely]]. Reading [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|this site]] just might, but we wouldn't recommend trying to take over the world afterwards.
** And it is not the [[Pirate]] counterpart to ''[[Ninja|Real Ultimate Power]]''.
** Nor is it a sequel to an [[Revenge of the Sith|Emperor Palpatine]] biopic.
* ''[[Ace Combat]]'' is not an [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]] between [[The Ace]]s or gamblers.
** Or a free-for-all in the ''[[Wild Cards]]'' universe.
** ''The Belkan War'' [[Name's the Same|is not fought against]] [[Lyrical Nanoha|the Sankt Kaisers or Wolkenritter]].
** ''Shattered Skies'' is not the end result of an [[Warhammer 40,000|Imperial Guard]] [[Dawn of War|Basilisk crew]] fulfilling their desire to "shatter their sky!"
** ''The Unsung War'' is not the end result of the local [[Spoony Bard]] refusing to commemorate a war.
** ''Joint Assault'' is not about [[Combat Pragmatist|pragmatically crippling someone]].
* [[Acid Bath]] is not about a person taking a bath in acid.
* ''[[ADOM]]'' is not about the BDSM lifestyle. Even if you feel like it is after [[Yet Another Stupid Death]].
* ''[[Adventure Island]]'' is not an [[Adventure Game]].
* ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]'' is not a precursor to ''[[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy]]''.
* Playing ''[[After Burner]] Climax'' will not cause you to climax when you beat it.
* ''[[AH Dot Com the Series]]'' is not a televised version of ''[[Animal House]]'' that is updated for the Internet era. Nor does it involve [[Adolf Hitler]] (okay, maybe a little), [[Alfred Hitchcock]], or [[Ah! My Goddess|Belldandy]].
* ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi]]'' has no known [[Yuri|lesbian characters]].
* ''[[Airheads]]'' is not a documentary about the sweet taffy-like candy.
* [[AKB48]] do not carry [[AKA-47]] firearms.
* ''[[Akeelah and the Bee]]'' is not a tale about a girl befriending a magic bee. (That would be ''[[Bee Movie]]''.)
* ''[[Alien Nine]]'' is not about [[Touhou|Cirno]] as an alien.
** Nor is it the ninth film in the ''[[Alien (franchise)|Alien]]'' series... yet.
* ''[[America's Got Talent|America's]]/BritainsGotTalent'' is not a [[Sailor Moon|documentary]] [[Dub Text|on breast]] augmentation.
** Nor is it about those countries adopting an ancient form of currency.
* ''[[American History X]]'' is not the [[Franchise Zombie|ninth sequel]] to ''American History''.
* There are no angels on ''[[Angel]]''.
* ''[[Angels & Demons]]'' is not about those ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' beasties fighting [[Halo|the Master Chief John-117]]. (Or did you mean [[Doom|the Space Marine]] [[Doom: Repercussions of Evil|John Stalvern]]?)
* ''[[Animal Crossing]]'' is not a game where you [[Impossible Creatures|cross different species of animals]] to create some sort of mistake of Nature. For that you want ''[[Viva Piñata]]''.
* ''[[Apollo Justice]]: Ace Attorney'''s eponymous protagonist is not a Greek god. Nor is he the fusion of a Greek god and a ''The [[House of the Dead]]'' boss. Nor is [[Apollo Justice]] the reason [[Battlestar Galactica|Gaius Baltar]] {{spoiler|was found not guilty}}.
* ''[[Appleseed Ex Machina]]'' isn't about the [[Fisher King|rapid growth of flora when the rightful king is restored.]]
* The Colon in ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]] Colon Movie Film For Theaters'' does not refer to the internal organ.
* ''[[Are You Alice]]'' is not a follow-up to ''[[Go Ask Alice]]''.
* ''[[Ariel (novel)|Ariel]]'' isn't a retelling of [[Hans Christian Andersen|H. C. Andersen]]'s ''The Little Mermaid''.
* ''[[Armored Core]]'' is not the [[Gradius|Vic Viper's]] nemesis.
* ''[[Arthur and the Invisibles]]'' is related to neither ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'' nor ''[[The Invisibles]]''.
* ''[[Ash: A Secret History]]'' isn't about trees, ''Evil Dead'', or ''Pokémon''.
* ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' is not about killing people by [[Words Can Break My Bones|yelling]] [[Badass Creed]]s.
* ''[[Asura Cryin]]''' does not star that ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'' glitch, who has gone emo. And he's called As'''h'''ura, for the record.
** Nor does it involve [[The Elder Scrolls|the daedric lord Azura]].
** Nor does it involve the [[Lyrical Nanoha|TSAB]] Warship, the ''[[Cool Starship|Asura]]'', even though both were animated by Seven Arcs.
** Nor does it have anything to do with the [[Fear Is the Appropriate Response|fear-inducing]] [[Big Bad]] of [[Soul Eater]].
* ''[[The A-Team]]'' is not about a school spelling bee team.
** Nor are they related to the ''M Squad'' and the ''[[F Troop]]''.
** Nor are they Canadians who spell phonetically, [[Canada, Eh?|eh?]]
* ''[[Atelier (franchise)||Atelier Violet]]'' comes in more colors than just purple.
* ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]'' is not a trope dealing with the [[Fourth Wall]]. We apologize for confusion.
* ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'' isn't a trope about competing authors reusing a concept that has proven successful. That's [[Follow the Leader]].
* ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]'' does not feature any incarnations of gods on earth. Nor is it set in an internet forum.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' is not a sequel to ''Avatar'' featuring an air-manipulating Na'vi mage.
** It ''does'' feature the earthly incarnation of a god-spirit, so at least it has that going for it.
* ''[[Awesome Series]]'' is not a page for [[Gushing About Shows You Like]].
* ''[[Axe Cop]]'' is not a command to get rid of a policeman.
* ''[[Azrael]]'' isn't about [[The Smurfs|Gargamel]]'s right-hand cat.

== B ==
* ''[[Babe]]'' has nothing to do with "[[w:Babe Ruth|The Sultan of Swat]]"
* ''[[Backyard Wrestling]]'' is not part of the ''[[Backyard Sports]]'' series.
* ''[[Bad Movie Beatdown]]'' is not a show about watching [[A Date with Rosie Palms]] from someone with a bad movie [[Fetish]].
** Nor is it physically assaulting a bad movie.
*** Though in some episodes, he does.
* ''Bangai-O'' is not ''[[The Big O]]'' with more [[Stuff Blowing Up]].
** ''[[Bangai-O]] Spirits'' is not ''[[Bangai-O]]'' {{smallcaps| [[Recycled in Space|WITH GHOSTS!]]}}
* ''[[Banjo the Woodpile Cat]]'' is not a ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' spin-off where Kazooie is replaced by a woodpile cat. Likewise, [[Banjo Ginga]] is not another spin-off with the bird getting the boot in favor of [[Lyrical Nanoha|Ginga Nakajima]].
** And all involved have nothing to do with [[Space Ghost]]'s sea monkey.
* ''[[Basara]]'' and ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' are completely unrelated to one another.
** It also has nothing to do with [[The Dark Knight Saga|Bane's]] chant.
** Nor is either about [[wikt:basura|trash in Spanish]] or [[wikipedia:Basra|a city in Iraq]].
* ''[[Basic Instructions]]'' do not include [[Programming Language|<code>LET</code>, <code>PRINT</code>, and <code>GOTO</code>]].
* ''[[Batman]]'' is not about someone who actually turns into a bat. The title character is not part bat either. You might be looking for one of the villains in his [[Rogues Gallery]], Man-Bat instead.
** It is not a baseball sports film either, and it has absolutely nothing to do with [[The Angry Video Game Nerd|Ninja Baseball Batman]], either.
*** The video game ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' is not about Batman helping ship-shaped pigs find a safe sanctuary. Similarly, [[Batman: Arkham City|its sequel]] isn't about Batman helping the same creatures form a community.
* ''[[Battle for Terra]]'' is not a [[Fan Nickname]] for the endgame of ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep]]''.
** It is also not an episode of ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''.
** Neither is it a battle for [[Final Fantasy VI|Terra]].
* ''[[The Beano]]'' is not about [[wikipedia:Beano (dietary supplement)|that pill]].
* ''[[Bear in the Big Blue House]]'' is not an oddly elaborate new slang phrase for saying someone's "in the house", nor is it a [[Genre Shift]] spinoff of ''[[Cory in The House]]''.
* ''Beat 'em and Eat 'em'' is not a prehistoric hunting simulator, [[Squick|unfortunately]].
* ''[[Beat Hazard]]'' isn't about racing [[the Dukes of Hazzard]].
** Nor is a warning about the bird from ''[[Mega Man]]'' attacking intruders.
* ''[[Beatmania IIDX]] 13 DistorteD'' is not ''IIDX'' with a [[Interface Screw|distorted screen]].
** ''beatmania IIDX 14 Gold'''s theme song is not the eurobeat song "Solid Gold", nor is it played on a solid gold ''IIDX'' machine. Besides, a machine made of pure 24K gold wouldn't be very durable anyway.
** ''beatmania IIDX 15 DJ Troopers'' is not a crossover between ''IIDX'' and ''[[VR Troopers]]''.
** ''beatmania IIDX 17 Sirius'' has nothing to do with satellite radio or [[Harry Potter|Sirius Black]], and its tagline is not "[[The Dark Knight|Why so Sirius]]?"
* ''[[Becoming Blizzard]]'' is not about the creation of the ''[[Warcraft]]'' series. It's also not about a man turning into [[Primal Rage|a giant ape god]]. You're thinking of [[Palette Swap|Chaos]], anyway.
* ''[[Being Human (UK)]]'' is not related to the [[Robin Williams]] movie of the same name. No one remembers it anyway.
** Nor is it a prequel to ''[[Too Human]]''.
** Not is it related to ''[[Being There]]''.
* ''[[Ben Drowned]]'' is not about about the opening scene from the [http://ben10.wikia.com/wiki/The_Krakken third episode] of ''[[Ben 10]]''.
* ''[[Ben 10]]'' does not star ten guys named Ben, just one.
* ''[[Ben-To]]'' is not a less diverse version of ''[[Ben 10]]''.
* ''[[Beyond Good & Evil (video game)|Beyond Good and Evil]]'' is not the book by [[Friedrich Nietzsche]].
* ''[[The BFG]]'' is not about a guy searching for a [[Hand Cannon]]. You're probably looking for [http://www.doomworld.com/10years/doomcomic/ this story right here].
* ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' is not about the theory that the universe was created from a star explosion.
* ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]'' is not ''[[Big Trouble]]'' [[Recycled in Space|remade in Little China]]. For one thing, the former film was made 15 years before the latter.
* ''[[The Biggest Loser]]'' is not a contest over who is [[Even Nerds Have Standards|the most pathetic nerd]].
* ''[[The Big O]]'' is not about [[wikipedia:Big O notation|a mathematical concept]] or car tires. And it's definitely not about…you know, ''[[The Immodest Orgasm|that]].''
* ''The Big Red One'' is not a [[Sequel Escalation]] take on Jack London's short story "The Red One" about a bigger, meaner version of the crashed alien probe showing up for revenge.
* '[[The Bill]]'' isn't a [[Bill Clinton|former U.S. President]], [[Bill Gates|software tycoon]], [[Bill Nye the Science Guy|Science Guy]], or [[Kill Bill|The Bride's target]]. It's not [[Bill, Bill, Junk, Bill|mixed in with direct mail advertisements, and it doesn't [[Schoolhouse Rock|seek to become a law]] because it already is the law.
* ''[[Billy vs. SNAKEMAN]]'' is not a ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]''/''[[Double Dragon]]'' crossover.
* ''[[Birds of Prey]]'' has absolutely nothing to do with those cool Klingon ships first seen in ''[[Star Trek III: The Search For Spock|Star Trek III the Search For Spock]]'' and then would get overused in later ''[[Star Trek]]'' series. Or the Romulan one either.
** It's also not a trope about ''literal'' birds of prey, no matter how [[Cool Pet]] some of them are.
* ''Bishi Bashi Championship'' is not a competition in which you beat up [[Bishounen]]. Though given its [[Widget Series|widget factor]], a bishounen-beating minigame would fit very well in the game.
* ''[[Bit.Trip]]'' series isn't based on trying to bite as much food as possible without tripping over things.
** ''[[Bit.Trip|BIT.TRIP FATE]]'' is not a crossover with ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''.
** ''BIT.TRIP FLUX'' is not a crossover with ''[[Back to The Future]]'', either.
* ''[[Black Butler]]'''s eponymous butler is not of African descent.
* ''[[Blackadder]]'' is not about [[Black and Nerdy|an African-American mathematician]].
** Nor is is about a snake.
* ''[[The Black Company]]'' is not a [[Darker and Edgier]] version of ''[[The Electric Company]]''. Or a version of the same show with [[Monochrome Casting|an all-black cast]].
* ''[[Black Jack]]'' is not a documentary about a card game, the [[Mnogo Nukes Bombers|Tu-160]], or General John Pershing.
* ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' does not contain any [[Creature from the Black Lagoon|creatures]] (that we know of, anyway).
* ''[[Black Sunday]]'' is not about the chaos on Disneyland's opening day.
* ''[[Blade Runner]]'' is not a character who specializes in the [[Blade Run]].
** Nor is it about a cousin of [[Homestar Runner]].
*** Nor the bastard son of Homestar Runner and [[Blade]].
*** Nor is ''[[Bit.Trip|BIT.TRIP RUNNER]]'' part of the alleged family tree.
* ''[[Blaster Master]]'' is not connected to ''[[Bomberman]]''.
* ''[[Bleach]]'' is not a show where doing the laundry is [[Serious Business]].
** Nor is it the sequel to ''[[Hairspray]]''.
** And despite what pictures like [http://media-worlds.theotaku.com/18831-776217-20100721003420.png this] say, no, it does ''not'' have a sequel called ''Detergent''... yet.
** Nor a chemical whitener that you use in laundry.
* '''[[Brian Blessed]] IS NOT EXACTLY BLESSED!'''
* ''[[The Blob]]'' does not roll over a monochrome city to paint it in Technicolor. That's [[De Blob]].
* ''[[Blondie (comic strip)|Blondie]]'' is not about [[Blondie (band)|Debbie Harry]].
** Or Paris Hilton.
* ''[[Blossom]]'' is not about [[The Powerpuff Girls|the PowerPuff Girl]].
* ''[[The Boat That Rocked]]'' did not play backup for ''[[The Ship Who...|The Ship Who Sang]]''.
* ''[[Boku no Pico]]'' is not about pico de gallo salsa, nor does it star Pico from ''[[F-Zero]]''.
* ''[[Bolo]]'' is not about [[Just Cause (video game)|Bolo Santosi]].
* ''[[Bonkers]]'' are not [[Team Fortress 2|Scouts]]. Or [[Azumanga Daioh|Bonkuras]].
** Scouts, however, can be bonkers.
** Nor is it a [[Bonk|platformer with ''two'' cavemen]].
* The [[Boogiepop Series]] is not about [[The Nightmare Before Christmas|Oogie Boogie]]'s daughter, made of candy.
** ''[[Boogiepop Phantom]]'' does not imply that Boogiepop's [[Has Two Mommies|other father]] is [[Danny Phantom]].
* ''[[The Boondocks]]'' do not have ''[[The Boondock Saints]]'', and vice-versa.
* ''[[Borderlands]]'' is not a social commentary against illegal immigration.
** It also has nothing to do with the [[Border Town|Bordertown books]].
* ''[[Boulder Dash]]'' is not a sequel of ''[[Diner Dash]]''.
** Nor it is a game about an anthropomorphic boulder with [[Super Speed]].
* ''[[The Box of Delights]]'' isn't between a woman's legs. Get your mind out of the gutter.
* ''[[Brass Eye]]'' is not a prequel to ''[[Red Eye (film)|Red Eye]]'' or ''[[GoldenEye (film)|GoldenEye]]''.
* ''[[Brazil (film)|Brazil]]'' is not about [[Brazil (useful notes)|the country of that name]].
* ''[[Breaking Bad]]'' is not about someone who doesn't like Michael Jackson's Album and single ''Bad.''
* ''[[Breath of Death VII]]'' is not [[EarthBound|Master Belch's]] ultimate attack.
* ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' is not a documentary about hikers with severe lower back problems.
* ''[[Brother Bear]]'' does not star Brother from ''[[The Berenstain Bears]]'' or the Brother Bears from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]] 3'' just because the name's the same.
* ''[[Bruce Almighty]]'' is not a biopic about [[Bruce Campbell]].
* The ''[[Brutal Series]]'' does not imply that sequels to ''[[Brutal Legend]]'' or ''Brutal: Paws of Fury'' exist.
* ''[[Bubble Bobble]]'' does not feature bobbleheads.
** ''Bust-A-Move'', despite being a spinoff, is not a dancing game, even though a dance sequence is in the second game's intro. You want ''Bust A Groove'', [[Market-Based Title|at least in America]].
* ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'' has absolutely nothing to do with bubblegum.
* ''[[Bug Martini]]'' is not an alcoholic cocktail with an insect instead of an olive.
* ''[[Bulletstorm]]'' is not a [[Bullet Hell]] game.
* ''[[Bunny Must Die]]'' is thankfully not a page of backlash against [[User:Lurkerbunny]] and her constant [[Entry Pimp]]ing or against [[Tiger and Bunny|Barnaby Brooks Jr.]].
** It does not have anything to do with [[Looney Tunes|Rabbit Season]], either.
** Nor is it about how you may feel after thoroughly playing ''[[Irisu Syndrome]]''.
** Similarly, ''[[Romeo Must Die]]'' is not a page of backlash against ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (or ''[[Romeo X Juliet]]'').
* ''[[Burn After Reading]]'' is not some propaganda material straight out of the ''[[Fahrenheit 451]]'' universe.
* ''[[Burn Notice]]'' is not "fyi [[Man On Fire|you're on fire]]."

== C ==
* ''[[Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew]]'' has absolutely nothing to do with [[Discworld|Ankh-Morpork's city guard]]. Especially not Angua. Be glad she wasn't here to hear that.
* ''[[Carmen]]'' is not an opera about automobile-themed superheroes. Nor is it about a [[Carmen Sandiego|gang of elusive punny-named thieves]].
* ''[[Laputa: Castle in the Sky]]'' is nothing like [[Castle]] {{smallcaps| [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE!]]}}
** [[Castle]]...{{smallcaps| [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE?]]}} You mean like ''[[Serenity|Firefly]]''?
** It also has nothing to do with ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (anime)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'', except that both films were directed by [[Hayao Miyazaki]].
* ''[[Castlevania]] Judgment'' is not a game where you [[Reviews Are the Gospel|judge]] ''Castlevania'' games.
* ''Castlevania: Dracula X'' is not a crossover of ''Castlevania'' and ''[[Mega Man X]]''.
** Nor does the story involve Dracula getting his hands on [[The Powerpuff Girls|Chemical X]].
* ''[[Cave Story]]'' is not the story of the company that develops [[Bullet Hell]] games.
* ''[[Celda 211]]'' has nothing to do with the initially controversial art style of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''.
* ''[[Celestial Refresh]]'' is not about '''THE HEALING RAYS OF THE SUN'''.
* ''[[The Cell]]'' is not about the [[PlayStation 3]] computer entertainment system's CPU.
* ''[[The Center of the World]]'' has nothing to do with ''[[Journey to the Center of the Earth]]'', or [[The Lord of the Rings|Middle-earth]] for that matter.
* ''[[Centurions]]'' has nothing to do with Roman legions.
** Or [[Battlestar Galactica|Cylons]].
*** Sadly - "What happened to the Centurions after the [[Grand Finale]]?" would be an excellent [[Spin-Off]].
* ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' isn't a list of tropes about magic.
* In ''[[Chaos Legion]]'', you do not take control of the [[Warhammer 40,000|Chaos Space Marines]].
* ''[[Chars Counterattack]]'' is not the result of [[Pokémon (anime)|Ash Ketchum]] barking orders to his fiery lizard. (Or, in the case of Charizard during the first two seasons, its strategy after Ash tells it to do something completely different.) Nor is it the sequel to ''[[Nethack]]''.
* ''[[Charlotte Temple]]'' is not an area worshipping [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica|the candy monster Charlotte]] or [[Infinite Stratos|Charlotte Dunois]].
* Toasts are almost never given at ''[[Cheers]]''.
** Nor do any of the character run around exclaiming the phrase in a British accent.
* The [[Child Ballad]]s are not for children. They were collected by Francis James Child.
* A ''[[Chrome Shelled Regios]]'' is not a really shiny [[Transforming Mecha|Variable Fighter]] [[Spell My Name with an "S"|from]] ''[[Genesis Climber Mospeada]]''.
* ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' is not a sequel to ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' or ''[[Chrono Cross]]'' - in fact, in some markets it was released as ''Chrno (sic) Crusade'' to make this clear.
** Nor is it a Crusade lead by [[Lyrical Nanoha|Chrono]], as awesome as that would be.
* ''[[The Church of Blow]]'' isn't about an organization trying to get a "religious exemption" to use cocaine.
* The ''[[Chzo Mythos]]'' is not the backstory of the ''[[Metroid]]'' series.
* ''[[Cinderella 4x4]]'' is not an [[Everything's Better with Princesses]] sequel to ''[[Cars]]''.
* ''[[Cinderella Man]]'' is not a [[Gender Flip]] of the original fairy tale.
* ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'' is not about a tribe who worships a testicle.
** Or Enya's former band.
* You won't hear any music by Joe Strummer in ''[[Clash at Demonhead]]''.
* ''[[Class of 3000]]'' isn't about school life in the 30th century.
* ''[[Clive Barker's Jericho]]'' is not ''[[Jericho]]''... {{smallcaps| [[Recycled in Space|as a horror story by]] [[Clive Barker]]!}}
** Nor is it a revelation of Clive Barker's secret superhero name...or [[Chris Jericho|pro wrestler name]].
* ''[[Clive Barker's Undying]]'' does not insinuate that [[Clive Barker|the noted author]] cannot be killed by conventional weapons.
* [[Jean Cocteau]] is not one of the [[Cocteau Twins]].
* ''[[Code Geass]] R2'' is not ''Code Geass'' with a guest appearance from [[Star Wars|R2-D2]]. Nor is it about a make of car by Subaru.
** Please note that ''[[Code Geass]]'' is also not a misspelled spinoff of ''[[Code Monkeys]]'' starring birds.
* Also note that ''[[Code Monkeys]]'' is not ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' [[Everything's Better with Monkeys|with monkeys]].
* ''Cold, [[Cold Mountain]]'' is not an early ''Super Mario 64'' level. You're thinking of "Cool, Cool Mountain".
* ''[[Colgate Comedy Hour]]'' isn't a ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanmade series starring a background pony.
** Nor does it star [[Doctor Rabbit]].
** ''[[Color a Dinosaur]]'' isn't part of the [[Colour My... Series|''Colour My...'' Series]].
* [[Comic Fury Werewolf]] is not lycanthropy [[Played for Laughs]]. (Though it sometimes is.)
* ''[[The Coming Race]]'' isn't about preparing for a contest of foot or motor speed.
** Nor is it about the game of soggy biscuit.
* ''[[Condemned]]: Criminal Origins'' is not a [[Police Procedural]] from the makers of ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]'' and ''[[Criminal Minds]]''.
* ''[[Cooking With Dog]]'', a [[YouTube]] cooking show, does not use the titular animal [[Eat the Dog|as the main ingredient]]. Ever.
* ''[[Cortex Command]]'' is not a [[Crash Bandicoot]] spinoff starring Neo Cortex.
* ''Countdown Vampires'' is not [[Countdown|a game show]] guest-starring vampires.
** Or [[Countdown with Keith Olbermann|a news and left-leaning opinion show]] guest-starring vampires.
** Or [[Countdown to Final Crisis|a comic book series]] guest-starring vampires.
* ''[[Counter-Strike]]'' is not some sort of bowling technique.
** Or how one avoids being struck out in baseball.
* ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' is not what you get when one of [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|The Shredder's]] underlings becomes a ranch hand.
** Nor is it jazz played on horseback.
* ''[[The Cracked Nut]]'' isn't a fan of ''[[Cracked.com]]'' or, for that matter, the "mazagine" that preceded it.
** Or an [[Groin Attack|injured testicle]]. Thank God.
* ''[[Cracker]]'' is not about [[The Cracker]]. Or [[Acceptable Targets|stupid/boring white people]]. Or the snack food. Or the rock band.
** Or firecrackers.
* ''[[Cram]]'' is about a game show named after last minute studying for an exam, not a type of bread from [[The Lord of the Rings|Middle-Earth]].
* ''[[Critical Mass]]'' - it doesn't matter which one - is not about the [[Limit Break]]s in ''[[The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction]]'' and its [[Spiritual Successor]] ''[[Prototype (video game)|Prototype]]''. It is not an extreme version of ''[[Mass Effect]]'' neither.
* ''[[The Crow]]'' is not named after the gold robot from ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''
** Or Crow Hogan from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]''.
* ''[[Crying Freeman]]'' is not how one would describe [[Half-Life|Gordon]].
* ''[[The C Show]]'' is not about computer [[Programming Language|programming]]. In particular, it didn't get a spinoff called ''The C++ Show''.
* ''[[Cthulhu Tech]]'' is not the common name of the Cthulhu Memorial Technical University.
** Nor does it refer to the typical technology of a [[Cosmic Horror Story]].
* ''Cyber Cycles'' is not about a cycle of cybersex.
** Or the [[Cool Bike|light cycles]] from ''[[Tron]]'' and ''[[Tron: Legacy]]''.

== D ==
* ''[[Da Capo]]'' is not connected to [[The Mafia]].
* "The Joker" (the [[Steve Miller Band]] song) is [[The Joker|not]] a [[Villain Song]] but about a guy who's many things including a joker.
** Nor is [[The Joker]] in any way a smoker or a midnight toker.
* ''[[Daa! Daa! Daa!]]'' is not about a song by the band Trio.
* ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]'' is not about revolutionary organizations that dance, nor is it about a political revolution initiated by dancing. Nor is it exclusive to the [[Wii|video game console formerly known as the Revolution]].
** ''Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA'' is not about dancing to create a super nova.
** It is also not a sequel to ''Dance Dance'', though the [[Fall Out Boy]] song does appear on a mix.
** ''DDR'' also has nothing to do with the '''''D'''eutsche '''D'''emokratische '''R'''epublik'' (a.k.a. [[East Germany]]), but that might be why it got a [[Market-Based Title]] of ''Dancing Stage''.
* ''[[Danny the Dog]]'' is (thankfully) not an ''[[Air Bud]]'' [[Follow the Leader|knock-off]].
* ''[[Dante's Inferno (video game)|Dantes Inferno]]'' is not going to be defeated by an [[BlazBlue|INFERNO DIVIDER!]]
** In addition, Ken Russell's "Dante's Inferno" is actually a made-for-TV biopic about Pre-Raphelite artist and poet, Dante Gabrial Rossetti.
* ''[[Dan Vs.]]'' does not [[Marvel vs. Capcom|throw autographs or have a self-destruct grab super]].
* ''[[Daredevil]]'' and ''[[Devilman]]'' have nothing to do with each other.
* ''[[Darby O'Gill and the Little People]]'' isn't about [[Little People (TV series)|Fisher-Price toys]] and therefore doesn't have an [[Alternate Company Equivalent]] ''Owen MacDougal and the [[Weebles]]''.
* ''[[Darker than Black]]'' is not the visual equivalent of [[Quieter Than Silence]]. Neither is it about a [[Shades of Conflict|Shade Of Conflict]] even worse than [[Black and Grey Morality|Black versus Black]].
* The ''[[Dark Knight Trilogy]]'' is not about [[Devil May Cry|Sparda]]. Nor is it about [[Super Robot Wars|Axel Almer]].
* ''[[Darksiders]]'' is not about [[The Dark Side]].
* ''[[Dawn of War]]'' is not about controlling cavemen in inter-tribe warfare.
* ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'' does not take place in [[wikipedia:Dawson Creek|the city]] of the same name in [[Canada, Eh?]].
* ''[[A Deadly Game of Magic]]'' isn't about ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]''.
* ''[[Deadman Wonderland]]'' is not [[Dead Man|Boston Brand]] falling [[Alice in Wonderland|down the rabbit hole]].
* ''[[Deadpool]]'' is not a pool full of zombies.
** And ''[[The Dead Pool]]'' is not about [[Fourth Wall]] wisecrack making mercenaries.
* ''[[Death Note]]'' is not trying to teach [[An Aesop]] that passing notes in class will get you killed. (The kid writing ''in'' the notebook just might, though.)
** Nor is it about [[Brown Note|music that kills you]].
** Nor does it feature Suiseiseki from ''[[Rozen Maiden]]'', despite her [[Verbal Tic]] appearing in the Japanese title ''Desu nōto''. [http://johnsu.deviantart.com/art/Desu-Note-56788849 Not that it deters fan artists].
* ''[[Death Star]]'' is not a trope about the [[Star Wars|Death Star]]. However, it ''is'' [[Star Wars Expanded Universe|a novel about the Death Star]].
** Nor is it a crossover between [[Death Note]] and [[Lucky Star]]
* ''[[Decap Attack]]'' doesn't refer to taking an integrated circuit (a "chip") out of its packaging ("decapsulation"), removing its layers, and photographing the circuit inside.
* ''[[Defender's Quest]]'' isn't a spin-off of Williams' ''[[Defender]]'' as an adventure/RPG.
* ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]'' is not an [[Anime]], despite what the [[Word Salad Title]] (see below) would suggest to the uninitiated.
** Nor is it set in [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|the 24th Century]].
* ''[[Demon: The Fallen]]'' is not one of the first [[Transformers]].
* Although the subject of [[Filth|pornography]] has featured on a few occasions, ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' is not a porn magazine.
** Or a book from the Fallen series by Thomas E. Sniegoski or Lauren Kate.
* ''[[Despicable Me]]'' has nothing to do with [[Daffy Duck]].
* ''[[Detective Conan]]'' is not ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' or the [[Conan O'Brien|host of TBS's late-night talk show]] as a sleuth.
* ''[[Detonator Orgun]]'' is not what [[Looney Tunes|Yosemite Sam]] plays [[Xylophone Gag|"Those Endearing Young Charms"]] on in church.
* ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' is not a game where you babysit a devil and [[Yoshi's Island|try to prevent it]] from [[Most Annoying Sound|crying]].
* ''[http://devilspanties.keenspot.com/ The Devil's Panties]'' is not satanic porn. Honestly.
* ''[[Devil Survivor]]'' is not ''[[Survivor]]'' <small>WITH DEMONS!</small>, nor is it a Satanic remix of "[[Dance Dance Revolution|Paranoia]] [[That One Boss|Survivor]]."
* ''[[Devilman Lady]]'' is not about a [[Transsexualism]] devil. Indeed, it was localized in America under the name of ''Devil Lady'' for that reason.
* ''[[Dexter]]'' is not a spinoff of ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' or vice-versa. (Officially.) The laboratory itself most likely contains no forensics tools of any kind. (Yet.)
** And neither series involves [[Jak and Daxter|ottsels]].
** Nor [[Space Ace]].
* Not the name of a work, but too good to pass up: the [[wikipedia:Diet of Worms|Diet of Worms]] is not a diet that consists of eating worms. (That would be pretty horrible, though the actual thing was not much better.) ''[[How to Eat Fried Worms]]''?
* ''[[Disgaea]]'' is not the [[Nature Spirit|ghostly]] mentor of [[Captain Planet|the Planeteers]].
* ''[[The Distraction Alliance]]'' isn't opposed to The Concentration [[World of Warcraft|Horde]].
* ''[[District 9]]'' is not where [[Touhou|Cirno]] lives. [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/514241/%E2%91%A8-cirno-district_9-english-fairy-lowres-parody-p Unless it is]. (Pic is safe, advertisements may not be.)
* ''[[Banlieue 13]]'' is not a sequel to ''District9''.
** And neither is [[X-Men|District X]]
* ''[[The Divine Comedy]]'' isn't particularly funny.
* ''[[DJMAX]] Fever'' is not a disco-themed version of ''DJMAX''.
** ''DJMAX Technika'' has nothing to do with [http://arstechnica.com/ Ars Technica].
** ''[[DJMAX]]'' is also not a discount clothing store.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is not [[Who's on First?|on first]], so stop asking. Thank you.
** Unless you're talking about that ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' skit with the Fourth Doctor playing baseball. (Whoops, [[Don't Explain the Joke|I just explained the joke of that one]].)
** He is also not related to ''[[Samantha Who]]'', so stop asking.
** He does not practice medicine in [[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (novel)|Whoville]] either.
** He also did not perform with [[The Who]] or sing about a teenage wasteland.
* ''[[Doctrine of Labyrinths]]'' is not a trope or other work describing the rules for labyrinths.
** Nor is it the belief structure of [[Labyrinth|goblins as taught by David Bowie]]
* ''[[Does My Head Look Big in This?]]'' isn't about clothing that renders its wearer [[Super-Deformed]].
* ''[[A Dog of Flanders]]'' isn't about [[The Simpsons]] character getting a dog.
* ''[[Dollhouse]]'' is not a [[Henrik Ibsen|play about a woman's decision to leave her husband]] <small>[[Recycled in Space|SET IN THE FUTURE!]]</small>.
* ''[[Don Pachi]]'' is not about a don named Pachi.
** ''DoDonPachi dai ou jou Black Label'' and ''DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Black Label'' are not alcoholic drinks.
* [[Don Rosa]] is not an instruction to carry [[Final Fantasy IV|Rosa]] [[Piggyback Cute|on your head]].
* There are no donkeys in ''[[Donkey Kong]]''
* ''[[Doodle God]]'' is not a game in the vein of ''[[Drawn to Life]]''.
* "Do You Wanna Date My Avatar" is a song from ''[[The Guild]]'', not [[Avatar (film)|Jake's pickup line to Neytiri]].
* ''[[Double Jeopardy]]'' is not about the second round of the game show ''[[Jeopardy!]]''.
* ''[[Drag Me to Hell]]'' does not have a sequel called ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Libera Me From Hell]]''.
** Nor does it have a parody called ''[[300|Dine In Hell]]''.
* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' is not what you give to [[The Dragon]] [[Improbable Behaviour Tropes|to behave improbably]].
* ''[[Dragon Fable]]'' is not [[Fable|a Peter Molyneux game]] [[Awesome Music|with music from]] [[Dragon Force (video game)|the guys who wrote]] [["Grand Theft Auto" Effect|that really hard]] ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' song.
* ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' does not feature a [[Big Bad]]'s second in command on a quest, although one of the games might.
* ''[[Drawn Together]]'' and ''[[Drawn to Life]]'' should not be mistaken for one another, god forbid.
* The ''[[wikipedia:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders|DSM]]'' does not have a B in front. That is [[Something Completely Different]].
* ''[[Duck Amuck]]'' has nothing to do with [http://www.filb.de/anime/bw/020 ducks making mischief]
* ''[[Duck Dodgers]]'' is not about an elite team of water fowl avoiders.
* ''[[Duke Nukem]]'' has nothing to do with a member of [[Captain Planet]]'s [[Rogues Gallery]].
* ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' is not ''[[Team Fortress 2|Team Fortress (2)]]'' <small>WITH DWARVES!</small>
** You are so small, it's funny to me!
* ''[[Dynasty]]'' is not about a royal lineage (except for a season finale).

== E ==
* ''[[The Edge Chronicles]]'' is not a biography of a U2 member, nor that of a wrestler.
* ''[[Everworld]]'' is not an inverted counterpart of [[Peter Pan|Neverland]].
* ''[[eXceed]]'' isn't about the port of ''[[Pump It Up]]'' to PlayStation 2.
* The ''[[Excel Saga]]'' manga and anime aren't about spreadsheets.

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