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Just to clarify:
* ''[[F-Zero]]'' is not an abbreviation for ''[[Zero no Tsukaima|The Familiar of Zero]].''
== F ==
* ''[[F-Zero]]'' is not an abbreviation for ''[[Zero no Tsukaima|The Familiar of Zero]].'' Nor [[F Minus Minus|the worst possible failing grade]].
* ''[[Facebook]]'' is not when heroic wrestlers dictate the matches.
** Nor is it [[Cyanide and& Happiness|A book filled]] [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vf2QNqr0lls/ScPB-H0zWlI/AAAAAAAAAbE/rMyFQNDwg1E/s400/Cyanide+and+happiness.png with faces.]
* ''[[The Fairly OddparentsOddParents]]'' is not about parents that are fairly odd.
** ThatEven is,though if you're talking aboutboth Timmy's biological parents rather than''and'' his fairy godparents are both fairly odd.
** Though arguably Timmy's biological parents ''and'' his godparents are both fairly odd.
* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' contains no fairies. The one mention of fairies within it includes that even if they exist, they proabably ''don't'' have tails. Similarly, it reads nothing like a [[Fairy Tale]].
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' is not a super hero with family related powers.
* ''Fanon'' (by John Edgar Wideman) has nothing to do with [[Fanon]].
* Neither ''[[Fantasia]]'', ''[[Arc Rise Fantasia]]'', ''[[Battle Fantasia]]'' nor ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'' are related aside from the titles.
* ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' is not what happens in a hypothetical ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' [[Dating Sim]] when your [[AFGNCAAPFeatureless Protagonist]] gets to bed Fate. What were we saying about Fate puns?
** It's not about turning off [[Chrono Cross|a computer]] for a night.
* On that note, ''[[Fate/Zero]]'' is not a [[Crack Pairing]] between Fate and one of [[My Hero Zero|the many people known as Zero]], ''especially '''not''''' [[Doctor Who|Prisoner]] [[Doctor Who/Recap/S31/E01 The Eleventh Hour|Zero]]'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20120524060306/http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100404044018/tardis/images/4/4c/Prisoner0.jpg true form].
* ''[[fault]]'' isn't about tennis.
* ''[[Fear Effect]]'' is not a [[Spin-Off]] of ''[[Mass Effect]]''.
** Nor is it a [[Crossover]] between ''[[First Encounter Assault Recon|F.E.A.R]]'' and ''[[Mass Effect]]''.
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* ''[[The Fifth Element]]'' is not [[Elements Do Not Work That Way|Boron]].
* ''[[Fighting Fantasy]]'' is not an alternate title for ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]''. Or ''[[Ehrgeiz]]''.
* ''[[Filthy Rich and& Catflap]]'' is not about aristocrats who let their cats provide for themselves.
* ''[[Final Destination]]'' is not about a ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' stage.
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' is not the last dream you'll ever have (but it almost was for half of [[Square Enix]]).
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** Nor is it a crossover with ''[[Mega Man X]] 2''.
** ''[[Final Fantasy I]] & [[Final Fantasy II|II]]: Dawn of Souls'' is not on the [[Fun with Acronyms|Nintendo]] [[Super Title 64 Advance|DS]], though it is playable on pre-[[D Si]] DSs.
* Neither ''[[Finder]]'' nor ''[[The Finder]]'' is not about the file manager in classic [[Mac OS|OS X]] and modern macOS.
* ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' is not a sequel to ''[[Little Nemo]]''.
** Not it is a sequel to Jules Verne's classic ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]''.
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** Nor does it have anything to do with the [[Tiger and Bunny]] character.
* ''[[Firefox]]'' does not have anything to do with [[wikipedia:Mozilla Firefox|a web browser]].
* The ''[[Flanders Company]]'' is not [[The Simpsons (animation)|The Leftorium]]. Nor is it a portrayal of a company that [[Flanderization|overemphasizes greed at the expense of all other characteristics]].
** Nor is it a company run by [[Touhou|Flandre Scarlet]].
** Or a spin off of ''[[The Electric Company]]''
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* ''[[FoxTrot]]'' has nothing to do with dancing.
* ''[[Franken Fran]]'' is not about reconstructing a [[Golem]] modeled after [[Final Fantasy XII|Balthier's sky pirate partner]].
* ''[[Freezing]]'' is not a prequel to ''[[Frozen (Disney film)|Frozen]]''.
* ''Friendship!'' and ''[[Working!!|WORKING!!]]'' don't always go hand-in-hand.
** It's also not a [[Lighter and Softer]] spinoff of ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''.
** Nor is it [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Magic]].
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* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'' and ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' do not make up a franchise.
* ''[[Furry Vengeance]]'' is in no way the modern Internet counterpart to ''[[Revenge of the Nerds]]''.
 
* [[The Game Fucking Fuck Fuck Fucker Fucking Fuck Fucker]] is not someone overreacting to being told that he lost it.
== G ==
* [[The Game Fucking Fuck Fuck Fucker Fucking Fuck Fucker]] is not someone overreacting to being told that he lost it. {{spoiler|As did you.}}
** Sorry, [[The Angry Video Game Nerd|Nerd]].
* ''[[A Game of Thrones: Genesis]]'' is a game, but it's for the PC, not a [[Sega Genesis|Sega console]], and doesn't feature a soundtrack by [[Genesis (band)|the band Phil Collins was in]].
* ''[[Garfield]]'' is not [[Geo Effects|a piece of land that makes you]] a [[Badass]].
** ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' is not about late 19th-century American politics.
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* ''[[GetBackers]]'' is not ''[[Get Ed]]'' with Ed replaced by someone named Backers.
* ''[[Getter Robo]]'' is not what [[Chrono Trigger|Lucca shouts to Robo while they're fighting Queen Zeal]].
* The ''[[Ghostbusters]], [[Gunbuster]], [[Little Busters!|Little Busters]], [[Myth BustersMythBusters]], [[Psycho Busters]]'' and ''[[Diebuster]]'' are not specialized '''default''' weapons for Mega Man.
* ''[[Giga Wing]]'' is not a sequel to ''[[Zero Wing]]''.
* Some people thought ''[[Gigli]]'' had something to do with the legendary opera singer [[wikipedia:Beniamino Gigli|Beniamino Gigli]]. A [[Biopic]] of him could easily have been a better movie.
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* ''[[The Great Luke Ski]]'' are not the [[Last Words]] of an [[Star Wars|imperial stormtrooper]], upon meeting a certain [[La Résistance|Rebel Alliance]] hero he secretly admires.
* ''[[Green Arrow]]'' has nothing to do with turning left at a stoplight.
* ''[[The Green Hornet]]'' is not about an [[Real Life/Cool Plane/Real Life|F/A-18]] with a green paintjob.
** It is also not about a green flying, stinging insect that builds paper hives.
* ''[[Grim Grimoire]]'' is not how [[The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy|Billy and Mandy]] acquired their favorite [[The Chew Toy|personal plaything]].
* ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' and its sequel games is not a series about a literal guitar who has a secret identity as a super hero.
* ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' is not about a seed that grows into a [[Humongous Mecha]].
** Nor is it [[Squick|that other thing you were thinking about]].
* ''[[Gundam Unicorn]]'' does have robot attacks, but it's not [[Robot Unicorn Attack (Sugar Wiki)|that kind]].
* ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]'' is not about having [[The Guess Who|Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman]] over for a meal.
* ''[[Gungrave]]'' is not a disposal site for firearms.
* ''[[Gunman Chronicles]]'' is not a ''[[Gurren Lagann]]'' spinoff.
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** And it's not a [[Cargo Ship]] between weapons.
* ''[[Guyver]]'' is not a Trans-Atlantic equivalent series to ''[[MacGyver]]''.
 
== H ==
* ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' is not a town in the state of Montana.
** Or a girl named Hannah in Montana.
* Although the web comic ''[[Hanna Is Not a Boy's Name]]'' is nothas a tropecharacter aboutwith a [[Gender Blender Name|Gender Blender Names]], though it isotherwise ahas webcomicnothing thatto involvesdo with [[transgender]] oneissues.
** Said webcomic also has nothing to do with transgender issues.
** [[Hanna-Barbera|Barbera]] is also not a boy's name, but the page isn't about them.
* ''[[Happy Feet]]'' hardly has any [[Foot Focus]] in it... Or at least no human feet in it.
* ''[[Hardy Boys]]'' is about Frank and Joe, not [[WWEWorld Wrestling Entertainment|Matt]] and [[TNA|Jeff]].
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'' is not a clay sculptor who needs to shave.
* ''[[Hayate Cross× Blade]]'' is not a pairing of someone named Hayate and [[Blade]].
* ''[[Havemercy]]'' is not thea [[TV Tropes]]work page for [[wikipedia:Have Mercy (song)|this song]].
* ''[[Heavy Rain]]'' is not a sequel to ''Vampire Rain''.
** Nor does it have anything to do with [[Team Fortress 2|The Heavy]] or [[Left 4 Dead|Hard Rain]].
* ''[[Havemercy]]'' is not the [[TV Tropes]] page for [[wikipedia:Have Mercy (song)|this song]].
* ''[[Hell Girl]]'' is not the [[Distaff Counterpart]] of ''[[Hellboy (comics)|Hellboy]]''.
** That would be [https://web.archive.org/web/20190928043452/http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRVj8BDZdO8F0U3xNDTzJGktxpmLkAu0ZE1gcSmhK3F-gBbg0-ISg Hellgirl].
* ''[[Hello Cthulhu]]'' is not about greeting or [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?|taunting]] an [[Eldritch Abomination]].
* [[Hello! Project]] is not related to the beginner coder's "Hello World" program. Nor is it any kind of [[Plan]], elaborate or otherwise conducted by [[Hello Kitty|Kitty "Hello Kitty" White]].
** Nor is it what an engineer says when his plans come to fruition.
* ''[[Hellsing]]'' is not about [[Rock Me, Asmodeus|demonic music]].
* This ''[[Hen]]'' doesn't lay eggs.
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' is not a live-action version of ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''.
* ''[[The Heroic Legend of Arslan]]'' is not the unreleased eighth book in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''.
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** Or ''[[Mega Man ZX]] Advent''.
* ''[[Highschool of the Dead]]'' is not a [[Spin-Off]] of ''[[House of the Dead]]'' set in a highschool.
* ''[[Beatmania|Hip Hop Mania]]''{{'}}s music is not really comprised of hip-hop.
* ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' is not to be read as ''His Dark Materia'', and has nothing to do with [[Final Fantasy VII|Sephiroth]].
* ''[[The Hollywood Squares]]'' is not about stars who manage to avoid descending into a pit of alcoholic or drug-taking misery.
* ''[[Ronnie James Dio|Holy Diver]]'' isn't one of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100214011036/http://holysmokesbatman.com/directory things] that [[Batman (TV series)|Dick "Robin" Grayson says]]. <!-- Unless followed by "-sionary tactics" -->
* ''[[Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman]] What Did I Do To Deserve This?'' has nothing to do with [[DC Comics|Robin]] either. Unfortunately, knowing this [[Squick|doesn't stop the mental images]]...
** It also has nothing to do with the similarly-titled [[Pet Shop Boys]] song.
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** Nor is it about running, [[Characterization Marches On|though it was intended to be]].
* ''[[Homestuck]]'' is not about being under house arrest.
* ''[[Honey Hunt]]'' isn't about a ''Winnie the Pooh''-themed dark ride at a Disney park.
* ''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids|Honey, I Blew Up The Kid]]'' does not involve exploding children, no matter what big Russ Thompson in the first movie thinks.
* The ''[[Honor Harrington|Honorverse]]'' doesn't mean a universe that's really, really honorable.
* ''[[Hook]]'' is not a slasher film.
* ''[[Horrible Bosses]]'' is not the [[Darth Wiki]] counterpart to [[That One Boss]] and [[Awesome Bosses|Best Boss Ever]].
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' is not about [[American Political System|the lower body of Congress]].
* ''[[House of the Dead]]'' is not a spin-off of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' where the eponymous character runs the hospital's morgue.
* ''[[House of Leaves]]'' is not a ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' spinoff involving trees.
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** Neither is it [[Team Fortress 2|RED Spy taunting BLU Scout.]]
* ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (novel)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'' is not the property of [[Gilligan's Island|Thurston Howell III]].
* ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]'' doesn't intercept your Internet connections and suck [[Heads-Up Display|overlay elements with fixed positioning]] out of web pages. An ad blocker might though.
* [[Hulk Hogan]] is not the star of ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'', he is also not related to the [[Digimon Adventure|Gennai]] clone [[Digimon Adventure 02|Hogan]], or to [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's|Yusei's]] friend [http://yugioh.wikia.com/Crow_Hogan Crow]. Or [[Incredible Hulk|Bruce Banner's other personality]].
* ''[[The Hunger Games]]'' is not about a contest when you have to starve yourself to death to win. (That's ''[[The Biggest Loser]]''.)
* ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' is not the [[Metroid|Samus/Dark Samus]] pairing.
** It also has nothing to do with ''[[Gun X Sword]]'', [[Mega Man Star Force|Zerker X Ninja or Zerker X Saurian]].
** Nor is it ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'' or ''[[Halo]]'' [[Screw Yourself]] pairing.
* ''[[Hyakko]]'' is not one of [[The Four Gods]]., You'rea just[[Animaniacs|Warner]], oneor lettera offdesoldering thereiron manufacturer.
 
** And it's '''definitely''' not one of the [[Animaniacs|Warner Brothers]].
== I ==
* ''[[I Am Number Four]]'' is not a comeback against someone who says [[You Are Number Six]].
* ''I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!'' by [[Dr. Seuss]] is not about Braille.
* ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'' has absolutely nothing to do with the Stephen Foster song of that name. And besides, [[Hair of Gold|she has blonde hair]] in it.
* ''[[I Don't Like You at All, Big Brother!!]]'' isn't [[Nineteen Eighty-Four|anti-Oceania propaganda that encourages people to stand up against]] [[Big Brother Is Watching|Big Brother's]] [[Nineteen Eighty-Four|tyranny.]]
** Nor watching this will get you interrogated by [[Nineteen Eighty-Four|The Ministry of Love]] in [[Room 101]].
* ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy]]'' is not about [[Homestar Runner|1-Up]]'s desire to be Stinkoman's sidekick.
** Or a desire to become [[Final Fantasy II|this Guy]], [[Lufia 2 Rise of the Sinistrals|that Guy]] or [[Tales of the Abyss|the other Guy]].
* ''[[iCarly]]'' is not about people who are so vain, they probably think this song was sung by them.
* ''[[Ichigo 100%]]'' is not the [[One Hundred Percent Completion|acquisition, reading, and watching]] of all ''[[Ichigo Mashimaro]]'' merchandise.
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* ''[[Ichi the Killer]]'' is not the Japanese version of ''The One''.
** It's also not a little-known sequel song to [[The Who]]'s "Boris the Spider".
* ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'' has absolutely nothing to do with the Stephen Foster song of that name. And besides, [[Hair of Gold|she has blonde hair]] in it.
* ''[[IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix]]'' is not about ''[[Highlander|Duncan MacLeod]]'' riding around in a Pontiac.
* ''[[Interstate '76]]'' is not about [[wikipedia:Interstate 76 (east)|the]] [[wikipedia:Interstate 76 (west)|road]] of the same name.
* ''[[Infinite Stratos]]'' is not about mass-produced clones of [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Lockon]] or [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Einhart]].
** It is also not three atmospheric layers under ''[[Infinite Space]]''.
* ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' is not about a bunch of [[Heroic Bastard|illegitimate children]] who must learn to spell.
* The ''[[Inheritance Cycle]]'' does not guarantee you $100,000 a year for the rest of your life after your parents [[The Plot Reaper|die/are killed]].
** Nor is it actually a series of books about legal battles between successors over an inheritance.
* ''[[Initial D]]'' is not about [[Vampire Hunter D|someone whose initial is D]].
** ''Initial D Arcade Stage'' is not about the cast of the series playing arcade [[Driving Game|driving games]], though it ''is'' an arcade driving game.
** ''Initial D Extra Stage'' is not the [[Bonus Boss]] that you get after clearing IDAS's Legend of the Streets mode.
** It's also not a prequel story about Tenacious D's early days.
* ''[[Wicked Lovely|Ink Exchange]]'' is not part of ''[[The Inkworld Trilogy]]''.
* ''[[Instant Teen: Just Add Nuts|Instant Teen Just Add Nuts]]'' is not about ''those'' kind of nuts, you pervert!
* [[:Category:IOS Games|IOS Games]] isn't about games that run on a [[Wii]] console or a Cisco router, despite their operating systems also being called "IOS".
* ''[[Ip Man]]'' is not about a [[Something Person|superhero]] enforcing copyright.
* ''[[Iron Man]]'', the Marvel Comics character, is not the basis for the song "Iron Man" by [[Black Sabbath]]. Didn't stop them from using it in the closing credits of [[Iron Man (film)|the film]] (minus the lyrics).
** Or have the comics have Tony Stark inspired by the song for the name of his superhero identity.
* ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' has nothing to do with [[Schedule Slip]].
* ''[[Ishtar]]'' is not a documentary about [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Marik's family]].
* ''[[It's About Time|Its About Time]]'' is not about the first episode of the Telltale ''[[Back to the Future: The Game|Back to The Future]]'' game.
 
* ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy]]'' is not about [[Homestar Runner|1-Up]]'s desire to be Stinkoman's sidekick.
== J ==
** Or a desire to become [[Final Fantasy II|this Guy]], [[Lufia 2 Rise of the Sinistrals|that Guy]] or [[Tales of the Abyss|the other Guy]].
* ''[[JAGS Wonderland]]'' isn't about the adventures of group of [[JAG|military attorneys]]...{{smallcaps| [[Recycled in Space|IN]] [[Alice in Wonderland|WONDERLAND!!!]]}}
* ''[[James Bond]]'' is not a type of chemical bond, though such a bond would probably be reserved for pretty awesome chemicals.
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* ''[[Jump Super Stars]]'' is not an order for stars, either celebrity or stellar, to jump.
* The title ''Jungle 2 Jungle'' is not to be read as ''Jungle Jungle 2''. There's no prequel called ''Jungle Jungle''.
 
== K ==
* ''[[Kaiba]]'' is not a ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' spinoff.
** Neither is ''[[Seto no Hanayome]]''.
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* ''[[Kaiji]]'' is not about [[Kaiju|100-foot tall monsters rampaging through downtown Tokyo]].
* None of the ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' series feature a protagonist with a [[wikipedia:Caiman (genus)|Central American Alligator]] as a mount.
** ''[[Kamen Rider Agito]]'' is not [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|a flaming pixie]] (or an [[Air Gear|F-bomb-spewing rollerblader]]) turned into a [[Toku]] protagonist. Likewise, [[Kamen Rider Hibiki]]'s alter ego is not [[Street Fighter|Dan Hibiki]].
*** or [[Ranma ½|Ryouga]] for that matter.
** Along those lines, ''[[Kamen Rider Kuuga]]'' does not [[MaiMy-HiME|have a silver wolf as a pet.]]
** And ''[[Kamen Rider OOO]]'' does not share its setting with ''[[Adventure Time]]''.
* ''[[Kanon]]'' is not a pirate [[Donkey Kong Country|Kremling]] wielding a cannon. You want Kannon. And it is not how Kremlings and the ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' fans say "[[Canon]]".
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* ''[[KNIVES]]'' is not the genocidal alien brother of a [[Trigun|gunslinger on a desert planet]].
** Or the [[Scott Pilgrim|homicidal ex-girlfriend of some loser rocker from Canada]].
* [[Mr. T|Pity the fool]] who mistakes ''[[Kodomo no Omocha]]'' with ''[[Kodomo no Jikan]]''.
** Or ''Kodomo No Iibun'' with either of them.
* ''[[K-On!]]'' has nothing to deal with [[Bleach|modsoul-possesing teddy lions]].
** Nor is it one letter off from [[wikipedia:Kaon|Kaon, or K-meson]], which named a ''[[Half-Life]] 2'' soundtrack track.
** Nor is it an abbreviation of ''[[Kanon]]''.
* ''[[Krull]]'' is not a [[Marvel Universe|Skrull]] reject.
* [[Mr. T|Pity the fool]] who mistakes ''[[Kodomo no Omocha]]'' with ''[[Kodomo no Jikan]]''.
** Or ''Kodomo No Iibun'' with either of them.
 
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