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Just to clarify:
* ''[[F Zero]]'' is not an abbreviation for ''[[Zero no Tsukaima (Light Novel)|The Familiar of Zero]].''
== F ==
* ''[[Face Book]]'' is not when heroic wrestlers dictate the matches.
* ''[[F -Zero]]'' is not an abbreviation for ''[[Zero no Tsukaima (Light Novel)|The Familiar of Zero]].'' Nor [[F Minus Minus|the worst possible failing grade]].
** 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.]
* ''[[Fairly OddparentsFacebook]]'' is not aboutwhen parentsheroic thatwrestlers aredictate fairlythe oddmatches.
** 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.]
** That is, if you're talking about Timmy's biological parents rather than his fairy godparents.
** Though''[[The arguablyFairly TimmyOddParents]]''s biologicalis parentsnot ''and''about hisparents godparentsthat are both fairly odd.
** ThatEven is,though if you're talking aboutboth Timmy's biological parents rather than''and'' his fairy godparents are both fairly odd.
* ''[[Fairy Tail (Manga)|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 (Disney)|Fantasia]]'', ''[[Arc Rise Fantasia]]'', ''[[Battle Fantasia]]'' nor ''[[Tales of Phantasia (Video Game)|Tales of Phantasia]]'' are related aside from the titles.
* ''[[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight]]'' 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 (Video Game)|a computer]] for a night.
* On that note, ''[[Fate Zero|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 (TV)|Prisoner]] [[Doctor Who (TV)/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]]''.
* ''[[Fey Winds]]'' does not involve [[Tina Fey]].
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** Likewise, [[Tina Fey]] isn't a member of said family.
* ''[[The Fifth Element]]'' is not [[Elements Do Not Work That Way|Boron]].
* ''[[Fighting Fantasy]]'' is not an alternate title for ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy (Video Game)|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]]).
* ''[[Final Fantasy X -2]]'' has nothing to do with doubling your ''[[Final Fantasy]]''. However, playing it may double your ''[[Fan Service]]''.
** Nor is it a crossover with the second ''[[X -Men (Filmfilm)|X-Men]]'' movie.
** Nor is it a crossover with ''[[Mega Man X (Video Game)|Mega Man X]] 2''.
** ''[[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|Final Fantasy I]] & [[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|II]]: Dawn of Souls'' is not on the [[Fun Withwith Acronyms|Nintendo]] [[Super Title 64 Advance|DS]], though it is playable on nonpre-[[D Si]] DSs.
* Neither ''[[Finder]]'' nor ''[[The Finder]]'' is about the file manager in classic [[Mac OS]] 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]]''.
* A ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' is not a tattoo that [[Achey Scars|burns your skin]].
** Nor does it have anything to do with the [[Tiger and Bunny]] character.
* ''[[Firefox]]'' does not have anything to do with [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Firefox: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]]''
* ''[[Flashman]]'' is not a [[Flash|speed]] or light-powered superhero. Nor is he in any way affiliated with [[Flash Gordon (Comiccomic Stripstrip)|Flash Gordon]], nor is he [[Mega Man 3 (Video Game)|a Robot Master]]. Nor is it the 1986 [[Super Sentai]] team.
* ''[[FLCL]]'' does not mean [[Assimilation Plot|Forced]] [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|LCL]] or anything thereof.
* ''[[FoxTrot]]'' has nothing to do with dancing.
* ''[[Franken Fran]]'' is not about reconstructing a [[Golem]] modeled after [[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|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 (Animation)|Magic]].
* ''[[Frost /Nixon]]'' is not a yaoi work.
* ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' is not that you use apples, melons, lemons, and oranges as basketballs.
* ''Fuck Space!'' is not about having intercourse with the cosmos, nor is it a parody of a [[My SpaceMyspace|particular social networking site]].
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'' and ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' do not make up a franchise.
* ''[[Furry Vengeance (Film)|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 ==
** Sorry, [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|Nerd]].
* [[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 (Web Video)|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.
* ''[[Generation Kill]]'' is not a systematic wipe of an entire generation of creatures.
* ''[[Generator Rex]]'' is not about an electric dinosaur.
* ''[[George Clinton]]'' isn't a trope about [[Anvilicious|unsubtle]] and [[Take That|unflattering portrayals]] of [[Bill Clinton|certain]] [[George HWH. W. Bush|American]] [[George W. Bush|Presidents]].
* ''[[Get BackersGetBackers]]'' is not ''[[Get Ed]]'' with Ed replaced by someone named Backers.
* ''[[Getter Robo]]'' is not what [[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Lucca shouts to Robo while they're fighting Queen Zeal]].
* The ''[[Ghostbusters]], [[Gun BusterGunbuster]], [[Little Busters (Visual Novel)!|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 [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Beniamino_Gigli:Beniamino Gigli|Beniamino Gigli]]. A [[Biopic]] of him could easily have been a better movie.
* ''[[David Foster Wallace|Girl with Curious Hair]]'' is not part of ''[[The Millennium Trilogy]]''.
* [[Animaniacs (Animation)|The Godpigeon]] is not a pigeon with [[Reality Warper]] powers. [[Epileptic Trees|Or is he?]]
* ''[[Ghost in Thethe Shell]]'' is not a spirit oyster.
** And ''[[Stand Alone Complex]]'' isn't about a psychological disorder that makes people be loners.
* ''[[Going Postal]]'' has no relation to ''[[Postal]]''.
* ''[[Golden Girls]]'' are not girls that are gold colored.
* ''[[Goldie Gold and Action Jack]]'' are not the names of [[What Do You Mean ItsIt's Not for Kids?|porn stars]].
* ''[[The Goon Show]]'' was not in any way affiliated with any members of [[Something Awful]].
* ''[[Gore Screaming Show]]'' is not a [[Rock Opera]] version of ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]''.
* ''Gore: Ultimate Soldier'' is not about painting crankpot former-vice President Al Gore as a [[Memetic Badass]].
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' is not seven short of ''[[James Bond]]'' [[Recycled in Space|recycled with]] [[Humongous Mecha]].
* ''Guwange'' is not a rip-off of ''[[Giga Wing]]''.
* ''[[Gradius]]'' is not ''[[Gladius]]'' <small>WITH [[Engrish]]!</small>
** ''Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou'' is not about the [[Bilingual Bonus|ambition]] of a gopher.
** ''Gradius IV: Fukkatsu'' is not about fucking katsu curry.
** ''Gradius Gaiden'' is not ''Gradius'' [[X Meets Y|meets]] ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]''.
* ''[[The Grapes of Wrath (Literature)|The Grapes of Wrath]]'' are not edible.
* ''[[Great Big Sea]]'' is not about the four seas on Earth.
* [[Greys Anatomy|Grey's Anatomy]] is not about [[Alien Autopsy|alien autopsies]].
* ''[[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.
* ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]'' is not an anime adaptation of ''[[Final Fantasy X 2 (Video Game)|Final Fantasy X-2]]''.
* ''[[Gun X Sword]]'' won't try to [[Sword and Gun|shoot, then cut you]].
** It is also not a sequel to the video game ''[[Mega Man Star Force (Video Game)|Zerker X Ninja]]''.
** It is not standard-issue weaponry for [[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|SeeD members]], either.
** 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 BoysBoy'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 [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_Mercy_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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_Mercy_(song) this song].
* ''[[Hell Girl]]'' is not the [[Distaff Counterpart]] of ''[[Hellboy (Comic Bookcomics)|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]].
* ''[[Hellsing]]'' is not about [[Rock Me Asmodeus|demonic music]].
** Nor is it what an engineer says when his plans come to fruition.
* ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'' is not a live-action version of ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''.
* ''[[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]]''.
* The answer to ''[[Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?]]'' usually isn't ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]''.
** Or ''[[Mega Man ZX (Video Game)|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 (Video Game)|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.
* ''[[Holyland]]'' is not about [[The Crusades]].
* [[Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|Homestar Runner]] is not about the management of homes or stars.
** It also has nothing to do with baseball.
** Nor is it about running, [[Characterization Marches On|though it was intended to be]].
* ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'' is not about being under house arrest.
* ''[[Honey IHunt]]'' Shrunkisn't theabout Kidsa (Film)|Honey,''Winnie Ithe Blew Up The Kid]]Pooh''-themed dark doesride notat involvea explodingDisney childrenpark.
* ''[[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 ''[[HonorverseHonor (Literature)Harrington|Honorverse]]'' doesn't mean a universe that's really, really honorable.
* ''[[Hook (Film)|Hook]]'' is not a slasher film.
* ''[[Horrible Bosses (Film)|Horrible Bosses]]'' is not the [[Darth Wiki]] counterpart to [[That One Boss]] and [[Main/Video Game/Bosses/Awesome|Best Boss Ever]].
* ''[[HouseHorrible of the DeadBosses]]'' is not athe spin-off of ''[[HouseDarth (TV)|HouseWiki]]'' wherecounterpart theto eponymous[[That characterOne runsBoss]] theand hospital's[[Awesome morgueBosses|Best Boss Ever]].
* ''[[House of(TV Leavesseries)|House]]'' is not aabout ''[[HouseAmerican (TV)Political System|House]]''the spinofflower involvingbody treesof Congress]].
* ''[[House of the Dead]]'' is not a spin-off of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' where the eponymous character runs the hospital's morgue.
* ''[[KaibaHouse of Leaves]]'' is not a ''[[Yu-Gi-OhHouse (TV series)|House]]'' spinoff involving trees.
* ''[[How Green Was My Valley]]'' is not an audience response to a comedian saying "your valley was sooooo green..."
* ''[[How I Killed Your Master]]'' is not ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' {{smallcaps| [[Recycled in Space|as a Kung Fu revenge tale!]]}}
* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' isn't a retelling of ''[[The Terminator]]'' by Kyle Reese to John Conner. No matter how long the show lasts, it's never going to turn out to actually be the story of Kyle growing up in the future and then going back in time to meet Sarah Conner. [[Grand Unifying Guesses|At least, probably not]].
** Neither is it [[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|RED Spy taunting BLU Scout.]]
* ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (Literaturenovel)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'' is not the property of [[GilligansGilligan'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! 5 Ds5D'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 (Video Game)|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 (Animation)|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 Carly (TV)|iCarly]]'' is not about people who are so vain, they probably think this song was sung by them.
* ''[[I DreamofDream 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.
* ''[[Ichigo One Hundred Percent]]'' is not the [[One Hundred Percent Completion|acquisition, reading, and watching]] of all ''[[Ichigo Mashimaro]]'' merchandise.
* ''[[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 does it describe the ultimate [[Girls Love|yuri pairing]]: [[Strawberry Panic (Light Novel)|Nagisa Aoi]]/'''''[[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|everyone]]'''''.
** Nor watching this will get you interrogated by [[Nineteen Eighty-Four|The Ministry of Love]] in [[Room 101]].
*** ''[[Strawberry Panic (Light Novel)|Strawberry Panic]]'' does that well enough on its own.
* ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy (Video Game)|I Wanna Be the Guy]]'' is not about [[Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|1-Up]]'s desire to be Stinkoman's sidekick.
** Or a desire to become [[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|this Guy]], [[Lufia 2 Rise of the Sinistrals|that Guy]] or [[Tales of the Abyss (Video Game)|the other Guy]].
* ''[[I Carly (TV)|iCarly]]'' is not about people who are so vain, they probably think this song was sung by them.
* ''[[Ichigo One Hundred Percent100%]]'' is not the [[One Hundred Percent Completion|acquisition, reading, and watching]] of all ''[[Ichigo Mashimaro]]'' merchandise.
** Nor does it describe the ultimate [[Girls Love|yuri pairing]]: [[Strawberry Panic (Light Novel)!|Nagisa Aoi]]/'''''[[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|everyone]]'''''.
*** ''[[Strawberry Panic (Light Novel)!|Strawberry Panic]]'' does that well enough on its own.
* ''[[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".
* ''[[IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix]]'' is not about ''[[Highlander|Duncan MacLeod]]'' riding around in a Pontiac.
* ''[[I Dreamof 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.
* ''[[IGPXInterstate Immortal Grand Prix'76]]'' is not about ''[[Highlanderwikipedia:Interstate 76 (Franchiseeast)|Duncan MacLeodthe]]'' riding[[wikipedia:Interstate 76 (west)|road]] aroundof inthe asame Pontiacname.
* ''[[Infinite Stratos]]'' is not about mass-produced clones of [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Lockon]] or [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Einhart]].
* ''[[Interstate 76]]'' is not about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_76_(east) the] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 (Literature)|The Inkworld Trilogy]]''.
* ''[[Instant Teen Just Add Nuts (Manga)|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".
* ''[[Iron Man]]'', the Marvel Comics character, is not the basis for the song "Iron Man" by [[Black Sabbath (Music)|Black Sabbath]]. Didn't stop them from using it in the closing credits of [[Iron Man (Film)|the film]] (minus the lyrics).
* ''[[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 (Music)|Black Sabbath]]. Didn't stop them from using it in the closing credits of [[Iron Man (Filmfilm)|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]].
* ''[[Its About Time (TV)|ItsIt's About Time]]'' is not about the first episode of the Telltale ''[[Back to Thethe Future: (VideoThe Game)|Back to The Future]]'' game.
 
* ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy (Video Game)|I Wanna Be the Guy]]'' is not about [[Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|1-Up]]'s desire to be Stinkoman's sidekick.
== J ==
** Or a desire to become [[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|this Guy]], [[Lufia 2 Rise of the Sinistrals|that Guy]] or [[Tales of the Abyss (Video Game)|the other Guy]].
* ''[[JAGS Wonderland]]'' isn't about the adventures of group of [[JAG|military attorneys]]...{{smallcaps| [[Recycled in Space|IN]] [[Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|WONDERLAND!!!]]}}
* ''[[James Bond]]'' is not a type of chemical bond, though such a bond would probably be reserved for pretty awesome chemicals.
** Or ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'s'' James's bonding with anyone.
* ''[[Jack Frost]]'' is not about the cute, jester-like demons that inhabit the ''[[Shin Megami Tensei (Franchise)|Shin Megami Tensei]]'' series.
* ''[[Jenny Everywhere]]'' is not what [[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Ash Ketchum]] says when he, Brock and Dawn show up at a convention involving [[Inexplicably Identical Individuals|every single Officer Jenny]] in the show.
** And it is not about [[My Life Asas a Teenage Robot|Jenny Wakeman]] developing duplication powers.
* [[Jensen Ackles]] is not a law firm, even though his name sounds like one.
* ''[[Jet Set Willy]]'' is not related to the ''[[Jet Set Radio]]'' series.
* ''[[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''.
 
* ''[[Kaiba]]'' is not a ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' spinoff.
== K ==
* ''[[Kaiba]]'' is not a ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' spinoff.
** Neither is ''[[Seto no Hanayome]]''.
** Likewise, ''[[Sasuke]]'' is not a ''[[Naruto]]'' spinoff.
*** And ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' is not a ''[[Trigun]]'' spinoff.
* ''[[Kaiji]]'' is not about [[Kaiju|100-foot tall monsters rampaging through downtown Tokyo]].
* None of the ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' series feature a protagonist with a [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Caiman_:Caiman (genus) |Central American Alligator]] as a mount.
** ''[[Kamen Rider Agito]]'' is not [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|a flaming pixie]] (or an [[Air Gear (Manga)|F-bomb-spewing rollerblader]]) turned into a [[Toku]] protagonist. Likewise, [[Kamen Rider Hibiki]]'s alter ego is not [[Street Fighter|Dan Hibiki]].
*** or [[Ranma One Half½|Ryouga]] for that matter.
** Along those lines, ''[[Kamen Rider Kuuga]]'' does not [[MaiMy-HiME (Anime)|have a silver wolf as a pet.]]
** And ''[[Kamen Rider OOO]]'' does not share its setting with ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|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]]".
** Nor is it about a [[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)ni|bishounen servant]].
* ''[[Kappa Mikey]]'' is nothing to do with [[Interceptor|a helicopter pilot called Mikey]].
* ''[[Kara no Shoujo]]'' should not be confused with ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]''. Or vice-versa. '''Especially not''' vice-versa.
* ''[[Karin]]'' is not about the character from ''[[DragonballDragon Ball]]'' or ''[[Naruto]]''.
* ''[[Kekkaishi]]'' is not the [[Filth|porn-loving]], [[Eyepatch of Power|eyepatch-wearing]] [[Naruto|Jonin from Konohagakure]].
* ''[[Key the Metal Idol]]'' isn't when you angrily scratch the paintwork on the ancient idol with your car keys.
** Turns out it doesn't involve ''[[Excel Saga (Mangamanga)|Excel Saga]]'' either.
*** Or [[Key Visual Arts]].
* ''[[Kickassia]]'' has no relation to ''[[Kick-Ass]]''.
* ''[[Kiddy Grade]]'' is not a story about elementary school children.
* ''[[The King of Fighters]]'' is not just about the character [[Art of Fighting|King]].
* ''[[Kino's Journey]]'' is not about the rise of [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kino |any of the following]] unless it has a talking motorcycle.
** It also doesn't detail her quest to become [[Kibo|an internet celebrity.]]
* ''[[Klonoa (Video Game)|Klonoa]]'' is not a funny-sounding venereal disease.
* ''[[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 Nono Jikan]]''.
* ''[[K-On (Manga)|K-On!]]'' has nothing to deal with [[Bleach|modsoul-possesing teddy lions]].
** Or ''Kodomo No Iibun'' with either of them.
** Nor is it one letter off from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaon Kaon, or K-meson], which named a ''[[Half-Life]] 2'' soundtrack track.
* ''[[K-On (Manga)|K-On!]]'' has nothing to deal with [[Bleach|modsoul-possesing teddy lions]].
** Nor is it one letter off from [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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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