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== To begin... ==

** And it's still shorter than '''What If Encyclopedia Dramatica Wrote Our Trope Titles?'''.

** Also, '''Really, Really Lousy Alternate Titles That Are Way Too Long And Usually Complain About Tropes, Tropers, And Pretty Much Everything''' is too hypocritical.

 

== A ==

* It's called [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]] because '''Furries, Loli-Porn, and Dubs''' is too much of a gratuitous [[Take That]] to the anime [[Fandom]]. [[My Friends and Zoidberg|And furries]], of course.

* It's called [[Ascended Glitch]] because '''We Didn't Mean to Do This, But the Fans Liked It So We Kept It In''' is a little too honest.

* It's called [[Ass Kicks You]] because '''Butt Butt''' would have been too much of a pun, even for this site.

* It's called [[Ass Pull]] because it describes more payloads than '''Deus Excreta''', which in turn would be confused with "Deus ex Creta", which means "god from Crete".

 

== B ==

* [[Better Than It Sounds]] is called that because '''Making Good Fiction Seem Like Crap And Making You Guess Which Fiction It Is''' is a lot to type.

** And also because '''Adventure Ho''' is too specific to one show.

** Ditto with the other Big tropes:

* It's called [[Black Sheep Hit]] because '''If We'd Known This Was Going To Be The Only Song You Remember Us For, We Never Would Have Done It''' is too long and also a little too honest.

* [[Broken Aesop]] is called that because '''Emoji Movie Syndrome''' would just be beating a dead horse, especially as the trope was around a lot longer than that film.

 

== C ==

** And calling it '''[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/The_Naked_Time_(episode) Sulu's Sword]''' would be confusing.

* It's called the [[Chewbacca Defense]] because '''Total Bullshit Argument''' would just be rude. Plus, it would most likely turn into a [[Pothole Magnet]] for complaining.

* [[Cluster F-Bomb]] is generally easier to remember than '''Fucking Fuckheaded Show That Fucking Likes To Fucking Use The Word "Fuck" All The Fucking Time''', and you couldn't use it in polite company. Also, it's [[pun]]nier.

* [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Like]] is a long title, but '''Presenting Subjective Opinions of Things You Don't Like As Objective Fact in a Way That Will Just Start an Argument''' is even longer.

* We call it [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch]] because '''Don't Read, Don't Dislike''' is a really corny snowclone.

** And '''Nintendrone Syndrome''', while a [[Sublime Rhyme|nice rhyme]], is just mean and would probably cause a brutal [[Flame War]].

* It's [[Crack Pairing]] because '''Shipping of Two or More People That Rarely If Ever Interact with Each Other or [[Foe Yay|People That Hate Each Other and Would Never Think of Loving Each Other in a Million Years]]...or Just [[Mind Screw]] Pairings''' is way too long.

* [[Critical Backlash]] is so called because '''[[Advance Wars|Flak Lash]]''' was [[Incredibly Lame Pun|''way'' too lame of a pun]].

* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] is not '''[[Gushing About Shows You Like|Gushing About Moments You Like]]''' because, aside from being an unnecessary snowclone, it also sounds slightly judgemental.

** [[Dethroning Moment of Suck]] isn't called '''[[Complaining About Shows You Don't Like|Complaining About Moments You Don't Like]]''' for the same reason.

* [[Dark World]] is a better title than '''The Veil''' since not everyone has played ''[[Wolfenstein 3D]]'' and it's far from being a good example.

* It's called [[Darth Wiki]] because on the one hand, someone would have objected to '''This Is Where We Put Our Answer to /b/tards''', and on the other hand, '''B''' is too short.

* It's called [[Demonization]] because '''Lying About Shows You Don't Like''' is only part of it.

** And also because '''Complaining About Satanic Strawmen of Shows You Don't Like That You Pulled Straight Out Your Fucking Ass Because You're a Fucking Rabid [[Moral Guardian]] with Literally NO Fucking Self-Awareness At Fucking All''' is kind of hard to read.

* [[Dethroning Moment of Suck]] isn't exactly the shortest title, but neither is '''That One Moment in the Show That Completely Jumps the Shark, Leaves a Bitter Taste in Your Mouth and Proves That the Show Is Ruined FOREVER''', which isn't necessarily true either.

* [[Digital Piracy Is Evil]] is infinitely better than '''Arson, Murder, and Jailbreaking''', as not all jailbreakers are pirates and not all pirates mod consoles.

** '''Arson, Murder, and Piracy''' is a better title, but it's still an unnecessary [[snowclone]].

* [[Directionally Solid Platforms]] is definitely a better title than '''The Contra Effect''' since ''[[Contra]]'' is known for other things too.

* '''Remember That Scene in That Disney Movie Where the Chick Sings and Animals Come Out to Join Her? Well Look We're Parodying That! Aren't We Clever?''' is a little too cheeky for its own good. [[Disney Creatures of the Farce]] works a lot better.

* We went with [[Dissimile]] because it's shorter, catchier, and more punny than '''"[[Futurama|And By 'Metaphorically', I Mean 'Get Your Coat.']]"'''

* It's called [[The Dog Was the Mastermind]] because '''The Dog That You Saw On the Way to the Crime Scene and Was the Least Likely Being to Do It Got You Into This Mess''' can cause breathlessness by itself.

 

== E ==

* [[Eat the Dog]] was less punny, and less obscure, than '''[[Excel Saga (manga)|Menchi]] Solution'''.

** The same goes for [[Purple Prose]].

** It also sounded better than '''You've Already Killed the Bad Guy, Just End the Fucking Thing Already!'''.

* It's called [[Flying Brick]] because '''[[Daft Punk|Harder Better Faster Stronger]]''' doesn't mention the flying part.

** '''Harder Better Faster Stronger Flyer''' is a better alternate title, but a bit long.

* [[Funbag Airbag]] makes [[Sublime Rhyme|a nice rhyme]], unlike '''Clash On the Big Breasts''', which would make anyone familiar with ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'' groan.

 

* [[Gainax Ending]] was on this site longer than [[Fandom Gank]], which is why it'll never be renamed to '''Intentional Fandom Gank'''.

* [[Gannon Banned]] is called that because '''His Name Is [[The Legend of Zelda|LINK]], [[Toy Story|You Uncultured Swine!]]''' is unnecessarily rude and [[I Am Not Shazam|already a trope.]]

* [[Gender Bender]] is definitely better than '''[[Alice and Bob|Alex and Bo]]'''.

* [[Germanic Depressives]] is nice and punny. '''Sour Krauts''' is equally punny, but also pretty offensive. And we really don't want to offend those guys. On account of them being so grim.

* '''For the Love of God Why Do Those Lazyheads at Nintendo and SEGA Always Have the Same Final Boss All the Time?''' is just a tad more opinionated than [[Hijacked by Ganon]].

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]] could've been called '''Wile E. Coyote Syndrome''', but let's face it, as cool as it would be to name something after a ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' character, naming it after something that [[William Shakespeare]] wrote is cooler.

* [[Hollywood Tactics]] isn't named '''Just [A] Bunch Of Droids''' because not everyone knows what [http://www.google.com/search?q=JBOD JBOD] is and it can get the [[Double Entendre]]. And while [[Star Wars]] ''is'' a major offender, it's not just about how the droids fight.

* It's called [[Hype Aversion]] because '''You Should Avoid This Like a Plague or Else You'll Turn Into a Mindless, Drooling [[Fan Dumb|Dipshit]] Like the Masses Who Watch This Shallow, Piece-of-Shit Show For a Fad With Its Over-Inflated Hype Clogging Up the Networks Like the Hardened Fat in the Arteries of the Pathetic, Lifeless Losers Who Watch It''', aside from just being plain ''cruel'', would make you run out of breath saying it.

 

* [[I'll Be in My Bunk]] is short and subtle. '''That Was So Hot That I'm Going Somewhere Private to Jerk Off''' is more clear, but way too long, and just a bit [[Not Safe for Work|Unsafe for Work]].

* [[Intentional Engrish for Funny]] is shorter than '''It Funny to on Purpose Make English as Though Translated in Badly Way From Other Language'''.

 

== J ==

* [[Jerkass]] isn't as long as '''That One Fucking Asswipe of a Character Who Does Nothing But Ruin Everyone's Day'''.

* [[Jerkass Ball]] is called that instead of '''That Mind-Numbingly Idiotic and Clichéd Moment Where One Character Suddenly Becomes a Fucking Asshole for the Purpose of a [[Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure]]''' because honestly, we're not here to [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Like|bitch about tropes we don't like]].

 

== K ==

* [[Kaizo Trap]] is a short and snappy title. '''Cheap Total Bullshit Move That Forces the Player to Redo the Whole Fucking Level Again Because the Devs Are Evil, Psychopathic Dipshits [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?|Who Were Obviously Smoking Crack]]''' isn't, and is also straight-up cruel.

** Also, '''{{spoiler|[[Kirby: Planet Robobot|Star Dream Soul OS]]}} Syndrome''' is an unnecessary [[Take That]]; it sounds like it was written by someone who obsessively hates [[Kirby: Planet Robobot]] and that boss to no end and broke their 3DS after losing to its [[Desperation Attack]].

* [[Kill All Humans]] is definitely a better title than '''Dalek Gambit''' for obvious reasons.

 

* It's called [[Laconic]] because '''Describe This Trope In As Few Words As You Can Without Making It Sound Either Really Stupid Or Just Like Some Other Trope. Oh, You Should Try To Make It Only One Sentence, Too. Thanks.''' would have been a long title and therefore counterproductive.

** And a ''terrible'' name for a namespace.

* It's called [[Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition]] because '''[[Lost Forever|Limited]] [[New and Improved|Deluxe]] [[Palette Swap|Gre]][[Green Aesop|en]] [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Super Special Awesome]] [[Infinity+1 Sword|Ultra]] [[Padding|Extended]] [[Violence Is the Only Option|Combat]] [[Arnold Schwarzenegger|Commando]] [[Alien]] [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]] [[Vin Diesel]] [[Dragon Ball|Widescreen]] [[Gotta Catch Em All|Collector's]] [[Unrated Edition]] [[South Park|Uncut]] [[Command & Conquer|Kane]] [[Hellsing|Ultimate]] [[Pani Poni Dash!|Game of The Year]] [[Cosmetic Award|Editor's Choice Edition:]] [[Author Appeal|Director's]] [[Recut|Extended Cut:]] [[Colon Cancer|The Lost Scenes:]] [[Neverwinter Nights|Gold Platinum Diamond Chaotic Lawful Evil Good]] [[Baldur's Gate|Saga]] [[StarCraft|Bat]][[Warcraft|tle]] [[World of Warcraft|Che]][[Diablo|st]] [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|Megapak]] [[Spore|Galactic Edition]] [[Half Life|Ora]][[Portal (series)|nge]] [[Team Fortress 2|Box]] [[God|Omega]] [[Department of Redundancy Department|Limited]] [[X Meets Y|With]] [[More Dakka]]: [[Blade Runner|Final Cut]] [[Street Fighter|Champion Edition]] [[The King of Fighters|Ultimate Match]] [[Guilty Gear|Reload Accent Core]] [[Yes but What Does Zataproximetacine DO|Heartburn]] [[Square Enix|Inter]][[Final Fantasy|national]] [[Kingdom Hearts|Final Mix]] [[Precision F-Strike|Fucking]] [[Halo|Legendary]] [[Final Fantasy IV|Spoony]] [[The Spoony Experiment|Bard]] [[Overly Long Gag|Edition X]]''' is way too long and would be very difficult to remember.

* [[Live but Delayed]] is not named '''Live but Retarded''' as less commonly used meanings for "retarded" aren't as well known.

* [[Perfectly Cromulent Word]] isn't an in-joke, unlike '''Word Craft'''.

* [[Perverse Sexual Lust]] is just slightly catchier than '''What Kind of Pervert Am I, Getting Turned on By a Fucking Cartoon Character?'''.

* We went with [[Planet Eater]] because '''World Hunger''' [[Dude, Not Funny|is an actual real-life problem that has nothing to do with the trope and is actually kind of serious]].

* [[Plot Hole]] is a better title than '''Voodoo Plot''' since the trope has nothing to do with voodoo.

* [[Poor Communication Kills]] is a much better title than '''That's What I Heard''' due to the latter being [[Pothole Magnet|easily potholed]].

* [[Power Copying]] isn't called '''The Kirby Effect''' because it's almost as [[Fan Myopia|short-sighted]] as its former name Mega Manning.

* It's called [[Primal Scene]], because it isn't as loaded as '''Oh My God I Walked Into a Room Where My Parents Were Fucking'''.

* [[Public Domain Soundtrack]] is a better title than '''Legal Copybait Soundtrack''' since there are songs that don't belong to public domain but still can be distributed freely.

* [[Purple Prose]] isn't as unnecessarily self-demonstrating as '''Words That Are Not Poetry and Are Colored a Beautiful, Majestic Shade Which Is a Mix of Red and Blue'''.

 

* We ended up going with [[Rambling Old Man Monologue]] because it's a little bit more concise than the title we wanted to use, which was '''Stories Old Men Tell to Youngsters Which Don't Really Go Anywhere But for Some Reason Nobody Interrupts. Why I Remember One of These Stories... Boy It Was a Doozy... It Started When My Uncle Sammy, or Sambo as We Used to Call Him, But You Can't Call Him That Anymore Because of Those Damn PC Police... Anyway Sambo Was Riding a Chicken Down to the General Store Because Our Horse Was Laid Up with the Flu...'''

* [[Reality Ensues]] is a little more polite and way shorter than '''They May Use This Trope a Million Times in Fiction, But This is What Would ''Really'' Happen in [[Real Life]]'''.

* [[Refrain From Assuming]] is much better, shorter, punnier, and more polite than '''I Know They Repeat That Phrase a Thousand Times In The Chorus, But For The Last Time, ''It's Not The Name Of The Fucking Song''!'''

** '''Teenage Wasteland''', while shorter than the current title, is a victim of [[Fan Myopia]] and [[Teenage Wasteland|already a trope.]]

* [[Renamed Tropes]] is more to-the-point than '''What Were They Smoking When Naming These Tropes!?'''. Besides, we don't want to wantonly accuse people of smoking.

* Although [[Reviews Are the Gospel]] and '''He Panned It, Now It Sucks''' are both short and concise, using the latter would mean having to redirect to it from '''He Praised It, Now It Rocks''' as the trope works both ways. Also, it's only one different pronoun from [[He Panned It, Now He Sucks]].

* It's called [[Rhyming with Itself]] because honestly, '''Instead Of Using A Word That Rhymes, They Just Repeated The Original Word''' takes way too much time to type out. Also, not everyone would get '''[[Red Dwarf|I Used Underpantski Three Times]]'''.

 

== S ==

* We chose [[Scam Religion]] because '''Fast-Food Faith''' sounds just ''much'' more offensive. Not to mention it could be confused with an actual religion involving fast-food.

* It's [[Screaming At Squick]] because '''Scrick''' is an [[Incredibly Lame Pun]].

* [[Shark Pool]] is called that because '''You Could Just Shoot Him, Y'Know''' is kind of [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him|already a trope]].

* [[Shockwave Stomp]] is a better name than '''[[Soul Series|Night Terror's]] Fury''' due to [[Fan Myopia]].

* We can't rename [[Smashing Hallway Traps of Doom]] '''PION''' since the short form of mispronunciation Piston by the protagonist's sidekick isn't familiar to these who have played the ''Ultimate Platformer 3''.

* It's called [[The Smurfette Principle]] because we [[Double Entendre|couldn't stop giggling]] after reading '''Fella Ratio'''.

* [[Spell My Name with a "The"]] was chosen because '''The''', being too common a word, would be a horrible title for a trope.

* [[Springtime for Hitler]] is a little more poetic than '''You Fail Failing Forever''', especially after the big [[Artistic License]] rename.

** Also, '''No Items Fox Only Final Destination''' wouldn't make sense to those unfamiliar with [[Super Smash Brothers]] or that meme.

 

== T ==

* It's only called [[Take That]] instead of '''Completely Unwarranted and in Some Cases Extremely Cruel Insult Directed Towards a Specific Work That Is Often Actually Quite Good That Only Serves To PO Fans And Make The Insulter Look Like Nothing More Than A Petty [[Jerkass]]''' because [[Comically Missing the Point|not everyone understands exactly what PO means in that context.]]

** While shorter, '''Fuck You Other Show, Let's Make Fun of You!''' isn't very nice.

* It's generally believed that [[Take Over the World]] is a better title than '''[[Mega Man (video game)|Dr. Wily's Resolution]]''' due to the latter being a character-named trope.

* [[Tenchi Solution]] has a [[Stealth Pun|ring]] to it, unlike '''Threesomes Solve ''Everything.'''''

* It's called [[There's No B in Movie]] because '''Return of the Attack of the 50 Foot Killer Ghost of the Bride of the Son of Whatever's Curse''' is too long a title.

* We chose [[This Loser Is You]] over '''The Writers and Producers of This Show Think That You Are ''[insert slew of various negative qualities here]'' ''' due to length.

* [[Title Drop]] is very intuitive and clear. Not so much '''TITLE'''.

* Although [[Too Much Information]] does get the point across, '''Oh My Fucking God I Did ''NOT'' Need To Know That!''' kinda sounds good, too. Too bad it's a bit long.

* [[Unfortunate Implications]] is a lot less to type than '''I Can't Fucking Believe They Didn't Realize This Would Offend People'''. It's also less rude than '''Idiots Take Offense To Everything'''.

** Or, for that matter, '''And You Really Thought We Weren't Going To Find The Wrong Way Of Looking At This?'''

** And nobody came up with '''Sexual Disorientation''' in time to suggest it.

* [[Useful Notes]] is only partly used as '''Nitpick Fuel'''.

* [[Weak-Willed]] is not called '''[[Kirby|King Dedede]] Syndrome''' [[Trope Namer Syndrome|for obvious reasons.]]

** And it's more polite than '''Good God, Could You Not Get Fucking Mind Controlled [[Shrek 2|for Five Minutes!?!]]'''.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]] beat '''Well I Guess ''I'm'' The Asshole For Caring About This Plot Point''' in a runoff.

* We have [[Wild Mass Guessing]] because '''Off-The-Cuff Predictions and Obsessively Detailed Fanwank''' puts rather ''too'' fine a point on it.

== And finally... ==

* The parent of this site is called [[TV Tropes]] instead of '''A Reader-Maintained Database of Frequently-Seen Elements and Patterns in Many Forms of Human Communication''' because, dude, they started out by talking about stuff on TV.