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* [[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|Awesome Music]] (also known as [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]) |
* [[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|Awesome Music]] (also known as [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]) |
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* [[Better Than It Sounds]]: Frequently potholed as a way of saying that a work is better than what a short summary of its premise would lead one to believe. This is bad because not only is it [[Gushing About Shows You Like (Sugar Wiki)|Gushing About Shows You Like]], it's misuse because the page itself is a [[Just for Fun]] game where tropers come up with summaries of works that make them sound worse than they actually are. |
* [[Better Than It Sounds]]: Frequently potholed as a way of saying that a work is better than what a short summary of its premise would lead one to believe. This is bad because not only is it [[Gushing About Shows You Like (Sugar Wiki)|Gushing About Shows You Like]], it's misuse because the page itself is a [[Just for Fun]] game where tropers come up with summaries of works that make them sound worse than they actually are. |
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* [[Beyond the Impossible]]: Used to indicate or exaggerate how "awesome" or "insane" something is. Given that the original definition was "escalating within a series" one could say it [[Gone Horribly Right|succeeded in a horrific way]]. That plus confusion with [[Up to Eleven]] led to a |
* [[Beyond the Impossible]]: Used to indicate or exaggerate how "awesome" or "insane" something is. Given that the original definition was "escalating within a series" one could say it [[Gone Horribly Right|succeeded in a horrific way]]. That plus confusion with [[Up to Eleven]] led to a rename. The name is now used to refer to events that break internal logic. A wiki clean up is currently underway. |
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* [[Big No]] |
* [[Big No]] |
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* [[Blatant Lies]]: This article is [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|absolutely, positively,]] ''[[Suspiciously Specific Denial|not]]'' a common pothole for false statements. |
* [[Blatant Lies]]: This article is [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|absolutely, positively,]] ''[[Suspiciously Specific Denial|not]]'' a common pothole for false statements. |
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* [["No. Just... No" Reaction]]: Formerly known merely as No. Just... No, renamed because it was often potholed for when tropers' responses to something were a strong "NO", when it was supposed to refer to ''[[In-Universe]]'' instances of the [[Stock Phrase]] in reaction to a [[Squick]]y moment. |
* [["No. Just... No" Reaction]]: Formerly known merely as No. Just... No, renamed because it was often potholed for when tropers' responses to something were a strong "NO", when it was supposed to refer to ''[[In-Universe]]'' instances of the [[Stock Phrase]] in reaction to a [[Squick]]y moment. |
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* [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!]]: Was originally named This! Is! SPARTA! Statements. Like. This. Are almost guaranteed to be potholed to this article. Even entries that should have been potholed to the movie ''[[300]]'' were potholed to this trope. |
* [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!]]: Was originally named This! Is! SPARTA! Statements. Like. This. Are almost guaranteed to be potholed to this article. Even entries that should have been potholed to the movie ''[[300]]'' were potholed to this trope. |
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* [[Serial Escalation]]: Originally Beyond The Impossible. It got a |
* [[Serial Escalation]]: Originally Beyond The Impossible. It got a rename due to massive misuse as a pothole for anything that seemed impossible. |
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* [[Stealth Pun]]: Originally Incredibly Lazy Pun. The old name saw a lot of misuse as a generic pun pothole, resulting in the trope being renamed and the old name being permanently redlinked. |
* [[Stealth Pun]]: Originally Incredibly Lazy Pun. The old name saw a lot of misuse as a generic pun pothole, resulting in the trope being renamed and the old name being permanently redlinked. |
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* [[Translation Train Wreck]]: Formerly known as Do Not Want. The article was cut and moved due to pothole misuse for things tropers found [[squick]]y. |
* [[Translation Train Wreck]]: Formerly known as Do Not Want. The article was cut and moved due to pothole misuse for things tropers found [[squick]]y. |