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(All items other than "Box and Stick Trap" (which apparently exists on TVT but needs to be taken to Trope Workshop here) have been integrated into Cracked.com. Now only crosswicking remains; this is my worksheet.)
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[[Come for the X, Stay for the Y]]
* [[Action Girl]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "every sexy girl is a ruthless killer."
* ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_20464_5-words-you-use-every-day-with-shockingly-dark-backstories.html 5 Words You Use Every Day With Shockingly Dark Backstories] links the word "fornication" to prostitutes finding clients in bakeries. It gives as an example the novel ''[[Satyricon]]'' by Gaius Petronius, which "talks about bakers tricking clients into coming for the bread and staying 'thither for the base gratification of wantonness.'"
* [[Action Survivor]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20504_the-5-most-badass-ways-people-escaped-from-slavery_p2.html The 5 Most Badass Ways People Escaped from Slavery] is how Eliza Harris carried several children across a river while jumping from one [[Floating Platforms|moving ice platform]] to another as if it were a ''[[Super Mario Bros.|Mario]]'' game. This is the true story ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' was based on.
[[Commie Nazis]]
* [[The Ageless]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_20055_6-unassuming-animals-that-are-secretly-immortal.html 6 Unassuming Animals That Are Secretly Immortal] lists animal species that don't die of old age, such as lobsters and turtles.
* An alliance between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia was narrowly averted according to ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s "[http://www.cracked.com/article_20192_5-insane-what-if-scenarios-that-almost-changed-everything_p2.html 5 Insane 'What If' Scenarios That Almost Changed Everything]".
* [[All Just a Dream]]: The article "[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/why-saved-by-bell-all-dream-conspiracy-theory/ Why 'Saved by the Bell' is All a Dream: A Conspiracy Theory]" explains why ''[[Saved by the Bell]]'' has to be an escapist dream of a character in ''Good Morning, Miss Bliss'' (the pilot that was retooled into ''SBTB''), using clues from the [[Expository Theme Tune]].
[[Concealment Equals Cover]]
* [[Anti-Humor]]: In [http://www.cracked.com/article_19213_7-animals-that-are-evolving-right-before-our-eyes.html 7 Animals That Are Evolving Right Before Our Eyes]
* One of ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "bullets can't pass through wood or cars."
*:'''Q:''' What did the elephant say to the poacher?
[[Con Lang]]
*:'''A:''' Dear God in heaven, please don't kill me for my ivory.
* A Northern California argot called [[wikipedia:Boontling|Boontling]] is one of ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_20110_5-secret-languages-that-stuck-it-to-man_p2.html 5 secret languages that stuck it to the man]. It uses English grammar but replaces many of the content words.
*:Sorry about that. Sometimes we get "joke" mixed up with "tragic imagined dialogue that could be happening at this very second if elephants had the power of speech."
[[Covered Up]]
* [[Appropriated Appellation]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_20679_5-famous-symbols-that-were-created-to-be-horrible-insults.html 5 Famous Symbols that Were Created to Be Horrible Insults] explains how the gay-pride pink triangle came from the Nazis, the donkey came from political cartoons dissing President Andrew Jackson, and "Yankee" came from a song written by a British army physician claiming that the rebels were aspiring to a social class they did not deserve.
* One of ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_20403_6-famous-songs-written-by-last-person-youd-expect_p2.html 6 Famous Songs Written by the Last Person You'd Expect] is "Red Red Wine", written and originally recorded by [[Neil Diamond]] and popularized by [[UB40]]'s cover.
* [[The Aristocrats]]: The #3 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_615_33-plot-twists-cut-from-disney-movies_p2/ plot twist cut from a Disney animated movie].
 
*:So what do you call your act?
[[Crappy Holidays]]
*:''[[The Aristocats]]''!
* : [http://www.cracked.com/article_20092_5-everyday-things-that-can-literally-drive-you-crazy_p2.html 5 Everyday Things That Can Literally Drive You Crazy] links seasonal affective disorder in part to "three straight months of Christmas music."
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]:
[[Crazy Cat Lady]]
** "[http://www.cracked.com/article_19957_8-mind-blowing-realities-our-future-full-old-people_p2.html 8 Mind-Blowing Realities of Our Future Full of Old People]" describes a likely reaction to a proposed solution to the coming farm labor shortage.
* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'':
**:Oh hey, let's import unwhites to do our labor! Why don't we bring back slavery and dial-up Internet service while we're at it?
** The lead of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20395_5-heartwarming-accomplishments-by-hardened-prison-inmates.html 5 Heartwarming Accomplishments by Hardened Prison Inmates] claims that humans are "capable of some pretty terrible stuff, like robbery and murder and [[U2|Bono]]."
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: #6 on [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_259_if-everything-got-adorable-mascot_p2/ If Everything Got An Adorable Mascot] is Addie the ADHD tornado. "Let us help you learn to cope with... Ohh!!! Shiny!!!"
* [[Audience Surrogate]]: "Make Them Look and Sound Like the Audience, Against All Logic" is #4 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy].
* [[Autopsy Snack Time]]: #4 of [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-bizarrely-specific-rules-that-exist-in-movie-universes/ 4 Bizarrely Specific Rules That Exist in Movie Universes] mentions cases in ''[[Gone in Sixty Seconds]]'', ''[[Scrubs]]'', and others where it appears a coroner ''can't'' [[Memetic Mutation/Video Games|enjoy]] his [[Fur Affinity|sandwich]] without a corpse in the room. It even links to the page on That Other Trope Wiki.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]:
** The ball tank, #2 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_19914_6-utterly-insane-innovations-history-was-sure-were-coming_p2.html 6 Utterly Insane Innovations History Was SURE Were Coming] and #2 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_17366_7-wtf-military-weapons-you-wont-believe-they-actually-built_p2.html 7 WTF Military Weapons You Won't Believe They Actually Built].
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_16983_the-11-most-retarded-fictional-weapons.html The 11 Most Retarded Fictional Weapons], including the Klingon bat'leth.
* [[Be the Ball]]: The operation of the Morph Ball in ''[[Metroid]]'' is the #27 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
* [[The Beast Master]]: In Photoplasty contest [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_553_28-inspirational-image-memes-revised-honesty/ 28 Inspirational Image Memes (Revised for Honesty)], #5 is "If at first you don't succeed, command an army of birds."
* [[The Bechdel Test]]: Luke McKinney points out in [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-best-moments-in-worst-movies-ever-made_p2/ The 4 Best Moments in the Worst Movies Ever Made] that the movie based on the video game ''Dead or Alive'' "physically beats the shit out of the Bechdel test" "within the first 10 minutes".
* [[Blatant Lies]]: "America's Only Humor & Video Site, [[Anachronism Stew|Since 1958]]". This date refers to ''[[Cracked]]'''s beginning as a magazine rivaling ''[[Mad]]'' in 1958.
** By 2013, the "Since 1958" had disappeared from the front page. But stories still refer to it occasionally, such as "[http://www.cracked.com/article_20601_6-ridiculous-myths-you-believe-about-stuff-you-use-every-day_p2.html 6 Ridiculous Myths You Believe About Stuff You Use Every Day]" which states that locking refrigerators were banned in the United States around the time ''Cracked'' first appeared on newsstands.
* [[Bleep, Dammit!]]: The titles of articles about [http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/5-meteor-videos-that-prove-russians-dont-give-f2340k/ meteors] and [http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-video-game-endings-that-are-clearly-f234025ing-with-us/ video game endings] jarringly [[Symbol Swearing|grawlix out]] a certain word starting with F that article bodies use uncensored all the time. Yet [http://www.cracked.com/article_18380_the-6-most-statistically-full-shit-professions.html an article about so-called experts] gets away with an S-bomb in the title.
* [[Blind Weaponmaster]]: One of Jorden Weir's [http://www.cracked.com/article_20653_5-people-whose-major-disabilities-only-made-them-stronger.html 5 People Whose Major Disabilities Only Made Them Stronger] is a blind sharpshooter.
* Box and Stick Trap: #13 of Photoplasty [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_520_18-things-you-never-noticed-in-famous-pictures-part-2/ 18 Things You Never Noticed in Famous Pictures (Part 2)] takes Kevin Carter's Pulitzer-winning photo of a vulture stalking a crouching Sudanese child and adds a ray of hope by having the child bait a vulture into such a trap. A kid's gotta eat somehow.
* [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs]]:
** [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-animals-that-could-take-over-world-if-they-wanted-to/ Animals that could take over the world if they wanted to]
** "So when a [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-superpowers-everyone-thinks-they-secretly-have/ camera, or a phone, or a camera phone] doesn't heed our commands..."
** In [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-terrible-things-we-only-know-because-internet/ 5 Terrible Things We Only Know Because of the Internet], Felix Clay describes the Internet as "full of hilarious gifs and cats and gifs of cats."
** Cities that get a lot of tourism are characterized using this in [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-stupid-travel-myths-everyone-believes/ 5 Stupid Travel Myths Everyone Believes]:
**: By simply walking around, you'll ... see the way they drive (manically), the way they urinate in the street (freely), and the way they urinate while they drive (frothily).
* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]:
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_19957_8-mind-blowing-realities-our-future-full-old-people_p2.html 8 Mind-Blowing Realities of Our Future Full of Old People]" compares making a home safe for senior citizens to childproofing.
**:Plugs have to be covered, gates erected, breakables moved, cabinets locked, knives dulled, bullets replaced with blanks, etc.
* [[Brown Note]]: According to [http://www.cracked.com/article_20678_5-bizarre-animal-chain-reactions-our-daily-lives-are-causing.html 5 Bizarre Animal Chain Reactions Our Daily Lives Are Causing], humans' ships' sonar gives squid fatal seizures.
* [[Bungled Suicide]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_20236_6-insane-disney-comics-you-wont-believe-are-real.html 6 Insane Disney Comics You Won't Believe Are Real] shows some 1930 [[Mickey Mouse Comic Universe|Mickey strips]] where breaking up with Minnie causes him to attempt suicide several ways but fail each time.
* [[Buddy Cop Show]] Where [[They Fight Crime]]
** ''[http://www.cracked.com/blog/why-crimes-would-never-get-solved-at-a-tv-police-station/ Why Crimes Would Never Get Solved At A TV Police Station]''
** Called an easy way to involve a [[Token Minority]] in the #1 [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-weirdest-lessons-80s-movies-really-wanted-to-teach-us_p2/ Weirdest Lesson '80s Movies Really Wanted to Teach Us].
* [[Butch Lesbian]]: Photoplasty [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_581_17-famous-images-as-seen-from-different-angle/?view=article Famous Images, As Seen From a Different Angle] has the linked-Venus lesbianism symbol on [[Wrench Wench|Rosie the Riveter's]] bicep.
* [[Chainmail Bikini]]
** One of the "[http://www.cracked.com/article_19922_5-prejudices-that-video-games-cant-seem-to-get-over.html 5 Prejudices That Video Games Can't Seem to Get Over]".
** One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "the less it covers, the more it protects."
* [[Changing Clothes Is a Free Action]]: In real life it isn't, according to [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-video-game-strategies-that-are-way-less-useful-in-reality/ 5 Video Game Strategies that Are Way Less Useful in Reality].
* [[City in a Bottle]]: An article lists [http://www.cracked.com/article_19976_6-isolated-groups-who-had-no-idea-that-civilization-existed.html 6 isolated groups who had no idea that civilization existed]. <!-- CIAB is ignorance; Hidden Elf Village is more isolationism -->
* [[Clothes Make the Superman]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] uses Mario's suits to make the point that "there is no problem that a change of wardrobe won't solve."
* [[Color-Coded Armies]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "somebody being the wrong color is a perfectly okay reason to attack them."
* [[Come for the X, Stay for the Y]]: In-universe. [http://www.cracked.com/article_20464_5-words-you-use-every-day-with-shockingly-dark-backstories.html 5 Words You Use Every Day With Shockingly Dark Backstories] links the word "fornication" to prostitutes finding clients in bakeries. It gives as an example the novel ''[[Satyricon]]'' by Gaius Petronius, which "talks about bakers tricking clients into coming for the bread and staying 'thither for the base gratification of wantonness.'"
* [[Commie Nazis]]: An alliance between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia was narrowly averted according to "[http://www.cracked.com/article_20192_5-insane-what-if-scenarios-that-almost-changed-everything_p2.html 5 Insane 'What If' Scenarios That Almost Changed Everything]".
* [[Concealment Equals Cover]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "bullets can't pass through wood or cars."
* [[Con Lang]]: A Northern California argot called [[wikipedia:Boontling|Boontling]] is one of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20110_5-secret-languages-that-stuck-it-to-man_p2.html 5 secret languages that stuck it to the man]. It uses English grammar but replaces many of the content words.
* [[Covered Up]]: <!-- invoked --> One of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20403_6-famous-songs-written-by-last-person-youd-expect_p2.html 6 Famous Songs Written by the Last Person You'd Expect] is "Red Red Wine", written and originally recorded by [[Neil Diamond]] and popularized by [[UB40]]'s cover.
* [[Crappy Holidays]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_20092_5-everyday-things-that-can-literally-drive-you-crazy_p2.html 5 Everyday Things That Can Literally Drive You Crazy] links seasonal affective disorder in part to "three straight months of Christmas music."
* [[Crazy Cat Lady]]:
** Parodied by Christina H., whose column is called "Let Me Tell You About My Cats."
** Pets are #5 of the [http://www.cracked.com/article_16220_6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-get-addicted-to.html 6 Things You Didn't Know You Could Get Addicted To], and this article links it to ''Toxoplasma gondii'' parasites.
** Photoplasty [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_581_17-famous-images-as-seen-from-different-angle_p2/?view=article Famous Images, As Seen From a Different Angle] shows a dozen cats on the side of the room that we don't see in James McNeill Whistler's famous portrait of his mother.
[[Critical Encumbrance Failure]]
* [[Critical Encumbrance Failure]]: A human being able to lift 300 kg as if it were nothing but not 301 kg is the #12 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
* : A human being able to lift 300 kg as if it were nothing but not 301 kg is the #12 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
* [[The CSI Effect]]: <!-- invoked --> Explained as arising from the misconception that government agencies are staffed by geniuses, according to "[http://www.cracked.com/article_18960_5-things-tv-writers-apparently-believe-about-smart-people_p2.html 5 Things TV Writers Apparently Believe About Smart People]".
[[The CSI Effect]]
* [[Dancing Bear]]: Felix Clay in [http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-horror-mashups-just-crazy-enough-to-be-awesome/ 6 Horror Mashups Just Crazy Enough to Be Awesome] calls ''[[The Human Centipede]]'' a "Shlock shock horror movie that was made solely for the sensationalism of saying it was actually made [...] The novelty of this movie ended with the idea of it."
* Explained in the ''[[Cracked.com]]'' article "[http://www.cracked.com/article_18960_5-things-tv-writers-apparently-believe-about-smart-people_p2.html 5 Things TV Writers Apparently Believe About Smart People]" as arising from the misconception that government agencies are staffed by geniuses.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]:
[[Dancing Bear]]
* : Felix Clay in [http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-horror-mashups-just-crazy-enough-to-be-awesome/ 6 Horror Mashups Just Crazy Enough to Be Awesome] calls ''[[The Human Centipede]]'' a "Shlock shock horror movie that was made solely for the sensationalism of saying it was actually made [...] The novelty of this movie ended with the idea of it."
 
[[Darker and Edgier]]
* :
** "[http://www.cracked.com/blog/3-movies-they-dont-make-anymore-but-really-should/ 3 Movies They Don't Make Anymore (But Really Should)]" decries the trend of "taking popular, existing properties and bringing out the darkest and grittiest aspects they can find" seen in ''[[Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters]]'', among other movies.
** In "[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/4-bizarrely-specific-rules-fairy-tale-adaptations-all-follow/ 4 Bizarrely Specific Rules Fairy Tale Adaptations All Follow]", David Christopher Bell claims that recent film adaptations of fairy tales invoke this to invert [[Disneyfication]].
* [[David Versus Goliath]] (no, not Wong): ''Cracked'' cites a few cases.
* ''[[Cracked.com]]'' cites a few cases, Mr. Wong not among them.
** [http://www.cracked.com/article/93_the-7-most-badass-man-vs.-beast-showdowns/ The 7 Most Badass Man vs. Beast Showdowns] includes a man driving a bear by kicking in the face and a women driving a way hippo by hitting in the head with a stick.
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_20468_the-6-most-mismatched-battles-ever-won-by-underdogs.html The 6 Most Mismatched Battles Ever Won by Underdogs] describes victories by severely outnumbered forces in Persia, the Ottomans, Korea, Hungary, and the Mongols.
[[Death by Sex]]
* [[Death by Sex]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_20657_the-6-most-bizarre-ways-to-lose-popular-video-games.html The 6 Most Bizarre Ways to Lose Popular Video Games] describes an odd [[Nonstandard Game Over]] in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''.
* : [http://www.cracked.com/article_20657_the-6-most-bizarre-ways-to-lose-popular-video-games.html The 6 Most Bizarre Ways to Lose Popular Video Games] describes an odd [[Nonstandard Game Over]] in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''.
* [[Decon Recon Switch]]: [http://www.cracked.com/blog/3-reasons-its-so-hard-to-make-superman-interesting_p2/ 3 Reasons It's So Hard to Make Superman Interesting] spends a page deconstructing the boring [[Invincible Hero]] and then another reconstructing a hero faced with the [[Sadistic Choice]] of whom to save at any given moment.
[[Decon Recon Switch]]
* [[Disability Superpower]]:
* : [http://www.cracked.com/blog/3-reasons-its-so-hard-to-make-superman-interesting_p2/ 3 Reasons It's So Hard to Make Superman Interesting] spends a page deconstructing the boring [[Invincible Hero]] and then another reconstructing a hero faced with the [[Sadistic Choice]] of whom to save at any given moment.
[[Disability Superpower]]
* :
** One of Jorden Weir's [http://www.cracked.com/article_20653_5-people-whose-major-disabilities-only-made-them-stronger.html 5 People Whose Major Disabilities Only Made Them Stronger] is a mixed martial artist missing half of one forearm, making him a lot harder to grab.
 
* [[Discredited Trope]]: Several articles discuss tropes deemed discredited. These include [http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)] and [http://www.cracked.com/article_20467_5-overused-twist-endings-its-time-movies-to-retire.html 5 Overused Twist Endings It's Time For Movies to Retire].
[[Discredited Trope]]
* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]: Men make more short-term-oriented decisions after exposure to sexual stimuli, as explained in #3 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate].
* Several ''[[Cracked.com]]'' articles discuss tropes deemed discredited. These include [http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)] and [http://www.cracked.com/article_20467_5-overused-twist-endings-its-time-movies-to-retire.html 5 Overused Twist Endings It's Time For Movies to Retire].
* [[Dolled-Up Installment]]: "[http://www.cracked.com/article_20187_5-little-known-sequels-that-ruined-iconic-stories.html 5 Little-Known Sequels That Ruined Iconic Stories]" expains that Charles Webb admitted that his novel ''[[Home School]]'', the sequel to ''[[The Graduate]]'', had the old characters shoehorned into a new story.
[[Distracted by the Sexy]]
* [[Double Standard]]: "[http://www.cracked.com/article_19922_5-prejudices-that-video-games-cant-seem-to-get-over_p2.html 5 Prejudices That Video Games Can't Seem to Get Over]" claims that video games allow lesbian subtext but no male gay subtext.
* : Men make more short-term-oriented decisions after exposure to sexual stimuli, as explained in #3 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate].
* [[Dream Apocalypse]]: In an episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', via [http://www.cracked.com/article_20470_5-horrifying-implications-star-trek-universe.html 5 Horrifying Implications of the 'Star Trek' Universe], Picard is playing holodeck when one of the characters asks him: "When you're gone, will this world still exist? Will my wife and kids still be waiting for me at home?"
[[Dolled-Up Installment]]
* [[Duet Bonding]]: #2 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate] points out a study finding that people singing together end up synchronizing their brainwaves.
* : "[http://www.cracked.com/article_20187_5-little-known-sequels-that-ruined-iconic-stories.html 5 Little-Known Sequels That Ruined Iconic Stories]" expains that Charles Webb admitted that his novel ''[[Home School]]'', the sequel to ''[[The Graduate]]'', had the old characters shoehorned into a new story.
* Dumpster Dive: It's a way of life in Manshiyat Naser, whose residents live off Cairo's garbage, making it one of [http://www.cracked.com/article_19590_the-6-weirdest-cities-people-actually-live-in.html The 6 Weirdest Cities People Actually Live In].
[[Double Standard]]
* [[The Dung Ages]]: Debunked in "[http://www.cracked.com/article_20186_6-ridiculous-myths-about-middle-ages-everyone-believes.html 6 Ridiculous Myths About the Middle Ages Everyone Believes]" and "[http://www.cracked.com/article_20615_5-ridiculous-myths-you-probably-believe-about-dark-ages.html 5 Ridiculous Myths You Probably Believe About the Dark Ages]".
* : "[http://www.cracked.com/article_19922_5-prejudices-that-video-games-cant-seem-to-get-over_p2.html 5 Prejudices That Video Games Can't Seem to Get Over]" claims that video games allow lesbian subtext but no male gay subtext.
* [[Ear Worm]]: Discussed in [http://www.cracked.com/article_19590_the-6-weirdest-cities-people-actually-live-in.html The 6 Weirdest Cities People Actually Live In], after a bit about a city whose residents live off the capital's garbage: "Great, now we have the ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' theme stuck in our heads."
[[Dream Apocalypse]]
* [[Elemental Embodiment]]: The #8 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games] represents them as hot chicks.
* : In an episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', via [http://www.cracked.com/article_20470_5-horrifying-implications-star-trek-universe.html 5 Horrifying Implications of the 'Star Trek' Universe], Picard is playing holodeck when one of the characters asks him: "When you're gone, will this world still exist? Will my wife and kids still be waiting for me at home?"
* [[Enhanced Remake]]: The #3 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games] is that "new 16-bit microscopes may prove existence of sub-pixel particles".
 
* [[Everything's Better with Monkeys]]:
[[Duet Bonding]]
* : #2 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate] points out a study finding that people singing together end up synchronizing their brainwaves.
[[The Dung Ages]]
* : Debunked in "[http://www.cracked.com/article_20186_6-ridiculous-myths-about-middle-ages-everyone-believes.html 6 Ridiculous Myths About the Middle Ages Everyone Believes]" and "[http://www.cracked.com/article_20615_5-ridiculous-myths-you-probably-believe-about-dark-ages.html 5 Ridiculous Myths You Probably Believe About the Dark Ages]".
[[Ear Worm]]
* : Discussed in [http://www.cracked.com/article_19590_the-6-weirdest-cities-people-actually-live-in.html The 6 Weirdest Cities People Actually Live In], after a bit about a city whose residents live off the capital's garbage: "Great, now we have the ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' theme stuck in our heads."
[[Elemental Embodiment]]
* : The #8 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games] represents them as hot chicks.
[[Enhanced Remake]]
* : The #3 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games] is that "new 16-bit microscopes may prove existence of sub-pixel particles".
 
[[Everything's Better with Monkeys]]
* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'':
** M. Asher Cantrell's [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-10-biggest-password-mistakes-people-make/ The 10 Biggest Password Mistakes People Make] cites a study claiming that half a percent of English-speaking Internet users have "monkey" as a password on an online account and suggests it may be related to the word's status as an [[Inherently Funny Word]].
[[Evil Hand]]
* [[Evil Hand]]: Somatoparaphrenia, or the delusion that someone's limb is not his own, is discussed in [http://www.cracked.com/article_19369_the-6-most-mind-blowing-ways-your-brain-can-malfunction.html The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Ways Your Brain Can Malfunction]. It results from damage to the homunculus, the part of the brain that tracks where each body part is.
* : Somatoparaphrenia, or the delusion that someone's limb is not his own, is discussed in [http://www.cracked.com/article_19369_the-6-most-mind-blowing-ways-your-brain-can-malfunction.html The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Ways Your Brain Can Malfunction]. It results from damage to the homunculus, the part of the brain that tracks where each body part is.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]:
[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]
* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'':
** In [http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/6-ridiculous-tumblrs-that-yahoo-just-paid-241-billion-for/ 6 Ridiculous Tumblrs That Yahoo Just Paid $1 Billion For], Alex Hanton claims that [http://brucespringsteenscrotch.tumblr.com/ Bruce Springsteen's Crotch] and many other Tumblr blogs "stand up for truth in advertising. You click on this, you know exactly what you're getting."
** Readers retitle several movies in this manner in [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_130_if-movie-titles-were-honest/ If Movie Titles Were Honest].
* [[Fantastic Racism]]:
* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'':
** J.F. Sargent calls the very existence of [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]s one of the "[http://www.cracked.com/article_19922_5-prejudices-that-video-games-cant-seem-to-get-over.html 5 Prejudices That Video Games Can't Seem to Get Over]".
[[Fastball Special]]
* [[Fastball Special]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "your unborn children make awesome weapons." The example given is from ''[[Yoshi's Island]]''.
* : One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "your unborn children make awesome weapons." The example given is from ''[[Yoshi's Island]]''.
* [[Fauxtivational Poster]]: Photoplasty contest [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_553_28-inspirational-image-memes-revised-honesty/ 28 Inspirational Image Memes (Revised for Honesty)] parodies Successories and other inspirational glurge posters.
 
* [[Fetish Fuel]]: #3 of [http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-emotions-invented-by-internet_p2/ 6 New Kinds of Anxiety the Internet Gave Us] is "The Confusion/Disgust/Arousal of Stumbling Upon Someone Else's Sexual Fetish".
[[Fauxtivational Poster]]
* [[Fifteen Minutes of Fame]]: #1 of [http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-emotions-invented-by-internet_p2/ 6 New Kinds of Anxiety the Internet Gave Us] is "The Shock of Instant, Unintentional Fame".
* : Photoplasty contest [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_553_28-inspirational-image-memes-revised-honesty/ 28 Inspirational Image Memes (Revised for Honesty)] parodies Successories and other inspirational glurge posters.
* [[Flame War]]: #2 of [http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-emotions-invented-by-internet_p2/ 6 New Kinds of Anxiety the Internet Gave Us] is "The Dread of Stumbling into a Hornet's Nest".
[[Fetish Fuel]]
* [[Flashmob]]: In "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOfOIQ5ayzI College of DuPage Flash Mob Dance and Pep Rally]", one of [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-videos-that-will-brighten-your-day/ 5 Videos That Will Brighten Your Day], a half dozen people perform rehearsed dance moves, and then someone outside the group spontaneously joins in the dance fever. "Oh, [[Musical World Hypotheses|life is a musical now]]? OK, I'd better adapt!"
* : #3 of [http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-emotions-invented-by-internet_p2/ 6 New Kinds of Anxiety the Internet Gave Us] is "The Confusion/Disgust/Arousal of Stumbling Upon Someone Else's Sexual Fetish".
* [[Follow the Money]]: [[Selective Gravity|Levitating]] coins are explained as lighter-than-air currency in the #7 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
[[Fifteen Minutes of Fame]]
* [[Fun Size]]: Calling tiny, [[All Hallow's Eve|trick-or-treat size]] candy bars "fun size", or calling any sort of eating "fun" for that matter, is one of [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-stupidest-lies-advertisers-expect-you-to-believe/ The 5 Stupidest Lies Advertisers Expect You to Believe]. It compares the practice to [[Little People]] demanding to be called "fun size".
* : #1 of [http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-emotions-invented-by-internet_p2/ 6 New Kinds of Anxiety the Internet Gave Us] is "The Shock of Instant, Unintentional Fame".
* [[Furry Confusion]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_20236_6-insane-disney-comics-you-wont-believe-are-real.html 6 Insane Disney Comics You Won't Believe Are Real] shows panels from an educational comic in an issue of ''Look'' magazine showing Dr. [[Mickey Mouse Comic Universe|Mickey Mouse]] testing sulfa drugs on common mice.
[[Flame War]]
* Getting Crap Past the Radar
* : #2 of [http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-emotions-invented-by-internet_p2/ 6 New Kinds of Anxiety the Internet Gave Us] is "The Dread of Stumbling into a Hornet's Nest".
[[Flashmob]]
* : In "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOfOIQ5ayzI College of DuPage Flash Mob Dance and Pep Rally]", one of [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-videos-that-will-brighten-your-day/ 5 Videos That Will Brighten Your Day], a half dozen people perform rehearsed dance moves, and then someone outside the group spontaneously joins in the dance fever. "Oh, [[Musical World Hypotheses|life is a musical now]]? OK, I'd better adapt!"
 
[[Follow the Money]]
* : [[Selective Gravity|Levitating]] coins are explained as lighter-than-air currency in the #7 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
[[Fun Size]]
* : Calling tiny, [[All Hallow's Eve|trick-or-treat size]] candy bars "fun size", or calling any sort of eating "fun" for that matter, is one of [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-stupidest-lies-advertisers-expect-you-to-believe/ The 5 Stupidest Lies Advertisers Expect You to Believe]. It compares the practice to [[Little People]] demanding to be called "fun size".
[[Furry Confusion]]
* : [http://www.cracked.com/article_20236_6-insane-disney-comics-you-wont-believe-are-real.html 6 Insane Disney Comics You Won't Believe Are Real] shows panels from an educational comic in an issue of ''Look'' magazine showing Dr. [[Mickey Mouse Comic Universe|Mickey Mouse]] testing sulfa drugs on common mice.
[[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]
* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'':
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_20236_6-insane-disney-comics-you-wont-believe-are-real.html 6 Insane Disney Comics You Won't Believe Are Real] shows panels from a 1953 ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck|Scrooge]]'' comic book where what at first looks like a fight between Goldie and Scrooge (given the sound effects and smoke emanating from the cabin) [[Destructo-Nookie|turns out to be something]] "not a hangin' offense in Langry, Texas, or anywhere else".
[[Go-Karting with Bowser]]
* [[Go-Karting with Bowser]]: [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario's]] numerous roles are evidence of a multiverse in the #15 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
* : [[GroundhogSuper DayMario LoopBros.|Mario's]]: numerous roles are evidence of a multiverse in the #15 [http://www.cracked.com/blog/10photoplasty_388_27-lifescience-lessons-thatas-tetristaught-canby-teachfamous-youvideo-games/ 10Science LifeLesson LessonsAs ThatTaught 'Tetris'by CanFamous TeachVideo YouGames].
 
* [[Ground Pound]]: Mid-air direction changes and surviving falls are the #9 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
[[Groundhog Day Loop]]
* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Among Jorden Weir's [http://www.cracked.com/article_20653_5-people-whose-major-disabilities-only-made-them-stronger.html 5 People Whose Major Disabilities Only Made Them Stronger] are a legless mountain climber and a blind pilot.
* : [http://www.cracked.com/blog/10-life-lessons-that-tetris-can-teach-you/ 10 Life Lessons That 'Tetris' Can Teach You]
* [[Have a Gay Old Time]]: In [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-absurd-superhero-names-all-time/ The 5 Most Absurd Superhero Names of All-Time], Maxwell Yezpitelok mentions the World War II-era comic book examples of ''The Gay Ghost'' as well as "hav[ing] never felt so queer" in ''Flick Falcon''.
[[Ground Pound]]
* HealThyself, etc.
* : Mid-air direction changes and surviving falls are the #9 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
[[Handicapped Badass]]
* : Among Jorden Weir's [http://www.cracked.com/article_20653_5-people-whose-major-disabilities-only-made-them-stronger.html 5 People Whose Major Disabilities Only Made Them Stronger] are a legless mountain climber and a blind pilot.
[[Have a Gay Old Time]]
* : In [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-absurd-superhero-names-all-time/ The 5 Most Absurd Superhero Names of All-Time], Maxwell Yezpitelok mentions the World War II-era comic book examples of ''The Gay Ghost'' as well as "hav[ing] never felt so queer" in ''Flick Falcon''.
[[Heal Thyself]]
* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'':
** The #22 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games] is a medkit, and #9 is "Green Heart + Red Heart = Full Health".
** One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "first aid kits are absorbed through osmosis".
[[Healing Factor]]
* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'':
** A healing factor is portrayed as [[Blessed with Suck|undesirable]] in [http://www.cracked.com/article_20241_6-awesome-superpowers-that-would-suck-in-real-life_p2.html 6 Awesome Superpowers (That Would Suck in Real Life)] because the intense pain would lead to post-traumatic stress disorder.
 
* [[Heroes Gone Fishing]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "[[Damsel in Distress|your princess]] can always wait a little longer" to complete a [[Fishing Minigame]].
[[Heroes Gone Fishing]]
* [[High-Pressure Blood]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "a person's volume of blood often exceeds 78 liters."
* [[Horse of a Different Color]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "if[[Damsel youin haveDistress|your theprincess]] rightcan saddle,always youwait cana ridelittle onlonger" freakingto anythingcomplete a [[Fishing Minigame]]."
[[High-Pressure Blood]]
* [[Human Mail]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_20504_the-5-most-badass-ways-people-escaped-from-slavery.html The 5 Most Badass Ways People Escaped from Slavery] relates the story of Henry "Box" Brown, an African-American slave in Virginia successfully escaped to Philadelphia inside a crate and later bragged about how he did it. Slavery opponent Frederick Douglass was infuriated because he wanted this escape method to be kept secret so that other slaves could use it.
* : One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "a person's volume of blood often exceeds 78 liters."
* [[Humanoid Aliens]]: Some xenobiologists argue that convergent evolution to a humanoid form is more likely than [[Starfish Aliens]], according to #1 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate].
[[Horse of a Different Color]]
* Hyperactive Metabolism:
* : One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "if you have the right saddle, you can ride on freaking anything."
[[Human Mail]]
* : [http://www.cracked.com/article_20504_the-5-most-badass-ways-people-escaped-from-slavery.html The 5 Most Badass Ways People Escaped from Slavery] relates the story of Henry "Box" Brown, an African-American slave in Virginia successfully escaped to Philadelphia inside a crate and later bragged about how he did it. Slavery opponent Frederick Douglass was infuriated because he wanted this escape method to be kept secret so that other slaves could use it.
[[Humanoid Aliens]]
* : Some xenobiologists argue that convergent evolution to a humanoid form is more likely than [[Starfish Aliens]], according to #1 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate].
 
[[Hyperactive Metabolism]]
* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'':
** One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "eating food you find in the trash is good for you."
[[I Just Want to Be Normal]]
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: Not everyone does. One of [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-things-movies-always-get-wrong-about-awkward-people_p2/ 4 Things Movies Always Get Wrong About Awkward People] is that people with [[No Social Skills]] necessarily want to be cured.
* : Not everyone does. One of [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-things-movies-always-get-wrong-about-awkward-people_p2/ 4 Things Movies Always Get Wrong About Awkward People] is that people with [[No Social Skills]] necessarily want to be cured.
* [[Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance]]: Gladstone lists [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-douches-who-amazingly-dont-seem-to-know-they-suck/ 4 Douches Who Amazingly Don't Seem to Know They Suck]. These include people who use a handicap tag for parking without actually needing one, people who grow weary of their customer service job, drivers who honk at other drivers merging onto a highway, and people who overreact to minor inconveniences.
[[Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance]]
* [[In Universe Game Clock]]: Taking 10 minutes to climb a stairway is the #11 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games], and accelerated crop growth as seen in farm simulation video games such as ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' series and ''[[Farmville]]'' is #6.
* : Gladstone lists [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-douches-who-amazingly-dont-seem-to-know-they-suck/ 4 Douches Who Amazingly Don't Seem to Know They Suck]. These include people who use a handicap tag for parking without actually needing one, people who grow weary of their customer service job, drivers who honk at other drivers merging onto a highway, and people who overreact to minor inconveniences.
* [[Intimate Healing]]: [http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/5-doctors-who-just-gave-worlds-worst-medical-advice/ 5 Doctors Who Just Gave The World's Worst Medical Advice] retells a [http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/05/17/sacramento-doctor-reprimanded-for-suggesting-oral-sex-to-patient/ CBS13 Sacramento story] about a doctor who saw a woman with an oversensitive gag reflex and prescribed giving fellatio to her husband. [[Nasuverse/Memes|PONOS to MOOTH]], indeed.
[[In Universe Game Clock]]
* [[Ironic Hell]]: [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_427_16-appropriate-punishments-everyday-annoyances/ 16 Appropriate Punishments for Everyday Annoyances]
* [[Jump Physics]]: Mid-airTaking direction10 changesminutes andto climb survivinga fallsstairway areis the #911 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games], and accelerated crop growth as seen in farm simulation video games such as ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' series and ''[[Farmville]]'' is #6.
[[Intimate Healing]]
* [[Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_20318_the-5-most-popular-ways-statistics-are-used-to-lie-to-you_p2.html The 5 Most Popular Ways Statistics Are Used to Lie to You] covers some fallacies commonly used to lie with statistics.
* : [http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/5-doctors-who-just-gave-worlds-worst-medical-advice/ 5 Doctors Who Just Gave The World's Worst Medical Advice] retells a [http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/05/17/sacramento-doctor-reprimanded-for-suggesting-oral-sex-to-patient/ CBS13 Sacramento story] about a doctor who saw a woman with an oversensitive gag reflex and prescribed giving fellatio to her husband. [[Nasuverse/Memes|PONOS to MOOTH]], indeed.
* [[Life Imitates Art]]
 
[[Ironic Hell]]
* : [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_427_16-appropriate-punishments-everyday-annoyances/ 16 Appropriate Punishments for Everyday Annoyances]
[[Jump Physics]]
* : Mid-air direction changes and surviving falls are the #9 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
[[Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics]]
* : [http://www.cracked.com/article_20318_the-5-most-popular-ways-statistics-are-used-to-lie-to-you_p2.html The 5 Most Popular Ways Statistics Are Used to Lie to You] covers some fallacies commonly used to lie with statistics.
[[Life Imitates Art]]
* In ''[[Cracked.com]]''"
** And comic books too. [http://www.cracked.com/article_20379_5-important-things-you-wont-believe-comic-books-invented.html 5 Important Things You Won't Believe Comic Books Invented] shows how [[Elvis Presley]]'s appearance, ''[[Minecraft]]'', and even ankle bracelets for monitoring criminals came from old comic books.
[[Limit Break]]
* [[Limit Break]]: The #5 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games] is that one in five men can transform under stress.
* : The #5 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games] is that one in five men can transform under stress.
* [[Loads and Loads of Roles]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_19369_the-6-most-mind-blowing-ways-your-brain-can-malfunction.html The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Ways Your Brain Can Malfunction] mentions the "Fregoli delusion" that several distinct people that someone meets are one person who quickly changes clothes, named after a stage actor famous for quickly changing into different costumes.
 
* [[Lunacy]]: #5 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate] explains moon fear as the result of a rise in lion attacks on the first few days after the full moon once the lions have become hungrier.
[[Loads and Loads of Roles]]
* [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_20195_the-5-most-insane-teams-in-history-sports.html The 5 Most Insane Teams in the History of Sports] describes an incident in the 1990s when the Canadian Football League was attempting to expand into the United States. At one game, the Canadian national anthem was sung to the tune of "O Christmas Tree".
* : [http://www.cracked.com/article_19369_the-6-most-mind-blowing-ways-your-brain-can-malfunction.html The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Ways Your Brain Can Malfunction] mentions the "Fregoli delusion" that several distinct people that someone meets are one person who quickly changes clothes, named after a stage actor famous for quickly changing into different costumes.
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: Johnny Depp and others in [http://www.cracked.com/article_20413_5-heartwarming-stories-to-restore-your-faith-in-celebrities_p2.html 5 Heartwarming Stories to Restore Your Faith in Celebrities].
[[Lunacy]]
* [[Method Acting]]: <!-- invoked --> [http://www.cracked.com/article_20172_the-5-craziest-ways-famous-actors-got-into-character.html The 5 Craziest Ways Famous Actors Got into Character] mentions Adrien Brody, Tom Cruise, and more.
* : #5 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate] explains moon fear as the result of a rise in lion attacks on the first few days after the full moon once the lions have become hungrier.
* [[Mirror Routine]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_19369_the-6-most-mind-blowing-ways-your-brain-can-malfunction.html The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Ways Your Brain Can Malfunction] mentions a mental disorder called mirrored-self misidentification, in which someone looking into a mirror believes that the [[Mirror Monster|monster in the mirror]] is an intruder performing a Mirror Routine, not oneself.
[[Lyrical Dissonance]]
* [[Misaimed Fandom]]: <!-- invoked --> [http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy] lists tools used to [[Averted Trope|prevent]] this reaction.
* : [http://www.cracked.com/article_20195_the-5-most-insane-teams-in-history-sports.html The 5 Most Insane Teams in the History of Sports] describes an incident in the 1990s when the Canadian Football League was attempting to expand into the United States. At one game, the Canadian national anthem was sung to the tune of "O Christmas Tree".
* [[Money Spider]]: Monsters having internal gold sacs is one of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ 27 Science Lessons As Taught by Famous Video Games] and one of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games].
[[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]
* [[Monumental Damage]]: The Statue of Liberty is the #1 [http://www.cracked.com/article_19924_5-iconic-building-that-were-barely-saved-from-destruction_p2.html Iconic Building That Was Barely Saved from Destruction] because "when Lady Liberty gets destroyed, it means the apocalypse is here".
* : Johnny Depp and others in [http://www.cracked.com/article_20413_5-heartwarming-stories-to-restore-your-faith-in-celebrities_p2.html 5 Heartwarming Stories to Restore Your Faith in Celebrities].
* [[Mundane Utility]]:
[[Method Acting]]
* : [http://www.cracked.com/article_20172_the-5-craziest-ways-famous-actors-got-into-character.html The 5 Craziest Ways Famous Actors Got into Character] mentions Adrien Brody, Tom Cruise, and more.
 
[[Mirror Routine]]
* : [http://www.cracked.com/article_19369_the-6-most-mind-blowing-ways-your-brain-can-malfunction.html The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Ways Your Brain Can Malfunction] mentions a mental disorder called mirrored-self misidentification, in which someone looking into a mirror believes that the [[Mirror Monster|monster in the mirror]] is an intruder performing a Mirror Routine, not oneself.
[[Misaimed Fandom]]
* : [http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy] lists tools used to [[Averted Trope|prevent]] this reaction.
[[Money Spider]]
* : Monsters having internal gold sacs is one of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ 27 Science Lessons As Taught by Famous Video Games] and one of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games].
[[Monumental Damage]]
* : The Statue of Liberty is the #1 [http://www.cracked.com/article_19924_5-iconic-building-that-were-barely-saved-from-destruction_p2.html Iconic Building That Was Barely Saved from Destruction] because "when Lady Liberty gets destroyed, it means the apocalypse is here".
[[Mundane Utility]]
* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'':
** [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]] using his repulsor ray to toast bread of all things is one of several [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_116_idiotic-real-world-uses-awesome-fictional-technology/ Idiotic Real World Uses of Awesome Fictional Technology].
** A later Photoplasty added more. [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_673_22-terrible-ways-we-would-use-sci-fi-technology/ 22 Terrible Ways We Would Use Sci-Fi Technology] include using a ''[[Star Wars]]'' lightsaber to chop a cucumber, or using [[Spider-Man|Doc Ock's tentacles]] to serve food to customers at a restaurant.
 
* [[Nice Guys Finish Last]]: Being too nice is one of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20197_5-innocent-things-that-science-says-make-people-hate-you_p2.html 5 Innocent Things That Science Says Make People Hate You]. Hence "negging".
[[Nice Guys Finish Last]]
* [[No Budget]]: A Photoplasty considers what would have happened [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_622_if-40-famous-movies-had-2450-budgets/ If 40 Famous Movies Had $50 Budgets].
* : Being too nice is one of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20197_5-innocent-things-that-science-says-make-people-hate-you_p2.html 5 Innocent Things That Science Says Make People Hate You]. Hence "negging".
* [[Not Making This Up Disclaimer]]
[[No Budget]]
* : A Photoplasty considers what would have happened [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_622_if-40-famous-movies-had-2450-budgets/ If 40 Famous Movies Had $50 Budgets].
[[Not Making This Up Disclaimer]]
* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'':
** From [http://www.cracked.com/article_20556_5-animal-rights-campaigns-that-managed-to-screw-over-animals.html 5 Animal Rights Campaigns That Managed to Screw Over Animals], about the dogs rescued from Michael Vick's dogfighting ring:
**: One of the survivors was put in a program called Paws for Tales, where kids too shy to read aloud to human audiences practice their reading skills in front of dogs. No, really. That's not a sarcastic fake program we made up. (And that's not a stock image. That's Jonny Justice, the actual dog we're talking about.)
[[Not the Nessie]]
* [[Not the Nessie]]: Photoplasty [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_581_17-famous-images-as-seen-from-different-angle/?view=article Famous Images, As Seen From a Different Angle] depicts an elephant swimming and putting its trunk above the water as a snorkel, forming the famous photo of the Loch Ness monster.
* : Photoplasty [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_581_17-famous-images-as-seen-from-different-angle/?view=article Famous Images, As Seen From a Different Angle] depicts an elephant swimming and putting its trunk above the water as a snorkel, forming the famous photo of the Loch Ness monster.
* [[Obvious Rule Patch]]: Plenty of them resulted from events described in Xavier Jackson's [http://www.cracked.com/article_20717_5-dumb-ways-people-have-won-at-sports.html 5 Dumb Ways People Have Won at Sports].
[[Obvious Rule Patch]]
* [[Older Than They Think]]: <!-- In-universe -->
* : Plenty of them resulted from events described in Xavier Jackson's [http://www.cracked.com/article_20717_5-dumb-ways-people-have-won-at-sports.html 5 Dumb Ways People Have Won at Sports].
 
[[Older Than They Think]]
* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'':
** Discussed in [http://www.cracked.com/article_18631_7-modern-conveniences-that-are-way-older-than-you-think.html 7 Modern Conveniences That Are Way Older Than You Think], which mentions Persian air conditioning, Roman shopping malls, Neanderthal medicine, and more.
** [http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-forms-modern-depravity-way-older-than-your-grandpa/ 6 Forms of Modern Depravity (Way Older Than Your Grandpa)] shows late medieval Scottish rap battles, Japanese Edo period celebrity culture associated with the Kardashians, the FurryFandom in ancient Rome, medieval Catholic acceptance of gay marriage, and late medieval treehuggers in India.
[[One-Hit Kill]]
* [[One-Hit Kill]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "no matter how strong and powerful you are, some scrub will take you out with a death spell."
* : One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "no matter how strong and powerful you are, some scrub will take you out with a death spell."
* [[Orange-Blue Contrast]]:
[[Orange-Blue Contrast]]
* :
** [http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/why-new-hunger-games-movie-orange-blue/ Why the New 'Hunger Games' Movie Is Orange and Blue] discusses this color scheme in the second ''Hunger Games'' film.
* [[Parallel Porn Titles]]:
* :
** Video: [http://www.cracked.com/video_16737_do-you-have-what-it-takes-title-porn.html Do you have what it takes to title porn?]
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_16355_the-10-most-misleadingly-pornographic-movie-titles.html The 10 Most Misleadingly Pornographic Movie Titles]] lists movies that could be mistaken for their ''own'' parallel porn title. It even lists which scenes could be kept unchanged.
** ''Girth, Wind and Fire''. [http://www.cracked.com/article_15830_15-most-sexually-unappealing-porn-titles.html An article about unappealing porn titles] notes that a much better title would have been ''Sperm, Bend & Tie Her''.
[[Parody of Evolution]]
* [[Parody of Evolution]]: The #14 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games] is an allusion to Rudolph Zallinger's illustration "The March of Progress" done with game sprites.
* : The #14 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games] is an allusion to Rudolph Zallinger's illustration "The March of Progress" done with game sprites.
* [[The Password Is Always Swordfish]]: Not always, but [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-10-biggest-password-mistakes-people-make/ The 10 Biggest Password Mistakes People Make] lists a few that several "million uncreative bastards" end up thinking of under [[Line-of-Sight Name|time pressure]].
 
* [[Percussive Maintenance]]: "I've even seen people who insist that their televisions or vehicles require [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-superpowers-everyone-thinks-they-secretly-have/ a special touch that only they know], a touch that usually turns out to be a pretty substantial punch or kick, which I guess makes their superpower physical abuse?"
[[The Password Is Always Swordfish]]
* [[Pet the Dog]]: "Give Them a Dog" is #6 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy].
* : Not always, but [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-10-biggest-password-mistakes-people-make/ The 10 Biggest Password Mistakes People Make] lists a few that several "million uncreative bastards" end up thinking of under [[Line-of-Sight Name|time pressure]].
* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]]: It used to be [[Inverted Trope|inverted]]. #5 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_19780_5-gender-stereotypes-that-used-to-be-exact-opposite.html 5 Gender Stereotypes That Used To Be the Exact Opposite] is that pink being for girls is a [[Newer Than They Think|recent idea]].
[[Percussive Maintenance]]
* [[Poe's Law]]: <!-- invoked --> [http://www.cracked.com/article_20203_the-5-most-epic-backfires-in-history-bad-jokes.html The 5 Most Epic Backfires in the History of Bad Jokes]. From the lead: "The problem with sarcasm is that you can do it so well (or so poorly) that people don't realize you're joking."
* : "I've even seen people who insist that their televisions or vehicles require [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-superpowers-everyone-thinks-they-secretly-have/ a special touch that only they know], a touch that usually turns out to be a pretty substantial punch or kick, which I guess makes their superpower physical abuse?"
* [[Police Are Useless]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that police cars in a BeatEmUp are just for decoration. "Only trust your fists; police will never help you."
[[Pet the Dog]]
* [[The Pollyanna]]: What Pollyanna calls "the glad game" and others call "counting their blessings" is a coping mechanism that Felix Clay calls "trivializing adversity" in [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-ways-we-dont-realize-we-suck-at-coping-with-adversity/ 4 Ways We Don't Realize We Suck at Coping With Adversity].
* [[Porn Stash]]: Stashes"Give ofThem erotica magazinesDog" andis VHS tapes are one#6 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_19753_7article_19183_6-ridiculouslytricks-outdatedmovies-assumptionsuse-everyto-moviemake-makessure-you-root-right-guy.html 76 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure RidiculouslyYou OutdatedRoot Assumptionsfor Everythe MovieRight MakesGuy].
[[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]]
* [[Power-Up Food]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "weakling + ''Amanita'' mushroom = bodybuilder."
* : It used to be [[Inverted Trope|inverted]]. #5 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_19780_5-gender-stereotypes-that-used-to-be-exact-opposite.html 5 Gender Stereotypes That Used To Be the Exact Opposite] is that pink being for girls is a [[Newer Than They Think|recent idea]].
* [[Race Lift]]:
[[Poe's Law]]
* : [http://www.cracked.com/article_20203_the-5-most-epic-backfires-in-history-bad-jokes.html The 5 Most Epic Backfires in the History of Bad Jokes]. From the lead: "The problem with sarcasm is that you can do it so well (or so poorly) that people don't realize you're joking."
 
[[Police Are Useless]]
* : One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that police cars in a BeatEmUp are just for decoration. "Only trust your fists; police will never help you."
[[The Pollyanna]]
* : What Pollyanna calls "the glad game" and others call "counting their blessings" is a coping mechanism that Felix Clay calls "trivializing adversity" in [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-ways-we-dont-realize-we-suck-at-coping-with-adversity/ 4 Ways We Don't Realize We Suck at Coping With Adversity].
[[Porn Stash]]
* : Stashes of erotic magazines and VHS tapes are one of [http://www.cracked.com/article_19753_7-ridiculously-outdated-assumptions-every-movie-makes.html 7 Ridiculously Outdated Assumptions Every Movie Makes].
[[Power-Up Food]]
* : One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "weakling + ''Amanita'' mushroom = bodybuilder."
[[Race Lift]]
* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'':
** "Make Them American, Even if They're Not" is #3 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy].
** In [http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/the-5-most-insulting-defenses-nerd-racism/ The 5 Most Insulting Defenses of Nerd Racism], J.F. Sargent defends the practice of sacrificing fidelity to the source comics in superhero films.
 
* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]:
[[Reality Is Unrealistic]]
* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'':
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_19999_5-true-stories-cut-from-movies-being-too-unrealistic.html 5 True Stories Cut from Movies for Being Too Unrealistic] lists "mind-blowing moments from real life that Hollywood decided were too fantastic", such as John Dillinger taking three people hostage in ''[[Public Enemies]]'' but 17 in real life.
* [[Regenerating Health]]:
* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'':
** The regeneration in first-person shooters since ''[[Faceball 2000]]'' is the #23 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
** One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is to "duck and cover and stay put until you are fully healed."
* [[Required Secondary Powers]]
* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'':
** Implied by [http://www.cracked.com/article_20241_6-awesome-superpowers-that-would-suck-in-real-life.html 6 Awesome Superpowers (That Would Suck in Real Life)]. For example, being able to throw lightning would require immunity to effects on sight and hearing similar to those of stun grenades, and force fields would need immunity to [[Not the Fall That Kills You]].
[[Retronym]]
* [[Retronym]]: One of Winston Rowntree's [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-reasons-we-fall-in-love-with-piece-pop-culture_p2/ The 4 Reasons We Fall in Love With a Piece of Pop Culture] is that it's "porn", which he defines as any cultural work "that you seek out to animalistically fill a specific need." He runs through a bunch of [[:Category:It's Not Porn, It's an Index|things jokingly called porn]], coining the retronym "Sex Porn" in the process.
* : One of Winston Rowntree's [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-reasons-we-fall-in-love-with-piece-pop-culture_p2/ The 4 Reasons We Fall in Love With a Piece of Pop Culture] is that it's "porn", which he defines as any cultural work "that you seek out to animalistically fill a specific need." He runs through a bunch of [[:Category:It's Not Porn, It's an Index|things jokingly called porn]], coining the retronym "Sex Porn" in the process.
* [[Rivals Team Up]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_20195_the-5-most-insane-teams-in-history-sports.html The 5 Most Insane Teams in the History of Sports] calls the Steagles, an alliance of longtime rival NFL teams from Pennsylvania when most of their regular players were drafted to fight [[World War II]], "too stupid even for a sports movie".
[[Rivals Team Up]]
* [[Rock Beats Laser]]: "Make Them Technologically Inferior" is #5 of the [http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy].
* : [http://www.cracked.com/article_20195_the-5-most-insane-teams-in-history-sports.html The 5 Most Insane Teams in the History of Sports] calls the Steagles, an alliance of longtime rival NFL teams from Pennsylvania when most of their regular players were drafted to fight [[World War II]], "too stupid even for a sports movie".
* [[The Rule of First Adopters]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_673_22-terrible-ways-we-would-use-sci-fi-technology/ 22 Terrible Ways We Would Use Sci-Fi Technology] is using a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' replicator to make a sex toy. It wouldn't be a stretch from [http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/scanning-the-future-of-3d-printed-sex-toys-nsfw real-life 3D printed sex toys] though.
 
* [[Rules of the Road]]: Several in [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_390_32-alternate-interpretations-common-warning-signs/ 32 Alternate Interpretations of Common Warning Signs]
[[Rock Beats Laser]]
* [[Save Scumming]]: How time works with this in play is the #17 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
* : "Make Them Technologically Inferior" is #5 of the [http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy].
* [[The Scream]]: Photoplasty [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_581_17-famous-images-as-seen-from-different-angle/?view=article Famous Images, As Seen From a Different Angle] shows what the figure in Edvard Munch's painting was screaming at: [[Superman]].
[[The Rule of First Adopters]]
* [[Scunthorpe Problem]]
* : One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_673_22-terrible-ways-we-would-use-sci-fi-technology/ 22 Terrible Ways We Would Use Sci-Fi Technology] is using a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' replicator to make a sex toy. It wouldn't be a stretch from [http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/scanning-the-future-of-3d-printed-sex-toys-nsfw real-life 3D printed sex toys] though.
[[Rules of the Road]]
* : Several in [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_390_32-alternate-interpretations-common-warning-signs/ 32 Alternate Interpretations of Common Warning Signs]
[[Save Scumming]]
* : How time works with this in play is the #17 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
[[The Scream]]
* : Photoplasty [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_581_17-famous-images-as-seen-from-different-angle/?view=article Famous Images, As Seen From a Different Angle] shows what the figure in Edvard Munch's painting was screaming at: [[Superman]].
 
[[Scunthorpe Problem]]
* In ''[[Cracked.com]]''
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_20562_6-spectacularly-failed-attempts-to-be-politically-correct.html 6 Spectacularly Failed Attempts to Be Politically Correct] tells how Microsoft banned an Xbox 360 user from Xbox Live for being from Fort Gay, West Virginia.
** Seen on ''Cracked'' itself in the comments section.., where things like "documentary" and "Japan" get censored because of "cum" and "Jap".
[[Seen It All]]
* [[Seen It All]]: Losing the ability to be surprised by entertainment is one of [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-warning-signs-that-youre-finally-getting-older_p2/ 5 Warning Signs That You're Finally Getting Older]. Entertainment will ruin your life with or without tropes.
* [[Serious Business]]: ''[[Rad]]'', a film whereLosing the entireability cultureto of a town isbe builtsurprised aroundby BMX,entertainment is citedone inof "[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the5-4warning-weirdestsigns-lessonsthat-80syoure-moviesfinally-reallygetting-wanted-to-teach-usolder_p2/ The5 4Warning WeirdestSigns LessonsThat You'80sre MoviesFinally ReallyGetting Wanted to Teach UsOlder]". asEntertainment thewill mostruin ridiculousyour examplelife ofwith aor hobby that saves thewithout worldtropes.
[[Serious Business]]
* [[Shoplift and Die]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is to avert this by putting a basket on the shopkeeper's head. "Robbery is easier than you think."
* : ''[[Rad]]'', a film where the entire culture of a town is built around BMX, is cited in "[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-weirdest-lessons-80s-movies-really-wanted-to-teach-us/ The 4 Weirdest Lessons '80s Movies Really Wanted to Teach Us]" as the most ridiculous example of a hobby that saves the world.
* [[Smart People Wear Glasses]]: #4 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate] points out a study finding that intelligence and education are somehow correlated with nearsightedness in real life.
[[Shoplift and Die]]
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]:
* : One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is to avert this by putting a basket on the shopkeeper's head. "Robbery is easier than you think."
[[Smart People Wear Glasses]]
* : #4 of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate] points out a study finding that intelligence and education are somehow correlated with nearsightedness in real life.
 
[[The Smurfette Principle]]
* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'':
** Most of the videos on the site have a single female.
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_20657_the-6-most-bizarre-ways-to-lose-popular-video-games.html The 6 Most Bizarre Ways to Lose Popular Video Games] describes a pub in the game ''[[Dishonored]]'' as containing "Havelock the leader, Piero the geeky inventor, and Callista the woman."
[[Springtime for Hitler]]
* [[Springtime for Hitler]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_20660_5-classic-movies-made-by-people-who-wanted-them-to-fail_p2.html 5 Classic Movies Made by People Who Wanted Them to Fail] mentions the 1955 romantic dramedy ''[[Marty]]'', starring Creator/ErnestBorgnine, which was expected to fail (and save the studio a bundle on income tax) but when its ugly actors ended up resonating as more authentic to viewers, it ended up winning four Academy Awards and a Palme d'Or. The article describes its production as having "literally started out as the plot of ''[[The Producers]]''."
* : [http://www.cracked.com/article_20660_5-classic-movies-made-by-people-who-wanted-them-to-fail_p2.html 5 Classic Movies Made by People Who Wanted Them to Fail] mentions the 1955 romantic dramedy ''[[Marty]]'', starring Creator/ErnestBorgnine, which was expected to fail (and save the studio a bundle on income tax) but when its ugly actors ended up resonating as more authentic to viewers, it ended up winning four Academy Awards and a Palme d'Or. The article describes its production as having "literally started out as the plot of ''[[The Producers]]''."
* [[Stealth Parody]]
[[Stealth Parody]]
* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'':
** Cracked has done some of their own. For example, Robert Brockway's "[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-you-learn-from-lifetime-screwing-up/ 5 Things You Learn From a Lifetime of Screwing Up]" is probably a parody of David Wong and John Cheese articles.
[[Stockholm Syndrome]]
* [[Stockholm Syndrome]]: ''Cracked'' accuses ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' of this in [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_528_23-romantic-movies-revised-honesty/ 23 Romantic Movies Revised for Honesty] and [http://www.cracked.com/article_19285_5-romantic-movie-gestures-that-were-actually-dick-moves.html 5 Romantic Movie Gestures That Were Actually Dick Moves].
* ''[[Cracked.com]]'' accuses ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' of this in [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_528_23-romantic-movies-revised-honesty/ 23 Romantic Movies Revised for Honesty] and [http://www.cracked.com/article_19285_5-romantic-movie-gestures-that-were-actually-dick-moves.html 5 Romantic Movie Gestures That Were Actually Dick Moves].
* [[Tactical Suicide Boss]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "it may take a few tries, but life gets easier once you figure out the patterns." The example is from ''[[Punch-Out!!]]''.
[[Tactical Suicide Boss]]
* [[Technology Marches On]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_19325_6-technologies-conspicuously-absent-from-sci-fi-movies.html 6 Technologies Conspicuously Absent From Sci-Fi Movies] explores technologies widely available when several well-known science fiction films were first published that would have completely [[Trope Breaker|broken]] their plots: bicycles, night vision goggles, unmanned combat vehicles, Wi-Fi, GPS, and cell phones.
* : One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "it may take a few tries, but life gets easier once you figure out the patterns." The example is from ''[[Punch-Out!!]]''.
* [[Throw It In]]: <!-- invoked --> [http://www.cracked.com/article_20096_6-iconic-movie-scenes-that-happened-by-accident.html 6 Iconic Movie Scenes That Happened by Accident] cites Viggo Mortensen's broken toe in the film of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', among others.
 
* [[Toothy Bird]]: The toothlike serrations inside a penguin's mouth, used to grip fish, are #3 of the [http://www.cracked.com/article_19871_the-7-most-terrifying-mouths-in-nature_p2.html 7 Most Terrifying Mouths in Nature].
[[Technology Marches On]]
* [[Tough Act to Follow]]: <!-- invoked --> "[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-works-art-so-good-they-ruined-their-whole-genre/ 5 Works of Art So Good, They Ruined Their Whole Genre]" calls ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', [[David Bowie]]'s ''The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust'', the film of ''[[Fight Club]]'', two [[Bob Marley]] albums, and ''[[Animal House]]'' tough acts to follow in their respective genres.
* : [http://www.cracked.com/article_19325_6-technologies-conspicuously-absent-from-sci-fi-movies.html 6 Technologies Conspicuously Absent From Sci-Fi Movies] explores technologies widely available when several well-known science fiction films were first published that would have completely [[Trope Breaker|broken]] their plots: bicycles, night vision goggles, unmanned combat vehicles, Wi-Fi, GPS, and cell phones.
* [[Tree-Top Town]]: The Korowai tribe of Papua New Guinea live in tree houses 100 feet up to escape floods and predators, according to [http://www.cracked.com/article_19286_9-houses-you-wont-believe-people-actually-live-in_p2.html 9 Houses You Won't Believe People Actually Live In] and [http://www.cracked.com/article_19976_6-isolated-groups-who-had-no-idea-that-civilization-existed.html 6 Isolated Groups Who Had No Idea That Civilization Existed].
[[Throw It In]]
* [[Truman Show Plot]]: ''[[The Truman Show]]'' is called one of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20031_6-movies-that-accidentally-recreate-real-mental-illnesses.html 6 Movies That Accidentally Recreate Real Mental Illnesses] because its plot resembles the real-life delusion that one's life is a reality show, a mental illness investigated by doctors Joel and Ian Gold.
* [[Truth in Television]]: [http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5article_20096_6-unrealisticiconic-movie-clichesscenes-that-arehappened-scientificallyby-accurateaccident.html 56 UnrealisticIconic Movie ClichesScenes That AreHappened Scientificallyby AccurateAccident] explorescites theViggo real-lifeMortensen's counterpartsbroken oftoe fivein tropesthe thatfilm are more realistic than theyof ''[[RealityThe IsLord Unrealistic|mayof soundthe Rings]]'', among others.
[[Toothy Bird]]
* [[Twenty Four Hour Armor]]: One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "real men sleep in their armor."
* : The toothlike serrations inside a penguin's mouth, used to grip fish, are #3 of the [http://www.cracked.com/article_19871_the-7-most-terrifying-mouths-in-nature_p2.html 7 Most Terrifying Mouths in Nature].
* [[Unacceptable Targets]]: <!-- invoked --> One of the [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-no-one-laughed-at-your-joke/ reasons no one laughed at your joke] is "It Was About Something They Won't Laugh About, Ever".
[[Tough Act to Follow]]
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: <!-- invoked --> [http://www.cracked.com/article_20562_6-spectacularly-failed-attempts-to-be-politically-correct.html 6 Spectacularly Failed Attempts to Be Politically Correct] gives a bunch of examples of how attempts to avert [[Monochrome Casting]] by including Black people in promotion campaigns ended up tripping over stereotypes about fried chicken, watermelon, and wanting to be white.
* : "[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-works-art-so-good-they-ruined-their-whole-genre/ 5 Works of Art So Good, They Ruined Their Whole Genre]" calls ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', [[David Bowie]]'s ''The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust'', the film of ''[[Fight Club]]'', two [[Bob Marley]] albums, and ''[[Animal House]]'' tough acts to follow in their respective genres.
* [[Universal Adaptor Cast]]: [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario's]] numerous roles are evidence of a multiverse in the #15 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
[[Tree-Top Town]]
* [[Video Game 3D Leap]]: Parodied as the #25 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games] which teaches that the third spatial dimension was discovered in 1996.
* : The Korowai tribe of Papua New Guinea live in tree houses 100 feet up to escape floods and predators, according to [http://www.cracked.com/article_19286_9-houses-you-wont-believe-people-actually-live-in_p2.html 9 Houses You Won't Believe People Actually Live In] and [http://www.cracked.com/article_19976_6-isolated-groups-who-had-no-idea-that-civilization-existed.html 6 Isolated Groups Who Had No Idea That Civilization Existed].
* [[Viewers Are Geniuses]]: One of the [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-no-one-laughed-at-your-joke/ reasons no one laughed at your joke] is "They Didn't Have Enough Information to Get It". It states that the best practice for an [[Inside Joke]] that relies on knowledge of something obscure like ''[[Rocky (film)|Rocky IV]]'' or ''[[Battlestar Galactica Classic]]'' is to find a discreet way to [[Don't Explain the Joke|explain the reference]] in the setup.
 
* [[The Watson]]: #4 of [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You] is that science fiction needs a "straight man" to whom the setting's rules are explained.
[[Truman Show Plot]]
* [[Welcome to Corneria]]: "Psychology: People tend to say the same thing over and over" is the #9 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
* : ''[[The Truman Show]]'' is called one of [http://www.cracked.com/article_20031_6-movies-that-accidentally-recreate-real-mental-illnesses.html 6 Movies That Accidentally Recreate Real Mental Illnesses] because its plot resembles the real-life delusion that one's life is a reality show, a mental illness investigated by doctors Joel and Ian Gold.
* [[Whale Egg]]: [[Pokémon]] coming from eggs is the #27 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
[[Truth in Television]]
* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]]: Invoked in [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-aggressively-crazy-websites-internet/ The 5 Most Aggressively Crazy Websites on the Internet], where Mark Hill compares ''Boohbah'' to "the findings of a scientist adding LSD to baby food."
* : [http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate] explores the real-life counterparts of five tropes that are more realistic than they [[Reality Is Unrealistic|may sound]].
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Invoked in Photoplasty [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_707_21-real-deleted-scenes-that-completely-change-famous-movies/ 21 Real Deleted Scenes That Completely Change Famous Movies].
[[Twenty Four Hour Armor]]
* [[Zombie Apocalypse]]
* : One of [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games] is that "real men sleep in their armor."
[[Unacceptable Targets]]
* : One of the [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-no-one-laughed-at-your-joke/ reasons no one laughed at your joke] is "It Was About Something They Won't Laugh About, Ever".
[[Unfortunate Implications]]
* : [http://www.cracked.com/article_20562_6-spectacularly-failed-attempts-to-be-politically-correct.html 6 Spectacularly Failed Attempts to Be Politically Correct] gives a bunch of examples of how attempts to avert [[Monochrome Casting]] by including Black people in promotion campaigns ended up tripping over stereotypes about fried chicken, watermelon, and wanting to be white.
 
[[Universal Adaptor Cast]]
* : [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario's]] numerous roles are evidence of a multiverse in the #15 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
[[Video Game 3D Leap]]
* : Parodied as the #25 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games] which teaches that the third spatial dimension was discovered in 1996.
[[Viewers Are Geniuses]]
* : One of the [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-no-one-laughed-at-your-joke/ reasons no one laughed at your joke] is "They Didn't Have Enough Information to Get It". It states that the best practice for an [[Inside Joke]] that relies on knowledge of something obscure like ''[[Rocky (film)|Rocky IV]]'' or ''[[Battlestar Galactica Classic]]'' is to find a discreet way to [[Don't Explain the Joke|explain the reference]] in the setup.
[[The Watson]]
* : #4 of [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You] is that science fiction needs a "straight man" to whom the setting's rules are explained.
[[Welcome to Corneria]]
* : "Psychology: People tend to say the same thing over and over" is the #9 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
 
[[Whale Egg]]
* : [[Pokémon]] coming from eggs is the #27 [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games].
[[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]]
* : Invoked in [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-aggressively-crazy-websites-internet/ The 5 Most Aggressively Crazy Websites on the Internet], where Mark Hill compares ''Boohbah'' to "the findings of a scientist adding LSD to baby food."
[[What Could Have Been]]
* : Invoked in Photoplasty [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_707_21-real-deleted-scenes-that-completely-change-famous-movies/ 21 Real Deleted Scenes That Completely Change Famous Movies].
[[Zombie Apocalypse]]
* A favorite subject on ''[[Cracked.com]]''.
** Deconstructed in David Dietle's [http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly.html 7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail (Quickly)]. For one thing, maggots and gut flora would devour the undead.
 
 
 
The last one
* Box and Stick Trap: #13 of Photoplasty [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_520_18-things-you-never-noticed-in-famous-pictures-part-2/ 18 Things You Never Noticed in Famous Pictures (Part 2)] takes Kevin Carter's Pulitzer-winning photo of a vulture stalking a crouching Sudanese child and adds a ray of hope by having the child bait a vulture into such a trap. A kid's gotta eat somehow.
* Dumpster Dive: It's a way of life in Manshiyat Naser, whose residents live off Cairo's garbage, making it one of [http://www.cracked.com/article_19590_the-6-weirdest-cities-people-actually-live-in.html The 6 Weirdest Cities People Actually Live In].
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