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* [[Abstract Apotheosis]] is a character becoming an abstract concept, such as hate or love. As such, the old name of Becoming Hope was too specific.

* [[Accidental Nightmare Fuel]] was just called "Nightmare Fuel" for a long time, and [[Nightmare Fuel]] was "High Octane Nightmare Fuel" (and even before that, "Nightmare Fuel Unleaded"). The former was renamed since people often kept using it as things intentionally made scary, which was High Octane Nightmare Fuel at the time, or things which they ''personally'' found scary, which really doesn't belong on a general-purpose Nightmare Fuel page. "High Octane" then assumed the old name "Nightmare Fuel" after suffering major [[Trope Decay]].

* [[Actor Allusion]] was formerly "The Alkazar" after a ''[[Futurama]]'' gag. It was renamed because of obscurity even with fans of the show. Also, the ''Futurama'' character was called Al''c''azar. To understand the gag, you had to remember that the actor playing Leela was also the mom on ''[[Married... with Children]]'', and was being paired opposite her character's husband.

* [[Actor-Role Confusion]] once was "Your Secret's Safe with Me, Superman". Renamed because the old name referred to an example where the fan even gets the role wrong.

* [[Career-Building Blunder]] was "House Hiring Heuristic", after the lead of medical drama ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' who followed the trope several times. But it's not hiring: it's promotion or other increases in trust and responsibility following a bad mistake -- something not apparent from the title. It also required specific work knowledge of the word "heuristic" for rule of thumb, which was tripping some folks up.

* [[Casanova Wannabe]] used to be "The Leisure Suit Larry", from ''[[Leisure Suit Larry]]''. The too-close names led to roughly half the ''[[Leisure Suit Larry]]'' links mistaking the game for the trope. (Originally the trope name was actually the same as the game, without the definite article.) Also, Larry is not a [[Casanova Wannabe]]: he always ends up with many conquests. He has to be the ''opposite'', a [[Kavorka Man]], for the games to work.

* [[Catastrophic Countdown]] used to be "Metroid Bomb", providing no information to those outside a very specific fandom. Even within the ''[[Metroid]]'' fandom, there are several bombs it could be, whereas this trope refers to the interesting kind of timebomb that causes the surrounding area to join in with sympathy explosions even before it goes off.

* [[Cel Shading]] was formerly "For the Cel of It".