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* ''[[F
* ''[[
** Nor is it [[Cyanide and Happiness|A book filled]] [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vf2QNqr0lls/ScPB-H0zWlI/AAAAAAAAAbE/rMyFQNDwg1E/s400/Cyanide+and+happiness.png with faces.]
* ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'' is not about parents that are fairly odd.
** That is, if you're talking about Timmy's biological parents rather than his fairy godparents.
** Though arguably Timmy's biological parents ''and'' his godparents are both fairly odd.
* ''[[
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' is not a super hero with family related powers.
* ''Fanon'' (by John Edgar Wideman) has nothing to do with [[Fanon]].
* Neither ''[[
* ''[[Fate/stay
** It's not about turning off [[Chrono Cross
* On that note, ''[[
* ''[[Fear Effect]]'' is not a [[Spin-Off]] of ''[[Mass Effect]]''.
** Nor is it a [[Crossover]] between ''[[First Encounter Assault Recon|F.E.A.R]]'' and ''[[Mass Effect]]''.
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** Likewise, [[Tina Fey]] isn't a member of said family.
* ''[[The Fifth Element]]'' is not [[Elements Do Not Work That Way|Boron]].
* ''[[Fighting Fantasy]]'' is not an alternate title for ''[[
* ''[[Filthy Rich and Catflap]]'' is not about aristocrats who let their cats provide for themselves.
* ''[[Final Destination]]'' is not about a ''[[Super Smash Bros]]'' stage.
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' is not the last dream you'll ever have (but it almost was for [[Square Enix]]).
* ''[[Final Fantasy X 2]]'' has nothing to do with doubling your ''[[Final Fantasy]]''. However, playing it may double your ''[[Fan Service]]''.
** Nor is it a crossover with the second ''[[X
** Nor is it a crossover with ''[[
** ''[[
* ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' is not a sequel to ''[[Little Nemo]]''.
** Not it is a sequel to Jules Verne's classic ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]''.
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** Nor is it a company run by [[Touhou|Flandre Scarlet]].
** Or a spin off of ''[[The Electric Company]]''
* ''[[Flashman]]'' is not a [[Flash|speed]] or light-powered superhero. Nor is he in any way affiliated with [[Flash Gordon (
* ''[[FLCL]]'' does not mean [[Assimilation Plot|Forced]] [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|LCL]] or anything thereof.
* ''[[FoxTrot]]'' has nothing to do with dancing.
* ''[[Franken Fran]]'' is not about reconstructing a [[Golem]] modeled after [[Final Fantasy XII
* ''Friendship!'' and ''[[Working|WORKING!!]]'' don't always go hand-in-hand.
** It's also not a [[Lighter and Softer]] spinoff of ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''.
** Nor is it [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* ''[[Frost
* ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' is not that you use apples, melons, lemons, and oranges as basketballs.
* ''Fuck Space!'' is not about having intercourse with the cosmos, nor is it a parody of a [[My Space|particular social networking site]].
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'' and ''[[Full Metal Panic]]'' do not make up a franchise.
* ''[[
* [[The Game Fucking Fuck Fuck Fucker Fucking Fuck Fucker]] is not someone overreacting to being told that he lost it.
** Sorry, [[The Angry Video Game Nerd
* ''[[Garfield]]'' is not [[Geo Effects|a piece of land that makes you]] a [[Badass]].
** ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' is not about late 19th-century American politics.
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* ''[[Generator Rex]]'' is not about an electric dinosaur.
* ''[[George Clinton]]'' isn't a trope about [[Anvilicious|unsubtle]] and [[Take That|unflattering portrayals]] of [[Bill Clinton|certain]] [[George HW Bush|American]] [[George W. Bush|Presidents]].
* ''[[
* ''[[Getter Robo]]'' is not what [[Chrono Trigger
* The ''[[Ghostbusters]], [[
* ''[[Giga Wing]]'' is not a sequel to ''[[Zero Wing]]''.
* Some people thought ''[[Gigli]]'' had something to do with the legendary opera singer [[wikipedia:Beniamino Gigli|Beniamino Gigli]]. A [[Biopic]] of him could easily have been a better movie.
* ''[[David Foster Wallace|Girl with Curious Hair]]'' is not part of ''[[The Millennium Trilogy]]''.
* [[Animaniacs
* ''[[Ghost in
** And ''[[Stand Alone Complex]]'' isn't about a psychological disorder that makes people be loners.
* ''[[Going Postal]]'' has no relation to ''[[Postal]]''.
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* ''[[Gore Screaming Show]]'' is not a [[Rock Opera]] version of ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]''.
* ''Gore: Ultimate Soldier'' is not about painting crankpot former-vice President Al Gore as a [[Memetic Badass]].
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' is not seven short of ''[[James Bond]]'' [[Recycled in Space|recycled with]] [[Humongous Mecha]].
* ''Guwange'' is not a rip-off of ''[[Giga Wing]]''.
* ''[[Gradius]]'' is not ''[[Gladius]]'' <small>WITH [[Engrish]]!</small>
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** ''Gradius IV: Fukkatsu'' is not about fucking katsu curry.
** ''Gradius Gaiden'' is not ''Gradius'' [[X Meets Y|meets]] ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]''.
* ''[[
* ''[[Great Big Sea]]'' is not about the four seas on Earth.
* [[
* ''[[The Great Luke Ski]]'' are not the [[Last Words]] of an [[Star Wars|imperial stormtrooper]], upon meeting a certain [[La Résistance|Rebel Alliance]] hero he secretly admires.
* ''[[Green Arrow]]'' has nothing to do with turning left at a stoplight.
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* ''[[Gungrave]]'' is not a disposal site for firearms.
* ''[[Gunman Chronicles]]'' is not a ''[[Gurren Lagann]]'' spinoff.
* ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]'' is not an anime adaptation of ''[[Final Fantasy X 2
* ''[[Gun X Sword]]'' won't try to [[Sword and Gun|shoot, then cut you]].
** It is also not a sequel to the video game ''[[Mega Man Star Force
** It is not standard-issue weaponry for [[Final Fantasy VIII
** And it's not a [[Cargo Ship]] between weapons.
* ''[[Guyver]]'' is not a Trans-Atlantic equivalent series to ''[[MacGyver]]''.
* ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' is not a town in the state of Montana.
** Or a girl named Hannah in Montana.
* ''[[Hanna Is Not a
** Said webcomic also has nothing to do with transgender issues.
** [[Hanna-Barbera|Barbera]] is also not a boy's name, but the page isn't about them.
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* ''[[Heavy Rain]]'' is not a sequel to ''Vampire Rain''.
* ''[[Havemercy]]'' is not the [[TV Tropes]] page for [[wikipedia:Have Mercy (song)|this song]].
* ''[[Hell Girl]]'' is not the [[Distaff Counterpart]] of ''[[Hellboy (
** That would be [http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRVj8BDZdO8F0U3xNDTzJGktxpmLkAu0ZE1gcSmhK3F-gBbg0-ISg Hellgirl].
* ''[[Hello Cthulhu]]'' is not about greeting or [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?|taunting]] an [[Eldritch Abomination]].
* ''[[Hellsing]]'' is not about [[Rock Me, Asmodeus|demonic music]].
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' is not a live-action version of ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''.
* ''[[The Heroic Legend of Arslan]]'' is not the unreleased eighth book in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''.
* The answer to ''[[Hey Ash Whatcha Playin]]'' usually isn't ''[[Pokémon (
** Or ''[[
* ''[[Highschool of the Dead]]'' is not a [[Spin-Off]] of ''[[House of the Dead]]'' set in a highschool.
* ''[[Beatmania|Hip Hop Mania]]'''s music is not really comprised of hip-hop.
* ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' is not to be read as ''His Dark Materia'', and has nothing to do with [[Final Fantasy VII
* ''[[The Hollywood Squares]]'' is not about stars who manage to avoid descending into a pit of alcoholic or drug-taking misery.
* ''[[Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman]] What Did I Do To Deserve This?'' has nothing to do with [[DC Comics|Robin]]. Unfortunately, knowing this [[Squick|doesn't stop the mental images]]...
** It also has nothing to do with the similarly-titled [[Pet Shop Boys]] song.
* ''[[Holyland]]'' is not about [[The Crusades]].
* [[
** It also has nothing to do with baseball.
** Nor is it about running, [[Characterization Marches On|though it was intended to be]].
* ''[[
* ''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
* The ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[House of the Dead]]'' is not a spin-off of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' where the eponymous character runs the hospital's morgue.
* ''[[House of Leaves]]'' is not a ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' spinoff involving trees.
* ''[[How Green Was My Valley]]'' is not an audience response to a comedian saying "your valley was sooooo green..."
* ''[[How I Killed Your Master]]'' is not ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' {{smallcaps| [[Recycled in Space|as a Kung Fu revenge tale!]]}}
* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' isn't a retelling of ''[[The Terminator]]'' by Kyle Reese to John Conner. No matter how long the show lasts, it's never going to turn out to actually be the story of Kyle growing up in the future and then going back in time to meet Sarah Conner. [[Grand Unifying Guesses|At least, probably not]].
** Neither is it [[Team Fortress 2
* ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (
* [[Hulk Hogan]] is not the star of ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'', he is also not related to the [[Digimon Adventure|Gennai]] clone [[Digimon Adventure 02|Hogan]], or to [[Yu-Gi-Oh!
* ''[[The Hunger Games]]'' is not about a contest when you have to starve yourself to death to win.
* ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' is not the [[Metroid|Samus/Dark Samus]] pairing.
** It also has nothing to do with ''[[Gun X Sword]]'', [[Mega Man Star Force
** Nor is it ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'' or ''[[Halo]]'' [[Screw Yourself]] pairing.
* ''[[Hyakko]]'' is not one of [[The Four Gods]]. You're just one letter off there.
** And it's '''definitely''' not one of the [[Animaniacs
* ''[[I Am Number Four]]'' is not a comeback against someone who says [[You Are Number Six]].
* ''[[
* ''[[Ichigo
** Nor does it describe the ultimate [[Girls Love|yuri pairing]]: [[Strawberry Panic
*** ''[[Strawberry Panic
* ''[[Ichi the Killer]]'' is not the Japanese version of ''The One''.
** It's also not a little-known sequel song to [[The Who]]'s "Boris the Spider".
* ''[[I
* ''[[IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix]]'' is not about ''[[Highlander
* ''[[Interstate 76]]'' is not about [[wikipedia:Interstate 76 (east)|the]] [[wikipedia:Interstate 76 (west)|road]] of the same name.
* ''[[Infinite Stratos]]'' is not about mass-produced clones of [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Lockon]] or [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Einhart]].
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** ''Initial D Extra Stage'' is not the [[Bonus Boss]] that you get after clearing IDAS's Legend of the Streets mode.
** It's also not a prequel story about Tenacious D's early days.
* ''[[Wicked Lovely|Ink Exchange]]'' is not part of ''[[
* ''[[Instant Teen: Just Add Nuts
* ''[[Iron Man]]'', the Marvel Comics character, is not the basis for the song "Iron Man" by [[
** Or have the comics have Tony Stark inspired by the song for the name of his superhero identity.
* ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' has nothing to do with [[Schedule Slip]].
* ''[[Ishtar]]'' is not a documentary about [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Marik's family]].
* ''[[It's About Time
* ''[[
** Or a desire to become [[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|this Guy]], [[Lufia 2 Rise of the Sinistrals|that Guy]] or [[Tales of the Abyss
* ''[[JAGS Wonderland]]'' isn't about the adventures of group of [[JAG|military attorneys]]...{{smallcaps| [[Recycled in Space|IN]] [[Alice in Wonderland
* ''[[James Bond]]'' is not a type of chemical bond, though such a bond would probably be reserved for pretty awesome chemicals.
** Or ''[[Pokémon (
* ''[[Jack Frost]]'' is not about the cute, jester-like demons that inhabit the ''[[
* ''[[Jenny Everywhere]]'' is not what [[Pokémon (
** And it is not about [[My Life
* [[Jensen Ackles]] is not a law firm, even though his name sounds like one.
* ''[[Jet Set Willy]]'' is not related to the ''[[Jet Set Radio]]'' series.
* ''[[Jump Super Stars]]'' is not an order for stars, either celebrity or stellar, to jump.
* The title ''Jungle 2 Jungle'' is not to be read as ''Jungle Jungle 2''. There's no prequel called ''Jungle Jungle''.
* ''[[Kaiba]]'' is not a ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' spinoff.
** Neither is ''[[Seto no Hanayome]]''.
** Likewise, ''[[Sasuke]]'' is not a ''[[Naruto]]'' spinoff.
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* ''[[Kaiji]]'' is not about [[Kaiju|100-foot tall monsters rampaging through downtown Tokyo]].
* None of the ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' series feature a protagonist with a [[wikipedia:Caiman (genus)|Central American Alligator]] as a mount.
** ''[[Kamen Rider Agito]]'' is not [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|a flaming pixie]] (or an [[Air Gear
*** or [[Ranma One Half|Ryouga]] for that matter.
** Along those lines, ''[[Kamen Rider Kuuga]]'' does not [[Mai-HiME
** And ''[[Kamen Rider OOO]]'' does not share its setting with ''[[
* ''[[Kanon]]'' is not a pirate [[Donkey Kong Country|Kremling]] wielding a cannon. You want Kannon. And it is not how Kremlings and the ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' fans say "[[Canon]]".
** Nor is it about a [[Umineko no Naku Koro
* ''[[Kappa Mikey]]'' is nothing to do with [[Interceptor|a helicopter pilot called Mikey]].
* ''[[Kara no Shoujo]]'' should not be confused with ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]''. Or vice-versa. '''Especially not''' vice-versa.
* ''[[Karin]]'' is not about the character from ''[[
* ''[[Kekkaishi]]'' is not the [[Filth|porn-loving]], [[Eyepatch of Power|eyepatch-wearing]] [[Naruto|Jonin from Konohagakure]].
* ''[[Key the Metal Idol]]'' isn't when you angrily scratch the paintwork on the ancient idol with your car keys.
** Turns out it doesn't involve ''[[Excel Saga (
*** Or [[Key Visual Arts]].
* ''[[Kickassia]]'' has no relation to ''[[Kick-Ass]]''.
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* ''[[Kino's Journey]]'' is not about the rise of [[wikipedia:Kino|any of the following]] unless it has a talking motorcycle.
** It also doesn't detail her quest to become [[Kibo|an internet celebrity.]]
* ''[[
* ''[[KNIVES]]'' is not the genocidal alien brother of a [[Trigun|gunslinger on a desert planet]].
** Or the [[Scott Pilgrim|homicidal ex-girlfriend of some loser rocker from Canada]].
* ''[[
** Nor is it one letter off from [[wikipedia:Kaon|Kaon, or K-meson]], which named a ''[[Half-Life]] 2'' soundtrack track.
** Nor is it an abbreviation of ''[[Kanon]]''.
* ''[[Krull]]'' is not a [[Marvel Universe|Skrull]] reject.
* [[Mr. T|Pity the fool]] who mistakes ''[[Kodomo no Omocha]]'' with ''[[Kodomo
** Or ''Kodomo No Iibun'' with either of them.
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