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{{quote|''The Ministry of Love was the really frightening one. There were no windows in it at all. Winston had never been inside the Ministry of Love, nor within half a kilometer of it. It was a place impossible to enter except on official business, and then only by penetrating through a maze of barbed-wire entanglements, steel doors, and hidden machine-gun nests. Even the streets leading up to its outer barriers were roamed by gorilla-faced guards in black uniforms, armed with jointed truncheons.''

Something, often a company, that is described with an adjective in the title that is entirely at odds with what it actually does. Commonly, something evil will be paired with a nice-sounding adjective. This also applies when the title's implications are opposed to what the company/organization/EvilOverlord does. Basically, when you apply a completely inappropriate adjective to something ([[Villain with Good Publicity|often to make it seem better)]], that's this trope. Look for characters exclaiming "Hey...this isn't happy!" or something similar.

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* The Summer of Love in [[Eureka Seven]] was a worldwide catastrophe that sparked tremendous conflict and civil war. It is feared that, if it is allowed to occur, the Second Summer of Love could mean [[The End of the World as We Know It]].

** Also, the research station that performs inhumane and usually fatal experiments on teenage girls is nicknamed "Joy Division" by the scientists there.

* This has to be the only reason [[Kirby|King Dedede]] ordered monsters from ''Holy'' Nightmare in [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]] (the dub doesn't have this, of course...making Dedede look like more of an idiot in the process, if it was possible). Doesn't help that a few of the soon-to-be gigantic enemies ''are'' [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|pretty cute]] [[Killer Rabbit|at first]].

* The Lemarchand puzzle boxes from ''[[Hellraiser]]''. Their real name is the Lament Configuration.

* Consumer Recreation Services in ''[[The Game (film)|The Game]]''.

* [[Saturday Night Live|Anything to do with]] [[Happy Fun Ball]].

* In season two of ''[[Babylon 5]]'', Earth's government actually creates a Ministry of Peace (or [[Double-Speak|minipax]] [[Shout-Out|as they like to call it]]). The results are predictable.

== [[Literature]] ==

** And don't forget the 5th one, the Ministry of Ironic Naming.

*** No, you mean "the Ministry of Totally Appropriate Naming". That's a different ministry entirely.

* In [[The Grimnoir Chronicles]], the world is protected by "Peace Rays," invented by none other than [[Nikola Tesla]] himself.

* In the novel ''The Tomorrow File'' the United States [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] renames the government departments. The Department of Defense is called the Department of Peace. The Department of Health, Education and Welfare becomes the Department of Bliss. Other departments are also renamed.

== [[Music]] ==

* "Super Duper {{spoiler|Meteor}}" from [[Lemon Demon]]'s ''Dinosaurchestra''.

== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==

* Raven has invented his own variation on the hardcore match he's dubbed the "[[A Clockwork Orange (novel)|Clockwork Orange]] House of Fun", which he's challenged several opponents to in [[Ring of Honor]] and [[TNA]].

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has Professor Putricide's Laboratory of Alchemical Horrors and Fun. [[That One Boss|It's not that fun.]]

* From [[Final Fantasy VII]], we have [[Mega Corp|Shinra Inc's]] Public Safety Maintenance Department, just fancy euphemism for the company's [[Evil Army|army]] and police force. Said department has a sub-branch known as The Investigative Division of General Affairs Department AKA [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|the Turks]], highly skilled special agents that perform black ops on behalf of the corporation, including kidnappings and assassinations.

== [[Web Original]] ==

{{quote|What the HELL is up with these candy companies? Little teeny bars are called 'Fun Size'.. Damn, Whats so fun about a smaller candybar?!? }}

** [[Homestar Runner|Strong Bad]] made the same joke in ''The House That Gave Sucky Treats''.

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* Done by Ridley in ''[[Planet Zebeth]]'', with his bar's Super Happy Fun Slide. It is a slide, but the wall above the entrance disguises the fact that it leads down to a deep-fryer; any small enemies who enter the slide are cooked up and served to hungry bar patrons. Amazingly, none of the minions notice the deception; presumably due to the state of its riders, word-of-mouth recognition of the slide is based solely on its name.

* ''[[Sinfest]]'' has [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209160227/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2113 National Perfection Agency], [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209165939/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2150 Beelze-Bud] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209165752/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3506 Illumi-nicey (the New Illuminati Logo)].

== [[Western Animation]] ==

{{quote|Quinn: "Happy Fun-Time"? Who the hell named this island?

Shanks: [[Rambo]]. }}

== [[Real Life]] ==

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[[Category:Doomed Tropes]]

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