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If you're looking for repeated patterns in the names of ''tropes'' or other pages here on the wiki, see [[All The Tropes:Everything's Worse With Snowclones|Everything's Worse With Snowclones]].
If you're looking for repeated patterns in the names of ''tropes'' or other pages here on the wiki, see [[All The Tropes:Everything's Worse With Snowclones|Everything's Worse With Snowclones]].

When adding new patterns, please list them by the medium of the work from which the pattern derives -- for example, the [[Trope Namer]] is ''The Joy of Sex'', which was a book -- so "The Joy of X" and all its examples go under "Literature". If no one seems to know what the original was, we have a section called "Origin Work Unknown or Uncertain" at the bottom of the page where you can put it.


'''Please list lots of actual examples of title variations, rather than just the template—it's [[Rule of Fun|more fun]] that way!'''
'''Please list lots of actual examples of title variations, rather than just the template—it's [[Rule of Fun|more fun]] that way!'''
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** "The New Class: Bye-Bye Tony" (''[[Saved by the Bell]]'')
** "The New Class: Bye-Bye Tony" (''[[Saved by the Bell]]'')
** "Bye Bye Blackball" (''[[Happy Days]]'')
** "Bye Bye Blackball" (''[[Happy Days]]'')

== Web Original/Computing Culture ==
* '''X Considered Harmful''' is a popular naming convention in Computer Science circles. Originating from Edsger Dijkstra's letter ''Go To Statement Considered Harmful'', nowadays it's possible to find ''Considered Harmful'' articles concerning almost anything computer-related.


== Origin Work Unknown or Uncertain ==
== Origin Work Unknown or Uncertain ==
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** "The 27 Habits of Highly Effective Talents"
** "The 27 Habits of Highly Effective Talents"
** "Transcendence For Dummies"
** "Transcendence For Dummies"

* '''X Considered Harmful''' is a popular naming convention in Computer Science circles. Originating from Edsger Dijkstra's letter ''Go To Statement Considered Harmful'', nowadays it's possible to find ''Considered Harmful'' articles concerning almost anything computer-related.


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