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{{quote|''"Comedians are notoriously superstitious, more so even than actors, who fear the word {{spoiler|Macbeth}} so much that they will attempt to stab anyone who dares speak or print it. This is why [[Shakespeare]] is dead now, and why I remain in hiding."''|'''John Hodgman''', ''[[The Areas of My Expertise]]''}}

Certain words are just not spoken. Beyond [[Speak of the Devil]], past the [[Brown Note]], you never, ''ever'' say the true name of [['''The Scottish Trope]]'''! Just saying its true name once is enough to break your fine china, cause [[Dramatic Thunder]], make all the nearby dogs howl, cause milk to sour, and trigger [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|a mild itching sensation]].

The title of a certain play by Shakespeare, for example. [[Macbeth|The Scottish Play]], so called because thespians believe that just saying the word "{{spoiler|Macbeth}}" in anything but in-character rehearsals is bad luck and will ruin the play or even [[Curse]] the troupe/theater. The explanations behind this vary, but if you dare say it inside a theater cast and crew will inevitably slap your mouth shut and give you days if not ''years'' of dirty looks if something bad ''does'' happen ([[Schmuck Bait|try it, it's fun]]!).

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* [[Fanon]] often attributes this to Happosai in ''[[Ranma One Half½]]''. Possibly because Soun and Genma refer to him obliquely in his very first appearance, mentioning some similar Japanese superstitions in the process, while an anime-only episode has Soun make the joke "talk behind his back, master comes back"- and Happosai does promptly appear. Saying Happosai's name does not summon him from nowhere, though, and nor do Soun and Genma try to discourage others from saying it in fear of him. In fact, they only get fearful of him when he gets unusually happy (or angry, but that's to be expected).

* ''[[Rectified Anonymity]]'', a profoundly horrible and unspeakably horrifying [[Fan Fiction]] of ''[[Pokémon]]'', is invariably referred to as just ''[[The Pokémon Story]]''.

* On ''[[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Pinocchio]]'', all the fish swim away whenever Pinocchio mentions Monstro the Whale.

* In ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'', Daffy tries to save Bugs by assuming the persona of [[Duck Dodgers]], but whenever he says his name his jet pack blows up. Eventually he gets the hang of it.

{{quote| Aha, it's You-Know-Who to the rescue! It helps if you don't say the name.}}

* The [[Not Using the Zed Word|"Zed" word]] in ''[[Shaun of the Dead (Film)|Shaun of the Dead]]'' And the same word in many other works relating to the dead that walk.

* This isn't that bad relative to the other examples, but saying "Blücher",<ref name="Blücher">*WHINNY*</ref>, as in Frau Blücher,<ref>*WHINNY*< name="Blücher" /ref>, in ''[[Young Frankenstein (Film)|Young Frankenstein]]'' anywhere in the castle caused horses to whinny ominously.

* The evil M (voiced by David Bowie) in ''[[Arthur Andand Thethe Invisibles]]''.

* Saying the name of ''The[[Mio in the Land of Faraway]]'s'{{'}}s [[Big Bad]], Kato ''(thunder and lightning)'' ... well...

* In the movie ''[[Candyman (Film)|Candyman]]'', saying the name Candyman five times in front of mirror will cause him to appear.

* The titular "Ghost with the Most" of ''[[Beetlejuice (Film)|Beetlejuice]]''.

* ''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail (Film)|Monty Python and Thethe Holy Grail]]'': "I am a Knight who says, 'Ni!'" And if you want to pass, you must go and fetch me a shrubbery! But don't say that word! I cannot say the word! Suffice to say, the word is something a Knight who says "Ni!" cannot hear!"

{{quote| But what kind of word is it? <br />

AHHH! I implore you, do not say the word again! <br />

Well how the hell are we supposed to figure out what it is we can't say in front of you if you won't tell us what it is! It's very silly to not reveal it so we can stop saying it! <br />

* Stoning scene in Monty Python's ''[[Life of Brian]]'': anyone saying 'Jehovah' must be pelted with rocks.

* At the beginning of ''[[Cecil B. Demented]]'', Honey Whitlock gets pissed off when someone tells her "Good luck."

* In the ''[[A Nightmare Onon Elm Street]]'' series, Freddy gains more control over dreams and power by feeding off of the fear of his targets and the general populace. The only way the town manages to completely de-power Freddy is to {{spoiler|give medicine to their kids to keep them from dreaming and to make absolutely no mention of his name at all until he is forgotten}}

** Also [[The Fair Folk|"The Fair Folk." "The Shining Ones." "The Gentry." "The Lords And Ladies."]] Those names were originally used in place of "Elf" because saying Elf would draw their attention, but as the Elves drew near even saying "The Gentry" or "The Lords and Ladies" would do the job.

** ''In [[Discworld (Literature)/Making Money|Making Money]]'' the chef can't stand to hear the name of a certain onion-like vegetable.. He can eat the actual allium in question, and is fine with the words far lick, tar leak, but any mention of the word itself will make him freeze, throw his knife straight ahead of him, then speak in fluent Quirmian for roughly 8 seconds before going back to normal.

** In ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (novel)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' it really DOES''does'' bring misfortune, in a very immediate and lethal form. {{spoiler|When the Death Eaters take over the Ministry of Magic, they set up a spell that lets them know if anyone anywhere says "Voldemort", and they will teleport there to arrest everyone in case they were plotting against the Death Eaters.}} Part of the reason this works is because Voldemort has wised up to the fact that only his enemies use his name.

** In an interview with Pottercast, Rowling called her Harry Potter Encyclopedia "the Scottish Book" (which may instead take the form of the website Pottermore); it's a double joke as she is Scottish.

* "[[Rumpelstiltskin (Literature)|Rumpelstiltskin]]". This is paid tribute to in ''Shrek The Third''.

* The evil M in ''[[Arthur Andand The Minimoys]]'' and its sequel.

* In ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'', one should not say speak the real name of [[Big Bad|The Dark One]]. (It's Shai'tan). Doing so will bring his attention to you. The only time it is ever stated outside of battle caused a horde of trollocs to over run the city the heroes were in, and steal an incredibly valuable magical artifact.

* One of the worst Librarians in the [[Alcatraz Series|''Alcatraz and the Evil Librarians'' series]] is known as "She Who Must Not Be Named". Not because her name is cursed or anything, don't be silly - it's just that nobody can pronounce it.

{{quote| His guardian angel whispered to Fabian, behind his shoulder:<br />

"Careful, Fabian! It is decreed that you will die the minute you pronounce the word ''doyen''."<br />

"Doyen?" asks Fabian, intrigued.<br />

* Robert W. Chambers' ''[[The King in Yellow]]'', a major inspiration for [[HPH.P. Lovecraft]] that was eventually absorbed into his mythos, was all about this. There's a reason the King's name, which is probably {{spoiler|Hastur}}, is rarely used, and [[Brown Note|a reason]] that the play about him has never been produced. The word "Hastur" is used freely in Chambers' short stories - in one it's the name of a quite human servant! The idea that it shouldn't be spoken out loud is later [[Memetic Mutation]] caused by August Derleth's creative interpretations. Even the protagonist of [[HPH.P. Lovecraft|Lovecraft's]] ''Whisper in Darkness'' didn't see a need to avoid mentioning the word. Incidentally, the word's exact meaning is left deliberately unclear in most contexts, and may just as well refer to a place as to an entity.

* In [[Raymond E. Feist]]'s novels, the god of evil's name cannot be said because saying a god's name gives that god their power. Spoiler ahead: it's {{spoiler|Nalar}}. One character even has it as a name, only backwards.

* In the ''[[Chronicles of Narnia]]'': ''The Magician's Nephew'', the witch Jadis speaks the Deplorable Word, a magical incantation "which, if spoken with the proper ceremonies, would destroy all living things except the one who spoke it." Unlike conventional examples of this trope, this word actually ''was'' used to kill everyone on her planet. Scholars had been aware of the Deplorable Word for centuries, but Jadis was the only person on her world ever evil enough to actually use it.

* In Astrid Lindgren's "''Mio, My son"'' the evil of the villain, the literally stone-hearted Sir Kato, is so strong that saying his name aloud causes the sky to darken, birds to stop singing and plants to wither and die. As a result, the entire land around his castle has ended up barren and covered in constant darkness. At one point, a seamstress who creates capes out of moonlight has to stop the protagonist from mentioning Kato, since that would ruin both her garden and the clothes she is working on.

* In the ''[[Dresden Files]]'' book ''Turn Coat'', the {{spoiler|skinwalker}} gets more powerful from feeding off fear, so mentioning it makes it more powerful. Harry [[The Nicknamer|being Harry]], he compensates by renaming it "Shagnasty.".

** Near the end of the book ''Summer Knight'', Harry yells {{spoiler|"I don't believe in faeries!"}} as a battle cry during {{spoiler|the war between the faerie courts of Summer and Winter}} figuring, "What the hell."

** Saying Mab's name three times apparently summons her, at least once {{spoiler|Harry becomes the Winter Knight}}; in ''Changes'', Harry accidentlyaccidentally says it twice and needs to be warned that doing so again would be a bad idea.

* Heroes participating in the [[Show Within a Show|South Seas Treasure Game]] from ''Dream Park'' were barred from speaking the name of the enemy New Guinea tribe, as using an enemy's name or magic without permission would invite retribution by supernatural forces. Subverted in that the ''players'' could name the {{spoiler|Fore tribe}} as much as they liked, so long as they did so when the Game was on hold for time-outs or overnight.

* In the ''[[GauntsGaunt's Ghosts]]'' novel ''Blood Pact'', Ayatani Zweil doesn't want to hear of {{spoiler|his terminal condition}} and insists that it be called "The Concern". {{spoiler|Problem is, it's not his... but Dorden's.}}

* A ''[[Black AdderBlackadder]] the Third'' episode parodies the superstition about the [[Trope Namer|trope name-avoider]]:

{{quote| "Argh! Hot potato, off his drawers, pluck to make amends! Ngh!"<br />

"Good Lord, you mean you have to do that every time I say '{{spoiler|Macbeth}}'?" <br />

"ARGH! Hot potato, off his drawers, pluck to make amends! Owwww!" <br />

"So you want me to say 'The Scottish Play'." <br />

"Yes!" <br />

"Rather than '{{spoiler|Macbeth}}'." <br />

* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' did the same thing.

* ''[[You Can't Do That Onon Television]]'' had water dumped on people who said "water" or slime when they said "I don't know". This was played with several times:

* Similarly, Nickelodeon's ''Kids Choice Awards 2006'' had slime drop down whenever someone said "April Fools." (This is because it aired on April 1st1 in America.)

* Referenced in an ''[[Are You Afraid of the Dark?]]'' story, where a woman (who turns out to be a ghost) warns a boy not to say {{spoiler|Macbeth}}. After he does so she makes him turn around three times and leave the room. She goes on to say that there is a ghost haunting the theatre (other than her) and if he says that word the ghost will come out. The boy yells {{spoiler|Macbeth}} anyway and the ghost comes out to haunt his performance.

* An episode of ''[[News Radio]]'' referenced ''[[You Can't Do That Onon Television]]'' with a heavy dose of dihydrogen monoxide and slime.

* [[J. Michael Straczynski]] got in trouble with Michael York on the set of the ''[[Babylon Five5]]'' episode in which York was guest starring, by mentioning The Scottish Play by name.

{{quote| '''Sam:''' You wrote a concession?<br />

'''Toby:''' Of course I wrote a concession. What possible reason would I have for ''not'' writing a concession? You wanna [[Tempting Fate|tempt]] the [[Smite Me, O Mighty Smiter!|wrath]] of the [[Powers That Be|whatever]] from high atop the [[Verbal Tic|thing]]?<br />

'''Sam:''' ...No.<br />

* Any time someone mentioned the word "[[Adult Fear|audit]]" in the tax day episode from the original series of ''[[Roseanne]]'' a cliché [[Scare Chord]] would play and the cast would look around nervously.

* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'':

** In one episode, Tom tricks Mike into saying "[[Lost in Space]]", which he and Crow use as ''carte blanche'' to dress up as the robot and Dr. Smith and goof around. At the end of the episode, Tom tries to trick him into saying "[[GilligansGilligan's Island]]", but Mike has gotten wise to the whole thing.

** Another episode started with Tom and Crow asking Joel, "What was that word that Mr. Moose tried to get [[Captain Kangaroo]] to say all the time?" Joel answered, "Oh yeah, I remember, it was 'ping-pong balls'." Joel then gets pelted with a shower of ping-pong balls. This was an homage to a [[Running Gag]] from ''[[Captain Kangaroo]]''.

* An episode of ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' starts with a performance of said play. Apparently, the idea of not mentioning the name off-stage hadn't gotten through to everyone on the set yet. Someone promptly is murdered on stage (and stays dead).

* [[Older Than Dirt]]: In Kemetic (a.k.a. [[Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]]ian) religion, written words were considered a form of magic in themselves. Thus the true name of personification of the opposite principle to Ma'et was never to be written down. Even writing the thing's alias ({{spoiler|isfet}}) is/was considered risky.

* Due to strict reverence for the name of the Judeo-Christian God, the actual name itself has been lost to the mists of time. The name is written down in ''[[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]]'', but since the Hebrew writing doesn't indicate vowels, all we have are [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Tetragrammaton |four consonants]] (often transliterated in English as YHWH). This is rendered by some English speakers as "Yahweh" (or sometimes "Jehovah", based on the Latin transliteration IHVH), but when read aloud in Hebrew it is rendered as "Adonai", meaning "Lord," or "Hashem," "the Name." Though the consequences of speaking God's true name are not stated in the Bible, "taking the Lord's name in vain" (i.e. frivolous use of the name and/or swearing of false oaths by it) is forbidden in the Ten Commandments, and some legends hold that Moses killed the Egyptian overseer by speaking the true name of God, suggesting that hearing the name of God has a similar effect as being exposed to (or perhaps may even bring about) His full, unveiled presence.

** ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' has it that if you drink a hundred of these in front of a mirror, you'll die. Of alcohol poisoning.

** Also referenced in ''[[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]]''.

** Mentioning Orcus's name is not a good idea, either. In fact, most august malign outsiders and deities in ''D&D'' or ''D&D''-esque games seem to have pretty good hearing. Speaking of Orcus (dammit! I've doomed us all!), there's also the ''Last Word'' that he used to know while an undead demon lord that could kill most anything that heard it, even gods.

** In the now-defunct ''[[Planescape]]'' setting of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', the city of Sigil was ruled by a mysterious (and very dangerous) entity known only as the Lady of Pain -- butPain—but 'naming the Lady' (ie, worshippingworshiping the Lady of Pain as a deity) is expressly forbidden; anyone who 'names the Lady' or uses ''any'' kind of planar transport magic (other than that controlled by the Lady) is branded a dead person. Most people tend not to use her full title just to be on the safe side. The Lady is such a powerful figure that when a ''Neverwinter Nights'' module was based on Sigil and ''Planescape'', the module's ''players'' went out of their way to avoid mentioning the Lady, even in casual OOC conversation. It is dutifully transcribed into the ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'' videogame, too: worshippingworshiping the Lady once will get the immortal Nameless One mazed; if he does it again, he dies permanently (one of the few ways this can happen during gameplay).

* ''[[Magic: theThe Gathering]]'': While it's not universally considered bad luck to do it, you'd better not speak {{spoiler|Yawgmoth}}'s true name when you have so many euphemisms. [[Ghostbusters|It would]] be bad. Some fans, particularly [[Rooting for Thethe Empire|Phyrexian symphathisers]], have taken up this custom.

* In ''[[Demon: The Fallen (Tabletop Game)|Demon: The Fallen]]'', demons can feel it if you say their name. Strong ones can get a sense of what you're saying, making it a useful messaging service. Very strong ones can get a compass bearing or more...

* In ''[[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer 4000040,000]]'' it's probably not a good idea for anyone to say the names of the chaos gods but for the Eldar in particular, whose souls are said to be as bright as those of a thousand humans and who have a strong divine link to Slaanesh, saying his/her name will at the least reveal their exact location to their ancient enemy, and will probably have results more along the line of Slaanesh itself tearing loose their souls and drinking them. In consequence, s/he is referred to by the Eldar as "She Who Thirsts" or "The Bright God".

* While probably just a fiction even within the setting, the ''[[Unknown Armies (Tabletop Game)|Unknown Armies]]'' cabal known as Mak Attax never speak the name of the fast food restaurant they all work for. You may call it Mickey-Ds, Maccas, the Golden Arches, Mc Do, Placcy-Ds, Mc Dicks, Makku, or most commonly The Scotsman (how appropriate!) but never, ever call it by the name on the sign. Like the name of God, it has power, and you don't want to invoke it. Also a possible example of [[Writing Around Trademarks]].

* The [[Trope Namer|trope non-namer]] for this one is a certain play by [[Shakespeare]] about regicide and Scottish royal succession, which is allegedly cursed such that even mentioning its name in a theater, or quoting dialogue from it if not actually rehearsing or performing it, can bring ruin, let alone trying to actually stage it. A number of historically documented productions of [[Macbeth|The Scottish Play]] have been notoriously unlucky. There are legitimate reasons [[Macbeth|The Scottish Play]] has more than its fair share of accidents -- muchaccidents—much of the play's action taking place at night and outdoors, which increases the chance of somebody tripping over something; there's more sword fighting than the average, which always brings the chance of an accident; and most importantly it's a very cheap play to run (a guaranteed crowd -pleaser with no performance rights to buy, does not require too many actors, and needs few props and little scenery) and is therefore often put on when the theater group is in hard times, which is also the time when people are more likely to skip the usual safety measures (the tendency to put on [[Macbeth|The Scottish Play]] when facing bankruptcy means that it usually ends up being ''last'' play that a company puts on, further cementing the play's cursed status as a company -ender). Still, [http://whatstheharm.net/ it doesn't hurt to be superstitious].

** As a play on this trope, "''[[Mmmbeth"]]'' is a one act comedy version of the Scottish Play. Early on the weird sisters establish that they should just say 'Mmmbeth' for safety's sake. The play ends abruptly when one of the witches says the actual name, in the context of "Hey, we can actually say the name now!"

** For those ShakespearianShakespearean and Medieval/Renaissance history buffs among us the opening spell chanted out by the Weird Sisters at the beginning would have been considered a curse in period. Supposedly that's where the curse on the Scottish Play comes from,.

** This history of bad luck began with its first performance on 7 August 1606 at the Globe Theatre, when the boy-actor playing Lady {{spoiler|Macbeth}} died of a sudden fever in the middle of the play. More recent years have seen the postponement of Olivier's first production at the Old Vic due to the death of Lilian Baylis on the opening night (1937), three deaths in the company during the first production with Gielgud (1942) and, on an eventful tour in 1954 -- an1954—an attempted suicide, an accident in which the company manager broke both legs, the electrocution of an electrician, and the death of a visitor from a blow by a stage spear after a member of the crew uttered the fateful word to him in conversation.

* According to the theater version of ''[[Peter Pan]]'', saying "I don't believe in fairies" will cause a fairy to drop dead. (See the ''Dresden Files'' in ''Literature'' above for a case of weaponizing this.)

* The writer of ''[[Shoggoth Onon the Roof]]'' is referred to as "He Who [For Legal Reasons] Must Not Be Named". This is partly because the play borrows the music (if not the words) for its songs from ''[[Fiddler Onon the Roof]]'' and thus can't be performed, at least in the United States.

* The magician act of ''[[Penn and& Teller]]'' had a tradition where they would shout "Good luck, {{spoiler|Macbeth}}!" before every show they performed in defiance of this trope. They eventually realized this was becoming their own little superstition and began opening it without any announcement.

* In ''[[RunescapeRuneScape]]'', speaking the name of the evil God {{spoiler|Zaros}} gives him power.

* In ''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police|Sam and Max 203: Night of the Raving Dead]]'', this happens as a [[Shout -Out]] to ''[[Young Frankenstein]]'', every time one mentions the name "Superball" (*thunderclap* *NEIIIGH*). Sam can exploit this fact by simply saying the name "Superball" on its own.

* [[Fanon]] theory suggests that [[Pokémon Colosseum|Orre]] and all events, places and people therein is never mentioned is either because of [[Canon Dis ContinuityDiscontinuity]] or this trope (said region is the [[Knight of Cerebus]] for the ''entire franchise'', and it existed '''before''' [[Pokémon Black and White|Ghetsis]] was even a concept).

* ''[[BaldursBaldur's Gate|Baldur's Gate II]]'' features class-specific quest chains; if you play as a bard, you can acquire the deed to a playhouse and supervise the production of a play called "The Sorcerer's Bane". But there's a rumor saying that the sorcerer it's supposed to be about really existed and he cursed the play for mocking him, resulting in ill fortune befalling anybody who says the name of the play out loud. The actor who plays the sorcerer insists that it be referred to only as "The Turmish Play".

* The ''[[Protectors of the Plot Continuum]]'' avoid uttering the names of certain badfic. ''[[Of Warlords and Pleasures (Fanfic)|Of Warlords and Pleasures]]'' is always darkly referred to as "That Series", and the equally horrifying ''[[Celebrian (Fanfic)|Celebrían]]'' is always typed as "C*l*br**n" or "C*l*b*i*n". ''Cho Chang's Desires'' is referred to as Ch* Ch*ng's D*sires.

* Some [[Live JournalLiveJournal]] communities have gotten to the point in which a certain movie is only to be referred to as "[[The Human Centipede|The Movie Which Must Not Be Named]]", for [[Nausea Fuel|obvious reasons]].

* There is, in fact, a [[TV Tropes|trope]] that qualifies as [[The Scottish Trope]]. Many of you will remember, with either fondness or horror, a certain page on this[[TV wikiTropes]] by the name of {{spoiler|I Am Not Making This Up.}}

** This now also goes for tropes which have been moved to the [[Darth Wiki]]. We'd name some, but [[Self -Demonstrating Article|they're not supposed to be linked on the main site]].

* According to [[GodwinsGodwin's Law]], if you want a discussion to keep going, never, ''ever'' mention {{spoiler|[[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]]}}

* Subverted in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131113152448/http://rdouglasjohnson.com/hamlet/ this] [[Text Adventure]] pastiche of ''[[Hamlet]]''. Shouting "{{spoiler|Macbeth}}!" inside the theater will result in a rope coming loose, which you need in order to progress. Doing it again will make the ground shake for a few seconds, but has no other consequences.

* The people who did the [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 (Let's Play) Sonic 2006|infamous Let's Play]] of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 (Videovideo Gamegame)||Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)]]'' refer to it as "that other game" in their later [[Let's Play|Let's Plays]]s.

* ''[[DextersDexter's Laboratory]]''

* ''[[Beetlejuice (Animationanimation)|Beetlejuice]]''

* ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]''

** In the "Big Problem", saying Vicky's *parrot dies* name would do this in one of the show's trademark [[Overused Running Gag|Overused Running Gags]]s.

* In ''[[Freakazoid!]]!'', [[Candle Jack]] kidnaps you if you say his na {{color|white|It's because they never say Sir.}}

* Saying "Lord Moldybutt" in ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy]]'' makes stuff break. In consequence, people call him "he-who-should-never-ever-be-named". This is used to comedic effect such as when Billy kept saying Moldybutt non-stop and everything around started breaking and falling apart.

{{quote| '''Mandy:''' Billy, don't sit on that toadstool. You'll get a moldy butt.}}

* The ''actual'' Scottish Trope was [[Playing Withwith a Trope|played with]] in an episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' when the family meets Sir Ian McKellen in England; any time ''anyone'' mentioned "{{spoiler|Macbeth}}", some horrible injury was visited upon McKellen.

* In ''[[The Mighty B!]]'', Bessie's middle name (''Kajolica'') causes bad things to happen if you say it. The problem is that the name is so weird and funny that no one could stop.

* An episode of ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'' had an appearance by Karl Rove. A wolf would howl in the distance every time his name was mentioned.

* Dr. Facilier of ''[[The Princess and Thethe Frog]]'' cast [[Instant Runes]] when using his magic, which were based on real Vodou symbols, known as [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veve |Vévé.]] However, the animators took care not to use ''actual'' Vévé, only their design style. They most likely did this to avoid offending Vodou practitioners, but it's more fun to think that they didn't want to incur any bad juju.

* ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]'' uses the actual Scottish Trope in "[[Out, Damned Spot!|Out Darned Spotlight]]". Whenever someone said {{spoiler|Macbeth}} something bad would happen, like lead actor Nick falling his skateboard and breaking his leg the day of the recital of {{spoiler|Macbeth}} [[Recycled in Space|in Space!]]

* ''[[The Emperors New School (Animation)|The EmperorsEmperor's New School]]'' plays with this trope as well with the "Condor Patch" (dramatic music backdrop) in Chipmunky Business. Kuzco gets a bit of fun saying it repeatedly.

{{quote| '''Kuzco''': ([[Breaking the Fourth Wall|heard the music]]) What the hay?<br />

* In ''[[Darkwing Duck (Animationanimation)|Darkwing Duck]]'', an eerie music piece starts playing every time somebody says 'The Library of Forbidden Spells'. It’s [[Discussed Trope|discussed]] by Darkwing and Morgana's father.

* Perhaps [http://i54.tinypic.com/2i2298x.jpg this] sums it up in a somewhat disturbing and/or scary manner. <ref> [[Don't Explain the Joke|The computer crashed because he had visited the page about The Scottish Trope]].</ref>

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