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This is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek approach to certain tropes that will never be agreed upon by the community, either due to being absolutely universal, [[People Sit on Chairs|pointless]], far too [[Your Mileage May Vary|subjective]], [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Like]], or [[The Same but More]].
This is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek approach to certain tropes that will never be agreed upon by the community, either due to being absolutely universal, [[People Sit on Chairs|pointless]], far too [[Your Mileage May Vary|subjective]], [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Like]], or [[The Same but More]].


Compare [[Lousy Alternate Titles]] for titles that will never happen.
Compare [[Lousy Alternate Titles]] for titles that will never happen.
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== Too Universal / [[People Sit on Chairs]] ==
== Too Universal / [[People Sit on Chairs]] ==
* [[Tropes That Will Never Happen (Darth Wiki)|Tropes That Will Happen]]
* [[Tropes That Will Never Happen (Darth Wiki)|Tropes That Will Happen]]
* Walking Through A Doorway - [[Seen It a Million Times]] and [[Truth in Television]]
* Walking Through A Doorway - [[Seen It a Million Times]] and [[Truth in Television]]
* [[Breathing Oxygen]] - So much so that aversions and subversions have become [[Super Not-Drowning Skills|tropes in]] [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|their own right]].
* [[Breathing Oxygen]] - So much so that aversions and subversions have become [[Super Not-Drowning Skills|tropes in]] [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|their own right]].
* Two Objects Cannot Be In One Place (and its inversion...And no, [[Star Trek|Teleporter Accidents]] do not count,)
* Two Objects Cannot Be In One Place (and its inversion...And no, [[Star Trek|Teleporter Accidents]] do not count,)
** What about [[Tele Frag]]?
** What about [[Tele Frag]]?
** [[Reality Is Unrealistic|Subverted]] by Quantum Mechanics (by bosons).
** [[Reality Is Unrealistic|Subverted]] by Quantum Mechanics (by bosons).
* One Object Cannot Be In Two Places
* One Object Cannot Be In Two Places
** Also subverted by Quantum Mechanics.
** Also subverted by Quantum Mechanics.
*** Only in the Copenhagen interpretation, there are other interpretations where a something only is at one place a time<ref>particles that is, as most other stuff is made of multiple particles.</ref>
*** Only in the Copenhagen interpretation, there are other interpretations where a something only is at one place a time<ref>particles that is, as most other stuff is made of multiple particles.</ref>
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** The Bad Guy Fails High School
** The Bad Guy Fails High School
** The Bad Guy [[You Fail Physics Forever|Fails Physics Forever]]
** The Bad Guy [[You Fail Physics Forever|Fails Physics Forever]]
* [[Older Than They Look|Really As Old As They Look]]
* [[Older Than They Look|Really As Old As They Look]]
** and its sister trope, [[Younger Than They Look|Really As Young As They Look]].
** and its sister trope, [[Younger Than They Look|Really As Young As They Look]].
* Porn With Porn
* Porn With Porn
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** The Commodore 64 has no Start key or button.
** The Commodore 64 has no Start key or button.
* Two People Who Do Not Meet And Who Are Not In Love
* Two People Who Do Not Meet And Who Are Not In Love
* The Slapwankles Tetra-Inversion Principle:
* The Slapwankles Tetra-Inversion Principle:
{{quote|'''[[Gunnerkrigg Court|Tom Siddell]]:''' It's when a character says something to another character in a story, and then later a different character says a thing that has nothing to do with that other thing.}}
{{quote|'''[[Gunnerkrigg Court|Tom Siddell]]:''' It's when a character says something to another character in a story, and then later a different character says a thing that has nothing to do with that other thing.}}
* Eating Food
* Eating Food
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** Averted in works set on [[Generation Ships]].
** Averted in works set on [[Generation Ships]].
* I Have A Face
* I Have A Face
** Subverted by [[The Man Without A Face|Mel Gibson]]?
** Subverted by [[The Man Without A Face|Mel Gibson]]?
** Invoked in cases of [[My Eyes Are Up Here]].
** Invoked in cases of [[My Eyes Are Up Here]].
* Women Have Boobs
* Women Have Boobs
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* I Know The Limits of My Own Abilities
* I Know The Limits of My Own Abilities
* Bog-Standard Protagonist
* Bog-Standard Protagonist
* Plain As A Pikestaff
* Plain As A Pikestaff
* Touching an Item with Any Part Of The Character Or Machine Results of it Being Picked up in Video Games
* Touching an Item with Any Part Of The Character Or Machine Results of it Being Picked up in Video Games
** Subverted by ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy]]'': "YOU JUMPED ONTO A SWORD! YOU RETARD!"
** Subverted by ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy]]'': "YOU JUMPED ONTO A SWORD! YOU RETARD!"
** Subverted by most [[RPG|RPGs]] -- you have to push a button to pick things up.
** Subverted by most [[RPG|RPGs]] -- you have to push a button to pick things up.
* If I Set This Match Alight, It May Burn
* If I Set This Match Alight, It May Burn
* [[Older Than Dirt|Older Than Fusion Power]]
* [[Older Than Dirt|Older Than Fusion Power]]
** If [[TV Tropes]] lasts another 20 years, I'll make you eat your words.
** If [[TV Tropes]] lasts another 20 years, I'll make you eat your words.
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** People Who [[Discworld|ATEN'T DEAD]]
** People Who [[Discworld|ATEN'T DEAD]]
** [[The Others (film)|WE'RE NOT DEAD!]]
** [[The Others (film)|WE'RE NOT DEAD!]]
** [[Monty Python and The Holy Grail|I feel happy! I feel happy!]]
** [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|I feel happy! I feel happy!]]
* [[Pet the Dog|Feed the Dog]]
* [[Pet the Dog|Feed the Dog]]
** [[Doctor Steel|Feed the hamster, feed the hamster, yeah!]]
** [[Doctor Steel|Feed the hamster, feed the hamster, yeah!]]
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*** Also barely, with [[British Accents|some accents, especially Geordie]]
*** Also barely, with [[British Accents|some accents, especially Geordie]]
* [[Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale|Fiction Artists Have No Sense Of Light Pollution]]
* [[Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale|Fiction Artists Have No Sense Of Light Pollution]]
** Caused by [[Reality Is Unrealistic]], [[The Coconut Effect]] (if it's night, the stars should out) or [[Rule of Cool]].
** Caused by [[Reality Is Unrealistic]], [[The Coconut Effect]] (if it's night, the stars should out) or [[Rule of Cool]].
* Tuning A Tuning Fork
* Tuning A Tuning Fork
** This is done with a tuning fork tuning fork, which has to be tuned with a tuning fork tuning fork tuning fork.
** This is done with a tuning fork tuning fork, which has to be tuned with a tuning fork tuning fork tuning fork.
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* [[Crack is Cheaper|Crack Is More Expensive]]
* [[Crack is Cheaper|Crack Is More Expensive]]
* [[Unorthodox Reload|Orthodox Reload]]
* [[Unorthodox Reload|Orthodox Reload]]
** Orthodoxy: Reloaded
** Orthodoxy: Reloaded




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** The Ocean Child Was Yoko
** The Ocean Child Was Yoko
** Hey Jude Was Julian
** Hey Jude Was Julian
** Sadie Was The Maharishi
** Sadie Was The Maharishi
** The Nowhere Man Was [[Yellow Submarine|Jeremy]]
** The Nowhere Man Was [[Yellow Submarine|Jeremy]]
*** The Nowhere Man Was [[Top Gear|Jeremy Clarkson]]
*** The Nowhere Man Was [[Top Gear|Jeremy Clarkson]]
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*** <s>Don't Mind If I Do!</s> Wait, Russel's Grope Paradox ?
*** <s>Don't Mind If I Do!</s> Wait, Russel's Grope Paradox ?
** [[The Tropeless Tale]]
** [[The Tropeless Tale]]
* [[You Know That Thing Where|The Thing With That Guy: You know, that thing. Seen It A Million Times.]]
* [[You Know That Thing Where|The Thing With That Guy: You know, that thing. Seen It A Million Times.]]
** [[Hey, It's That Guy!]] or [[You Know That Show]]? [[The Colbert Report|Pick a side, we're at war]].
** [[Hey, It's That Guy!]] or [[You Know That Show]]? [[The Colbert Report|Pick a side, we're at war]].
** [[Discworld|Did it have a red cover and it turned out they were twins]]?
** [[Discworld|Did it have a red cover and it turned out they were twins]]?
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** [[The Problem with Pen Island|Girl on Girl I Shot]]?
** [[The Problem with Pen Island|Girl on Girl I Shot]]?
** Sounds like [[Death by Sex]] {{smallcaps|with lesbians!}}
** Sounds like [[Death by Sex]] {{smallcaps|with lesbians!}}
* Dying Without Any Special Add Ons Bonuses Or Other Unique Or Cliched Stuff
* Dying Without Any Special Add Ons Bonuses Or Other Unique Or Cliched Stuff
** Wouldn't that be a form of [[Reality Ensues]]?
** Wouldn't that be a form of [[Reality Ensues]]?
*** No, it's a subtrope of Sometimes You Don't Win A Game.
*** No, it's a subtrope of Sometimes You Don't Win A Game.
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* [[Everything's Better with Indexes|Everything's Better With Buttered Shark Fins]]
* [[Everything's Better with Indexes|Everything's Better With Buttered Shark Fins]]
** [[This Is Spinal Tap|Shark sandwiches]] are!
** [[This Is Spinal Tap|Shark sandwiches]] are!
* Tulip Immunity
* Tulip Immunity
* No Manga Author Is In Any Way A Raging Pervert
* No Manga Author Is In Any Way A Raging Pervert
* All Novelists Are Sane
* All Novelists Are Sane
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* [[Straw Feminist|Straw Nazist]]
* [[Straw Feminist|Straw Nazist]]
* [[Kill It with Fire|Kill Your Strawman With Fire]]
* [[Kill It with Fire|Kill Your Strawman With Fire]]
* Is It Just Me Or Does This Smell Of Cheese?
* Is It Just Me Or Does This Smell Of Cheese?
* [[Squirrels in My Pants|Prologue In My Pants]]
* [[Squirrels in My Pants|Prologue In My Pants]]
* [[Squirrels in My Pants|Shiny Inventive Term That Plays With Words In Your Pants]]
* [[Squirrels in My Pants|Shiny Inventive Term That Plays With Words In Your Pants]]
** Epilouge In My Pants, Monolouge In My Pants, Soliliquy In My Pants, Rap In My Pants, Sibilance In My Pants, Alligator In My Pants...
** Epilouge In My Pants, Monolouge In My Pants, Soliliquy In My Pants, Rap In My Pants, Sibilance In My Pants, Alligator In My Pants...
* Retreating Wall Of Shyness
* Retreating Wall Of Shyness
** What about this [http://xkcd.com/175/ xkcd]?
** What about this [http://xkcd.com/175/ xkcd]?
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** [[Changeling: The Lost|The True Fae.]]
** [[Changeling: The Lost|The True Fae.]]
** [[My Immortal|We already have this]].
** [[My Immortal|We already have this]].
** How is Cthulsue not entirely possible?
** How is Cthulsue not entirely possible?
*** [[Crack Pairing]]
*** [[Crack Pairing]]
* [[Chainsaw Good|Chainsaw]] Neutral, Chainsaw Evil
* [[Chainsaw Good|Chainsaw]] Neutral, Chainsaw Evil
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*** ''[[Homestuck]]'': Unireal Air.
*** ''[[Homestuck]]'': Unireal Air.
** Actually, I thought [[Transformers Cybertron|Crumplezone]] was cool..
** Actually, I thought [[Transformers Cybertron|Crumplezone]] was cool..
* [[Yandere]] [[X Meets Y|meets]] [[Yandere]]
* [[Yandere (disambiguation)]] [[X Meets Y|meets]] [[Yandere (disambiguation)]]
** Again, desperately needs to be an actual work.
** Again, desperately needs to be an actual work.
*** ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]'', Peter/Emma/Sean love triangle.
*** ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]'', Peter/Emma/Sean love triangle.
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* [[Double Standard Rape (Male on Male)|Rape Is Funny When Its Hermaphrodite On Male]]
* [[Double Standard Rape (Male on Male)|Rape Is Funny When Its Hermaphrodite On Male]]
* Jumped At [[The Call]] But Hit The Ceiling And Knocked Yourself Unconscious
* Jumped At [[The Call]] But Hit The Ceiling And Knocked Yourself Unconscious
** [[When Harry Met Sally|Got The Call And Desperately Wanted To Pick Up But Was Trapped Under Something Heavy]]
** [[When Harry Met Sally...|Got The Call And Desperately Wanted To Pick Up But Was Trapped Under Something Heavy]]
* Five-Point Landing
* Five-Point Landing
** Nul Point Landing
** Nul Point Landing
* [[Draco in Leather Pants|Draco in Assless Chaps]]
* [[Draco in Leather Pants|Draco in Assless Chaps]]
* [[Everything's Better with Indexes|Everything's Better With Sparks]]
* [[Everything's Better with Indexes|Everything's Better With Sparks]]
** ''[[Girl Genius]]'' would be a lot less interesting without them. Though Othar Tryggvasen would disagree.
** ''[[Girl Genius]]'' would be a lot less interesting without them. Though Othar Tryggvasen would disagree.
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* List Of Shows That Demonstrate Successful Ways Of Violating The First Law of Thermodynamics
* List Of Shows That Demonstrate Successful Ways Of Violating The First Law of Thermodynamics
* [[Idea Bulb|Insecurity Tuning Fork]] - A tuning fork which appears over character's hand when the character feels insecure.
* [[Idea Bulb|Insecurity Tuning Fork]] - A tuning fork which appears over character's hand when the character feels insecure.
** That sounds like a really good (and easily grasped) visual metaphor, like [[Idea Bulb]].
** That sounds like a really good (and easily grasped) visual metaphor, like [[Idea Bulb]].
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|Screw The Rules]], [[Winnie the Pooh|I Have Honey]]
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|Screw The Rules]], [[Winnie the Pooh|I Have Honey]]
** [[Save the Girl Screw The World]] (assuming that saving the world is some sort of duty)
** [[Save the Girl Screw The World]] (assuming that saving the world is some sort of duty)
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* The Password Is Always "W./#K|&c~`3"
* The Password Is Always "W./#K|&c~`3"
** [[Strange Minds Think Alike|Dammit, now I have to change my password again.]]
** [[Strange Minds Think Alike|Dammit, now I have to change my password again.]]
** Only One Person Knows The Password And He Didn't Write It Down Anywhere.
** Only One Person Knows The Password And He Didn't Write It Down Anywhere.
*** ...Hey, this might actually work.
*** ...Hey, this might actually work.
**** [[No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup]]?
**** [[No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup]]?
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*** Used in adventure games to justify the protagonist finding a note with a password on it.
*** Used in adventure games to justify the protagonist finding a note with a password on it.
** The Password Is Always [[Animal Crossing|Coelacanth]]
** The Password Is Always [[Animal Crossing|Coelacanth]]
* Ferris Bueller's Two Week Sick Leave
* Ferris Bueller's Two Week Sick Leave
* Watching Paint Dry
* Watching Paint Dry
** Classic, tropable catch phrase.
** Classic, tropable catch phrase.
*** Watching Grass Grow
*** Watching Grass Grow
**** Watching Paint Grow
**** Watching Paint Grow
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****** Wouldn't be as funny there. :P
****** Wouldn't be as funny there. :P
* Jumped On The Caller
* Jumped On The Caller
* The Character That Is Never Mentioned, Hinted At, Or Relevant To The Plot In Any Way, Shape, Or Form
* The Character That Is Never Mentioned, Hinted At, Or Relevant To The Plot In Any Way, Shape, Or Form
** Sir Not Appearing on the Trope Page?
** Sir Not Appearing on the Trope Page?
*** You Know, That Non-Entity Where...
*** You Know, That Non-Entity Where...
* You Can Argue With Elves And Prove Your Point.
* You Can Argue With Elves And Prove Your Point.
** [[Screw You, Elves]]!
** [[Screw You, Elves]]!
** Fuck Your Elves!
** Fuck Your Elves!
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** Trying To Argue With Elves While Watching Them Bathe
** Trying To Argue With Elves While Watching Them Bathe
*** that's the trope ''Elminster in Myth Drannor'' is built upon...
*** that's the trope ''Elminster in Myth Drannor'' is built upon...
* Sliding Scale Of Sepia - an index of tropes dedicated to the tint of the film the director chooses to shoot on.
* Sliding Scale Of Sepia - an index of tropes dedicated to the tint of the film the director chooses to shoot on.
** This might not be a bad idea, especially as a way of quantifying [[Real Is Brown]].
** This might not be a bad idea, especially as a way of quantifying [[Real Is Brown]].
* Cassandra Was Wrong And The Truth Isn't Out There
* Cassandra Was Wrong And The Truth Isn't Out There
* The Political Leader That Everyone Likes, Always Does Right, And Isn't Secretly [[Satan]], [[God]] And/Or [[The Antichrist]]
* The Political Leader That Everyone Likes, Always Does Right, And Isn't Secretly [[Satan]], [[God]] And/Or [[The Antichrist]]
** [[Real Life]] doesn't even have any of these.
** [[Real Life]] doesn't even have any of these.
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** You Can Argue With Elves And Be One Hundred Percent Correct
** You Can Argue With Elves And Be One Hundred Percent Correct
* All Writers Are Undead Talking Animals Masquerading As Humans
* All Writers Are Undead Talking Animals Masquerading As Humans
** [[Epileptic Trees|This could be true, considering the things they come up with.]]
** [[Epileptic Trees|This could be true, considering the things they come up with.]]
** All Tropers Are Undead Talking Animals Masquerading As Humans
** All Tropers Are Undead Talking Animals Masquerading As Humans
*** [[Broken Masquerade|Well, it's not a masquerade]] [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|if you go around telling people.]]
*** [[Broken Masquerade|Well, it's not a masquerade]] [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|if you go around telling people.]]
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** [[In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You|In Soviet Russia, Shows Like You!]]
** [[In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You|In Soviet Russia, Shows Like You!]]
** [[Big Brother]] is [[Big Brother Is Watching|watching you.]]
** [[Big Brother]] is [[Big Brother Is Watching|watching you.]]
* The Trolls Were Right - This is when the trolls are absolutely correct in saying that a popular television show is actually absolute trash.
* The Trolls Were Right - This is when the trolls are absolutely correct in saying that a popular television show is actually absolute trash.
** ''Twilight''?
** ''Twilight''?
*** And here I was thinking the ones who ''liked'' Twilight were the trolls.
*** And here I was thinking the ones who ''liked'' Twilight were the trolls.
** '''''My Immortal'''''
** '''''My Immortal'''''
* The Bomb Is Rigged To Explode If Anyone Cuts A Wire Rather Than Actually Properly Defusing It
* The Bomb Is Rigged To Explode If Anyone Cuts A Wire Rather Than Actually Properly Defusing It
** [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]
** [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]
** [[Truth in Television]]: "sloppily placed" mines with extra [[Booby Trap|Booby Traps]] are an old way to target guys whose job is to remove them. Or [[Sea Mine|sea mines]] complemented with anti-trawl devices.
** [[Truth in Television]]: "sloppily placed" mines with extra [[Booby Trap|Booby Traps]] are an old way to target guys whose job is to remove them. Or [[Sea Mine|sea mines]] complemented with anti-trawl devices.
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* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' Really Isn't That Great
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' Really Isn't That Great
** ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' Really Isn't That Bad
** ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' Really Isn't That Bad
*** ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' Really Is The Greatest Show Ever, ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' Really Is The Worst Show Ever
*** ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' Really Is The Greatest Show Ever, ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' Really Is The Worst Show Ever
** Episode 24 Really Isn't That Gay
** Episode 24 Really Isn't That Gay
*** [[Ho Yay|Yes it is]].
*** [[Ho Yay|Yes it is]].
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* Fapping To Shows You Made Just So You Could Fap To Them
* Fapping To Shows You Made Just So You Could Fap To Them
* So Average It's Good
* So Average It's Good
** [[Slice of Life]] are often this trope.
** [[Slice of Life]] are often this trope.
* It Actually Does Suck
* It Actually Does Suck
* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|And The Fandom Wept]] (AKA Cue Werehog)
* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|And The Fandom Wept]] (AKA Cue Werehog)
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== Too Subjective ==
== Too Subjective ==
* It Actually Makes Perfect Sense
* It Actually Makes Perfect Sense
** [[Fridge Brilliance]]
** [[Fridge Brilliance]]
* TV Tropes Will Not Affect Your Life In Any Way Whatsoever
* TV Tropes Will Not Affect Your Life In Any Way Whatsoever
** [[Crowning Moment of Indifference]]?
** [[Crowning Moment of Indifference]]?
* Tropes We Have But Should Not
* Tropes We Have But Should Not
** Tropers We Have But Should Not
** Tropers We Have But Should Not
* Tropes We Really Should Not Have But Do
* Tropes We Really Should Not Have But Do
** Tropers We Really Should Not Have But Do
** Tropers We Really Should Not Have But Do
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* Originality Storm
* Originality Storm
** [[Widget Series]] for the good ones, [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]] for the bad ones or when they get ''too'' original.
** [[Widget Series]] for the good ones, [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]] for the bad ones or when they get ''too'' original.
* This Is An Interesting Fact Which You Will Probably Believe
* This Is An Interesting Fact Which You Will Probably Believe
* Crapulous - Fabulous Crap.
* Crapulous - Fabulous Crap.
** [[So Bad It's Good]]
** [[So Bad It's Good]]
* [[Ruined FOREVER|Perfected FOREVER]]
* [[Ruined FOREVER|Perfected FOREVER]]
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* They Were Going Change it, [[Overly Long Gag|but then it was close to quitting time so they went home instead]]
* They Were Going Change it, [[Overly Long Gag|but then it was close to quitting time so they went home instead]]
* Tropers Are Not Good
* Tropers Are Not Good
** All Tropers Are [[Ax Crazy]]
** All Tropers Are [[Ax Crazy]]
*** All Tropers Are [[Yandere]]
*** All Tropers Are [[Yandere (disambiguation)]]
** All Tropers Are [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]]
** All Tropers Are [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]]
*** [[He Knows Too Much|You know too much]]. I'm afraid we're going to have to kill you.
*** [[He Knows Too Much|You know too much]]. I'm afraid we're going to have to kill you.
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== [[The Same but More]] ==
== [[The Same but More]] ==
* Complaining About Shows Everybody Likes
* Complaining About Shows Everybody Likes
** [[Your Mileage May Vary]]
** [[Your Mileage May Vary]]
** [[It's Popular, Now It Sucks]]
** [[It's Popular, Now It Sucks]]
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* Crowning Moment Of Heartburning
* Crowning Moment Of Heartburning
** I would have thought that would go under to obscure.
** I would have thought that would go under to obscure.
* Awesome Sauce (it's like [[Pure Awesome]], but in an A-1 steak sauce bottle)
* Awesome Sauce (it's like [[Pure Awesome]], but in an A-1 steak sauce bottle)
* [[Department of Redundancy Department|Department Of Redundancy Department Of Redundancy Department]]
* [[Department of Redundancy Department|Department Of Redundancy Department Of Redundancy Department]]
** [[The Same but More|Redundant Department Of Department Of Redundancy Department Of Redundancy Department Departments]]
** [[The Same but More|Redundant Department Of Department Of Redundancy Department Of Redundancy Department Departments]]
* Memetic Mutation 2 - Alzheimer's Revenge
* Memetic Mutation 2 - Alzheimer's Revenge
* Memetic Molestee
* Memetic Molestee
** [[Haruhi Suzumiya|Mikuru Asahina]]?
** [[Haruhi Suzumiya|Mikuru Asahina]]?
* The Same But Even More So - listing the most extreme uses of The Same But More.
* The Same But Even More So - listing the most extreme uses of The Same But More.
** The Same
** The Same
* Trope Tropes Tropes
* Trope Tropes Tropes
** [[Hotel Mario|You Know What They Say, All Tropers Trope Tropes]]
** [[Hotel Mario|You Know What They Say, All Tropers Trope Tropes]]
* Self Induced Wallbanger: This is a wallbanger you bring upon yourself.
* Self Induced Wallbanger: This is a wallbanger you bring upon yourself.
* Every Googolplex Points
* Every Googolplex Points
** The replay values of modern pinball games?
** The replay values of modern pinball games?
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** Rape the [[Moral Event Horizon]]
** Rape the [[Moral Event Horizon]]
* TV Tropes Will End Your Life
* TV Tropes Will End Your Life
** The [[TV Tropes]] Mutant Zombie Army?
** The [[TV Tropes]] Mutant Zombie Army?
* Nothing Is Better With Anything
* Nothing Is Better With Anything
* Up To Eleventy-[[Readings Are Off the Scale|Thousaaaaand]]
* Up To Eleventy-[[Readings Are Off the Scale|Thousaaaaand]]
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* [[And Zoidberg|Except Zoidberg]]
* [[And Zoidberg|Except Zoidberg]]
* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick, Nausea Fuel]]
* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick, Nausea Fuel]]
* [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot]] [[OT 3|on Girl]] Is Hot
* [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot]] [[OT3|on Girl]] Is Hot
* [[Big No|Big Oh No]]
* [[Big No|Big Oh No]]



== [[X Meets Y]] Tropes ==
== [[X Meets Y]] Tropes ==
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*** [[Star Wars|...Before They Were Suddenly Silenced]]
*** [[Star Wars|...Before They Were Suddenly Silenced]]
* [[Everythings Better With Bunnies|Everything's Better With]] [[Call a Rabbit a Smeerp|Smeerps]]
* [[Everythings Better With Bunnies|Everything's Better With]] [[Call a Rabbit a Smeerp|Smeerps]]
* Everything's Tastier With Babies
* Everything's Tastier With Babies
** [[Eats Babies]]
** [[Eats Babies]]
* Boredom Fuel
* Boredom Fuel
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* Crowning Moment of Average
* Crowning Moment of Average
* What Do You Mean Its Not Stupid? Something is portrayed as idiotic, but falls short on the idiocy.
* What Do You Mean Its Not Stupid? Something is portrayed as idiotic, but falls short on the idiocy.
** I'm taking this to YKTTW.
** I'm taking this to YKTTW.
* Third Person Promoter: you try to promote yourself, but in third Person.
* Third Person Promoter: you try to promote yourself, but in third Person.
** {{spoiler|This Troper}}
** {{spoiler|This Troper}}
** "[[Astroturf|AstroTurfing]]" and of use of [[Sock Puppet|Sockpuppets]].
** "[[Astroturf|AstroTurfing]]" and of use of [[Sock Puppet|Sockpuppets]].
* The Trope Too Good To Use
* The Trope Too Good To Use
* Heartwarming Moment Of Rape
* Heartwarming Moment Of Rape
** Someone's clearly never read ''[[The Fountainhead]]''.
** Someone's clearly never read ''[[The Fountainhead]]''.
*** [[Rape Is Love]] in general.
*** [[Rape Is Love]] in general.
*** [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood|Hilariously Abusive Relationship]]
*** [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood|Hilariously Abusive Relationship]]
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** [[Dude, Not Funny|Funny Moment of Rape]]
** [[Dude, Not Funny|Funny Moment of Rape]]
*** [[Double Standard Rape (Male on Male)]]
*** [[Double Standard Rape (Male on Male)]]
* Crowning Funny
* Crowning Funny
* Crowning Moment of Crowning {{spoiler|[[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]}}
* Crowning Moment of Crowning {{spoiler|[[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]}}
** Pretty much any movie that centers around a character's pregnancy, then shows the actual childbirth during the climax has one of these. (Example: ''Knocked Up'')
** Pretty much any movie that centers around a character's pregnancy, then shows the actual childbirth during the climax has one of these. (Example: ''Knocked Up'')
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* Snark Incontinence, although it's certainly [[Truth in Television]].
* Snark Incontinence, although it's certainly [[Truth in Television]].
* Evangelion Really Isn't [[That Troper (Darth Wiki)|That Troper]]
* Evangelion Really Isn't [[That Troper (Darth Wiki)|That Troper]]
* [[Grimdark]] [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|Lolita]]
* [[Grimdark]] [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|Lolita]]
* Cute [[Complete Monster]] Girl
* Cute [[Complete Monster]] Girl
** [[Evil Is Sexy]]?
** [[Evil Is Sexy]]?
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* [[I Will Fight Crime No More]] Forever
* [[I Will Fight Crime No More]] Forever
** I Will Fight [[The Forever War]] No More
** I Will Fight [[The Forever War]] No More
* Thirty [[Yandere]] Pileup
* Thirty [[Yandere (disambiguation)]] Pileup
** Some harem anime might qualify... [[Higurashi]] almost does...
** Some harem anime might qualify... [[Higurashi]] almost does...
* Crowning Moment Of [[Ho Yay]]
* Crowning Moment Of [[Ho Yay]]
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* Some Anvils Need To Be Dropped On The Dog
* Some Anvils Need To Be Dropped On The Dog
* Shaggy Xanatos Story
* Shaggy Xanatos Story
** An elaborate conspiracy arranged so ingeniously that the perpetrator can't fail to benefit from it, all to achieve...nothing in particular. He just likes the intrigue.
** An elaborate conspiracy arranged so ingeniously that the perpetrator can't fail to benefit from it, all to achieve...nothing in particular. He just likes the intrigue.
** [[Spanner in the Works]]
** [[Spanner in the Works]]
* [[Big No|Big]] [[Narm]]
* [[Big No|Big]] [[Narm]]
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* It's Your Mileage, Now It Sucks
* It's Your Mileage, Now It Sucks
* Holding Out For Someone Taller
* Holding Out For Someone Taller
* [[Double Standard Rape (Male on Male)|Rape Is Funny When]] It's [[Hot Skitty-On-Wailord Action|Skitty On Wailord]]
* [[Double Standard Rape (Male on Male)|Rape Is Funny When]] It's [[Improbable Species Compatibility|Skitty On Wailord]]
* Earth Shattering <big>'''''Kawaii!'''''</big>
* Earth Shattering <big>'''''Kawaii!'''''</big>
* [[Fridge Logic|Fridge]] [[Weirdness Magnet|Magnet]]
* [[Fridge Logic|Fridge]] [[Weirdness Magnet|Magnet]]
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* Everthing is [[Better Than Canon]]
* Everthing is [[Better Than Canon]]
** [[So Bad It's Horrible]]
** [[So Bad It's Horrible]]
* Everything Sounds Sexier In Norwegian
* Everything Sounds Sexier In Norwegian
** Everything Sounds Sexier In Simlish
** Everything Sounds Sexier In Simlish
* [[Continuity Porn|Continuity]] [[Gorn]]
* [[Continuity Porn|Continuity]] [[Gorn]]
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* [[Those Two Guys|Those Two]] [[Yaoi Guys]]
* [[Those Two Guys|Those Two]] [[Yaoi Guys]]
** [[Those Two Bad Guys]] [[Yaoi Guys]]
** [[Those Two Bad Guys]] [[Yaoi Guys]]
* [[Bring My Brown Pants|Brown]] [[Panty Thief]]
* [[Bring My Brown Pants|Brown]] [[Panty Thief]]
** Eww.
** Eww.
* [[Executive Meddling|Executive]] [[Author Avatar|Avatar]]: When a big-shot executive forces writers to insert him into their work.
* [[Executive Meddling|Executive]] [[Author Avatar|Avatar]]: When a big-shot executive forces writers to insert him into their work.
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== ABC Meets XYZ ==
== ABC Meets XYZ ==
* Stubbing Your Toe On The Door Then Deciding You Want To Go Ice Fishing In Dinosaur Times Then Decide To Entry Pimp Sex With Your Own Toe In France Then Rape Someone While Laughing At A [[Mr. Fanservice]] From A Kids Show
* Stubbing Your Toe On The Door Then Deciding You Want To Go Ice Fishing In Dinosaur Times Then Decide To Entry Pimp Sex With Your Own Toe In France Then Rape Someone While Laughing At A [[Mr. Fanservice]] From A Kids Show
** [[Flat What]]
** [[Flat What]]
* Halfway Between [[Troperiffic]] And [[Cliché Storm]]
* Halfway Between [[Troperiffic]] And [[Cliché Storm]]
** Sliding Scale of Troperiffic Versus Cliche Storm
** Sliding Scale of Troperiffic Versus Cliche Storm
** Mohs Scale of [[Cliché Storm]] Hardness
** Mohs Scale of [[Cliché Storm]] Hardness
* Halfway Between Troperiffic And Halfway Between Troperiffic And Cliche Storm
* Halfway Between Troperiffic And Halfway Between Troperiffic And Cliche Storm
* Eighty Seven Point Five Percent Of The Way Between Troperriffic And Cliche Storm
* Eighty Seven Point Five Percent Of The Way Between Troperriffic And Cliche Storm
** Which way?
** Which way?
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** So Cool Its Dethroning Moment Of Suck Is Awesome
** So Cool Its Dethroning Moment Of Suck Is Awesome
** So Cool Its Crowning Moment of Awesome Is [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Doctor Horrible]]
** So Cool Its Crowning Moment of Awesome Is [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Doctor Horrible]]
* Crowning Moment of Subverted Xanatos Kawaii Badassness
* Crowning Moment of Subverted Xanatos Kawaii Badassness
** Okay, I SERIOUSLY need to write one of these.
** Okay, I SERIOUSLY need to write one of these.
* Just for Nightmare Moment of Laconic Darth Sugar Tropes Wiki
* Just for Nightmare Moment of Laconic Darth Sugar Tropes Wiki
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* Fridged A Bridget On Xanatos' Dog
* Fridged A Bridget On Xanatos' Dog
* What Do You Mean It's Not So Bad It's Good?
* What Do You Mean It's Not So Bad It's Good?
** Playing With [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Like]]?
** Playing With [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Like]]?
* Scary Shiny Idiot Rabbit
* Scary Shiny Idiot Rabbit
* Crowning Moment of [[VG Cats|Nerd Rage]]
* Crowning Moment of [[VG Cats|Nerd Rage]]
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* Tsunyandere: Being obsessively in love with you, bordering on mental illness, an denying it constantly.
* Tsunyandere: Being obsessively in love with you, bordering on mental illness, an denying it constantly.
** Played straight by [[Hey Arnold!|Helga]]
** Played straight by [[Hey Arnold!|Helga]]
* [[Ho Yay|Ho]] [[Yandere]]: A guy you experimented with at summer camp who turned out to actually be gay, thinks you're unhappy in your heterosexual relationship, and thinks you're still in love with him, as if you ever were.
* [[Ho Yay|Ho]] [[Yandere (disambiguation)]]: A guy you experimented with at summer camp who turned out to actually be gay, thinks you're unhappy in your heterosexual relationship, and thinks you're still in love with him, as if you ever were.
** Probably would be a subtrope of [[Depraved Homosexual]].
** Probably would be a subtrope of [[Depraved Homosexual]].
* Family Unfriendly Death By G Rated Sex
* Family Unfriendly Death By G Rated Sex
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* They Changed It Now It's So Cool It's Awesome
* They Changed It Now It's So Cool It's Awesome
* Crowning Moment Of Dude, Not Funny
* Crowning Moment Of Dude, Not Funny
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending|Earn Your]] [[Downer Ending]]
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending|Earn Your]] [[Downer Ending]]
** ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]''
** ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]''
** ''[[Fire Emblem Jugdral|Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War]]'', [[It Was His Sled|First Generation]].
** ''[[Fire Emblem Jugdral|Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War]]'', [[It Was His Sled|First Generation]].
** [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]] / [[Hope Spot]]
** [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]] / [[Hope Spot]]
* Everyone Is A Time Lord On TV Tropes
* Everyone Is A Time Lord On TV Tropes
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* Discredited Tropes Whose Time Has Come Again
* Discredited Tropes Whose Time Has Come Again
** [[Cyclic Trope]]
** [[Cyclic Trope]]
* Couldnt Think Of A Trope
* Couldnt Think Of A Trope
* Made Of Vin (Diesel)
* Made Of Vin (Diesel)
* The Trope [[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney|Never Happen]]
* The Trope [[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney|Never Happen]]
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* Network Executives Are Experienced Professionals And The Shows They Kill Were Usually Flopping Anyway
* Network Executives Are Experienced Professionals And The Shows They Kill Were Usually Flopping Anyway
** Blasphemy!
** Blasphemy!
* Crowning Moment of Stop Making Tropes Named After Xanatos Already
* Crowning Moment of Stop Making Tropes Named After Xanatos Already
** Shortened from ...It Was A Terrible Name That Everyone Constantly Misuses Which Only Caught On By A Fluke And Is Still Always Misused To Mean Crowning Moment of Planning Even Though That's Not What It Is, Because Most People Have No Idea Who Xanatos Is Aside From The Trope Itself And Therefore Haven't The Foggiest Idea What Sort Of Plans He Made Beyond The Implict Assumption Of 'Clever' Which Is All Anyone Ever Ever Ever Takes The Trope To Mean Outside [[TV Tropes]], And Slapping Xanatos On Every Trope About Clever Planning Only Makes It Worse And Also Also While I'm On The Subject--
** Shortened from ...It Was A Terrible Name That Everyone Constantly Misuses Which Only Caught On By A Fluke And Is Still Always Misused To Mean Crowning Moment of Planning Even Though That's Not What It Is, Because Most People Have No Idea Who Xanatos Is Aside From The Trope Itself And Therefore Haven't The Foggiest Idea What Sort Of Plans He Made Beyond The Implict Assumption Of 'Clever' Which Is All Anyone Ever Ever Ever Takes The Trope To Mean Outside [[TV Tropes]], And Slapping Xanatos On Every Trope About Clever Planning Only Makes It Worse And Also Also While I'm On The Subject--
* Rape Is Funny When [[Sexual Karma|It's Happening To People Who Think Rape Is Funny]]
* Rape Is Funny When [[Sexual Karma|It's Happening To People Who Think Rape Is Funny]]
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** Rape Is Funny When It Is [[The Scrappy]] On [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]
** Rape Is Funny When It Is [[The Scrappy]] On [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]
*** Rape Is Okay When It's [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] On [[The Scrappy]].
*** Rape Is Okay When It's [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] On [[The Scrappy]].
** Rape Is Funny When It's [[Naughty Tentacles|Eldritch Abomination]] on Male.
** Rape Is Funny When It's [[Naughty Tentacles|Eldritch Abomination]] on Male.
** Rape Is Funny When It's Male on Male on Male on Female on [[But You Screw One Goat!|Horse]] on [[Author Avatar]] on Female on IED on [[Eldritch Abomination]] [[Overly Long Gag|on pre-op transvestite]] on [[Perverse Sexual Lust|aubergine]] on nuke on Male on [[Murder Arson and Jaywalking|housefly]]. [[The Aristocrats]].
** Rape Is Funny When It's Male on Male on Male on Female on [[But You Screw One Goat!|Horse]] on [[Author Avatar]] on Female on IED on [[Eldritch Abomination]] [[Overly Long Gag|on pre-op transvestite]] on [[Perverse Sexual Lust|aubergine]] on nuke on Male on [[Murder Arson and Jaywalking|housefly]]. [[The Aristocrats]].
** Rape is Okay When It's [[Fanfic]] Author [[Canon Defilment|on Canon]].
** Rape is Okay When It's [[Fanfic]] Author [[Canon Defilment|on Canon]].
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* [[Zapped (wiki)]]
* [[Zapped (wiki)]]
* [[Speaking Simlish]]
* [[Speaking Simlish]]
* [[The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You]] (at least one HOPES this page will never self-demonstrate)
* [[The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You]] (at least one HOPES this page will never self-demonstrate)
** [[Averted Trope|I wish]] [[Cupcakes|it didn't.]]
** [[Averted Trope|I wish]] [[Cupcakes|it didn't.]]
* [[This Troper]]
* [[This Troper]]
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* [[Internet Counterattack]]
* [[Internet Counterattack]]
* [[Role Ending Misdemeanor]]
* [[Role Ending Misdemeanor]]
* [[Scenery Gorn]]
* [[Scenery Gorn]]
* [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]]
* [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]]
** Says you. I clicked on it and my hard drive started smoking!
** Says you. I clicked on it and my hard drive started smoking!

Revision as of 08:03, 5 October 2014

This is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek approach to certain tropes that will never be agreed upon by the community, either due to being absolutely universal, pointless, far too subjective, Complaining About Shows You Don't Like, or The Same but More.

Compare Lousy Alternate Titles for titles that will never happen.

Too Universal / People Sit on Chairs

Tom Siddell: It's when a character says something to another character in a story, and then later a different character says a thing that has nothing to do with that other thing.

"Alright, I see your quarter and raise you a stick of gum."
"Ooh, high roller!"


Too Obscure/Bizarre


Too Specific


Complaining About Shows You Don't Like


Too Subjective


The Same but More


X Meets Y Tropes


ABC Meets XYZ


Silly Puns, Often on Other Trope Names

Too Dangerous


Attracts Pot Holes

  • And How
  • Explanation is in my head
  • I Wish I Was Making This Up
    • I Am Totally Making This Up
  • No Explanation Needed
  • No Points For Guessing
  • Nuff Said
  • That's What Nuff Said
  • Oh, and ...
  • Quipping - Because You Fight Like a Cow really shouldn't be the trope's name.
  • So There You Go
  • That Is All
  • The - with specific instructions to link to The page every time you use The word "The" on The wiki.
  • Full Stop
  • Well Then
  • I Love You
  • This Is Awesome
  • Overstatement
  • I Know Already!
  • I Would Rather Not Discuss It
  • What a Shame
  • And That's All You Need to Know
  • The Best
  • The Worst
  • But Why?
  • Think again!
  • Brutal Subversion
  • Do I Need To Say It?


Unknowable

  • Seen It Exactly Zero Times
  • Did The Research At The Last Minute
    • Forced Someone To Do The Research For Him
  • Will Never Be Remade
  • Secretly Nonfictional
  • Index Of All Indices That Do Not Contain Themselves (think about it)
    • That's not Unknowable so much as Impossible.
      • Well, it's possible to make, just not to be complete. But how many pages on a wiki can be said to be complete?
  • Tropes That Pass In The Night
  • Tropes in Ultraviolet


Articles That Will Never Self-Demonstrate


Tropes That Will Never Be On Echo Chamber

  1. ↑ particles that is, as most other stuff is made of multiple particles.
  2. ↑ Actually, there are steps in between. You click "start", and then "shut down" - you click "start" to do a lot of things.
  3. ↑ No it doesn't.
  4. ↑ Also known as: Needs More Hate
  5. ↑ I meant History
  6. ↑ Let's assume that any article about self-demonstrating articles does self-demonstrate. Therefore Self-Demonstrating Article is a self-demonstrating article, proving the assumption true. Now, let's assume that any such article doesn't self demonstrate. Therefore Self-Demonstrating Article is not self-demonstrating, and the assumption is again true.
  7. ↑ Boxer shorts notwithstanding
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