Truth in Television: Difference between revisions

* [[Brainwashed]]: Rare, but it can happen, though [[Tropes Examined by the Mythbusters|NOT by hypnosis or subliminal suggestion]]. (See [[More Than Mind Control]] below for how it does.) Ongoing situations of [[Domestic Abuse]] and other forms of abuse and exploitation tend to have some element of this.

* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: [[Nazi Germany]]. [[North Korea]]. Cults that attack, perpetrate crimes against, sue people in the outside world, or commit mass suicide. Abused spouses or family members that (sometimes violently) defend their abusers. Often specific to charismatic cults centred around an individual and or specific set of beliefs (including atheistic, religious, and political). These cults can control whole countries but are usually very small and insular. Usually far too self-destructive, insular, unstable, and paranoid to survive long.

* [[British Stuffiness]]: (see [[National Stereotypes]]) Brits are more private and reserved with people other than their close friends than Americans are, but this should not be interpreted as being arrogance; likewise the reverse with American bluster.

* [[Broke the Rating Scale]]: The first use probably was by a band who claimed that they were so loud that their speakers had to [[Up to Eleven|Go To Eleven]] (versus the usual 1-10 volume control).