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* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong could just as easily have been named '''Real SOVIET Damage!''', but not everyone's familiar with the UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity and its memes.

* NoPreggerSex is a lot shorter than '''[[Website/{{Yahoo}} Dangerops prangent sex? Will it hurt baby top of its head?]]''', and it'd be a pain for everyone to remember the misspellings.

* Calling TheWeirdSisters '''Nornentities'''...you really would go [[IncrediblyLamePun Tempting Fates]]?
* We use WerebeastTropes instead of '''Lycan Tropes''' because the latter isn't inclusive towards non-werewolf werebeasts, despite the [[IncrediblyLamePun fitting pun]].

** And ''please, for the love of all that is holy'', don't rename it to '''The [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Ghetsis]]'''.[[note]](Even if his ''[[Manga/PokemonAdventures Adventures]]'' and ''[[WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations Generations]]'' versions count)[[/note]]

** Even '''[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants A Football-Playing King in Space]]''' is a little too long, and since in context no such character actually appeared, would be too easily confused with BreadEggsBreadedEggs.

* HotWitch is a pretty intuitive name. '''Hex Bomb''' would be hilarious, but it would better be reserved for actual magical explosives.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot is not called '''{{Ninja}} {{Pirate}} [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies Zombie]] Robot {{Cowboy}} {{Hobos}} With {{Chainsaw|Good}} {{Laser|Blade}} {{Black|SwordsAreBetter}} {{OddlyShaped|Sword}} {{Katanas|AreJustBetter}} And [[GunsAkimbo Several]] [[MoreDakka automatic]] {{Revolvers|AreJustBetter}} And ThePowerOfFriendship [[CoolVersusAwesome Fighting]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire]] CommieNazis With BlackMagic Riding {{Cyborg}} Dinosaurs With Head Mounted [[EnergyWeapon Lasers]] Attacked by Film/{{Snakes On A|Plane}} [[ClusterFBomb Mother]][[PardonMyKlingon frakkin']] [[MilitaryMashupMachine Submarine Jet Tank]] With {{Misplaced|Wildlife}} {{Bears|AreBadNews}} Crashing Into An Ancient {{Zeppelin|sFromAnotherWorld}} With Franchise/{{Alien}} [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Anacondas]], feauring LipstickLesbian {{Time Travel}}ling [[{{Fanservice}} Bikini]] {{W|olfMan}}erewolf {{Cat Girl}}s DualWielding [[ProductPlacement Febreze]]: OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: [[ItsPersonal This Time, It's Personal]]: [[RecycledINSPACE In SPACE]]: TheMovie: The Game: 3D [[ReCut Gold Silver Super Ultra Heart Soul Special edition Director's Cut EX]]''' because that would be far too much to type.

* TransgenderFetishization is more to the point than '''[[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Sweet Transvestite]]''', and also avoids the issue that "transvestite" is nowadays considered an offensive and/or inaccurate description of UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} people.

* MoralEventHorizon is self-explanatory, '''Horrible Things''' is not.

* ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife sounds a lot better than '''The Karen'''. Not only is it clearer, we do not want to give those who actually have that name the wrong idea.

** It's also less obscure than '''New Art Dubbers''', which requires the knowledge of Mexican dubbing studios (New Art Dub, which only went by that name after 2007) and the Latin American Spanish dub of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.

* MissionControl isn't called '''The Guy in the Chair''' because the trope predates ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' by multiple ''Franchise/MetalGear'' games and the entirety of modern military history.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot is not called '''{{Ninja}} {{Pirate}} [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies Zombie]] Robot {{Cowboy}} {{Hobos}} With {{Chainsaw|Good}} {{Laser|Blade}} {{Black|SwordsAreBetter}} {{OddlyShaped|Sword}} {{Katanas|AreJustBetter}} And [[GunsAkimbo Several]] [[MoreDakka automatic]] {{Revolvers|AreJustBetter}} And ThePowerOfFriendship [[CoolVersusAwesome Fighting]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire]] CommieNazis With BlackMagic Riding {{Cyborg}} Dinosaurs With Head Mounted [[EnergyWeapon Lasers]] Attacked by Film/{{Snakes On A|Plane}} [[ClusterFBomb Mother]][[PardonMyKlingon frakkin']] [[MilitaryMashupMachine Submarine Jet]] With {{Misplaced|Wildlife}} {{Bears|AreBadNews}} Crashing Into An Ancient {{Zeppelin|sFromAnotherWorld}} With Franchise/{{Alien}} [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Anacondas]][[MemeticBadass Chuck Norris]] And Creator/SamuelLJackson Feauring LipstickLesbian {{Time Travel}}ling [[{{Fanservice}} Bikini]] {{W|olfMan}}erewolf {{Cat Girl}}s DualWielding [[ProductPlacement Febreze]]: OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: [[ItsPersonal This Time, It's Personal]]: [[RecycledINSPACE In SPACE]]: TheMovie: The Game: 3D [[ReCut Gold Silver Super Ultra Heart Soul Special edition Director's Cut EX]]''' because that would be far too much to type.

* AshcanCopy gets the definition across much better than '''''Franchise/FantasticFour'' Syndrome'''.

* We called it NewPowersAsThePlotDemands because '''[[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark Kent's]] [[ClarkesThirdLaw Third Law]]''' was a ''bit'' too much of a TakeThat. And too punny.

* SecretKeeper isn't called '''[[Franchise/{{Batman}} The Alfred]]''' since there are many characters named Alfred, and it isn't the defining trait of Bruce Wayne's butler.

* StacysMom is not called '''[[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter's Aunt]]''' because Aunt May being attractive is a product of the films and television based on Spidey and not in the original comics.

* To be honest, we could've called RoleEndingMisdemeanor '''[[MemeticMutation Milkshake Duck]]''', but these kinds of incidents have been around long before the meme ever took off.

* WrongTimeTravelSavvy could have been called '''"Back to the Future" Is a Bunch of Bullshit''', but the trope page existed long before ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' and singling out ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' wouldn't be fair.

'''We''': Hmmm...You have somewhat of a point...well, you could always use StockholmSyndrome instead...what is your lousy suggestion?

** And '''Still a Better Love Story Than ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''''' is meme-based, ambiguous, and too much of a TakeThat

* '''Tennis With [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Ganondorf]]''' is a pretty good alternate title for TennisBoss, since Ganondorf actually is one of the best known examples. The only problem is that it could easily be mistaken for GoKartingWithBowser.

* WalkingShirtlessScene could be called '''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} The Jacob]]''' but we try to avoid using StockParodies in our titles. Also, Trope Namer Syndrome.

* KillThepoor is less needlessly unclear than '''Beggars Can't Be'''.

* CutenessOverload is more specific than '''[[WesternAnimation/DespicableMe He's So Fluffy, I'm Gonna Die!]]'''.

* BreadEggsMilkSquick wasn't called '''Arson Murder and Genocide''' because... God knows why.

* BigBrotherBully isn't called '''The Rodrick''' because not everyone's seen ([[Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid or watched]]) ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid''.

* BreadEggsMilkSquick wasn't called "Arson Murder and Genocide" because... god knows why.

* We picked ButtMonkey instead of '''[[WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter Megward the Wizard]]''' because this trope was around waaaaaaay before [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Meg Griffin]], [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Squidward Tentacles]], [[WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum Kyle Bloodworth-Thomason]], ''and'' Mr. Enter came to be.

* SnarkToSnarkCombat could have been named '''Multiple Sarcasm'''. Unfortunately, like another half dozen [[OhGreatASnarkIndex snark tropes]], so we went for less pun, more precision.

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

* While calling LongTitle '''LightNovel Title''' is accurate, it's marred by the fact that most people don't know what a Light Novel is.

* We ''could'' have called ButtMonkey '''[[WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter Megward the Wizard]]''', except for the fact that this trope was around waaaaaaay before [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Meg Griffin]], [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Squidward Tentacles]], and [[WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum Kyle Bloodworth-Thomason]] came to be.