History Main / TheScottishTrope

* The writer of ''ShoggothOnTheRoof'' is referred to as "He Who [For Legal Reasons] Must Not Be Named". This is partly because the play doesn't quite respect the copyrights for ''FiddlerOnTheRoof'' and thus can't be performed, at least in the United States.

* The writer of ''AShoggothOnTheRoof'' is referred to as "He Who [For Legal Reasons] Must Not Be Named". This is partly because the play doesn't quite respect the copyrights for ''FiddlerOnTheRoof'' and thus can't be performed, at least in the United States.

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... ''{{MacBeth}}!''

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->''"Don't you ever say that word in my house ever again!"''
->''"What word, Rabbit?"''
->''"I refuse to say it."''
->''"Well if you won't tell me what word I'm not allowed to say... Is it 'Carrotses'?"''
->''"No."''
->''"'Rutabegas'?"''
->''"No."''
->''"'* Insert impronouncable gibberish here* '?"''
->''"That's not even a word!"''
--->--Springtime With Roo

** "Good Lord, you mean you have to do that [[GenreSavvy every time I say]] '[[spoiler:Macbeth]]'?"

** "Good Lord, you mean you have to do that [[spoiler:every time I say 'Macbeth']]?"

** "Good Lord, you mean you have to do that [[GenreSavvy every time I say '[[spoiler:Macbeth]]'?]]"

** "Good Lord, you mean you have to do that [[GenreSavvy every time I say 'Macbeth'?]]"

* In the tax day episode of {{Roseanne}} anytime anyone mentioned the word "audit" a cliche horror chord would play and the cast would look around nervously.

* According to the theater version of {{Peter Pan}}, saying "I don't believe in fairies" will cause a fairy to drop dead.

** [[TemptingFate You mean]][[ChaoticEvil Isfret]]?

** Hastur works on similar principles, except instead of wishes, you get death. As something of a joke, dying player characters will [[TalkingIsAFreeAction state as their dying words, "Hastur Hastur]] [[TotalPartyKill Hastur]]".

* In the ''{{Futurama}}'' episode "War is the H-Word," Bender can't say "ass" because it's his number one most-said word, and later he apparently can't say "antiquating" because the bomb was "stuck in there with glue or something, I don't know!" and they just had to change the word to something he never says.

... ''[=MacBeth=]!''

** "Good Lord, you mean you have to do that every time I say 'Macbeth'?"

* Some fans of ''QuantumLeap'' believe that the episode "The Boogieman" is cursed (with discussions of [=VCRs=] shorting out while recording it, etc.) and will refer to it as "The Halloween Episode" instead.

* [[{{Blackadder}} Argh! Hot potatoes, orchestra stalls, Puck will make amends! Ngh!]]

* [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses ELEPHANT!]] * Burger King appears*

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 (try it, it's fun!).

* In ''{{Freakazoid}}!'', CandleJack kidnaps you if you say his na [[color:#FFFFFF: It's because they never say Sir.]]
** [[MemeticMutation But at least he's nice enough to always hit the "submit" button before he leaves.]] [[color:#FFFFFF: Well, I was raised with manners.]]

* In ''DrawnTogether'', saying Ling-Ling's name three times is a [[WeMustKungFuFight declaration of battle]].

* In ''{{Freakazoid}}!'', CandleJack kidnaps you if you say his na [[color:#FFFFFF: It's because they never say Sir]]
** [[MemeticMutation But at least he's nice enough to always hit the "submit" button before he leaves.]] [[color:#FFFFFF: Well I was raised with manners]]

** Persona [[color:#FFFFFF: Not you again]] release the trooper Jack or I will get more drastic [[color:#FFFFFF: like what]] Jack Brothers[[color:#FFFFFF: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh alright her you go]] thanks[[color:#FFFFFF: I hat you]].

... [=MacBeth=] Hastur [[color:red:The Minotaur]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Candlejack]]

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