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* ThreeMonthOldNewborn -- Originally "Dawson Babies", from DawsonCasting, named for ''Series/DawsonsCreek''. Dawson Casting is where adults are cast as teenagers; "Dawson Babies" was where month-olds are cast as day-olds, which didn't happen on ''Dawson's Creek''.

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* ZettaiRyouiki -- an UsefulNotes/AnimeFanspeak term for a short skirt worn with thigh-high socks, leaving a short patch of visible skin. The Trope Namer is ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', where the term -- which literally translates to "absolute territory" -- was used to refer to the [[DeflectorShields AT fields]]. It was only among {{otaku}} culture that the phrase was repurposed to refer to the trope. ''Evangelion'' itself doesn't have any examples of the trope ([[https://asuka-shinji.tumblr.com/post/29026915918/asuka-sohryu-langley-evangelion-anima at least, not in the main canon]]).

* TheNapoleon -- A short person with an [[HotBlooded equally short temper]]. The name comes from the psychological term "Napoleon complex", which refers to aggressiveness derived from insecurity about one's height. The term in turn comes from UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, but he's not an example because he wasn't that short; he was actually slightly ''above''-average by 18th century standards.[[note]] Since human height is partially determined by childhood health and nutrition, average human height has increased significantly since the 18th century due to various medical advances and greater access to food.[[/note]] Perception of his being short comes from UnitConfusion between France and England (and his tendency to surround himself with particularly tall Imperial Guardsmen).

* PacManFever -- A non-video game depicts video games [[TheThemeParkVersion so shallowly]], it's as if they've never advanced since ''VideoGame/PacMan''. The Trope Namer is the [[Music/PacManFever 1982 music album]] by Buckner & Garcia, which was contemporary to the original ''Pac-Man'' and thus depicted video games as they really were at the time.

* DrugsAreBad -- A StockAesop in which drugs have no positive use whatsoever. The Trope Namer is ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', in which it's an occasional CatchPhrase and almost always played as a SpoofAesop; if the show has any real Aesop to tell, it's that drug addiction is caused by external factors and can only be fought by identifying and helping people particularly susceptible to addiction.

* TheShadowKnows -- A disguised person's shadow reveals their true self. The name is a pun on the {{Catchphrase}} of the protagonist of ''Radio/TheShadow'', which otherwise has nothing to do with the trope.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules -- A character with morals so strong, they can't be bribed. The Trope Namer is ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', spoken by the character who named the opposite trope ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney -- the latter is his {{catchphrase}}, he very much fits the latter trope rather than the former, and he only said the former phrase by [[{{Spoonerism}} screwing up the order]].

* NoRespectGuy -- The OnlySaneMan who doesn't get a break or their peers' respect. The Trope Namer is the CatchPhrase of Creator/RodneyDangerfield, except most of the characters he played are not the OnlySaneMan but are bumbling, abrasive, and generally don't deserve much respect.

* {{Grimmification}} -- Taking a {{Bowdlerise}}d story and going way in the other direction to make it DarkerAndEdgier. The Trope Namer is Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, who picked up a reputation over the years for grimdark {{Fairy Tale}}s -- except they actually {{Bowdlerise}}d their stories themselves, and the originals were even ''darker'' (and sexier and more violent).

* KnightTemplar -- A villain who thinks they're a hero. The Trope Namer is UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar, who were never strictly villains; they just got that reputation thanks to propaganda of the time.

* CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown -- A {{Wrestling Trope|s}} in which a {{face}} who has been exiled returns with a PaperThinDisguise. The Trope Namer is the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' character Charlie Brown, who otherwise has nothing to do with the trope; the name is just an evocative phrase commonly used among wrestling fans.

* GoldenSnitch -- A single event or target in a competition is worth more than all the others combined, rendering them useless. The Trope Namer is the Quidditch ball from ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', which in theory is not an example because it is possible to catch the Snitch and still lose the game, and Creator/JKRowling says this happens far more often in professional Quidditch than in the simplified version we see at Hogwarts. But we've yet to see a situation in the series where such a scenario is ''plausible'' -- the one time it happens, in the final of the Quidditch World Cup, the team who lost needed only to score one more goal to force a tie by catching the Snitch, and a professional team who didn't fight to get that goal instead of catching the Snitch ought to be derided as so dumb as to be uncoachable.

* EspeciallyZoidberg -- From MyFriendsAndZoidberg, a reference to Zoidberg from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. While dialogue like EspeciallyZoidberg did happen on the show, none of it involved Zoidberg.

* KnightOfCerebus -- From CerebusSyndrome, it's where the Syndrome is induced by a character's appearance. This never happened in the Trope Namer ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'', where the Syndrome drifted in more gradually.

* IsntItIronic -- A work uses a song without realizing the implications of it, often because [[LyricalDissonance they weren't paying attention to the lyrics]] (and missed an {{Irony}} therein). The Trope Namer is a song by Music/AlanisMorissette of the same name which is famous for [[NonindicativeName not having any examples of irony]] in it. Since the trope used the name of a song without any consideration to its lyrics, the trope could be said to be an example of itself.

* IsntItIronic -- A work uses a song without realizing the implications of it, often because [[LyricalDissonance they weren't paying attention to the lyrics]] (and missed an {{Irony}} therein). The Trope Namer is a song by Music/AlanisMorissette of the same name which is famous for [[NonindicativeName not having any examples of irony]] in it.