History NonIndicativeName / WesternAnimation

** Nelson and Bart go to the cinema to see a film named "Naked Lunch".

* ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'': Considering the movie takes place in America, the eponymous "Princess" isn't an actual princess, she's just mistaken for one, but becomes one at the end of the movie, considering the "Frog" ''is'' of royal descent.

** Whisper in ''[[ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass Shattered Glass]]'' is '''[[NoIndoorVoice LOUD!]]''' Mind you, it ''is'' [[MirrorUniverse SG]]. Of course, since the Decepticons are not only good but kind of foppish in the SG universe, this is definitely meant to be an ironic thng.
*** Speaking of Shattered Glass, the [[MirrorUniverse good/evil alignment flip]] means some of the ObviouslyEvil names wind up on good guys, and the other way around. First Aid, Defensor? Bad. Sinnertwin, Demolishor, Rampage? Good.

* The ''[[WesternAnimation/TheFantasticFour1967 Fantastic Four 1967]]'' episode "The Menace of the Mole Man" adapts a comic titled, "The Return of the Mole Man!", while "The Return of the Mole Man" adapts a comic titled, "The Mad Menace of the Macabre Mole Man". The former episode's title doesn't match its comic because Creator/HannaBarbera had yet to adapt the first ''Fantastic Four'' issue. (When they finally did so, they left out Mole Man's scenes to boot.)

* The ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' episode "Iron Man is Born" does not retell the origin of ComicBook/IronMan, nor does "The Man in the Ant Hill" show [[{{Ant-Man}} Hank Pym]] explore an ant hill. Some other episodes have the same names as comics they do not actually adapt, but most of them still sound relevant to the plot.

* ''Anime/TransformersArmada'': The Star Sabre has nothing to do with stars. The Skyboom Shield neither flies nor goes 'boom'. The Requiem Blaster is very loud when fired. Who named these things?
** For that matter, the only thing that approaches an armada is Tidal Wave in his component parties.
*** The title "Armada" refers to the armada of Autobot and Decepticon ships during the Unicron battles, and the Requiem blaster does have a good chance of killing you.
** Also, the [[Anime/TransformersCybertron Cyber Planet Keys]] are not actually keys, nor does the Omega Lock lock anything.
*** Many such oddities make more sense from [[MerchandiseDriven a toy collector's perspective]]. Cyber Keys, for instance, are roughly key-shaped and are used to ''unlock'' various gimmicks. As for the Omega Lock, once all four keys are in place and it's put into its proper place in a temple on Cybertron, it ''unlocks'' [[spoiler:the planet, allowing it to awaken and transform into the god Primus.]]
** Some Franchise/{{Transformers}} are named for features that later incarnations won't have. Armada Smokescreen doesn't have smoke (though he did once activate such a feature in the Autobots' base... something anyone could've done.) Energon Sixshot doesn't have ''anything'' to do with the number six (the original Sixshot had six forms, though the 'shot' is ''still'' a misnomer.) Cybertron Crosswise's name has nothing to do with him, though he is a 'monster hunter' and some monsters don't like crosses... but that's ''really'' stretching it. The first use of the name was with a guy in ''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'' who had a big X on his car hood. G1 Ramjet? An F-15, which doesn't use a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramjet ramjet]]. The list goes on and on.
** Ramjet's name actually suits him pretty well, considering his penchant for ramming other aircraft out of the sky.

** Within the CartoonNetwork milieu, the show can be seen as fairly regular.

* In a similar vein to the ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' example mentioned above, one of the main villains in ''MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' is '''Queen''' Vexus, leader of the Cluster '''Empire'''.

* The ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' series ''Newborn Cuties'' is an unintended example of this trope, as the characters aren't exactly newborn, and [[UncannyValley the cuteness is debatable]].

*** Who, in a similar gag to ''TheSimpsons'' one above, was the first man to be eaten alive by the Tunneling Horror.

* ''TransformersArmada'': The Star Sabre has nothing to do with stars. The Skyboom Shield neither flies nor goes 'boom'. The Requiem Blaster is very loud when fired. Who named these things?

** Also, the [[TransformersCybertron Cyber Planet Keys]] are not actually keys, nor does the Omega Lock lock anything.

** Some {{Transformers}} are named for features that later incarnations won't have. Armada Smokescreen doesn't have smoke (though he did once activate such a feature in the Autobots' base... something anyone could've done.) Energon Sixshot doesn't have ''anything'' to do with the number six (the original Sixshot had six forms, though the 'shot' is ''still'' a misnomer.) Cybertron Crosswise's name has nothing to do with him, though he is a 'monster hunter' and some monsters don't like crosses... but that's ''really'' stretching it. The first use of the name was with a guy in ''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'' who had a big X on his car hood. G1 Ramjet? An F-15, which doesn't use a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramjet ramjet]]. The list goes on and on.

** Whisper in ''[[TransformersShatteredGlass Shattered Glass]]'' is '''[[NoIndoorVoice LOUD!]]''' Mind you, it ''is'' [[MirrorUniverse SG]]. Of course, since the Decepticons are not only good but kind of foppish in the SG universe, this is definitely meant to be an ironic thng.

** In the [[TransformersGeneration1 G1]] episode ''Enter the Nightbird'', the character who needs help jumping up a cliff is the guy named Cliffjumper.

** In [[TransformersAnimated Animated]] there are the Jet Twins, Jetfire and Jetstorm, neither of them can fly, in fact none of the Autobots can truly fly. (Some of them, like Prowl have Jetpacks, but the Twins don't) The explanation (Read- Handwave) is that they were pilots before the war.

* In the Disney film ''TheGreatMouseDetective'', Padraic Ratigan actually ISN'T a rat; he's just a mouse drawn to look like a rat.
* ''{{Asterix}} Conquers America'': Asterix doesn't conquer America.

* ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog'': Considering the movie takes place in America, the eponymous "Princess" isn't an actual princess, she's just mistaken for one,[[spoiler:but becomes one at the end of the movie, considering the "Frog" ''is'' of royal descent.]]

* The two-parter ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' "Stewie Kills Lois/Lois Kills Stewie"; neither title is accurate. [[spoiler:In part 1, Stewie appears to kill Lois, but she turns out to be NotQuiteDead. In part 2, Stewie does get killed, but it's Peter who kills him. And to top it all off, ''both'' episodes [[AllJustADream turn out to be a computer simulation.]]]]
* ''FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': Its NonIndicativeName was only half of [[KarmaHoudini the issues]] viewers had with "Foster's Goes to Europe".

* ''FredAndBarneyMeetTheThing''. [[TheFlintstones Fred and Barney]] do not meet [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Thing]], [[InNameOnly if you can call him that]]; they're in segments that never cross over.

* On ''RockosModernLife,'' Heffer Wolfe is neither a heifer nor a wolf. Played with, however: he ''is'' a steer, and his last name comes from [[ObliviousAdoption his adopted family]], who ''are'' [[SpeciesSurname wolves.]]
* ''RegularShow'' is actually anything ''but'' regular.
** Muscle Man is actually just a FatIdiot.

* ''HeyArnold'' plays with this, when a DrillSergeantNasty SadistTeacher notes that Curly's hair isn't curly and [[YouFailLogicForever demands to know his real name]]. The odd thing is, [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight he's right]]--Curly's real first name is [[EmbarrassingFirstName Thaddeus]].
* ''{{Doug}}''. Doug Funnie [[TheStraightMan isn't.]]

* The Acme Hour on Cartoon Network was actually 2 hours long.
* The ''{{Rugrats}}'' spinoff ''AllGrownUp'' features the characters as tweens.

* The ''MyLittlePony'' series, ''Newborn Cuties'', is an unintended example of this trope, as the characters aren't exactly newborn, and the cuteness is debatable.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', there is a place known as the Crystal Empire. Its actually a city-state within the kingdom of Equestria, whose head of state is a princess (abeit one implicitly lower ranked than the reigning Equestrian diarchy), rather than an empress. Back when it was actually independent, it was ruled by kings and queens rather than an emperor or empress.
** Equestria itself is ruled by a pair of princesses, rather than the queens that being called a kingdom would indicate. [[FanWank Fans have come up with many explanations for this situation.]]
* ''EightCrazyNights'' hardly has anything to do with Hanukkah (outside of a few brief references) and may have very well just been a film set during the Winter season.
* The ''[[WesternAnimation/TheFantasticFour1967 Fantastic Four 1967]]'' episode "The Menace of the Mole Man" adapts a comic titled, "The Return of the Mole Man!", while "The Return of the Mole Man" adapts a comic titled, "The Mad Menace of the Macabre Mole Man". The former episode's title doesn't match its comic because Creator/{{Hanna-Barbera}} had yet to adapt the first ''Fantastic Four'' issue. (When they finally did so, they left out Mole Man's scenes to boot.)

* The episode "Fun on a Bun" is actually a big TearJerker.

* WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb gives us this gem:

(Candace and the others land on ground made of pillows.)[[note]]That gem in question happens to be from the episode intitled "Wizard of Odd".[[/note]]

* In the Disney film ''Tangled'', Rapunzel's magic hair never gets tangled, in spite of the many things it is brushed over, tied to, etc.

* The ''[[WesternAnimation/TheFantasticFour1967 Fantastic Four 1967]]'' episode ""The Menace of the Mole Man" adapts a comic titled, "The Return of the Mole Man!", while "The Return of the Mole Man" adapts a comic titled, "The Mad Menace of the Macabre Mole Man". The former episode's title doesn't match its comic because Hanna-Barbera had yet to adapt the first Fantastic Four issue. (When they finally did so, they left out Mole Man's scenes to boot.)

* ''EightCrazyNights'' hardly has anything to do with Hanukkah (outside of a few brief references) and may have very well just been a film set during the Winter season.

** Equestria itself is ruled by a pair of princesses, rather than the queens that being called a kingdom would indicate. [[FanWank Fans have come up with many explanations for this situation.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', there is a place known as the Crystal Empire. Its actually a city-state within the kingdom of Equestria, whose head of state is a princess (abeit one implicitly lower ranked than the reigning Equestrian diarchy), rather than an empress.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', there is a place known as the Crystal Empire. Its actually a city-state within the principality of Equestria, whose head of state is a princess (abeit one implicitly lower ranked than the reigning Equestrian diarchy), rather than an empress.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', there is a place known as the Crystal Empire. Its actually a city-state within the principality of Equestria.

* In the Disney film ''Tangled'', Rapunzel's magic hair never gets tangled, in spite of the many things it is brushed over, tied to, etc.

** There's also Doc Facilier's "Friends on the Other Side", who are [[DealWithTheDevil not]] [[YouHaveFailedMe exactly]] [[NightmareFuel friendly]]...

* The ''MyLittlePony'' series, ''Newborn Cuties'', is an unintended example of this trope, as the characters are neither newborn or [[UncannyValley cute.]].

* ''FredAndBarneyMeetTheThing''. [[TheFlintstones Fred and Barney]] do not meet [[FantasticFour the Thing]], [[InNameOnly if you can call him that]]; they're in segments that never cross over.