History RenamedTropes / LToP

* NestedStory used to be "Push Pop Plot", after the computer science abstraction known as a "stack". Most readers don't know anything about stacks, and many who did weren't familiar with how push and pop operations apply to a stack. Some tropers thought it [[IsItSomethingYouEat was a kind of candy]]. (One wonders what they think [[TheStoner a "hash table" might be]].)

* PrecisionFStrike was briefly renamed to "Breaking-Point Swearing" before being renamed back to PrecisionFStrike. The trope had seen gradual decay as misuse, straying from meaning "a sudden, uncharacteristic use of profanity for emphasis" to instead highlight ''any'' kind of profanity, and it was briefly argued to be the result of the name being too vague on depicting what scenario it's meant to describe. The trope was renamed to "Breaking-Point Swearing" to de-emphasize the "F-Strike"/implied "F-bomb" that was believed to be the reason why the trope was such a PotholeMagnet, as well as to narrow down the scenario in question. However, this new title was quickly deemed to be ''too'' narrow as it only implies uncharacteristic profanity from angry outbursts (making several examples, such as a character casually swearing out of nowhere for comedic MoodWhiplash, no longer counting despite fitting the trope's original point), and it quickly became subject to misuse in its own right (by the title's implication, a character reaching their RageBreakingPoint and releasing [[ClusterFBomb a long stream of profanity]] would count, despite ClusterFBomb being almost the opposite of the intended idea). After further reconsideration, the original PrecisionFStrike title was restored as it was deemed the least problematic and confusing option, with the growing misuse being less because of the title itself and more general user error.

* PrecisionFStrike was briefly renamed to "Breaking-Point Swearing" before being renamed back to PrecisionFStrike. The trope had seen gradual decay as misuse, straying from meaning "a sudden, uncharacteristic use of profanity for emphasis" to instead highlight ''any'' kind of profanity, and it was briefly argued to be the result of the name being too vague on depicting what scenario it's meant to describe. The trope was renamed to "Breaking-Point Swearing" to de-emphasize the "F-Strike"/implied "F-bomb" that was believed to be the reason why the trope was such a PotholeMagnet, as well as to narrow down the scenario in question. However, this new title was quickly deemed to be ''too'' narrow as it only implies uncharacteristic profanity from angry outbursts (making several examples, such as a character casually swearing out of nowhere for comedic MoodWhiplash, no longer counting despite fitting the trope's original point), and it quickly became subject to misuse in its own right (by the title's implication, a character reaching their RageBreakingPoint and releasing [[ClusterFBomb a long stream of profanity]] would count, despite ClusterFBomb being almost the opposite of the intended idea). After further reconsideration, the original PrecisionFStrike title was restored as it was deemed the lead problematic and confusing, with the growing misuse being less because of the title itself and more general user error.

* PerfectPlayAI used to be "[=MK Walker=]", an obtuse reference to ''VideoGame/MortalKombat''. Those who didn't get the reference couldn't parse the trope (maybe it was someone's name?). The trope also wasn't clear that it was specific to video games.

* LoanShark used to be "All-Devouring Black Hole Loan Sharks", a reference to a company from ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} 2''. Although it did get the point across, it was long, unwieldy, and difficult to remember.

* ParrotExposition used to be "Metal Gearing", and before them "Prince of Space Sir". The first name was a reference to ''Film/PrinceOfSpace'', which was considered too obscure (most people only knew about it from its appearance on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''). The second name came from the ''Series/MetalGear'' series, but it gave no indication of what the trope is about, and the franchise is associated with many other things.

* ParrotExposition used to be "Metal Gearing", and before them "Prince of Space Sir". The first name was a reference to ''Film/PrinceOfSpace'', which was considered too obscure (most people only knew about it from its appearance on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''). The second name came from the ''Franchise/MetalGear'' series, but it gave no indication of what the trope is about, and the franchise is associated with many other things.

* LikesOlderWomen used to be "Cake Eater", after the Japanese idiom "Christmas cake" for women considered too old to date -- which used to be its own trope, but was merged in with OldMaid.[[note]]The analogy refers the Japanese tradition to eat cake on Christmas; the idea is that a woman becomes undesirable after they turn 26, the same way a Christmas cake becomes undesirable after on December 26th. A better-known equivalent in the west would be Valentine's chocolates or Halloween candy.[[/note]] Not everyone got the reference, leading to the rename.

* LikesOlderWomen used to be "Cake Eater", after the Japanese idiom "Christmas cake" for women [[OldMaid considered too old to date]].[[note]]The analogy being to a treat where demand drops off after hitting a deadline; equivalents more known in the West would be Valentine's Day chocolates or Halloween candy.[[/note]] Not everyone got the reference, leading to the rename.

* MrViceGuy used to be "[=McDuck=]", after the character Scrooge [=McDuck=] from the ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse''. In addition to requiring familiarity with the work, the TropeNamer is associated with several other tropes. And the lack of a "the" meant invited tropers to mistake the trope for a page about the character, not helped by how "[=McDuck=]" is easy to accidentally format as a WikiWord.

* PretentiousPronunciation used to be "It Is Pronounced Tro-PAY". It was misused for any alternative pronunciation, regardless of whether it was created specifically to make it sound fancier. In some cases tropers used it as a patonizing way to teach others how to pronounce a character's name when it's not obvious.

* NakedApron used to be "Hadaka Apron", which means the same thing but in GratuitousJapanese. Even if you understood it -- which is not something that the wiki should expect -- it gave the impression that it was a {{Japanese Media Trope|s}}, which it isn't.

* OpinionFlipFlop used to be "Like a Weasel". It was tremendously opaque; even if you associated "weasel" with "shifty" (as in the common idiom WeaselWords), it wasn't clear what that it was an opinion that was shifting.

* PretentiousPronunciation used to be "It Is Pronounced Tro-PAY". It was misused for any alternative pronunciation, regardless of whether it was created specifically to make it sound fancier. In some cases tropers used it as a smarmy way to teach others how to pronounce a character's name [[NoPronunciationGuide when it's not obvious]].

* PersonAsVerb used to be "I Pulled a 'Weird Al'". It was mistaken for something specific to Music/WeirdAlYankovic, like the trope formerly named "'Weird Al' Effect".

* {{Permadeath}} used to be "Final Death". It was renamed because it was not clear that it applied to video games, with tropers thinking it was a general {{Death Trope|s}}.

* LikesOlderWomen used to be "Cake Eater", after the Japanese idiom "Christmas cake" for women [[OldMaid considered too old to date]].[[note]]The analogy being to a treat where demand drops off after hitting a deadline; equivalents more known in the West would be Valentine's Day chocolates or Halloween candy.[/note]] Not everyone got the reference, leading to the rename.

* LikesOlderWomen used to be "Cake Eater", after the Japanese idiom "ChristmasCake" for women considered too old to date. Not everyone got the reference, leading to the rename.

* OvershadowedByAwesome used to be "The Krillin", after the character from ''Manga/DragonBall''. Not everyone got the reference, and many who did associated the character with other tropes.

* LittleMissBadass used to be "Badass Lolita". It's not a direct reference to ''Literature/{{Lolita}}'', but rather the derivative FanSpeak term "loli" for sexualized underage characters. Naturally, this became a big issue after Administrivia/TheGoogleIncident. In any event, there was no requirement that such characters had to be sexualized.