History SCPFoundation / TropesNToR

* RuleThirtyFour:
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1004 SCP-1004]] is this in its purest form.
** SCP-914 has frequently made this of an anthropomorphic female version of itself called Clockwork-Chan, at one point even rewriting it’s own file into what is basically a hentai fanfic.

* RuleThirtyFour: [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1004 SCP-1004]] is this in its purest form.

** [[invoked]]SCP-231 is essentially a NoodleIncident played for {{Squick}} and [[NothingIsScarier horror]] rather than laughs. Whatever you think the notorious "Procedure 110-Montauk" is, it's much, MUCH worse... [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe_Boll and even then, it's much worse than that]]. Speculation on what Procedure 110-Montauk is at times gets comparable to TheAristocrats — a FAQ had a bunch of [DATA REDACTED]s interspersed with mentions of an elephant, a bed of live cobras, Barbara Streisand's Greatest Hits, something that is over seventeen feet long, a staple remover, a feather boa that absolutely ''must'' be black (and not dark blue), and "plutonium splitting the atom." [[note]]Of course, TheAristocrats is only "[[BlackComedy funny]]" if you're not [[ColdBloodedTorture on the literal ass end of it...]][[/note]]
** The uncensored reports of [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-835 SCP-835]] demonstrate exactly what could be behind every NoodleIncident, and why [[YouDoNotWantToKnow you really don't want to know]]. On the other hand, it can also be seen as how a [[NothingIsScarier [DATA EXPUNGED]]] can be important for an article, as some people found the uncensored 835 reports to be [[AntiClimax quite disappointing]].

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Many of the [=SCPs=]. In particular is SCP-387, a set of sentient Legos. Ordinarily they're benign, and even kind of cute. But put a knockoff set of Legos nearby, and they will do [[NothingIsScarier something Redactable]].

* NothingIsScarier: The guidelines for writing new SCP reports encourage [[TakeOurWordForIt vagueness]] so that the reader fills in the horror for themselves, which is more effective than detailing something that may just fall flat.
%%** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-055 SCP-055]] is a good example of this.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-231 SCP-231]]. All we know is that it's a [[WouldHarmAChild little girl]] forced to undergo a process known as "Procedure 110-Montauk" every day to prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. This process is so terrible that it's made some personnel kill themselves, or take amnesiacs just to forget they were ever a part of it. What is this process? We'll never know. And yet, it's frequently cited as one of the most horrifying entries on the entire wiki.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-579 SCP-579]]. What is it? '''We don't know.''' Whatever it is, the SCP Administration felt it was so dangerous that even the description of it is gone. They even killed all the people working on it, save 7 agents that act as advisers in case it ever gets loose. It's so bad that it's currently stored in an alternate universe — after having destroyed at least 4 other containment sites, with a very specific containment procedure, and if it ever fails, even for a minute, policy is to ''destroy the alternate universe'' to contain it. And if that fails?
--> ''[[DespairEventHorizon In the event of an unsuccessful Action 10-Israfil-B, no further action will be necessary.]]'' [DATA EXPUNGED]
** PlayedWith In-universe in a very literal way with: [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1057 SCP-1057, the Absence of a Shark]]. It's empty space, raw void, that nonetheless swims around in the water with the shape and mentality of an uncommonly irritable tiger shark. Being made to ham-fistedly illustrate a point by a pretentious group of anomaly artists, it was released in a public setting and attacked three people, two fatally... while the fleeing crowd trampled ''five'' to death in their panic. The idea of a shark thus proved more dangerous than there being a shark, doubly illustrated by the very distinct ''lack'' of shark in the anomaly's 3D space.

** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5000 SCP-5000]]. For some reason the Foundation, including the Ethics Committee decides to [[FaceHeelTurn end the world]] with no explanation except that it's because of "circumstances outside our controll". A post article analysis and WordOfGod confirms they learned of [[spoiler: an EldritchAbomination inside the human mind]], but what it is, why the Foundation wants to destroy the world because of it and whether or not [[spoiler:[[ResetButton resetting the timeline]] will stop them from doing it again]] is never explained.

* {{Precursors}}: Numerous examples. Arguably, the [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-140 Daevites]] could fit into this category, being described as a HumanSubspecies, with some articles implying they had technology to rival our own. Going further back a little, there's also [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1000 SCP-1000]] (Bigfoot) and [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4000 SCP-4000]] (the Fae). Going into the very distant past, you get [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-6204 Sapiensaurus]], a species of intelligent theropods that developed an advanced civilization over 100 million years ago. It's safe to say the Foundationverse has ancient advanced civilizations coming out the wazoo.

* Precursors: Numerous examples. Arguably, the [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-140 Daevites]] could fit into this category, being described as a HumanSubspecies, with some articles implying they had technology to rival our own. Going further back a little, there's also [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1000 SCP-1000]] (Bigfoot) and [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4000 SCP-4000]] (the Fae). Going into the very distant past, you get [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-6204 Sapiensaurus]], a species of intelligent theropods that developed an advanced civilization over 100 million years ago. It's safe to say the Foundationverse has ancient advanced civilizations coming out the wazoo.

* OminousMessageFromTheFuture: While it is unclear exactly who or what is responsible for its creation, [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5614 SCP-5614]], an anomalous recording of Billy Joel's ''We Didn't Start the Fire'', contains several additional verses which appear to predict future events (of course, the article in question was written during the 1990s, many of these events will be familiar to modern readers).

** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2901 SCP-2901]] is based mythical Mothman - rather than being a singular entity however, there's a whole ''species'' of them.

* ResetButton: [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2000 SCP-2000]]. The article massively [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerates]] the trope with relentless, non-stop technobabble and a very convoluted activation process, but is none the less played straight. It has definitely been used multiple times, but right now it's broken.

* ResetButton: [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2000 SCP-2000]]. The article massively [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerates]] the trope with relentless, non-stop technobabble and a very convoluted activation process, but is none the less played straight.

** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1427 SCP-1427]] is apparently why the despotic Democratic People's Republic of Korea still governs [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Korea above the 38th parallel]]; it attempts to fry the brains of the nearest ~20,000 humans who aren't already under its effects, but humans who are authoritarian-submissive, like millions of North Koreans are, provides immunity to it, so the Foundation attempts to keep the entire country's population subservient and prevent any attempts at its democratization or destabilization.

** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1427 SCP-1427]] is apparently why the despotic Democratic People's Republic of Korea still governs [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Korea above the 38th parallel]]; it attempts to fry the brains of the nearest ~20,000 humans who aren't already under its effects, but humans who are authoritarian-submissive, like millions of North Koreans are, provides immunity to it, so the Foundation attempts to keep the entire country subservient to its government and prevent any attempts at its democratization or destabilization.

** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1427 SCP-1427]] is apparently why the despotic Democratic People's Republic of Korea still governs [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Korea above the 38th parallel]]; it attempts to fry the brains of the nearest ~20,000 humans who aren't already under its effects, but humans who are authoritarian-submissive, like millions of North Koreans are, provides immunity to it.

** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1427 SCP-1427]] is apparently why the despotic Democratic People's Republic of Korea still governs [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Korea above the 38th parallel]]; it attempts to fry the brains of the nearest ~20,000 humans who aren't already under its effects, but being authoritarian-submissive, like millions of North Koreans are, provides immunity to it.

** King Dyrmud of [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-6078 Hy-Brasil]] is described as having had seven wives over the course of his lifetime, all of whom met unfortunate ends due to a Curse.

** King Dyrmud of [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5921 Hy-Brasil]] is described as having had seven wives over the course of his lifetime, all of whom met unfortunate ends.

** The main [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-076 SCP-076 article]] was rewritten to remove the Mobile Task Force Omega-7 stuff, and make Able less [[BuffySpeak "lolawesome"]]. He's less of a ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s {{Expy}} now and more of a humanoid bundle of murder. He is also now completely hostile towards the Foundation; no longer is he working for any side. The Mobile Task Force Omega-7 stuff was later worked back in with key changes. The "official SCP-076 file" makes it '''very''' clear that he's InUniverse ChaoticNeutral ''at best'', while [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-076-2 the records of his time in Mobile Task Force Omega-7]] state that the instant Able got bored again, he reverted back to slaughtering SCP personnel starting with Omega-7.

* OneMythToExplainThemAll: It is not clear whether [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-169 the Leviathan]] and [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3000 AnantaShesha]] were the origin of the myth, or were named after mythological creatures.
** many yokais, like the [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2863 Gashakoduro]] are SCPs.

%%* OurHumansAreDifferent: Many [=SCP=]s (such as [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-516925/scp-1788 1788]]) imply humanity has a radically different origin and/or true nature in the Foundationverse.

* RedStringOfFate: [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2203 SCP-2203]], a carnival "love machine" that can make perfect matches (it can even account for the subject being aromantic and {{asexual}} and match them up with perfect friends). As long as you follow it's hints on how to get close to your match and don't, for example, get matched with someone who's already happy with their partner or [[spoiler: attack your match's current partner and get demoted to D-class]] everything will be just fine.

** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5000 SCP-5000]]. For some reason the Foundation, including the Ethics Committee decides to [[FaceHeelTurn end the world]] with no explanation except that it's because of "circumstances outside our controll". A post article analysis and WordOfGod confirms they learned of [[spoiler: an EldritchAbomination inside the human mind]], but what it is, why the Foundation wants to destroy the world because of it and whether or not [[spoiler [[ResetButton resetting the timeline]] will stop them from doing it again]] is never explained.

* {{Nanomachines}}: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-204 SCP-204-1]] is a particularly fight-prone cloud of those [[EatingMachine that eats meat]]. [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-784-ARC SCP-784-ARC]] is a man who now "[[BrainUpload lives]]" as a nanomachine colony. And [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1322 SCP-1322]] has plenty of nanomachines being delivered as a weapon.
* {{Narrator}}: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1376 SCP-1376]] is a video camera that gives its recordings a narrator ''a la'' [[Creator/DavidAttenborough certain British nature documentaries]].

** The "[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/unfounded-hub Unfounded]]" mini-canon is built on the premise that this is not true, taking place in a universe where there is no Foundation, and yet things are still pretty much the same, with other Groups of Interest taking up the slack.
** The [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/ethics-committee-orientation Ethics Committee]] prevents the Foundation from committing unnecessary cruelty... which means that somebody has to decide when cruelty ''is'' necessary.

%%* NeverMessWithGranny: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-517 Grammie Knows]], and [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-352 the Baba Yaga]].
* NextSundayAD: A few Series 3 [=SCPs=] start in dates after their initial publication, such as 2015 ([[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2716 SCP-2716]]), 2016 ([[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2242 SCP-2242]]), 2017 ([[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2703 SCP-2703]]), 2018 ([[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2570 SCP-2570]]) and 2019 ([[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2217 SCP-2217]]). It probably works better than Series 2 [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece dating articles with predictions]] such as [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1032 SCP-1032]]'s Euclid revision set for January 2015 or [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1023 SCP-1023]] having the CaliforniaCollapse in 2016. [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2998 SCP-2998]] plays with it — it starts in the same 2013 it was written, [[spoiler:then the aliens invade in 2017, and ultimately a ResetButton is pressed and time goes back to 2013 again]].

** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-425 SCP-425]]: A television set which broadcasts a weird vision by itself on the 8th, 16th, and 24th day of each month, even when unplugged. It's harmless, but if you're born on days of the month that are multiples of 8 (e.g. 8, 16, and 24), then the vision will include ''moving through a black hole'', and experience "a crushing sense of oblivion". Then you will have recurring nightmares for weeks, and even extensive psychotherapy only reduced the nightmare to once a month.
** 30% of [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1881 SCP-1881-B]] players report lasting psychological effects afterwards, in the form of nightmares related to its contents (and occasional visual/auditory hallucinations).
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2980 SCP-2980]], a BigRedDevil that switched from terrorizing cultists to writing children's books. He likes reading his stories to anyone around his "nightlight" at 8:30 PM and the only effects these stories have is they sometimes give the listener a refreshing sleep [[spoiler:and create new creatures to bedevil the Foundation like [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2845 THE DEER]] (AKA "Damnbi") and [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1435 Grog the cave monster]]]].

** Whoever or whatever Phobos Labs ("Bringing your nightmares to YOU since 1944") is made [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2850 SCP-2850]], wasps that cause you to grow extra teeth which hatch more wasps which then hide in yours and any other human dwelling to find more people to infest. They also mention making [[{{Lobotomy}} Trypano]][[EvilClown Clowns]][[TradeSnark ©]].
** Junior Researcher James, who's implied to be Dr. Bright's son. Two of his [=SCPs=], [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-789-j SCP-789-J]] and [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-078-j SCP-078-J]], which are funny if not childish. Then we have [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-682-j SCP-682-J]], which are his drawings of SCP-682 and his versions of its description. One of the picture is SCP-682 eating a researcher.
* NightmareRetardant: {{Invoked}} with the staff assigned to [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2006 SCP-2006]], a sentient sphere that can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting transform itself in order to cause fear in others]]. To prevent it from becoming something truly dangerous, staff members must watch low-quality horror movies and [[FauxHorrific pretend they're terrified]] to trick it into only turning into harmless things.
* NightmarishFactory: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-001-o5 SCP-001:O5]]. A factory built by a wizard that used BloodMagic and SoulPower to manufacture OrganicTechnology from the slaves bred in the factory's basement. The founder [[spoiler:accidentally made [[DealWithTheDevil a Pact with the entity running it]], and every so often a researcher disappears... This might be why the Foundation is so quick to send D-Class personnel to their deaths. If it can gorge on RedShirts, it'll leave the more valuable people alone]].
* NinetyPercentOfYourBrain: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1475 SCP-1475]] took a drug that allowed him to use 100% of his brain, giving him complete and total control over his body. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, this also means that he now must manually do everything his body ''used'' to do automatically, like pumping blood through his veins or digesting food. [[BlessedWithSuck This takes so much of his concentration that it has left him bedridden and unable to walk around]] because he can't move his muscles ''and'' keep up the formerly automated stuff at the same time. The author wrote this SCP specifically because they hated the "__% of your brain" trope.]]
* NintendoHard: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1633 SCP-1633]], which learns from players' actions and evolves to counter them.

* NoDialogueEpisode: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2521 SCP-2521]] is this out of necessity, as it is a weird HumanoidAbomination that takes away anything written about it and kidnaps anyone who talks about it. However, ''drawing pictures'' that describe it is just fine.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: SCP-517's reaction to SCP-087 in [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/old-kansas-sector-part-7 Episode 7]] of Old Kansas Sector.
* NoJustNoReaction: 076's reaction to being requested to approach [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/dr-clef-s-proposal one candidate]] for SCP-001.

* NoFourthWall: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/sandrewswann-s-proposal Andrew Swann's Proposal for SCP-001]] takes a sledgehammer to the fourth wall, when it reveals that [[spoiler:the Foundation found out they're a bunch of editable horror stories]].
** If S. Andrew Swann's proposal is a sledgehammer, then [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/operation-overmeta Operation Óvermeta]] and the related [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-3500 SCP-3500]] is a wrecking ball. Continuing from the ending of the former, [[spoiler:the Foundation decides to take advantage of the fact that they're fiction, exploiting the actual site's mechanics and integrating otherwise-non-canon site functions like the Grand Crosslinking into the story. This ultimately [[NiceJobBreakingItHero bites them in the ass]] when their endgame, to establish a unified canon, heavily destabilizes reality and sends it crashing down on unfortunate AuthorAvatar researchers]].

** [[PlayedForLaughs On the other extreme]], there are the containment methods of [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1746 SCP-1746]] and the process to activate [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1731 SCP-1731]]'s anomalous effects.
* NoodleIncident: Every single time you see "[DATA EXPUNGED]" or "[REDACTED]"; it seems like the whole idea is to have at least one such incident per SCP. The unspecified reason why [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-447 SCP-447]] must ''never'' come into contact with dead bodies is especially noodly and is occasionally referred to elsewhere (as seen below, it scares O5-2 shitless).
** [[invoked]]SCP-231 is essentially a NoodleIncident played for {{Squick}} and [[NothingIsScarier horror]] rather than laughs. Whatever you think the notorious "Procedure 110-Montauk" is, it's much, MUCH worse... [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe_Boll and even then, it's much worse than that]]. Speculation on what Procedure 110-Montauk is at times gets comparable to TheAristocrats — a FAQ had a bunch of [DATA REDACTED]s interspersed with mentions of an elephant, a bed of live cobras, Barbara Streisand's Greatest Hits, something that is over seventeen feet long, a staple remover, a feather boa that absolutely ''must'' be black (and not dark blue), and "plutonium splitting the atom." [[note]]Of course, TheAristocrats is only "[[BlackComedy funny]]" if you're not [[ColdBloodedTorture on the literal ass end of it...]][[/note]]
** The uncensored reports of [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-835 SCP-835]] demonstrate exactly what could be behind every NoodleIncident, and why [[YouDoNotWantToKnow you really don't want to know]]. On the other hand, it can also be seen as how a [[NothingIsScarier [DATA EXPUNGED]]] can be important for an article, as some people found the uncensored 835 reports to be [[AntiClimax quite disappointing]].
** Most of the items on [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/the-things-dr-bright-is-not-allowed-to-do-at-the-foundation the list of things Dr. Bright is not allowed to do at the Foundation]] imply quite a few such incidents coming from just one guy.
** [[spoiler:According to [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-963 SCP-963]] and its implications, "[[BrainUploading just one guy]]" isn't an accurate term.]]

** The entirety of [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-579 SCP-579]].
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1570 Whatever lead to the photograph of SCP Agents wearing assless chaps out in public to contain SCP-1570.]] (NSFW, obviously.)
** This trope is directly invoked in one of the experiments with [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1459 SCP-1459]]. The researcher asks the machine to kill an instance of SCP-1459-1 using the word ''Noodles'' as a sort of creative prompt. A curtain then goes down, various sounds are heard, and when the curtain rises again, the instance of SCP-1459-1 is dead, clearly under bizarre circumstances. It is noted in the end of the log that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint nothing related to noodles ever happened]].

* NoSell: Former [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/experiment-log-151-d SCP-151-D]] exhibited this along with other MartyStu traits, shrugging off effects of other [=SCPs=] just ''because''. His termination log consists much of the same, until he's finally destroyed... rather messily. [[invoked]]
* NoSenseOfDirection: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-920 SCP-920,]] also known as [[MeaningfulName Mr. Lost.]] Try to take him somewhere, or just walk with him for a while, and ''you'' will get lost. (However, apparently because all the super-deadly gets old if ''everything'' is super-deadly, the description has a notice that lost means "lost" as in "misplaced" and not some horrible fate. However, you ''can'' be lost to pretty much anywhere in the world. And it's likely you'll still die of thirst or cold if you get lost with him in a desert or a snowy area.)

* NoseShove: [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-108 SCP-108]].

* NotUsingTheZWord: It's very obvious that [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-008 SCP-008]] is a zombie virus, but the article never refers to it as such.

%%** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-055 SCP-055]] is a good example of this.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-231 SCP-231]]. All we know is that it's a [[WouldHarmAChild little girl]] forced to undergo a process known as "Procedure 110-Montauk" every day to prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. This process is so terrible that it's made some personnel kill themselves, or take amnesiacs just to forget they were ever a part of it. What is this process? We'll never know. And yet, it's frequently cited as one of the most horrifying entries on the entire wiki.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-579 SCP-579]]. What is it? '''We don't know.''' Whatever it is, the SCP Administration felt it was so dangerous that even the description of it is gone. They even killed all the people working on it, save 7 agents that act as advisers in case it ever gets loose. It's so bad that it's currently stored in an alternate universe — after having destroyed at least 4 other containment sites, with a very specific containment procedure, and if it ever fails, even for a minute, policy is to ''destroy the alternate universe'' to contain it. And if that fails?

** PlayedWith In-universe in a very literal way with: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1057 SCP-1057, the Absence of a Shark]]. It's empty space, raw void, that nonetheless swims around in the water with the shape and mentality of an uncommonly irritable tiger shark. Being made to ham-fistedly illustrate a point by a pretentious group of anomaly artists, it was released in a public setting and attacked three people, two fatally... while the fleeing crowd trampled ''five'' to death in their panic. The idea of a shark thus proved more dangerous than there being a shark, doubly illustrated by the very distinct ''lack'' of shark in the anomaly's 3D space.
** [[http://www.scpwiki.com/scp-2154 SCP-2154]] is a telescope that allows the real-time observation of space. Approximately 72% of stars viewable by mundane means cannot be seen through it, which means that either stars are going out very quickly or something ''very'' large ad opaque is blocking them. [[spoiler:It is confirmed that a mix of both is most likely true, but the reader never learns what the matter is and the foundation doesn't know either. The author [[http://www.scpwiki.com/forum/t-1294137/scp-2154 confirms]] that the point of the article is not about ''why'' the stars are going out or being blocked, but rather that humans have no idea what is ''currently'' happening in space]].
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-5000 SCP-5000]]. For some reason the Foundation, including the Ethics Committee decides to [[FaceHeelTurn end the world]] with no explanation except that it's because of "circumstances outside our controll". A post article analysis and WordOfGod confirms they learned of [[spoiler: an EldritchAbomination inside the human mind]], but what it is, why the Foundation wants to destroy the world because of it and whether or not [[spoiler [[ResetButton resetting the timeline]] will stop them from doing it again]] is never explained.
* NuclearOption: Most (if not all) Sites have on-site nuclear warheads, to be detonated in the event of a breach by a Keter-class SCP or Site failure. But they are actually ''afraid'' to try it on [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-682 SCP-682]] because it might not only ''survive'', it could become ''even stronger.''
* TheNudifier: The intended use of [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1755 SCP-1755]] by its creators, until the Foundation contained it and discovered that [[spoiler:the worms are bringing the cotton plant close to extinction and [[GoneHorriblyRight might cause a collapse in the textile industry]]]].
* NumberOfTheBeast: While [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-666 SCP-666]] is not overtly Satanic, [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-616 SCP-616]] is decidedly more hellish, and has clergy on staff when necessary. The actual religious requirements are [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve invented]], though.

* NutritionalNightmare: [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-807 SCP-807]], the Heart Attack on a Plate. Any food placed on it will be turned into this trope, and consuming it will invariably cause a heart attack within 5 minutes.

* ObsessiveLoveLetter: [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1269 SCP-1269]], apparently a mailbox that sends stalkerish letters to female owners.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-962 SCP-962]], which sends such love letters to ''humanity''.
* OddCouple: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1710 SCP-1710]] 1 and 2, an EldritchAbomination and a pleasant British housewife, respectively, who were turned into trees by a TricksterGod.

** In [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/interview-507-g interview 507G]], Said by [[spoiler:an alternate version of]] SCP-507 after he realizes what's going to happen to him.

** In [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-5000 SCP-5000]], Pietro Wilson could only utter a "[[PrecisionFStrike Fuck me]]" when the Foundation released a global message revealing their existence and their intent to exterminate mankind.
* OldShame: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1851-ex SCP-1851-EX]] is an in-universe example. Before the Civil War, the Foundation's D-classes were composed of slaves who escaped their masters; the "D" referred to "Drapetomania," a "mental illness" that caused slaves to have an "unnatural" lack of submission and obsess over fleeing captivity. When it's suggested they destroy all evidence of this embarrassing fact, the Foundation insists on keeping the information on file specifically ''because'' it's an embarrassing fact.
* OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: Aside from the Foundation, there's [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1659 SCP-1659]] AKA Directorate K, whose affected "members" number in the hundreds of thousands. Its mission is incomprehensible beyond apparently wanting to fix the SCP-verse [[BlueAndOrangeMorality in its own way]] and influencing foodies.

* OnceForYesTwiceForNo: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-3082 SCP-3082]]: When 3082-2 is communicating with a somewhat broken drone:

* OminousMessageFromTheFuture: While it is unclear exactly who or what is responsible for its creation, [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-5614 SCP-5614]], an anomalous recording of Billy Joel's ''We Didn't Start the Fire'', contains several additional verses which appear to predict future events (of course, the article in question was written during the 1990s, many of these events will be familiar to modern readers).
* OneMythToExplainThemAll: It is not clear whether [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-169 the Leviathan]] and [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-3000 AnantaShesha]] were the origin of the myth, or were named after mythological creatures.

* OrificeInvasion: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2484 SCP-2484]], anomalous mayonnaise: "Masses from 235 g to 804 g will actively attempt to make their way inside vertebrate animals through any available means (including oral, nasal, aural, ocular, rectal, or genital orifices, open wounds, and sweat pores)."
* OriginStory: Some of [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-001 SCP-001]] proposals are about how the Foundation and sometimes how many groups of interest are formed.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-5497 SCP-5497]] ('What Never Was') serves as a possible origin for the world explored in the [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/unfounded-hub Unfounded]] canon.

* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Averted as [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/dr-clef-s-proposal the Foundation goes to extensive lengths to document the fact that Dr. Clef's proposal for SCP-001]] is indeed a bona fide Judeo-Christian Angel without any major subversions — and possibly ''the'' Jophiel himself, who guards the real, genuine Garden of Eden. It ''does'', however, play more to the descriptions in Holy texts as opposed to cultural depictions; for instance, appearing to have as many as 108 wings and being made of fire.
** Played Straight, though, with [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-469 SCP-469]]. Disturbingly straight.
** Your mileage may vary with [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-861 SCP-861]].
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2610 SCP-2610-A]] thinks his [[CosmicHorror "visitor"]] is an angel ("Her flesh rippled and tore, and light shined through the cracks like the sun.") and she speaks to him, [[UnreliableNarrator as he remembers it]], like one: "'Soft and silent, Child of God,/for you have been chosen to lead His people/and create for Him a New Eden.'"

** SCP-682 has been called a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarasque "tarasque"]] in the Lord Blackwood and Bellerverse tales; [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1420 SCP-1420]] seem to be working towards a viable dragon; [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1013 SCP-1013]] is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockatrice cockatrice]]; [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1779 SCP-1779]] are tiny dragons that eat change (actually, they're [[spoiler:''real'' dragons, which apparently feed on items of monetary value rather than nutritional value, and the more expensive the food, the bigger the dragon]]).
** In the greater Foundation-verse, dragons are a vulnerable population of anomalous organisms whose conservation puts the Foundation at odds with preserving the veil, making their exploitation (e.g. Ambrose Restaurants using hatchlings to cook food) or annihilation inevitable. In [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1762 SCP-1762]], they wither away and die because of humanity's increasing lack of belief in fantasy. In [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-3844 SCP-3844]], Tharnock weakens for the same reasons and is eventually killed, [[spoiler:though more of his kind suddenly show up after his passing]]. In [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-6002 SCP-6002]], they are part of a kingdom of organisms called the aeterns and lack the weaknesses of 1762 or Tharnock, [[spoiler:but are wiped out and erased from history by destroying their corresponding genomes in 6002, hoping the SCP-6002-B infection ravaging the tree would go with them. [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt It does not]]]].

%%** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-327 SCP-327]]
* OurGiantsAreBigger: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-5634 SCP-5634]], who appears to be the Foundationverse's equivilant to Paul Bunyan.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: [[http://scp-wiki.net/happy-howlidays Happy Howlidays]], a ChristmasEpisode, portrays five different types of werewolves, with Class-1 werewolves being fully voluntary and in control of their changes, while Class-5 werewolves are vicious killing machines that can spread their infection through contact alone, and are capable of regenerating from a single finger and coming back from death. [[WeaksauceWeakness The infection is neutralized by nutmeg.]]
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: The [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2900 SCP-2900]] effect sometimes generates awards for these. Other times, it generates [[MedalOfDishonor awards for actions that people want to forget]].
* OverTheTopSecret: In [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/captain-kirby-s-proposal one 001 proposal]], the newly appointed O5 council tries to figure out why O5-13 is the only one around from the old council. When they ask the Ethics Committee, they get the answer that it is "Above [their] clearance".[[note]]Some stories imply that the Committee has equal, or even higher security clearance than the O5s.[[/note]]

* {{Panacea}}: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-500 SCP-500]] are pills that cure any disease, but there's just about fifty of them and they're impossible to replicate perfectly (though knockoffs ''can'' work if you're lucky). Later, [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-427 SCP-427: the Lovecraftian Locket]] was developed out of one of the pills and has eclipsed it in use, although with the possible side effect of mutating you into a squid.

** SCP-261 is a vending machine that sells a number food items similar to the real-world trademarks, [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/experiment-log-261-ad-de but with some really bizarre properties.]]
* ParodySue: Several. Most notably, [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-10101-j SCP-10101-j]] (a parody of overpowered wish-fulfillment self-inserts), [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-777-j SCP-777-j]] (a parody of god mode black hole sues), and [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-496-j SCP-496-j]] (a parody of Purity Sues, whose name actually references the original [[FanFic/ATrekkiesTale Mary Sue]]). [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/decomm:scp-316-d SCP-316]], later [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/termination-log-scp-316 terminated with extreme enthusiasm]] by the resident Wonka, reads much like one but was apparently intended as a serious SCP.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/marysuewho The tale starring "Agent Doctor Merry Sue"]] initially reads as a textbook example, with only a few hints that things aren't as they seem, until it's finally revealed that [[spoiler: she's a literal RealityWarper trying to beat the Foundation by joining them. She was fed to 682.]]
* PassThePopcorn: Defied. According to [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-6930 SCP-6930]], guffawing at a sapient anomaly's containment even if the methods used are valid is a pretty easy way to violate the protocols of the Ethics Committee. In the case of the aforementioned article, it got so bad that one of the lead researchers had to revise the containment procedures to be [[PetTheDog unusually generous]] as both payback and to stop another Pattern Screamer from going insane.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Shown in the terminal logs for [[http://www.scpwiki.com/scp-2317 SCP-2317]], with the lower-clearance agents having weaker password sense:

%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * PerfectlyCromulentWord: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-566 SCP-566]] is a calendar full of these.
* PerfectPacifistPeople: One of the biggest factors of [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/lily-s-proposal an SCP-001 event]] is that everyone on Earth becomes aware of its inevitable fate and heavy decreases in violence are to occur.
* PerpetualMotionMachine: So many [=SCPs=] (labeled [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/system:page-tags/tag/ectoentropic ectoentropic]]) ignore the laws of thermodynamics, being able to produce infinite amounts of matter, energy, or their constant movements could be used as a power generation tool. Sadly, most are either too valuable or dangerous to use.

* PerspectiveReversal: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scantron-s-proposal Scantron's Proposal of SCP-001]] is a case file written by the Unusual Incidents Unit in 1954, which identifies the Foundation as Confirmed Anomaly 3.

* ThePhoenix: [[http://scp-wiki.net/scp-5467 SCP-5467]], a species of fire-breathing birds, hunted to extinction by the Daevites.

** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-049 SCP-049]]. [[{{Creepypasta}} This being the Foundation]], naturally he's a horrifying DeadlyDoctor.
** Parodied with [[http://scp-wiki.net/scp-049-j SCP-049-J]], an... ''[[ComicallyIneptHealing interesting]]'' individual.
* PlagueZombie: Anyone infected by [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-008 SCP-008]] is turned into a zombie over the course of several hours. They are capable of spreading the virus to others as well.
%%* PlantPerson: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1010 SCP-1010]] is this trope.

** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2156 SCP-2156]] is a college student who became so obsessed with solitaire and its symbolism and numerology that she ''broke reality''.
* PlayingWithFire: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2814 SCP-2814]] can give people this power, plus [[AGodAmI very delusional thoughts]] (or are they?). Its creator's true intention was [[spoiler: to use the mask's victims to feed the sun ("Our Radiant Father"), but three other stars ("Father's brothers") are stealing the energy away -- and the victims aren't quite dead, including the mask's creator (who realizes this probably wasn't the best way to help "father")]].

** [[http://www.scpwiki.com/scp-2826 SCP-2826]] invokes this, causing a number of dimwitted, clumsy entities dressed like members of the local police force to appear at the nearest gathering of officers, and attempt to assist them[[note]]Part of its effect is that actual police officers will think they recognize them as fellow officers[[/note]]. Since they are dimwitted, clumsy, and have little to no understanding of actual police procedure or how to use most of their equipment, their "assistance" invariably ends up hindering the actual police. As well, if exposed to things like tear gas or pepper spray, they automatically release a gust of air that clears the gas around them.

** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2082 SCP-2082]]: A wooly mammoth clone that caused [[AnIcePerson uncontrollable Ice Age conditions]]; its species is implied to have caused the Ice Age itself.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2184 SCP-2184]]: A ''steppe'' (to distinguish it from SCP-2082) mammoth (just one) that [[TimeMaster destroys any technology created after the Stone Age]]; the more advanced the object is the larger and more destructive its effect. Its aversion to post-Stone Age technology is so great it walked through a forest fire unscathed ''because the fire was started with a match''.

* ThePowerOfHate: The Brazen Heart, the cult behind [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2427 SCP-2427]], "express extreme animosity for the Foundation and humanity at large":

** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1875 SCP-1875]] is powered by two. [[spoiler:[[BrownNote They ain't exactly happy about it]]]].
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1514 SCP-1514]] [[spoiler: "Are the stars pretty"]]
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2814 SCP-2814]]; see Playing With Fire.

* PrettyButterflies: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-408 SCP-408]] is a sapient flock of color-changing, illusion-creating butterflies.
* PrimalFear: Many of [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1881 SCP-1881]]'s stage iterations invoke these, such as a level appearing to be upside-down without gravity being reversed to match, a {{shmup}} stage with no enemies (leaving the player floating aimlessly through empty space for several minutes before the level ended), and being trapped in a maze with an increasingly large number of deadly creatures.
* ProducePelting: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-504 SCP-504]] is a breed of tomato that throws ''itself'' if someone cracks a bad joke. If the joke is bad enough, ''it will break the sound barrier.''

* ProphecyArmor: [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-711 SCP-711 ("Paradoxical Insurance Policy")]]. SCP-711 is a device capable of receiving transmissions from the future. It has received one such transmission from a future Foundation agent, but the governing O5 Council has ordered that the transmission never be sent. Since the Foundation knows the message ''will'' be sent at some point in the future, as long as it hasn't been sent then the Foundation can't be completely destroyed, because that would leave no one to send the message.
* PublicDomainArtifact - [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/spring-cleaning Spring Cleaning, a story involving a bunch of these.]]
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2424 SCP-2424]], a ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' styled video game boss that somehow ended up in the real world, has his own chiptune theme music that plays whenever he becomes actively hostile, and it sounds appropriately awesome (scroll to the bottom of the page to hear it). The song itself is [[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/RoccoW/ RoccoW - "Break-A-Leg"]] from the free music archive.
* PumpkinPerson: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2331 SCP-2331 ("SCRAVECROW")]]. SCP-2331 is a scarecrow with a pumpkin head that has a fluorescent blue glow inside it. He creates raves and acts as a DJ at them.

* ThePurge: The first people the Foundation killed in [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-5000 SCP-5000]] were those of its own membership that had not been hit by whatever "cured" them.

** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-696 SCP-696]]'s novel:

** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2591 SCP-2591]]'s way of speaking. His side of an interview tends to end with [redacted for brevity]. It turns out [[spoiler: he's from the world of an unfinished opera whose author quit after Music/GiuseppeVerdi said even he couldn't help his writing]].
* PurposeDrivenImmortality: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-3814 SCP-3814]] is an anomalous game of Tag that compels you to pass on the tag. It is even able to keep dying "It" people alive until they tag someone.

* PyrrhicVictory: The eventual termination of SCP-096, caused as a result of [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/incident-096-1-a Incident 096-1-A]]

* RageAgainstTheAuthor: In [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/sandrewswann-s-proposal S. Andrew Swann's SCP-001 proposal of SCP-001]]. The Foundation has a Containment Protocol ready to neutralize its own authors, although they don't plan to implement it. [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/cygnus Yet.]]

* RainbowMotif: One of the entries in the [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/log-of-anomalous-items Log of Anomalous Items]]. All written text regarding a certain notebook will be one of six colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue or violet).

* RasputinianDeath: Once the squad sent to seize [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-001-o5 the Factory]] found its mastermind, they hung him with his own entrails, cut him down, had him drawn and quartered, and then burned the remains - all while he continued to shout disturbing things. And yet the dead man was still found when the O5-1 needed help.
* RavensAndCrows: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2106 SCP-2106]] is a flock (or "unkindness") of ravens that can [[WormThatWalks become a woman named Jessica]].
%%* RazorFloss: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-183 SCP-183]].
* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: One item in the [[http://www.scpwiki.com/log-of-anomalous-items log of anomalous items]] is a white plastic halo that shines and floats above anyone who hasn't committed any of the seven deadly sins, but glows red when put on anyone else's head. It melted itself down after being placed above Dr. ████ ██████'s head.

** The explosion of Mount St. Helens was caused by a [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-076 SCP-076]] containment breach.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-081 SCP-081]] caused all recorded instances of spontaneous human combustion.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-089 SCP-089]] has announced and prevented (or at least reduced the impact of) many disasters throughout history, such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_New_Orleans_Fire_(1788) the Great New Orleans Fire of 1788]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Bhola_cyclone the 1970 Bhola cyclone]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion the Taiping Rebellion]]. However, it's [[AmbiguouslyEvil unclear]] if the SCP actually causes the disasters or merely offers an extreme means of stopping them (involving sacrificing a baby to it).
** Both the image and the redacted clues show that [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-435 SCP-435]] was responsible for Castle Bravo, [[FantasticNuke the largest American nuclear detonation.]]
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-453 SCP-453]] caused the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1857_Basilicata_earthquake Great Neapolitan Earthquake]].
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-687 SCP-687]] apparently caused the Cleveland Torso Murders.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1120 SCP-1120]]: It's revealed that the eruption of Vesuvius was caused by a man who was trying to bury the numerous instances of SCP-1120 in the ashes before they overran any more towns.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1529 SCP-1529]] is apparently responsible for killing the first man to ever climb Mt. Everest and about half of all the people who've died climbing it since.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1574 SCP-1574]] is implied to have some connection to the Boxing Day Tsunami, despite being on the other side of the world. It may or may not have been caused by aliens from its home planet who had come looking for it. The Boxing Day Tsunami itself has been caused by no less than three different [=SCPs=], including an [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/dr-clef-s-proposal 001 Proposal]], [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-090 SCP-090]], SCP-1574, and even [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/in-the-big-league an asteroid brought down by the Foundation]]. It got to the point that [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/the-big-list-of-overdone-scp-cliches "things what caused teh INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI]] is specifically listed as an overdone cliche.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2090 SCP-2090]]'s containment involved the creation of [[spoiler:Hurricane Hugo, an actual hurricane]]. Oh, and a bizarre ritual called [[spoiler:''basketball'']].
** The "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop Big Bloop]]", a RealLife extremely loud underwater sound, was caused by [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-169 SCP-169]], an [[KrakenAndLeviathan enormous undersea creature]] which is at ''least'' 1,000 km in length. The Foundation had a spy in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who tried to prevent the public from learning of the Bloop, but failed.
** The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia_mine_fire underground fires in Centralia, Pennsylvania]] are actually the Norse fire giant Surtr ([[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1179 SCP-1179]]) waking up.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-966 SCP-966]] is implied to be the cause of sleep paralysis.
** According to [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/code-name-the-truth CODE NAME: The Truth]], [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-184 SCP-184]] is responsible for [[spoiler: the ''expansion of the universe.'' Beyond GN-Z11, there's nothing but defective copies of the Milky Way being repeated over and over.]]

* RealityWritingBook: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-140 SCP-140]] is a very specific version; the book writes itself and alters reality as a consequence, given a suitable form of ink or ink substitute. [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-687 SCP-687]] is a text adventure video game with broader abilities.

* RedHerring: InUniverse, the Foundation sets up multiple ([[MindScrew or none]]) fake [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-001 SCP-001]] proposals to misdirect intruders as to the true nature of SCP-001. [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/the-o5-orientation The O5 Orientation]] and [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/code-name-the-truth The Truth]] even imply that there is no true SCP-001 amongst the files.

** Parodied in [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2063 SCP-2063]].
* RedStringOfFate: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2203 SCP-2203]], a carnival "love machine" that can make perfect matches (it can even account for the subject being aromantic and {{asexual}} and match them up with perfect friends). As long as you follow it's hints on how to get close to your match and don't, for example, get matched with someone who's already happy with their partner or [[spoiler: attack your match's current partner and get demoted to D-class]] everything will be just fine.
* RefugeeFromTVLand: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2424 SCP-2424]] is a video game boss transported to the real world (given it's a Cyborg [[WilyWalrus Walrus]], probably a [[Videogame/MegaManX Maverick]]?). And apparently the protagonist appeared too, bearing a [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/blast-processing rather revealing document in his possession]].

* ReplacementGoldfish: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1976 SCP-1976]] was made by a man to be this for his family after he died of a brain tumor. He thought its powers would make his family see it as their husband and father, instead it [[spoiler: caused his wife to think it was ''her'' father while his children weren't old enough for its powers to work]]. It currently causes anyone within its activation criteria who looks at it to think its their father while their real father becomes a stranger.

* ResetButton: [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2000 SCP-2000]]. The article massively [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerates]] the trope with relentless, non-stop technobabble and a very convoluted activation process, but is none the less played straight.

** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-040 SCP-040]]:

*** She was also implied to have a [[PrecociousCrush crush]] on [[http://scpclassic.wikidot.com/scp-182 an older version of SCP-182]], who was a benevolent teenaged telepath, and spoke to him via each other's respective telepathy. While that might've seemed cute at the time, it would be quite [[{{Squick}} squicky]] now considering SCP-182 is now a middle-aged deaf and mute man who can transfer his consciousness to other people and effectively "ride" them.

** The main [[http://scp-wiki.net/scp-076 SCP-076 article]] was rewritten to remove the Mobile Task Force Omega-7 stuff, and make Able less [[BuffySpeak "lolawesome"]]. He's less of a ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s {{Expy}} now and more of a humanoid bundle of murder. He is also now completely hostile towards the Foundation; no longer is he working for any side. The Mobile Task Force Omega-7 stuff was later worked back in with key changes. The "official SCP-076 file" makes it '''very''' clear that he's InUniverse ChaoticNeutral ''at best'', while [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-076-2 the records of his time in Mobile Task Force Omega-7]] state that the instant Able got bored again, he reverted back to slaughtering SCP personnel starting with Omega-7.
** One part of [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-105 Iris]]' containment backstory had her temporarily escape SCP custody after a sympathetic researcher told her that if her power conveniently disappeared, the facility would have no choice but to release her. She is recaptured when the higher ups get wind of this and — realizing that her excuse was [[BlatantLies obviously untrue]] — force her to use her powers in front of them, take her back into custody, and fire the researcher who helped her. This got retconned twice: first, by having [[TheManBehindTheMan the Ethics Committee]] see through their trick and never release her, then by erasing the whole thing when the interview between Iris and the researcher was removed. At present, the incident is still referenced as per the Ethics Committee catching it, but the interview is still deleted.
** [[http://scp-wiki.net/scp-166 SCP-166]] was formerly known as the Teenage '''Succubus'''. The article was heavily rewritten in 2020 to tone down the skeevy factor of such a thing, and she is now "Just a Teenage Gaea".
** An older version of [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-182 SCP-182]] as a benevolent telepathic teenager who [[OlderThanTheyLook didn't age]] known as "Saint", but he was changed for a [[GaryStu pretty obvious reason]]. He also had an "[[HoYay infatuation]]" with Able.

** To make things even more confusing, since the numbers for RetGone [=SCPs=] were freed up, the wiki wound up with new [=SCPs=] under old numbers. The weirdest case being SCP-098, which is mentioned in [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/dr-clef-s-proposal Dr Clef's SCP-001 proposal]] because it [[http://scpclassic.wikidot.com/scp-098 was]] a HellGate, but now the number is used for [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-098 crabs]]. ("[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scpfmmdbc-hub Truly these are the crabs]] [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/the-gate-opens that bring about the apocalypse.]]")

* RevengeBeforeReason: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1322 SCP-1322]] is a hole to an alternate dimension, that after being accidentally hit with a SterilityPlague due to the Foundation, starts using said hole to send deadly weapons to our reality. Years after cutting contact, they still send it, often with the weaponry showing progress! Many the comments ask "why are they using their science for revenge instead of fixing the sterility"?

** What is [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-055 SCP-055]]? In a similar vein, what is [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-579 SCP-579]]?
** What does [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-447 SCP-447]] do when it comes into contact with a dead body?
** What is [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-231 Procedure 110-Montauk]]?
** Which instance of [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3477 SCP-3477]] is the real Harold Holt? Are any of them the real Harold Holt?

* RoswellThatEndsWell: It wasn't a spaceship; it was [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1051 SCP-1051]] prior to hatching, as well as a ruse to draw in victims.

** King Dyrmud of [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-5921 Hy-Brasil]] is described as having had seven wives over the course of his lifetime, all of whom met unfortunate ends.
* RuleThirtyFour: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1004 SCP-1004]] is this in its purest form.

** Dr. King and apple seeds. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Any time he works with an object that alters or produces something, it always somehow ends up as apple seeds. For example, in the [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/experiment-log-261-ad-de experiment logs]] for [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/SCP-261 SCP-261]], all Dr. King can get out of it is apple seeds. In the experiment logs for [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/SCP-294 SCP-294]], Dr. King requests "a cup of room-temperature superconductor"... and gets a cup of apple juice with seeds floating in it. And again in the experiment logs for [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-978 SCP-978]], Dr King's photo develops as... a closeup of an apple seed.[[/labelnote]]
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-447 SCP-447]] must '''''NEVER''''' come into contact with a dead body. It also turns everything green with a minty smell/taste.
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-055 SCP-055]] is... Wait, what were we talking about?

** "Demoted to Keter Duty/D-Class" [[labelnote:Explanation]]The practice of people [[TooDumbToLive committing exceptionally stupid acts]] being demoted to Keter Duty or D-Class. Nowadays, the former is considered unprofessional; would ''you'' want people who broke rules or screwed up a lot being assigned to the most dangerous items? While the latter is just considered plainly stupid and unnecessarily cruel. Unlike funny addenda, this gag serves the purpose of indicating how '''serious''' a NoodleIncident can be (like [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-447 447]] coming into contact with dead bodies), rather than the results of personnel being silly. As such, the practice remains in old [=SCPs=], and is acceptable to use when making references to those old articles.[[/labelnote]]

* RussianReversal: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-956 SCP-956]] is a piñata that comes to life and smashes ''kids'' apart, causing candy to spill out.
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** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/experiment-log-261-ad-de One of the items]] dispensed by SCP-261 is a drink can that has Indonesian text on it claiming it can cure any kind of disease. While it's unknown if taht statement is ''entirely'' true, a D-class with prostate cancer who drank it was found to be cured. Unfortunately, only one can was released and due to the nature of SCP-261 it's extremely unlikely to appear again.