History Sandbox / DiscreditedTropeIndexCheck

# TeamPowerWalk: It's starting to become this due to SeinfeldIsUnfunny and the difficulty of actually getting a group of people to do this outside of a parade or a military exercise. '''[[red:This is one of those tropes that isn't meant to be common in real life. It's still being used in media.]]'''

# PowerWalk: It's starting to become this due to SeinfeldIsUnfunny and the difficulty of actually getting a group of people to do this outside of a parade or a military exercise. '''[[red:This is one of those tropes that isn't meant to be common in real life. It's still being used in media.]]'''

# SimSimSalabim: Becoming one these days, at least in Europe and North America, where a notable percentage of the Indian population can and will call works set in India out on any inaccuracies. '''[[green:The trope is "the ThemeParkVersion of India" and ThemeParkVersion is also discredited.]]'''

# CureYourGays: [[SocietyMarchesOn Now that it's understood]] that "conversion therapy" and other attempts to "cure" non-heterosexual orientations are ''at best'' worthless and useless and fraudulent and at worst dangerous to life and health, playing this straight is [[ValuesDissonance seen as backward]] and [[UnfortunateImplications offensive]]. Doesn't stop some religious groups from continuing to try it, though. '''[[green:Everyone likes gays now, of course this trope's gonna die out.]]'''

# OpenMindedParent: [[SocietyMarchesOn Shifting attitudes towards]] [[ValuesDissonance many issues]] and the fact the TeensAreMonsters trope has fell into disuse have made this more of a rule rather than an exception (to the point of competing with the BumblingDad as the most popular "father figure" trope). The presence of an overtly-tolerant parent is now more often than not [[ParodiedTrope spoofed]] by showing them being totally oblivious to their kids' unrealistically dangerous/unusual actions or attitudes, which ironically was not the trope's original intent. '''[[red:Still common enough in media.]]'''

# AllJewsAreCheapskates: [[UndeadHorseTrope Though not entirely gone from media]], it is still considered an offensive anti-Semitic stereotype now, especially due to its usage in anti-Semitic propaganda (although self-deprecating works actually made by Jews [[NWordPrivileges can usually get away with it]]). '''[[red:First sentence potholes to UndeadHorseTrope, but could actually be a DeadHorseTrope]]'''
# BeautifulAllAlong: Dead in the water nowadays. While there's still a clear standard of beauty in places like Hollywood, a lot of attention is being paid to several "BeYourself" campaigns that specifically denounce this line of thinking. '''[[gray:A lot of the examples are played with, but there seem to be just as many straight examples, so it could either be this or DeadHorseTrope]].'''
# {{Bouncer}}: The classic image of the trope, a large, overweight meathead is steadily becoming this as more and more places are hiring women and average-sized men, as the former can deal with drunk and aggressive women far more easily and with far fewer opportunities for lawsuits, while the latter group helps foster a friendlier, less hostile atmosphere, as well as being far less likely to attract the attention of aggressive men intent on proving their machismo. Bouncers who do fit the "violent scumbag" stereotype will quickly find themselves unable to find employment at well-managed or upstanding establishments, as owners and heads of security from other establishments do talk to each other. If word gets around that you're a bad hire who causes many a headache for your employer, "you'll never work in this town again" may very well become reality. '''[[red:Still being used.]]'''
# BrainsEvilBrawnGood: Intellectual characters are no longer portrayed as antagonistic (and much less as out-and-out evil) in modern works, while brute force is less regarded as a positive aspect. '''[[red:Still seems to get some use.]]'''
# CatchYourDeathOfCold: Better understanding of viruses, the human immune system and disease vectors have largely overcome this old-wives' tale in Western media, though it's still alive and well in nese and possibly other East Asian media. '''[[red:Still gets plenty of use.]]'''
# TheChosenOne: Has largely fallen out of favor due to how overused and cliche it is. One of the few ways to still use this trope so modern audiences accept it is to point out how much ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne. ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' in particular plays with, parodies, and deconstructs this trope to kingdom come while not taking itself seriously in the slightest. '''[[red:Still gets plenty of use.]]'''

# ClassPet: Fewer and fewer schools still use class pets due to budget issues, it being a potential health hazard for the student, and it being deemed unsuitable for the pet. Most modern instances of class pets in media are jokes about the pet dying or being accidentally let loose. '''[[red:still used in media.]]'''

# DeadPetSketch: Except in parodies, and even then, not taken seriously. '''[[gold:Doesn't explain why it fell out of use]]'''

# {{Disaster Movie}}s involving airplanes -- since ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' came out, no-one could possibly take one seriously. [[Film/{{United 93}} Unless it was based]] [[Film/{{Sully}} on a true story]]. One contemporary airplane disaster movie tried to play itself straight for the first part of its production process -- then someone realized there were [[Film/SnakesOnAPlane snakes on the plane...]] '''[[red:Disaster movies are still being made today. Not a lot of on-page examples involves airplanes anyway.]]'''
# DiseasedName: There was once a whole genre of jokes/UrbanLegends wherein a FunnyForeigner, [[UsefulNotes/{{Appalachia}} hillbilly]] or black person would punch above their presumed intellectual weight and give their child a name like Eczema. For many obvious reasons, this would ''never'' fly in contemporary society.
** The UpperClassTwit variation (e.g. [[Creator/AnnaRussell Pneumonia Vanderfeller]]) is still perfectly acceptable, if uncommon. '''[[pink:The trope's description is literally just "Someone is named after a disease". Race, class or country of origin don't seem to matter.]]'''
# DishDash: There's a discredited variation of it; when someone is showing off their skills at keeping dishes balanced atop spinning sticks. It used to be popular in variety shows, but both the trope and the genre have disappeared for over 40 years. '''[[gray:This variant is only mentioned four times on the page.]]'''

# FlushingToiletScreamingShower: Becoming one because [[TechnologyMarchesOn newer buildings are designed with this trope in mind]] so it's harder to pull off. '''[[red:Still occasionally happens, even in real life.]]'''
# FreeTheFrogs: A cliché that just doesn't work anymore, since the frogs (and other animals for dissection) always come pre-killed. And even if they weren't, teachers are required to provide alternatives to students who don't want to dissect and are gradually phasing out dissection for the exact reason this trope arose; a lot of people are really squicked out by doing it. Actually, many schools that still do dissections often use virtual replicas. '''[[red:Still used in media.]]'''
# FridgeRun: Becoming this with the rise of on-demand TV and digital recording services, meaning you can watch these at your leisure later and skip the ad breaks. '''[[cinnamon:It's in the AudienceReactions index.]]'''
# GhostButler: In yesteryear, this was a standard feature of horror films -- to show just how spooky the HauntedHouse was. It was used to the point where you are more likely to see it parodied than used straight. '''[[red:Sounds more like a DeadHorseTrope.]]'''

# HauntedHouse: This is somewhat discredited nowadays, with parodies, {{Abandoned Hospital}}s, and {{amusement park|OfDoom}} [[CircusOfFear attractions]] being similarly popular to the straight portrayals. It's also an enduring trope, however, with stories of haunted houses going back at least to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenodorus_Cananites ancient Romans]], making it OlderThanFeudalism. It is still popular among VideoGameSettings, however (see the game-specific trope BigBoosHaunt), as it still provides a unique atmosphere and gameplay variations no other theme could logically do. '''[[red:Still in use, closer to an UndeadHorseTrope]]'''
# HighSchoolRocks: Despite being a popular trope beginning in the 70s, and continuing on into the 90s (particularly in kid shows), is rarely played straight anymore. Now that shows like ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' and ''Series/MySoCalledLife'', not to mention movies like ''Film/{{Superbad}}'' and (to a lesser extent) ''Film/DazedAndConfused'', have subverted it into oblivion, it's almost impossible to take this trope seriously anymore. ''Series/WaterlooRoad'' is the show that made it become this way. '''[[red:There aren't a lot of on-page examples, but most of them are relatively recent, so the trope does still see some usage.]]'''

# IfItsYouItsOkay: Discredited in slash fiction due to a specific use of it (i.e. "We're Not Gay, We Just Love Each Other") being perceived as having homophobic undertones. '''[[pink:Most works aren't slash fiction.]]'''
# InheritanceMurder: Now becoming this; it's rare to find a murder mystery where the inheritor actually turns out to be the murderer, although it's very common nowadays to find it [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] with the inheritor being a prime suspect who turns out to be innocent. '''[[red:Sounds like it's more on the way to becoming a DeadHorseTrope, and the entry admits that it's stil common.]]'''
# IntergenerationalFriendship: Now tends to be viewed as the adult "grooming" the child for sex, [[MistakenForPedophile even if that's not the case]]. '''[[red:This might be the case in real life, but it still has plenty of use in media.]]'''
# {{Kawaiiko}}: Now that we're in the age of salarymen, Japanese sex dolls (as mentioned by Justin Lee Collins) and Japanese supermodels like Leah Dizon, this trope is ''very'' much now no longer able to be played straight. British magazine ''Take A Break'' treated it as TheNewRockAndRoll, but they were TwoDecadesBehind -- the kawaii fad is known for its flaws more than anything else and is considered to be a joke nowadays. '''[[gray:None of this is mentioned on the page, and there are still some modern examples.]]'''

# NapoleonDelusion: Because after a certain point in time, delusional people wouldn't know who Napoleon is unless they were history buffs/history majors.[[note]]This is ''not'' the case in Europe as the Napoleonic Wars were one of the pivotal events of relatively recent European history and nearly all students will study some aspect of them during normal schooling.[[/note]] Also, in RealLife, AGodAmI and the belief that one is seriously connected to, harassed/persecuted by, or actually is a celebrity or the President of the United States are more common delusions, as is the possibly-''not''-delusional belief (depending on the person and their activities -- there have actually been ''real'' cases of said harassment/persecution) that one is being harassed/persecuted by authorities, a conspiracy, or the like. '''[[pink:There are a ton of examples that don't involve Napoleon, and the description even says it doesn't just have to involve Napoleon.]]'''
# OpenHeartDentistry: Most doctors these days (with a few exceptions) are ''quite'' specialized and almost ''never'' do anything outside of their specialties. '''[[red:Still happens in media.]]'''
# OpenMindedParent: [[SocietyMarchesOn Shifting attitudes towards]] [[ValuesDissonance many issues]] and the fact the TeensAreMonsters trope has fell into disuse have made this more of a rule rather than an exception (to the point of competing with the BumblingDad as the most popular "father figure" trope). The presence of an overtly-tolerant parent is now more often than not [[ParodiedTrope spoofed]] by showing them being totally oblivious to their kids' unrealistically dangerous/unusual actions or attitudes, which ironically was not the trope's original intent. '''[[red:Still common enough in media.]]'''
# PowerWalk: It's starting to become this due to SeinfeldIsUnfunny and the difficulty of actually getting a group of people to do this outside of a parade or a military exercise. '''[[red:This is one of those tropes that isn't meant to be common in real life. It's still being used in media.]]'''
# ProverbialWisdom: This is often seen as a discredited trope in Western culture: the excessive use of proverbs is considered trite and cliché, typical for elderly people and those who want to seem more thoughtful than they are. Conversely, it is very frequently employed in Eastern culture. In it, proverbs are often cryptic in their meaning and serve as "thought exercises" to make a person think "outside of the box" (Zen [[{{Koan}} koans]] being the best known example). '''[[red:May not be too common in the West, but it does still happen. The page doesn't even have an "Anime and Manga" folder, by the way.]]'''
# RoboSpeak: As modern computers get better at duplicating and mimicking sounds, including speech —- and the average person grows more familiar with that technology in his day-to-day life -- the public at large seems to be accepting the notion that you could create a robot that doesn't sound like a sedated Darth Vader. '''[[red:Does appear to be slowing down, but it's not completely out of use yet, especially not with video games.]]'''
# SchoolIsForLosers: It has become less prominent nowadays as modern evidence shows that people with higher levels of education have a better quality of life, most notably during economic downturns. Also the "drop-out tycoon" rarely shows up anymore, as only extremely intelligent and socially-able (if not incredibly lucky) people can dodge regular education (at least) and become successful (as lampshaded in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', years later it named this very trope). Furthermore, many jobs that just needed a high school diploma in the 1980s (never mind the 1950s) now require college degrees (or even graduate degrees, plus years of industry experience) as a result of CripplingOverspecialization and automation. '''[[red:Definitely discredited in real life, but still shows up in media.]]'''

# StupidestThingIveEverHeard: On TheInternet, it's become so overused that it's turning into the ImYourWorstNightmare of insults. '''[[gold:Relies on a different entry for context. ImYourWorstNightmare itself has a pothole to DeadHorseTrope in its entry.]]'''
# TakingTheVeil: The "Immured" variant of it fell aside by the end of the Victorian era. '''[[gold:Doesn't explain why]]'''
# TeensAreMonsters: At least, the more "rebellious" teenagers in sitcoms that seem to only exist to make their parents miserable tend to be headed this way. Writers seem to be taking note of how hormones ''don't'' always turn a child into a raging monster who disagrees with their parents over everything, especially if it goes against everything the character has shown before. Additionally, most writers are also beginning to take note of how, instead of viewing them as kids going through a sensitive time in their lives, most viewers would rather [[TheScrappy beat most of these character types over the head with a lead pipe]] more than anything else. That said, [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]], PlayedForLaughs versions of this trope do still pop up from time to time in most media. '''[[red:Discredited in real life, but still shows up in media.]]'''
# The use of VideoGameLives has widely fallen out of favor in recent times, with many modern games and even [[PlatformGame platform games]] having done away with them, thanks to the widespread use of checkpoints, save files and the introduction of AutoSave. The fact that a player can continue from the spot they previously left off, renders lives rather redundant. If VideoGameLives are ever used, it is done by long running [[GrandfatherClause older game franchises]], or rendered totally [[MeaninglessLives meaningless]] as a parody in PlatformHell games. '''[[pink:Not every video game even had a reason to use extra lives in the first place, even back in the '70s.]]'''

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# BeautifulAllAlong: Dead in the water nowadays. While there's still a clear standard of beauty in places like Hollywood, a lot of attention is being paid to several "BeYourself" campaigns that specifically denounce this line of thinking.
# {{Bouncer}}: The classic image of the trope, a large, overweight meathead is steadily becoming this as more and more places are hiring women and average-sized men, as the former can deal with drunk and aggressive women far more easily and with far fewer opportunities for lawsuits, while the latter group helps foster a friendlier, less hostile atmosphere, as well as being far less likely to attract the attention of aggressive men intent on proving their machismo. Bouncers who do fit the "violent scumbag" stereotype will quickly find themselves unable to find employment at well-managed or upstanding establishments, as owners and heads of security from other establishments do talk to each other. If word gets around that you're a bad hire who causes many a headache for your employer, "you'll never work in this town again" may very well become reality.
# BrainsEvilBrawnGood: Intellectual characters are no longer portrayed as antagonistic (and much less as out-and-out evil) in modern works, while brute force is less regarded as a positive aspect.
# CatchYourDeathOfCold: Better understanding of viruses, the human immune system and disease vectors have largely overcome this old-wives' tale in Western media, though it's still alive and well in nese and possibly other East Asian media.
# TheChosenOne: Has largely fallen out of favor due to how overused and cliche it is. One of the few ways to still use this trope so modern audiences accept it is to point out how much ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne. ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' in particular plays with, parodies, and deconstructs this trope to kingdom come while not taking itself seriously in the slightest.
# ChuckingChalk: A discredited trope in real life, at least in Western education systems. A teacher throwing things at his pupils is likely to find himself out of a job in short order. The fact that most classrooms nowadays use dry-erase boards or computerized screens instead of chalkboards is also a factor.
# ClassPet: Fewer and fewer schools still use class pets due to budget issues, it being a potential health hazard for the student, and it being deemed unsuitable for the pet. Most modern instances of class pets in media are jokes about the pet dying or being accidentally let loose.
# CureYourGays: [[SocietyMarchesOn Now that it's understood]] that "conversion therapy" and other attempts to "cure" non-heterosexual orientations are ''at best'' worthless and useless and fraudulent and at worst dangerous to life and health, playing this straight is [[ValuesDissonance seen as backward]] and [[UnfortunateImplications offensive]]. Doesn't stop some religious groups from continuing to try it, though.

# DinnerWithTheBoss: Discredited around TheSeventies to TheEighties in UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates and the UK. Most if not all work-related/work-networking parties/meetings/similar, anywhere in the world, are at restaurants, bars, or other public event locations, or held at the house of the boss/senior staff rather than rank-and-file employees. In Europe and Japan (as well as Latin America and most of Asia) this was how things were all along for the most part.
# {{Disaster Movie}}s involving airplanes -- since ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' came out, no-one could possibly take one seriously. [[Film/{{United 93}} Unless it was based]] [[Film/{{Sully}} on a true story]]. One contemporary airplane disaster movie tried to play itself straight for the first part of its production process -- then someone realized there were [[Film/SnakesOnAPlane snakes on the plane...]]
# DiseasedName: There was once a whole genre of jokes/UrbanLegends wherein a FunnyForeigner, [[UsefulNotes/{{Appalachia}} hillbilly]] or black person would punch above their presumed intellectual weight and give their child a name like Eczema. For many obvious reasons, this would ''never'' fly in contemporary society.
** The UpperClassTwit variation (e.g. [[Creator/AnnaRussell Pneumonia Vanderfeller]]) is still perfectly acceptable, if uncommon.
# DishDash: There's a discredited variation of it; when someone is showing off their skills at keeping dishes balanced atop spinning sticks. It used to be popular in variety shows, but both the trope and the genre have disappeared for over 40 years.
# DriverOfABlackCab: This is heading for discredited status in modern times, as London has one of the highest ratios of ethnic minorities to white people in the whole country and it's much easier to be prejudiced against an abstract concept than against people you've actually met. Not to mention many London cabbies are now immigrants.
# ElvisLives: In any work written after 2015, Music/ElvisPresley would be over eighty years old. If he's not dead, it's likely that he will be soon. You're more likely to see this used straight with someone more recently deceased like Music/MichaelJackson, Music/TupacShakur or Stevie Ray Vaughan among many others.
# EverybodySmokes: The global smoking rate (as measured by admitted daily smokers) as of TheNewTens rests around 25 to 30 percent, with a far lower percentage (around 20 to 25 percent) in most Western First World nations, due to aggressive education campaigns about the dangers of tobacco, stricter regulation of its use and sale and promotion, and free or low-cost quitting assistance for smokers, and more recently the emergence of electronic cigs. Some populations (and some nations/regions/cities) have larger percentages of smokers, but the trope is ''entirely'' discredited anywhere outside of those specific exceptions since TheNineties. It still shows up in period pieces, but even then modern attitudes towards smoking have caused a decline in those kind of depictions.
# FairyGodmother: This is rarely used seriously in modern stories, often seen as a trite character archetype or a DeusExMachina, usually associated with the most archaic parts of Fairy Tales (even though this trope is [[NewerThanTheyThink a lot more recent than most of those stories]], and in fact very rare in fairy tales collected by folklorists; most Cinderella variants have her aided by her dead mother, or, in such variants as Catskin and Cap o'Rushes, by nothing but her own wits and some advice). [[UndeadHorseTrope It's still often used,]] simply because it's just so useful that writers can't resist it, although they often disguise the fairy godmother as something else and play it for comedy.
# FlushingToiletScreamingShower: Becoming one because [[TechnologyMarchesOn newer buildings are designed with this trope in mind]] so it's harder to pull off.
# FreeTheFrogs: A cliché that just doesn't work anymore, since the frogs (and other animals for dissection) always come pre-killed. And even if they weren't, teachers are required to provide alternatives to students who don't want to dissect and are gradually phasing out dissection for the exact reason this trope arose; a lot of people are really squicked out by doing it. Actually, many schools that still do dissections often use virtual replicas.
# FridgeRun: Becoming this with the rise of on-demand TV and digital recording services, meaning you can watch these at your leisure later and skip the ad breaks.
# GhostButler: In yesteryear, this was a standard feature of horror films -- to show just how spooky the HauntedHouse was. It was used to the point where you are more likely to see it parodied than used straight.
# GiveGeeksAChance: Due to [[ValuesDissonance modern-day attitudes]] towards relationships, it's harder to take seriously anymore. If it ''is'' used, expect AnAesop as well. The mainstreaming of nerd culture such as ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' has rendered it [[NerdsAreSexy more or less obsolete]], as there's no longer anything especially remarkable about a self-proclaimed "nerd" having a fulfilling love life.
# GratuitousAnimalSidekick: This became such an overused cliché in feature animation like Disney and its imitators (especially in the 90s) and kids cartoons of the 70s and 80s, and such an obvious way of pandering to kids and hocking toys, that it's considered impossible to take seriously now. It's quite rare to find examples of it in contemporary works and it's very rarely used in mainstream films now (there are exceptions like ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', but the side-kick in question only had a very small role and [[GrandfatherClause gets a pass due to it being an ode to an old Disney tradition]]).

# HighSchoolRocks: Despite being a popular trope beginning in the 70s, and continuing on into the 90s (particularly in kid shows), is rarely played straight anymore. Now that shows like ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' and ''Series/MySoCalledLife'', not to mention movies like ''Film/{{Superbad}}'' and (to a lesser extent) ''Film/DazedAndConfused'', have subverted it into oblivion, it's almost impossible to take this trope seriously anymore. ''Series/WaterlooRoad'' is the show that made it become this way.
# HollywoodThin: On its way to becoming this, thanks to increasing backlash against media that pressures women and men to be as thin/buff as possible. Hollywood in particular is facing anger over these issues. According to some, this trope might cause viewers to develop eating disorders. Ironically, its deliberate opposite, RealWomenHaveCurves, may not be far behind it, as it's also receiving backlash for promoting the unhealthy ideas that people who are thin are somehow inferior to those who aren't.

# IfItsYouItsOkay: Discredited in slash fiction due to a specific use of it (i.e. "We're Not Gay, We Just Love Each Other") being perceived as having homophobic undertones.
# InheritanceMurder: Now becoming this; it's rare to find a murder mystery where the inheritor actually turns out to be the murderer, although it's very common nowadays to find it [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] with the inheritor being a prime suspect who turns out to be innocent.
# IntergenerationalFriendship: Now tends to be viewed as the adult "grooming" the child for sex, [[MistakenForPedophile even if that's not the case]].
# {{Kawaiiko}}: Now that we're in the age of salarymen, Japanese sex dolls (as mentioned by Justin Lee Collins) and Japanese supermodels like Leah Dizon, this trope is ''very'' much now no longer able to be played straight. British magazine ''Take A Break'' treated it as TheNewRockAndRoll, but they were TwoDecadesBehind -- the kawaii fad is known for its flaws more than anything else and is considered to be a joke nowadays.

# NapoleonDelusion: Because after a certain point in time, delusional people wouldn't know who Napoleon is unless they were history buffs/history majors.[[note]]This is ''not'' the case in Europe as the Napoleonic Wars were one of the pivotal events of relatively recent European history and nearly all students will study some aspect of them during normal schooling.[[/note]] Also, in RealLife, AGodAmI and the belief that one is seriously connected to, harassed/persecuted by, or actually is a celebrity or the President of the United States are more common delusions, as is the possibly-''not''-delusional belief (depending on the person and their activities -- there have actually been ''real'' cases of said harassment/persecution) that one is being harassed/persecuted by authorities, a conspiracy, or the like.
# OpenHeartDentistry: Most doctors these days (with a few exceptions) are ''quite'' specialized and almost ''never'' do anything outside of their specialties.
# OpenMindedParent: [[SocietyMarchesOn Shifting attitudes towards]] [[ValuesDissonance many issues]] and the fact the TeensAreMonsters trope has fell into disuse have made this more of a rule rather than an exception (to the point of competing with the BumblingDad as the most popular "father figure" trope). The presence of an overtly-tolerant parent is now more often than not [[ParodiedTrope spoofed]] by showing them being totally oblivious to their kids' unrealistically dangerous/unusual actions or attitudes, which ironically was not the trope's original intent.
# PowerWalk: It's starting to become this due to SeinfeldIsUnfunny and the difficulty of actually getting a group of people to do this outside of a parade or a military exercise.
# ProverbialWisdom: This is often seen as a discredited trope in Western culture: the excessive use of proverbs is considered trite and cliché, typical for elderly people and those who want to seem more thoughtful than they are. Conversely, it is very frequently employed in Eastern culture. In it, proverbs are often cryptic in their meaning and serve as "thought exercises" to make a person think "outside of the box" (Zen [[{{Koan}} koans]] being the best known example).
# RoboSpeak: As modern computers get better at duplicating and mimicking sounds, including speech —- and the average person grows more familiar with that technology in his day-to-day life -- the public at large seems to be accepting the notion that you could create a robot that doesn't sound like a sedated Darth Vader.
# SchoolIsForLosers: It has become less prominent nowadays as modern evidence shows that people with higher levels of education have a better quality of life, most notably during economic downturns. Also the "drop-out tycoon" rarely shows up anymore, as only extremely intelligent and socially-able (if not incredibly lucky) people can dodge regular education (at least) and become successful (as lampshaded in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', years later it named this very trope). Furthermore, many jobs that just needed a high school diploma in the 1980s (never mind the 1950s) now require college degrees (or even graduate degrees, plus years of industry experience) as a result of CripplingOverspecialization and automation.
# SimSimSalabim: Becoming one these days, at least in Europe and North America, where a notable percentage of the Indian population can and will call works set in India out on any inaccuracies.
# SmokingIsCool: [[ValuesDissonance Changing attitudes]] towards smoking have deemed these tropes in bad taste, if not [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing outright dangerous]] [[ThinkOfTheChildren for the impressionable]]. Modern examples that play these straight are met with fierce criticism.
# StandingInTheHall: Parodied in some Japanese works still, but not used in RealLife as much. In western countries, similar variants aren't used due to kids taking it as an opportunity to wander around the halls.
# StupidestThingIveEverHeard: On TheInternet, it's become so overused that it's turning into the ImYourWorstNightmare of insults.

# TeensAreMonsters: At least, the more "rebellious" teenagers in sitcoms that seem to only exist to make their parents miserable tend to be headed this way. Writers seem to be taking note of how hormones ''don't'' always turn a child into a raging monster who disagrees with their parents over everything, especially if it goes against everything the character has shown before. Additionally, most writers are also beginning to take note of how, instead of viewing them as kids going through a sensitive time in their lives, most viewers would rather [[TheScrappy beat most of these character types over the head with a lead pipe]] more than anything else. That said, [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]], PlayedForLaughs versions of this trope do still pop up from time to time in most media.
# The use of VideoGameLives has widely fallen out of favor in recent times, with many modern games and even [[PlatformGame platform games]] having done away with them, thanks to the widespread use of checkpoints, save files and the introduction of AutoSave. The fact that a player can continue from the spot they previously left off, renders lives rather redundant. If VideoGameLives are ever used, it is done by long running [[GrandfatherClause older game franchises]], or rendered totally [[MeaninglessLives meaningless]] as a parody in PlatformHell games.
# VirginInAWhiteDress: Nowadays, Western women are free to have sex lives before marriage (although it may be frowned upon in some circles), and free to choose what color dress they wear. It's entirely possible (heck, even ''likely'') that a modern bride wearing a white dress might not be a virgin or might only be a TechnicalVirgin. In addition, remarried brides are still allowed to wear white if they choose to. Another reason of why this is discredited is the fact that white lost its connotations of purity and became simply the color associated with new beginnings, including but not limited to marriages, that's why most wedding decorations are either white or in any other very light color such as cream. (Gold/white and silver/white are extremely popular)
# WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire: Flashy big-money game shows died off throughout the first decade of the 21st century, due in part to an oversaturation of the genre and the rise of reality TV. Once game shows started becoming popular again in TheNewTens, they tended to be more straightforward, and less flashy and lavish. The dealbreaker was most likely ''Series/DealOrNoDeal'', which started off hotly but quickly lapsed into self-parody and suffered massive overexposure.
# YellowSnow: Considered such a [[VulgarHumor lowbrow, juvenile gag]], that it's only used as a bottom of the barrel gag for kids' shows at best, and never used in adult comedy.

* '''[[blue:Blue]]''': ScienceMarchesOn[=/=]TechnologyMarchesOn[=/=]UnfortunateImplications[=/=]ValuesDissonance
* '''[[teal:Teal]]''': Fell out of use due to overuse
* '''[[green:Green]]''': Other reasons

* '''[[purple:Purple]]''': DeadUnicornTrope or ForgottenTrope

# HystericalWoman: Not only a DoubleStandard, but a tired cliché. '''[[blue:Dated stereotype]]'''

* '''[[blue:Blue]]''': ScienceMarchesOn[=/=]SocietyMarchesOn[=/=]TechnologyMarchesOn[=/=]UnfortunateImplications

* '''[[cinnamon:Cinnamon]]''': [[YMMV/HomePage YMMV]] trope or {{Trivia}}, cannot be discredited

* '''[[blue:Blue]]''': ScienceMarchesOn[=/=]SocietyMarchesOn[=/=]TechnologyMarchesOn

* Concern: Misused, possibly Administrivia/TheSameButMore to DeadHorseTrope

* '''[[red:Red]]''': Trope is still in use; may be a DeadHorseTrope, UndeadHorseTrope, a CyclicTrope, or an EvolvingTrope

* '''[[green:Green]]''': Other

* '''[[red:Red]]''': Trope is still in use, may be a DeadHorseTrope, UndeadHorseTrope, or a CyclicTrope

* '''[[pink:Pink]]''': EvolvingTrope

* '''[[red:Red]]''': Trope is still in use, may be a DeadHorseTrope or an UndeadHorseTrope
* '''[[cinnamon:Cinnamon]]''': [[YMMV/HomePage YMMV]] trope, cannot be discredited
* '''[[purple:Purple]]''': EvolvingTrope
* '''[[pink:Pink]]''': CyclicTrope