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57. RWBY.TropesSToT: SailorEarth: The FunWithAcronyms team naming the ExtranormalInstitute practices is used to create entire four-person teams of characters as well and they don't even have to spell out the team name in question (e.g. the title itself.)

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57. RWBY.TropesSToT: SailorEarth: The FunWithAcronyms team naming the ExtranormalInstitute practices is used to create entire four-person teams of characters as well and they don't even have to spell out the team name in question (e.g. the title itself.))

58. Main.AlphabetNewsNetwork: ''WebAnimation/FreedomToons'': The [[FunWithAcronyms MSNBS]] network, which hosts the incredibly biased show ''The Echo Chamber''.
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55. Recap.CodenameKidsNextDoorS6E13OperationTREATY: AirborneAircraftCarrier: The Kids Next Door have a craft called the [[FunWithAcronyms G.I.H.O.O.J.A.C.A.R.R.I.E.R.]] (see [[https://kidsnextblog.livejournal.com/28999.html here]] for WordOfGod) that serves as their flagship and the location of the treaty signing.

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55. Recap.CodenameKidsNextDoorS6E13OperationTREATY: AirborneAircraftCarrier: The Kids Next Door have a craft called the [[FunWithAcronyms G.I.H.O.O.J.A.C.A.R.R.I.E.R.]] (see [[https://kidsnextblog.livejournal.com/28999.html here]] for WordOfGod) that serves as their flagship and the location of the treaty signing.signing.

56. Characters.RWBYTeamJNPR: The team's name can be pronounced as "Juniper", which is a shade of green. However, when Ruby travels with them during Volume 4, they argue over how to rename their team with Ruby's initials added into the mix. Ren and Nora have some difficulty agreeing on whether the acronym should begin with Ruby's name or Jaune's, but eventually settle on RNJR (pronounced "Ranger", also a type of green) after Jaune decides that JNRR (pronounced as "Junior") sounds dumb when spoken aloud. Nora retains her preference for JNRR.

57. RWBY.TropesSToT: SailorEarth: The FunWithAcronyms team naming the ExtranormalInstitute practices is used to create entire four-person teams of characters as well and they don't even have to spell out the team name in question (e.g. the title itself.)

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*** CRME (pronounced "Crime"; a FanNickname), consists of the primary antagonists of the first three volumes: Cinder, Roman, Mercury, and Emerald. Being an unofficial FanNickname, it isn't related to a color.

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51. Fridge.CodenameKidsNextDoor: It's a little strange that the KND computer immediately [[FunWithAcronyms came up with "Battle Ready Armor" as an acronym for "bra".]] And some people might find it silly how the "crazy conspiracy" was coincidentally right. But, if you watch Operation: M.A.U.R.I.C.E., you'd see that the Kids Next Door had encountered teenagers wearing the armor before. They just didn't know that the suits themselves were bras, until Numbuh 2 submitted the information to the computer and it added it all up. Also, Teen technology could be a combination of KND and Adult technology. After all, Teens are considered the midpoint between Adult and Kid. The Acronym was probably a left over of the KND portion.

52-53. Funny.CodenameKidsNextDoor:
** B.R.A. = [[FunWithAcronyms Battle Ready Armor]]
** Operation V.I.R.U.S: The entire episode has the members of Sector V, sans Numbuh 5, convinced the teens are planning something sinister called "P.R.O.M.", Numbuh 1 thinking it stands for "[[FunWithAcronyms Pubescent Retaliation on Munchkins]]". They all fail to realize however it's just a school dance, even when the evidence is right in their face, like the decorations being set up or Cree and Maurice arriving in a limo wearing fancy clothes. Can veer into {{tearjerker}} though when they decide to crash the dance ''right after'' Numbuh 5 managed to somewhat reconcile with Cree and seemed ready to let up on the KND.

54. Recap.CodenameKidsNextDoorS2E3AOperationSUPPORT: The Kids determine that the bras are weapons because the letters must stand for '''B'''attle '''R'''eady '''A'''rmor. The end of the episode reveals that they're right.

55. Recap.CodenameKidsNextDoorS6E13OperationTREATY: AirborneAircraftCarrier: The Kids Next Door have a craft called the [[FunWithAcronyms G.I.H.O.O.J.A.C.A.R.R.I.E.R.]] (see [[https://kidsnextblog.livejournal.com/28999.html here]] for WordOfGod) that serves as their flagship and the location of the treaty signing.
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*** Spacesuit[[note]]More properly called an Extravehicular Mobility Unit in NASA parlance, or [[FunWithAcronyms EMU]] for short[[/note]]

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*** Spacesuit[[note]]More properly called an Extravehicular Mobility Unit in NASA parlance, or [[FunWithAcronyms EMU]] for short[[/note]]short[[/note]]

41-50. RWBY.TropesEToG: The show enjoys playing with acronyms; Professor '''Ozpin''', '''head'''master of Beacon Academy, is based on [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz The Wizard of Oz]], whose full name forms the acronym O.Z.P.I.N.H.E.A.D. The elite Huntsmen Academies sorts their students into four-person teams with a name that is an acronym formed from the members' names and it must have an association with colour in some fashion. The headmasters of each Academy are responsible for creating and assigning the team names, a system that was originally created by the founder of the schools, the King of Vale. [[spoiler:The King of Vale was a [[ResurrectiveImmortality previous incarnation]] of Professor Ozpin.]]
** Beacon Academy teams:
*** RWBY (pronounced "Ruby") gives the team a red-themed name and stands for Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang. It also represents each of their individual colours (Red, White, Black, and Yellow respectively). At the beginning of Volume 3, Ruby does lampshade that this causes confusion between her name and the team name.
*** JNPR (pronounced "Juniper") stands for Jaune, Nora, Pyrrha, and Ren. Juniper is a shade of green.
*** CRDL (pronounced "Cardinal") stands for Cardin, Russel, Dove, Lark. The team name [[PunnyName covers both]] the team's bird and Christian themes, both of which are associated with the colour red.
*** CFVY (pronounced "Coffee") stands for Coco, Fox, Velvet, Yatsuhashi. The team colour theme is brown. However, each of the members have a food-themed name, which the team name also shares.
*** STRQ (pronounced "Stark") is a now-graduated team consisting of the parents and uncle of Ruby and Yang. They are Summer, Taiyang, Raven, and Qrow.
** Haven Academy teams:
*** SSSN (pronounced Sun) has a yellow-themed name based on its leader, Sun Wukong. The rest of his team-mates are Scarlet, Sage and Neptune.
*** ABRN (pronounced Auburn), which comes from the members' names: Arslan, Bolin, Reese and Nadir.
** Atlas Academy teams:
*** FNKI (pronounced Funky), which is made up of a team of wildly coloured members: Flynt, Neon, Kobalt and Ivori. The reason for the name is that the characters are all based on colour-connected Internet memes.
** Antagonists:
*** CRME (pronounced "Crime"; a FanNickname), consists of the primary antagonists of the first three volumes: Cinder, Roman, Mercury, and Emerald. Being an unofficial FanNickname, it isn't related to a color.

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38. Main.OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: ''[[Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS VRAINS]]'', the title of the sixth series, stands for [[FunWithAcronyms Virtual Reality Artificial Intelligence Network System]]. All the duels take place in there.

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38. Main.OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: ''[[Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS VRAINS]]'', the title of the sixth series, stands for [[FunWithAcronyms Virtual Reality Artificial Intelligence Network System]]. All the duels take place in there.there.

39-40. Main.SpaceX:
** ''Literature/HarryPotter'' has many examples of "Wizard X" and "Wizarding X": wizard chess, wizard crackers (as in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_cracker Christmas crackers]]), [[FunWithAcronyms Ordinary Wizarding Levels]], etc. The collective term for magical society is the "Wizarding World". Fred and George Weasley's shop, "Weasleys' Wizard Wheeze," doubles as a pun, as "wizard" is used as an adjective in the UK meaning "cool".
** When things are made to function in space, they have good reason to have this kind of naming.
*** Spacesuit[[note]]More properly called an Extravehicular Mobility Unit in NASA parlance, or [[FunWithAcronyms EMU]] for short[[/note]]

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** Any player of any online [=RPG=] may cite that their [[FunWithAcronyms acronym]] aptly describes their population: '''M'''ostly '''M'''en '''O'''nline '''R'''ole '''P'''laying '''G'''irls.

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** Any player of any online [=RPG=] may cite that their [[FunWithAcronyms acronym]] aptly describes their population: '''M'''ostly '''M'''en '''O'''nline '''R'''ole '''P'''laying '''G'''irls.'''G'''irls.

36-37. Main.InconsistentDub:
** The Brazilian dub of ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' at first [[WoolSeyism Woolsey'd]] the titular Space Patrol Delta into "Super Patrol Delta" in order to keep the [[FunWithAcronyms acronym]], but later episodes (presumably translated by different people) would just have it translated literally to "Patrulha Espacial Delta".
** The Italian dub of ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' has a bunch of inconsistencies. F.O.W.L. is usually translated as O.C.A. (which translates to "Goose" and [[FunWithAcronyms is an acronym for]] "Organizzazione Criminale per l'Arricchimento", "Criminal Organization for Enrichment"), but in some episode the original name is kept (with the acronym adapted as "Federazione Ovoidale Wargames e Ladrocini", which translates to "Egg-shaped Federation for Games of war and Robbery").

38. Main.OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: ''[[Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS VRAINS]]'', the title of the sixth series, stands for [[FunWithAcronyms Virtual Reality Artificial Intelligence Network System]]. All the duels take place in there.

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32. Recap.SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E10WetPaintersKrustyKrabTrainingVideo: '''P'''eople '''O'''rder '''O'''ur '''P'''atties.

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32. Recap.SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E10WetPaintersKrustyKrabTrainingVideo: '''P'''eople '''O'''rder '''O'''ur '''P'''atties.'''P'''atties.

33. Main.FauxComputerCode: <caption>In this case, [[FunWithAcronyms "HTML" stands for "Head To My Legs"]].</caption>

34-35. Main.{{GIRL}}: [[FunWithAcronyms Acronym]] [[MemeticMutation for]] "Guy In Real Life."
** Any player of any online [=RPG=] may cite that their [[FunWithAcronyms acronym]] aptly describes their population: '''M'''ostly '''M'''en '''O'''nline '''R'''ole '''P'''laying '''G'''irls.

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25. Main.{{Calvinball}}: From the FunWithAcronyms Department comes [=TEGWAR=], or '''T'''he '''E'''xciting '''G'''ame '''W'''ithout '''A'''ny '''R'''ules. First seen in the movie ''Film/BangTheDrumSlowly'', it is a card game invented by professional baseball players for the sole purpose of winning money from gullible fans (who, for the most part, are just happy to play a card game with professional baseball players).

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25. Main.{{Calvinball}}: From the FunWithAcronyms Department comes [=TEGWAR=], or '''T'''he '''E'''xciting '''G'''ame '''W'''ithout '''A'''ny '''R'''ules. First seen in the movie ''Film/BangTheDrumSlowly'', it is a card game invented by professional baseball players for the sole purpose of winning money from gullible fans (who, for the most part, are just happy to play a card game with professional baseball players).players).

26. Series.{{ALF}} ('''A'''lien '''L'''ife (or '''L'''augh) '''F'''orm)

27. Series.AntFarm: Right there in the title.

28. SonicTheHedgehog.TropesNumbersToB: BreadEggsMilkSquick: In the ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' episode, "The Robot's Robot", after Robot runs away from Robotnik's fortress, Scratch and Grounder post an article in the newspaper, claiming he left carrying a toothbrush, two pairs of extra underwear, and a highly unstable BLAMMO [[note]][[FunWithAcronyms standing for "Butal Lepton Atomic Material Modification Oscillator"]][[/note]] device that could easily implode the entire planet.

29. SonicTheHedgehog.TropesMToR: MediumAwareness: In the games, Sonic is this. In the side-scroller games, [[IdleAnimation he will get very impatient and give the player an annoyed look if the player does nothing]]. In the 360/[=PS3=] versions of ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' and ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'', he will watch his score for the stage get tallied up. In the Wii version of ''VideoGame/SonicColors'', he will call the Rotatatron the BBBE[[note]][[Main/FunWithAcronyms Best Boss Bashing Ever]][[/note]] and will destroy the scores in an attempt to obtain extra lives.

30. SpongeBobSquarePants.TropesDToI: '''E'''very '''V'''illain '''I'''s '''L'''emons. "Otherwise known as EVIL."

31. Recap.SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E10NoFreeRidesImYourBiggestFanatic: When Mrs. Puff turns on the radio, the call sign for the station is KRUD.

32. Recap.SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E10WetPaintersKrustyKrabTrainingVideo: '''P'''eople '''O'''rder '''O'''ur '''P'''atties.

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** Louis says his name stands for "Lanky Organism Undeniably Irresistible and Syphilitic." He does not know what that last word means and does not want anyone to tell him.

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25. Main.{{Calvinball}}: From the FunWithAcronyms Department comes [=TEGWAR=], or '''T'''he '''E'''xciting '''G'''ame '''W'''ithout '''A'''ny '''R'''ules. First seen in the movie ''Film/BangTheDrumSlowly'', it is a card game invented by professional baseball players for the sole purpose of winning money from gullible fans (who, for the most part, are just happy to play a card game with professional baseball players).
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16. Wrestling.{{ECW}}: '''L'''ittle '''S'''pike '''D'''udley. His finisher? The Acid Drop.

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16. Wrestling.{{ECW}}: '''L'''ittle '''S'''pike '''D'''udley. His finisher? The Acid Drop.Drop.

17-21. AgentsOfSHIELD.TropesFToH:
** {{Lampshaded}} by Ward during his interview.
--->'''Maria Hill:''' What does S.H.I.E.L.D. stand for, Agent Ward?\\
'''Agent Ward:''' Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.\\
'''Maria Hill:''' And what does that mean to you?\\
'''Agent Ward:''' It means somebody really wanted our initials to spell "shield".
** A meta example would be the official name for "the Bus" -- the Mobile Command Unit, or [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]].
** Two episodes, "T.R.A.C.K.S." and "T.A.H.I.T.I.", are stylized as acronyms which are never explained. T.A.H.I.T.I. appears InUniverse, so it may get some explanation down the road -- a FreezeFrameBonus [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/9504f416962cc70ee4d0fda7ab0107fb/tumblr_ne9n6hgnt41tlns7wo8_r1_1280.jpg reveals as]] partially Terrestrialized Alien Host [[HealingPotion Integrative Tissue I.]].
** Fitz-Simmons developed the D.W.A.R.V.E.S. robots (which are 8, given one is Snow White) and the I.C.E.R. knockout bullets.
** In season 4, Simmons is the new Director's S.A.D.I.S.T., and is continually subjected to W.I.M.P.

22-24. WesternAnimation.MODOK2021: Along with MODOK and AIM, MODOK's kids both made acronyms for their first names.
** Melissa says she was named "Mental Entity Living to Induce Seriously Sinister Anarchy." M.O.D.O.K. says she was named after Melissa Etheridge.
** Louis says his name stands for "Lanky Organism Undeniably Irresistible and Syphilitic." He does not know what that last word means and does not want anyone to tell him.

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15. Wrestling.{{WWE}}: Let's see: '''I'''rwin '''R'''. '''S'''hyster, [[WrestlingDoesntPay the wrestling taxman]]...'''H'''enry '''O'''. '''G'''odwin and '''P'''hineas '''I'''. '''G'''odwin, wrestling swine-farmers, '''M'''ontel '''V'''ontavious '''P'''orter, the CaptainErsatz for Terrell Owens, Rosey the '''S'''uper '''H'''ero '''I'''n '''T'''raining...

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15. Wrestling.{{WWE}}: Let's see: '''I'''rwin '''R'''. '''S'''hyster, [[WrestlingDoesntPay the wrestling taxman]]...'''H'''enry '''O'''. '''G'''odwin and '''P'''hineas '''I'''. '''G'''odwin, wrestling swine-farmers, '''M'''ontel '''V'''ontavious '''P'''orter, the CaptainErsatz for Terrell Owens, Rosey the '''S'''uper '''H'''ero '''I'''n '''T'''raining...'''T'''raining...

16. Wrestling.{{ECW}}: '''L'''ittle '''S'''pike '''D'''udley. His finisher? The Acid Drop.

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14. Recap.PhineasAndFerbInterviewWithAPlatypus: The BO-AT and the MOAT, which stand for Buoyancy Operated Aquatic Transport and Metropolitan Oval Aquatic Trench, respectively.

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15. Wrestling.{{WWE}}: Let's see: '''I'''rwin '''R'''. '''S'''hyster, [[WrestlingDoesntPay the wrestling taxman]]...'''H'''enry '''O'''. '''G'''odwin and '''P'''hineas '''I'''. '''G'''odwin, wrestling swine-farmers, '''M'''ontel '''V'''ontavious '''P'''orter, the CaptainErsatz for Terrell Owens, Rosey the '''S'''uper '''H'''ero '''I'''n '''T'''raining...
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# Main.ArtificialHuman: ''VideoGame/{{Breed}}'' have the GRUNT project ('''[[FunWithAcronyms Genetically Revived Universal Tactical Sentient]]'''), meant to create SuperSoldiers as an elite SpaceMarine force to repel an invasion from the titular Breed aliens. You're one of their members and also one of their best.
# Main.ActionMom: In ''Series/OneThousandWaysToDie'', a pervert flashes a group of young moms. Unfortunately for him, the ladies were members of a fighting club named [[FunWithAcronyms "M.I.L.F"]] (aka "Mothers I Want to Fight") and, without hesitation, they squirt him with their babies' milk bottles, full of breast milk. [[spoiler: The perv grabs one and drinks the contents... too bad that the lady had eaten peanuts (so the milk had some traces of peanut in it) and the pervert had a peanut allergy, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard which ends up killing him]].]]
# ARG.ILoveBees: System Peril Distributive Reflex, or SPDR, which is pronounced "spider."
# AdaptationalSympathy.WesternAnimation: F.O.W.L. is a typical villainous organization bent on committing acts of world larceny (hence [[FunWithAcronyms their name being the Fiendish Organization for World Larceny]]) so they can enrich themselves further. When the group was added into the world of the ''[=DuckTales=]'' reboot, they still seek to enrich themselves, but their goal is to stabilize the world and rid it of constant chaos--or at least their founder, [[spoiler: Bradford Buzzard does]], as the rest of the group only seeks to act like [[CardCarryingVillain typical supervillains]] and conquer everything in the most grandiose way possible. This is further hammered in the GrandFinale, where [[spoiler: Buzzard]] reveals he wants to rid the world of adventure because [[spoiler: his grandmother, Isabella Finch, took him on several daring (and highly dangerous) adventures that almost got him killed several times over, leaving him traumatized at the "chaos" he perceived, feeling the only way to rein it in is to get rid of it.]] This is in stark contrast to the nameless board of directors from ''Darkwing'', who had no motivation beyond enriching themselves further.
# Characters.PhineasAndFerbHeinzDoofenshmirtz: IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Was once thwarted by a potted plant he was using as a CompanionCube when Perry didn't show up. The [[FunWithAcronyms O.W.C.A.]] made the plant an agent in honor of this feat.
6-7. Characters.RWBYTheHeroes:
** In General: The team name RWBY is made up of the member's first names and can be pronounced as "Ruby".
** Penny Polendina: In Volume 3 Episode 5, we can see a blueprint for Penny, revealing her name is spelled out as P.E.N.N.Y. No word on what each letter means.
8-13. WesternAnimation.CodenameKidsNextDoor:
** CodenameTitle: Blatant about it, and uses this for FunWithAcronyms-type IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming with acronyms relating to the plot
** EvilTeacher: The [[FunWithAcronyms Parent-Teacher Organization of Eradicating Youngsters]] fits the bill pretty well, but they're incredibly minor members of the KND's RoguesGallery. Hell, they weren't even the focus of their debut episode!
** FunWithAcronyms: '''In spades.''' The KND seem to absolutely '''LOVE''' invoking this!
** InstantArmor: Evil teenagers use Battle Ready Armor [[FunWithAcronyms (or B.R.A.s)]] to fight the KND, which can go from actual bras to full sets of armor in a matter of seconds.
** [[OperationBlank "Operation: B.L.A.N.K."]]: Complete with [[FunWithAcronyms acronyms.]] "Bland Lame Acronyms Now Kool"
** VillainousCrossdresser: Chad Dickson in "Operation: S.L.U.M.B.E.R.":
--->'''Chad:''' Surprised to see me?\\
'''Numbuh Three:''' Yeah, surprised to see you wearing a bra! ''[she, Numbuh 12 and 23 laugh]''\\
'''Chad:''' It's not a bra! It's a [[FunWithAcronyms Battle Ready Armor]]! For disguises and stuff.\\
'''Numbuh 23:''' Whatever you say, Chaderella.
14. Recap.PhineasAndFerbInterviewWithAPlatypus: The BO-AT and the MOAT, which stand for Buoyancy Operated Aquatic Transport and Metropolitan Oval Aquatic Trench, respectively.

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