History TruthInTelevision / DToF

* EditWar: [[Administrivia/EditWar Here]], [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} there]], and everywhere.

* FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: The Shen Yun Performing Arts, founded by Falun Gong, are this to the Chinese Communist Party and will try everything in their power to stop them from ever performing - either through the use of pro-CCP proxies to harass them, or pressuring other countries (like South Korea) to ban entry for Shen Yun.

** The FelonyMisdemeanor actually exists as a part of US federal law. The US federal legal system generally doesn't ''have'' infractions or misdemeanors. Any crime committed, therefore, in areas where US federal law applies but there is no state/tribal/local law (so there is no default of handing over to the locals for a ticket or a low-bail arrest etc) is automatically a federal felony. So, if you disturb the peace on an airplane? Felony charges with mandatory minimum of two years, whereas if you disturbed the peace on the ground in a recognized state, city, reservation, etc, you would likely get anywhere from a ticket to maybe a short jail term. Decide to take your fast car out somewhere to do a Youtube vid of just how fast you can go? If you're on federal land, you'll face felony reckless driving charges as opposed to, if sober, a speeding ticket.

* FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: The Shen Yun Performing Arts and Falun Gong are this to the Chinese Communist Party, and will try everything in their power to stop them or (better yet in their view) be eradicated from their existence for good.

* DeadArtistsAreBetter: ''Still Life: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers'', a picture by Vincent van Gogh, was never bought when he was alive. In 1987, almost 100 years after his death, that same picture was bought for £24,299,562 ($39,921,750) dollars in an auction at Christie's. This trope also applies to musicians, in part explaining the ongoing popularity of everyone from Elvis to Amy Winehouse.

* DeliveryGuy: Male obstetricians, [=EMTs=], and cops have helped with the delivery of babies, and there's been more than a few incidents requiring fathers, brothers, or even random strangers to help.

* DepravedDentist: There's been a few cases of RealLife dentists sexually assaulting unconscious patients, and others doing fraudulent or unnecessary work (especially on low-income children on Medicaid and, conversely, in high-income privately insured patients) to make money, even if said work makes the patient's oral health far worse. And the UrExample of the DeadlyDoctor, MadDoctor, and all similar tropes, UsefulNotes/JosefMengele, started out as a dentist.

* DisabilityImmunity: Thalassemia and sickle-cell trait protect against malaria, and a wide range of physical and mental disabilities can keep one out of military service or at the very least out of combat unless things are very desperate.

* EtTuBrute: A lot of people care about what their family and friends think of them and won't take it well if they abandoned them.

* EverybodysDeadDave: [[DownerEnding "There were no survivors."]]

* EvilVersusEvil: Power-hungry dictators (the closest Real Life equivalent of evil) often fight each other in their selfish quest for power. Hitler and Stalin could be an example of this form. Organized criminals fighting amongst each other creates another form: the drug cartel mafia wars in Mexico, gang wars elsewhere.

* TheExtremistWasRight: Pre-Civil War era and Civil War era abolitionists, some of whom did resort to violence and/or other fanatical tactics in their opposition to slavery (while most did not and found more peaceful ways to free slaves), because slavery was an evil so egregious that almost ''any'' tactic used to undo it and free its victims was preferable to its continued existence. Environmentalists who criticized overdependence on fossil fuels and destruction of ecosystems and the overuse of deadly and dangerous chemicals as early as the 1960s and 1970s - their concerns were more than borne out over the next decades.

* FanDisservice: Some fetishes to people who don't have those fetishes.

* FeudingFamilies: The Hatfields and the [=McCoys=] in the [=US=]; the [=MacGregors=] and the Campbells in Scotland; the Italian mafia families in New York and Sicily (with a couple in New Orleans).

* FirstLove: A lot of people have one in real life.

* ForTheEvulz: Psychopaths. The motivation of some people in life - they ''want'' to hurt other people.

* FowlMouthedParrot: Ladies and gentlemen, [[https://www.youtube.com/user/xratedruby Ruby the Swearing Parrot]]. And our next act, [[http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jul/27/martinwainwright Barney the Swearing Macaw!]] Barney has the noble distinction of cursing out not only the mayor of Nuneaton, but also a vicar! Oh, and he taught two other parrots how to curse as well. But no filthy-beaked parrot can quite match Pol, the pet parrot of President UsefulNotes/AndrewJackson, who was removed from his owner's funeral for non-stop cussing ''[[BilingualBonus in two languages]]''. Parrot owners are well-advised not to swear around their parrots, lest the parrot have trouble finding a new home if it outlives them.

* FreudianCouch: Yes, many psychiatrist's and psychologist's offices do have couches. It's TheCoconutEffect.

* FunSize: Kittens, puppies, and the like. It wouldn't work in art if it didn't work in life.

* DepravedDentist: There's been a few cases of RealLife dentists sexually assaulting unconscious patients, and others doing fraudulent or unnecessary work (especially on low-income children on Medicaid and, conversely, in high-income privately insured patients) to make money, even if said work makes the patient's oral health far worse. And the UrExample of the DeadlyDoctor, MadDoctor, and all similar tropes, Josef Mengele, started out as a dentist.

* TheFashionista: Just look at TikTok or Instagram. There are entire industries devoted to serving them and the wannabe ones as well.

* EqualOpportunityEvil: TruthInTelevision. Evil people/people who commit evil acts can come from ''any'' background/backstory/culture/race/religion/anything, as a browse of People You See In Hell or similar will show you. There is no group (aside from groups that are ''defined by'' committing crime or killing) that is somehow "more or less evil" or more or less likely to spawn violence/harm/etcetera than any other.

* TheFashionista: Just look at Tumblr or Polyvore. There are entire industries devoted to serving them and the wannabe ones as well.

* FreeRangeChildren: While the legality of this trope greatly depends on the country, region, and town/city you live in: There are many cases of kids being free to do what they want without adult supervision, usually when they reach an age where they are considered mature enough to do so. And for better or for worse, it’s also incredibly common with kids of single parent households, as said parents are usually at work and thus unable to take care of or supervise their children.

* FemaleMisogynist: Many women are like this, whether it's because they actually feel that women are inferior to men, because they dislike how certain women follow different traditions or stereotypes, or because other women negatively affected them in the past.

* [[NeverASelfMadeWoman Female Success Is Family]]: Patriarchial cultures, some matriarchial cultures, some religions, etc. believe this to be true, as do some women themselves, whether influenced by the culture or claiming not to be. It was also seen as absolute truth in most Western societies until around The60s. It's not ''objective'' truth, as much as a controversial assumption a lot of people in real life do unfortunately make, and by which they judge other women.

* DinnerWithTheBoss: More often during TheFifties in the US when entertaining bosses and co-workers at home was expected for men. In Japan and in most of Europe the trope was and is subverted - the boss was expected to entertain, and/or the boss, employees, and other bosses and other employees go out to a restaurant or bar. When it happens in modern times, this is how it is everywhere after around TheEighties - no one is usually expected to bring their boss home.

* DonutMessWithACop: Because in many places, donut shops are the only 24 hour (or at least open early closed late) businesses, and they serve coffee, which many night-shift patrol officers [[MustHaveCaffeine tend to live off]] of because most cops aren't naturally nocturnal. Such shops often give officers/deputies discounts or free coffee, also. Subverted in settings after TheNineties when convenience stores, coffee shops, gas stations, and similar began to take the role as well.

* EverybodySmokes: Until TheEighties (and TheNoughties in other places) this was TruthInTelevision with incredibly high smoking rates throughout much of the world. It is still true for some cultures, subcultures, and populations, but not universally. Indonesia has the highest population of smokers.

* FaceOnAMilkCarton: Now a DiscreditedTrope but was once TruthInTelevision until TheNineties when the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_alert Amber Alert system]], a more surefire way for finding missing or wanted people, was invented.

* [[NeverASelfMadeWoman Female Success Is Family]]: Patriarchial cultures, some matriarchial cultures, some religions, etc. believe this to be true, as do some women themselves, whether influenced by the culture or claiming not to be. It was also seen as absolute truth in most Western societies until around TheSixties. It's not ''objective'' truth, as much as a controversial assumption a lot of people in real life do unfortunately make, and by which they judge other women.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: DiscreditedTrope now, but until TheSixties or TheSeventies in most Western cultures, women were expected to learn to cook. To be bad at any part of the "housewife triad" of cooking, cleaning, and childbearing was seen as a shameful thing, a sign a woman wasn't "feminine."

* FightingIrish: The Irish Republican Army, source of 95 to 99 percent of the world's WesternTerrorists until the peace agreement was brokered at the end of TheNineties. The rest was the ETA.

* FlushingToiletScreamingShower: In older homes or apartments (those built before TheSeventies on average) with bad plumbing. This is something that can be used in inspecting a home: if flushing the toilet changes the shower temperature, the dwelling will likely require extensive plumbing work at some point in the near future (as well as major electrical work if the wiring also hasn't been redone since TheSeventies or TheEighties) and is a bad deal unless you have lots of money and time for renovations or for razing and rebuilding.

* EvilIsEasy: Because [[HumansAreFlawed humanity is far from perfect]], it's easier to do things that are unethical, immoral, selfish, or just plain cruel than to do things that are honorable, selfless, altruistic, and kind.
* EvilIsSexy: The groupies/hangers-on of outlaws of various sorts, organized criminals, and serial killers.
** Holocaust survivor Pearl Pufeles described the RealLife Nazi MadScientist Joseph Mengele as [[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2009/10/28/dr-mengeles-twins.html ''handsome'']], and even compared him to then Hollywood icon Clark Gable.

* EvilIsCool: Yes, sometimes it ''is.'' This is the supertrope of DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster, the various portrayals of sociopathy as heroic, the reason we have ''so much'' violence and similar in the media - because many humans do have that part of themselves that is a {{jerkass}} ''at best.'' Thankfully, for ''most'' people, escapist media (anything from myth about the JerkassGods killing each other off to a couple hours playing UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000) satisfies the human need for indulging in evil.
** Admit it. As monstrous as the [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazis]] are you have to admit they have [[PuttingOnTheReich some]] [[BadassLongcoat wicked]] style.

* DeathOfAChild: ImprobableInfantSurvival happening each time is NoRealLife/ImpossibleInRealLife, so kids ''can'' die for any number of reasons.

* DaylightHorror: Because there is no set time for Bad Things to happen in RealLife.

* FaceOnAMilkCarton: Now a DiscreditedTrope but was once TruthInTelevision until TheNineties when the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_alert Amber Alert system]], a more practical and surefire way to find missing or wanted people, was invented.

* FaceOnAMilkCarton: Now a DiscreditedTrope but was once TruthInTelevision until TheEighties when [[Series/AmericasMostWanted TV]] became the most popular way to find missing or wanted people.

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Especially in regard to emotional abuse (since in many conservative/traditionalist societies, men are supposed to be seen as not having emotions at all, [[SarcasmMode so how can they be emotionally abused and manipulated]]?) and financial abuse. Even in regard to physical abuse, a man abused by a woman may find himself anything from viewed as unmanly and weak for not defending himself to arrested and imprisoned if he does fight back or use any force to escape. In more extreme case, this double standard may also apply to "mother on son" abuse too.

* {{Doorstopper}}: References are almost always this, and some textbooks on certain subjects can approach it. Also, [[TakeThat anything]] [[ChurchOfHappyology written by]] Creator/LRonHubbard unless it's a short story.

* DoubleStandardViolenceChildOnAdult: Due to the laws of adults getting in legal trouble should they ever physically assault minors, many students, especially [[TeensAreMonsters high school students]], exploit this trope.

* DoesNotLikeMen: Misandrists do exist, particularly in the "third wave radfem" community, but they're a lot rarer than you think, even among feminists. Also, very homophobic men who fear that even being friends with another man will get them seen as gay, and men who really do view all other men as competition in a fight for women and sex.

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Especially in regard to emotional abuse (since in many patriarchial societies, men are supposed to be seen as not having emotions at all, [[SarcasmMode so how can they be emotionally abused and manipulated]]?) and financial abuse. Even in regard to physical abuse, a man abused by a woman may find himself anything from viewed as unmanly and weak for not defending himself to arrested and imprisoned if he does fight back or use any force to escape.

* DrugsAreBad: TruthInTelevision when drugs are used incorrectly or dangerously, or by someone who shouldn't use them due to age, allergies, or addiction.

* DrunkDriver: Sadly very much TruthInTelevision, despite increased awareness and penalties and social condemnation for doing it. Especially common in areas with no or limited public transportation.

* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: Nerds either have very low standards, or [[ExtravertedNerd very high standards]].

* ForeignLookingFont: They exist, but because [[UnfortunateImplications they often have racist implications or are used in racialized imagery]], using them is often a very bad idea [[NWordPrivileges unless you're part of the culture that the font is aping from]]. For example: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonton_font Wonton]] is considered racist by many, especially in certain contexts.