History TruthInTelevision / MToO

* MediaScaremongering: Locked-In Syndrome. [[strike:Global Warming]] Climate change. Nuclear war. Leprosy. Jack the Ripper. ''The goblin's gonna getcha if you don't... watch... OUT!''

* MentalAffair: The non- ScienceFiction variant is fairly common.

* ManChild: They exist, sometimes out of poor parenting or mental illness, other times because they just have childish and lazy interests and personalities. Because of cultural perceptions of women as "naturally" more childlike, people might not notice if a woman acts like this, or think it's "cute" or just female nature. This phenomenon is linked to Peter Pan Syndrome, a mental disorder characterized by one's inability to believe they are of an older age and engage in behaviors and responsibilities expected of their age.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: While real people aren't written as characters, a person acting drastically different from normal is often a sign something is ''seriously'' wrong, such as a brain tumor, drug abuse, or the person going through something really traumatic or stressful.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When even the stoic or professional is ''freaking out'' this is usually a very bad sign.
** A common joke relates to a shirt that says something like "(Bomb Squad, gas company, nuclear emergency technician, tornado chaser)" and then adds "If you see me running, JOIN ME."
** People tend to freak out if someone close to them suddenly starts acting differently. This will often prompt a question of, "Did something happen?" or, in the case of romantic couples, may lead them to suspect their partner having an affair.

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Such life choices, personality traits, expressions, interests, hobbies, and relationships have existed and do exist, because not everyone, even in the most highly gendered societies, likes to stick to the rules and what everyone expects them to become.

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Such life choices, personality traits, exprssions, interests, hobbies, and relationships have existed and do exist, because not everyone, even in the most highly gendered societies, likes to stick to the rules and what everyone expects them to become.

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Such life choices, personality traits, and relationships have existed and do exist, because not everyone, even in the most highly gendered societies, likes to stick to the rules and what everyone expects them to become.

* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: Yes, many of those war crime scenes you see in movies ''actually happened'' (or were based on true events) and were most likely ''toned down'' for viewers.

* {{Meganekko}}: Cute girls with glasses obviously exist in real life.

* MulticoloredHair: Either due to dyeing hair, genetics, or old age.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Komodo dragons and leafy sea dragons, among others.

* MoralMyopia: Is ''very'' common in real life but real life examples aren't a good idea.* MoreThanMindControl: How {{Brainwashed}} and BrainwashedAndCrazy actually happen in RealLife. The amount of ways that people can be turned against their own interests, their own consciences, and their own bodies and lives, or pressed into HappinessInSlavery or resignation to slavery are enough to induce nightmares and paranoia.

* MoralDissonance: Else known as "[[TheHypocrite hypocrisy]]," and we've all experienced it to some extent.

* MoreThanMindControl: How {{Brainwashed}} and BrainwashedAndCrazy actually happen in RealLife. The amount of ways that people can be turned against their own interests, their own consciences, and their own bodies and lives, or pressed into HappinessInSlavery or resignation to slavery are enough to induce nightmares and paranoia.

* MoralMyopia: Is ''very'' common in real life but real life examples aren't a good idea.

* MismatchedEyes: It is called, ''heterochromia''. Can also occur due to a last-longing injury to one or both of the eyes.

* ObviousRulePatch: ''Many'' laws and regulations. Building codes and health codes are a very good example: most of them have been written by shown potential for disastrous failures and the attempts to prevent them from happening or happening again.

* {{Narcissist}}: People with a grandiose sense of self-importance and a low opinion of everybody else do exist.

* ObsoleteMentor: Because ScienceMarchesOn, SocietyMarchesOn, and TechnologyMarchesOn, and some people don't bother to catch up with them, even if they're the best of a specific art or the best at a specific time.

* MacGuffin: The BraggingRightsReward in its physical permutations (e.g. trophies and objets d'art) and anything useless that only has value in being collectible and/or desired by more than one person.

* NervousTics: Almost everyone has a thing they do when they are in a stressful situation or bored.

* MayDecemberRomance: There have been quite a few. Some are genuine, some aren't. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Moving on.]]