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1	->''"On my deathbed I will mumble, 'Spikeification.'"''
2	-->-- '''Tropers/{{idledandy}}''', on what is now BadassDecay
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4	Administrivia/NamingATrope can be difficult. Generally, there is a trade-off between descriptive naming and clever naming, as many clever names only make sense to members of a particular fanbase. This page is here as an archive of names that were just a little bit too obscure, too easy to misinterpret, too similar to an unrelated trope, not neutral-sounding enough, or otherwise deemed unworthy.
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6	Trope names based on a character (or other references to a specific work) have fallen out of fashion, because [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure not everyone watches the same shows]]. Some other common themes in renames are:
7	* Names based on a character's name, but not making it clear [[JustForFun/OneMarioLimit which character with that name was meant]].
8	* Administrivia/EverythingsWorseWithSnowclones, so they're used less and less nowadays. Notable example: the "Everything's better with..." names.
9	* Administrivia/TropeDecay, where an otherwise appropriate name was being used "wrong", constantly. Eventually it becomes clear that the real demand is for the "wrong" use. Notable example: SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome used to be "''Crowning'' Moment of Awesome", but it wasn't being used for single superlative moments.
10	* Using "Trope" as a placeholder.
11	* Tropes that had the same name as a work that later got an article.
12	* Names that simply don't indicate what the trope is all about. Especially if it suggests something unrelated to most people.
13	* Trope names that did not sound neutral, resulting more people use it for complaining (or gushing). For an example: "You Fail X Forever" tropes were renamed to "Artistic License - X" for this reason.
14	* And then there are names that [[Administrivia/NeedsABetterName nobody ever really liked, even the original author]].
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16	For tropes that have been created wholesale due to a Trope Repair Shop thread, see Administrivia/SplitTropes. See also Administrivia/LaunchDisplacement, a special case of renaming where the old name is commandeered to make room for a separate trope.
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18	You can leave an epitaph for the old name on the JustForFun/TropeEpitaph page.
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20	!!Examples (sorted by new name):
21	[[index]]
22	* RenamedTropes/AToE
23	* RenamedTropes/FToK
24	* RenamedTropes/LToP
25	* RenamedTropes/QToZ
26	[[/index]]

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