Line #94 JustForFun/TropeNamesTakenLiterally


1	Let's say you come to [[Website/TVTropes This Very Wiki]] for the first time and you don't even bother looking at the description. You just look at the trope's name and take it 100% at face-value. Here's a JustForFun index of Tropes where you can share that presumption and share a good laugh with the people on the sight!!
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3	Not to be confused with JustForFun/PunnyTropeNames, where the trope names themselves are actual puns.
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5	!!Examples:
6	* AlphaStrike: The first blow made.
7	* BarbaricBully: An adjective used to describe a barbarian character through bull-like characteristics. "That guy's got Barbaric Bully biceps (he's super yoked)!" or "[[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian Conan's]] got a BarbaricBully cock (he's hung like a prized breeding bull)!"
8	* BeehiveBarrier: A wall crafted entirely out of beehives.
9	* BlackMetal: A slab of metal painted black.
10	* BobRossRib: When someone digs up Bob Ross' corpse and takes one of his ribs.
11	* BondingThroughSharedEarbuds: Two objects joined together through a shared false ear.
12	* BorrowingTheBeatles: "Hey, can I borrow The Beatles for a second?" "Yes, ''please''. Ringo has been really needy lately and I need some space."
13	* {{Brainwashed}}: A medical procedure where the doctor power-washes the folds of one's brain of excess gunk.
14	* TheBurlesqueOfVenus: A burlesque show hosted and performed on UsefulNotes/{{Venus}}.
15	* CaptainFishman: The captain of a boat named "Fishman."
16	* CasinoPark: A parking space for casinos.
17	* ChekhovsGun: Anton Chekhov's personal firearm that he keeps under his mattress in case of home invasion. And duck-hunting.
18	* ChekhovsSkill: Anton Chekhov's creative writing prowess.
19	* ChestMonster: A monster that is literally just an upper torso. The males are rock-hard pecs, the females are a bodacious pair of boobies.
20	* CityOfTheDamned:
21	** A city that with a [[CitadelCity giant wall around it]], flooded and now the entire place is {{underwater\|City}}.
22	** Alternatively, a city with a wall around it to keep rising sea levels from flooding it.
23	* ClassTrip: When everyone in the class stumbles and falls.
24	* ClassicalAntiHero: A villain themed after ClassicalMusic.
25	* ConfusedQuestionMark: A sentient question mark that is, itself, confused.
26	* CoolGate: An archway with air-conditioning.
27	* CoolSword: A sword made of ice.
28	* CriminalConvention: "The conventions of how you are to be a criminal are written down thusly..."
29	* CurrencyConspiracy:
30	** "There's a conspiracy on where all of my money is coming from and going too!"
31	** "I think the dollars in my wallet are out to get me! And the banks are in on it!"
32	* DeadPersonImpersonation: A dead impersonator.
33	* DeathMetal: A slab of metal known to kill people.
34	* DeathTrapTango: Mr. Death and Ms. Trap doing the tango.
35	* DeathWorld: {{The Grim Reaper}}'s homeworld.
36	* DifficultySpike: A literal spike that makes anything it's stuck into more difficult.
37	* EarthSong: The song the planet Earth sings when it has the opportunity.
38	* EggMacGuffin: An [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds Egg McMuffin]] that's [[MacGuffin super important to the plot]].
39	* EroticEating: Video content of people eating that's been posted onto pornographic sites or magazines.
40	* ExtremeSportsPlot: A plot of land used exclusively for extreme sports.
41	* EyeOfProvidence: Mr. Joe H. Providence's glass eye.
42	* FallenAngel: An angel tripped and fell over.
43	* FallenCupid: Cupid tripped and fell over.
44	* FantasticFragility: "It's incredibly fragile? Fantastic!"
45	* FantasticPlastic: Good, quality plastic.
46	* {{Filth}}: Dirt and grease.
47	* FiringDay: A day that everyone celebrates by setting their things on fire.
48	* FoodPorn:
49	** Pornography where you watch the food contents of your plate doing it.
50	** Pornography where you watch someone masturbate with a piece of food.
51	* ForgottenAnniversary: The anniversary of the day you forgot something.
52	* GlassesOfAging: An ArtifactOfDoom that takes the form of a pair of reading glasses that causes RapidAging when worn.
53	* GoMadFromTheApocalypse: Getting angry after entering Apocalypse, Arkansa.
54	* GoodnessExam: A type of admissions test -- both multiple-choice and open -- that quizzes you on virtues and how to act upon them.
55	* GrooveMetal: A very dented slab of metal.
56	* HardRock: A rock.
57	* HeadTurningBeauty: A version of the protagonist from ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast'' that routinely turns her head for various reasons.
58	* HeelFaceTown: A town that has a face and a heel.
59	* {{Hentai}}: A chicken wearing a tie.
60	* IndexInAHalfShell: Index paper folded and wedged into oysters on an oyster platter.
61	* InvisiblePresident: President of the Council of People With the Power to Turn Invisible (or "CPWTPTTI").
62	* JewsPlayingNazis: When a Jewish person is in a game of pretend, they always want to play a Nazi because EvilIsCool in a harmless make-believe context.
63	* MadScienceFair: "Only mad science is impartial."
64	* MatchSequence: A series of matches lined up by size.
65	* MilkmanConspiracy: The dairy industry is up to something!
66	* {{Mordor}}: A surplus of doors with the product names misspelled.
67	* {{Mouthscreen}}: A screen meant to be kept in a person's mouth.
68	* NightmareHands: The front hooves of nocturnal horses.
69	* NoNeedForNames: A character marks off all the individual names he sees and instantly forgets whatever name someone tells him because he has grown beyond the need for it.
70	* NotInKansasAnymore: When someone leaves the Kansas state border.
71	* PacifiedAdaptation: Millions of years of evolution where life adapted to the invention of pacifiers. Like, the kind babies use.
72	* ParasiteZombie: A zombified tapeworm.
73	* PeeveGoblins: Someone asking you to annoy a group of goblins.
74	* PopRap: Slang for bubble wrap that the kids are using these days.
75	* PowersuitMonkey: A chimpanzee in PoweredArmor.
76	* PsychicIndex: A carefully written statistic that measures PsychicPowers.
77	* PsychoKnifeNut: When an absolute psychopath uses knives to dice nuts.
78	* PunkRock: A pet-rock with a mohawk.
79	* ReadTheFinePrint: Being asked to read a finely worded, carefully written piece of calligraphy. "Now that's some fine print, right there."
80	* RunawayBride: A woman who was a runaway who is now getting married.
81	* ScrewYouElves: Elf porn.
82	* SkinnyDipping: Dipping skinny people in ranch dip.
83	* SoftRock: A ball of clay.
84	* SwordPlant: A plant that grows swords like corn.
85	* TheTelevisionTalksBack: A VideoPhone.
86	* ThreateningToCutTies: When a person threatens you into doing something for fear of taking scissors to your shoelaces.
87	* TotallyNotACriminalFront: The front of a store that is itself legal in its totality.
88	* TrashyTouristTrap: A ChestMonster that resembles a trashcan that preys upon tourists. When they get close, the creature springs a trap and catches them in its net.
89	* UrbanHellscape: [[CityOfTheDamned Hell as a city]].
90	* VideoPhone: A television show aimed towards a telephone demographic.
91	* WeddingRingDefense: A wedding ring that doubles as a shield.
92	* WolverineClaws: The disembodied claws of a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine wolverine]].
93	* WorkingClassAnthem:
94	** An anthem people are workshopping in Creative Writing Class.
95	** A Pledge of Allegiance the Working Class have to recite every morning before getting to work.
96	* {{Wormsign}}:
97	** A sign with the word "worm" on it.
98	** A sign written in a language only worms can read.

Context JustForFun / TropeNamesTakenLiterally