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9	* ''Literature/TwelveMilesBelow'': Imperials are not actually an empire, or indeed any form of government at all. They are a religion that reveres a mythical empire and Emperor, and seeks to unite all of humanity against the machine threat that will come at the end times.
10	* A recurring theme in ''[[Literature/NineteenEightyFour 1984]]'', as part of the concept of "doublethink": The Party's ideology of "English Socialism" isn't at all socialist, the Ministry of Peace perpetuates a global war, the Ministry of Plenty maintains artificial scarcity, the Ministry of Truth creates propaganda and conceals information, and the Ministry of Love brutally tortures dissidents. As the Party's methods and beliefs become more apparent over the course of the book, however, it becomes apparent that some of the names ''are'' accurate, just in a twisted sense: The Ministry of Peace maintains peace within Oceania by redirecting the anger of the people outwards, the Ministry of Truth always tells the truth because as long as everyone believes what they say, [[RealityWarper they effectively decide what is true]], and the ultimate goal of the Ministry of Love is to make their victims, [[MoreThanMindControl in the deepest depths of their souls]], love Big Brother.
11	* ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'': Pinocchio is usually referred to as a puppet, "burattino" in Italian (even the subtitle of the original book means ''Story of a Puppet''), but technically he's a marionette.
12	* ''Literature/{{Alatriste}}'': Diego Alatriste is not a military Captain (nor even an officer) but in the story, he's working as a sword-for-hire under the moniker of "Captain" Alatriste. [[spoiler:He is later recruited and promoted.]]
13	* The ''Analects of Confucius'' aren't analects, and the Master's name wasn't really Creator/{{Confucius}}, either.
14	* In ''Literature/AnansiBoys'', Fat Charlie is not fat, nor was he ever. Between ages ten and fourteen he was a pudgy kid, but that was it. Unfortunately, while he lost weight, he could never shake the nickname because his father, Anansi, gave it to him.
15	* In ''Literature/TheAmityIncident'', Toxic Island isn't an island full of things that want to kill you. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint It's a continent.]]
16	* The plot of the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' book ''The Andalite's Gift'' has absolutely nothing to do with the Morphing Cube, the titular gift that the kids received from the dying Andalite soldier Elfangor at the start of the series. It might have been an appropriate title for the very first book in the series, but that book was called ''The Invasion''. If it's about morphing itself... well, that's central all right, but not appreciably moreso than any of the other books.
17	* The Big Friendly Giant from ''Literature/TheBFG'' is certainly friendly and is still huge compared to humans--however, he's actually considered to be rather small by giant-standards.
18	* The short story ''Boomerang'', which was adapted into "The Caterpillar" on ''Series/NightGallery'', does not have a boomerang in it.
19	* ''Breaking Smith's Quarterhorse'' would seem, from the title, to mostly revolve around a man named Smith, who has a quarterhorse in need of breaking. Smith is mentioned in one line; the horse doesn't even get that. The book is actually about... not much, really.
20	* The Nameless Horror from ''Literature/CakesInSpace'' is a formless mass of black string. Personality-wise, though, it's actually a pretty friendly being.
21	* ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'': While the titular factory does make a lot of chocolate, it also makes many products that ''don't'' use chocolate, so it'd be more accurate to call it a ''sweet'' factory.
22	* In the ''Literature/CodexAlera'' series, the name of the antagonist 'Fidelias' means 'faithful' in Latin; but he is not at all faithful, except to his own sense of the welfare of the realm.
23	* ''Literature/CradleSeries'': The Court of Seven, the ruling body of the known multiverse, technically has nine members (Abdiel the Creator disappeared before the Court was formed but still has a seat waiting for him if he ever returns, and Ozriel the Reaper was added to the Court considerably after its founding).
24	* The EldritchAbomination Cthulhu only appears in one of the Creator/HPLovecraft stories that make up the original Franchise/CthulhuMythos, and only a small handful of the stories even acknowledge him. Though Cthulhu is definitely [[EnsembleDarkhorse the most iconic character in the mythos]], the vast majority of the stories in it don't feature him at all. Technically, "The Great Old Ones Mythos" would be a more accurate title.
25	* In Creator/HarryHarrison's ''Literature/{{Deathworld}} 3'', the planet Felicity (meaning "bliss" or "happiness") does indeed contain rich mineral resources (if that is your idea of bliss), but it was named before the galactic community realized that it's full of hordes of nomadic barbarians who absolutely hate permanent structures and will kill anyone who isn't a nomad. That also includes mining equipment.
26	* The title of ''Return to Deathworld'' (co-authored by Ant Skalandis and never published in English) is misleading in that no one has actually left Deathworld to return to it. The title apparently refers to the reader.
27	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
28	** In ''Literature/LordsAndLadies'', mention is made of the Carter family, who named their daughters after virtues and their sons after vices. They turned out to be non-indicative: Charity Carter grew up to be greedy and Prudence Carter wound up the mother of fourteen kids, while Anger Carter is known for being even-tempered and Bestiality Carter is known for being kind to animals.
29	*** It must also be pointed out that Bestiality Carter is not in fact a carter but a baker, while his closest friends include Weaver (a thatcher), Obadiah Carpenter (a tailor), Baker (a weaver), Thatcher (a carter), and Tailor (also a weaver).
30	** In ''Literature/MenAtArms'' one of the city's most famous landmarks is the Colossus of Morpork. Unfortunately, since it was designed by the GiftedlyBad architect and inventor "Bloody Stupid" Johnson, the "Colossus" fits in a small cardboard box padded with cotton.
31	* In Dante's ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', the old definition of "comedy" is being used, namely a story with a happy ending, since at the end of the story Dante visits Heaven and meets God. The word "Divine" is a straight example, being a comment meaning inspired by God on the merit of the work. Dante originally just called it ''Comedy,'' and Creator/{{Boccaccio}} added the adjective.
32	* In the Literature/{{Dragaera}} series, the titles of "Lord of the Keys" and "Lady of the Chairs" do not change based on the gender of the titleholder.
33	* A halfway example in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' with the Corpsetaker who, while still a necromancer, is actually most infamous for hijacking the bodies of living victims. Her Latin name is Capiocorpus, would most likely actually translate to ''body'' taker. Harry's [[MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels poor ability in Latin]] has already been established at that point, so it's possible he just translated it wrong and no one bothered to correct him, although other characters call her Corpsetaker as well, and arguably it's just a much better sounding name.
34	* In Creator/FrankHerbert's ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'', the Water of Life is a deadly poison to most people, its use resulting in something horrible. Even more, it is made by drowning a baby sandworm, which then regurgitates the substance. The only way to use it is to have a Bene Gesserit drink some and convert it to a safe narcotic substance.
35	** The Butler family are in no way servants to anyone, as [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Quentin Butler (who married into the name).
36	** The Butlerian Jihad has nothing to do with any Muslims or any spiritual journey. The actual Buddislamics wanted nothing to do with the war. It was declared by people worshiping the ''Orange Catholic'' Bible.
37	** Sand trout are tiny slugs that do not even remotely resemble a fish.
38	** A no-ship ''is'' very positively a ship. Same goes for a no-chamber. The idea is that they exist in "no-space," where the Guild can't see them with their powers. So, it's circuitous, but it does make sense.
39	* The eponymous planet of Stanislaw Lem's novel, ''Eden'', was named from how it looked from a distance. It proved to be a distinctly IronicName, after the heroes make an emergency landing on it.
40	* ''Literature/GeronimoStilton'': The Thea Sisters are not related to Thea Stilton, nor are they related to each other in any way ([[TrueCompanions except in spirit]]), they are a fanclub. The English titles for their books don't help much in that regard either, as they follow the format of [[SpotlightStealingTitle "Thea Stilton and The"]]. The only adventure of theirs Thea has any direct involvement with is ''The Dragon's Code'', which is the first book in their spin-off series.
41	* ''Literature/TheHandmaidsTale'': In-universe, the Rachel and Leah Center -- it's designed to train women to do what Bilhah and Zilpah did ''for'' Rachel and Leah, not to be like Rachel and Leah.
42	* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
43	** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', Narcissa Malfoy defies [[{{Narcissist}} expectations]], focusing on the welfare of her family above all else.
44	** As explained by Horace Slughorn in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', Love Potions can produce only infatuation, not true love.
45	** In ''Literature/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem,'' the entry on Fire Crabs begins by noting "Despite its name, the Fire Crab greatly resembles a large tortoise with [[GemEncrusted a heavily jewelled shell]]."
46	* ''Literature/TheHeroes'': Whirrun of Bligh has never even set foot in Bligh and has no idea why he's called that. He's actually from a land no one has ever heard of, and Bligh is simply the farthest land anyone knows.
47	* ''The Hidden Report'' is a public document. It is the informal name for a report into a serious train crash in England, the inquiry being conducted by Anthony Hidden. The report was originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, and [[https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/DoT_Hidden001.pdf copies can be found online]] if you like reading about maintenance of signalling networks.
48	* ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''
49	** The Perfectly Normal Beast in ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1'': it is actually fairly normal, except that it only appears on the planet Lamuella in a stampede from one invisible space warp to another. It was named to reassure residents, but Trillian at least finds the name suspicious instantly.
50	** For the longest time, the series itself was called "a trilogy in 5 parts", with ''Literature/MostlyHarmless'' further lampshading this by calling itself "the fifth book in the increasingly inaccurately-named Hitchhiker's Trilogy." And ''Literature/AndAnotherThing'' is billed as "Part Six of Three" on its cover.
51	* The VillainProtagonist from ''Literature/HowToBuildADungeonBookOfTheDemonKing'', commonly just referred to as Aur, has [[spoiler:Ain Soph Aur as his actual name, a term coming straight out of the Kabbalah, meaning "The Limitless Light", a term used to describe {{God}} Himself in those teachings]]; an extremely ironic name considering Aur is a Sorcerer who has declared himself Demon Lord, who engages in many nefarious actions against humanity, not the mention how handles women who were against him at first, that is manipulate them through rape and hypnotism.
52	* In ''Literature/IsThisAZombie'', [[MagicalGirl Haruna]] has a FinishingMove called Mystletainn Kick, which consists of bisecting the opponent with her chainsaw (which at the very least is called Mystletainn). Everyone on the receiving end [[PhraseCatcher responds with]] "[[{{Lampshaded}} That's not a kick!]]"
53	* ''Literature/TheJenkinsverse'': "Anti-tank" weapons are not actually rated for use against tanks. The name is a holdover from when military vehicles were still made out of cheap sheet plastic, since aliens are physically frail and that was more than enough. The technological arms race did lead to them using metal tanks by the time humans arrived on the scene, and the so-called anti-tank guns were the largest handheld weapons aliens could use. Humans can generally survive two or three hits, compared to aliens, who would be left as nothing but a bloody smear.
54	* ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'': Sun Wukong is said to have mastered "the 72 Earthly Transformations" as his main magical powerset. This does not mean he can transform into 72 different things. The 72 Transformations are a set of magical/spiritual powers he gained as part of his Taoist training. The ability to shapeshift into virtually anything is just ''one'' of those 72 powers.
55	* ''Literature/{{Katanagatari}}'': Togame and Shichika are on a quest to retrieve the [[PlotCoupon 12 Deviant Blades]] of [[UltimateBlacksmith Shikizaki Kiki]], Severals of which are not bladed weapons. For that matter, contrary to what the title implies, only four of Shikizaki's blades are actually katanas.
56	* The opening sentence of Salman Rushdie's ''Luka and the Fire of Life'' reads: "There was once, in the city of Kahani, in the land of Alifbay, a boy named Luka who had two pets, a bear named Dog and a dog named Bear, which meant that whenever he called out, "Dog!" the bear waddled up amiably on his hind legs, and when he shouted, "Bear!" the dog bounded toward him, wagging his tail."
57	* The Narrator of ''Literature/McAuslan'' has enormous trouble figuring out the identity of someone in his regiment who bears the nickname "Darkie". He becomes even more confused when he figures out that "Darkie" is white, light brown-haired, blue-eyed, and ''him''.
58	* ''Literature/AMemoirByLadyTrent'': Isabella admits in the first book that there's very little that's wolf-like about wolf-drakes beyond a propensity for preying on livestock. Visually, they resemble giant crocodiles with atrophied wings more than anything else.
59	* In Creator/SergeyLukyanenko's ''[[Literature/NightWatchSeries The Last Watch]]'', Merlin's ultimate artifact is called the Crown of All. It's not a crown or anything even remotely close.
60	** In Lukyanenko's ''School Supervision'', the main character meets a Welsh guy named Maelgwyn. Another acquaintance (who happens to speak Welsh) asks if he's a [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shifter]]. The guy tells her that he's a battle mage, but he understands the confusion. Maelgwyn means "prince of hounds".
61	* In ''Literature/ShadowOfTheConqueror,'' Dayless the Conqueror was [[AppropriatedAppellation given his name by his enemies]], due to the setting's intense adherence to LightIsGood and DarkIsEvil. This despite the fact that [[LightIsNotGood Dayless is a master sunforger, devoutly follows the Lightseeking religion, wields a sunblade with a golden hilt stylized to resemble a flaring sun]], founded the Dawn Empire, fought against and helped end TheNightThatNeverEnds in his youth, and is the archenemy of [[CastingAShadow the Shade]].
62	* In the Literature/OddThomas series by Creator/DeanKoontz, Little Ozzie is larger than his father, Big Ozzie.
63	** In ''Odd Hours'', Odd mentions how the streets in Magic Beach all have non-indicative names. Jacaranda Avenue has no jacaranda trees, Sterling Heights is the town's poorest neighborhood, Ocean Avenue is the farthest street from the ocean, Memorial Park Avenue doesn't have a memorial park on it, and so on.
64	** There is an old riddle that inquires who is largest among Mr. Mrs. Bigger and their child. Answer: The child, because [[spoiler:he is a little Bigger]].
65	** This is TruthInTelevision in some cultures. Little would be an equivalent of Junior.
66	* In ''Literature/ThePhantomTollbooth'':
67	** Tock is a watchdog who could only go "tick." His brother, named Tick, could only go "tock." It's a sensitive subject in their family.
68	** The Giant, the Midget, the Fat Man and the Thin Man are really one ordinary guy holding four jobs. He justifies this as follows:
69	-->''You see, to tall men I'm a midget, and to short men I'm a giant; to the skinny ones I'm a fat man, and to the fat ones I'm a thin man. That way I can hold four jobs at once.''
70	* Arthur Phillips' 2003 novel ''Prague'' takes place entirely in Budapest (the characters think everything is happening in Prague, and talk about it but never go there).
71	* Literature/{{Redwall}} has a clever one: Nobody seems to know what a "Walking Stone" is. [[spoiler:Turns out, it's a ''tortoise''.]]
72	* ''Literature/TheReynardCycle'': In ''The Baron of Maleperduys'', a mercenary company called The Seventy Seven Shields turns out to be made up of one hundred and thirteen people.
73	* ''Literature/TheRiftwarCycle'':
74	** Not only is Macros the Black Sorcerer not a villain, but he wears ''brown'' robes, in contrast to most other wizards in the series. Justified as his name was part of a series of tales designed to keep people from approaching his island home base (which he could deal with but would be a hassle), and for that matter most Midkemian magicians didn't wear black so it was more unique. The Great Ones of Kelewan did however.
75	** Nakor the Blue Rider, when first seen, is on foot and wearing an orange robe. There is a brief interval between two books where he is in possession of both a horse and a blue robe, but other than that, he spends most of his time wearing other colors, and usually travels on foot.
76	* In ''Literature/TheSecretsOfDrearcliffGrangeSchool'' and ''Literature/TheHauntingOfDrearcliffGrangeSchool'', Amy's best friend Frecks Walmergrave has no freckles. She had YouthfulFreckles when she acquired the nickname; by the time Amy meets her the freckles are long gone but the nickname remains. ''Haunting'' also introduces a first-year student named Gillian Little, who is already over six feet tall and still growing.
77	* The Incredibly Deadly Viper in Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents is one of the least deadly creatures in the animal kingdom (and not even an actual ''viper'' either, being described as something similar to an even more laid-back Burmese python). Uncle Monty named it that to play a joke on the Herpetological Society.
78	* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
79	** Big Walder is smaller than Little Walder. They got their names based on their ages, with Big Walder being 52 days older, before Little Walder grew a foot and a half taller than he. Osha notes, however, that their names fit if you consider their characters rather than their heights, with Little Walder being the meaner of the two.
80	** In Essos, Jorah Mormont is nicknamed Jorah the Andal. He's from the North, which makes him descended more from the First Men than the Andals (though really, everyone native to the Seven Kingdoms has descent from both by now).
81	** Played with in-universe with Rohanne Webber, nicknamed the Red Widow (with a spider sigil). Even though she ''is'' a red-haired widow (of four different men), there's actually nothing sinister about the deaths -- she was just extremely unfortunate enough to have all of these husbands die from various unrelated causes in her teenage years. With her sixth marriage, she ends up being a grandmother of Tywin and Kevan Lannister.
82	** The primary human conflict in the books is called the War of Five Kings (Joffrey Baratheon, Renly Baratheon, and Stannis Baratheon all claiming the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, with Robb Stark declaring himself King in the North and Balon Greyjoy declaring himself King of the Iron Islands). However, Balon did not crown himself until after the death of [[spoiler:Renly]], so at any one point there were only ''four'' kings. Also, if you count the conflict up through at least Book 5 as all part of the same war, there have been ''eight'' kings so far.
83	** The Iron Throne is the seat of the monarch of the Seven Kingdoms as a whole and has no special connection to the Kingdom of the Iron Islands, whose traditional throne in times of independence was/is the Seastone Chair. It is called the Iron Throne because it is ''made'' from iron, specifically the iron of the swords owned by the Targaryens' enemies, which were reforged into a throne using dragonfire.
84	** The country that occupies all of the land on the continent of Westeros south of the Wall is called the Seven Kingdoms. It's actually one kingdom, with nine provinces. Seven of those ''used'' to be independent kingdoms, but then Aegon the Conqueror showed up. The North, the Reach, the Vale of Arryn, the Iron Islands, the Westerlands, the Stormlands, and Dorne. The other two areas are the Riverlands, a strategic border region which had been independent at points in the past but was ruled by the Iron Islands at the time of Aegon's Conquest so isn't counted as a "kingdom", and the Crownlands, the area carved out around King's Landing and the crown's direct holdings.
85	** One of the titles held by monarchs of the Seven Kingdoms is "King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men", with the Rhoynar part referencing the Dornish, who are partly descended from Rhoynar refugees. However, when the series begins, Dorne has only been a part of the realm for 109 years, despite the title dating back to the Targaryen conquest. Aegon the Conqueror and his sisters had plans to take over Dorne as they had done with other parts of the realm, but the Dornish resisted any attempt to conquer them by force, and remained independent by the time Aegon died. It was not until the reign of Daeron I, Aegon's great-great-great-great-grandson, that the Targaryens finally defeated Dorne, and even then it took another generation and AltarDiplomacy before the Dornish voluntarily accepted the Targaryens and stopped rebelling.
86	** The Dothraki Sea, or the Great Grass Sea, is a gigantic steppe. In fact, the Dothraki are averse to the actual sea and can get seasick real quick if they board a ship. Lampshaded in ''Literature/ADanceWithDragons'', when Victarion Greyjoy, from the highly marine Iron Islands, mistakes the name for a real sea and boasts he will cross it with his ship, and is laughed at.
87	** Eight of the nine Free Cities practice slavery. They are called "free" because the cities were autonomous during the time of the Valyrian Freehold. For that matter, the Freehold itself was the largest slave-trading empire in the world, and was named as such because the Valyrians were free to exercise authority in the land for life, not because all people were free.
88	** Although it's said that the great majority of the Braavosi assassins' guild known as the Faceless Men are indeed men, some are women and an even smaller minority are children. Also, they tend to be masters of disguise, so a Faceless Man assassin could very well pose as a woman or child regardless.
89	* ''Literature/StarRiskLtd'': Freddy mentions that, InUniverse, the concept of a limited liability company is really a thing of the past, but he likes the way the name "Star Risk, Limited" sounds.
90	* Franchise/StarWarsLegends is as big of an offender as the movies. Among those mentioned already under the movies, there's also the Sun Crusher, which doesn't crush suns, instead causing them to go supernova and rip apart in a violent explosion.
91	* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'': In the eponymous VRMMO, players who commit crimes have their player cursors go from green (civilian) to orange (criminal). The term "red player" is used to describe murderers, but their cursors are still only orange; red cursors highlight monsters.
92	* ''Literature/SwordOfTruth''
93	** The Sword of Truth's magic doesn't operate based on truth, but on the wielder's perceptions, whether or not they're accurate.
94	** A death spell doesn't kill people; it's used to make people ''think'' the target is dead.
95	** A maternity spell has little to do with motherhood, instead creating {{synchronization}} between the caster and the target (effectively taking them hostage). This is compared to the link a baby has to its mother in utero though.
96	** Confession makes a person fall in love with the Confessor, to the point they'll do anything they ask. This is used to make them confess any crimes they're accused of, but that is just one possible order they will obey, not the direct result from the Confessor's touch.
97	* L. M. Montgomery's ''Literature/ATangledWeb1931'' featured Little Peter and Big Peter. Unfortunately, they were named when children, and Little Peter is the younger by ten years. Now that he is a foot taller, the names are stuck.
98	* ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' is somewhat of a misleading title, as it refers to Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, who are actually co-stars to d'Artagnan, the true protagonist. Further, the titular Musketeers are only once seen to be in possession of muskets -- virtually all of the fighting is done with swords or pistols.
99	* A hostler in the Literature/TortallUniverse setting, Stefan, likes to give these names to horses - in ''Literature/TheImmortals'' he introduces a perfectly mellow, well-behaved pack horse as "Mangle", while in ''Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall'' he presents Kel with a large, [[HorsingAround bad-tempered destrier]] named "Peachblossom".
100	* In the alternate timeline detailed in Creator/HarryTurtledove's ''Literature/Timeline191'' series, America gets involved in a conflict called The Second Mexican War in the 1880s. Despite its name, the war wasn't fought against Mexico (unlike the First Mexican War) and only part of it took place South of the Mexican border. The war was fought between the United States and the Confederate States, and the part of Mexico where the fighting took place was technically part of the Confederacy at the time.
101	* ''Literature/TheUnexploredSummonBloodSign'': The White Queen's full name is "The White Queen who Wields the Sword of Unsullied Truth". The Sword of Unsullied Truth is actually her dress, which can transform into various weapons (including, but certainly not limited to, swords).
102	* In ''Literature/WarrenTheThirteenth'', each of the 3 witches has a "spirit animal" that they can transform into. It turns out that Aunt Annaconda's spirit animal form is not a snake, but [[spoiler:a snail.]]
103	* Creator/IsaacAsimov:
104	** ''Literature/PreludeToFoundation'': [[InUniverse Seldon describes]] his term "psychohistory" as an early misnaming, saying that it should more properly be called "psychosociology", but he liked the other name more.
105	** One of his earliest published stories was titled "Literature/TheWeaponTooDreadfulToUse". As you've no doubt already guessed, the weapon is in fact used. Dr Asimov later noted that having this disconnect pointed out to him soured him on using grandiose titles.
106	** One of the ''Union Club Mysteries'' has the counterintelligence trying to find who among five suspects is a spy. All they know is their CodeName: Granite. The narrator states that he realized right away that a proper spy's Code Name has to be Non-Indicative. Four of the suspects had some basic fact in their biography which could be connected to rocks and boulders, so it had to be the fifth one.
107	* The titular weave world in ''Literature/{{Weaveworld}}'' was crafted by the [[CapitalLettersAreMagic Loom]], and it is kept in a place so magical and so protected that very few people have ever seen it. When a villain seeks the Loom to take its power, he finds an empty room, to his anger and dismay. Nobody ever said the Loom was a physical loom.
108	* Lampshaded in the very first line of ''Literature/TheWestingGame''. Sunset Towers is an apartment building that faces east (sunrise), not west -- and has no towers.
109	* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'':
110	** [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Balefire]], which not only kills a person, but [[RetGone burns them and their recent actions out of reality itself]], does not look anything like fire.
111	** The Black Tower, the home base of a new organization of male [[MagicByAnyOtherName channelers]], is a sprawling rural compound without any towers. It's NamedByDemocracy as a riff on the [[MageTower White Tower]], the famous headquarters of the ancient, all-female Aes Sedai MagicalSociety.
112	* In Stephen Baxter's ''Literature/XeeleeSequence'', a government known as the "Interim Coalition Of Governance" rules humanity. It stands for an "interim" period of ''roughly 20,000 years''.
113	* In the Author's Note at the beginning of ''Literature/ZenAndTheArtOfMotorcycleMaintenance'', Pirsig tells the reader, "However, [this book] should in no way be associated with that great body of factual information relating to orthodox Zen Buddhist practice. It's not very factual on motorcycles, either."
114	* The ''Australian Women's Weekly'' comes out once a month. Well, they could hardly call it the "Australian Women's Monthly", could they?
115	* Literature/PerryRhodan is called "Heir of the Universe" (even more so in the comics). Whoever owns the universe probably hasn't died yet. It's possibly a metaphor anyway.
116	* In ''Literature/TheWitchlands'', the Dalmotti Empire is actually a republic-slash-oligarchy, ruled by elected Guildmasters, who in turn elect the Doge to preside over them.
117	* ''Literature/YouAreDeadSignHerePlease'':
118	** The deceased animal for which Dead Donkey was named was actually a mule.
119	** The city's resident sport, Muleball, involves neither mules, nor balls, and consists mainly of players beating the crap out of other players (who needn't know that they are playing beforehand) and stealing their stuff.
120	* In the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' book ''River'', it's repeatedly pointed out that Flamepaw's name doesn't suit him, considering he's a black cat. (He was actually named after his great-grandfather Fireheart/Firestar, whose name ''did'' come from having an orange pelt.) At the end of the book, [[spoiler:after he rejects the name Flameheart because he doesn't want to be treated as an echo of his ancestor, Bramblestar gives him a name that suits his appearance much better: Nightheart.]]

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