Line #396 TropeNamers/RealLife


1	Believe it or not, TropeNamers pop up in that thing you call "the real world," too. Technically RealLife names every trope, ever.
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3	[[index]]
4	* FourOneNineScam
5	* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism
6	* AllBikersAreHellsAngels
7	* {{Anorgasmia}}
8	* ArtificialLimbs
9	* BattleCry
10	* TheBerserker
11	* BulletProofVest
12	* CannotTellALie (from a myth about UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington)
13	* CargoCult (natives conducting rituals to lure back the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII supply planes; famous for UsefulNotes/RichardFeynman's lecture on "Cargo Cult Science")
14	* CoolAndUnusualPunishment (referencing the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution)
15	* CoupDeGrace
16	* DeadMansHand: Named for the poker hand allegedly drawn by Wild Bill Hickock before he was shot in the back in Deadwood, South Dakota.
17	* DreamTeam: Named for the 1992 United States Olympic Men's Basketball team.
18	* DressCode
19	* DrinkingTheKoolAid ([[BeamMeUpScotty kinda]]; the substance used in the infamous Jonestown incident was actually Flavr-Aid)
20	* EnforcedColdWar
21	* FightingIrish ([[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootballConferences University of Notre Dame]])
22	* FinalSolution ("Final Solution" was a euphemistic phrase used by the Nazis to refer to their genocide of Jews and other people)
23	* FoodFight
24	* ForceFeeding
25	* GiantSquid
26	* GrandfatherClause: The idiom comes out of a loophole written into the Jim Crow laws to the effect that anyone whose grandfather was able to vote didn't have to pay a poll tax or take a literacy test in order to vote. This ensured most whites could vote, but poor blacks couldn't and immigrants usually couldn't, either.
27	* GroinAttack
28	* HumanShield
29	* KnightTemplar (UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar)
30	* LiesDamnedLiesAndStatistics (attributed to UsefulNotes/BenjaminDisraeli and Creator/MarkTwain)
31	* LimaSyndrome
32	* LogicBomb
33	* AMatchMadeInStockholm (UsefulNotes/StockholmSyndrome)
34	* MatryoshkaObject
35	* {{Metapuzzle}} (Creator/CliffJohnson coined the term, though the trope itself existed since a few decades prior)
36	* MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome
37	* MolotovCocktail
38	* MysteryMeat
39	* {{Narcissist}} (directly, though indirectly from Myth/ClassicalMythology)
40	* NeverNeedsSharpening
41	* NightmareDreams
42	* NoTrueScotsman
43	* OneRiotOneRanger (motto of the Texas Rangers)
44	* PanderingToTheBase
45	* PardoPush
46	* PirateBooty
47	* ThePlague
48	* PlausibleDeniability
49	* PoliceBrutality
50	* PoliceLineup
51	* ThePowerOfCheese
52	* PrisonRape
53	* RecursiveAcronym
54	* SawedOffShotgun
55	* TheScourgeOfGod (what UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan allegedly called himself)
56	* SerialKiller
57	* SnipeHunt
58	* TheSociopath
59	* SparseListOfRules (from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse_array "sparse list,"]] a computer science technique used to efficiently manage large numbered lists with many elements missing)
60	* SwissArmyAppendage
61	* SwissArmyWeapon (after the ubiquitous Swiss Army knives)
62	* ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil (from the "This Is Your Brain on Drugs" PublicServiceAnnouncement)
63	* UncannyValley
64	* UncleSamWantsYou
65	* UnnecessaryRoughness (an actual term used by NFL referees)
66	* VaudevilleHook
67	* ViciousCycle
68	* WardrobeMalfunction (from the infamous UsefulNotes/SuperBowl XXXVIII performance by Music/JanetJackson and Music/JustinTimberlake)
69	* TheWarToEndAllWars (UsefulNotes/WorldWarI)
70	* WeaponOfMassDestruction (used to refer to any weapon of unknown nature that is very powerful)
71
72	'''Individuals'''
73	* TheBarnum (P. T. Barnum)
74	* {{Bowdlerise}} (Thomas Bowdler)
75	* TheCaligula
76	* TheCasanova
77	* CharlesAtlasSuperpower
78	* TheChrisCarterEffect (Creator/ChrisCarter)
79	* {{Cincinnatus}}
80	* TheDanza (Creator/TonyDanza... and Banta... and Micelli...)
81	* EEqualsMCHammer ([[{{Pun}} cross-reference]] to Music/MCHammer and UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein's theories of relativity)
82	* FinaglesLaw
83	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff (Creator/DavidHasselhoff)
84	* GodivaHair
85	* IronLady (UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher, though it was earlier applied to Indira Gandhi and Golda Meir[[note]]See a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Lady_(disambiguation) list]] of all the women who have been called Iron Lady.[[/note]])
86	* JackieRobinsonStory (UsefulNotes/JackieRobinson)
87	* LenoDevice (Creator/JayLeno)
88	* LeslieNielsenSyndrome (Creator/LeslieNielsen)
89	* MockCousteau (Creator/JacquesCousteau)
90	* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily
91	* TheMunchausen (Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, a.k.a. Baron Münchhausen)
92	* TheNapoleon (UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte)
93	* ThePeterPrinciple (coined by Dr. Laurence J. Peter)
94	* PyrrhicVictory (King Pyrrhus of Epirus)
95	* TheQuisling (Vidkun Quisling)
96	* RedBaron
97	* SedgwickSpeech (John Sedgwick)
98	* PatrickStewartSpeech (Creator/PatrickStewart)
99	* StreisandEffect (Music/BarbraStreisand)
100	* SturgeonsLaw
101	* TomHanksSyndrome (Creator/TomHanks)
102	* {{Trumplica}} (UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump)
103	* TyphoidMary (Mary Mallon)
104	* WordOfDante
105
106	* Archimedes
107	** EurekaMoment
108
109	* Creator/{{Aristotle}}
110	** IntellectualAnimal
111	** MagicAIsMagicA
112
113	* Creator/GeorgeCarlin
114	** SevenDirtyWords
115
116	* Creator/AntonChekhov
117	** ChekhovsGun and all of its [[{{Snowclones}} punny subtropes]]
118
119	* Creator/AgathaChristie
120	** AcquittedTooLate
121	** PoirotSpeak
122
123	* UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill
124	** ARiddleWrappedInAMysteryInsideAnEnigma
125	** WrittenByTheWinners
126
127	* UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin
128	** TheSocialDarwinist
129
130	* UsefulNotes/RichardDawkins
131	** MemeticMutation
132
133	* Creator/FirminDidot
134	** {{Stereotype}}
135
136	* Creator/WaltDisney
137	** DisneyAcidSequence
138	** DisneyDeath
139	*** DisneyVillainDeath
140	** DisneyDogFight
141	** {{Disneyesque}}
142	** {{Disneyfication}}
143	** DisneyOwnsThisTrope
144	** DisneySchoolOfActingAndMime
145	** MrAltDisney
146
147	* Creator/ClintEastwood
148	** ClintSquint
149
150	* Creator/RogerEbert
151	** FruitCart
152	** HyperlinkStory
153	** IdiotPlot
154
155	* Creator/MarkEvanier
156	** TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong
157
158	* UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud
159	** AllPsychologyIsFreudian
160	** FreudianCouch
161	** FreudianExcuse
162	** FreudianSlip
163	** FreudianSlipperySlope
164	** FreudWasRight
165
166	* Creator/WhoopiGoldberg
167	** WhoopiEpiphanySpeech
168
169	* UsefulNotes/WayneGretzky
170	** GretzkyHasTheBall
171
172	* Creator/TheBrothersGrimm
173	** {{Grimmification}}
174
175	* Creator/ButchHartman
176	** HartmanHips
177
178	* Patrick Henry
179	** GiveMeLibertyOrGiveMeDeath
180
181	* Creator/AlfredHitchcock
182	** FridgeLogic
183	** KickTheDog
184	** MacGuffin
185
186	* UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler (see also: GodwinsLaw)
187	** HitlerAteSugar
188	** HitlerCam
189	** HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct
190	** SpringtimeForHitler
191	** StupidJetpackHitler
192
193	* Creator/HarryHoudini
194	** EliminationHoudini
195	** KarmaHoudini
196	*** KarmaHoudiniWarranty
197	** IdiotHoudini
198
199	* UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper
200	** JackTheRipOff
201
202	* Chief Joseph
203	** IWillFightNoMoreForever
204
205	* UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc
206	** JeanneDArchetype
207
208	* UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan
209	** GenghisGambit
210
211	* Creator/JackKirby
212	** KirbyDots
213
214	* Creator/StanleyKubrick
215	** KubrickStare
216
217	* Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
218	** LamarckWasRight
219
220	* Creator/BruceLee
221	** BruceLeeClone
222	** DontThinkFeel
223	** FunnyBruceLeeNoises
224
225	* Creator/SpikeLee
226	** MagicalNegro
227
228	* Carl von Linné; a.k.a. Carl Linnaeus,
229	** ReptilesAreAbhorrent
230
231	* Creator/CarlMacek
232	** {{Macekre}}
233
234	* [[Creator/MarxBrothers Harpo Marx]]
235	** HarpoDoesSomethingFunny
236
237	* Abraham Maslow
238	** WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer
239
240	* Creator/WilliamTopaz [=McGonagall=]
241	** GiftedlyBad
242
243	* Creator/MarilynMonroe
244	** MarilynManeuver (you know the one!)
245
246	* Creator/FriedrichNietzsche
247	** Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra
248	** EternalRecurrence
249	** GodIsDead
250	** HeWhoFightsMonsters
251	** NietzscheWannabe
252	** {{Ubermensch}}
253
254	* UsefulNotes/RichardNixon
255	** {{Scandalgate}}
256	** NixonMask
257	** RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman
258	** SilentMajority
259
260	* UsefulNotes/BarackObama
261	** {{Hopemongering}}
262
263	* Creator/LaurenceOlivier
264	** MoneyDearBoy
265
266	* UsefulNotes/{{Pericles}}
267	** JustTheFirstCitizen
268
269	* Creator/SamRaimi
270	** FakeShemp
271
272	* [[UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk Grigori Rasputin]]
273	** RasputinianDeath
274
275	* Creator/JeanJacquesRousseau
276	** EatTheRich
277	** RousseauWasRight
278
279	* Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger
280	** TheAhnold
281
282	* Creator/AndySerkis
283	** SerkisFolk
284
285	%% A Million is a Statistic is commonly misattributed to Stalin
286
287	* Creator/JMichaelStraczynski
288	** TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot
289	** WhamEpisode (and derived from that, WhamLine)
290
291	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(activist) * Jack Thompson]]
292	** MurderSimulators
293
294	* Creator/BruceTimm
295	** TimmStyle
296
297	* Creator/MikeTyson
298	** TheTysonZone (coined by sports writer Creator/BillSimmons)
299
300	* Creator/MaeWest
301	** OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe
302
303	* Creator/JossWhedon
304	** {{Jossed}}
305
306	* Creator/RobinWilliams
307	** GettingCrapPastTheRadar
308	** ICallHimMisterHappy
309
310	* Creator/TedWoolsey
311	** {{Woolseyism}}
312
313	'''Organizations'''
314
315	* 7-Eleven
316	** GiganticGulp (taken from its "Big Gulp" line of beverage holders)
317
318	* Adobe
319	** GaussianGirl (from a Photoshop feature)
320	** WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture
321
322	* Creator/{{Apple}}
323	** EveryoneOwnsAMac
324	** EverythingIsAnIPodInTheFuture
325	** IProduct
326	** ISophagus (Cross-reference to a ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' strip)
327
328	* Creator/TheBBC
329	** BBCQuarry
330
331	* Creator/{{Capcom}}
332	** CapcomSequelStagnation
333
334	* Coca-Cola Company
335	** AndADietCoke
336	** BiteTheWaxTadpole ([[http://snopes.com/cokelore/tadpole.asp allegedly]])
337
338	* Creator/DiscoveryChannel
339	** TheWorldIsJustAwesome
340
341	* Creator/DreamWorksAnimation
342	** DreamworksFace
343
344	* UsefulNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard
345	** RatedMForManly (cross-reference to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB6fq9Aadwk the video]] "''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' [[{{Bowdlerise}} For Kids]]")
346	** RatedMForMoney
347
348	* Ford Motor Company
349	** EveryCarIsAPinto
350	** EverybodyOwnsAFord
351
352	* Fox News
353	** FoxNewsLiberal
354
355	* Fortune Magazine
356	** {{Fiction 500}}
357
358	* UsefulNotes/GeneralMills
359	** LuckyCharmsTitle
360	** MagicallyDelicious
361	** SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids
362
363	* Hershey's Food Company
364	** GetTheSensation (from a commercial for York Peppermint Patties)
365
366	* Creator/IdSoftware
367	** GodMode
368
369	* Kellogg's
370	** FollowYourNose (catch phrase of Froot Loops mascot Toucan Sam)
371
372	* UsefulNotes/McDonalds
373	** EggMacGuffin (a [[{{Pun}} play on]] their Egg [=McMuffin=])
374
375	* Creator/{{Microsoft}}
376	** FanServicePack
377	** HeroicBSOD
378	** HeroicRROD
379	** WingdingEyes
380	** {{Wingdinglish}}
381
382	* MediaNotes/MotionPictureAssociation
383	** AvoidTheDreadedGRating
384
385	* Creator/{{Nintendo}}
386	** NintendoHard
387	** OlderThanTheNES
388	** SuperTitle64Advance
389
390	* Creator/{{PBS}}
391	** ViewersLikeYou
392
393	* AncientRome
394	** TheEmperor (the term which lent this trope its name, ''Imperator'', originated in the [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire Roman Empire]] - or rather the [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic Republic]], if you wanted to get really specific)
395	** TheEmpire (see above)
396	** PraetorianGuard
397	** TheRepublic (from the Latin ''res publica'')
398
399	* Ronseal
400	** ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin
401
402	* {{Creator/SNK}}
403	** SNKBoss
404
405	* Creator/StudioGainax
406	** GainaxEnding
407	** {{Gainaxing}}
408
409	* Creator/StudioGhibli
410	** GhibliHills
411
412	* Creator/TexasInstruments
413	** InappropriateSpeakAndSpell
414
415	* Unilever
416	** BadHumorTruck
417	** ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin
418
419	* [[UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem United States government]]
420	** EmptyQuiver (from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_nuclear_incident_terminology military nuclear incident terminology]])
421	** NoFEMAResponse (after the Federal Emergency Management Agency, charged with helping citizens clean up after natural disasters strike)
422	** NoOSHACompliance (after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, charged with workplace safety and the like. It is also a reference to an achievement in ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'').
423	** NoSuchAgency (from an unknown DeadpanSnarker who joked that the initials of the [[UsefulNotes/{{NSA}} National Security Agency]], which deals mainly with cryptology and ELINT analysis, really stood for that)
424	** ShockAndAwe (from the military's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_and_awe doctrine of huge displays of power]] meant to [[VictoryThroughIntimidation demoralize an enemy out of fighting]])
425
426	* Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery
427	** AlphabetNewsNetwork (for CNN)
428
429	'''Places'''
430	* SpaceBrasilia
431	[[/index]]

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