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* A MacGuffin does not refer to [[OopNorth Scottish]] Muffins. Even if recipes for such things do indeed exist.
** Nor is it a variation of the [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds Egg McMuffin]].
** Nor is it someone related to that guy from ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''.
* MachoCamp is not a camp where the macho guys are residing. Although a MachoCamp would probably like to visit such a camp.
* A MacroZone is not necessarily the part of a work where one collects screengrabs to caption and put on the internet.
** Nor is it a part of {{Cyberspace}} where you're surrounded by program code.
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy does not involve John Madden descending into misanthropy.
* MadeOfBologna has nothing to do with the use of "bologna/baloney" as an UnusualEuphemism for "bullshit"--someone can be MadeOfBologna and entirely honest.
** It's also not about something made in, or made out of, an Italian city.
* MadeOfIron is not [[ArtificialHuman someone constructed]] of the 26th element of the periodic table. It does not refer to [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark's]] armor, either.
* MadeOfPlasticine is not a description of claymation.
* JustForFun/MadeOfWin [[strike:is not]] [[strike:kinda is]] ''is'' about something constructed of awesome. ''Examples made by Tropers'' constructed of awesome.
** It is not, however, something constructed out of victory.
* MadEye is not a page about [[Literature/HarryPotter Alastor Moody]].
* A MadnessMantra isn't [[Music/{{Madness|Band}} "Our house in the middle of a street."]]
* TheMadnessPlace is not a land where [[{{Cloudcuckooland}} everyone is mad]].
* The MadonnaWhoreComplex is not about accusations of Music/{{Madonna}} being incredibly promiscuous. Nor is it a brothel run by Madonna.
* A MadScientist is not an angry scientist.
** And a MadDoctor is not an angry doctor. Nor is a MadBomber an angry bomber (though usually, this one ''is'' mad in both senses of the word).
* MaechenPeriod was not a period in Chinese history that has been popularized in historical dramas (though it can be as boring as that sounds).
** Nor is it about a punctuation mark.
* MagicaIsMagica is not a CaptainObvious spoiler for ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017''.
* MageInManhattan is not about the premise of ''The Wizard on 4th Street''.
* MagicalAsian, MagicalNegro, and MagicalQueer are not about Asian/African/LGBTQ people with magical powers (see EthnicMagician for the former two). Hence, [[Franchise/SailorMoon Sailors Uranus and Neptune]] and [[Franchise/HarryPotter Albus Dumbledore]] are not Magical Queers.[[note]]Dumbledore fits the "wise" part of the trope, but doesn't count since his sexuality was only confirmed by WordOfGay.[[/note]] [[Series/TheCarbonaroEffect Michael Carbonaro may be a gay magician, but he doesn't qualify as a Magical Queer either.]]
** On the other hand, MagicalNativeAmerican actually ''is'' about Native Americans with magical powers.
* A MagicalComputer is not (necessarily) one that a wizard uses, nor is it a computer that [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyubey made a contract with]].
* MagicalDefibrillator: not a MagiTek defibrillator powered by [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Bolt2]] ...as nifty as that may be.
* A MagicalGesture is not usage of magic to get someone's attention.
* A MagicalSecurityCam is not necessarily made by wizards for places requiring surveillance, nor is it a security camera that has learned magic.
* MagicEye is not about those pictures which become 3D when you look at them a certain way.
* MagicFeather actually has ''nothing'' to do with ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' or ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld''.
* TheMagicGoesAway is not about Magic Johnson quitting pro basketball to become a business head.
** Nor is it someone [[BroughtDownToNormal losing their magical powers]].
* A MagicianDetective is a ''stage'' magician who also works as a detective. [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]] would not be an example of one - he is an OccultDetective, which is ''completely'' different.
* MagicMisfire is not about the way [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy Greedo missed Han firing at point-blank range]] in the [[GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion Special Edition]] of ''Film/ANewHope''.
* MagicPants has nothing to do with [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth's]] tights, nor [[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Chaos's]]. Nor with [[Franchise/AceAttorney Trucy Wright]]'s magic panties, for that matter.
* TheMagicPokerEquation is not a biography on David Williams.
** Nor does it have anything to do with any common strategies for both Poker and ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''.
* A MagicSkirt is not a skirt which casts spells or grants the wearer magic powers, and it is not necessarily worn by a CuteWitch.
** Furthermore, MagicPants and MagicSkirt are not the same trope applying to different items of clothing.
* A MagicTool is not a tool used to do magic. Nor is it a mage who's also a JerkAss.
** Nor is it a new name for [[ICallHimMisterHappy Mr. Happy]].
* MagnetHands is not about FingerlessHands.
* A MagneticHero is not necessarily a heroic character with [[MagnetismManipulation magnet-related powers]], nor is it based on an observation that characters with such powers tend to be heroic.
* A MagneticMedium is not about any magnetic materials, nor is it about magnetic storage media such as hard drives.
* A MagnificentBastard is not necessarily an illegitimate child.
* A MagnificentBitch will not necessarily win a dog show, unless maybe it's in a FunnyAnimal cartoon anyway.
* MagnumOpus is not about [[ComicStrip/BloomCounty a penguin]] with a gun.
** It's also not about a brand of ice cream.
* A MajorInjuryUnderreaction isn't someone not reacting as seriously as they should to a major in the army being injured.
* MakeMyIndexLive is not about hitting the "Save" button on the bottom of the editor on an index page.
** Nor is it some work of {{ficton}} called ''Make My Index'' performed live on television.
* MakeTheBearAngryAgain isn't about a literal bear, [[BearsAreBadNews but you shouldn't make one of those angry either.]] It's also not about pushing the BerserkButton of a big ManlyGay man.
** Also is not about trying to make a badass-turned-pacifist use their badass abilities again right when you need them.
** Nor is it when you anger the [[VideoGame/Fallout2 N]][[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas CR]].
** Nor is it related to the slogan that Creator/DonaldTrump uses. (In fact, the trope page was around long before Trump ran for president.)
** It's also not about seeing the reactions of [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Chicago Bears]] fans seeing their team lose. It also doesn't count for fans of [[UsefulNotes/PowerFiveConferences Baylor or California]].
** Nor is it about pissing off the chefs at [[Series/TheBear2022 The Beef]].
* A MalcolmXerox is not a brand of photocopiers.
* A MaleToFemaleUniversalAdaptor does not allow a man's private parts to function like a woman's.
* MalevolentArchitecture is not a subtrope of GeniusLoci. It's also not to be confused with the real-life concept of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_architecture hostile architecture]], which is architecture intended to prevent homeless people from loitering or sleeping there.
* A MalevolentMugshot is not found on a wanted poster.
* MalfunctionMalady is not about [[ComputerVirusesAreComputerIllnesses robots getting sick]] like biological organisms.
* The MamaBear does not necessarily prefer her porridge cold.
* {{Mana}} shouldn't be confused with the holy sustenance rained from the heavens in the Bible. That's ''manna'', with two Ns.
* TheManBehindTheMan is not necessarily about anal penetration.
* TheManBehindTheMonsters is not a special effects guy skilled in animatronics or rubber suits.
* ManBitesMan is about biting in combat, not [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalism]].
* A ManchurianAgent is not necessarily a [[UsefulNotes/DynastiesFromShangToQing Qing-era]] [[ImperialChina Imperial Chinese]] secret agent drawn from the ranks of the Manchu bannermen. Nor does it refer to a Chinese secret agent from Heilongjiang.
* A MandatoryLine isn't a CatchPhrase. Nor is it when [[CrossesTheLineTwice the line you shouldn't cross]] or [[ThisIsMySide the line dividing two people's property]] is mandated by law.
* A ManEatingPlant is a plant that eats men, not a man eating a plant. (It also isn't a factory that eats men, nor one that produces man-eaters.)
** It's also not a plant that DoesNotLikeMen.
* {{Mangst}} is not angst about {{Manga}}.
* TheManIsStickingItToTheMan is not about men [[KickMePrank sticking "kick me" signs to each other's backs]].
* TheManMakesTheWeapon is not about [[TheBlacksmith literally forging weapons]] nor about the fact that doing so was usually the province of men. Nor does it refer to universes where humans have weapon-crafting abilities and other sentient species don't. Nor is it about arms manufacturers being capitalist.
* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex is not necessarily about a robot and a woman made of paper.
* TheManyDeathsOfYou has nothing to do with [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Agrajag]], nor other such constant reincarnation-death cycles.
* ManySpiritsInsideOfOne has nothing to do with blended whiskeys, or other liquors.
* MarathonBoss and the MarathonLevel are not trademark features of ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}''.
** Nor is the Marathon Boss a monster you must fight after running a marathon.
** Nor is it about the CEO or president of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_Petroleum the American gasoline company]].
** Nor is it the mayor of the Greek town.
* MarkOfShame is not about Mark being considered an EmbarrassingFirstName.
* MarryTheNanny is not a story about a nanny named Marry.
* A MarshmallowDream isn't any old dream about marshmallows. It also isn't about an aspiration.
** It doesn't involve dreaming about being the recipient of a MarshmallowHell.
* MarshmallowHell is not where bad Peeps go when they die. Nor is it greedy people being [[IronicHell force fed marshmallows]].
** Nor is it a cartoon interpretation of 'hell' that really [[AHellOfATime isn't all that bad]]. Quite comfortable, really.
** Nor is it a SugarBowl so extreme it comes off as creepy, or one that [[CrapsaccharineWorld actually is creepy under the surface.]]
** Nor is it the home of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}''.
** Nor is it about the premise of that episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' where Homer is sent to Hell.
** Nor is it BulletHell with marshmallows for bullets.
** Nor is it [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment tormenting someone using songs made by]] Music/{{Marshmello}}.
* MarsWantsChocolate is not the reason [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars,_Incorporated the corporation]] places orders for it.
** Nor does it imply that you can placate the Roman WarGod by giving him chocolate. You probably can't.
* MartyStu is not a {{mook}} from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine''.
** Nor is he [[FusionDance a cross between]] [[Franchise/{{Madagascar}} Marty the zebra]] (or [[Literature/TheWorstThingAboutMySister the Marty whose sister acts like a stereotypical girl her age]]) and [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Stu Pickles.]]
* A MascotWithAttitude is not always in a bad mood and complaining about everything.
** [[Wrestling/AttitudeEra Stone Cold]] is also not an example.
* A MasqueradeBall is not what you [[IdiotBall give]] [[DistressBall to]] [[VillainBall a]] [[ConflictBall character]] when you need them to uphold TheMasquerade, when they usually don't.
* MassHypnosis is not about being hypnotized at church.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings is not about very large siblings who have numbers assigned to them or physically on them.
* A MassOhCrap is not about an OhCrap situation happening during a church service.
* MasterForger is not what you would call [[Manga/SpyXFamily Agent Twilight]] if the two of you were undercover as a rich man and his butler.
* A MasterOfTheMixedMessage does not do remixes.
** Nor is it someone who is [[Creator/DaveBarry really good at anagrams]].
* A MasterOfUnlocking does not earn characters, stages, equipment, and game modes with ease and in record time.
* MatchlightDangerRevelation is not a warning about a gas leak.
* AMatchMadeInStockholm doesn't ''necessarily'' happen in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, nor does it cover all romances made there.
** Nor is it about wooden matches from Stockholm.
* TheMatchmaker doesn't manufacture firestarting tools.
* MatchMakerQuest is not a quest to manufacture matches of the firestarting variety.
* A MaximumFunChamber is not actually fun to enter. [[TooKinkyToTorture Unless you like being tortured]].
* MayContainEvil is not about devices that may be used to produce a SealedEvilInACan effect.
** It's also not commentary on the lack of morality of the month of May, or a command for an individual named May to contain evil.
* A MayDecemberRomance is not one that only lasts for those seven months. Nor is it one between AnthropomorphicPersonifications of months or a person named May falling in love during December.
* A MayflyDecemberRomance is not two actual mayflies falling in love in December.
* TheMaze:
** It will leave you confused because it changes direction a lot, [[Literature/MazeMegaburstSpace not its gender]].
** Or which [[Videogame/{{Fable}} side it's on.]]
* TheMcCoy is not a brand of crisps.
* A McNinja is not employed by Apple Computer, or used against that company.
** Nor is s/he employed by UsefulNotes/McDonalds.
** And unless the story takes place in the wackiest AlternateHistory universe possible, a McNinja will not explicitly be a member of an [[{{Scotireland}} ancient clan of Scottish and/or Irish contract assassins]].
** And s/he will know ''real'' ninjitsu, not the alleged version taught at a [[UsefulNotes/MartialArtsBelts McDojo]].
* MeadowRun is not about a video game speedrun with a restriction involving meadows.
* A MealTicket is not a piece of paper that gives you access to food.
* A MeanBoss is not a VideoGame BigBad, even if one typically would expect for them to be mean.
* A MeaningfulRename is done within the same universe; it's not an AdaptationNameChange that stays or becomes a MeaningfulName.
* MeaninglessLives is not a TakeThat against [[ThisLoserIsYou losers like you]]. We promise.
** Of course. [[VillainsNeverLie Why would we lie to you]]?
** It's also not about the attitude of a StrawNihilist, or that of a villain who [[WeHaveReserves doesn't care how many of his mooks die]].
* MeatMoss is not a subspecies of Bryophyta that grows on dead animal flesh.
* MeatOVision is not how burger ads are filmed.
** Nor is it a new set of goggles made to find cattle.
*** That would explain why [[TheGogglesDoNothing they do nothing]].
** And it is also not about how Fuminori in ''Saya no Uta'' sees everything as made of rancid flesh, bones, and blood.
* MediaScrum is not when a bunch of people and demons gather and generously cast [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei Me]][[HealingMagic dia]].
* A MediaWatchdog is not one of [[WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder Lord Hater's]] AdorableEvilMinions who's gone into broadcasting.
* MedicateTheMedium is not ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs applied to an entire medium.
* MediumAwareness is not a size between [[CaptainOblivious Small Awareness]] and [[HyperAwareness Large Awareness]]. It is not LeaningOnTheFourthWall. Nor is it about when characters realize they've met an [[{{Seers}} oracle]].
** It's also not about awareness of the series ''Series/{{Medium}}''.
* MediumBlending is not about making coffee.
* MeetTheNewBoss is not a ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' parody.
** Nor is it a type of scene you'd expect to find in a WorkCom.
** And it isn't about someone being the musical successor to Bruce Springsteen.
** Nor is it encountering the next BossBattle in a video game.
* MegaManning isn't what you get when you use a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever growth ray]] on Peyton or Eli. Or on [[WesternAnimation/AlphaTeensOnMachines Axel]]. No Katies, either. Or Chelsea.
** It is also not about VideoGame/MegaMan, VideoGame/MegaManX, [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Mega Man Volnutt-Trigger]], [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork MegaMan.EXE]] or [[VideoGame/MegaManStarForce Mega Man Geo-Omega]] [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever growing to a giant size]], though it has to do with them.
** Nor is about becoming extremely manly.
*** Yes, [[TestosteronePoisoning We]] [[RatedMForManly have]] [[TookALevelInBadass tropes]] [[MemeticBadass enough]] as it is.
** It's also not about Alona Tal's character on ''Series/VeronicaMars''. For starters, it was never established if her middle initial was "A".
** It's not about manning something with one million men, either.
* {{Meganekko}} is not about huge cats. That would be MegaNeko, which is, in turn, not about pretty girls who just wouldn't be the same without their glasses. (And neither of those has anything to do with the character "Big Pussy" from ''Series/TheSopranos''.)
* MegatonPunch does not have to have the force of one million tons. Nor is it a drink weighing one million tons.
* {{Meido}} isn't about the [[VideoGame/{{Spectrobes}} seventh planet in Nanairo]].
* MementoMacGuffin is not when it turns out you already got the MacGuffin, but [[Film/{{Memento}} forgot about it]].
* A MemeticBadass is not someone who gains power from memes.
** Though that ''is'' an interesting idea for a super hero.
* A MemeticMolester will not molest you using a leek.
** Nor is it about someone who completely misuses memes by either saying them wrong or using in a nonsensical context.
** Nor someone who molests people while Music/RickAstley is playing.
** Nor does it involve a character who is memetically [[HaveAGayOldTime annoying]].
* MemeticMutation is about things turning into memes, not memes mutating or mutation caused by memes.
* When MenBuyFromMarsWomenBuyFromVenus, women are not buying from the Music/{{BEMANI}} unit VENUS, nor are men only buying Mars Bars.
* MenCantKeepHouse has nothing to with the opposition of {{Yaoi}} involving ''Series/{{House}}''.
** Nor is it about men being kicked out of their own homes.
* TheMenFirst has nothing to do with misogyny, nor with MenAreTheExpendableGender.
* TheMenInBlack are not [[ThoseWackyNazis the SS.]]
** Nor are they Music/JohnnyCash clones.
** They aren't male {{Goth}}s, either.
** They also don't have to ''be'' [[BlackIndex Black]].
* MenLikeDogsWomenLikeCats doesn't mean that men are similar to dogs while women are similar to cats, though that is a possible justification for the trope's actual meaning.
* MenstrualMenace isn't about a woman being [[AllPeriodsArePMS cranky at that time of the month]], although said crankiness may cause a menstrual menace.
* The MenswearGhetto is not a stigma against works in which men swear.
** Nor is it a neighborhood known for its fashionable men.
* MercurialBase has nothing to do with fickle fans.
** Or [[Music/{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]] fans.
** It's also not what spills out of a BrokenBase. (You're thinking "thermometer".)
** It's also not about using mercury to neutralise an acid.
* MercyKill is not the ritualized removal of merciful second-thoughts that a character undergoes before going on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. Nor is it when [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Mercy]] scores a kill.
* MercyMode is not a mode in which you can play as [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Mercy]].
** Nor is it a mode that encourages you to avoid killing enemies. That's a PacifistRun.
* MercyRewarded is not when [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Mercy]] gets rewarded for healing her allies. Yeah, these "Mercy" puns are too easy.
** Nor are they conditions required to unlock her in games other than ''Overwatch''.
** It's also not about being rewarded by being shown mercy.
* A MergingMachine is not [[CombiningMecha a big robot made by linking up smaller robots]].
* MesACrowd has nothing to do with [[Franchise/StarWars Jar]] [[TheDitz Jar]] [[TheScrappy Binks's]] {{Mooks}}, or those encountered in [[VideoGame/HalfLife Black Mesa]], or the genetic ubermensch planet in the Literature/HonorHarrington books.
* A MessiahCreep is not a paragon of virtue who performs miracles but is nevertheless suspicious enough in his appearance and behavior that people keep away from him.
** Nor is it about Jesus [[VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac spawning liquid on the floor.]]
* A MetaFic is not a fanfiction about [[VideoGame/{{Kirby}} Meta Knight]], who is also not an example of MetaGuy.
** And it's certainly not about [[VideoGame/MetroidPrime Meta Ridley]], either.
* The {{Metagame}} [[spoiler: will not be lost by thinking about thinking about it.]]
* MetalGearing is not entering an HumongousMecha. Nor is it about anything having gears made of metal.
* A MetalPoorPlanet is not about a planet that is made almost exclusively of hydrogen and helium.[[note]]The astronomical definition of “metal” refers to any element above helium on the periodic table.[[/note]]
** Nor does it refer to planets with a lack of metal music.
* MetalSlime has nothing to do with steel Jello.
** It is not a BlobMonster that just wants to rock out hard.
** It is not the trail left by a VideoGame/MetalSlug.
** It is not the natural state of [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay the T-1000]].
** It is not a magnetic putty you can drop a neodymium cube into for Website/YouTube views.
* MetaphoricalMarriage is not when two unmarried people just ''behave'' like a married couple, or when the state of matrimony is used as an allegory for another type of relationship, like an alliance between countries or companies, or someone being MarriedToTheJob.
* MetaphysicalFuel does not describe works [[UnexpectedReactionsToThisIndex that inadvertently inspire philosophizing]].
* A MeteorMove is not an attack in which you [[ColonyDrop move a meteor]].
* MethodActing is not when you do [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_programming object-oriented]] filmmaking where each actor is an object each with a set of methods they execute as part of their acting.
* {{Metroidvania}} is not a game where [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]] [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} kills Dracula]], as awesome as that would be.
** It's also not a ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' themed ''[[VideoGame/{{UnderTale}} Megalovania]]'' parody.
* MetroSpecificUnderworld has little if anything to do with [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou Shibuya's UG]]. It is also not where old Geos go to die. Nor is it a land of the dead [[AfterlifeExpress only accessible by public transportation]]. Nor is it where [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Metroplex]] will go when he dies. Nor does it have anything to do with ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' character [[ThemeNaming Geo Metro]]. Nor is it about a hell focused on fashion trends. ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}'' is right out.
* MexicoCalledTheyWantTexasBack is not a {{Subtrope}} of XCalledTheyWantTheirYBack.
* MichaelJacksonsThrillerParody IS a parody of "Thriller," but it's not about Michael Jackson parodying his own music video.
* MickeyMousing is not about creating a FunnyAnimal who is an Everyman Hero.
** Neither is it dressing up and/or imitating ol' Michael.
* MightyWhitey has nothing to do with ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' or Orbit Gum.
** It's also not a page praising the white rat from ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'', the albino guy from ''Film/MeMyselfAndIrene'', or anyone else named Whitey.
* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds is not a destructive villain with a normal-sounding name. That would be TomTheDarkLord.
* {{Miko}} is not a [[NunsAreMikos nun]]. Nor is it a [[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick paladin]]. Nor do they [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime hang out with Bulkhead.]] Nor do they [[WesternAnimation/GlitchTechs catch escaped glitches]]. [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Toyosatomimi no Miko]] is not one of them. Nor does it [[GoroawaseNumber have to do with the number 35]].
* MildlyMilitary is not about [[Series/DadsArmy Sergeant Wilson]].
* The MileHighClub does not involve celebrating the history and culture of [[UsefulNotes/{{Denver}} the Mile-High City]].
** It does not refer to a club that flies high in the air.
** Nor is it a club for [[AddledAddict drug addicts]].
** It's also not a giant's club that's a mile long.
* MileLongShip does not refer to a long-distance [[ShippingTropes fan-made romance]].
* MilesGloriosus is not a Good[=/=]EvilCounterpart to the Film/InglouriousBasterds.
* MilesToGoBeforeISleep isn't someone going on a long journey just before going to bed, nor is it [[Franchise/StarTrek Keiko O'Brien]] noting that her husband will go away before she goes to bed.
* A MilitaryMashupMachine will not, well, mash up the military.
** Nor is it a machine that will make [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_%28music%29 mashups]] of different armies' themes.
* MilitaryMoe has nothing to do with ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' shorts involving the boys serving in the armed services. Nor is it about [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Moe Szyslak]] being conscripted for the military.
* MilkingTheGiantCow is not about a company devoting all its assets and workforce to [[CashCowFranchise its most profitable venture]].
** Nor is it about racking up tons of points from a giant cow boss in a ShootEmUp.
** It's not an UnusualEuphemism for playing with a woman's boobs, either.
** Nor is it about, well, milking a giant cow.
* MilkingTheMonster is not a {{Hentai}} trope.
** It does not mean literally [[FantasticLivestock obtaining milk from a monster]].
* MilkmanConspiracy: If you've read PlayingWithATrope, you might think it contains something like "The milkmen are really a front for an ancient conspiracy dedicated to impregnating the world's housewives."
* MillenniumBug is not a bug that lives for a millennium.
** Nor is it an addition to the Millennium Items from ''Anime/YuGiOh'' that's insect themed, a surveillance device, [[LiteralSurveillanceBug or both]].
* AMillionIsAStatistic is not about any time the number 1,000,000 turns up in statistics - it has to refer specifically to deaths. It also doesn't have to be exactly a million - the trope applies whenever a huge number of people die and the emotional impact is less than a single specific person dying.
* A MillionMookMarch is not about a WeirdTradeUnion on strike against the EvilOverlord for better pay, equipment, or medical plan.
** It's also not a month-long celebration of {{Mooks}}.
* MillsAndBoonProse is not about how beneficial windmills or watermills are.
* MindControlEyes refer to when you can tell that a person is under mind control by their eyes, not being able to cast mind control by staring at them. That would be HypnoticEyes.
* MindOverManners isn't about someone who [[InsufferableGenius is very smart, but has no social skills]]. Or about choosing [[DumpStat Intelligence instead of Charisma]] in an RPG.
* MindOverMatter isn't about valuing intelligence over material possessions.
* MindRape is not necessarily when a MindScrew is forced upon you.
** Nor is it about sexual intercourse with a brain.
** It's also not a question (as in, "Would you mind it if I raped you?").
* MindScrew is not MindRape, on the same note.
** Nor is it about an oddly shaped brain.
** Nor a tool for removing brains.
** Nor is it a more polite way of referring to a character from ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}''.
** Nor is it imagining screwing.
* MiniGameCredits is not about mini-games with their own sets of credits nor about obtaining the means to be able to play a mini-game a certain number of times.
* MinionShipping is about two minions, not shipping a minion with his/her master. It's also not when a villain reacts to a minion [[YouHaveFailedMe failing him]] by putting the minion in a crate and shipping him far away.
** Also, it has nothing to do with ''Franchise/DespicableMe'' [[OneGenderRace yaoi]].
** It's also unrelated to a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' ship. [[note]]It's the ship of Buck (from Sinnoh), Lance, Paul (from the anime), and Silver (from [[Manga/PokemonAdventures Special]]). In case anyone wanted to know that...[[/note]]
* MinkBecomesThisIndexMost does not mean "mink transforms into this index most".
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot is not about a kid committing a crime and revealing either a large plot or a plot about soldiers.
* MinorInjuryOverreaction isn't necessarily someone overreacting to a kid being injured.
* MinorityShowGhetto does not refer to a fake poor, minority-dominated neighborhood created as part of an [[AstroTurf Astroturfing]] campaign. [[OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope Not that we're saying that such a thing actually exists.]]
* A MinskyPickup is not a truck.
* MinusWorld is not where [[Literature/CharlieAndTheGreatGlassElevator Grandma Georgina]] went after de-aging herself to -2.
* MirandaRights has nothing to do with ''Theatre/TheTempest''.
** Nor does it have anything to do with the moon of Uranus named after the character from that play.
** It's also not a warning not to watch ''Series/Miranda2009''.
** Nor is it about a plot point in ''Film/{{Serenity}}''.
* Despite there being many variations on the MirrorMonster, an animate mirror that itself tries to attack you is not one of them.
* MisaimedFandom is not about people trying to be fans of one series and ending up becoming fans of another. (How do you even ''do'' that?)
** Oh, ve haf our vays.
** Perhaps by getting confused between two works on [[JustForFun/IThoughtThatWas the sister page]]?
* MiscarriageOfJustice is not about a female villain [[ConvenientMiscarriage losing her baby]].
** Nor is it a miscarriage caused by [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Captain Falcon's]] [[MemeticMutation knee.]]
** Nor is it about stopping a future villain by messing up his or her birth.
** Nor is it how you could defeat ''Film/RosemarysBaby''.
* MiseryBuildsCharacter does not mean that reading Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/{{Misery}}'' will make you a better person.
* Similarly, MiseryLit is not about ''Literature/{{Misery}}'', and definitely not about what happens to ''[[ShowWithinAShow Misery's Return]]''. Nor does it mean that any kind of misery is cool.
* MiseryPoker is not a card game that upsets everyone who plays it.
* UsefulNotes/MisplacedNationalism is not to be confused with MistakenNationality, even though the latter does sometimes trigger the former.
* MisplacedWildlife is not about animals "liberated" by [[AnimalWrongsGroup PETA]] and released in the wrong habitat afterwards.
* MissConception is not about a beauty contest in [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne the Vortex World]].
** Nor is it a post-menopausual woman being nostalgic for when she could conceive.
** Nor is it a girl or unmarried woman with a strange surname.
** Nor is it when a couple fail to conceive because they missed the woman's ovulation.
* MissingMom is not feeling sad because your mother's not around (that's IMissMom), although that could be the result.
* MissingTheGoodStuff is not about how TheStoner feels when they use up their drug supply.
* A MissingTrailerScene is not a moment in a movie or a TV show in which a truck driver, going down the road, discovers the trailer has been stolen and has been unwittingly driving the truck head by itself.
* MissionImpossibleCableDrop is not about dropping an USB cable on the floor, despite it not seeming possible.
* MissKitty is not the page for the actress who plays Trixie from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' and Taranee from ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'', nor for the OneSceneWonder from ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective''.
** Nor is it about {{Cat Girl}}s, or about feeling sad when your cat goes away.
* MistakenForCheating isn't about players of sports/games being suspected of cheating when they're actually playing fairly.
* MistakenForGay is not about being mistaken for being happy, or mistaken for [[Literature/TheHundredAndOneDalmatians Lucky's wife]].
* MistakenForQuake is not what happens when you see someone playing a FirstPersonShooter and assume they're playing ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}''
** It's also not about when you see a [[VideoGame/{{Dragonvale}} Crystal dragon egg]], but assume it's a [[VideoGame/{{Dragonvale}} Quake dragon egg]] due to both types of egg having similar colours.
* MisterBig is not about the band Music/MrBig, the [[Film/LiveAndLetDie James Bond villain]], [[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting some bald-headed Escrima stick-wielding Australian]], or the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Big_(police_procedure) Canadian police procedure in which undercover cops trick a suspect into confessing]] or [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Big the Cat]].
** It's also not about people who are physically big. [[IronicNickname Quite the opposite, actually.]]
* MisterCleaver is apparently not an AxeCrazy psychopath who cuts people up with a meat cleaver.
* MisterSandmanSequence is not about [[VideoGame/PunchOut Mr. Sandman's]] sequence of uppercuts.
* TheMistress does not mean [[{{Dominatrix}} that kind]] of mistress.
* UsefulNotes/MnogoNukes has nothing to do with ComicStrip/FlashGordon. Unless a "Typhoon" class submarine turns up.
* MobileShrubbery is not a bunch of twigs and leaves that functions like a smartphone.
* TheMockbuster is not what [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Gob and Lindsey]] do to their brother.
* MockCousteau is not our suggestion that you make fun of Jacques Cousteau, as he was actually really cool.
* MockMillionaire is not a command to poke fun at a rich guy.
* {{Mockspiracy}} isn't a conspiracy involving teasing.
** It doesn't mean, "scorns the activities of pirates".
* ModeLock does not describe mode-toggle buttons such as caps lock, scroll lock, etc. It also has nothing to do with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode-locking lasers]].
* ModestRoyalty isn't why the author is a StarvingArtist.
** It is not the opposite of royalty that runs around in skimpy clothing.
* ModestyShorts are not short stories or cartoon shorts featuring ComicStrip/ModestyBlaise.
* {{Moe}} is not about ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' character. [[BrainBleach Oh dear God, no!]]
** Nor is it about a certain [[Film/TheThreeStooges bowlcut-wearing would-be leader]], [[VideoGame/MoshiMonsters Moe Yukky, Moe Pukka]], the ditzy bully from ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', [[VideoGame/TheLegendaryStarfy a clam]], or [[VideoGame/Splatoon1 a clownfish]].
** It's also not connected to, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe,_Victoria a town in Victoria, Australia.]] Also no connection to [[BilingualBonus the Dutch word for "sleepy"]] (despite what Tropers/TheAdvertisementServer thinks).
* MoeCouplet does not necessarily involve very cute poetry. Although there's no rule saying that it ''doesn't''.
** Neither it nor {{Moe}} refer to a CrackPairing involving Moe from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', [[Film/TheThreeStooges a Stooge]], or both.
* MoeGreeneSpecial is not AVerySpecialEpisode about a {{Moe}} character named Greene. [[KillTheCutie Most likely]].
* [[{{Moe}} Moe Moe]] is not about a [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender flying lemur]].
** Nor is it a misspelled command to hastily cut grass.
* MediaNotes/MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness does not refer to mineral substances. That's the original scale.
* TheMole is not related to MoleMen.
** Nor is it related to the Mexican sauce.
** Nor is it about a spot on the skin.
** [[OverlyLongGag Nor is it related to chemistry]].
* A MoleMiner isn't a miner who mines [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_(unit) an amount of each substance which contains exactly 6.02*10]][[superscript: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_(unit) 23]]]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_(unit) separate particles]]. Nor are they TheMole.
* A MolotovTruck isn't necessarily found in ''VideoGame/MotorStorm''.
* AMoltenDateWithDeath is not a night out with TheGrimReaper or a similar {{Psychopomp}} that [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulu ends with an act of sexual congress]].
* A MomentKiller is not an object that stops another object from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_%28physics%29 rotating]]. Nor is it someone determined to [[TimeStandsStill stop time]].
** It's also not someone who eats a lot of [[https://groceries.asda.com/product/boxed-chocolates-gifts/thorntons-moments/79465333 Thorntons Moments]]
* A MomentOfWeakness is not an example of CutsceneIncompetence, or at least not usually.
** It's also not about when spinning someone around makes them too dizzy to attack.
* MoneyDearBoy is not a quote from [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames King Harkinian]]. That would be, "Mai boi, this money is what all true actors strive for!"
* MoneyForNothing, despite the TropeNamer, doesn't usually mean getting money by ''doing'' nothing (or even by doing something that isn't perceived as "hard work.") It's in effect when you already ''have'' the money and can't do anything ''with'' it.
** It also doesn't mean paying money and receiving nothing in return.
* A MoneySink is not a kitchen or bathroom sink constructed from money.
* MoneySpider does not refer to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linyphiidae Linyphiidae]].
* MonkeyKingLite is not [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong]]'s favorite beer.
** Nor is it an abridged version of the story, nor a version of the character that isn't very heavy.
* MonoNoAware is not when you're aware that your audio is monoaural.
* MonochromaticEyes is not about eyes where both irises are the same colour, nor is it about eyes shown in black and white.
* MonochromeCasting should not be confused with the desaturation of colour in early movies and TV shows (and is [[DeliberatelyMonochrome still occasionally done today, for artistic reasons]]), even though '50s sitcoms were typically ''both''.
* The {{Mons}} can be shown on TV without censorship.
** It's also not an abbreviation for ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
** Nor does it have any relation whatsoever to stereotypical UsefulNotes/{{Jamaica}}n accents.
* A MonsterCloset is not a smaller-scale version of ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse''.
** Nor is it a closet that children believe have monsters hiding in them (the closets as described in the trope really ''do'' have monsters in them), nor does it refer to a monster trying to hide his or her homosexuality.
* MonsterDelay isn't about an ordered pet monster's delayed arrival over at somebody's house or really any officially designated delivery location, for that matter. Nor an aversion of NoDelaysForTheWicked.
* A MonsterFangirl is a fangirl of the monster, not a CuteMonsterGirl being a fan.
** And the monster is a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk, not the [[Characters/UndertaleSans subject]] of cringe-girl compilations.
* MonsterMash is not about liquors that MayContainEvil.
** It's also not [[Film/{{Mash}} a movie]] or [[Series/{{Mash}} television series]] about monsters running an army hospital during UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar.
** Nor is it [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder Mash Kyrielight]] as a CuteMonsterGirl.
** It's not about what monsters eat for dinner, nor is it about pulverising a monster.
* MonsterMunch is not a terrifying Creator/EdvardMunch.
** Nor is it about the brand of crisps.
* A MonsterProtectionRacket doesn't involve trying to pull a [[ShameIfSomethingHappened protection racket]] [[MuggingTheMonster on a monster]].
** It's also not what you use for PlayingTennisWithTheBoss.
* A MonsterRoommate is not necessarily extremely unpleasant to be around.
* MonstersAnonymous is not saying that monsters do not get NominalImportance.
** Nor is it saying that the Anonymous hacker group are monsters.
* MonstrousCannibalism is not about the fact most cultures see cannibalism as monstrous. Well, okay, not ''just'' about that.
* A MonumentalBattle is, sadly, not when [[RuleOfCool two statues come to life and start fighting each other.]] [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Whether or not two Preteen Geniuses are involved.]]
* MoodWhiplash isn't about DastardlyWhiplash sulking.
* MookChivalry isn't about mooks who WouldntHitAGirl. They might, but they'd wait for their turn.
* MookHorrorShow is not [[Literature/AClockworkOrange Nadsat]] for "mook good".
* "{{Mooks}}" is not the nickname for followers of the webcomic artist/writer behind ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan: Oracle for Hire''.
** Nor does it have anything to do with the co-hosts of ''Radio/TheStephanieMillerShow''.
** Or [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Dirt Boss]].
* {{Moonburn}} isn't about setting fire to celestial bodies.
* TheMoorcockEffect is not the SpearCounterpart of the ScunthorpeProblem.
* MooseAndMapleSyrup is not just [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs when a moose and some maple syrup appear in a work]], but that is part of the idea.
* MoralEventHorizon is not about [[AnAesop any aesops]] in the film ''Film/EventHorizon''.
** Nor is it the eponymous sentient spaceship refusing to break any laws or commit any societal taboos.
* MoralGuardians are not a SuperHero team where all the members are TheCape.
** Nor is it about [[UsefulNotes/MyersBriggs SJ type people]] being morally superior to everyone else.
** Nor is it about the moral from ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardians'' or ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians''.
* TheMoralSubstitute is not a substitute teacher with high moral standards.
* MorphWeapon is not what the Franchise/PowerRangers beat you up with.
** Well, the [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers first season]] ''did'' have those pistols that turned into swords...
* MortonsFork is not an eating utensil belonging to Morton Downey, Jr., [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Morton Koopa, Jr.]], [[WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho2008 Horton's friend]], or the Morton salt company.
* The MostCommonCardGame is not ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''...or [[Anime/YuGiOh Duel Monsters]]... Or ''TabletopGame/DuelMasters''... or ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos''.
** It's not a card game about large breasts either.
** Or Poker, Bridge, Hearts, Spades, Rummy, Cribbage, Pinochle, Euchre, Skat, Canasta, Klondike, TabletopGame/{{Freecell}}, or Crazy Eights.
* The MostCommonSuperPower is not the ubiquitous combination of [[FlyingBrick super strength, super speed, flight and nigh invulnerability]]. (You'd be forgiven for thinking it is, though.)
** Neither does it refer to [[IBelieveICanFly the ability of flying by itself]]. Or anything from the StockSuperpowersIndex.
* [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame The Most Dangerous Game]] is not [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1488#comic Dynamite-Bear-Tennis]].
** Simply thinking about it will not put you in peril.
* MostDefinitelyNotAccompanyingUs is not about characters poorly attempting to lie about coming alone.
* SugarWiki/MostTriumphantExample is not an example written by [[Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure Bill and Ted]]. That would be most excellent, however.
* MotiveDecay has nothing to do with VideoGame/TheSims.
* MovingTheGoalposts is not about Crisis City Act 1's gimmick from ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''.
* MouseWorld is not a BlandNameProduct way of referring to Disney theme parks.
* MoustacheDePlume is not about [[MustacheVandalism drawing moustaches on pictures of people as vandalism.]]
** It is not a bird's facial feathers.
* MouthfulOfPi is not what happens when [[Literature/LifeOfPi Richard Parker the tiger]] decides to JustEatHim.
* MrFixIt is not a man with "Fix It" as his last name.
* MrSeahorse is not the name for anyone in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'', ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' or ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''.
* MrSmith did not necessarily go to [[Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington Washington]].
* MrViceGuy is not necessarily the vice president. He's also not necessarily a man who carries a clamp around. Nor is he the vice principal or someone with "Vice guy" as his last name.
** He also is not a VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto fan whose favorite game in the series is [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity Vice City]].
* MsFanservice usually doesn't actually have that as her surname. She also isn't a character who is [[NiceGirl nice]] to the fans via {{Shout Out}}s, BreakingTheFourthWall or whatever. Same applies for MrFanservice. They also aren't characters that the fans like (although they might be, but that's not the trope.)
** Often Mr. and Ms. aren't necessarily related, by blood or marriage.
** She also doesn't fix the kind of fans that cool you down.
* MsRedInk is not a teacher who writes lots of corrections of her students' work with a red pen. Nor is she a student who receives a lot of such corrections.
* {{MST}} has nothing to do with enzymes. [[note]] MST is one of the initialisms used for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-mercaptopyruvate_sulfurtransferase 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase]] [[/note]]
** Nor is it a time zone [[note]] MST is also the initialism for Mountain Standard Time (the time zone the UsefulNotes/{{Denver}} uses). [[/note]]
* MuckMonster is not about [[WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder a red dump truck]] going on a rampage.
** Nor is it about cleaning up after your pet monster.
* MugglesDoItBetter does not (necessarily) mean that they provide better sex than wizards.
* A Administrivia/MultiPartPicture is not [[MovieMultipack a film serial]].
* Although MultiPlatform is a [[VideoGameTropes video game trope]], it has nothing to do with the {{Platformer}} genre of video games.
* MultipleChoiceFuture isn't an inversion of MultipleChoicePast where a character has many potential futures, any of which may be canon. Similarly, MultipleChoicePast isn't when a character is given options of how they want their past to play out.
* A MultipleHeadCase is not where the SerialKiller keeps his trophies.
* A MultiUserDungeon is not one where different people can come down and take turns whipping and lashing the prisoners chained up at the bottom.
* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable has nothing to do with inviting the parents over for dinner.
* That {{Mummy}} is not [[YourMom yours]].
* MundaneAfterlife doesn't refer to {{Muggles}} having a separate heaven or hell from wizards/supers.
* MundaneMadeAwesome has nothing to do with [[Literature/TheMortalInstruments Simon Lewis]], or any other human character from the series.
* A MundaneSolution isn't a boring dissolved substance.
* {{Mundanger}} is not the name of a new Franchise/SuperSentai series starring boring people.
* MurderDotCom is not the order to kill someone from ''Series/ThirtyRock''.
* A MurderousMask is not used by the wearer to murder people. In fact, it's the reverse.
* MurderTheHypotenuse is not what a mathematically-incapable BookDumb character wants to do before moving on to the rest of the subject.
** Nor is it what [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou Minamimoto]] does after killing all the "radians".
* MurphysBed is not where [[WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw Milo Murphy]] sleeps.[[note]]Which is actually [[WalkingDisasterArea kind of surprising]].[[/note]]
** Nor is it about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy_bed Murphy beds]], although they are frequently an example of this trope.
** Nor is it where [[Webcomic/BoyAndDog Rowan's best friend]] sleeps.
** Nor is it [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons the hospital bed in which Bleeding Gums Murphy died.]]
* MurphysLaw is not [[Creator/AudieMurphy "When your squad is in trouble, jump on a tank, grab a machine gun, and start shooting Nazis."]]
** Nor is it [[Music/{{Sabaton}} "When crosses grow on Anzio, charge and attack, going to Hell and back."]]
* TheMuse isn't about [[Music/{{Muse}} the band]], and MuseAbuse isn't about mistreating its members.
* MusicalChores do not refer to the tedious preparation work for a concert or the cleanup work thereafter.
** It's also not about practice exercises that a musician or music student sees as tedious and wants to get over with so they can get on to the interesting pieces of music.
* MusicalGag is not how the "serious" film viewer reacts as soon as the first notes of the opening number play, nor is it when someone is gagged to keep them from singing.
* A MusicalNod is not when someone nods their head to some song playing nearby.
* MusicalNumberAnnoyance isn't being annoyed by a singing numeral.
** It's also not an entire musical about how much someone hates maths.
* A MusicalSpoiler is not telling your friend who hasn't seen ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' that [[spoiler: Elphaba lives.]]
** It's also not a wing on the back of a car with a built-in stereo. (Although someone should really get to work on that.)
** It's also not a musical sequence whose lyrics directly give away a later plot point.
* MusicalWorldHypotheses isn't about scientists trying to figure out why music is so ubiquitous in all of Earth's cultures.
* MusicVideoCreditsSequence is not a credits sequence of a music video, but a film credits sequence which is done in a form of a music video.
* MustBeInvited is not about invitation-only events, nor is it about conversations at parties about why some weirdo is there. It's also not about an exclusive club where you must be invited by a member to become a member yourself.
* [[WatchItForTheMeme Must Seek Leek]] ''could'' be about watching ''[[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Henry V]]'' for the "eat my leek" line, but that's not what it's named for. Nor is it about [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Farfetch'd]] desperately searching for a weapon. Nor is it when a chef is missing an ingredient for his or her soup.
* MutualKill doesn't necessarily involve an insurance company. (Except for the life insurance payouts.)
* MyBelovedSmother is not about being a StalkerWithACrush to [[Series/TheSmothersBrothersComedyHour Dick and Tommy Smothers]].
* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting is not about [[BeeAfraid bees, hornets]], or other related insects who have gained citizenship in the countries where they live.
* MyEyesAreUpHere is not about conversing with a creature whose eyes are on stalks about its head or with false eyespots below its actual eyes.
* MyGirlIsASlut is not someone finding out that their daughter or girlfriend is promiscuous.
* MyGirlIsNotASlut is not an author's attempt to make a female character less {{Stripperiffic}}.
** Nor is it denying that one's girlfriend or daughter has a libido.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone rarely, if ever, involves someone consulting the Bible or praying to God. (Or whatever deity they worship.)
** Nor does it have anything to do with the Linkin Park song "What I've Done".
** Nor is it someone who has no idea what they just did, so they're praying to find out. (Most people who use this trope know exactly what they did.)
** Nor is it someone being surprised that "What Have I Done?" from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode "Really Loud Music" is playing.
** And it's usually not a case of not knowing [[BestialityIsDepraved what]] you had sex with.
* MyHeroZero is not a trope about [[FanOfUnderdog someone who perceives a feeble, klutzy zero to be a steeled, gutsy hero]]. Nor is it about TheHero losing badly at sports. And although somewhat related, it is not about being rescued from certain death at the hands of [[VideoGame/MegaManX Vile]], [[Anime/CodeGeass the Britannian Empire]] or [[Manga/PilotCandidate Zero Enna]] either.
** While we're on the subject, it has nothing to do with ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' or prequels to ''Series/{{My Hero|2000}}'', either.
** It's most definitely not about Zero from ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3''.
* MyHorseIsAMotorbike doesn't refer to [[AutomatonHorse a person or work treating horses like motor vehicles]]. In fact, it's the other way around.
* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels is not about people discovering that eels had taken up residence inside their aquatic vehicles while docked near the shore.
* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours is not a declaration of a type of martial art being inherently and objectively superior in combat to another.
* MyLittlePanzer is not the RatedMForManly version of ''Franchise/MyLittlePony''.
** Neither is it a crossover with ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer''.
* MyLittlePhony isn't about parenting a young ConMan.
* MyNameIsInigoMontoya is not about changing your name to [[Film/ThePrincessBride Inigo Montoya]].
* MyNaymeIs not [[Music/{{Eminem}} Slim Shady]]. Nor is it “Slymm Shaydee”, though that ''would'' make it an example of this trope.
* MyopicConqueror is not about a nearsighted conqueror.
* MyOwnGrampa is not about someone really proud of his or her grandfather, and it's not related to the GrandfatherClause.
* MyOwnPrivateIDo is not about gay marriage in fiction, much less with one or both [[strike:underground like a wild potato]] closeted.
** It does not refer to marrying one's own genitals.
* MyRealDaddy is not what an adopted child calls his/her biological father.
* MyRulesAreNotYourRules is not about moral relativism. (It is thus nothing at all like BlueAndOrangeMorality.)
** It is not a refusal to share your measuring devices.
* MySensorsIndicateYouWantToTapThat has nothing to do with robots playing ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''.
* MySisterIsOffLimits is not about a guy's inability to commit BrotherSisterIncest. He's saying the trope name to someone else.
** Nor is it a girl's sibling announcing that she's getting a restraining order against you.
* MySkullRunnethOver is not about the improvised goblet used by the [[ImAHumanitarian humanitarian]] who likes AGlassOfChianti after dinner.
** It's also not about a skull causing driving accidents.
** Nor does it refer to Vikings or other barbarians drinking out of the skulls of their enemies.
** [[VideoGame/DarkSouls3 Nor does it refer to a ghost emerging from a goblet made from their skull.]]
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch, but it doesn't necessarily gather together, hold up picket signs, and chant slogans all that often.
* A MysteryEpisode is not an episode that's so ambiguous, you can't tell what television series it comes from.
* A MysteryMagnet is not a chunk of metal that pulls in unidentifiable objects, nor is it a chunk of metal that's unpredictable in what it'll pull in.
* MythArc has nothing to do with Robert Asprin's ''Myth'' series.
** Nor is it the first generation of WebAnimation/{{hololive}} English's {{Virtual YouTuber}}s.
* MythologyGag is not the result of reading about the [[{{Mythology}} birth]] of Odin's horse.
** Nor is it when you make a joke about mythology, though in an adaptation of a myth, a joke about the original might be a MythologyGag.
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* {{Nanomachines}} are not typical implements used by [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Nanoha]]. Those would be {{Magic Wand}}s and {{Attack Drone}}s.
** They're not an even smaller version of Micro Machines.
* {{Narm}} is not something [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain Pinky]] says. Nor is {{Nerf}} or VideoGame/{{Zork}}.
* A NastyParty is not a team of {{Jerkass}} adventurers. It is also not a party that turns merely obscene.
** Nor is it a party that is interrupted by [[Film/TheNeverEndingStoryIIIEscapeFromFantasia the Nasty]].
** It's also not about the nickname given to the Conservative Party of the UK by its detractors.
* NatureLover isn't about someone whose lover has nature-related superpowers.
* NatureTinkling isn't about Mother Nature peeing or making a tinkling noise.
* NatureVsNurture isn't a story about a parent having to care for their child while surviving in the wild.
* NaughtyBirdwatching isn't about observing sex and misbehavior among actual wild birds, nor is it about pet-sitting for the FeatheredFiend.
* NaughtyByNight is not about well-behaved straight-A model students who are absolute mischief-makers out of school hours.
* NaughtyIsGood is not about characters with a lewd disposition being good.
* NaughtyNuns aren't nuns who misbehave (except perhaps for breaking the celibacy rules).
* A NaughtyNurseOutfit isn't what disobedient nurses wear, nor is the outfit itself misbehaving.
** Nor is it necessarily worn by sexually provocative nurses.
* NaughtyTentacles are not tentacles that are mischievous.
* NaughtyUnderTheTable isn't about causing mischief under a table, unless it's sexual.
* A NauticalKnockout is not the Navy's version of a [[GoodLookingPrivates Good-Looking Private]].
** Nor is it the end result of a boxing match between two sailors.
** It also isn't about a version of the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' character Knockout who has an aquatic vehicle alt-mode.
* NearVillainVictory is not a spoiler for the end of ''Manga/DeathNote''. [[spoiler:Even if it's arguably correct.]]
** Neither was there a [[spoiler:NearVictoryFanfare]].
** NearDeathExperience is not [[spoiler:The 40 seconds Near waited to see Light and Mikami fail in killing them.]]
*** It's not about gaining ExperiencePoints from killing Near, either.
*** Nor is it being next to the Grim Reaper.
** NearDeathClairvoyance is not about Near's death granting people psychic powers.
** NearMisses is also not about Near [[WebVideo/GameGrumps firing again, but missing.]]
*** Nor is it when "Near" notes in ''VideoGame/{{Arcaea}}'' are considered mistakes.
** As for NearRapeExperience, we're not going to [[{{Squick}} go on that subject]].
* A NeatFreak is not a freak of nature that is either tidy or [[FreakyIsCool cool]].
* NecessarilyEvil is not the opposite of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_logic Possibly Evil]]
* A NecessaryFail is not a failure to be necessary.
* A NeckLift will not make you look 10 years younger.
* A {{Necromancer}} is ''not'', we repeat, ''not'' a [[ILoveTheDead necrophile]].
* TheNeedForMead is not when class is about to begin and you don't have a notebook. Or about needing to consult the works of a famous anthropologist.
* TheNeedless isn't a character or element the work could do without.
** Nor is it someone who's not needy because they have money.
* SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove isn't about the poor {{Woobie}}s and similar characters.
* A {{Neet}} is not a {{keet}} who is a NeatFreak.
* A {{Nerdgasm}} is not what happens when a nerd watches porn.
* NerdNanny is not a nanny who is a nerd.
* {{Nerf}} has nothing to do with the creatures from ''Franchise/StarWars'' known for their scruffy herders.
** It's not about Toys/{{NERF|Brand}}, although that is the TropeNamer.
* The NerfArm is not a foam limb, it's not necessarily made by Toys/{{NERF|Brand}}, and isn't the arm with which game designers depower otherwise GameBreaker functionality.
* NeurodiversityIsSupernatural does not refer to an alternate title of [[Series/{{Supernatural}} the titular series]].
* NeutralFemale is not a CharacterAlignment.
* NeverLiveItDown isn't about Creator/StephenKing only being remembered for writing ''Literature/{{It}}'' and not any of his other books.
* NeverMyFault is not someone who never makes mistakes. In fact, it's usually the other way around.
* NeverRecycleABuilding is not advice to game developers to avoid overdoing CopyAndPasteEnvironments.
* NeverSayDie does not refer to calling dice "Number Cubes" in school math classes due to dice being associated with gambling. ''VideoGame/MarioParty'''s "Dice Block" is listed on the page, though.
** Nor is it about not using the singular form of dice because of its association with death.
** Nor is it about determination.
* NeverSuicide isn't about suicide prevention messages.
* NeverTrustATrailer has nothing to do with personal suspicion of those things that trucks drag behind them. Where ''does'' [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus]]' go?
** [[MemeticBadass Wherever the hell it wants!]]
* A NewbieBoom doesn't refer to causing newbies to explode, although some StopHavingFunGuys would ''like'' that to happen. Nor is it the part of the ship most likely to cause a NauticalKnockout to novice sailors.
* NewEden usually has nothing to do with the world after the Second Coming of Christ.
** Even through "Prophet" Zachary Hale Comstock calls [[VideoGame/BioShockInfinite Columbia]] a "new Eden," Columbia is not an example in the slightest.
** Nor is it about a replacement for a character called Eden.
* If you work in the catalogue industry and you get a lot of impatient people who can't seem to read the date on which a book or sale starts, you may start to mutter that NewMediaAreEvil, but this page isn't about that.
* TheNewRockAndRoll is not about trying to find a successor to that genre.
** It also isn't about the latest versions of Franchise/MegaMan and his sister.
* NewsMonopoly is not about how, when characters watch TwentyFourHourNewsNetworks, if it's a Fox show it'll be Fox News, and if it's an NBC show it'll be MSNBC.
** It's also not among the [[RecycledPremise hundreds of versions]] of ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}''.
* NewspaperDating has nothing to do with personal ads in the classifieds. It also doesn't mean that sentient newspapers are dating, either, although RuleThirtyFour says [[{{Squick}} someone has written an explicit version of that]].
* NewsTropes have little to do with Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews.
* NextSundayAd is not an advertisement previewing next Sunday's newspaper or promotions that will begin next Sunday.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero is not an expression of appreciation when admiring the pyrokinetics after the SupervillainLair and/or the DeathRay have been blown up by TheHero.
** Likewise, NiceJobFixingItVillain is not a similar expression for the BigBad repairing said lair or DeathRay.
* A NiceGuy or Girl isn't necessarily from the French city Nice (which is pronounced differently, by the way). Nor is it about saying "nice" to someone.
* NiceKitty is not about averting CatsAreMean, nor is it a NiceGirl named Kitty.
** Nor is it about a cat or a girl named Kitty from Nice.
* A [[StrawNihilist Nietzsche Wannabe]] is not some random forum poster who thinks s/he's so damn clever for abusing Nietzsche's famous "HeWhoFightsMonsters" quote against someone s/he doesn't like.
** Nor is it [[NapoleonDelusion someone who believes themself to be Frederick Nietzsche]].
* NightSwimEqualsDeath is not if you watch the [[Film/NightSwim first 2024 movie about haunted pool]], you'll be dead.
* NightmareFace is not [[FaceYourFears a scene where a character has to face their worst nightmare]], though such a scene may include one.
** Nor is it a face you get when you have a nightmare, but rather, a face that gives you one.
** It's also not another name for a TerrorHero, either, nor does it imply the existence of a trope called "Nightmare Heel".
* A NightmareFetishist doesn't necessarily [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu have a fetish for nightmare creatures]], though that would qualify.
* NightmareFuel isn't [[{{Pun}} fuel for]] [[Anime/CodeGeass Knightmare Frames]] or mythical horses. Nor is it a nightmarish version of the video game ''Videogame/{{Fuel}}'', or a nightmarish version of Fuel from ''VideoGame/MOTHER3''. It also has nothing to do with the crafting material from ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' or ''[[VideoGame/TerrariaCalamity Calamity]]''. It also isn't literal fuel that makes one have nightmares, nor is it any type of fuel that merely appears within one's nightmares.
* NightmareFuelColoringBook is not the example page for NightmareFuel from coloring books.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant has nothing to do with [[Series/TalesFromTheCrypt the Cryptkeeper]] or Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, having to get a new job.
* A NightmareSequence is not part of the gameplay of a NintendoHard game which motivates SequenceBreaking.
* NineOutOfTenDoctorsAgree does not refer to [[Series/DoctorWho ten incarnations of a Time Lord]].
* A NinjaLog is not the logbook of a NinjaPirateZombieRobot Captain's journeys.
** Nor is it a piece of wood that's a ninja.
** It's also not the log from ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries''.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot is not a [[FollowTheLeader knock off]] of ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''.
** Nor does it describe [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic HK 47]]. Even though, depending on your playstyle, all of those worlds might describe it.
* NinjaProp is not a subtrope of WhenPropsAttack.
** Also isn't a stage prop (nor an airplane propeller) that vanishes into the night undetected.
** Nor is it what you use if your ninja keeps falling over.
* NinjaRun is not about the recommended course of action if you see one. (Don't bother; either you're too late, or they're not a very good ninja.)
** It also has very little in common with a StealthRun.
** It's not a spinoff of ''VideoGame/CookieRun'', either.
* NinjaTropes are not appreciably stealthier or deadlier than any other tropes.
* NintendoHard is not about getting a hard-on while playing Nintendo games. Nor is it about how Nintendo's products were [[MadeOfIndestructium physically durable]].
* NoArcInArchery does not refer to works not having plots involving archery.
** Nor does it refer to people spelling the word 'archery' wrong.
* NoBikesInTheApocalypse refers to bicycles, not motorcycles.
* NoBiologicalSex does not mean that only [[RoboRomance sex between robots]] can be shown.
* NobodyCanDie is not an alternate name for DeathTakesAHoliday (the former describes settings wherein people ''should'' die, they just never seem to, while the latter describes situations in which nobody can die for good, in-universe reasons.)
* NobodyPoops is not about a ban on [[YouTubePoop YTP]].
* NoCampaignForTheWicked is not about preventing evil people from running for political office, even if [[PresidentEvil such a thing is sorely needed]].
* NoCanonForTheWicked is not about banning and/or burning "[[TomeOfEldritchLore holy books]]" of the ReligionOfEvil.
** Neither does it mean that the bad guys do not have any artillery. That would be No ''Cannon'' For The Wicked. Nor does it mean that Canon refused to sell their cameras to these bad guys.
* NoCanOpener isn't a situation where the villain is having trouble unleashing a SealedEvilInACan.
** Nor is it when TheSmartGuy is not present to help SolveTheSoupCans.
** Nor is it a YouNoTakeCandle way of saying "I can't open it".
* NoCasualtiesRun is not the next line from the mouth of the guy who declared that NoOneCouldSurviveThat.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed is not a disclaimer saying that no members of a movie's AllStarCast were hurt during its production.
* NoConservationOfEnergy is not about someone who makes no attempt to reduce their power bill.
* NoControlGroup isn’t about a group that has gone completely out of control. Nor is it about a fictional engineering firm which has no team dedicated to designing and tuning control systems.
* NoCureForEvil is not a proclamation that evil people are {{beyond redemption}}. Neither does it have to do with AsLongAsThereIsEvil.
** It's also not about a rule that states that the bad guys of ''Anime/PrettyCure'' series can't have a Cure of their own. ([[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure They had]], [[DarkerAndEdgier and HOW!]])
** It's not a rule saying that evil people can't listen to the band The Cure.
* NoDamageRun is ''also'' not the next line from the mouth of the guy who declared that NoOneCouldSurviveThat.
* NoDoubtTheYearsHaveChangedMe is not about any changes Music/NoDoubt has made to you over the years.
* NoDubForYou is not about characters failing to receive knighthoods.
* NoEnding is not when a fictional work ends with a BigNo.
* NoExportForYou does not mean [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} "come back, one year! Next!"]]
* NoFairCheating is rarely invoked when someone is fighting dirty.
** Nor does it mean that only ''unfair'' [[MindScrew cheating is allowed]].
** It's not about the other kind of cheating (infidelity).
* NoFameNoWealthNoService is not about the inability of poor/non-famous people to get service on their cell phones. Nor is it about having no memorial service when a person dies broke. Nor is it a phrase that is followed up with "[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Fox only!]] [[Memes/SuperSmashBros Final Destination!]]"
* NoFinalBossForYou is not about games that [[BadExportForYou don't have final bosses when released in other parts of the world]].
* NoFlowInCGI is not about CGI characters who can't have their periods.
* NoFourthWall isn't about a room with only three walls.
* NoGearLevel doesn't mean a game has no [[EternalEngine technology-theme level]] in it.
* NoGuyWantsToBeChased is not about guys hating being the one being chased in a car chase, nor is it about [[VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy The Guy]] not liking those AdvancingWallOfDoom segments, or ''VideoGame/{{S4 League}}''[='=]s Chaser mode.
* NoHonorAmongThieves is not Creator/DavidWeber saying that there will be no ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' books called ''HonorAmongThieves''.
* NoHuggingNoKissing is not part of a ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' tournament ruleset with Final Destination as the map.
** Neither is NoItemUseForYou, even if it really sounds like it.
** Nor is it where romance exists, but nobody expresses it.
** Nor is it what an AffectionHatingKid yells at their parents.
* NoisyGuns are not firearms that are running around hooting and hollering.
** Nor are they guns that are unrealistically noisy when ''shot''; that's BangBangBANG.
* NoJustNoReaction is not how Film/DrNo [[BondJamesBond introduces]] himself.
* NomDeMom doesn't mean that a character's alias or [[UnnamedParent only name]] is Mom. Nor does it refer to [[MonsterMisogyny mothers getting eaten]].
* NominalHero is not a list of [[ProtagonistTitle works named after their protagonists]].
* NominalImportance is not about [[ProtagonistTitleFallacy audiences expecting the title character to be the most important]].
** Nor is it about [[MacGuffin something the story considers important that really isn't important.]]
* UsefulNotes/NoMoreEmperors is not a spinoff of ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' in which you run a country.
* NoMouth AndIMustScream seem to be one trope, but they're not.
* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine is not what [[Manga/SpyXFamily Yor]] says to the Forgers' family dog when he won't eat food prepared by her.
* NonActionGuy is not about if [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Might Guy]] has a brother at MissionControl. (They wouldn't get along well.)
* A NonActorVehicle is not a car in ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' that isn't a robot at all. Nor is it when a vehicle won't start.
* NonDubbedGrunts does not mean that lines from {{mooks}} aren't dubbed.
* A NonElemental isn't someone who doesn't like chemistry, and it also doesn't refer to every {{Creator/Pixar}} movie except ''WesternAnimation/Elemental2023''.
* NonLethalKO has nothing to do with how [[Series/MorkAndMindy Mork]] says, "OK".
* NoNudityTaboo is not about characters with a taboo against not being nude.
* A NoobCave is not a cave where clueless newcomers live or originate from. It does not have a NoobBridge...well, well-designed Noob Caves don't, anyway.
** Nor is it an accusation that [[Creator/{{CAVE}} a certain shmup development company]] are a bunch of noobs.
* NoodleImplements is not about tools made out of pasta. [[NoodleIncident Believe me, I tried, don't ask.]]
* NoodleIncident has nothing to do with the guitarist of {{Music/Gorillaz}}.
** Nor is it necessarily an incident involving noodles.
* NoOSHACompliance is not about policies that forbid [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Dan from taunting]].
** Nor does it refer to [[Series/GameOfThrones Osha refusing to submit to Theon Greyjoy]].
* NoPartyGiven is not about a disappointing birthday.
** It's also not about a RolePlayingGame in which the player does not get an adventuring party.
* NoPeriodsPeriod most certainly has nothing to do with punctuation. (You want NoPunctuationPeriod.) Nor does it have anything to do with a grammatical LogicBomb.
** NoPeriodsPeriod (''and'' NoPunctuationPeriod) aren't periods of ''time''. Therefore, the NoPunctuationPeriod isn't another name for the time before writing was invented, and the NoPeriodsPeriod isn't the pre-menarche and post-menopause stages of a woman's life.
* Administrivia/NoRecentExamplesPlease has nothing to do with Administrivia/ExamplesAreNotRecent.
* NoRecycling is not an aversion of CopyAndPasteEnvironments.
* A NoSavingThrow is not what happens when an AuthorsSavingThrow doesn't happen to a work.
* NoseArt is not about painting your nose, art depicting noses or pictures painted using your nose.
* NoSell is not about when a sales clerk has to open up a cash register just to make small change.
* NoseNuggets isn't a literal interpretation of the phrase "Diggin' for gold."
** Nor does it have to do with chicken nuggets.
* NoSexAllowed is not a proclamation that a certain person will never, ever get laid.
** Nor is it a requirement that everyone must have NoBiologicalSex.
* NoSidepathsNoExplorationNoFreedom does not end with "story/main objectives only, [[Memes/SuperSmashBros Final Destination]]".
* NoSnackForYou is not about being DeniedFoodAsPunishment. Nor is it snacks that [[NoExportForYou don't get exported outside of their home countries]].
* NoSongForTheWicked isn't refusing permission for your song to be used by an evil character in a film, a declaration that nobody evil is allowed to sing, or a CutSong from ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}''.
* NostalgiaFilter is not a search engine exclusive to [[Website/ChannelAwesome ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com]].
** Nor is it about a color filter used in a HappyFlashback.
** Nor is it about a filter that makes a game {{retraux}} (or a VideoGameRemake look like the original), or Website/TheOtherWiki's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Skin nostalgia skin]].
** Nor is it when you filter the songlist in Konami's ''Nostalgia'' RhythmGame.
* Administrivia/NoStraightExamplesPlease is not HetIsEw as a wiki policy.
* NoSuchThingAsHR is not about denying the existence of WebAnimation/HomestarRunner. [[note]][[ComicallyMissingThePoint Because that would be "No Such Thing as H*R".]][[/note]]
* NoSuchThingAsSpaceJesus is not about SpaceJews.
* NoSuchThingAsWizardJesus is not telling Jesus that wizards don't exist, or about taking His name in vain while declaring that wizards don't exist.
* "NotADate" is not what you have to tell Creator/{{Microsoft}} Excel whenever you type in a fraction.
* If someone says this is NotAGame, chances are it's not [[UsefulNotes/{{Basketball}} Allen Iverson]] talking about practice.
** Nor does it refer to apps on game consoles, despite what the box of ''Videomation'' for Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem says.
** Nor is it said when you're not allowed to hunt an animal.
* NotAllowedToGrowUp is not about parents deliberately preventing their children [[ManChild from maturing]].
* NotAlwaysEvil has nothing to do with a website featuring [[Website/NotAlwaysRight bad customers]] or [[Website/NotAlwaysWorking bad coworkers]]. Nor is it about someone who's only a villain part of the time (that would be HeelFaceRevolvingDoor).
* NotBrainwashed is only the specific trope where a character looks like they've been brainwashed, but has actually changed sides for real. If they're simply ''not brainwashed'', that's not that trope. (Though if they're pretending to be that trope as part of a FakeDefector ploy, that would probably count as a subversion.)
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught has nothing to do with cheating on your significant other.
* NotCompletelyUseless is not about backhanded compliments given to TheLoad after a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.
* A NoteFromEd does not necessarily come from someone named Ed.
* NotEvenBotheringWithAnExcuse is not referring to [[ExcusePlot plots]] that [[NoPlotNoProblem didn't]].
* NothingButHits apparently doesn't refer to a soundtrack comprising entirely of orchestral hits.
** Nor does it refer to someone with [[ImprobableAimingSkills really good aim]].
** Nor is it about the AlwaysAccurateAttack.
* NothingIsScarier is not about the ultimate scare.
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore isn't a [[StockPhrases stock phrase]] uttered whenever people experience either irreversable, life-changing, inevitable, or traumatic events.
* NothingLeftToTheImagination is not about stories that give too much {{Exposition}}.
* NothingNiceAboutSugarAndSpice isn't about sugar and spice being bad for your health.
* NoticeThis is not "Notice me, Senpai!" when spoken by inanimate objects.
* TheNotLoveInterest isn't the person that's [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend accused of being your boyfriend/girlfriend all the time]].
* NotMyDriver does not refer to a golf club belonging to someone else.
* NotNowKiddo is not related to ''Film/KillBill'' or [[Manga/SoulEater Death the Kid]].
* NoTrueScotsman is not about people who wear underwear under their kilt. Or about a non-Scottish actor [[FakeNationality playing a Scot in a film.]]
* NotSafeForWork is not about [[NoOSHACompliance places that are unsafe]] to work ''at''.
* NotSoCrazyAnymore isn't about an insane character regaining sanity.
* NotTheFallThatKillsYou has nothing to do with autumn.
* NotUsingTheZedWord does not involve refusal to talk about a certain ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' villain or ignoring the boss of the ''Film/MenInBlack''.
** It also doesn't imply that any words beginning with Z have become profane and need to be omitted or censored.
** Nor is it about Americans refusing to use the British pronunciation of the letter 'Z'.
* NotWearingPantsDream has nothing to do with ''Anime/StrikeWitches''.
** Nor is it about someone who hopes one day to never have to wear pants.
** It's also not about people who sleep naked.
* NotWearingTights is not about a male character or tomboyish female refusing to wear "girly" clothes.
* {{Notzilla}} is not related to the [[UsefulNotes/MozillaFirefox Mozilla Foundation]].
* NoU is not a [[ConstrainedWriting lipogram]] lacking the letter after T.
** And it doesn't mean you don't have a Platform/WiiU either.
** Nor is it [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons the Chinese clown]].
* NoWomansLand is not a place with no female population. Nor is it a DistaffCounterpart of No Man's Land.
* NoYay is not a moment in sports where the crowd boos. It is also not an anti-crack cocaine statement.
** Nor is it someone telling another person not to cheer.
** Nor is it when someone lets out a BigNo before realizing that what happened was actually good, and saying "yay!".
* NoYou does not exclude the target.
** Nor is it about anywhere where the second-person pronoun is not included.
* NPCRoadblock does not mean there's a ''Franchise/GIJoe'' game where Roadblock is in it but you can't play as him.
* [[{{Netorare}} NTR]] does not have to do with the Platform/NintendoDS's WorkingTitle of Nitro (NTR), nor is it a motorsport brand.
* A NuclearCandle does not use nuclear power as a light source.
* ANuclearError is not about someone making an error which leads to a meltdown at a nuclear power plant, or accidentally launching nuclear weapons. Or [[YouSayTomato constantly pronouncing the word "nucular"]].
* A NuclearFamily has nothing to do with nuclear power. Well, except for WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons.
* A NuclearOption is not what Utsuho Reiuji's power-up would be if she became playable in the next ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' game.
** Nor is it a ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' AttackDrone that fires nuclear weapons.
** Nor is it [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_option a method the U.S. Senate can use to prevent filibusters.]]
** It's also not the option to use nuclear power or have a NuclearFamily.
* NumberOfTheBeast has nothing to do with a certain [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast cursed Disney prince]]. Or a [[ComicBook/BeastMarvelComics blue-haired intellectual mutant]].
* NumberTwo is not related to PottyEmergency or BringMyBrownPants. Or, for that matter, OhCrap.
** Nor is it that [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor KND operative]].
* NumberTwoForBrains is not about cases where TheSmartGuy is the second in command. Nor is it about the second most intelligent person in a group.
* NuMetal is not what ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'''s RobotGirl is built with.
** It's also not LeetSpeak for "No metal".
* A NurseWithGoodIntentions has to be not very good at their job despite their good intentions. It is not any nurse who intends to do good, as that'd be Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs.
* NutritionalNightmare is not a [[AcidRefluxNightmare nightmare after eating bad food]].
** Nor is it having a nightmare ''about'' bad food or not getting enough food.
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