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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[[index]]
* FourOneNineScam
* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism
* AllBikersAreHellsAngels
* {{Anorgasmia}}
* ArtificialLimbs
* BattleCry
* TheBerserker
* BulletProofVest
* CannotTellALie (from a myth about UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington)
* CargoCult (natives conducting rituals to lure back the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII supply planes; famous for UsefulNotes/RichardFeynman's lecture on "Cargo Cult Science")
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment (referencing the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution)
* CoupDeGrace
* DeadMansHand: Named for the poker hand allegedly drawn by Wild Bill Hickock before he was shot in the back in Deadwood, South Dakota.
* DreamTeam: Named for the 1992 United States Olympic Men's Basketball team.
* DressCode
* DrinkingTheKoolAid ([[BeamMeUpScotty kinda]]; the substance used in the infamous Jonestown incident was actually Flavr-Aid)
* EnforcedColdWar
* FightingIrish ([[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootballConferences University of Notre Dame]])
* FinalSolution ("Final Solution" was a euphemistic phrase used by the Nazis to refer to their genocide of Jews and other people)
* FoodFight
* ForceFeeding
* GiantSquid
* 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.
* GroinAttack
* HumanShield
* KnightTemplar (UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar)
* LiesDamnedLiesAndStatistics (attributed to UsefulNotes/BenjaminDisraeli and Creator/MarkTwain)
* LimaSyndrome
* LogicBomb
* AMatchMadeInStockholm (UsefulNotes/StockholmSyndrome)
* MatryoshkaObject
* {{Metapuzzle}} (Creator/CliffJohnson coined the term, though the trope itself existed since a few decades prior)
* MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome
* MolotovCocktail
* MysteryMeat
* {{Narcissist}} (directly, though indirectly from Myth/ClassicalMythology)
* NeverNeedsSharpening
* NightmareDreams
* NoTrueScotsman
* OneRiotOneRanger (motto of the Texas Rangers)
* PanderingToTheBase
* PardoPush
* PirateBooty
* ThePlague
* PlausibleDeniability
* PoliceBrutality
* PoliceLineup
* ThePowerOfCheese
* PrisonRape
* RecursiveAcronym
* SawedOffShotgun
* TheScourgeOfGod (what UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan allegedly called himself)
* SerialKiller
* SnipeHunt
* TheSociopath
* 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)
* SwissArmyAppendage
* SwissArmyWeapon (after the ubiquitous Swiss Army knives)
* ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil (from the "This Is Your Brain on Drugs" PublicServiceAnnouncement)
* UncannyValley
* UncleSamWantsYou
* UnnecessaryRoughness (an actual term used by NFL referees)
* VaudevilleHook
* ViciousCycle
* WardrobeMalfunction (from the infamous UsefulNotes/SuperBowl XXXVIII performance by Music/JanetJackson and Music/JustinTimberlake)
* TheWarToEndAllWars (UsefulNotes/WorldWarI)
* WeaponOfMassDestruction (used to refer to any weapon of unknown nature that is very powerful)

'''Individuals'''
* TheBarnum (P. T. Barnum)
* {{Bowdlerise}} (Thomas Bowdler)
* TheCaligula
* TheCasanova
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower
* TheChrisCarterEffect (Creator/ChrisCarter)
* {{Cincinnatus}}
* TheDanza (Creator/TonyDanza... and Banta... and Micelli...)
* EEqualsMCHammer ([[{{Pun}} cross-reference]] to Music/MCHammer and UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein's theories of relativity)
* FinaglesLaw
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff (Creator/DavidHasselhoff)
* GodivaHair
* 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]])
* JackieRobinsonStory (UsefulNotes/JackieRobinson)
* LenoDevice (Creator/JayLeno)
* LeslieNielsenSyndrome (Creator/LeslieNielsen)
* MockCousteau (Creator/JacquesCousteau)
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily
* TheMunchausen (Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, a.k.a. Baron Münchhausen)
* TheNapoleon (UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte)
* ThePeterPrinciple (coined by Dr. Laurence J. Peter)
* PyrrhicVictory (King Pyrrhus of Epirus)
* TheQuisling (Vidkun Quisling)
* RedBaron
* SedgwickSpeech (John Sedgwick)
* PatrickStewartSpeech (Creator/PatrickStewart)
* StreisandEffect (Music/BarbraStreisand)
* SturgeonsLaw
* TomHanksSyndrome (Creator/TomHanks)
* {{Trumplica}} (UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump)
* TyphoidMary (Mary Mallon)
* WordOfDante

* Archimedes
** EurekaMoment

* Creator/{{Aristotle}}
** IntellectualAnimal
** MagicAIsMagicA

* Creator/GeorgeCarlin
** SevenDirtyWords

* Creator/AntonChekhov
** ChekhovsGun and all of its [[{{Snowclones}} punny subtropes]]

* Creator/AgathaChristie
** AcquittedTooLate
** PoirotSpeak

* UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill
** ARiddleWrappedInAMysteryInsideAnEnigma
** WrittenByTheWinners

* UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin
** TheSocialDarwinist

* UsefulNotes/RichardDawkins
** MemeticMutation

* Creator/FirminDidot
** {{Stereotype}}

* Creator/WaltDisney
** DisneyAcidSequence
** DisneyDeath
*** DisneyVillainDeath
** DisneyDogFight
** {{Disneyesque}}
** {{Disneyfication}}
** DisneyOwnsThisTrope
** DisneySchoolOfActingAndMime
** MrAltDisney

* Creator/ClintEastwood
** ClintSquint

* Creator/RogerEbert
** FruitCart
** HyperlinkStory
** IdiotPlot

* Creator/MarkEvanier
** TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong

* UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud
** AllPsychologyIsFreudian
** FreudianCouch
** FreudianExcuse
** FreudianSlip
** FreudianSlipperySlope
** FreudWasRight

* Creator/WhoopiGoldberg
** WhoopiEpiphanySpeech

* UsefulNotes/WayneGretzky
** GretzkyHasTheBall

* Creator/TheBrothersGrimm
** {{Grimmification}}

* Creator/ButchHartman
** HartmanHips

* Patrick Henry
** GiveMeLibertyOrGiveMeDeath

* Creator/AlfredHitchcock
** FridgeLogic
** KickTheDog
** MacGuffin

* UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler (see also: GodwinsLaw)
** HitlerAteSugar
** HitlerCam
** HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct
** SpringtimeForHitler
** StupidJetpackHitler

* Creator/HarryHoudini
** EliminationHoudini
** KarmaHoudini
*** KarmaHoudiniWarranty
** IdiotHoudini

* UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper
** JackTheRipOff

* Chief Joseph
** IWillFightNoMoreForever

* UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc
** JeanneDArchetype

* UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan
** GenghisGambit

* Creator/JackKirby
** KirbyDots

* Creator/StanleyKubrick
** KubrickStare

* Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
** LamarckWasRight

* Creator/BruceLee
** BruceLeeClone
** DontThinkFeel
** FunnyBruceLeeNoises

* Creator/SpikeLee
** MagicalNegro

* Carl von Linné; a.k.a. Carl Linnaeus,
** ReptilesAreAbhorrent

* Creator/CarlMacek
** {{Macekre}}

* [[Creator/MarxBrothers Harpo Marx]]
** HarpoDoesSomethingFunny

* Abraham Maslow
** WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer

* Creator/WilliamTopaz [=McGonagall=]
** GiftedlyBad

* Creator/MarilynMonroe
** MarilynManeuver (you know the one!)

* Creator/FriedrichNietzsche
** Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra
** EternalRecurrence
** GodIsDead
** HeWhoFightsMonsters
** NietzscheWannabe
** {{Ubermensch}}

* UsefulNotes/RichardNixon
** {{Scandalgate}}
** NixonMask
** RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman
** SilentMajority

* UsefulNotes/BarackObama
** {{Hopemongering}}

* Creator/LaurenceOlivier
** MoneyDearBoy

* UsefulNotes/{{Pericles}}
** JustTheFirstCitizen

* Creator/SamRaimi
** FakeShemp

* [[UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk Grigori Rasputin]]
** RasputinianDeath

* Creator/JeanJacquesRousseau
** EatTheRich
** RousseauWasRight

* Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger
** TheAhnold

* Creator/AndySerkis
** SerkisFolk

%% A Million is a Statistic is commonly misattributed to Stalin

* Creator/JMichaelStraczynski
** TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot
** WhamEpisode (and derived from that, WhamLine)

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(activist) * Jack Thompson]]
** MurderSimulators

* Creator/BruceTimm
** TimmStyle

* Creator/MikeTyson
** TheTysonZone (coined by sports writer Creator/BillSimmons)

* Creator/MaeWest
** OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe

* Creator/JossWhedon
** {{Jossed}}

* Creator/RobinWilliams
** GettingCrapPastTheRadar
** ICallHimMisterHappy

* Creator/TedWoolsey
** {{Woolseyism}}

'''Organizations'''

* 7-Eleven
** GiganticGulp (taken from its "Big Gulp" line of beverage holders)

* Adobe
** GaussianGirl (from a Photoshop feature)
** WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture

* Creator/{{Apple}}
** EveryoneOwnsAMac
** EverythingIsAnIPodInTheFuture
** IProduct
** ISophagus (Cross-reference to a ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' strip)

* Creator/TheBBC
** BBCQuarry

* Creator/{{Capcom}}
** CapcomSequelStagnation

* Coca-Cola Company
** AndADietCoke
** BiteTheWaxTadpole ([[http://snopes.com/cokelore/tadpole.asp allegedly]])

* Creator/DiscoveryChannel
** TheWorldIsJustAwesome

* Creator/DreamWorksAnimation
** DreamworksFace

* UsefulNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard
** RatedMForManly (cross-reference to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB6fq9Aadwk the video]] "''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' [[{{Bowdlerise}} For Kids]]")
** RatedMForMoney

* Ford Motor Company
** EveryCarIsAPinto
** EverybodyOwnsAFord

* Fox News
** FoxNewsLiberal

* Fortune Magazine
** {{Fiction 500}}

* UsefulNotes/GeneralMills
** LuckyCharmsTitle
** MagicallyDelicious
** SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids

* Hershey's Food Company
** GetTheSensation (from a commercial for York Peppermint Patties)

* Creator/IdSoftware
** GodMode

* Kellogg's
** FollowYourNose (catch phrase of Froot Loops mascot Toucan Sam)

* UsefulNotes/McDonalds
** EggMacGuffin (a [[{{Pun}} play on]] their Egg [=McMuffin=])

* Creator/{{Microsoft}}
** FanServicePack
** HeroicBSOD
** HeroicRROD
** WingdingEyes
** {{Wingdinglish}}

* MediaNotes/MotionPictureAssociation
** AvoidTheDreadedGRating

* Creator/{{Nintendo}}
** NintendoHard
** OlderThanTheNES
** SuperTitle64Advance

* Creator/{{PBS}}
** ViewersLikeYou

* AncientRome
** 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)
** TheEmpire (see above)
** PraetorianGuard
** TheRepublic (from the Latin ''res publica'')

* Ronseal
** ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin

* {{Creator/SNK}}
** SNKBoss

* Creator/StudioGainax
** GainaxEnding
** {{Gainaxing}}

* Creator/StudioGhibli
** GhibliHills

* Creator/TexasInstruments
** InappropriateSpeakAndSpell

* Unilever
** BadHumorTruck
** ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin

* [[UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem United States government]]
** EmptyQuiver (from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_nuclear_incident_terminology military nuclear incident terminology]])
** NoFEMAResponse (after the Federal Emergency Management Agency, charged with helping citizens clean up after natural disasters strike)
** 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'').
** 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)
** 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]])

* Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery
** AlphabetNewsNetwork (for CNN)

'''Places'''
* SpaceBrasilia
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