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* AccidentalAesop: Most victims of SCP-1715 received their fate because they gave personal information to the titular anomaly online. Even in RealLife, the danger of internet users soliciting personal information from others is very much real, and you should not be dumb enough to do that.
* {{Adorkable}}:
** SCP-1171-1, as much as a casually racist {{Starfish Alien|s}} can be. Especially notable when he tries to talk to a human.
--->"HOW ARE YOU? IS YOUR SKIN NICE AND FLEXIBLE? INSIDES FULL OF FLUIDS?"
** While not normally a term one associates with mosquitoes, SCP-3774-2432 tripping over her own words is nothing short of adorable.
* AluminiumChristmasTrees:
** The concept of creating weapons that are so horrifying that they make the idea of war itself too terrible to consider is, surprisingly, a rather old concept. Richard Gatling, the inventor of the [[GatlingGood Gatling gun]], is said to have created his namesake invention with this partially in mind, as he believed that ''one'' soldier being able to kill entire squads at a time with a gatling gun could, at the very best, make armies averse to fielding large amounts of soldiers (thus reducing the size of armies in general and by extension the amount of casualties from war), and at worst, make entire ''nations'' averse to warfare in order to avoid such an inevitable slaughter.
** The highest possible Clearance Level, "Cosmic Top Secret" sounds ridiculous and over-the-top, but this is actually the [[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Classified_information#/NATO_classifications real classification used by NATO]] for their most sensitive information.
* AmericansHateTingle:
** Gamers Against Weed is heavily disliked on the Russian branch of the website, more so than their usual status as a BaseBreakingCharacter. There isn't any specific singular reason, but it does definitely include the fact that Russian SCP fans consider "an anomalous version of Website/FourChan" to be too ridiculous even by the standards of the website. As a result, any SCP object featuring GAW is going to get downvoted the moment the readers notice its mention, regardless of the execution. It has gotten so bad that the translators outright refuse to translate the GAW-related objects, as they don't want to work on something that would instantly drown in downvotes anyway.
** SCP-4680 is also heavily disliked by the Russian branch as it is viewed as a shallow caricature and collection of Western pop culture clichés regarding the real Grigori Rasputin, who is much better respected in Russian culture.
** The Chinese branch's gods are a polarizing topic outside its country of origin, due to their use in [[HypotheticalFightDebate power-scaling discussions]] (which the English on-site community has an intense dislike of) and their portrayal seemingly enabling these debates. Not helping matters is ''how'' they are portrayed, with entities like the Void Emperor, Metanormalcy, and [[AdaptationalAbomination the Chinese versions of the Scarlet King, Mekhane, and Yaldabaoth]] all displaying ridiculous feats of strength and pataphysical apotheosis such as existing above all narratives, being TheManBehindTheMan to all pataphysics [=SCPs=] (possibly extending to English articles), [[DoingInTheWizard explaining SCP-2165]][[note]]whose original horror is derived from the fact that [[NothingIsScarier its sin isn't supposed to be recorded]][[/note]], and having complete and utter control over every narrative in every branch wiki. Needless to say, the international communities are less-than-thrilled to have them around, sometimes pointing out that similar concepts with lower power brackets have already been done by the other branches and have more satisfying stories for doing so.
* {{Anvilicious}}:
** SCP-2112 has its safety classification listed as Keter, one of the highest possible, because it makes those who hear it love covers over all other creative pursuits. This is an obvious enough TakeThat at cover bands and unoriginal artists, but then Project Research Manager Edvalds' statement on the matter spells the message out giant, that valuing nostalgia over innovation, taken too far, could lead to the stagnation and decay of the human culture, become a planet of people who follow the "Anyway, here's Wonderwall" meme.
--->'''Edvalds:''' "Some have questioned why SCP-2112 warrants classification as Keter. It is true that SCP-2112 poses no direct threat to human life or the continued existence of the human race; were every person susceptible to SCP-2112 infection to be infected, it would likely not result in a single fatality. What it does present, however, is a severe existential threat to the entirety of human culture, the arts, and all forms of creative work whatsoever. Man is a wonderfully creative animal and has developed a myriad of ways of expressing his thoughts and emotions -- through poetry, dance, film, the written word, theatre, painting, sculpture, video games, even internet memes. We run the risk of every one of these mediums -- every single last one of them -- disappearing from our common experience, forever, in favor of thousands and millions of mediocre everymen performing the exact same songs over and over again."
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4831 SCP-4831]] is interesting in that it's the ''title'' that makes it anvilicious. By itself, it's a rather tragic story about a young man trapped in his bathroom, and the mental and physical toll it takes on him and his family. The title, however, is "There Are Innocent People on Death Row", which turns the entire story into a thuddingly obvious attack on the prison system.
** SCP-5403, which is about an anomalous site that [[BigBrotherIsWatching keeps constant surveillance on the Foundation]] so that it can [[InternetJerk spew tasteless shipping art]], contains an extended diatribe on why using topics like relationship drama, abuse, and other forms of trauma as something that is cute, funny, or titillating is wrong and insulting to people who have lived through those issues for real. Dr. Laraske eventually explains in detail just how nerve-wracking a seemingly-harmless operation is to her subordinates, citing a researcher who experienced the former SCP-2678 (the Vorehole) and learned 5403 recorded the whole thing, and when the anomaly is seemingly neutralized, it reactivates one last time to write a 4.2K-word fanfic where Laraske is [[DieForOurShip extensively brutalized]] for 5403's pleasure as a final display of how utterly callous and wretched its obsessions really are despite having the mind of a dumb teenager. Which also ties into the overall message - just because HanlonsRazor easily applies to modern insensitive depictions of serious topics doesn't mean they're any less tasteless and hurtful.
* ArchivePanic: To wit, there are, as of this writing, over ''five thousand'' standard SCP articles, and that doesn't even include Tales, J articles, EX articles, SCP-001 proposals, or [=GoI=] hubs, among others, which easily number over a thousand articles more. It would likely take literal ''years'' of reading in order to see it all... and '''then''' you'd have to catch up on everything that was added during that time, seeing how the wiki's still highly active. Those who seek to ArchiveBinge are wished the best of luck.
%%* CantUnhearIt: Anyone who played ''VideoGame/SCPContainmentBreach'' will likely have this reaction to several [=SCPs=] featured in it. SCP-049 in particular, for the audio logs for the rewrite, the same person who voiced him in the game got to reprise his role.
%%** Invoked by [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1965 SCP-1965]], with none other than Creator/MorganFreeman.
* CargoShip: SCP-914, a clockwork machine, has feelings for Maintenance Technician Johnson, a human.
* CatharsisFactor:
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2578 SCP-2578-D]] is a KillSat that delivers an ultimatum to fascist and totalitarian leaders, then assassinates them from orbit if they refuse to repent and assures victims of their tyranny that they are safe and protected. A number of readers derived satisfaction from the idea of an SCP whose purpose is to give some of the most dangerous people on earth what they deserve and protect the oppressed.
** The "staff" in [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3008 SCP-3008]] violently murder anyone who is caught around the place after closing hours, which sounds like the fantasy of many a retail worker on closing shift who's had to politely shoo out customers taking their sweet time browsing the aisles 5 minutes after the store has closed.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3922 SCP-3922]] is an anomalous silver cylinder that changes the [[LaserGuidedKarma karmic outcome]] in any form of fiction. The results? Every vile KarmaHoudini [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty FINALLY gets punished]], while the unlucky victims and heroes [[EarnYourHappyEnding earn their happy ending]], or at least [[ThrowTheDogABone compensated in some way]]. By extension, those who are annoyed by SCP-3922's [[MoralGuardians moral grandstanding to anything they find objectionable in fictional entertainment]] and making it so [[InvincibleHero they easily win all of their encounters with the bad guys]] will likely enjoy seeing them [[CurbStompBattle fail horribly]] at killing [[NighInvulnerable SCP-682]], [[MonsterClown SCP-993 (Bobble the Clown)]] shooting down one of their spaceships with a ''[[RockBeatsLaser slingshot]]'', [[WebAnimation/SuperMarioGlitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers the sheer randomness of the SMG4 universe]] causing them to abandon ship after having [[GroinAttack gotten their dick trapped inside doors]], and [[Manga/{{Berserk}} the Godhand]] ''completely routing them''.
** Supposedly, the reason the comedic [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7933 SCP-7933]] (a pataphysical anomaly that causes narratives to be overrun by hundreds of mandrills and then turned into a StylisticSuck nature reel) exists [[BreatherEpisode despite being part of the horror-based SCP Anthology series]] is because of a carnal desire the author had while working in retail to do the same to problem customers. Anyone who's been in the same situation can probably empathize.
* CommonKnowledge:
** The Foundation has three main object classes: "Safe", "Euclid", and "Keter". They classify [=SCPs=] by how difficult it is to ''contain'' them, but many people mistake them as how ''dangerous'' they are. Essentially, "Safe" is reserved for non-sentient [=SCPs=] that could be locked in a box and forgotten about without issue, even if they have the potential to be incredibly dangerous or destructive in the wrong hands.[[note]](The site notes that under this classification, a button that annihilates the entire universe when pushed would be considered "Safe".)[[/note]] Conversely, a living or sentient SCP, even if mostly harmless, will almost always be at least Euclid, as they require consistent attention to contain[[note]](It's stated that a cat that can swap places with any other cat on Earth would be Keter-class, despite being no more dangerous than an ordinary housecat, as this makes it extremely difficult to contain.)[[/note]]. And no matter how murderous a living SCP is, if it's able to be contained without extensive effort, it's "Euclid" and not "Keter". Many entries from [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness the site's early days]] that would otherwise be classified as "Euclid" are instead "Safe", while many "murder monster" entries that are dangerous but containable are classified as "Keter" rather than "Euclid"; this may contribute to the misconception. In 2019, some members of the wiki introduced an extended (and optional, as many users dislike it) classification system to remedy this, one of which actually says how dangerous a specific SCP is ("notice", "caution", "warning", "danger", and "critical").
** SCP-999 is typically assumed to have eyes, arms and a mouth due to fan art, but it actually lacks organs and appendages altogether.
** SCP-4335 is often depicted with yellow eyes and a toothy mouth locked into a shit-eating grin. However, the article's actual portrayal of it is completely featureless, considering it's basically a sentient void. Some fan videos of the creature also show it being able to hold ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' weapons, even though 4335 is never demonstrated doing so (and would have no reason to, since it has the Endermen and its tentacles at its disposal for combat.)
** Kain Pathos Crow is sometimes depicted with anthropomorphism, even though he really is just a talking dog to the point that a MiniMecha is required for him to do certain human things like having opposible fingers. His mugshot on his personal file might be a source of this confusion, as the dog used for the photo is standing upright and wearing a human-looking suit.
** The acronym "ABSS" ("Absolute Boundless Supernormal State") is often used to refer to [[spoiler:the Koitern's latent power and its pataphysical GateOfTruth stored within SCP-173]] from the events of SCP-CN-2510. This has never been an official name for it; it simply goes by the Chinese characters for "supernormal" ("超常态") and is localized in English as "Metanormalcy." The phrase itself appears to be a contextual mistranslation of a passage in the article that describes Metanormalcy as "infinite [and] omnipotent."
** The increasing amount of DoorStopper articles is sometimes exaggerated in proportion by offsite readers, to the point where there's a widget in the site's search functions that probes for the shortest new pages specifically to deter this notion.
* CrackPairing:
** Invoked and averted in [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/the-things-dr-bright-is-not-allowed-to-do-at-the-foundation The Things Dr Bright Is Not Allowed To Do At The Foundation]].
-->''It probably would generate a great deal of revenue if sold in Japan but still, [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction 682 on Granny]], Jesus Christ man.''
** There's fan art of Able and Iris. Keep in mind that Able's a killer who's [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove incapable of feeling love]].
*** ''Slightly'' justified in that both were involved in projects to weaponize [=SCPs=] ([[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-076-2 Project Able]] and Project Iris, respectively). They are even commonly thought to have been on the same mobile task force (Pandora's Box).
*** It's worth noting that in the canons where Pandora's Box existed, the reason the force was shut down is usually stated to be ''Able murdering every other team member except for Iris'', something that, in the [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/resurrection Resurrection]] canon, at least, Iris is still traumatized by, and actually has a better relationship with Cain as a consequence. The reason Iris survived varies, but if you're a shipper, [[YouWillBeSpared you can probably guess what it was]]. If not, the most likely explanation is that she simply wasn't present.
** Some people like to ship [[OmnicidalManiac 682]] with [[FriendToAllLivingThings 999]]. This one could work in theory, [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-999 considering the way they interacted]], but it also caused 682 to unleash a wave of liquid happiness that killed a huge amount of people, and while 999 wants to see 682 again, 682 responded to the idea of them meeting again with:
-->“That feculent little snot wad can [DATA EXPUNGED] and die."
** It's not as well known as Iris/Able, but there is a couple of pieces of fan art of [[MemeticMolester 106]] and [[WildChild 811]]. SCP-811 is canonically [[BlackComedyRape incapable of giving informed consent]].
** Another 106 shipping, from the discussion on [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-352 SCP-352]]:
-->'''Gears''': Just had the worst idea ever… this and 106 out loose in the same area… lordy… Also… I forgot about the story for her, but I remember now, and will hopefully get a good idea for it soon.
-->'''Tom Serveaux''': They catch each other's eyes from across the hall and fall in love. Then 106 invites 352 out on a romantic, candle-lit, infanticide spree. Then they get married and have lots and lots of decrepit, predatory babies. A heart-warming romance, indeed.
** There's also a little bit of fan art for [[GodIsGood Pangloss]]/[[TricksterGod Saturn Deer]].
** There exist at least [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/going-home two]] [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/a-romantic-comedy-starring-a-dead-mosquito-guest-starring-th tales]] pairing SCP-049 and Leslie (the named SCP-3774 specimen). Yes, they paired the Plague Doctor with a ''cyborg mosquito''.
** Iris and 166 has [[https://pepperpixel.tumblr.com/post/163529697813/a-lil-scp-sketch-dump-featuring-105-some-clefs some]] [[https://fleshtown.tumblr.com/post/185611178970/i-beg-u-to-consider following]] [[https://fleshtown.tumblr.com/post/185785553990/safe-and-sound-lost-and-found on]] [[https://fleshtown.tumblr.com/post/185896211375/bro-were-teens-bro-were-trapped-in-a-government Tumblr]] (Where else?). Since 166 is Clef's kid, there's also the potential [[https://fleshtown.tumblr.com/post/187541797600/au-where-clef-isnt-an-absentee-father-that-puts Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?]]-comedy. There's [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/hawaiian-shirts this Tale]] from the ''Resurrection'' canon who makes it a real thing.
** In the recent [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/resurrection-old-foes-hub Resurrection: Old Foes]] mini-canon, there's [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-179 SCP-179]]; the benevolent Thaumiel-class entity named Sauelsuesor, paired with the equally benevolent- if slightly [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} unfocused]], [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1233 SCP-1233]]; AKA, ''[[CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth Moon Champion]].'' You know what they say about opposites...
--->'''Moon Champion''': If this is one of your human courtship rituals, I'm sorry, but my heart belongs to a lass with far-away eyes, a stellar pedigree, a steady job, a stable orbit, and several trillion tons of something which ''just might be hair.''
** Another ship getting popular is SCP-811 and SCP-054. This may be due to them both being water-oriented female entities.
* CrazyIsCool: Many of the better-known researchers swing back and forth between this and just plain crazy. Some of the more notable moments:
** Dr. Bright once attempted to disprove [[{{God}} 343's]] existence, ''to 343''. Seriously, just check out [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/the-things-dr-bright-is-not-allowed-to-do-at-the-foundation the list of things he's no longer allowed to do]]; if he was even half as insane as most of the entries suggest, it's a miracle that he's still allowed to be a researcher.
** Agent Strelkinov, as proven by [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/reddawn his guide on joining MTF-E5]].
** Dr. Kondraki. Pretty much everyone around him is wary of him due to his disorderly and dangerous behavior, and he is suspected of psychosis. However, his mastery of the IndyPloy has made him one of the most valuable assets of the Foundation. [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/duke-till-dawn At one point]], he tried to kill [[OurVampiresAreDifferent SCP-083-D]] by ''[[SummonBiggerFish breaching SCP-682's containment]] and riding on its back.'' It didn't work, but the fact that he survived this and later on he managed to kill 083 with a different SCP item (namely, a chamber organ that crystallizes your blood if you hear its music) is really telling of both his craziness and his badassery.
** Agent Adams from [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/resurrection Resurrection]] was pretty badass already. And then the Foundation decides that she could have an experimental GOC battle suit. Her new levels of badass were proven in her and Iris' shared crowning moment of awesome, when they took down a [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/hellomuddah swarm of replicating zombies]] pretty much by themselves.
** For one of the [=SCPs=] themselves, it's hard to top [[BadassAdorable 999]], a cute, friendly gelatin cube that loves ''tickle fights with 682.''
%%* CreepyAwesome: A lot of the more out-there [=SCPs=] like 173, 106, and 096.
* CreepyCute:
%%** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-053 053]]. Just look at that picture of her.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-239 239]]. She even gets a little witch's hat and cape at one point.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-040 040]], whose description makes her sound like an [[{{Animesque}} anime girl]].
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-134 134]], despite her creepy black eyes, is quite a cute little girl.
** To some, [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1471 1471-A]] is weirdly adorable for the vaguely-humanoid skull-faced monster it is, given that by all accounts it just wants to be your friend.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2521 2521]], [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff especially in the Chinese fanbase]], due to how happy it apparently gets when people talk about it.
* CriticalDissonance:
** The general AuthorAvatar decommission-era over-the-top styled writing is very popular and well-liked by the off-site fandom, but the main site itself treats them as some sort of OldShame.
** The works of wiki user djkaktus encounter this frequently on Website/{{Tumblr}}; while they are inarguably the highest-rated author on the site (surpassing even the likes of Clef and Gears in terms of vote count) several Tumblr blogs who have SCP as part of their fandom have at least one post dedicated to how much they dislike either the works of djkaktus, or the man himself.
* CryForTheDevil: [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7898 SCP-7898]] is a bunch of man-eating {{Giant Spider}}s. Yet the [[BackstoryHorror implied mentions]] of the [[AfterTheEnd absolute hellscape they endure with their prey every single day]] coupled with them facing extinction due to captivity has gotten sympathetic reactions from some readers, who see them as fellow survivors of an apocalypse desperately trying all they can to get by. It's even stated in-universe that caring for them is a ''luxury'' in the Foundation.
* DiagnosedByTheAudience: The fact that SCP-321 has poor learning skills (taking months or even years to learn how to use eating utensils) and that she finds it difficult to perform the most basic tasks imply that she's essentially mentally ill.
* DracoInLeatherPants:
** [[AbsoluteXenophobe SCP-682]], of all things, gets this frequently, from those who believe that it only wants to kill everything because everything wants to kill it. Those who believe this rarely mention two incidents in which 682 killed completely innocent children who had been left in its cell. They also rarely consider that the Foundation must have a ''reason'' for wanting to kill it, as they don't terminate [=SCPs=] very often. WordOfGod implies that [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-561991/the-leak 682 might not be naturally violent or malevolent]], which might make the leather pantsing a little more justified.
--->'''Dr. Gears:''' Whatever Clef had done that causes his head to be unrecordable seems to bugger up more than just cameras. 682 was unsure as to what in the fuck was going on. 682 isn't inherently a violent organism, as we understand the term. When not faced with unreal terror, 682 is actually somewhat cautious and shy, like many big predators. If Clef had stayed inside, 682 would have probably adapted past the “face cycling” thing, and butchered him. As it was, the big gecko was waiting to see what would happen.
** On another note, there's Able, despite him being a clear OmnicidalManiac whose brief attempt to work with the Foundation ended due to him slaughtering his coworkers more out of boredom than anything else. The sheer amount of [[SelfFanservice nice fan-art]] for him probably helps explain why he's so liked. Though there are other reasons others like him, of course, with some admiring his in-universe mythical status as a [[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh-esque]] demigod.
** Out of all the [=SCPs=], SCP-049 might get it the most. While his article has gotten a rewrite in May 2018 that makes him more sympathetic, it doesn't change the fact that he still actively kills people and turns them into mindless zombies that attack other living beings, just to cure them of a pestilence that he can't properly explain.
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Despite not being as famous as Able, Iris, or the Old Man, [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-811 SCP-811]] ("Swamp Woman") is one of the highest-rated humanoid [=SCPs=] on the site. She's also quite popular in fan art. Her popularity is likely because of her [[MakeThemRot creepy abilities]], an oddly [[UglyCute endearing]] and unique [[NonMaliciousMonster personality]] and a backstory that makes her [[TragicMonster genuinely sympathetic]].
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-j SCP-____-J]]. It's a very short article (which is the point), yet it's the third highest rated page on the ''entire'' wiki, right after SCP-2521 and SCP-173.
** SCP-040 ("Evolution's Child"), SCP-049 ("Plague Doctor"), SCP-131 ("Eye Pods"), and SCP-134 ("Star-Eyed Child") are quite popular amongst fanart creators. 049, in particular, got a huge boost in popularity due to [=TheVolgun=]'s delightfully creepy voice work from ''VideoGame/SCPContainmentBreach'', and his article eventually even got a rewrite to flesh him out as a character, complete with audio logs.
** Other than [[CreepyChild SCP-053]], some of the other child SCP items, such as [[BlackEyesOfEvil SCP-134]] and [[RoseHairedSweetie SCP-040]], are also quite popular, likely due to being CreepyCute.
** SCP-1471 is getting a growing fanbase for [[PopularWithFurries some reasons]]. It helps that the profile picture used for 1471 is an actual fursuit and that 1471 itself is completely harmless, with most of its creepiness coming from its intimidating appearance.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2521 SCP-2521]], the [[TheSpook enigmatic info-stealing monster]], is one of the most iconic [=SCPs=] outside the initial 1000 due to its article's unique gimmick and execution. On the site itself, it's the second-highest rated article next to SCP-173, beating out even SCP-087 and SCP-____-J.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3008 SCP-3008]], the Infinite IKEA, is one of the highest-rated SCP's from Series 4[[note]]which starts off with SCP-3000[[/note]] and onward. This is helped from the fact that it's one of the few SCP's to have a standalone videogame adaptation.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5031 SCP-5031]] is a fairly well-received SCP overall, but seems to have gotten especially popular over on Tumblr due to its [[Heartwarming/SCPFoundation heartwarming story]] and a [[https://cteranodon.tumblr.com/post/627373715944062976/my-only-further-thoughts-that-i-want-to-express viral post]] that has been going around praising it.
** SCP-524 is fairly iconic due to being only one of two creatures 682 is afraid of.
** Out of all of the French series, [[TheButcher SCP-006-FR]] tends to be the most popular.
** Connor from the SCP animated series ''{{WebAnimation/Confinement}}''; despite technically not being an official character from the SCP Wiki itself, he's now a fairly popular subject for SCP fan-art and memes.
* EpilepticTrees:
** Able (SCP-076) is a video game character, as he's constantly bored unless killing something, can produce an infinite quantity of weapons, and respawns on death.
** In the very first sentence of the description, [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-231 SCP-231-7]] is described as a █████ female. Some authors are of the belief that those censor boxes aren't hiding her race, but her ''species.'' Specifically, those authors think that 231-7 is a whale.
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* FandomEnragingMisconception:
** It's "SCP". ''Not'' "SPC". If you make the typo, someone's bound to joke that it means "Shark Punching Center".
** Most who read the SCP wiki in-depth are forgiving if someone assumes the SCP Foundation is primarily horror, given how many iconic [=SCPs=] are horror based [[note]]mostly due to AdaptationDisplacement from the [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-087 SCP-087]] game, ''[[Videogame/SCPContainmentBreach Containment Breach]]'', and ''SCP: Secret Laboratory''[[/note]], and will offer a simple correction. However, claiming that the site was always meant to be horror and complaining about certain [=SCPs=] not being scary will get a much more negative response.
** Both the SCP community and {{Creepypasta}}/online horror community are generally tired of the latter being labelled "SCP" when they have no relation to the former's universe whatsover. Perhaps the most notable case is [[Blog/{{Slimyswampghost}} Siren Head]], where its creator (Trevor Henderson) even goes out of his way to firmly establish that his art is not an SCP.
** Any attempt to take certain particularly text-and-reference-heavy articles like Project PARAGON, ''ADMONITION'', the [=X000 SCPs=], or SCP-6500 as representative of ''all'' modern articles will be met with a swift referral to the [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/shortest-pages-this-month "Shortest Pages in the Last 30 Days"]] widget, which is almost always occupied with new articles fitting that description.
** Likewise, while pop culture references are increasingly present throughout the site's chronology, claiming that they are in any way arbitrary or pointless is an easy way to get an earful, considering most articles that make use of such references either have diegetic explanations for them or were motivated by the restrictions of a contest like MEMECON.
* FandomHeresy: Do ''not'' use an SCP's power level as its main selling point when discussing it. Nine times out of ten, you'll be accused of not fully understanding their article's content, and nine times out of ten, that ''will'' be a correct statement.
* FanMyopia:
** Several members of the fanbase (particularly the younger ones) place a handful of [=SCPs=] (namely 049, 096, 106, 173, 682, and 999) on a pedestal, while ignoring newer works and things such as tales, as well as the doctrine of "[[LooseCanon There Is No Canon]]", leading to questions such as "what if 096 fought 173", the answer to which will inevitably be "Whatever you want to happen".
** On the SCP Foundation subreddit, whenever the topic of "What SCP do you think is underrated/gets overlooked?" or similar threads come up, fans will routinely name articles that have ratings of 1000 or higher, which are easily in the top 5% of articles on the site.
* FanNickname:
** SCP-106 is sometimes called "Radical Larry", based on [[https://dominosbrainstorm.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/family-portrait.jpg this image]], and the fact that it can go through walls.
** Thanks to WebVideo/{{Markiplier}}, SCP-173 has gained the moniker of "Billy".
** SCP: Secret Laboratory has lead to several new nicknames for various [=SCPs=] and Foundation personnel. 173 is often referred to as "The Killer Peanut" or just "Peanut", 106 has "T-Pose Boy" due to his model's at the time incomplete rigging causing his upper body to T-Pose, and the D-Class personnel are referred to as "D-Bois" [[AscendedMeme even by the creators of the game.]]
** The SCP article pages themselves are sometimes referred to as "skips", due to similar pronounciation.
** SCP-001 proposals sometimes have a three-letter code appended to the number related to the author (e.g. I.H. Pickman's proposal would be SCP-001-IHP, and S. Andrew Swann's proposal would be SCP-001-SWN) when referenced in canons and other [=SCPs=] that require multiple proposals to be true. However, this isn't stated as an official form of nomenclature in any official writing guides.
** Whenever regular users are allowed to weigh in on staff decisions, they're often called the "O4 Council" after the group of the same name called in to replace O5-9 during From 120's Archives.
* FandomRivalry: With a splinter site and their SpiritualSuccessor, the Website/RPCAuthority, which was created during June 2018, following the Pride Month Controversy and for political and creative differences. Early on, RPC users actively harrassed members of the Foundation and plagiarized several articles from the site, with its members who committed these offenses facing no consequences on RPC. It's also actively discouraged to make a crossover between the two, as both want to sever ties between each other, to the point where it's been speculated that the '[=WikiJump=]' project to create an alternative platform to Wikidot will actively exclude RPC.
* {{Fanon}}:
** Fanart loves to depict SCP-2317 (the kilometer-tall fat dude chained underground behind a dimensional portal) as having a single cyclopean eye, even though no such trait is present in his description.
** SCP-2521's pictographs put a little heart symbol [[TheBlank where the entity's face should be]] whenever it takes information of itself. This is most likely just to convey its love/desire for the information, but it's extremely common for fans to portray this as an actual physical feature it has.
* FanonDiscontinuity: The fandom, by and large, views the SCP Wiki as a creepypasta and horror site as opposed to a general creative writing site with a shared universe, much to the chagrin and frustration of those actually writing for the wiki. It's true that horror pieces are still being produced--their effectiveness varies--but when some of the more acclaimed items written in the past three to four years include [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1296 a llama delivery service]], [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2331 a scarecrow DJ]], and [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2085 a Space Wizard and his Commando Catgirls]] as [=SCPs=], you know it's not solely a horror site anymore.
* FandomSpecificPlot: It’s common for stories, especially on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, to have Dr. Clef go through angst relating to his trauma from the events depicted in SCP-4231 before finding comfort in another character. Said other character is usually Dr. Kondraki, SCP-166, or an OriginalCharacter.
* FoeYayShipping: Robert Bumaro, head of the Church of the Broken God, a religion that worships a mechanical deity that opposes an evil flesh being, and Grand Karcist Ion, the head of the Sarkic Cults, which worships said evil flesh (Maybe. It's complicated) have been paired together for quite some time now.
* GeniusBonus: Grand Karcist Ion and a large part of the Sarkic cults are based on an obscure [[UsefulNotes/{{Alchemy}} alchemical text]] by [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210728073943/https://www.levity.com/alchemy/zosimos.html Zosimos of Panoplis]] dating back to the third century. Ion is a character that is dismembered and reassembled, the text features a "copper man" who gave up his flesh, and Ion is said to want to raise the dead.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff:
** While it isn't the only international branch, SCP has a substantial following in Japan, a fan web-{{manga}} that adorably explains the notable [=SCPs=] (with an English translation), official manga anthologies that also explain notable [=SCPs=], and even an official LightNovel.
** Eastern Asia appears to have a bigger affinity for ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''-based [=SCPs=] than the English branch, as the Minecraft Department is a transplant from the Japanese and Chinese branches. This is made apparent by how the English branch itself only has three noteworthy articles involving ''Minecraft'' to speak of (one of which was deleted)[[labelnote:list]]SCP-4335, a sentient void contained within the game; SCP-6468, a dado product taking the form of a potion that affects the user in the real world; and a failed pataphysics SCP set in the anarchy server [=2b2t=][[/labelnote]], yet the Department apparently already has the need to construct five sites, hire for four decently-populated divisions, and requisition three [=MTFs=].
** As a smaller example, there is also [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1970-j SCP-1970-J]], a Joke SCP entirely written with a MauriceChevalierAccent where an anomaly caused the entire american culture to be replaced by the most stereotypically french version of itself. [[SelfDeprecation Members of the french speaking branch loved it.]]
* GrowingTheBeard: There's naturally countless "individual" examples for each author on the wiki concerning this trope, to the point where it's completely unfeasible to record each and every one. However, there seems to be a pretty decent majority of both fans and authors who see Series III's [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2000 SCP-2000 ("Deus Ex Machina")]] as the first SCP on the site to truly set a new standard in terms of quality for site articles and inspire other writers to "step up their game", so to speak, (with the exception of some noteworthy outliers like [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-093 SCP-093 ("The Red Sea Object") from Series I]].)
* HarsherInHindsight:
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1004 SCP-1004]] is both kind of funny, gross, and sad in that it's a pornography program called "Factory Porn" that generates fake porn of whatever the user asks it to (with the eventual side-effect of the user becoming desensitized to it and wanting to enact their fantasies on innocent people). With the rise in popularity of AI Art programs, the concept of a program being able to provide images and even video of unconsenting people (including celebrities and even ''children'') and having the program show them doing sexual and illegal acts is no longer just an SCP fairy-tale, with the tech becoming more accurate and realistic every day. Given what the author was banned for, it's also very revealing about him.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1032 SCP-1032]] is an alarm clock that accurately predicts the time at which things will end. In what was probably intended as an absurdist joke back in TheNewTens, one of its hands predicts that "2020" will end on January 1, 2022. Not as funny anymore considering the COVID-19 pandemic.
** There is a real life online group called "Are We Cool Yet?" creating and distributing plans for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4dBuPJ9p7A 3-D printed guns]] using the logo designed for the [=GoI=].
** The "it's happening again" meme becomes significantly less funny in [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7591 SCP-7591]], which has Alex Thorley repeat their lines almost verbatim during the SCP's SurrealHorror twist revealing that [[spoiler:their association with the Department of Unreality is causing them to lose their humanity]].
** In [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-978-extended-test-logs the extended test logs for SCP-978]][[note]]A MagicalCamera that produces photos that show your current desire[[/note]], [[DeadlyDoctor SCP-049]]'s photo shows him [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes embracing a six-year-old child (presumably his son/daughter)]]. In 2020, it was discovered that SCP-049's author, Gabriel Jade, had sexually and emotionally abused a then-underage user in 2018.
** Similarly, the [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/the-things-dr-bright-is-not-allowed-to-do-at-the-foundation Things Dr. Bright Is Not Allowed To Do At The Foundation]] page was locked after people began adding references to things like rape and pedophilia. In 2022, [=AdminBright=] -- who created the Dr. Bright character -- was permanently banned from the site after it had been discovered that they had sexually harassed multiple underage users. The page was unilaterally deleted the following year by a rogue moderator; while there was some debate over whether this was the right thing to do, very few users were sad to see the list go, and the deletion was ultimately upheld.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** One of the snacks SCP-261 produced was a Pepsi drink flavored with dragonfruit that the Foundation said [=PepsiCo=] did not produce. In 2012, the real [=PepsiCo=] ''did'' produce a dragonfruit-flavored Pepsi called Pepsi X to promote ''Series/TheXFactor''.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2747 SCP-2747]] has, one of an entry, a videogame called "No Sister of Mine". Judging from the description of the game, it feels like ''Videogame/FearAndHunger'', without the bad parts.
** The SCP-3000 contest entry Chessland was massively lampooned for ruining the entire article with massive amounts of garbage text generated through a neural network in an effort to look creepy. Lo and behold, cue [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-botnik-j SCP-BOTNIK-J, AKA SCP-\̅\̅\̅\̅-J]], which is nothing ''but'' procedurally generated text and was widely praised for its creativity. Even better, the SCP-001 proposal ("A Good Boy") by [=TheGreatHippo=] and [=PeppersGhost=] would ''also'' go on to utilize procedural generated text (here, it was used to simulate the messages of a primitive [=A.I.=] creating containment procedures based on anomalous data), and it was widely praised for its creativity and resultant {{Word Salad Horror}}.
** The 34th rule from [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/the-things-dr-bright-is-not-allowed-to-do-at-the-foundation "The Things Dr. Bright Is Not Allowed To Do At The Foundation"]] (Dr. Bright is not allowed to apply SCP-963 to any major political figures. Again.) becomes a ''lot'' more hilarious come [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4444 SCP 4444]], where it is revealed that he was used on a then brain-dead George W. Bush to run against Gore (who was sharing a body with a hostile alien). Even more so because Bright was ''not'' a willing participant in this event.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-6930 SCP-6930]] is a Pattern Screamer named "Paty" who made a VirtualYouTuber career for herself in a bid to get enough human attention to exist again. When booting her off the internet using "thaumaturgical firewalls" didn't work, the SCP Foundation had some of its agents attempt to bully her into quitting her career. When other people on the 6930's case decided that these agents were going a bit too far in their bullying, they offered Paty a position in real life [=VTuber=] group WebAnimation/{{hololive}}. A few months after the writing of this SCP, hololive introduced a new group of [=VTubers=] whose collective character setting is that of [[TheIlluminati a secret society]], much like the SCP Foundation.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5254 SCP-5254]] is an anomaly that turns people wearing Pokémon accessories for prolonged periods of time. The Foundation's methods to attempt to stop the spread of the anomaly is to force The Pokemon Company to begin to reduce the quality of its games, starting with ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' and it's Dexit fiasco. Come 2022, ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' release and are lambasted as bug-riddled games by many, which could be interpreted as the Foundation's handiwork. The cherry on top? The games sold over 10 million copies in their first three days, making them Nintendo's biggest launch of all time, and 22 million copies by March 2023. This means the Foundation could be seen as both succeeding and failing at their containment!
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/the-s-c-plastics-hub The S & C Plastics Canon]] cites ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' as one of its inspirations; ''Gravity Falls'' was inspired by the RealLife town of Boring, Oregon. A few years later, Boring became a part of the site canon with the establishment of [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/wilson-s-wildlife-solutions-hub Wilson's Wildlife Solutions]].
* HypeBacklash: 682 and Able are almost reviled by some members for being so ridiculously popular. It doesn't help that they're the leading causes of BrokenBase on the site, either.
* IAmNotShazam: Lots of [=SCPs=] with multiple components are often lumped together with their suffixes forgotten.
** Even in other articles on the site, "Able" has been mistakenly referred to as SCP-076 despite being the latter of its two components, SCP-076-'''2'''.
** Many forget that [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-231 the girl]] with a FetusTerrible contained by Procedure 110-Montauk is 231-'''7''', and 231 is the entire group of girls.
** The green slime that must never come in contact with dead bodies is SCP-447-2. SCP-447-1 is [[BuffySpeak the spongy ball thing]] that produces SCP-447-2.
** Officially, the SCP-2747 designation does not refer to the anafabula nor the central intelligence controlling it; it only refers to the aftermath of its effects, where stories are erased from history and only discussion of them remains. All three tend to be lumped together due to CharacterizationMarchesOn and the article itself discussing the possibility of its existence.
* IconicCharacterForgottenTitle: "SCP Foundation" is the correct name for both the in-universe organisation and the real world website, and "The Foundation" is an acceptable InUniverse shorthand name. Not "The SCP". Even if it is contextually obvious it is incorrect. SCP or "The SCP" should only be used to refer to the contained anomalies, ''not'' the name of the organization that contains them. The name of the organization is right there in the title, the SCP ''Foundation'', i.e. the Foundation of [=SCPs=].
* JerkassWoobie: Syncope Symphony (the group responsible for experimenting on the Class of '76) turns out to be led by a shadowy group of former high school students who were forcibly transformed into monsters by a flawed activation of SCP-2000. As a result, they became intensely athazagoraphobic and took increasingly-desperate measures with their new powers to become remembered again and return to their normal lives, a situation only made worse when a Foundation containment procedure GoneHorriblyWrong led to the creation of SCP-2316 and the burdens both the SCP itself and Syncope have had to live with since. At the same time though, even though the Foundation may have messed up, they're right to point out that Syncope's more catastrophic anomalies brand them [[KnightTemplar as a terrorist group]] who would rather [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum destroy this world and themselves for the sake of pointless nostalgia instead of learning to move on]].
* LGBTFanbase: A small, but notable contingent, which has become increasingly visible over time as the site evolves and changes. Key website staff and well known power users are generally in favour of improving diversity and accessibility for LGBT users, and many actively push back against people who want to get rid of such users. Of course, there are several users who are LGBT themselves.
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* MagnificentBastard:
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2137 SCP 2137]]: The ghost of Music/TupacShakur, fights corruption from beyond the grave, using music to communicate with the living. He got the Foundations attention when he urged one of his listeners to commit the vigilante slaying against a corrupt official and SerialKiller, who would have gotten away with it, providing evidence to exonerate his listener. He has the Foundation use their resources in his pursuit of justice, resulting in thousands of cold cases being solved, escaped killers being arrested or killed, and even the recovery of dangerous SCP's. When the Foundation decided he had too much power over his containment, they try to suppress him; Tupac's response was to release an album to the public, exposing the Foundation, their dirty secrets, and the location of a dangerous SCP, causing the Foundation to scramble to control the damage, following Tupac's demands. A researcher would uncover a obscured interview where Tupac implies he's actually an otherworldly being "on vacation", and that he even is pursuing the Scarlet King himself, outright calling him a "bitch who knows his days are numbered".
** [[NoirEpisode Murphy Law]] is a crafty RealityWarper who invades written narratives and turns them into Film Noir scripts, something he uses to his advantage. In his first appearance, Murphy invades the article for SCP-3043, stopping the malevolent Typewriter from rewriting reality by swiftly derailing its story and killing it afterwards. When the Foundation tries to contain him later on by deconstructing his character, rendering him powerless, Murphy manages to will his powers back and escape by deconstructing the Foundation itself, revealing to his researcher that they too are fictional, leaving the Foundation hesitant to act against it for the time being.
** The scholar with a head resembling that of a rabbit is one of the [[TheFairFolk faeries]] residing within "Taboo"/[[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/taboo SCP-4000]]. Desiring to return to the outside world, the scholar befriends Dr. Eugene Japers with his knowledge and gentlemanly demeanor, only to trick him into letting him steal his identity, allowing the scholar to happily leave the forest without fear of Foundation interference.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3922-extended-test-logs SCP-3992's Extended Test Log]]: [[DiabolicalMastermind Hans Gruber]] remains the suave planner he was in the [[Film/DieHard original film]]. Taking over Nakatomi Plaza, Gruber quickly responds to the SCP-3922-A's attempting to kill him by tricking the police into attacking them, getting both off his back and reducing SCP-3922-A to 5 members. Only loosing due to [=McClane's=] last minute intervention in 3922's favor, Gruber stands out as one of 3922's most resilient targets.
** ''[[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/the-meaning-of-fear The Meaning Of Fear]]'': The seemingly harmless [[BewareTheSillyOnes SCP-2006]] is revealed to be far more intelligent than initially anticipated. A shape-shifting being that thrives off of fear, it plays along with the Foundation's assumption that it thinks people are scared by B-Movies, enjoying the Foundation's fears that it'll one day discover what true fear is. While conversing with a researcher, he subtly reveals his deceptions to her, correctly anticipating that she'll catch on and be horrified by the realization before politely allowing her to leave, getting in one genuine scare on the way.
* MemeticBadass:
** Dr. Clef is immune to seduction because his crotch is a hand, and that hand holds a gun.
** SCP-999. Given that it can subdue SCP-682, fans off-site jokingly claim that 999 can tickle just about ''anything'' into submission.
** Sheldon Katz, Esq., the Foundation's Senior Counsel. His introduction holding his own in a contract negotiation with a literal devil was only the start for the legal department's answer to Dr. Clef.
* MemeticMolester:
** SCP-106, mostly due to him looking like a typical DirtyOldMan.
** SCP-953, considering she [[spoiler:raped the corpse of a Foundation agent's fiancée while said agent was watching]].
** SCP-2521, based largely on the image of it wrapping a D-class in its tentacles and abducting them with a heart on its "face."
* MemeticMutation:
** [DATA EXPUNGED], [REDACTED], and █████ [[labelnote:Explanation]]Data omissions have long been a staple of the Foundation's writing.[[/labelnote]]
** The phrase '''"Oh God Oh Fuck!"''' is jokingly used on dealing with dangerous [=SCPs=], like [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent 682]], [[DontLookAtMe 096]], [[MakeThemRot 106]], [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou 2316]], [[TheSpook 2521]] and so on.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/bees Bees]] and things that beecome bees
---> [[MadnessMantra What if bees]] collected tropes and made a [[SugarWiki/SweetExists wiki all about the sweetest ones]]?
---> What if there were [[BeeBeeGun a gun that shot bees?]]
---> What if [[HornetHole a game level was bees]]?
---> What if there were [[TheSwarm MORE bees]]?
---> What if [[BeePeople bees were people too]]?
---> What if [[BeehiveBarrier bees could generate force fields]]?
---> What if [[BeeAfraid bees was a trope]]?
---> '''[=TROPES WERE DEFINITELY BEES.=]'''
** Crunch. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The preferred onomatopoeia for SCP-173's NeckSnap.[[/labelnote]]
** "The store is now closed. Please exit the building." [[labelnote:Explanation]]SCP-3008 (AKA the infinite IKEA) has a seemingly limitless number of faceless staff, who spend the "night" [[DissonantSerenity calmly telling you to leave the premises while attempting to tear you to shreds.]] [[/labelnote]]
** "Hello, SCP Foundation? Yeah, it's [[WeirdnessMagnet me]]... yeah, [[ThisIsGonnaSuck it's happening again]]." [[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/18/38/c0/1838c07e2986a15e27915682ef52feef.jpg This image]] is a common online reaction to weird, supernatural-looking events and items/creatures.[[/labelnote]]
** "You do not recognize the bodies in the water."[[labelnote:Explanation]] The phrase used throughout the article of [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2316 SCP-2316]] to prevent the reader from being affected by the cognitohazard. Cue endless jokes and memes about what happens if you ''do'' recognize the bodies in the water. This one particularly gained traction in 2021 after [[https://www.tiktok.com/@scp_realised/video/6984188500044205318?is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=6984188500044205318 a TikTok video based on SCP-2316]] went viral.[[/labelnote]]
** Eberstrom's SCP-001 proposal[[labelnote:Explanation]]One of the -ARC [=SCPs=] is this proposal for SCP-001 that suggests only Site-19 specifically is an anomaly, calling out [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield its vague location]]. Due to it being incorporated into a Resurrection-style StoryArc (that has since been QuietlyCancelled), it was preserved after its vote count fell to pathetically-low levels. It later gained a memetic reputation as many attempts would be made to create a suitable SpiritualSuccessor, all of which have either ended in failure or deviated too heavily from the concept to properly replace Eberstrom's Proposal. The current top contendor is SCP-7001, due to its similar, er, [[{{Pun}} foundation]] of Site-19 being an anomaly.[[/labelnote]]
** Music/MariahCarey is an SCP[[labelnote:Explanation]] In combination with the joke about Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” being a SealedEvilInACan that awakens during the holidays, it is joked that Mariah Carey is kept in SCP containment and always breaks out around November or December. The official [[https://x.com/scpwiki/status/1587463536845783041?s=46 SCP Twitter account]] even [[PlayAlongMeme plays along.]][[/labelnote]]
** "Due to circumstances outside of our control, this directive has now changed. Our new mission will be the extermination of the human race. There will be no further communication."[[labelnote:Explanation (SCP-5000 spoilers)]]An excerpt from the infamous speech of the Foundation in the alternate timeline depicted in SCP-5000 where the Foundation inexplicably [[FaceHeelTurn turns against]] and starts [[KillAllHumans murdering all of humanity]]. Often rewritten to fit the style of other major powerful organizations, fictitious and otherwise.[[/labelnote]]
* MisaimedFandom:
** A large part of the wiki's fanbase (mostly off-site) prefers to ignore most new [=SCP=]s and focus on the earliest creations (though there are some exceptions like SCP-2521 and SCP-3008). Such as SCP-682 (AKA the OmnicidalManiac Lizard), SCP-173 (AKA a statue that breaks your neck if you look away), SCP-953 (AKA ''another'' OmnicidalManiac, this time aimed exclusively at the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom), and SCP-106 (AKA the epitome of the horror behind the DirtyOldMan trope). This has been met with a mix of bemusement, frustration, and HypeBacklash from various site authors.
** [[WordOfGod According to Dr. Clef]], the "Apollyon" class he used in SCP-2317 was intended to be a special classification for items which were only known about by certain very high-level personnel, such as the [=O5s=]. However, subsequent writers have taken to assuming that it referred to an object which was fundamentally uncontainable, or that it represents a DespairEventHorizon on the part of the Foundation; this has led to it being used for this purposes in such articles as SCP-4005 and S. D. Locke's proposal. This alteration of the term seems to have been a contributing factor in Clef [[RetGone removing the term "Apollyon" from the 2317 article]].
** As revealed [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/interviewing-icons-ihp here]] alot of accepted fanon details in SCP-4100 are incorrect compared to the intended interpretation by the author:
*** The Destroyers (as seen [[https://scp-wiki.wdfiles.com/local--files/scp-4100/destroyerpictogram.png here]]) weren't intended to be the Scarlet King nor the [[Franchise/MassEffect Reapers]], which isn't helped by it's red coloration (which is commonly associated with the Scarlet King) and tentacles (which the Reapers have)
*** The final pictogram is intended to be a warning to the Stellar Congressional Protectorate from the Foundation that there are still ''other'' Destroyers out there, not a declaration to BringIt to the other Destroyers still out there.
** A portion of the off-site fandom reveres SCP-3812 for being one of the most powerful [=SCPs=] due to his ability to [[RageAgainstTheAuthor transcend all narrative layers]] in conjunction with his omniscience and omnipotence, even though this is explicitly not the point of the article nor its main focus. Author djkaktus has mentioned being repeatedly pestered about {{Hypothetical Fight Debate}}s involving 3812, much to his critical annoyance.
** Even though its CentralTheme is very blatantly a MetaFiction take on the "normalcy vs. anomalous" philosophical debate brought up in modern articles, SCP-CN-2510 is also a common target for powerscalers who, like with SCP-3812's article, tend to ignore the above and instead focus on the implications of [[spoiler:SCP-173 being a pataphysical GateOfTruth, as well as SCP-2165's NearVillainVictory that would have potentially destroyed it]].
** Chinese pataphysics [=SCPs=] in general tend to get this treatment, also by powerscalers, despite the intent of their portrayal being an {{Homage}} to various periods and facets of Chinese mythology.
** SCP-3922 is seen as suffering from this by other authors, as the SeasonalRot in its extended logs is due to contributors forgoing the original DeconstructiveParody elements of the SCP's literal policing of fiction in favor of writing entries that read more like straight fanfiction with SCP-3922-A (which has led to licensing concerns on at least one occasion.)
* {{Misblamed}}: The announcement of the removal of SCP-173's picture prompted some people to say that it was not very kind of Izumi Kato to ask for the image to be taken down... except that Kato never asked for it, it was something that Staff decided on their own.[[note]]According to some members, it's true that Kato wasn't totally pleased with the fact that his creation was more famous as SCP-173, but still, he never asked for a takedown.[[/note]]
* {{Moe}}:
** Cassy. For bonus points, her appearance changed to match the art style of the picture she's in.
** Despite how creepy she is, you can't deny that 053 looks adorable.
** SCP-999, an adorable blob that loves everybody and survives off of candy.
** Even for a patched-up Teddy Bear, SCP-2295 is that one who you want as a friend.
** SCP-4966, a talking stuffed animal that asks for "munchies" (biscuits) and behaves like a kitten.
* MoralEventHorizon:
** Invoked with [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1459 1459]], a machine whose sole purpose is for its user to come up with cruel and twisted ways to [[KickTheDog kill a puppy]], with the only reward being [[DudeWheresMyReward a cookie]] of a variety the user [[UndesirablePrize usually hates]]. The machine even lampshades this at the end of each "game":
--->"[[ImGoingToHellForThis Yeah, you're totally going to hell for this]]. Play again?"
** [[EmoTeen SCP-531-D]] crossed this by using his RealityWarper powers to [[RapeAsDrama rape]] several of the female staff. He rationalizes that [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization it wasn't rape because they all said yes]], but Clef reminds him that [[QuestionableConsent his powers made it so they had no choice but to say yes]]. Needless to say, this is ultimately what led to him getting [[KilledOffForReal terminated]].
** The unnamed {{Jerkass}} who ruined poor [[BenevolentGenie SCP-1481]] crossed it by wishing him into becoming an "alcoholic j-j-j-junkie tweaker crackhead" ForTheEvulz and making sure that the wish could ''never'' be reversed.
** The Scarlet King crosses it by raping a goddess named Sanna to death, which would end up creating SCP-231. If that didn’t do it, devouring his own siblings certainly would have.
** SCP-953 crosses it by convincing a mother to cook and eat her own child.
** Dr. Langford crossed by murdering Mr. and Ms. Talish in an attempt to prevent the ghost of their daughter Mary (aka SCP-1337) from appearing all so the foundation would stop spending gas money driving Mary around when she appeared.
** Dr. Elliot Emerson, Site Director of the alternate reality Site 13 (aka SCP-1730), crossed it by torturing and terminating all of the anomalous under his care regardless of threat status or age.
* MyRealDaddy: The original article of [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-093 SCP-093]] was fairly short and typical of Series I SCPs. As the original author could not be found, user [=NekoChris=] took over and greatly expanded on it, adding the now iconic test logs.
* {{Narm}}:
** The bit about skeletons coming to life and hanging themselves from the otherwise excellently creepy [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-097 097]].
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-166 SCP-166]], which can't help but sound like the premise of some awful {{hentai}}. It's a teenage succubus whose skin is irritated by clothing, meaning she must be nude at all time. Any man who sees her is immediately compelled to have sex with her, despite her wishes to remain celibate as she was raised in a monastery. And to top it off, she requires no food except for [[BizarreAlienBiology a bit of semen]] every week. In 2020, the article was rewritten drastically-- the author said he had wanted to for a while but couldn't himself and couldn't find anyone else to do the job right, either, until then.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1322 SCP-1322]] ''should'' be effective, what with the Foundation [[NiceJobBreakingItHero accidentally sterilizing another planet]], but the message from "the Last Generation" is so overdramatic that it comes across as the literary equivalent of MilkingTheGiantCow. Special mention to the line about them "PLED[GING] AND VOW[ING]" to get revenge. Apparently just one of them wasn't enough.
** The chilling tone of [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1981 SCP-1981]] becomes a lot less scary when you read some of the excerpts, which are often so nonsensical that it's hard not to laugh. The fact that SCP-1981-1 looks like a hand flipping the bird doesn't help matters.
--->"A renewal of the traditional values that have been the tendons of this country's strength. One recent survey by a Washington-based researcher concluded that Americans were [[IAmAHumanitarian far more willing to participate in cannibalism than they have in the past hundred years]]."\\
"I've seen the derelict offices of Google burn with the window boarded up and the squatters inside them. I've seen the houses where they [[WouldHurtAChild cut up the little babies]]."
** It's hard to take [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-096 The Shy Guy]] seriously, even without being aware of the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' species of the same name.
** Pick a [[https://web.archive.org/web/20200806221046/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/decommissioned-scps-arc Decommissioned SCP]], any of them.
** For some, the "stop trembling" line in the Ethics Committee Orientation.
** The name "Chaos Insurgency" is almost universally regarded on the wiki as being cartoonishly dumb. Justifications of the name have since become a big part of the site's development with the [=GoI=].
** The otherwise [[AndIMustScream terrifying]] [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2718 SCP-2718]] has the line "[[spoiler:We must declare human death a Keter SCP, and contain it at any cost]]." It may be intentional considering the circumstances and the AlternativeCharacterInterpretation on the SCP in question, but it still sounds somewhat ''off'' even with context, let alone without. Then there's Miriam saying "Superlative idiot", presumably as an expression analagous to "oh my god" or "Jesus Christ!", but it can come off as a ham-handed way of making the O5s sound like they're on a different social plane than the rest of the rank-and-file staff.
** SCP-3108's creator having an emotional breakdown when he finds out the Foundation tested the gun on people can't help but come across as just a bit ludicrous when you realize there's practically no way he couldn't have thought about what it would do to living creatures, not to mention his own extreme carelessness in handing it to an unwitting ten-year-old. Some of the article's critics have even mockingly noted that the article's premise is reminiscent of "the death ray for peaceful purposes" joke from ''Film/DangerDeathRay''. It doesn't help that there's a random, needless TakeThat at ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' right in the middle of that breakdown.
** SCP-5999's attempt at killing you to keep you from proceeding further at the end [[spoiler:basically amounts to a ScreamerPrank]].
* NarmCharm:
** SCP-058. It's a cow heart with spiky tentacles, a stinger tail, insectoid legs and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a British accent]] that goes on destructive rampages as it [[WordSaladHorror incessantly rambles]]. OTT? Probably. Terrifying? '''Definitely.''' [[spoiler:It also helps sell how the creature's "[[{{Pun}} a heart of darkness]]"]].
** The excerpts transcribed in [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1981 SCP-1981]], considered to be OTT and ridiculous by some, were also considered by others to be perfect examples of WordSaladHorror.
** "Bees" is, at first glance, rather hilarious, thanks to the premise being literally [[SurrealHumor "What if everything was bees?"]], but can arguably be quite terrifying because it's also "What if '''[[SurrealHorror EVERYTHING]]''' was bees?"
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3288 SCP-3288]] pretty much indulges every single possible example of BodyHorror and {{Squick}}-inducing sight possible, playing off like an incredibly depraved [[TheAristocrats Aristocrats joke]]... but it's all still ''really'' [[NightmareFuel creepy,]] as the various SCP-3288 instances delve as deeply into the UncannyValley as possible in their perverse attempts to preserve the BlueBlood stylings of 18th and 19th-century Central Europe.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3774 SCP-3774]] is, ultimately, [[spoiler:an InterspeciesRomance between a human man and an anomalous ''female mosquito''. However, Merle and Leslie's relationship is so humanized and weirdly natural that in spite of the sheer absurdity of the whole situation, it's both incredibly sweet and tragic to watch it all play out]].
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-botnik-j SCP-\̅\̅\̅\̅-J]] is mostly a shining example of {{Word Salad Humor}}, but some of the phrases[[note]]i.e., "All the memories I've written on the back of his skin have become a single footnote in his head."[[/note]] are ''shockingly'' good despite having been generated by a predictive text app.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/shaggydredlocks-proposal S.D. Locke's Proposal for SCP-001]] is, in many respects, a derivative of ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion End of Evangelion]]'' -- (spoilers for the latter in particular) [[spoiler:the whole "everyone melts into a shared-conscious biomass" sounds an awful lot like ''[=EoE=]''[='=]s "everyone turns into Tang" ending, and some of the descriptions given can't help but sound a bit unintentionally silly (i.e., the [=SCP-001-A=] instances moving like giant amoebas)]]. However, the writing is still excellent enough -- particularly in how [[spoiler:the romance between Dr. Igotta and Ari]] adds humanity to an otherwise exceptionally bleak CosmicHorrorStory -- that it hasn't stopped wiki readers from now being terrified of [[spoiler:the friggin' ''Sun'']].
* NauseaFuel: Any SCP with BodyHorror is bound to this. Double if it decides not to hide any content.
** 25% of casualties in early among soldiers from the task force sent to explore 835 (a coral-like organism with tentacles that just so happens [[spoiler:to be made out of human components]]) were due to "aspiration of vomit caused by backflow against the suit faceplate" and suits were specially designed with equipment to counter any further deaths by said cause. Basically, they had to specially design diving suits so that when people vomited in them out of sheer disgust, they wouldn't drown in their own vomit and die. In the after-action report, one of the team members pukes in his suit. Now think about if that had happened with a first-generation suit...
* NightmareRetardant:
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/joke-scps Joke SCPs]].
** Humorous "Added notes" regarding why the Doctors are no longer able/allowed to do so-and-so or a humorous event happening (often with commentary along the lines of "Seriously, what the hell, people?") can lighten up otherwise dark articles. Note that humorous addenda are increasingly frowned upon, precisely because of this trope.
** Reading the entry for a genuinely frightening SCP can have its impact taken away when you move on to an indestructible pizza box.
** Seeing [[https://web.archive.org/web/20211114152529/https://scpsandbox.wdfiles.com/local--files/draft%3Agene-sandbox/Not%20blinking.JPG pictures]] of the sculpture that originated [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-173 SCP-173]], by Japanese artist [[https://postism.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_6732.jpg?w=640 Izumi Kato]], as well as [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3281gSpCr1qhp6k5o1_400.jpg this image of fellow artist Nobuyoshi Araki, who seems to really love the thing]]. Or [[https://www.tokyo-ws.org/english/archive/images/izumi_kato.jpg another of his creations]].
** While we're on the topic of SCP-173, the little copyright notice on the bottom of the page can really kill the willing suspension of disbelief.
** A few come from the ''VideoGame/The99Rooms'', and so seem less scary when you know what they really are.
** The first question on the FAQ? "Is this all real?" The answer? "No. It is just a collection of stories." The creepiness is kind of lost to a certain degree when you read this. Then again, it was a necessary measure when the SCP Foundation wiki admins actually started getting people [[MisaimedFandom contacting them asking how to join the Foundation]]. If one [[FridgeLogic really thinks about it]], the Foundation being fictional is given away by its format; after all, there's no way an allegedly top-secret organization whose most basic security measure is making absolutely sure that civilians never discover its existence unless it's either absolutely necessary or too late[[note]]and even in the latter case, civilians aren't usually considered civilians by the Foundation -- D-class personnel and targets of SCP-096 come to mind[[/note]] leave its entire inventory of world destroying abominations just sitting there on the internet for all to see.
** The community has a trend to use the discussion pages and the chat to crack jokes about some of the most horrific [=SCPs=]. [[SelfParody The authors included]]. [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-441733/snippets-from-chat-seven#post-1490145 It sure helps lower the scariness]] - [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-94525/scp-231#post-414548 Clef giving such an assessment on SCP-231]] was even closed with "Keep thinking that, you'll sleep better."
** The tale ''Fear Alone'' posits that [[NoodleIncident Procedure 110-Montauk]] is [[spoiler:tucking the little girl in and reading her a bedtime story. The Foundation doesn't ''need'' to do something horrific to her to keep her from giving birth; the fear generated by the idea that 110-Montauk is something unspeakably awful satisfies the EldritchAbomination that wants her child born.]]
** Simply knowing the background to some of the SCP images reduces their scariness. For example, the now-removed image on SCP-957's page was a foam Halloween prop known as Spazm, SCP-1471's page image is a [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom fursuit]], SCP-870’s is a Victorian-era illustration of a pterosaur and SCP-682's famous but now-deleted image is a beluga whale carcass (the current one is a humpback whale).
** The horror of the would-be dystopia of [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1678 UnLondon]] is somewhat lessened once the reader realizes its suspicious similarity to a pitch for a ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'' sequel.
** The former SCP-2678, alias "the Vorehole", is horrifying and disgusting, despite starting as a joke. Then the reader learns that those tasked with locating it are, in-universe, known as "Kinkshamers."
* OlderThanTheyThink:
** Many fans often claim that SCP-173 predates the Weeping Angels from Series/DoctorWho. However as noted [[https://lostmediawiki.com/SCP-173_(found_4chan_post;_2007) here]], the original SCP-173 entry was created on June 22, 2007 while "Blink", the episode of the Angels' debut, aired thirteen days earlier on June 9, 2007. Furthermore, the idea of a statue [[CantMoveWhileBeingWatched moving when unobserved]] isn't exactly original as the Weeping Angels themselves were based off the game [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statues_(game) Statues]].
** The appearance of the Foundation's logo in the Series/SesameStreet short [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTY3i6mp_Ho "NasCount"]] had some convinced that it was a deliberate subtle reference to the wiki... except this was aired several years before the SCP Foundation existed. The symbol appears to be part of an existing font or character set that the wiki creators borrowed from.
* ParanoiaFuel:
** Aside from the obvious, Class D personnel can be recruited from the general population if they run out of condemned prisoners. Of course, it's still debated.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-966 SCP-966]] ("Sleep Killer"). They're invisible, hunt humans, and can be found all over the world. They also deprive their victims of sleep. ''Permanently''.
** Think that it would be bad if some of the [=SCPs=] got out and caused TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt? [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/document-recovered-from-the-marianas-trench This short story]] suggests that it's already happened. '''Multiple times.'''
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-198 SCP-198]]. You'll be picking up cups very gingerly for the next week or so.
** An O5 note for [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-231 SCP-231]] states that those assigned to SCP-231 duty are given the option to take an amnestic when leaving the project. As this particular O5 states, if you work for the Foundation ''you'' could've been assigned these horrific responsibilities in the past and you simply don't remember it.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-096 SCP-096]]. Any photograph you view could contain even a single ''pixel'' of it, and you don't even have to be ''consciously aware'' that you saw it--at that point, it'll hunt you down and end you. Then it'll go after all the unlucky schmucks who might've caught a glimpse of it while it was racing towards you, too!
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-650 SCP-650]], though not apparently dangerous, literally does nothing but teleport right behind you as soon as you turn around to scare you. You'll always be waiting to see it whenever you turn to leave a room...
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-870 SCP-870]], predatory monsters that [[ByTheEyesOfTheBlind are only visible to people with schizophrenia]]. And all sufferers describe them differently, so you can never tell if it's a hallucination or if one of the beasts really is there, waiting for its prey to be alone. Oh, and you may think they only target the people who can see them, right? They don't. Meaning that even if you're ''not'' schizophrenic, these things could be watching you. Right now. Waiting for the right moment to strike.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1889 SCP-1889]], especially for Calculus students. To think that you could be solving an innocuous word problem, and then suddenly being teleported to God-knows-where only to have your brain stolen by who-knows-what and [[{{Squick}} the rest of your body chopped up and sent back as nicely-wrapped cubes of flesh]].
** Any time an amplified SCP from Kalinin's Proposal for SCP-001 is listed as uncontained.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2086 SCP-2086]]. BigCreepyCrawlies disguised as buses, who set up fake bus stops in order to capture commuters, then feed their organs and blood to their babies, who in turn use their mummified corpses as decoys.
** In [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2718 SCP-2718]], it's mentioned that O5-11, prior to his death and subsequent revival, would take his vacations unexpectedly and in total solitude. When he died of a stroke and subsequently went through the unimaginably miserable afterlife, it happened in the relatively remote Galapagos Islands, where he was not discovered for over a decade. Suddenly, taking a vacation by yourself doesn't sound like such a good idea anymore, does it?
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4975 SCP-4975]], which drives its human victims crazy with an incessant ticking sound not unlike that of a clock before attacking and eating them. It's contained, though, so everything should be fine, right? Nope, it can be in two places at once.
* PlayAlongMeme: Any time the fandom talks about me, SCP-426 ("I Am a Toaster"), you can bet they will invoke my anomalous properties by speaking of me solely in the first person.
* PopularWithFurries: Surprisingly, yes. There's a sizeable population of furries among the SCP Foundation userbase, including one of the co-authors of SCP-3000, several site administrators and moderators, and, formerly, the second-most prolific author on the site. This actually goes back to the origins of the Foundation-- [=Moto42=], author of SCP-173, has a Furaffinity page.
** Unsurprisingly, this has led to works such as [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com//SCP-3312 SCP-3312]], which can be summed up in its title: "[=OwO=] What's this?"
** SCP-1471-A quickly grew popular with furries because it's more or less just an anthropomorphic dog (its "picture" is a real fursuit) who is absolutely and completely harmless (its "kill count" mostly involves someone committing suicide because she couldn't handle its stalking - less its fault directly because it's just what it does meaning no harm) and only wants to give and receive companionship. Most of the horror of its skull-faced head and glowing eyes has even endeared it to quite a few because FreakyIsCool.
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* RealismInducedHorror:
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-847 SCP-847]], a sentient female mannequin created by HumanTraffickers which acts submissive in the presence of men, breaks off parts of its body if it hears men making negative comments about them and leaves messages in its cell desperately begging for validation, is horrific largely because of its disturbing realistic portrayal of abuse and trafficking.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3512 SCP-3512]] ("The More You Know") satirizes pick-up artists and their misogynistic attitudes through monstrous beings brainwashing women into becoming sex dolls. Excerpts from a self-help book on becoming such monsters outright advise readers to stop thinking of hot women as people, and think of them as instruments. And in one of the logs, a SCP agent who is brainwashed by one of the monsters is just as quickly discarded once it's done with her. As noted in the discussion, the fact that some guys do think of women like sex toys to be used and disposed is what provides the entry with its horror as much as the BodyHorror and descriptions of disgusting viscera.
** The true horror of [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2190 SCP-2190]] ("Phone Calls from Mom") is not the supernatural elements of it, but rather the extent of cruelty that a spiteful and narcissistic old woman was willing to go to ruin her own daughter's life. While alive, POI-2190-1 would spread rumors about her daughter's family, [[AbominationAccusationAttack accusing]] said daughter's husband of abusing her and their son, and even hiring thugs to assault her in order to make the rumors look plausible. Dying and becoming a ghost did not make her any better nor worse, merely allowing her to continue her cruel treatment of them from beyond the grave.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-6140 SCP-6140]] ("The True Empire"), turns [[spoiler:the Daevite Empire]] into a cautionary tale about the dangers of Orientalism; turns out, an ''entire innocent nation'' was erased from history because a Victorian man named Thomas Bruce was so prejudiced that he'd rather they be horrific monsters than a functioning civilization that just so happened to be Asian and matriarchal. The only real difference between Bruce and "anthropologists" who demonized non-European cultures was that he was able to anomalously affect said culture's ''actual'' history with his book.
** With [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4319 SCP-4319]] ("By Girls, For Girls"), the horror comes less from the anomalous properties of the blog and more from the blog's mastermind, Kee Lee, being depicted as a woman whose "feminism" begins and ends with her own self-interests and bigotry (especially transphobia, antisemitism and homophobia) and how she'll gladly abuse and brainwash anyone who disagrees with her, [[FemaleMisogynist even (or especially) other women]]. Though her powers are obviously outside their ability in real life, the bigotry, abuse tactics and manipulations Kee Lee displays are very real, and quite widespread on the internet as well.
** The Nuclear Option, a tale by Captain Kirby, is focused on examining exactly what the consequences of the ubiquitous on-site nuclear warheads detonating in one of the many early articles that listed it as a final failsafe against a containment breach. Rather than focusing on whatever horrifying thing caused the breach, the story examines just how horrifying a nuclear blast is in the real world, heavily inspired by the author visiting Hiroshima and seeing it firsthand.
---> '''Narrator''': But that was fifty years ago. And nobody properly understood the scope of urban sprawl. The winding tendrils of suburbia that stretched across developed nations. Now, a major highway runs by Site-17. Real estate developers build up the swamp surrounding Site-23.\\
This site is only 3 miles away from a middle school.
** SCUTTLE adds onto the same concept that The Nuclear Option touches upon. The story has the Foundation in a massive panic as the dead-hand system responsible for handling the various on-site nuclear warheads suddenly breaks down, leaving them scrambling for some sort of fix... but in the end, they fail. The above horror of entire cities and suburbs being vaporized is now applied to ''all'' Foundation sites. And all of this happened because the Foundation insisted on continuing to use a computer system and associated program that's ''decades'' old, leaving them with almost no experts on-hand who could maintain the system until a catastrophic failure occurred.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2271 SCP-2271]] ("Factory Loans") is rooted in the fear of having an enormous financial debt that you're just not in any shape to pay off on the lender's terms. Granted, malevolent debt notices warning you of impossibly-large debts and [[YouAreAlreadyDead which will inevitably kill you for non-payment]] don't exist in real life, but in real life, [[EvilDebtCollector there are many malicious and sadistic ways for lenders and the people they employ to shake down their debtors]]. This trope is lampshaded by djkaktus in the discussion for this SCP:
---> "If you're too young to appreciate it yet, consider yourself fortunate. Debt sucks."
* TheScrappy: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20200806221046/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/decommissioned-scps-arc Decommissioned SCPs]]. All of them were originally [=SCPs=] that were received extremely poorly on the site, so badly in fact that they were turned into -D articles that mocked them.
* SeasonalRot: Extended collaboration logs and their associated narratives can theoretically go on infinitely, but it's generally agreed that even with external intervention, ones that stick around for ''too'' long experience noticeable declines in quality. Though they are meant to be pruned regularly by MAST, the sheer number and length of new submissions (coupled with MAST's other priorities) has rendered this unsustainable, leaving them out in the open.
** The SCP-914 logs and the subcommunity surrounding them have significant amounts of drift from the rest of the on-site community, who often view the former as an estranged group engaging in thinly-veiled roleplaying through researchers with the minds of bored college students. To their credit, though, this is lampshaded often, and the logs' current state is also sometimes described as the best-case scenario for their continued persistence (they used to be unmoderated before Leveritas stepped in.)
** SCP-3922 is a device that summons the Three Moons Initiative to invade media recordings and attempt to punish any wrongdoing in them. Although the intent of the extended logs was to serve as a DeconstructiveParody of literal fiction police, there are concerns from authors that it has since decayed into on-site crossover fanfics that ignore this narrative to the point of repetition. While this normally isn't a problem on its own, the crossover aspect specifically is a point of strife due to the site clamping down on its conflict with CC-BY-SA in TheNewTwenties, and the actual content of each test began to be more strictly regulated by Voct in spring 2024 to return it to its roots.
-->'''[[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-16670341/scp-3922-extended-test-logs-vol-2#post-6488661 Voct]]:''' ''(regarding their role as curator of the second volume)'' [[ItsTheSameSoItSucks Too many of these are powerscaling bullshit. As Djoric said, "the same joke repeated"]]. That's ''boring.'' [...] We know [the Three Moons Initiative] can be a [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer bulldozer]]. Can they be a Swiss Army Knife?
* SelfFanservice:
** Looking at the fanart for SCP-173, it's either a horrifying HumanoidAbomination, an UglyCute LivingStatue who only wants a hug, or a [[MoeAnthropomorphism cute girl]] with a SugarAndIcePersonality.
** Speaking of MoeAnthropomorphism, some of the other [=SCPs=] also got the same treatment. Some are mild, like Iris and 053 who are simply drawn in a cuter style, or 191 who usually gets her the missing mouth back and less severe wounds. The most bizarre case would be 682 as a CuteMonsterGirl.
** [[CainAndAbel SCP-073 and SCP-076-2]] are often depicted as {{Bishonen}}s or {{Hunk}}s in fanart. Not to mention, 076-2 is usually depicted as [[WalkingShirtlessScene wearing nothing but a(n admittedly very long) loincloth]]. Or [[FullFrontalAssault less]].
** SCP-040 is, for whatever reason, most commonly depicted as an ElegantGothicLolita.
** SCP-999 is a friendly blob of orange slime with the power to induce happiness and cure depression. Its article doesn't say anything about it having a face, but fanartists always draw it with one to make it even cuter.
** SCP-811 is almost often times depicted as a cheerful/excitable CuteMonsterGirl who acts like a puppy.
** SCP-239 is often depicted as a CuteWitch.
** SCP-1471-A is, rather infamously, subject to a lot of sexy fanart, particularly by SCP fans who also happen to be furrys. This is perhaps unsurprisingly, as the photo for the article is actually a fursuit. Also, despite how creepy they appear to be, 1471-A is by all accounts a harmless SCP only seeking to befriend those subjected to its anomalous effects, making it easier for fans to see it as "waifu material".
** Dr. Clef is usually portrayed as quite handsome, despite all the evidence that he's probably... not.
** Similar to the above, Dr. Bright is often depicted as very handsome and attractive... even though he's completely bonkers, not to mention ignoring that some of his host bodies have been ''orangutans''.
** SCP-2747, the Anafabula[[note]]the metafictional phenomenon of stories with certain themes being erased from existence[[/note]], has a number of [[https://imgur.com/a/OO9sE2a fanarts]] portraying the story-eating abomination as a [[RavenHairIvorySkin pale woman in a black dress]], given how it's/she's referred to with titles such as "The Lady of Black Thorns" or "The Queen of the Void" on multiple occasions.
* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: There are a not insubstantial amount of fans who ship SCP-105, Iris Thompson, and SCP-166, "Teenage Gaia" aka. Meri, both before and after scp-166 was rewritten. They haven't interacted in any canon, but are both very popular and recognizeable [=SCPs=] and both girls of similar ages.
* SoBadItsGood: Some of the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20200806221046/http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/decommissioned-scps-arc Decommissioned SCPs]] ([[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-100-j also see here]]) are hilarious in just how absurd they are; such as [[https://scpclassic.wikidot.com/scp-106-d SCP-106-D]], a [[PerpetualSmiler perpetually smiling]] woman who ''explodes with the force of a 20kt nuke'' when she jabs her finger into someone's navel; or [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/decomm:scp-269-d SCP-269-D]], who is a giant ''moose man''.
* SpiritualAdaptation:
** The Foundation has several excellent big-name adaptations:
*** ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'' basically becomes a straight adaptation once it's revealed what the Controllers' mission actually is, [[spoiler:even depicting a containment breach and an XK-class end-of-the-world-event at the end]].
*** ''Series/Warehouse13'' is a LighterAndSofter version, perfect for those who feel that the actual Foundation stories can get too depressing.
*** To a lesser extent, ''Series/StrangerThings'' counts as this, as the series pretty much '''sounds''' like it came out of the Foundation's archives, with [[EldritchAbomination the Demogorgon]] basically being a ''slightly'' less malicious version of [[HumanoidAbomination SCP-106]] (in that it doesn't cause as much BodyHorror) and the series' own working title was [[ArcWords "Montauk."]]
*** ''VideoGame/{{Control}}'''s Federal Bureau of Control is tasked with locating, securing and containing various supernatural phenomena, maintaining warehouses stuffed with various Objects of Power/[=SCPs=], seeking to maintain the {{Masquerade}} but undermined by slightly suspicious upper management, leaving documentation lying around that has tons of redactions and always starts with whether the Object has any special containment procedures, and constantly vulnerable to containment breaches. The developers cited the SCP Foundation as an inspiration for the game, and it shows.
*** ''Film/{{Tenet}}'' is pretty close to an unofficial SCP Foundation movie. Anomalous materials with strange properties that pose a threat to existence, as well as a massive global conspiracy and a secret organisation that uses military grade gear and has connections around the globe. Helps that time manipulation is actually a part of the SCP Universe.
*** ''WesternAnimation/InsideJob2021'' has been semi-jokingly, semi-seriously described as a DenserAndWackier take on the SCP Foundation, thanks to both works being set in a ConspiracyKitchenSink and are primarily focused on a morally-bankrupt America-based NGOSuperpower (Cognito Inc. and the SCP Foundation respectively) dedicated to upholding TheMasquerade for mysterious reasons, has a staff full of various eclectic and dangerous paranormal ''and'' human entities, and is overseen by a shadowy OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness whose members are AmbiguouslyHuman (the Shadow Board/Council and [=O5=] Council). Many fans have even argued that the gradual CerebusSyndrome seen in ''Inside Job'' despite its ostensibly absurd premise and characters is a reflection of how the SCP Foundation itself was a pretty goofy collaborative writing project before the Mass Edit caused it to gain a more or less consistently serious approach and higher standard of writing quality.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-231-j SCP-231-J]] is basically a LighterAndSofter version of [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2271 SCP-2271]], featuring a debt so high that it's censored out and the Foundation getting caught up in the mess.
* {{Squick}}:
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/one-bad-mother One Bad Mother]], written by Dr. Mann. Combining MisterSeahorse with [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-542 Herr Chirurg]], two-into-one body grafting and one of the most mentally depraved individuals the Foundation boasts was sure to lead to a lot of vomiting. It's played for laughs, though, and non-canon because no way in hell would the Foundation allow anyone (specifically two men) to start an active relationship with an SCP like Herr Chirurg, let alone bear their child. But still...
%%** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-198 SCP-198]]
%%** The experiment log for [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-291 SCP-291]].
%%** [=CryogenChaos=]'s tale of [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/cryogenchaos-comment-tales how D-class bodies are disposed]].
%%** To show how redacting is sometimes necessary, [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-835 SCP-835]] (expunged content is uncensored in the addenda), [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2852 SCP-2852]] (no censorship whatsoever, though all graphic content is in the collapsible folders).
** The former SCP-2678, which drew comparisons to SCP-835, was created in response to a joke question one of the authors got on their tumblr: "Is their(sic) a [[EatenAlive vore]] SCP yet?" SCP-2678's horror comes in two parts: in part one the D-class is [[LoveIsInTheAir "dosed"]] and happily submits to the "pit", its NaughtyTentacles, and its liquefying, uh, liquids (it's missing the [[AndCallHimGeorge "squeezing"]] that usually happens) while part two subverts all the fetish-y-ness of vore: the thing's aphrodisiac is gone, the D-class is terrified and disgusted, the "pit" isn't interested in having fun, and it's implied the people who were "eaten" have become living excrement, not the [[{{Instrumentality}} unified being]] the cult that summoned the pit (or that the pit sought out) was hoping for.
--->'''Cyantreuse''': Kaktus (another author) said he had an idea. I said "Oh god no." Then right after that I said "Collab."
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2610 SCP-2610]] comes with a graphic content warning:
--->'''SCP-2610-A's [[CosmicHorror "Angel"]]:''' He has provided for you the Whore of His Deliverance,\\
[[BrotherSisterIncest in your own blood she is born]].\\
Her womb will open for your seed and [[ParentalIncest the seed of your offspring,]]\\
and their seed upon their seed,\\
[[MotherOfAThousandYoung until the Earth is made anew in His Image]].
** There are a load of works that invoke dental horror. Standouts include [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-478 SCP-478]] and [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1994 SCP-1994]], both involving teeth growing at places where they shouldn't be growing.
* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5167 SCP-5167]] was understandably controversial and many felt that its HardTruthAesop was needlessly obfuscated along with the whole article being far too short for it to have much of an impact. In contrast, its SequelEpisode [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5761 SCP-5761]] has been ''significantly'' better liked, with it being praised for fully embracing its absurd premise in the name of some genuinely hilarious comedy, its greater length providing more of an interesting dive into its cast of characters (all of which are granted a stronger narrative depth and interest), and the Myth/ClassicalMythology references along with the HardTruthAesop of how LivingIsMoreThanSurviving and people have to be willing to embrace an unknown future to do so being better conveyed to the reader(s) and mitigating its (now fully intentional) UnintentionalPeriodPiece status.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks:
** In early 2019, SCP-106 got new pictures, due to wiki moderators more stringently enforcing image policy that disallows the use of copyrighted/unsourceable images. To say their reception was mixed was an understatement, and the images had to be updated several times due to feedback. Then it was discovered that one of the images was partially plagiarized and had to be replaced yet ''again''.
** And then there was the reaction to [[BreakoutCharacter SCP-682's]] photo needing to be replaced as well, resulting in the iconic skull for a head look being replaced with just a giant whale carcass lying prone on a beach somewhere. To say fans were displeased would be putting it mildly.
** To put it bluntly, the decision to remove the original picture of SCP-173 thanks to the wiki's complicated relationship with the Creative Commons license and wanting to avoid copyright issues has gone over like a lead balloon, with many complaining that other avenues could've been taken to preserve the now-iconic original image while still respecting international copyright law.
** Some people weren't happy with the rewrite of SCP-031, which turned it into what they feel is a basically InNameOnly generic hostile monster.
* UnintentionallySympathetic:
** For many, the D-Class personnel. Even though they're supposed to be [[AssholeVictim heinous criminals]], one will likely still feel sorry for the way they get used as human guinea pigs to be [[CruelAndUnusualDeath horrifically maimed and killed]], just to [[ForScience satisfy the curiosities]] of [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate amoral]] {{mad scientist}}s. It doesn't help that the Foundation outright admits that in case of shortages, they will recruit ''[[InnocentBystander lesser criminals and innocent people]]'' to use as D-class.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4338 SCP-4338]], the murderous volcano god, ends the story [[spoiler:defeated, demotivated, and outrageously fat]], which was meant to be his punishment for being a tyrannical, childish asshole. However, the creator of the article was rather pleasantly surprised to learn that people felt bad for him, hypothesizing that the nature of 4338's sorry state may have struck a chord with readers, particularly those who know the struggle of [[spoiler:weight loss]]. Adding further fuel to the fire, 4338's closing speech, while clearly narcissistic and capped off with a proclamation of "should have killed you", is unintentionally written in a way that it comes off as poignant.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The Children of the Scarlet King as they appear in [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/tuftos-proposal Tufto's Proposal]], where people were bothered that the narrative seemed to support the Children's anarcho-primitivist ideals by portraying the Children's arguments eloquently while highlighting the coldness of modernity. Late on, the article's author Tufto had to clarify that the Children were intended to be portrayed as in the wrong overall and he has since expressed regret for making them ''too'' sympathetic.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2747 SCP-2747]] makes reference to a fictitious work with an equally ficitious reference to TV Tropes Wiki itself, with the work in question having WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs as one of the tropes listed. Written in 2016, it became dated when that trope was renamed to QuirkyWork (and consolidated with WidgetSeries) in 2023.
* VindicatedByHistory: [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4503 SCP-4503]] was formerly SCP-503-ARC, relegated to archival status due to being necessary in explaining a relatively popular tale, despite reaching the deletion threshold. It hit +100 in August 2018, and in January 2019, it became the first (and so far only) Archived SCP to be put back onto the mainlist.
* {{Woolseyism}}: The popular ComedyHorror tale [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/bees Bees]] revolves around the diary-turned-ApocalypticLog of an UnluckyEverydude having problems with things around him beecoming bees. The combination of BlackHumor and SurrealHorror that make it one of the highest rated tales on the site rely quite a bit on wordplay as "bee" words invade the text, meaning that translations of this article sometimes require a little creativity:
** The French translation turned the story's signature MadnessMantra of "''What if bees...''" into "''Et si les abeilles...''": a tongue-twister that easily turns into "''Abeilles abeilles''"("''Bees bees''")
** The Russian translation, meanwhile, evaded the issue of ''пчелы'' not having the same potential for wordplay by changing bees to wasps- ''оса''- and tweaking some of the jokes: throwing bees replacing throwing [[StealthPun beads]] at Mardi Gras, for instance, turned to throwing wasps replacing "'''''оса'''ться снежками''" (pelting each other with snowballs)
** On the other side, the Chinese site's [[http://scp-wiki-cn.wikidot.com/scp-cn-296 SCP-CN-296]] renders all its text in Chinese characters to show the anomaly's effects (people affected by it cannot write in Latin letters). To show this off in English, the version from [[http://scp-int.wikidot.com/scp-cn-296 The SCP International Translation Archive]] wrote it in [[TheBackwardsR a font resembling Chinese characters]]
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