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- First things first: This J-K folder is not about J. K. Rowling, or J. K. Simmons.
- Nor does it stand for "Just Kidding." There's legitimately a folder here!
- Jack the Ripoff, despite its name sounding like the kind of punny title a Fountain of Expies subtrope would have, is not about Expies of Jack the Ripper.
- Nor is it someone who creates knockoffs.
- And he almost certainly doesn't work at Honest John's Dealership
- Jacob and Esau isn't about Sibling Rivalry, that's Cain and Abel. It's also not about pairs of characters which are simultaneously controlled by a single player.
- Jail Bake Isn't about smoking weed in jail.
- Or about the kind of food served in prison, or an inmate learning cooking skills while in prison.
- Or about a jail being set on fire.
- Or a cake shaped like a prison.
- Or an illegal cake that gets the baker sent to jail.
- James Bondage is not a Parallel Porn Title. At least not on this wiki.
- JAMIEvstheVOID is not the story of one man's battle against the void.
- JAM Project is not a scientific program to make better preservatives.
- Japandering is not about thinking that pandas come from Japan. It's also not about including Gratuitous Japanese in your product in order to appeal to the Occidental Otaku.
- The Japanese Invasion does not involve Japanese troops invading the United States.
- Or any other invasion conducted by Japan, such as in east Asia during World War II.
- Japanese Spirit is not about sake or Youkai (sake technically isn't a type of spirit, anyway).
- A Jaw Drop is not when someone's bottom jaw falls right off his or her head, as is seen with zombies.
- It is also not a more specific subtrope of Organ Drops.
- Jaywalking Will Ruin Your Life is not about getting killed by jaywalking. That would be an example (but not the definition) of Can't Get Away with Nuthin'.
- A Jerkass is not a literal ass (buttock or donkey), but they certainly aren't excluded from Jerkass status.
- It is not a rough tug on someone's hinder.
- Or shaking a donkey.
- Nor is it a donkey cooked with jerk spices.
- Or shakin' dat ass.
- Or jerking off to a nice ass.
- Jerkass to One doesn't involve lowering a character's jerkassery to level 1.
- Nor does it involve being a jerk to the second-youngest of the Numberjacks, or the actual number one. Or having an especially dim opinion of a certain Metallica or Ed Sheeran song (or anything else with that title).
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold is not about Zaphod Beeblebrox, though he is an example.
- Nor is this jerk's heart made of, covered in, powered by, or colored like actual gold.
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk is not a jerk who is powered by another jerk.
- Nor is it an actual evil heart, such as Ricardio the Heart Guy.
- Nor does it have to do with a jerk who is powered by the Jamaican food. Or, the jerk’s heart made of or covered by said food.
- Nor does it have to do with the third derivative of position with regard to time.
- The Jinx is not a Pokémon.
- Or a member of the H.I.V.E.
- Or a cat who happens to be the Life master of the magicians.
- Jive Turkey is not about any sort of actual dancing bird.
- It isn't about the goings on in dance clubs in Istanbul, Ankara, or Trebizond, either.
- Nor is it about a turkey eaten before the characters go disco dancing.
- Job Song is not a song sung by Job from The Bible.
- Job-Stealing Robot is not an occupation revolving around stealing a robot. It's also not about employing robots as burglars, unless it also puts human burglars out of business.
- Joke of the Butt is not about a sentient butt that tells jokes.
- Joker Immunity is not immunity to the Joker. Quite the opposite, really.
- Nor is it about doctors determining he has a resistance to certain diseases.
- Nor is it about being immune to Kamen Rider Joker. Or a certain phantom thief.
- A Joker Jury is not a group of Pungeon Masters forced to serve jury duty, nor is it a courtroom filled entirely with joker playing cards.
- Joke Weapon is not about using a joke as a weapon.
- The trope formerly known as Jones the Cat is not some kind of- walking deathtrap of a character, that's Kenny. Nor is it a cat named Jones.
- Josh Ikousei is not some guy named Josh with an unusual last name.
- Jossed does not refer to making characters happy, then hitting them with all manner of unpleasantness, romantic discord, and killing off beloved characters, although at this point I have to wonder why it doesn't.
- The Joy of X is not about the drug Ecstasy.
- Nor is it about the actual letter X.
- Nor is it a Fountain of Expies about the boss if she were in other organizations.
- For that matter, said "X" does not stand for [insert city name here], For example, Joy of Viridian, Joy of Pewter...
- Nor is it a version of Inside Out inside X's head, focusing on Joy.
- It also isn't about parodies of Bob Ross.
- Nor is it about the joy of using the website that used to call itself Twitter.
- Jumping Off the Slippery Slope does not involve skiing.
- Jump Scares aren't necessarily when you frantically jump about as a result of getting scared by something or someone.
- Jumping the Shark has nothing to do with bestiality. We hope.
- Nor does it involve a confrontation between Mario and a carnivorous fish. (For starters, he can't stomp on things underwater.)
- Nor is it a Shark named Jumping.
- Nor is it jumping an actual shark, although that could invoke that trope. (It did for the trope namer.)
- Jungle Jazz isn't the result of a certain breakdancing Autobot being modified for operations in rainforests.
- A Junk Rare is not a sought-after find when rummaging through a scrapyard.
- It also isn't about what someone does to undercooked steak if they prefer it more well-done.
- Just Desserts is not what a Spoiled Brat yells when asked what they would like for dinner.
- Nor does it refer to, for instance, fair and impartial puddings.
- It also doesn't just refer to evildoers getting their comeuppance in any way - they have to get eaten for it to count.
- Just Friends is not about when you're surrounded by only your companions, nor is it when Friends is the only show on TV, nor is it a trope about trivializing friendship.
- Just Here for Godzilla doesn't necessarily mean that a given audience member is solely present to see none other than Godzilla himself and literally nobody else.
- Just Launch It Already! is not about someone being impatient waiting for a rocket to be launched.
- Just Pennies a Day does not mean actually paying for something in pennies, as much as it sounds like it.
- Nor does it mean that someone's daily work is worth 4 cents or less, or that their boss pays them entirely in pennies.
- Or a 24-hour period where everyone is named Penny.
- Or a day when the only comic strip available to publish in the newspaper is Penny.
- Just Train Wrong doesn't have anything to do with someone who's received improper training for their job or skill. Nor with a school that trains you how to do wrong.
- Justice does not refer to the second-highest note hit judgement in CHUNITHM.
- Juvenile Hell isn't a version of Hell designed for minors.
- A Kangaroo Court is not basketball with marsupials.
- It's also not about flirting with a kangaroo.
- Nor is it about the Australian Justice system.
- Nor an extension of a royal household populated by kangaroos.
- Kappa does not refer to the Greek letter.
- Karma Houdini Isn't about a magician who dispenses Laser-Guided Karma, even if the real Harry Houdini exposed frauds in his free time.
- Nor does the magician wow audiences with his amazing acts of getting away with being a jerkass.
- It's also not when a villain does a disappearing act just as he's about to be caught. That's Villain: Exit, Stage Left (although overlap between the two isn't unheard of).
- Kavorka Man has nothing to do with assisted suicide. You're probably thinking "Kevorkian".
- Keep Circulating the Tapes has (sadly) nothing to do with the Japanese horror movie Ringu.
- It also has nothing to do with Soundwave and Blaster cycling between which tapes they send out.
- Keep It Foreign doesn't refer to leaving words untranslated for flavor.
- And Keep It Foreign But Not Too Foreign is two tropes, not one.
- Keystone Army is not the military spin-off of the comically incompetent Keystone Kops.
- It also has nothing to do with military forces from Pennsylvania.
- Kibbles and Bits has nothing to do with pet food.
- Kichiku is not what you say when you're petting a cat.
- Kick Chick is not a female version of Kick-Ass.
- Nor is it about abusing baby birds, or about what many people would like to do to an author of evangelical comic strips.
- Nor is it necessarily about young secretarybirds.
- Kick the Dog is not a dog named Kick, nor is it necessarily kicking an actual dog.
- KidAnova is not a heroic 12-year-old math genius you rely on to solve all your problems regarding statistical analysis of variance.
- It is also not a very, very young version of said statistical formula.
- Nor is it a very young supernova.
- Nor is it about the younger version of the Marvel character Nova.
- A Kid-Appeal Character is not necessarily perfectly symmetrical.
- A Kid Fic is not a fanfic about Death the Kid, or baby goats. It's not a fanfic made by a minor, either. Nor is it about joking or turning the characters into children. note
- Kids Are Cruel does not refer to baby goats, although it can if the show is about Funny Animals.
- Kids Rock, while related to singing children, is not about rock songs performed entirely by kids. You might be thinking of Kidz Bop. It's also not about why children are awesome.
- A Killer App is not a database of famous murderers, no matter what Wally might tell you. Also, although many of the most well-known killer apps may involve the taking of life, the presence of such is not a prerequisite to the title. It isn't a program for the iPhone that finds you an assassin for hire, either, nor is it an app that will kill you if you use it.
- Kill Sat might be what most teens want to do to a certain standardized test, but the page isn't about that.
- It also has nothing to do with hating Saturdays.
- Nor does it have anything to do with killing people by sitting on them.
- A Kindly Vet isn't a veteran who's nice, even though they can overlap.
- Kinetic Novel does not involve throwing books.
- King in the Mountain is not a variation of the game King of the Hill in which you must make and protect your claim to a "cave" in the "hill" for the longest time to win.
- Kingpin in His Gym is not related in any way to Cowboy BeBop at His Computer.
- Kirby Dots are not edible, nor will they give you superpowers. They don't have anything to do with a certain video game character, either (Although they might be edible to him), nor are they related to Damage Over Time abilities or the Department of Transportation.
- The Kirk is not about a character who likes romancing Green Skinned Space Babes, or, for that matter Green Blooded First Officers.
- Nor is it a character who tears his shirt while fighting aliens.
- Nor is it a Scottish church.
- Nor is it Milhouse's father.
- Nor is it about Kirk Douglas.
- Kirk Summation isnotabout... people... speakingjust... like... THIS.
- Kirk's Rock is not a general statement about how The Kirk is awesome.
- Nor is it about Captain Kirk playing rock music, or a subgenre named after him.
- Characters do not have to literally kiss in a tree for Kissing In A Tree to take place.
- Klingon Promotion is not a form of Wolverine Publicity specifically found in the Star Trek franchise.
- A Knife Nut is not a type of Groin Attack.
- Neither is it a type of nut that grows on trees.
- Knife Outline does not refer to drawing an outline of a knife.
- A Knight of Cerebus doesn't necessarily mean they're affiliated with any guild/organization/etc. named Cerberus.
- Or a servant of the guard dog of the Underworld (that'd be Knight of Cerberus), especially since Herakles already abducted him once for his 12th labour.
- Knights and Knaves is not a version of cops-and-robbers played by medieval kids.
- The Knights Who Say "Squee!" have not (necessarily) been affected by the Cuteness Proximity.
- Nor are they imitating Fluttershy.
- They're not necessarily actual knights either, but they can be.
- Know-Nothing Know-It-All has nothing to do with anti-immigrant political movements from the mid-19th century.
- Nor is it someone who has knowledge about the 'nothingness'.
- Know Your Vines is not a section of Know Your Meme dedicated to Vine.
- Nor is this trope imploring you to know about that type of vine.
- Koan is not the character from Sailor Moon.
- It also isn't the city the Decepticons are based out of. That's Kaon.
- Kriegs Maiden is not Kriegsmesser's girlfriend.
- Kudzu Plot doesn't actually have anything to do with Kudzu. Nor is it necessarily a story with the kudzu plant as a focus, nor is it a field of land used specifically to grow kudzu plants. (Not a good idea.)
- Kung-Foley is not Mick Foley's seldom-seen martial-arts-master persona... but wouldn't it be cool if it was?
- Kuudere is not about Fuu's big sister having a big derriere.
- Kyu and Dan Ranks is not about ranks between a Casanova-tutoring love fairy and a pink-clad joke of a fighter.
L
- Lack of Empathy Doll Shot is not a trope or the aversion of one.
- Ladyella is not a page about Ella Fitzgerald.
- Lady in a Power Suit is not about a woman in Powered Armor. In other words, neither Femshep, nor Sara Ryder, Cora Harper, nor Samus Aran count.
- A Ladykiller in Love is not when a Serial Killer who exclusively targets women falls in love. Or when a killer who is a woman falls in love.
- Lady Land is not CandyLand FOR GIRLS!
- Nor does it refer to a noblewoman with the surname of Land.
- Lady Mondegreen isn't a woman who always mishears things.
- A Lady on Each Arm is not about someone who has tattoos of women.
- Lame Rhyme Dodge is not where you bought your new Charger.
- Nor is it a justified case of Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion.
- Nor is it somebody trying to avoid rhyming but somebody else thinks they should've rhymed.
- It's also not about coming up with a Painful Rhyme for the word 'dodge'.
- And it's not about Rhyme having a particularly useless evasive maneuver either.
- Lampshade Hanging is not about the trope where a drunk party animal wears a lampshade on his head.
- It does not involve the lynching of lighting fixtures.
- Nor is it about swinging from a lampshade.
- The Lancer has nothing to do with an American bomber aircraft, nor the Harmless Villain of Deltarune. He also does not usually carry a spear (though he can).
- It is not of the Mitsubishi variety, either.
- The Lancer will not drain the pus from your boil.
- The Land of Tulips and Windmills is not a planet for a hero of Breath in Homestuck.
- Land, Sea, Sky does not refer to the three traditional military branches.
- A Lap Pillow isn't a literal pillow that one puts down on their laps while they're sitting down someplace.
- Large Ham has nothing to do with pork or pigs. Even if some pig characters can be hammy.
- Large Ham Radio is not about ham radios which are large.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia is not about energy weapons that erase the memories of their targets. Although there can be instances of it happening that way, it's not what the trope is about.
- Nor is it about amnesia following lasers to find things.
- Laser-Guided Karma is not about using range-finders to steer a Fisker Karma, or similar automobile.
- Last Bastion does not refer to there being only one Bastion unit left in the world, nor is it about the associated animated short.
- The Last DJ is not set in a world where disk jockeys are hunted down and killed until there is only one left.
- Nor is it the last installment of the EZ2DJ series. That would be EZ2AC FINAL: EX.
- Last Girl Wins does not contain spoilers for almost every slasher movie in existence, disregarding Twist Endings.
- A Last Note Nightmare is not when Light Yagami gets a nightmare about running out of pages in his Death Note.
- It's not necessarily about a last-second That One Attack in Rhythm Games, but given the nature of music/rhythm games, such a pattern can sometimes be synced to one of these.
- A Last-Second Word Swap is not about using "swap" as the second-to-last word in a sentence.
- Someone's Last Stand isn't that kind of Stand. Nor is it their only remaining joint to set up shop.
- "Last Supper" Steal is not about someone managing to steal The Last Supper (which would be a rather difficult feat, considering that it is a mural.)
- It also has no relation to Enemy Eats Your Lunch.
- Latex Perfection is not about supermodels who are so heavily dolled up and photoshopped that they look more like lifeless mannequins than people, nor about flawless condoms.
- Nor is it about proficiency in LaTeX.
- Latin Land is not Ancient Grome. Or even the actual Ancient Rome.
- It's also not Disneyland, but in Latin America or Ancient Rome.
- Latin Lover is not about someone who likes the Latin language.
- Laughably Evil is not about Harmless Villains who try to be evil, but end up just Poking The Poodle.
- Lawful Anal is not a subtrope of Eternal Sexual Freedom.
- Nor is it a rulebook about what you can and cannot legally do during anal sex.
- The Laws and Formulas index doesn't necessarily feature any tropes about either law enforcement or scientific/mathematical formulas.
- Lazy Backup is not about being too lazy to avert No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup.
- A Lazy Dragon isn't a second in command who refuses to do any work.
- Lead Police Detective has nothing to do with police muppets who prevent lead poisoning.
- Leap Day is not a day where everyone jumps up and down.
- Leather Man is not a leather-themed superhero.
- A Left-Handed Mirror is not one of those non-existent objects that the Naïve Newcomer is asked to acquire as part of a hazing ritual.
- Left Hanging has nothing to do with turning left.
- Nor is it a corpse left hanging.
- Nor is it about a right-wing lynch mob that hangs leftists. Or the other way around.
- Leg Cling is not about clothes that cling to their wearer's legs, whether by static, magic or being extremely tight.
- Legendary Carp is not about being good at fixing ships in Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates. You should be trying for Ultimate, anyway.
- Legion of Doom does not mean that a certain Castlevania boss's homeworld is the game Doom
- Nor is it referring to Eric Lindros, John LeClair, and Mikael Renberg. Unless you're a fan of the New Jersey Devils or New York Rangers.
- It's also not referring to an army led by Doctor Doom, although one could be an example.
- It has no connection to the geth construct consisting of 1,183 runtimes who is Doomed by Canon to die in the third game.
- Lemon is not about poor-quality, defective cars, the Russian term for a million of any currency, or actual lemons (we hope not).
- Televised hijinks occurring at 30 Rockefeller Plaza are also not involved in any way.
- They are also not combustible, despite how much we sometimes wish they were.
- Lemony Narrator is not about Narrators of Lemons, or the dude who sings "The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny". It also isn't about a narrator who has just bathed in Lemon Pledge. It is not specifically about a work narrated by Tina Fey either.
- It definitely isn't a narrator who is billed as "lemony" because it would be a falsehood to say he contains actual lemons.
- While Cave Johnson's pre-recorded messages are examples of this trope, it isn't because he wanted to make them combustible.
- Lensman Arms Race is not about a new Robot Master; neither is it about detached arms running around.
- Le Parkour is not named for Peter Parker, no matter how much he exemplifies this trope. It also has nothing to do with Parker Lewis.
- Lesbian Vampires aren't vampires who solely target lesbians. Instead, they're vampires who are lesbians themselves.
- Les Collaborateurs usually aren't lesbians.
- A Lethal Chef is not an accomplished cook who can kick your ass in a fight. Although El Fuerte counts as both.
- And while their food is bad, it probably won't actually kill you.
- The Lethal Joke Character is not The Joker. It's not the cast list of the very first Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch, either.
- It is also not the same as Beware the Silly Ones (which is about silly characters in-universe being dangerous to other characters in-universe, as opposed to silly game characters being powerful in the context of the game mechanics.)
- Nor is it a character with a tendency to perform Deadly Pranks.
- Nor is it about characters whose main weapon is Comedy as a Weapon.
- Let Me Get This Straight... is not about forced heterosexuality.
- Nor is it a prayer by poker players who are missing one card to have a sequence of five.
- Let's Duet is not about spinoffs of Yu-Gi-Oh! where characters compete by singing instead of card battles.
- It's also not about people singing duets and commentating over them, à la Let's Play.
- Nor is it about inviting someone to sing with you.
- Let's Fight Like Gentlemen is not about a duel between Spies.
- A Let's Split Up, Gang! is not a type of gang.
- Let's You and Him Fight is not a ploy by the Big Bad to have his Dragon distract the hero while he escapes.
- Or a redirect to Conflict Ball.
- Letting Her Hair Down is not about female characters who disappoint their hair.
- It is also not about different takes on the story of Rapunzel.
- Letting the Air out of the Band is not about the resolution of trope clashesnote between the visual novel and the performance group.
- Nor does have anything to do with opening a window or door in a room a band is playing in.
- Nor does it about asking the band to breathe out.
- Level Breaker is not a Game-Breaker limited to one Game Level.
- Nor is it snapping one of those tubes with the little air bubble inside.
- Level in Reverse is not the result of reversing the word 'level.' Because it is a palindrome, it is also 'level.'
- Level Scaling is not about going upstairs.
- Nor is it about becoming more reptilian when you level up. This is, though.
- And it is also not about evenly measuring things.
- It also isn't about a Game Level that requires you to scale it. (That would be Rise to the Challenge.)
- Level-Up at Intimacy 5 is not the fifth installment in a series called Level-Up at Intimacy.
- Licked by the Dog is about being licked in perfectly normal places. Not about being licked in... other places.
- Nor is it any time a dog licks a human. Said human has to have a bad rap for it to count as this trope.
- Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics is not an example of Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking.
- Lies to Children is a noun. It cannot replace the phrase "Kicks The Dog".
- It also doesn't refer to all untrue statements made to children.
- Lie to the Beholder, but don't be mendacious to an Eye Tyrant.
- Life Will Kill You is not about poisoned breakfast cereal, or about The Game of Life becoming deadly.
- Lighter and Softer is not what people become when they don't go out in the sun or exercise.
- Light Gun Game is not a game with a gun that shoots lasers.
- Nor is it a First-Person Shooter game where the gun doesn't weigh very much.
- Nor is it a Lighter and Softer First-Person Shooter game.
- Lighting Bug is not referring to when moths gather around a flame or when the light physics malfunctions in a virtual reality. Nor is it about your Smart Light having firmware issues.
- Light Is Good has nothing to do with the Draco in Leather Pants phenomenon of the protagonist of Death Note.
- Nor is it a compliment for Mega Man's creator.
- Light Is Not Good is not a value judgment of the protagonist of Death Note, no matter how accurate it is.
- Nor does "L" Is for "Dyslexia" refer to his antagonist's opinion of learning disabilities.
- Nor is it Death Note's equivalent to "Tobi is a good boy,"
- Light Is Not Good is not a statement concerning the taste of light products such as light beer and light cola, either.
- Nor does it imply that you don't trust Mega Man's creator.
- Or that you are a vampire.
- Lightning Bruiser is not able to damage elemental lightning.
- Neither is it a rather succinct description of Akihiko Sanada.
- It doesn't mean The Big Guy is resorting to Shock and Awe.
- Lightning Can Do Anything does not involve gushing about the Tampa Bay Lightning, with the potential exceptions of 2004, 2020, and 2021.
- Nor does it have to do with the amazing versatility of Final Fantasy XIII and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII's main protagonist.
- It also has nothing to do with the main character of Cars.
- And no, nor is it a boast about the capabilities of the P-38 or F-35.
- Like Is, Like, a Comma is not about rapidly and obsessively "liking" things on Facebook.
- Also, the second like doesn't mean "similar to", although you could argue that "'Like' is Similar to a Comma" is a more accurate name for the trope.
- Like You Were Dying is not sarcastic. It's also not how a Valley Girl talks. (Like, you were dying, you know?)
- Like You Would Really Do It is something the audience says to a writer, not something a character says to another character. That trope is You Wouldn't Shoot Me.
- It's also not what someone says to an Extreme Omnisexual when they flirt with something even more outrageous than usual.
- Lime is not about actual limes.
- Limp and Livid is not about an angry character with a limp, or about rage over The Loins Sleep Tonight.
- Lip Lock is not one of the Kissing Tropes.
- Nor is a padlock that keeps lips from kissing.
- Lipstick Lesbian is not about the sexual orientation of makeup.
- Nor does it mean drugged lipstick that causes women kissed to become gay.
- The trope Liquid Assets is a Double Entendre, but not a sexual one.
- "L" Is for "Dyslexia" is not about dyslexic lesbians.
- Lit. Class Tropes isn't just a page of really cool tropes.
- Literal Ass-Kicking is not about kicking a donkey. Similarly, Literal Ass-Kissing is not about kissing a donkey.
- A Literal Genie is not always literally a genie.
- On the other hand, a Literal Genie is not literally a work of literature... On the literal sense.
- Little Boy Seeks Big Girl is not related to Big Beautiful Woman, although there is some overlap with Tiny Guy, Huge Girl.
- Little Brother Is Watching is not about a Government Conspiracy that turns out to be powerless.
- Nor is it about sousveillance or your neighbors spying on you
- The Little Detecto is not a Kid Detective.
- Little Jimmy is not a euphemism for penis. You may be thinking of I Call Him "Mister Happy".
- A Little Sister Heroine is not a young girl who has to save older siblings or succeed where they failed. That's Youngest Child Wins. It's also not suggesting a future BioShock game where one of the Little Sisters is a protagonist.
- Live-Action TV Tropes does not involve tropers demonstrating tropes rather than relying on the written text of the wiki.
- Nor is it about TV Tropes becoming a live-action series.
- Living Gasbag is not about farting. Nor is it about someone who talks too much.
- Living in a Furniture Store is not a subtrope of Non-Residential Residence.
- Living Lie Detector isn't a polygraph that somehow became animate.
- A Living Ship isn't a 'ship that, say, evolves in response to Character Development.
- Nor does it refer to a 'ship between two living people... though given how Shipping usually goes, there'll probably be need of such a trope soon.
- The load borne by the Load-Bearing Hero, or for that matter the Load-Bearing Boss, is usually not The Load.
- And Load-Bearing Hero isn't the good counterpart of Load-Bearing Boss.
- A Load Of Bull is not, despite appearances, a Super-Trope of Hurricane of Excuses.
- Nor is it a male cattle being The Load.
- Nor is it the male bailiff from Night Court being The Load.
- Loads and Loads of Loading doesn't refer to having to load a gun many times. Most fictional characters don't.
- Nor is it about a particularly long day for a crew of Teamsters.
- Local Stars is not about local celebrities.
- Locked in the Dungeon is not about a dungeon in a video game that prevents you from exiting once entered.
- Locked into Strangeness has nothing to do with being trapped in an abnormal situation(s). The lock has to do with hair, though it can be understandable as to how that's confusing.
- Locked Out of the Fight does not list pages which gets locked due to edit wars.
- Locked Out of the Loop is not related to And Zoidberg. (That is, it's about informational loops, not social circles.) It is also not about Sonic the Hedgehog not being able to run loop-de-loops until he acquires the ability.
- A Log Fic is not a fanfic centered around Log, nor is it a genre of fanfiction centered around lumberjacks and/or sawmills. Furthermore, it is not the opposite of an Exponential Fic.
- A Logic Bomb should not explode by itself.
- Nor is it about people failing badly at logic.
- The Loins Sleep Tonight is not about meat cuts sleeping.
- And while it does have something to do with the groin area, it's not about that area feeling numb (like your foot falling asleep).
- It also isn't a remake of The Lion Sleeps Tonight but with cuts of meat.
- LOL, 69 is not the 69th installment of League of Legends. Nor is it a bootleg version of a Nintendo 64 port. Or the 6th Nintendo 64 version.
- "London, England" Syndrome is not the idea that London is the only part of England. That's Britain Is Only London.
- Nor it is a disease discovered by sir London England, medicine doctor.
- A Long Bus Trip involves taking a (metaphorical) bus trip that's long, not a trip on a long bus. It thus has nothing to do with "riding the short bus". Nor is it taking a literal bus trip that's long or anyone with Long as their surname.
- Longer-Than-Life Sentence is not a sentence that takes more than 100 years to say.
- The Long Game is not the bane of your weekly gaming club.
- Nor does it refer to hunting Longcats.
- Nor is it a video game that just keeps going forever.
- A Long List is not about how long a certain Spielberg movie is.
- Long-Lost Uncle Aesop isn't An Aesop about a long-lost uncle.
- Look Ma, No Plane! is not what is said when the hangar turns out to be empty.
- Looney Toons Big List Of Booboos And Blunders is not an Evil Overlord List for Elmer Fudd.
- The Lord British Postulate has everything to do with Richard Garriot and nothing to do with Vic Viper's wingman.
- Loser Buys Lunch is not about that Loser buying himself, or anyone else’s, lunch.
- Loser Has Your Back does not mean an incompetent person has stolen your backside.
- Nor is it Unwanted Assistance. Usually, it's the exact opposite.
- Nor is it Defeat Equals Friendship.
- Losing Horns is not about beings with horns losing them, as can happen if you run into Discord.note or if you're an Ascended Demon.
- Nor are they horns you wear to indicate you've lost at something.
- Nor are they about misplaced or stolen brass instruments.
- Lost Aesop is not about any appearance of An Aesop in the show Lost, or about the actual writer, a book of his fables or knowledge of them disappearing from somewhere.
- Lost Him in a Card Game is not about such a game where someone drowns into it and is never seen from again.
- Lost in Imitation is not about becoming deeply immersed in an imitation.
- The Lotus Position is not the position you have to sit in to drive a Lotus, eat specaloos biscuits or tend to lotus blossoms.
- The Loudness War was not instigated by Loudness, though they may have been unwitting participants.
- A Lounge Lizard is not a reptilian critter known for being lazy.
- Loveable Rogue does not refer to fan consensus on the X-Men character of the same name.
- It is also not about the character of the same name from Mega Man Star Force. Not that this Rogue is loveable.
- It also has nothing to do with a certain team of hoverboarding anthropomorphic birds.
- Lovecraftian Fiction has nothing to do with love.
- And unless your hobby is making paper-mâché idols of the Great Old Ones, it doesn't have anything to do with crafts, either.
- It is also unrelated to Item Crafting.
- Lovecraft Country isn't an entire country filled with eldritch abominations, nor is it a place for people who love Minecraft.
- Lovecraft Lite is not a reference to H. P. Lovecraft being thin and sickly and therefore a lightweight (he once fainted after being hit by a blast of cold wind] but this isn't about that).
- Nor is it Cthulhu's favorite lite beer.
- Nor does it refer to the abridged versions of Lovecraft's works.
- Love Goddess is not about dating a deity.
- Lovely Angels aren't angelic Nice Guys.
- Love Makes You Dumb doesn't mean it makes you literally incapable of speaking. Except when it does.
- Love Makes You Evil is not about the LOVE (that is, Level Of ViolencE) stat in Undertale, although gaining LOVE by killing monsters does indeed make you evil.
- From the same game, Flowey is a LOVE Freak, but not a Love Freak.
- The Love-Obstructing Parents don't actually forbid your relationship, though some don't approve. Instead, they get in the way of spending time with the person.
- Love Potion does not refer to someone being infatuated with a potion.
- Loves My Alter Ego is not what Kiyotaka Ishimaru says about Hifumi Yamada.
- A Love to Dismember is not about dismembering someone you love.
- Love Tropes isn't a command to "love" tropes.
- Loving a Shadow does not refer to having a crush on someone you can't really be said to know, in the manner of celebrity worshippers, medieval knights, or Charlie Brown and the never-seen little red-haired girl.
- It also has nothing to do with Maria Robotnik.
- Or Midna.
- Or the plot of Tenchi in Tokyo.
- Or loving the game Shadow of the Colossus.
- Or romance with a silhouette, no matter how sexy it may be.
- Or the way Kairi brought Sora back.
- Loving Bully does not mean loving these Bullies or the video game.
- Low Clearance is not about low-level intelligence operatives who don't have the required security clearance to read files or enter specific places.
- Nor it is about products on clearance sale that are close to the floor.
- Low Fantasy is not about subterranean dwarfs.
- Nor is it about a Final Fantasy game with bad ratings.
- Nor does it refer to fantasy that uses low humor.
- Lucky Charms Title has nothing to do with the breakfast cereal.
- Nor with Leprechauns of any kind.
- Or Ladybug's useful item-summoning power.
- Ludicrous Gibs is not the name of a Bond girl.
- And it has nothing to do with NCIS.
- Or Pirates of the Caribbean.
- Or The Bee Gees.
- And it's definitely not an extreme version of Mad Libs.
- And it is not ridiculous neutered male cats.
- Ludicrous Mêlée Accuracy does not refer to the ludicrous accuracy required to play Competitive Melee.
- A Lying Creator is not because the creator lied to us.
- Nor is it when God is resting.
- Lyrical Shoehorn is not about people shoehorning Lyrical Nanoha examples where they don't belong.
- Nor is it about using songs to put shoes on.
- Or the kind with teeth.