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L
- Lab Rats is not a show about rodents that live in a laboratory.
- Ladies versus Butlers! is not a Fighting Game where one half of the roster consists of aristocratic women and the other half butlers.
- Lady Bird is not about an insect, or about a lady who loves birds.
- It's not to be confused with the wrestler Ladybeard, either.
- Also not a biopic about Claudia Alta Johnson.
- Or a King of the Hill spinoff about the Hill family's dog.
- Lady for a Day does not involve Gender Bending.
- Lady Sia is not the name of a collaboration between Lady Gaga and Sia.
- Lakeview Terrace is not a life sim-turned-horror game in the style of Lakeview Cabin and Lakeview Valley.
- La La Land is not where Lalaloopsy takes place.
- It's also not where Laa Laa lives.
- Nor is it home to a certain Devilukean princess.
- La-La Land Records doesn't record there.
- LaLa does not distribute there either.
- Lambda has nothing to do with Half-Life or Lambda-11. Nor is it Japanese for "It's a Lamb".
- Lamentations of the Flame Princess has nothing to do with Finn's girlfriend's grief over their breakup.
- The pilot in Landing High Japan is not high.
- Langrissernote is not about seeing someone getting his lungs ripped out, nor is a Nazisploitation film.
- Nor is the German name of Surgeon Simulator 2013.
- La-Mulana is not the Spanish title of Mulan.
- Large Bagel is not a Large Ham who happens to be Jewish.
- Las Lindas is not the name of a Mexican town.
- Lassie's Rescue Rangers is not Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers with a certain Collie added to the team.
- Las Vegas is not known as Las Balrogs in Japan.
- "Last Christmas" by Wham! is not a precursor to "This Christmas" by Donny Hathaway.
- The Last Spartan is not the sole survivor of battle of Thermopylae on the Greek Side.
- The Last Starfighter is not about a Reality Show about celebrities training as prizefighters, for charitable causes or not.
- Laura is not an Infinite Stratos spinoff focusing on Laura Bodewig.
- Nor is it a Family Matters spinoff about the Winslows' eldest daughter.
- Or an origin story for X-23.
- Laverne & Shirley:
- The series as a whole isn't about Mrs. Frensky and a large ewe. Or a gargoyle in the former case. Or a female duck in the latter case.
- "Why Did the Fireman?" is not the setup to a joke.
- "The Slow Child" isn't about a child who's not a fast runner.
- Law & Order isn't a G.I. Joe spin-off focusing on the team's MP and his trusty dog.
- Layer Cake is not some Shoujo Manga or Anime. It's also not a Cute 'em Up version of Layer Section, nor is it a lie.
- The Lazarus Effect is not an adaptation of the Frank Herbert novel.
- The PET in Leave It To PET is a plastic bottle, not a device that houses a NetNavi inside.
- Or the old Commodore computer.
- Nor does it have anything to do with Leave It to Beaver.
- Left 4 Dead is not a story about a person who, after the four people closest to him and absolutely no one else in his hometown are killed, goes on a epic quest to hunt down the mysterious perpetrators of the killings and discover the reason for the attack.
- It's not a fourth installment in Left series entitled "Dead".
- Left Behind is not something Spinal Tap couldn't do. It's also not what you do to your friends if they can't do the Safety Dance.
- Legally Blonde is not about a girl who wants to be blonde and being recognized as such by law.
- The Legend of Billie Jean is not about the Michael Jackson song, or about tennis great Billie Jean King.
- The Legend of Koizumi is not about that Koizumi.
- The Legend of Maian is not an alternate title for the movie 2012. (If anything, it would be The Legend of the Maya.)
- It also doesn't have anything to do with the good aliens in Perfect Dark.
- Legend of the Five Rings is not the fifth in a series of twelve. There is no Legend of the Three French Hens, Legend of the Ten Leaping Lords, or anything else your true love gave to you.
- It also doesn't detail the history and mythology behind the Olympics.
- Nor is it a legend about rings being given to a previously unknown Middle-earth people.
- The Legend of Zelda isn't known as the Legend of Fenneko in Japan and on Netflix.
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess does not Crossover with Princess Twilight Sparkle. Or with any (original) princess characters from TheTwilightSaga.
- While several Zelda games involve going backwards in time, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is not one of them.
- Legendary Wings is not Wings (the band or the sitcom) being LEGENDARY!
- Legends of the Fall has nothing to do with football or the World Series.
- You won't be able to build Central Perk with a LEGO Friends set. note
- Lego DC: Batman: Family Matters is not a crossover between Batman and Family Matters.
- LEGO Dimensions has nothing to do with LEGO Worlds besides obviously both being Lego video games.
- Les Misérables is not about French lesbians who like to Wangst a lot.
- Nor is it about a miserable bloke named Les.
- Les Sisters is not about lesbian incest.
- Lesbian Vampire Killers is about killers of lesbian vampires, not vampire killers who are lesbians. Nor is it Castlevania WITH LESBIANS!
- Let It Die is not a psychotic version of Frozen (2013) where Elsa kills everyone who opposes her while singing about it.
- "Let It Go" isn't about let Pennywise release from hell.
- Let's Go Luna! does not star Princess Luna, Luna the cat, Luna Lovegood, Luna Platz, Luna Girl or Luna Loud. It's also not about the other Luna the Moon.
- Let the Right One In has nothing to do with the hokey pokey.
- Leverage is not Battlefield Earth told from the Psychlos' point of view.
- Liar Liar is not about spontaneously combusting underwear.
- Sorry Tobey Maguire fans, but there're zero contain of his titular favorite food in Licorice Pizza.
- Life of Boris is not a documentary about the Japanese rock band.
- Nor is it about a former prime minister.
- Nor is it about a Russian spy who is trying to catch "moose and squirrel".
- Caillou's fathernote is not involved either.
- And it's not a Biopic of Boris Karloff.
- Lil Nas X is not the tenth person in a lineage of people named Lil Nas. Nor does he rap about Network-Attached Storage. And he's not called Lil Nas Generations outside of Japan.
- Life of Pi is not about the history of the mathematical constant of a circle's circumference divided by its diameter (π=3.14159265...). You might be looking for π instead.
- It's also not about pie.
- Life on Mars, although it is science fiction, mostly does not involve actual biological organisms from the Red Planet.
- Lifted is not a sequel to De Lift or Lift (2024). The latter one was released later than the former two.
- The titular protagonist of Lightbringer has nothing to do with the 1993 Beat 'em Up released by Taito, outside maybe being a violent Epic Fantasy. We hope he's unrelated to the other guy called Lightbringer, and thus is not THE FUCKING UNIVERSE!
- Lightening Force is not Thunder Force meets the Enlightenment period.
- Lightning Returns is not a working title for Cars 2.
- Limbo of the Lost is not the characters in Lost having a competition involving bending under a pole.
- Similarly, Limbo (2010) does not involve limbo dancing, and the two games aren't related to each other.
- Lingo isn't a spinoff prequel of The Lingo Show, which focuses around Lingo's early life.
- The Lion King is not about Duck King's father or Don King's one.
- The Lincoln Lawyer is not about Abraham Lincoln, even though he was a lawyer.
- Also, while the Lincoln in the title refers to the car, the company doesn't have a car called the "Lawyer".
- It also doesn't refer to a lawyer who charges only US$5 (or 1 penny) in legal fees.
- Listie is not an anthropomorphic shopping list.
- LittleBigPlanet is not the long-desired third chapter of the Little Big Adventure saga. Why, Fredrick Raynal, why?
- It is also not a future name of the band Little Big Town.
- Little Busters! does not have an inverse called Mega Busters.
- Little Caesar is not about the pizza place.
- Nor is it about Julius Caesar.
- Little Furry does not star a Furry Fandom member.
- Little Giants is not related to the Abbott and Costello film Little Giant, nor to anyone from Haikyuu!!, or the trope Large Runt.
- Little Iliad is not a condensed or abridged version of The Iliad.
- Little King's Story is not the unauthorized biography of Napoléon Bonaparte.
- Nor is it a sequel to The Little Prince.
- And it's not a documentary about Little Kings Cream Ale.
- The Little Mermaid refers to her young age, not her size compared to any human or merfolk.
- The Little Vampire is not The Little Mermaid WITH VAMPIRES!
- Little Nemo is not a Spinoff Babies adaptation to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea or Finding Nemo.
- The Little Prince is not a trope about rulers who are children, nor the story of Prince's childhood.
- Little Princess is not a Gender Bender version of The Little Prince.
- The Littlest Hobo is not about a diminutive human being. This actually tripped up one of the hosts of Marek vs. Wyshynski in one episode.
- The Little Tail Bronx series doesn't take place in New York.
- The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree is not a spin-off to The Christmas Light
- It also isn't a sequel nor Mockbuster to Noel
- The Littles is not about Little Light's children, nor it isn't a spin-off to the Stuart Little film.
- Live A Live is not a Haruhi Suzumiya episode. Nor is it related in any way to Alive A Life, Date A Live, or Kill la Kill.
- Liv and Maddie is not about Liv Tyler being constantly seen in person by one of her biggest fans.
- The Lizzie of Lizzie does not have the last name of McGuire.
- Locke & Key is not a titular character from Locke meets one of the main character from Key & Peele.
- You aren't in a Mexican desert and shooting bandits in LocoRoco.
- Nor is Tamale Loco related to either.
- Nor does it involve Rocko going crazy.
- Logan, Logan Lucky, and Logan's Run do not constitute a movie series.
- Logan's Run is not about Wolverine running his errands, nor how fast he goes.
- LoliRock thankfully does not have any lolicon elements.
- Lollipop Chainsaw is not a chainsaw made of lollipops.
- Lone Wolf and Cub is completely unrelated to Lone Wolf.
- Lone Wolf McQuade isn't a sequel to either one either.
- The Long Dark does not involve any tea-times of the soul.
- The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is not pronounced "teh-ah-tim-eh".
- Looking for Alaska is not a Historical Fiction novelnote about two people who must brave the frozen wilderness of North America to reach an Alaskan settlement.
- A Loonatic's Tale has nothing to do with Looney Tunes, let alone Loonatics Unleashed.
- The Looney Tunes Show is not a compilation program featuring decades-old theatrically-released shorts. (There was such a show by that name, but it's not the subject of the article.)
- Neither is Looney Tunes Cartoons.
- The Longest Yard is not a competition or Reality Show in which people try to stretch their front lawns out as far as possible.
- Lord of the Flies is not the prequel to Lord of the Rings.
- Lord of the Rings is not about an overenthusiastic Olympic athlete.
- Nor is it about a boxing or wrestling champ, or a multiple-time Super Bowl winner.
- Lost and Delirious is not about The Lost finding the item called Delirious.
- The Lost Boys is not a sequel to Peter Pan even though that's where the title comes from. This cannot be expressed enough.
- The Lost City of Z is not a "cool" way to spell "The Lost City of C".
- And it's not a spinoff of The Lost City.note The Lost City of Z was released 6 years earlier before that.
- Lost in Space is not Lost... IN SPACE!
- It doesn't refer to the crossover episode between the Space and the Galaxy Rangers either. That's "To the Tenth Power".
- Nor is it another name for Star Trek: Voyager.
- The Lost Stars isn't a Binding of Isaac spinoff starring The Lost.
- Playing Lost: The Game◊ will not not cause you to lose The Game.
- The Loud Family has nothing to do with The Loud House. Or The Proud Family, for that matter.
- The Loud House is not about a house that makes loud noise.
- "Family Bonding" isn't about the Loud family spending quality time together.
- "Baby Steps" isn't about Lily walking.
- The Love Boat is not the nautical counterpart to The Love Bug.
- Love Hina is not about fanboys of Aoi Asahina or a certain Marine officer from One Piece.
- LoveKami: Useless Goddess has nothing to do with Aqua.
- Love Live! is not about having sex on live TV. Nor does it have to do with the phrase "Live, Love, Laugh."
- Love Nikki - Dress Up Queen is not about falling in love with and/or dressing up the host of Swapnote.
- A Lovely★Complex is not a disease that makes the afflicted look more appealing.
- Love Roma is not about being affectionate towards the Roma ethnic group, or an Italian remake of Love Hina.
- Love Stage!! is not a Screen-to-Stage Adaptation of Love Live! or Love Hina.
- Loving Vincent is not a tribute to the Tim Burton short Vincent.
- Low G Man is not a mysterious man who is spying on Gordon Freeman in secret.
- Nor is it about a man whose vocal range goes down to a low G.
- L's Empire was not built by a genius detective with a sugar addiction and no social skills. Though he probably has enough money to build an empire if he wanted to.
- Lucius is not about Draco Malfoy's father, but someone even worse.
- His last name is not Heinous.
- Lucky Star is not about a certain Madonna song, or the science-fiction novels by Isaac Asimov, or a Paper Mario 64 item, one of the "Chinatown bus" lines operating between Boston and New York City, or anything else named as such.
- Lucy is not about Lucille Ball, Lucy van Pelt, or Lucy Loud.
- The band Ludo and the film Ludo have nothing to do with each other, Ludo Bagman or The Ludovico Technique note . The band also has nothing to do with the board game Ludo, though the film does.
- It's not related to a certain dimunitive, villainous kappa.
- Luka and the Fire of Life is not about Crypton's resident pink-haired Vocaloid, and is not even the right gender anyway. Nor does it have anything to do with Suzanne Vega.
- Nor does it star Luka Couffaine.
- Nor is it related to Luca.
- Luka Luka Night Fever has nothing to do with Saturday Night Fever.
- Luna Game is not an alternate version of Duck Game where you play as the Moon. Nor does it star Princess Luna, Luna Lovegood, Luna the cat, or Luna Loud.
- Lunar: Walking School will not teach you how to deal with the Moon's much lighter gravity.
- Lupin III does not star Remus Lupin's grandchild, nor is Lupin's Tales about Remus's stories of his life as a Marauder.
- And his grandfather is only a fictional character on Lupin.
- Lux-Pain does not relate to the discomfort one feels when playing Luxor.
- And Luxor is not leetspeak for "luck."
- Lux Pain is not what happens when you're a lamp who deflates an iconic ball.
M
- M does not feature James Bond's superior and head of MI6.
- Or a certain angel in disguise from Shin Megami Tensei IV.
- M2 is not a type of machinegun.
- Similarly, their M2 ShotTriggers line is not about firing said machinegun.
- M3GAN isn't the 3rd installment of Megan, with the "E" letter was reverted to "3". Before that, there's no film called M1GAN and M2GAN.
- MacGyver is not the son of Guyver, even if "Mac" is Gaelic for "son".
- "Macho Man" by The Village People isn't about Randy Savage.
- The song also has nothing to do with Super Macho Man.
- The Macross franchise has nothing to do with Picross, when the nonograms are bigger than usual.
- Macross Frontier has nothing to do with Digimon Frontier.
- Or Pokémon's Battle Frontier.
- Or Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
- Nor is the ship a Nissan pickup (or built to look like one).
- Macross Frontier has nothing to do with Digimon Frontier.
- Mad Jack the Pirate episode "The Treasure Of The Headless, Left-Handed, Peatmoss Salesman" is not about the treasure or the salesman but rather about Mad Jack having to renew his pirate license. Mad Jack just happened to be looking for that treasure when the authorities caught him.
- The show itself does not star the jack-in-the-box boss from Donkey Kong 64.
- Mad Men isn't about the weekly misadventures of a group of mad scientists.
- Nor are they all men.
- And Al Jaffee isn't one of them.
- Regarding MAD, the magazine is not a Lighter and Softer version of Berserk, nor doesn't involve weapons of mass destruction.
- Mad Max is not part of a series of boss songs with "MAX" in the title.
- Madara is not a spin-off starring Madara Uchiha.
- MadWorld is not about the song.
- Or the comedy show It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
- Maggie and the Ferocious Beast is not about the youngest Simpson child or the clown-hating goth girl going on an adventure with the ferocious beast.
- Magic Kaito is not a magic version of the blue-haired scarf-wearing Vocaloid. Or a certain Mermaid Princess's boyfriend. Or the Ultimate Astronaut.
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha is not a Musical Assassin. Or 10-9 hectares.
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS is not a crossover between Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha and the Strikers 1945 Shoot 'Em Up series. Nor is it about the Nanoha cast playing extreme soccer with no regards for safety (or rules, for that matter). (Of course, either one would be awesome.)
- And Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's isn't about Nanoha doing very well in school.
- Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka is not a prequel to Neon Genesis Evangelion about the training and adventures of Miss Langley before she arrived in Tokyo-3.
- Magical Pokémon Journey is not a Magical Girl series set in the world of Pokémon (no matter how awesome that would be.)
- Magic Girl has absolutely nothing to do with Magical Girls whatsoever.
- Magnus has nothing to do with a high-ranking Autobot.
- Or a robot fighter..
- Or a former TNA World Champion.
- Or a certain magician/chain-smoker.
- Or the TV presenter who figures prominently in Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me With Science".
- Magical Girl Ore has no special minerals involved that are important to Magical Girls.
- My-HiME does not feature any traditional princesses.
- Kurohime is not its Darker and Edgier sister, either.
- maimai does not star Mai Shiranui, nor is it a play on the phrase "my, my!"
- maimai GreeN does not have Dan Green as its announcer.
- maimai ORANGE does not mean "this orange is mine!"
- maimai PiNK does not feature any songs by P!nk.
- maimai MURASAKi does not refer to this Murasaki. Or that Murasaki. Or this Murasaki. Or that Murasaki.
- Malcolm in the Middle is not about Malcolm Reed standing between two other people.
- Malekith The Accursed is not Thor: The Dark World from the main villain's point of view.
- The Maltese Falcon is not about the origins of a race-happy mercenary captain in the future.
- Mamma Mia! has nothing to do with Super Mario Bros..
- Manabi Straight! does not have a companion show called Manabi Gay, Manabi Lesbian, or Manabi Bi.
- Or Manabi Flush!, or Manabi Full House!, or Manabi Four-of-a-Kind!, or any other poker hand.
- Man of Steel is not about a blacksmith, a construction rebar welder, or an I-Beam Setter.
- Nor it is a biography of Joseph Stalin.
- The titular "Man" does not have Balls of Steel, or at least any that we know of.
- The Mandalorian is not a collaboration between Bill Monroe and Doc Brown.
- Manic Monday by The Bangles, Wacky Wednesday, and Freaky Friday do not make a series.
- Manila Luzon is not from Manila, Luzon, though his name is an intentional play on those words.
- Manos: The Hands of Fate is not a Spanish Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha documentary focusing on the animation of Fate's hands.
- The Manual of the Warrior of Light is not a guide book to Final Fantasy.
- The Man Who Was Thursday was not related to Wednesday Addams.
- Nor was he at all related to King Friday XIII.
- Manzo'd With Children is not a Married... with Children spinoff where the Bundy quartet fall victims to one of the Seven Samurai. Nor is it a sitcom starring the singer of the Genshiken opening theme.
- Mao-chan is not about a gender bent Mao Tse-Tung.
- And it's not a child who plays a card game where you're not allowed to discuss the rules.
- Marathon is not about running. Or gas stations.
- Marble Hornets is not about hornets made of marble.
- Maria†Holic is not a crossover between Maria Watches Over Us and Xxx HO Li C.
- Nor is it about Alucard taking the Discworld vampire route and abating his blood addiction by obsessing over something else he enjoys.
- Mario 4: A Space Odyssey is not the fourth Super Mario Bros. game. It also has nothing with the space-faring Mario Galaxy games or Super Mario Odyssey.
- Mario Kart 7's predecessor is not called Mario Kart Vista. And it's not a Mario Kart game without a built-in headphone jack, or one with exploding karts.
- Mario Kart 8's Updated Re-releasenote is not called Mario Kart 8.1.
- It's not a Mario Kart game that can charge wirelessly.
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Booster Course Pass does not feature a race track themed around Booster from Super Mario RPG.
- Mario Tennis Aces is not a crossover with DanceDanceRevolution Anote .
- Nor does it mean the entire roster is asexual.
- Mark of the Ninja is not about a ninja called Mark.
- It's not a sequel to Fatal Fury Mark of the Wolves, either.
- Marley & Me is not a Wicked-style retelling of the backstory of A Christmas Carol from Scrooge's point of view.
- Nor is it a biography of a certain world-famous reggae musician. That would be just Marley.
- Nor is it a spinoff of Attack on Titan focusing on characters who live in the Marley Kingdom and how the country affects their lives.
- Nor is it about the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl character who specializes in the Speed stat.
- Maroon 5 is not the third Super Sentai series to have a "five" suffix in the title, following Dai Sentai Goggle Five and Kyūkyū Sentai GoGoV.
- Marriland is not a Pokémon-themed waterpark.
- The main character of Marry Me (2014) is not Maeby Funke.
- Mars Matrix is not The Matrix ON MARS!
- Mars Needs Moms is not the sequel to the fictional movie Mars Needs Lumberjacks.
- Martha Speaks does not consist of speeches or commentary from Martha Stewart. (And the dog isn't Paul Mc Cartney's.)
- "Martha Plays Favourites" isn't actually about Martha playing favourites (it's about Truman thinking that his mother is and Martha thinking that the Lorraines are).
- "We're Powerless" isn't about anyone feeling vulnerable.
- "Martha's Puppy" isn't about Martha becoming pregnant.
- "Too Much Martha" isn't someone (perhaps Ronald) with Medium Awareness complaining that Martha has too much screen time.
- "Martha Fails the Course" isn't about her studying.
- "Martha Walks the Dog" isn't about Martha walking Skits on a leash.
- Marvel Land does not have Marvel comics characters, has nothing to do with the Marvel Comics Universe, or The Cinematic Universe. It also has nothing to do with the DC Superhero. And while it is a game based on a Theme Park, it has nothing to do with the Universal Studios.
- Mary Reilly is not at all related to Matthew Reilly.
- M*A*S*H does not star a shield-wielding Demi-Servant.
- The Masked Singer is not Brad Turner.
- Mass Effect is not about Catholic Mass or the effect of being too heavy.
- The Master is not about The Master - and not about that one, either.
- Maus doesn't actually even mention a German superheavy tank. But it does have Nazis.
- Maverick is not about the one from Top Gun. And it's not called Irregular in Japan.
- Mayberry R.F.D. does not center on the town's fire department. (The truth is much stranger.)
- Max Steel is not a song in the "MAX" series of DanceDanceRevolution "boss" songs.
- Maximum Carnage isn't about a hypothetical version of Maximum Spider that Carnage could perform if he was in a Marvel vs. Capcom game.
- May December does not set from May to December. And no, there are no characters called "May" and "December".
- McCloud is not about Star Fox.
- Nor is it about Cloud Strife going to McDonald's.
- While we don't know for sure what MDK stands for, it probably doesn't mean Mario vs. Donkey Kong.
- It doesn't have anything to do with M.O.D.O.K. either.
- Medal of Honor is not part of the Honor Harrington series.
- Medaka Box is not an Off-Model Puella Magi Madoka Magica parody. You're probably thinking of Meduka Meguca, nor is the sequel of Megalo Box.
- Medic Pics is not a Team Fortress 2 fan-comic.
- Meet the Applegates does not feature Christina.
- It also has nothing to do with Team Fortress 2.
- The Meg is not about Meg Griffin getting her own spin-off movie. Nor is it a redirect to Butt-Monkey.
- Meg 2: The Trench isn't about Meg Griffin explore vicious, cannibalistic, ocean-dwelling creatures. Also, it's not a crossover between The Meg and The Trench (1999), which you won't see Daniel Craig in this movie.
- Mega Babies is not a Spinoff Babies version of Mega Man.
- Mega Bomberman is not called Rock Bomberman in Japan.
- Megadeth is not a music band full of Omnicidal Maniacs. Nor is it about one million deaths.
- Megadimension Neptunia VII is not the seventh in the seriesnote . And it's not called Rockdimension Neptunia VII in Japan.
- Mega Man does not refer to anything to do with a million. Nor does Rockman use The Power of Rock, though he was named after rock 'n roll. It does not have a sequel named Giga Man or a prequel named Kilo Man.
- The Japanese subtitle for Mega Man 8, Metal Heroes, does not feature any of the Metal Heroes.
- Mega Man IV is not Mega Man being pumped into someone's veins.
- Mega Man Star Force is not a Video Game crossover between Capcom's Mega Man (Classic) series and Tecmo's Star/Mega Force series.
- It is also not about Copy Protection software.
- Mega Man X is not naked pictures of Rock, and similarly Mega Man ZX is not naked pictures of Zero.
- It's not about very big cats without tails either.
- Despite being part of the Mega Man series, it is not the tenth game therein. You're probably thinking of Mega Man 10.
- Also has no relation to Mega Mewtwo X or Mega Charizard X.
- It's also not a model of Mega Man that's luxury-priced and is unlocked with your face.
- Nor is it the official Twitter / X account of the Mega Man franchise.
- Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X is not about Mega Man's mission to end smoking.
- Mega Man Zero isn't a prequel to the first Mega Man game.
- Mega Man ZX is not for the ZX Spectrum.
- Even though it is partly based off of the Mega Man (Classic) series, Mega Mari is not a spinoff of Mega Man Battle Network starring Ms. Mari.
- Mega Mari also isn't a bootleg on a pirated NES cartridge with Mega Man's sprite replaced by Mari(o).
- Megamind has nothing to do with Mega Man's mind.
- Meg and Mog is not what would happen if Meg Murray, Meg Griffin or Mystic Meg met the Thomas' family's grey tabby.
- Melatonin isn't a spinoff of I Was a Teenage Exocolonist starring Tammy's dad.
- Memory's Dogma is not about the concept of dogma, the movie Dogma, or Dragon's Dogma.
- The Men Who Stare at Goats are not sexual deviants, nor are they looking intently at shock sites. Or a webcomic.
- And it has nothing to do with Aberforth Dumbledore. Honest.
- Nor does it have anything to do with the Pontiac GTO.
- Menace II Society should not be read as Menace Society II. There is no Menace Society before that.
- The Mermaid Princess's Guilty Meal is thankfully not some weird fanfic about any of those Mermaid Princesses and of something they ate that they feel guilty about.
- "Merry Christmas from the Family" isn't about celebrating the holidays with the Mafia.
- Metal Gear is not about finding a metal gear in a world where gears commonly are made from other materials.
- Metal Gear Solid, on that note, is not about finding a solid metal gear in another world where gears are found Liquid, Solidus and other states of matter - or, for that matter, Naked.
- And Snake Eater is actually about eating snakes, but it is not a euphemism for a certain sex act.
- Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is not a game where you have to eat food to grow longer and fixing the machinery in the meantime.
- Metal Wolf Chaos has nothing to do with any of the above.
- The existence of Characters.Metal Gear Raiden doesn't mean that there's a game called Metal Gear Raiden. If you're looking for the game he stars in, that would be Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.
- Metal Gear Solid, on that note, is not about finding a solid metal gear in another world where gears are found Liquid, Solidus and other states of matter - or, for that matter, Naked.
- Metal Heroes will not engage in Metal Combat.
- And they don't shoot guns loaded with Metal Slugs either.
- They are also not a supergroup of heavy metal legends either.
- Metal Slug is not about robot animals.
- Nor are they used to defeat Metal Gears either.
- Metal Slug X is not a game for the MSX. Nor is it the official X account of the Metal Slug franchise.
- The Metroid series is not about the New York Mets and steroid use.
- Metroid: Other M is not rated M for Mature by ESRB.
- Also, Metroid Prime has nothing to do with Samus learning about prime numbers or eating prime rib.
- Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is not about the Galactic Federation becoming corrupt.
- MF Ghost is not short for "Motherfucking ghost".
- And on a related note, it is not the sequel to Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt.
- MI-5 is not the fifth installment of the Mission: Impossible series.
- The Mick is not about Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mantle, Mick Jagger, or Mick Foley.
- The Middle doesn't have a character named Malcolm.
- It also isn't about the Jimmy Eat World song.
- Midnight Express is not about a tag team managed by a wimp with a tennis racket.
- Midnight Mass and The Midnight Club (2022) are not related to each other, despite they are both directed by Mike Flanagan and the same actor.
- Midsomer Murders and Midsommar are not connected. (Though both involve killings.)
- The Mighty B! does not involve young Mighty Mouse getting a grade B at a school subject. Nor is it a "what if" show where he's an insect rather than a rodent.
- The Mighty Boosh is not a wacky comedy involving the either 41st or the 43rd President of the United States.
- Mighty Magiswords is not a weapon on Mahou Sentai Magiranger.
- Mighty No. 9 is not refering to Cirno being the strongest. Nor is it the ninth game in a franchise called Mighty No.
- Mighty Switch Force! is not a Mighty No. 9/Star Wars crossover for the Nintendo Switch.
- Miitopia is not a cheap rip-off of Zootopia WITH MIIS!
- Miles from Tomorrowland is not a spinoff of Tomorrowland.
- Nor is it about Miles "Tails" Prower.
- Milk is not about dairy products.
- Milk Money is not what companies do to Cash Cow Franchises.
- Nothing to do with the 1936 Looney Tunes cartoon Milk and Money, either.
- Milky Way Wishes does not involve a candy bar wrapper with a complimentary wish inside. You might be looking for something that has a similar plot like that.
- Million Dollar Baby isn't about a valuable infant, nor a wealthy one.
- Milly, Molly is not about Mildred Hubble (that'd be Millie), or female cats (although there were a few in the series), nor the drug ecstasy or the main character from Generation O! or Chief O'Brien's daughter.
- Milo is not about hot chocolate, one of the Tweenies, or the protagonist of The Phantom Tollbooth.
- He isn't a Walking Disaster Area, either.
- Milo Murphy's Law is not a Courtroom Drama.
- MindJack is not about paying attention to and staying respectful to someone named Jack.
- It also isn't about a psychic version of Wheeljack.
- The main objective in Minecraft is not crafting landmines and sea mines. Nor is it a spinoff of Warcraft or Starcraft.
- While the eponymous protagonist of Mini Mari! is indeed "mini", the character in question is not that Mari. Nor that one, that's Mario.
- The Mini Ninjas really aren't that small.
- Minions At Work is not about Gru's Minions.
- The Miracle of Morgan's Creek is not how James Robinson saved his production company despite his produced movies being mostly critical and commercial bombs.
- The aforementioned film and the film company Morgan Creek is not a knockoff of Craig of the Creek or Dawson's Creek, where a synthetic female human or Freeman was owned the creek.
- Mirai Nikki / The Future Diary is not about what diaries and blogs will be like in the future.
- Nor is it about the protagonist of Swapnote.
- Miracle Musical is not something you perform on a stage.
- Missing Link is not The Legend of Zelda's counterpart to Mario Is Missing!.
- Mixels has nothing to do with the Pixel Art term used for drawing pixels at inconsistent sizes.
- Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku is not related to Minami-ke.
- Miyuki-chan in Wonderland is not an obscure crossover between Lucky Star and Alice in Wonderland.
- It also has no relation to Miyuki.
- Moana isn't about a girl who's always moaning and complaining.
- Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ does not feature ZZ Top.
- Mob Psycho 100 is not about the 100th Psycho for Hire who works for The Mafia or the Yakuza.
- And it's not a college course on mob psychology.
- Nor is it a psychotic version of 1 vs. 100, even IF the hundred is collectively referred to as the "Mob."
- Moby-Dick is not a collaboration between Moby and Dicks: The Musical.
- Mog is not what would happen if Meg disappeared.
- Molly's Game does not star Molly Ringwald, Molly Shannon or Molly McGee.
- Mondo Medicals isn't a game where you play as Mondo Mole who is a doctor.
- It’s also not an Alternate Universe where Mondo Oowada is the Ultimate Doctor.
- Money Monster is not a financial-related Kaiju film.
- Monica's Gang does not feature the cast of Friends, the Doki Doki Literature Club, or the Warriors of Hope (the latter two are spelled differently, anyway).
- Monk is not a religious man, and his adventures are not set in a monastery, apart from "Mr. Monk and the Miracle".
- And his first name is not Art or Thelonious.
- Nor are his assistants The Monkees.
- Monkey Man is not a monkey-themed Superman or Robot Master.
- Monopoly isn't about companies that are the exclusive producer of a particular commodity.
- Monstar has nothing to do with the Korean TV series of the same name, nor it it about the Nerdlucks' basketball-playing alter egos or a certain Zero-Effort Boss from Starborn Valley.
- Monster Allergy is not a spinoff of Osmosis Jones WITH MONSTERS!
- The Monsters in questions aren't energy drinks
- Monster Farm is not related to Monster Ranchernote .
- Monster High is not about a monster getting high off drugs.
- Or a really epic high.
- Or getting high off energy drinks.
- Nor do they go to Monsters University after graduating.
- Nor do they work at Monsters, Inc. after that. Although people who graduate from Monsters University do work at Monsters Inc.
- They also do not get their cars serviced at the Monster Garage.
- It's not a High School AU of Monster Hunter, either.
- And it doesn't hold a Monster Prom.
- You won't find The Monster Club there.
- Monster House is not about a gameplay mechanic in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series.
- Monster Hunter International is not a Monster Hunter game intended to be played worldwide. That already happened long ago.
- Nor is it a Monster Hunter game with added features that's exclusive to Japan.
- Monster Hunter is not about hunting Complete Monsters. You don't become a monster yourself, either.
- Monster Hunter Freedom and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite do not feature freedom fighters.
- Monster Hunter Generations is not titled Monster Hunter Galaxies or Monster Hunter Advance in other regions.
- Monster Hunter 2G, 3G, and 4Gnote are not Monster Hunter games played over cellular networks.
- Monster Hunter Xnote is not the tenth game in the series; there were more than 10 games in the series released prior to it anyway.
- Nor is it a porn spinoff.
- It also does not have anything to do with Mega Man X or Final Fantasy X, either.
- It's not a Monster Hunter-themed bowling game, either.
- Nor does it involve hunting Protoform X, monstrous though he may be.
- It's not the official X account for the Monster Hunter series either.
- Besides, the 'X' is spoken as "cross", not "ten" or "ecks".
- The games leading up to Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate are not called Monster Hunter Generations Melee, Monster Hunter Generations Brawl, or Monster Hunter Generations for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.
- Monster Hunter XXnote does not feature Product Placement of Dos Equis beer.
- Monster Hunter: World does not have a ROM Hack called Kaizo Hunter World. Yet.
- Monster Hunter Hunters does not consist of those who hunt the titular Monster Hunters.
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne is not related to Bloodborne.
- Monster Party is not an RPG in which you have a party full of monsters, nor is it a party made of characters from Monster High or Monsters, Inc.
- Monster Prom is not a visual novel about the characters from Monster High going to a prom.
- Monster Rancher is not a Monster Hunter spinoff.
- Nor is it a positively ginormous Jolly Rancher candy.
- Monster Train is not a spinoff of Soul Train.
- Monster's Ball: Is not a fun movie about a Monster Mash ballroom dance thrown by Dracula.
- It's not about monsters having sex, either.
- Or about monsters playing sports.
- Or the ball were made by Monsters, Inc. or Monster High.
- In Monsters vs. Aliens, the Monsters are not an army of Johann Liebert clones and the Aliens are not xenomorphs.
- Mooned is not a sequel to Moon.
- Moral Orel is not about a nice version of a Soviet carrier design that was never constructed.
- And it has nothing to do with former baseball pitcher Orel Hershiser.
- Mope.io is not an adaptation of "MopeMope" by LeaF, and given the nature of the latter, that's perhaps for the best.
- More Information Than You Require is not necessarily Too Much Information.
- Morty Kombat is not a Mortal Kombat spinoff featuring characters from Rick and Morty.
- The Most Dangerous Game is not about a game. And definitely not about The Game, though it can lead to losing.
- MOTHER, aka EarthBound Zero cannot be described as "EarthBound meets Mega Man Zero".
- Nor is it about someone named or nicknamed Zero struggling with an inability to fly.
- Nor is it about Your Mom.
- The Mother is not about Barbarian antagonist.
- Mother Goose and Grimm is not a Crossover between Mother Goose and Grimm.
- Motion City Soundtrack is a band - there's no movie out there called Motion City.
- Mount & Blade is not about sitting over a blade, nor hanging one on the wall.
- The Mouse That Roared is not about Jerry near the end of “The Milky Waif”.
- Mr. Bean is not Sean. (Well, that's probably what they call him, but the show isn't about him.)
- Mr Bump is not about male pregnancy.
- Mr. Mercedes does not have a man who always drove on Mercedes.
- Mr. Pickles has nothing to do with Rugrats.
- Nor is it a Rick and Morty Spin-Off based on the "Pickle Rick" episode.
- Mr. Robot is not the American remake or Perspective Flip of Humans or Real Humans.
- Mrs. Brown's Boys does not pick up the story of Queen Victoria after the end of Mrs. Brown.
- None of the boys is named Charlie.
- Mr. Stitch isn't about a grown-up Experiment 626.
- Mr. Sunshine (2011) is not about the father of Little Miss Sunshine.
- Nor the father of the original Little Miss Sunshine either.
- Nor is he married to Jimmy Garvin and Chris Adams' former valet.
- MS Paint Masterpieces is not about masterpieces created in MS Paint, unless you actually think the comic is that good.
- MS Saga: A New Dawn is not about Microsoft, no matter what "MS" may suggest.
- MSNBC does not feature Barca 3 legends and Real 2 of 3 legends player. note
- The MSX is not the Microsoft Xbox.
- M.U.G.E.N does not describe the protagonist of Samurai Champloo.
- It's not the mecha used by the Anti-Spirals either. You're looking for "Mugann".
- It also has nothing to do with Honda's tuning division.
- Musashi does not talk about the Japanese Battleship Musashi.
- And it's not called Jessie outside Japan.
- Muscle Man is not a Robot Master.
- Mushihime Sama Futari is not a futanari game, nor is it a crossover between Mushihime-sama and Futari Ecchi.
- Mushroom Men is not a Super Mario spin-off centered around Toads or Goombas.
- Muv-Luv doesn't need more love.
- In turn, Muv-Luv Alternative is neither a dietary nor Moral Substitute for normal Muv-Muv.
- My Balls is not something someone would scream after a Groin Attack.
- Well, it is, but that's beside the point.
- It also has nothing to do with Lucahjin's horse.
- Nor is it about a juggler.
- My Bloody Valentine is not related to another metal/emo band. Nor is it about being messily murdered on St. Valentine's Day.
- My Chemical Romance is not an enhanced version of Mr. Big's Shoryuken-type move called California Romance.
- And "Bad Romance" isn't related to said move, either.
- My Dear Marie doesn't feature any humanoid squid musicians, labcoat-wearing anthropomorphic minks, blue-haired trailer trash, or undead fighting maids.
- My Dinner with Andre does not feature André the Giant.
- My Friend Pedro is not the sequel of My Neighbor Totoro IN MEXICO!note
- Nor is it about Napoleon Dynamite's friend.
- My Girlfriend Gives Me Goosebumps! is not about someone who provides her crush with Goosebumps books.
- My Hero Academia is not about a person who greatly admires someone named Academia, nor is about a school when they teach you to play the Sega's arcade game My Hero.
- The most famous fanfic with the name My Immortal is not an Evanescence songfic. Although it was named after the song.
- It's also not about having an immortal as your child, slave, or pet.
- My Little Goat isn't My Little Pony but with the Mane Six as goats.
- My Little Monster is not a My Little Pony spinoff focusing on monsters.
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is not about the relationship between a girl and her pet pony. Nor a boy and his pet pony for that matter.
- It's not about My Little Pony characters in a fighting game environment performing Lighter and Softer Finishing Moves from the Mortal Kombat games, either.
- More generally, My Little Pony is not about ponies that belong to me, or anyone else for that matter. (Although Celestia has referred to her subjects as such.)
- Rainbow Rocks does not involve multicolored stones. Not even the Rainbow Kryptonite that Seanbaby says turns Superman gay.
- My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) is not a remake of My Little Pony: The Movie (1986).
- My Name Is Earl is not a redneck version of Neo's response to Agent Smith's "goodbye, Mr. Anderson".
- My Name is Khan is not about a genetically engineered superhuman dictator.
- And it's not Captain Kirk's Berserk Button either.
- It's not about Genghis Khan or any of his relatives either.
- My Name Is Legion is not a Mass Effect side-story centered on the titular geth platform.
- Nor how a certain mutant who can absorb other mutants' powers introduces his name.
- nor is it the prequel to Astral Chain.
- My New Boss Is Goofy is not about someone starting a new job under a classic Walt Disney character.
- My Octopus Teacher isn't a Splatoon High School AU where one of the protagonist's teachers is an Octoling.
- Nor is it an adaptation of Assassination Classroom.
- My Pokémon Ranch is not a Pokémon game with a buttermilk-based seasoning.
- Nor is it a crossover between Pokémon and Monster Rancher.
- My Super Sweet Sixteen is not about sixteen-year-old superheroes. Unfortunately.
- Mysticons is not a Decepticon subgroup.
- Mystic Pizza is not about pizza with supernatural powers.
- MythBusters is not about arresting mythical creatures.
- Nor is it about eliminating the strange ones from citizen's neighborhoods.
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 is not a stage performance about using science to solve mysteries in the future.
- MySpace is not a service for purchasing outer space property.
N-O
- Nijisanji has no involvement with the Vinsmoke Family.
- N has nothing to do with the antagonist from Pokémon Black and White.
- Nor is it what Near uses to represent himself.
- Nor is it the sequel to M.
- It doesn't stand for "no survivors", either.
- Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Special does not star Ron's pet naked mole rat.
- Namco High is not about getting high off of Namco games, nor is it two or more people getting high together during the Vietnam War.
- The Nameless Mod is not a code name for Project M used on Miiverse to avoid getting banned for "discussing illegal activity".
- The Name of the Wind is not Maria.... or Eric Lecarde.
- Nanaka 6/17:
- It is not equal to Nanaka 0.3529411764705882⋯.
- It doesn't take place on June 17th either.
- Naomi is not a personification of one of Sega's arcade hardware platforms.
- It also has nothing to do with a woman who's looking for her lost husband.
- Narutaru is not about Narutards.
- Or a Portmanteau Couple Name between Naruto and a Taru-Taru.
- NASCAR is not a car with network-attached storage. Nor is it Lil Nas X's car.
- Nasty Quacks is not an Unusual Euphemism for farts.
- Nathaniel Bandy is not non-binary. Nor is he from New Brunswick.
- The Navi Trackers mode of The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures has nothing to do with Navi, Link's fairy companion from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, though both "Navi"s come from the same word (navigation). Neither has anything to do with the aliens from Avatar.
- They also have nothing to do with sentient AI assistants or a certain flatulent Felyne.
- An NBA Jam is not a traffic jam caused by there being an NBA game in town. It's not a branded confiture either. Nor does it have anything to do to break dancing to some jamming tunes while playing basketball.
- Neighbors (2014) is not a raunchy film adaptation of Neighbours.
- Neo Yokio is not a World War II propaganda film, nor is a modern remake of Tokio Jokio.
- Neon Genesis Evangelion is not called Neon Mega Drive Evangelion outside of North America. Nor does it have a sequel named Neon Saturn Evangelion. Nor is there a handheld version called Neon Nomad Evangelion.
- It also doesn't have spinoffs/sequels/prequels named Helium Genesis Evangelion, Argon Genesis Evangelion, Krypton Genesis Evangelion, Xenon Genesis Evangelion, Radon Genesis Evangelion, or Oganesson Genesis Evangelion.
- NetHack has nothing to do with Hollywood Hacking, or any computer hacking for that matter. It isn't even (necessarily) networked.
- Nor is it escaping from a snare trap by cutting it open.
- Neuromancer is not a wizard who deals with nerves, thoughts, or the brain, nor a seducer who appeals to them, nor someone who composes fantastic stories about them.
- Nor a fan of New Romantic pop music.
- Never Back Down and Won't Back Down are not related to each other.
- The Neverending Story is not about how the end is never the end is never the end is never the end is never the end is never
- Never Give Up contains at least one example of the Determinator, but it is not a redirect or related trope. Nor is it about James McCloud.
- Sadly, there's no spin-offs entitled "Never Surrender" or "Trust Your Instincts".
- Or the spin-offs "Let You Down", "Run Around", "Desert You", "Make You Cry", "Say Goodbye", "Tell a Lie" or "Hurt You".
- New Amsterdam is not a reboot of Amsterdam (2022).note And they are not set in the Netherlands.
- New Pokémon Snap doesn't have sequels called New Pokémon Snap Wii, New Pokémon Snap 2, and New Pokémon Snap U.
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 isn't called New Super Mario USA in Japan.
- What if the former could have been renamed New Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels outside of Japan? Hmmm...
- New World Order is not about the infamous conspiracy theory (though it would make reading whale.to much more exciting), and has nothing to do with the comic book Squadron Supreme: New World Order, or the music that plays in Danganronpa upon hearing an important revelation.
- The NewZealand Story is not about the story of New Zealand.
- The Next Top Model series are not about the latest versions of gyroscopes.
- Nibblers is definitely not an ethnic slur.
- Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist has nothing to do with The Thin Man.
- Nico Nico Douga is not owned by Nico Yazawa, nor is it a spinoff of her Catchphrase "Nico Nico Nii~!"
- NieR is not searching for Kira.
- NieR: Automata is not about the aforementioned character becoming a robot.
- Nor is it what happens when you hit a note in SOUND VOLTEX imperfectly.
- The Night of the Rabbit is not an adaptation of Night of the Lepus.
- Nightmare Ned has nothing to do with Lord Eddard Stark.
- It also has nothing to do with Ned Flanders being in people's nightmares, either.
- Night Watch (Series) is not a side story involving Westeros's Night's Watch.
- And has nothing to do with Commander Vimes getting sent back in time to the Glorious Revolution of the Twenty-Fifth of May.
- Nikita has nothing to do with one certain shoe-slapping leader of the Soviet Union or a certain professional wrestler from the 80's.
- NIMONA (2023) does not involve the main rival from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. That would be Nemona.
- Despite what its detractors might have you believe, Nina Needs to Go! is not about someone named Nina who needs to go away.
- Nine Perfect Strangers is not about Larry and Balki finding seven more cousins. It also has nothing to do with any alternate universe variants of a two-tailed fox.
- The 99 has nothing to do with the restaurant, Nights, red balloons, the problems of which a woman is not included among, the 1979 hit by Toto, or the vast majority of the population.
- It's also not about Barbara Feldon or Wayne Gretzky.
- It's not a Battle Royale Game either.
- Or a chain of Taiwanese grocery stores.
- Or a soft-serve ice cream with a chocolate flake.
- Nineteen Eighty-Four is not titled Showa 59 in Japan. Nor is it part of Capcom's 1942 series.
- Ninja Baseball Bat Man is not about Batman playing baseball with ninjas.
- Nor is it a sequel to Batman Ninja where they return to Feudal Japan and play baseball there.
- Ninjala has nothing to do with Ninjara.
- Ninja Slayer, Goblin Slayer and Ogre Slayer aren't part of a series, nor they are related with the Doom Slayer.
- Nintendo is not the surname of a Japanese family that practices martial arts.
- The Nintendo 64 is not a Nintendo edition of the Commodore 64. Nor is it the 64th in a line of Nintendo consoles. Nor was its predecessor named the Nintendo 16, and its successor wasn't named the Nintendo 128 because that wouldn't make sense anyway.
- The Nintendo 64DD is not a Nintendo-branded DD-cup bra for those with a bust size of 64 inches.
- The Nintendo Switch is not a Nintendo representative who can take both dominant and submissive roles. Nor is it a Nintendo-themed light switch.
- Nintendo Wars is not about a series of corporate or control struggles that happened at Nintendo, or about Console Wars where Nintendo is one of the factions. Nor is it about an argument about Nintendo.
- Nippon Ichi is not about Mai Shiranui or her most valuable pair. Or Japan being itchy.
- It's not "Me Bouncy!", by the way.
- Nirvana is not a band about Buddhism.
- And the page is about the 90s Grunge group, not the 60s psychedelic group.
- Nirvana in Fire is not about the members of the already mentioned bands being incinerated.
- The film Nobody is not about any member of Organization XIII.
- Nobody Dies is not a redirect to Everybody Lives. Nor does it have anything to do with inactive reapers. Therefore, Bleach is right out.
- No Bra does not mean not wearing underwear. That would be Vapor Wear.
- No Country for Old Men isn't about a group of elderly rock fans standing up for their music.
- Nomadland is not about a land without any angry emotional.
- And it's not a place where the most wanted man live.
- No More Heroes does not refer to the common complaint about the effects of the 2007 screenwriters' strike. Neither does it actually let you play a Villain Protagonist on contract to kill superheroes, though that would have been a cool idea. Nor is it a hero-specific version of Unwanted Assistance. Nor is it a plea from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players to stop playing as the representative of Dragon Quest.
- Despite the initials of its subtitle, No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle is not a Nintendo DS game.
- Nononono is not synonymous with Rapid-Fire "No!".
- It also has nothing to do with "The No No Song" by Ringo Starr.
- Nope does not star the Engineer. Nor is the title pulling a NOT!; this is a legitimate film!
- Also it's not a follow-up to No.
- No Reservations is not about people opposed to land set aside for Native Americans.
- North is not about Oliver North and the Iran-Contra scandal. Nor it it about the direction, even though part of it takes place in Alaska.
- North and South is not about the main character from said movie meeting a friend named "South".
- The Nostalgia Chick is in no way the feminine peacekeeper of Channel Awesome.
- The Nostalgia Critic hasn't critized Nostalgia (Red Entertainment)... yet.
- NOS4A2: isn't a Villain Protagonist Spin-Off of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
- No Strings Attached (2011) is not a horror movie about Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher being chased by an evil puppet.
- Not Quite Daily Comic isn't about Schedule Slips of Web Comics.
- Not Quite Human, Almost Human, and Too Human are not a trilogy about Pinocchio's wish to become a real boy Gone Horribly Right.
- Do not confuse the Coming of Age Story Now and Then with the anime Now and Then, Here and There, especially if you're looking for a heartwarming film for your tweenage daughter.
- Now You See Him, Now You Don't is not related to Now You See Me even though both titles were inspired by a magician's announcement.
- NullpoMino does not have the player manipulating null pointers, nor does it involve playing dominoes.
- The Number 23 is not Michael Jordan's biopic.
- The Nutcracker does not include Groin Attacks, albeit that will be interesting to see.
- We don't need to say what kind stuff The Nut Job is not about.
- Nuts & Milk is not about eating some nuts with milk.
- Neither is it about about doing something with your boyfriend in the privacy of your home.
- If you thought The Nutshack is some innocuous cartoon about squirrels then oh, have we got news for you. (It isn't.)
- Oathean is not "ocean" pronounced with a lisp.
- The Objective is not what everyone is trying to capture or defend in Overwatch.
- Object Lockdown has very little to do with lockdowns, and especially has nothing to do with school lockdowns, or COVID-19 lockdowns.note
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? is not Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!... If It Was Written By Shakespeare!
- Octodad is not about a father of eight children.
- Octopath Traveler has nothing to do with Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion that was released about a month prior.
- Octopussy is not about the Distaff Counterpart of Doctor Octopus, nor is it about a woman with eight vaginas. It's not even about an adorable cephalopod, or an octopus crossed with a cat. It has nothing to do with a popular subject of Japanese pornography, either.
- Odin Sphere is not a secret Norse-themed summoning sphere in Final Fantasy X
- Nothing to do with Odin Revolution, either.
- Oh Shit, There's Fanfiction of Us!? is not synonymous with Oh, Crap, There Are Fanfics of Us!, although that is the fic's premise.
- Ojojojo is not a spin-off of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
- Okja is not called Ok Yes in German.
- Oliver Twist is not a dancing manual.
- Onani Master Kurosawa is not a porn film starring or directed by Akira Kurosawa.
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico is not a Mexican remake of Once Upon a Time in China.
- Once Upon a Time in China, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Once Upon a Time in America, Once Upon a Time in the West and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood are not spinoffs of Once Upon a Time.
- One Piece is not about bathing suits. Though some characters appear in them fairly often.
- One Piece Film Z should not be confused with Cross Epoch.
- One Piece Stampede is not a crossover with Trigun.
- One-Punch Man is not about someone who goes to a party and only drinks a single cup of fruit punch before leaving, nor is it someone who is loyal to one brand of fruit punch and refuses to drink any other kind. Nor is it about a Robot Master who can kill you in a single punch.
- One Punch Stan is not about Stan Pines destroying Bill Cipher with a single punch, though many other people have made that joke.
- And it's not a boxing movie starring Laurel and Hardy.
- One Way Heroics is not about heroic feats done on one-way streets. Nor is it the belief that a true hero should act without expecting any help, gratitude or even sympathy in return.
- Onigiri is not a game about rice balls, or cooking in general.
- It's also not about one of Zoro's attacks.
- It's not called Jelly Donuts in the localized versions, either.
- Only Murders in the Building does not refer to someone who commits murder only while in a particular building, nor is it a surprise that a building is the site of fewer murders than expected.
- Only Sense Online is not set in a world where everything on the Internet is complete nonsense except for one site, nor is it about someone or something that you can only detect while online.
- The Order of the Stick is not about a sentient stick giving people orders.
- Or a Daredevil character asking for a burger, soda and fries.
- Nor is it in any way related to Painkiller Jane...or Judas Priest.
- And it does not star José Jalapeño (on a steek!).
- Onihime VS is not an Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny between Ichigo's most probable love interest and, well, anyone else.
- Orange Is the New Black is not about Giovanni's suit in the early seasons of Pokémon: The Series.
- Despite memes like this one, it's not about the transition of power between Barack Obama and Donald Trump, either.
- Oreimo is not about one's opinion on an ore. Nor is it a manly way of saying "I, in my opinion."
- Ori and the Blind Forest is not a Stargate SG-1 spinoff starring the Ori.
- Origami Angel isn't something you can fold out of paper.
- Ōsama Game is not about a game that Osama bin Laden used to play (that would be Counter-Strike), nor is about being captured by Al-Qaeda and being forced to play a game by the already mentioned guy. It's also not a game in which Osama bin Laden is a major character.
- Likewise, the Japanese variety show Ōsama no Brunch isn't about Osama Bin Laden eating (or refusing) brunch.
- osu! is not about Ohio State University, Oklahoma State University, Oregon State University, or (any other place beginning with O) State University. It also has no relation to Special Agent Oso and Open Source Objects (shortened as OSO), unless someone puts the music from both shows into the game.
- Otomedius is not an Otome Game or a Rhythm GameFor those who don't speak Japanese .
- Beyond both of them being Humongous Mecha shows produced by Sunrise, Overman King Gainer has nothing to do with Armored Trooper VOTOMS.
- Overwatch is not about the Asymmetric Multiplayer Half-Life 2 Game Mod where the Resistance players face one player commanding the Combine Overwatch forces in a Real-Time Strategy style.
- Nor is it the Watchmen changing their names after the "Who watches the Watchmen?" criticism. (Not that they were ever called the Watchmen in the first place.)
- Nor does it refer to wearing a wristwatch over your wrist instead of under it.
- The Owl House is not The Loud House WITH OWLS!
- Oz the Great and Powerful Does not take place in Oswald Correctional Facility's Maximum Security Block.
- Nor is it a declaration of Australia's superiority.
- Nor is it a remake of The Wizard of Oz with Dorothy being replaced by Trixie.
P-Q
- Pac-Man does not star Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao, though it is one of his nicknames.
- Pac-Man Battle Royale is not a 100-player version of Pac-Man. Pac-Man 99 is very close though.
- And speaking of Pac-Man 99, it is not the 99th entry in the series. Nor is Pac-Man 256 the 256th entry, nor can it be played by up to 256 players.
- Pacific Rim is not a documentary about the countries that border the Pacific Ocean, even if it does involve those countries.
- Pain & Gain is not a crossover between Pain and Gein, or Gain for that matter.
- You won't find any Pain Relief Medicine in Painkiller.
- Panel de Pon and Mirumo de Pon! have nothing to do with each other, despite both involving fairies.
- Panel de Pon also has nothing to do with "PONPONPON". Or the BEMANI musician PON. Or the Nopon.
- Nor is it when you get three of the same tile.
- Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt is not another Fanservice trope (like Zettai Ryouiki translated), though it does have wall-to-wall fanservice.
- Pan's Labyrinth is not what you get after Jareth's Labyrinth changes owners to Gohan's daughter.
- Nor is it a big maze full of cookware.
- It's not a labyrinth for pansexual people, either.
- Nor is it a labyrinth made of breadnote .
- Nor does it star Peter Pan.
- The Paperboy is not a film adaptation of the 1984 arcade game.
- And Paperman is not its sequel.
- Paper Mario: The Origami King does not involve any of the characters making an origami recreation of The Lion King.
- Nor has Paper Mario become royalty.
- Paper Mario also doesn't run into a Origami Angel. (Unless Olivia counts?)
- Paper Moon is not about Mario visiting the Moon in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
- Paprika is not a forgotten sibling planet to Caprica.
- Nor is the work about a spice made from bell peppers.
- And don't even think that it's about the firstborn child of Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper.
- Papyrus isn't about the adventures of one of the skeleton brothers.
- Paranoia Agent is not about someone who works for an agency that makes people paranoid.
- ParaParaParadise is not about a tropical paradise. Or a Coldplay song.
- It has nothing to do with the Para Para Brothers, either.
- Parachute Express is not an animated miniseries about a train trying to deliver an actual parachute that is made solely to compete with the success of Thomas & Friends.
- Don't even think that it's a Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go episode about The Biggest Adventure Club running a parachute-delivering business either.
- Parachute Express: Come Sing with Us is not a Starlight Express ripoff about a quartet of singing trains forming a teen pop boy band.
- Paradigm Reboot is not a Video Game Remake or Continuity Reboot of Paradigm.
- The Passion of the Christ is not about love between Jesus and Mary Magdalene.
- PatchCon is not a convention.
- The Patrick Star Show:
- "X Marks the Pot" is not about Patrick going on a treasure hunt for weed.
- "Neptune's Ball" is not about sports.
- "The Star Games" is not about Patrick's own video games or tabletop games.
- "Movie Stars" is not about Patrick and his family being in the movies.
- "Star Cruise" is not actually about the Stars going on a cruise.
- Patriot Games has nothing to do with the New England Patriots (although Family Guy had an episode by that title about the Patriots).
- Or a more patriotic version of a game where Tributes kill each other.
- And it's not a patriotic arrangement of Survival Games.
- On that note, The Brady Bunch has nothing to do with the New England Patriots either.
- PAW Patrol is not a Law & Order: SVU spinoff.
- The PC Engine is not a PC with a motor engine on it.
- Peach Fuzz has nothing to do with mustaches.
- It would if it were a sequel to Hot Fuzz. But it's not. That would (sort of) be The World's End.
- Peaches has nothing to do with Bowser's Villain Love Song from The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
- Peanuts is not about eating peanuts. Nor does it have any anthropomorphic peanuts as the main characters.
- One of the books, Where's Woodstock?, is not a non-electronic Hidden Object Game which the objective is to find a certain little yellow bird.
- Pearl is not about a certain Crystal Gem.
- Or a certain whale, either.
- Nor is it about half of the band Off the Hook.
- The Pebble and the Penguin is unrelated to Pokémon: The Series' running gag involving Piplup, Gible and his attempts at Draco Meteors.
- Pebble and Wren is not about a small rock and a bird.
- Peep and the Big Wide World is not a spinoff of The Binding of Isaac where the titular boss walks the earth.
- Peg + Cat is not a crossover between Married... with Children and CatDog.
- Not a spinoff of Sam & Cat, either.
- Nor does it point out the Interspecies Romance between Goofy and Max's neighbors.
- Nor is it a clothes peg and a cat.
- "The Potty Problem" is not about insanity, and while it is related to toilets, a clogged toilet isn't the problem.
- "The Butter Problem" isn't about lactose intolerance, or about not having enough butter.
- "The Baby Problem" is not about infertility.
- Penny Tribute is not a tribute to Penny Arcade, Penny Dreadful, or Penny and Aggie. It's also a webcomic, but there the similarity ends.
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero is not about Penn Jillette ditching Teller when he has time for himself, then allying up with someone named Zero to fight crime before returning to work the next day.
- The Pentagon does not refer to the fifth stage rank in Super Hexagon.
- The People's Court is not a Courtroom Drama with The Rock.
- Nor does it depict the Chinese judicial system.
- Peppermint is not about Peppermint Patty.
- Pepsi Man is not a Robot Master who runs on Pepsi or a man with Peptic ulcer disease.
- Perfect Stranger is not the result when Balki or Larry left the show.
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower is not a biography of Jakob Dylan.
- Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time is not about the titular character paying a visit to a philosopher and wasting his time on doing stupid questions.
- And it's not called Peter Grill and the Sorcerer's Time in the US.
- Petscop isn't about pets who are also policemen.
- Pet Shop of Horrors is not a crossover between Littlest Pet Shop and Little Shop of Horrors.
- Phantom of the Kill is not a crossover between The Phantom of the Opera and Kill la Kill.
- Nor is it about Danny doing a Face–Heel Turn and becoming a Serial Killer.
- Phigros is not the Greek letter 'φ' being disgusting.
- Phoenix Point has nothing to do with a certain lawyer.
- Picross S is not a crossover between Nintendo's Picross series and Blend-S. It's also not a Picross game for sadists that has a counterpart called Picross M.
- 3D Picross was not released for the Nintendo 3DS, although it can be played on one and its sequel 3D Picross: Round 2 is a native 3DS game.
- Picross NP does not have puzzles that can only be solved in nondeterministic polynomial time.
- Picross S3 is not a Picross version of the Solid Snake Simulation or Selection for Societal Sanity.
- Picross S4 will not call you "CS Spam" or a "dagger noob".
- The Picross S series goes up to S9, but the following versions are not called Picross M and then Picross Grand Master.
- Picross X: Picbits vs. Uzboross was not previously titled Picross Twitter.
- Pillow Talk only has pillows in the background, and none of them talk. Nor does the film have anything to do with Zayn Malik.
- Pineapple Express is not about a tropical express train.
- Pinky and the Brain is not a Crack Pairing between Pinky Tuscadero and Bobby Heenan. Or Pinkie Pie and Alan Powers.
- Pinky Dinky Doo is not a Crack Pairing between Pinkie Pie and Dinky Doonote .
- Pippin is not about a Hobbit named Peregrin Took.
- Or The Big Guy of the Band of the Hawk.
- Or the dog from Come Outside.
- Or Michael Jordan's longtime Chicago Bulls teammate.
- Or the failed Apple video game console.
- Pirate Express is not a train that is exclusively ridden by pirates.
- Pitfall! is not about Pit falling from grace.
- Pixar Shorts is not about short-sleeved legwear with Pixar characters on them.
- Even though PJ Masks has a similar title to The PJs and a similar premise to The Pajanimals, it has nothing to do with the other 2 series. It isn't about people wearing masks of Police Juduciaire members either.
- Planet Joker is not a Parody of Planet Hulk in the Batman universe where The Joker is launched up to outer space.
- Nor is it a planet of jokers.
- Planetarian is not a trope about Planet Eaters. In fact, it was this confusion about the former trope which led to the creation of the latter.
- Planet Sheen does not belong to Sheen Estevez, as he is merely a resident.
- It does not belong to Martin Sheen or Charlie Sheen either.
- Nor is it simply a planet that is shiny.
- Platypus Man is not a superhero.
- Playboy is not a cheap Shoddy Knockoff Product version of the Game Boy.
- Nor is it a toy magazine aimed at little boys (oh, hell no!).
- PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is not about the battlegrounds of a player who no one knows what is his or her real name.
- In a similar way, Totally Accurate Battlegrounds aren't exactly accurate either, on the contrary. Nor is related with the Scientifically Accurate web video series.
- Playing House is not what Hugh Laurie is known for. (Well, it is, but the show isn't about that.)
- The Play Station Vita does not refer to the fact that you can play as Vita in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable on the Vita's predecessor.
- It also has nothing to do with wheat crackers.
- Nor is it a vitamin-infused game system.
- The Plucker is not about flower picking.
- Pocket God is neither an example of nor a redirect to Olympus Mons.
- Pocky & Rocky isn't about Rocky Balboa eating chocolate covered biscuit sticks.
- Poison Ivy has nothing to do with the Batman villain.
- Pokémon Black and White is unrelated to Black & White, although - all together now - that would be awesome.
- It also isn't in black and white. Pokémon Red and Blue and (optionally) Pokémon Gold and Silver are, though.
- It's also not Pokémon with Ikaruga's "black and white" polarity gimmick.
- Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl have nothing to do with Shining Diamond.
- Despite the title and its Turn-Based Strategy gameplay, Pokémon Conquest doesn't come with Pokémon Birthright or Revelation.
- Pokémon Diamond and Pearl is not about one of the Diamonds and their corresponding Pearl servants.
- Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Adventure! is not the chapter of Pokémon Adventures based on Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.
- Pokémon GO is not a Pokémon licensed version of Go.
- Nor is it a crossover between Pokémon: The Series and Teen Titans Go!.
- Or with Densha de Go!.
- Or with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
- Nor is it about learning the Go programming language with Pokémon.
- Nor is its full title Pokémon Grand Order.
- Nor is it a port of any Pokémon game made specifically for the PSP Go (and being a budget model of the PSP, it has no exclusives anyway).
- Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire is not about the Gems that fuse to become Garnet, even if both series have a character named Steven with a close connection to rocks. Nor is there any official Pokémon game called "Pokémon Garnet".
- Pokémon Sunday is not a Talk Show about goings-on in the fictional Pokémon world.
- Nor is it a Religious Redub of the anime.
- Pokémon Sword and Shield does not have alternate versions called Pokémon Greatsword, Pokémon Dual Blades, Pokémon Gunlance, etc.
- Pokémon War Axe, Pokémon Warhammer, Pokémon Battleaxe, and Pokémon Mace are also out of the question.
- Pokémon X and Y have nothing to do with chromosomes.
- Pokemon XD does not mean "Pokémon, LOL." Nor is it the 3 English-dubbed seasons on Disney XD.note
- PokéPark is not a tourist attraction that sells raw fish dishes.
- Poker Face does not feature Lady Gaga.
- Political Animals is not a political satire starring muppets.
- Pompeii is not about the song by Bastille. Funnily enough, the movie came out just as the song peaked in popularity in America.
- Poor Poor Lips is not about someone who keeps getting punched in the mouth or who desperately needs chapstick.
- Poor Things is not about impoverished inanimate objects.
- Pop Team Epic is not about the epic story of a team of pop singers.
- Nor is it about this Team Epic becoming pop singers.
- Popful Mail is not a letter that, when opened, releases tiny fireworks.
- pop'n music is not called soda'n music outside of the Midwestern US.
- pop'n music 16 PARTY does not star Poppin'Party.
- pop'n music 17 The Movie is not The Movie of pop'n.
- pop'n music 12 Iroha has nothing to do with the orange-haired beatmania IIDX character (even though both properties are part of the same franchise) or the maid character in Samurai Shodown.
- pop'n music 13 Carnival is not a pop'n-themed carnival.
- pop'n music 15 Adventure is not a Gaiden Adventure Game.
- pop'n music 20 fantasia has nothing to do with Fantasia.
- pop'n music Sunny Park is not a pop'n-themed theme park.
- Poppy O'Possum is not the full name of the character from Trolls.
- Porky's Duck Hunt is not Duck Hunt starring Porky Minch.
- Portal isn't about creating ornate gates, entrances and tunnels.
- Portal Runner is not an Endless Running Game based on Portal.
- Postal has nothing to do with Portal, even if 1 or 2 is involved.
- Post-Crisis has nothing to do with mail.
- Postcards from the Edge weren't sent by the guitarist from U2. Or a pro-wrestler.
- The Poughkeepsie Tapes do not show people picking their feet.
- Pound Puppies is not an alternative to Kick the Dog.
- Power Dolls aren't a toy line of Superhero "Dolls".
- The Power of One isn't a predecessor to Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two where One arrived Earth early before Two.
- Power Rangers Turbo is not an American adaptation of Kousoku Sentai Turboranger.
- Nor does it have anything to do with a really fast snail.
- Power Stone is not to be confused with a certain weapon from Mega Man 5.
- The Powerpuff Girls has nothing to with American Football played by girls, that's Powderpuff.
- "The Mane Event" has nothing to do with horses.
- "Just Desserts" isn't about someone getting karma.
- The Power of the Dog doesn't include a dog having a super power.
- Precious has nothing to do with Jimmy Garvin's valet.
- The Pretender does not hide the Transformer inside.
- It's also not about Crissie Hynde or the Foo Fighters.
- Pretty Cure is not a franchise about female Hospital Hotties, but one particular sub-series does invoke it at certain points.
- Nor is it about curing prettiness out of people. This isn't American McGee's Grimm.
- Nor is it about a beautiful woman who holds the cure to an epidemic disease.
- Nor is it a makeover show starring Robert Smith and his bandmates.
- It does not have sequels named "Pretty Cura", "Pretty Curaga", or "Pretty Curaja".
- Pretty Sammy is not a makeover show starring Sammy Davis Jr. or Sammy Sosa.
- Pride in Her Chest isn't about a woman who owns a treasure chest containing a pride of lions.
- Primus isn't about the God that made the Transformers.
- Prince of Nothing is not a trope for princes who lost their kingdom but struggle to regain it. Do we have this?
- It also is not about a member of Sburb's Prince class who lacks an associated element, or is the Prince of Void.
- The Princess and the Frog does feature a princess and a frog.. but never at the same moment. Tiana is never a princess while interacting with Frog!Naveen, and once she is, she and Naveen have both turned back into humans.
- Princess Celestia Is In Your Bed is not about "you" unless you're a worker at a plant named Steve who has a roommate named Wayne, nor is she in the bed for any sexual reason or because she's sick.
- Princess Nine isn't about Cirno living a royal life (although that could be awesome). (Pic is safe, advertisements may not be.) Geeze, these "Nine" puns are too easy.
- Nor does it feature nine princesses. It also isn't the ninth entry in a franchise titled Princess.
- Profit is not phase three of the Underpants Gnomes' grand scheme.
- Project Gotham Racing has no connection to Gotham City. Although, if it did, it would be awesome.
- It also has nothing to do with the 2013 arcade Driving Game starring Batman. Project Gotham Racing preceded that game by well over a decade.
- Project X is not the tenth installment of the Project series.
- nor is it related to the pornographic Sonic the Hedgehog fan game, thankfully.
- It has nothing to do with Chemical X.
- Pokémon Shining Pearl is not a crossover between the Shining Series and Pokémon series of video games.
- Professor Juice does not study beverages made with fruit.
- Project SEKAI is not to be confused with Sekai Project, a visual novel localization team.
- Promare is not about professional horse racing done exclusively with mares, nor is about about a professional prostitute who is a mare.
- The Protocols of the Elders of Zion aren't about Ghiren, Kycillia, Dozle and/or Degwin Zabi, the main leaders of the Principality of Zeon.
- The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder is not a crossover between the original series and The Loud House.
- Psychic Detective Yakumo is not a magical mystery AU spin-off featuring Yukari or her familiar Ran.
- Psychic Squad is not a spinoff series about the children of Karin.
- As with its Japanese title, Zettai Karen Children is not about children who want to speak to the manager.
- P.T. does not have a sequel called SD (though maybe it should), is not short for 'part' and isn't about P.T. Barnum, Prince Terrien or anyone else with the initials P.T.
- Pucca is not what Del Boy likes to say.
- Nor a sequel to Harvey.
- Puddle of Mudd is not a puddle full of female clothing products.
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica is not a spell from Mahou Sentai Magiranger.
- Pump It Up has nothing to do with inflating things.
- Especially not this guy.◊
- And it has absolutely nothing to do with pumping It up.
- Nor does it have anything to do with the Elvis Costello song of that title.
- Nor is it about you enjoying some time alone...
- Pump It Up Zero is not a prequel.
- Pump It Up NX is not a Nintendo Switch game.
- Pump It Up Fiesta and Pump It Up Fiesta 2 are not parties in Spanish-speaking countries, even though the series is very popular in certain such countries.
- Pump It Up Prime is not about prime numbers.
- Pump It Up Prime 2 is not a reminder that 2 is a prime number.
- Pump It Up XX does not feature a promotion of Dos Equis beer, nor is it called Pump It Up Generations Ultimate in western countries.
- Pump It Up Phoenix does not star a certain spikey-haired defense attorney. Nor is it named after Phoenix, Arizona.
- Especially not this guy.◊
- Puss Gets the Boot is not an adaptation of Puss in Boots where he's kicked out of his house.
- Putt-Putt is not miniature golf.
- PvP does not mean "Player Vs Player" or "People versus Predator"
- Puyo Puyo is not a nickname for the former Spaniard soccer player Carles Puyol.
- Puyo Puyo Tsu does not have a spinoff or arranged version called Puyo Puyo Dere.
- Puyo Puyo Sun is not a collaboration with Sun Microsystems.
- Puyo Puyo~n doesn't have a green-haired guy who can speak to Puyos and tries to liberate them from players of Puyo Puyo.
- Puyo Puyo Fever is not when your body temperature increases abnormally due to Puyo. Nor is it a disco-themed Puyo Puyo game, much less a collaboration with Dangun Feveron.
- Puyo Puyo 7 does not have hang gliders in it. Nor did it garner controversy due to the cartridge not having a headphone jack.
- Puyo Puyo Chronicle isn't a Bioware created Puyo Puyo RPG spinoff that had planned sequels cancelled due to legal stipulations. note
- Q*bert does not live with Q*Ernie, no matter what T-shirt your roommate is wearing.
- Nor does it involve Q and Dilbert. Or that other Q and Dilbert either.
- Qbomb is not a more powerful version of the Atomic F-Bomb.
- Queen's Blade is NOT an anime series starring Sarah Kerrigan.
- Nor is the female-oriented version of Broken Blade.
- Nor is about Blade becoming a drag queen.
- Nor is it an upgrade to Witchblade.
- Nor is about the members of Queen carrying sharp blades.
- Nor is it about a variant of chess with a piece called the "blade", one of which lines up in front of the queen.
- Nor is it about a blade who is the queen of any country.
- Nor is it about a blade belonging to a queen, let alone the ruler of Cyber World.