Just For Fun / Trope Epitaph: Renamed Tropes M-Z

• Here lies Made with 100% Pure Grade-A Crap — Was recalled and replaced with Asbestos-Free Cereal.^note Sounded too negative and was mistaken for Our Product Sucks.
• Here lies Magic Ampersand — Rolled a 1 during a session of Alliteration & Adventurers.^note Trope decay and unclear name led it to being renamed since it's a trope that parodies Dungeons & Dragons by following its name format.
• Here lies Magic Cam — Its eulogy droned on and on.^note It was renamed due to not having anything to do with magic.
• Here lies Magic Missile — Got hit with a Projectile Spell.^note Was renamed to focus more on the "magic" part than the "missile" part.
• Here lies Magic Warrior — Bested by an even stronger magical girl.^note The old name was confusing, so the trope was renamed for clarity's sake.
• Here lies Mailer Daemon — Its mail failed to reach its Unseen Pen Pal.^note Unclear name and description led to misuse.
• Here lies Mainlining the Monster — Flatlined after a traffic accident when the materials were in transit.^note Originally was meant for harvesting a monster for drugs, but some are not familiar with the term. It was then broadened to cover other purposes and renamed.
• Here lies Make Me Wanna Shout — Was drowned out by a Super-Scream.^note Was too broad in its description, resulting in people to mistake it for being about generic sound powers or loud noises in general. It was renamed to clarify that it's specifically about sonic scream abilities, with the old name disambiguated.
• Hic iacet Malus ex Machina — Hacked with malware.^note Failed imitation of Deus ex Machina that had nothing to do with hacking.
• Here lies The Man — Blamed for his own murder.^note The original definition was unclear, and later refined to blaming ambiguous authority figures, necessitating a rename.
• Here lies Manatee Gag — The scene cut away before we could see its death.^note Was a confusing multilayered reference to Family Guy and South Park, while Cutaway Gag was an accepted offsite term. Incidentally, the trope was initially drafted under its current name but was somehow launched under its old one.
• Here lies Man in White — Was killed by a Villain in a White Suit.^note Was misused for any male character who wore white.
• Here lies Marathon Man — Ran out of Plot-Powered Stamina and died running the marathon.^note Renamed for clarity and to avoid confusion with the work of the same name.
• Here lie Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot — Kicked out when their owner discovered trash all around the house.^note Named after the two main characters from Feed the Kitty, which was lost on many tropers, while many who did get the reference thought the scope was limited to dogs and cats. This led to the trope being renamed to Little Guy, Big Buddy.
• Here lies The Mario — He changed his name to Jack.^note Trope-Namer Syndrome, especially since Mario is famous for things other than having balanced gameplay.
• Here lies Martin Guerre — His identity was stolen after his death.^note Renamed to avoid collision with the musical of the same name.
• Here lie Mary Kay Letourneau Teaches Here and Hot For Student — Got an F in Teacher/Student Romance.^note The former name was too long and an obscure reference to a highly publicized Real Life example, while the latter was renamed to clarify that the romance goes both ways.
• Here lies Mary Kelly's Kidney — Her kidnappers sent her Finger in the Mail, but she ultimately died of kidney failure.^note Obscure reference to Jack the Ripper.
• Here lie Mary Poppins Syndrome and its successor, My Work Is Done Here — After their purposes were fulfilled, they told us that they were leaving this place for another.^note The initial name was a victim of Trope-Namer Syndrome, while the initial rename was an unclear stock phrase.
• Here lies Mary Sueperpower — Due to her powers causing withdrawals and nasty side effects to bystanders, she had her powers stripped off, leaving her an unglamorous mess.^note Was mistaken for a Mary Sue trope.
• Here lies Masquerainment — People unsuccessfully tried to cover up its death.^note It was underused due to the opacity of the portmanteau (masquerade + entertainment).
• Hier ligt/Di sini terletak Mata Hari — Killed by a Femme Fatale Spy.^note The wicks mostly led to the Trope Namer and not the trope.
• Here lies Matchmaker.com — Was shut down after a Dating Service Disaster.^note Too broad, was confused for a company name, and the original name lacked the requirement that the date turned out bad.
• Po nitman/At ligt Matzo Fever — The gentile finally married a Jewish wife who can satisfy his Matzo cravings.^note Was misused any character finding Jewish characters attractive instead of non-Jewish characters finding Jewish ones attractive because of their religion.
• Here lies Mawkish Mistake — Was heartwarmingly given concern... for lack of catch.^note The word "mawkish", which means sentimental in a sickly way, sounded too obscure for American and international readers and was renamed at the last minute, so it was sent back and renamed to the current title.
• Here lies McDuck — His greed led him down a lethal path.^note The old name suffered from Trope-Namer Syndrome on top of lacking "The" and being easy to misformat.
• Here lies McLeaned — Shot down on the way home after leaving the set.^note Often sees misuse for other reasons that the actor's absence would kill a character, so it was renamed for clarity.
• Here lies McLintock Punch — Struck off-guard and punched into a ravine.^note Suffered from Trope-Namer Syndrome, leading to severe underuse.
• Here lies Mega Manning — Was killed by a murderer who copied its abilities.^note Renamed for clarity.
• Here lie Me Love You Long Time and Asian Gal with White Guy — Even with all their might to survive, their over-mellowness did them in.^note The first name was a reference to Full Metal Jacket, which was kind of racist, not an example, and too obscure to be a trope; while the second name led to chairs shared by East Asian women and White men.
• Here lies Memetic Outfit — Wasn't iconic enough to be a meme.^note Being "memetic" made the trope subjective and narrow.
• Here lies Men are from Candy Bars Women are from Shaving Products — Was killed by Martians and Venusians.^note The old title was overly long and hard to remember.
• Here lies The Messiah — Loved everyone... even the serial killer who killed it.^note Was frequently misused for Messianic Archetype.
• Here lies Metroid Bomb — Exploded after a Catastrophic Countdown.^note Named after one such bomb from Metroid, but was confused for other bombs from the game.
• Here lies Metronomic Mook Massacre — Mashed to death.^note It didn't have much to do with either mooks or massacres.
• Here lie Milky White Eyes — Spoiled by a prophet.^note Eye color trope that was renamed since it's about a prophet's eye color changing when they see the future.
• Here lies Millitary Rank Superhero/Villain Names — Stripped of its military rank after a failed battle with a Grammar Nazi.^note Misspelled trope name (military with an extra "l") combined with underuse.
• Here lies Milli Vanilli — Their lip-syncing was exposed and sunk their career.^note Was often used to refer to the group rather than the trope.
• Here lies Mind Manipulation — Things got out of control, leading to its death.^note Used an Alliterative Name rather than a preexisting term, with said preexisting term already having significantly more wicks than the original name. In addition, the page was converted from an index to a supertrope due to how often it was used as a trope (mostly under the name Mind Control instead of Mind Manipulation).
• Here lies Minus Four Strength — Its gender made it an easy target for the enemy.^note Named after an obscure Dungeons & Dragons meme.
• Here lies Misaimed Marketing — Its merch didn't sell well.^note Was supposed to be when a work's marketing, usually its promo material or kid-oriented merch, misses the point of its message, but it suffered misuse, which included examples that better fit Never Trust a Trailer.
• Here lies Missed Moment of Awesome — This trope's original epitaph has eroded, but it had to be seen to be believed.^note Misused as an Audience Reaction for alleged missed opportunities in works, rather than an objective trope for a character claiming something awesome happened offscreen.
• Here lies The Missingno — Missing in action for so many days that a different Glitch Entity took the glitch Pokémon's place.^note Trope-Namer Syndrome. People often misused it to refer to works that merely referenced the original Missingno. (a glitch Pokémon from Pokémon Red and Blue), despite the trope referring to any game element that exists solely due to a glitch (primarily characters and items). The old name was turned into a disambiguation page between the new name and the page for Pokémon Red and Blue.
• Here lies Mister Cleaver — His parenting wasn't standard enough in the 1950s.^note Was named after the main father character from Leave It to Beaver, but not everyone understood the reference, without which it could be mistaken for other tropes.
• Here lies Mister Danger — His colonialist ways were outdated, so no one mourned his death.^note Named after a character from Doña Barbara whom nobody understood.
• Here lies Mixed Marriage — Maligned and murdered by a racist mob.^note Mixed-race married couples share chairs, so the trope was renamed for clarity.
• Here lies MK Walker — Finished by a Perfect Play A.I..^note Renamed for clarity and to discourage non-video game uses of the trope.
• Here lies Moebius Neighborhood — Demolished to make way for the One-Neighbor Neighborhood.^note The connection to the Möbius strip was too obscure, leading to underuse.
• Moe Moe ga koko ni nemuru — Chopped in half, but being smaller just made it more adorable!^note An old trope title minimum wouldn't allow three-letter titles, hence the redundant name. When that limitation was fixed, it was quickly changed to the proper otaku term.
• Here lies Morale Event Horizon — Was left in despair.^note Was a punny snowclone of Moral Event Horizon, but people mistook it for a misspelling of that trope.
• Here lie More Tropes Than God — Excommunicated for their blasphemy.^note Renamed in the process of deprecating the use of "trope" as a placeholder.
• Here lies Moses in the Bullrushes — Knocked into the bulrushes by a rushing bull.^note Misspelled trope name — "bulrushes" is the intended word.
• Here lies Mother Penguin — Abused by an overly Stern Nun.^note The trope was originally named after a character in The Blues Brothers, but not everyone understood the reference.
• Here lie Mulligan the Headsman and Klutz the Surgeon — Laughed at because of their Real Joke Names.^note The first name required familiarity with the The Wizard of Id character to understand, while the first rename was mistaken for Comically Inept Healing.
• Here lies Murdered in a Phone Booth — Disconnected.^note Was renamed to include other phone-based murders.
• Here lies My Baby Doll — Dropped by a careless babysitter.^note Misused to refer to the toy in general rather than characters who were fooled into thinking it was an actual baby, leading to a rename to Baby-Doll Baby.
• Here lies My God, What Have You Done? — What the Hell, Hero? You're the one who killed it!^note Poor snowclone of My God, What Have I Done?.
• Here lies My Name is Inigo Montoya — Now reduced to dust blown away by the wind.^note The original name was a reference to The Princess Bride, and thus had nothing to do with the trope it is describing.
• Here lie My Name is Prince Darien and Errors Through Localization — Fell into a hole.^note The former was an obscure reference to the DiC dub of Sailor Moon while the latter sounded too negative.
• Here lies My Revenge is Mercy — Died a graceful death.^note The old name wasn't indicative enough.
• Nakama ga koko ni nemuru — Outlived by its True Companions.^note Misuse of a preexisting Japanese word. The word "nakama" was thought to mean what the trope means, but it really means "friend" or "companion". This one can be laid at the feet of Kaizoku Fansubs, a prominent One Piece subbing group that refused to translate "nakama" on the grounds that it allegedly had some deeper meaning that couldn't be concisely expressed in English.
• Here lie Name That Tune and Theme Tune Cameo — No one in the universe could hear them.^note The former collided with the show of the same name while the latter was being used for "any preexisting music appearing in a work, whether in-universe or not". The definition was reworked into Diegetic Soundtrack Usage.
• Here lies Narrow Escape — Discovered hiding Behind a Stick and assassinated.^note Was mistaken for the phrase's common meaning.
• Here lies Needs a Better Description — We made a better one here.^note Was misused as a Predefined Message instead of a directory of tropes needing help. The old name was then sent to the Permanent Red Link Club.
• Here lies Needs Wiki Magic Love — The wiki magic it needed wasn't enough to keep itself alive.^note Was often misused as a predefined message placed on pages that need Wiki Magic. When the realization hit that moving it to Administrivia/ wasn't enough, it was renamed, with the original locations salted.
• Here lies Neocon Newscaster — Laughed off the air for his pompousness.^note Renamed to Pompous Political Pundit for being both too specific and too general.
• Here lie Nerd Rage, Gannon-Banned, and Fandom Berserk Button — The fandom was pretty enraged by this.^note The old names led to misuse to mean anything that makes fans angry, leading to a lot of complaining. The name was eventually changed to Fandom-Enraging Misconception to more specifically state that the negative reactions from fans of works are specifically toward objective mistakes regarding said works.
• Here lies Never Trust a Trope — Didn't trust those guys, but died before it could realize that they were right.^note A Stock Phrase that used "trope" as a placeholder.
• Here lies Newton Einstein Surak — Was killed in its laboratory by two celebrities and one fictional character.^note Was confusing to people who didn't know who Surak was.
• Hier ruht Nietzsche Wannabe — Gave no damn about anything, not even about being buried in straw. ^note Renamed to due attracting real Nietzsche wannabes, and since it was unclear whether Nietzsche was actually a nihilist.
• Here lies Ninja Butterfly — Its eulogy had a long-winded exposition about its encounter with a fairy.^note Was mistaken for Exactly What It Says on the Tin by those who weren't familiar with Red Ninja: End of Honor.
• Here lies The Niles — Replaced after being flattened.^note Was named after a relatively obscure character, which led to underuse.
• Here lies No Capes! — Snagged by a jet turbine. ^note Old name was a reference from The Incredibles; renamed for clarity.
• Here lies No Exit — Unable to escape its Awful Wedded Life.^note The play which the trope was named after had nothing to do with marriage specifically.
• Here lies No, Just... No — Its cause of death was too disgusting to print here.^note The old name was misused for tropers to link things they personally did not like.
• Here lies Non-Interactivity — After its death, scam artists have faked interacting with its ghosts.^note The name was misleading.
• Here lie No Purple Dragons and its successor Ain't No Rule — Ain't no rule that an animal athlete can't be buried here.^note Was misused for Loophole Abuse (where the old name is now a redirect) when it's about animals participating in human sports competitions. Also, the former name was an obscure reference to The Sword in the Stone, but it was inaccurate because Madam Mim turned into a purple dragon to loophole the "no pink make-believe creatures" rule.
• Here lies No Rest For The Wicked — Its wickedness kept it up all night, but it found a permanent resting place.^note Renamed due to misuse of a preexisting term. The old name was later turned into a disambiguation page.
• Here lie Notable Campaigns and Notable Advertising Campaigns — Their ads and campaigns weren't notable enough.^note There Is No Such Thing as Notability.
• Here lies Not A Scratch On It — Despite what the marketing claimed, this Damage-Proof Vehicle had a lot of scratches on it.^note Was too ambiguous and thus renamed.
• Here lies Not Good With People — Abandoned its human friends to be with its non-human ones.^note Was misused for any socially awkward character when the trope is about any character who gets along better with non-humans than humans. Thus it was renamed while the old trope name was disambiguated.
• Here lies The Not-Secret — Everybody Knew Already it was going to die.^note Confused with Open Secret.
• Here lies Not So Different — Its killer resented that remark.^note Was misused for any instance of drastically different characters having surprising similarities when it was about the hero discovering that they and the villain have more in common than they think. It was then renamed and redefined to any time the similarities between two characters, not just the hero and villain, are pointed out in-universe.
• Here lies Not Their Birthday — Due to a miscalculation, its grave ended up being too shallow.^note Since the definition was broadened to include special occasions other than birthdays (such as holidays or anniversaries), the original name ended up being too narrow for the revised definition.
• Here lies Not Using the Zed Word — Beheaded after it came back to life as... one of those walking corpses.^note The old name was used due to the launcher not knowing that "zed" is how Commonwealth English speakers pronounce the letter Z (American English speakers pronounce it "zee"). The Trope Namer is Shaun of the Dead, a British film that has the title character tell others to not use "the 'Z' Word" when referring to zombies.
• Here lies "Not Very Pretty Now, Is He?" — Was showcased to the crowd after his death.^note Was mistaken for a Stock Phrase.
• Here lies Now Which One Was That Voice? — Wasn't credited for its unnamed role.^note After being moved to Trivia, it was renamed to Unspecified Role Credit and its old name was disambiguated into that and Uncredited Role.
• Here lies Nuclear Nasty — Outdone by a radioactive mutant.^note The thread that handled I Love Nuclear Power also decided to broaden the scope of this trope beyond villains becoming mutants from radiation, prompting a rename.
• Here lies Nurse Jenny — Someone inexplicably identical to her killed her.^note Was named after Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny, but suffered Trope-Namer Syndrome.
• Here lies The Obi Wrong — Its quick demotion and subsequent death prevented it from becoming a great leader.^note A bad snowclone of the now-cut The Obi Wan.
• Here lies Obligatory War Crime Scene — Banned by the Geneva Conventions.^note Renamed after rampant misuse as People Commit War Crimes when it really referred to the heroes committing war crimes to add moral ambiguity to a work, hence the new name War Crime Subverts Heroism.
• Here lies Ocarina Playlist — You Shouldn't Know This Already, but it's dead.^note The old name required familiarity with The Legend of Zelda, and because of Trope-Namer Syndrome, a new name was made necessary.
• Here lies The Ogre — Smashed to death.^note The old name seemed more like Our Ogres Are Hungrier, where it now redirects.
• Here lies Oh, Kitty — Lost its nine lives after walking in on a sex scene.^note Was an obscure reference to That '70s Show.
• Qui giace Olive Garden — Spaghetti will be served while its ashes are thrown off a gondola.^note Renamed for being non-indicative, as well as confusing to those who weren't familiar with the restaurant it was named after, which is based in the United States and is unknown in other parts of the world.
• Omake ga koko ni nemuru — Its Bonus Material was especially deadly.^note The old name was Gratuitous Japanese.
• Here lies Omega Cast — Its funeral was decorated minimalistically.^note The old name was unclear about what "omega" meant, leading to underuse.
• Here lies Once Noodled a Man to Death — He was killed with a noodle implement.^note The use of "noodle" as a verb was too confusing.
• Here lies One for Sorrow, Two for Joy — Pecked to death by some magpies.^note Named after a poem that was too obscure outside of the UK.
• Here lies One-Handed is Cool — Got fired at.^note Was sometimes mistaken for One-Handed Zweihänder.
• Here lies One Million B.C. — It was made Hollywood Prehistory.^note Trope was about the stereotypical inaccuracies of prehistory, but was misused for more realistic (but still inaccurate) portrayals of the time period. Thus, the trope was renamed while the old name was disambiguated.
• Here lies One-Season Wonder — Fell down a well after the second season.^note Misused for shows canceled after one season and great characters who only appeared for one season.
• Here lies One-Sided Battle — Was curb-stomped back-and-forth.^note Was mistaken for a singular Curb-Stomp Battle, and the old name now redirects to that trope.
• Here lie One Thousand Needles — Were killed by a Fixed Damage Attack.^note Was a reference to Final Fantasy that was too opaque to those unfamiliar with the game.
• Here lie Only Six Helmets — Discarded after their owners decided to show their concealed faces.^note An obtuse snowclone of Only Six Faces that had little to do with that trope.
• Here lies Oops, I Dropped The Keys — Fell through the cracks and was never seen again.^note Was renamed to sound less like dialogue.
• Here lies Oral Fixation Fixation — Was way too fixated on what they were chewing.^note The extra "fixation" was redundant.
• Here lies Or Is It? — Now it can finally rest in peace. Or can it?^note Was frequently potholed in tropers' conversations. After the rename, the original name was sent to the Permanent Red Link Club.
• Osananajimi ga koko ni nemuru — She Did Not Get The Guy because she was too patient with him.^note Was mistaken for a Japanese Media Trope and too hard to remember or spell.
• Here lies The Oscar — Done in by its immaturity.^note Badly failed the One-Mario Limit and the former trope namer wasn't even an example.
• Ici repose Oubliette — Remodeled as a Tailor-Made Prison.^note An oubliette is a big hole in the ground, which was thematically the exact opposite of the trope.
• Here lies Our Goat People Are Different — A prank pulled by Fauns and Satyrs got its goat.^note Renamed due to unclear use of the Our Monsters Are Different snowclone.
• Here lies Our Gods Are Greater — Followers of other religions begged to differ.^note While the "Our X Are Different" snowclone for trope names is an exception to Everything's Worse with Snowclones, variations on the naming scheme (such as, in this case, replacing "Different" with another adjective) are not allowed.
• Here lie Our Sirens Are Louder and Enthralling Siren — Lured to their deaths by differently enchanting sirens.^note The first name was confused for police sirens, while the second was mistaken for creatures other than sirens.
• Here lies Out, Damned Spot! — Scrubbed of its trauma.^note Was misused for any instance of guilt when it's specifically about a character obsessively cleaning themselves in response to trauma, so it was renamed for clarity.
• Here lies Outer Limits Twist — What a Cruel Twist Ending!^note Was unclear if it referred to The Outer Limits (1963), or its remake since the latter didn't use the trope as often as the former.
• Here lies Over Nine Thousand — Its Power Levels made the readings go off the scale.^note Named after the memetic quote in Dragon Ball Z but was often used to refer to the meme itself. The former name used to redirect to Power Levels, but it now redirects to Readings Are Off the Scale.
• Here lies Overprotective Dad — Punched in the face after attempting to block his daughter's boyfriend from entering their home.^note Meant to be about fathers objecting to the thoughts of their daughter getting a boyfriend, but was misused to refer to only general overprotectiveness. A rename was in order, while the old name is now a disambiguation page.
• Here lies Overwhelming Exception — It died alone, except for when it was with the other tropes in this graveyard.^note Renamed due to frequent misuse.
• Here lies Owl Be Damned — The circumstances surrounding its death were pretty ominous.^note An obtuse name that didn't specify which strigiforms the trope covered.
• Here lies Paintball Error — After correcting the scores, they were disqualified from the Paintball Episode.^note The trope was originally about listing errors works made about paintball, but that was too negative. Rather than cut it, it was expanded to cover paintball episodes in general since there was no trope for that yet.
• Here lies PAL Bonus — Other regions fought it over the bonuses.^note Despite the name, the trope wasn't PAL-specific — it could apply to any international release. The name was changed to reflect this.
• Qui giace The Paolo — He Did Not Get the Girl and wound up with a Romantic False Lead as compensation. ^note Trope-Namer Syndrome. Requires familiarity with the TV series Friends. Renamed to Romantic False Lead.
• Here lies Parker Lewis Ferris Bueller — Hunted down for a hustling incident in high school.^note The old name was unwieldy and required familiarity with two different works to understand the meaning.
• Here lies Part of a Balanced Breakfast Stone Soup — Never bothered eating the adjacent breakfast and died of malnutrition. ^note Unintuitive name prevented the trope from thriving.
• Here lies PBR&B — It took the alternative route.^note Renamed because the music genre is more commonly known as Alternative R&B.
• Here lie Peek-a-Bangs — Hid from the bangs, but still died in the explosion.^note Chairs that peek out from behind, so it was renamed to focus on the partial hair bangs indicating shyness or mystery, while the old name was disambiguated.
• Here lies Perdita X Dream — Her name wasn't awesome enough.^note Trope-Namer Syndrome since it was named after a character from Discworld.
• Here lies Perfect Run Final Boss — Run over by the True Final Boss.^note Renamed since not all True Final Bosses need a perfect run of the game to encounter them.
• Here lies Period Fic — Sent to the past. In another universe.^note Nearly starving due to an unclear name, so it was changed to the more common term offsite and also expanded to cover more than just fan fiction.
• Here lies The Pesci — Accidentally pulled a hair trigger.^note Named after Joe Pesci, but some tropers either didn't get the reference or thought it referenced someone else.
• Here lies The Peyton Manning — Fizzled out on the field during the big game.^note The old name was unclear and suffered from Trope-Namer Syndrome.
• Here lies Pif Paf Pof — Was buzzed out by Simon Cowell for being inept.^note Wasn't thriving due to being an obscure reference to The High Life.
• Here lies Pick on Someone Your Own Species — Was picked on by its nemesis.^note Was too broad and led to examples that didn't involve a human taking revenge on an animal.
• Here lies The Pikachu Effect — Wasn't chosen in the Third-Option Adaptation.^note An obscure Pokémon reference to how Pikachu was the Starter Mon in Pokémon Yellow instead of Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle in Pokémon Red and Blue due to its popularity in the anime.
• Here lies Pinch Me — Failed the Dream Reality Check.^note The expression was used for a variety of other situations besides checking if one is dreaming, leading to misuse.
• Pink Bishōjo Ghetto ga koko ni nemuru — Was improbably replaced by an all-female cast.^note Not only was familiarity with the term Bishoujo required, but it also implied that it was a Japanese Media Trope, when it's not exclusive to Japanese works. It was also an obscure reference to the "pink ghetto", which was opposite of the trope's definition.
• Here lies Pink is for Girls — Real Men Wear Pink, but sometimes Pink Is for Sissies.^note Was interpreted as Pink Means Feminine when it's more of "boys wearing pink are considered effeminate".
• Here lies Pitying Perversion — Shown Condescending Compassion before its death.^note The old name mislead people into thinking the trope was about perversion.
• Here lies Plague on Both Your Houses — Died from the curse it cast on them.^note Renamed so it's clear it's about the curse.
• Here lies Plain Name — Died in a plain crash.^note Renamed to Special Person, Normal Name. The old name was missing crucial context which made it sound too general and attracted complaining.
• Here lies Plastic Surgery — Got a new facelift.^note Was misused for plastic surgery in general when it's for items instead of people.
• Here lies Playing Hamlet — Was lifted into heaven after choosing not to be.^note Was named after the tendency for productions of Hamlet to hire middle-aged actors to play the teenaged title character when the play is famous for other reasons. Renamed for clarity.
• Here lies Playing Tennis With the Boss — Defeated by having the tennis balls hit back at it.^note Was mistaken for a variant of Go-Karting with Bowser.
• Here lies Plot Sold Separately — Watch this ad to see what happens after its death!^note Renamed for being unintuitive.
• Here lies Plot Without Porn — Did not have enough porn in it.^note Was misleading since a vast number of plots don't have porn, when this trope is for works that have both.
• Here lies The Poochie — He was shooed out and died on the way back to his home planet.^note Trope-Namer Syndrome. Unclear name, with the most common definition of the term being somewhere between Mascot with Attitude and The Scrappy.
• Here lies Popsicle Splat — Suffered a Cryonics Failure.^note Was named after Human Popsicle, but the trope had nothing to do with popsicles.
• Here lies Pop Station — It was too shoddy.^note Trope-Namer Syndrome — the former Trope Namer was a PlayStation Portable knockoff showcased in a Stuart Ashen video, but those unfamiliar with the video and/or the console did not get the reference.
• Here lies Portal Splat — Slammed into the portal with a splat.^note Was mistaken for Tele-Frag and Teleporter Accident, which often involve the victim going splat.
• Here lies Porting Distillation — Its gravestone is polished regularly.^note The old name was intended to be analogous with the name of Adaptation Distillation, but though that the naming was based on the latter being about the adaptations' quality rather than how they were done.
• Zdes' lezhit Potemkin Village — Razed down because it was fake.^note The old name had political connotations that the trope doesn't have.
• Here lies Pound of Flesh Twist — Its death rendered its victory meaningless.^note Renamed due to underuse.
• Here lie Pounds Are Doggy Prisons — Euthanized at the animal prison.^note The pound doesn't necessarily have to be for dogs.
• Here lie Powerpuff Girl Hands — They lacked dexterity.^note You probably know the drill by now - Trope-Namer Syndrome, renamed for clarity.
• Here lies Power Walk — Deserted by its team on a mission.^note Misused for any character doing a determined walk as opposed to group shots.
• Here lies Power Slows — It was electrocuted by the Slow Electricity.^note Was renamed to be clear that it was about electricity and not superpowers or political power.
• Here lies Preaching to the Choir — Too blinded by its Confirmation Bias to avoid its death.^note The old name was misleading and inaccurate.
• Here lie Prince of Space Sir and Metal Gearing — Had their eyes gouged out by a parrot.^note The previous two names suffered Trope-Namer Syndrome, so they were renamed for clarity.
• Here lie Prisoners of Pollyanna — Fired for breaking their contracts.^note Unclear and confused with The Pollyanna.
• Here lies The Professor is Crying Again — Utterly broken after his discoveries were rejected by the scientific community.^note An obtuse reference to El Goonish Shive that was lost on most people and confused those who did, who thought it referred to a variety of characters who could be called The Professor.
• Here lies Professor X Likes to Watch Teenagers Sweat — Was arrested in the cold open for his perversion.^note Trope-Namer Syndrome, was long and unwieldy, and the title could be mistaken for a perversion trope.
• Here lies Projected Avatar — Lost a fight with a shadow.^note Was confused with other tropes such as A Form You Are Comfortable With.
• Here lies Protectorate Player — It has been escorted to a better place.^note Underuse combined with an unclear name.
• Hier ruht Prussia and All That Lot — Other European nations acknowledged that there was more to All the Little Germanies than just Prussia.^note Renamed for the sake of clarity and historical accuracy.
• Here lies Ptero Soarer - The K-Pg extinction ended its terror.^note Was often used to complain about any kind of inaccuracy in pterosaur designs. Now only covers examples that portray pterosaurs as Prehistoric Monsters, with general inaccuracies covered by Artistic License – Paleontology or Science Marches On.
• Here lie The Puppet Masters — Controlled by a parasite.^note Was confused with the work of the same name and for other puppet tropes such as Marionette Master.
• Here lies Pure Awesomeness — Was killed by someone using force on it.^note The old name was too unclear since it was about awesomeness being described like a physical ability.
• Here lies Puss in Boots — Lost a chess match to his sidekick.^note A character-named trope that collided with two works with the same title.
• Here lies Putting a Hand over His Mouth — Gagged.
• Here lies PvE — The player lost against the environment.^note While PvE is the acronym for it like how PvP is for Player Versus Player, it was renamed for consistency.
• Here lies P-Wing Effect — Its awesomeness cost it its life.^note Named after an item from Super Mario Bros. 3 that not everyone understood.
• Here lie Radioactive Teenage Samurai Robot Wombats and Secret Mutant Hero Team — Killed by Teenage Mutant Samurai Wombats, TV Tropes' Most Fearsome Fighting Team.^note The former was too long, cumbersome, and hard to remember, but when it was renamed to the latter, it suffered underuse because it didn't catch on like the old name. It was then re-renamed so that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reference is clearer.
• Here lies Random Teleportation — A miscalculation in the destination caused it to be teleported above a lava pool.^note Was confused for Random Transportation, which was about having no control of the destination instead of failing to teleport to the intended one.
• Here lies Rape as Redemption — Its death is too graphic to portray here.^note The old name could be interpreted as supporting rape.
• Here lie "Rape is Okay/Funny If..." tropes — Were killed by a murderer inconsistent with standards.^note The names made it sound like we actually thought rape was ever okay, which gave us a bad rap.
• Here lies Rape of the Lock — Didn't like its haircut.^note Named after Rape of the Lock, but was renamed to avoid collision with it.
• Here lies Rape the Dog — Hanged for the capital crime of bestiality.^note Misused as Kick the Dog but more.
• Here lie Rape Tropes — Executed for sexual harassment.^note The index was expanded to include all sexual harassment and not just rape.
• Here lies Rated W for Why — It wasn't content with life.^note Renamed because the old name was unclear and causing misuse.
• Here lie Raymanian Limbs — Floated too far from the main body.^note Trope-Namer Syndrome made the name unclear to those unfamiliar with Rayman.
• Here lies Reality Ensues — The misuse was a Surprisingly Realistic Outcome of a snowclone.^note Misused to refer to any instance of realism in fiction, rather than an instance of realism that's unexpected.
• Here lies Really Big Gun — Shot with a Hand Cannon.^note Renamed to make it clearer that it's a one-handed weapon.
• Here lies Record of Loudness War — Audiophiles have given record companies a lot of FLAC for participating in the Loudness War.^note An unclear and myopic snowclone of Record of Lodoss War that was replaced with a preexisting term for the phenomenon.
• Here lies Red and Black, Keep Back — No one mourned its death, because it was evil all over.^note Renamed for clarity.
• Here lies Red Eye — Got its eyelids pulled out in a dangerous situation it entered despite many warnings not to.^note In addition to being mistaken for instances of characters having red eyes, it shared its name with a film.
• Here lies The Red Snifit — Went extinct due to being the only specimen of its breed. ^note Named after the sole red Snifit in the Nintendo Entertainment System version of Super Mario Bros. 2. It was renamed due to Trope-Namer Syndrome.
• Here lies The Red Sonja — Bested in bed so hard she went Out with a Bang.^note Suffered from Trope-Namer Syndrome, because the former trope namer was associated with other tropes as well.
• Here lies Red Wire Blue Wire — It had No Time to Think before it was electrocuted by the wires.^note Was misused for Wire Dilemma.
• Here lies Refuge in Vulgarity — Overdosed on Brain Bleach after seeing too much Vulgar Humor.^note Initially defined as "raunchy, lowbrow humor used to pander to easily-amused audiences", which invited complaining and Zero-Context Examples, so it was reworked as a more neutral trope about raunchy and/or offensive humor in general and renamed to match this new definition.
• Here lies Relationship Text Upgrade — The cause of death has yet to be revealed.
• Here lies Relationship Writing Fumble — Was constantly teased for its alleged "platonic relationship".^note Its unclear name led to people using it for any relationship that doesn't come off as intended by the writer instead of being specifically about platonic relationships that accidentally come off as romantic. The original name was then made into an index for unintentional subtext.
• Here lies Relidutainment — Religious leaders worldwide weren't educated or entertained by its teachings.^note Unclear portmanteau of Religious Edutainment.
• Here lies The Resolution Will Not Be Televised — Its funeral will be in another medium.^note Was supposed to be about works whose conclusions are in other works and in other media, but examples were missing one or both criteria.
• Here lies Retired Complete Monster — It wasn't actually a Complete Monster, but it was certainly a retired one.^note Name was misleading, as it wasn't related to Complete Monster at all.
• Here lies Return of the King — Executed for not being the rightful king.^note Was often confused with the third installment of The Lord of the Rings.
• Here lie Reverse Funny Aneurysm and Unfunny Aneurysm — In hindsight, their deaths were seen as either too hilarious or harsh. ^note The names were too similar to Funny Aneurysm Moment (which they were spun off from, and which itself was later merged into Harsher In Hindsight), which made it difficult to figure out which one was which.
• Here lies Reverse Shazam — He may be iconic, but the title of his work was forgotten.^note Was named after I Am Not Shazam, but was renamed to clarify that they're not exactly opposites.
• Here lie Ridiculympics — The Pseudolympics were held in their place.^note Renamed for being too awkward, negative, narrow, and misleading.
• Here lies Rid Me Of This Priest — Made a blunder that did it in.^note Was a reference to King Henry I that went over some tropers' heads and so they thought it was about priests. Those who did get the reference sometimes thought it had to involve murder.
• Here lies Riker Pose — Bested by Captain Morgan in a duel.^note The original trope namer wasn't commonly associated with the pose in question, making the old name obtuse.
• Here lies Ring Around the Closeup — Thrown out of the roundabout from the rapid spinning.
• Here lies Road Cone — Got a deep cut from a branch in its way.^note An obtuse name that didn't clarify what the trope was about.
• Here lies Robinson Goldberg Contraption — Rube Goldberg ended his joint venture with Heath Robinson and bought exclusive rights to the machines.^note Unclear combination of "Heath Robinson contraption" and "Rube Goldberg machine", which are two separate names for the devices in question.
• Here lies Rocks Fall, Party Splits — The party died in a cave-in after they were forced to split.^note A snowclone of Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies that was renamed to be clear that the obstacle didn't necessarily involve rocks.
• Here lies Role Reprisal — Its killer returned just in time.^note Misuse of the word "reprisal" (which means "act of retaliation") when "reprise" would be the correct word.
• Here lies Romantic Two Girl Friendship — The girls broke up, and a Pseudo-Romantic Friendship has been forged in its place.^note Was frequently mistaken to mean an actual queer romance, plus it implied the trope was Always Female when it was not.
• Here lies Rose-Haired Girl — Her diabetes killed her after she ate something too sweet.^note Was misused for any pink-haired girl or woman, which is rose chairs.
• Here lies Rumplestiltskin Ploy — You Just Told Me about its death, didn't you?^note Required knowledge of the Trope Namer (who wasn't even an example), plus his name was misspelled.
• Here lies Running Sequence — Tripped during the credits.^note Renamed to clarify it occurs during the credits.
• Here lies Saleiri Syndrome — Driven by Envy towards its death.^note Failed to attract wicks under the old (opaque) name.
• Here lies Sammy's Glass Eye — Never mind this one; just ignore it.^note Unclear name and Trope-Namer Syndrome.
• Sasami Syndrome (and its successor, Better than Canon) ga koko ni nemuru — Everyone who was a fan prefers their successor now.^note Was renamed from Sasami Syndrome because it was advocating an opinion not everyone had, along with certain continuities making the Trope Namer incestuous/pedophiliac. It was then renamed from Better than Canon due to people mistaking it for the current definition of Better Than Canon.
• Hier liegt Schrödinger Fu — Was confused about its death.^note Was a reference to Schrödinger's Cat, but implied that it was about the fighter splitting into multiple versions instead of being unpredictable.
• Here lies Scrappy Level — Was unbeatable due to being That One Level.^note Patterned after The Scrappy, but was deemed too negative as some gamers believe that being frustrated by the level is part of the experience.
• Here lies Screw The Rules, I Have a Nuke! — Nuked with enough force to blast it out of orbit.^note Bad snowclone of Screw This Index, I Have Tropes.
• Here lies Second Chance — Hopefully, we named it right this time.^note The old title was too broad and could be confused for many other tropes.
• Here lies Seinfeld is Unfunny — Once original, now just a statistic.^note Intended for works that were daring or innovative in their time but were copied and/or ripped off to the degree they seem unoriginal and hackneyed, it suffered from constant misuse and Zero-Context Examples, indicating the difference between it and other tropes like Condemned by History and Ur-Example was unclear. (Plus, there's the obvious fact that a lot of people still do think Seinfeld is funny.) The original page is now a disambiguation.
• Here lies Sein Language — It didn't catch on.^note A needlessly opaque reference to how the idiolect of Seinfeld spread throughout the real world. It was also mistaken for Seinfeldian Conversation.
• Here lies Set Behind the Scenes — Its town was bought out by a MegaCorp.^note Mistaken for the current meaning of Set Behind the Scenes.
• Here lies Seventh Episode Twist — A twist so bad, the show was canceled midseason.^note The old name unnecessarily made it sound like the twist had to fall on the seventh episode.
• Here lies Sexy Back — Its toplessness was covered up.^note Named after a Justin Timberlake song that didn't have to do with the trope and was also confused for either a back that is sexy instead of a sexy thing shown from the back, or a Sexy Backless Outfit.
• Here lie Sexy Spectacles — These glasses broke because they weren't that sexy.^note Was misused for characters with glasses that tropers thought were sexy, as opposed to glasses being considered sexy in-universe.
• Here lies Sexy Walk — Accidentally strutted right off the catwalk.^note Renamed to clarify that it's a specific type of walk and it has to be intentional on the part of the work.
• Here lies Shadow Persona — It turned out that there was more to it, but it died without anyone knowing the details.^note Too vaguely defined, and launched in a poor state. It was later refined and launched under a new name, with the old name being sent to the Permanent Red Link Club.
• Here lies Shaggy Search Technique — We found a better name by pure luck.^note Trope-Namer Syndrome. Was renamed to Luck-Based Search Technique to better indicate the definition.
• Here lie Shallow Female Love Interest and Shallow Love Interest — Killed by a satellite on a collision course with Earth.^note The initial name gave the impression of the trope being Always Female, while the second name attracted misuse in the form of complaining about love interests people didn't like.
• Here lies Shamgri-La — Demolished and replaced with a true Shangri-La.^note Mistaken for fake Shangri-La stand-ins.
• Here lies She's Got Legs — It turned out she did not really know how to use them.^note Attracted misuse for whenever someone has well-defined legs, instead of noting focus from others or the camera. The trope was renamed Leg Focus for clarity.
• Here lies Shilling the Wesley — A shill to kill.^note Trope-Namer Syndrome, in reference to Wesley Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Renamed for clarity.
• Here lies Shit Flies From the Fans — Flushed down after receiving too many complaints.^note Old name was replaced only after a few days.
• Here lies Shlubb and Klump English — Suffered from delusions that led to its death.^note Named after two characters from Sin City, but it suffered from Trope-Namer Syndrome since not everyone got the reference and many who did associated it with other tropes.
• Here lies Shout-Out to Shakespeare — Due to the local theater's demolition, the Bard's plays have to be shown elsewhere.^note The Same, but More Specific to Shout-Out. The relevant information was moved to a Referenced by... page for William Shakespeare instead of being treated as a subtrope of Shout-Out.
• Here lie Showing Off the Perilous Power Source and Gorgon Gazing — Petrified by the Perilous Power Source.^note The former name was too long while the latter name was confused for Medusa's deadly gaze.
• Here lies Sign Language — Was forced to talk with signs after being rendered mute.^note Was confused for Signed Language.
• Here lies The Simpsons Did It — Dying is another thing that's already been done. ^note Actual definition is "a joke where someone's idea is not as original as they thought", but was widely misused as "tropes that appeared in The Simpsons", despite that being both not a trope and redundant with the actual page for The Simpsons.
• Yahaan nihit Sim Sim Salabim hai — The outdatedness of the name made the depictions of India less mystical.^note Named after the As Long as It Sounds Foreign magic words used by Hadji Singh in Jonny Quest, which was far too obscure of a reference.
• Here lies Sister Becky — Found dead after being recast in her role.^note Renamed to clarify that it was about replacement actors.
• Here lies Sisyphus vs. Rock — Lost a duel.^note The old name came from an old myth that wasn't even an example.
• Here lies Sixth Column — Betrayed by the sixth ranger.^note Was named after a work that wasn't even an example.
• Here lies Skippy Rules — It broke the rule that said "Always wear safety gear" and was killed when a boulder fell on its head.^note The old name was too vague.
• Here lies the Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes — We needed to analyze them more.
• Here lies the Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Realism — It's hard to look back on its life without feeling cynical.^note Touched up and renamed because the opposite of idealism is cynicism, not realism.
• Here lies Slytherin House — They were so ambitious that they turned evil.^note Despite the reference to Slytherin students being evil and ambitious (but not always both), the trope was not about groups.
• Here lies Small Annoying Creature — It got kicked to the side so it'd leave us alone.^note The vagueness of the old name attracted complaining and was renamed to better clarify that it's about characters who annoy other characters, not just the audience.
• Here lie Smelly Feet — They made everyone gag.^note The original description lacked a narrative focus. Renamed to Smelly Feet Gag after the definition was refined to refer to foot odor being Played for Laughs.
• Here lies Smith Will Suffice — Failed to answer the name of God.^note Was named after the ending exchange in The Matrix Reloaded, but "Smith" could refer to other characters of the same name.
• Here lies Sneezing — Died a literal death of a thousand cuts.^note The old name was too broad and led to people confusing it for other narrative uses of sneezing.
• Here lies Soap On a Trope — There's no explanation for how it died.^note Used "trope" as a placeholder and was non-indicative.
• Here lies Society Marches On — We won't be seeing any more of it in the future.^note Was frequently confused with Values Dissonance and its sister tropes, when it's defined as the social equivalent of Zeerust and the inverse of Politically Correct History.
• Here lies Something Completely Different — Its latest episode broke the formula.^note Was misused for anything that's formula-breaking instead of one-off episodes that deviate from it, so it was renamed, with the former name being made into an index.
• Here lies Something They Would Never Say — The alert came too late.
• Here lies Something Wicked This Way Comes — Inadvertently met its death at the entrance.^note Was renamed to avoid collisions with works sharing the name.
• Here lies Sorry, Billy, But You Just Don't Have Legs — His dreams were crushed by his handicap.^note Shortened for clarity as it was a dialogue title.
• Here lies Soul Train — Run over by a train; it's now on the Afterlife Express.^note Shared its name with a work.
• Here lies Soup Cans — Nobody could solve its medical problems.^note Was renamed to make it clearer to those who didn't know the trope namer.
• Here lies So What Are You Saying? — The audience never heard its cries for help.^note The old name sounded like a generic line of dialogue and didn't convey the trope's meaning.
• Here lies Soylent Green — Replaced with a child as a better power source.^note Besides sharing a name with the work, it was about paying a human cost to run something rather than cannibalism.
• Here lies Soylent Green Is People — Eaten by humanitarians.^note Despite being named after the plot twist of Soylent Green, not everyone was familiar with it.
• Here lies Soylent Soy — Got made into artificial food.^note The "soy" part was unnecessary, and the reference to Soylent Green made people think the trope had something to do with cannibalism.
• Here lies So You Want to Live Forever — It never found the immortality it sought.^note The old name made it sound like a So You Want To page.
• Here lies Spell My Name With an S — It's inconsistent whether it wanted the grave to say "Rest in Peace" or "Wrest inn Piece".^note The trope was widely misused for fan misspellings rather than names being spelled differently at different times in the work itself, and had Zero-Context Example problems.
• Here lies Spikeification — It suffered a great amount of Badass Decay.^note Trope-Namer Syndrome and debates whether Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer was even an example led to it being renamed.
• Here lies Spirit Bomb — Obliterated by a Combined Energy Attack.^note Misused to mean "attack that aims at someone's spirit" or "attack made of spiritual energy" rather than an attack where everyone combines their Mana into a single attack. It also suffered from Trope-Namer Syndrome, being named after a Dragon Ball attack that is known to have an inaccurate translation from the original Japanese name into English.
• Here lies Spoiled Brat of The Lord — His egocentrism got him banned from church.^note An overly narrow name that led to tropers associating "Lord" with the Abrahamic deity or not associating it with a deity at all, or thinking the trope was about a spoiled adherent of a religion.
• Here lies Spot of Tea — The Brits love drinking it too much.^note The trope was clearly meant to cover a British obsession with tea, but it's been misused to include just about anyone drinking tea.
• Here lies Squeaking Carpet — Thrown out and ruined by a Swarm of Rats.^note The connection from "squeaking" to rats was lost on a lot of people, leading to misuse.
• Here lies Staff Chick — Not even White Magician Girl could bring her back to life.
• Here lies Stalling for Time — After a long search, it was found dead in a bathroom stall.^note Was misused for characters literally stalling for time.
• Here lie Standard Status Effects — The problem affecting the Status Effects is that they were sometimes non-standard.^note Standard Status Effects was broadened by removing the "Standard" aspect and renaming accordingly.
• Here lies Starfish Character — Was literally split in two.^note Obscure reference to Animorphs.
• Here lies Star System — Hydrogen is not reusable, so the star died.^note Easily confused with literal star systems, such as the real-life solar system or the similarly named star systems in filmmaking. The old name was turned into a disambiguation page.
• Here lies Step Three: Profit! — Since the people who handled its funeral missed some steps, its burial wasn't handled well.^note Ambiguous meme-based title; renamed because Trope-Namer Syndrome resulted in an unclear name.
• Here lies Still the '80s — After 2010 came, it was more than Two Decades Behind.^note The intended definition was the same before the name change, but since Examples Are Not Recent, the name was already dated when 2010 rolled around.
• Here lie Stock Superpowers — Died after being tricked into shaking hands with a supervillain with a poisonous index finger.^note Renamed to indicate that it's an index and not a trope.
• Here lies Straw Traitor — Uncategorized.^note Old name was too vague.
• Here lie Subjective Tropes and YMMV — When the gas station employees got off work, they thought about what is and is Not a Trope, then issues with property values forced them to find a new home entirely.^note Subjective items were moved from Subjective Tropes to YMMV due to proper tropes' objective aspects meaning subjective items are not tropes. After that, wicks to YMMV were misused in sinkholes for violations of Examples Are Not Arguable, leading to a move to YMMV.Home Page, due to non-Main namespaces being difficult to sinkhole.
• Here lies Substitute Teacher — Resigned after being constantly teased by their students and was replaced with a Temporary Substitute.^note Was mistaken for a trope about substitute teachers when it's about a new character being hastily written in because the old character's actor was unavailable.
• Here lies Sudden Death — Died suddenly during the Tiebreaker Round.^note Was expanded to include tiebreaker rounds in general besides sudden death rounds.
• Here lies Summers Family Tree — Tangled up in an incestuous mess.^note Named after the X-Men character better known as Cyclops, and while he did fit the example, the trope name ended up being confused with Buffy Summer.
• Here lies Super Grape — Its failure to ascend the ranks was heard on the grapevine.^note The idea behind the old name was that extras don't stand out any more than a single grape in a bunch, so a "Super Grape" was one that stood out. The name was changed to Ascended Extra to make the name more self-explanatory.
• Here lies Super OCD — Its funeral was meticulously organized.^note Was supposed to mean any stereotypical depiction of OCD, but its unclear and potentially offensive name led to it being misused for overly neat and order-obsessed characters or any character with OCD.
• Here lies Super Punk Octo Pudding Gas Mark Seven — The word salad went bad after being left out for too long.^note Renamed because the old name was difficult to remember due to being a little too self-demonstrating.
• Here lies Super Slave Market — Had its soul sucked out of it.^note The old name made it sound like something to do with slave markets or superpowers.
• Here lies Super Star — Fell into a Bottomless Pit despite its invincibility.^note Named after the Super Mario Bros. power-up, but its name could also mean "anyone who is famous".
• Here lies Sure, Why Not? — Because it ascended to heaven, that's why not.^note Sounded like a stock phrase and too similar to Sure, Let's Go with That.
• Here lies Surname First Name Surname — James Bond had a license, so he killed it.^note The old name was clunky since the opposite of a surname is a "forename", while the opposite of a first name is a "last name".
• Here lies Sweater Girl — Her sweater wasn't sexy enough.^note Was misused for any girl in a sweater instead of girls wearing sweaters as Fanservice.
• Ici repose/Hier ruht/Qui giace Swiss Moment — It's too late for this one — falling into a vat of molten chocolate caused it to go from Bernese to burn-ee.^note Unclear name due to referencing a stereotype about Swiss people being slow to realize a joke's meaning, which is more obscure than their strong association with neutrality or products made in the country.
• Here lie Sword Chucks — Were chucked out in favor of instant ones.^note Was an 8-Bit Theater reference, which was about Mix and Match Weapons composed of only two weapons, but was retooled to be about improvised nunchucks.
• Here lies Sword in the Stone — Stabbed with a sword wielded by the chosen.^note Was misused for swords in stones or King Arthur references.
• Takahashi Couple, Tsunderes in Love, to When a Jerk Loves a Tsundere ga koko ni nemuru — All three died in an especially belligerent battle.^note The initial name fell afoul of Trope-Namer Syndrome and was mistaken to refer to Takahashis other than Rumiko, while the initial rename implied that both parties were Tsunderes, and the final rename came to express the definition more broadly.
• Here lies Take a Bite Out of Crime — Died of rabies contracted by a man who bit him.^note Was confused for a trope about crimefighting, and it didn't make it clear on who was the one doing the biting.
• Here lies Take Off Every Zig — Shot down by fighters.^note The old name required familiarity with a Zero Wing meme.
• Here lies Take This — It May Help You on Your Quest... or maybe not.^note An old Stock Phrase that meant something diferent.
• Here lies Take That, Us! — We wasted so much time choosing page names instead of living our lives, and yet this one had to be deprecated.
• Here lies Talking Typography — Anthropomorphic letters spell out its grave.^note Wasn't thriving and was cut and relaunched with a broader title.
• Here lies Team Rocket — This Terrible Trio is blasting off again!^note Not everyone knew the reference, and they weren't really an example because they were better known as a Goldfish Poop Gang.
• Here lies Teens Are Short — Couldn't grow as tall as their parents.^note Was misused for any teen who's shorter than the rest of the cast instead of works portraying teens in general as unrealistically shorter than adults.
• Here lie Teleporters and Transporters — Teleported themselves out of existence.^note Was broadened to cover non-technological means of teleportation such as magic and natural phenomena.
• Here lies Ten with a Two — Hit on the reaper while drunk.^note Failed to attract wicks due to an unclear name, which was unnecessary since "Beer Goggles" is already the common off-site term for the trope.
• Here lie The Telltale Drapes — Their death by being destroyed by a cat was imminent.^note Was cut and sent back to TLP twice before being launched with a clearer name.
• Here lies Test of Character — Failed the Player Personality Quiz.^note Was mistaken for character tests in general and also the unrelated Secret Test of Character trope.
• Here lies T.G.I.O'Chili Bees — The restaurant closed when another one opened in the area.^note Suffered from a lack of wicks thanks to a title that was deemed a confusing amalgamation of chain restaurant names. Renamed to be clearer and help the trope perform better.
• Here lies Thanksgiving Day — Was stuffed in preparation for the Thanksgiving Episode.^note Was mistaken for the Useful Notes article about the holiday itself.
• Here lies That One Guy — Pwned by That One Player.^note Was mistaken for The One Guy, which is about the sole male in a predominantly female cast.
• Here lies There Is No God — Committed suicide after evil stole its faith.^note A Stock Phrase that was mistaken for other tropes about atheism and religion.
• Here lies There's No "B" in "Movie" — Not even the fans could save it.^note Was used for B movies in general instead of their fans.
• Here lies There Will be Cake — Alas, The Cake Is a Lie.^note Was misused for any situation with cake.
• Here lies The Thing — We needed to talk about it somewhere else.^note Named after an episode in Family Ties where they referred to the sensitive topic that prompted a Room Shuffle as "the thing". However, it was often confused for other characters/works named "The Thing".
• Here lies They Just Didn't Care — We didn't care enough to keep it.^note Debate over the use for excessive complaining revealed it was practically impossible to distinguish genuine lack of care from honest ignorance or outside factors, so it was redefined to require Word of God that they didn't care. It was renamed after the misuse persisted.
• Here lies They Killed Kenny — Oh my god, they killed him again! You bastards!^note While the South Park reference was kept, it was renamed to clarify that a character's multiple deaths is a Running Gag.
• Here lies They Plotted a Perfectly Good Waste — It wasted away, just as we intended it to.^note Unclear snowclone of They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot.
• Here lies Third Law of Travel — Choked to death on an exotic meal while traveling.^note Unclear reference to The Grand List of Console Role Playing Game Clichés.
• Here lies Thirteen Going on Thirty — Died of old age overnight.^note Shared its name with a work.
• Here lies Thirty-Five Minutes Ago — People were too late to save it.^note It was a very opaque Watchmen reference, and a spoiler to boot.
• Here lies This Index Is Full Of Perverts — Their demise might teach people a few things about perversions.^note The "This Index is X" naming scheme was deprecated.
• Here lies This Is a Sentence, Bitch! — It needed more emphasis, bitch!^note Was renamed to be less awkward and to clarify that the "bitch" was for emphasis, not integral to the statement.
• Here lies This Is Not El Alamein — Its murder was carried out the wrong way.^note An oblique reference to a World War II battle that was lost even on those who understood the event.
• Here lie This Is Pest Control and its successor, No Except Yes — They're not dead, they're just put to rest for all eternity.^note This Is Pest Control was renamed No Except Yes since the original Doctor Who quote made no sense to non-fans, which itself was renamed due to being confused with By "No", I Mean "Yes".
• Gino touna diáffo This Is SPARTA! — We must punctuate. This. For. Emphasis.^note Meme-based Trope-Namer Syndrome.
• Here lies This Trope is [BLEEP] — Censored.^note Was mistaken for Sound-Effect Bleep or related tropes.
• Here lies This Troper — I killed him... but I wasn't the first person to try. ^note This is a wiki, not a forum or blog. As such, first-person writing is verboten, and euphemisms that sound like third person just make it easier to sweep under the rug. It has now been turned into an Administrivia page concerning First-Person Writing.
• Here lies This Trope Will Change Your Life — It won't, but this product will.^note Renamed because it used "trope" as a placeholder and also to emphasize that it's an Advertising Trope.
• Here lies Thundraphobia — We fear that it got hit by lightning in a thunderstorm.^note "Thundraphobia" is not an actual word. The actual word describing the fear of thunder is either "brontophobia" or "astraphobia."
• Here lies Tickertape Parade — Buried in confetti.^note Wasn't about parades, so it was renamed while the old name became Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
• Here lies Tin Can You Hear Me Now — Nope, can't hear you through this Tin-Can Telephone.^note Overcomplicated snowclone of the former trope name "Can You Hear Me Now?", which has since been split into Super Cell Reception and Cell Phones Are Useless.
• Hier ruht The Toblerone — Melted after a Boisterous Bruiser accidentally left it out in the sun.^note The original Trope Namer was an obscure Fan Nickname for a character who appeared in a Mystery Science Theater 3000 movie, so the name ended up being unclear to people who didn't get the reference and only knew about the Swiss chocolate bar, which itself inspired a Sugar Wiki page and a Darth Wiki page.
• Here lies Token Deity — Given a Divine Race Lift when they ascended into the heavens.^note The trope wasn't necessarily about Tokens.
• Here lies Token Loli — Killed by a miniature version of Chris Hansen.^note Renamed and sent to the Permanent Red Link Club due to having a name that's both creepy and unclear.
• Here lies Token Shipping — Sunk by the Token Minority Couple.^note Was about canon couples in the minority instead of fans shipping minorities.
• Here lies "Tom? Dick?" "My Name is Harry!" — He died rapidly in a fire.^note The old name was a stock phrase.
• Here lies Too Soon — Keep your distance from this one, because it's too soon to confirm that it won't come back as a zombie.^note Often confused with Dude, Not Funny!, which is what the phrase "too soon" usually refers to in contexts other than TV Tropes. It was renamed as a result, with the old name being turned into a disambiguation between the new name and Dude, Not Funny!.
• Here lies Top Gunned — Failed to Dodge by Braking.^note Top Gun, the former Trope Namer, was more known for many other things besides that particular evasive aerial technique.
• Here lies Tortured Abomination — Tortured for its monstrosity.^note Was broadened beyond Eldritch Abominations being tortured.
• Here lies Toy Ship — Sunk by puppies.^note Renamed to be more objective and less prone to confusion with maritime shipping, and the old name was made into a Fan Speak Definition-Only page.
• Here lies Tragic Funeral — Its funeral was very lonely.^note Renamed for clarity's sake.
• Ici repose Trahison des Clercs — Lacked support from the tyranny.^note Its Gratuitous French was hard to understand.
• Here lies Trainwreck Episode — Casualty of a big disaster.^note The trope was broader than the name implied, leading to underuse, and the "trainwreck" part was sometimes taken figuratively, leading to misuse. It was renamed to Big Disaster Plot to make its definition more clear.
• Here lie Trans Gender Tropes — Were blended up.^note The old name sounded like it the tropes had to do with being transgender, when that wasn't the case for all of them. Transgender Tropes was then created as an index covering the former after Transgender was made into a Useful Note since the original trope was used to list every character who was trans, which was trans chairs.
• Here lies Transsexual — During its gender transition, it chose a new name.^note The old name was an outdated term for transgender folks, and community consensus agreed to rename it to the more widely-accepted term for the community.
• Here lies Trial of Someone Besides the Defendant — Fooled by their decoy.^note The original name was a mouthful.
• Zdes' lezhit Tricolours with Rusting Rockets — Annihilated by the Russians in the Cold War.^note Renamed to distinguish from other tricolor flags (e.g., the French flag).
• Here lies Trope 2000 — Technology Marches On, so Advanced Tech 2000 replaced it in the far-off year of 2020.^note Deprecated naming scheme (the use of "trope" as a placeholder), per Naming a Trope.
• Here lies Trope the Light Fantastic — We're dancing on this grave. ^note Original index name had nothing to do with dancing.
• Here lies Tropemobile — Decommissioned in favor of a Thememobile.^note Using "trope" as a placeholder deprecated.
• Here lies Trope-o-matic — Replaced with a Thing-O-Matic.^note Deprecated naming scheme (using "trope" as a placeholder).
• Here lies Troper Force — Killed by The Something Force.^note Was using "troper" as a placeholder, as opposed to a user on this site.
• Here lie Tropes for Dummies — Years of parodies did them in.^note Use of "trope" as a placeholder in trope names is deprecated, leading to an unclear name, per the Naming a Trope policy.
• Zdes' lezhit Trope, Son of Trope, Smith — Changed his name to sound Russian.^note Used "trope" as a placeholder, which led to a rename for clarity.
• Here lies Troubling Unchildhood Behavior — Punished for its troubling unchildlike grammar.^note Renamed for grammatical clarity.
• Ici reposent Truffaut Was Right et Pink Lipstick Aesop — Despite the warnings, they died doing that cool thing.^note The former was named after François Truffaut while the latter was named after a scene in an episode of Daria, but both references flew over people's heads.
• Here lies Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty — Its clock was cleaned.^note Was an index for dirty fighting-related tropes and thus Not a Trope, but it was still misused as a trope for dirty fighting, which is already covered by Combat Pragmatist.
• Here lies Turn to Stone — Its gravestone is made of granite.^note It was originally named after an Electric Light Orchestra song, but has since been renamed due to Trope-Namer Syndrome.
• Here lie Twelve Angry Men — They were all killed by a Rogue Juror.^note Shared its name with a movie.
• Here lie Twenty Minutes with Jerks — They needed the development that arrived in the 21st.^note Old name was too negative.
• Here lies Twilight Zone Twist — What a Karmic Twist Ending!^note Trope-Namer Syndrome, and that's not the only kind of ending The Twilight Zone had.
• Here lies Two Words: Obvious Trope — Three words: lack of emphasis.^note Five words: It was a Pothole Magnet.
• Uchiha Syndrome ga koko ni nemuru — Its screentime ended up being taken over by our local Spotlight-Stealing Squad.^note Suffered from Trope-Namer Syndrome outside of the Naruto fandom.
• Here lies Ultimate Evil — Its demise was unseen.^note The old name was vague and could refer to several things; characters that are evil incarnate, the overarching villain in a work, a villain above the Big Bad, or the final villain in a work, which led to it being disambiguated between these things. The new name makes it clear that it's an evil that the audience never sees the face or shape of.
• Here lies The Umbridge — She was overthrown by a tyrant-to-be.^note Trope-Namer Syndrome which was a spoiler to the Harry Potter series.
• Here lies Uncle Herbie — Involved in silliness at the end of his life.^note Named after a Running Gag on Welcome Back, Kotter that not everyone understood.
• Here lies Uncle Ned — Retired after his Aesop served its purpose.^note Was named after a character in Family Ties, the connection to whom was lost on a lot of people, and even many who got the reference mistook it for Remember the New Guy?.
• Here lies The Unexpected — Its murder was out of character.^note Misused to refer to anything unexpected.
• Here lies The Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer — Got used to the afterlife Like a Duck Takes to Water.^note An unclear name that led to people mistaking the trope for being specifically about lawyers (and occasionally confusing it for Simple Country Lawyer). In the process of the rename, the poorly defined trope Like A Fish Takes To Water was merged with it.
• Here lie The Unfunny and Unfunny— Their funeral was surprisingly comical.^note Unclear names. Renamed to The Comically Serious to better indicate its meaning.
• Here lies Unfunny Aneurysm — Died of an aneurysm that made people's prior death threats to it Harsher in Hindsight.^note Was renamed to avoid confusion between it and Funny Aneurysm Moment.
• Here lies Unmentionable BSOD — Was buried naked, and everyone freaked out.^note The old name made it seem like it had to do with Heroic BSoD.
• Here lies The Usual Suspects Ending — This epitaph can't explain its backstory well enough, but The Ending Changes Everything.^note Trope-Namer Syndrome, particularly because explaining the name to non-fans would involve spoiling the Trope Namer (The Usual Suspects).
• Here lies Vampire Invitation — Kicked out for coming uninvited.^note Renamed to clarify the concept applies to other monsters and supernatural beings as well.
• Here lies The Vanna — Fired for not meeting her employer's standards of loveliness.^note Named after the female host of Wheel of Fortune, but it suffered from Trope-Namer Syndrome and the definition was broadened to cover media beyond game shows.
• Here lies Vasor Gambit — Was a magnet for trouble and died in an accident.^note The old name was a very obscure Doctor Who snowclone.
• Here lies Victory Gloating — Disqualified for poor sportsmanship.^note The old name led to misuse for gloating unrelated to competitions.
• Here lies Viewer Myopia — Wasn't aware of its audience enough.^note Was renamed so it's clear that it's the creators who are being myopic, not the viewers.
• Here lies The Village — Destroyed under uncanny circumstances.^note Renamed to avoid confusion with works named The Village and to specify the kind of setting.
• Here lies Villain of the Week — It wasn't monstrous enough.
• Here lies Villainous Aromantic Asexual — There was No Love for the Wicked.^note Was broadened so that the villain doesn't have to be explicitly within the a-spectrum as long as their villainy is defined by their inability to love. This also includes villains who are primarily defined by their lust. Additionally, the aspect where the villain is seen as freakish for their lovelessness tended to be ignored.
• Here lies Villainous Crossdresser — Its clothes were too creepy.^note Was too narrow because Creepy Crossdressers aren't necessarily villains.
• Here lies Villain Who Doesn't Do Anything — He did something, but it was irrelevant to his cause of death.^note Snowclone of The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything which didn't describe the trope well.
• Aquí yace Viva la Evolution — It wasn't able to adapt to living in Las Vegas.^note The title was too non-indicative.
• Zdes' lezhit The Vodka Is Good, but the Meat Is Rotten — Its final words were a request for Either "World Domination", or Something About Bananas. To this day, it's unclear which one it asked for.^note Unclear name that didn't indicate that it's a comedy trope — the former Trope Namer was an Urban Legend about a non-comedic Recursive Translation between English and Russian involving the phrase "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
• Here lies VoldeMart — His business was shut down by the Order of the Phoenix.^note Was an obtuse and irrelevant pun about the Big Bad of Harry Potter that had nothing to do with the trope.
• Here lies Vorpal Weakness — Beheading it was the only way to kill it.^note Was named after the Vorpal Blade's ability to instantly decapitate enemies, but wasn't familiar for those who don't play Dungeons & Dragons.
• Here lies Wafer Thin Mint — A straw broke its back, but unlike the camel, this one didn't survive.^note The old name was a reference to Monty Python's The Meaning of Life that was too obscure for most users.
• Here lies Walking Backwards — It found itself in a dangerous situation.^note Misused to refer to any instance of walking backward, which overlapped with Backing Away Slowly. Renamed for clarity's sake.
• Here lies Walk It Off — Couldn't regenerate its health on time.^note The old name was too unintuitive.
• Here lies Walk Over Here for Options — Walk over there for the Playable Menu.^note Renamed for better clarity.
• Here lies Wallmaster — Its ambushing days were over after it was cut down with the Master Sword.^note Trope-Namer Syndrome. Better renamed to indicate that it's about enemies that don't attack until the player draws near.
• Here lie Warped Aesop and Family-Unfriendly Aesop — Aesop was faced with a hard truth: His fables may live on, but his own death and the deaths of these two were inevitable.^note The initial name sounded too negative, while the inital rename led to misuse to complain about Aesops tropers don't like, regardless of whether they fit the actual definition.
• Here lies Warring Without Weapons — It didn't have the gear to fight back against its killer.^note Was underused, and the few links it had were usually confusing it with Good Old Fisticuffs.
• Here lies Wasted Song — An epic song that lasts too short to be of any use.^note Misused to gush about songs that people thought deserved more screen time and complain about said lack of screen time, instead of documenting songs that are objectively longer than their screen time.
• Here lies Waste of Time Story — You're better off playing the game.^note Was renamed to be less negative.
• Here lies Wax On, Wax Scream — Its death was painful.^note Was named after a meme from The Karate Kid, which had nothing to do with body waxing.
• Here lies We All Live in America — It couldn't carry its culture over when it moved to Europe.^note An unclear title lead to tropers using it to nitpick minor mistakes and focus too much on American culture specifically.
• Here lies We Are Not Wikipedia — People said There Should Be a Law against its existence, so a law was passed.^note Misused to bash Wikipedia, as well as frequently confused with There Is No Such Thing as Notability.
• Here lies Weaponized Blood — Was murdered, and it was very bloody. ^note Trope was renamed to make it more obvious that blood in this case was indeed deadly.
• Here lies Weekend at Bernie's — Is now a corpse.^note Was named after a work.
• Here lies We Have Been Researching Phlebotinum For Years — The masquerade that researched it got exposed and it all went downhill.^note Underused trope with a long-winded name; renamed to be more concise
• Here lies "Weird Al" Effect — When asked if he would play music at its funeral, "Weird Al" Yankovic agreed to perform a polka parody of "Amazing Grace" using redone lyrics.^note Trope-Namer Syndrome made it unclear that it was specifically about parodies becoming more well known than the original, as is the case with several of "Weird Al" Yankovic's parodies of hit songs.
• Here lies Welcome to Marklar — The Marklars were invaded by the Steves.^note Trope-Namer Syndrome, plus the Trope Namer (the Marklars from South Park) are also associated with Smurfing due to their use of "Marklar" in place of all nouns instead of just their names.
• Here lies Welcome to the Liberator — Conveniently replaced after its death.^note An obscure reference to Blakes 7 that even flew over the fans' heads.
• Here lies The Wesley — The good news is the creator found a new pet. Unfortunately, a lot of people still hate him.^note Trope-Namer Syndrome which led to the trope being misused as "The Scrappy, but worse".
• Here lies We Could Have Avoided All This — We could have avoided this death if it weren't for its misuse.^note Gratuitous Stock Phrase.
• Here lies We Will Use Micros in the Future — Discontinued for its bad graphics.^note The old name was unclear what "micros" meant.
• Here lies What a World, What a World — It melted.^note Both names are from the same quote, but the current name contains the more clear section.
• Here lies What Do You Mean, It's Not Awesome? — Its mundane death was awesome, anyway.^note What Do You Mean, It's Not an Index? snowclone, so it was renamed.
• Here lies What Do You Mean, It's Not Horrific? — Its killer was bad at being horrific but did the job anyway.^note Renamed to take it off What Do You Mean, It's Not an Index?.
• Here lies What Measure is a Non-Badass? — Failed to measure up to fans' badassery expectations.^note Renamed after attracting complaining regarding one's general weakness.
• Here lies What Measure is a Non-Unique? — Deemed not valuable enough to live.^note An awkwardly named member of the What Measure Is an Index? that didn't align with the rest of its tropes.
• Here lies What's a Secret Four? — Was so cryptic, nobody was able to decipher it.^note A (fittingly) obscure reference to The Three Investigators that was mistaken for a Henway.
• Here lies What the Hell, Townspeople? — They were ungrateful for it.^note Snowclone of What the Hell, Hero?, which is an Audience Reaction while this is an in-universe trope.
• Here lies What Was Whose Sled? — What part of "Rosebud was his sled" did you not get?^note A snowclone of It Was His Sled that made tropers think it was more about Twist Endings than about Pop-Cultural Osmosis.
• Here lies What Were We Fighting For? — Its happy end was cruelly overridden.^note Misused for any unclear goal. The old name was revived as a redirect to Was It Really Worth It?
• Here lieth Whedon'th Thyndrome — Wath bitten to death by a creature with fangth.^note Named after Joss Whedon, who didn't have anything to do with the trope.
• Here lies Where Are They Now? — Their life stories have reached an epilogue.^note Was mistaken for a stock phrase.
• Here lies Where Did They Get Lasers? — Shot with some not-so-Family-Friendly Firearms.^note The old name was too specific since the trope isn't just about lasers.
• Here lies Where's Deado? — Is now the victim of a murder.^note It had an unclear name that failed to attract wicks.
• Here lies White Haired Pretty Boy — His chronic heart troubles finally did him in.^note Was misused for any Pretty Boy who happened to have white hair, and despite the old title, it wasn't an Always Male trope.
• Here lies White-Haired Pretty Girl — Was killed by a mystic.^note Despite the old name, it wasn't specific to female characters, and it was often misused for any woman with white hair who tropers found beautiful.
• Here lies Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs? — Its most recent job proved to be its last.^note Renamed to not sound like a line of dialogue.
• Here lies Why Is Arnold Saving Something? — Cancelled in favor of a Big Damn Movie.^note Named after the trope's occurrence in the Hey Arnold! movie, but wasn't clear which Arnold it was referring to.
• Here lies Widget Series — Too quirky to live.^note Given the original name comes from "Weird Japanese Thing", it was supposed to be works that are odd due to cultural differences. Given it was not exclusive to Japanese works, and most examples were instead things audiences considered unusual no matter the cultural context, it received a more indicative name.
• Here lies Wimpification — He was killed by strong people because of his Ukefication.^note Renamed from Wimpification because of misuse to describe a character who becomes weaker, and because of the confusion with Badass Decay, due to the dictionary's definition of "wimp". Interestingly, Ukefication used to be called... "Ukefication", and was only renamed to "Wimpification", to clean up Anime Fan Speak. While not about Seme/Uke pairings, Ukefication was considered a much better shorthand for the particular stereotype, in comparison to the much broader "wimp".
• Here lies Window Pain — The warning came too late.^note Originally used to refer to any instance of a window breaking. The definition was refined to refer to broken windows being used as a warning sign, and the name was changed to indicate this.
• Here lies Wine in Front of Me — It died from drinking poisoned wine, but we both know that already.^note Didn't make sense to those who'd never seen The Princess Bride, and even to those who did get the reference, it could be mistaken for Poisoned Chalice Switcheroo.
• Here lies Wizarding School — Torn down to make way for the new Extranormal Institute.^note Mistaken for the current meaning of Wizarding School.
• Here lies Woman in White — Killed by her Ethereal White Dress.^note Misused to refer to the clothes rather than the character type, leading to a list of women wearing white, which is white chairs.
• Here lies The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask — She couldn't maintain her Tough Leader Façade.^note Was an Always Female trope about a woman leader being forced to hide her ladylike aspects so she can be taken seriously, but was misused for any leader hiding their weaknesses so that their followers will respect them. Thus, the trope was redefined to the latter definition and made gender-neutral.
• Here lies Women Are Wiser — Fell too close to Earth and crashed.^note Was too broad, and the old name was instead used for its Missing Supertrope.
• Here lies Woody's Finest Hour — Cancelled before it could reach a resolution.^note Was a reference to Toy Story 2, where Woody discovers that a show based on himself was cancelled after the last episode ended on a cliffhanger. However, it suffered Trope-Namer Syndrome, so it was renamed.
• Here lies Wookiee Gambit — The Trojan Prisoner didn't let the Wookiee win.^note Trope-Namer Syndrome led to the name being unclear despite near-universal familiarity with Star Wars.
• Here lies Word Salad Index — Was too incoherent to keep.^note Wasn't restricted to tropes with the words "Word Salad" in them.
• Here lies Works' Pages are a Free Launch — Died on its way to work.^note After some debate, it was decided the "s" should be removed, since "work page" is a term on the wiki.
• Here lies "World of Cardboard" Speech — Easily folded due to too much holding back.^note Unclear name causing it to be used as "this is why I'm the hero" instead of a declaration that the hero will use their full potential.
• Here lies A Worldwide Punomenon — It has left this world.^note The definition was unclear and it was frequently used as a sinkhole magnet. The new name and refined definition resulted in its usage to refer to works whose worlds are filled with puns.
• Here lies WTH, Casting Agency? — Recasted after the audience questioned it.^note Trope was expanded to include casting choices that were well-received pre-release but considered questionable post-release, so it was renamed to reflect that.
• Here lies Xanadu — Demolished after Charles Kane's death to prevent any more adventures inside it.^note On top of not everyone getting the reference, it shared its name with another unrelated film.
• Here lies Xanatos Gilligan — Its death threw a Spanner in the Works.^note The current name is more well-known, and the old name was a snowclone of Xanatos Gambit and required knowledge of two works.
• Here lies Xenophone — Rejected for being too bizarre to play at a concert.^note An unclear and non-indicative name that led to a lot of misuse, necessitating the rename.
• Here lies Xen Syndrome — The symptoms were visible far, far too late.^note Trope-Namer Syndrome, as well as assuming everyone had the same reaction to the eponymous final levels of Half-Life, despite it being YMMV.
• Here lie Xtreme Sports Xcuse Plot and Extreme Sports Excuse Plot — Died from extreme injuries during a sporting event.^note The former name used Xtreme Kool Letterz, which made it hard to find and underused, while the latter name sounded too negative.
• Here lies XYY — Its killer was extra violent.^note Mistaken to refer to XYY syndrome in general as opposed to leading to violent behavior.
• Yandere Love Triangle ga koko ni nemuru — The hypotenuse was murdered by the psychotic love interests.^note The love triangle doesn't necessarily have to involve Yanderes.
• Yangire ga koko ni nemuru — Murdered by a cute psycho.^note Not only is the trope not exclusive to Japanese media, it was also a made-up Japanese word.
• Ici repose The Yellow M Shout-Out — The graffiti cleaners never understood the marque's reference and washed it away.
• Here lies Yes, but What Does Zataproximetacine DO? — Side Effects Include... drowsiness, dizziness, headache...and death.^note The original name was long and hard to remember.
• Here lies Yes Ted, That's the Joke — The joke is that you're dead.^note While the Family Guy reference was already clear, the new name was cleaner and more descriptive.
• Here lies The Yoshi — Fell into a bottomless pit after Mario jumped off his back to grab a power up on a nearby ledge.^note Underused due to Trope-Namer Syndrome, and when it was used, it was often used to refer to the Trope Namer from Super Mario Bros. instead of the trope named after him.
• Here lies You Are a Tree, Charlie Brown — After it died, someone else began Playing a Tree in its stead.^note The old name had a character name and wasn't even derived from anything the character did.
• Here lies You Are the Demons — And then you were a zombie.^note Was a reference to DOOM: Repercussions of Evil, but the old name referred to Tomato in the Mirror while the new one was about the inexplicable transition to that reveal.
• Here lies You Are Batman — Took up the mantle for a deadly job.^note The old name was obtuse and had a gratuitous Trope Namer.
• Here lies You Are with Me — What do you mean? You just died!^note Named after a line in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the reference to which was lost on a lot of people, even many in the Harry Potter fandom.
• Here lies You Blockhead — Refused to admit fault for its actions until the very end.^note Named after Lucy van Pelt's catchphrase, which wasn't always used in the intended context, including tropers occasionally insulting each others' opinions.
• Here lies You Can Never Leave — Shot after resigning.^note The old name comes from the Eagles song "Hotel California," which only had a very weak connection to the trope's meaning.
• Here lies You Can Panic Now — Killed by something it hadn't seen on TV that week.^note Frequently confused with This Is No Time to Panic (the "okay now it's time to panic" bit is still that trope!) and other tropes about panicking.
• Here lies You Can't Win — Lost on a game show that didn't change anything. ^note Unclear dialogue-y name caused it to be confused with the various types of Unwinnable.
• Here lies You Don't Want to Die a Virgin, Do You? — No, you must not.^note The old name was too long, dialoguish, and attracted misuse for any life-or-death situation.
• Here lies You Fail X Forever — Its tendency to take liberties with things went too far, so it failed life forever.^note The Artistic License tropes used to follow the naming scheme of You Fail X Forever instead of Artistic License — X, with "X" being the subject writers are taking liberties with. Misuse of the tropes, particularly in the form of complaining about inaccuracies, led to their rename. The old names initially stuck around as redirects, but the mods later decided they should be cut entirely.
• Here lies You Haven't Seen the Last of X... — It escaped, but vows that We Will Meet Again.^note The trope was a Stock Phrase that was The Same, but More Specific to We Will Meet Again and was eventually absorbed into that trope.
• Here lies You Know, That Thing Where... — We will shortly be launching its remains into space.
• Here lies You Make Me Sic — Corrected.^note Was meant to be used for characters pointing out bad grammar or spelling, but was frequently potholed to any time something had a grammar or spelling error (regardless of whether or not it was actually pointed out In-Universe). The rename makes it clearer that it's supposed to be an In-Universe trope.
• Here lies Your ____ Is Broken — Its death was declared before it happened.^note The underscores made the trope hard-to-search, and it wasn't clear that it was a preemptive announcement, making it misused as a Stock Phrase.
• Here lies Your Mileage May Vary — It was loved and hated, and ran out of fuel at the wrong time.^note The intended meaning is that the subject is either loved or hated, with no middle ground, leading to a rename to Love It or Hate It. Misuse generally came in the form of linking to it in violations of Examples Are Not Arguable, leading to the old name being added to the Permanent Red Link Club. (No relation to the indexes for pages classified as YMMV.)
• Here lies Your Secret's Safe with Me, Superman — Superman spilled the beans... or maybe it was Christopher Reeve who did that. You be the judge.^note Was mistaken for a trope about keeping someone's Secret Identity safe, and was renamed for clarity's sake.
• Here lies You Should Know This Already — It was always late to the party... but everyone knows that already.^note Frequently misused for Fan Myopia-based complaining regarding things tropers think are common knowledge or as an excuse to not tag spoilers, instead of the proper definition of later parts of a series giving away details that were previously major spoilers.
• Here lies You Suck — Actually, you don't, but you're still a loser.^note A misused Pothole Magnet for any jabs against the audience instead of a highly unflattering Audience Surrogate.
• Here lies You Wanna Buy a Watch? — No. The police will be arresting you and confiscating your contraband.^note The old name was underused, unclear, and based on a stock phrase.
• Here lies You Will Be Assimilated — The Assimilator added its biological and technological distinctiveness to their own.^note Renamed to make it more clear that it was about a character.
• Here lies You Would Make a Great Model — Fell for a Model Scam that ended gruesomely.^note The old name invited creepy gushing that got the page locked for some time. A later evaluation renamed the page to get rid of the Stock Phrase and focus more on the "scam" aspect of the trope.
• Here lies "Yum Yum" — Was sensually devoured.^note Renamed because it sounded too ambiguous.
• Here lies Yuppie Couple - A Recurring Extra was spotted at the scene of their murder.^note The old name had nothing to do with the trope at all.
• Edo vrisketai Zeno's Race — Its health decayed exponentially.^note The connection to Zeno's theory was lost on a lot of people, and even those who understood it didn't link it to plot pacing.
• Here lies Zero Chops — Fought like a wimp to the bitter end.^note The old name was an oblique play on "fighting chops" that still wasn't clear even if you did make the connection.
• Here lying Zero Wingrish — Its humoring Engrish not preventing the dying.^note Unclear name due to Trope-Namer Syndrome, with Zero Wing not being an example due to featuring unintentional Engrish. Renamed to better indicate that it's about intentional Engrish used as a joke.
• Zde spočívá Zmelik — Fought for his life but lost to a dark horse.^note Named after Czechoslovak decathlete Robert Změlík, but was renamed for being really opaque.