Hammer of the Pervs
So...it isn't being misused. Why does this need a rename again?
"Did anybody invent this stuff on purpose?" - Phillip Marlowe on tequila, Finger Man by Raymond Chandler.
Trans Siberian Anarchestra (it/they)
Trope Namer Syndrome. Of Clear Concise Witty, it doesn't manage the acceptable criterion of 'clear'. The wicks and inbound links are few compared to the commonality of the trope, hence 'underused'.
The Revolution Will Not Be Tropeable
I'm not sure what a convincing demonstration of "underuse" looks like, but it is more than "I think there is a problem".
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
Having a Trope Namer is not an automatic reason for renaming. It is a reason if it can be demonstrated that the name is causing problems.
Incidently, I think one reason I never would have used this trope is not the name, but that it would never have occured to me to go looking for a "Character gets shot in the eye" trope, any more than it would have occured to me to look for a "character gets shot in the nose", "character gets shot in the leg" or "character gets shot in the right ring finger".
edited 29th Mar '12 5:11:46 AM by Catbert
OP did not fully think out an argument. Locking.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
Clear example of Trope Namer Syndrome. I advocate swapping with the redirect.
For the sake of thoroughness, I'll note that a brief perusal of the wicks doesn't seem to suggest misuse, though there is some predictable duplication with Eye Scream and I suspect it may be underused.
The Revolution Will Not Be Tropeable