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Only if the inaccurate name either causes widespread misuse or if it leads to the trope being underused.
The trope is very poorly defined, it can't seem to decide if it's using the loose definition of "Muppet" as "an advanced animatronic/puppet character", or the official definition as "a character whom the holder of the trademark on the name Muppet deems to be a Muppet". The latter of which, however, is a brand name, and thus no more a trope than Mickey Mouse. I would suggest renaming it to something along the lines of "Advanced Puppet", which avoids the confusing definition issue altogether. But I wondered if I was just being pedantic by disapproving of the loose definition, which is the one that most of the examples follow.
Edited by TropesForever
Well, make the topic while citing a ton of examples of misuse, and it's all good. Simply put, you need to prove misuse yourself. When that's proven for sure, other tropers will gladly help out in fixing the trope as well as changing wicks to it that are inaccurate(including properly putting in the new name if any).
Would it be worth creating a TRS thread for Muppet for having an inaccurate name? (See its entry on YouKeepUsingThatWord.Moderately Pedantic.)
Edited by TropesForever