History De / DerFunkenWahrheit

* De/KinderFragenDauernd (ElephantsChild)

* De/FluchtPerLueftungsschacht (AirVentEscape): Frank Morris und die Anglin-Brüder flohen so aus Alcatraz. Aber, wie von den De/{{Mythbusters}} gezeigt, benötigt dies sehr spezifische Umstände um zu funktionieren.

* [[{{ptitlepyqbpv1j}} Do I Really Sound Like That?]]

* [[{{ptitlefer89dxpeovn}} Why Couldn't You Be Different?]]: If you haven't experienced it yourself, you probably know someone who's going through it. One way or the other.

* [[{{ptitlensfzkfi4}} Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]: Many examples in film and politics.

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* De/BistDuMeineMammi (AreYouMyMummy)

* [[{{ptitletgwk4nyi}} Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Honestly, who hasn't experienced this in their lifetime?

* De/ScheissAufRegelnIchHabVerbindungen! ([[{{ptitle0zfeyyth}} Screw The Rules, I Have Connections!]])

* De/ScheissAufRegelnIchHabGeld! ([[{{ptitle2rgn9vunopna}} Screw The Rules, I Have Money!]]): Because only the richest can [[BribingYourWayToVictory bribe their way to victory]].

* [[{{ptitlegucwjb7t}} Something's Different About You Now]]

* De/ProblemAndererLeute ([[{{ptitlea50k2rj99g16}} Somebody Else's Problem]]): Most notably the case of Kitty Genovese.

* De/ScheissAufRegelnIchMacheSie! ([[{{ptitlej2qa66yo}} Screw The Rules, I Make Them!]])

* De/IchKannKungFu (IKnowKungFu)

* [[{{ptitleolejp9syvlsx}} Smite Me, Oh Mighty Smiter]]

* [[{{ptitledu41nxkg6try}} Ma'am Shock]]

* GorgonGazing: Don't look directly at the sun or at a nuclear explosion.

* TopGunned Some planes really can do that.

* [[{{ptitletgbpyix5}} Dungeonmaster's Girlfriend]]

* TheLibby: The stuck-up popular kid who won't invite you to parties unless you're "cool" enough... there's one in every crowd.

* De/KinderFragenDauernd ([[{{ptitlekyvqx5xp}} Elephant's Child]])

* [[{{ptitlejp0jqu9k}} It's Not You, It's Me]]: You'd be surprised how much this line gets said in RealLife breakups. Heck, you've probably used it (or will use it), too!

* PopStation: All the knockoffs of real products.

* BadBoss

* BritishStuffiness: (see NationalStereotypes) Brits are more private and reserved than Americans, but it does not [[LonersAreFreaks always derive from arrogance]].
* BuryMeNotOnTheLonePrairie: Anyone who asks to be buried [[RecycledInSpace InSpace]], for instance. Ask Gene Roddenberry!

* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: Especially among people with Asperger's or high-functioning autism. Also, pretty much anyone on the internet.

* GentleGiant: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, a Hawaiian singer famous after his hit "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". André the Giant. A great many others, many of whom probably edit this wiki.
** André the Giant? But...[[IncrediblyLamePun he has a posse!]]

* GreatWhiteHunter: Jim Corbett was a naturalist and conservationist who hunted big cats that had turned man-eater.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason the FBI has the Witness Protection Program.

* HonorBeforeReason: Uncommon, but not nonexistant. This troper LIVES by it.

* IKnowKungFu

* {{Kiai}}: See CallingYourAttacks above.
* KillerRabbit: A great many animals are meaner, sharper, or more poisonous than they look. This is why you don't play with wild animals. Don't believe us? Try to cuddle a panda. [[DontTryThisAtHome On second thought, don't.]]

* LonersAreFreaks: People often wrongly jump to this conclusion when dealing with loners in real life.

* LuxuryPrisonSuite: As noted, the Hotel Escobar.

* ModestyTowel: Force of habit and shyness will often lead to this being used even when there is no reason for it.
* MyDadCanBeatUpYourDad: Because he totally can, and you know it.

* OfCorpseHesAlive: Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang

* PepperSneeze

* WildChild: There's a few examples: Kaspar Hauser, Genie, and a feral French boy. None of them ended up that well off.

* ShrinkingViolet

* SuicideAttack

* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: What kind of schmuck needs this one explained, anyhow?

* De/VerlassenesLagerhaus (AbandonedWarehouse) Ein paar davon finden sich in jeder größeren Stadt.
* De/EinSchicksalSchlimmerAlsDerTod (FateWorseThanDeath)
* De/IchBinEinGott (AGodAmI)

* De/UngewoehnlicheMunition (AbnormalAmmo): Tracer rounds, Dum-Dums/Hohlmunition, und Dragon's Breath (quasi eine Shotgun als Flammenwerfer=.

* De/AbsurdGeraeumigeKanalisation (AbsurdlySpaciousSewer): Frankreich hat eine ganze Untergrundgesellschaft dank der großen Katakomben und Kanalisationen. Dort unten gibt es illegale Geschäfte und ganze Theater.
* De/MissbrauchendeEltern (AbusiveParents): Leider.

* De/SpontanerNarzissmus (AcquiredSituationalNarcissism)
* De/AkrophobischerVogel (AcrophobicBird): Es gibt Vögel, die nicht fliegen aber schnell laufen können (Sträuße, Rhea, Emus), Vögel, die zwar fliegen können, deren Reichweite aber beschränkt ist und es darum vorziehen, zu laufen (Hühner, Roadrunner) und Vögel, die zwar gute fliegen können, sich aber abhängig von der Situation entscheiden, ob sie fliegen oder laufen (wilde Truthähne, Fasane.)

* De/FreizeitparkDesUnheils (AmusementParkOfDoom): [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park Action Park]] war näher dran als angenehm wäre.
* De/AngstVorNadeln (AfraidOfNeedles): Belonephobie
* De/AltersgerechteDepression (AgeAppropriateAngst)
* De/FliegenderFlugzeugtraeger (AirborneAircraftCarrier) Zum Teil.
* De/FluchtPerLueftungsschacht (AirVentEscape): Frank Morris und die Anglin-Brüder flohen so aus Alcatraz. Aber, wie von den De/{{Mythbusters}} gezeigt, benötigt dies sehr spezifische Umstände um zu funktionieren.
* De/AlkoholIstGift (AlcoholIsPoison): Leberschäden, Hirnschäden etc.

* De/DerKredithai (AllDevouringBlackHoleLoanSharks)
* De/SnakeOil (AllNaturalSnakeOil)
* De/AllesTeilDerShow (AllPartOfTheShow)
* De/NichtAllesGoldWasGlaenzt (AllThatGlitters)
* De/HochzeitAufSpeed (AltarTheSpeed)

* De/VerpatzteAnalogie (AnalogyBackfire)
* De/UndNeunundneunzigCent (AndNinetyNineCents)
* De/UndDerSiegerIst (AndTheWinnerIs): Besonders wahr für denjenigen, der aufgestanden ist.
* De/Tiergefaehrdungsverein (AnimalWrongsGroup)
* De/JederKannSterben (AnyoneCanDie)
* De/TrauerenderAntagonist (AntagonistInMourning)
* De/UnglaublichPeinlicheEltern (AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents)
* De/HinterDemKrankenwagenHerjagen (AmbulanceChaser) Oder keine Übersetzung. In Deutschland illegal, daher schwer zu übersetzen
* De/UnmoralischerAnwalt (AmoralAttorney)
* De/BistDuMeineMammi (AreYouMyMummy)

* De/KuenstlicheGliedmassen (ArtificialLimbs)

* De/PiepsendeComputer (BeepingComputers): Windows Vista's UAC, and to a lesser degree, Ubuntu Linux's ''gksu''. Also, a few laptops do this to let you know your battery's almost dead.
* De/GroesserIstBesser (BiggerIsBetter)
* De/RiechtNachBittermandeln (BitterAlmonds): To a point; that really is what cyanide smells like, to those that have the gene for sensitivity. To the rest, it's odorless.

* De/RekrutierterGefangener (BoxedCrook)

* De/LebendigBegraben (BuriedAlive)
* De/VerbrenntDieHexe (BurnTheWitch)
* De/AberWirHabenVerhuetet! (ButWeUsedACondom): To the sorrow of many, and the existence of quite a few.
* De/{{Bankfurt}} (CapitalCity): New York, London, Tokyo, Milan, Paris, Hong Kong, Singapore, Frankfurt, Moscow, Chicago, Toronto, San Francisco...
* De/DerHauptmann (TheCaptain)

* De/AnDieDeckeKlopfen (CeilingBanger): What apartment dweller hasn't had to deal with noisy neighbors?
* De/{{Chewbacca-Verteidigung}} (ChewbaccaDefense): If the defense does ''not make sense'', you must acquit.

* De/DerClan (TheClan): It was once much more common than it is now.
* De/AbsolutesMonster (CompleteMonster): Unfortunately.
* De/CoolAberIneffizient (CoolButInefficient): Several armies have used awesome but inefficient weapons to lay fear on enemy lines.
* De/CoolerStuhl (CoolChair): Thrones. Duh.
** Someone based a 15K chair off of the one Blofeld had. It's awesome, to say the least.

* De/ToteKuenstlerSindBesser (DeadArtistsAreBetter): ''Still Life: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers'', a picture by Vincent van Gogh, was never bought when he was alive. In 1987, almost 100 years after his death, that same picture was bought for $39,921,750 dollars in an auction at Christie's.
* De/TraumInEinemTraum (DreamWithinADream): Sometimes overlapping with AllJustADream.
* De/DieSorgenErtraenken (DrowningMySorrows): It doesn't work, but that doesn't stop people from trying it.

* De/NeugierigesKind ([[{{ptitlekyvqx5xp}} Elephant's Child]])
* De/BoeseGegenBoese (EvilVersusEvil): Power-hungry dictators (the closest RealLife equivalent of evil) often fight each other in their selfish quest for power. Case in point: [[WorldWarTwo Hitler and Stalin.]]
* De/ExplosivesUebertakten (ExplosiveOverclocking): In memory of all those who turned their [=CPUs=] into grilled silicon after overclocking them to 6 [=GHz=].
* De/{{Familien-Angelegenheit}} (FamilyBusiness)
* De/BeruehmteLetzteWorte (FamousLastWords)
* De/{{Fangirl}} (FanGirl) - To an annoying degree.
* De/{{Familienfehde}} (FeudingFamilies)

* De/FreundOderFeind (FriendOrFoe)
* De/SchwereKindheit (FreudianExcuse): Used in many a court case.
** MommyIssues
* De/FreudscherVersprecher (FreudianSlip): Whether or not you give any weight to Freudian psychology, it happens.
* De/DasWollteIchImmerSchonmalSagen (IAlwaysWantedToSayThat): You know you've done it.
* De/DerIllegale (TheIllegal)
* De/InkompetenzAG (IncompetenceInc)
* De/{{Kotzbrocken}} ({{Jerkass}}): Who hasn't met at least one in real life?
* De/{{Joker-Jury}} (JokerJury)

* De/LiebeTutWeh (LoveHurts): A list of personal examples would likely be the largest and most soul-crushing page on the Wiki. On the ''Internet''.
* De/DieMafia (TheMafia)
* De/MissionVonGott (MissionFromGod): From Joan of Arc to Osama bin Laden, religion has been a powerful motivator.
* De/{{Monsterclown}} (MonsterClown): [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coulrophobia Coulrophobia]].
* De/{{Moralhueter}} (MoralGuardians): ''{{Futurama}}'' parodied PETA's practice of trying to get "liberated" carnivores to live on a vegetarian diet. These people also make a handy StrawmanPolitical for people who have a beef with some aspect of censorship.
* De/MeinAutoHasstMich (MyCarHatesMe): Otherwise, we wouldn't have tow trucks.
* De/GeheimnisvollesFleisch (MysteryMeat)
* De/{{Alptraum-Treibstoff}} (NightmareFuel): Locked-In Syndrome. Global Warming. Nuclear war. Leprosy. Jack the Ripper. ''The goblin's gonna getcha if you don't... watch... OUT!''
* De/KeinDosenoeffner (NoCanOpener): Can openers weren't even ''invented'' until several decades after tin cans.
* De/NeinDuLegstAuf (NoYouHangUpFirst)
* De/VeralteterMentor (ObsoleteMentor)

* De/DieSeuche (ThePlague): [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death The Black Death]].
* De/KrankSpielen (PlayingSick)
* De/{{Pornosammlung}} (PornStash): You know what you're hiding deep within your closet, drawer, or hard drive...
* De/{{Pfeilregen}} (RainOfArrows): A key strategy of the English during the Hundred Years' War.
* De/DerJarJar (TheScrappy): Bill collectors are one of the most hated professions out there largely in part due to their (justified) very bad reputation.
** Also, lawyers and estate agents.
* De/Scheiß Auf Höflichkeit, Ich Bin Rentner! ([[{{ptitleef829e6819f4}} Screw Politeness, I'm A Senior!]])
* De/Scheiß Auf Regeln, Ich Habe Freunde! ([[{{ptitle0zfeyyth}} Screw The Rules, I Have Connections!]])
* De/Scheiß Auf Regeln, Ich Habe Geld! ([[{{ptitle2rgn9vunopna}} Screw The Rules, I Have Money!]]): Because only the richest can [[BribingYourWayToVictory bribe their way to victory]].
* De/Scheiß Auf Regeln, Ich Mache Sie! ([[{{ptitlej2qa66yo}} Screw The Rules, I Make Them!]])
* De/ErnsteAngelegenheit (SeriousBusiness: We don't know where to ''begin'' with this one.)
* De/ProblemAndererLeute ([[{{ptitlea50k2rj99g16}} Somebody Else's Problem]]): Most notably the case of Kitty Genovese.
* De/VonIdiotenUmgeben (SurroundedByIdiots): Everyone who's ever had a day job can attest to this. Or been in Public High School.
* De/DurchErfahrungGelernt (TaughtByExperience): You know that your mistakes have left a mark on you, probably a scar.
* De/DieArmeKatze (ThatPoorCar)
* De/DasPasswortIstImmerSchwertfisch (ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish): the most common password... is "password".
* De/DasIstKeineUebung (ThisIsNotADrill)
* De/ZungeAmFlaggenmast (TongueOnTheFlagpole)

* De/VieleKoecheVerderbenDenBrei (TooManyCooksSpoilTheSoup)
* De/HaesslicherTypHeisseFrau (UglyGuyHotWife)
** Note: Being funny and unique will not get you chicks... until you turn 25.
* De/UtopiaHeiligtDieMittel (UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans): Hitler, Mao, Robespierre, Pol Pot...
* De/WirVerkaufenAlles (WeSellEverything): Wal-Mart.
* De/{{Yaoi-Fangirl}} (YaoiFangirl): You know who you are.
* De/DasAndereLinks (YourOtherLeft): Far, far too often. The bane of those giving directions over a mobile phone.
* De/{{Yuri-Fan}} (YuriFan): You know who you are too!

Das direkte Gegenteil ist [=~ De/Unrealistische Realität ~=]. Leute fallen darauf hinein, denn [=~ De/Die Medien Lügen Nicht ~=].

!!Tropen

* [=~ De/Ungewöhnliche Munition ~=] (AbnormalAmmo): Tracer rounds, Dum-Dums/Hohlmunition, und Dragon's Breath (quasi eine Shotgun als Flammenwerfer=.
* [=~ De/Absurd Mächtige Studentenvereinigung ~=] (AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil): öffentliche Universitäten in Mexiko haben oft eine absurd mächtige Studentenvereinigung, die ihren Verbindungen alle Arten von verdächtigen Gefälligkeiten erweisen.
* [=~ De/Absurd Geräumige Kanalisation ~=] (AbsurdlySpaciousSewer): Frankreich hat eine ganze Untergrundgesellschaft dank der großen Katakomben und Kanalisationen. Dort unten gibt es illegale Geschäfte und ganze Theater.

* De/SpontanerNarzismus (AcquiredSituationalNarcissism)

* De/{{AngstVorNadeln}} (AfraidOfNeedles): Belonephobie

* [=~ De/Fliegender Flugzeugträger ~=] (AirborneAircraftCarrier) Zum Teil.
* AirHugging
* [=~ De/Flucht Per Lüftungsschacht ~=] (AirVentEscape): Frank Morris und die Anglin-Brüder flohen so aus Alcatraz. Aber, wie von den De/{{Mythbusters}} gezeigt, benötigt dies sehr spezifische Umstände um zu funktionieren.

* AlienArtsAreAppreciated

* [=~ De/Nicht Alles Gold, Was Glänzt ~=] (AllThatGlitters)

* De/AlternativerKallender (AlternativeCalendar)

* [=~ De/Tiergefährdungsverein ~=] (AnimalWrongsGroup)
* De/JederKannSterben (AnyoneCanDie)

* ArbitrarySkepticism

* [=~ De/Asexualität ~=] {{Asexuality}}
* [=~ De/Künstliche Gliedmaßen ~=] (ArtificialLimbs)
* ATeamFiring: Zuviel Blei in der Luft bringt viele Leute dazu zurückzuschießen, ohne sich ausreichend Zeit zum Zielen zu lassen.
* AttentionWhore
* AxCrazy: To the great dismay of many.
* AxesAtSchool: Unfortunately.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Many memorable moments in history qualify as these for somebody: check the page.
* BadassBoast: Samurais in feudal Japan started their duels by telling their own and their ancestors' achievements.
* BadBoss
* BatteriesNotIncluded: Children's toys eat batteries the way kids eat candy after Halloween.
* BavarianFireDrill
* BedouinRescueService: Real Bedouins have a code of honour that mandates this.

* BerserkButton: Just about everybody has one. Some of us don't know it or try to keep it locked down.
* [=~ De/Größer Ist Besser ~=] (BiggerIsBetter)
* De/{{RiechtNachBittermandel}} (BitterAlmonds): To a point; that really is what cyanide smells like, to those that have the gene for sensitivity. To the rest, it's odorless.

* BreakTheCutie: Very common and often very tragic.
* BritishStuffiness: (see NationalStereotypes) Brits are more private and reserved than Americans, but it does not [[LonersAreFreaks always derive from arrogance]].

* BuryMeNotOnTheLonePrairie: Anyone who asks to be buried [[RecycledInSpace InSpace]], for instance. Ask Gene Roddenberry!
* [[{{ptitlequhjapo1}} Busman's Holiday]]: Carpenters spend their time off fixing the house, IT staff spend their time at home on a PC, and bus drivers travel by bus.
** Not to mention pilots and flight attendants do hitch rides on their airlines, obviously.
* ButIPlayOneOnTV
* ButItReallyHappened: Because, sometimes, it did, just as the creators said. We just would prefer not to know all the gory details.
* [=~ De/Aber Wir Haben Verhütet! ~=] (ButWeUsedACondom): To the sorrow of many, and the existence of quite a few.
* CallASmeerpARabbit: American buffalo and koala bears.
* CallingYourAttacks: Martial arts practitioners believe that expressing certain phrases or vocalization help build up ''chi'' or ensure proper breathing

* TheCaptain
* [=~ De/Gefängnis Aus Pappe ~=] (CardboardPrison): Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, a Mexican drug lord, managed to escape a maximum security prison with very little effort. This was mostly because he bribed the staff, with seventy-eight people allegedly involved overall.

* CeilingBanger: What apartment dweller hasn't had to deal with noisy neighbors?

* ColdCash: To the point that many burglars make a point of checking the freezer for stashed valuables.
* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: What you'll suffer the day you'll fail to pay the power bill, causing the power company to leave you unplugged for 3 working days with no access to TV Tropes.
* ComedicSociopathy

* CongruentMemory: Can you say the entire alphabet ''out of alphabetical order''? And some people need the song...
* ConjunctionInterruption: I bet your dad has used it.
* ConvictedByPublicOpinion

* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* CouldSayItBut
* CrazyPrepared: Just read the [[TroperTales/CrazyPrepared Troper Tales]] about it. Seriously, go there right now. It is a huge page.
* CrystalSpiresAndTogas: Pick any high-rise development from 1990 and after. Especially [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Santa_fe1mxc.jpg Santa Fe, Mexico City]], [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Pdh2.jpg Puerta de Hierro, Guadalajara, Mexico]], and [[http://www.diabetes123.com/activities/dubai2007/i/DubaiStreet1280.jpg Dubai, UAE]].
* CutenessProximity
* [=~ De/Tote Künstler Sind Besser ~=] (DeadArtistsAreBetter): ''Still Life: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers'', a picture by Vincent van Gogh, was never bought when he was alive. In 1987, almost 100 years after his death, that same picture was bought for $39,921,750 dollars in an auction at Christie's.
* DecadeDissonance: Compare Hong Kong to the Guangdong province just over the border, or downtown Rio de Janeiro to its slums.
** Hell, compare ANY inner city to the gleaming, tourist-laden areas.
* DelegationRelay
* DeniedFoodAsPunishment
* DepravedHomosexual: Jeffrey Dahmer, among others.
* DiagonalCut: Real-life iaido practitioners actually cut up inanimate objects for practice, in exactly this fashion.
* [[{{ptitlensfzkfi4}} Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]: Many examples in film and politics.
** Broadcast/"open mike" variant. One of the most well-known examples was by none other than U. S. President George W. Bush, who referred to a New York Times reporter as, and I quote, "A major league asshole" during the 2000 presidential campaign.
** Ronald Reagan during a sound check that was accidentally being broadcast: "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes."
* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: It actually made SNK go bankrupt.
* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: Especially among people with Asperger's or high-functioning autism. Also, pretty much anyone on the internet.
* [[{{ptitlepyqbpv1j}} Do I Really Sound Like That?]]
* DoItYourselfPlumbingProject
* DoomsdayDevice
* DoorstopBaby

* [=~ De/Die Sorgen Ertränken ~=] DrowningMySorrows: It doesn't work, but that doesn't stop people from trying it.

* [[{{ptitletgwk4nyi}} Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Honestly, who hasn't experienced this in their lifetime?
* [[{{ptitle6twp4p86}} Dude, Where's My Reward?]]: Ditto.
* [[{{ptitletgbpyix5}} Dungeonmaster's Girlfriend]]

* ElectricInstantGratification (accidentally invented)
* [[{{ptitlekyvqx5xp}} Elephant's Child]]
* EmbarrassingMiddleName - There's no shortage of people who dislike their middle name. This might be part of why a FullNameUltimatum is so effective.
* EmergencyServices
* EmergencyWeapon: Every half-decent army gives its soldiers at least knives for backup, and even the ones that don't still equip their soldiers with hands.
* EmptyCopThreat: Even if the cops can't ''actually'' charge the suspect with obstruction of justice, they can still ''threaten'' to do it - and some cops do.
* TheEuropeanCarryAll: Just check out this "[[http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/store/product.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302024102&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442133688 one leg pant]]", or as most people would call it, a skirt.
* EvilPowerVacuum: Anytime a dictator or a really powerful dude is deposed. Colombia, for example, sank in a chaos of guerrillas and rival crime lords after Pablo Escobar got killed.
** This is also why Hitler was able to rise to power: Germany was a power vacuum as a result of WorldWarOne.
* EvilUncle: the laws of primogeniture, where the deceased's son gets estates ahead of the deceased's younger brother, sometimes provoked younger brothers into this sort of thing.
* [=~ De/Böse Gegen Böse ~=] (EvilVersusEvil): Power-hungry dictators (the closest RealLife equivalent of evil) often fight each other in their selfish quest for power. Case in point: [[WorldWarTwo Hitler and Stalin.]]
* [=~ De/Explosives Ãœbertakten ~=] (ExplosiveOverclocking): In memory of all those who turned their [=CPUs=] into grilled silicon after overclocking them to 6 [=GHz=].
* ExtremeGraphicalRepresentation: [[http://lainos.sourceforge.net LainOS]] is a [=FreeBSD=]-based operating system whose goal is to recreate the extreme graphical pizazz of the computers from ''SerialExperimentsLain''.
** [[http://compiz.org/ Compiz]] is a window manager presently included with many Linux distributions. If you want, you can overload it with plugins so that your windows wobble like Jello when they move, your desktop is on the surface of a cube (with sharks inside), windows shuffle and dodge around one another when you switch between them, inactive windows go translucent and gain a mirror sheen, and a trail of fire follows your mouse around. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJB9Yum3S9M&feature=PlayList&p=6AD5E5D6B2DEA293&index=0&playnext=1 Here are some videos of it.]]

* [=~ De/Berühmte Letzte Worte ~=] (FamousLastWords)

* FatalFlaw: All humans have one (or more).
* FencePainting: Arranged by recruiters for militaries, fraternities, and sororities.

* FiringInTheAirALot: There are several real-life cases of people getting killed by it. [[{{Mythbusters}} Myth Busted, Confirmed and Plausible]].

* ForceFeeding
* ForeignQueasine
* ForeignSoundingGibberish: Known in business as "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_branding foreign branding]]", and in everyday life as "Häagen-Dazs".
* FreezeSneeze

* FreudianExcuse: Used in many a court case.

* FullNameUltimatum: My mom's done it, so has yours. Sadly, people rarely use it ''on'' their parents.
* FunnyMoney: Happens due to hyperinflation; as of right now (June 2008), about one billion Zimbabwean dollars are worth ''one single US dollar''.
* FunSize: Kittens, puppies, and the like. It wouldn't work in art if it didn't work in life.
* FutureImperfect: Often due to HollywoodHistory, since TVNeverLies.
* GameOfNerds: America's "pasttime" is popular among the genius set, what with its love of statistics and all.
* GentleGiant: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, a Hawaiian singer famous after his hit "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". André the Giant. A great many others, many of whom probably edit this wiki.
** André the Giant? But...[[IncrediblyLamePun he has a posse!]]
* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: Oklahoma, Indiana and an increasing number of other states now have fire-at-will laws which allow employers to fire employees without explanation or advance notice, except as mandated by federal laws.
* GiantPoofySleeves: From the "leg of mutton" sleeves of the 19th century.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot
* GoingPostal
* GorgonGazing: Don't look directly at the sun or at a nuclear explosion.
* GreatWhiteHunter: Jim Corbett was a naturalist and conservationist who hunted big cats that had turned man-eater.
* GrumpyOldMan
* GuideDangIt: Learning a foreign language. Oh my God.
* HammerheadSnark
* HandicappedBadass: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Pistorius This guy]], for one.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason the FBI has the Witness Protection Program.
* HolierThanThou: We've all met or heard of someone who was a total jerk or hypocrite about religion. This is true for both theistic and atheistic beliefs.
* Anything that has "Hollywood" in front of it. It often inspires actual experiments, and ''is'' often based off real life examples. HollywoodScience? Genetics, especially, you have crops being genetically engineered to be much better. HollywoodFeminist? Yep. HollywoodAtheist? You bet your ass, Darwin nearly became one due to the death of his daughter, among other people ThisTroper has met.
* HonorBeforeReason: Uncommon, but not nonexistant. This troper LIVES by it.
* HotForStudent
* HumanPopsicle: Cryonics companies such as [[http://www.alcor.com/ Alcor]] and the [[http://www.cryonics.org/ Cryonics Institute]] offer to preserve your [[PeopleJars whole body]] or your [[BrainInAJar brain]] (currently done by keeping the whole head) at low temperatures just after you're legally dead until someone finds out how to cure whatever was killing you. Research shows this might work, as the method they use now allows us to freeze and thaw small organs. They'll also, of course, have to cure the effects of freezing on the brain, which is somewhat more complicated. Oh, and firgurre out how to make new bodies for the heads-only crowd.
* HumiliationConga: A criminal once tried to trick someone into sending him an Apple [=PowerBook=] G4 he bought at eBay. He ended up receiving a binder with keys glued on the inside covers. [[http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/ Read the full story here!]]

* ICouldaBeenAContender: Bill Butterfield was so bitter about his football career ending in high school that he tried to [[StageMom push his son into athletic success]]. The results weren't pretty.
* IKnowKungFu
* IfJesusThenAliens
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer
* TheIllegal
* ImplausibleDeniability
* De/InkompetentAG (IncompetenceInc)
* InstantExpert: Not exactly picking up ASAP but if you are a blackbelt at one martial art, then I doubt any other martial art would be any more difficult. Likewise, the more languages you know, the easier it is to learn new ones, especially if they're in the same linguistic family.
* InsufferableGenius: Architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
* InUniverseCamera: Just look at {{YouTube}} videos of Iraq, 9/11, or the Virginia Tech shootings.
* [[{{ptitlewki9mzwk}} Is That Cute Kid Yours?]]: Check the [[IsThatCuteKidYoursDiscussion discussion page]] for examples.
* [[{{ptitleaoruqdnx}} It's A Small Net After All]]: In Mexico, ''everybody'' uses MSN Hotmail, MSN Spaces, and MSN Messenger, thanks to an alliance between Microsoft and Telmex, the latter a nigh-monopolical telco led by Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world.
* [[{{ptitlejp0jqu9k}} It's Not You, It's Me]]: You'd be surprised how much this line gets said in RealLife breakups. Heck, you've probably used it (or will use it), too!
* {{Jerkass}}: Who hasn't met at least one in real life?

* JumpOffABridgeRebuttal: Used by your dads and my dads.
* KangarooCourt: Unfortunately.
* {{Kiai}}: See CallingYourAttacks above.
* KillerRabbit: A great many animals are meaner, sharper, or more poisonous than they look. This is why you don't play with wild animals. Don't believe us? Try to cuddle a panda. [[DontTryThisAtHome On second thought, don't.]]
* LensmanArmsRace: World War II and the Cold War. Consider: the Germans only made very primitive payload rockets with long range work somewhat in WWII, and America couldn't launch a rocket as late as 1957. We were on the moon just over a ''decade'' later. And of course, nothing says "my [[strike:dick is bigger]] kung-fu is better than yours" like the ever-more-powerful nuclear weapons tests of the 50s and 60s.
* LevelGrinding: Sheer repetition is the best form of improvement. Well, most effective form, anyway.
* TheLibby: The stuck-up popular kid who won't invite you to parties unless you're "cool" enough... there's one in every crowd.
* LivingMotionDetector: True for several animal species.
* LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard: Surprising but true. The most memorable case would be John and Clarence Anglen's and Frank Morris' escape from Alcatraz (as hard as it is to believe someone would actually fall for the fake-dummy-head-in-the-bed trick).
* LonersAreFreaks: People often wrongly jump to this conclusion when dealing with loners in real life.

* LoveMartyr: Nothing to [[DudeNotFunny laugh]] or smile about in real life.
* LovingAShadow
* LuxuryPrisonSuite: As noted, the Hotel Escobar.

* [[{{ptitledu41nxkg6try}} Ma'am Shock]]
* MeddlingParents: You've probably had these or know somebody who does.
* MilitaryBrat
* MilitaryMaverick: For every Colonel O'Neill you see on TV, I can guarantee you there's far worse in real life.
* MissConception

* MistakenForSpecialGuest: See [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Goma Guy Goma]] for an example.
* MistakenNationality: Far too common.
* ModestyTowel: Force of habit and shyness will often lead to this being used even when there is no reason for it.

* [=~ De/Moralhüter ~=] (MoralGuardians): ''Futurama'' parodied PETA's practice of trying to get "liberated" carnivores to live on a vegetarian diet. These people also make a handy StrawmanPolitical for people who have a beef with some aspect of censorship.

* MyDadCanBeatUpYourDad: Because he totally can, and you know it.

* NightmareFuel: Locked-In Syndrome. Global Warming. Nuclear war. Leprosy. Jack the Ripper. ''The goblin's gonna getcha if you don't... watch... OUT!''
* [=~ De/Kein Dosenöffner ~=] (NoCanOpener): Can openers weren't even ''invented'' until several decades after tin cans.
* NoFameNoWealthNoService
* NonSequitur: No, I don't think the mailbox needs painting.
* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow

* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene
* ObliviousAdoption: At least in the animal kingdom.

* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry
* [=~Of Corpse He's Alive~=]: Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang
* OffTheWagon: Not quite as often as portrayed in the DrugsAreBad moral stories, but often
* OneManArmy: Under the right circumstances, this is completely possible. Sometimes inverted in One Man Armies going down against sufficient numbers or overwhelming volumes of fire.
* OperationBlank
* OperatorFromIndia

* PathOfInspiration: Church of Scientology.
* PepperSneeze
* PercussiveMaintenance: Don't tell me you've never whacked your TV when it failed.
* PhenotypeStereotype: Happens in many places apart from Japan. In Mexico, for example, white people are automatically assumed to be American, Canadian or German.
* PimpedOutDress: Worn by rich women throughout history (and men), and a huge part of the ErmineCapeEffect.
* ThePlague: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death The Black Death]].

* PlatonicLifePartners: CSLewis made a note in the "friendship" section of ''The Four Loves'' that platonic friendship between members of the opposite sex happened a lot in academia. (He ignored the gay angle, though.)
* PluckyMiddie
* PoliceLineup
* PopStation: All the knockoffs of real products.

* PostRobberyTrauma: Something [[DudeNotFunny far more serious than it seems on TV.]] This troper had his Minidisc player mugged on the street, was always on the lookout during one full year after that, and the day his socio-historical context teacher sent him to the lowest ghettos of Guadalajara, he was so scared he was always grasping his swiss army knife.
* PowderTrail
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy
* PrettyInMink: Fur is often worn for style instead of warmth.
* PrivatelyOwnedSociety (See the article's RealLife section for details)
* ProfessorGuineaPig: The mad scientist stories had to come from ''somewhere'', and OSHA regulations tended to be a bit loose when science was in its infancy.
* PunchSpinGape: Its actually a legitimate theatrical technique for faking fistfights.
* PushPolling
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Is there a chapter in the Mexican 19th century that doesn't has one of these?

* WildChild: There's a few examples: Kaspar Hauser, Genie, and a feral French boy. None of them ended up that well off.
* RantInducingSlight: It happens to this troper more than he'd like to think about...
* RelativeError: Siblings get mistaken for lovers in real life a lot, oftentimes to the [[{{Squick}} disgust]] of the siblings.
* RingRingCRUNCH
* RockBeatsLaser: Though not common, superior tactics or sheer weight of numbers have defeated superior technology. This was apparently one of the reasons the Japanese won in the Russo-Japanese war, too.
* RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment
* RunawayBride: One of this troper's friend's grand-mother did that. She left the groom at the altar ''and ran away with his witness '''who was also his best friend'''.'' And they all lived happily ever after (except the groom).
* SandBridgeAtLowTide: Mont Saint-Michel, a French islet near the coastline of Normandy.

* ScopeSnipe: Carlos Hathcock pulled this off during the Vietnam War.
* [=~ De/Scheiß Auf Die Höflichkeit, Ich Bin Rentner!~=] ([[{{ptitleef829e6819f4}} Screw Politeness, I'm A Senior!]])
* [=~ De/Scheiß Auf Die Regeln, Ich Habe Freunde! ~=] ([[{{ptitle0zfeyyth}} Screw The Rules, I Have Connections!]])
* [=~ De/Scheiß Auf Die Regeln, Ich Habe Geld! ~=] ([[{{ptitle2rgn9vunopna}} Screw The Rules, I Have Money!]]): Because only the richest can [[BribingYourWayToVictory bribe their way to victory]].
* [=~ De/Scheiß Auf Die Regeln, Ich Mache Sie! ~=] ([[{{ptitlej2qa66yo}} Screw The Rules, I Make Them!]])
* SeinfeldianConversation: It is arguable that there is ''nothing'' more realistic than this trope.
** Indeed, an argument over that would be the perfect example.
* SelectiveEnforcement
* SenselessViolins: The 2008 Northern Illinois University shooter managed to bypass the campus security by packing a pair of shotguns inside a guitar case.

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: As noted in the entry, Williams Syndrome.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: At least four separate editors have had this happen to them. Check the page.
* ShrinkingViolet
* ShyBladder

* [[{{ptitleolejp9syvlsx}} Smite Me, Oh Mighty Smiter]]
* SnipeHunt
* [[{{ptitlegucwjb7t}} Something's Different About You Now]]
* SpockSpeak: Asperger's Syndrome and legalese (though usually not [[{{Flanderization}} to this degree]]).
* StageMom
* StarCrossedLovers: "Things just didn't work out."
* StealthHiBye: It happens when you're distracted and don't notice when someone is entering or leaving the room.
* StoutStrength: Incredibly strong men often look more rotund than body-building.
* StreetUrchin: One of the most serious social problems everywhere in the world.
* SuccessionCrisis: Plenty of historical examples.
* SuicideAttack

* SweetPollyOliver: Joan of Arc, Mulan (the REAL one).

* TelevisuallyTransmittedDisease: Strangely, most of the miraculous recoveries you see in medical dramas actually have happened.

* De/DasPasswortIstImmerSwordfish (ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish): the most common password... is "password".
* ThemeNaming: The Emperor Constantine's children.
* [=~ De/Das Ist Keine Ãœbung ~=] ThisIsNotADrill

* [=~ De/Viele Köche Verderben Den Brei ~=] (TooManyCooksSpoilTheSoup)
* TopGunned Some planes really can do that.
* TrashOfTheTitans: As you can see in [[http://www.squalorsurvivors.com/ this site]].
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: This is one of those annoying ones that reinforces itself.
* TrueArtIsOffensive: See above.
* TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty
* [=~ De/Hässlicher Typ Heiße Frau ~=] (UglyGuyHotWife)
** Note: Being funny and unique will not get you chicks.... until you turn 25.
* UltimateJobSecurity
* UndisclosedFunds: Talking about money was once viewed as crass, so people used these methods to do so.
* TheUnpronounceable: Indians working in call centers with American customers typically use adopted "American" names.
** Chinese names also tend to be particularly tough for English speakers, leading to most in relevant countries to adopt English names. Sometimes these names are unintentionally hilarious.
* UpperClassTwit: Paris Hilton. 'nuff said. Buddha was also one of such before leaving his castle.
* UrbanSegregation: The Independencia Avenue in Guadalajara, Mexico divides the city in two: the West side is the rich side, home to all the trendy malls, while the East side is the poor side, filled with gritty factories and impoverished ghettos.
* UsefulNotes: Useful ''because'' they're true.
* De/UtopieHeiligtDieMittel (UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans): Hitler, Mao, Robespierre, Pol Pot...
* VerbalTic: Francophone Canadians often say "là " ("there") at the end of each sentence, Mexicans do the same with "wey" and "ese" ("dude" and "this"), Argentinians start their phrases with "che", and United Statesians use "like", like, every five words. And not just, like, the ValleyGirl types. [[CanadaEh Most famously...]]
* ViolentGlaswegian: Glasgow is the murder capital of Western Europe.
* WackyMarriageProposal: Geeks love asking their soulmates in ways like that. And people take great lengths (e.g.: ball games, fireworks, et cetera)
* WalkingTheEarth: Hitchhiking is about Walking The Earth for a while, finding all sorts of small jobs, with nothing but a backpack, enough money to stay fed, groomed and with a place to sleep.
* WeAREStrugglingTogether
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The real world version is a lot scarier, actually.
* De/WirHabenAlles (WeSellEverything): Wal-Mart.
* [[{{ptitlefer89dxpeovn}} Why Couldn't You Be Different?]]: If you haven't experienced it yourself, you probably know someone who's going through it. One way or the other.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Phobias are common, even silly ones.
* WikiWalk
* WillNotTellALie: Very uncommon, but definitely real. This troper lives by it, and knows a couple other people who do as well.
* WiperStart: To the embarrassment of many a new driver.
* WishfulProjection
* WorthlessForeignDegree
* WretchedHive: Mogadishu, Somalia. The slums of Rio in Brazil. A few very bad neighborhoods in the United States. Hell, look hard enough, and you ''will'' find them all over the world.
* De/{{Yaoi-Fangirl}} YaoiFangirl: You know who you are.
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: What kind of schmuck needs this one explained, anyhow?

* De/{{Yuri-Fan}} YuriFan: You know who you are too!

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* FlamingCobraSugarCellar

* TheStraightWillAndGrace: CSLewis made a note in the "friendship" section of ''The Four Loves'' that platonic friendship between members of the opposite sex happened a lot in academia. (He ignored the gay angle, though.)

* [=~ De/Von Wölfen Aufgezogen ~=] (RaisedByWolves): There's a few examples: Kaspar Hauser, Genie, and a feral French boy. None of them ended up that well off.

* FirstPersonCamera: Just look at {{YouTube}} videos of Iraq, 9/11, or the Virginia Tech shootings.

Hin und wieder findet man etwas in den Medien, dass so auch De/ImWahrenLeben passiert. (Keine Sorge, das hält nicht lange an und schon bald sind sie wieder bei ihren [[De/StrictlyFormula alten Gewohnheiten]]). Selten greifen auch andere Shows dies auf und man erhält eine wiederkehrende Trope, die sich auch im wahren Leben findet.

Das direkte Gegenteil ist [=~ De/Unrealistische Realität ~=]. Leute fallen darauf hinein, denn [=~ De/Die Medien Lügen Nicht ~=].

Die folgenden Tropen unterteilen sich in zwei Kategorien: Solche, die nur unter bestimmten Umständen im wahren Leben auftauchen und solche, die dort häufiger auftauchen.

* De/VerlassenesLagerhaus (AbandonedWarehouse) – Ein paar davon finden sich in jeder größeren Stadt.

* De/ABNegativ: AB- ist tatsächlich eine der seltensten Blutgruppen ( [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_blood_group_systems#Rare_blood_types es gibt aber seltenere]]), nur zwischen 0,2% und 1% in jeder Population haben sie.
* [=~ De/Ungewöhnliche Munition ~=] (AbnormalAmmo): Tracer rounds, Dum-Dums/Hohlmunition, und Dragon's Breath (quasi eine Shotgun als Flammenwerfer=.
* [=~ De/Absurd Mächtige Studentenvereinigung ~=] (AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil): Öffentliche Universitäten in Mexiko haben oft eine absurd mächtige Studentenvereinigung, die ihren Verbindungen alle Arten von verdächtigen Gefälligkeiten erweisen.
* [=~ De/Absurd Geräumige Kanalisation ~=] (AbsurdlySpaciousSewer): Frankreich hat eine ganze Untergrundgesellschaft dank der großen Katakomben und Kanalisationen. Dort unten gibt es illegale Geschäfte und ganze Theater.

* De/AcmeProdukte (AcmeProducts): Acme war einmal ein ziemlich gewöhnlicher Name für Firmen, da er weit oben im Telefonbuch auftaucht und zudem "das Beste" bedeutet.

* De/AkrophobischerVogel (AcrophobicBird): Es gibt Vögel, die nicht fliegen aber schnell laufen können (Sträuße, Rhea, Emus), Vögel, die zwar fliegen können, deren Reichweite aber beschränkt ist und es darum vorziehen, zu laufen (Hühner, Roadrunner) und Vögel, die zwar gute fliegen können, sich aber abhängig von der Situation entscheiden, ob sie fliegen oder laufen (wilde Truthähne, Fasane.)

* De/FreizeitparkDesUnheils (AmusementParkOfDoom): [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park Action Park]] war näher dran als angenehm wäre.

* [=~ De/Fliegender Flugzeugträger ~=] (AirborneAircraftCarrier) – Zum Teil.

* [=~ De/Flucht Per Lüftungsschacht ~=] (AirVentEscape): Frank Morris und die Anglin-Brüder flohen so aus Alcatraz. Aber, wie von den De/{{Mythbusters}} gezeigt, benötigt dies sehr spezifische Umstände um zu funktionieren.
* De/AlkoholIstGift (AlcoholIsPoison): Leberschäden, Hirnschäden etc.

* [=~ De/Nicht Alles Gold, Was Glänzt ~=] (AllThatGlitters)

* De/UndDerSiegerIst (AndTheWinnerIs): Besonders wahr für denjenigen, der aufgestanden ist.
* [=~ De/Tiergefährdungsverein ~=] (AnimalWrongsGroup)

*De/HinterDemKrankenwagenHerjagen (AmbulanceChaser) Oder keine Übersetzung. In Deutschland illegal, daher schwer zu übersetzen

*[=~ De/Asexualität ~=] {{Asexuality}}
* [=~ De/Künstliche Gliedmaßen ~=] (ArtificialLimbs)
* ATeamFiring: Random firing generally discourages people from taking the time to aim when they fire back.

* [=~ De/Größer Ist Besser ~=] (BiggerIsBetter)