History De / DerFunkenWahrheit

* RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment

* TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty

* BuryMeNotOnTheLonePrairie: Anyone who asks to be buried [[RecycledInSpace In Space]], for instance. Ask GeneRoddenberry!

* [[De/BoeseGegenBoese 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: [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo Hitler and Stalin.]]

** This is also why Hitler was able to rise to power: Germany was a power vacuum as a result of UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne.

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* De/AbsolutesMonster (CompleteMonster): Leider.

* 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.

* BatteriesNotIncluded: Children's toys eat batteries the way kids eat candy after Halloween.

* 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''.

* [[De/BoeseGegenBoese 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.]]

** This is also why Hitler was able to rise to power: Germany was a power vacuum as a result of WorldWarOne.

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

* De/WhoaBundy (WhoaBundy)

* [[De/FluchtPerLueftungsschacht Flucht per Lüftungsschacht]] ([[AirVentPassageway Air Vent Escape]]): 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.

** André the Giant? But...[[IncrediblyLamePun he has a posse!]]

* SomethingsDifferentAboutYouNow

* [[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/{{Asexualitaet}} Asexualität]]]] ({{Asexuality}})

* BuryMeNotOnTheLonePrairie: Anyone who asks to be buried [[RecycledInSpace InSpace]], for instance. Ask GeneRoddenberry!

* TrueArtIsOffensive: See above.

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.

Die dunkle Seite dieser Trope ist De/AusDenSchlagzeilenGeklaut.

Das direkte Gegenteil ist De/UnrealistischeRealitaet. Leute fallen darauf hinein, denn De/DieMedienLuegenNicht.

Die verzerrten Nachkommen dieser Trope sind De/InspiriertDurch und De/BasiertLoseAufEinerWahrenGeschichte.

* De/AberIchSpieleEinenImFernsehen (ButIPlayOneOnTV)
* De/AberWirHabenVerhuetet! (ButWeUsedACondom): To the sorrow of many, and the existence of quite a few.
* 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/AbsurdGeraeumigeKanalisation (AbsurdlySpaciousSewer): Frankreich hat eine ganze Untergrundgesellschaft dank der großen Katakomben und Kanalisationen. Dort unten gibt es illegale Geschäfte und ganze Theater.
* De/AbsurdMaechtigeStudentenvereinigung (AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil): öffentliche Universitäten in Mexiko haben oft eine absurd mächtige Studentenvereinigung, die ihren Verbindungen alle Arten von verdächtigen Gefälligkeiten erweisen.

* De/AkrophobischerVogel (AcrophobicBird): Es gibt Vögel, die nicht fliegen aber schnell laufen können (Sträuße, Nandus, 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/AlkoholIstGift (OneDrinkWillKillTheBaby): Leberschäden, Hirnschäden etc.
* De/AllesTeilDerShow (AllPartOfTheShow)
* De/AlleVerbrechenSindGleich (AllCrimesAreEqual)
* De/AlptraumTreibstoff (NightmareFuel): Locked-In-Syndrom. Globale Erwärmung. Atomkrieg. Lepra. Jack the Ripper. ''Die Goblins werden dich kriegen, also gib ja... fein... ACHT!''

* De/DasAndereLinks (YourOtherLeft): Viel zu oft. Zum Leidwesen all derer, die über's Handy eine Wegbeschreibung übermitteln müssen.
* De/AnDieDeckeKlopfen (CeilingBanger): Welcher Apartment-Bewohner hatte es noch nie mit lauten Nachbarn zu tun?
* De/AngstVorNadeln (AfraidOfNeedles): Belonephobie

* De/DasArmeAuto (ThatPoorCar)

* De/{{Asexualitaet}} ({{Asexuality}})

* De/BeruehmteLetzteWorte (FamousLastWords)
* De/BistDuMeineMammi ([[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo Are You My Mummy]])

* 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/BoeserBoss (BadBoss)
* De/BoeserOnkel (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/CoolAberIneffizient (CoolButInefficient): Several armies have used awesome but inefficient weapons to lay fear on enemy lines.

* De/DasIstKeineUebung (ThisIsNotADrill)
* De/DasWollteIchImmerSchonmalSagen (IAlwaysWantedToSayThat): You know you've done it.
* De/DenDrachenSchikanieren (BullyingADragon)
* De/DurchErfahrungGelernt (TaughtByExperience): You know that your mistakes have left a mark on you, probably a scar.

* De/FliegenderFlugzeugtraeger (AirborneAircraftCarrier) Zum Teil.
* De/FluchtPerLueftungsschacht ([[AirVentPassageway Air Vent Escape]]): 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/FreizeitparkDesUnheils (AmusementParkOfDoom): [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park Action Park]] war näher dran als angenehm wäre.

* De/GefaengnisAusPappe (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.

* De/MeinAutoHasstMich (MyCarHatesMe): Andernfalls bräuchten wir ja keine Abschleppwagen.

* De/DieSorgenErtraenken (DrowningMySorrows): Funktioniert nicht, was aber viele nicht daran hindert, es zu versuchen.

* De/{{Tiergefaehrdungsverein}} (AnimalWrongsGroup)

* De/UndDerSiegerIst (AssumedWin): Besonders wahr für denjenigen, der aufgestanden ist.

* De/ProblemAndererLeute (SomeoneElsesProblem): Most notably the case of Kitty Genovese.

* FunnyMoney: Happens due to hyperinflation; as of right now (June 2008), about one billion Zimbabwean dollars are worth ''one single US dollar''.

* De/{{Bankfurt}} (CapitalCity): New York, London, Tokyo, Milan, Paris, Hong Kong, Singapore, Frankfurt, Moscow, Chicago, Toronto, San Francisco...

* De/AlkoholIstGift (AlcoholIsPoison): Leberschäden, Hirnschäden etc.

* ButItReallyHappened: Because, sometimes, it did, just as the creators said. We just would prefer not to know all the gory details.

* De/GefaengnisAusPappe (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.

* 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.

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

* 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/AllesTeilDerShow (AllPartOfTheShow)

* De/AltersgerechteDepression (AgeAppropriateAngst)

* De/GefaengnisAusPappe (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.

* De/UndNeunundneunzigCent (AndNinetyNineCents)

* DoomsdayDevice

* OffTheWagon: Not quite as often as portrayed in the DrugsAreBad moral stories, but often

* 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.)

* De/AbsolutesMonster (CompleteMonster): Unfortunately.

* 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/AlptraumTreibstoff (NightmareFuel): Locked-In Syndrome. Global Warming. Nuclear war. Leprosy. Jack the Ripper. ''The goblin's gonna getcha if you don't... watch... OUT!''

* De/DasAndereLinks (YourOtherLeft): Far, far too often. The bane of those giving directions over a mobile phone.
* De/AnDieDeckeKlopfen (CeilingBanger): What apartment dweller hasn't had to deal with noisy neighbors?

* De/KaninchenGenanntSmeerp (CallASmeerpARabbit): American buffalo and koala bears.
* De/KeinAber (ConjunctionInterruption): I bet your dad has used it.

* De/MeinAutoHasstMich (MyCarHatesMe): Otherwise, we wouldn't have tow trucks.

* De/{{Pfeilregen}} (RainOfArrows): A key strategy of the English during the Hundred Years' War.

* De/DieSorgenErtraenken (DrowningMySorrows): It doesn't work, but that doesn't stop people from trying it.

* De/{{Action-Mom}}

* 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/{{Chewbacca-Verteidigung}} (ChewbaccaDefense): If the defense does ''not make sense'', you must acquit.

* De/EinSchicksalSchlimmerAlsDerTod (FateWorseThanDeath)

* De/{{Familien-Angelegenheit}} (FamilyBusiness)

* De/{{Joker-Jury}} (JokerJury)

* De/Scheiß Auf Höflichkeit, Ich Bin Rentner! ([[{{ptitleef829e6819f4}} Screw Politeness, I'm A Senior!]])

* De/SterbendeStadt (DyingTown): Extremely common in Europe and US.

* De/{{Yaoi-Fangirl}} (YaoiFangirl): You know who you are.
* De/{{Yuri-Fan}} (YuriFan): You know who you are too!

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

* AxesAtSchool: Unfortunately.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Many memorable moments in history qualify as these for somebody: check the page.

* [[{{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.

* ButIPlayOneOnTV

* CallASmeerpARabbit: American buffalo and koala bears.

* ConjunctionInterruption: I bet your dad has used it.

* [[{{ptitle6twp4p86}} Dude, Where's My Reward?]]: Ditto.

* EmbarrassingMiddleName - There's no shortage of people who dislike their middle name. This might be part of why a FullNameUltimatum is so effective.

* 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.

* [[{{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.

* JumpOffABridgeRebuttal: Used by your dads and my dads.

* 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.

* De/SnakeOil (AllNaturalSnakeOil)

* De/UndDerSiegerIst (AndTheWinnerIs): Besonders wahr für denjenigen, der aufgestanden ist.

* De/EhreVorVernunft (HonorBeforeReason): Uncommon, but not nonexistant. This troper LIVES by it.

* 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.

* 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.

* RantInducingSlight: It happens to this troper more than he'd like to think about...

* 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).

* WillNotTellALie: Very uncommon, but definitely real. This troper lives by it, and knows a couple other people who do as well.