History IAmNotShazam / WesternAnimation

* The main protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/{{Wallykazam}}'' is Wally Trollman, not Wallykazam, which is his {{Catchphrase}}.

** This also applies to ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', where some kids or adults who grew up watching the series refer to it as "Timmy Turner".

*** Another ''Simpsons'' episode features an actor asking about playing Homer: "Is he supposed to have some kind of neural impairment, like Rain Man or Awakenings?" The sentence ''could'' be read as "...like [in] "''Rain Man''" or "''Awakenings''"?", but the voice actor's delivery of the line implies a deliberate invocation of this trope.

* Many people think that Creator/ManOfAction is the pseudonym for a single person. It's the name used by a quartet of comic book writers (Duncan Rouleau, Creator/JoeCasey, Joe Kelly, and Steven T. Seagle) when collaborating on animated projects such as ''Franchise/Ben10''.

** Furthermore, ''Merrie Melodies'' was a separate cartoon series that used the same characters as ''Looney Tunes'' but was focused on music (hence the name), but most people refer to any cartoon starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig etc. as a "Looney Tunes" short. To be fair though, ''Merrie Melodies'' would [[ArtifactTitle shift away from the music focus]] over time and eventually become [[DistinctionWithoutADifference indistinguishable]] from the ''Looney Tunes'' shorts aside from the different names and the opening and ending titles.
--> '''Creator/FrizFreleng:''' "I never knew if a film I was making would be ''Looney Tunes'' or ''Merrie Melodies'', and what the hell difference would it make, anyway?"
** ''Film/SpaceJam'' and ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' are exceptions, where the characters are referred to as Looney Tunes. This relates to the fact that they are Main/AnimatedActors who are aware that they star in ''Looney Tunes'' cartoons. However, in ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'', they are not referred to as Looney Tunes even though they are Animated Actors.

* The titular group in ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' are {{Magical Girl}}s, not witches. Lampshaded in one episode where Irma said "We're not witches! It's just our initials!"

** Out of universe example: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7eRLHfGmJs One Teletoon promo]] referred to Peter as "Family Guy" to fit with the rhyming scheme.

** "There was this guy that got killed and I think it was in Miami, so CSI Miami [[RougeAnglesOfSatin investigateded]] it. Then some family said how much they love The Olive Garden. Then I fell asleep. When I woke up, Letterman was talking to Alias".
** "Once upon a time, there was a hilarious ogre named [[WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird Shrek 3]]."

** The main character uses the alias "ComicBook/{{Static}}." ''Just'' "Static." The word "Shock" is only found in the series title, and his occasional CatchPhrase ("I'm ''Static'', I put a ''shock'' to your system"). Even a villain, Shiv, once says, "Take that, Super Shocker, or... whatever-your-name-is!" It doesn't help that in the theme song, he is explicitly called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMFR-cK3FSo Static Shock]]. The misconception is widespread enough that when he started showing up in comics again as a member of the Comicbook/TeenTitans, the writers would erroneously refer to him as "Static Shock" at various points.
** It infuenced his Brazilian DubNameChange, in which he was called Superchoque (''Supershock'').

* ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'': To quote Irma, "We're not witches! It's just our initials!" The characters are actually {{Magical Girl}}s.
* ''Series/VanPires'' was [[AntagonistTitle named for the villains]].
** The same goes for ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}''.
*** And ''Smoggies''.

** This Teletoon promo refers to Peter as "Family Guy" to fit with the rhyming scheme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7eRLHfGmJs

* ''WesternAnimation/AngelinaBallerina'': The titular character's real name is "Angelina ''Mouseling''", though many parents and non-fans refer to her as "Angelina Ballerina". The sequel series ''The Next Steps'' gets this wrong too, with ''the titular character'' calling herself "Angelina Ballerina" in the introduction to every episode.

* Many people refer the main protagonist from WesternAnimation/TwelveOunceMouse as "12 oz Mouse". His name is actually Mouse Fitzgerald (or Fitz for short).

** ''Film/SpaceJam'' and ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' are exceptions, where the characters are referred to as Looney Tunes. This relates to the fact that they are Main/AnimatedActors who are aware that they star in ''Looney Tunes'' cartoons.

* A lot of people who aren't super-familiar with ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'' call the Orel "Moral." The name of the town is Moralton, and the early episodes (at least) are about Orel learning morals. Creator Dino Stamatopoulos says this is one of his pet peeves, saying "You don't call [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS Dennis 'Menace']]."

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' was the name of ''the show''; it was never officially used as a collective name to refer to Yakko, Wakko, and Dot. In the theme song, they clearly refer to themselves as "The Warner Brothers and The Warner Sister", a play on the company's name. Despite this, though, much of the print merchandise and even some Creator/KidsWB spots referred to the trio as "the Animaniacs", as does ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies''.
** The theme song introduced "Animaniacs" as ''all'' of the main characters on the series (a take-off on "WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes"), as did [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwgAWwwo1_M this]] promo from Creator/TheHub starring Pinky and the Brain.