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* The ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/326/ example]] on the trope image. [[note]]Most people are unfamiliar with the uncommon use of "effect" as a verb, which means to "bring about".[[/note]] Besides that, ''xkcd'' also has a comic showing [[http://xkcd.com/386/ somebody getting busy on correcting someone wrong on the internet]], which is the current EditWar page image.
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A form of SchmuckBait. Sub Tropes include GrammarNazi, StylisticSuck, EditWar, YouMakeMeSic, FandomBerserkButton. See also SoBadItsGood, TheInternetIsSeriousBusiness, AccentuateTheNegative. DistractingDisambiguation, XylophoneGag. Compare SuperOCD, ThePerfectionist, FlameBait and SnarkBait. Contrast SomebodyElsesProblem. May result in {{Hypocrite}}, LetsSeeYouDoBetter, NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer, AluminumChristmasTrees.
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A form of SchmuckBait. Sub Tropes include GrammarNazi, StylisticSuck, EditWar, YouMakeMeSic, FandomBerserkButton. See also SoBadItsGood, TheInternetIsSeriousBusiness, AccentuateTheNegative. DistractingDisambiguation, XylophoneGag. Compare SuperOCD, ThePerfectionist, FlameBait and SnarkBait. Contrast SomebodyElsesProblem.BystanderSyndrome. May result in {{Hypocrite}}, LetsSeeYouDoBetter, NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer, AluminumChristmasTrees.
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* In one episode of ''Series/Sherlock'', the title character gets a lot of information out of the victim's wife very quickly by voicing several incorrect assumptions about her husband. He explains to John that, while people are often reluctant to answer questions, they are almost always eager to correct a mistake.
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* In one episode of ''Series/Sherlock'', ''{{Series/Sherlock}}'', the title character gets a lot of information out of the victim's wife very quickly by voicing several incorrect assumptions about her husband. He explains to John that, while people are often reluctant to answer questions, they are almost always eager to correct a mistake.
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* In ''{{ComicStrip/Blondie}}'', Dagwood once noticed a bakery with a misspelled hand-lettered sign advertising something. He went in to correct it, and came out with food. The bakery owner indicated that he had intentionally done it, and it was bringing in a bunch of business.
* BeetleBailey featured the same gag, with a misspelled "Dougnuts." After Beetle and Sarge leave with a bag of donuts (having stopped to report the error), the proprietor comments that the missing h brings in ever more business.
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* In ''{{ComicStrip/Blondie}}'', Dagwood once noticed a bakery with a misspelled hand-lettered sign advertising something. He went in to correct it, and came out with food. The bakery owner indicated that he had intentionally done it, and it was bringing in a bunch of business.
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* BeetleBailey featured the same gag, with a misspelled "Dougnuts." After Beetle and Sarge leave with a bag of donuts (having stopped to report the error), the proprietor comments that the missing h brings in ever more business.
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A form of SchmuckBait. Sub Tropes include GrammarNazi, StylisticSuck, EditWar, YouMakeMeSic, GannonBanned. See also SoBadItsGood, TheInternetIsSeriousBusiness, AccentuateTheNegative. DistractingDisambiguation, XylophoneGag. Compare SuperOCD, ThePerfectionist, FlameBait and SnarkBait. Contrast SomebodyElsesProblem. May result in {{Hypocrite}}, LetsSeeYouDoBetter, NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer, AluminumChristmasTrees.
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A form of SchmuckBait. Sub Tropes include GrammarNazi, StylisticSuck, EditWar, YouMakeMeSic, GannonBanned.FandomBerserkButton. See also SoBadItsGood, TheInternetIsSeriousBusiness, AccentuateTheNegative. DistractingDisambiguation, XylophoneGag. Compare SuperOCD, ThePerfectionist, FlameBait and SnarkBait. Contrast SomebodyElsesProblem. May result in {{Hypocrite}}, LetsSeeYouDoBetter, NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer, AluminumChristmasTrees.
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* In an article on specific nerd archetypes, {{Seanbaby}} called out this particular breed and theorized that when they die, "they go to a hell where their mouth is taped shut for eternity next to people who keep saying that Carl Weathers was in ''StarWars''."
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* In an article on specific nerd archetypes, {{Seanbaby}} called out this particular breed and theorized that when they die, "they go to a hell where their mouth is taped shut for eternity next to people who keep saying that Carl Weathers was in ''StarWars''."
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A form of SchmuckBait. SubTropes include GrammarNazi, StylisticSuck, EditWar, YouMakeMeSic, GannonBanned. See also SoBadItsGood, TheInternetIsSeriousBusiness, AccentuateTheNegative. DistractingDisambiguation, XylophoneGag. Compare SuperOCD, ThePerfectionist, FlameBait and SnarkBait. Contrast SomebodyElsesProblem. May result in {{Hypocrite}}, LetsSeeYouDoBetter, NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer, AluminumChristmasTrees.
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A form of SchmuckBait. SubTropes Sub Tropes include GrammarNazi, StylisticSuck, EditWar, YouMakeMeSic, GannonBanned. See also SoBadItsGood, TheInternetIsSeriousBusiness, AccentuateTheNegative. DistractingDisambiguation, XylophoneGag. Compare SuperOCD, ThePerfectionist, FlameBait and SnarkBait. Contrast SomebodyElsesProblem. May result in {{Hypocrite}}, LetsSeeYouDoBetter, NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer, AluminumChristmasTrees.
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This is a TruthInTelevision, since somehow we all have different extents of SuperOCD to become perfect, and correct every mistake we find. And bad things are usually more memorable than normal ones, which may also have contributed to it. And oh well, did we tell you that correcting others provide a form of superiority?
A form of SchmuckBait. SubTrope include GrammarNazi, StylisticSuck, EditWar, YouMakeMeSic, GannonBanned. See also SoBadItsGood, TheInternetIsSeriousBusiness, AccentuateTheNegative. DistractingDisambiguation, XylophoneGag. Compare SuperOCD, ThePerfectionist, FlameBait and SnarkBait. Contrast SomebodyElsesProblem. May result in {{Hypocrite}}, LetsSeeYouDoBetter, NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer, AluminumChristmasTrees.
A form of SchmuckBait. SubTrope include GrammarNazi, StylisticSuck, EditWar, YouMakeMeSic, GannonBanned. See also SoBadItsGood, TheInternetIsSeriousBusiness, AccentuateTheNegative. DistractingDisambiguation, XylophoneGag. Compare SuperOCD, ThePerfectionist, FlameBait and SnarkBait. Contrast SomebodyElsesProblem. May result in {{Hypocrite}}, LetsSeeYouDoBetter, NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer, AluminumChristmasTrees.
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This is a TruthInTelevision, since somehow we all have different extents of SuperOCD to become perfect, and correct every mistake we find. And bad things are usually more memorable than normal ones, which may also have contributed to it. And oh well, did we tell you that correcting others provide provides a form of superiority?
A form of SchmuckBait.SubTrope SubTropes include GrammarNazi, StylisticSuck, EditWar, YouMakeMeSic, GannonBanned. See also SoBadItsGood, TheInternetIsSeriousBusiness, AccentuateTheNegative. DistractingDisambiguation, XylophoneGag. Compare SuperOCD, ThePerfectionist, FlameBait and SnarkBait. Contrast SomebodyElsesProblem. May result in {{Hypocrite}}, LetsSeeYouDoBetter, NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer, AluminumChristmasTrees.
A form of SchmuckBait.
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'''Please only list in-universe examples here - some people may think every RealLife CorrectionBait is intentionally done, which is not true. Also, no work is perfect - to a enough picky/smart audience, there's always something that can still be corrected, so it'll end up listing every work there.'''
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'''Please only list in-universe examples here - some people may think every RealLife CorrectionBait is intentionally done, which is not true. Also, no work is perfect - to a an enough picky/smart audience, there's always something that can still be corrected, so it'll end up listing every work there.'''
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* BeetleBailey featured the same gag, with a misspelled "Dougnuts." After Beetle and Sarge leave with a bag of donuts (having stopped to report the error), the proprietor comments that the missing h brings in ever more business.
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It's also the very reason of ThisVeryWiki to have RepairDontRespond, as well as preventing {{Natter}} and FlameBait.
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It's also the very reason of ThisVeryWiki to have RepairDontRespond, Administrivia/RepairDontRespond, as well as preventing {{Natter}} and FlameBait.
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* The ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/326/ example]] on the trope image.[[note]]"Effect", when used as a verb (which is rarely done), means simply "cause as an effect"; most people don't realize it has such a meaning.[[/note]] Besides that, ''xkcd'' also has a comic showing [[http://xkcd.com/386/ somebody getting busy on correcting someone wrong on the internet]], which is the current EditWar page image.
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* The ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/326/ example]] on the trope image.[[note]]"Effect", when used as a verb (which is rarely done), means simply "cause as an effect"; most [[note]]Most people don't realize it has such are unfamiliar with the uncommon use of "effect" as a meaning.verb, which means to "bring about".[[/note]] Besides that, ''xkcd'' also has a comic showing [[http://xkcd.com/386/ somebody getting busy on correcting someone wrong on the internet]], which is the current EditWar page image.
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* Invoked in a WoW based webcomic had someone asking a polite question in chat and getting abuse and stupidity in answer. Someone sent a private message saying he doesn't know the answer, but he knows how to get it. He answers the question with blatantly incorrect information, and is immediately corrected by the trolls.
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* In one episode of ''OpenAllHours'', Arkwright put up a sign with deliberately bad grammar in the hopes that people would come into the shop to correct it.
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* ''[[{{ComicStrip/Blondie}} Dagwood]]'' once noticed a bakery with a misspelled hand-lettered sign advertising something. He went in to correct it, and came out with food. The bakery owner indicated that he had intentionally done it, and it was bringing in a bunch of business.
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* ''[[{{ComicStrip/Blondie}} Dagwood]]'' In ''{{ComicStrip/Blondie}}'', Dagwood once noticed a bakery with a misspelled hand-lettered sign advertising something. He went in to correct it, and came out with food. The bakery owner indicated that he had intentionally done it, and it was bringing in a bunch of business.
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* The ''{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/326/ example]] on the trope image.[[note]]"Effect", when used as a verb (which is rarely done), means simply "cause as an effect"; most people don't realize it has such a meaning.[[/note]] Besides that, ''xkcd'' also has a comic showing [[http://xkcd.com/386/ somebody getting busy on correcting someone wrong on the internet]], which is the current EditWar page image.
* One ''SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' comic involved a psychopath taking revenge on his old grammar teacher - he locked him in a cellar with a bomb and a cellphone, telling him that he will receive a text and the bomb will go off if he texts back. The text contained a grammar error...
* One ''SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' comic involved a psychopath taking revenge on his old grammar teacher - he locked him in a cellar with a bomb and a cellphone, telling him that he will receive a text and the bomb will go off if he texts back. The text contained a grammar error...
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* One''SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' comic involved a psychopath taking revenge on his old grammar teacher - he locked him in a cellar with a bomb and a cellphone, telling him that he will receive a text and the bomb will go off if he texts back. The text contained a grammar error...
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* The ''{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/326/ example]] on the trope image.[[note]]"Effect" means simply "causes as an effect", but is rarely used as a verb, so most people don't realize it has such a meaning.[[/note]] Besides that, ''xkcd'' also has a comic showing [[http://xkcd.com/386/ somebody getting busy on correcting someone wrong on the internet]], which is the current EditWar page image.
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->''"The best way to get a question answered online is to post an ''incorrect'' answer to that question."''
-->-- '''Gene Spafford'''
[[DescribeTropeHere Decribe Correction Bait here.]]
Correction Bait, a sister to FlameBait and SnarkBait, lures you by the urge of correcting something wrong from your inner mind, and draws attention from the people by this progress.
You don't know why it's so wrong. Maybe they did not do the research, and suffered from CriticalResearchFailure. Maybe they knew it all along, but then decided to ignore it since TheyJustDidntCare. Maybe [[StylisticSuck it's done deliberately]]. Maybe they just want to lure you out. But whatever, you're annoyed by the wrongness, and now ''you can't stop your urge to correct it''!
This is a TruthInTelevision, since somehow we all have different extents of SuperOCD to become perfect, and correct every mistake we find. And bad things are usually more memorable than normal ones, which may also have contributed to it. And oh well, did we tell you that correcting others provide a form of superiority?
A form of SchmuckBait. SubTrope include GrammarNazi, StylisticSuck, EditWar, YouMakeMeSic, GannonBanned. See also SoBadItsGood, TheInternetIsSeriousBusiness, AccentuateTheNegative. DistractingDisambiguation, XylophoneGag. Compare SuperOCD, ThePerfectionist, FlameBait and SnarkBait. Contrast SomebodyElsesProblem. May result in {{Hypocrite}}, LetsSeeYouDoBetter, NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer, AluminumChristmasTrees.
It's also the very reason of ThisVeryWiki to have RepairDontRespond, as well as preventing {{Natter}} and FlameBait.
'''Please only list in-universe examples here - some people may think every RealLife CorrectionBait is intentionally done, which is not true. Also, no work is perfect - to a enough picky/smart audience, there's always something that can still be corrected, so it'll end up listing every work there.'''
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* In one episode of ''OpenAllHours'', Arkwright put up a sign with deliberately bad grammar in the hopes that people would come into the shop to correct it.
* In the ''{{Series/Columbo}}'' episode "The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case", Columbo constructs the contraption the killer used to make it sound like the murder happened while he was outside the room. However, Columbo deliberately put an error into the contraption, knowing the murderer [[{{Pride}} wouldn't be able to resist correcting it]]. See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnWScg95paA&t=9m30s here]].
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* ''[[{{ComicStrip/Blondie}} Dagwood]]'' once noticed a bakery with a misspelled hand-lettered sign advertising something. He went in to correct it, and came out with food. The bakery owner indicated that he had intentionally done it, and it was bringing in a bunch of business.
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* Discussed in the ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' episode "The Hawking Execution".
-->'''Penny''': I know what it means. And yes, you love correcting people and putting them down.
-->'''Sheldon''': Au contraire. When I correct people I am raising them up. You should know, I do it for you more than anyone.
-->'''Penny''': Come on, you do it to feel superior. I see that twinkle in your eye when someone says who instead of whom or thinks the moon is a planet.
-->'''Sheldon''': Or ''DonQuixote'' is a book about a donkey named Hotay.
-->'''Penny''': See, there it is, theres that twinkle.
-->'''Sheldon''': Well, I cant help it. Thats an involuntary twinkle.
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* The ''{{xkcd}}'' example on the trope image. Besides that, ''xkcd'' also have a comic showing [[http://xkcd.com/386/ somebody getting busy on correcting someone wrong on the internet]], which is the current EditWar page image.
* One ''SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' comic involved a psychopath taking revenge on his old grammar teacher - he locked him in a cellar with a bomb and a cellphone, telling him that he will receive a text and the bomb will go off if he texts back. The text contained a grammar error...
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->''"The best way to get a question answered online is to post an ''incorrect'' answer to that question."''
-->-- '''Gene Spafford'''
[[DescribeTropeHere Decribe Correction Bait here.]]
Correction Bait, a sister to FlameBait and SnarkBait, lures you by the urge of correcting something wrong from your inner mind, and draws attention from the people by this progress.
You don't know why it's so wrong. Maybe they did not do the research, and suffered from CriticalResearchFailure. Maybe they knew it all along, but then decided to ignore it since TheyJustDidntCare. Maybe [[StylisticSuck it's done deliberately]]. Maybe they just want to lure you out. But whatever, you're annoyed by the wrongness, and now ''you can't stop your urge to correct it''!
This is a TruthInTelevision, since somehow we all have different extents of SuperOCD to become perfect, and correct every mistake we find. And bad things are usually more memorable than normal ones, which may also have contributed to it. And oh well, did we tell you that correcting others provide a form of superiority?
A form of SchmuckBait. SubTrope include GrammarNazi, StylisticSuck, EditWar, YouMakeMeSic, GannonBanned. See also SoBadItsGood, TheInternetIsSeriousBusiness, AccentuateTheNegative. DistractingDisambiguation, XylophoneGag. Compare SuperOCD, ThePerfectionist, FlameBait and SnarkBait. Contrast SomebodyElsesProblem. May result in {{Hypocrite}}, LetsSeeYouDoBetter, NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer, AluminumChristmasTrees.
It's also the very reason of ThisVeryWiki to have RepairDontRespond, as well as preventing {{Natter}} and FlameBait.
'''Please only list in-universe examples here - some people may think every RealLife CorrectionBait is intentionally done, which is not true. Also, no work is perfect - to a enough picky/smart audience, there's always something that can still be corrected, so it'll end up listing every work there.'''
!Examples
[[AC:Live Action TV]]
* In one episode of ''OpenAllHours'', Arkwright put up a sign with deliberately bad grammar in the hopes that people would come into the shop to correct it.
* In the ''{{Series/Columbo}}'' episode "The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case", Columbo constructs the contraption the killer used to make it sound like the murder happened while he was outside the room. However, Columbo deliberately put an error into the contraption, knowing the murderer [[{{Pride}} wouldn't be able to resist correcting it]]. See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnWScg95paA&t=9m30s here]].
[[AC:NewspaperComics]]
* ''[[{{ComicStrip/Blondie}} Dagwood]]'' once noticed a bakery with a misspelled hand-lettered sign advertising something. He went in to correct it, and came out with food. The bakery owner indicated that he had intentionally done it, and it was bringing in a bunch of business.
[[AC:Sitcom]]
* Discussed in the ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' episode "The Hawking Execution".
-->'''Penny''': I know what it means. And yes, you love correcting people and putting them down.
-->'''Sheldon''': Au contraire. When I correct people I am raising them up. You should know, I do it for you more than anyone.
-->'''Penny''': Come on, you do it to feel superior. I see that twinkle in your eye when someone says who instead of whom or thinks the moon is a planet.
-->'''Sheldon''': Or ''DonQuixote'' is a book about a donkey named Hotay.
-->'''Penny''': See, there it is, theres that twinkle.
-->'''Sheldon''': Well, I cant help it. Thats an involuntary twinkle.
[[AC:WebComics]]
* The ''{{xkcd}}'' example on the trope image. Besides that, ''xkcd'' also have a comic showing [[http://xkcd.com/386/ somebody getting busy on correcting someone wrong on the internet]], which is the current EditWar page image.
* One ''SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' comic involved a psychopath taking revenge on his old grammar teacher - he locked him in a cellar with a bomb and a cellphone, telling him that he will receive a text and the bomb will go off if he texts back. The text contained a grammar error...
[[AC:Western Animations]]
* In an episode of ''TheSimpsons'', this is Lisa's reaction when Bart describes Zorro as a history lesson come to life when they go to see a film about it.
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->''"I can't take it anymore! It's spelled 'Describe'! How could you forget the freaking 's'?"''