History RenamedTropes / FToK

* InformingTheFourthWall used to be "I Can't Use These Things Together". It was ambiguous and misused for tropes relating to ItemCrafting.
* {{Intangibility}} used to be "Intangible Man". It was renamed to shift the focus from the character to the ability.

* ImprobableInfantSurvival used to be "Infant Immortality". The name made it seem like an absolute rule that infants cannot die, leading to most examples being aversions, which were instead examples of DeathOfAChild.

* GreaterScopeVillain used to be "Bigger Bad". While it was related to BigBad, tropers weren't always clear ''how''. This led to misuse to refer to "the real Big Bad" (which is TheManBehindTheMan), "the more dangerous Big Bad" (which is just the SortingAlgorithmOfEvil at work), or "the Big Bad who starts the conflict (which is usually [[VillainsActHeroesReact something the Big Bad does anyway]]).

* IntellectuallySupportedTyranny used to be "Trahison des Clercs". It was considered GratuitousFrench and thus too opaque to understand.

** OutGambitted was “Vizzini Gambit” after a character in ''Film/ThePrincessBride''. It was changed due to the opacity and to make it clear the trope is trying a gambit and failing, not another kind of gambit.

* FeedItABomb used to be "Dodongo Dislikes Smoke", after an enemy from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' (and specifically the {{memetic|Mutation}} hint on how to defeat it from [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda the NES original]]). If you didn't know the reference, you had no idea what it meant.

* FashionAndModelingTropes was originally a trope called "Fashion Model". It was converted into an index because fashion models were determined to [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs not be a trope on their own]].

* FalselyAdvertisedAccuracy was renamed from "Dan Browned" because Administrivia/TropeNamerSyndrome caused clarity issues with the previous name.

* FanonDiscontinuity was simply DisContinuity, with the new name making clear it's a fan reaction, while providing a direct opposite to CanonDiscontinuity. The old name is now an index\disambiguation acknowledging what causes something to be disregarded from continuity.

* FingerInTheMail used to be "Mary Kelly's Kidney", intended to refer to an obscure detail in the investigation of UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper but erroneously naming the wrong victim. Not only did an understanding the original trope name require deep familiarity with the Ripper case, it inaccurately conveyed a key detail, anyway.

* ForcedTransformation was renamed from "Baleful Polymorph" partially because the old name was unclear to those unfamiliar with the TropeNamer, and partially because the definition was expanded to include beneficial transformations in addition to harmful transformations.

* TheFourLoves used to be "I Just Want to Be Loved". The new name accomplished two goals; first, it sounded less like dialogue, and second, it reinforced that there's more to love than just romantic love.

* FromCataclysmToMyth used to be called "AndManGrewProud", but the old name was frequently used to refer to civilizations that collapsed due to hubris, rather than ancient civilizations becoming the subject of mythology. The latter definition was moved to a new name, while the name AndManGrewProud was reused for the former definition.

* FunnyFanVoice was previously called "Breathe on the Fan", and was renamed as part of an effort to retool it into a humor trope about fans making characters' voices sound ridiculous, due to the mere act of speaking into a fan [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs not being a trope on its own]].

* GentileJewChaser was renamed from "Matzo Fever" because it refers to non-Jewish people finding Jewish people inherently attractive, but it attracted misuse referring to people being attracted to Jewish people for unrelated reasons.

* GlassesAreSexy was called "Sexy Spectacles", and was renamed because it was often misused to refer to what fans consider sexy, when it's supposed to be about characters who are intentionally portrayed as sexy within the work itself.

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl used to be "Bottle Fairy", after the anime ''Manga/BottleFairy'' -- which otherwise didn't have anything to do with the trope. As such, it was mistaken for the anime, to the point that the ''work'' page was re-titled "Bottle Fairies" to avoid conflict with the trope. (What were we thinking?) Those who didn't understand the reference instead mistook it for FairyInABottle. And even those who did understand it had to do with drinking and partying used it far too broadly, referring to any girl (and even a few ''guys'') who drank or partied regardless of whether they fit the character archetype.

* HollywoodNewEngland used to be "Hahvahd Yahd in My Cah", a phrase meant to evoke an exaggerated [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents New England accent]]. It was changed neither the phrase nor the FunetikAksent spelling were easy to remember.
* HollywoodPrehistory used to be "1 Million BC". It was renamed because it's supposed to be stereotypical depictions of prehistory that are inaccurate, such as featuring humans and dinosaurs existing alongside each other, but it was often misused for less-stereotypical prehistoric settings without dinosaurs but containing other inaccuracies, as well as misused for realistic prehistoric settings.

* IncidentalMultilingualWordplay used to be "Lucky Translation", and was renamed because the old name didn't clearly indicate that it was about little or no localization needed to translate wordplay across languages due to incidental similarities.

* KudzuPlot absorbed the former trope "Claremont Coefficient", named for ''ComicBook/XMen'' writer Chris Clarement, who had a tendency to write Kudzu Plots. Since few knew who he was, the trope needed a rename; in the process, it was discovered to be pretty much the same as Kudzu Plot, hence the merger.

* FingerInTheMail used to be "Mary Kelly's Kidney", intended to refer to an obscure detail in the investigation of UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper but erroneously naming the wrong victim. Not only did an understanding the original trope name require deep familiarity with the Ripper case, it was still factually inaccurate, anyway.

* HolyBurnsEvil used to be "It Burns!" Although it was often understood as a StockPhrase, it was actually a specific reference to ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDIGames'', made {{memetic|Mutation}} by WebAnimation/YouTubePoop. Those who didn't get the reference often mistook it for WeakenedByTheLight.

* FanPreferredCouple used to be "Better than Canon". It was renamed because it didn't clarify that it referred to romantic pairings, and because tropers were using it to refer to anything they thought they could do better than the creators could (a concept that became the new page BetterThanCanon). Before then, it was "Sasami Syndrome", after a character from ''Anime/TenchiMuyo''; in addition to being obtuse, this particular example was ''not'' widely accepted in the fandom (and indeed had some incest/pedophilia {{Squick}} to it in some continuities).

* FingerInTheMail used to be "Mary Kelly's Kidney", intended to refer to an obscure detail in the investigation of UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper but erroneously naming to the wrong victim. Not only did an understanding the original trope name require deep familiarity with the Ripper case, it was still factually inaccurate, anyway.

* FingerInTheMail used to be "Mary Kelly's Kidney", after an obscure detail in the investigation of UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper. Even if you were familiar with the Ripper having done this, you had to also be familiar with the name of one of his victims.

* TheIdiotFromOsaka used to be "The Baka from Osaka", a SublimeRhyme with the UsefulNotes/AnimeFanSpeak term "UsefulNotes/{{baka}}". While it ''was'' a {{Japanese Media Trope|s}}, it was generally decided that "baka" was pretty much synonymous with "idiot", and the trope was renamed for clarity.

* FalselyAdvertisedAccuracy was renamed from "Dan Browned" becuase Administrivia/TropeNamerSyndrome caused clarity issues with the previous name.

* FetishizedAbuser was created by merging "Bastard Boyfriend", "Bastard Girlfriend", and "Bespectacled Bastard Boyfriend", which went through renames of their own. Bastard Girlfriend used to be "Abusively Sexy Woman", and before that "Abusively Sexy Bitch". The first rename was to make the trope less negative. The second came as part of a general cleanup of SexualHarassmentAndRapeTropes following Administrivia/TheSecondGoogleIncident.\\

* ImprobableAccessoryEffect used to be "Horse Wiener", after an equippable accessory in ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness''. In addition to requiring familiarity with the trope, the name gave the wrong impression about the trope, which was especially concerning after Administrivia/TheGoogleIncident.

* HeroismAddict used to be "Hero Syndrome". It was mistaken for such tropes as ChronicHeroSyndrome (which is about ''actual'' heroes) and EngineeredHeroics (which isn't the same).

* FleetingDemographicRule was a merger of two tropes that needed a rename pretty badly. One was "Seven-Year Rule", which didn't actually refer to what ''happens'' after seven years. The other was "NOHAMOTYO", a bizrre and obtuse acronym standing for "No One Has a Memory Over Two Years Old". In the renaming process, the two tropes were found to be redundant -- not that anyone could figure that out.

* IReadItForTheArticles used to be "I Watch It for the Economics", after a {{meme|ticMutation}} about ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf''. The new name, in addition to better describing the tropes, happens to be an older and more widespread off-wiki term.

* InvoluntaryShapeshifter used to be "Involuntary Shapeshifting". Tropers mistakenly used it to refer to the ability rather than the character. They also mistook it for ''any'' arbitrary transformation (which is at BalefulPolymorph), rather than an ability that a character has but can't control.

* FilibusterFreefall used to be "The Brain Eater", after the [[Website/{{Usenet}} rec.arts.sf]] post which seems to be the oldest known acknowledgement of the phenomenon. If you weren't aware of it -- and it's a fair guess you weren't -- you'd probably mistake it for BrainFood.