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* Administrivia/NoLewdnessNoPrudishness tends to get misused in conversations and edit reasons as an excuse for prude behavior against any sort of lewdness on the site in general. However, this ironically ignores the "No Prudishness" part of the page's name. While TV Tropes is no stranger to forbidding works that are straight-up pure porn (see Administrivia/TheContentPolicyAndThe5PCircuit), the site is not against all types of sexual content, just as long as they don't run afoul of NSFW policies. It's also misused the other way around as well, attempting to justify decisions against cutting profanitic content that may prove problematic to site policy. The purpose of NLNP is to discourage both lewd and prude behavior on the spectrum and to keep the site as neutral to both view points as much as possible.
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* Administrivia/NoLewdnessNoPrudishness tends to get misused in conversations and edit reasons as an excuse for prude behavior against any sort of lewdness on the site in general. However, this ironically ignores the "No Prudishness" part of the page's name. While TV Tropes is no stranger to forbidding works that are straight-up pure porn (see Administrivia/TheContentPolicyAndThe5PCircuit), Administrivia/TheContentPolicy), the site is not against all types of sexual content, just as long as they don't run afoul of NSFW policies. It's also misused the other way around as well, attempting to justify decisions against cutting profanitic content that may prove problematic to site policy. The purpose of NLNP is to discourage both lewd and prude behavior on the spectrum and to keep the site as neutral to both view points as much as possible.
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* NiceHat is about a cool, impressive and/or different hat. It's not simply about any hat wore in general, since that's considered Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs.
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* Many tropers ''love'' adding NightmareFuel examples, often to the point of listing everything that's the slightest bit unsettling or twisting relatively harmless events to make them sound scarier than they are, especially in kid-oriented works (case in point: there was a time when ''every single episode'' of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' had a folder on the show's Nightmare Fuel page[[note]]and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero one episode]] had so many examples it got its own subpage, with the fact that this was the first single episode of a show to have enough examples to warrant a page all to itself being treated as something worth celebrating rather than a sign that most examples were shoehorns[[/note]], usually consisting of {{Slapstick}} or a character being upset). Some pad a work's Nightmare Fuel subpage to make the work look edgy and mature, but in reality, it only invites mockery from people who aren't part of the site's community. Nightmare Fuel is meant to be for scenes that ''terrify'' viewers, often to the point of giving them ''literal'' nightmares. It's '''especially''' not meant to be used for FridgeHorror (since it's only scary if you really overthink things), but go on any sufficiently long Nightmare Fuel page, and chances are you'll find quite a few such examples -- often specifically linking to the Fridge Horror page! It also tends to be used for listing ''every single violent thing'' in works where violence is to be expected (e.g. the Nightmare Fuel pages for ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', which listed ''every single LimitBreak, stage transition, or FinishingMove in those games''), or simply listing descriptions of scenes without any detail on ''why'' they were scary (e.g., the Nightmare Fuel page for ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', where this was so rampant that it had to be [[Administrivia/LockedPages locked]]).
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* Many tropers ''love'' adding NightmareFuel examples, often to the point of listing everything that's the slightest bit unsettling or twisting relatively harmless events to make them sound scarier than they are, especially in kid-oriented works (case in point: there was a time when ''every single episode'' of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' had a folder on the show's Nightmare Fuel page[[note]]and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero one episode]] had so many examples it got its own subpage, with the fact that this was the first single episode of a show to have enough examples to warrant a page all to itself being treated as something worth celebrating rather than a sign that most examples were shoehorns[[/note]], usually consisting of things like {{Slapstick}} or a character being upset). Some pad a work's Nightmare Fuel subpage to make the work look edgy and mature, but in reality, it only invites mockery from people who aren't part of the site's community. Nightmare Fuel is meant to be for scenes that ''terrify'' viewers, often to the point of giving them ''literal'' nightmares. It's '''especially''' not meant to be used for FridgeHorror (since it's only scary if you really overthink things), but go on any sufficiently long Nightmare Fuel page, and chances are you'll find quite a few such examples -- often specifically linking to the Fridge Horror page! It also tends to be used for listing ''every single violent thing'' in works where violence is to be expected (e.g. the Nightmare Fuel pages for ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', which listed ''every single LimitBreak, stage transition, or FinishingMove in those games''), or simply listing descriptions of scenes without any detail on ''why'' they were scary (e.g., the Nightmare Fuel page for ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', where this was so rampant that it had to be [[Administrivia/LockedPages locked]]).
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* TheMovie is "a heavily expanded, one-shot episode of a TV series usually meant for theatrical distribution". However, people commonly mistake it for "any film adaptation" when other tropes like TheFilmOfTheBook would in fact apply. It's also often applied in attempts to justify a Administrivia/ZeroContextExample with the format "Trope: The Movie".
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* TheMovie is "a heavily expanded, one-shot episode of a TV series usually meant for theatrical distribution". However, people commonly mistake it for "any film adaptation" when other tropes like TheFilmOfTheBook would in fact apply. It's If a work's premise prominently features one specific trope, there's also often applied in attempts to justify a Administrivia/ZeroContextExample with good chance that TheMovie will be use as part ([[Administrivia/ZeroContextExample or as the format entirety]]) of that trope's entry, as in "Trope: The Movie".TheMovie".
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* Many tropers ''love'' adding NightmareFuel examples, often to the point of listing everything that's the slightest bit unsettling or twisting relatively harmless events to make them sound scarier than they are, especially in kid-oriented works (case in point: there was a time when ''every single episode'' of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' had a folder on the show's Nightmare Fuel page[[note]]and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero one episode]] had so many examples it got its own subpage, with the fact that this was the first single episode of a show to have enough examples to warrant a page all to itself being treated as something worth celebrating rather than a sign that most examples were shoehorns[[/note]], usually consisting of mildly unpleasant things such as {{Slapstick}} or a character being sad). Some pad a work's Nightmare Fuel subpage to make the work look edgy and mature, but in reality, it only invites mockery from people who aren't part of the site's community. Nightmare Fuel is meant to be for scenes that ''terrify'' viewers, often to the point of giving them ''literal'' nightmares. It's '''especially''' not meant to be used for FridgeHorror (since it's only scary if you really overthink things), but go on any sufficiently long Nightmare Fuel page, and chances are you'll find quite a few such examples -- often specifically linking to the Fridge Horror page! It also tends to be used for listing ''every single violent thing'' in works where violence is to be expected (i.e. the Nightmare Fuel pages for ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', which listed ''every single LimitBreak, stage transition, or FinishingMove in those games''), or simply listing descriptions of scenes without any detail on ''why'' they were scary (e.g., the Nightmare Fuel page for ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', where this was so rampant that it had to be [[Administrivia/LockedPages locked]]).
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* Many tropers ''love'' adding NightmareFuel examples, often to the point of listing everything that's the slightest bit unsettling or twisting relatively harmless events to make them sound scarier than they are, especially in kid-oriented works (case in point: there was a time when ''every single episode'' of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' had a folder on the show's Nightmare Fuel page[[note]]and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero one episode]] had so many examples it got its own subpage, with the fact that this was the first single episode of a show to have enough examples to warrant a page all to itself being treated as something worth celebrating rather than a sign that most examples were shoehorns[[/note]], usually consisting of mildly unpleasant things such as {{Slapstick}} or a character being sad).upset). Some pad a work's Nightmare Fuel subpage to make the work look edgy and mature, but in reality, it only invites mockery from people who aren't part of the site's community. Nightmare Fuel is meant to be for scenes that ''terrify'' viewers, often to the point of giving them ''literal'' nightmares. It's '''especially''' not meant to be used for FridgeHorror (since it's only scary if you really overthink things), but go on any sufficiently long Nightmare Fuel page, and chances are you'll find quite a few such examples -- often specifically linking to the Fridge Horror page! It also tends to be used for listing ''every single violent thing'' in works where violence is to be expected (i.e.(e.g. the Nightmare Fuel pages for ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', which listed ''every single LimitBreak, stage transition, or FinishingMove in those games''), or simply listing descriptions of scenes without any detail on ''why'' they were scary (e.g., the Nightmare Fuel page for ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', where this was so rampant that it had to be [[Administrivia/LockedPages locked]]).
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* NothingIsScarier is about a horror scenario where there is empty nothingness for a while, until either the monster/villain appears in a JumpScare, there ''is'' no monster to begin with, or it turns out the monster was there the entire time. It often gets potholed in situations that fall under none of these three, instead being used whenever some detail about the history, origin, or other detail of the monster is not known, even if it would fall under FridgeHorror instead.
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* NothingIsScarier is about a horror scenario where there is empty nothingness for a while, until either the monster/villain appears in a JumpScare, there ''is'' no monster to begin with, or it turns out the monster was there the entire time. It often gets potholed in situations that fall under none of these three, instead being used whenever some detail about the history, origin, or other detail of the monster is not known, even if it would fall under FridgeHorror instead.
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* NintendoHard is about games that are incredibly, ridiculously hard. Many tropers like to attach the label to any even remotely challenging or frustrating game, even if it isn't anywhere near as difficult as the insanely difficult [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] games that gave the trope its name. Others like to use it to shoehorn examples of ThatOneLevel on the main page.
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* NintendoHard is about games that are incredibly, ridiculously hard. Many tropers like to attach the label to any even remotely challenging or frustrating game, even if it isn't anywhere near as difficult as the insanely difficult [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] games that gave the trope its name. Others like to use it to shoehorn examples of ThatOneLevel on the games' main page.pages.
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* LethallyStupid is oft misused for a level of characters stupidity confusing it with TheDitz and "Ralph Wiggum" back when it was around. The "Lethally" is literal requiring they actually get others killed or get put in life threatening situations as a result of their stupidity. If their stupidity instead gets themselves killed killed or put in life threatening situations that's TooDumbToLive.
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* LethallyStupid is oft misused for a level of characters stupidity confusing it with TheDitz and "Ralph Wiggum" back when it was around. The "Lethally" is literal requiring they actually get others killed or get put in life threatening situations as a result of their stupidity. If their stupidity instead gets themselves killed killed or put in life threatening situations that's TooDumbToLive.
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* OvershadowedByControversy is not just for any work that has ever had a controversy about it, the controversy has to be better known than anything else about the work. It isn't for works that caused divided opinions in the fandom, those are actually cases of BrokenBase or ContestedSequel. It ''definitely'' isn't for anything that only a VocalMinority raised a stink about, the controversy has to overshadow the work's other qualities in the mind of the general public. Some tropers also like to jump the gun and add examples for works that only recently became the subject of controversy, without waiting to see if the controversy will actually end up overshadowing the work or not. This item also is not about works that have gained any sort of recognition for being rare and hard to find. That's KeepCirculatingTheTapes and DancingBear. Finally, this isn’t for [[ListOfTransgressions listing every single bad thing a creator has done]]. If they are mainly known for being controversial and nothing else, it isn’t this item.
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* OvershadowedByControversy is not just for any work that has ever had a controversy about it, the controversy has to be better known than anything else about the work. It isn't for works that caused divided opinions in the fandom, those are actually cases of BrokenBase or ContestedSequel. It ''definitely'' isn't for anything that only a VocalMinority raised a stink about, the controversy has to overshadow the work's other qualities in the mind of the general public. A work getting negative reviews doesn't count as a controversy on its own. Some tropers also like to jump the gun and add examples for works that only recently became the subject of controversy, without waiting to see if the controversy will actually end up overshadowing the work or not. This item also is not about works that have gained any sort of recognition for being rare and hard to find. That's KeepCirculatingTheTapes and DancingBear. Finally, this isn’t for [[ListOfTransgressions listing every single bad thing a creator has done]]. If they are mainly known for being controversial and nothing else, it isn’t this item.
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* NothingIsScarier is about a horror scenario where there is empty nothingness for a while, until either the monster/villain appears in a JumpScare, there ''is'' no monster to begin with, or it turns out the monster was there the entire time. It often gets potholed in situations that fall under none of these three, instead being used whenever some detail about the history, origin, or other detail of the monster is not known, even if it would fall under FridgeHorror instead.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters is about having a large number of ''main'' characters, but the examples are slipping towards anything that isn't a MinimalistCast.
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* MarkedToDie is a ''narrative'' trope about characters being singled out for death when the plot calls for it. However, over the years, it's been frequently misused to refer to StatusEffectPoweredAbility, a.k.a a gameplay mechanic of players or enemies taking advantage of status effects to deal more damage.
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* MarkedToDie is a ''narrative'' trope about characters being singled out for death when the plot calls for it. However, over the years, it's been frequently misused to refer to StatusEffectPoweredAbility, a.k.a StatusEffectPoweredAbility; a gameplay mechanic of players or enemies taking advantage of status effects to deal more damage.
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Spiffed up No Ending as it was lacking in context or a real explanation as to how it's meant to be used.
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* People tend to confuse NoEnding with LeftHanging, BolivianArmyEnding, GainaxEnding, CliffHanger, SequelHook, and nearly every other ending trope on the wiki except for GrandFinale.
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Don't mention the Super Trope?
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* MarkedToDie is a ''narrative'' trope about characters being signaled out for death when the plot calls for it. However, over the years, it's been frequently misused to refer to a gameplay mechanic of players or enemies taking advantage of StatusEffects to deal more damage, which is now covered under StatusEffectPoweredAbility.
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* MarkedToDie is a ''narrative'' trope about characters being signaled singled out for death when the plot calls for it. However, over the years, it's been frequently misused to refer to StatusEffectPoweredAbility, a.k.a a gameplay mechanic of players or enemies taking advantage of StatusEffects status effects to deal more damage, which is now covered under StatusEffectPoweredAbility.damage.
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* MarkedToDie is a ''narrative'' trope about characters being signaled out for death when the plot calls for it. However, over the years, it's been frequently misused to refer to a gameplay mechanic of players or enemies taking advantage of {{Status Effect}}s to deal more damage, which is now covered under StatusEffectPoweredAbility.
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* MarkedToDie is a ''narrative'' trope about characters being signaled out for death when the plot calls for it. However, over the years, it's been frequently misused to refer to a gameplay mechanic of players or enemies taking advantage of {{Status Effect}}s StatusEffects to deal more damage, which is now covered under StatusEffectPoweredAbility.
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* MesACrowd is a ''plot'' trope, about using the power of SelfDuplication to get your tasks done. It is frequently misused to refer to the power itself.
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* MesACrowd is a ''plot'' trope, trope about using the power of SelfDuplication to get your tasks done. It is frequently misused to refer to the power itself.itself or characters using it a means to get an advantage over their foes (the latter of which would fall under DoppelgangerAttack instead).
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* MoralMyopia is often applied to any moments of {{hypocri|te}}sy. It's only for intentional hypocrisies used to establish a character as unsympathetic or in the wrong. Unintentional examples due to bad writing go under MoralDissonance.
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* MoralMyopia is often applied to any moments of {{hypocri|te}}sy. It's only for intentional hypocrisies used to establish a character as unsympathetic or in the wrong. Unintentional examples due to bad writing go under MoralDissonance.
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* MemeticLoser is often misapplied to who or what is shown, portrayed as, or are objectively (TheAllegedCar, TierInducedScrappy) ineffectual or when their intended effectuality is an InformedAttribute. All examples must explain why the loser reputation, intentional or otherwise, is unfairly exaggerated. It also isn't for [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike complaining about characters you don't like]].
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* MemeticLoser is often misapplied to who or what is shown, portrayed as, or are objectively (TheAllegedCar, TierInducedScrappy) ineffectual or when their intended effectuality is an InformedAttribute. All examples must explain why the loser reputation, intentional or otherwise, is unfairly exaggerated. It also isn't for [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike [[Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike complaining about characters you don't like]].
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* MemeticLoser is often misapplied to who or what is shown, portrayed as, or are objectively (TheAllegedCar, TierInducedScrappy) ineffectual or when their intended effectuality is an InformedAttribute. All examples must explain why the loser reputation, intentional or otherwise, is unfairly exaggerated.
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* MemeticLoser is often misapplied to who or what is shown, portrayed as, or are objectively (TheAllegedCar, TierInducedScrappy) ineffectual or when their intended effectuality is an InformedAttribute. All examples must explain why the loser reputation, intentional or otherwise, is unfairly exaggerated. It also isn't for [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike complaining about characters you don't like]].
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* Many examples of PowersAsPrograms take the title literally and focus on the fact that a character's powers come from special software installed onto a gadget, while ignoring or downplaying the trope's ''actual'' definition - powers that can be activated, deactivated, or transferred to other people. The powers don't have to come from ''actual'' programs to qualify.
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* LethallyStupid is oft misused for a level of characters stupidity confusing it with TheDitz and "Ralph Wiggum" back when it was around. The "Lethally" is literal requiring they actually get others killed or get put in life threatening situations as a result of their stupidity. If their stupidity instead gets themselves killed killed or put in life threatening situations that's TooDumbToLive.
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* {{Mondegreen}} is Administrivia/InUniverseExamplesOnly, meaning it involves a ''character'' mishearing something InUniverse, not simply ''viewers'' mishearing something.
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* {{Mondegreen}} is was Administrivia/InUniverseExamplesOnly, meaning it involves a ''character'' mishearing something InUniverse, not simply ''viewers'' mishearing something.something. Due to excessive misuse, it has been turned into a DefinitionOnly page and replaced with MondegreenGag.
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* PrecisionFStrike, as the description says, only applies to characters who don't swear often, if at all. Maybe -- ''maybe''' -- if the swear is supposed to obviously be part of the drama of a significant moment. Of course, it gets applied to characters who swear all the time, and to moments that aren't the least bit dramatic. And that's not even getting into the number of pages where any single use of the word "fuck" is {{Pot Hole}}d to this trope as if F-bombs in and of themselves [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs are a trope]].
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* PrecisionFStrike, as the description says, only applies to characters who don't swear often, if at all. Maybe all, maybe -- ''maybe''' ''maybe'' -- if the swear is obviously supposed to obviously be part of the drama of a significant moment. Of course, it gets applied to characters who swear all the time, and to moments that aren't the least bit dramatic. And that's not even getting into the number of pages where any single use of the word "fuck" is {{Pot Hole}}d to this trope as if F-bombs in and of themselves [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs are a trope]].
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That's Devil In Disguise. Louis Cypher is about a demonic entity using Meaningful Name alias while in disguise.
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* LouisCypher is about when the villain of a work is revealed to be Satan in disguise, but it's sometimes used for any case where the villain is clearly {{Satan}}. More rarely, it's used to refer to any [[PaperThinDisguise incredibly obvious alias.]]
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* LateArrivalSpoiler, formerly titled "You Should Know This Already," is usually still potholed and linked as such to facilitate expressions of FanMyopia. It's supposed to refer to promotional materials for a franchise which spoil prior plot developments, assuming fans are already familiar with them. However, it's often used by tropers to mean "I just spoiled something, but it's your fault for not having already seen the movie/show, haha!"
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* LateArrivalSpoiler, formerly titled "You Should Know This Already," is usually still potholed and linked as such to facilitate expressions of FanMyopia. It's supposed to refer to promotional materials for a franchise which spoil prior plot developments, assuming fans are already familiar with them. However, it's often used by tropers to mean "I just spoiled something, but it's your fault for not having already seen the movie/show, haha!"haha!" It's also misused to refer to ''subsequent installments'' spoiling the twists in previous works, which isn't an example because people choosing to experience a franchise out of order know what they signed up for in a way that people just seeing an ad do not.
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* Many tropers ''love'' adding NightmareFuel examples, often to the point of listing everything that's the slightest bit unsettling or twisting relatively harmless events to make them sound scarier than they are, especially in kid-oriented works (case in point: there was a time when ''every single episode'' of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' had a folder on the show's Nightmare Fuel page[[note]]and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero one episode]] had so many examples its own subpage, with the fact that this was the first single episode of a show to have enough examples to warrant a page all to itself being treated as something worth celebrating rather than a sign that most examples were shoehorns[[/note]], usually consisting of mildly unpleasant things such as {{Slapstick}} or a character being sad). Some pad a work's Nightmare Fuel subpage to make the work look edgy and mature, but in reality, it only invites mockery from people who aren't part of the site's community. Nightmare Fuel is meant to be for scenes that ''terrify'' viewers, often to the point of giving them ''literal'' nightmares. It's '''especially''' not meant to be used for FridgeHorror (since it's only scary if you really overthink things), but go on any sufficiently long Nightmare Fuel page, and chances are you'll find quite a few such examples -- often specifically linking to the Fridge Horror page! It also tends to be used for listing ''every single violent thing'' in works where violence is to be expected (i.e. the Nightmare Fuel pages for ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', which listed ''every single LimitBreak, stage transition, or FinishingMove in those games''), or simply listing descriptions of scenes without any detail on ''why'' they were scary (e.g., the Nightmare Fuel page for ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', where this was so rampant that it had to be [[Administrivia/LockedPages locked]]).
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* Many tropers ''love'' adding NightmareFuel examples, often to the point of listing everything that's the slightest bit unsettling or twisting relatively harmless events to make them sound scarier than they are, especially in kid-oriented works (case in point: there was a time when ''every single episode'' of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' had a folder on the show's Nightmare Fuel page[[note]]and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero one episode]] had so many examples it got its own subpage, with the fact that this was the first single episode of a show to have enough examples to warrant a page all to itself being treated as something worth celebrating rather than a sign that most examples were shoehorns[[/note]], usually consisting of mildly unpleasant things such as {{Slapstick}} or a character being sad). Some pad a work's Nightmare Fuel subpage to make the work look edgy and mature, but in reality, it only invites mockery from people who aren't part of the site's community. Nightmare Fuel is meant to be for scenes that ''terrify'' viewers, often to the point of giving them ''literal'' nightmares. It's '''especially''' not meant to be used for FridgeHorror (since it's only scary if you really overthink things), but go on any sufficiently long Nightmare Fuel page, and chances are you'll find quite a few such examples -- often specifically linking to the Fridge Horror page! It also tends to be used for listing ''every single violent thing'' in works where violence is to be expected (i.e. the Nightmare Fuel pages for ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', which listed ''every single LimitBreak, stage transition, or FinishingMove in those games''), or simply listing descriptions of scenes without any detail on ''why'' they were scary (e.g., the Nightmare Fuel page for ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', where this was so rampant that it had to be [[Administrivia/LockedPages locked]]).
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* Many tropers ''love'' adding NightmareFuel examples, often to the point of listing everything that's the slightest bit unsettling or twisting relatively harmless events to make them sound scarier than they are, especially in kid-oriented works (case in point: there was a time when ''every single episode'' of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' had a folder on the show's Nightmare Fuel page, usually consisting of mildly unpleasant things such as {{Slapstick}} or a character being sad). Some pad a work's Nightmare Fuel subpage to make the work look edgy and mature, but in reality, it only invites mockery from people who aren't part of the site's community. Nightmare Fuel is meant to be for scenes that ''terrify'' viewers, often to the point of giving them ''literal'' nightmares. It's '''especially''' not meant to be used for FridgeHorror (since it's only scary if you really overthink things), but go on any sufficiently long Nightmare Fuel page, and chances are you'll find quite a few such examples -- often specifically linking to the Fridge Horror page! It also tends to be used for listing ''every single violent thing'' in works where violence is to be expected (i.e. the Nightmare Fuel pages for ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', which listed ''every single LimitBreak, stage transition, or FinishingMove in those games''), or simply listing descriptions of scenes without any detail on ''why'' they were scary (e.g., the Nightmare Fuel page for ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', where this was so rampant that it had to be [[Administrivia/LockedPages locked]]).
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* Many tropers ''love'' adding NightmareFuel examples, often to the point of listing everything that's the slightest bit unsettling or twisting relatively harmless events to make them sound scarier than they are, especially in kid-oriented works (case in point: there was a time when ''every single episode'' of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' had a folder on the show's Nightmare Fuel page, page[[note]]and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero one episode]] had so many examples its own subpage, with the fact that this was the first single episode of a show to have enough examples to warrant a page all to itself being treated as something worth celebrating rather than a sign that most examples were shoehorns[[/note]], usually consisting of mildly unpleasant things such as {{Slapstick}} or a character being sad). Some pad a work's Nightmare Fuel subpage to make the work look edgy and mature, but in reality, it only invites mockery from people who aren't part of the site's community. Nightmare Fuel is meant to be for scenes that ''terrify'' viewers, often to the point of giving them ''literal'' nightmares. It's '''especially''' not meant to be used for FridgeHorror (since it's only scary if you really overthink things), but go on any sufficiently long Nightmare Fuel page, and chances are you'll find quite a few such examples -- often specifically linking to the Fridge Horror page! It also tends to be used for listing ''every single violent thing'' in works where violence is to be expected (i.e. the Nightmare Fuel pages for ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', which listed ''every single LimitBreak, stage transition, or FinishingMove in those games''), or simply listing descriptions of scenes without any detail on ''why'' they were scary (e.g., the Nightmare Fuel page for ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', where this was so rampant that it had to be [[Administrivia/LockedPages locked]]).
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* A LampshadeHanging was originally supposed to mean when a trope is pointed out in an attempt to hide or excuse it (i.e., please don't look at this trope). Instead, this has come to mean, "Any trope that is acknowledged or pointed out by one or more characters as it's occurring, in any manner or context whatsoever." That would be DiscussedTrope instead. It has gotten to the point that the entire wiki is considered to be nothing but hanging lampshades one after another when it's really ConversationalTroping instead. Another misuse is saying that a parody or review of a work "lampshades" an example within that work -- lampshading can only be done by the work itself.
* The distinction between LargeHam, ChewingTheScenery, and NoIndoorVoice seems to be blurred.[[note]]Quick rundown: LargeHam = overacts all the time. ChewingTheScenery = overacts in a single instance. NoIndoorVoice = talks unnecessarily loudly.[[/note]] In addition, apparently, there is little middle ground between LargeHam and DullSurprise.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers only applies to dialogue, but is often used for what's BreakingOldTrends. The trope eventually became Administrivia/InUniverseExamplesOnly to combat the misuse.
* LateArrivalSpoiler, formerly titled "You Should Know This Already," is usually still potholed and linked as such to facilitate expressions of FanMyopia. It's supposed to refer to promotional materials for a franchise which spoil prior plot developments, assuming fans are already familiar with them. However, it's often used by tropers to mean "I just spoiled something, but it's your fault for not having already seen the movie/show, haha!"
* LeftHanging is when the story gets a proper ending but leaves major plot threads unresolved, not if the work was CutShort or otherwise abruptly dropped.
* A LethalJokeCharacter is one that appears to be a JokeCharacter but has hidden potential that can make them dangerous after all. It's not any character that happens to look, act or generally come across as quirky or weird, but is clearly in line with other characters in terms of gameplay. That's FightingClown. One cleaning of the page almost had to cut ''half'' of the content.
* LetsGetDangerous is supposed to be "a moment in the story when all the quirky, eccentric supporting cast stops being quirky and eccentric and start demonstrating their real skill." For some reason, people keep confusing this with CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass. The fact that the TropeNamer is the show's main character, and a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass himself, probably lends to some of the confusion.
* LightmareFuel is meant to be NightmareFuel that is PlayedForLaughs. It is not just NightmareFuel in an otherwise lighthearted work, that would be SurpriseCreepy.
* A LightningBruiser is a character that is fast, strong, and tough. The first two traits alone aren't enough to qualify.
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt is when the work seemingly or temporality kills a character but the intended dramatic effect is undercut by audiences correctly guessing the work wouldn't actually do it. It does not apply when the work genuinely/[[KilledOffForReal permanently]] kills them, nor for non-death related developments audiences knew wouldn't stick (which would simply be a case of StatusQuoIsGod).
* A LimitBreak is a type of move a character can use that requires a certain limit to be reached or broken, hence the name. It is not a catch-all term for simply a character's "ultimate attack" despite the large overlap. The difference between a Limit Break and any other SpecialAttack is that a Limit Break ''cannot'' be used with impunity (ie: spammable). It needs to have some sort of limit behind it, like a special rechargeable meter of some kind ({{Mana Meter}}s don't count), a certain item that is required to trigger it, or other factors that prevent a character from using it from the get-go. If a character's ultimate attack does not have a limit to begin with and can be used at will, it is not a Limit Break, and this also includes characters that become powerful enough to eventually learn how to use these attacks at their own volition.
* A LipstickLesbian is a woman attracted to other women who looks or acts more feminine than most. Just having long hair and wearing dresses/makeup isn't enough for this trope, otherwise any lesbian short of {{butch|Lesbian}} would qualify.
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis has spawned two other tropes due to misuse -- DirectLineToTheAuthor and ATrueStoryInMyUniverse. Specifically, the trope is about fan theories about how the work is a fictionalized version of real events (hence ''Hypothesis''). Any examples where the ''creator'' is the one claiming the work is a fictionalized version of real events is a Direct Line, and any examples where the ''characters'' treat the work as a fictionalized version of past events is In My Universe.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters is about having a large number of ''main'' characters, but the examples are slipping towards anything that isn't a MinimalistCast.
* LoudnessWar is about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war audio engineers using dynamic range compression to make a track sound loud at all times]], not just any sort of loud noise.
* LouisCypher is about when the villain of a work is revealed to be Satan in disguise, but it's sometimes used for any case where the villain is clearly {{Satan}}. More rarely, it's used to refer to any [[PaperThinDisguise incredibly obvious alias.]]
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* A MacGuffin is an ''interchangeable'' PlotDevice. The key trait of a MacGuffin is that it can be anything, and whatever qualities it has are irrelevant to the story. Lots of people ignore that specification and include any item that drives the story or even items people happen to fight over when fighting over something ''has nothing to do with the definition''. If the PlotDevice could not be replaced with some other item without altering the plot, then it isn't a MacGuffin. This is an especially confusing one, as some tropes with "MacGuffin" in the title do not refer to actual {{MacGuffin}}s.
* MagicalGirlWarrior is not an interchangeable term with {{Henshin Hero}}ine. While this style of MagicalGirl does have some overlapping tropes due to being a subsect, the use of magic/{{magitek}} doesn't always mean a magical girl is present, as in the case of {{Sentai}} or {{Tokusatsu}} superheroines, or just plain magic-using {{Action Girl}}s. Conversely, if there is no magic used, then they can't be a magical girl by definition.
* MagicalMinorityPerson's sub-tropes (MagicalAsian, MagicalNegro, MagicalQueer, etc.) are defined by how they exist only to support the usually straight and white leads with their CloserToEarth wisdom. Many tropers just can't resist the temptation to describe Asian/black/queer/etc. characters with magical powers as "literal" versions of the tropes, regardless of their personality or role in the story.
* MagnificentBastard. Doesn't help that the definition was so vague in the first place; however, efforts to nail down a concrete definition have done little to stem the flood. (It also doesn't help that the TropeNamer, Erwin Rommel, is actually a WorthyOpponent). One of the most common misuses is being someone being acknowledged as this when they're actually just TheChessmaster. Misuse has also happened with characters who have irrecoverable {{Villainous Breakdown}}s, characters who are far too evil to count, or characters who aren't evil at all. Due to the strict definition, this is one of the only tropes on the wiki where every single example must be approved by a perpetual cleanup thread.
* MainstreamObscurity is about works that are praised and referenced to the point that everyone will have heard of them, but not many will have watched them directly. Often misused as "a work I like that should be more well-known" or "only old people like it".
* Who is MarySue? For a mainly FanFiction trope, she's piled up a great number of dubious {{Canon}} examples. See CanonSue, which is another mess. Both on Wiki/TVTropes and across the Internet, the term Mary Sue is often incorrectly used to refer to any OC in fanfiction who has a prominent role, is stereotypically feminine, or exclusively has positive character traits. While many true Mary Sues have these traits, a character only qualifies as a Mary Sue if they greatly overshadow the canon characters with how they're portrayed. Regardless, the trope turned out to be so FlameBait-y that listing any character as a(n unintentional) MarySue is not allowed anywhere on the wiki.
* MayDecemberRomance was/is frequently misused for any relationship where there is a significent age difference between the participants. In fact, it refers to relationships between young adults (20s-30s) with senior citizens (''at least'' late 50s). May and December, not May and August. AgeGapRomance is the supertrope for notable differences in age (like a 20-year old and a 40-year old), and JailbaitTaboo applies when the younger party is underage.
* MegatonPunch is intended to be a punch that sends the recipient flying very far away, often but not necessarily used comedically. It tends to get misconstrued as any particularly powerful-looking or painful-looking punch, even if it doesn't so much as knock the recipient off their feet.
* MemeticLoser is often misapplied to who or what is shown, portrayed as, or are objectively (TheAllegedCar, TierInducedScrappy) ineffectual or when their intended effectuality is an InformedAttribute. All examples must explain why the loser reputation, intentional or otherwise, is unfairly exaggerated.
* MesACrowd is a ''plot'' trope, about using the power of SelfDuplication to get your tasks done. It is frequently misused to refer to the power itself.
* MindScrew is about works that rely heavily on symbolism, to the point where it can be hard to follow if you don't "get" said symbolism. It's often used for works that are hard to follow in general, even if everything you see can be taken at face value and still make sense.
* MiniDressOfPower is about an ActionGirl whose outfit is a mini dress. It does not mean "well she does action stuff ''occasionally''", or worse, just a mini dress being worn (as that would be Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs).
* {{Mondegreen}} is Administrivia/InUniverseExamplesOnly, meaning it involves a ''character'' mishearing something InUniverse, not simply ''viewers'' mishearing something.
* MonsterOfTheWeek is often misused as "this work has monsters and the main characters fight them". It actually describes a specific kind of plot, detailed in the first sentence on the trope page: "where the characters fight a villain and the whole story is wrapped up at the end, never to be dealt with again." If the "monster" [[ArcWelding turns out to be relevant to the overall plot later]], this trope doesn't apply. The threat must be limited to an episode or short arc that is entirely self-contained.
* {{Mooks}} are evil henchmen that have little to no backstory and exist only so that TheHero can kill hordes of them and look like a badass while doing it. It is not just a generic term for "minion". Yes, this means that if a work sets out to deconstruct WhatMeasureIsAMook, it doesn’t actually have Mooks.
* The MoralEventHorizon is meant to be a point where a character is established as so depraved, monstrous, and evil that there is absolutely no believable way to redeem them. However, it tends to get used as "someone acts like a jerk" and "anything that I think is the worst thing a character did", even if the character gets redeemed in the end. Also, many examples have more than one MEH per character, which is impossible; if a character has already been established as completely irredeemable, they cannot be [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment established as completely irredeemable again]]. Lastly, there's a tendency to mistake it with a character being a CompleteMonster, but a character can cross this line ''without'' achieving that status. When it was known as Rape the Dog, this led to people listing cases where the villain ''literally'' raped someone, or had sex with an animal, which are two completely different tropes (RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil and BestialityIsDepraved).
* MoralMyopia is often applied to any moments of {{hypocri|te}}sy. It's only for intentional hypocrisies used to establish a character as unsympathetic or in the wrong. Unintentional examples due to bad writing go under MoralDissonance.
* MoreThanMindControl is often misused as "MindControl and then some more MindControl" or "simple MindControl but more awesome". If anything, it's the opposite of the former; manipulating somebody's heart ''without'' having to use mind control.
* TheMovie is "a heavily expanded, one-shot episode of a TV series usually meant for theatrical distribution". However, people commonly mistake it for "any film adaptation" when other tropes like TheFilmOfTheBook would in fact apply. It's also often applied in attempts to justify a Administrivia/ZeroContextExample with the format "Trope: The Movie".
* MrFanservice is supposed to be about one hot male character (or a few of them) who provides fanservice for the straight/bi female (and gay/bi male) audience. The examples consist mostly of "here is a list of several dozen characters from show X that I found hot."
* MurderByMistake is when a character plots a murder but kills someone other than the intended victim. If the killer had no murderous intent, it's AccidentalMurder. The inverse misuse occasionally also happens.
* A MythologyGag has to be intentional on the part of the creators. It is not a coincidental similarity between works in the same franchise. Before you succumb to the urge to write "looks like a MythologyGag", consider whether or not the element in question bears more than a passing similarity to the element in the original work and if the creators would be making that element similar on purpose. In fact, if you don't ''know'' it's a MythologyGag, it's probably best not to mention it.
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* NakedOnArrival is when a character is nude in their first on-screen/on-page appearance. Tropers seem to keep confusing it for when somebody is naked at the end of some sort of journey, which may or may not be a character's first appearance in the story. If the latter is because of the mechanics of some sort of teleporter, see CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* {{Narm}} is for scenes that were intended to be dramatic but were undercut by things that caused it to be seen as unintentionally funny. It does not apply if scenes were supposed to be funny, fall flat but not in a way that's considered funny, or things that aren't scenes (like a a character's entire vocal performance).
* NarniaTime is not just when two worlds/dimensions (or more) have different but consistent time axis, such as one day in one world or dimension ''always'' equaling one hour or one year in the other (which falls under YearOutsideHourInside or YearInsideHourOutside depending on the point of view). It's when the scale between the two of them is inconsistent like when children after a few days in the real world return to Narnia either a few hours, days, month, years or centuries later.
* NearRapeExperience means that the rapist stopped of their own volition. If they had to be stopped by someone else, that's AttemptedRape.
* NetworkDecay is when a channel's content shifts away from its original theme (i.e. a channel based around music showing content unrelated to music). It does not just mean "the channel is bad because of changes made to the network."
* NeverLiveItDown is for characters best known for what supposed to be a brief or minor moment but is often used for complaining. Entries must explain why those reputations or moments are unfairly exaggerated. (Ironically, several of these misused entries are so disproportionately harsh against the character that they're unintentionally self-demonstrating of the item's correct definition.) It also only applies to characters or groups, as entire works are not moments. Its original name "Jean Grey Escalation" referred to ComicBook/JeanGrey being exaggerated by fans as constantly dying and coming back to life despite her only doing it once, but was confused with constantly dying and being revived so it was renamed to better fit the intended definition. And in-universe examples, formerly considered valid, now belong on OnceDoneNeverForgotten.
* NeverSayDie is when the words "die", "kill", "death", or other forms of those words are replaced with euphemisms ("destroy" being one of the most common examples) in a kid-friendly work because of the fear that children might not understand death, or that the idea of death might be too "heavy" for kids. However, not every aversion of those words constitutes an example; for instance, there are a lot of examples listed where the replacement words for death are merely used for dramatic effect (for example, "never made it out alive"). When determining whether an example counts, one should consider if the words used are a direct replacement for "die" or "kill", if the sentence would sound more natural if "die" or "kill" was actually used in its place, and if the replacement is being made for any other reason other than that it might be too intense for children (e.g., for dramatic effect, or for specificity).
* NiceGuy: Like the DeadpanSnarker before him, the NiceGuy distinguishes himself (or herself) from other characters by having his niceness, politeness, helpfulness, and lack of overt conflict/drama be his '''defining characteristic'''. However, much like how every character ever to make a sarcastic quip was soon labeled a DeadpanSnarker, now every character ever shown to have an ounce of kindness is being labeled NiceGuy even though it's far from their primary characteristic. Put simply: If you and/or the characters have to look for the niceness under a [[SugarAndIcePersonality cold]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold harsh]], or [[TroubledButCute troubled]] exterior, then the character is not a Nice Guy. Please don't go slapping that label on every character who is not a complete {{Jerkass}}.
* NiceHat is about a cool, impressive and/or different hat. It's not simply about any hat wore in general, since that's considered Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain has the word "fixing" for a ''reason''. And no, not being defeated is ''not'' what needs fixing. That's HoistByHisOwnPetard.
* Many tropers ''love'' adding NightmareFuel examples, often to the point of listing everything that's the slightest bit unsettling or twisting relatively harmless events to make them sound scarier than they are, especially in kid-oriented works (case in point: there was a time when ''every single episode'' of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' had a folder on the show's Nightmare Fuel page, usually consisting of mildly unpleasant things such as {{Slapstick}} or a character being sad). Some pad a work's Nightmare Fuel subpage to make the work look edgy and mature, but in reality, it only invites mockery from people who aren't part of the site's community. Nightmare Fuel is meant to be for scenes that ''terrify'' viewers, often to the point of giving them ''literal'' nightmares. It's '''especially''' not meant to be used for FridgeHorror (since it's only scary if you really overthink things), but go on any sufficiently long Nightmare Fuel page, and chances are you'll find quite a few such examples -- often specifically linking to the Fridge Horror page! It also tends to be used for listing ''every single violent thing'' in works where violence is to be expected (i.e. the Nightmare Fuel pages for ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', which listed ''every single LimitBreak, stage transition, or FinishingMove in those games''), or simply listing descriptions of scenes without any detail on ''why'' they were scary (e.g., the Nightmare Fuel page for ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', where this was so rampant that it had to be [[Administrivia/LockedPages locked]]).
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant is supposed for be for characters who are scary or creepy ''without trying to be scary or creepy''. Many tropers forget about the latter part, and just add any scary or creepy characters even if they're obviously trying to be scary and creepy on purpose.
* NintendoHard is about games that are incredibly, ridiculously hard. Many tropers like to attach the label to any even remotely challenging or frustrating game, even if it isn't anywhere near as difficult as the insanely difficult [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] games that gave the trope its name. Others like to use it to shoehorn examples of ThatOneLevel on the main page.
* People tend to confuse NoEnding with LeftHanging, BolivianArmyEnding, GainaxEnding, CliffHanger, SequelHook, and nearly every other ending trope on the wiki except for GrandFinale.
* NoDamageRun is a SelfImposedChallenge. If the game rewards you for completing a task without taking damage, that's FlawlessVictory. If the game ends your run after a single hit, that's OneHitPointWonder. No-Damage Run often gets potholed into pages where OHPW or FV would fit better, such as main work pages where YMMV (including Self-Imposed Challenge and all of its subtropes) is not allowed.
* NoFinalBossForYou is about video games that have a FinalBoss, but for some reason, you can't access it. It's sometimes misused with games that don't have a final boss at all. Additionally, it and TrueFinalBoss tend to be confused with each other; TrueFinalBoss means "you don't have to beat this boss to beat the game, but it's there if you meet conditions above just beating the game", whereas NoFinalBossForYou means "you ''have'' to beat this boss for the standard ending, but you goofed at some point so you don't get to fight it." Admittedly, the line can be a bit blurry, especially if the unlock condition for an endgame boss is simply "beat this arcade-format game up to this point with no continues"; conflicting definitions of "beating"/"clearing" the game kick in at that point. Generally speaking, if a particular end-of-game boss has to be beaten to get a positive ending, then it's NFBFY, and if not you're looking at TFB.
* NoFourthWall is about when the characters all know they're fictional and never pretend that they aren't. BreakingTheFourthWall is when a work that usually has the fourth wall breaks it temporarily. People seem to not realize the difference, to the point where there are more examples of BreakingTheFourthWall on the NoFourthWall page than actual examples of NoFourthWall.
* NotHelpingYourCase is when characters are actually innocent of what they are accused of but act in a way that could make others wrongly assume them guilty. It's often misused for when they say things that make them sound guilty of something of which they genuinely ''are'' guilty, which is IResembleThatRemark.
* NoHuggingNoKissing is meant to be about works that are completely devoid of any romance. It is frequently misused to refer to characters who ''are'' romantically involved but don't show much physical affection onscreen.
* Administrivia/NoLewdnessNoPrudishness tends to get misused in conversations and edit reasons as an excuse for prude behavior against any sort of lewdness on the site in general. However, this ironically ignores the "No Prudishness" part of the page's name. While TV Tropes is no stranger to forbidding works that are straight-up pure porn (see Administrivia/TheContentPolicyAndThe5PCircuit), the site is not against all types of sexual content, just as long as they don't run afoul of NSFW policies. It's also misused the other way around as well, attempting to justify decisions against cutting profanitic content that may prove problematic to site policy. The purpose of NLNP is to discourage both lewd and prude behavior on the spectrum and to keep the site as neutral to both view points as much as possible.
* NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech was once called ""World of Cardboard" Speech". It was intended to refer to a speech where the hero decides to give it their all and not hold anything back, but was often misused for a speech where the hero states why they are the hero, which is a HeroismMotiveSpeech. The trope was renamed in order to curb the misuse.
* NotSoDifferentRemark used to be called simply "Not So Different". The trope involves some kind of in-story realization or remarks between the characters, beyond viewer analysis. If the similarities are not pointed out, the work is using them as {{Foil}} and usually setting a grayish morality. Too many people were using it for the latter rather than the former, so it had to be renamed for clarity.
* NotZilla is meant to be used for anything that is an {{Expy}} of ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'', however it is occasionally used with only the "Not" part in mind for something that is not in any way related to something else, even if there is no connection whatsoever to Godzilla.
* NukeEm is a trope about using nuclear weapons too eagerly or too much. Lots of examples added there are mostly about "this work has nuclear weapons", which [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs isn't a trope]] by itself. If the use of nuclear weapons is a reasonable resort given the scope of the situation, see NuclearOption.
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* ObviousBeta is often used to complain about games that are buggy and/or feel rushed upon release, but while it may be a byproduct of rushing, it is actually about games who's initial release is so badly broken, it's practically unplayable, and has nothing to do with the amount of time it spent in development.
* OCStandIn is often misused as any character used as a blank slate for {{Fanon}} characterization/backstory. Which characters fans latch onto such would be an AudienceReaction and thus not belong under the original works tropes. This trope only applies to the fan works using the character as such or when the original work intentionally makes them to be used so (deliberately vague backstories for fans to fill in, CharacterCustomization).
* OhCrap is an ''in-universe'' reaction, but it is commonly potholed to reflect viewer/editor instances of metaphorically crapping their pants.
* For a work to qualify as an OldShame, it has to be something which the creator is so ashamed of or repulsed by that they actively try to distance themselves from it. It doesn't mean any work which has been criticized by its creator for any reason.
* Even so-called OmnipresentTropes can be {{averted|Trope}}. While Administrivia/NoTropeIsTooCommon, no trope occurs in every work.
* An {{Omniglot}} is someone who knows an unlikely number of languages or can learn them unnaturally fast. Being fluent in two or three languages doesn't cut it.
* OneWayVisor means a visor, not lenses. A visor is like a pair of goggles with temple-arms instead of a strap or the faceplate of a helmet. Doesn't stop people from adding [[ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws Red Hood]] and Franchise/SpiderMan.
* The "OurMonstersAreDifferent" category of tropes is often used to note the presence of a certain monster in a story. The tropes are intended to be used to ''discuss'' how a story portrays a certain creature compared to how other stories portray them.
* OvershadowedByControversy is not just for any work that has ever had a controversy about it, the controversy has to be better known than anything else about the work. It isn't for works that caused divided opinions in the fandom, those are actually cases of BrokenBase or ContestedSequel. It ''definitely'' isn't for anything that only a VocalMinority raised a stink about, the controversy has to overshadow the work's other qualities in the mind of the general public. Some tropers also like to jump the gun and add examples for works that only recently became the subject of controversy, without waiting to see if the controversy will actually end up overshadowing the work or not. This item also is not about works that have gained any sort of recognition for being rare and hard to find. That's KeepCirculatingTheTapes and DancingBear. Finally, this isn’t for [[ListOfTransgressions listing every single bad thing a creator has done]]. If they are mainly known for being controversial and nothing else, it isn’t this item.
* OverusedRunningGag is when a work itself acknowledges or lampshades how often it uses a particular gag. It does not mean "gag that I'm personally sick of" or, worse, "gag I continued after shoehorning in RuleOfThree".
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* ParallelPornTitles are for porn parodies of works where the title is a pun on the name of the original work. It has been misused for any porn parody of a work even if the title is not a pun on the original work's name but instead simply the title of the work with "XXX" or "An XXX Parody" at the end of it.
* Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs refers to something so basic that it can't even be called a trope. It does not mean "[[OmnipresentTropes It's all over the place]]". The core issue is "meaninglessness", not "ubiquitousness."
* A PeripheryHatedom is when a work has a specific target audience that enjoys it, but people outside of that group are upset that a work dares not to appeal to them specifically. Many examples simply explain why people dislike a work, which is [[Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike not something we want on this wiki.]]
* Administrivia/PermanentRedLinkClub does not refer to every article that was ever cut and locked, as some may come back in the future. It is supposed to be a list of articles that this wiki ''never'' wants to come back.
* PinballProtagonist often gets slapped on any hero who stumbles on to the plot, gets help from their allies, or doesn't manage to stop the villain's plans from coming to fruition, regardless of how active they are beyond those points.
* PinkHeroine is not just about any heroine who wears pink. They must also be the protagonist or leader.
* PlatformHell refers to a specific subgenre of games which are specifically designed to punish and frustrate the player as much as possible. Tropers tend to use the phrase to mean "NintendoHard [[Administrivia/TheSameButMore BUT MORE!]]". Platform Hell games are almost exclusively either [[GameMod ROM hacks]] or homebrewed games. It used to be extremely rare for an official retail product to truly qualify as one of these.
* "The core idea of PoesLaw is that a parody of something extreme can be mistaken for the real thing, and if a real thing sounds extreme enough, it can be mistaken for a parody," as the first few lines of that page explain. However, examples have a tendency to be more about works or personalities that are either extreme or at least reviled in general, without the "mistaken for a parody" part. This usually leads to Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike while ignoring the trope definition.
* A PotHole is when a link is [[PotHole hidden in the text]]. Directly displayed links that use [={{brackets}}=] or CamelCase are not potholes.
* PragmaticVillainy is meant for an instance when a character refuses to indulge in an evil act not because [[EvenEvilHasStandards it's too evil]], but because said character knows it's not really to their benefit (wasted resources, PR nightmare, likely to get themselves harmed in the process, not actually possible, etc). It does not necessarily refer to villains who are pragmatic overall (that's closer to NoNonsenseNemesis), nor is it necessarily referring to villains who [[CombatPragmatist fight dirty.]]
* PrecisionFStrike, as the description says, only applies to characters who don't swear often, if at all. Maybe -- ''maybe''' -- if the swear is supposed to obviously be part of the drama of a significant moment. Of course, it gets applied to characters who swear all the time, and to moments that aren't the least bit dramatic. And that's not even getting into the number of pages where any single use of the word "fuck" is {{Pot Hole}}d to this trope as if F-bombs in and of themselves [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs are a trope]].
* TheProblemWithLicensedGames is meant specifically for licensed games ''that are generally regarded as bad''. Tropers have a tendency to PotHole this to ''any mention of a licensed game'', even if the game's quality is not mentioned. For these cases, the appropriate trope is LicensedGame. Either the PotHole is due to [[Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike Complaining About Licensed Games You Don't Like]], the stigma of licensed games seeping into TV Tropes, or tropers simply not knowing that the trope LicensedGame exists.
* ProperLady is meant for characters who conform to classic Western ideals of femininity. If the lady in question is East Asian, she falls under YamatoNadeshiko instead.
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality is often used as a catch-all for any protagonist performing and getting away with actions which our modern society perceives as morally wrong when in truth this use is more along the lines of ValuesDissonance. This trope is actually more about a DoubleStandard, wherein the main character and characters they are sympathetic towards are allowed to get away with performing actions that other characters would be condemned for, or alternately characters who are objectively not that bad are presented as irredeemable due to not liking or supporting the protagonist.
* PutOnABus means that a character is written off in such a way that they could return (as in, without being killed off). It does not necessarily involve a bus. If the character just suddenly disappears with no explanation at all, that's ChuckCunninghamSyndrome.
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* A LampshadeHanging was originally supposed to mean when a trope is pointed out in an attempt to hide or excuse it (i.e., please don't look at this trope). Instead, this has come to mean, "Any trope that is acknowledged or pointed out by one or more characters as it's occurring, in any manner or context whatsoever." That would be DiscussedTrope instead. It has gotten to the point that the entire wiki is considered to be nothing but hanging lampshades one after another when it's really ConversationalTroping instead. Another misuse is saying that a parody or review of a work "lampshades" an example within that work -- lampshading can only be done by the work itself.
* The distinction between LargeHam, ChewingTheScenery, and NoIndoorVoice seems to be blurred.[[note]]Quick rundown: LargeHam = overacts all the time. ChewingTheScenery = overacts in a single instance. NoIndoorVoice = talks unnecessarily loudly.[[/note]] In addition, apparently, there is little middle ground between LargeHam and DullSurprise.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers only applies to dialogue, but is often used for what's BreakingOldTrends. The trope eventually became Administrivia/InUniverseExamplesOnly to combat the misuse.
* LateArrivalSpoiler, formerly titled "You Should Know This Already," is usually still potholed and linked as such to facilitate expressions of FanMyopia. It's supposed to refer to promotional materials for a franchise which spoil prior plot developments, assuming fans are already familiar with them. However, it's often used by tropers to mean "I just spoiled something, but it's your fault for not having already seen the movie/show, haha!"
* LeftHanging is when the story gets a proper ending but leaves major plot threads unresolved, not if the work was CutShort or otherwise abruptly dropped.
* A LethalJokeCharacter is one that appears to be a JokeCharacter but has hidden potential that can make them dangerous after all. It's not any character that happens to look, act or generally come across as quirky or weird, but is clearly in line with other characters in terms of gameplay. That's FightingClown. One cleaning of the page almost had to cut ''half'' of the content.
* LetsGetDangerous is supposed to be "a moment in the story when all the quirky, eccentric supporting cast stops being quirky and eccentric and start demonstrating their real skill." For some reason, people keep confusing this with CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass. The fact that the TropeNamer is the show's main character, and a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass himself, probably lends to some of the confusion.
* LightmareFuel is meant to be NightmareFuel that is PlayedForLaughs. It is not just NightmareFuel in an otherwise lighthearted work, that would be SurpriseCreepy.
* A LightningBruiser is a character that is fast, strong, and tough. The first two traits alone aren't enough to qualify.
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt is when the work seemingly or temporality kills a character but the intended dramatic effect is undercut by audiences correctly guessing the work wouldn't actually do it. It does not apply when the work genuinely/[[KilledOffForReal permanently]] kills them, nor for non-death related developments audiences knew wouldn't stick (which would simply be a case of StatusQuoIsGod).
* A LimitBreak is a type of move a character can use that requires a certain limit to be reached or broken, hence the name. It is not a catch-all term for simply a character's "ultimate attack" despite the large overlap. The difference between a Limit Break and any other SpecialAttack is that a Limit Break ''cannot'' be used with impunity (ie: spammable). It needs to have some sort of limit behind it, like a special rechargeable meter of some kind ({{Mana Meter}}s don't count), a certain item that is required to trigger it, or other factors that prevent a character from using it from the get-go. If a character's ultimate attack does not have a limit to begin with and can be used at will, it is not a Limit Break, and this also includes characters that become powerful enough to eventually learn how to use these attacks at their own volition.
* A LipstickLesbian is a woman attracted to other women who looks or acts more feminine than most. Just having long hair and wearing dresses/makeup isn't enough for this trope, otherwise any lesbian short of {{butch|Lesbian}} would qualify.
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis has spawned two other tropes due to misuse -- DirectLineToTheAuthor and ATrueStoryInMyUniverse. Specifically, the trope is about fan theories about how the work is a fictionalized version of real events (hence ''Hypothesis''). Any examples where the ''creator'' is the one claiming the work is a fictionalized version of real events is a Direct Line, and any examples where the ''characters'' treat the work as a fictionalized version of past events is In My Universe.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters is about having a large number of ''main'' characters, but the examples are slipping towards anything that isn't a MinimalistCast.
* LoudnessWar is about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war audio engineers using dynamic range compression to make a track sound loud at all times]], not just any sort of loud noise.
* LouisCypher is about when the villain of a work is revealed to be Satan in disguise, but it's sometimes used for any case where the villain is clearly {{Satan}}. More rarely, it's used to refer to any [[PaperThinDisguise incredibly obvious alias.]]
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* A MacGuffin is an ''interchangeable'' PlotDevice. The key trait of a MacGuffin is that it can be anything, and whatever qualities it has are irrelevant to the story. Lots of people ignore that specification and include any item that drives the story or even items people happen to fight over when fighting over something ''has nothing to do with the definition''. If the PlotDevice could not be replaced with some other item without altering the plot, then it isn't a MacGuffin. This is an especially confusing one, as some tropes with "MacGuffin" in the title do not refer to actual {{MacGuffin}}s.
* MagicalGirlWarrior is not an interchangeable term with {{Henshin Hero}}ine. While this style of MagicalGirl does have some overlapping tropes due to being a subsect, the use of magic/{{magitek}} doesn't always mean a magical girl is present, as in the case of {{Sentai}} or {{Tokusatsu}} superheroines, or just plain magic-using {{Action Girl}}s. Conversely, if there is no magic used, then they can't be a magical girl by definition.
* MagicalMinorityPerson's sub-tropes (MagicalAsian, MagicalNegro, MagicalQueer, etc.) are defined by how they exist only to support the usually straight and white leads with their CloserToEarth wisdom. Many tropers just can't resist the temptation to describe Asian/black/queer/etc. characters with magical powers as "literal" versions of the tropes, regardless of their personality or role in the story.
* MagnificentBastard. Doesn't help that the definition was so vague in the first place; however, efforts to nail down a concrete definition have done little to stem the flood. (It also doesn't help that the TropeNamer, Erwin Rommel, is actually a WorthyOpponent). One of the most common misuses is being someone being acknowledged as this when they're actually just TheChessmaster. Misuse has also happened with characters who have irrecoverable {{Villainous Breakdown}}s, characters who are far too evil to count, or characters who aren't evil at all. Due to the strict definition, this is one of the only tropes on the wiki where every single example must be approved by a perpetual cleanup thread.
* MainstreamObscurity is about works that are praised and referenced to the point that everyone will have heard of them, but not many will have watched them directly. Often misused as "a work I like that should be more well-known" or "only old people like it".
* Who is MarySue? For a mainly FanFiction trope, she's piled up a great number of dubious {{Canon}} examples. See CanonSue, which is another mess. Both on Wiki/TVTropes and across the Internet, the term Mary Sue is often incorrectly used to refer to any OC in fanfiction who has a prominent role, is stereotypically feminine, or exclusively has positive character traits. While many true Mary Sues have these traits, a character only qualifies as a Mary Sue if they greatly overshadow the canon characters with how they're portrayed. Regardless, the trope turned out to be so FlameBait-y that listing any character as a(n unintentional) MarySue is not allowed anywhere on the wiki.
* MayDecemberRomance was/is frequently misused for any relationship where there is a significent age difference between the participants. In fact, it refers to relationships between young adults (20s-30s) with senior citizens (''at least'' late 50s). May and December, not May and August. AgeGapRomance is the supertrope for notable differences in age (like a 20-year old and a 40-year old), and JailbaitTaboo applies when the younger party is underage.
* MegatonPunch is intended to be a punch that sends the recipient flying very far away, often but not necessarily used comedically. It tends to get misconstrued as any particularly powerful-looking or painful-looking punch, even if it doesn't so much as knock the recipient off their feet.
* MemeticLoser is often misapplied to who or what is shown, portrayed as, or are objectively (TheAllegedCar, TierInducedScrappy) ineffectual or when their intended effectuality is an InformedAttribute. All examples must explain why the loser reputation, intentional or otherwise, is unfairly exaggerated.
* MesACrowd is a ''plot'' trope, about using the power of SelfDuplication to get your tasks done. It is frequently misused to refer to the power itself.
* MindScrew is about works that rely heavily on symbolism, to the point where it can be hard to follow if you don't "get" said symbolism. It's often used for works that are hard to follow in general, even if everything you see can be taken at face value and still make sense.
* MiniDressOfPower is about an ActionGirl whose outfit is a mini dress. It does not mean "well she does action stuff ''occasionally''", or worse, just a mini dress being worn (as that would be Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs).
* {{Mondegreen}} is Administrivia/InUniverseExamplesOnly, meaning it involves a ''character'' mishearing something InUniverse, not simply ''viewers'' mishearing something.
* MonsterOfTheWeek is often misused as "this work has monsters and the main characters fight them". It actually describes a specific kind of plot, detailed in the first sentence on the trope page: "where the characters fight a villain and the whole story is wrapped up at the end, never to be dealt with again." If the "monster" [[ArcWelding turns out to be relevant to the overall plot later]], this trope doesn't apply. The threat must be limited to an episode or short arc that is entirely self-contained.
* {{Mooks}} are evil henchmen that have little to no backstory and exist only so that TheHero can kill hordes of them and look like a badass while doing it. It is not just a generic term for "minion". Yes, this means that if a work sets out to deconstruct WhatMeasureIsAMook, it doesn’t actually have Mooks.
* The MoralEventHorizon is meant to be a point where a character is established as so depraved, monstrous, and evil that there is absolutely no believable way to redeem them. However, it tends to get used as "someone acts like a jerk" and "anything that I think is the worst thing a character did", even if the character gets redeemed in the end. Also, many examples have more than one MEH per character, which is impossible; if a character has already been established as completely irredeemable, they cannot be [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment established as completely irredeemable again]]. Lastly, there's a tendency to mistake it with a character being a CompleteMonster, but a character can cross this line ''without'' achieving that status. When it was known as Rape the Dog, this led to people listing cases where the villain ''literally'' raped someone, or had sex with an animal, which are two completely different tropes (RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil and BestialityIsDepraved).
* MoralMyopia is often applied to any moments of {{hypocri|te}}sy. It's only for intentional hypocrisies used to establish a character as unsympathetic or in the wrong. Unintentional examples due to bad writing go under MoralDissonance.
* MoreThanMindControl is often misused as "MindControl and then some more MindControl" or "simple MindControl but more awesome". If anything, it's the opposite of the former; manipulating somebody's heart ''without'' having to use mind control.
* TheMovie is "a heavily expanded, one-shot episode of a TV series usually meant for theatrical distribution". However, people commonly mistake it for "any film adaptation" when other tropes like TheFilmOfTheBook would in fact apply. It's also often applied in attempts to justify a Administrivia/ZeroContextExample with the format "Trope: The Movie".
* MrFanservice is supposed to be about one hot male character (or a few of them) who provides fanservice for the straight/bi female (and gay/bi male) audience. The examples consist mostly of "here is a list of several dozen characters from show X that I found hot."
* MurderByMistake is when a character plots a murder but kills someone other than the intended victim. If the killer had no murderous intent, it's AccidentalMurder. The inverse misuse occasionally also happens.
* A MythologyGag has to be intentional on the part of the creators. It is not a coincidental similarity between works in the same franchise. Before you succumb to the urge to write "looks like a MythologyGag", consider whether or not the element in question bears more than a passing similarity to the element in the original work and if the creators would be making that element similar on purpose. In fact, if you don't ''know'' it's a MythologyGag, it's probably best not to mention it.
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* NakedOnArrival is when a character is nude in their first on-screen/on-page appearance. Tropers seem to keep confusing it for when somebody is naked at the end of some sort of journey, which may or may not be a character's first appearance in the story. If the latter is because of the mechanics of some sort of teleporter, see CantTakeAnythingWithYou.
* {{Narm}} is for scenes that were intended to be dramatic but were undercut by things that caused it to be seen as unintentionally funny. It does not apply if scenes were supposed to be funny, fall flat but not in a way that's considered funny, or things that aren't scenes (like a a character's entire vocal performance).
* NarniaTime is not just when two worlds/dimensions (or more) have different but consistent time axis, such as one day in one world or dimension ''always'' equaling one hour or one year in the other (which falls under YearOutsideHourInside or YearInsideHourOutside depending on the point of view). It's when the scale between the two of them is inconsistent like when children after a few days in the real world return to Narnia either a few hours, days, month, years or centuries later.
* NearRapeExperience means that the rapist stopped of their own volition. If they had to be stopped by someone else, that's AttemptedRape.
* NetworkDecay is when a channel's content shifts away from its original theme (i.e. a channel based around music showing content unrelated to music). It does not just mean "the channel is bad because of changes made to the network."
* NeverLiveItDown is for characters best known for what supposed to be a brief or minor moment but is often used for complaining. Entries must explain why those reputations or moments are unfairly exaggerated. (Ironically, several of these misused entries are so disproportionately harsh against the character that they're unintentionally self-demonstrating of the item's correct definition.) It also only applies to characters or groups, as entire works are not moments. Its original name "Jean Grey Escalation" referred to ComicBook/JeanGrey being exaggerated by fans as constantly dying and coming back to life despite her only doing it once, but was confused with constantly dying and being revived so it was renamed to better fit the intended definition. And in-universe examples, formerly considered valid, now belong on OnceDoneNeverForgotten.
* NeverSayDie is when the words "die", "kill", "death", or other forms of those words are replaced with euphemisms ("destroy" being one of the most common examples) in a kid-friendly work because of the fear that children might not understand death, or that the idea of death might be too "heavy" for kids. However, not every aversion of those words constitutes an example; for instance, there are a lot of examples listed where the replacement words for death are merely used for dramatic effect (for example, "never made it out alive"). When determining whether an example counts, one should consider if the words used are a direct replacement for "die" or "kill", if the sentence would sound more natural if "die" or "kill" was actually used in its place, and if the replacement is being made for any other reason other than that it might be too intense for children (e.g., for dramatic effect, or for specificity).
* NiceGuy: Like the DeadpanSnarker before him, the NiceGuy distinguishes himself (or herself) from other characters by having his niceness, politeness, helpfulness, and lack of overt conflict/drama be his '''defining characteristic'''. However, much like how every character ever to make a sarcastic quip was soon labeled a DeadpanSnarker, now every character ever shown to have an ounce of kindness is being labeled NiceGuy even though it's far from their primary characteristic. Put simply: If you and/or the characters have to look for the niceness under a [[SugarAndIcePersonality cold]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold harsh]], or [[TroubledButCute troubled]] exterior, then the character is not a Nice Guy. Please don't go slapping that label on every character who is not a complete {{Jerkass}}.
* NiceHat is about a cool, impressive and/or different hat. It's not simply about any hat wore in general, since that's considered Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain has the word "fixing" for a ''reason''. And no, not being defeated is ''not'' what needs fixing. That's HoistByHisOwnPetard.
* Many tropers ''love'' adding NightmareFuel examples, often to the point of listing everything that's the slightest bit unsettling or twisting relatively harmless events to make them sound scarier than they are, especially in kid-oriented works (case in point: there was a time when ''every single episode'' of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' had a folder on the show's Nightmare Fuel page, usually consisting of mildly unpleasant things such as {{Slapstick}} or a character being sad). Some pad a work's Nightmare Fuel subpage to make the work look edgy and mature, but in reality, it only invites mockery from people who aren't part of the site's community. Nightmare Fuel is meant to be for scenes that ''terrify'' viewers, often to the point of giving them ''literal'' nightmares. It's '''especially''' not meant to be used for FridgeHorror (since it's only scary if you really overthink things), but go on any sufficiently long Nightmare Fuel page, and chances are you'll find quite a few such examples -- often specifically linking to the Fridge Horror page! It also tends to be used for listing ''every single violent thing'' in works where violence is to be expected (i.e. the Nightmare Fuel pages for ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', which listed ''every single LimitBreak, stage transition, or FinishingMove in those games''), or simply listing descriptions of scenes without any detail on ''why'' they were scary (e.g., the Nightmare Fuel page for ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', where this was so rampant that it had to be [[Administrivia/LockedPages locked]]).
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant is supposed for be for characters who are scary or creepy ''without trying to be scary or creepy''. Many tropers forget about the latter part, and just add any scary or creepy characters even if they're obviously trying to be scary and creepy on purpose.
* NintendoHard is about games that are incredibly, ridiculously hard. Many tropers like to attach the label to any even remotely challenging or frustrating game, even if it isn't anywhere near as difficult as the insanely difficult [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] games that gave the trope its name. Others like to use it to shoehorn examples of ThatOneLevel on the main page.
* People tend to confuse NoEnding with LeftHanging, BolivianArmyEnding, GainaxEnding, CliffHanger, SequelHook, and nearly every other ending trope on the wiki except for GrandFinale.
* NoDamageRun is a SelfImposedChallenge. If the game rewards you for completing a task without taking damage, that's FlawlessVictory. If the game ends your run after a single hit, that's OneHitPointWonder. No-Damage Run often gets potholed into pages where OHPW or FV would fit better, such as main work pages where YMMV (including Self-Imposed Challenge and all of its subtropes) is not allowed.
* NoFinalBossForYou is about video games that have a FinalBoss, but for some reason, you can't access it. It's sometimes misused with games that don't have a final boss at all. Additionally, it and TrueFinalBoss tend to be confused with each other; TrueFinalBoss means "you don't have to beat this boss to beat the game, but it's there if you meet conditions above just beating the game", whereas NoFinalBossForYou means "you ''have'' to beat this boss for the standard ending, but you goofed at some point so you don't get to fight it." Admittedly, the line can be a bit blurry, especially if the unlock condition for an endgame boss is simply "beat this arcade-format game up to this point with no continues"; conflicting definitions of "beating"/"clearing" the game kick in at that point. Generally speaking, if a particular end-of-game boss has to be beaten to get a positive ending, then it's NFBFY, and if not you're looking at TFB.
* NoFourthWall is about when the characters all know they're fictional and never pretend that they aren't. BreakingTheFourthWall is when a work that usually has the fourth wall breaks it temporarily. People seem to not realize the difference, to the point where there are more examples of BreakingTheFourthWall on the NoFourthWall page than actual examples of NoFourthWall.
* NotHelpingYourCase is when characters are actually innocent of what they are accused of but act in a way that could make others wrongly assume them guilty. It's often misused for when they say things that make them sound guilty of something of which they genuinely ''are'' guilty, which is IResembleThatRemark.
* NoHuggingNoKissing is meant to be about works that are completely devoid of any romance. It is frequently misused to refer to characters who ''are'' romantically involved but don't show much physical affection onscreen.
* Administrivia/NoLewdnessNoPrudishness tends to get misused in conversations and edit reasons as an excuse for prude behavior against any sort of lewdness on the site in general. However, this ironically ignores the "No Prudishness" part of the page's name. While TV Tropes is no stranger to forbidding works that are straight-up pure porn (see Administrivia/TheContentPolicyAndThe5PCircuit), the site is not against all types of sexual content, just as long as they don't run afoul of NSFW policies. It's also misused the other way around as well, attempting to justify decisions against cutting profanitic content that may prove problematic to site policy. The purpose of NLNP is to discourage both lewd and prude behavior on the spectrum and to keep the site as neutral to both view points as much as possible.
* NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech was once called ""World of Cardboard" Speech". It was intended to refer to a speech where the hero decides to give it their all and not hold anything back, but was often misused for a speech where the hero states why they are the hero, which is a HeroismMotiveSpeech. The trope was renamed in order to curb the misuse.
* NotSoDifferentRemark used to be called simply "Not So Different". The trope involves some kind of in-story realization or remarks between the characters, beyond viewer analysis. If the similarities are not pointed out, the work is using them as {{Foil}} and usually setting a grayish morality. Too many people were using it for the latter rather than the former, so it had to be renamed for clarity.
* NotZilla is meant to be used for anything that is an {{Expy}} of ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'', however it is occasionally used with only the "Not" part in mind for something that is not in any way related to something else, even if there is no connection whatsoever to Godzilla.
* NukeEm is a trope about using nuclear weapons too eagerly or too much. Lots of examples added there are mostly about "this work has nuclear weapons", which [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs isn't a trope]] by itself. If the use of nuclear weapons is a reasonable resort given the scope of the situation, see NuclearOption.
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* ObviousBeta is often used to complain about games that are buggy and/or feel rushed upon release, but while it may be a byproduct of rushing, it is actually about games who's initial release is so badly broken, it's practically unplayable, and has nothing to do with the amount of time it spent in development.
* OCStandIn is often misused as any character used as a blank slate for {{Fanon}} characterization/backstory. Which characters fans latch onto such would be an AudienceReaction and thus not belong under the original works tropes. This trope only applies to the fan works using the character as such or when the original work intentionally makes them to be used so (deliberately vague backstories for fans to fill in, CharacterCustomization).
* OhCrap is an ''in-universe'' reaction, but it is commonly potholed to reflect viewer/editor instances of metaphorically crapping their pants.
* For a work to qualify as an OldShame, it has to be something which the creator is so ashamed of or repulsed by that they actively try to distance themselves from it. It doesn't mean any work which has been criticized by its creator for any reason.
* Even so-called OmnipresentTropes can be {{averted|Trope}}. While Administrivia/NoTropeIsTooCommon, no trope occurs in every work.
* An {{Omniglot}} is someone who knows an unlikely number of languages or can learn them unnaturally fast. Being fluent in two or three languages doesn't cut it.
* OneWayVisor means a visor, not lenses. A visor is like a pair of goggles with temple-arms instead of a strap or the faceplate of a helmet. Doesn't stop people from adding [[ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws Red Hood]] and Franchise/SpiderMan.
* The "OurMonstersAreDifferent" category of tropes is often used to note the presence of a certain monster in a story. The tropes are intended to be used to ''discuss'' how a story portrays a certain creature compared to how other stories portray them.
* OvershadowedByControversy is not just for any work that has ever had a controversy about it, the controversy has to be better known than anything else about the work. It isn't for works that caused divided opinions in the fandom, those are actually cases of BrokenBase or ContestedSequel. It ''definitely'' isn't for anything that only a VocalMinority raised a stink about, the controversy has to overshadow the work's other qualities in the mind of the general public. Some tropers also like to jump the gun and add examples for works that only recently became the subject of controversy, without waiting to see if the controversy will actually end up overshadowing the work or not. This item also is not about works that have gained any sort of recognition for being rare and hard to find. That's KeepCirculatingTheTapes and DancingBear. Finally, this isn’t for [[ListOfTransgressions listing every single bad thing a creator has done]]. If they are mainly known for being controversial and nothing else, it isn’t this item.
* OverusedRunningGag is when a work itself acknowledges or lampshades how often it uses a particular gag. It does not mean "gag that I'm personally sick of" or, worse, "gag I continued after shoehorning in RuleOfThree".
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* ParallelPornTitles are for porn parodies of works where the title is a pun on the name of the original work. It has been misused for any porn parody of a work even if the title is not a pun on the original work's name but instead simply the title of the work with "XXX" or "An XXX Parody" at the end of it.
* Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs refers to something so basic that it can't even be called a trope. It does not mean "[[OmnipresentTropes It's all over the place]]". The core issue is "meaninglessness", not "ubiquitousness."
* A PeripheryHatedom is when a work has a specific target audience that enjoys it, but people outside of that group are upset that a work dares not to appeal to them specifically. Many examples simply explain why people dislike a work, which is [[Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike not something we want on this wiki.]]
* Administrivia/PermanentRedLinkClub does not refer to every article that was ever cut and locked, as some may come back in the future. It is supposed to be a list of articles that this wiki ''never'' wants to come back.
* PinballProtagonist often gets slapped on any hero who stumbles on to the plot, gets help from their allies, or doesn't manage to stop the villain's plans from coming to fruition, regardless of how active they are beyond those points.
* PinkHeroine is not just about any heroine who wears pink. They must also be the protagonist or leader.
* PlatformHell refers to a specific subgenre of games which are specifically designed to punish and frustrate the player as much as possible. Tropers tend to use the phrase to mean "NintendoHard [[Administrivia/TheSameButMore BUT MORE!]]". Platform Hell games are almost exclusively either [[GameMod ROM hacks]] or homebrewed games. It used to be extremely rare for an official retail product to truly qualify as one of these.
* "The core idea of PoesLaw is that a parody of something extreme can be mistaken for the real thing, and if a real thing sounds extreme enough, it can be mistaken for a parody," as the first few lines of that page explain. However, examples have a tendency to be more about works or personalities that are either extreme or at least reviled in general, without the "mistaken for a parody" part. This usually leads to Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike while ignoring the trope definition.
* A PotHole is when a link is [[PotHole hidden in the text]]. Directly displayed links that use [={{brackets}}=] or CamelCase are not potholes.
* PragmaticVillainy is meant for an instance when a character refuses to indulge in an evil act not because [[EvenEvilHasStandards it's too evil]], but because said character knows it's not really to their benefit (wasted resources, PR nightmare, likely to get themselves harmed in the process, not actually possible, etc). It does not necessarily refer to villains who are pragmatic overall (that's closer to NoNonsenseNemesis), nor is it necessarily referring to villains who [[CombatPragmatist fight dirty.]]
* PrecisionFStrike, as the description says, only applies to characters who don't swear often, if at all. Maybe -- ''maybe''' -- if the swear is supposed to obviously be part of the drama of a significant moment. Of course, it gets applied to characters who swear all the time, and to moments that aren't the least bit dramatic. And that's not even getting into the number of pages where any single use of the word "fuck" is {{Pot Hole}}d to this trope as if F-bombs in and of themselves [[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs are a trope]].
* TheProblemWithLicensedGames is meant specifically for licensed games ''that are generally regarded as bad''. Tropers have a tendency to PotHole this to ''any mention of a licensed game'', even if the game's quality is not mentioned. For these cases, the appropriate trope is LicensedGame. Either the PotHole is due to [[Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike Complaining About Licensed Games You Don't Like]], the stigma of licensed games seeping into TV Tropes, or tropers simply not knowing that the trope LicensedGame exists.
* ProperLady is meant for characters who conform to classic Western ideals of femininity. If the lady in question is East Asian, she falls under YamatoNadeshiko instead.
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality is often used as a catch-all for any protagonist performing and getting away with actions which our modern society perceives as morally wrong when in truth this use is more along the lines of ValuesDissonance. This trope is actually more about a DoubleStandard, wherein the main character and characters they are sympathetic towards are allowed to get away with performing actions that other characters would be condemned for, or alternately characters who are objectively not that bad are presented as irredeemable due to not liking or supporting the protagonist.
* PutOnABus means that a character is written off in such a way that they could return (as in, without being killed off). It does not necessarily involve a bus. If the character just suddenly disappears with no explanation at all, that's ChuckCunninghamSyndrome.
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