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** ''[=UNiPON=]'' also features incredibly clean character art despite being an [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] game that could have gotten away with simple sprites.
** The ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]'' franchise attracted lots of fanart for official characters, power-ups, and enemies that had either [[PutOnABus gone absent]] since the classic games, or simply hadn't yet gotten renders. The most convincing of these may be recognizable, as they've been used across the internet--sadly without crediting the artists or fact-checking whether they were official Nintendo artwork, likely due to appearing on Google Images in lieu of a genuine product. Without defending the widespread art theft, it's impressive in its own right that this fanart could match the style and quality of a major publisher's rendering pipeline[[note]]Nintendo had yet to transition to physically based rendering, leaving a clear throughline from UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube renders up to the UsefulNotes/WiiU era[[/note]] in the eyes of many.
** The ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]'' franchise attracted lots of fanart for official characters, power-ups, and enemies that had either [[PutOnABus gone absent]] since the classic games, or simply hadn't yet gotten renders. The most convincing of these may be recognizable, as they've been used across the internet--sadly without crediting the artists or fact-checking whether they were official Nintendo artwork, likely due to appearing on Google Images in lieu of a genuine product. Without defending the widespread art theft, it's impressive in its own right that this fanart could match the style and quality of a major publisher's rendering pipeline[[note]]Nintendo had yet to transition to physically based rendering, leaving a clear throughline from UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube renders up to the UsefulNotes/WiiU era[[/note]] in the eyes of many.
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** ''[=UNiPON=]'' also features incredibly clean character art despite being an [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] game that could have gotten away with simple sprites.
** The ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]'' franchise attracted lots of fanart for official characters, power-ups, and enemies that had either [[PutOnABus gone absent]] since the classic games, or simply hadn't yet gotten renders. The most convincing of these may be recognizable, as they've been used across the internet--sadly without crediting the artists or fact-checking whether they were official Nintendo artwork, likely due to appearing on Google Images in lieu of a genuine product. Without defending the widespread art theft, it's impressive in its own right that this fanart could match the style and quality of a major publisher's rendering pipeline[[note]]Nintendo had yet to transition to physically based rendering, leaving a clear throughline fromUsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube Platform/NintendoGameCube renders up to the UsefulNotes/WiiU Platform/WiiU era[[/note]] in the eyes of many.
** The ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]'' franchise attracted lots of fanart for official characters, power-ups, and enemies that had either [[PutOnABus gone absent]] since the classic games, or simply hadn't yet gotten renders. The most convincing of these may be recognizable, as they've been used across the internet--sadly without crediting the artists or fact-checking whether they were official Nintendo artwork, likely due to appearing on Google Images in lieu of a genuine product. Without defending the widespread art theft, it's impressive in its own right that this fanart could match the style and quality of a major publisher's rendering pipeline[[note]]Nintendo had yet to transition to physically based rendering, leaving a clear throughline from
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* HilariousInHindsight: The Tuba Flower, an idea for a ''VideoGame/SuperMario'' power-up from 2010, looks incredibly similar to the talking flowers in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder''. This is compounded by the reveal trailer opening on one and continuing to focus on it for several seconds before showing the full screen.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The Tuba Flower, an idea for a ''VideoGame/SuperMario'' ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' power-up from 2010, looks incredibly similar to the talking flowers in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder''. This is compounded by the reveal trailer opening on one and continuing to focus on it for several seconds before showing the full screen.
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* ArchivePanic: The wiki features well over 40,000 articles, though the jury is out on how much of that is worth reading. The Sysop Approval system was originally meant to mark the highest-priority articles to be moved to a new web host if the need arose, but that's still grown to more than 900 articles, and that count ignores subpages and any prior context required to fully appreciate an article.
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** The wiki features well over 40,000 articles, though the jury is out on how much of that is worth reading. The Sysop Approval system was originally meant to mark the highest-priority articles to be moved to a new web host if the need arose, but that's still grown to more than 900 articles, and that count ignores subpages and any prior context required to fully appreciate an article.
** The wiki features well over 40,000 articles, though the jury is out on how much of that is worth reading. The Sysop Approval system was originally meant to mark the highest-priority articles to be moved to a new web host if the need arose, but that's still grown to more than 900 articles, and that count ignores subpages and any prior context required to fully appreciate an article.
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** Unten's relatively well-known backstory was more recently codified than most users realize, leading to a simplified perspective on the character and his series. See the entry for EarlyInstallmentWeirdness on the [[{{Wiki/Fantendo}} main page]].
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** Unten's relatively well-known backstory was more recently codified than most users realize, leading to a simplified perspective on the character and his series. See the entry for EarlyInstallmentWeirdness on the [[{{Wiki/Fantendo}} main page]].
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* ArchivePanic: The wiki features well over 40,000 articles, though the jury is out on [[SturgeonsLaw how much of that is worth reading]].reading. The Sysop Approval system was originally meant to mark the highest-priority articles to be moved to a new web host if the need arose, but that's still grown to more than 900 articles, and that count ignores subpages and any prior context required to fully appreciate an article.
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* MarySuetopia: In the utopian town of Fundale, [[AbsurdlyPowerfulSchoolJurisdiction the local university is the government and strictly controls all aspects of life.]] Rather than being sent to jail, lawbreakers are "escorted"--[[TheExile permanently kicked out]], sometimes [[FamilyHonor along with their whole family]]. [[GoshDangItToHeck Mild]] [[ProfanityPolice profanity]] and [[MinorInsultMeltdown insults]], [[ThinkOfTheChildren adult media]], and [[DrugsAreBad antidepressant drugs]] (despite many or all citizens having disorders) are legally and socially taboo [[BlackAndWhiteMorality on the same level as the worst crimes]]. Only children who can perform well in school are accepted into the town; that is, families are [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer ostracized]] and [[DisproportionateRetribution escorted]] if the child [[TheBGrade ever gets a single C+ or lower]]. Even though other plausible explanations like [[TheBully school bullying]] are acknowledged to exist, Fundale seemingly views such grades as automatic proof of domestic child abuse. (And responds by kicking the family out as a unit.) Yet of all things, spousal abuse gets relatively mild punishment, with the partners actually getting split up and no mention of escort.
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** Was complained of the New Fantendoverse, leading to a plot summary and timeline of works on the project's landing page.
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** Was complained of the New Fantendoverse, leading to a plot summary and timeline of works on the project's landing page. ''World Tournament'' features an additional recap from Fan-Tan-Doe and Enemy-Tan-Doe.
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* FriendlyFandoms: Initially with the ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]'' fandom, due to Fantendo spinning off from a SelfParody of the Super Mario Wiki. The connection is mostly lost nowadays as the userbases have drifted apart, and Super Mario Wiki opinions on Fantendo now vary widely.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Osiris was renamed from Isis as the old name stopped being associated with the ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman goddess.
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* MemeticBadass: Shy guy yellow, after [[BadassBoast proclaiming]] "I HAVE HOUSE OF BIKINIS GIRLS!" during an argument[[note]]'''''BIKINIS DO NOT OWN GIRLS, AND YOU ARE NOT THEIR LANDLORD.'''''[[/note]]. This was used as an AscendedMeme in ''Fantendo Smash Bros. Shattered''.
* MemeticMutation: Chiefly in the form of inside jokes.
** "bnur"[[note]]A corruption of "[[InsultTropes burn]]"[[/note]]
** "crals"[[note]]An abbreviation for "chat's really annoying lag syndrome", used when the on-site chat client was acting up. Now in disuse following the removal of the wikichat feature.[[/note]]
** "See and feel the excitement in turtle canyon. [[http://www.newportaquarium.com/Things-to-do/What-To-See/Turtle-Canyon.aspx Learn more.]]"[[note]]A blog advertising a Kentucky aquarium exhibit in 2014, posted by a then-bureaucrat. Despite how much time has passed, Turtle Canyon remains a relatively well-known inside joke, perhaps due to the dully punctuated prose about "excitement" or its ability to stand outside of the community's culture and proceedings at the time. Some works have tried to incorporate a location with this name.[[/note]]
** "qotd: Is X ethical?"[[note]]A [[{{Snowclones}} snowclone]] question format used to undermine philosophical discussion.[[/note]]
** Once the 2013 ''Mario'' fan character Drake (Dark Toad) saw a round of this offsite in late 2021, he was quickly accepted as an inside joke in his original wiki's community.[[labelnote:copypasta]]Drake used to be a servant at Princess Peach's castle. He was the most loyal of all servants, but he heard rumors floating around that Princess Peach was saying things about him behind his back. Stuff like he was the worst Toad ever to live and that he should never have been born. Then, he turned against Princess Peach and joined the Koopa Troop. He is one of Bowser's best minions and he despises Mario and Luigi. He now studies dark magic and is determined to get revenge on Peach.[[/labelnote]]
** "ratio + cope + [[WesternAnimation/WordGirl Becky]]"[[note]]A NonSequitur spin on Twitter "comebacks", inspired by the ''[=WordGirl=]'' fandom's viral resurgence in 2021, and perhaps Becky Botsford's arrogance or [[GrammarNazi fixation on linguistic misuse]].[[/note]]
* PortmanteauCoupleName: Voltdozz is commonly used for shipping Volt × Vindozz, aka The Threat. Rachten for Rachel Harel × Unten also has footing.
* MemeticMutation: Chiefly in the form of inside jokes.
** "bnur"[[note]]A corruption of "[[InsultTropes burn]]"[[/note]]
** "crals"[[note]]An abbreviation for "chat's really annoying lag syndrome", used when the on-site chat client was acting up. Now in disuse following the removal of the wikichat feature.[[/note]]
** "See and feel the excitement in turtle canyon. [[http://www.newportaquarium.com/Things-to-do/What-To-See/Turtle-Canyon.aspx Learn more.]]"[[note]]A blog advertising a Kentucky aquarium exhibit in 2014, posted by a then-bureaucrat. Despite how much time has passed, Turtle Canyon remains a relatively well-known inside joke, perhaps due to the dully punctuated prose about "excitement" or its ability to stand outside of the community's culture and proceedings at the time. Some works have tried to incorporate a location with this name.[[/note]]
** "qotd: Is X ethical?"[[note]]A [[{{Snowclones}} snowclone]] question format used to undermine philosophical discussion.[[/note]]
** Once the 2013 ''Mario'' fan character Drake (Dark Toad) saw a round of this offsite in late 2021, he was quickly accepted as an inside joke in his original wiki's community.[[labelnote:copypasta]]Drake used to be a servant at Princess Peach's castle. He was the most loyal of all servants, but he heard rumors floating around that Princess Peach was saying things about him behind his back. Stuff like he was the worst Toad ever to live and that he should never have been born. Then, he turned against Princess Peach and joined the Koopa Troop. He is one of Bowser's best minions and he despises Mario and Luigi. He now studies dark magic and is determined to get revenge on Peach.[[/labelnote]]
** "ratio + cope + [[WesternAnimation/WordGirl Becky]]"[[note]]A NonSequitur spin on Twitter "comebacks", inspired by the ''[=WordGirl=]'' fandom's viral resurgence in 2021, and perhaps Becky Botsford's arrogance or [[GrammarNazi fixation on linguistic misuse]].[[/note]]
* PortmanteauCoupleName: Voltdozz is commonly used for shipping Volt × Vindozz, aka The Threat. Rachten for Rachel Harel × Unten also has footing.
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* ArchivePanic: The wiki features well over 40,000 articles, though the jury is out on [[SturgeonsLaw how much of that is worth reading]]. The Sysop Approval system was originally meant to mark the highest-priority articles to be moved to a new web host if the need arose, but that's still grown to more than 900 articles, and that count ignores subpages and any prior context required to fully appreciate an article.
** The main story content of the New Fantendoverse is splintered across around 70 articles, amounting to over 5 years of writing by a team of editors.
** The main story content of the New Fantendoverse is splintered across around 70 articles, amounting to over 5 years of writing by a team of editors.
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** Was complained of the New Fantendoverse, leading to a plot summary and timeline of works on the project's landingpage.page.
** ''Pyroverse: Breach'' makes a concerted effort to avoid this. Everyone in the story mode is introduced with a character splash that shows their visual appearance, a [[BossSubtitles descriptive subtitle]], and links to their debut and character page, to provide the reader more context.
** Was complained of the New Fantendoverse, leading to a plot summary and timeline of works on the project's landing
** ''Pyroverse: Breach'' makes a concerted effort to avoid this. Everyone in the story mode is introduced with a character splash that shows their visual appearance, a [[BossSubtitles descriptive subtitle]], and links to their debut and character page, to provide the reader more context.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt:
** The Image Hall of Fame is designed to front-page the best original artwork on the wiki.
** Purple Paw Studios managed incredibly precise anatomic construction and linework, creating art that holds up excellently over a decade later. Savant the Goetian's is arguably the best of the bunch and is absolutely out of its league for 2011 Fantendo. It is (more than deservedly) the first Image Hall of Famer that wasn't retrofitted into the "Classic" section due to rising standards.
** The high-profile ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' fangames, such as ''Paper Mario: The Ancient Book'' and ''FanFic/PaperMarioCountdownToChaos'', demonstrate clear passion and skill in this regard. Old and new character designs alike, and entire scenes and screenshots, are drawn faithfully in the style used from ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' through ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar''. These authors' other projects tend to feature equally impressive art that would regularly reach the Image Hall of Fame.
** ''[=UNiPON=]'' also features incredibly clean character art despite being an [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] game that could have gotten away with simple sprites.
** The ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]'' franchise attracted lots of fanart for official characters, power-ups, and enemies that had either [[PutOnABus gone absent]] since the classic games, or simply hadn't yet gotten renders. The most convincing of these may be recognizable, as they've been used across the internet--sadly without crediting the artists or fact-checking whether they were official Nintendo artwork, likely due to appearing on Google Images in lieu of a genuine product. Without defending the widespread art theft, it's impressive in its own right that this fanart could match the style and quality of a major publisher's rendering pipeline[[note]]Nintendo had yet to transition to physically based rendering, leaving a clear throughline from UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube renders up to the UsefulNotes/WiiU era[[/note]] in the eyes of many.
** Due to many editors learning CSS and trying to push the limits of [=MediaWiki=] page formatting, the graphic design on individual projects has long been growing more custom, elaborate, and stylish, helping fangames stand apart and complementing the written content and other artwork.
** The Image Hall of Fame is designed to front-page the best original artwork on the wiki.
** Purple Paw Studios managed incredibly precise anatomic construction and linework, creating art that holds up excellently over a decade later. Savant the Goetian's is arguably the best of the bunch and is absolutely out of its league for 2011 Fantendo. It is (more than deservedly) the first Image Hall of Famer that wasn't retrofitted into the "Classic" section due to rising standards.
** The high-profile ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' fangames, such as ''Paper Mario: The Ancient Book'' and ''FanFic/PaperMarioCountdownToChaos'', demonstrate clear passion and skill in this regard. Old and new character designs alike, and entire scenes and screenshots, are drawn faithfully in the style used from ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' through ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar''. These authors' other projects tend to feature equally impressive art that would regularly reach the Image Hall of Fame.
** ''[=UNiPON=]'' also features incredibly clean character art despite being an [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] game that could have gotten away with simple sprites.
** The ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]'' franchise attracted lots of fanart for official characters, power-ups, and enemies that had either [[PutOnABus gone absent]] since the classic games, or simply hadn't yet gotten renders. The most convincing of these may be recognizable, as they've been used across the internet--sadly without crediting the artists or fact-checking whether they were official Nintendo artwork, likely due to appearing on Google Images in lieu of a genuine product. Without defending the widespread art theft, it's impressive in its own right that this fanart could match the style and quality of a major publisher's rendering pipeline[[note]]Nintendo had yet to transition to physically based rendering, leaving a clear throughline from UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube renders up to the UsefulNotes/WiiU era[[/note]] in the eyes of many.
** Due to many editors learning CSS and trying to push the limits of [=MediaWiki=] page formatting, the graphic design on individual projects has long been growing more custom, elaborate, and stylish, helping fangames stand apart and complementing the written content and other artwork.
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** The wiki isn't for developing playable fangames. Not even if an infobox lists a release date. Several efforts have been made to prevent this misconception.misconception, but the community's InsistentTerminology and pursuit of increasingly convincing and branded articles makes it difficult to solve this with confidence.
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* CommonKnowledge:
** The wiki isn't for developing playable fangames. Not even if an infobox lists a release date. Several efforts have been made to prevent this misconception.
** Unten's relatively well-known backstory was more recently codified than most users realize, leading to a simplified perspective on the character and his series. See the entry for EarlyInstallmentWeirdness on the [[{{Wiki/Fantendo}} main page]].
* DiscreditedMeme: Several inside jokes, such as the "[[{{Portmanteau}} Suppose:]]"[[note]]a portmanteau of "Support:" and "Oppose:"[[/note]] voting template, a welcome message copypasta based on ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'', and a ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoNinjagoMovie'' UsefulNotes/McDonalds [[https://youtu.be/nrOo1WgtP1c commercial]] have been considered overused.
* GrowingTheBeard:
** Some of the older featured articles have retroactively been deemed "Classic Featured Articles"; that is, no longer considered to meet the feature standards. Oftentimes these are decent articles with little impressive about them from a modern perspective. The last Classic Featured Article is in 2010, providing a good sense of when the wiki started coming into its own, getting and recognizing better articles more consistently, with its best work [[SerialEscalation only escalating]] in quality from there.
** ''Fantendo Smash Bros. Shattered'' is an inflection point for the ''Fantendo Smash Bros.'' series and other works in the Fantendoverse continuity. It gave the concept of the Fantendoverse a clearer, consistent vision and bar of quality, and longterm renewed interest. This spurred an influx of fresh content throughout the community for half a decade, including a recognized [[TheMultiverse system]] of [[AlternateUniverse alternate universes]] where canon-disrupting premises had a sense of place and influence, rather than lumping any and all new ideas into the same universe.
* IconicCharacterForgottenTitle: For [[{{Mascot}} Unten]], the name "''That One Series With a Long and Uninteresting Name That I Do Not Wish to Remember''" is a little tough to remember. But it doesn't help that the series consists of limited and sporadic content, and the recent games are [[ContinuityReboot reboots]] meant to tie into larger works. Many readers know Unten as the wiki's mascot and through the Fantendoverse, so they might not recognize the pithier ''Prodigy'' rebrand, or the game names ''Fissure'', ''Underground'', and ''Tragedy''.
* MarySuetopia: In the utopian town of Fundale, [[AbsurdlyPowerfulSchoolJurisdiction the local university is the government and strictly controls all aspects of life.]] Rather than being sent to jail, lawbreakers are "escorted"--[[TheExile permanently kicked out]], sometimes [[FamilyHonor along with their whole family]]. [[GoshDangItToHeck Mild]] [[ProfanityPolice profanity]] and [[MinorInsultMeltdown insults]], [[ThinkOfTheChildren adult media]], and [[DrugsAreBad antidepressant drugs]] (despite many or all citizens having disorders) are legally and socially taboo [[BlackAndWhiteMorality on the same level as the worst crimes]]. Only children who can perform well in school are accepted into the town; that is, families are [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer ostracized]] and [[DisproportionateRetribution escorted]] if the child [[TheBGrade ever gets a single C+ or lower]]. Even though other plausible explanations like [[TheBully school bullying]] are acknowledged to exist, Fundale seemingly views such grades as automatic proof of domestic child abuse. (And responds by kicking the family out as a unit.) Yet of all things, spousal abuse gets relatively mild punishment, with the partners actually getting split up and no mention of escort.
* SoBadItsGood: A "Wall of Shame" was created a few times on the wiki for articles fitting this description. It has long been removed due to prompting conflict over whether the concept is overly hostile, but community members from the time may remember some of the articles that were added there.
* UnexpectedCharacter: ''New Super Mario Bros. Ω'' features guest characters from the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise. Strangely, the game's branding avoids capitalizing on this to keep it a twist, and their inclusion surprised many readers.
** The wiki isn't for developing playable fangames. Not even if an infobox lists a release date. Several efforts have been made to prevent this misconception.
** Unten's relatively well-known backstory was more recently codified than most users realize, leading to a simplified perspective on the character and his series. See the entry for EarlyInstallmentWeirdness on the [[{{Wiki/Fantendo}} main page]].
* DiscreditedMeme: Several inside jokes, such as the "[[{{Portmanteau}} Suppose:]]"[[note]]a portmanteau of "Support:" and "Oppose:"[[/note]] voting template, a welcome message copypasta based on ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'', and a ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoNinjagoMovie'' UsefulNotes/McDonalds [[https://youtu.be/nrOo1WgtP1c commercial]] have been considered overused.
* GrowingTheBeard:
** Some of the older featured articles have retroactively been deemed "Classic Featured Articles"; that is, no longer considered to meet the feature standards. Oftentimes these are decent articles with little impressive about them from a modern perspective. The last Classic Featured Article is in 2010, providing a good sense of when the wiki started coming into its own, getting and recognizing better articles more consistently, with its best work [[SerialEscalation only escalating]] in quality from there.
** ''Fantendo Smash Bros. Shattered'' is an inflection point for the ''Fantendo Smash Bros.'' series and other works in the Fantendoverse continuity. It gave the concept of the Fantendoverse a clearer, consistent vision and bar of quality, and longterm renewed interest. This spurred an influx of fresh content throughout the community for half a decade, including a recognized [[TheMultiverse system]] of [[AlternateUniverse alternate universes]] where canon-disrupting premises had a sense of place and influence, rather than lumping any and all new ideas into the same universe.
* IconicCharacterForgottenTitle: For [[{{Mascot}} Unten]], the name "''That One Series With a Long and Uninteresting Name That I Do Not Wish to Remember''" is a little tough to remember. But it doesn't help that the series consists of limited and sporadic content, and the recent games are [[ContinuityReboot reboots]] meant to tie into larger works. Many readers know Unten as the wiki's mascot and through the Fantendoverse, so they might not recognize the pithier ''Prodigy'' rebrand, or the game names ''Fissure'', ''Underground'', and ''Tragedy''.
* MarySuetopia: In the utopian town of Fundale, [[AbsurdlyPowerfulSchoolJurisdiction the local university is the government and strictly controls all aspects of life.]] Rather than being sent to jail, lawbreakers are "escorted"--[[TheExile permanently kicked out]], sometimes [[FamilyHonor along with their whole family]]. [[GoshDangItToHeck Mild]] [[ProfanityPolice profanity]] and [[MinorInsultMeltdown insults]], [[ThinkOfTheChildren adult media]], and [[DrugsAreBad antidepressant drugs]] (despite many or all citizens having disorders) are legally and socially taboo [[BlackAndWhiteMorality on the same level as the worst crimes]]. Only children who can perform well in school are accepted into the town; that is, families are [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer ostracized]] and [[DisproportionateRetribution escorted]] if the child [[TheBGrade ever gets a single C+ or lower]]. Even though other plausible explanations like [[TheBully school bullying]] are acknowledged to exist, Fundale seemingly views such grades as automatic proof of domestic child abuse. (And responds by kicking the family out as a unit.) Yet of all things, spousal abuse gets relatively mild punishment, with the partners actually getting split up and no mention of escort.
* SoBadItsGood: A "Wall of Shame" was created a few times on the wiki for articles fitting this description. It has long been removed due to prompting conflict over whether the concept is overly hostile, but community members from the time may remember some of the articles that were added there.
* UnexpectedCharacter: ''New Super Mario Bros. Ω'' features guest characters from the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise. Strangely, the game's branding avoids capitalizing on this to keep it a twist, and their inclusion surprised many readers.
