Basic Trope: Titles that are in Sarcasm Mode.
- Straight: A show called "The Nice People" is actually about a group of bullying Jerkasses.
- Exaggerated: "The Nice People" is about a group of Complete Monsters who commit genocide for fun.
- Downplayed: "The Nice People" are Jerk with Hearts of Gold at best.
- Justified: "The Nice People" refers to the title characters outward politeness.
- Inverted:
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
- "The Assholes" is a show about True Companions who love each other greatly.
- Subverted: "The Nice People" turn out to be a lot nice then they appear to be.
- Double Subverted: Only to be even worse deep down.
- Parodied: "The Nice People" takes place in a World of Jerkass where you average Joe is a dog-kicking son-of-a-gun, and the concept of the Nice Guy is incomprehensible.
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: The title fits the work.
- Enforced:
- To make the title stand out.
- It's just funnier if the title is inaccurate.
- Lampshaded: The tagline is, "They're really not."
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: "The Nice People" try their best to live up to their name.
- Discussed: "Now you folks might wondering about the show's title. Well, you see, We Lied. We're assholes, and betraying friends' trust is what we do."
- Conversed: "Non-indictive titles are really in vogue these days, huh?"
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