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You know how a trope needs to be common enough to be a trend on multiple pieces of media, but also have enough meaning to affect the story in a way that defines it? Well, not on my watch, it doesn’t. Post the name and description, and maybe even some examples, of a trope you’d never want to see on this wiki. It can be People Sit On Chairs, Too Rare To Trope, The Same But More (Specific), or any other violation of wiki policy. It can even be YMMV or Trivia, too!

Also, no references to Mario Pissing or Gay—especially not the latter. If you do that, I will holler your post. Please be original.

Without further ado, let’s begin.


Toriyama Art Style: The work was drawn by Akira Toriyama or someone impersonating his art style.

Edited by PurpleEyedGuma on Nov 16th 2022 at 1:27:10 PM

Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#7826: Jun 28th 2025 at 2:53:01 PM

Duck You: Replacing swear words with things that rhyme with them.

For every low there is a high.
BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
SeaMonkey851 Autistic Gamer from Topeka, Kansas (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Autistic Gamer
#7828: Jun 28th 2025 at 3:18:10 PM

[up][up]

  • In SuperMarioLogan's "Jeffy's Taco Tuesday", Jeffy says this:
    Jeffy: Well, truck! But replace the TR with an F!

My mother nicknamed me, hence the username.
Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#7829: Jun 28th 2025 at 3:53:10 PM

Not Actually Fixing A Typo: When someone tries to disguise vandalism by using an innocent-sounding edit reason like "fixing typo". We've all seen it.

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
Mildude A Member of the Midnight Crew from the you-know-what Since: Sep, 2021 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
LackingEff0rt The Hostest with the Mostest from Electric Light Orchestra (The New Guy) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
The Hostest with the Mostest
#7831: Jun 29th 2025 at 11:30:54 AM
clemont107 Lida from Kalos (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Lida
#7832: Jun 29th 2025 at 12:00:52 PM

Delayed Homework: A homework gets delayed.

"So, what have you been up to lately?" - Lida
Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Mildude A Member of the Midnight Crew from the you-know-what Since: Sep, 2021 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
A Member of the Midnight Crew
#7834: Jun 29th 2025 at 7:30:53 PM

[up] I can see that being a trope, albeit with a better title.

Remix Dissonance: A song's remix doesn't fit with the original song's intended tone.

Déjà vu, tell you what I'm gonna do, when they reminisce over you, my God
BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#7835: Jun 29th 2025 at 7:34:45 PM

[up]I could see that, tbh.

God May Be Dead But Im Not: For works in which Friedrich Nietzsche turns out to actually be alive.

Read Pokemon Ultimate Emerald
iwantedtoaddsomething Since: Feb, 2015
#7836: Jun 29th 2025 at 10:09:38 PM

Death Of The Reader: Death of the Author as applied to the readership. Everyone's interpretations of the work become so personal and shaky that consensus is no longer possible and the only standing interpetation is the author's.

Edited by iwantedtoaddsomething on Jun 29th 2025 at 1:10:06 PM

clemont107 Lida from Kalos (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Lida
#7837: Jun 30th 2025 at 6:13:47 AM

Forty Eight: the number 48.

"So, what have you been up to lately?" - Lida
FireArrowEightSeventy The murderer. 🗾🇯🇵 from John Gutter Since: Apr, 2024 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
The murderer. 🗾🇯🇵
#7838: Jun 30th 2025 at 7:35:44 AM

The Kamoshida: A Creepy Gym Coach who also physically abuses his male students and sexually abuses his female students.

Edited by FireArrowEightSeventy on Jul 2nd 2025 at 5:41:53 AM

Character in Avatar: Shouki Naifunage, OC. She has killed at least 99 people. I'm a man. NEW ADDITION TO AVATAR: COUNTRY FLAGS
BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#7839: Jun 30th 2025 at 7:46:09 AM

Copaganda: Shows that shill for the cops or portray them in a positive light. Sure to attract lots of reasonable and respectful discussion.

Read Pokemon Ultimate Emerald
DeadlyEspresso Louisiana Heartstopper from your local Popeyes Since: Apr, 2023
Louisiana Heartstopper
#7840: Jun 30th 2025 at 8:23:16 AM

[1] I can almost see that being a trope?

I sadly doubt he would like Popeyes, though...
ToonAbby Have a Death-End Thanksgiving, y'all! from Gamindustri Since: Jan, 2022 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Have a Death-End Thanksgiving, y'all!
#7841: Jun 30th 2025 at 8:30:41 AM

[up][up][up] I think you meant "sexually abuses his students.

Hex Bex: Bex learns magic.

"It's requested that your death ends here, now!" - Sayaka, Death end re;Quest Code Z.
Yamanekko Esnupi from atop the red doghouse Since: Sep, 2024 Relationship Status: Whoa, they're bisexual! I didn't know that!
Esnupi
#7842: Jun 30th 2025 at 1:15:03 PM

Webkinz Milk Cat: Sort of like a Woobie, but you actually want to hurt them. You want to see them suffer.

Always remember to hydrate! (A message from Snoopy)
ReginaldOgron5 Est Ut Squimplex Ut from Two blocks down from the Undead Burg Since: Mar, 2022 Relationship Status: I want you to want me
oaiM_awgaS The Soft-Souled, Fluffy-Furred School Idol from Nijigasaki High (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
The Soft-Souled, Fluffy-Furred School Idol
#7844: Jun 30th 2025 at 2:53:48 PM

Popular with Autists: A trivia trope for Works that are popular among the neurodivergent community. Not to be confused with Autism in Media, though there is some overlap

"The dream of tomorrow and the sky of today, expanding in unison"
LackingEff0rt The Hostest with the Mostest from Electric Light Orchestra (The New Guy) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
The Hostest with the Mostest
#7845: Jun 30th 2025 at 3:22:39 PM

[up] I think something like that got proposed on the TLP once, it did get shut down though.

SHE'S DEFROSTING
NoName404 [Insert Title Here] from Sealand Since: May, 2024 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#7847: Jun 30th 2025 at 4:58:53 PM

Popular With Asthmatics: A work is popular among those with asthma.

For every low there is a high.
BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Yamanekko Esnupi from atop the red doghouse Since: Sep, 2024 Relationship Status: Whoa, they're bisexual! I didn't know that!
Esnupi
#7849: Jun 30th 2025 at 5:04:15 PM

Popular With Everybody: A work that, somehow, manages to appeal to every single person on the planet.

Always remember to hydrate! (A message from Snoopy)
Sourguy Doesn't do much (He/Him) from The Peach State Since: Oct, 2021 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Doesn't do much (He/Him)
#7850: Jun 30th 2025 at 5:42:07 PM

Denied Trope: A form of Playing with a Trope in which a character outright denies that a trope has occurred, despite it being right in front of them.

Currently Reading: N/A

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