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Florestan
Since: May, 2015
2023-03-25 14:04:38
There's Reality Is Unrealistic, which also has a long list of subtropes and related tropes.
WarJay77
(Troper Knight)
2023-03-25 14:35:07
Also Television Is Trying to Kill Us and Coconut Effect.
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Is there a Trope or maybe even a Trivia item for whenever something depicted in fiction becomes so widespread that it's generally accepted as Truth in Television, even though it actually isn't very truthful at all?
One specific example I can think of is how Bugs Bunny and other similar cartoons have popularized the concepts that rabbits are rodents who love to eat characters, when in fact, rabbits are not rodents, they're lagomorphs, and they actually aren't really into carrots - they much prefer leafier greens, and even fruit in many cases.
Another, less specific example is that many times in fiction, the idea that lightning never strikes twice in the same place is brought up, and is even regarded as a note of safety for characters caught in a storm, when in fact, lightning very much can strike not only twice in the same place, but even several times in short succession.
Even a far more general example, of how Canada as a whole is often depicted as basically being a frozen tundra of a country, and while yes, it's not unusual for much of Canada to see more than its fair share of snow during the winter, many parts of the country do indeed experience the other three seasons, and even other parts, such as Vancouver, are actually springlike almost yearround.
I don't know if this would even really count, since this example is far more exclusive to just one incident, but after Finding Nemo noted that all drains lead to the ocean, many kids were reported to have flushed their live fish down the toilets to set them free and back into the ocean - so much so that Ellen De Generes (the voice of Dory) ended up having to do some PS As to inform kids that in fact, not all drains lead to the ocean, and they needs to stop flushing their fish under the belief they're setting them free into the ocean as a result.