Do not confuse with a cleanup thread

I would assume Eminem's name is a reference to M&M's, so maybe not "no relation," but the NTBCW disclaimer might work here (similar to Dexter, it is remarked upon a lot).

Eminem gets his stage name from his initials, MM, so I suppose so.

I also keep saying this, but it's also harmless and slightly funny, and this project was never designed to remove all of the joke ones.

Yeah, it's a funny joke that's unlikely to confuse anyone.

From Red Eyes, Take Warning:

Not to be confused with being worried about a late-night airline flight (which would probably fall under Plane Awful Flight), or with the film Red Eye (which is about such a flight), or with the liquor.

I'd say those can all be cut (they're also pretty confusing if you're not familiar with the idiom "red-eye flight"; not all tropers are native English speakers, after all).

One from Boys Don't Cry:

"Not to be confused with Men Don't Cry, Boys Who Cry (the boy band from SpongeBob SquarePants), or the Polish movie with the same name (also produced in 1999)."

I think the Spongebob reference can definitely be cut (and, quite frankly, is rather disgusting to have on the page for a film Based on a True Story about the victim of a transphobic hate crime), but I'm leaning towards keeping the other two, since those are actual works/tropes a user might be looking for instead. Agree? Disagree?

Agree, keep the actual works with similar names but cut the fictional boy band.

Saw this was removed from Hands Looking Wrong

Has nothing to do with sloppy generative AI pictures.

Should this have been removed? It seems to be a harmless joke, not Fan Myopia.

It also doesn't seem to have been brought up here first, despite saying it was part of this cleanup effort.

Edited by IronAnimation on Mar 4th 2024 at 4:24:42 AM

If nothing else, I think the joke will date the page. It could be broader to something like "Has nothing to do with hands looking wrong due to bad art" or cut entirely.

I'll change it to "Has nothing to do with sloppily drawn hands or going Off-Model."

Which come to think of it, is something the trope could actually be mistaken for.

That said, i do think people should be a bit less gung ho to delete jokes without discussing here first.

Also, given Fan Myopia is a big issue, maybe it should be explicitly mentioned on the I Thought It Meant page not to misuse it like that.

Edited by IronAnimation on Mar 4th 2024 at 5:31:23 AM

I keep a text file of edits I'm planning on making, and have a poor track record in remembering which ones I've already brought up on the forum.

This is currently on Narm:

Not to be confused with 'Nam, or the Narn, or OMM-NOM-NOM-NOM, a certain heavy-set Boston barfly (or his Lurian counterpart), or a talking koala. Also not to be confused with the National Area for Retired Mills, North American Registry for Midwives, National Association of Rooflight Manufacturers or the National Association of Recording Merchandisers.. Despite having it as a part of his name, the Pharaoh Narmer has nothing to do with this trope either. And especially, don't confuse with "Narf", which is what Pinky of Pinky and the Brain says as his catchphrase ("Narf" is never meant to be serious).

Can I cut this? I don't think any of that is worth keeping.

Other than 'Nam I don't think most of these are familiar or relevant enough to be confused for one or the other.

I say remove all of that as well.

Erk, I support removing them all. (Though I'll admit "'Narf' is never meant to be serious" got a giggle from me.)

From More Despicable Minion, I have no idea why anyone would confuse the two:

Has nothing to do with the Minions from Despicable Me, who are not this, but the complete opposite instead.

I didn't see the despicable part until it was pointed out.

Edited by randomtroper89 on Apr 3rd 2024 at 5:47:47 AM

I think "Despicable" and "Minion" are associated enough with that franchise that I can see it staying for at least the Obligatory Joke.

Yeah, that's pretty inoffensive. (Also, dammit, I didn't get the joke either until Mewtron pointed it out.)

Looking at the page for Ice Spice, I found this:

"She has nothing do with the Spice Girls or I Spy."

I personally think the first entry should stay, since her name does sound like a Spice Girls stage name (Scary Spice, etc.), but I'm unsure about the second. The words look nothing alike, but perhaps you might mix them up if you're using a screen reader?

Any opinions on either?

I don't like either of those. "Ice Spice" as a link to the Spice Girls is too... esoteric?

I think the I Spy thing is supposed to be merely a playful pun, but it's a very flimsy one. I say cut both.

I don't mind keeping the Spice Girls bit. I Spy is a reach though.

Edited by mightymewtron on May 3rd 2024 at 12:49:37 PM