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* NonIndicativeName/WebComics

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When the name once fit but no longer does, see ArtifactTitle. If the name is itself an element of ''deliberate deception'', it may be {{Doublespeak}} or a SuperFunHappyThingOfDoom.

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When the name once fit but no longer does, see ArtifactTitle.ArtifactName. If the name is itself an element of ''deliberate deception'', it may be {{Doublespeak}} or a SuperFunHappyThingOfDoom.
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A birthday cake is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a cake you eat on your birthday]]. That makes sense. But a butterfly is not a fly, a ten-gallon hat can't even hold one gallon, and a peanut is not a nut -- and don't even get us started on peanut butter. Words or combinations of words like this whose meaning has nothing to do with their name are known as ''misnomers''.

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A birthday cake is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a cake you eat on your birthday]].birthday. That makes sense. But a butterfly is not a fly, a ten-gallon hat can't even hold one gallon, and a peanut is not a nut -- and don't even get us started on peanut butter. Words or combinations of words like this whose meaning has nothing to do with their name are known as ''misnomers''.
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For ''series'' with nonindicative names, see WordSaladTitle and NeverTrustATitle. For songs, see NonAppearingTitle. ADogNamedCat, FluffyTheTerrible, DeathbringerTheAdorable, IronicName, IronicNickname and SarcasticTitle are subtropes of this.

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For ''series'' ''works'' with nonindicative names, see WordSaladTitle and NeverTrustATitle. For songs, see NonAppearingTitle. ADogNamedCat, FluffyTheTerrible, DeathbringerTheAdorable, IronicName, IronicNickname and SarcasticTitle are subtropes of this.
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Contrary to ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. See InNameOnly when this trope applies to the title of a derivative work.

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Contrary to Contrast ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. See InNameOnly when this trope applies to the title of a derivative work.

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