One episode of Absolutely Fabulous has Bo and Marshall infiltrating that actual Happyology cult that we're apparently not supposed to mention, treating it like a dangerous spy mission.
Would anyone like to add these examples from live-action TV?
The fourth season of Devious Maids introduces a cult called The Circle and its introductory text, Joynetics.
In Runaways the Church of Gibborim draws the elite of Los Angeles, and proselytes are promised the opportunity to attain higher levels.
"regardless of the existence or lack thereof of any bad intent"
The word "thereof" is redundant and disrupts the sentence's flow. Actually, I would suggest amending it to this:
"regardless of whether there is any bad intent"
When I see "scientology" or "Scientologist" written in a trope example, should I change it to "Happyology", or leave it how it is?
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Leave it as it is.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
I'd say it'd depend on the context. For most, I'd leave it, but there are instances where it should be Happyology if it's referring to a Church of Happyology, not Scientology.
For example:
- The Church of the Rising Bean is filled with nothing but Happyologists
That's more of a joke, really.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
I wanted to add an example to the Comic book folder.
- The 2 people from a small sect that appeared in Spirou Et Fantasio in album #37, called Le réveil du Z, is this. Their name of it is not known at all and all we probably know else is that they greet with the term Kakebuke. They have aside from the belief that aliens landed on planet earth also the belief that the earth is flat, like a flying saucer. The reason that these 2 are in the album is to talk with Fantasio about the events that happened in the previous album, which was called L'horloger de la comète, in the hope that it proves that their beliefs are true. After they hear his story they find out that he is not useful enough to justify their beliefs and proceed to make him drunk.
Hope it is good enough.
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You should ask for edits to locked pages here
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- This week's Saturday Night Live had a music video about Neurotology.
You might want to expand it and post a request here
I'd like to ask a controversial question. Is the reason that Scientology is not allowed to be named on the page describing 'Church of Happyology' or anywhere on Tv Tropes outside discussion pages due to the trope 'Don't Explain the Joke', or is it due to fear of reprisals from the Church of Scientology/ Scientologists in real life?
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Don't Explain the Joke and the trope is not about Scientology itself, really.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
It's generally funnier than outright saying it. But unless I'm mistaken, there's no ban on mentioning Scientology on other pages. They're overly-sensitive and trigger-happy with the lawyers, but they don't literally sue everyone who mentions them.
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Missing the point. The trope is not about Scientology. Not mentioning it is also a joke on their trigger-happiness with lawyers.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Why is the topic locked? I wanted to add a reference to Niven & Pournelle's <I>Inferno</I> (where the Fifth Circle, the burning tombs of the heretics, includes some kind of sci-fi author who founded some kind of religion or another, not that it's named or anything).
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It was deemed to be "finished". You - and other people - can ask for edits here though.
Does this Cracked article count as a real-life example, or can it go on the Web Original section?
That would go under Web Original. Cracked is a work after all.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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So...can an entry be made under Real Life for Scientology, or are we being cautious of their considerable resources and lack of restraint? Or does Scientology not fit this trope?
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I think it's better left unsaid. It's enough that we're implying it in the description, and the trope itself is about fictional religions that are totally not references to Scientology.
I think actually making the description more clear wouldn't be a bad idea. I think it's funny and clever that it's unsaid, but lots of people are using this trope for Scam Religion or any happy religion.
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Happyology is good for part of a trope name, but it's a bit annoying to constantly read "thinly veiled ripoff of Happyology" practically everywhere in the examples as if that's the name of the actual religion. I'm fairly certain the name Scientology isn't a real-life Speak of the Devil example. Hubbard's Creator page uses Scientology, so it's not like it's wiki-banned. Looks mostly like a Running Gag taken to the point of annoyance.
Might be, but I'm pretty sure it's actually not an example.
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I'm pretty sure the Church of the Sub Genius counts—they've been making fun of every religion and this one in particular for decades now. The only question is, where do you put them? I'd say "web original", but they've been around since the 1970's at least.
Is this trope about Scientology itself, or veiled references to Scientology? It's a little unclear.
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Why are you talking about Scientology? Scientology is totally unrelated to this page. Totally. Unrelated. To. The. Page. Got it?
This entire page is about a church. That wants you to be happy. That's all it is?
Whaddya mean, subtext?
Things of mine keep getting deleted. I curse too much.
I, and my legal associates, have never even heard of the term "Scientology".
"I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again."- Oscar Wilde
In answer to the original question, this page is not about veiled references. As to whether the reference here should really even be considered VEILED... :D
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OP has a point. Some of the examples given seem to be nothing more than related to the censored religion.
The 'religions' your talking about seems to fit the trope, but I dont know what specific one your talking about.
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Why would we write something about Scientology? Scientology is completely unlike happyology.
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What is this "Scientology" you speak of? it surely has nothing to do with this page! nothing at all! *coughcough* *winkwink*
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"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman