Exampleless Trope

An Exampleless Trope is a trope on this wiki that we feel aren't qualified for examples, fictional or not.

If we feel the trope doesn't have enough scope to have examples, please don't list them. Example subpages are only allowed if the two tropes' examples may be deemed redundant to each other; thus, they would have to be part of the main trope and not the other trope.

Similarly, if a trope downplays this, it means it allows examples, but restricts what *kind* of examples can be documented.

Contrast Example Overload, in which tropes have *tons* of examples, enough to get at least *one* subpage, though tropes that downplay this can also be subject to that term.

This page is *not an example*. It's simply to list these kinds of tropes on here.

## Examples

### Straight

* Teletoon Isn't Cartoon Network: Inverse of Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon, thus any examples would be redundant. Its subpages are connected to the latter trope.

### Downplayed (Certain restrictions)

Sometimes, Tropes Fanon feel that examples can be allowed but they need to be restricted in some form or another.

* Animal World: No Level 0 examples, as that would list every animated and live-action series ever produced. There's too much media from all of human history for that.
* Cartoon Network Isn't Teletoon: Post-March 27th, 2023 shows premiering on English Teletoon/the Canadian feed of Cartoon Network don't qualify for examples unless a show from them *does* air on TV outside of Canada, just on a completely-different network from Cartoon Network in whichever country the shows air on TV (and in fact, the *very name* of the trope would have been changed if not for the fact it's been a staple of Tropes Fanon for a while).
* Dubless Series: Only works that can theoretically be dubbed can qualify. After all, it takes little effort to localize text, but much more to localize an *audio track*.
* Fauxnime: If it's a Western cartoon, it must have at least *some* anime influences throughout the whole show. Therefore, whenever *South Park* parodies anime, it shouldn't count. Likewise, anime inverting this trope should mostly invert it throughout the whole series as well.
* I Have Failed to Keep a Secret: The secret-keeper has to find out his/her secret is blown as soon as it is for this trope to qualify. For example, Adrien finding out Marinette's secret doesn't count since Marinette/Ladybug didn't find out he knew until she went to the future.
* No Home Release for You: This one's pretty complicated. Currently, no examples that have DVD/Blu-ray releases in the region it was released to (unless they just barely avert it or it takes a long time) can be documented, unless it's played straight in another country. This is why the first two seasons of *Lyrical Nanoha* aren't listed as examples since they were released to DVD by Geneon. It's also why a work can be out-of-print and *still* not count for this trope since it got a physical release via DVD/Blu-ray. It's also best if the work (either some episodes or even the *entire show*) survived to at least the point where physical media came into fruition in order to be documented. If it didn't, another trope is in play. Failures at the box office are also best not documented since films *can* have a tendency to be released on DVD at some point (legal issues notwithstanding).
* Obscurity, much?: No short films (series of shorts are exceptions), anime examples must have been produced with the intent to either appeal to foreign otaku or an international mainstream audience but failed to catch on (inversions are an exception), media produced before 1939 has to be lost *and* obscure in order to qualify, as there's too much media from all of human history to document on this wiki. In addition, TV works that are documented after January 1st, 2023 must have ended before being documented (since if a show goes on long enough, The Colbert Effect may inevitably swoop in).
* Offer Void Wherever Prohibited: Unless it's a really notable ban that affected Americans (such as what region DVD players sold in the US must be set to, or what happened during Prohibition, for example), only bans from outside the United States can be mentioned. And there are no North Korea-specific bans documented since they ban nearly anything foreign anyway.
* Saturday Morning Shutdown: No cases where the entire *network* went down, not just the Saturday-morning block, no pre-1990s examples, US Saturday-morning blocks only.
* Shoujo Jump: Bishounen/moe characters only, either in shonen/seinen manga/anime or gender-neutral manga/anime. Shoujo manga/anime would use the inverse trope instead.
* That's a Capital Idea: A character must get an idea, no matter how crazy, for the work to qualify for the trope. Therefore, PB&J Otter's trope-naming line does not count, but *other* moments might.
* True ending: The work must have multiple endings or be the final installment of a series of works to qualify. Otherwise, Satisfactory Conclusion is a better fit.
* The Write-off: As a production can be written-off at any point, fictional examples and cases where this happened to video media only. Another rule against bloating the list to the limit is that said video media has to be written-off *after* the show aired in full to qualify; if it's written-off in the middle of production, the studio's doing a turnaround.

### Downplayed (Real-life Examples Forbidden)

Sometimes, Tropes Fanon feel that examples can be allowed but not real-life ones. Here's the list:

* Crocker Grading System: Unlikely in real-life. On the off-chance it does happen, expect the teacher to be fired if caught. There's also a little thing called Academic Probation...
* Evil Videogame: While some parental groups claim that *all* videogames are this, Tropes Fanon's definition of the term is impossible in real-life.
* From Rags to Bankruptcy: If real-life examples were allowed, the trope would be redundant to both Financial Failure and Bionix Bankruptcy in parts, plus any company has a risk of going under.
* "I'll Sue Ya": Too many lawsuits to document. Plus, that other trope-focused wiki does a better job at documenting *frivolous* real-life suits.
* Rage Over the Airwaves: Too many real-life examples to document, plus the FCC doesn't like this trope too much, to the point of issuing fines if one got *too* angry on-air.
* Size Changing: The square-cube law makes it impossible in real life. However, giant replicas can be listed as examples. Just mention the square-cube law within said example.
* Super Evil: As of January 21st, 2021, no direct real-life examples. Forces of nature, viruses (especially due to COVID-19), morally neutral characters, and Only Moderately Evil side-characters are also not to be listed as examples.
* Wrecking Lives: Tropes Fanon does not condone accusing celebrities, or anyone else, of misconduct, and let's leave it at that.
* You Are Expelled: The actual expulsion process, which involves a hearing in court, is too long and occurred too much to justify documenting real-life examples altogether. Let's face it- courtroom drama, *especially* those related to expulsion hearings, isn't really dramatic anyways, with some exceptions.
* You Are Fired: People get fired from their jobs (or laid off) too often to justify a big list for the people who manage to get fired from at least *one job* throughout their lives. On top of *that*, there's currently 7-8 billion people on Earth as of this writing, so keeping score of those would be impossible anyway. Therefore, fictional and notable firings only for that list.
	+ "Jetson, You're Fired!": Extremely unlikely if not impossible in real-life, especially the continuous firing and re-hiring fiction uses.