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As the title implies, this index is for pages that have been subject to memetic potholing. This has a tendency to happen to tropes that have a Stock Phrase as their title — hence the ban on new Stock Phrases — but it can happen to other tropes as well.
Normally, this is all in good fun, but Pothole Magnetism does, indeed, have its dark side. There have been tropes that have died horrible, painful deaths due to Pothole Magnetism gone mad (often when not even used correctly). In less extreme cases, it can cause a trope to be renamed.
Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Special mention: Please consider that for tropers/readers that have been frequenting the wiki for even a few days, there is nothing remotely original or new about potholing understatements to Understatement, stealth puns to Stealth Pun, running gags to Running Gag, overused running gags to Overused Running Gag, and so on. It has been done to death. It has become repetitive and predictable, and repetitiveness and predictability kill humour. In other words, don't require a link jump to make the joke work. It doesn't. Ever.
This is why many tropes are now In-Universe Examples Only, as that excludes potholing without works that use these tropes.
See also Overdosed Tropes, Tropes Of Legend, Square Peg, Round Trope.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 BetterThanItSounds
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 ThisIsForEmphaSisBitch
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