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** When Krankor makes a "guest appearance" in a host segment of ''InvasionofTheNeptuneMen'', they initially call him by his correct name, but then switch back to Krankor (he doesn't seem to mind).

*** The Daleks might have alluded to it too. In season one of the new series, they used the code word "Bad Wolf", which they said was from a nursery rhyme. That rhyme, of course, is "WHO's afraid of the big Bad Wolf".

** At least it ''is'' the name of the ship, or perhaps more accurately, the {{MacGuffin}} everyone in the film version is after, unlike the above example.

* MontyPython is the group, not any individual. Even as the name of the group it's kind of a SureWhyNot example of this; when they originally came up with the title ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'', "Monty Python" was supposed to be the fictional proprietor of the fictional circus, just a funny name designed to sound like a sleazy salesman type; it wasn't like they formed a group called Monty Python and then named the show after that. But inevitably it came to be heard that way and now not only is the group Monty Python, but the members are Pythons.

** This confusion predates the series. Legend has it that early European explorers who first witnessed a martial arts exercise in China asked what it was called, and were told "Kung Fu." Kung fu loosely translates as "excellence" or "mastery," so the explorers were being told they were witnessing masters in action, not that the martial art was called Kung Fu.

--> ''Ryan'' (As one of [[CharliesAngels Charlie's Angels]]): What will we do now, Charlie?

* The Frankenstein issue was lampshaded in ''{{Bones}}'', when Booth calls the monster by the eponymous name and Brennan corrects him, saying it was the creator. Booth's response? "Yeah, cause THAT would make sense." Also, the show itself is kind of an example-Brennan is called Bones by Booth but it's just a nickname...one she doesn't even like ''at first.'' A Season 5 episode shows that she grew not only to accept but actually ''like'' the nickname.

* In ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', the episode title "The Galileo Seven" is often assumed to be the name of the featured shuttlecraft, when actually it refers to the seven passengers aboard the shuttle ''Galileo''. The title is ambiguous because the shuttle's registry is NCC-1701/7.

* ''{{Highlander}}'' refers to Connor (and later Duncan) [=MacLeod=]'s origins as a Scottish Highlander, ''not'' to the race of Immortals that he turns out to be belong to.

* MontyPython is the group, not any individual.

** And now, in the finale of season 6 of the new series, the BigBad of the season is shown to be out to kill the Doctor to stop him answering "the question that must never be answered", which appears, or is strongly hinted, to be "Doctor Who?" Of course, in the same episode, he appears to tell River the answer [[spoiler:-- his name, which she was shown to know in her first appearance two seasons earlier -- ]]but doesn't. How and when he ''does'' tell her remains to be seen.

* In one episode of ''JustShootMe'', a character is berated for thinking that ''DieHard'' is the name of Bruce Willis's character, John [=McClane=]. A nearly identical gag was used in ''Brother's Keeper''.

*** In The Underwater Menace the Doctor writes a note and signs it Dr W.

** It is a running gag, though, that whenever someone hears about the Doctor for the first time, their response is [[TitleDrop "Doctor who?"]]

* Technically, the car itself doesn't have a name, but the name of the AI inside Michael Knight's black Trans Am is KITT, not "Knight Rider". The title ''KnightRider'' doesn't refer to the car at all, but rather, to the man. Note that this is made pretty obvious in the OpeningNarration.
** This mistake occurs in the ''{{Futurama}}'' episode "The Honking":

** In ''TheSimpsons'', Bart makes the same exact mistake during the scene where "Die Hard" jumps barefoot through a window.

* HumanTarget: Featuring Chris Chance as the eponymous "Hugh Mantarget"
* In ''{{Community}}'' episode "[[Recap/CommunityS2E06Epidemiology Epidemiology]]" Troy claims his costume is a "sexy Dracula," and doesn't get why Abed insists he means "sexy vampire."

* From the ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Darmok", the Tamarian captain Picard deals with is called Dathon, not Darmok. Darmok is a figure from Tamarian culture, as noted in their saying [[MemeticMutation "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra"]].
* The host of the FoodNetwork cooking show ''BarefootContessa'' isn't actually named Contessa, but rather Ina Garten. [[PunnyName Yes, really]].

* From the ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Darmok", the Tamarian captain Picard deals with is called Dathon, not Darmok. Darmok is a figure from Tamarian culture, as noted in their saying [[MemeticMutation "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra"]].

* {{Smallville}} refers to the town in Kansas in which Clark Kent grows up in and lives. Though Lois would call him Smallville sometimes.

** Somewhat averted in the movie, which is aptly titled "Film/{{Serenity}}."

** And now, in the finale of season 6 of the new series, the BigBad of the season is shown to be out to kill the Doctor to stop him answering "the question that must never be answered", which appears, or is strongly hinted, to be "Doctor Who?" Of course, in the same episode, [[spoiler:he tells River the answer -- his name, which she was shown to know in her first appearance two seasons earlier.]]

*** Specifically, Tennant's favorite Doctor was Peter Davison, who was the first one to be credited as "The Doctor." Not hard to see why he wanted it changed.

* ''{{Blackadder}}'' is a complicated case. The first series was titled ''The Black Adder'', as a two word self-imposed title for the main character. Later series featured this character's descendants who had adopted it as their surname as one word. It's pretty much {{Your Mileage May Vary}} whether to go by the first format, or the one used by the more popular series.

* ''{{Farscape}}'' is the name of the program that gave birth to Crichton's experimental shuttle (the [=FarScape One=]), not the living ship that becomes his home (Moya).

* The ship in {{Firefly}} is called "Serenity". It is, however, of the Firefly class.
** Somewhat averted in the movie, which is aptly titled "{{Serenity}}."

* The ship in ''Firefly'' is called "Serenity". It is however of the Firefly class.
** Somewhat averted in the movie, which is aptly titled "Serenity".

* The main character of ''DoctorWho'' is "The Doctor", ''not'' "Doctor Who". Note, however, that there were two non-canon, [[NonSerialMovie Non Serial Movies]] in an AlternateUniverse starring a human being who ''was'' named "Doctor Who" or "Dr Who". However, the character has been credited as "Doctor Who" for much of the series, including for the first new season. It was changed back to "The Doctor" when David Tennant -- himself a fan of the series -- came on board, at his insistence.

** It is a running gag, though, that whenever someone hears about the Doctor for the first time, their response is "Doctor who?"