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* ''ComicBook/OneHundredBullets'' did a few, such #75's "Amorality Play".
* ''ComicBook/AnimalMan'': Every issue of the miniseries ''The Last Days of Animal Man'' waits until the last page to give the story's title.

* The ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'' comic "[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/07/24/free-comic-book-day-2009/ Why Atomic Robo hates Dr. Dinosaur]]".
* The early issues of the ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000'' series sort of combined this with NoTitle. In order to emphasize the minimalistic nature of the stories and their protagonist, writer Kelley Puckett would often stick the credits in the very last panel of each comic, and provide no title. Guest writers, such as Creator/ChuckDixon, often broke the trend.
* Creator/{{Christopher Priest|Comics}}'s ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' storyline "Seduction of the Innocent" does this at the end of every part.
* The comic detailing ComicBook/{{Captain America}}'s death, "The Death of the Dream", saved its title for the closing.
* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' has some stories, including the ones below, that don't show their titles until the end:

* "It's Your Funeral," an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}''.
* Every issue of the John Stewart-centric comic ''ComicBook/GreenLantern: Mosaic'' had the story title on the last page.
* The infamous ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' story Creator/WarrenEllis wrote about the UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} shootings that was initially pulled by Creator/DCComics saved its title for the last page because [[spoiler:it was the last thing one of the shooter's victims said to him: "Shoot."]]
* ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' does this in every issue, occasionally using it for a punchline. The issue where the ComicBook/FantasticFour show up to fight Hulk on the last pages is titled, ''So Here's The Thing''.
* Most of Brad Meltzer's comics feature this, and they're usually [[TitleDrop just taken from lines in the issue]].

** Most issues being with the title on the first page, but Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} had been teasing the death of one of Spidey's main character for months when page 1 of issue #121 told the audience they'd have to wait until the last panel to learn that issue's title: [[spoiler: "ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied"]]
** Creator/PeterDavid's ''The Death of Jean [=DeWolff=]'' did this as well.
%%* Each issue of the mini-series ''The Secret History of ComicBook/{{the Authority}}: Jack Hawksmoor''.
%%* "Your Mother Should Know," an issue of the Will Payton-era ''ComicBook/{{Starman}}.''

* ''ComicBook/TheElementals'': A girl with a crush on Tommy runs away from home. He rescues her. The final panel shows them dancing together at her prom, and since we see the title is "My Little Runaway", you can't ''help'' but hear the Del Shannon song.

** Chapter 306, "The Final Act Begins," appears at the end, when [[spoiler:Midoriya has left U.A. to protect his classmates from the villains that are after One For All.

Contrast TheTeaser, where the title takes a few minutes to appear, but still does so before the conclusion. See TitleOnlyOpening when the opening credits [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin consist of only the title]]. If a work's title appears at ''both'' the beginning and the end, it belongs in BookEnds.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': The very last thing to appear before the end credits is the film's own title, just after the final scene of Mario and Luigi entering a warp pipe.

** This is replicated in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ Super Robot Wars Z2-Hakai-hen]]''.
* Episode 10 of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. The opening is shown at the end of this particular episode and doubles up as the credits screen. Fitting, since the entire episode focused on [[spoiler:[[HowWeGotHere what happened to Homura before the current timeline]]]].

** ''WebVideo/OuranTheVaguelyAbridgedSeries'' did the same thing when abridging this episode.

* Each issue of the mini-series ''The Secret History of ComicBook/{{the Authority}}: Jack Hawksmoor''.
* "Your Mother Should Know," an issue of the Will Payton-era ''ComicBook/{{Starman}}.''

* ''WesternAnimation/GuillermoDelTorosPinocchio''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}''

* ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet''
* ''WesternAnimation/RockDog''
* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}''

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', a first for Creator/IlluminationEntertainment.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeachersPet: TheMovie''
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}}''

* ''WesternAnimation/WonderPark''

* ''Film/{{Avatar}}'''s title appears at the very end of the film, after [[spoiler: Jake's subconscious is permanently transferred into his Na'vi avatar]].
** The sequel ''Film/AvatarTheWayOfWater'' does this as well.
* ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopIII''

* ''Film/BladeRunner2049''
* ''Film/TheBucketList''
* ''[[Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire Catching Fire]]'', which also includes shots of the gold mockingjay pin transforming into the three book/film logos.

* ''Film/Contagion2011''
* ''Film/{{Courageous}}'', egregiously.
* ''Film/DragonBallEvolution''

* ''Film/{{F9}}'', a first for the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise.

* ''Film/GangsOfNewYork''

* ''Film/GreenBook''

* ''Film/{{Head}}'' (1968) might be the UrExample.

* ''Film/TheHurtLocker''

* ''Film/IsntItRomantic''

* ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion''

* ''Film/ManOfSteel''
* Most Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse movies from 2011's ''Film/{{Thor}}'' onwards save their title cards for the end credits, the only exceptions being ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' and ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'' films, ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', and ''Film/{{Black Widow|2021}}''.
* The ''Film/MiamiVice'' remake.

* ''[[Film/MissCongeniality Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous]]'' for some reason.
* ''Film/Moonlight2016'' does the same thing.
* ''Film/TheMummyReturns''

** ''Film/{{Inception}}'' doesn't have a title card until the end credits. [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Where it is displayed three separate times.]] Of course, given [[DreamWithinADream the events of the film]], this is probably on purpose...

* ''Film/{{Noelle}}''
* ''Film/TheNutcrackerAndTheFourRealms''

* ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood''

* ''Film/ThePianist''
* ''Film/ThePlaceBeyondThePines''

* ''Film/Rampage2018''

* ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', a first for the (then) 50-year old franchise.

* ''Film/{{Unbroken}}''
* ''Film/VanHelsing''

* The same goes for ''Film/YesMan''.
* ''Film/ZeroDarkThirty''

* The ending for the reboot of ''[[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 Tomb Raider]]'' displays not only the game's name, but emphasizes its themes by showing the tagline, "A Survivor is Born".

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* The SeriesFinale of ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' does this by way of having the series title appear at the end of the episode on a VHS tape being watched by [[spoiler: Pops, who DiedHappilyEverAfter and is now watching over the characters from the afterlife.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': The show's [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWarsSeasonSeven seventh]] and final season, coming out [[SequelGap several years]] after the previous season, dispenses with its previous TitlePlease tactic and copies the two below-mentioned follow-up series by placing the titles early in the credits.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' shows the card with the episode title at the beginning of the closing credits.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'', made by many of the same people as ''Rebels'', puts its episode title cards in the same place.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' does this with episode titles.

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* ''WebVideo/{{Defunctland}}: "The Awful Wiggles Dark Ride" ends with a [[Music/TheWiggles Wiggles]]-themed version of the Decfunctland logo... followed by Kevin admitting the title card didn't show up at the beginning because he couldn't figure out a place to insert it that fit in with the video's pacing.

* A six-page ''ComicBook/{{Archie|Comics}}'' story, "A Winner Never Quits...A Quitter Never Wins," ended with its moral as the title, which was saved for the last panel. Or as they put it in their own early-70's faux-hip terms, "We're gonna lay it on you at the end of this yarn.

* The early issues of the ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl 2000}}'' series sort of combined this with NoTitle. In order to emphasize the minimalistic nature of the stories and their protagonist, writer Kelley Puckett would often stick the credits in the very last panel of each comic, and provide no title. Guest writers, such as Creator/ChuckDixon, often broke the trend.

* There was a Creator/{{DC|Comics}} storyline that went by the title ''ComicBook/{{Superman}} Super League'', up until the end of the first issue when Superman said "[[WhamLine I'm dying]]." Then the true title was revealed: ''ComicBook/TheFinalDaysOfSuperman''.

* On Disney Junior airings, every episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'' ends with the show's title appearing before the credits roll.

* ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'': Title appears at the beginning and end.

* The title card for ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' is the LAST shot of the movie before the credits roll. The tradition is kept alive for both ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', a first for ''Creator/IlluminationEntertainment''.

* Episode 15 of the ''Anime/{{Gungrave}}'' animation. While the audience knows who is DoomedByCanon, the episode stays low key up until the violent murder of [[spoiler:Brandon Heat]], and slams the WhamEpisode home by cutting to the black title card: ''Death''.

* With the move away from films having opening credits sequences, this trope has become more and more common in cinema.

* ''VideoGame/TheBridge'''s title is not displayed until after the ending sequence.

* ''Film/{{Arrival}}''

* A common trend involves "presents" cards for the studios popping up at the beginning while leaving the films' actual title cards at the end. Examples include ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Ferdinand}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' and ''WesternAnimation/Soul''.

* A common trend involves "presents" cards for the studios popping up at the beginning while leaving the films' actual title cards at the end. Examples include ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Ferdinand}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse''.

** "Out of House and Home" interrupts it to reveal that the family focusing on their medical bills caused them to neglect paying their mortgage, rendering them homeless and setting up the plot of [[TwoShorts the companion segment]]; the episode instead ends on a SmashToBlack a minute later.

* The TitleDrop for Music/GeorgeMichael's "One More Try" is the last line of a six minute song.
* All of the non-instrumental songs on Music/AmericanFootball's first album end with a TitleDrop.

* Nearly every episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'' ends on a hard cut to the show's title and accompanying final line of the theme tune. There are a few exceptions that subvert this:
** "Out of House and Home" subverts this by interrupting it to reveal that the family focusing on their medical bills caused them to neglect paying their mortgage, rendering them homeless and setting up the plot of [[TwoShorts the companion segment]]; the episode instead ends on a SmashToBlack a minute later.

* Nearly every episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'' ends on a hard cut to the show's title and accompanying final line of the theme tune. "Out of House and Home" subverts this by interrupting it to reveal that the family focusing on their medical bills caused them to neglect paying their mortgage, rendering them homeless and setting up the plot of [[TwoShorts the companion segment]]; the episode instead ends on a SmashToBlack a minute later.

* The last thing you see in the very first episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' is the show's title just before the credits roll.
* On Disney Junior airings, every episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'' ends with the show's title appearing before the credits roll.
* Nearly every episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'' end on a hard cut to the show's title and accompanying final line of the theme tune. "Out of House and Home" subverts this by interrupting the title card and its accompanying musical sting to reveal that the family focusing on their medical bills caused them to neglect paying their mortgage, rendering them homeless and setting up the plot of [[TwoShorts the companion segment]]; the episode instead ends on a SmashToBlack a minute later.

* The SeriesFinale of ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' has the series title appears at the end of the episode [[spoiler: on a tape Pops is watching [[DiedHappilyEverAfter in Heaven]], to which he says "Jolly good show!"]]

* Every episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'' ends on a hard cut to the show's title.