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* ''WebVideo/PissedOffAngryGamer'': He calls his [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] the [=ShitCube=]. The reason? Because [[SuddenlyShouting IT'S A PIECE OF FUCKING SHIT!]]

* ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood}}'': Troll ''wasn't'' this trope, until Creator/AlanMoore retconned him into being, literally, a centuries-old [[OurTrollsAreDifferent troll.]]

A title should tell you what a movie, show, episode of a show or product is about or does. Sometimes, though, the premise or plot of the story is '''all''' right there in the title. That's when you can say that the story is "[[TitleDrop Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]". Thus, this trope.

* ''WebAnimation/ZombieCollege''

* ''The Incredible Shrinking Woman'' is about a ''[[DistaffCounterpart woman]]'' who becomes smaller.

* The Creator/MarvelComics solicitation for the ''[[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace Space]] [[ComicBook/ThePunisher Punisher]]'' miniseries reads: "THIS BOOK IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE!" There's also ''ComicBook/ThePunisherKillsTheMarvelUniverse''.

** Creator/JackKirby's ''Machine Man'' is about an android.
* DC's ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' is about a legion of superheroes.

* ''ComicBook/{{Foolkiller}}'': He kills... Well, take a guess.

* As Creator/GailSimone often reminds people, King Shark is a shark.

* ''WesternAnimation/HulkVs'', which is [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner Hulk]] versus the other guy in the title ([[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]] or Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}}).

** A similar lampshade came when [[ComicBook/{{Runaways}} Molly Hayes]] (a kid with super strength) gut punches Characters/{{The Punisher|FrankCastle}} (a guy with no powers but guns). Molly is sorry as "how was [she] supposed to know he didn't have powers?" [[ComicBook/{{Runaways}} Victor Mancha]]'s response "you think he's got some punishy force?"

** Gorilla-Man: He's a man who is now a gorilla.

** [[ManOnFire Human Torch]]: [[IncendiaryExponent is on fire]].
** [[Characters/SpiderManCentralRoguesGallery Sand-Man]]: He's a man made of sand.
** Speed: He has speed powers.

** Two-Gun Kid: He was a kid with two guns. Now, he's a young adult...with two guns.

** Some of the mobsters Characters/{{Daredevil|MattMurdock}} had to fight during his career. Aside from his sworn enemy, [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin The Kingpin]], he has also crashed with the holders of such creative nicknames as The Organizer, The Boss and The Masked Marauder.

** ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'''s enemy Dragon Man is a humanoid dragon creature.

%%* "Fanfic/BrendansPokemonAdventure" is about the main character Brendan going on a Pokémon Adventure.

Contrast InNameOnly, ArtifactTitle. Compare MeaningfulName, ADogNamedDog.

* ''Fanfic/PropertyOf'': In-universe. The humans, not knowing the real names of any Cybertronians, nickname Ratchet "the Doctor" because he often performs (harmless and non-invasive) tests on them. They're later surprised to learn that this is actually a very accurate nickname.

* ''Blog/ScaramouchesAttic'', a Creator/VCAndrews fan and review blog, has a side feature called "Cover Talk" in which Scaramouche... talks about book covers.

* In the ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' CompilationMovie ''Doctor Doom Conquers the World'', Doctor Doom... conquers... the world.

** In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney: Justice For All'', [[spoiler:after finding out that a murder has just occurred, the titular character talks to someone over a two-way who calls themself "De Killer" . . . he's the murderer. Specifically, a hired assassin]].

* The Wrestling/BigGoldBelt. Subverted in that it's actually silver with gold plating, though from a distance of more than a few feet it looks completely gold.

* ''Film/TheWolfMan'' is about a man who is half wolf.

** ''[[OddNameOut Aristocats]]''