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* Happens in the short novel/novella ''Literature/TheyShootHorsesDontThey'', where the title is used in the last chapter as an explanation for why the main character shot his depressed girlfriend who couldn't kill herself—he had to put her out of her misery. (Don't worry, not a spoiler, it's the first thing in the book.)

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-->'''Marisa:''' Vámonos, que aquí ya no hay quien viva.[[labelnote:Translation]]Let's go, nobody can live here anymore.[[/labelnote]]

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-->'''Jack Worthing''': On the contrary, Aunt Augusta, I’ve now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.

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* [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics''[[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2009 #2009]], where T-rex and his friends invent new last lines for famous novels that would be examples of this trope.

* [[http://www.jaynaylor.com/betterdays/archives/2009/05/chapter-25-bett-9.html In the end of]] ''Webcomic/BetterDays'', the last spoken words are a title drop:

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* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' titled one episode "Last Last One Forever and Ever", and one of the last lines of that episode is Carl commenting that Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad truly were an Aqua Teen Hunger Force. The creators believed this would be the show's final episode, but then the series was renewed.

-->'''Lucy:''' Peter once asked me when I fell in love with Jack. And I told him, "It was while you were sleeping."\\

* "Film/TenCloverfieldLane" is the address of Howard's home. We learn this when Michelle knocks over the house's mailbox as she flees Howard's bunker after destroying the alien craft.

* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' titled one episode "Last Last One Forever and Ever", and one of the last lines of that episode is Carl commenting that Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad truly were an Aqua Teen Hunger Force. The creators believed this would be the show's final episode, but then the series was renewed.
* The ''[[WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes!]]'' official series finale, "[[Recap/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroesS2E26AvengersAssemble Avengers Assemble!]]" has Cap deliver a RousingSpeech to the Avengers and their allies that begins, "You are Earth's mightiest heroes..." He also exclaims the eponymous CatchPhrase in an earlier scene.

* The ''[[WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes!]]'' official series finale, "[[Recap/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroesS2E26AvengersAssemble Avengers Assemble!]]" has Cap deliver a RousingSpeech to the Avengers and their allies that begins, "You are Earth's mightiest heroes..." The eponymous CatchPhrase also gets exclaimed in an earlier scene.

* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' titled one episode "Last Last One Forever and Ever", and one of the last lines of that episode is Carl commenting that Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad truly were an Aqua Teen Hunger Force. The creators believed this would be the show's final episode, but then the series was renewed.

* ''Literature/{{The Crying of Lot 49}}'' plays with this. The title is the final line of text, and deliberately makes absolutely no sense until then. It turns out that [[spoiler: the 49th lot (property) at an auction is maybe relevant to the mystery, and Oedipa is waiting for that lot to be cried (sold).]] The book ends just before the crying starts, because ThomasPynchon likes doing that sort of thing, so [[NoEnding we never find out what happens]].

A subtrope of TitleDrop, where the name of the series itself appears at the end of a work.

Expanding the second type of TitleDrop into a SubTrope, where the name of the series itself appears at the end of a work.

!Examples

* The name of the final episode of ''Hoshi no Kirby\'' (dubbed as ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'') was "Tobe!" ("Fly!" in English) followed by the title of the show.
* The final episode's title for ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' is \"Does the Reaper Dream of Darkness Darker than Black?\".

-->From that time on, Basil and I were a close team, and over the years we had many cases together. But I shall always look back on that first with the most fondness: My introduction to Basil of Baker Street: The great mouse detective.

-->'''Gordon''': Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So, we'll hunt him, because he can take it. Because he\'s not our hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Knight.

-->'''Becky Beaner:''' Well, whatever you call them, Champion City will forever owe a debt of gratitude to these mystery men.
-->'''The Sphinx:''' Wait! Wait, that\'s it! We are... the Super Squad! ''[awkward silence]''
-->'''The Bowler:''' No, no, alliteration in these situations is corny.

* In the last scene of ''Film/BackToTheFuture III'', Marty asks Doc if he's going "back to the future."
-->'''Doc''': Already been there.

* "Forget it, Jake... it's Film/{{Chinatown}}."

* ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus''. Hera/Juno does it while speaking with Jason about his destiny in the last chapter of The Lost Hero.

* ''Literature/TheBoywhowasashardasStone''

-->''Here\'s to happy days.''

* [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in Webcomic/DinosaurComics. [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2009 Link]].
* [[http://www.jaynaylor.com/betterdays/archives/2009/05/chapter-25-bett-9.html In the end of]] Webcomic/BetterDays.

* ''LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts.'' The final episodes for both seasons are titled: "Baka to Test to Shōkanjū\," though an exclamation mark was added for the second season.

* ''LightNovel/BakaToTestToShoukanjuu''. The final episodes for both seasons are titled \"Baka to Tesuto to Shōkanjū\", though an exclamation mark was added for the second season.

* \'\'LightNovel/BakaToTestToShoukanjuu\'\'. The final episodes for both seasons are titled \"Baka to Tesuto to Shōkanjū\", though an exclamation mark was added for the second season.
* \'\'Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann\'\'. The final version of the Gurren Lagann mecha that they used in the finale against the Anti Spirals is called exactly as the title (meaning \"Heaven Piercing Gurren Lagann\").
* The name of the final episode of \'\'Hoshi no Kirby\'\' (dubbed as \'\'Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa\'\') was \"Tobe!\" (\"Fly!\" in English) followed by the title of the show.
* The final episode\'s title for \'\'Anime/DarkerThanBlack\'\' is \"Does the Reaper Dream of Darkness Darker than Black?\".
* The very last words of \'\'LightNovel/ShangriLa\'\'.
* The final episode\'s title and last spoken word for \'\'Anime/WelcomeToTheNHK\'\', aside from the first episode.
* \'\'LightNovel/GoshuushouSamaNinomiyaKun\'\' ends with the show\'s title as the final spoken line by Hosaka as he overlooks another normal, chaotic morning with the many women surrounding Shungo Ninomiya.

* \'\'Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective\'\'. Dawson\'s closing lines.

* \'\'Film/TheDarkKnight\'\'. Commissioner Gordon\'s final monologue.
-->\'\'\'Gordon\'\'\': Because he\'s the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So, we\'ll hunt him, because he can take it. Because he\'s not our hero. He\'s a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Knight.
* In the final scene of \'\'Film/MysteryMen\'\' the team is being interviewed by a group of reporters, wanting to know their team name.
-->\'\'\'Becky Beaner:\'\'\' Well, whatever you call them, Champion City will forever owe a debt of gratitude to these mystery men.\\\\
\'\'\'The Sphinx:\'\'\' Wait! Wait, that\'s it! We are... the Super Squad! \'\'[awkward silence]\'\'\\\\
\'\'\'The Bowler:\'\'\' No, no, alliteration in these situations is corny.
* In the final moments of \'\'Film/CountessDracula\'\' Elizabeth Bathroy, bricked up in the room she\'ll spend the rest of her life in, hears the whisperings outside as they call her Countess Dracula - an allusion to Literature/{{Dracula}} which hadn\'t occurred at any point earlier in the film.
* In the last scene of \'\'Film/BackToTheFuture III\'\', Marty asks Doc if he\'s going \"back to the future.\"
-->\'\'\'Doc\'\'\': Already been there.
* In \'\'Film/HolyMotors\'\', the second-to-last scene reveals the movie title to be the name of a car park.
* \"Forget it, Jake... it\'s Film/{{Chinatown}}.\"

* \'\'Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus\'\'. Hera/Juno does it while speaking with Jason about his destiny in the last chapter of The Lost Hero.
* The last five words of the novel \'\'Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs\'\' are \"the silence of the lambs,\" in reference to an intense conversation Clarice had earlier on with Lecter about witnessing lambs being slaughtered as a child.
* Done in \'\'Literature/IAmLegend\'\'.
* The Avi book \'\'Sometimes I Think I Hear My Name\'\' uses itself as the last line spoken.
* The title of \'\'Literature/AllQuietOnTheWesternFront\'\' appears on the last page. [[ItWasHisSled It\'s the official report of combat status on the day the narrator dies.]]
* Happens in the short novel/novella \'\'Literature/TheyShootHorsesDontThey\'\', where the title is used in the last chapter as an explanation for why the main character shot his depressed girlfriend who couldn\'t kill herself—he had to put her out of her misery. (Don\'t worry, not a spoiler, it\'s the first thing in the book.)
* \'\'Literature/{{The Crying of Lot 49}}\'\' plays with this. The title is the final line of text, and deliberately makes absolutely no sense until then. It turns out that [[spoiler: the 49th lot (property) at an auction is maybe relevant to the mystery, and Oedipa is waiting for that lot to be cried (sold).]] The book ends just before the crying starts, because ThomasPynchon likes doing that sort of thing, so [[NoEnding we never find out what happens]].
* \'\'Literature/TheBoywhowasashardasStone\'\'
* \'\'Literature/TillWeHaveFaces\'\'. The explanation for the title only comes near the end of the final chapter:

* The last spoken words in the the TV series \'\'Series/HappyDays\'\' 11-season run.
-->\'\'Here\'s to happy days.\'\'

* In \'\'Theatre/TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest\'\', the title drop is the final line of the play. Lady Bracknell reproaches Jack, who has just become engaged to the woman he loves, for displaying signs of levity, and he assures her that he now understands as never before \"the vital importance of being earnest\".
-->\'\'\'Jack Worthing\'\'\': On the contrary, Aunt Augusta, I’ve now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.

* \'\'VideoGame/SlenderTheArrival\'\'. The final chapter is named The Arrival.
* \'\'VideoGame/DeadSpace\'\'. The final chapter is named Dead Space (which ironically takes place in a planet).

* \'\'VisualNovel/FateStayNight\'\'. The routes in the game, including the one the game itself is named after, all end on chapters with titles matching the paths.
* The final chapter of \'\'VisualNovel/RoseGunsDays\'\' has the series\' title with the Final Season\'s cover splashing on the screen (the \"chapter change\" animation also has several page flips instead of one normally). Just before it appears, Rose also declares \"the final chapter of these days of roses and guns\", which is the closest thing to a TitleDrop the dialogues can have.

* \'\'WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce\'\' titled one episode \"Last Last One Forever and Ever\", and one of the last lines of that episode is Carl commenting that Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad truly were an Aqua Teen Hunger Force. The creators believed this would be the show\'s final episode, but then the series was renewed.