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--->With mankind watching, the World President said, "Fifty years ago, you were declared The Sesquicentennial Robot, Andrew." After a pause, and in a more solemn tone, he continued, "Today we declare you The Bicentennial Man, Mr. Martin."

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* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': The final spellcards of ''Mountain of Faith'' and ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' share their names with the English half of game's title. Similarly, ''Ten Desires''' final card includes the Japanese portion of the title in it's name. ''Double Spoiler'' just has a regular TitleDrop in the last bit of dialogue.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': The final spellcards of ''Mountain of Faith'' and ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' share their names with the English half of game's title. Similarly, ''Ten Desires''' final card includes the Japanese portion of the title in it's its name. ''Double Spoiler'' just has a regular TitleDrop in the last bit of dialogue.


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* Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog gets in ''two'' title drops during the final, minute-long cutscene of ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', one of which is the very last line of dialogue in the game. The subtitles even render them in all upper case to make them even more obvious.
-->'''[[spoiler:Neo Metal Sonic]]''': It's no use... but why can't I defeat you?
-->'''Sonic''': Because... we're Sonic Heroes!
-->[''later'']
-->'''Sonic''': Alright! [[AndTheAdventureContinues Our next adventure awaits us]], so there's no time to waste! Yeah! We're Sonic Heroes!
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* In ''Film/HolyMotors'', the second-to-last scene reveals the movie title to be the name of a car park.

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* 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 ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'', the title is never spoken in the film but it appears as a headline in the newspaper in the second to last scene.



-->'''Chingachgook:''' Bid them patience and ask death for speed; for they are all there but one - I, Chingachgook - Last of the Mohicans.\\

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-->'''Chingachgook:''' Bid them patience and ask death for speed; for they are all there but one - I, Chingachgook - Last of the Mohicans.Mohicans.
* The closing narration of ''Film/SpiderMan1'' ends with the title:
-->'''Peter Parker:''' This is my gift. My curse. Who am I? I'm Spider Man."
* ''Film/IronMan'' ends with Tony Stark admitting:
-->'''Tony Stark:''' Truth is... I ''am'' Iron Man.
* ''Film/IFrankenstein'' has a closing monologue ending with the title:
-->'''Adam:''' I, defender of the demon hoard. I, my father's son. I, Frankenstein.
* The essay read at the end of ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' is signed "Sincerely yours, The Breakfast Club"
* Subverted 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.
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'''The Sphinx:''' Wait! Wait, that's it! We are... the Super Squad! ''[awkward silence]''\\
'''The Bowler:''' No, no, alliteration in these situations is corny.
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* The sequel to ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'' has an epic TitleScream as the two cheer squads reconcile their differences and cheer hard enough to [[spoiler: ''reignite the dying sun'']]:
-->'''Leaders:''' OSU!
-->'''Other members:''' TATAKAE!
-->'''[[BackForTheFinale Everyone they helped]]:''' '''OUENDAAAAN!!'''
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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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-->'''Jack Worthing''': On the contrary, Aunt Augusta, I�ve I've now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.
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Compare to ThemeMusicWithholding. Not to be confused with CloseOnTitle. When the title doesn't appear in universe but rather as the ''title'' of the finale, it's a TitleDropChapter.

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Compare to ThemeMusicWithholding. Not to be confused with CloseOnTitle. When the title doesn't appear in universe it's not dropped in-universe but rather as the ''title'' of the finale, it's a TitleDropChapter.
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Compare to ThemeMusicWithholding. Not to be confused with CloseOnTitle.

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Compare to ThemeMusicWithholding. Not to be confused with CloseOnTitle.
CloseOnTitle. When the title doesn't appear in universe but rather as the ''title'' of the finale, it's a TitleDropChapter.

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For whatever reason only the games section here includes entries based on chapter title alone, despite the Title Drop Chapter trope page specifically mentioning the prevalence of final chapters being title drops and including many examples in other media which are NOT listed here. Moved those game examples from here to that page so that all media types are consistent, and the examples left here are consistent with the description focusing on in-universe title drops during the finale.



* ''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).



* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'': A number of [[GameMod megawads]] have their last level named after the megawad's title itself. Examples include ''Hell Revealed'', ''Hellcore'', ''Hadephobia'' and ''No End in Sight''.



** The subtitle, "Hydragea After The Rain", is the title of the last chapter, before the epilogue, seen in the "The Story So Far menu".

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** The subtitle, "Hydragea After The Rain", is the [[TitleDropChapter title of the last chapter, chapter]], before the epilogue, seen in the "The Story So Far menu".



* ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheWarriorWithin'' includes a title for each part of the game in save files, as a way of indicating where you are. The last of these is "The Warrior Within."
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky SC'': The last of the game's OnscreenChapterTitles drops the chapter and numbering scheme altogether, simply titled "Finale: Trails in the Sky".




* ''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.



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* ''Fanfic/ThePetricultureCycle'': The last chapter of ''Avocation'' is "Avocation", named such because the story is of someone trying to find a job, a.k.a an avocation, and they have succeeded at the end.
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** ''Literature/ItsSuchABeautifulDay'': The story occurs in [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture a future]] where everyone uses a [[PortalDoor Door to teleport from place-to-place]]. It ends with the [[TheShrink psychiatrist]] deciding to walk home, so that they can enjoy the [[TitleDrop beautiful]] weather.
--->So he said in a soft voice, as his hand fell away from the board and his feet turned away from the Door, "You know, it's such a beautiful day that I think I'll walk."
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* The final line in ''Fanfic/FinalToll'' is "The final bell tolled."
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* ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective''. Dawson's closing lines.

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



* The last line of ''Disney/BigHero6'' is Hiro asking "Who are we?", then the scene cuts to a title card showing "Big Hero 6".

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* The last line of ''Disney/BigHero6'' ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' is Hiro asking "Who are we?", then the scene cuts to a title card showing "Big Hero 6".

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* The last line of ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'' concludes with the title.
-->'''Chingachgook:''' Bid them patience and ask death for speed; for they are all there but one - I, Chingachgook - Last of the Mohicans.\\

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** "Literature/TheMerchantPrinces": At the end of the story, Mayor Mallow casually mentions the original title ("The Big and the Little") when explaining the ProxyWar between Foundation and the Empire, with Korell as the Empire's proxy. The Foundation thinks and is "little", while the Empire thinks and was "big" (still the largest GalacticSuperpower, but much smaller than it was).
** "Literature/TheGeneralFoundation": When this story was [[OrwellianRetcon revised]] for publication in ''Literature/FoundationAndEmpire'', the original title "Dead Hand" was [[TitleDrop reused]] for chapter 3, "The Dead Hand". The last line of Chapter 3 is General Riose summarizing the conflict; "a dead hand against a living will".

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** ''Literature/FoundationSeries'':
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"Literature/TheMerchantPrinces": At the end of the story, Mayor Mallow casually mentions the original title ("The Big and the Little") when explaining the ProxyWar between Foundation and the Empire, with Korell as the Empire's proxy. The Foundation thinks and is "little", while the Empire thinks and was "big" (still the largest GalacticSuperpower, but much smaller than it was).
** *** "Literature/TheGeneralFoundation": When this story was [[OrwellianRetcon revised]] for publication in ''Literature/FoundationAndEmpire'', the original title "Dead Hand" was [[TitleDrop reused]] for chapter 3, "The Dead Hand". The last line of Chapter 3 is General Riose summarizing the conflict; "a dead hand against a living will".will".
** "Literature/NotFinal": This story is about Prosser, a scientist working on creating [[DeflectorShields force fields]] capable of holding an atmosphere against the vacuum of space. He declares that it is scientifically impossible, and repeats "That's final!" several times. This story [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] the trope by having an epilogue where another character has managed to do exactly that, showing [[DramaticIrony how wrong Prosser is]], and making the title a response to Prosser's claim.



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* The phrase "dark soul" comes up multiple times in ''The Ringed City'', the last DLC for ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'', which is intended as the GrandFinale of the series. Lapp, a.k.a [[spoiler: Patches]] even says "A fine dark soul to you" during your last encounter with him, as though he's telling the player goodbye, and the item you get for beating the final boss is called "The Dark Soul of Man".

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* ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'': The phrase "dark soul" comes up multiple times in ''The Ringed City'', the last DLC for ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'', DLC, which is intended as the GrandFinale of the series. Lapp, a.k.a [[spoiler: Patches]] even says "A fine dark soul to you" during your last encounter with him, as though he's telling the player goodbye, and the item you get for beating the final boss is called "The Dark Soul of Man".
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** "Literature/TheGeneralFoundation": When this story was [[OrwellianRetcon revised]] for publication in ''Literature/FoundationAndEmpire'', the original title "Dead Hand" was [[TitleDrop reused]] for chapter 3, "The Dead Hand". The last line of Chapter 3 is General Riose summarizing the conflict; "a dead hand against a living will".

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* The phrase "bicentennial man" shows up near the end of Creator/IsaacAsimov's short story of that name and provides the crowning moment of heartwarming for the story.

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** "Literature/TheBicentennialMan":
The phrase "bicentennial man" shows up near the end, in a heartfelt recognition of Andrew's very ''[[PinocchioSyndrome human]]'' life.
** "Literature/TheMerchantPrinces": At the
end of Creator/IsaacAsimov's short story of that name the story, Mayor Mallow casually mentions the original title ("The Big and provides the crowning moment of heartwarming for Little") when explaining the story.ProxyWar between Foundation and the Empire, with Korell as the Empire's proxy. The Foundation thinks and is "little", while the Empire thinks and was "big" (still the largest GalacticSuperpower, but much smaller than it was).

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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky SC'': The last of the game's OnscreenChapterTitles drops the chapter and numbering scheme altogether, simply titled "Finale: Trails in the Sky".



* ''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.

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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.
renewed. The hilarious part is that even so late into the show's run, the title still makes just as little sense as it always has.
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* ''Fanfic/MyNameIsMolly'' ends with Molly giving her ID and confirming her identity with "My name is Molly".
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* The sixth and final Chapter of ''Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie'' shares the title of the fanfic.


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* ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheWarriorWithin'' includes a title for each part of the game in save files, as a way of indicating where you are. The last of these is "The Warrior Within."

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* ''Literature/GeorgesSecretKeyToTheUniverse''. The title of the talk George gives at the end is ''My Secret Key To The Universe''.
** In ''George and the Ship of Time'', the sixth and final book in the series, "ship of time" is dropped by [[spoiler: Annie]] in the last paragraph. Downplayed as it was dropped earlier in the book as well and it is not the full title.

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''VideoGame/EternalSeniaHydrangeaAfterTheRain'': Dropped both exactly, and by implication:

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* The phrase "dark soul" comes up multiple times in ''The Ringed City'', the last DLC for ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'', which is intended as the GrandFinale of the series. Lapp, a.k.a [[spoiler: Patches]] even says "A fine dark soul to you" during your last encounter with him, as though he's telling the player goodbye, and the item you get for beating the final boss is called "The Dark Soul of Man".

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''VideoGame/EternalSeniaHydrangeaAfterTheRain'': Dropped both exactly, and by implication:
** The subtitle, "Hydragea After The Rain", is the title of the last chapter, before the epilogue, seen in the "The Story So Far menu".
** In the final chapter before the epilogue, when Magaleta compares Senia to such hydrageas:
--> You are just like the star in the night sky, the hydrangea that blooms in the rainy spring...\\
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[[spoiler:I want to shield you from every terrible thing in this world]]\\
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[[spoiler:But you're so strong]].\\
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[[spoiler:You blossom splendidly, even after storms and tempests]],\\
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* ''Fanfic/NeverBeenBothered'''s final line is "And not once, ever, did I care. It's never bothered me." This refers to the protagonist not caring that Anna and Elsa [[spoiler:[[BrotherSisterIncest are sisters]].]]
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-->''Tyler:''' However, we are determined to move ever northward, ever forward, toward the greater mysteries that lie ahead, of this land that time forgot.

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* ''Series/OrphanBlack'' is revealed to be the title of Helena's memoir in the series finale.
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It's Yamada himself who reads the book.


* ''Manga/YamadaKunAndTheSevenWitches'' is revealed to be the name of the book Shiraishi reads to her children in the DistantFinale.

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* ''Manga/YamadaKunAndTheSevenWitches'' is revealed to be the name of the book Shiraishi Yamada reads to her his children in the DistantFinale.
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* ''Manga/YamadaKunAndTheSevenWitches'' is revealed to be the name of the book Shiraishi reads to her children in the DistantFinale.
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* ''Anime/ReCreators'' turns out to be the name of the novel Meteora writes in the last episode about all the things the Creations experienced.
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* The phrase "bicentennial man" shows up near the end of Creator/IsaacAsimov's short story of that name and provides the crowning moment of heartwarming for the story.

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