History Main / IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming

** In Israel, LeslieNielsen's comedies received the same treatment. ''Film/TheNakedGun'' was named ''The Gun Died Laughing'', and its sequels were named appropriately. Since then, other films would be translated as "The [something] Died Laughing" - ''SpyHard'' was named ''The Spy Died Laughing'', ''WrongfullyAccused'', a parody of ''Film/TheFugitive'', was named ''The Fugitive Died Laughing'', and ''2001: A Space Travesty'' was named ''Space Died Laughing''.

Compare CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase if they're used in a series, UnusualChapterNumbers, ThemeNaming and TitleDrop. One sub-trope is EpisodeFinishesTheTitle.

* Major releases of Google's mobile operating system Android are named after desserts, e.g. "Cupcake", "Donut", "Eclair", "Frozen Yogurt" ("Froyo"), "Gingerbread", "Ice Cream Sandwich", and now "Jelly Bean" First letters of current and upcoming releases' names' also follow the alphabet.
The latest (as of 2013)one is "KitKat".

* The first 20 issues of ''{{Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane}}'', as well as the two ''Mary Jane'' miniseries preceding them, were all entitled "The ___ Thing", with the second word having to do with the comic's plot. For example, issue 4, when [[spoiler:Gwen Stacy is introduced]], is called "The Unexpected Thing."

* ''StarWars'' has had each film, on top of a title for each, also designated by Episode, with the 1977-1983 trilogy Episodes IV-VI and their prequels from 1999-2005 I to III.

** There is also a string of non-contiguous comics whose titles all include the word "amoeba" (e.g., [[http://mountaincomics.com/2013/01/24/mountain-time-426/ "Then I Saw Her Face / Now I'm an Amoeba]], all of which focus on a particular character (who is not an amoeba).

* ''Fanwork/ZanyToTheMax'': Every Kat the Cat segment is entitled "Kat the Cat: The ___," the blank being a noun that has to do with the episode.

* Every installment of the [[FanFic/NewLookSeries New Look Series]] is titled like [victim]'s New Look: [title]

* The long ''{{iCarly}}'' fanfic [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5461414/1/Beneath_The_Pale_Moonlight ''Beneath The Pale Moonlight'']] uses song titles for chapter names. The title of the story itself isn't the name of a song, but ''is'' taken from a line in the song ''Save The Last Dance For Me'' by ''The Drifters'' (not ''Somewhere Out There'' from the ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' soundtrack).

* ''Fanfic/TilTheSunGrowsCold'' uses a phrase from Shakespeare for the title of each chapter.

* ThePlatoonOfPowerSquadron calls each episode a hypothesis.

** Or mashed into the title when it's only one word, such as VideoGame/{{Tetr|is}}Awesome and [[{{Cloverfield}} Awesomefield]].

* Also by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale: In ''{{Batman}}: TheLongHalloween'', each issue is named for a holiday (with the exception of the first and last issues, named "Crime" and "Punishment").

* Every installment of the NewLookSeries is titled like [victim]'s New Look: [title]

* The subtitles of chapters of FanFic/ThroughTheEyesOfAnotherPony all work in "chapter" (Revenge of the Chapter, Son of a Chapter, The Bride of Chapter...).

* Half of all the thread titles at ''Roleplay/AbsitOmen'' (a Harry Potter forum roleplay) contain many shout-outs to other fantasy, film, television and music, along with author and character specific titles ('The Adventure of the _____' when following the mysteries an auror character investigates)

* Most fan works based off on the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' series include the word turnabout in the title, like in the canon cases. Examples include ''FanFic/ACompleteTurnabout'', ''FanFic/TurnaboutStorm'' and ''TurnaboutSubstitution''.

* Each chapter of ''VForVendetta'' features a word beginning with 'V'; "The Villain", "Virtue Victorious", "The Verdict", "Verwirrung" (German for confusion), etc.

* Each ''Three Panel Soul'' strip is named "On ________", with the ________ usually refering to the strip's subject. For example: [[http://www.threepanelsoul.com/view.php?date=2008-11-26 On Surnames]]