History Main / IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming

* With one exception, the title of each of the ''ComicBook/OneHundredBullets'' collections is based around its number. Book two is ''Split Second Chance'', while book ten is ''Decayed'' (sounds like decade). Some titles don't actually contain the numerical pun, but instead are cleverly part of a phrase that would usually include that number, such as ''Samurai'', the seventh book, ''The Hard Way'', the eighth, and the twelfth book, ''Dirty''. The only book to break this tradition is ''Hang Up on the Hang Low'', which was named after a StoryArc contained in the book as the story in question had won an Eisner Award.[[note]]It was originally going to be called ''The Charm''.[[/note]] The final volume, "Wilt," is especially clever since it's not only referring to the end of the series, but also to [[spoiler:Wilt Chamberlain's jersey number with the LA Lakers, which was 13.]]

* With one exception, the title of each of the ''ComicBook/OneHundredBullets'' collections is based around its number. Book two is "Split Second Chance", while book ten is "Decayed" (sounds like decade). Some titles don't actually contain the numerical pun, but instead are cleverly part of a phrase that would usually include that number, such as "Samurai," the seventh book, "The Hard Way," the eighth, and the twelfth book, "Dirty." The only book to break this tradition is "Hang Up on the Hang Low", which was named after a StoryArc contained in the book as the story in question had won an Eisner Award. The final volume, "Wilt," is especially clever since it's not only referring to the end of the series, but also to [[spoiler:Wilt Chamberlain's jersey number with the LA Lakers, which was 13.]]

* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': Up until the [[Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfMeetThePegasus sixth film]], the English titles of the films had "adventure" or "adventures" somewhere in them.

* ''Fanfic/FirstAidKitsAndDeepSecrets'': Every chapter in the story starts with the phrase "in which...".

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* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': Each of the TV season's full-length episodes under which the segments are grouped into have their number in their title. The first episode is named "'''One''' Foot in the Grave", the second "Lesser of '''Two''' Evils", and so on.

** ''[[Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfTheTigerProwess The Tiger Prowess]] has an alternate title, ''Desert Trek: The Adventure of the Lost Totem''.

* The first three main storylines in ''Comicbook/BatmanTomKing'' are all titled "I Am..." (Gotham, Suicide and Bane). The pattern is then completely broken by "The War of Jokes and Riddles" and "Rules of Engagement".
* In ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}: ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'', each issue is named for a holiday (with the exception of the first and last issues, named "Crime" and "Punishment"). In ''Comicbook/SupermanForAllSeasons'' each issue is named after the season it's set in.

* Every issue of the ''Comicbook/ForeverEvil'' miniseries had the title "Forever _____".

* Similarly, every issue of the ''Comicbook/InfiniteFrontier'' miniseries had the title "Infinite _____". This was cleverly used in #3, which reintroduced the second-generation ''Comicbook/{{JSA}}'' characters, and was titled "[[Comicbook/InfinityInc Infinite Incorporated]]".

* Each chapter in the first storyline of the Creator/VertigoComics ''Comicbook/MadameXanadu'' book is titled by a form of divination, which Madame X uses in that chapter: "[[GeometricMagic By the Runes]]", "[[{{Astrologer}} Among the Stars]]", "[[TarotTroubles In the Cards]]", "[[CrystalBall Thru the Crystal]]", and finally the more general "Of the Future".

* Every issue of the Comicbook/New52 ''Comicbook/{{OMAC}}'' series has a title with the "O.M.A.C." acronym. This even extends to the origin story in ''DC Universe Presents'' #0 after the book ended, which was called "Origins Matter After Cancellation".

* The title of every chapter of ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'', and in fact the title ''Watchmen'' itself, is a LiteraryAllusionTitle, with the full quote given at the end of each chapter.

** Each installment of the Fanfic/ElementalChessTrilogy has a theme around which each chapter is titled. ''Flowers of Antimony'' uses alchemical terms; ''Brilliancy'' uses chess terms; ''The Game of Three Generals'' uses terms from shogi (Japanese chess); the prequel ''Triumvirate'' uses military terms; and the DistantFinale ''Chronology'' uses time travel terms.

** The [[FanFic/{{Cinderjuice}} Contractually Obligated Chaos]] stories are all ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}''d partial spoofs of various pieces of the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, so the chapter titles of each story are a quote (or a twisted version thereof, in the first story) from the animated film which helps to form the plot. The lone exception is the {{interquel}}, which takes its title and subheadings from an Music/OwlCity song.

* The chapters of ''FanFic/ANewWorldANewWay'' sidestory ''Swarm'' are named after Pokèmon moves. The chapter title also follows suit in a different way, as it's named after a Pokèmon ability.

* BBC radio comedy ''Radio/TheBurkissWay'', being originally conceived with the conceit of being the radio version of correspondence course "The Burkiss Way to Dynamic Living", used the form "Lesson X: ______ The Burkiss Way": "Lesson 1: Peel Bananas The Burkiss Way", "Lesson 4: Solve Murders The Burkiss Way", "Lesson 12: Make Short Comedy Programmes The Burkiss Way", etc. As the show drifted away from the original format to a more surreal form, they began playing with the format: "Lesson 19: Replace The Burkiss Way", "Lesson 21: Get Cut Off The Bur-", "Lesson 23: Son Of The Burkiss Way", etc. This was lampshaded with "Lesson 28: Ignore These Programme Titles The Burkiss Way". The penultimate episode of series 4 is called "Lesson 33: The Last Burkiss Way"; the actual final episode is then called "Lesson 34: The Next To Last Burkiss Way". There are two Lesson 39s, both called "Repeat Yourself The Burkiss Way"; the second starts the same as the first, before stopping with an apology for putting the wrong tape on. Lesson 45 is usually referred to as "Write Extremely Long Titles The Burkiss Way"; The full title as given in the Radio Times is "Lesson 45: Write Extremely Long Titles With Lots And Lots Of Words In, Like This, So That The Radio Times Will Have To Allot More Space Than The Measly Half A Centimetre Of Billing Space We Usually Get And At Least It'll Look A Bit More Prominent On The Page, Although Still Nowhere Near The 50 Column Inches They Give To [[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy The Hitch-hiker's Guide To The Galaxy]] The Burkiss Way".

* ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' in its entirety was split up into phases (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quandary, Quintessential and Hexagonal) and each phase was split into six "fits" (reference to Lewis Carroll).

* Each chapter of ''WebComic/{{Heartcore}}'' is named after a song from video games the author played. They are, in order: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjS5c3TRfco "Sinful Rose,"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsV9ItRSb-4 Cashmere "Cannonball,"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXhoD9MUDts "Wounded Warsong,"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7646BB9B1A "Nostalgia in Solitude,"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0JvineSb9c "Alien Power,"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlM2J6x0nrQ "Neocity,"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPb8ZTfQb14 "Dangerous Zone,"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4vQnuAz-rc "Outride a Crisis,"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZMWszd5SRk "Force Your Way."]]

* ''WebComic/RustyAndCo'' has chapters named "Level N" ([[MonsterAdventurers of course]]).

* In hybrid webcomic/browser game ''WebComic/DemonThesis'', you control four college students who are unexpected gifted with ElementalPowers among other magic abilities and thrust into fighting all sorts of creatures, up to and including {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. Each major arc is labelled after part of the school or college experience, so we have arcs labelled as Intramurals, Field Trip, Midterms, Spring Break, etc.

* The Website/GameFAQs Contests had divisions named after cardinal directions, plain numbers, or in the case of two game contests, acknowledging the period covered either through the years or the generations ([[UsefulNotes/TheThirdGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 8]], [[UsefulNotes/TheFourthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 16]], [[UsefulNotes/TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 32\64]], and [[UsefulNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 128]]). Although most memorably it named divisions with a term related to the top seed's origin - e.g. ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': Hyrule, Triforce; ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'': Zebes, Spazer, Varia; ''Franchise/MetalGear'': Gear, Snake, Patriot; ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': Chaos, Blast; ''Videogame/FinalFantasyVII'': Midgar, Jenova, Limit.

* Every episode of The Future is Stupid, part of ''Wiki/NickelodeonFanon', named "The (something) is Stupid".

* ''WebAnimation/ClubPenguinShutdown'': Aside from the first one ("What's Left of Club Penguin?"), every regular episode of the series has a title that consists of "The" followed by a single word ("The Gang", "The Fall", "The Reunion", etc.).

* Except for the first chapter, the chapters of ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' have two titles: one named after a Pokémon Ability, the other follows the format of ''Infinity Train'' that showcases the name of the train car that is the focus.
* Each chapter of ''Fanfic/KabbalahThePassiveConqueror'' is titled "The [word]". Examples include; "The Knight", "The Reaper", "The Nightmare" etc.

* English episode titles in ''[[WebAnimation/{{hololive}} HOLOSTARS - Stars*collection!]]'' follow a specific pattern:
** Episodes 1 through 10 have "(X) for Dummies".
** Episodes 11 through 20 have "(X) for Rookies".
** Episodes 21 through 30 have "(X) for Novices".
** Episodes 31 through 40 have "(X) for Beginners".
** Episode 41 through 50 "(X) for Freshmen".

* ''WebAnimation/ClubPenguinShutdown'': Aside from the first one ("What's Left of Club Penguin?"), every regular episode in the series has a title that consists of "The" followed by a single word ("The Gang", "The Fall", "The Reunion", etc.).

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' has had each [[MythArc Skywalker Saga]] film (not counting the ''A Star Wars Story'' films, ''Film/RogueOne'' and ''Film/{{Solo}}'') on top of a title for each, also designated by Episode, with the 1977-1983 trilogy Episodes IV to VI, their prequels from 1999-2005 I to III, and their sequels from 2015 to 2019 with VII to IX. On top of this, the title of every trilogy capper starts with "R" -- '''Film/{{R|eturnoftheJedi}}'''''[[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi eturn of the Jedi]]'', '''Film/{{R|evengeoftheSith}}'''''[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith evenge of the Sith]]'' and ''Film/{{The|RiseofSkywalker}}'' '''[[Film/TheRiseofSkywalker R]]'''''[[Film/TheRiseofSkywalker ise of Skywalker]]''.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' has had each [[MythArc Skywalker Saga]] film (not counting the ''A Star Wars Story'' films, ''Film/RogueOne'' and ''Film/{{Solo}}'') on top of a title for each, also designated by Episode, with the 1977-1983 trilogy Episodes IV to VI, their prequels from 1999-2005 I to III, and their sequels from 2015 to 2019 with VII to IX. On top of this, the title of every trilogy capper starts with "R" -- Film/{{R|eturnoftheJedi}}''[[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi eturn of the Jedi]]'', Film/{{R|evengeoftheSith}}''[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith evenge of the Sith]]'' and ''Film/{{The|RiseofSkywalker}}'' [[Film/TheRiseofSkywalker R]]''[[Film/TheRiseofSkywalker ise of Skywalker]]''.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' has had each [[MythArc Skywalker Saga]] film (not counting the ''A Star Wars Story'' films, ''Film/RogueOne'' and ''Film/{{Solo}}'') on top of a title for each, also designated by Episode, with the 1977-1983 trilogy Episodes IV to VI, their prequels from 1999-2005 I to III, and their sequels from 2015 to 2019 with VII to IX. On top of this, the title of every trilogy capper starts with "R" -- ''Film/'''{{R|eturnoftheJedi}}'''''[[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi eturn of the Jedi]]'', '''Film/{{R|evengeoftheSith}}'''''[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith evenge of the Sith]]'' and '''Film/{{The|RiseofSkywalker}}'''''[[Film/TheRiseofSkywalker ise of Skywalker]]''.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' has had each [[MythArc Skywalker Saga]] film (not counting the ''A Star Wars Story'' films, ''Film/RogueOne'' and ''Film/{{Solo}}'') on top of a title for each, also designated by Episode, with the 1977-1983 trilogy Episodes IV to VI, their prequels from 1999-2005 I to III, and their sequels from 2015 to 2019 with VII to IX. On top of this, the title of every trilogy capper starts with "R" -- ''Film/'''{{R|eturnoftheJedi}}'''''[[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi eturn of the Jedi]]'', '''Film/{{R|evengeoftheSith}}'''''Film/[[RevengeOfTheSith evenge of the Sith]]'' and '''Film/{{The|RiseofSkywalker}}'''''[[Film/TheRiseofSkywalker ise of Skywalker]]''.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' has had each [[MythArc Skywalker Saga]] film (not counting the ''A Star Wars Story'' films, ''Film/RogueOne'' and ''Film/{{Solo}}'') on top of a title for each, also designated by Episode, with the 1977-1983 trilogy Episodes IV to VI, their prequels from 1999-2005 I to III, and their sequels from 2015+ with VII onwards, presumably ending at IX. On top of this, the title of every trilogy capper starts with "R" -- ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' and ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''.

** Episode 41 onwards has "(X) for Freshmen".

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