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* An infamous rip-off of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' is named ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlePandaFighter''. Except that the titular panda is not "little" but one of the largest characters in the movie. Plus, he only fights for thirty seconds at the end of the movie, and he gets his ass kicked.

* The "my" in ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' stopped meaning anything the second it made the hop from a toy line to a cartoon; only the first iteration has featured any human characters, and not only were they not the ponies' owners, they didn't even live in the same part of the world. Even before that, it was really only relevant in the sense that the toys themselves [[ShapedLikeItself belonged to the kids who owned them]], which is true of all toys.

* The "my" in ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' stopped meaning anything the second it made the hop from a toy line to a cartoon; only the first iteration has featured any human characters, and not only were they not the ponies' owners, they didn't even live in the same part of the world. Even before that, it was really only relevant in the sense that the toys themselves [[ShapedLikeItself belonged to the kids that owned them]], which is kind of true of all toys.

* There is no "New Generation" in ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsMovieIIANewGeneration''. The film is actually a prequel, as we see the origins of the Care Bears. The only generation the title ''could'' refer to is the fact that the Care Bears and their Cousins are all babies and grow up about half way through the movie, but it's a stretch.

* Lampshaded in ''Literature/JurassicPark'': it's noted by at least one character that the dinosaurs in the park aren't from the Jurassic. Evidently, the park's creators went for "sounds good" rather than "accurate".

* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': While the title works in the context of the movie (it's about a war fought over the Infinity Stones), it's an adaptation of the ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'', not ''ComicBook/TheInfinityWar''.

** ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan'''s widely publicized American title was ''Godzilla on Monster Island'', despite only a couple very short scenes taking place there. The highlight is Godzilla coming to the Japanese mainland to a theme park inspired by his likeness.

* No mockingbird is killed in ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'', nor are instructions on doing so stated in the book.

* ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'' has basically nothing to do with mockingbirds, killing them or otherwise. Its only relevance to the story is a TitleDrop.

* The name of the AlternateUniverse ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony]]'' fic ''Fanfic/SliceOfVelvetAndPear'' comes from the names of Twilight Sparkle and Applejack's mother's, Twilight Velvet and Pear Butter. Who in this universe, meet while they're daughters are still fillies and become best friends. Seemingly setting them and their relationship up to be the main focus of the story. But no. While they are prominent characters, especially [[SparedByAdaptation Pear Butter]], the main focus of the story is [[ForWantOfANail the butterfly effect their meeting and their daughters becoming friends early has on the future events of the series.]]

* ''Film/{{Mermaids}}'' doesn't contain any actual mermaids.

** "To Save a Squirrel". The episode is about [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick joining Sandy on a wilderness expedition. Based on the title, you'd expect the plot to include them needing to save Sandy from some kind of danger while on the trip. Instead, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick fall off the truck just seconds in. The episode is about them getting stranded in a cave, going insane and trying to eat each other.

* ''The First Christmas'' from Creator/RankinBassProductions isn't a retelling of the Nativity story. It's the story of an orphan boy who comes to live at an abbey with kindly nuns after being struck by lightning and left blind. The climax is simply a children's play of the Nativity in which the boy plays an angel.

* The Japanese title of the fourth ''Franchise/DragonBall'' movie, ''Anime/DragonBallZLordSlug'', is "Super Saiyajin da Son Gokū" (Super Saiyajin/Saiyan Goku), during which Goku takes a form that was ''supposed'' to be a Super Saiyan, but since it was made before the manga reached the point where Goku became one, it's not what most people would recognize as such (there's no change in eye or hair color, and it's a completely UnstoppableRage instead of TranquilFury). The form was later {{retcon}}ned by a sidebook to be a "false" Super Saiyan form.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'':

* ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'': The two leads, Akito and Yurika, are from Mars and are on the crew of the Nadesico. TheMovie introduces a faction ''named'' the Martian Successors, which the Nadesico is not affiliated with.
** Not demonstrated at all by the Japanese characters of the title, reading "''Kidou Senkan Nadeshiko''", which translates to ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Mobile Battleship Nadesico]]''. The constituent words of the title are especially meaningful, given the series being an AffectionateParody of the likes of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' and ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato''.

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