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* ''AdventureTimeWithFinnAndJake'' is officially just ''Adventure Time'' now. (Not like anyone called it by its full name anyway.)

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* ''AdventureTimeWithFinnAndJake'' ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' is officially just ''Adventure Time'' now. (Not like anyone called it by its full name anyway.)
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* The American public radio station, NPR, which was originally short for National Public Radio, changed their name officially to NPR in July 2010. They did it because "they are not just radio anymore". Not really a big deal since everyone called it "NPR" anyway.
* Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a town on the island of Anglesey - many locals and visitors shorten it to Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, and the Highways Agency now write Llanfair PG on their road signs - presumably to save on paint.

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* The American public radio station, NPR, {{NPR}}, which was originally short for National Public Radio, changed their name officially to NPR in July 2010. They did it because "they are not just radio anymore".anymore" (they also do podcasts now). Not really a big deal since everyone called it "NPR" anyway.
* Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a town on the island of Anglesey Anglesey, Wales - many locals and visitors shorten it to Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, and the Highways Agency now write Llanfair PG on their road signs - presumably to save on paint.

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* The Justified Ancients of [=MuMu=] shortened their name to J.A.M, but then had to change their name to KLF because there was already a band called the Jam

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* The Justified Ancients of [=MuMu=] shortened their name to J.A.M, but then had to change their name to KLF because there was already a (rather well known) band called the JamTheJam


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* Big Audio Dynamite II (formerly Big Audio Dynamite before some members left) became Big Audio for an album.
* {{Music/Wire}} became Wir for one album out of respect of drummer Robert Gotobed, who fired himself when he came to the realization that a drum machine could do his job better than he could.
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* ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' became merely ''Monty Python'' in it's final season without John Cleese.

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* ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' became merely ''Monty Python'' in it's its final season without John Cleese.
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* {{Savatage}}'s first RockOpera is formally known by the band as ''[[StreetsARockOpera Streets]]'', as they were unhappy that ExecutiveMeddling forced the official title to be ''Streets: A Rock Opera''.
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* Inverted and in ''TheReturnOfHanuman'', as its former name is ''HanumanReturns''.
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* ''CardCaptorSakura'' became ''{{Cardcaptors}}'' along with the AdaptationDecay.

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* ''CardCaptorSakura'' became ''{{Cardcaptors}}'' along with the AdaptationDecay.''{{Cardcaptors}}''.
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I\'ve never heard it referred to as The Fairly Odds. Ever. Is that some British thing?


** ''FairlyOddparents'' is usually referred to as ''The Fairly Odds''
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* The Japanese counterpart of the NintendoEntertainmentSystem is officially called the Family Computer, but is better known under the abbreviated name of Famicom. Eventually, the Famicom name was officially adopted by {{Nintendo}} for its successor, the Super Famicom (the Japanese SuperNES).
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* When Konami named their classic 1987 run'n gun side-scroller ''{{Contra}}'' after the infamous Nicaraguan rebels, they did not know the full ramifications of the Iran-Contra scandal yet. When they later made the NES version of the second game, ''Super Contra'', they shortened the title to ''Super C'' for its American release. A later GameBoy version of ''Contra'' was also retitled ''Operation C'' and a tie-in LCD handheld game was even titled simply ''C''. This name shortening did not last long, as the series would regain the "Contra" name in the next installment, ''Contra III: The Alien Wars''.
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* Inverted with ''HannahMontana'', which was adapted for and marketed to Japanese audiences as ''SecretIdolHannahMontana''.

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* Inverted with ''HannahMontana'', which was adapted for and marketed to Japanese audiences as ''SecretIdolHannahMontana''.''Secret Idol HannahMontana''.
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* Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a town on the island of Anglesey - many locals and visitors shorten it to Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, and the Highways Agency now write Llanfair PG on their road signs - presumably to save on paint.
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* Royalty. "Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second," is, according to TheOtherWiki: ''Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas Queen, Defender of the Faith, Duchess of Edinburgh, Countess of Merioneth, Baroness Greenwich, Duke of Lancaster, Lord of Mann, Duke of Normandy, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Garter, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Sovereign of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Sovereign of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, Sovereign of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Sovereign of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Sovereign of the Distinguished Service Order, Sovereign of the Imperial Service Order, Sovereign of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, Sovereign of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Sovereign of the Order of British India, Sovereign of the Indian Order of Merit, Sovereign of the Order of Burma, Sovereign of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, Sovereign of the Royal Family Order of King Edward VII, Sovereign of the Order of Merit, Sovereign of the Order of the Companions of Honour, Sovereign of the Royal Victorian Order, Sovereign of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.''
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* It took an embarassingly long time for the network running [[{{NCIS}} Navy NCIS]] to realize that the "N" in [=NCIS=] ''[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment stands for "Navy."]]'' Needless to say, the title was eventually shortened.


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** A great number of churches and religious institutions the world over have the same thing going on; rarely does "the Evangelist" appear in the name of a church dedicated to one of Saints Matthew, Mark, Luke or John - and in the latter case, since a church might be dedicated to either "St. John the Evangelist" or to "St. John the Baptist," it might be a good idea to keep that around. And then there are the other designations. "St. John's Cathedral" in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is actually "The Anglican Cathedral Church of the Parish of St. John the Evangelist." Yikes.

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* The Grateful Dead later changed their name to The Dead when they had reunited without the late Jerry Garcia.

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* The Grateful Dead TheGratefulDead later changed their name to The Dead when they had reunited without the late Jerry Garcia.Garcia.
* Jefferson Starship (originated from Jefferson Airplane) became Starship.
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* Inverted with ''HannahMontana'', which was adapted for and marketed to Japanese audiences as ''Secret Idol Hannah Montana''.

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* Inverted with ''HannahMontana'', which was adapted for and marketed to Japanese audiences as ''Secret Idol Hannah Montana''.''SecretIdolHannahMontana''.
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* Inverted with ''HannahMontana'', which is marketed to Japanese audiences as ''Secret Idol Hannah Montana''.

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* Inverted with ''HannahMontana'', which is was adapted for and marketed to Japanese audiences as ''Secret Idol Hannah Montana''.
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* Inverted with ''HannahMontana'', which is marketed to Japanese audiences as ''Secret Idol Hannah Montana''.
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* The title of ''Top o Nerae! Gunbuster'' was a play on another series called ''[[AimForTheAce Ace o Nerae!]]'' When it was adapted for US audiences, it became known as simply ''{{Gunbuster}}''.

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* The title of ''Top o Nerae! Gunbuster'' was a play on another series called ''[[AimForTheAce Ace o Nerae!]]'' -- When it was adapted for US audiences, it became known as simply ''{{Gunbuster}}''.
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* The title of ''Top o Nerae! Gunbuster'' was a play on another series called ''[[AimForTheAce Ace o Nerae!]]''. When it was adapted for US audiences, it became known as simply ''{{Gunbuster}}''.

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* The title of ''Top o Nerae! Gunbuster'' was a play on another series called ''[[AimForTheAce Ace o Nerae!]]''. Nerae!]]'' When it was adapted for US audiences, it became known as simply ''{{Gunbuster}}''.
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* The title of ''Top o Nerae! Gunbuster'' was a play on another series called ''[[AimForTheAce Ace o Nerae!]]''. When it was adapted for US audiences, it became known as simply ''{{Gunbuster}}''.

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* When GameBoy RPG ''Pocket Monsters'' got to be quite popular, it started going by its PortmanteuSeriesNickname, ''{{Pokemon}}.'' The rest is history.

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* When GameBoy RPG ''Pocket Monsters'' got to be quite popular, it started going by its PortmanteuSeriesNickname, PortmanteauSeriesNickname, ''{{Pokemon}}.'' The rest is history.history.
** Possible trademark complications in the US with ''Monster In My Pocket'' may also have had something to do with it...
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* The American public radio station, NPR, which was originally short for National Public Radio, changed their name officially to NPR in July 2010. They did it because "they are not just radio anymore". Not really a big deal since everyone called it "NPR" anyway.

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* ''DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' became just ''Degrassi'' starting in season 10, because all of that particular generation had moved on from the titular HighSchool.
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* ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' became merely ''Monty Python'' in it's final season without John Cleese.
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* ''AdvenureTimeWithFinnAndJake'' is officially just ''Adventure Time'' now. (Not like anyone called it by its full name anyway.)

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* ''AdvenureTimeWithFinnAndJake'' ''AdventureTimeWithFinnAndJake'' is officially just ''Adventure Time'' now. (Not like anyone called it by its full name anyway.)
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* AdvenureTimeWithFinnAndJake is officially just Adventure Time now. (Not like anyone called it by its full name anyway.)

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* AdvenureTimeWithFinnAndJake ''AdvenureTimeWithFinnAndJake'' is officially just Adventure Time ''Adventure Time'' now. (Not like anyone called it by its full name anyway.)

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* AdvenureTimeWithFinnAndJake is officially just Adventure Time now. (Not like anyone called it by its full name anyway.)

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