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* ''Webcomic/{{Hypergamouse}}'' = "hypergamous" (of women, tending to pursue and marry men of higher social rank than themselves) + "mouse".


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* ''Series/{{LazyTown}}''.
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* ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'' is based on a BilingualBonus: "Tora" is Japanese for tiger (like main character Taiga's name), while "dora" comes from the English word "dragon" (pronounced "doragon" in Japanese), which is the meaning of the other protagonist Ryuji's name. So, "TigerVsDragon".
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* The ''VideoGame/{{Toaplan}} Arcade Garage'' series of [[CompilationRerelease Compilation Re-releases]] has a variant of this; it doesn't smoosh words together, instead merely combining two existing games' titles into one:

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* The ''VideoGame/{{Toaplan}} ''Creator/{{Toaplan}} Arcade Garage'' series of [[CompilationRerelease Compilation Re-releases]] has a variant of this; it doesn't smoosh words together, instead merely combining two existing games' titles into one:
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* The ''VideoGame/{{Toaplan}} Arcade Garage'' series has a variant of this; it doesn't smoosh words together, instead merely combining two existing games' titles into one:

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* The ''VideoGame/{{Toaplan}} Arcade Garage'' series of [[CompilationRerelease Compilation Re-releases]] has a variant of this; it doesn't smoosh words together, instead merely combining two existing games' titles into one:

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* The ''VideoGame/{{Toaplan}} Arcade Garage'' series has a variant of this; it doesn't smoosh words together, instead merely combining two titles into one:
** ''Kyukyoku Tiger Heli'' = ''VideoGame/KyukyokuTiger'' + ''VideoGame/TigerHeli''
** ''Hishou Same! Same! Same!'' = ''Hishouzame''[[note]]Japanese title of ''VideoGame/SkyShark''[[/note]] + ''VideoGame/SameSameSame''


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* The ''VideoGame/{{Toaplan}} Arcade Garage'' series has a variant of this; it doesn't smoosh words together, instead merely combining two existing games' titles into one:
** ''Kyukyoku Tiger Heli'' = ''VideoGame/KyukyokuTiger'' + ''VideoGame/TigerHeli''
** ''Hishou Same! Same! Same!'' = ''Hishouzame''[[note]]Japanese title of ''VideoGame/SkyShark''[[/note]] + ''VideoGame/SameSameSame''
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* ''VideoGame/{{CHUNITHM}}'' = "Tune" + "Rhythm" (albeit with "Tune" transliterated into "Chun")


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* The ''VideoGame/{{Toaplan}} Arcade Garage'' series has a variant of this; it doesn't smoosh words together, instead merely combining two titles into one:
** ''Kyukyoku Tiger Heli'' = ''VideoGame/KyukyokuTiger'' + ''VideoGame/TigerHeli''
** ''Hishou Same! Same! Same!'' = ''Hishouzame''[[note]]Japanese title of ''VideoGame/SkyShark''[[/note]] + ''VideoGame/SameSameSame''
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* ''Film/{{Sunspring}}''
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* ''Film/{{Wishcraft}}'': "Wish" + "Witchcraft"
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* Music/{{REM}}'s song [[Music/CollapseIntoNow "Überlin"]] ("über" + "UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}")

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* Music/{{REM}}'s song [[Music/CollapseIntoNow "Überlin"]] ("über" (über + "UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}")UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}})
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* Music/{{REM}}'s song [[Music/CollapseIntoNow "Überlin"]] ("über" + "UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}")
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* Music/YellowMagicOrchetra's fifth album ''Music/{{Technodelic}}'' (technology + psychedelic)

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* Music/YellowMagicOrchetra's Music/YellowMagicOrchestra's fifth album ''Music/{{Technodelic}}'' (technology + psychedelic)

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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' ("Pocket Monsters")

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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' ("Pocket Monsters")Monsters"; the Japanese name is literally just that, but the international releases went for the portmanteau approach to avoid a trademark dispute with the "Monster in My Pocket" brand of toys)



* {{Music/Savatage}} formed their name by compining their previous name Avatar with the word savage and sabotage.

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* {{Music/Savatage}} Music/{{Savatage}} formed their name by compining combining their previous name Avatar with the word savage and sabotage.



* Music/YellowMagicOrchetra's fifth album ''Music/{{Technodelic}}'' (technology + psychedelic)



* ''{{VideoGame/Nintendogs}}'' = "{{Creator/Nintendo}}" + "dogs"

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* ''{{VideoGame/Nintendogs}}'' = "{{Creator/Nintendo}}" "Creator/{{Nintendo}}" + "dogs"



* Music/MariahCarey's album: "Charmbracelet".

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* Music/MariahCarey's album: "Charmbracelet".''Charmbracelet''.



* ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'' (and [[GameMod by extension]], ''{{VideoGame/EquestriaBound}}'')



* ''Tokitowa'', the Japanese alternate title for ''VideoGame/TimeAndEternity''
* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' (under + tale, tying in with the subterranean setting of the game)



* The ''VideoGame/PuzzleQuest'' games

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* UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast, which was named that in order to sound futuristic in light of the approaching third millennium (tying in with this trope's [[WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture heavy sci-fi association]]).
* ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'' (and [[GameMod by extension]], ''{{VideoGame/EquestriaBound}}'')
* UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, picked due to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the very obvious fact]] that it's a game console that's (almost) in the shape of a cube.
* The ''VideoGame/PuzzleQuest'' gamesgames.
* ''Tokitowa'', the Japanese alternate title for ''VideoGame/TimeAndEternity''
* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' (under, as in "underground," + tale, tying in with the subterranean setting and story-driven nature of the game)
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* ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' (and [[GameMod by extension]], ''{{VideoGame/EquestriaBound}}'')

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* ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'' (and [[GameMod by extension]], ''{{VideoGame/EquestriaBound}}'')

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* Chiodos' third album, ''Illuminaudio'' (''illumination'' + ''audio'' - [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant not to be confused for anything to do with]] [[AncientConspiracy the Illuminati]]).

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* Chiodos' third album, ''Illuminaudio'' (''illumination'' + ''audio'' - -- [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant not to be confused for anything to do with]] [[AncientConspiracy the Illuminati]]).



* Music/MichaelJackson compilation ''[=HIStory=]'' (his story + history).

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* Music/MichaelJackson compilation ''[=HIStory=]'' Music/MichaelJackson's ninth album ''Music/HistoryPastPresentAndFutureBookI'' (his story + history).



* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's ''Alpocalypse'' (Al + apocalypse) and ''Alapalooza'' (Al + Lollapalooza).
* Digitalism
* ''Fornucopia'', a fictional album from Music/GarthBrooks' ''In The Life Of Chris Gaines'', which is a portmanteau of "fornication" and "cornucopia".

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* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's ''Alpocalypse'' ''Music/{{Alpocalypse}}'' (Al + apocalypse) and ''Alapalooza'' ''Music/{{Alapalooza}}'' (Al + Lollapalooza).
* Digitalism
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* ''Fornucopia'', a fictional album from Music/GarthBrooks' ''In The Life Of Chris Gaines'', ''Music/InTheLifeOfChrisGaines'', which is a portmanteau of "fornication" and "cornucopia".



*** Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}

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*** Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}** Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} ([[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wiki#Hawaiian wiki]] + encyclopedia)



*** Wikipedia and all of its sister Wikimedia sites



* Music/{{Radiohead}}

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* Music/{{Radiohead}}Music/{{Radiohead}} (itself derived from a Music/TalkingHeads song, written as [[Music/TrueStories "Radio Head"]])



%%* ''VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}''

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%%* ''VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}''* ''VideoGame/{{Audiosurf}}'' (audio + surf, tying in with the visual presentation of a spacecraft "surfing" along a road of music)



%%* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''

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%%* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' (under + tale, tying in with the subterranean setting of the game)
* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' (delta + rune, taken from an emblem in ''Undertale'' that reappears in this game)
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* Music/ThePolice's third album ''Music/ZenyattaMondatta'' (zen + [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jomo_Kenyatta [Jomo] Kenyatta]] + mondo ["world" in Italian] + [[Music/ReggattaDeBlanc Reggatta [de Blanc]]])

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* Music/ThePolice's third album ''Music/ZenyattaMondatta'' (zen + [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jomo_Kenyatta [Jomo] Kenyatta]] + mondo ["world" in Italian] + [[Music/ReggattaDeBlanc Reggatta [=Reggatta [de Blanc]]])Blanc]=]]])
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* Music/ThePolice's third album ''Music/ZenyattaMondatta'' (zen + [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jomo_Kenyatta [Jomo] Kenyatta]] + mondo ["world" in Italian] + [[Music/ReggattaDeBlanc Reggatta [de Blanc]]])
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* ''Anime/{{Nyanbo}}'': "Nya(n)" + "Danbo".

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* ''Anime/{{Nyanbo}}'': "Nya(n)" "Nyan" (meow) + "Danbo"."Danbo" (short for danbōru, cardboard).
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* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' ("[[Creator/KiyohikoAzuma Azuma]]'s {{manga}} for ''Dengeki Daioh''")
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* ''Animation/{{Mechamato}}'': The show's ProtagonistTitle combines the names Amato and [=MechaBot=]. Amato announces himself as Mechamato when combined with [=MechaBot=].
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* ''Literature/{{Wolfriends}}''

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* ''Literature/{{Wolfriends}}''''Literature/{{Wolfriends}}'' - Combines "wolf" and "friends", as the main characters are wolves.
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* ''Literature/{{Wolfriends}}''
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* The ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series is usually big on ProtagonistTitle, but ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'' doesn't have a Kamen Rider Revice. Instead it centers around Kamen Rider Revi and Kamen Rider Vice, two characters who [[LiteralSplitPersonality are technically the same person]].

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* ''Franchise/{{Tamagotchi}}'' = "tamago" (Japanese for "egg") + "watch", referring to the duality of the handhelds as a VirtualPet and a watch. Japanese materials sometimes romanize the name as "Tamagotch", without the "i" at the end.



* ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'' = "tamago" (Japanese for "egg") + "watch", referring to the duality of the handhelds as a VirtualPet and a watch. Japanese materials sometimes romanize the name as "Tamagotch", without the "i" at the end.
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** ''Veloci[[LazyArtist Coaster]]'' = Velociraptor + Coaster
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* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' = Biological + Chronicle

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* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' = Biological Bionic [[note]]itself a portmanteau of "biological" and "electronic" [[/note]] + Chronicle
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* Music/LemonDemon's fifth album ''Dinosaurchestra'' (dinosaur + orchestra).
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* ''WebVideo/{{Barshens}} = "Barry" + "Ashens"
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*** [[StarWars Wookieepedia]] - Wookiee + Encyclopedia

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*** [[StarWars [[Franchise/StarWars Wookieepedia]] - Wookiee + Encyclopedia
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* ''Manga/{{Hinamatsuri}}'', a combination of Hina--the name of one of the main characters--and "matsuri" (festival). [[NeverTrustATitle It has nothing to do with festivals]].

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* ''Manga/{{Hinamatsuri}}'', a combination of Hina--the name of one of the main characters--and "matsuri" (festival). [[NeverTrustATitle It has nothing to do with festivals]]. Also doubles as a PunBasedTitle, since the holiday Hinamatsuri is a coming-of-age day for young girls, just as the manga is partially a ComingOfAgeStory for Hina.
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* ''Manga/{{Mashle}}'': "Mash" ([[ProtagonistTitle the main character's name]], but also "hit with brute force") + "Muscle"

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* ''Manga/{{Mashle}}'': ''Manga/MashleMagicAndMuscles'': "Mash" ([[ProtagonistTitle the main character's name]], but also "hit with brute force") + "Muscle"

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