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** Which are no longer considered to be canonical by the author, and were ignored for the sequel comic book series, other than the one episode which he worked on.

* ''Manga/HatsuneMix'' is a manga focusing on Music/MikuHatsune [[AndTheRest and the other 4 Crypton Vocaloids at the time]].[[note]]Assuming that the manga started before Megurine Luka was created, although she did cameo in one chapter.[[/note]] But is named after ...[[BreakoutCharacter guess]].

* ''Manga/HatsuneMix'' is a manga focusing on Music/MikuHatsune [[AndTheRest and the other 4 Crypton Vocaloids at the time]][[note]]assuming that the Manga started before Luka Megurine was created. Although she did appear in one chapter[[/note]]. But is named after ...[[BreakoutCharacter guess]].

* In Brazil, O Pato Donald (DonaldDuck) #434 introduced Zé Carioca. The stories became popular enough that Issue #479 Was titled "O Pato Donald apresenta Zé Carioca" (Or Donald Duck presents Joe Carioca), and the series continued to take that title every other issue (So even numbers were Donald Duck and odd numbers were Joe Carioca). Donald's face was removed from the Zé Carioca title logo after issue #527, the words "O Pato Donald apresenta" were shrunk down after issue #539, and removed completely from the title after issue #981 until eventually, this trope was reversed when Zé Carioca split off from Donald Duck, becoming its own individual series after issue #1751. This treatment was quite generous to the character, because even for a while after the split, an issue of Zé Carioca wasn't necessarily entirely Zé Carioca stories.

* ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'' spinoff title ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd Megazine'' has gone back and forth on this over its run. While Dredd is certainly the headline act, the comic contains many other strips, some from the Dredd Universe, some from other 2000 AD regulars and some completely original. The logo on the front has changed a few times to reflect this: when [[Film/JudgeDredd the 1995 movie]] came out, "Judge Dredd" was much more prominent, around the millennium the name was shrunk drastically to give more emphasis to "Megazine" and then a few years ago this was reversed back to having Judge Dredd take up a whole third of the front page, and the rest of the logo frequently obscured by the cover art.

** Averted with the fourth game, which is titled ''VideoGame/LEGODCSuperVillains'' and thus no longer has Batman's name in the title.

* The [[LiveActionAdaptation Live-Action Adaptations]] of ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}} the Gaul'' and ''Asterix and Cleopatra'' were titled ''Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar'' and ''Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra''. Might have something to do with the big-boned warrior being played by Creator/GerardDepardieu.

* While the Franchise/MarvelUniverse VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame is appropriately titled ''LEGO Marvel Super Heroes'', the [[Franchise/TheDCU DC Universe]] equivalent remains to be [[{{Pun}} under the wing]] of the ''LEGO Franchise/{{Batman}}'' label, even in its third installment, which is primarily about Superman's villain Brainiac and the various Lantern corps.
** Averted with the fourth game, which is titled ''Lego DC Super-Villains'' and thus no longer has Batman's name in the title.

* ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]''. To be fair, over a third of the characters are from the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise.\\
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The sequel takes it up a notch, removing "Creator/{{SEGA}}" out of the title and simply calling it ''Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed''. To be fair in this case, the game has a number of characters [[GuestFighter who aren't from Sega properties]].

* The classic arcade BeatEmUp ''VideoGame/CaptainAmericaAndTheAvengers'' had Captain America as only one of a team of four playable characters. A voice clip exclaiming "Comicbook/TheAvengers!" supports the notion that Captain America was shoehorned into the game's title.

* The Disney WartimeCartoon ''Donald Duck in Nutzi Land'' was retitled ''Disney/DerFuehrersFace'' when the song from the cartoon became a hit.

** In Japan, ''Castlevania'' never had a consistent title up until later games. [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest The second Famicom game]] was titled ''Dracula II'', [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse the third one]] was ''Akumajou Densetsu'' (Legend of the Devil's Castle), the first two Game Boy games were known as ''Dracula Densetsu'' (Legend of Dracula) and the Mega Drive was called ''Vampire Killer''. It wasn't until ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Chi no Rondo]]'' for the PC Engine that the full ''Akumajo Dracula'' name started to be used more frequently in sequels.

* ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]''. To be fair, over a third of the characters are from the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise.
** The sequel takes it up a notch, removing "Creator/{{SEGA}}" out of the title and simply calling it ''Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed''. To be fair in this case, the game has a number of characters [[GuestFighter who aren't from Sega properties]].

* InUniverse example in ''VideoGame/SonicMania''. If you beat the [[spoiler:& Knuckles Mode]] as Knuckles, you get a special ending in which [[spoiler:it's revealed that the whole Knuckles & Knuckles playthrough was just a retelling of the game by Knuckles called ''Sonic Mania & Knuckles''.]]

* The 360/[=PS3=] "sequel" to the ''Sega Genesis Collection'' is entitled ''[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]'s Ultimate Genesis Collection'' in America but ''Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection'' in Europe.

* ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]''. To be fair, over a third of the characters are from the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise.

* Given Charles Schulz' dislike of the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' title for his comic strip, every [[Franchise/{{Peanuts}} non-comic work]] based on it during his lifetime was titled after Charlie Brown or Snoopy. It was only after his death that ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie'' and the French ''Peanuts'' TV cartoon were allowed their titles.

* The opening for ''[[Franchise/{{Peanuts}} The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show]]'' shows Charlie Brown painting his name on a blank sign as part of the show title, then Snoopy cuts in to paint ''his'' name on the sign to finish it off.

* The ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' movies are, in order, ''Film/FirstBlood'', ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'', ''Film/RamboIII'', and ''Film/{{Rambo|IV}}''.

* ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'' spinoff title ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd Megazine'' has gone back and forth on this over it's run. While Dredd is certainly the headline act, the comic contains many other strips, some from the Dredd Universe, some from other 2000AD regulars and some completely original. The logo on the front has changed a few times to reflect this: when [[Film/JudgeDredd the 1995 movie]] came out, "Judge Dredd" was much more prominent, around the millennium the name was shrunk drastically to give more emphasis to "Megazine" and then a few years ago this was reversed back to having Judge Dredd take up a whole third of the front page, and the rest of the logo frequently obscured by the cover art.

* Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars was this for Music/DavidBowie during his Ziggy period, and he even went so far as to write a song about it.

* ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' turned into ''Jak II'' with the second game. Of course, since it went DarkerAndEdgier with that game, [[ShooOutTheClowns removing the comic relief sidekick from the title]] made sense.
** Arguable since Daxter ironically seemed to [[TookALevelInBadass gain more involvement as the series progressed]]. ''Jak & Daxter'' is one of the few games he isn't playable in some sense.

* Like the ''Manga/HatsuneMix'' example above, official events and crossovers featuring the Crypton Music/{{Vocaloid}}s[[note]]This includes fare like Miku Expo, [=MikuPa=], the Snow Miku festivals, and even the benignly titled ''[[VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva Project Diva]]'' games and Magical Mirai (they serve as the subtitle to Miku's name).[[/note]] are usually branded under "Music/Hatsune Miku". Not even "Hatsune Miku feat. Crypton Vocaloids", just Miku's name, as though the other four were supporting cast.

* ''Manga/HatsuneMix'' is a manga focusing on [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Miku Hatsune]] [[AndTheRest and the other 4 Crypton Vocaloids at the time]][[note]]assuming that the Manga started before Luka Megurine was created. Although she did appear in one chapter[[/note]]. But is named after ...[[Music/HatsuneMiku guess]].

* Like the ''Manga/HatsuneMix'' example above, official events and crossovers featuring the Crypton Music/{{Vocaloid}}s[[note]]This includes fare like Miku Expo, [=MikuPa=], the Snow Miku festivals, and even the benignly titled ''[[VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva Project Diva]]'' games and Magical Mirai (they serve as the subtitle to Miku's name).[[/note]] are usually titled "[[FaceOfTheBand Hatsune Miku]]". Not even "Hatsune Miku feat. Crypton Vocaloids", just Miku's name, as though the other four were supporting cast.

* ''Manga/HatsuneMix'' is a manga focusing on [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Miku Hatsune]] [[AndTheRest and the other 4 Crypton Vocaloids at the time]][[note]]assuming that the Manga started before Luka Megurine was created. Although she did appear in one chapter[[/note]]. But is named after ...[[FaceOfTheBand gue]][[SpotlightStealingSquad ss]].

* Even [[VirtualCelebrity cartoon bands]] are not immune to this. "David Seville and the Chipmunks" had their names simplified to "The Chipmunks" before they officially became "Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks".

* When ''Franchise/TheGreenHornet'' was shown in Hong Kong, they retitled it ''The Kato Show'' due to Creator/BruceLee's popularity.

* The Machine in ''Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine'' originally referred not to Florence's band as a whole but to her keyboardist, Isa Summers. The two first billed themselves as "Florence Robot and Isa Machine" before condensing the name.

* The Japanese live-action movie adaptation of ''Manga/DeathNote'' covered the anime/manga storyline (sort of) in two movies, ''Death Note'' and ''Death Note: The Last Name'', then added a sequel following the clear focus shift to killer Light's rival, the detective L, that occurred in movie #2. Movie #3 is ''Film/LChangeTheWorld''.

* The opening for ''[[Franchise/Peanuts The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show]]'' shows Charlie Brown painting his name on a blank sign as part of the show title, then Snoopy cuts in to paint ''his'' name on the sign to finish it off.

* The opening for ''WesternAnimation/TheCharlieBrownAndSnoopyShow'' shows Charlie Brown painting his name on a blank sign as part of the show title, then Snoopy cuts in to paint ''his'' name on the sign to finish it off.