History Main / TheNounWhoVerbed

* In UsefulNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}} Creator/MarvelComics a supergroup of supervillains are called ''They Who Wield Power'', or ''They'' for short.

* ''The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks''

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* One intro with Kabal in ''Videogame/MortalKombat11'' has Spawn being mistaken by the former as "some kind of Japanese luchador", before the Hellspawn corrects the mercenary by calling himself "The Ghost That Goes 'Bang!' In The Night".

* In one intro with Kabal, Spawn is mistaken by the former as "some kind of Japanese luchador", before the Hellspawn corrects the mercenary by calling himself "The Ghost That Goes 'Bang!' In The Night".

This method of naming usually causes the works to be ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin; though sometimes it's a case of ItMakesSenseInContext. Rarely the names created are so strange that ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.

* ''Literature/TheGirlWhoDrankTheMoon''

Compare NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom, InWhichATropeIsDescribed, NounVerber, AdjectiveNounFred, and CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase. Compare PersonWithTheClothing for InUniverse examples.

* ''Literature/TheGirlWhoDrankTheMoon''

Can be a LongTitle and[=/=]or a SpoilerTitle. InUniverse examples can overlap with EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep and[=/=]or TheTropeWithoutATitle.

Compare NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom, InWhichATropeIsDescribed, NounVerber and AdjectiveNounFred. Compare PersonWithTheClothing for InUniverse examples.

* ''Literature/TheShipWhoSang''. Helva is known as ''The Ship Who Sings'' due to her reputation as a [[WetWareCPU Brainship]] with a rare talent for it. Doubles as a TitleDrop.

* ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy'':

* Creator/AnneMcCaffrey's ''The Ship Who...'' series:
** ''Literature/TheShipWhoSang''. Helva is a [[WetWareCPU Brainship]] who learned to sing despite her artificial body. It even gave her an extraordinary range. Throughout her travels she uses singing as a hobby, but sometimes that talent has significant use...
** ''Literature/TheShipWhoSearched''
** ''Literature/TheShipWhoWon''
** ''Literature/TheCityWhoFought''
* ''The Spy Who Came In From The Cold''

* TheThingThatGoesDoink

* ''Film/TheBrainThatWouldntDie'' (aka ''Film/TheHeadThatWouldntDie'')

* Cleveland Amory's ''The Cat Who Came for Christmas''

* ''The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat'', the title of a collection of case studies (and of one of the cases) by neurologist Oliver Sacks.

* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'' had a few episodes named in this format. For example, on television there was "Mr. Conklin Plays Detective". On the radio, the episode "Connie Tries To Forget Mr. Boynton" follows this trope.

** The series 6 (revival) episode ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E10TheGirlWhoWaited The Girl Who Waited]]''. In it one of the Doctor's companions, Amy Pond, gets stuck in a different part of a hospital to the Doctor and Rory. [[spoiler:Due to time moving at different speeds in different parts of the hospital Amy has to wait a long time (from her point of view) for the Doctor to rescue her.]]
** Series 9 (revival) has a two-parter, both the episodes of which follow this convention. The episodes are called ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E5TheGirlWhoDied The Girl Who Died]]'' and ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E6TheWomanWhoLived The Woman Who Lived]]''. The title characters are [[spoiler: the same person, Ashildr — a maiden brought back from the grave by the Doctor as a functional immortal]].
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E1TheWomanWhoFellToEarth ''The Woman Who Fell to Earth'']]

* The title of the Swedish translation of Dario Fo's ''Theatre/AccidentalDeathOfAnAnarchist'' translates as ''The anarchist who was thrown out of the window by accident''.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnythingAVeggieTalesMovie''
** The ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' episode "King George and the Ducky" also features a sketch titled "The Englishman Who Came Up A Hill And Came Down With All The Bananas."
* ''WesternAnimation/RaggedyAnnAndAndyInThePumpkinWhoCouldntSmile''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode ''The Smurf Who Would Be King''.
* The ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' episode ''The Spy Who Stayed In With A Cold.''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch'' episode ''The Bear Who Came To Dinner.''

* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. ''The Knights Who Say "Ni"'' use the word as their greatest weapon. They later change their name to something like ''The Knights Who Say "Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptangya Zoooooooom Boing Ni"'', however, King Arthur, who can't pronounce this, proceeds to call them ''Knights Who ’Til Recently Said "Ni"''. ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext

* ''The Prince Who Dreams in the Void'' is mentioned in passing in ''[[Literature/WarOfTheSpiderQueen Dissolution]]''.

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' feature at different times the [[EldritchAbomination Outsiders]] known as "He Who Walks Behind" and "He Who Walks Before". [[spoiler: It also turns out that the entity [[GreaterScopeVillain Nemesis]] is really named "He Who Walks Beside".]]

* ''Film/TheManWhoShotLibertyValance''. Ransom is an attorney newly arrived in the Wild West town of Shinbone. On his way in he was robbed by the notorious outlaw Liberty Valence, and when he sees how the town is terrorized by him, vows to bring him to justice. [[spoiler:As it turns out, when Ransom challenged Valence to a duel, crack shot Tom Doniphon was hiding in the wings and saved Ransom (who couldn't shoot for peanuts) by shooting at exactly the right moment so that it seemed like Ransom was the one who killed him.]]

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** Harry is often called ''The Boy Who Lived'' as he was the only one to ever survive either the Killing Curse or Voldemort.

* ''Music/TheManWhoSoldTheWorld'', the TitleTrack of Music/DavidBowie's third album. The song was later covered by Music/{{Nirvana}}.

* ''{{Series/Bones}}'' had a couple rare exceptions to its “X in the Y” format that were like this. “The Bones That Blew”, “The Man Who Fell To Earth” and “The Man With The Bone”.

* ''{{Series/Bones}}'' had a couple rare exceptions to its “X in the Y” format that were like this. “The Bones That Blew”. There was also “The Man Who Fell To Earth”.

Can be a LongTitle and[=/=]or a SpoilerTitle. Usually a DefiniteArticleTitle. InUniverse examples can overlap with EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep and[=/=]or TheTropeWithoutATitle.

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* ''Women Who Run with the Wolves'', which is about the ''Wild Woman'' archetype.