History Main / TheXOfY

* The [[http://finalgirl.blogspot.com Final Girl]] horror blog pointed out how common "The Something of Someone" titles were in horror films from the 1970s: ''The Initiation of Sarah'', ''The Reincarnation of Peter Proud'', "The Haunting of Isabel'', etc.

* ''The Tomb of Dracula''

* ''{{The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck}}''

[[folder:Films -- Live Action]]
* ''{{Army of Darkness}}''

** ''{{Son of Dracula}}''

* [[XWingSeries Starfighters Of Adumar]]

* ''TheWizardOfOz''

* "{{The Thousand Autumns Of Jacob De Zoet}}"

[[folder:Live Action TV]]

* ''{{The Order of the Stick}}''
** Its prequels ''On the Origins of [=PCs=]'' and ''Start of Darkness'' may count too.

* The first ''{{Bionicle}}'' movie, ''The Mask Of Light''. The sequels are ''Legends of Metru Nui'' and ''Web of Shadows''.

* ''{{NeverwinterNights}} 2'' expansion packs:

* ''{{Neverwinter Nights}} 2'' expansion packs:

* ''{{World of Warcraft}}'' flat out abuses it in patch names:
** Patch 1.2.0: Mysteries of Maraudon
** Patch 1.3.0: Ruins of the Dire Maul
** Patch 1.7.0: Rise of the Blood God
** Patch 1.8.0: Dragons of Nightmare
** Patch 1.9.0: The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj
** Patch 1.10.0: Storms of Azeroth
** Patch 1.11.0: Shadow of the Necropolis
** Patch 1.12.0: Drums of War
** Patch 2.3.0: The Gods of Zul'Aman
** Patch 2.4.0: Fury of the Sunwell
** Patch 3.0.2: Echoes [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom of Doom]]
** Patch 3.1.0: Secrets of Ulduar
** Patch 3.2.0: Call of the Crusade
** Patch 3.3.0: Fall of the Lich King
* ''{{Starcraft 2}}: Wings of Liberty'' (and the upcoming [[ExpansionPack Expansion Packs]], ''Heart of the Swarm'' and ''Legacy of the Void'').
* Blizzard is a big fan of this: {{Warcraft 3}} had ''Reign of Chaos'' as subtitle.
* ''{{The Legend of Zelda}}'':
** ''[[ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]''
** ''The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods'' (Japanese title of ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]'')
** ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]''
** ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons]]''
** ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon]]''
** ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Link: The Faces of Evil]]''
* ''The Story of Thor'', released as ''BeyondOasis'' in the US. It has absolutely nothing to do with any Norse thunder god.

* ''{{Age of Empires}}'' and its sequel Age of Empires 2, subtitled ''Age Of Kings''.
* ''{{Rise of Nations}}.''
* {{Warhammer 40K}} RTS ''{{Dawn of War}}''
** In the same franchise: the old game ''Space Hulk: Vengeance of the BloodAngels''

* The ''{{Castlevania}}'' series, starting with ''Rondo of Blood''. The X is usually some type of music (Symphony, Harmony, Aria), and the Y is usually something dark (Darkness, Sorrow, the Night), but this isn't always the case.

* ''[[{{He-Man and the Masters of the Universe}} The Masters of the Universe]]''

** ''{{House of Dracula}}

A sub-convention is {{Character Name and the Noun Phrase}}. Please put examples that fall into that convention on that page, not here. For the related form "The Adjective Noun" see MadLibThrillerTitle. See also GenreTitleGrabBag. TitleOfTheDead is a sub-trope.

** Hammer's ''{{Horror of Dracula}}''

* ''{{Night of the Demons}}'' series.

* HarryPotter has this in books 2 - 5.
** Chamber of Secrets
** Prisoner of Azkaban
** Goblet of Fire
** Order of the Phoenix

* ''StarWars'':
** ''Attack of the Clones''
** ''Revenge of the Sith''
** ''Return of the Jedi''
* ''The Bride of Frankenstein''

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* ThePhantomOfTheOpera - counts as a (Proper Noun) of a (Place Noun) as 'opera' means the Paris Opera House
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* The (Proper Noun) of (Placename) (e.g. ''Elric of Melnibone'').

A sub-convention is {{Character Name and the Noun Phrase}}. Please put examples that fall into that convention on that page, not here. For the related form "The Adjective Noun" see MadLibThrillerTitle. See also GenreTitleGrabBag.

The presence or absence of articles ("the", "a", and "an") and their placement have even more variants.

* ''The Secret World of Alex Mack''

* The (Common Noun) of (Common Noun) (e.g. ''The Valley of Fear'', ''The Ambassadors of Fear'', ''Revenge of the Sith'');

* ''DwarfFortress'' has this as part of the fortress naming formula.

[[folder:ComicBooks]]
* ''TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck''

** "TheWrathOfKhan"
** "[[StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock The Search For Spock]]" probably counts too.

* ''TheMysticKnightsOfTirNaNog''

* ''The Story of Thor'', released as ''BeyondOasis'' in the US. It has absolutely nothing to do with any Norse thunder gods.

* ''TheWayOfTheMetagamer''.

* ''TheWorldOfDavidTheGnome''
*''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar''

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