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** Han Solo ''doesn't'' do his missions solo. He's always accompanied by Chewie.

** The FlyingDutchman, which, unlike in the original legend, does not move through the air, and is not Dutch. Its captain is a Welshman with a Scots accent. ''Flying'' in those days, meant 'fast' as often as it meant 'moving through the air' (and very occasionally still does, in phrases such as "flying start"). The equivalent today would be "Racing Dutchman."

* ''Film/{{Zombi 2}}'' (known in America as ''Zombie'', known in some other places as ''Zombie Flesh Eaters'') is not the second "''Zombi''" film, it's the first in its series. Romero's ''Film/DawnOfTheDead1978'' was released in Europe under the title Zombi, and Italian director Creator/LucioFulci decided to capitalize on its success by claiming that his film was actually a sequel or prequel. Which it wasn't.

* Ain't no ghosts in ''ComicBook/GhostWorld''. It works pretty well as a metaphor though.

* Ain't no ghosts in ''ComicBook/GhostWorld''.

** Jedi Knights are really more like warrior monks than they are knights. Unlike traditional knights in the real world, their status is not bestowed by a king or ruler; Jedi are an insular society unto themselves. Nor do they employ titles such as "sir". They also don't own much in the way of personal possessions or property, both of which lords may reward knights for loyalty. Also, knights were very much part of a royal's court, unlike Jedi who were not supposed to be involved in politics. Real knights served the wishes of their lord, lady, or monarch. Jedi do exist to serve, but they serve of their own accord and in whatever way they see fit. They are not really at anyone's beck and call and all VIPs of the Old Republic know that.

* ''The Curse Of The Cat People'' doesn't involve a curse, and you'd be hard-pressed to see what it had to do with any "cat people" unless you saw ''Cat People'', the film it was a sequel to, first: Irena, one of the characters from the first film, appears as a ghost in the sequel... But her involuntary shape-shifting into a cat is never brought up or seen, and it's totally irrelevant to the plot at any rate.

* ''Film/
WitchfinderGeneral'' was also released as ''The Conqueror Worm'' despite having little to do with the Creator/EdgarAllanPoe poem, although a portion of it is recited toward the movie's end. Creator/VincentPrice was in it, so presumably it was titled that way to attract fans of all the Creator/RogerCorman-directed Poe adaptations he'd starred in.

** ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'' does not feature a nation going rogue.

* ''Witchfinder General'' was also released as ''The Conqueror Worm'' despite having little to do with the Creator/EdgarAllanPoe poem, although a portion of it is recited toward the movie's end. VincentPrice was in it, so presumably it was titled that way to attract fans of all the Creator/RogerCorman-directed Poe adaptations he'd starred in.

* There are [[SimilarlyNamedWorks three unrelated films]] called ''Madhouse'', only one of which is actually set in a mental institution. The 1990 John Larroquette and Kirstie Alley film is about a house being overrun by uninvited guests that could figuratively be called a "madhouse". In the 1974 VincentPrice film, it's a plot point that Price's character ''was'' once in a mental institution, but no scenes actually take place there. The Vincent Price one was originally going to be called ''The Revenge Of Dr. Death'' or ''The Return of Dr. Death'', both of which would have been more descriptive of the plot, but the producers thought it would be mistaken for a sequel; It didn't help that there had been a recent film called ''Dr. Death, Seeker of Souls'' either.

* ''Film/TheIncrediblyStrangeCreatures The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?'' (famously riffed on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'') is about a single ordinary (if poorly written) human being who gets lightly scarred by acid and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy hypnotized to become a mindless killer]], remaining 100% alive and un-mixed-up for the entirety of the story (at least until he's shot and killed by the police, at which point he stops living and becomes dead).

* ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' movies are not about a feline. The "Pink Panther" is a diamond that plays a major role in some, but not all, of the films. The cartoon panther that originally appeared in [[Film/ThePinkPanther1963 the first film]]'s credits, also called [[WesternAnmation/ThePinkPanther The Pink Panther]], took on a life of its own as a film and TV cartoon character and advertising mascot.

* ''The Curse Of The Cat People'' doesn't involve a curse, and you'd be hard-pressed to see what it had to do with any "cat people" unless you saw ''Cat People'', the film it was a sequel to, first: Irena, one of the characters from the first film, appears as a ghost in the sequel... But her involuntary shape-shifting into a cat is never brought up or seen, and it's totally irrelevant to the plot at any rate.

* ''Film/TheBrainThatWouldntDie'' doesn't feature a BrainInAJar: The title is most likely referring to the character Jan, who spends most of the film as a living severed head, not just a brain. You could also argue that "Wouldn't Die" should be "''Couldn't'' Die": "Wouldn't" implies that she refuses to die, when in fact she's being kept alive against her will and repeatedly begs for someone to kill her. The WorkingTitle was the more accurate ''The Head That Wouldn't Die'', but the film makers decided to follow a trend of sci-fi b-movies with "Brain" somewhere in the title.

* No one ever gets strangled in ''Night Of The Strangler'', though there are several murders committed through other methods. It also takes place over the course of several days rather than a single night.

* Tarzan's animal friend Cheetah isn't a cheetah, he's a chimp.

* ''Film/{{Zombi 2}}'' (known in America as ''Zombie'', known in some other places as ''Zombie Flesh Eaters'') is not the second "''Zombi''" film, it's the first in its series. Romero's ''Film/DawnOfTheDead'' was released in Europe under the title Zombi, and Italian director Creator/LucioFulci decided to capitalize on its success by claiming that his film was actually a sequel or prequel. Which it wasn't.

** The [[MembershipToken Nine Pieces of Eight]] from ''At World's End'' are not coins, but random pieces of junk. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] and [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in-universe: they used random piece of junk because the founding pirates were flat broke, and called them "Pieces of Eight" because they thought it sounded more pirate-y than "Pieces of Whatever We Happened to Have in our Pockets At The Time."

* ''Witchfinder General'' was also released as ''The Conqueror Worm'' despite having little to do with the EdgarAllanPoe poem, although a portion of it is recited toward the movie's end. VincentPrice was in it, so presumably it was titled that way to attract fans of all the Creator/RogerCorman-directed Poe adaptations he'd starred in.

* ''Film/{{Abduction}}'' features no kidnappings whatsoever.

* The ''PinkPanther'' movies are not about a feline. The "Pink Panther" is a diamond that plays a major role in some, but not all, of the films. The cartoon panther that originally appeared in the first film's credits, also called [[WesternAnmation/ThePinkPanther The Pink Panther]], took on a life of its own as a film and TV cartoon character and advertising mascot.

* In ''Film/IronMan1'', Tony Stark's first seemed to be mostly scrap iron, but his final is more advanced. He lampshades the trope when he first sees the media nickname:

** The titular curse in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' isn't actually on the ''Black Pearl'', it's on the '''crew''' of the ''Pearl''; their connection to the ''Pearl'' had nothing to do with them winding up cursed. And though there is indeed a cursed treasure in the movie, it's a chest of golden coins.

* ''{{Film/Snatch}}'': The man known as Boris the Blade, Boris the Bullet-dodger and Boris the Sneaky Fucking Russian is an Uzbekistanian who prefers to fight with guns and doesn't so much dodge bullets as [[MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong absorb them]].

* Averted by ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''. The title character is not a beetle (though he briefly transforms himself into one) and has nothing to do with juice. In fact, technically speaking, "Beetlejuice" isn't even his name; he is known officially as "Betelgeuse" (actually the name of a star in the constellation Orion, which apparently has nothing to do with the film, making it in itself an example!), and "Beetlejuice" is simply a folk etymology (phonetic rendering) of the true spelling. That said, Betelgeuse ''does'' eat a raw beetle (well, a cockroach, but why nitpick?) for a snack, and when he bit into it he presumably swallowed a good portion of the bug's "juice."

* Creator/AlexanderPayne has a habit with this. Notably ''Film/{{Sideways}}'' doesn't have a lot to do with being sideways, ''Film/TheDescendants'' isn't really overly concerned with the the fact that the leads are descended from King Kamehameha.

* ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' is not entirely about the titular duo, although one subplot has them go through a bit of a fallout because Robin is under the influence of Poison Ivy's spores, and Batgirl is also introduced and featured throughout the film, as pointed out by some critics it would've made more sense if it and Batman Forever swapped titles.

** The [[MembershipToken Nine Pieces of Eight]] from "At World's End" are not coins, but random pieces of junk. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] and [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in-universe: they used random piece of junk because the founding pirates were flat broke, and called them "Pieces of Eight" because they thought it sounded more pirate-y than "Pieces of Whatever We Happened to Have in our Pockets At The Time."
** The FlyingDutchman, which, unlike in the original legend, does not move through the air, and is not Dutch. Its captain is a Welshman with a Scots accent. ''Flying'' in those days, meant ''fast'' as often as it meant ''moving through the air'' (and very occasionally still does, in phrases such as "flying start"). The equivalent today would be "Racing Dutchman."

** Star Destroyers can neither destroy stars nor qualify as equivalents of naval destroyers, given their sheer size and firepower compared to Rebel ships. They're more akin to battleships or aircraft carriers. ''Super'' Star Destroyers are much larger, but still can't destroy stars. Then again, in modern times, Destroyers are typically the most powerful surface combat ships in any navy.

* ''Film/RainMan'' is not about a man who is associated in any way with rain. "Rain Man" was what Charlie called Raymond when he was a little kid when he misremembered Raymond as an Imaginary friend named Rain Man

* ''Film/{{Sorcerer}}'' isn't about a sorcerer. It's about truck drivers transporting nitroglycerin in a truck ''named'' Sorcerer.
* ''{{Film/Snatch}}'': The man known as Boris the Blade, Boris the Bullet-dodger and Boris the Sneaky Fucking Russian is an Uzbekistanian who prefers to fight with guns and doesn't so much dodge bullets as absorb them.

* ''{{Film/Tyrannosaur}}'': Despite the title and the poster having the skeleton of a ''Tyrannosaurus'' buried underground, this dramatic film about [[spoiler: domestic violence, rape, revenge, and suffering]] has absolutely nothing to do with dinosaurs. Turns out, the movie's title is actually a metaphor for the whole story.