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* '''Discussed''': "So, there is the movie ''Bob Becomes a Zombie'' and the plot is what the title says.” “Yup. ''[[SarcasmMode Real]]'' [[SarcasmMode genius idea for a title, people]].

* '''Discussed''': "So, there is the movie 'Bob Becomes a Zombie'and the plot is what the title says."

* '''Discussed''': ???

* '''Enforced''': “How will people know what the show is about without an accurate name?”

*** Alternatively: He turns into a [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs zombie tomato.]]

** …and ''then'' he turns into a zombie. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment The tomato form was just an odd stage of the metamorphosis.]]

** …and ''then'' he turns into a zombie. The tomato form was just an odd stage of the metamorphosis.

** The film is titled ''Three Hundred Twenty-five Zombies Escape from Eternal Imprisonment under the Island of Java, Two of Which Bite a Lawyer Named Bob, Causing Him to Turn into a Zombie Himself, Whereupon He Rampages through UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity and Destroys Two Gift Shops, a Supermarket, Blows up an SUV, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Doesn’t Brush His Teeth Afterward]], [[spoiler:Forcing His Friend Alice to Chase after Him for an Hour until She Defeats All of the Other Zombies Using a Magical Sword She Found at a Strange Antique Shop and Returns Bob to His Original Form]]''.

* '''Zig Zagged''':

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%%* '''Plotted a Good Waste''': ???

%%* '''Played for Drama''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': ''Zombie Adventures'' is a fairly SelfExplanatory title, but you have to watch the film to learn just what those adventures entail.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Some scenes revolve around Bob’s infection while others are about [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus something completely different]].

** Bob goes through several stages of the transformation, but then turns into a tomato.

* '''Basic Trope''': The title of a work tells you ''exactly'' what the work is about.

* '''Invoked''': “We want to make sure [[ViewersAreMorons the audience isn’t confused when watching this]] … Let’s give it a descriptive name!”

* '''Basic Trope''': The title of a work tells you ''exactly'' what the work is about, with no further explanation needed.

'''Basic Trope''': The title of a work tells you ''exactly'' what the work is about, with no further explanation needed.

'''Basic Trope''': The title of a work describes its content accurately.

'''Basic Trope''': Something is accurately described by its name.

** The film is called ''A Guy Named Bob Is Bitten by a Zombie and Turns Into One Himself'' and this is literally all that happens in it.
** The film is titled ''Three Hundred Twenty-Five Zombies Escape from Eternal Imprisonment under the Island of Java and Two of Them Bite a Lawyer Named Bob, Causing Him to Turn Into a Zombie Himself, Whereupon He Rampages Throughout UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity and Destroys Two Gift Shops, a Supermarket, Blows up an SUV, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Doesn't Brush His Teeth Afterward]], [[spoiler:Forcing His Friend Alice to Chase after Him for an Hour until She Defeats All of the Other Zombies Using a Magical Sword She Found at a Strange Antique Shop and Returns Bob Back to His Original Form]]''.

* '''Downplayed''': ''Zombie Adventures'' is pretty SelfExplanatory, yet you can only learn exactly what the adventures are by watching the film.

** The film is called ''Bob Becomes a Zombie'', but there are no zombies in it and none of the characters is named Bob.

** ''Bob Becomes a Zombie'' begins with a scene where Bob is bitten by a zombie, but it turns out to be Bob's dream and the rest of the movie is about something else.

** ...and ''then'' he turns into a zombie. The tomato form was just an odd stage of the metamorphosis.
** Bob lives in an environment where YourMindMakesItReal, and the first time he appears on camera again, he has begun transforming into an undead being.

** SesquipedalianLoquaciousness describes something perfectly when translated to LaymansTerms.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Some scenes revolve around Bob's infection while others are about [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus something completely different]].
* '''Averted''': The film is named ''[[ProtagonistTitle Bob]]''. The title is related to the film, but you wouldn't be able to tell what it's about without watching it.
* '''Enforced''': "How are people going to know what the show is about without an accurate name?"
* '''Lampshaded''': [[NoFourthWall "The title clearly states 'Bob Becomes a Zombie!' What did you think would happen?"]]
* '''Invoked''': "We want to make sure that [[ViewersAreMorons the audience isn't confused when watching this]]...Let's give it a descriptive name!"

* '''Defied''': "Damn it, no! I won't let that stupid title be true!"

* '''Conversed''': "I love when movies spell out what's in them in the title."

** Bob doesn't turn into a zombie until the very end, making the [[SpoilerTitle title a spoiler]].

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': The film is called ''A Guy Named Bob Is Bitten by a Zombie and Turns Into One Himself'' and this is literally all that happens in it.
** '''UpToEleven''' The film is titled ''Three Hundred Twenty-Five Zombies Escape from Eternal Imprisonment under the Island of Java and Two of Them Bite a Lawyer Named Bob, Causing Him to Turn Into a Zombie Himself, Whereupon He Rampages Throughout UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity and Destroys Two Gift Shops, a Supermarket, Blows up an SUV, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Doesn't Brush His Teeth Afterward]], [[spoiler:Forcing His Friend Alice to Chase after Him for an Hour until She Defeats All of the Other Zombies Using a Magical Sword She Found at a Strange Antique Shop and Returns Bob Back to His Original Form]]''.
*** ''[[SerialEscalation That's nothing!]]'' How about this: Every single, little, last, detail down to [[FunnyBackgroundEvent what happens in the background]] is stated in the title.
** [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking The title is literally the entire script of the film.]]