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** Similarly in acclaimed Carl Barks' story "Back to the Klondike", Scrooge McDuck says to a confused Donald Duck "You're going with me - Back to the Klondike!"

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** Similarly in acclaimed Carl Barks' story "Back to the Klondike", Uncle Scrooge McDuck says to a confused Donald Duck "You're going with me - Back to the Klondike!"
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** Similarly in acclaimed Carl Barks' story "Back to the Klondike", Scrooge McDuck says to a confused Donald Duck "You're going with me - Back to the Klondike!"
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* In DC Comics' weekly series ''Trinity'', every story (there's two per issue) is named for a snippet of dialogue. Since "Trinity", while it refers to the main characters, isn't an official team name, its repeated use qualify as well.

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* In DC Comics' weekly series ''Trinity'', ''ComicBook/Trinity2008'', every story (there's two per issue) is named for a snippet of dialogue. Since "Trinity", while it refers to the main characters, isn't an official team name, its repeated use qualify as well.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Starslayer}}'': The weapon used to collapse Sol into a black hole was a 'Starslayer Missile'. At the end of the arc, refugees from the Sol system have dubbed Torin himself as 'The Starslayer', though he was never directly addressed as that in the comic.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Starslayer}}'': The weapon used to collapse Sol into a black hole was a 'Starslayer Missile'. At the end of the arc, refugees from the Sol system have dubbed Torin himself as 'The Starslayer', though he was never directly addressed as that in the comic.comic.
* ''ComicBook/BlackScience'':
** Grant refers to the dimension-hopping pillar technology as black science. Other characters like Doxta pick it up from him.
** One flashback to Mr Block's lab shows that someone has graffitied "Block Science" to "Black Science".
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* In DC Comics' new weekly series ''Trinity'', every story (there's two per issue) is named for a snippet of dialogue.
** Since "Trinity", while it refers to the main characters, isn't an official team name, does its repeated use qualify as well?

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* In DC Comics' new weekly series ''Trinity'', every story (there's two per issue) is named for a snippet of dialogue.
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dialogue. Since "Trinity", while it refers to the main characters, isn't an official team name, does its repeated use qualify as well?well.



* ''Astonishing ComicBook/XMen'' had something of an example, with Cyclops saying that the team had to "astonish" the public if they were ever to be trusted again.

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* ''Astonishing ComicBook/XMen'' had something of an example, with Cyclops ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} saying that the team had to "astonish" the public if they were ever to be trusted again.
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* ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures: ComicBook/IronMan'' [[http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/6533690.html # 6]] has the phrase "Destructive Reentry" used ''twice''. It's a [[MeaningfulName Meaningful Title]], considering the issue.

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* ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures: ComicBook/IronMan'' [[http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/6533690.html # 6]] #6 has the phrase "Destructive Reentry" used ''twice''. It's a [[MeaningfulName Meaningful Title]], considering the issue.
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* The four-part comic series based on ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'' managed a purely visual example by depicting Wirt tripping over a (very low) garden wall.

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* The four-part comic series based on ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'' managed a purely visual example by depicting Wirt tripping over a (very low) garden wall.wall.
* ''ComicBook/{{Starslayer}}'': The weapon used to collapse Sol into a black hole was a 'Starslayer Missile'. At the end of the arc, refugees from the Sol system have dubbed Torin himself as 'The Starslayer', though he was never directly addressed as that in the comic.
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* In ''Creator/DonRosa'''s [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Uncle Scrooge]] story "Last Sled to Dawson", after Uncle Scrooge's Yukon Gold Rush-era dog sled is dislodged from the glacier in which it had been trapped for decades and slides into the town square, one of the nephews quips "The last sled to Dawson has finally arrived!"

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* In ''Creator/DonRosa'''s [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Uncle Scrooge]] story "Last Sled to Dawson", after Uncle Scrooge's Yukon Gold Rush-era dog sled is dislodged from the glacier in which it had been trapped for decades and slides into the town square, one of the nephews quips "The last sled to Dawson has finally arrived!"arrived!"
* The four-part comic series based on ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'' managed a purely visual example by depicting Wirt tripping over a (very low) garden wall.
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* In ''ComicBook/LostAtSea'', Raleigh drops the title as the last line of the comic.

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* In ''ComicBook/LostAtSea'', Raleigh drops the title as the last line of the comic.comic.
* In ''Creator/DonRosa'''s [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Uncle Scrooge]] story "Last Sled to Dawson", after Uncle Scrooge's Yukon Gold Rush-era dog sled is dislodged from the glacier in which it had been trapped for decades and slides into the town square, one of the nephews quips "The last sled to Dawson has finally arrived!"
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* Spider Jerusalem describes The Word as a "great {{Transmetropolitan}} newspaper". This is the only mention of the series' title.

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* Spider Jerusalem describes The Word as a "great {{Transmetropolitan}} ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}} newspaper". This is the only mention of the series' title.
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* ComicBook/TheNewUniverse comic Kickers, Inc. ended its first issue with the team [[SpeakInUnison in unison]], shouting, "Kickers, Inc!"
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* ''Astonishing ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'' had something of an example, with Cyclops saying that the team had to "astonish" the public if they were ever to be trusted again.

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* ''Astonishing ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'' ComicBook/XMen'' had something of an example, with Cyclops saying that the team had to "astonish" the public if they were ever to be trusted again.
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* Three of the ''SinCity'' books' ("A Dame to Kill For," "The Big Fat Kill," and "That Yellow Bastard") titles occur in either dialogue or narration. The film adaptation also works in the first story's retroactive title, "The Hard Goodbye,".

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* Three of the ''SinCity'' ''ComicBook/SinCity'' books' ("A Dame to Kill For," "The Big Fat Kill," and "That Yellow Bastard") titles occur in either dialogue or narration. The film adaptation also works in the first story's retroactive title, "The Hard Goodbye,".
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* "To be human, truly human, is to accept that sometimes we are heroes.. Sometimes we are victor.. and sometimes we are {{Powerless}}."
* Scootaloo's assertion on how the Mane Six will recover from being split into pairs, in issue #3 of ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW''.

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* "To be human, truly human, is to accept that sometimes we are heroes.. Sometimes we are victor.. and sometimes we are {{Powerless}}.ComicBook/{{Powerless}}."
* * Scootaloo's assertion on how the Mane Six will recover from being split into pairs, in issue #3 of ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW''.
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* ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'': Ultraman concludes his speech to his villainous crowd by saying "[[PretentiousLatinMotto Aeternus Malum]]. Forever Evil.".

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* ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'': Ultraman concludes his speech to his villainous crowd by saying "[[PretentiousLatinMotto Aeternus Malum]]. Forever Evil.".".
* In ''ComicBook/LostAtSea'', Raleigh drops the title as the last line of the comic.
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* ''MarvelAdventures: ComicBook/IronMan'' [[http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/6533690.html # 6]] has the phrase "Destructive Reentry" used ''twice''. It's a [[MeaningfulName Meaningful Title]], considering the issue.

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* ''MarvelAdventures: ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures: ComicBook/IronMan'' [[http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/6533690.html # 6]] has the phrase "Destructive Reentry" used ''twice''. It's a [[MeaningfulName Meaningful Title]], considering the issue.
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* From the 1989 JamesBond comic ''Permission to Die''.

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* From the 1989 JamesBond ''Franchise/JamesBond'' comic ''Permission to Die''.
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* The first big ''SpiderMan'' event of the ''BrandNewDay'' era made sneaky use of this trope. It had what sounded like a pretty typical comic title until Norman Osborn dropped it in-story:

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* The first big ''SpiderMan'' event of the ''BrandNewDay'' ''ComicBook/BrandNewDay'' era made sneaky use of this trope. It had what sounded like a pretty typical comic title until Norman Osborn dropped it in-story:
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* ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' doesn't get a TitleDrop until issue #86, when [[{{Blackhawk}} Lady Blackhawk]] suggests that it might be a fitting name for the team. It is immediately rejected by everybody else on the team.

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* ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' doesn't get a TitleDrop until issue #86, when [[{{Blackhawk}} [[Comicbook/{{Blackhawk}} Lady Blackhawk]] suggests that it might be a fitting name for the team. It is immediately rejected by everybody else on the team.
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* Scootaloo's assertion on how the Mane Six will recover from being split into pairs, in issue #3 of ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW''.

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* Scootaloo's assertion on how the Mane Six will recover from being split into pairs, in issue #3 of ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW''.''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW''.
* ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'': Ultraman concludes his speech to his villainous crowd by saying "[[PretentiousLatinMotto Aeternus Malum]]. Forever Evil.".
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* "To be human, truly human, is to accept that sometimes we are heroes.. Sometimes we are victor.. and sometimes we are {{Powerless}}."

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* "To be human, truly human, is to accept that sometimes we are heroes.. Sometimes we are victor.. and sometimes we are {{Powerless}}.""
* Scootaloo's assertion on how the Mane Six will recover from being split into pairs, in issue #3 of ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW''.
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* ''Astonishing XMen'' had something of an example, with Cyclops saying that the team had to "astonish" the public if they were ever to be trusted again.

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* ''Astonishing XMen'' ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'' had something of an example, with Cyclops saying that the team had to "astonish" the public if they were ever to be trusted again.
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-->'''Q''': Do be careful, 007. Her Majesty may have granted you a license to kill, but that doesn't give you permission to die.

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-->'''Q''': Do be careful, 007. Her Majesty may have granted you a license to kill, but that doesn't give you permission to die.die.
* "To be human, truly human, is to accept that sometimes we are heroes.. Sometimes we are victor.. and sometimes we are {{Powerless}}."
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* The first big ''SpiderMan'' event of the ''Brand New Day'' era made sneaky use of this trope. It had what sounded like a pretty typical comic title until Norman Osborn dropped it in-story:

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* The first big ''SpiderMan'' event of the ''Brand New Day'' ''BrandNewDay'' era made sneaky use of this trope. It had what sounded like a pretty typical comic title until Norman Osborn dropped it in-story:
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* ''Marvel Adventures: ComicBook/IronMan'' [[http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/6533690.html # 6]] has the phrase "Destructive Reentry" used ''twice''. It's a [[MeaningfulName Meaningful Title]], considering the issue.

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* ''Marvel Adventures: ''MarvelAdventures: ComicBook/IronMan'' [[http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/6533690.html # 6]] has the phrase "Destructive Reentry" used ''twice''. It's a [[MeaningfulName Meaningful Title]], considering the issue.



* In one issue of the ''SonicX'' comic book, Sonic was abducted by the '''S'''ociety for '''O'''bserving and '''N'''eutralizing '''I'''nterdimensional '''C'''reatures and '''X'''enomorphs. Guess what the acronym for that is.

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* In one issue of the ''SonicX'' ''ComicBook/SonicX'' comic book, Sonic was abducted by the '''S'''ociety for '''O'''bserving and '''N'''eutralizing '''I'''nterdimensional '''C'''reatures and '''X'''enomorphs. Guess what the acronym for that is.



* ''Astonishing X-Men'' had something of an example, with Cyclops saying that the team had to "astonish" the public if they were ever to be trusted again.

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* ''Astonishing X-Men'' XMen'' had something of an example, with Cyclops saying that the team had to "astonish" the public if they were ever to be trusted again.
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* ''{{Watchmen}}'' almost does this with the phrase "Who Watches the Watchmen?" but the graffiti is never shown completely.

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* ''{{Watchmen}}'' ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' almost does this with the phrase "Who Watches the Watchmen?" but the graffiti is never shown completely.
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* ''Marvel Adventures: IronMan'' [[http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/6533690.html # 6]] has the phrase "Destructive Reentry" used ''twice''. It's a [[MeaningfulName Meaningful Title]], considering the issue.

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* ''Marvel Adventures: IronMan'' ComicBook/IronMan'' [[http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/6533690.html # 6]] has the phrase "Destructive Reentry" used ''twice''. It's a [[MeaningfulName Meaningful Title]], considering the issue.
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* ''BirdsOfPrey'' doesn't get a TitleDrop until issue #86, when [[{{Blackhawk}} Lady Blackhawk]] suggests that it might be a fitting name for the team. It is immediately rejected by everybody else on the team.

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* ''BirdsOfPrey'' ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' doesn't get a TitleDrop until issue #86, when [[{{Blackhawk}} Lady Blackhawk]] suggests that it might be a fitting name for the team. It is immediately rejected by everybody else on the team.



-->'''Q''': Do be careful, 007. Her Majesty may have granted you a license to kill, but that doesn't give you permission to die.

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-->'''Q''': Do be careful, 007. Her Majesty may have granted you a license to kill, but that doesn't give you permission to die.
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* The January 9, 2008 strip of ''PearlsBeforeSwine'' has a [[AC: TitleDrop]] responded to by cheering, noisemakers, confetti, balloons and a rubber chicken dropping down from the ceiling with the title card, in an obvious ShoutOut to ''YouBetYourLife'':
--> '''Rat:''' That was odd.
* The "final" strip of ''ForBetterOrForWorse'' has a [[AC: TitleDrop]] at the end of the final panel of the nominal (it's complicated) Last Strip Ever.
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* Three of the ''SinCity'' books' ("A Dame to Kill For," "The Big Fat Kill," and "That Yellow Bastard") titles occur in either dialogue or narration. The film adaptation also works in the first story's retroactive title, "The Hard Goodbye,".
* In DC Comics' new weekly series ''Trinity'', every story (there's two per issue) is named for a snippet of dialogue.
** Since "Trinity", while it refers to the main characters, isn't an official team name, does its repeated use qualify as well?
* ''Marvel Adventures: IronMan'' [[http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/6533690.html # 6]] has the phrase "Destructive Reentry" used ''twice''. It's a [[MeaningfulName Meaningful Title]], considering the issue.
* The first big ''SpiderMan'' event of the ''Brand New Day'' era made sneaky use of this trope. It had what sounded like a pretty typical comic title until Norman Osborn dropped it in-story:
-->'''Osborn:''' For every life you save...there's a million '''new ways to die.'''
* Issue 24 of Robert Kirkman's ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead''. It gets a double-page spread to itself, and then another page when it's repeated.
-->[[spoiler:'''Rick:''' It's obvious now that I'm the only sane one here! We already are savages, Tyreese. You especially! The second we put a bullet in the head of one of these undead monsters -- the moment one of us drives a hammer into one of their faces -- or cut a head off. We become what we '''are!''' And that's just it. That's what this comes down to. You people don't know what we are. We're surrounded by the dead. We're '''among''' them -- and when we finally give up '''we become them!''' We're living on borrowed time here. Every minute of our life is minute we steal from '''them!''' You see them out there. You '''know''' that when we die -- we '''become''' them. You think we hide behind walls to protect us from '''the walking dead!''' Don't you '''get it!?''']]\\
[[spoiler:'''Rick:''' '''We''' ''are'' '''the walking dead!''']]\\
[[spoiler:'''Rick:''' '''We''' are the walking dead.]]
* ''BirdsOfPrey'' doesn't get a TitleDrop until issue #86, when [[{{Blackhawk}} Lady Blackhawk]] suggests that it might be a fitting name for the team. It is immediately rejected by everybody else on the team.
* In one issue of the ''SonicX'' comic book, Sonic was abducted by the '''S'''ociety for '''O'''bserving and '''N'''eutralizing '''I'''nterdimensional '''C'''reatures and '''X'''enomorphs. Guess what the acronym for that is.
* ''{{Watchmen}}'' almost does this with the phrase "Who Watches the Watchmen?" but the graffiti is never shown completely.
** In [[Film/{{Watchmen}} The Movie]], "Watchmen" is the name of the alliance. However, the graffiti still remains.
** Ozymandias mentions that JFK had part of a speech he intended to give in Dallas that read "We in this country, in this generation, are by destiny rather than choice, the '''watchmen''' on the walls of world freedom." Unfortunately, he was assassinated (possibly by the Comedian), by those Ozymandias described as on "the walls of world tyranny," before he could deliver it.
* ''Astonishing X-Men'' had something of an example, with Cyclops saying that the team had to "astonish" the public if they were ever to be trusted again.
** Whedon's last issue, the Giant Sized special, is entitled "Gone". It's also the [[DownerEnding last word in the issue.]]
** Whedon's last issue also echoes Cyclops' comment from the first issue, as Kitty Pryde accepts [[HeroicSacrifice what she must do to save the world.]]
-->'''Kitty:''' Disapponted, Miss Frost?\\
'''Emma:''' Astonished, Miss Pryde.
* Spider Jerusalem describes The Word as a "great {{Transmetropolitan}} newspaper". This is the only mention of the series' title.
* The January 9, 2008 strip of ''PearlsBeforeSwine'' has a [[AC: TitleDrop]] responded to by cheering, noisemakers, confetti, balloons and a rubber chicken dropping down from the ceiling with the title card, in an obvious ShoutOut to ''YouBetYourLife'':
--> '''Rat:''' That was odd.
* The "final" strip of ''ForBetterOrForWorse'' has a [[AC: TitleDrop]] at the end of the final panel of the nominal (it's complicated) Last Strip Ever.
* From the 1989 JamesBond comic ''Permission to Die''.
-->'''Q''': Do be careful, 007. Her Majesty may have granted you a license to kill, but that doesn't give you permission to die.

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