1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tangled2001and2010_5740.jpg]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:350:On the left: A 2001 thriller movie.\ |
3 | On the right: [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Seventy feet of golden hair.]]]] |
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5 | ->''"There's this bald boy, who can control the wind... Oops! Wrong WesternAnimation/{{Avatar|The Last Airbender}}..."'' |
6 | -->-- '''[[WebVideo/BumReviews Chester A. Bum]]''' reviewing Creator/JamesCameron's ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' |
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8 | This is when several works share a name. They could even be different media. And yet they're completely unrelated. |
9 | |
10 | When the names are slightly different, it might be a case of TranslationMatchmaking. If the titles are identical to each other except for an added article in either ("a," "the," etc.), for instance ''Film/{{Following}}'' and ''Series/TheFollowing,'' we'll count them too. |
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12 | See also RecycledTitle, which is when a work set in the same fictional universe uses the same title as an earlier one. |
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14 | This is so prevalent that Website/{{Wikipedia}} developed the Disambiguation system to address this and similar issues (like common surnames). So have we, actually -- see the AmbiguityIndex for a list. |
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16 | For those unfamiliar with intellectual property laws, titles can't be copyrighted and it's totally legal to name a work with the same name as another one; however, if the title is trademarked, then you can't. Trademark covers a ''franchise'', not a single work/series. |
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18 | '''Care must be taken to make sure this doesn't become a militant InNameOnly. This is strictly when two works just happen to share the same name, not an adaptation/sequel/remake that bears no resemblance to the previous work'''. |
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20 | !!Example subpages (alphabetical by title): |
21 | %% |
22 | %% Do not separate by medium. |
23 | %% |
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25 | [[index]] |
26 | * [[SimilarlyNamedWorks/NumbersToC #-C]] |
27 | * [[SimilarlyNamedWorks/DToG D-G]] |
28 | * [[SimilarlyNamedWorks/HToL H-L]] |
29 | * [[SimilarlyNamedWorks/MToP M-P]] |
30 | * [[SimilarlyNamedWorks/QToS Q-S]] |
31 | * [[SimilarlyNamedWorks/TToV T-V]] |
32 | * [[SimilarlyNamedWorks/WToZ W-Z]] |
33 | [[/index]] |
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