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11-> ''"Ignore when people say that the length of a game's title is not important, that a title should just convey what the game is about. They're just jealous theirs isn't as long."''
12-->-- '''[[Creator/{{Atlus}} Atlus USA]]''', announcing the release of ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei: VideoGame/DevilSummoner 2: VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon''
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14Many works of fiction are named using a [[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo "Title Colon Subtitle"]] template. Sometimes, however, the subtitle becomes an important part of the original work's identity, and when a sequel, spin-off or {{crossover}} with another work is made, a ''second'' subtitle is tacked on after the first. When written out, this looks ridiculous, as you have to use a colon to indicate each separate subtitle. That's Colon Cancer; [[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo Electric Boogaloo]] carried ''way'' too far.
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16Some publishers try to avoid this by using a dash instead of one of the colons, while at times when a work (especially a movie) is exported, they feel the need to add this to give a more clear idea about the plot; this is called TheForeignSubtitle.
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18If it's a sequel, then it's OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo.
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20''Franchise/StarWars'' video games are notorious for this (usually having the ''Star Wars'' supertitle, a second title for the individual sub-series the game is part of, and then a subtitle for the individual game, e.g. ''Star Wars: VideoGame/JediKnightJediAcademy''), as are titles derived from ''TabletopGame/TheWorldOfDarkness'' TabletopGames (since the individual games of that setting already have "X: The Y" names, necessitating a second subtitle for the individual game, e.g. ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines''). Generally, most games from a non-game franchise will suffer from this, as do [[TieInNovel Tie-In Novels]].
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22A {{pun}} on [[BlackComedy the medical disease of the same name.]]
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24%% '''Please refrain from listing WhatCouldHaveBeen titles that weren't actually done with multiple colons. Also, a single colon isn't cancer yet.'''
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31* Anime adaptations of the Franchise/FateSeries include the following examples:
32** The series ''Anime/FateGrandOrderAbsoluteDemonicFrontBabylonia''.
33** The movie duology ''Anime/FateGrandOrderDivineRealmOfTheRoundTableCamelot - Wandering; Agateram'' and ''Anime/FateGrandOrderDivineRealmOfTheRoundTableCamelot - Paladin; Agateram''.
34** The spinoff series ''Lord El-Melloi II Case Files: {Rail Zeppelin} Grace Note''.
35* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' has a series consisting of three movies and two [=OVA=]s released between 2006 and 2008 titled ''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu: Hokuto no Ken'', translated by the film's licensing distributor as ''Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior''. Each installment uses that title along with its own subtitle, resulting in the following:
36** ''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu: Hokuto no Ken: Raō Den: Jun'ai no Shō'' (''Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior: Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Death in Love'')
37** ''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu: Hokuto no Ken: Yuria Den'' (''Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior: Legend of Yuria'')
38** ''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu: Hokuto no Ken: Raō Den: Gekitō no Shō'' (''Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior: Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Fierce Fight'')
39** ''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu: Hokuto no Ken: Toki Den'' (''Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior: Legend of Toki'')
40** ''Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu: Hokuto no Ken: Zero: Kenshirō Den'' (''Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior: Zero: Legend of Kenshiro'')
41* ''Anime/GiantRobo: The Animation: The Day the Earth Stood Still''
42* ''{{Manga/Gintama}}: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya'' parodies this.
43* ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' has a second season titled ''Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Second Gig'', as well as a sequel movie titled ''Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society''.
44* The ''[[Anime/LupinIIIYearlySpecials Lupin III]]'' [[Anime/LupinIIIYearlySpecials yearly specials]] added on subtitles, beginning with 1998's ''[[Anime/LupinIIICrisisInTokyo Memories of the Flame ~Tokyo Crisis~]]'', and only getting longer from there, peaking out with 2005's ''[[Anime/LupinIIIAngelTactics An Angel's Tactics ~Fragments of a Dream Are the Scent of Murder~]]''. After that, the subtitles were reined in a bit to be shorter, and a couple of specials didn't have them at all. With the specials revival in 2019, the newer titles are brief, and they seem to be done with the subtitles.
45* ''Every'' Japanese name for the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' movies, once the seasons started getting subtitles. Example: ''[[Anime/PokemonRangerAndTheTempleOfTheSea Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation the Movie: The Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea: Manaphy]]''. That's ''three'' subtitles. Only two colons though, luckily.
46** Which, if you think about it, should really be ''Pocket Monsters: Advanced Generation: TheMovie: The Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea: Manaphy''.
47** There's ''[[Anime/PokemonKyuremVSTheSwordOfJustice Pocket Monsters Best Wishes!: Kyurem Vs the Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo]]''.
48** ''[[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/03/06/video-two-new-pokmon-best-wishes-the-movie-extremespeed-genesect-mewtwo-awakens-promos Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! The Movie: ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens.]]'' Two colons, four subtitles with the usual superfluous "The Movie" plus some CamelCase, and the article title adds a third colon for good measure.
49* The Japanese versions of ''Sands of Destruction'' use subtitles with tildes to differentiate adaptations (often an important thing to do, as [[AlternateContinuity plots and characterizations vary wildly between them]]). The [[Anime/SandsOfDestruction anime]] is called ''World Destruction ~Sekai Bokumetsu Rokunin~,''[[note]]''The Six People Who Will Destroy The World''[[/note]] and the [[Manga/SandsOfDestruction manga]] is called ''World Destruction ~Futari no Tenshi~''.[[note]]''Two Angels''[[/note]] The [[VideoGame/SandsOfDestruction game]] was known as ''World Destruction ~Michibikareshi Ishi~''.[[note]]''Guided Wills''[[/note]] The English translations dispensed with all this and simply [[MarketBasedTitle titled them all]] ''Sands of Destruction'', necessitating fans to specify which medium they were talking about.
50* ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Super Robot Wars: OriginalGeneration: Divine Wars]]'', though no one seems sure whether both colons are necessary. The OVA ''Super Robot Wars: Original Generation: The Animation'' also qualifies.
51** As does ''Super Robot Wars: Original Generation: The Inspector''
52* The third season of the ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' anime, which adapts the ''Alicization'' arc, was split into three airing schedules. The first 24 episodes were simply known as ''Sword Art Online: Alicization''. Then the next 12 episodes added the sub-subtitle ''Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld''. The final 11 episodes concluded with ''Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld: The Final Season''. Wow.
53* The ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' manga spinoff is listed as ''Disney and Pixar’s Turning Red: 4*Town 4*Real: The Manga''.
54* From the late 30s of the dub of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', the logo gets a subtitle that makes it read ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Earthbound Immortals: Unite to Duel'' (It's animated - "Earthbound Immortals" is under the logo at first, and a second later, it fades to read "Unite to Duel")
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58* A number of Creator/MarvelComics MiniSeries featuring solo adventures for members of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' have titles like ''X-Men: Phoenix: Warsong'' or ''X-Men: Kitty Pryde: Shadow and Flame''.
59** Also from Marvel: ''Dark Reign: The List: Punisher'' or any of the other "List" one-shots.
60* ''ComicBook/AllRoads'', the limited-release graphic novel prequel to ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', is given the full title of ''Fallout: New Vegas: All Roads'' within its pages.
61* The ''ComicBook/AnitaBlake'' ComicBookAdaptation combines a big pile of this trope with some InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt on top: ''[[http://www.the-isb.com/?p=1389 Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: The Laughing Corpse: Book Two: Necromancer #1.]]''
62* The full title seen on every edition of ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth'' is actually ''Batman: Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth'', though it's rarely referred to as such, presumably for convenience.
63* Marvel's initial adaptations of Stephen King's ''Dark Tower'' series managed to keep to just one colon each, until they caught up to the first novel. ''The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger: The Journey Begins'' is, undoubtedly, only the beginning...
64* ''ComicBook/{{Maus}}: A Survivor's Tale I: My Father Bleeds History'', and ''Maus: A Survivor's Tale II: And Here My Troubles Began'', by Creator/ArtSpiegelman.
65* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan: Fearful Symmetry: Kraven's Last Hunt''
66* ''ComicBook/StarTrekTheNextGenerationDoctorWhoAssimilation2''
67* The ''Franchise/StarWars'' Omnibus titles are running into this issue. Consider the first one released, which is ''Star Wars: Omnibus: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Volume 1''.
68** ''Franchise/StarWars: [[Literature/XWingSeries X-Wing]] Rogue Squadron: Battleground: Tatooine''. Yes, [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_X-Wing_Rogue_Squadron:_Battleground:_Tatooine_(TPB) really.]]
69** ''Star Wars: Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil: A Novel of the Old Republic''
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73* Since the ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' fandom has always had a running gag of making up fictional ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' games (for those who don't know, ''Tamers'' treats an unspecified version of the franchise as a ShowWithinAShow), several authors have come up with and made reference to ''Digimon Explorers: Heroes Of The Space Time Continuum, Part Sixteen: The Brave New Digital World: The Attack of The Seventy Foot Kunemon From Beyond The Stars''.
74** Aaaand make that a flock of ''Digimon Explorer / VideoGame/DigimonWorld/'' miscellaneous other Digimon spin offs, some fake and some made long by adding on random words. For instance, ''VideoGame/DigimonWorld2'' was referenced as ''Digimon World Two: An Old New World: Heroes Divided'' in one fanfic and ''VideoGame/DigimonWorld'' got referenced in another as ''The Start Of Digimon: The Tale Of The First Digidestined'', which was hinted to have an ''even longer'' title in the Japanese release.
75* ''Fanfic/FireEmblemThreeHousesFifthPath'''s title has two colons, qualifying it for this trope.
76* There's an MediaNotes/OpenBOR mod based off the ''Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons'' franchise called ''Dungons and Dragons: Knights and Dragons: The Endless Quest''. There's also a another version of said mod that adds ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' to the title which features the titular turtles as [[GuestFighter playable characters]].
77* Parodied to great effect in the fanfic [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/1139/1/michael-bay-presents-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-revenge-of-the-unicorn-god-slayer/part-1-the-horn-of-destiny "Michael Bay Presents: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Revenge of the Unicorn God Slayer, Part 1: The Horn of Destiny".]]
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80[[folder:Films: The Animation]]
81* The soundtrack for ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForceColonMovieFilmForTheaters'' was titled ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters Colon The Soundtrack''. (Yes, they used ''the word'' instead of the punctuation mark.) Same with the DVD release: "...Colon for DVD"
82* ''Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc'' is a typical case. Each movie is ''Berserk'' followed by ''The Golden Age Arc #'', followed by the subtitle. Viz Media solves it with a combination of colons and hyphens, resulting in examples like ''Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King''.
83* The ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' movie is called ''Big City Greens: The Movie: Spacecation''.
84* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheIslandOfMiraclesAnimalAdventure''. Some international versions would use two tilde symbols in place of the second colon.
85* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTalesTheMovieTreasureOfTheLostLamp''. The poster implies the title is actually spelled as ''Duck Tales: The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp'', but most people prefer the alternate for obvious reasons.
86* The title of ''WesternAnimation/HappilyNEverAfter'''s sequel is ''Happily N'Ever After 2: Snow White — Another Bite @ the Apple''.
87* The Sequel to ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie'' was originally titled ''Hey Arnold: The Movie 2: Jungle Movie''. After being SavedFromDevelopmentHell it was known simply as ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie''.
88* There was going to be a sequel to ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', titled "''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius 2: The Search for Carl''" but it was scrapped.
89* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls''
90** The novelization of the original ''Equestria Girls'' counts: ''My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Through the Mirror''.
91** ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks]]'' and the {{novelization}}: ''My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks: The Mane Event'' (because just ''Rainbow Rocks'' was already used in another book). Examiner.com calls it "[an] overuse of colons in its title that rivals [='=]''Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja: Storm: Revolution''[='=]."
92* Walmart's online listing for ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'' lists it as ''Recess: The Movie: School's Out''.
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97* This is frequently the case with young-adult adaptations that split a book into two parts, most notably ''[[Film/{{Twilight}} The Twilight Saga]]: Literature/BreakingDawn - Part 1'' (and ''Part 2'') and ''[[Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjay The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1]]'' (and ''Part 2''), using em-dashes to downplay this trope. Averted with the ''Literature/{{Divergent}}'' film series, where ''The Divergent Series: Allegiant: Part 1'' and ''Part 2'' were renamed as ''The Divergent Series: Allegiant'' and ''The Divergent Series: Ascendant''.[[note]]Due to the box office failure of ''Allegiant'', ''Ascendant'' was never made, giving the false impression of a completed trilogy.[[/note]]
98* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' originally had the titles ''Avengers: Infinity War: Part I'' and ''Avengers: Infinity War: Part II''. They were then renamed before ''Infinity War'' was released, leaving fans guessing what the sequel would be called until it was revealed in a trailer.
99* ''[[Film/TheBadLieutenantPortOfCallNewOrleans The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call: New Orleans]]''. This was due to ExecutiveMeddling. Creator/WernerHerzog wanted to call the film ''Port of Call: New Orleans'', but the producers wanted to call the film ''The Bad Lieutenant'' (they had purchased remake rights to the 1992 film ''Film/BadLieutenant'' and wanted to make a franchise). Eventually they came to a compromise and combined both titles into one.
100* Played for laughs in ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'', in which two of the main characters are academics who have written a book arguing for the existence of ghosts, the full title of which is ''Ghosts from Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively: The Study of the Paranormal''. A [[{{Defictionalization}} defictionalized]] version of this book published as a tie-in reveals that they are working on a follow-up, the full title of which is (deep breath) ''A Glimpse into the Unknown: A Journey into a Portal; Catching Sight of the Other Dimension: Discovering the Undiscoverable: A Curiosity Piqued ''and'' Peaked''.
101* ''Gigantic: A Tale of [[OneSteveLimit Two Johns]]: A Movie About Music/TheyMightBeGiants''
102* There's a Christian documentary about ''Literature/HarryPotter'' titled ''Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged: Making Evil Look Innocent''.
103* ''Film/HowlingIIStirbaWerewolfBitch'', overlapping with AntagonistTitle since Stirba is the werewolf queen.
104* There is an obscure Italian softcore porn film with the convoluted title ''Intrigue: Dirty Love 2: The Love Games''.
105* ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'''s [[TheMovie second movie]], ''Kamen Rider Double Forever: A to Z: The Gaia Memories of Fate''.
106* ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaiderTheCradleOfLife''. IMDB seems to think they may have removed the first colon, but since the first movie was ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider''...
107* The ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries Mission: Impossible]]'' film series got into this territory after it StoppedNumberingSequels with ''Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol''. ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoning'' had ''Part One'' once, until Creator/{{Paramount}} decided to drop that in January 2024 after it was decided that ''Dead Reckoning Part Two'' would be retitled entirely.
108* Another documentary: ''Peace Is Every Step: Meditation in Action: The Life and Work of Thich Nhat Hanh''.
109* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTalesOfTheCodeWedlocked''
110* The working title for ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' was ''Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Movie''.
111* ''Franchise/StarWars Episode III: Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' has a viral bootleg version called ''Star War: The Third Gathers: [[WebVideo/BackstrokeOfTheWest The Backstroke of the West]]''.
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115* Parodied in ''Series/TheColbertReport'' with Stephen's terrible vanity-published novel ''[[FictionalDocument Alpha Squad 7: Lady Nocturne:]] [[HerCodeNameWasMarySue A Tek Jansen Adventure]]''.
116* For some reason, almost every book plugged on ''Series/TheDailyShow'' (or ''Series/TheColbertReport'') has a subtitle, but only one to date has had two. ''America: Our Next Chapter: Tough Questions, Straight Answers''.
117* In a nonfiction example, Kent M. Keith wrote ''Anyway: The Paradoxical Commandments: Finding Personal Meaning in a Crazy World''.
118* ''Series/DoctorWho'' novels have mostly been free of this since BBC Books pared them down to just the series and book title but back in the early days of Virgin's original fiction we were treated to titles like ''[[Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures Doctor Who: The New Adventures]]: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible''.
119* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'': The tie-in lorebooks to ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' and ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline''. The first volume in each, respectively, are ''The Elder Scrolls Online: Tales of Tamriel - Vol. I: The Land'' and ''The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - The Skyrim Library, Vol 1: The Histories''.
120* Lincoln Alexander, a former [[UsefulNotes/CanadianPolitics Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario]], managed to cram two colons and a comma into the title of ''Go to School, You're a Little Black Boy: The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander: A Memoir''.
121* TheParody of Sarah Palin's autobiography is called ''Going Rouge: Sarah Palin: An American Nightmare.''
122* A TieInNovel example is titled ''Series/{{Heroes}}: Literature/SavingCharlie: A Novel''.
123* ''Literature/IAmNumberFour'' has a series of (important) supplemental e-novellas called "The Lost Files." The first title in this series, [[SarcasmMode which sets the insanely high bar for story title-age everywhere,]] is ''I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Six's Legacy.'' The rest of them (''Nine's Legacy,'' ''The Fallen Legacies'') follow this trend.
124* Music/JustinBieber's official biography, ''Justin Bieber: First Step [[Letters2Numbers 2]] Forever: My Story''.
125* OlderThanRadio: Creator/SamuelTaylorColeridge's poem "Literature/KublaKhan" has the seldom-used full title "Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment".
126* While every book in the ''Literature/LeftBehind'' series has at least one colon, ''Assassins: Assignment: Jerusalem, Target: Antichrist'' packs a whopping three colons into one title without irony.
127* The 2010 biography ''Creator/RobertAHeinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1, 1907-1948: Learning Curve''
128* This is par for the course in media tie-in fiction, as also evidenced in ''Franchise/StarTrek'' novels, e.g. ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration: Literature/TheQContinuum: Q-Strike'', ''[[Literature/StarTrekColdEquations Star Trek: The Next Generation: Cold Equations]]: Art/ThePersistenceOfMemory'' (and there are many more.)
129* ''Franchise/StarWars'' novels seem to have it in spades. The worst offenders are some of the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' series, such as ''Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream''. ''Star Wars: Literature/DarthBane: Path of Destruction: A Novel of the Old Republic'' also deserves a mention. Its sequel dropped the final colon. ''Star Wars: Literature/DarkLordTheRiseOfDarthVader'' tries to avoid it by using an em dash on its copyright page.
130* As if his blindness weren't enough, adventurer Erik Weihenmayer contracted Colon Cancer in his autobiography, ''Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther than the Eye Can See: My Story.''
131* ''Literature/StrengthAndJustice'' has two books with colons already in their individual titles, so it's written out as ''Strength & Justice: Side: Strength'' and ''Strength & Justice: Side: Justice'' in full.
132* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' has spawned a lot of spin-off material, and those titles get into this territory. The best example from this franchise would [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/04/11/sword-art-online-spin-off-nabs-distinction-of-longest-light-novel-title-of-2015-nsfw-ish probably be]] ''[[Literature/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online]] IV: Third Squad Jam: Betrayer's Choice.'' Phew!
133** That one has now been [[SerialEscalation one-upped by its fifth volume]]: ''Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online V: Third Squad Jam: Betrayer's Choice: Finish''. This still stands as the longest title of any ''Sword Art Online'' light novel volume.
134* Every single book from the second series onward in ''Literature/WarriorCats''. Each book has the initial title ''Warriors'', and two subtitles to indicate which specific series it belongs to, and the title of the book itself (for example: ''Warriors: The New Prophecy #3: Dawn'', ''Warriors: Power of Three #2: Dark River'', and ''Warriors: Omen of the Stars #1: The Fourth Apprentice'').
135* Book based on the ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' MMO lore, ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft: Arthas: Rise of the Lich King''.
136** Also ''World of Warcraft: Thrall: Twilight of the Aspects'', ''World Of Warcraft: Jaina Proudmoore: Tides of War'', and ''World of Warcraft: Vol'jin: Shadows of the Horde.''
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140* ''[[Series/BabylonFive Babylon 5]]'''s second SpinOff only consisted of one movie, but since it was supposed to be a pilot episode as well, it had both an episode and a series title. As a result, it ended up being called ''Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers: To Live and Die in Starlight'' (though the third part is often left off).
141* When Freddy Krueger got his own show, simply calling it ''Series/FreddysNightmares'' didn't do. No, this is ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' show, and people had to know it! Thus its full name became ''Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series''.
142* One of the original shows for Creator/DisneyPlus is about a group of students putting on a production of the stage adaptation of ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'', appropriately titled ''Series/HighSchoolMusicalTheMusicalTheSeries''.
143** The behind-the-scenes special is, of course, ''High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Special''.
144** The holiday special is ''High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Holiday Special''.
145*** {{Exaggerated}} with the soundtrack for said holiday special, which is ''High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Holiday Special: The Official Soundtrack''.
146* A fake PoliceProcedural series on Creator/CartoonNetwork's Creator/AdultSwim is entitled ''Series/{{NTSFSDSUV}}'' which stands for "National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sport Utility Vehicle". The name itself, obviously, is a rip on the naming conventions of real police procedurals such as ''Series/{{CSI}}'' and the ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' series (most notably ''[[Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit SVU]]''). To complete the parody, the last two colons are purely decorative.
147* The second season of ''Series/HoleyMoley'' ended with a pair of retrospective episodes titled ''Holey Moley II: The Sequel: The Special: Unhinged: Part One/[[GratuitousFrench Deux]].'' The hosts repeatedly [[LampshadeHanging point out]] that the title is unnecessarily long and has too many parts, though it doesn't stop them from occasionally making up even longer variations of it.
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150[[folder:Music: The Album]]
151* The seventh entry in Music/BobDylan's Bootleg Series: ''The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack''.
152* Music/CoheedAndCambria's third and fourth albums are named ''Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV: Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness'' and ''Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV: Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow''.
153** They have a song titled "The Willing Well III: Apollo II: The Telling Truth".
154* ''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20100820095325/http://www.pandora.com:80/music/album/various+artists+dessous+classics+remixes+volume+2/compost+ambient+selection+sleeping+beauty+compost+relax+works+compiled+by+minus+8 Compost Ambient Selection: Sleeping Beauty: Compost Relax Works: Compiled By Minus 8.]]''
155* Italian power metal band Domine's third album is called ''Stormbringer Ruler: The Legend of the Power Supreme'', and closes with a track called ''Dawn of a New Day - A Celtic Requiem: The Chronicles of the Black Sword - The End of an Era [[SerialEscalation part 4]]''.
156* Music/NickiMinaj's ''Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded: The Re-Up''.
157* ''Videogame: The Movie: The Game: The Cover Album.''
158* More like Parenthesis Cancer on Music/TaylorSwift's song, Music/AllTooWell, where the 10 minute version's full title is All Too Well (Ten Minute Version)(Taylor's Version)(From the Vault) with it's slower acoustic remix tacking on (Sad Girl Autumn Version)(Recorded at Long Pong Studio) or as the fans jokingly nickname it, ATWTMVTVFTVSGAVRALPS.
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162* In an episode of ''Podcast/EscapeFromVaultDisney'', David poked fun at this when referring to the title of ''Series/HighSchoolMusicalTheMusicalTheSeries'' when discussing its holiday special. Tony then warned his audience not to google "double colon".
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166* Pretty much any ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' Second Edition supplement. Example: ''The Books of Sorcery, Vol. IV: The Roll of Glorious Divinity I: Gods & Elementals''
167* Ironically, the ''TabletopGame/TrinityUniverseWhiteWolf'' games picked this up ''after'' Onyx Path bought them from Creator/WhiteWolf, the owners of the Worlds of Darkness: ''Trinity Continuum: TabletopGame/{{Aeon}}'', ''Trinity Continuum: TabletopGame/{{Aberrant}}'', ''Trinity Continuum: TabletopGame/{{Adventure}}!''
168* There's a new one from the Valiant Universe role-playing game. "Valiant Universe RPG: Harbinger Wars: Generation Zero"
169* [[Franchise/TheWorldOfDarkness The Worlds of Darkness]], Old and New, are simply replete with examples. How bad is it?
170** TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade. TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse. TabletopGame/ChangelingTheDreaming. TabletopGame/MageTheAscension. TabletopGame/WraithTheOblivion. TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen. TabletopGame/HunterTheReckoning. TabletopGame/MummyTheResurrection. TabletopGame/VampireTheEternalStruggle. Jyhad: the Eternal Struggle. Bogeyman: the Closeting. Mage: the Sorcerer's Crusade. Werewolf: the Wild West. Victorian Age: Vampire. Wraith: the Great War. Vampire: the Dark Ages. Werewolf: the Dark Ages. Dark Ages: Vampire. Dark Ages: Werewolf. Dark Ages: Inquisitor. Dark Ages: Mage. Dark Ages: Fae. TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem. TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening. TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken. TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost. TabletopGame/PrometheanTheCreated. TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil. TabletopGame/GeistTheSinEaters. TabletopGame/MummyTheCurse. TabletopGame/DemonTheDescent. TabletopGame/BeastThePrimordial. TabletopGame/DeviantTheRenegades.
171*** Only one of those isn't real.
172*** In short, "[Fantastic Creature]: the [Central Theme]". The gaming community affectionately calls them "the '[[SpellMyNameWithAThe the]]' games" and "the games with a colon".
173[[/folder]]
174
175[[folder:Butai Theatre: The Stage]]
176* ''Theatre/{{Tsukipro}}'''s tendency to have [[TheMultiverse "if" settings]] spread out across various character-focused series leads to titles like...
177** ''2.5 Dimension Dance Live Theatre/{{Tsukiuta}} Stage The Eighth Stage: Theatre/TsukinoEmpire: Unleash Your Mind''
178** ''2.5 Dimension Dance Live Theatre/{{SQS}} episode 4: Theatre/TsukinoEmpire 2: Beginning of the World''
179** ''2.5 Dimension Dance Live Theatre/{{Tsukipro}} Stage: Theatre/MachineElements eins: Sora wo Wataru Kaze''
180** ''2.5 Dimension Dance Live Theatre/{{SQS}} episode 6: Theatre/MachineElements zwei: Akai Hono''
181** ''2.5 Dimension Dance Live Theatre/{{Alivestage}} episode 5: Theatre/TsukinoHyakkiYakou Kitan Tengoku: Kimi Shinita Mafu Koto Nakare''
182[[/folder]]
183
184[[folder:Video: The Games]]
185* The sequels to the first ''Franchise/AceAttorney'', ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', also suffer from this: ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'' and ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations''. This is due to the new main character, Apollo Justice, appearing in the fourth game in the series. They couldn't call the series ''Phoenix Wright'' anymore, as it had seemed to be for the first game, so they had to change the series name to ''Ace Attorney'' and relegate Phoenix's name to a "supertitle" above that. The fourth game, therefore, is just ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney''. The spin-off series ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'' don't help at cleaning this mess.
186** The Japanese versions, however, avert this by using NumberedSequels. They're simply called ''Gyakuten Saiban'' ("Turnabout Court"), ''Gyakuten Saiban 2'' (JFA), ''Gyakuten Saiban 3'' (T&T), ''Gyakuten Saiban 4'' (AJ) and ''Gyakuten Kenji'' ("Turnabout Prosecutor"/''Ace Attorney Investigations'').
187** The fifth and sixth games in the main series, ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'' (''Gyakuten Saiban 5'' in Japan) and ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' (''Gyakuten Saiban 6'') continue the colon cancer.
188* ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles'' has a sequel which tacks on a second subtitle: ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFilesNirvanaInitiative''. Presumably, this is because the subtitle was the more memorable part of the first game's title.
189* While most of them aren't separated by punctuation, ''[[VideoGame/BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden Tales of Game's [sic] Presents Chef Boyardee's Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden: Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa]]'' has quite a few subtitles.
190** ''The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 - Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie - Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley [=SaGa=]'', the canceled sequel.
191* There's a ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' DS game called ''Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force: Herbert's Revenge''.
192* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''
193** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyWorldAtWar Zombies''. Eventually just reduced to ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies''.
194** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsColdWar'' is a kinda funny-looking title.
195* This trope is applied in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' with the Rikti. Their ''dialogue'' is riddled with Colon Cancer. The entries in StarfishLanguage and EloquentInMyNativeTongue give reasonable examples of this.
196** Ditto with the [[{{Precursors}} Progenitors]] in ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri'', although there's usually only one colon per sentence.
197* The ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' series also has its share of Colon Cancer for its franchise sequels and {{Expansion Pack}}s:
198** ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert: Counterstrike''
199** ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert: The Aftermath''
200** ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert: The Arsenal'' (compilation)
201** ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert: Retaliation'' (Play Station compilation)
202** ''Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun: Firestorm''
203** ''Command & Conquer: Generals: Zero Hour''
204** ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3: Uprising''
205*** Westwood wisely removed ''Red Alert 2'' from the ''Yuri's Revenge'' title, averting this trope. EA would later replace ''Tiberium Wars'' with ''Kane's Wrath'' for the ''Command & Conquer 3'' expansion pack, averting this trope once again.
206* Some games made by David Cage use subtitles even when the game is not a sequel, like ''VideoGame/BeyondTwoSouls'' and ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman''.
207* ''VideoGame/DeusExInvisibleWar''
208-->Goal received: Missing children: Find
209* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening: Special Edition''.
210* ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening]]''
211* An example of the variant which replaces one of the colons with a dash is ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition''. Everything in the title makes sense on its own (the game was originally ''Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age''; and the "S" and "Definitive Edition" were added to mark the UpdatedRerelease), but they should have picked two or three elements and left it at that.
212* ''[[VideoGame/DwarfFortress Slaves to Armok: God of Blood: Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress: Histories of X and Y]]'', the insanely deep and insanely popular ASCII dungeon crawler/city builder (the X and Y are selected randomly from a list of terms each time you go to a screen displaying the full title).
213* The newest expansion to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' is called "''Final Fantasy XI: A Shantotto Ascension: The Legend Torn, Her Empire Born''". And if you throw an "online" into that title, you might even get another colon. We might have a winner!
214* Upon its 2009 remake, the game ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendII SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu]]'' gained a new subtitle to make its official name ''[=SaGa 2=]: Hihou Densetsu: Goddess of Destiny''.
215* The [[VideoGameRemake remake]] of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem'' is titled ''Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow''.
216* The first part of the story of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' gratuitously overuses colons in chapter names, with the format of (Story Part): (Story Part Title): (Month Name): (Chapter Title). For example:
217-->'''Jeralt (Narrator):''' Part I: White Clouds: Horsebow Moon: Rumors of a Reaper
218* The first game of the ''VideoGame/FreeSpace'' series was given the awkward title ''VideoGame/{{Descent}}: [=FreeSpace=]: The Great War'' to avoid confusion with the hard drive compression utility Freespace. The sequel averts this, being named simply ''[=FreeSpace 2=]''.
219* ''VideoGame/GabrielKnight'': ''Sins of the Fathers: 20th Anniversary Edition''.
220* ''VideoGame/GhostInTheShellFirstAssaultOnline'''s full title is ''Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex: First Assault Online'', like mentioned in the anime section above.
221* ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved: [[VideoGameRemake Anniversary Edition]]''
222* ''[[VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic Might & Magic: Heroes VI]]: Shades of Darkness''... sometimes; the various official and semi-official sources are a bit inconsistent about where exactly there should be colons.
223* ''TabletopGame/HunterTheReckoning'' had the [[VideoGame/HunterTheReckoning video game adaptations]] ''Hunter: The Reckoning: Wayward'' and ''Hunter: The Reckoning: Redeemer''.
224* ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy: TheMovie: The Game'' parodies the phenomenon.
225* ''VideoGame/KingdomComeDeliverance''
226* ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts02BirthBySleepAFragmentaryPassage''
227* ''VideoGame/KissPsychoCircusTheNightmareChild''. [[Music/{{Kiss}} The Band]]: [[ComicBook/KissPsychoCircus The Comic]]: The FirstPersonShooter followup.
228* ''VideoGame/LichdomBattlemage''
229* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king''.
230* This video game tie in to the ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' franchise: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Penguins_of_Madagascar:_Dr._Blowhole_Returns_-_Again! (Dreamworks) The Penguins of MADAGASCAR: (Nickolodeon) Dr. Blowhole returns (AGAIN!)]]
231* ''VideoGame/MagicTheGathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers''
232** ''Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers - 2012 Edition''
233** Scaled back somewhat with ''Magic 2014: Duels of the Planeswalkers''.
234** Magic: The Gathering: Legends: A Visual History
235* ''Rockman DASH 2: Episode 2: The Mother Load'' would be the Japanese title for ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends 2''.
236** Curiously, ''Rockman DASH 2: Episode 1: Close call, Roll-chan'' was simply a pre-release demo.
237* ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF6ByT4s5hg Featuring Ivan Ooze.]]''
238* ''[[http://bootleggames.wikia.com/wiki/MK5_-_Mortal_Combat_-_Sub_Zero MK5: Mortal Combat: Sub Zero]]'' [sic]
239* ''VideoGame/MurderedSoulSuspect''
240* ''VideoGame/NarutoUltimateNinjaStorm''. It's even written with two colons on the spine of the jewel case. The [[VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm2 direct sequel]] suffers similar problems, as it adds "Shippuden" and "2" to the title.
241** The "disease" seems to be spreading yet again, as evident with some other games in the ''Ultimate Ninja: Storm'' series, which add ''another'' word in lieu of a number: ''VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStormGenerations'' and ''VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStormRevolution''. It becomes even worse if you decide to insert a colon between "Naruto" and "Shippuden" (with ''Naruto Shippuden'' being a TimeSkip SequelSeries to the original ''Naruto'').
242** Similarly, the Platform/PlaystationPortable game ''Naruto: Ultimate Ninja: Heroes 2: The Phantom Fortress'' also qualifies.
243* Here's one that managed to hide the colon cancer quite well, since most people only refer to it by it's second subtitle, out of THREE. VideoGame/OgreBattle Saga: Episode VII: Tactics Ogre: Let us Cling Together
244* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' intentionally used this trope to make fun of its frequency among video games. The title they chose? ''VideoGame/PennyArcadeAdventures: On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One.''
245* ''Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords: Revenge of the Plague Lord''
246** And, as the PC fan rerelease goes - ''Release of the PC version: topic on the Steam forums: The movie: The game''
247* ''VideoGame/RainbowIslands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2: Extra Version''
248* Averted (sort of) in the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' series, which sidestepped the problem for ''Code: Veronica''. Officially, the game's title is written just as ''Resident Evil Code: Veronica''.
249** The original ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' had an UpdatedRerelease for the Platform/PlayStation titled ''Resident Evil: Director's Cut'', which got its own updated rerelease as ''Resident Evil: Director's Cut: Dual Shock Ver.''
250* ''VideoGame/ReZeroStartingLifeInAnotherWorldTheProphecyOfTheThrone''
251* The Japanese versions of ''VideoGame/SandsOfDestruction'' use subtitles with tildes to differentiate adaptations (often an important thing to do, as [[AlternateContinuity plots and characterizations vary wildly between them]]). The game was known as ''World Destruction ~Michibikareshi Ishi~''.[[note]]"Guided Wills"[[/note]], the [[Anime/SandsOfDestruction anime]] is called ''World Destruction ~Sekai Bokumetsu Rokunin~''[[note]]"The Six People Who Will Destroy The World"[[/note]], and the [[Manga/SandsOfDestruction manga]] is called ''World Destruction ~Futari no Tenshi~''.[[note]]"Two Angels"[[/note]] The English translations dispensed with all this and simply [[MarketBasedTitle titled them all]] ''Sands of Destruction'', necessitating fans to specify which medium they were talking about.
252* ''[[Manga/CrayonShinChan Shin-chan]]: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation -The Endless Seven-Day Journey-''
253* While the VideoGame/ShiningSeries tends to avert this we did get ''VideoGame/ShiningForceIII: Scenario 2: Target: Child of God''.
254* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army''
255** But only in the translated version, where the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' supertitle is tacked on so fans will know about the connection. Similarly, ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga: Avatar Tuner'' was turned into ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei: VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' upon translation.
256** Also, ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon''.
257** And now, ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei: Devil Summoner: VideoGame/SoulHackers''.
258* ''VideoGame/SlayersXTerminalAftermathVenganceOfTheSlayer'' (a spin-off title made by Zane from ''VideoGame/HypnospaceOutlaw''), a fitting title made by an edgy high school kid.
259* ''[[VideoGame/SpiderMan2EnterElectro Spider-Man 2: Enter: Electro]]''
260* This happens to some ''Franchise/StarTrek'' games as well; ''VideoGame/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineTheFallen'' and ''[[VideoGame/StarTrekEliteForce Star Trek: Voyager: Elite Force]]'' are good examples.
261* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
262** ''Star Wars: VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords''
263** ''Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption''
264** [[VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga Kyle Katarn's series]] deserves special mention. In order, they're:
265*** ''Star Wars: Dark Forces'' (which featured a mission entitled thusly: "Mission I: The Death Star Plans: Operation Skyhook, Phase 2". It was merely a foretaste of what was to come.)
266*** ''Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II''
267*** ''Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II: Mysteries of the Sith''
268*** ''Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast''
269*** ''Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy'' (a few joked that its full title would be ''Star Wars: Dark Forces IV: Jedi Knight III: Jedi Outcast II: Jedi Academy'')
270** The ''Star Wars: VideoGame/RogueSquadron'' series.
271*** ''Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader''
272*** ''Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike''
273** ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels''
274*** ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes''
275** ''Franchise/StarWars: VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition''
276** ''VideoGame/RebelAssault'''s sequel, ''Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire''
277* The first installment of the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' series started out with the sensible title of ''Street Fighter III: New Generation'', but then came its sequels, ''Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact: Giant Attack'' and ''Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future''. Most of the times though, the "2nd Impact" and "3rd Strike" portions of each title are actually spelled out as part of the main title following the main "Street Fighter III" portion, and other times they're treated as subtitles and spelled out as "Second Impact" and "Third Strike", leaving out the second subtitles.
278** And of course, we would be remiss not to mention [[RecursiveAdaptation Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game]], perhaps the most famous 'the movie the game' instance.
279* ''VideoGame/SturmFrontTheMutantWar'' have an ExpansionPack released 4 years later, titled ''[=SturmFront=]: The Mutant War: Übel Edition''.
280* [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the case of ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3'', a Platform/GameBoyAdvance port of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland''. Strictly speaking the title should be "Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3", but Nintendo didn't go with that for obvious reasons. It is noted that, in Japan, the ''Advance'' series never had a subtitle to begin with or else "Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World: Super Mario Bros. 4" would've been a possible title.
281* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars: [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Original Generations]]: VideoGame/EndlessFrontier: [[RevengeOfTheSequel EXCEED]]''.
282* We're not sure how many colons are supposed to be in ''Mugen no Frontier: VideoGame/SuperRobotWars: OG Saga''. Atlus has unhelpfully settled on ''Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'' for a US title.
283* Creator/TelltaleGames:
284** ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'': Season One: Episode Two: Situation: Comedy
285** ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople: Episode 4: Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective''
286** The people at Telltale, according to commentary on the Season 1 DVD, even acknowledge how many colons Situation: Comedy had. It had, in fact, caused problems for their website. Colon Cancer, indeed.
287* ''VideoGame/TetrisTheGrandMaster 2: The Absolute'' (sometimes called ''Tetris: The Absolute: The Grand Master 2'')
288** ''Tetris: The Grand Master 3: Terror-Instinct''
289* The various ''Creator/TomClancy'' games, including but not limited to:
290** ''Tom Clancy's VideoGame/RainbowSix: Rogue Spear'', which spawned
291*** ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear: Urban Operations''
292*** ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 2: Rogue Spear: Black Thorn''
293* Parodied by ''[[http://stabyourself.net/trosh/ Trosh: The Movie: The Game.]]
294* ''VideoGame/UltimaWorldsOfAdventure2MartianDreams''
295* ''[[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade Vampire: The Masquerade: Redemption]]''
296** ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines''
297** ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines2''
298* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'':
299** ''Warhammer 40,000: VideoGame/DawnOfWar: Winter Assault''
300** ''Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: [[AdaptationDistillation Dark Crusade]]''
301** ''Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm''
302** ''Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising''
303** ''Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution''
304* The first two ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' games are titled ''[[VideoGame/YsIAncientYsVanishedOmen Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished: Omen]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/YsIIAncientYsVanishedTheFinalChapter Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished: The Final Chapter]]'', at least in the English translation of the recent PSP versions.
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307%%[[folder:Web: The Comics]]
308%%* [[http://bobandgeorge.com/comics/metroid/186/1 This strip]] of ''Webcomic/MetroidThirdDerivative'' parodies the practice in a filler.
309%%* So does this [[http://www.moviepunks.com/?id=186 this Movie Punks strip.]]
310%%[[/folder]]
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312[[folder:Web: The Original]]
313* Amazon's original webseries ''Series/AlphaHouse'' has a gaffer who intentionally dropped a light during Sen. Guzman's rebuttal to one of Obama's speeches, because he was told to do it. He was subsequently fired by Guzman's chief of staff, leading to what is known as [[{{Scandalgate}} "Gaffergate"]]. When asked on an interview whom it was, he says he can't say, but it goes high up in the campaign, and is revealed in his book ''A Thousand Watts in Your Face, Bitch: Gaffing the Truth: Why Things Got Like This.'' He even pronounces the colons. It's got them so you know it's important.
314* ''WebVideo/AMVHell'' is a series of short pieces of popular anime with accompanying music for comic effect. The third one was feature length, and called ''WebVideo/AMVHell III: The Motion Picture''. When the fourth one was also feature length, they decided to call it ''WebVideo/AMVHell III: The Motion Picture II: AMV Hell IV: The Last One''.
315** Amusingly enough, it technically was not "the last one", as they released the contest-based "AMV Hell: Championship Edition", the pornographic "AMV Hell: Divided by 0", a sequel to the equally pornographic "AMV Hell 0," and several relatively short collections of "AMV Minis."
316** Toned down with ''AMV Hell V: Dedicated to Dio'' and ''AMV Hell 6.66: This Is (Not) The End''.
317* {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}} during an interview with [=LaughingboyLP=], as an allusion and parody to how he [[OpeningNarration usually introduces his videos ,]] goes "Welcome back to Tony Hawk's The Elder Dogma Shadows of Metal Souls Downhill Jam of the Cooking Xeno Mama Chronicles Gear Solid 2 [[OverlyLongGag Turbo HD Remix & Knuckles, Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry Series.]]"
318* The second season of WebVideo/{{Decker}} is referred to as Decker: Port of Call: Hawaii.
319* [[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged Team Fourstar]]'s dub of ''Anime/DragonBallZ: Return of Cooler'' received the title ''[=TFS=] Movie: Cooler 2: The Return of Cooler's Revenge - The Reckoning''.
320* The e-novel ''Literature/EHUDPreludeToApocalypse'' was recently revealed to be short for [[http://neldak.blogspot.com/2009/09/happy-pagan-tree-day.html American Inheritance: Trilogy I: Tales of the E.H.U.D.s: Book I: E.H.U.D.: Prelude to Apocalypse.]]
321* ''WebAnimation/HalfLifeSideStoryGaidenHuntDownFreeMan'' features three colons in title.
322* ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' sometimes invokes this in the closing joke, a parody title of the movie in question. For example, ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' is called ''Literature/TheJungleBook: The Game: The Movie'', and its [[Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle 2017 sequel]] is ''The Jungle Book: The Game: The Movie: The Reboot: The Video Game''.
323* WebVideo/InternetHistorian discusses this in his ''In the Field'' video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU1_QlN3Z98 food.]]", noting that it's always easy to tell a work which will fail with its debut by the number of colons in its title.
324* Spoofed by the Creator/JimmyDavis YouTubePoop- "Link: The Boy: The Movie: The Trailer: The Poop."
325* ''WebVideo/LinusTechTips'': The CouchGag of "[[https://youtu.be/DDcA0c-Ahq0?t=56 Nvidia missed the memo]]" says "RTX 3090 Ti GTS XXX KO Ultra Pro Max".
326* Franchise/TheMuppets fansite ''Tough Pigs'' has a review podcast about the ABC sitcom ''Series/TheMuppets2015'' called ''The Muppets: The Sitcom: The Podcast''.
327* LetsPlay/StephenPlays: In Episode 7 of their ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' LetsPlay, Stephen and Hayley rename the game ''Super Barry & Larry 3D Cat Land: The Movie: The Game: Based On The Comic: Which Is Also Based On Real Life Events''.
328* Yahtzee, in one episode of ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation,'' got so sick of colons that he decided to pronounce them as a ''dry heave.''
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331[[folder:The Western: The Animation]]
332* The ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode title, "National Treasure 4: Baby Franny: She's Doing Well: The Hole Story''.
333* ''WesternAnimation/AngryBeavers'' parodied this with the episode "Up All Night 2: Up All Day - The Reckoning" - fairly fitting, given the brothers' love of BMovie horror.
334* Every episode of ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' contains at least one colon in its title (and the final episode contains three).
335* WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} has ''verbal'' Colon Cancer in the episode "The Problem With Popplers":
336-->"Popplers: Eating Them: Is it Alright To?"
337* The MadeForTVMovie for ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' is called ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension''.
338* The title for episode #2404 of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' is ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkPostCovidTheReturnOfCovid''.
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341[[folder:Other: Uncategorized Stuff]]
342* Most students who have quoted other works in an academic paper have undoubtedly come across this phenomenon, since many methods for citation require putting the author's name in front of the quoted work's title, with a colon in between. If the work title itself has a colon, then you have instant colon cancer.
343** Smithee, Alan J.: ''Tropes, Idioms, and Cliches: Essays on a Certain Addictive Website'' (Troperville, 2008).
344* ''Cyclopaedia, or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Containing the Definitions of the Terms, and Accounts of the Things Signify'd Thereby, in the Several Arts, both Liberal and Mechanical, and the Several Sciences, Human and Divine: the Figures, Kinds, Properties, Productions, Preparations, and Uses, of Things Natural and Artificial; the Rise, Progress, and State of Things Ecclesiastical, Civil, Military, and Commercial: with the Several Systems, Sects, Opinions, etc; among Philosophers, Divines, Mathematicians, Physicians, Antiquaries, Criticks, etc.: The Whole Intended as a Course of Ancient and Modern Learning.''
345* The C++ programming language uses a double-colon to denote levels of scope. It's entirely possible to have lines of code that look like "[=MyNamespace::MyClass::SomeFunction(MyOtherNamespace::MyOtherClass::SomeConstant);=]".
346** This is especially common with code that uses the standard template library. The cancer can grow so deep that some compilers just give up.
347* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] and [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in the Colon Classification scheme for libraries by S.R. Ranganathan: it makes the tacking on of several extra colons into its ''[[CursedWithAwesome strength]]''.
348* Present in the bizarre naming schemes of modern-day cars, just sans colons, for example: Porsche 911 Targa 4S GTS.
349* British TV network Channel 5 has used this a lot with their programming in recent years.
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352[[folder:Fictional: The Examples]]
353
354[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
355* In ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'', Joan Callamezzo, a SmallNameBigEgo local Pawnee television host, wrote a tell-all memoir after going off the deep end called ''Genius [=A'Flame=]: Joan Callamezzo: A Portrait in Words: [[Series/GameOfThrones Game of Joans]]''.
356* Parodied on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' with the [[RealTrailerFakeMovie Real Trailer Fake]] LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek ''Hello, Stepson, Now Let's Go to Bed: [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment I Went to Bed with My Stepson]]: The Lara Bengal Covington Story''.
357[[AC:Video Games]]
358* The GameWithinAGame that Mae can play in ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'' is a {{Roguelike}} entitled ''Ancient Doom Spire: Demontower: Part IV - Slaughter of the Blood Thief''.
359[[AC:Web Video]]
360* Parodied in [[WebVideo/AvatarTheAbridgedSeries Avatar TV Episode 2]] with "Blue Spirit 2: Return of the Revenge: With a Vengeance".
361* Spoofed as a ridiculously long example in the RealTrailerFakeMovie, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8JPEq0Qp4Q The Mother of All Trailers:]] [[Film/CharliesAngelsFullThrottle Full Throttle]]: [[Film/XMenTheLastStand The Last Stand]]: [[Film/CitySlickersIITheLegendOfCurlysGold The Legend of Curly's Gold]]: [[OverlyLongGag Part 1]]
362[[AC:Western Animation]]
363* Spoofed on ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' where Bloo writes a movie for a film project, calling it ''[[WordSaladTitle T-Rexatron Alienwolf 3: A Prequel In Time: The Unrelenting]]''.
364* Ronaldo Fryman's documentary ''Rising Tides/Crashing Skies: Danger on the Boardwalk: The Truth About Beach City's Most Dangerous Boardwalk: A KBCW Investigative Documentary'' from the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E10RisingTidesCrashingSkies of the same name]].
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