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4->''"A game name like ''VideoGame/JustCause'' is absolute gold for the reviewer, since it can mean both '(a) just cause', a righteous agenda, or the phrase 'just (be)cause', a dismissive explanation of whimsical or reckless behavior. The opportunity for puns is obvious: why would you steal a passenger jet and fly it directly up the bumhole of a sun-bathing prostitute? Just 'cause! Praise and large quantities of gamer pussy will swiftly follow."''
5-->-- '''Yahtzee''', ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''
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7Some works have titles with multiple meanings that all refer to the content of the work in different and independent ways. Often, one of the two meanings will be obvious at first glance, while the second meaning is more subtle and/or pertains to TheReveal or some other plot twist. The authors are probably very proud of themselves.
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9They are often hard or impossible to translate literally to another language, so translations will frequently use a CompletelyDifferentTitle.
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11Compare PunBasedTitle (where the titles only sound like other things that refer to the content of the work), JustifiedTitle (where a title that refers to the format of the work also refers to the content in some way) and MultipleReferencePun (where similar forms of wordplay appear in other facets of the work). A SubTrope of DoubleMeaning.
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16* [[DoubleMeaningTitle/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
17* DoubleMeaningTitle/{{Literature}}
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27* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'':
28** Episode 78, "Two Brothers," can either refer to [[spoiler:Eren and Zeke]] or Colt and Falco, since both pairs of brothers play significant roles in the episode.
29** The original Japanese title of the series, ''Shingeki no Kyojin'', can be read as either "Attacking Titans" or "[the] Attack Titan." Initially, it seems that it reads as the former, as the story deals with humanity's war against the titans, but later on, it is revealed that [[spoiler:the name of [[TheHero Eren Yeager's]] titan is called the "Attack Titan."]] This detail was LostInTranslation and makes the twist more difficult to anticipate.
30* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'':
31** The ''Conviction Arc'' (断罪篇 or ''Danzai hen'') is a StoryArc named after the Tower of Conviction in St. Albion, which is a place where sinners are punished. Throughout this Arc, Guts comes into conflict with KnightTemplar antagonists including the Holy Iron Chain Knights and Bishop Mozgus who are on a crusade to stamp out witchcraft and heresy, so that the title refers to how they "convict" and punish anyone who disagrees with their dogma. Translating ''danzai'' as "conviction" gives it a second meaning in English, since "a conviction" is also a strongly held belief like religion or a reason to fight. In the case of Guts, he gets a WhatTheHellHero about running away from his responsibility for Casca and reaches a new conviction that he’ll rescue her no matter what it takes. Meanwhile, antagonist Farnese experiences a HeelRealization and crisis of faith, which is resolved when she [[spoiler:quits the Church and decides to follow Guts]].
32** Volume 16, episode 111, "Monster" (''"Kaibutsu"'') involves NominalHero Guts confronting a literal monster in the form of the insectoid Apostle Rosine, but at this moment the title is more befitting of Guts himself in a HeWhoFightsMonsters way. After letting Rosine's fake elf children swarm and bite him, he deliberately jumps through a fire in order to kill them and then douses himself by cutting open one of the cocoons in which her kidnapped children are reborn as monsters. He stands before Rosine with blood and organs dripping off him, giving a KubrickStare with one demonic-looking eye, while gnawing on the intestine of one of the creatures with his teeth. Even the bloodthirsty Rosine is as shocked as she is angered, asking, "Are you really human? What the hell are you?!".
33* In ''Manga/BGataHKei'', (''B type, H style''), B stands for the main character's B blood type, and B cup breast size. It also stands for "second base", in the Japanese equivalent of American baseball metaphors. (Coincidentally, by our classification, she is also a Type B ''{{Tsundere}}''.)
34* The final episode of ''Manga/DeathNote'''s AnimatedAdaptation is titled "New World". It's also the climatic end in which the stakes are at their highest: will the New World be the perfect crime-free utopia Light is [[VillainWorld trying to create]] in his image, or will it be one newly freed from Light and the Death Note users' reign of terror?
35** The title of the second movie is "The Last Name." It could refer to Light's struggle to find out L's last name in order to kill him, since L's real name is L Lawliet, but it also could refer to whose name will be the last one written in the Death Note.
36* ''Manga/DrStone'': In an early chapter, Senku refers to soap as "the stone of life, Doctor Stone", since hygene is super-important for staving off disease. The title can also refer to Senku himself, since he's the smartest person in the "[[AfterTheEnd Stone World]]". A third meaning is added later on: [[spoiler:though the apocalypse was caused by [[TakenForGranite all humanity being turned to stone]], the process has important benefits -- curing the petrification can heal conditions that are beyond even modern medical science, like severed limbs or clinical braindeath.]]
37* ''Manga/TheElderSisterLikeOne'' refers to Chiyo's role as Yuu's CoolBigSis and the fact that she is a literal Lovecraftian horror (though she's technically an Outer God, not an Elder God).
38* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
39** The title itself is an interesting case, because on the surface it clearly refers to Edward, whose military identifier is "the Fullmetal Alchemist". That the in-universe name is a bit ambiguous comes up repeatedly, with more than a few scenes where people assume that [[AnimatedArmor Alphonse]] is the Fullmetal Alchemist, [[spoiler:especially since the name was specifically chosen by the evil conspiracy to remind Ed that if he made trouble, they'd come after Al]]. [[spoiler:Then it's recontextualised by the ending, which uses the term "having a fullmetal heart" to refer to learning from painful lessons - which means that the title could refer to any number of alchemists, including both Elric brothers, Roy Mustang, Izumi Curtis, Hohenheim and even Scar]].
40** The ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist: Brotherhood'' episode "The Shape of This Country" reveals that [[spoiler: the entire history of the country of Amestris has been engineered to create and fuel a gigantic transmutation circle at its border. Thus, the country has been "shaped" for an evil plot both figuratively ''and'' literally.]] (This is also a reference back to the very first episode, where [=McDougal=] ranted to the Elrics, "Don't you guys understand the shape this country is in?")
41* The title of ''Manga/GirlFriends2006'' could mean "girls who are friends" or "girls who are lovers". The story revolves around both, being about how Mari and Akko start as best friends but fall in love with each other.
42* The Japanese title of ''Anime/HareGuu'', ''Jungle wa Itsumo Hare Nochi Guu'', is a rather elaborate pun that can be read several different ways, due to different readings of some of the words:
43** In the Jungle was Always Hare but then came Guu
44** The Jungle was Always Nice, Then Came Guu
45** The Jungle Is Always Sunny or Hungry
46** And the most obscure, a pun on a common phrase in Japanese weather forecasts:
47*** The Jungle Is Always Clear, With A Chance of Showers
48*** The Jungle is Always Clear, With Scattered Guu
49* ''Manga/GohanNoOtomo'' is translated as either "Rice and Friends" or "Side Dish Which Matches Rice Well". ''Gohan'' is the Japanese word for rice, while ''Otomo'' means companion or attendant, which could either refer to the companion dishes one eats with the rice, or the company one can share and enjoy the rice with.
50* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood'': The subtitle of this part mentions blood, which can refer to either the Joestar bloodline, marking the start of a GenerationalSaga, or to the BigBad Dio Brando, who turns himself into a blood-drinking vampire.
51* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' does this with the two-part arc "I can't hear the fireworks". In part one it refers to the fact that Kaguya is confined to her bedroom. In part two [[spoiler:it's because her heart is beating too loudly after seeing everything Shirogane did for her to make sure she could see them.]]
52* ''Manga/LoveHina''. Hina refers to Hinata Sou, named after the original owner, but is also Japanese for "chick".
53* ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' (''Kidou Senkan Nadesico'', literally "Mobile Battleship Nadesico"): "Kidou Senkan" is similar sounding to "[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Kidou Senshi]]" referencing the use of HumongousMecha in the show. "Senkan Nadesico" (or "Nadeshiko") is a double pun that references both Anime/UchuuSenkanYamato, and the Japanese concept of YamatoNadeshiko. This multi-layered, multiple reference pun is likely the reason why ADV Films released it as "Martian Successor Nadesico" in North America.
54* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE'' refers to both the AGE system that are used to create the eponymous mechas, as well as the ComingOfAgeStory of its three protagonists.
55* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', rather than being simply an OddlyNamedSequel refers to both the MidseasonUpgrade, the Destiny Gundam, but also to the main villain's sinister, Literature/BraveNewWorld-esque "Destiny Plan".
56* ''Anime/MyHime''[='=]s Japanese title, ''[=Mai-HiME=]'', is a '''quintuple''' pun, meaning "Mai the [=HiMe=]"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Mai is the main character's first name. "Hime" stands for "High Energy Magerializing Equipment," and is the term for the girls who wield magical weapons known as Elements and fight alongside a Child[[/labelnote]], "My [=HiMe=]", "My princess", "Mai the princess" and "Maihime" (a kind of dance).
57* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'':
58** The Japanese title for the first movie, ''Death and Rebirth'', is written as "シト新生" (''Shi to Shinsei''). The first two characters, written in katakana, can either stand for "死と" (''shi to'', "death and," as in the English title) or "使徒" (''shito'', "apostle," the term used in the original Japanese to refer to the Angels).
59** A similar pun was employed for the title of episode 24, "最後のシ者" (''Saigo no Shisha''), which can be read as "The Final Messenger" or "The Final Casualty" depending on what kanji is used for "''shi''". On top of that, "シ者" looks like "渚" (''Nagisa'' -- as in Kaworu's last name). This [[SpoilerTitle sums up the plot of the episode]], which is that [[spoiler:Kaworu turns out to be the final Angel, and dies]]. Also, the word "[[spoiler: Angel]]" can mean "Messenger."
60*** Its English title, "The Last Cometh," can refer to either the final Child or the final Angel. [[spoiler:They're the same person, after all]].
61** The final episode of the series is called, "The Beast that Shouted ''Ai'' at the Heart of the World." Obviously it's a pun on a Creator/HarlanEllison story ("The Beast that Shouted 'Love'..." -- ''ai'' means "love"), but it ''sounds'' like "The Beast that Shouted 'I'..." As in, "I am an individual!"
62* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
63** The localized manga has a possibly unintentional case: The chapter in which Zoro joins is titled "Number One," and it can either refer to him being the first to join Luffy's Crew (each chapter in which a crew member joins or rejoins has the crew member's number), or a reference to Luffy and Zoro's respective goals of [[ToBeAMaster becoming Pirate King and the world's greatest swordsman]].
64** The title of ''One Piece'' itself. While it refers to the treasure of "One Piece" mentioned by Gol D. Roger at the very beginning of the story, it also refers to the absolutely ''[[CrapsackWorld brutal]]'' world everyone lives in and the various pirate crews' hopeful efforts in making it to the desired treasure ''in one piece''.
65* ''Manga/OshiNoKo'': The common way to read the title is "The girl (idol) I support", referring to Ai. However, at the end of the first chapter, it's clear that the other intended reading is "The children of the girl I support", referring to Ai's children, Aqua and Ruby.
66** The Indonesian release of the ''Oshi no Ko'' manga does a similar thing by including the subtitle "Anak Idola", which can be translated as either "Child Idol" (referring to Ai, an idol who was 16 at the beginning of the story) or "Child(ren) of the Idol" (referring to Aqua and Ruby).
67* ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}'' is titled 寄生獣 (''Kiseijū'') in the original Japanese, literally meaning "Parasitic Beasts". On the face of it, this refers to the PuppeteerParasite alien species which appears among humanity and begins to prey on humans. At the same time, however, it refers to the theme of humans being a threat to themselves and the earth through overpopulation and environmental destruction. Toward the end, the leader of the parasite conspiracy Takeshi Hirokawa accuses humanity of being the real parasites destroying the Earth, making a TitleDrop by calling humans "parasitic beasts".
68* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'':
69** The font of the kanji "魔法" (mahou, magic) in ''Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica'' (''[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Magical Girl Madoka Magica]]'') logo text is heavily stylized, and could be read instead as "廃怯" (hai-kyou, cowardice, hesitation). The title could reasonably be read as "廃怯少女 まどか☆マギカ" (''Hai-Kyou Shoujo Madoka Magika''), or ''Wavering Girl Madoka Magica'' in English. This is, if anything, a more accurate description of the series.
70** Another view is this: as Kyubey mentioned 魔法少女 ''(MagicalGirl)'' [[spoiler: are immature witches ''(魔女)'']], 廃怯少女 can be construed as [[spoiler:immature 廃女 ''(abolish-girl)'', or girl that abolishes]] -- so what did Madoka do in the end?
71** In the romanized title, "Puella Magi" is known to be incorrect GratuitousLatin for ''MagicalGirl''--magi is masculine as opposed the correct Latin for magical girl "Puella Maga". However "magi" is actually a noun with many meaning in Latin, among them [[spoiler: "wise man" or "deceiver"]]. Meanwhile, while "puella" could be used as a translation of "girl", is usually used in the context of [[spoiler: child slaves.]] In other words the romanized title could be considered [[spoiler: ''Deciever's slave: Madoka Magica'' highlighting the manipulative nature of Kyubey and the magical girl system.]]
72** ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'', meanwhile, has a title seemingly chosen specifically to make people argue about which "Rebellion" they're referring to. [[spoiler:Kyubey rebelling against Madokami? Homura rebelling against her imprisonment? The girls rebelling against Homura's attempt to destroy herself and the labyrinth to save them? ''Homura'' [[LoveMakesYouEvil rebelling against Madokami?]] The implied eventual rebellion to Homura's new world order? [[WriterRevolt Urobuchi rebelling against people wanting a happier ending?]]]] [[ShrugOfGod It's anyone's guess]], but it's probably meant to be at least a few of these things.
73* ''[[Manga/FoodWars Shokugeki No Soma]]'' directly means "cooking spirit", yet it can also be interpreted as "[[CharacterTitle Soma]] of [[TitleDrop Shokugeki]]", where the term "shokugeki" refers to the name of the school's famous high-stakes cooking duels. The word "Soma" is a pun on Soma's name in the Japanese version, and a direct reference to his name in the English localization.
74* ''Manga/SoulEater'': This one works on several levels; it is the {{Deuteragonist}}'s name, a description of several [[EquippableAlly characters]] (both good and [[BigBad bad]]), and used figuratively by Crona in the penultimate chapter to describe fear.
75* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' can mean "[[EpunymousTitle No Need For Tenchi!]]", "No Need For Heaven and Earth!", or "This Way Up!", depending on the interpretation.
76* ''Manga/TwilightStarSuiAndNeri'': Its alternative title, Sui and Neri of the Twilight Planet. The first meaning of the title is the CharacterTitle itself; the second part of the title, "The Twilight Planet", is an IronicEcho that subtly represents Earth's decline as human's home planet[[note]]Twilight is the state of someone's obscurity and gradual decline, fitting the current state of Earth as a declining planet[[/note]].
77* ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'': "Urusei" is a misspelling/mispronounciation of "urusai", which usually means "loud", or "annoying", or "obnoxious" and is also used to tell people to "shut up". "Yatsura" is a pejorative way of referring to a group of people. Also, while most of the name is written in hiragana, the kanji for "star" is used for the "sei" in the title, referring to Lum, an alien being who is one of the main characters. Thus, the title can be translated as "Those Annoying Aliens", or "Those Obnoxious Aliens".
78* The Japanese name of ''Manga/ZatchBell'', ''Konjiki no Gash Bell'', means "Golden Gash Bell". You could think that "Golden" refers to his blond hair, [[spoiler:but in the final storylines of the manga and anime, Gash's spellbook actually becomes golden after he unlocks its true powers.]]
79* For ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'', the "Saga" in the anime's title refers to [[UsefulNotes/TheFortySevenPrefectures Saga Prefecture]] in Kyushu, which the main characters are trying to revitalize, as well as how the story is a "saga" of how the girls aim to become successful idols despite being zombies.
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83* The ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' drama ''Lies in Ruins'' has River Song, Bernice Summerfield and the Eighth Doctor discover a future version of Gallifrey that does, indeed, lie in ruins. [[spoiler: Except it's not Gallifrey at all; the ruins are ''lies''.]]
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87* ''Literature/AnnoDracula: Seven Days in Mayhem''. The title references ''Literature/SevenDaysInMay'' of course, and like that book, it takes place over a week. But it also features the AD-verse version of the [[Literature/TheManWhoWasThursday Council of Seven Days]].
88* ''ComicBook/ExMachina'' has a few examples:
89** The first storyline is titled "The First Hundred Days". It refers both to an old rule about politics (that a politician's first 100 days in office are the most crucial), and to the protagonist Mitchell Hundred's first days as Mayor of New York City.
90** The "Smoke Smoke" story arc is both about Mitchell getting dragged into a debate over legalizing marijuana in New York City, and about the New York Police Department investigating a string of crimes seemingly committed by a rogue firefighter. It also ends with the revelation that [[spoiler: Mitchell secretly smokes marijuana to cope with the stressful side effects of his powers]].
91* ''ComicBook/RiversOfLondon: Detective Stories''. The four stories in the miniseries are, of course, detective stories. They also have a FramingStory of PC Grant discussing the cases with his examiner as part of his promotion exam: he's telling the stories to ''become'' a detective.
92* The last story arc of ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' is ''The Wake'', which has three relevant meanings. The titles of the three chapters make them explicit: "Which Occurs in the Wake of What Has Gone Before", "[[InWhichATropeIsDescribed In Which]] a Wake Is Held", and "In Which We Wake".
93* ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'': ''The Betrayal of Smurfblossom'' sees her being betrayed by her best friend when Smurfstorm accuses her of having a crush on Hefty. Later on, she finds herself further accused of betraying Smurfstorm by causing her to fall out of a tree and injure herself.
94* ''ComicBook/StarTrekUntoldVoyages'':
95** "Worlds Collide" refers to both the asteroid heading towards an M-Class planet and Saavik's difficulties in learning to become truly Vulcan because of her half-Romulan heritage.
96** "Odyssey's End" refers to both the end of the ''Enterprise'''s second five-year mission under Kirk's command and the Abductors ending their mission to undo the work of the Preservers after several million years.
97* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' refers to both one of [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} the franchise]]'s classic TagLine[=s=] (with its sister series using [[ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise the other one]]), but the main cast being full of HiddenDepths and other secrets, some unknown to even themselves.
98* ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'': At first you think it's relatively obvious that the Walking Dead refers to the [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Romero-like zombies]], but the first time it receives a TitleDrop is when Rick has a HeroicBSOD and shouts that the survivors of the ZombieApocalypse are the Walking Dead themselves, because it's only a matter of time until they all die.
99* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'':
100** The phrase "Who watches the watchmen?" can be translated from the original Latin ("Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?") as "who guards the guards?" implying that the superheroes themselves are under attack. But it can also refer to those who watch, implying that someone else is watching them. It's also suggested to mean "Who watches ''over'' them?", since they're virtually all [[DysfunctionJunction horribly broken individuals]]. Alternately, it can be interpreted as "who polices the police?", referring to the fact that the "heroes" [[{{Deconstruction}} aren't really as heroic as they should be]] (this was the original meaning of the Latin phrase in context).
101** It also has an entirely different set of layered meanings -- Dr. Manhattan was originally a watchmaker, and his ability to see the future implies that everyone and everything in the universe is simply an unwinding clockwork mechanism -- a world of mechanical watch-men.
102** The title of Chapter 10 is "Two Riders Were Approaching", a phrase from the Bob Dylan song "All Along the Watchtower". (The line is quoted in full at the chapter's end.) This phrase turns out to have ''five'' meanings within the chapter.
103*** The initial panels show the president and vice president arriving at the Cheyenne Mountain bunker, first on separate jet planes and then riding separate electric golf carts.
104*** In the parallel story line of the "Black Freighter" pirate comic book, the protagonist encounters (and kills) two people riding horses.
105*** Two Jehovah's Witnesses riding bicycles stop at the newsstand to buy a newspaper and try to [[KnockingOnHeathensDoor give a tract to the newsvendor]].
106*** The last few panels show Nite Owl and Rorshach on hover-bikes, approaching Veidt's Antarctic base.
107*** When Nite Owl tries to guess the password on Veidt's office computer, it responds to his almost-correct password with "Password incomplete: Do you wish to add rider?" The correct "rider" is the number two.
108* The ''ComicBook/XMen'' event, ''ComicBook/XOfSwords'' the X is a reference to the X-Men. The title is properly pronounced "Ten of Swords," referencing the [[TarotMotifs Tarot Motif]] of the event, and how the X-Men must gather ten swords to compete in a TournamentArc. The title can also be read as "cross of swords," referencing the conflict between them and Arakko's swordbearers.
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112* Phil Dunlap's ''ComicStrip/InkPen'' takes place around a talent agency for cartoon/comics characters -- an "ink pen" of sorts.
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117* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' has "RIP Calvin". It's a MyFutureSelfAndMe plot, and the first part of it heavily hints that [[spoiler:Calvin [[KilledOffForReal would die in the future]]. This is revealed not to be the case -- he's alive, albeit as a BrainInAJar. ''Then'' the future selves start trying to [[DisneyDeath kill off]] their younger forms, and Calvin is the first to die]].
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120* The title of ''Fanfic/{{Dominoes}}'' could refer to two things: a hobby game in which small tiles called dominoes are set up in long lines at regular intervals so that when pushed, the preceeding domino knocks the following domino over, which knocks over the subsequent behind it--a game often used as physical allegory for cumulative cause-and-effect chains, from which the name of such circumstances derives (a "domino effect") as well as the concept of DisasterDominoes. It could also refer to [[DominoMask Domino Masks]], the type of masks commonly worn by superheroes in comics and cartoons, and the type of masks specifically worn by the morally questionable SuperTeam in-story. Fitting for a SuperFic with themes of secrecy, deception, and the far-reaching consequences that result.
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123* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBoilingPoint'' (''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' & ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''): "Boiling Point" can mean either that the ''Boiling'' Isles are the starting ''Point'' of the story, or the climatic moment that sets off the story where Boscha reaches her RageBreakingPoint.
124* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'' (''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' & ''Franchise/StarWars''):
125** The title of the third chapter is "[[Recap/JauneArcLordOfHungerVictory Victory]]", referring to how Nihilus and the Revanchists won a battle during the Mandalorian Wars in a flashback, and how Jaune defeats Cardin during their sparring match at the end of the chapter.
126** Chapter 17 is titled "[[Recap/JauneArcLordOfHungerLegends Legends]]", which, aside from referencing the chapter being a FlashbackEpisode, is also a nod to the first half of the chapter that covers Nihilus's history in the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' continuity.
127* ''Fanfic/NewVegasShowtime'' (''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' & ''VideoGame/Persona5''): Chapter 15 is titled "Zażyć z mańki", which is a [[ForeignLanguageTitle Polish idiom]] that literally means "to attack from the left/with the left hand". It's a reference to Akechi, who appears prominently in the chapter and whose left-handedness was a canon plot point, but it also references [[spoiler:Makoto having to use her left hand to shoot the raiders in self-defense.]]
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130* The title of the ''Fanfic/FacingTheFutureSeries'' story, ''Ancient History'', could refer to both [[spoiler:Amity Park being transformed into an ancient Egyptian kingdom, and Tucker facing the return of the two biggest mistakes in his past]].
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133* The title of ''ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}'' fic ''Fanfic/WellMatched'' refers to Kate and Sophie being evenly-skilled boxing opponents, and to their romantic compatibility.
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136* In ''Fanfic/SkyholdAcademyYearbook,'' the installment called ''Disorienuptials'' falls into this (along with being a OneWordTitle and a {{Portmantitle}}). The main focus of the plot is a wedding (hence the ''nuptials''), which gets kickstarted by one character having his wisdom teeth removed and making a WackyMarriageProposal while recovering from sedation (hence the ''disorient''). However, it's hinted throughout the narrative that there's a secondary plan in the works, and the audience doesn't find out what it is until most of the characters do. [[spoiler:It's a surprise wedding for another couple.]]
137* ''Fanfic/TwiceUponAnAge'' is a series of fanfics set in an AlternateUniverse where there are two [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Inquisitors]] - a female human and a male elf. The series title refers to the fact that there are two Inquisitors, of course; but it also refers to the fact that, in the series backstory, there are two [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins Heroes of Ferelden]], who were ''also'' a female human and a male elf.[[note]]ItMakesSenseInContext - the author likes playing human females in the DA games and wrote the series as a gift for her best friend, who likes playing male elves.[[/note]]
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140* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': "The Witch's Sacrifice" at first appears to refer to Fiora attempting to sacrifice Haara to a demon lord in the first chapter. But then the penultimate chapter reveals that [[spoiler:the entire plot was kickstarted by Fiora sacrificing her future, her reputation, her soul, and the man she loved to stop him from unleashing a horde of demons on the world.]]
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143* The AlternateUniverseFic, ''Fanfic/SomethingAlwaysRemains''. Does it refer to the Spring Bonnie suit leftover from the days of Fredbear's, [[spoiler:the murderer still being around]], all the further questions about the restaurant's past that come up when one gets solved, or how each of the main characters had something "remaining" in the pizzeria.
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146* The title of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9117847/1/Off-The-Path Off The Path]]'' not only refers to the incident in which a tank fell from a path into a river, causing Miho to save it, but, in the last chapter, the title also refers to Miho's departure from tankery, one step in her changing ideals about tankery.
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149* ''[[Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon Abraxas]]'' is a ProtagonistTitle, referring to the two main protagonists' MeaningfulName as a Titan that they gain in Chapter 10. That name in turn refers to the protagonists being a [[TwoBeingsOneBody fusion]] of two beings who embodied multiple opposite concepts to each-other including female/male, good/evil and human/Titan, and have come together to form a single PhysicalGod while making each-other whole: the latter is very important to the duo's character arc over the fic.
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151[[AC: ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'' / ''Series/TheUntamed'']]
152* ''Fanfic/TwelveMoonsAndAFortnight'': Until very late in the story, the title is implied to refer to the length of time Wei Wuxian spends at Lotus Pier before his marriage to Lan Wangji. However, [[spoiler: it also refers to the length of time between Wei Wuxian's revival and his predicted death, due to the way in which he was brought back to life.]]
153* ''Fanfic/XiangGong'' can be translated two ways, as husband or as a male prostitute. This ambiguity is the heart of the conflict in-universe, with Meng Yao thinking Nie Mingjue is asking him to be his personal prostitute when Nie Mingjue is proposing marriage.
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156* ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'': The chapter title ''Bonds Of Many Forms'' has several different meanings. One meaning is emotional bonds such as family bonds like that between Esther and her family, and the other is literal physical bonds on human slaves owned by other humans, as well as [[spoiler:metaphorical bonds on human slaves owned by dragons]].
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159* ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13688453/1/The-Fall-of-Atlantis The Fall of Atlantis]]'' is about the destruction of the ancient civilization, which in both the story and in canon was caused by Plagg. [[spoiler:It also describes the fall of the kwami Attlantis who, disillusioned by his selfish partner Calix and the warmongering nation he leads, tricks Plagg into destroying the island nation and all of its inhabitants]].
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162* Aside from the obvious, ''[[Fanfic/TheVinylAndOctaviaSeries Vinyl and Octavia Have Multiple Dates]]'' can also refer to the fact that the story opens on Vinyl and Octavia eating a lot of dates (the fruit).
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165* The fourth chapter of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/43382086/chapters/110112523#workskin Chaser and the Ruined Kingdom]]'' is called ''Chaser and the Two-faced Friend''. At first glance it seems to be about Ash, who Goh finds out [[Anime/PokemonLucarioAndTheMysteryOfMew knew where to find a Mew all along but never told him]], but that issue actually gets resolved pretty quickly. The actual two-faced friend [[spoiler: is the BigBad of Anime/Pokemon2000 who Goh had just met.]]
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168* [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13189099/5/The-Legend-Of-Zelda-Ocarina-Of-Time Chapter 4]] of ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime]]'' is titled "Torn Apart". The way the author names his chapters is by naming them after a phrase in that chapter. The way "Torn Apart" is mentioned in this chapter is when the Great Deku Tree is dying and Link's heart is metaphorically "torn apart". However, it may also be a reference to [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe how Gohma died just moments before]].
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171* ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'', with the subtitle referring to the title character (1) being lucky to have been born with telepathic and telekinetic abilities, and (2) being lucky to be chosen as Smurfette's OneTrueLove. Also (3) he is lucky to be the only begotten son of Papa Smurf, as all his fellow Smurfs are actually HappilyAdopted.
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174* In Romulan the title ''Fanfic/SolaereSsiunHnaifvdaenn'' literally means "Aid to the Needy". This obviously refers primarily to the ch'M'R ''Aen'rhien'''s humanitarian mission to deliver vaccines and antiviral drugs to the planet Glintara, but it could also refer to Jaleh Khoroushi needing companionship as the TokenHuman on a Romulan ship (a need filled by Tovan tr'Khev).
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179* Lampshaded by the author's notes in chapter eight of ''Fanfic/{{Bait and Switch|STO}}''. Tropers/{{StarSword}}C said that "A Captain's Hardest Job" was supposed to refer to Eleya visiting the morgue and sickbay after a battle to check on the dead and wounded, but given she ended up in bed with somebody at the end he wondered if it didn't end up being a bad sex pun instead.
180* ''My First Decepticon'', one of the installments in the ''Fanfic/BlackCrayons'' series could refer to both [[spoiler:[[CheerfulChild Annabelle Lennox]]'s first ever encounter with a Decepticon (not counting [[HeelFaceTurn Wheelie]]) and [[EnsembleDarkhorse Barricade]] being the first Decepticon to ever appear in the series. Additionally, since the series is told in SwitchingPOV, this can also refer to the [[Creator/BookwormGal author]] writing a Decepticon for the first time in the series.]]
181* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': The chapter, ''Staff Difficulties'', about problems regarding a magical staff, and the problems that Ami has, controlling her warlocks, which are her staff, as in workers.
182* The ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' fanfic ''Fanfic/InShortSupply'' deals with the Irkens' height-based class system, with both a lack of medium-sized Irkens and [[TheNapoleon Zim]]'s own shortness central to the story.
183* The ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' fanfic ''Fanfic/SelaginellaLepidophylla'' deals with Rose Quartz coming back from the dead (or did she?) using [[OurTimeMachineIsDifferent a modified Time Thing]]. The title is the scientific name for a plant that is called "Stone Flower", "Resurrection Plant", and "False Rose of Jericho", among other names.
184* "Arm Candy", part of the ''Fanfic/SorrowfulAndImmaculateHearts'' series, is about Bruce Wayne's relationships with the young women who hang off his arms at parties (which turn out to be, both the relationships and the women, less shallow than many people assume). The title also refers to [[spoiler:a scene in which Bruce learns that one of the young women, who grew up with abusive parents, draws decorations on her arms as an alternative to self-harming]].
185* ''Fanfic/SynepeiesACollectionOfNTRConsequences'': The story ''The Childhood Friend Waited Too Long'' does this to its source doujin of the same name. In said doujin, Miki was "stolen" from her childhood friend Takashi, because he never confessed his feelings to her until it was too late. Here, it is revealed that Miki had feelings for him too, but resorted to HintDropping which he never picked up on. So by the time she confronts him, it turns out that ''she'' has become the one who waited too long, as Takashi is already dating another girl.
186* For the majority of the ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' fic ''Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil'', the title seems to refer to [[AntagonistTitle Shendu]], the simultaneous BigBad and VillainProtagonist who's called that by [[PrecursorHeroes Lo Pei]]. However, the last chapter has Valerie Payne, [[VillainousCrush Shendu's obsession]], providing another meaning to that when she voices her self-loathing over [[{{Brainwashed}} what she was]] in the [[RewritingReality Demon World]].
187-->'''Valerie''': I was just so caught up in my own love story that I ignored the suffering and misery of my own species… My father once told me something… evil is not the act, but those who stand by and watch. Shendu committed unspeakable horrors, but I did nothing. I committed the ultimate evil by simply allowing it to happen.
188* The ''Cleaner'' sidestory of ''Fanfic/TheUniversiad'' -- as in cleaning up loose ends, or being less messy than the alternatives? [[MathematiciansAnswer Yes.]]
189%%* ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'' has four different meanings in the context of the book. And the subtitle, ''The Big Pink Job'', has ''five''.
190* ''Fanfic/YourAlicornIsInAnotherCastle'': [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/373989/1/your-alicorn-is-in-another-castle/the-kaizo-trap "The Kaizo Trap"]] references the annoyance of a character named Kaizo, and also [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizo Kaizo]] as a Franchise/SuperMarioBros fan-term.
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194* {{Creator/Disney}}(/{{Creator/Pixar}}) films:
195** ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' co-director Chris Buck mentioned in [[http://geekdad.com/2014/03/disney-trip-chatting-frozen-leaders/ an interview]] that the title was chosen because it described the film on two levels. On the literal level, it describes the ice-covered landscape that the story took place in. On a more symbolic level, it describes the relationship of the two sisters, which is "frozen in the film when they were little girls". Additionally, it also refers to the loss of warmth of feeling and being stunned or chilled with fear (or shock), something that the sisters experience during the film.
196** ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' focuses on five anthropomorphic versions of the basic emotional states of an 11-year old girl named Riley and how their actions within her head project as her behavior externally. When Joy and Sadness become lost within her mind, this creates internal turmoil for Riley as she's having to deal with making a whole new life from scratch after moving to a new town. In her eyes, her world has been "turned inside-out".
197** The subtitle of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' can refer to either the lions that follow him or the fact that he's initially too proud of his father's legacy as a good king to really understand what it took to build that legacy in the first place. A third meaning is that it also refers to Simba's daughter and the film's protagonist Kiara, his "pride and joy".
198** ''WesternAnimation/MickeysTwiceUponAChristmas'' features the episode "Mickey's Dog-Gone Christmas". The episode is about Mickey's dog being gone. "Doggone" is also an exclamation of annoyance, disappointment, etc. This refers to the fact that Mickey's Christmas won't be the same without Pluto.
199** ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'': There's the obvious pun (which is lampshaded by Linguini for a TitleDrop), but there's also the meal served up at the film's climax, and the name of the restaurant the main characters eventually start up.
200** ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' both figuratively and literally. He at first "breaks the internet" in the sense that he became a major trending meme, but then a virus uses him to form a malevolent code that nearly destroys the world wide web.
201** The title of ''WesternAnimation/{{Soul}}'' refers to the literal souls in the movie, but it also refers to soul music. Early in the movie, the musician protagonist has his soul detached from his body.
202** ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' can refer to either or both the main character's very long hair and her being ThePawn of her adoptive mother's gambits.
203** ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': The film's title has several meanings. They include: becoming embarrassed, lustful or enraged, experiencing menstruation, and turning into a red panda, all of which Mei is capable of.[[note]]Though she doesn't actually menstruate during the movie.[[/note]] It can refer to the appearance of the moon during a lunar eclipse which occurs in the film. It also can be interpreted as embracing both Chinese and Canadian culture given the symbolism of the colour red to both countries.
204** ''WesternAnimation/{{Lightyear}}'' is a spinoff of ''Franchise/ToyStory'' focused on Buzz Lightyear, but its story also revolves around Buzz trying to help the denizens of a space colony return home after they're stranded '''light-years''' from Earth, and a major plot point involves [[spoiler:[[TimeDilation the relativistic effects of traveling at the speed of light]]]].
205* The ''Franchise/LuckyLuke'' movie ''Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure'' is title ''Tous à l'Ouest : Une aventure de Lucky Luke'' in the original French. It means "everybody to the West", which describes correctly the plot of the characters traveling toward the West coast of America, but this is also a slang term that can mean "everybody's crazy!" Which is again not too far from the truth.
206* The "Hayop Ka!" of the not-for-children ''Animation/HayopKaTheNimfaDimaanoStory'' is Filipino for "You Animal!". In addition to the film being set in a world of animals, it indicates the particularly wild and scandalous nature of the titular protagonist.
207* The "''A New Generation''" subtitle of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyANewGeneration'' refers to how Sunny, Izzy, Hitch, Zipp, and Pipp are a new generation of ponies akin to the Mane Six that will spread the Magic of Friendship around Equestria, and also how this is a new generation in the ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' franchise.
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211* Music/BraveSaintSaturn's album ''Anti-Meridian''. The "Anti-" references {{antimatter}}, as the discovery of a cheap means of manufacturing the stuff is a major plot point. It also represents "ante meridian", representing the dawn of a new era, caused by the aforementioned antimatter.
212* Music/{{Genesis|Band}}:
213** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pxvSxv7O8M Snowbound]]" from ''Music/AndThenThereWereThree''. The title refers to being snowbound (as in, trapped inside by snow) and... well, hiding a dismembered body inside a snowman, which is [[LyricalDissonance what the song is actually about]].
214** Their 1977 live album ''Seconds Out'' may have a double or even ''triple'' meaning. Second live album out since their formation (''Genesis Live'' came out in early 1973), second of the "classic" five-member Genesis lineup to leave (first Music/PeterGabriel, then guitarist Steve Hackett), and a boxing term where the boxers' crew members are asked to leave at the end of a round, making way for the next round (possibly a reference to the band feeling the live album marked the end of an era for them).
215* [[ChristianRock Christian supergroup Lost Dogs]] released an album in 2001 called ''Real Men Cry''. The title track is ostensibly about a failing romantic relationship, but the album was the first released since the death of founding member Gene "Eugene" Andrusco. Furthermore, as the band went from four members to three, the song "Three-Legged Dog", ostensibly about a hunting dog missing a leg whose owner keeps him out of love and affection, counts for this as well.
216* Music/OrigamiAngel: ''Music/GamiGang'' has a song called "Blanket Statement". It's a term for a catch-all statement that usually isn't true, but the song about [[BadBedroomBadLife the singer's bedroom]], and how he's depressed and spends all day in his bed; particularly using his blanket when he's cold, so "it's no surprise he uses it every night."
217* Music/{{REM}}'s album ''Music/{{Green}}'' has multiple examples. Does it represent starting over? (This was REM's first album on Creator/WarnerBrosRecords.) Naïveté? Money (The new record deal did bring in more money to the group)? Environmental themes?
218* Music/IronAndWine's extended narrative song "The Trapeze Swinger" is named for a recurring symbol in the song that relates back to the title in varying ways. At various points, it refers to the protagonist's memory of visiting the circus as a child and being entranced by a trapeze artist (symbolizing his lost childhood innocence), to the precarious nature of his relationship with his beloved (with their relationship referred to as a "trapeze act" at one point), and to the precarious nature of life itself (when, in the end, it's revealed that the protagonist has been DeadAllAlong, and narrating the song from the afterlife).
219* Music/IngridMichaelson's song "The Chain", in which the act of taking the chain off of the door is about making up with her ex and letting him back into her home/life. There's also the implication that the chain could refer to their relationship, with the BreakupMakeupScenario constantly repeating itself, since he keeps breaking his promises and she keeps forgiving him because she always misses him when he leaves.
220* The cover of Music/{{Rush|Band}}'s ''Music/{{Moving Pictures|Album}}'' illustrates the title's triple meaning: men carry around paintings; onlookers cry in adoration of the paintings; all outside a movie cinema.
221* ''Now We Are Six'' by Music/SteeleyeSpan is the sixth album they released, and their first album after Nigel Pegrum joined the group, giving them six members. And also a reference to A.A. Milne's book of children's poems, ' 'Now We Are Six'' (that is, six years old)
222* Music/Blink182:
223** The song "Wrecked Him" is aptly named as far as the lyrics go. But [[ToiletHumour it's Blink-182]], so the title is a pun on the word "rectum."
224** While not outright confirmed, the title of the album ''Dude Ranch'' has been speculated by fans to play on multiple meanings that have been unofficially given to the term, including the most common meaning of a ranch used for tourism (giving us the cover art), a ranch wherein visitors come to play as cowboys (hence the internal photos of the band members dressed as cowboys), and ''especially'' its use as a sexual slang (mostly the meaning of "semen", but it has been used to refer to various sexual acts too).
225* Music/{{Hawkwind}}'s song "Flying Doctor" is about an Australian flying doctor who abuses prescription drugs - in other words, he's "flying" in more ways than one.
226* Music/PublicImageLtd named one of their albums ''Second Edition'', which fits this trope on several levels. It's the group's second album, it's the second edition of the album (originally released as a set of 12" singles in a metal film canister as ''Metal Box''), and it's the second edition of the band itself (with original drummer Jim Walker replaced by a variety of session players).
227* Music/BlackFlag's ''The Process Of Weeding Out'' EP -- the instrumental, free-jazz-influenced release was intended to "weed out" conventional HardcorePunk fans from more adventurous listeners, but it's probably not a coincidence that guitarist and main songwriter Greg Ginn reportedly had a penchant for marijuana use at the time.
228* Music/RichardMarx liked the lyric "this old Nebraska town" for a MurderBallad he'd written, so he wrote to the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce asking for a list of towns with two-syllable names. "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazard,_Nebraska Hazard]]" seemed appropriate.
229* Music/TheMegas: "Vampire Killer", in the final verse, shifts from referring solely to the Belmont family's magic whip from the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series, to referring to both the whip and its wielder, [[VampireHunter Leon Belmont]].
230* Lyrically, {{Music/Zardonic}}'s [[https://youtu.be/Fd8JxqayNO0 Takeover]] is about a ChangingOfTheGuard in the genre from giants like Pendulum and Celldweller to a new generation of artists like Zardonic and Qemists. But the music video also has Zardonic's EvilTwin literally attempt a KillAndReplace.
231* Clinton, an AlternativeDance side project for Ben Ayres and Tjinder Singh of {{Music/Cornershop}}, had lyrics focused on political and social commentary and music influenced by funk and disco: Thus their name could be interpreted as a reference to either UsefulNotes/BillClinton or Music/GeorgeClinton (The former was still in office as President in 2000, when Clinton's debut ''Disco and the Halfway To Discontent'' was released).
232* {{Music/Sloan}}'s 2020 single "Silence Trumps Lies": Since the band themselves have described it as being about "the importance of listening", the title can be read as "silence wins out over lies". However, with a slight change of punctuation, the title becomes an imperative sentence: "silence [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump Trump's]] lies".
233* Music/GeorgeHarrison's 1976 solo album ''Thirty-Three and 1/3'' is a play on both the speed that [=LPs=] play at (33 1/3 [=RPMs=]) and Harrison's own age at the time he recorded the album.
234* Music/LeeAnnWomack's "Last Call," about a woman who receives a call from her cheating ex while he's out drinking saying he still has feelings for her, a play on "last call" in a bar and that he only ever calls her when he's drunk.
235* As revealed in the TitleTrack, the name of Music/PinkFloyd's 1983 album ''Music/TheFinalCut'' refers not only to the last draft of a film made before it gets sent out to theaters, but also the slitting of one's wrists and/or throat to commit suicide.
236* Music/WynonnaJudd's "I Saw the Light," which refers both to the revelation the singer was being cheated on and deserves better, and the way she found out--by seeing the shadow of her boyfriend and his lover in the [[BedroomAdulteryScene light of his bedroom window.]]
237* Kittie's "video album" ''Spit In Your Eye'': The expression to "spit in someone's eye" means to insult them or show contempt, which suits the group's often confrontational lyrics... but it's also a {{Rockumentary}} / concert film about the band touring to promote their album ''Spit'', so it can be read as "''Spit'' in your eye", as in a video companion piece to the album.
238* Music/TheHappyFits: The tropical vibe of the band's music and the cover art of ''Under the Shade of Green'' having a pineapple on it bring to mind the image of relaxing under a palm tree. When it gets an AlbumTitleDrop in "In The Lobby", it's used in the context of politicians and celebrities paying money to cover up their misdeeds from the public.
239* Music/RandyTravis's "On The Other Hand," a song about a man contemplating whether or not to start an affair. The title referring both to the idiom of choices being weighed, and also to the wedding band on his actual hand that ends up being why he decides not to.
240* Music/ElvisCostello's "45", where throughout the song the TitleDrop is repeatedly given different contexts: First it's the year 1945, then a 45 RPM record, a .45 caliber revolver, and finally 45 as in the age Elvis Costello was when he wrote the song itself.
241* Music/{{Nayeon}}'s debut extended play, ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Im Nayeon]]'', refers to both her full name and "I am Nayeon."
242* {{Music/Anthrax}} got the album title ''Worship Music'' from a Christian television program they stumbled upon - in that context "worship" was an adjective, as in music used for the purpose of worshipping God; the band pointed out that "worship" is also a verb, as in worship of music itself.
243* Music/ChrisBrown's ''11:11'' is his [[ChronologicalAlbumTitle eleventh studio album]], and was originally scheduled for release on '''November 11''', 2023, and planned to consist of eleven songs on its tracklist. However, it was released a day earlier on November 10, and it features twenty-two songs, split into two discs with eleven songs each.
244* Music/TallyHall: "Ruler of Everything" is sung from the perspective of Time, who claims to be the "ruler of everything" -- meaning both that the entire universe is subject to his rules, and that he's the instrument by which all things are measured.
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248* The title of ''Podcast/TheMagnusArchives'' most obviously refers to the fact that the main characters are the archival staff of [[ParanormalInvestigation the Magnus Institute.]] But the post-season 4 Q&A reveals that "The Magnus Archives" is also [[spoiler:the name of [[BigBad Jonah's]] ritual to bring all of the [[EldritchAbomination Dread Powers]] into the world, which he has worked towards throughout the show and [[DarkestHour finally pulls off in the season 4 finale]]]].
249* ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'':
250** The title of "Past Time" has a ''triple''-meaning. It refers to the ghost Lucia recounting her death in the distant past, to baseball ("America's pastime"), and to Lucia's insistence that it's "past time" to stop the strangers.
251** "Big Sister" introduces Hadassah [=McDaniels=], who is Hiram's big sister -- both in the sense of being older, and literally being extremely large.
252** "All Right" refers both to the the viewer's desire to believe everything is alright, and to the fact that if you listen with headphones, the audio for the episode is directed almost exclusively towards the right ear.
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256* ''Series/FraggleRock'': The Fraggles live in an [[BeneathTheEarth elaborate world of rocky caverns]]. Almost every episode [[InsertSong has at least one song]]. They cover a wide range of musical genres, including {{Rock}}!
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260* The title of ''TabletopGame/{{Abyss}}'' refers to the game's underwater setting, but it can also mean "moral depths", which goes well with the game's seedy political environment.
261* The title of ''TabletopGame/{{Calico}}'' can refer to a type of fabric or a type of cat. The game is about making quilts that cats will enjoy.
262* ''Magazine/WhiteDwarf'' magazine covers both SF and fantasy games. A "white dwarf" is of course a category of star in astronomy, but from its first issue, the magazine has featured imagery of a (usually white-bearded) fantasy dwarf, who is sometimes acknowledged to be "the white dwarf".
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266* ''Theatre/AllTheWay'' takes the name from UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson's [[TheSixties 1964]] campaign slogan "All the Way with LBJ", but it's also about Johnson's attempt to gain support from members of Congress and civil rights icon, Dr. UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr, to ''fully'' enact the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
267* ''Theatre/{{Follies}}'' takes place at a reunion of former showgirls from a fictional equivalent of the Ziegfeld Follies, and shows how their lives have been affected by the foolish choices they've made in their lives since then--i.e., their ''follies''.
268* ''Theatre/TheInheritance'' can refer to Eric's literal inheritance (the country house Walter leaves him) and more broadly, to generational trauma and lessons.
269* ''Theatre/PacificOvertures'' is about the opening of Japan to Western trade -- hence, "Pacific Overtures", since Japan is in the Pacific Ocean and an overture is a piece of music (ironically, ''Pacific Overtures'' lacks an actual overture). But the title also means 'peaceful initiatives', and was supposedly Commodore Perry's actual description of the American's efforts to persuade the Japanese to open up to trade with them.
270* ''Theatre/{{Rent}}'' deals with characters who are trying to get out of paying their rent, and whose lives are torn apart -- i.e., ''rent'' -- by poverty and disease.
271** ''La Bohème'', on which ''Rent'' is based, has a similar duality; taken literally, it refers to "The Bohemian (woman)" -- i.e. Mimi -- and figuratively it refers to "The Bohemian Lifestyle" (referenced in ''Rent'' with the song "La Vie Bohème")
272* ''Theatre/TheMusicalOfMusicalsTheMusical'' uses this trope for two of its five segments:
273** The Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein parody is entitled "Corn!", because it takes place among the cornfields of Kansas and because of its old-fashioned, hokey, ''corny'' sentimentality.
274** The Music/StephenSondheim parody is called "A Little Complex", achieving a rare triple meaning: it takes place in a little apartment complex, everyone has a little psychological complex, and the music itself is a little complex (i.e., complicated).
275* ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'' follows the standard Shakespearean comedy convention of having a self-deprecating title. Additionally, [[GetTheeToANunnery in Shakespeare's day]], "nothing" was a double-entendre for female genitalia, and a major part of the plot deals with Hero's virginity. (It's also -- and separately -- a PunBasedTitle, as "nothing" and "noting" were homonyms to Shakespeare.)
276* ''No Strings'' has a title song which uses the metaphorical meaning. The orchestration applies a more literal meaning: not counting a guitar, a contrabass and a harp, there is no string section.
277* The title of ''Der Kuhhandel'', an unfinished operetta by Music/KurtWeill, is a German idiomatic expression for shady business. However, the literal meaning, "cow trading," also happens to be accurate.
278* In ''Theatre/TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest'', the conflict stems from several different characters not being earnest, and also about the [[SeriousBusiness surprisingly important]] matter of who is and is not named "Ernest".
279* The title of the musical ''Grind'' had several meanings. As spelled out by Ken Mandelbaum in ''Not Since Carrie'': "there is the grind of show after show at Harry Earle's; the bumps and grinds of Satin and the girls; Doyle's grinding of elements to make the bomb that killed his family; and the grinding down of people's spirit by the Depression."
280* The title of Peter Shaffer's play ''Theatre/{{Amadeus}}''--the basis for the film of the same name--obviously refers to the middle name of its subject, Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart, but it can also be taken as a reference to the Latin phrase "Ama Deus!" ("Love God!"), referencing Salieri's strong religious convictions, which end up leading to his love of music and his eventual descent into madness.
281* The one-woman show ''A Day Without Sunshine'', which centers around the life of Anita Bryant, references both the slogan for Florida Orange Juice, for which she was a spokeswoman for in her heyday, how her anti-gay activism torpedoed her career.
282* In ''Theatre/{{Icebound}}'', Ben talks about the New England winters he spent with his family, and then says "Icebound, that's what we are all of us, inside and out." He is referring both to the winters and the emotional coldness of the Jordan family.
283* ''Theatre/StateOfTheUnion'': The title alludes to Grant Matthews' running for President, as well as to his strained marriage.
284* ''Theatre/{{Vanities}}'' by Jack Heifner lays it out in a prefatory note to the play:
285-->The dictionary meanings of vanity: 1) The quality of being personally vain, excessive pride in one's own appearance, qualities, gifts and achievements. 2) Emptiness, unreality, sham, folly, want of real value. 3) A dressing table.\
286The play ''Vanities'' means all of these things.
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290* Franchise/{{LEGO}} originated as a [[WordPureeTitle contraction of "leg godt"]], which is Danish for "play well". The word also means "I build" in Latin.
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294* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
295** The case title "Turnabout Goodbyes" from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' also has several meaning. It refers to both the fact that [[spoiler:Manfred von Karma is saying "goodbye" to the DL-6 Incident (due to the StatuteOfLimitations)]] as well as how it refers to how Phoenix has to [[spoiler:say goodbye to Maya at the end of the case]]. It could also refer to how Miles Edgeworth is saying goodbye in way to his past perfectionist self.
296** The title of the episode "Rise from the Ashes" could be referring to the fact that Edgeworth rises up from his past, and the fact that a Phoenix is said in legend to be reborn from ashes, which is a metaphor for how Phoenix Wright comes back from a hopeless trial. It can also refer to [[spoiler:the SL-9 Incident, a two year old closed case that is reinvestigated (metaphorically rising from its ashes), as finding the truth behind it becomes crucial to solving the current case]].
297** Also done with "Bridge to the Turnabout". Not only is it referring to the literal bridge that plays a big part in the case but it also refers to the fact that the case "bridges" all of the games plot lines and how the events are a "bridge" that leads to the end turnabout. It could also be referring to the fact that it "bridges" Mia's trial with Phoenix's giving them an overall resolution.
298** "Farewell, My Turnabout". It refers to both how [[spoiler:Phoenix's client is guilty yet he is forced to defend him so it's like he is saying goodbye to him having a turnabout]] and how Phoenix feels he does not deserve to be a lawyer anymore because he is [[spoiler:defending a murderer]].
299** The title of ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'', has many meanings. It can refer to: Apollo & Clay, Athena & Blackquill, Phoenix & Blackquill, Phoenix & Edgeworth, Means & Courte, Tenma & Kybui, Nine Tales Vale & Tenma Town, Blackquill & Aura and Aura & Metis. If you extend the title a little bit, it can also refer to Hugh & Robin & Juniper. It could be used to refer to just Hugh & Robin too, who both initially follow two very different creeds, but ultimately end up in the same place.
300** "The Cosmic Turnabout" both refers to the themes of space through the episode, particularly the fact the victim had just reached his dream of becoming an astronaut, but can also refer to the fact that [[spoiler:the victim, who's Apollo's friend, has been killed]], and is now in the "cosmos". This double meaning is even more blatant in the Japanese version, where the title literally translates to "The Turnabout That Became a Star".
301** "Turnabout for Tomorrow": Prosecutor Blackquill is to be [[spoiler:executed the following day so you're trying to find the truth behind UR-1 by then for a stay of execution. Plus finding out the truth of UR-1 will also dispel the dark age of the law, to bring light for the future.]]
302** ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice Spirit of Justice]]'' has a number of meanings. The most obvious one is the metaphorical spirit of justice that the characters are attempting to uphold. 'Spirit' can be taken literally as well though, as spirits of the departed play a vital role in the game's story. Take that a big further, and the title can also refer to [[spoiler:the spirit of Jove Justice, which becomes a vital element in the game's finale.]] Furthermore, "Spirit of Justice" is also the name of the Lady Justice statue in the Department of Justice Headquarters in Washington D.C.
303** There are three different characters that "Turnabout Time Traveler" could be referring to: Ellen Wyatt, who was made to believe she had traveled back in time; Sorin Sprocket, who [[spoiler:has anterograde amnesia, and thus can't form any new memories past the crash that killed his sister]]; and Pierce Nichody, who [[spoiler:blames Sorin for his fiancee's death and is unable to move on from it]].
304* The original title of ''VisualNovel/TheConfinesOfTheCrown'', ''The Royal Trap'', refers both to the dangers for those caught up in royal politics and to the GildedCage that the royals themselves are forced to live in, but takes on another meaning when you realize that [[spoiler: Princess Cassidy was [[GenderBender born male]], though she [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} identifies as female]].]] This likely wasn't intentional though, as the title change was largely due to wanting to avoid offending anyone who considers "trap" a transgender slur.
305* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' has a number of meanings, all of which are related to huge spoilers, including those which aren’t revealed until the end of the game.
306** [[spoiler:The "V" in V3 is the only time the series has formatted its titles in this way. Most fans will assume it’s merely an addition to differentiate it from the ''Anime/Danganronpa3'' anime series, guessing that the V stands for "version", "video game", or "visual novel". In the game's final chapter, it is revealed that the entire Danganronpa saga up to this point was an in-universe TV show, with each game or anime being a different season broadcasted on live television. V3 was the fifty-third season in-universe, with the "v" being a Roman numeral for 5 (It really ought to be L3 by Roman number conventions, but that would ruin the misdirection).]]
307** [[spoiler:''Killing Harmony'', which references the RhythmGame mechanics of the class trials, can also refer to the death of the DecoyProtagonist Kaede Akamatsu. Harmony is a musical term, which can mean two or more pitches sounding in combination. Kaede is a classical pianist who plays her instrument harmoniously. She's also a paragon of good who fosters social harmony among the ultimate students, inspiring them to resist the mastermind’s attempts to divide them against each other. The mastermind eventually realizes that the students are never going to cooperate with the killing game unless Kaede is removed from the picture, so the mastermind kills Rantaro and frames Kaede for it, allowing her to be falsely convicted in the class trial. Her CruelAndUnusualDeath, "Der Flohwalzer", involves her being hanged by the neck and used to operate the keys of a giant piano until she dies; this method of execution could be considered a "killing harmony", i.e. a piece of music that kills. Furthermore, if Kaede is the person who preserves harmony between the students and therefore represents the concept of harmony, then by killing her the masterminds succeeds in "killing harmony". The surviving students learn to fear and distrust each other, making it all too easy for the mastermind to manipulate one student or another into committing a murder in each subsequent chapter.]]
308** [[spoiler:Yet another meaning of killing harmony is revealed at the end, when it turns out that the whole killing game is part of an ongoing TV show orchestrated for the entertainment of viewers around the world. World peace has been created through the elimination of war and conflict, so Danganronpa satisfies an otherwise unmet craving for violent thrills and the emotional rollercoaster of hope and despair. The people of the world are living in harmony with each other, but the thing that unites them is their obsessive consumption of this killing game, and they are unanimous in demanding that the protagonists play their parts so that the show will never have to end]].
309* ''VisualNovel/ADateWithDeath'' is about a player character who's narrowly survived other life-threatening situations making a bet that, if they lose, could lead to their death in the following days. The bet is made with a Grim Reaper, an embodiment of death, who they end up courting and going on a romantic date with.
310* The "Doki Doki" in ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' is the Japanese onomatopoeia for a loud heartbeat. This makes sense, given how it's a DatingSim. [[spoiler:However, [[DisguisedHorrorStory fear can also cause an elevated heart rate]]...]]
311* ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'':
312** "Hato" is apparently the word for "Dove", and it is a game where most characters ''are'' doves. "Hatoful" is one way to say "Heartful" in Japanese, and it's also a play on "Hurtful".
313** Its sequel ''Hatoful Boyfriend Holiday Star'' came out around and initially seems to be Christmas-themed. The eponymous Holiday Star doesn't appear until somewhere in February in-game and doesn't have anything to do with any specific holiday -- [[spoiler: it's 'holiday' in the sense of leaving your life and responsibilities behind.]]
314* Frequent in [[VisualNovel/{{Infinity}} The Infinity Series]]:
315** VisualNovel/Ever17: Refers to both [[spoiler: Blick Winkel mistaking all the events for occurring in 2017, as well as Tsugumi's Curé Virus stopping her aging at physically 17 years old.]]
316** VisualNovel/Remember11: [[spoiler: Though the number in the title initially looks like ''11'', it can also refer to ''2'' (1+1) or ''3'' (''11'' read as a binary number). This, (along with the logo of the game being three interlocked rings) hint that the game is about looking past first assumptions.]]
317** VisualNovel/TwelveRiven: The subtitle, Ψ-Climinal of Integral [[spoiler:can be read two ways due to the Japanese L/R confusion. ''Psych Liminal'' (probably alluding to the alternate dimension) or ''Psi Criminal'' ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin alluding to the criminals using PSI abilities]]).]]
318* ''VisualNovel/KiraKira'' generally means shining, or sparkling. In this story, it refers both to Kirari's name, and the band's first performance, the song [=TwinkleTwinkle=], that is also translated with this word.
319* ''Koisuru Natsu no Last Resort'' takes place at a resort, and it turns out that [[spoiler:all of the girls are working there as a "last resort" to solve their personal issues]].
320* ''VisualNovel/LastChanceInXollywood'': The player character is getting their last chance of making it big in Xollywood, and they work for a studio named Last Chance. The film studio is also owned by a woman named Randy Chance.
321* The title of ''VisualNovel/LastWindow'' most obviously refers to the literal window which [[spoiler:Cris Hyde was looking out of when he was murdered]]. However, it can also refer to the fact that this is Kyle's last window of opportunity to find out the truth of 25 years ago. It also ties into the fact that Tony has a "last window" to turn his life around, and how Sidney has a "last window" to make things work with his ex-wife, among other things.
322* ''Franchise/WhenTheyCry'':
323** Both of the [[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry ser]][[VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry ies]] contains a few. The first and most obvious one is the double meaning of the word ´´cry/naku´´ (both words carry the same meaning), to call and to weep. In other words, the titles can be interpreted either as When The Cicadas/Seagulls Call or When The Cicadas/Seagulls Weep.
324** Another double meaning for Higurashi is that "cicada" (蜩) can also be written as "day-to-day life" (日暮し), and besides the above translation Naku can also be written as "none/nothing". This means that besides When The Cicadas Cry, the title can also be written as "When the day-to-day life is no more".
325** While it is a bit of a stretch Umineko literally means Seacat (Umi-Sea, Neko-Cat) and UsefulNotes/SchrodingersCat is often used in the series to explain the endless possible scenarios of Rokkenjima. So the title can be written as either "When the Seagulls Cry" or "When the cat in the middle of the sea is dead". [[spoiler: Which fits surprisingly well with the end of the series where Beatrice's "catbox" is buried at the bottom of the sea]].
326* ''VisualNovel/ZeroEscape'':
327** The title of the franchise refers to the central antagonistic "Zero" figures, and also means that there's no escape.
328** ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' has its title commonly shortened to ''999''. This shortened title conveys the urgency of the situation the characters have found themselves in, as "999" is one of the most commonly used emergency telephone numbers (alongside 911 and 112). The long version of the title also has a double-meaning that counts as a major spoiler: [[spoiler:there are doors labeled with numbers 1 to 9, and every number is used at least once, but there are multiple "nine" doors encountered at the end]].
329** ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' refers to the general theme of the game about how showing virtue is neither good or bad. It means both "virtue leads to your death", as in the phrase "he was led to his last reward", but also can be interpreted as "virtue will give you a last reward", as in if you're virtuous you will succeed. This double meaning title was made for the English version to replicate the double meaning of the Japanese title, Zennin Shibō Desu. Although it's literal translation is "Good People Die", it can also be alternatively read to mean something along the lines of "I want to be a good person."
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333* ''WebAnimation/AstroLOLogy'': The episode title "Taurus Makes a Yummy Treat" can be taken as referring to either Taurus literally making the treat in question since he has a picnic, or him being the treat himself since he's almost eaten by cannibals. The fortune message at the end of the episode makes fun of this double meaning ("They say you are what you eat. Little wonder why Taurus would make a yummy treat.").
334* ''WebAnimation/DinosaursTerribleLizards'' by Rathergood. "Terrible" having two meanings: a.) "mighty and fearsome", as in the original definition of "fearfully great lizards", and b.) meaning "lame, pathetic, and awful". The dinosaurs of this series...[[DumbDinos fall into the latter definition.]]
335* The title of WebAnimation/{{Walrusguy}}'s YoutubePoop "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB8Ph0hnRPY The Only Mama Luigi Poop Anyone Has Ever Made]]" is both a hyperbolic sarcasm ([[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld1991 Mama Luigi]] was a ''very'' popular poop source at the time) and a reference to the fact that while normally Walrusguy uses Mama Luigi to disguise ''Advertising/DoctorRabbit'' poops, "The Only..." was an actual Mama Luigi poop.
336* Twentieth episode of ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'' is called "You're green with it!", referring both to episode's topic, the Salamanders (who have green as their primary color motif), and Magnus' jealousy of Leman Russ and his Space Wolves, as well as Emperor's disgust at [[spoiler:the Centurion, who's been having "cuddling sessions" with him (ItMakesSenseInContext), turning out to be his own son]].
337* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
338** Volume 1 has the two-parter "Black and White", which focuses on Blake and Weiss (who represent those colors as part of the show's use of ColorfulThemeNaming) getting into a gigantic argument because they both view [[FantasticRacism the treatment of]] [[LittleBitBeastly the Faunus]] in stark "us versus them" terms and neither will acknowledge that the other has valid points -- in other words, they see the issue in black and white.
339** "The Final Word" breaks Volume 8's trend for single-word titles. The episode and volume's final line of dialogue is Cinder telling Ironwood "And that's checkmate", suggesting that the episode's true, hidden title is "Checkmate".
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343* ''Webcomic/AAndHClub'': The titular A&H (Athletics and Health) club is a prominent location in the story. The two protagonists are also named Adrian and Hildegard, forming another kind of A&H.
344* ''Webcomic/{{Back}}'' is primarily about Abigail, who is BackFromTheDead for unknown reasons. However, it's eventually revealed [[spoiler: that the entire story takes place on the ''back'' of an enormous creature being exploited for resources.]]
345* ''Webcomic/ConjuringCutlasses''
346** The "Cutlasses" in the title could refer to the type of sword but could also be read as a pun with the protagonists Ren and Ida being ''lasses'' who ''cut.''
347* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''
348** The "New and Old Flames" arc title seems to refer both to past and present love interests, as well as fire-based enemies.
349** The "Sister 3" chapter "An Unkindness" was an unintentional example, although the author admits it worked out quite well. The chapter involves an interaction between Adrian Raven and his mother Pandora. The author claimed that he planned on naming the chapter after [[PunBasedTitle whatever you call a group of ravens.]] He was thrilled to end up with a title that also reflected the less-than-friendly nature of the two Ravens.
350* ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'':
351** [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame The central game of the comic]] has Titles for players that grant them certain powers. The titles have non-literal meanings to them (Prince effectively means Destroyer, Light mainly means Chance), and your main power is linked to Sburb's interpretation of the Title. However, if a Title can have a literal meaning, Sburb has a chance of granting you that too (a Seer of Mind can see imaginary friends) or giving you a fate that literally interprets your Title (the Thief of Light blinded someone).
352** Certain major animation pages have names that can be applied to a number of different things that happen on the same animation. "Enter," the end of Act 3, involves John entering his first Gate, Rose entering Sburb, and Jade entering the time capsule lotus room and finding her own copies of the game.
353* ''Webcomic/CurseQuest'': Walrus is on a '''quest''' to remove his '''curse'''. A curse quest also appears to be an actual thing in-universe, being a quest so deadly that no sane adventurer dares go on them.
354* ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' is a bizarre case; the title was supposed to mean that it would update irregularly, but it soon began having extremely regular daily updates. Conveniently, the title fit with the comic's numerous separate irregularly-updated storylines...until the comic ended, and the website switched to hosting weekly blog posts, which the author lampshaded as making it [[NonIndicativeName neither irregular nor a webcomic.]]
355* The cast of ''Webcomic/WintersInLavelle'' will probably end up spending a winter or two in [[MagicalLand Lavelle]]; but the title also refers to two of the main characters, Aiden and Kari Winters, who are themselves "Winters" in Lavelle.
356* Chapter 13 of ''Webcomic/GoGetARoomie'' is titled "Your Song". [[http://www.gogetaroomie.com/index.php?id=397 It begins with Allan's phone]], which has the Music/EltonJohn track as its ringtone. [[http://www.gogetaroomie.com/index.php?id=434 It ends with Lillian talking to Allan about Roomie's suggestion]] that [[spoiler:she write stories based on her dreams]], and Allan saying, "[[TitleDrop It's your song, Lillian.]] Now you can dance to it."
357* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has several for its strip titles. For example, "Telling Lies" refers to both Haley's potion-enhanced bluff ability letting her tell any lie and have it be believed, and to the fact that (since the potion doesn't work when she tells the truth) the specific lies she tells reveal her true feelings to the readers (i.e. her lies are telling, in the "revealing" sense). [[spoiler:To be exact, the fact that she is shown to be using the potion's effects when she tells her father that he raised her well, and didn't screw her up emotionally, shows us what she really thinks about him.]]
358* Chapter 43 of ''Webcomic/Rain2010'' is titled “Liriel’s Daughter” which refers to Rain, who is Liriel Flaherty’s daughter. After the reveal of [[spoiler:Liriel being a closeted trans man, Rain decides to take his deadname and make that her new first name.]] The title suddenly refers to Lydia, who is Emily and Rain’s, [[spoiler:whose first name is now Liriel]], daughter.
359* Episode titles of ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' often have multiple meanings, usually referring to different things in the gameworld and the world of the players. For example, episode 1442 is called "Not to Scale", and is about them preparing a battle map for the next game session (where the figures may not be to scale) and Ben warning Pete about attending a high school concert (where the singers will probably be out of tune).
360* ''Webcomic/ElfAndWarrior'': While the title can obviously refer to Basri (elf) and his uncle Hector (warrior), it also refers to Basri's mother (elf) and father (warrior).
361* ''Webcomic/AgeMatters'' suggests an AgeGapRomance between the leads, 29-year-old Rose Choi and 23-year-old Daniel Yoon. It also digs into '''matters''' of their '''age''': Rose is unhappy that she's pushing 30 with a broken engagement and no job, while Daniel is concerned about being a CEO at a young age.
362* ''Webcomic/WeakHero'' refers to Gray Yeon, the protagonist who, in spite of his frail body, is able to beat down any bully who stands in his way via CombatPragmatism. However, there are multiple other characters in the story who the moniker of "weak hero" could be applied to, the two most notable being Eugene (Gray's first ally who [[NonActionGuy can't fight at all]] but nevertheless heroically supports him) and Stephen (who defies his bullies for the sole purpose of protecting his friend, a scene the author has admitted was inspiration for the webtoon's title).
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366* Website/TVTropes: There are some {{Trope Name}}s that have double meanings:
367** LikeIsLikeAComma: In the days before punctuated titles were allowed, this could be parsed as either "The word 'like' functions as a comma" or as a SelfDemonstratingArticle ("'Like' is, like, a comma!") The current punctuation establishes the second interpretation as correct.
368** MoneyForNothing: It can parsed as "money gotten without effort" and "money that has no use". Most examples have both true at the same time.
369** As noted in the trope description, LastSecondChance could be parsed as either "a chance (at redemption) offered at the last second" or "the final possible offer of a second chance for the character," both of which neatly sum up the description when taken together. However, this depends on disregarding the hyphen, which allows only the first meaning.
370** TheScrappy: while [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Scrappy-Doo]] is the TropeNamer, it can also be interpreted as "character the audience wants the creators to [[PutOnABus scrap]]".
371** {{Thememobile}} can be read as either "Theme-mobile" or "The me-mobile," both of which describe the trope.
372** NothingIsScarier could be phrased as "Nothing is Scarier... ''than not knowing''" or "''...not being shown something''". It could also be literal as in '''Nothing''' (instead of having something there) is Scarier.
373** HellIsThatNoise can be read as either "the hell is that noise?" or "that noise is hell".
374* ''WebVideo/TheAlphaJayShow'': The title of "[[https://youtu.be/wXq3ioxxbow Velma Doesn't Understand How Love Works]]" both means "[[Characters/ScoobyDoo Velma Dinkley]] has the character flaw of mishandling her personal relationships in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''", and "the depiction of romance throughout ''WesternAnimation/{{Velma}}'' fails to be believable", with the video being an analysis of the former and a critique of the latter.
375* Letsplay/{{Gamingandstuff}}:
376** Episode 13 of the LP of ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers'' was called "SHOCKER", which meant two things:
377** 1: The dungeon he went to in that episode mainly had electric types
378** 2: He used a webcam (even though it ended up being TheUnreveal)
379* ''WebVideo/PerpetualPlayers'' Campaign 1 is called Menagerie of Fate often gets abbreviated to M.o.F which is the initialization of Measure of Failure the mechanic measurement of how badly someone just screwed up a roll.
380* WebVideo/ProZD has a LetsPlay series called "[=ProZD=] Plays Games with Jay". As many viewers (and [=ProZD=]) acknowledge, the title refers both to Jay and [=SungWon=] playing video games together, but also to how [=SungWon=] [[ButtMonkey messing with Jay]] (or "playing games with him") is the primary form of comedy in the channel.
381* ''Film/TooManyCooks'': The title refers to the ShowWithinAShow having a massive amount of characters named "Cook", but it's also implied that the show's constant tonal and genre shifts are due to an overlarge production staff, as in the saying "TooManyCooksSpoilTheSoup".
382* ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'', the episode "Time Bastard" is so called because the main character, Ted, becomes a "bastard" child of the laws of space-time due to his company's experiments, and because he is a time-traveling asshole.
383* The title of ''WebVideo/WinterOf83'' refers to both the events taking place in January of 1983 and it being the final days of the InUniverse channel 83 of Fawns Circle.
384* ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'' could both be about the hyping of the BattleRapping or also referring to the rappers who are {{Historical|DomainCharacter}} and {{Public Domain Character}}s.
385* ''WebVideo/{{Unraveled}}'' is ostensibly about Creator/BrianDavidGilbert unraveling some esoteric aspect of video game lore (such as the logical timeline of the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series or determining exactly what Franchise/{{Kirby}} is). It is mostly about Brian's mental state slowly unraveling the deeper he follows his research and conclusions.
386* The [[Website/{{Reddit}} r/nosleep]] story "My boyfriend needs to be drunk in order to have sex with me" is, on the surface, about a trans woman who feels unwanted because of ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, and insists that they do it sober, for once. After unenthusiastically complying, the man "...got up from the bed, pulled away the maggots that clung to his flesh, and wiped away the streaks of slime from his belly. He then opened both windows of the bedroom, letting out the miasmal gases." Turns out that the narrator's "transition" was not "male-to-female", but rather "[[OurZombiesAreDifferent dead-to-living]]"...
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390* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'', the show's title refers to the six teenagers that make up the show's TrueCompanions and the fact that they're all 16 years old.
391* Frylock's name in ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce''. He "sounds black" according to Shake and has dreadlock-esque fries for hair, but also has magical powers, making him sort of a '''war'''lock.
392* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' has [[NewSeasonNewName a season subtitled]] "Dreamland". This can refer to either the nightclub that the story centers around, or it can refer to the fact that it's Sterling Archer's [[AdventuresInComaland coma dream.]]
393* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
394** The episode "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheGreatDivide The Great Divide]]" refers to both the Canyon in which the episode takes place and [[RashomonStyle the conflict between two tribes about an incident that happened a century ago]].
395** "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderSozinsCometPart2TheOldMasters The Old Masters]]" are the members of the White Lotus, but also Aang's past lives.
396* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'': The title of the episode "Catfight" references both the episode's main villain (Nyancy Chan, whose powers involve [[TheBeastmaster mind-controlling cats]]) and its main plot (two alien girls with feelings for Ben and [[AxCrazy less-than-stable personalities]] come to Earth at the same time and fight with his LoveInterest).
397* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': One episode is titled "Friend Con". Sure it's short for "Friend Convention", but it can also refer to someone ''conning'' a friend, or scamming them.
398* The ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks Boondocks]]'' episode ''Wingman'' refers to Moe, Granddad's actual wingman in World War II. However, in modern slang a "wingman" is someone who draws the attention of undesirable women away from you...[[spoiler:and at the end, it turns out Moe did exactly that.]]
399* ''WesternAnimation/TheChipmunks'': The title of the third season episode "Sisters" can reflect on either of the two elements that make the conflict that Brittany goes through in the episode: her attempt to join a school clique known as Sisters and her sibling relationship with the nerdy Jeanette (with Brittany's attempt to join the clique happening the same time she and Jeanette are partnered together in raising a piglet for a science project).
400* ''WesternAnimation/TheComicStrip'' was a US syndicated first run animated series. In broadcasting terms, to show episodes of the same series five days a week is called stripping a show.
401* The title of ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeGhostbusters'' [[HilariousInHindsight takes on a new significance in the wake of]] ''VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame''. In the game, a "necromantic shockwave" made all of New York's ghosts much stronger; the show is not so much Ghostbusters who are Extreme but Busters of Extreme Ghosts.
402* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': "Hare Raiser" revolves around a monstrous rabbit, so it's a [[PunBasedTitle pun]] on "hair raiser". However, this is a StealthPun for the episode's ending, where [[MonsterIsAMommy the hare was only being scary so it could get food for its babies]]; it's a hare ''raising'' its children!
403* The ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode title "A Lot Going on Upstairs" can either be taken figuratively (Brian going into Stewie's mind to find the source of his nightmares) or literally (Peter creating a man-cave in the attic).
404* ''WesternAnimation/FourEyes'': The title refers to both the fact that Emma has four eyes as an alien and the fact that she wears glasses to maintain her human disguise.
405* ''WesternAnimation/{{Franklin}}'': One episode of the series is titled "Franklin Takes the Bus". Taking the bus refers to riding it from one destination to another, but in this episode, Franklin takes a toy bus from his school [[BorrowedWithoutPermission without asking Mr. Owl first]].
406* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' refers to both the show revolving around TheGrimReaper, but also to the adventures themselves ''being'' literally [[BlackComedy grim]].
407* ''WesternAnimation/KampKoral'':
408** "Painting with Squidward" is about Squidward teaching his cabinmates how to draw, paint, and sculpt. It also references the end of the episode, where the winner of the art contest ends up being Squidward squished into a frame: a literal painting with him.
409** "[[Recap/KampKoralS1E25TheTasteOfDefeatScaredySquirrel The Taste of Defeat]]". The plot revolve around Plankton losing his customers to Narlene and her new restaurant, but it also serves as a bit of {{Foreshadowing}} to what ultimately brings Plankton's customers back: [[spoiler:Narlene cooks the food with her feet, [[IAteWhat horrifying the people who ate there]].]]
410* ''WesternAnimation/KingLeonardoAndHisShortSubjects'' can either refer to the individual cartoons with the King, Tooter Turtle and the Hunter or the diminutive populace of which the King rules over.
411* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'':
412** The episode "Lucky's Wedding Suit" refers to both the story arc of Lucky and Luanne getting married, and the main plot of Lucky filing a FrivolousLawsuit on Dale to pay for the wedding.
413** "Hank Fixes Everything" is both about Hank being accused of being behind a propane price fixing agreement and needing to clear his name, and how the other characters tend to rely on him as the go-to problem solver, including in this episode.
414* The Soviet animation short 'Million in the Sack' refers not only to the actual million, but to the BigBad Mr. Million, who gets trapped in the sack at the end.
415* In season 5 of ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', most episodes are named for a concept that relates to a superpower that is used in that episode. In most cases, the word also applies to other events of that episode. For example, the first episode, "Evolution", corresponds to the Rabbit Miraculous and its time-travelling Burrow power, but also to [[spoiler:the main villain evolving into a new threat as "Monarch"]].
416* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': The episode title of "[[Recap/MollyOfDenaliS4E1ALittleBattyTheCleanUpMixUp A Little Batty]]" can refer to a literal bat and to things getting a bit crazy in the climax. But it also refers to the fact that the bat Molly finds is ''not'' a megabat but a microbat. A little brown myotis, to be precise. It's not a big batty, it's a little batty.
417* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsForgottenFriendship'' could mean ''three'' things with its subtitle: The obvious one is the mysterious memory wipe of Sunset Shimmer's friends. With them forgetting ever being friends with her, Sunset's forgotten relationship with Princess Celestia, or [[spoiler: A resentful and lonely [[BigBad Wallflower]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Blush]] tired of being ignored and forgotten by Sunset and the others.]]
418* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
419** The series title itself mentions friendship is important in life but also means that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin friendship is]] [[ThePowerOfFriendship the most powerful magic of all]].
420** The infamous "The Mean 6" refers to [[EvilDoppelganger the mean clones of the mane ponies]] made by Chrysalis, but it can also refer to the real ponies thinking [[TookALevelInJerkass their friends have become mean out of nowhere]] due to both groups intertwining in various situations, resulting in a feud.
421** The 2-part ninth season opener "The Beginning of the End" refers to Celestia and Luna announcing their retirement from the throne and making Twilight their successor, and the fact said 2-parter is [[EndOfSeriesAwareness the beginning of the final season]].
422* The title of ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'' references how the series is about Wirt and Greg visiting the other, mysterious world that is [[TheWonderland the Unknown]]. However, the penultimate episode reveals a much more literal meaning: [[spoiler:The brothers went to a cemetery called the "Eternal Garden", climbed over a wall when they thought the police were after them, almost got hit by a train, and then fell into a freezing pond. ''That'' is how they got into the Unknown.]]
423* ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS1E10 Just in Time for Christmas]]". It's a ChristmasEpisode revolving around Patrick rushing to get presents for his family at the last moment... doing so by using a time machine to visit various time periods (he gets his dad an electric razor from the future and his grandpa a pterodactyl egg from prehistoric times).
424* The ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Bee Story" is paired with, and is a POVSequel to, "Bee Day", explaining what the Fireside Girls were doing. So in addition to being a story about bees, it's a B-story.
425* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': "A Star is Born" both refers to the educational theme of the episode (how stars are born) and the plot of the episode (the kids making a movie).
426* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': "Dodge This" is based on both it being an episode about the main characters entering a dodgeball circuit, and Mordecai and CJ's awkwardness to confront their past interactions once they realize they have to play against each other.
427* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
428** In "Lisa's Substitute", Lisa gets a substitute teacher. However, it also refers to his status as a ParentalSubstitute whom Lisa connects to better than Homer.
429** The title of "Bart Gets a Z" is a reference to "Bart Gets an F", refers to the name of Bart's new teacher, Zach, and is a reference to Generation Z.
430* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' episode "Smurf The Other Cheek" can either be (1) a reference to [[Literature/TheBible Biblical]] doctrine about how one should [[TurnTheOtherCheek respond to aggression with non-violence]], or (2) a {{Smurfing}} way to tell somebody to "[[LiteralAssKicking kick the other's cheek (butt)]]", which is what the episode actually is all about.
431* In Hong Kong, ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' was retitled as ''Nanfang Sijianke,'' or ''South Park's Four Slackers''; it also sounds an awful lot like ''The Four Musketeers.''
432** The title of two-part episode "Cartoon Wars" can refer to the rivalry among ''South Park'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', and to the protests sparked by the Danish newspaper cartoons about Muhammad. Of course, both themes are touched in the episode.
433** The episode "With Apologies to Jesse Jackson" could be referring to the scene where the fictional Jesse Jackson asks Randy Marsh to "apologize" by LiteralAssKissing, or it could be interpreted as an apology to the real-life Jesse Jackson for that scene and the constant use of the N-word.
434* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' has a couple of these:
435** "Walking Small" refers to [=SpongeBob=]'s incapability of walking tall, as well as Plankton's small size.
436** "Idiot Box" revolves around [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick buying a television (sometimes called an idiot box in pejorative slang) just to give it to Squidward because they just want to play in the box, as two idiots would.
437** "Can You Spare A Dime?" refers to Squidward's poverty, as well as Mr. Krabs actual missing dime.
438** "Chocolate With Nuts" refers to [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick selling chocolate "with or without nuts", as well as them being the nuts themselves.
439** "Rock Bottom" refers to being in a situation where it couldn't be any worse, such as being stuck in a deep ocean trench (itself literally called Rock Bottom).
440** "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS13E6PotatoPuffThereWillBeGrease Potato Puff]]" is a quadruple meaning title, referring to both the potato that Mrs. Puff replaces herself with, and her becoming a couch potato without needing to watch [=SpongeBob=]. It's also a pun on a food, "potato puffs", and a species of fish called the potato puffer.
441** "Slimy Dancing" is about Squidward entering a dance contest. The title refers to both him being a squid (and squids are slimy), and the fact that he uses dishonest (i.e. ''slimy'') tactics to cheat and win.
442** "Blackened Sponge". [=SpongeBob=] gets a black eye, but it can also be a pun on [=SpongeBob=] fearing that his ''reputation'' will be "blackened", since he got the black eye in a really embarrassing incident and keeps making up stories to cover the truth.
443* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'': In [[Recap/StarWarsResistanceS1E2TheTripleDark "The Triple Dark"]], the title phrase has several meanings: First, a "triple dark" is a phrase used on the Colossus to describe a low-visibility storm, which pirates like Kragan and his band use to hide in when they attack the station. It also fits how the First Order, who are revealed to be behind Kragan's attack in this episode, are preparing to [[Film/TheForceAwakens surprise-attack the New Republic]], and (almost) no one suspects a thing.
444* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
445** [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E48TheReturn "The Return"]]: Lapis and Peridot are returning to both Earth and the show as a whole. [[spoiler:And while we hadn't seen Jasper before, it later turned out that she was returning to her birthplace.]]
446** [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E14CryForHelp "Cry for Help"]]: Peridot's distress signal to Homeworld, but also both Pearl and Amethyst's unhealthy feeling that they can't manage without Garnet.
447** [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E4LarsHead "Lars' Head"]]: The continuing emotional growth of Lars, but also [[spoiler:the dimensional portal in his hair]].
448** [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E17CantGoBack "Can't Go Back"]]: Lapis doesn't think she can return to Earth, but also, the following episode reveals that [[spoiler:Steven's dream represents Pink Diamond's [[BurningTheShips "no turning back"]] decision]].
449** [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E21TheQuestion "The Question"]] is both a [[CrossReferencedTitles Cross-Referenced Title]] to [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E25TheAnswer "The Answer"]], in that Ruby questions why [[spoiler:she and Sapphire stayed fused as Garnet just because Rose told them to]], but also refers to her asking Sapphire [[spoiler:to marry her.]]
450** [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E23Reunited "Reunited"]] has three different meanings: [[spoiler:Ruby and Sapphire reuniting as Garnet, Lapis returning to Earth and joining the Crystal Gems, and Blue and Yellow Diamond believing they have reunited with Pink.]]
451** [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E27Escapism "Escapism"]] refers to both [[spoiler:Steven and Connie's desire to escape Homeworld, as expressed in the titular song]] and the fact that the episode serves as a {{breather|Episode}} (though not an entirely peaceful one) from the serious plot at hand.
452* ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks''[='=] first episode, "Age of Heroes", refers both to an era of heroes and to the main characters being too young to be an official squadron.
453* ''WesternAnimation/SwingYouSinners'': "Swing" can mean either "dance", befitting the [[LyricalDissonance upbeat, jazzy song number]] from which the short takes its name, or it can mean "what someone does at the end of a noose", and sure enough there's no shortage of hanging references in regards to poor Bimbo.
454* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'': The title obviously refers to Hank and Dean Venture, but:
455** In the finale of Season 1, Rusty Venture reconciles with his LongLostSibling, Jonas Venture Jr. In the opening of Season 2, the two men replace Hank and Dean in the TitleSequence, and JJ tries to encourage Rusty by reminding him "We're the Venture Brothers!" [[spoiler: Indeed they are the only Venture Brothers, since Hank and Dean are ([[ExpendableClone temporarily]]) dead.]]
456** Season 7 reveals that [[spoiler: Rusty and The Monarch are related. They are also Venture Brothers]].
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460* Singer Vehicle Design is a company in Los Angeles that specializes in restoring and rebuilding the Porsche 911. The company was named for Norbert Singer, a noted Porsche engineer, as well as the fact that company founder Rob Dickinson is the former vocalist for the band Music/CatherineWheel.
461* ''Fanfic/TheBrokenDiamond'' can refer to how DC was carved out cartographically as an uneven, somewhat diamond-like shape. It can also refer to the broken state of the Diamond Orders due to their internal politicking.
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