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13->''"Literature/{{Frankenstein}} was the creator, not the monster. It's a common misconception held by all truly stupid people."''
14-->-- '''Kryten''', ''Series/RedDwarf'', "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVQuarantine Quarantine]]"
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16A form of unintentional [[TitleConfusion title confusion]] that occurs when a story's [[NamingConventions naming conventions]] confuse the audience about what the characters' names are, or [[RoleCalled who certain titles refer to]]. Most frequently, people will assume that [[ProtagonistTitle the title of the work is the name of the main character]].
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18This confusion is especially likely when one actor's name is billed alone above a title that sounds like it might be the name of his character, when it actually refers to, say, his racehorse.
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20Can lead to things like CowboyBebopAtHisComputer when people don't do research on the subject. Depending on the circumstances, it may also become a FandomEnragingMisconception. Not to be confused with IAmNotSpock, though it would be funny. RefrainFromAssuming sometimes is related to this.
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22This trope's title originated with the character [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]], whose comic was originally published under the same name by Fawcett Comics. Following a lawsuit by Creator/DCComics, which alleged that Captain Marvel infringed upon the copyrights of Franchise/{{Superman}}, Fawcett went out of the comics business and their trademarks lapsed. Nineteen years later, DC revived Captain Marvel. Ironically, by this point, however, Creator/MarvelComics had already created [[ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}} a new character]] and publication titled ''Captain Marvel''. Due to issues with copyright and trademark law, the character could continue to be called Captain Marvel, but any magazines or merchandise would be titled ''Shazam!'' Years later, with the ComicBook/{{New 52}} relaunch and Marvel using their Captain Marvel with greater frequency, DC's Captain Marvel was officially named "Shazam", ironically making them an aversion of their namesake trope.
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24A SubTrope of CommonKnowledge and ViewerNameConfusion. Contrast IconicCharacterForgottenTitle and ProtagonistTitleFallacy. See also RefrainFromAssuming and BrandNameTakeover. Not to be confused with IAmNotWeasel, which is about species confusion rather than naming confusion. Or the popular music identification app.
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29[[index]]
30* IAmNotShazam/{{Advertising}}
31* IAmNotShazam/AnimeAndManga
32* IAmNotShazam/ComicBooks
33* IAmNotShazam/ComicStrips
34* [[IAmNotShazam/{{Film}} Films]]
35* IAmNotShazam/{{Literature}}
36* IAmNotShazam/LiveActionTV
37* IAmNotShazam/{{Music}}
38* [[IAmNotShazam/ProSports Professional Sports]]
39* IAmNotShazam/TabletopGames
40* IAmNotShazam/{{Theatre}}
41* IAmNotShazam/{{Toys}}
42* IAmNotShazam/VideoGames
43* IAmNotShazam/{{Webcomics}}
44* IAmNotShazam/WebOriginal
45* IAmNotShazam/WesternAnimation
46* IAmNotShazam/RealLife
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49!!Other examples:
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53[[folder:Asian Animation]]
54* ''Animation/BalalaTheFairies'': Balala is confused as being a character name when it's actually a type of magic that's used. The actual character names are (in Chinese, then English) Xiao Lan/Shirley, Mei Qi/Maggie, and Mei Xue/Michelle.
55* Applies to the English dub of ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf''. The original Chinese title, ''Xǐ Yángyáng Yǔ Huī Tàiláng'', matches the original Chinese names of the two major characters, but the English dub does not, calling them Weslie and Wolffy instead. People who don't know this end up calling them by the title, and not their actual names. The English dub of ''Great War in the Bizarre World'' refers to Wolffy as Big Big Wolffy several times, but not as Big Big Wolf.
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58[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
59* Lucha Libre Internacional was a Mexico-based promotion whose title matches were sanctioned by the Universal Wrestling Association. Since all the belts were known as the UWA ___, most foreign observers would see the visiting champion defending one of them and conclude he wrestled for the UWA directly.
60* Los Perros Del Mal is a CardCarryingVillain PowerStable that has ran through several Mexican promotions, such as Wrestling/{{CMLL}} and Wrestling/{{AAA}}. Perros Del Mal Producciones is a promotion owned by said power stable.
61* Some people refer to Wrestling/{{WWE}}, or pro wrestling in general, as "Wrestling/WrestleMania", WWE's biggest event.
62[[/folder]]

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