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| 13 | Many shows utilize quirky episode naming conventions. Though the episode title is usually not even broadcast with the show (usually only AnimatedSeries do this), this information is gleaned from press releases, closed captioning, and guide information. Of course, in literature it [[InWhichATropeIsDescribed can be more obvious]]. |
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| 15 | American LiveActionTV {{Pilot}}s are often exempt from this, as pilots do not usually have titles, and are usually made before anyone on the production staff comes up with the idea to name episodes idiosyncratically. |
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| 17 | Now, if the names get too in-jokey, quirky, or obscure, they can have an adverse effect in being difficult to correlate the plot of the episode when its name means absolutely nothing. |
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| 19 | When a show gets dubbed in a foreign language, expect this trope to not survive (particularly if it's an English show getting dubbed in German or French or if it's a Japanese show getting dubbed in the west). |
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| 21 | Single-episode exceptions to the rule are the OddNameOut. |
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| 23 | A SuperTrope to EpisodeFinishesTheTitle and ExcitedTitleTwoPartEpisodeName (typically taking the "____! _____!!" title format). Compare CrossReferencedTitles (when it's only a few episodes that share both a naming pattern and some internal connection), CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase (if they're used in a series), UnusualChapterNumbers, ThemeNaming, TranslationMatchmaking and TitleDrop. |
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| 26 | !!Example subpages: |
| 27 | |
| 28 | [[index]] |
| 29 | * IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming/AnimeAndManga |
| 30 | * IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming/{{Literature}} |
| 31 | * IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming/LiveActionTV |
| 32 | * IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming/{{Music}} |
| 33 | * IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming/{{Raocow}} (No, this isn't a medium, but a [[LetsPlay Let's Player]]. He uses this so much that he warrants his own section) |
| 34 | * IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming/VideoGames |
| 35 | * IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming/WesternAnimation |
| 36 | [[/index]] |
| 37 | |
| 38 | !!Other examples: |
| 39 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 40 | |
| 41 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 42 | * ''Advertising/NipperAndGramophonesChristmasTales'': Each advert is named after a piece of popular culture whose name ties in with the plot. For example, in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRx7yaswdvg "The Hangover"]], Gramophone is drunk after partying a little too hard. |
| 43 | [[/folder]] |
| 44 | |
| 45 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 46 | * Every episode of ''Animation/AgentAli'' is titled "Misi: [subject of episode]" ("Mission: [subject of episode]"). |
| 47 | * Every episode of the ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' season ''Around the World in 20 Days'' is named "[country name] Pavilion" (so, for example, "China Pavilion", "India Pavilion", "Israel Pavilion", etc.). |
| 48 | [[/folder]] |
| 49 | |
| 50 | [[folder:Comedy]] |
| 51 | * Creator/DavidCross' standup comedy albums ''Shut Up You Fucking Baby!'' and ''It's Not Funny'' use track titles that have nothing to do with the routines heard on the album, but are instead meant to mock cliched stand-up comedy material - Sample titles include "Monica Lewinsky and the Three Bears" and "My Child is Enthralling, Especially When It Says Something Unexpectedly Precocious Even Though It Doesn't Understand What It Just Said!". His other albums used more straightforward track titles, but the tour documentary ''Let America Laugh'' used the titles of ComicBook/ChickTracts for DVD chapter titles. |
| 52 | * Creator/StanFreberg's "Wun'erful, Wun'erful" was originally a 7-inch comedy record with Sides Uh-One and Uh-Two. |
| 53 | [[/folder]] |
| 54 | |
| 55 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 56 | * Marvel series by Creator/JephLoeb & Tim Sale all have the protagonist's name followed by a color represented in the story. Examples are ''ComicBook/SpiderManBlue'' and ''ComicBook/CaptainAmericaWhite'' (after the character's emotions), ''ComicBook/DaredevilYellow'' and ''ComicBook/HulkGray'' (after the protagonists' early colours). The Yellow also refers to cowardice, as Daredevil is The Man Without Fear; Gray refers to the Hulk's status as a wildcard straddling the line between good and evil. |
| 57 | * With one exception, the title of each of the ''ComicBook/OneHundredBullets'' collections is based around its number. Book two is ''Split Second Chance'', while book ten is ''Decayed'' (sounds like decade). Some titles don't actually contain the numerical pun, but instead are cleverly part of a phrase that would usually include that number, such as ''Samurai'', the seventh book, ''The Hard Way'', the eighth, and the twelfth book, ''Dirty''. The only book to break this tradition is ''Hang Up on the Hang Low'', which was named after a StoryArc contained in the book as the story in question had won an Eisner Award.[[note]]It was originally going to be called ''The Charm'' as in "third time's the charm."[[/note]] The final volume, "Wilt," is especially clever since it's not only referring to the end of the series, but also to [[spoiler:Wilt Chamberlain's jersey number with the LA Lakers, which was 13.]] |
| 58 | * Every chapter in the ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'' story ''Zenith'' is named after a rock song. ''2000 AD'' itself refers to issues as 'progs'. |
| 59 | ** The ''2000 AD'' spin off publication The Judge Dredd Megazine also refers to it's issues as 'Megs'. The short lived 'Extreme Editions' which consisted of vintage ''2000 AD'' reprints were also referred to as X(issue number). The Mighty Tharg seemed to like this trope. |
| 60 | * The first three main storylines in ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'' are all titled "I Am..." (Gotham, Suicide and Bane). The pattern is then completely broken by "The War of Jokes and Riddles" and "Rules of Engagement". |
| 61 | * In ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}: ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'', each issue is named for a holiday (with the exception of the first and last issues, named "Crime" and "Punishment"). In ''ComicBook/SupermanForAllSeasons'' each issue is named after the season it's set in. |
| 62 | * Every volume and chapter of ''ComicBook/BlueMonday'' is titled after a song, down to the series' title coming from Music/NewOrder's "Blue Monday": |
| 63 | ** The first volume is named after Music/TheWho's "The Kids Are Alright". Its three chapters are "There's No Other Way" by Music/{{Blur}}, "Substitute", also by Music/TheWho[[note]]and later covered by Music/DavidBowie and Music/TheRamones, among others[[/note]], and "Try This for Sighs" by Music/AdamAnt [[spoiler:who appears in the story]]. |
| 64 | ** The second volume is titled after Music/DavidBowie, "Absolute Beginners", with "Something About You" by Level 42, "Favorite Shirts" by Haircut 100 (alternately titled "Boy Meets Girl"), "Film/ToSirWithLove" by Lulu, and "Hands Off, She's Mine" by The English Beat making up the chapter titles. |
| 65 | ** The third volume is named after Music/{{The Cure|Band}}'s "Inbetween Days" and contains chapters titled after "Dead Man's Party" by Music/OingoBoingo, [[OddNameOut the band The Blue Belles]], The Cure's "Lovecats", and "Nobody's Fool" by Cinderella, which itself is made up of two parts, "Everything's Gone Green" by Music/NewOrder and "Everybody Plays the Fool" by The Main Ingredient. |
| 66 | ** The fourth volume is titled "Painted Moon" after The Silencers' song, with the chapters "[[Series/{{Charmed|1998}} How Soon is Now?]]" by Music/TheSmiths, "Pictures of Lily" by Music/TheWho, "Blues Before and After" by The Smithereens, and "I Confess" by The English Beat. |
| 67 | ** The title of the fifth, most recent volume is "Thieves Like Us", after another Music/NewOrder song. |
| 68 | * Four of the ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'' graphic novel collections have titles that could be seen as forming a sentence: ''Women'', ''Reads'', ''Minds'', ''Guys''. (Cerebus's belief in female telepathy is discussed at some point during the story.) |
| 69 | * Each story in ''ComicBook/DRAndQuinch'' is titled "D.R. & Quinch _____". For example, "D.R. & Quinch Go Girl Crazy". |
| 70 | * Every issue of the ''ComicBook/{{Forever Evil|2013}}'' miniseries had the title "Forever _____". |
| 71 | * The ''ComicBook/FunWithMilkAndCheese'' comics were entitled "First Number One," "Second Number One," etc. until the 5th issue was finally "First Number Two." Based on the notion that the Number One issue of a comic book tends to be grabbed up by collectors and speculators to sell more issues. |
| 72 | * The four chapters of ''ComicBook/GiveMeLiberty'' are named "Homes & Gardens", "Travel & Entertainment", "Health & Welfare", and "Death & Taxes", respectively. The contents are not quite that cheery. |
| 73 | ** With the exception of the fourth chapter, which is more cheerful than either death or taxes. Just. |
| 74 | * Several arcs in Brian Azzarello's ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' run were named after phrases involving the word "Hell", including "Highwater" and "...Freezes Over". |
| 75 | * Similarly, every issue of the ''ComicBook/InfiniteFrontier'' miniseries had the title "Infinite _____". This was cleverly used in #3, which reintroduced the second-generation ''ComicBook/{{JSA}}'' characters, and was titled "[[ComicBook/InfinityInc Infinite Incorporated]]". |
| 76 | * The ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' trades are all named after classic {{sitcom}}s. For instance, one was ''Series/FamilyMatters'', then ''Series/TheFactsOfLife'', and so on. |
| 77 | ** The tradition was unfortunately broken with the "Viltrumite War" trade. |
| 78 | * In keeping with the Hollywood theme of the series, the names of all of the ''ComicBook/LoriLovecraft'' stories are plays on film titles from the Golden Age of Hollywood (usually FilmNoir). Specifically: |
| 79 | ** ''My Favorite Redhead'' = ''Film/MyFavoriteBlonde'' |
| 80 | ** ''The Dark Lady'' = ''Film/TheDarkMan'' |
| 81 | ** ''Repression'' = ''Film/{{Obsession}}'' |
| 82 | ** ''The Big Comeback'' = ''Film/TheBigCombo'' |
| 83 | ** ''Into the Past'' = ''Film/OutOfThePast'' |
| 84 | ** ''The Road to Kadath'' = ''The Film/RoadTo'' series |
| 85 | * Each chapter in the first storyline of the Creator/VertigoComics ''ComicBook/MadameXanadu'' book is titled by a form of divination, which Madame X uses in that chapter: "[[GeometricMagic By the Runes]]", "[[{{Astrologer}} Among the Stars]]", "[[TarotTroubles In the Cards]]", "[[CrystalBall Thru the Crystal]]", and finally the more general "Of the Future". |
| 86 | * In ''[[ComicBook/MageTheHeroDiscovered Mage]]'', each chapter in each of the three volumes is titled with a phrase from a specific Shakespeare play: ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' in ''The Hero Discovered'', ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' in ''The Hero Defined'', and ''Theatre/TheTempest'' in ''The Hero Denied''. |
| 87 | * ''ComicBook/TheLoudHouse'': The stories in the issue ''After Dark'' are labelled with consecutive 12-hour clock times preceding each of their main titles, from 10:55 PM to 6:00 AM. |
| 88 | * Every issue of the ComicBook/New52 ''ComicBook/{{OMAC}}'' series has a title with the "O.M.A.C." acronym. This even extends to the origin story in ''DC Universe Presents'' #0 after the book ended, which was called "Origins Matter After Cancellation". |
| 89 | * Chapter numbers in ''ComicBook/OrangeCrows'' are prefaced with the word "Scar." So "Scar 1", "Scar 2", "Scar 3..." |
| 90 | * The ''ComicBook/SexCriminals'' collections are titled with consecutive numbers at the beginning: ''One Weird Trick'', ''Two Worlds One Cop'', ''Three the Hard Way''... |
| 91 | * The first 20 issues of ''ComicBook/SpiderManLovesMaryJane'', as well as the two ''Mary Jane'' miniseries preceding them, were all entitled "The ___ Thing", with the second word having to do with the comic's plot. For example, issue 4, when [[spoiler:Gwen Stacy is introduced]], is called "The Unexpected Thing." |
| 92 | * The collections of ''ComicBook/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl'' are all titled with pop music quotations, with the word "girl" replaced with the word "squirrel". |
| 93 | * Each chapter of ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' features a word beginning with 'V'; "The Villain", "Virtue Victorious", "The Verdict", "Verwirrung" (German for confusion), etc. |
| 94 | * All of ''Franchise/TheWalkingDead'' trade paperbacks have a three-word title. |
| 95 | * The title of every chapter of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', and in fact the title ''Watchmen'' itself, is a LiteraryAllusionTitle, with the full quote given at the end of each chapter. |
| 96 | [[/folder]] |
| 97 | |
| 98 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 99 | * Most fan works based off on the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' series include the word turnabout in the title, like in the canon cases. Examples include ''Fanfic/ACompleteTurnabout'', ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'' and ''[[VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorneyCase5TurnaboutSubstitution Turnabout Substitution]]''. |
| 100 | * ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': Each chapter title is a rune from the Elder Futhark. |
| 101 | * Half of all the thread titles at ''Roleplay/AbsitOmen'' (a Harry Potter forum roleplay) contain many shout-outs to other fantasy, film, television and music, along with author and character specific titles ('The Adventure of the _____' when following the mysteries an auror character investigates). |
| 102 | * ''Fanfic/AscendXTSGx'': OneWordTitle-style. The first three chapters are: |
| 103 | ** Denial |
| 104 | ** Illusions |
| 105 | ** Errands |
| 106 | * In ''Fanfic/BecomingATrueInvader'', every chapter has "[[DoomyDoomsOfDoom DOOM]]" in its title somewhere. |
| 107 | * The long ''Series/ICarly'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5461414/1/Beneath_The_Pale_Moonlight Beneath The Pale Moonlight]]'' uses song titles for chapter names. The title of the story itself isn't the name of a song, but ''is'' taken from a line in the song ''Save The Last Dance For Me'' by the Drifters (not ''Somewhere Out There'' from the ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' soundtrack). |
| 108 | * ''Fanfic/BetweenDreamsAndMemoriesUniverse'': The first and last chapters are titled after the fanfic itself, while for the chapters in between, story arcs are dictated by a singular title in parts. For example, in ''Between Dreams and Memories'', during the early Manberg Rebellion era, the Pogtopian chapters are titled "The Resistance", while the Manbergian chapters are titled "The Resilience"; meanwhile, the first chapter is titled "The Dreams" and the last is titled "The Memories". |
| 109 | * ''Fanfic/BetweenMyBrotherAndMeMorsOmnibus'' has each chapter numbered as 'Xth Show' and each chapter is named after a Duel Monster card related to the events of each chapter. |
| 110 | * ''Fanfic/BetweenTheLinesMrQuestionMark'': The title used for the chapter's page titles all start with "The". |
| 111 | * Each chapter of ''Fanfic/BlizzardOfTheRedCastle'' works in the English translation(s) of the character(s) principally involved in it. |
| 112 | * In ''Fanfic/{{Bloom|Mogatrat}}'' every chapter title is a stage of a plant's life cycle ("Germination") or a term related to agriculture ("Fertile Soil"). |
| 113 | * ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Every story in the series is titled after its subject matter or a similar important plot element, always using "The" as the first word: "The Seven," "The Survivor," "The Box," "The Wedding Reception," "The Rings," "The Imaginary Letters," "The Marching Song," etc. |
| 114 | * In ''Fanfic/TheBridge'' spinoff ''The Bridge: Sound of Thunder'', the chapter titles form a short poem when combined. |
| 115 | * Every chapter of ''Fanfic/TheBiterBit'' has an AlliterativeTitle. |
| 116 | * ''Fanfic/ACertainMagicalFriendship'': Two words joined by an underscore, for the names of each of its stories: ''Context_SHIFT'', ''MIRROR_NOISE'', ''blood_manifestation''. |
| 117 | * Each chapter in ''Fanfic/CibusEsculentusMadokaMagica'' is named after meal courses. |
| 118 | * ''Fanfic/ConnectingTheDots'' has every chapter named with a word that ends in "-tion". For instance, the first two chapters are titled "Introduction" and "Initiation", and the final four are "Finalization", "Conclusion", "Perpetuation" and "Repercussions". |
| 119 | * ''Fanfic/{{Daemorphing}}'': |
| 120 | ** All the chapters of ''The Cowards of Lions'' except the last contain "lion" in the title. |
| 121 | ** ''Love the Warriors''[='=] chapters are named after Bible quotes, while ''Abel or Cain''[='=]s are all Jewish funeral rites. |
| 122 | ** The chapters of ''Bridge to the Stars'' and ''Destroyer of Worlds'' are named after Yeerk and Andalite idioms, respectively. |
| 123 | ** ''The Bright Clear Line''[='=]s chapters are named after chess terms. |
| 124 | ** The chapter titles of ''The Abyss'' all begin with a number. |
| 125 | * ''Fanfic/ADelicateBalance'' names each chapter after a Creator/JohnDonne poem, a quote from which appears as an {{Epigraph}} at the start of each chapter. |
| 126 | * The fics in the ''Fanfic/{{Eleutherophobia}}'' series (except ''A Straight Line Down Through the Heart'') are named after sci-fi movies. Additionally, all the chapters of ''Ghost in the Shell'' are named after songs, and all the chapters of ''The Thing from Another World'' and ''Escape from L.A.'' are named after ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' quotes. |
| 127 | * ''Fanfic/FirstAidKitsAndDeepSecrets'': Every chapter in the story starts with the phrase "in which...". The tradition is continued by its Main/DistantSequel, In Which They Are Still In Love, which was [[Main/SequelGap uploaded nearly 7 years later.]] |
| 128 | * Every chapter except the prologue and epilogue in ''Fanfic/TheFirstSaniwa'' is titled with a ''yojijukugo'', 4-kanji proverb, formatted as follows: [proverb in kanji] -- [romaji reading][[labelnote:Example]]Chapter 7: 油断大敵 -- ''Yudantaiteki''[[/labelnote]]. Doubles as ForeignLanguageTitle. |
| 129 | * In ''Fanfic/FreakinGensokyo'', one in every five chapters stars the author's [[TheSociopath tetchy]] friend Matt. These almost always have a title in the form "The X with a Y for a Head"; for example, "The Man with a DIY Railgun for a Head" or "The Loli with Legislation for a Head". |
| 130 | * Instead of numbered chapters, ''Fuck the Jesus Beam'' uses named chapters with titles. For example, "Chapter Rape: Holocaust." |
| 131 | * Every episode of ''The Future is Stupid'', part of Website/NickelodeonFanon, named "The (something) is Stupid". |
| 132 | * ''Fanfic/GleeReprise'' names each chapter after a quote from said chapter. Any chapter with a song being performed in it will be TitledAfterTheSong. |
| 133 | * ''Fanfic/GreySkiesUniverse'': The chapters in the second installment, ''Every Generation'', are titled "Beginning", "Middle", and "End", and the epilogue is titled "After". |
| 134 | * Every chapter in ''Fanfic/HellAndHighWater'' takes its name from a song lyric from a song, with both the lyric on its own and the meaning of the overall song reflecting the themes of that particular chapter. |
| 135 | * ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters'': Every chapter has the word "Monster(s)" in the title. |
| 136 | * In ''Fanfic/HoliDaze'', each chapter of ''12 Days'' is titled after the 12 days of Christmas and each chapter of ''13 Nights'' is titled after a horror movie. |
| 137 | * ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/473890/horse-of-the-rising-sun Horse of the Rising Sun]]'': Each chapter is named after a real-life monastic order (Benedictine, Camillan, Carthusian, Camaldolese, Franciscan, Piarist, Teutonic, Jesuit, Carmelite, Fatebenefratelli, Crosier, Barnabite, Trappist, Dominican, Mercederian, and Trinitarian), to reflect the story following the search for an order of monastic healers. |
| 138 | * ''Fanfic/HuntingTheUnicorn'' names its chapters after characters in ''Literature/TheLastUnicorn''. The three exceptions so far are "The Midnight Carnival," "The Quest," and "The Clock." The last two are ''very'' important, plot-wise. |
| 139 | * ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'': Except for the first chapter, the chapters have two titles: one is named after a Pokémon Ability, and the other follows the format of ''Infinity Train'' that showcases the name of the train car that is the focus. |
| 140 | * ''Fanfic/KabbalahThePassiveConqueror'': Each chapter is titled "The [word]". Examples include; "The Knight", "The Reaper", "The Nightmare" etc. |
| 141 | * ''Fanfic/TheKingNobodyWanted'': While some chapters are titled with the names of their POV characters, most use a descriptor or formal title such as "The Old Falcon", "The Loyal Knight", "The Knight of Hounds", or "The Khal". These mostly remain stable over the course of the story, but can change to reflect a character's changing status (for instance, Janos' first chapters are titled "The Butcher's Son", and become "The Journeyman of High Standing" and later "The True and Honorable Master" as the story progresses). |
| 142 | * ''Fanfic/{{Kokuten}}'': Half the chapters are titled "When [insert {{Character Action|Title}}]" while the other half goes like "How [insert {{Character Action|Title}}]". For instance, we have "When the First Victim Fails" and "How Children Play". The change from one format to the other signifies the start of the Uchiha Coup. The only variation is the prologue and some titles being in passive voice. |
| 143 | * @/LadyNorbert tends to use this trope in a lot of her larger fanworks: |
| 144 | ** Each installment of the ''Fanfic/ElementalChessTrilogy'' has a theme around which each chapter is titled. ''Flowers of Antimony'' uses alchemical terms; ''Brilliancy'' uses chess terms; ''The Game of Three Generals'' uses terms from shogi (Japanese chess); the prequel ''Triumvirate'' uses military terms; and the DistantFinale ''Chronology'' uses time travel terms. |
| 145 | ** The ''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]'' story ''Fanfic/TilTheSunGrowsCold and the Stars Grow Old'' uses a phrase from Shakespeare for the title of each chapter. |
| 146 | ** The ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' fic ''Fanfic/ShadowAndRose'' uses the name of an object (weapon, artifact, etc.) from the game for each chapter title. |
| 147 | ** In ''Fanfic/TwiceUponAnAge,'' the two main stories take all of their chapter titles from the [[Franchise/DragonAge Chant of Light]]. |
| 148 | ** The [[Fanfic/{{Cinderjuice}} Contractually Obligated Chaos]] stories are all ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}''d partial spoofs of various pieces of the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, so the chapter titles of each story are a quote (or a twisted version thereof, in the first story) from the animated film which helps to form the plot. The lone exception is the {{interquel}}, which takes its title and subheadings from an Music/OwlCity song. |
| 149 | ** In ''Fanfic/BeyondHeroes: Of Sunshine and Red Lyrium'', all of the chapter titles are lines of dialogue spoken by Varric in either ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' or ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', because Varric is the narrative character and SupportingProtagonist of the story. |
| 150 | * In ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfTotalDramaIsland'', episode titles take the form "The Tale of X"; chapter titles take the form "[[Literature/ArabianNights Nth Night]]". |
| 151 | * The ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}''/''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' {{Crossover}} ''Fanfic/LegionOfLawndaleHeroes'' has (starting with Volume Two) each chapter named after a song title. The author has said that this is an homage to the same naming style as ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration''. |
| 152 | * All the titles in book two of ''Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}'' are words about a person (Liar, Runner, Guesser, etc.), describing the perspective character. |
| 153 | * ''Fanfic/PastSins'': The Glimpses sub-series: |
| 154 | ** The Core chapters both start with "Displeasing [Plural Noun That Ends With S], "Constants" and "Futures". |
| 155 | ** The Variants chapters of ''Glimpses 2'' are all OneWordTitle-s: "Depths", "Day", "Dreams", "Remedial", "Legacy". |
| 156 | * ''Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse'': |
| 157 | ** In ''Griffin Over the Line'', each chapter is titled "The [Adjective] Jerk". |
| 158 | ** In ''Musicians and Dreamers'', each chapter is named after a musical term related to its contents (the introduction where Octavia and Lyra meet is called "Duo for Strings", the one where Lyra and Trixie fight is called "Dissonance", the final chapter is called "Coda", and so on). |
| 159 | * ''Fanfic/{{Maelstrom}}'' names each chapter after a different song. |
| 160 | * The Manic Nuzlockes occasionally make use of this. [[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/nuzlocke_forum/completed-manic-39-s-argent-ante-t25328.html Argent Ante]], a Nuzlocke of the Gen 2 Remakes, had a [[PlayingCardMotifs playing card]] theme, so all the episode titles from Chapter 2 onwards were gambling terms. |
| 161 | * In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7344852/1/Marik_and_Bakura_333_Ways Marik and Bakura 333 Ways]],'' each chapter is titled "In Which [blank]", where [blank] is a very brief overview of the chapter. |
| 162 | * ''Fanfic/TheMixedUpLifeOfBrad'' has chapter names made up of puns that incorporate the name "Brad". |
| 163 | * In the ''Fanfic/MotionPractice'' series, which recasts various Marvel superheroes as lawyers, all the full-length stories are named after legal terms. |
| 164 | * The name of every episode of ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedComedyFandubSpoofSeriesShow'' ends with "-no Jutsu!" For Example: |
| 165 | ** "Pilot no Jutsu!" |
| 166 | ** "Spoof Movie no Jutsu!" |
| 167 | ** "Bowie no Jutsu!" |
| 168 | ** "Fanservice no Jutsu!" |
| 169 | ** and "Milkshake No Jutsu!" |
| 170 | * In ''Fanfic/NarutoTheSecretSongsOfTheNinja'' every chapter is called a "Song", starting with "The Song of Lost Souls" and moving through "The Song of the New Path", "The Song of the Wanderer", "The Song of Bloody Tears" and so on, so forth. |
| 171 | * ''Fanfic/NerimaMagistraNellyMagi'' names each chapter after a song. |
| 172 | * Similar to the main ''Anime/KillLaKill'' series, the chapters of ''Fanfic/NaturalSelection'' are named after songs. Unlike the series, whose episodes were named after J-Pop songs, the fic's chapters are named after songs from American and British Rock music. |
| 173 | * In ''Fanfic/NewHopeUniversityMajorInMurder'', each chapter is titled after a course. The prologue is "Intro to Psychology," the first chapter is "Economics of Labor I," and the second chapter is "History of Hellenistic Art II." Oddly enough, they drop the Roman numerals after a while, since the third chapter is "Topics of Cosmology," the fourth is "Seminar on Aging and Adulthood," and the fifth is "Mimesis in Theory And Practice." |
| 174 | * Every installment of the ''New Look Series'' is titled like [Victim]'s New Look: [Title] |
| 175 | * The chapters of ''Fanfic/ANewWorldANewWay'' sidestory ''Swarm'' are named after Pokèmon moves. The chapter title also follows suit in a different way, as it's named after a Pokèmon ability. |
| 176 | * Every chapter of ''Fanfic/OfLoveAndBunnies'' is named for an episode in which a member of the ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' or ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' appeared. It was initially confined to just those two shows, but [[LongRunners then the writers starting running out of names]]. |
| 177 | * In ''Evangelion'' fanfic ''Fanfic/OrchestratingTheSilence'', all episodes are named after musical terms like "Larghetto" or "Grave Non Troppo". |
| 178 | * ''Fanfic/OversaturatedWorld'': Multiple instances: |
| 179 | ** ''Fanfic/{{Oversaturation}}'': The story's nine chapters all have {{One Word Title}}s which are terms that relate to color: ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/269241/1/oversaturation/neutrals Neutrals]]'', ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/269241/2/oversaturation/tones Tones]]'', ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/269241/3/oversaturation/brightness Brightness]]'', ''Secondaries'', ''Clashing'', ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/269241/6/oversaturation/contrast Contrast]]'', ''Running'', ''Spectrum'', ''Light''. |
| 180 | ** ''Fey Breeze'': The first four chapters have a OneWordTitle seasonal theme: ''Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall'' |
| 181 | * ''Fanfic/ThePetricultureCycle'': A lot: |
| 182 | ** OneWordTitle for the title of each story: Petriculture, Inscape, Avocation, π, Pandelirium, Transdementia, Manifesto'' |
| 183 | ** The chapter titles, for those that have multiple chapters: |
| 184 | *** ''Inscape'': The chapters are all named after playground and parlor games. |
| 185 | *** ''Avocation'': Most of the titles are {{Job Title}}s, named after the job that Penumbra had before that chapter, ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/68226/3 Assistant Pastry Chef]]'', ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/68226/4 Preening Technician]]''. |
| 186 | *** ''π'': All named after properties of circles. ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/87692/1/-/chapter-1-circumference Circumference]]'', ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/87692/2 Diameter]]'', ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/87692/3 Ratio]]'' |
| 187 | *** ''Pandelirium'': Every chapter shares its title with a song by the Music/LegendaryShackShakers, and the whole story is named after one of their albums. |
| 188 | *** ''Transdementia'': Each chapter is named after a song by Music/SchoolOfSevenBells. |
| 189 | * ''Fanfic/OyasumiMidoriya'', as an explicit nod to ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'', uses "Layer" for most chapters. |
| 190 | * ''Fanfic/ThePalaververse'': Multiple ones: |
| 191 | ** For the main series, every chapter title is a phrase that can be spoken: |
| 192 | *** ''Moonlight Palaver'': A one-shot: [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/207616/1/moonlight-palaver/the-suns-one-of-these-vital-things-you-know The Sun's One of These Vital Things, You Know.]] |
| 193 | *** ''Wedding March'', which are all things to do at a wedding: |
| 194 | :::: [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/299424/1/wedding-march/deciding-what-youll-give-to-the-bride-and-groom-is-always-important-of-course Deciding What You'll Give to the Bride and Groom is Always Important, of Course]]\ |
| 195 | [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/299424/2/wedding-march/be-sure-to-arrive-in-good-time-so-you-miss-none-of-the-excitement Be Sure to Arrive in Good Time, so You Miss None of the Excitement]]\ |
| 196 | [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/299424/3/wedding-march/make-a-good-first-impression-and-endeavour-not-to-cause-a-ruckus Make a Good First Impression, and Endeavour Not to Cause a Ruckus]]\ |
| 197 | [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/299424/4/wedding-march/no-matter-what-arises-just-try-to-have-a-good-day No Matter What Arises, Just Try to Have a Good Day]]\ |
| 198 | [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/299424/5/wedding-march/if-in-doubt-improvise If in Doubt, Improvise]]\ |
| 199 | [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/299424/6/wedding-march/and-in-extremis-just-plunge-in-flailing-and-hope-for-the-best And in Extremis, Just Plunge in Flailing and Hope For the Best]]\ |
| 200 | [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/299424/7/wedding-march/lastly-prepare-for-next-time Lastly, Prepare for Next Time]] |
| 201 | ** ''Mr Stripes Versus A Cthonic Horror'' has OneWordTitle that starts with "B" as the pattern for its chapter titles -- "[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/376127/1/mr-stripes-versus-a-cthonic-horror/bridleway Bridleway]]", "[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/376127/2/mr-stripes-versus-a-cthonic-horror/boutique Boutique]]" and "[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/376127/3/mr-stripes-versus-a-cthonic-horror/brouhaha Brouhaha]]". |
| 202 | ** ''Treasures'''s chapters all start with "Wherein Our Heroine". |
| 203 | * ''Fanfic/ThePiratesSoldier'' uses a similar format to ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'', with the chapter's title being "No need for ____!" filling the blank with something related to the chapter's plot. The only exceptions are the chapters covering the Time and Space Adventures arc. |
| 204 | * Every chapter of ''Fanfic/PokemonMysteryDungeonReflectingBalance'' is named after a line of dialogue spoken in that chapter. |
| 205 | * ''Fanfic/PokemonMaster'': "Returns". "Reunions". "Remembrances". "Rebellion". And so on. Every chapter's title is one word that begins with "Re". |
| 206 | * Each episode in the ''WebAnimation/PonyDotMov'' series follows the naming scheme "''[single word related to the contents of the video]''.MOV". |
| 207 | * ''Fanfic/APosseAdEsse'', a ''VideoGame/DieAnstalt'' fanfic, uses Latin phrases for chapter titles. So far, ''Compos Mentis'' for Chapter 9 [[PretentiousLatinMotto is the least obscure of them]]. |
| 208 | * ''Fanfic/PromisesOfAWanderingHero'': All the chapters are titled after the arc they take place in followed by the corresponding Roman numeral e.g. ''Rusty Heart I''. |
| 209 | * ''Fanfic/PsychedelicEpiphanySeries'': From multiple stories: |
| 210 | ** ''Psychadelic'': The chapter titles have FunWithAcronyms, each being an instrument: |
| 211 | ### [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/267654/1/psychadelic/of-crusaders-and-righteous-images-naturally-atypical "Of Crusaders And Righteous Images Naturally Atypical"]]: OCARINA |
| 212 | ### [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/267654/2/psychadelic/agricultural-capacity-can-organize-radical-discussions-intellectually-of-note "Agricultural Capacity Can Organize Radical Discussions Intellectually Of Note"]]: ACCORDION |
| 213 | ### [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/267654/3/psychadelic/the-amusing-meanderings-become-observational-understandings-regarding-inquistive-natural-equines "The Amusing Meanderings Become Observational Understandings Regarding Inquisitive Natural Equines"]]: TAMBOURINE |
| 214 | ### [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/267654/4/psychadelic/before-oblivious-now-grasping-objectives "Before Oblivious Now Grasping Objectives"]]: BONGO |
| 215 | ### [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/267654/5/psychadelic/staring-into-the-alternitive-rythym "Staring Into The Alternitive Rythym"]]: SITAR |
| 216 | ### [["Hearts Analyze Nebulous Destinies Pondering Attitudes Nextwave"]]: HANDPAN |
| 217 | ### [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/267654/7/psychadelic/discord-inevitably-decides-green-equines-rate-indescribably-desirable-on-occupation "Discord Inevitably Decides Green Equines Rate Indescribably Desirable On Occupation"]]: DIDGERIDOO |
| 218 | ** ''Yearly Epiphany'': Implied by the title and the first chapter, ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/321475/1/yearly-epiphany/year-0-hearthswarming-ephiphany Year 0: Hearthswarming Epiphany]]'', that there will be a pattern of "Year [Number]: [Something] Epiphany". |
| 219 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/QueenOfDiamonds'' every chapter alludes to cards or card games (i.e. "2 of Hearts", "Royal Flush", "Three of a Kind", etc). |
| 220 | * Every chapter in ''Fanfic/RetroChill'' is [[TitledAfterTheSong titled after a song]]. |
| 221 | * Every title in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5999251/1/The_Reprint_and_Repackaging_of_Evangelion The Reprint and Repackaging of Evangelion]] is a song lyric. |
| 222 | * ''Fanfic/RickAndTheLoudHouse'' : Each chapter title is a combination of episode titles from each respective show. The only exceptions so far are Chapters 2 ("Lawnmower Dog"), 8 ("For Bros About to Rock"), and 11 ("The Citadel of Ricks"). |
| 223 | * ''Fanfic/ASalarymanInNobunasCourt'' has each chapter referred to as a 'Slice' which is appropriate for the story being set in the Warring States era. |
| 224 | * Fanfic/SailorMoonTheRoadNotTaken names all of its chapters after works featuring an alternate universe. |
| 225 | * All odd-numbered chapters in ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'' are numbered from 12th to 17th to represent the [[EldritchAbomination Angel]] fought, while even-numbered chapters are named with a single verb based on its major theme. |
| 226 | * ''Fanfic/SenjuOfWave'': |
| 227 | ** The series as a whole: "Senju [Word]": ''Senju Naruto'', ''Senju Returned''. |
| 228 | ** ''Senju Naruto'''s 21 chapter titles are all OneWordTitle: "Fugitive", "Repercussions", "Travelling", "Arrival", "Settling", "Ice", etc. |
| 229 | ** ''Senju Returned'''s 19 chapter titles are all OneWordTitle except for 14, AlliterativeTitle "Discussions and Decisions": "Prologue", "Test", "Team", "Mission", "Journey", "Palace", etc. |
| 230 | * ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'' uses the classic format of giving each chapter a fairly normal title (underlined), followed by "or" and a (usually) humorous line related to whatever the chapter's plot is about written in italics. It's even given a lampshade in [[WhamEpisode Chapter 122]], where it has ''"Sorry, no funny alternate title this time"''. Examples: |
| 231 | ** Chapter 3: "When a Toad loves a Slug" or ''"Why prophecies are always so damn cryptic?"'' |
| 232 | ** Chapter 7: "Desert Winds" or ''Why turning your children into weapons is not cool"'' |
| 233 | ** Chapter 20: "The Troubles with Jinchuriki" or ''"Who would have guessed that the Demon Fox is a jerk?"'' |
| 234 | * ''Fanfic/SteelSoulSaga'': Multiple levels: |
| 235 | ** Each story has an AlliterativeTitle, with the first component being "Steel". |
| 236 | ** The chapter titles in ''Steel Spirit'', are electronic / computer science / engineering terms, of sorts, and beyond the first, they're composed of two words: ''Sparks of Faith'', ''Calculated Decision'', ''Data Processing'', ''Electric Extrapolation'', ''Input Functionality'', ''Structured Analysis'' and ''Finalized Compilation''. |
| 237 | * Starting with ''Away'', every chapter title in ''Fanfic/{{Stroll}}'' is related to the previous. |
| 238 | * ''Fanfic/SunsplitSaga'': Multiple forms: |
| 239 | ** Each story is a OneWordTitle {{Portmantitle}} with alliterative components, and the first component being "Sun". |
| 240 | ** Each story, except for the fourth, has their first chapter's title be someone's yelled line: |
| 241 | *** Sunsplit: [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/322018/1/sunsplit/what-no-absolutely-not "WHAT NO ABSOLUTELY NOT!"]] |
| 242 | *** Sunspawned: [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/322325/1/sunspawned/oh-sweet-celestia-youve-got-to-fix-this "OH SWEET CELESTIA YOU'VE GOT TO FIX THIS!"]] |
| 243 | *** Sunshipped: [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/333001/1/sunshipped/i-you-bu-wha-who-the-hay-are-you "I-YOU-BU-WHA--WHO THE HAY ARE YOU?!?!"]] |
| 244 | *** Sunscarred: [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/362560/1/sunscarred/wait-what "Wait... what?"]] |
| 245 | ** Each story's chapter titles are technically the first line of their chapter. |
| 246 | * Each episode of ''WebVideo/SuperTherapy'' is called a "Session", and its title ([[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness bar the second]] and [[LaterInstallmentWeirdness last]]) begins with the name of the super analyzed and ends with "Therapy!" (with the exception of "[[{{Pun}} Thor-apy!]]"). |
| 247 | * ''Fanfic/TangledUpInBlues'': The chapters are all titled "The [something] Blues", usually referring to the prominent location or character from the chapter, until the last one (which is simply "The Friendship Blues"). |
| 248 | * ''Fanfic/TantabusMarkII'': Via FunWithAcronyms, with the story titles, themed on technology: |
| 249 | ** '''A'''unthood '''I'''ssues: AI, a.k.a ArtificialIntelligence, which is basically what the Tantabus is. |
| 250 | ** '''T'''antabus '''C'''ommunication '''P'''rotocol: TCP: Transmission Control Protocol, which governs how computers communicate to each other. |
| 251 | ** '''H'''ow '''t'''he '''T'''antabus '''P'''arses '''S'''leep: HTTPS is the acronym for the "Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure" that connects computers across the internet, securely. |
| 252 | * The ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/20580137/chapters/48856913 Tea is for Teacher]]'' has all of its chapter titles (except for the epilogue) begin with "T is for [a word beginning with the letter 'T']". |
| 253 | * The chapters of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing''/''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' FusionFic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9990992/1/Tears-of-Revelry Tears of Revelry]]'' are derived from lines of four songs that formed the core soundtrack of the fanfic, "Seven Devils" by Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine, "Remember the Name" by Music/FortMinor, "We Are One" by 12 Stones, and "Lexington" by Alpha Rev. |
| 254 | * ''Fanfic/ThroughTheEyesOfAnotherPony'': The subtitles of chapters all work in "chapter" (Revenge of the Chapter, Son of a Chapter, The Bride of Chapter...). |
| 255 | * ''Fanfic/TriptychContinuum'' has multiple instances: |
| 256 | ** In ''Recap/TriptychContinuumTriptych'' itself, all the chapter titles can be linked to art. |
| 257 | ** ''Recap/TriptychContinuumTheBounceTest'' has its chapters' names relate to mirrors: |
| 258 | ---> Without Mirrors\ |
| 259 | Upon Reflection\ |
| 260 | Reversed Images\ |
| 261 | True Polarization |
| 262 | ** The chapter titles in ''Recap/TriptychContinuumAMarkOfAppeal'' all reference sexuality. |
| 263 | ** ''Recap/TriptychContinuumGlimmer'' appears to have computer terminology as its title theme. |
| 264 | ** In the Continuum splinter-continuity story ''FanFic/DailyEquestriaLifeWithMonsterGirl'', each title is a one-word adjective with negative connotations ("Grotesque", "Inappropriate", "Cacaphonous", etc). |
| 265 | * In ''Fanfic/VariousVytalVentures'', chapter titles are two four-letter words, usually a short common phrase, that indicates the chapter's content, like 'Body and Soul', 'Rock and Roll', or 'Wine and Dine'. WordOfGod is that the final chapters are intended to be 'Rise and Fall' and then ‘Dusk and Dawn’, set long after the end of the RWBY main series. |
| 266 | * Every title of every story in ''Fanfic/TheVinylAndOctaviaSeries'' is "Vinyl and Octavia..." followed by a general synopsis of the plot. To a lesser extent, as there's only two chapters, the fifth story, ''Vinyl and Octavia Have Multiple Dates'', has the chapters named ''Octavia's Date with Vinyl'' and ''Vinyl's Date with Octavia'' respectively. |
| 267 | * The chapters of ''Fanfic/WeissReacts'' are often titled ''Weiss Reacts to X'', with X being the subject of the chapter. Climactic or plot-heavy arcs are titled with ''The (Event Name)'', and some fanfics are called by ''Special Chapter: (Fanfic Name)''. |
| 268 | * ''FanFic/{{Whispers}}'': Each chapter is named after a key phrase within. |
| 269 | * In ''Fanfic/WinterWar'', the chapter titles are of the format "[POV character]: [Title]", or "Ensemble: [Title]" if there are several POV characters- e.g., "Nanao: Winter", "Ensemble: "The Day Before". The few exceptions are things like "Karakura: Waiting" (actually the first ensemble chapter) and a very few chapters that list multiple narrators in the heading, like "Momo, Isane: We Have Met The Enemy". |
| 270 | * In ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/194929/a-world-reflected A World, Reflected]]'', each chapter is a short phrase separated by a comma. Examples include "A Traitor, Exiled", "A Damsel, Distressed", "A House, Divided", and "A Truth, Revealed". |
| 271 | * ''Fanfic/YoullGetNoAnswersFromTheBlueSeaStar'': The chapter titles (usually) have nothing to do with their contents. They consist of the day in November on which the chapter was written, followed by some random musing or ranting on the author's part. |
| 272 | * ''Fanfic/YuyaVision'' has each of the chapters called "Episode" (since it's based on ''Series/WandaVision'' that was inspired by sitcoms) with each title named after a line from one of the songs of ''35MM: A Musical Exhibition''. |
| 273 | * ''WebAnimation/ZanyToTheMax'': Every Kat the Cat segment is entitled "Kat the Cat: The ___," the blank being a noun that has to do with the episode. |
| 274 | * ''Fanfic/ChangingGears'': Due to the premise of the fic being Izuku getting Gearshift first, the title of every chapter has something to do with driving (Coming Out of Neutral, Carpool Lane) or racing (Zooming Past the Finish Line). |
| 275 | [[/folder]] |
| 276 | |
| 277 | [[folder:Films — Animated]] |
| 278 | * Up until ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'', all Creator/{{Disney}} and Creator/{{Pixar}}'s CGI non-"traditional" [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess princess]] movies had a title that was simply ''Adjective'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' and the cancelled ''Gigantic''. |
| 279 | * ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfFilmSeries'': Up until the [[Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfMeetThePegasus sixth film]], the English titles of the films had "adventure" or "adventures" somewhere in them. |
| 280 | ** ''[[Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfTheSuperAdventure The Super Adventure]]'' |
| 281 | ** ''[[Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfTheTigerProwess The Tiger Prowess]]'' has an alternate title, ''Desert Trek: The Adventure of the Lost Totem''. |
| 282 | ** ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfMoonCastleTheSpaceAdventure'' |
| 283 | ** ''Animation/MissionIncredibleAdventuresOnTheDragonsTrail'' |
| 284 | ** ''Animation/TheMythicalArkAdventuresInLoveAndHappiness'' |
| 285 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManSpiderVerse'' |
| 286 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' |
| 287 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' |
| 288 | ** ''Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse'' |
| 289 | [[/folder]] |
| 290 | |
| 291 | [[folder:Films — Live-Action]] |
| 292 | * ''Franchise/TheMatrix'': The sequels' subtitles all start with "Re"-- ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'', ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'' and ''Film/TheMatrixResurrections''. Each title also refers to a major change of status. |
| 293 | * ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'': |
| 294 | ** The ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries'' follow a standard naming convention, with the film's title followed by a one-word subtitle (beginning with the second movie). Each subtitle actually seems to follow from the previous one in some way: ''[[Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse Apocalypse]]'', ''[[Film/ResidentEvilExtinction Extinction]]'', ''[[Film/ResidentEvilAfterlife Afterlife]]'' and ''[[Film/ResidentEvilRetribution Retribution]]''. |
| 295 | ** Also present in the Capcom movies, ''Anime/ResidentEvilDegeneration'' and ''Anime/ResidentEvilDamnation''. |
| 296 | * The first trilogy of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' movies made for the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse have had the word "Home" in them; ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' and ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''. This extends to the fake titles Tom Holland, Jacob Batalon, and Zendaya put on Instagram shortly before ''No Way Home'''s name reveal, [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CLpwqkqFaiS "Phone Home,"]] [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CLpxI_oFrp2/ "Home-Wrecker"]] and [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CLp7M-SL6UQ/ "Home Slice,"]] as well as an entire whiteboard of fake titles surrounding the real one on [[https://twitter.com/SpiderManMovie/status/1364631273226919937 the official reveal.]] |
| 297 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'' has had each [[MythArc Skywalker Saga]] film (not counting the ''A Star Wars Story'' films, ''Film/RogueOne'' and ''Film/{{Solo}}'') on top of a title for each, also designated by Episode, with the 1977-1983 trilogy Episodes IV to VI, their prequels from 1999-2005 I to III, and their sequels from 2015 to 2019 with VII to IX. On top of this, the title of every trilogy capper starts with "R" -- Film/{{R|eturnoftheJedi}}''[[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi eturn of the Jedi]]'', Film/{{R|evengeoftheSith}}''[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith evenge of the Sith]]'' and ''Film/{{The|RiseofSkywalker}}'' [[Film/TheRiseofSkywalker R]]''[[Film/TheRiseofSkywalker ise of Skywalker]]''. |
| 298 | [[/folder]] |
| 299 | |
| 300 | [[folder:Manhwa]] |
| 301 | * ''Manhwa/UnbalanceXUnbalance'' uses the word "Touch" in place of "Chapter". |
| 302 | [[/folder]] |
| 303 | |
| 304 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 305 | * Each episode of ''Podcast/CampHereAndThere'' is titled in the format "The [X] of [Y]". Starting from episode 2, the word for [X] is whatever word was the [Y] for the previous episode. For example, episode 1 was titled "The Beginning of the End", episode 2 was "The End of the Squall", episode 3 was "The Squall of Prophecy" etc. |
| 306 | * The episode titles for the ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' ''Franchise/HarryPotter''-themed game ''Hogwarts: The New Class'' are taken from relevant quotes from the episode itself. |
| 307 | * Every episode of ''Podcast/NoSuchThingAsAFish'' is titled 'No Such Thing As X', with X being a reference to a joke or fact from that episode. |
| 308 | * Each episode of ''[[https://notifirebootyoufirst.podbean.com/ Not if I Reboot You First]]'' starts with the name of the person who suggested the topic followed by a reference to a joke or comment made in the episode. So for example, "Lindsay Plays VideoGame/{{Fortnite}} With Anime/SailorMoon" has Lindsay leading a reboot of the anime and joking about the main heroine's GamerChick characterization taken to it's logical conclusion in a modern setting. Episodes with mutliple people contributing equally will have both names in the title. |
| 309 | * Every episode of ''Podcast/SporadicPhantoms'' is titled "The [Word]", just like the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' books it's based on. |
| 310 | * Each episode of ''[[https://www.trashydivorces.com Trashy Divorces]]'' is named after a song related to the subject of the episode. For instance the episode dealing with Music/BritneySpears and Creator/DrewBarrymore is called "Smells Like Teen Spirit". |
| 311 | * All of ''Podcast/Wolf359'''s episodes are named after a single line or [[OneWordTitle word]] from that episode, relevancy be damned. This can lead to some pretty cool titles ("Am I Alone Now?", "Deep Breaths", three-parter "Pan-Pan", "[[BottleEpisode Mayday]]" and "Sécurité", "Limbo", "Memoria", and "Into the Depths"), but most of them are incredibly silly, especially in season one. This is also the case with the WhamEpisode[=s=], by the way. The weirdest titles include: "Extreme Danger Bug", "Gas Me Twice", "The Kumbaya Approach", "What's Up Doc?", "Bach To The Future", "Lame-O Superhero Origin Story", two-parter [[KnockKnockJoke "Knock Knock" and "Who's There?"]], "Don't Poke The Bear", two-parter "Desperate Times" and "Desperate Measures", "The Hiccups Method" and "Shut Up And Listen". |
| 312 | [[/folder]] |
| 313 | |
| 314 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 315 | * ''Radio/AdventuresInOdyssey'' has used a few. The 1993 season used verses from the Lord's Prayer as titles for individual episodes: "Our Father","Hallowed Be Thy Name", "Thy Kingdom Come","Thy Will Be Done", "Our Daily Bread", "Forgive Us as We Forgive", "Into Temptation", "Deliver Us from Evil", "For Thine Is the Kingdom", "The Power", "And the Glory", "Forever...Amen". These episodes were later released in a compilation titled "On Earth as it is in Heaven." |
| 316 | ** During Bernard and Eugene's Road Trip arc, the episode had titles based on numerical succession: "First Hand Experience", "Second Thoughts", "Third Degree", "It Happened in Four Corners" and "The Fifth House on the Left." |
| 317 | * ''Radio/BleakExpectations'': the first season titles described the continual ruination of Pip's life with "A <stage of life> <adverb> <verb>" (starting with "A Childhood Cruelly Kippered"); later seasons continued the theme with "A <adjective> Life <adverb> <verb>" (starting with "A Lovely Life Cruelly Re-Kippered"). |
| 318 | * BBC radio comedy ''Radio/TheBurkissWay'', being originally conceived with the conceit of being the radio version of correspondence course "The Burkiss Way to Dynamic Living", used the form "Lesson X: ______ The Burkiss Way": "Lesson 1: Peel Bananas The Burkiss Way", "Lesson 4: Solve Murders The Burkiss Way", "Lesson 12: Make Short Comedy Programmes The Burkiss Way", etc. As the show drifted away from the original format to a more surreal form, they began playing with the format: "Lesson 19: Replace The Burkiss Way", "Lesson 21: Get Cut Off The Bur-", "Lesson 23: Son Of The Burkiss Way", etc. This was lampshaded with "Lesson 28: Ignore These Programme Titles The Burkiss Way". The penultimate episode of series 4 is called "Lesson 33: The Last Burkiss Way"; the actual final episode is then called "Lesson 34: The Next To Last Burkiss Way". There are two Lesson 39s, both called "Repeat Yourself The Burkiss Way"; the second starts the same as the first, before stopping with an apology for putting the wrong tape on. Lesson 45 is usually referred to as "Write Extremely Long Titles The Burkiss Way"; The full title as given in the Radio Times is "Lesson 45: Write Extremely Long Titles With Lots And Lots Of Words In, Like This, So That The Radio Times Will Have To Allot More Space Than The Measly Half A Centimetre Of Billing Space We Usually Get And At Least It'll Look A Bit More Prominent On The Page, Although Still Nowhere Near The 50 Column Inches They Give To [[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978 The Hitch-hiker's Guide To The Galaxy]] The Burkiss Way". |
| 319 | * Every episode of ''Radio/CabinPressure'' is titled after a town or city which is involved in the storyline. Usually because it's where the episode is at least partly set, but sometimes it's just where they're ''trying'' to go, and in "Kuala Lumpar" it's the hypothetical destination of the flight in a roleplay scenario. Also crosses over with AlphabeticalThemeNaming as each episode begins with a consecutive letter of the alphabet, from "Abu Dhabi" to "Zurich". |
| 320 | * ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'' |
| 321 | ** The BBC Audio Books dramas starring Creator/TomBaker and written by Paul Magrs are split into the {{Arc}}s ''Hornets' Nest'', ''Demon Quest'' and ''Serpent Crest''. |
| 322 | ** The ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' arc ''The New Adventures of Literature/BerniceSummerfield Volume 2: The Triumph of Sutekh'' comprises four stories with the title "The <item> of <Egyptian god>" (''The Pyramid of Sutekh'', ''The Vaults of Osiris'', ''The Eye of Horus'', and ''The Tears of Isis''). |
| 323 | * As in the TV show that succeeded it, the ''Dragnet'' radio show episodes were all of the format "The Big ____" |
| 324 | * ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978'' in its entirety was split up into phases (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quandary, Quintessential and Hexagonal) and each phase was split into six "fits" (reference to Lewis Carroll). |
| 325 | * All episodes of ''Radio/JeremyHardySpeaksToTheNation'' have titles starting "How to...", describing the topic from which Jeremy will be digressing this week. The shortest is "How to Die", the longest is "How to be Better Theologically, Socially, Nationally and in Terms of One's Own Personal Development, Responsibility and Interaction with the Fellow Humans with Whom We Share this Fragile Planet, and Ting" (usually referred to as "How to be Better"). |
| 326 | * The first season of ''Radio/RevoltingPeople'' had the episode titles "[[AStormIsComing Storm Clouds]]"; "More Storm Clouds"; "Even More Storm Clouds"; "Tons of Storm Clouds"; "A Helluva Lot of Storm Clouds"; and "An Incredible Amount of Storm Clouds". Season 2 had "Trying Times"; "Even More Trying Times"; "Some More Trying Times"; "And Yet Even More Trying Times"; "A Bunch More Trying Times"; and "Still in Trying Times". They dropped the idea in seasons 3 and 4. |
| 327 | * ''Radio/{{Undone}}'' had single word titles beginning "Un": series 1's were "Unalike", "Untoward", "Ungainly", "Underground", "United" and "Unending". |
| 328 | * ''Radio/YoursTrulyJohnnyDollar'': The program's subtitle is 'Murder Matters'; several episodes are formatted as 'The + [murder subject] + Matter'. For instance, "The Thelma Ibsen Matter", "The Rasmussen Matter", "The Templeton Matter", "The Clever Chemist Matter", "The Killer's List Matter", "The Midnight Sun Matter", and "The No Matter Matter". |
| 329 | [[/folder]] |
| 330 | |
| 331 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 332 | * Many genre supplements for the original ''TabletopGame/BigEyesSmallMouth'' RPG used the "(adjective) (noun), (adjective) (noun)": |
| 333 | ** ''Big Robots, Cool Starships'' (mecha and science fiction) |
| 334 | ** ''Cold Hands, Dark Hearts'' (gothic and horror) |
| 335 | ** ''Big Ears, Small Mouse'' (talking animal cartoons) |
| 336 | ** ''Hot Rods & Gun Bunnies'' (modern action; bends the convention a bit). |
| 337 | * The code names of ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' expansions always have some kind of theme to them, ranging from Mexican words to food; examples have included "Rock/Paper/Scissors" (for ''Shards of Alara''/''Conflux''/''Alara Reborn'') and "Live/Long/Prosper" (for ''Zendikar''/''Worldwake''/''Rise of the Eldrazi''). |
| 338 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 3rd Edition "environment" books were all titled with a two syllable compound word describing an effect of that environment: ''Frostburn'' (arctic), ''Sandstorm'' (desert) and ''Stormwrack'' (ocean). |
| 339 | [[/folder]] |
| 340 | |
| 341 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 342 | * ''Theatre/AngelsInAmerica'' is a total of eight acts long, and each act has a name. Some of them are more... ''interesting'' than others. |
| 343 | ** ''Millennium Approaches'' Act Three: "Not-Yet-Conscious, Forward Dawning" |
| 344 | ** ''Perestroika'' Act Three: "Borborygmi (The Squirming Facts Exceed the Squamous Mind)" |
| 345 | ** And then there's ''Perestroika'' Act One: "[[ItMakesSenseInContext Spooj]]" |
| 346 | * Each scene in the musical ''Music in the Air'' is titled after a form of classical music. The first scene, which shows the evolution of a songbird's twittering into a melody later to be known as "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star," is fittingly labeled 'LeitMotif'. |
| 347 | [[/folder]] |
| 348 | |
| 349 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 350 | * ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': Each case will usually have the word "Turnabout" (or in Japanese, "Gyakuten") somewhere in its title, albeit there are a few exceptions: |
| 351 | ** The [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney first game's]] fifth case breaks the rule in the English version, being named ''Rise from the Ashes''. In Japanese, however, it still follows the pattern, as it's called ''Yomigaeru Gyakuten'', meaning ''Turnabout Rebirth''. |
| 352 | ** {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney'': the first trial chapter is named ''English Turnabout'', but none of the game's other trial chapters have "Turnabout" in the title. |
| 353 | ** ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'': The first game instead names all of its cases as "The Adventure of [rest of the title]". The second game then subverts that, with the first case being named ''The Adventure of the Blossoming Attorney'', but all subsequent cases lacking the word "Adventure" in them. They still all follow a "The X of Y" structure... except for the penultimate case, which is named ''Twisted Karma and His Last Bow''. |
| 354 | [[/folder]] |
| 355 | |
| 356 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 357 | * ''WebAnimation/AnimatorVsAnimation'': All of the standalone adventures all follow this type of formula with each video being titled Animation vs. [Noun]. The "noun" is typically replaced with the title of a video game, but other videos can be something else such as ''Animation vs. Trash'', ''Animation vs. [=YouTube=]'', ''Animation vs. Math'', etc. |
| 358 | * WebAnimation/AwesomeSeries has all the titles named after the work being parodied, but with one word replaced with "Awesome". |
| 359 | ** Or mashed into the title when it's only one word, such as VideoGame/{{Tetr|is}}Awesome and [[Film/{{Cloverfield}} Awesomefield]]. |
| 360 | * ''WebAnimation/BonusStage'' defines its seasons through the use of this. |
| 361 | ** The first season's titles are all one word, with one exception, "The NYE". |
| 362 | ** Season 2's titles have "2" in them, except for the first episode, "Return". In addition, the titles of the second through fifth episodes of this season are the names of the first four episodes of the series, with "2" added. |
| 363 | ** Season 3's titles start with "Virtual". |
| 364 | ** Season 4 has rather contrived titles with "Curs" in them. |
| 365 | ** Season 5's episodes have "Fi" as the first two letters. |
| 366 | ** Season 6's titles are riffs on episode titles of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. |
| 367 | ** Season 7's titles are more general puns. |
| 368 | * ''WebAnimation/ClubPenguinShutdown'': Aside from the first one ("[[QuestioningTitle What's Left of Club Penguin?]]"), every regular episode of the series has a title that consists of "The" followed by a single word ("The Gang", "The Fall", "The Reunion", etc.). |
| 369 | * WebAnimation/EverythingIsBroken: The series used to have its episode titles begin with "HTF +", with whatever work the crossover was with coming after the plus. |
| 370 | * Filmcow’s series “Ghost House” gives it’s episodes subtitles from various movies. |
| 371 | * ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': Each of the TV season's full-length episodes under which the segments are grouped into has its number in its title. The first episode is named "'''One''' Foot in the Grave", the second "Lesser of '''Two''' Evils", and so on. |
| 372 | * English episode titles in ''[[WebAnimation/{{hololive}} HOLOSTARS - Stars*collection!]]'' follow a specific pattern for every 10 episodes, replacing each last word with synonymous words related to starters: "...for Dummies", "...for Rookies", "...for Novices", "...for Beginners", "...for Freshmen", and "...for Newbies". |
| 373 | * ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' has a variant seen in its second story arc, ''[[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheRecollection The Recollection Trilogy]]'': Each of the story arc's three seasons (''Reconstruction'', ''Recreation'', and ''Revelation'') and two miniseries ("Recovery One" and "Relocated") start with the "Re-" prefix. |
| 374 | [[/folder]] |
| 375 | |
| 376 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 377 | * The title of each chapter of ''Webcomic/SeventySeas'' is a complete sentence that obliquely refers to that chapter's main conflict. |
| 378 | * ''Webcomic/AllenTheAlien'' has chapters which are allusions to lyrics in songs. |
| 379 | * ''Webcomic/BecauseImDepressed'', like ''Three Panel Soul'', has its strips' titles in the format "On [subject]". The few exceptions to this are guest strips. |
| 380 | * ''Webcomic/BinaryStars'': Each episode is named after various astronomical concepts. |
| 381 | * ''Webcomic/TheDailyDerp'': Early strips almost always had the title "The Daily Derp", with some letters replaced randomly, forming a WordPureeTitle. Currently, most strip titles are a play on the phrase, or at least include the words "daily" or "derp" somewhere. |
| 382 | * ''Webcomic/DICETheCubeThatChangesEverything'': All chapters have "Stage" in the numbering. |
| 383 | * ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'' titles originally started out as a reasonable description of the events in the story. However, they have since evolved into an alternative to AltText, usually with bizarre capitalisation rules and sometimes with nothing to do with the story. For example, one comic (which was about "WHAT YOUNG T-REX THINKS ADULT LIFE WILL BE LIKE" and "WHAT TEEN T-REX THINKS ADULT LIFE WILL BE LIKE") was "[[http://qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1157 when i was a kid i solemnly vowed that, when i was an adult, i would make a batch of chocolate chip cookies and eat all the dough, because my mom wouldn't let me eat raw cookie dough. it is a vow i have yet to satisfy and which haunts me still]]" and another (in which T-Rex tells the other dinosaurs about a man who was freestyle rapping outside his window the night before) is [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=001143 "last night i was at a friend's house and mimed a helicopter, which caused me to break a glass and spill beer everywhere. i was like, man, why did have to mime a helicopter? i felt terrible and it wasn't even a very good helicopter impression."]] The titles are only visible from the [[http://www.qwantz.com/archive.php archives]] and RSS feed anyway, making them little more than a 4th punchline to the comic (after the alt tag and email comment {{Easter Egg}}s). |
| 384 | * ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' doesn't normally do this, but the first [[WhamEpisode Sister arc]] was broken into 8 parts, coming together to tell the story of a board game - "Open the Box", "Read the Rules", "Set up the Pieces", "Play the Game", "Knock the Board Over", "Scattered Pieces", "Fist Fight", "Clean Up". |
| 385 | * Each chapter of ''Webcomic/{{Heartcore}}'' is named after a song from video games the author played. They are, in order: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjS5c3TRfco "Sinful Rose,"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsV9ItRSb-4 Cashmere "Cannonball,"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXhoD9MUDts "Wounded Warsong,"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7646BB9B1A "Nostalgia in Solitude,"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0JvineSb9c "Alien Power,"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlM2J6x0nrQ "Neocity,"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPb8ZTfQb14 "Dangerous Zone,"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4vQnuAz-rc "Outride a Crisis,"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZMWszd5SRk "Force Your Way."]] |
| 386 | * The chapters in ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz'' are called "tracks", and each track is named after an electronica song. Flashbacks in between tracks are called "sound-bites". |
| 387 | * The name of each page of ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' is a quote from the page. |
| 388 | ** And the chapter titles are all metaphors from computing or gaming. |
| 389 | * Though [[http://mountaincomics.com/ Mountain Time]] titles are usually random inanities or pure gibberish, they sometimes form lists of arbitrary things, such as South American capital cities or actors from the movie ''Cocktail''. Other times, they follow the convention "Mountain Time ___", where the ___ is the episode number. |
| 390 | ** There is also a string of non-contiguous comics whose titles all include the word "amoeba" (e.g., [[http://mountaincomics.com/2013/01/24/mountain-time-426/ "Then I Saw Her Face / Now I'm an Amoeba]]), all of which focus on a particular character (who is not an amoeba). |
| 391 | * [[https://www.homestuck.com/map/problem-sleuth Chapters]] and [[https://www.homestuck.com/map/story acts]] in ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' are titled after a random phrase from within, such as "Persecuted by Uncrupulous Whores" or "The Note Desolation Plays", with the exception of the fourth act of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', "Flight of the Paradox Clones". |
| 392 | * Every chapter of ''Webcomic/NextSoundOfTheFuture'' is named after a Music/{{Vocaloid}} song, fitting for a Vocaloid inspired [[FanWebcomics fancomic]]. |
| 393 | * Each page of ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'' is named with a relevant catch-phrase or pop-culture reference, or (more frequently) pun based on such. One word of every title is written in all-caps to make them [[MundaneMadeAwesome more dramatic]]. For example: [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/justinpie/wonderella/series.php?view=archive&chapter=14478 "SIN Derella,"]] [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/justinpie/wonderella/series.php?view=archive&chapter=25918 "A Christmas PERIL,"]] and [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/justinpie/wonderella/series.php?view=archive&chapter=24892 "MELANIN COLLEAGUE and the Infinite Sadness."]] |
| 394 | * ''Webcomic/Persona3FTW'' has this for most of its comic titles, except for ''[=Persona 3 FeMC=]'' which has clearer titles. |
| 395 | * ''Webcomic/Persona4TW'' compromises between its two predecessors, with clear titles on social links and punny titles on everything else. |
| 396 | * The ''Prime Directive'' storyline of ''Adventures In Aaron's Room'' is the only one to stick with single-word titles. |
| 397 | * Averted with Scott Kurtz's ''Webcomic/{{PVP}}''. When the first collected edition came out he titled it ''PVP at Large'', a reference to the first ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' book. Kurtz's publisher suggested he continue copying the Garfield titles with subsequent volumes, but Kurtz decided against it because he didn't want to eventually title a book "''PVP Kicks Odie Off a Table'' or something." |
| 398 | * ''Webcomic/{{Reliquary}}'' started out titling chapters with phrases involving "life," up to Chapter Four: End of Life. Chapter Five is "Angel of Death," indicating a new theme. |
| 399 | * ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'' has chapters named "Level N" ([[MonsterAdventurers of course]]). |
| 400 | * The titles of ''Webcomic/ScrambledEggs'' comics are written in the first panels as, "Scrambled Eggs in X", even though [[IAmNotShazam the series' title doesn't refer to any character or team in the comic]]. |
| 401 | * ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain:'' |
| 402 | ** Starting with Chapter 3, all the chapter titles are water-themed, in keeping with Undine's MakingASplash powers and ascension to protagonist. Chapter three is [[http://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-3-page-04 "Sinking,"]] five is [[http://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-5-page-1 "Drifting,"]] six is [[http://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-6-page-03 "Refraction"]] (of light, by water). |
| 403 | ** Chapter 10 breaks the pattern with a heart themed title, "Diastole," after the part of the process of a heartbeat when the heart expands. The cover page also displays ''only'' Heartful Punch, with Undine nowhere to be seen. |
| 404 | * In ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'', the chapter titles are references to classic children's literature, as is the main title. |
| 405 | * The chapters of ''Webcomic/SoulSymphony'' are called Movements (First Movement, Second Movement, etc.) based on the separation of a piece of classical music into movements. |
| 406 | * Each ''Webcomic/ThreePanelSoul'' strip is named "On ________", with the ________ usually referring to the strip's subject. For example: [[http://threepanelsoul.com/2008/11/26/on-surnames/ On Surnames]]. |
| 407 | * Nearly every strip title in ''Webcomic/ThinkingTooMuchToThinkPositively'' is a pun related to the strip's content. For example, [[https://comicsbyxan.com/comic/a-scholar-and-a-gentile-xan/ "A Scholar and a Gentile Xan"]] is about Xan being supportive of her partner's decision to convert to Judaism. |
| 408 | * In ''Triquetra Cats'' each Chapter refers to a Period. |
| 409 | * Almost all ''Webcomic/{{Wondermark}}'' strips are titled "In Which [insert description of plot here]". |
| 410 | [[/folder]] |
| 411 | |
| 412 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 413 | * For the first four years of the [[https://www.youtube.com/ApprenticeEh ApprenticeEh]] vlog, they used movie, TV, and book titles but replaced all or part of a word with "vlog". This ended at the start of 2015 when they changed up their whole vlog format. |
| 414 | %%* BMW. Their [=YouTube=] channel. [[https://www.youtube.com/c/BMW/videos?view=0&sort=da&flow=grid Most of their videos. Just like this.]] |
| 415 | * ''WebVideo/{{Brat}}'': While ''Chicken Girls'' had a few episodes in Season 1 that are named after the days of the week, each episode in Season 3 is named after a musical (e.g. "Mamma Mia", "Little Shop of Horrors", "Wicked" and "Bye Bye Birdie"). |
| 416 | * WebVideo/CallMeKevin labels his videos as '[Name of Videogame] but' and then adds how he fails or messes up, usually by picking 'I pick every bad option'. |
| 417 | * WebVideo/CatMuto's ''Persona 3'' Let's Play videos all had [[GratuitousLatin Latin titles]] that began with ''Memento''. |
| 418 | * [[Creator/PhilthonJones Caught Chatting]] follows the pattern of Series/TwoAndAHalfMen, naming each episode after a quote from it. |
| 419 | * ''WebVideo/ComediansInCarsGettingCoffee'' titles each episode after a word or phrase from that episode's conversation. |
| 420 | * In hybrid webcomic/browser game ''Webcomic/DemonThesis'', you control four college students who are unexpected gifted with ElementalPowers among other magic abilities and thrust into fighting all sorts of creatures, up to and including {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. Each major arc is labelled after part of the school or college experience, so we have arcs labelled as Intramurals, Field Trip, Midterms, Spring Break, etc. |
| 421 | * ''Roleplay/FireEmblemOnForums'': |
| 422 | ** ''[[Roleplay/FireEmblemOnForumsWonderfulBlessing Wonderful Blessing]]'': All of the chapter titles are ''anime'' references, specifically to works in the ''isekai'' genre. |
| 423 | ** ''[[Roleplay/FireEmblemOnForumsChainsOfHorai Chains of Horai]]'': All of the chapter titles refer to the focal character (for instance, ''Yusuke Yamada Seeks His Freedom'' focuses on Yusuke, the Cursed Cat). |
| 424 | ** ''[[Roleplay/FireEmblemOnForumsDemonSoulSaga Demon Soul Saga]]'': All of the chapter titles refer to the focal character obliquely through puns on their name (for instance, ''Bright Moonfall'' refers to [[spoiler: Saya, whose last name can be read as "fallen moon"]].) |
| 425 | * The Website/GameFAQs Contests had divisions named after cardinal directions, plain numbers, or in the case of two game contests, acknowledging the period covered either through the years or the generations ([[MediaNotes/The8BitEraOfConsoleVideoGames 8]], [[MediaNotes/The16bitEraOfConsoleVideoGames 16]], [[MediaNotes/TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 3264]], and [[MediaNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 128]]). Although most memorably it named divisions with a term related to the top seed's origin - e.g. ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': Hyrule, Triforce; ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'': Zebes, Spazer, Varia; ''VideoGame/MetalGear'': Gear, Snake, Patriot; ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': Chaos, Blast; ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Midgar, Jenova, Limit. |
| 426 | * Some FAQ/walkthrough writers on Website/GameFAQs do this. For instance, Split Infinity, a major ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' FAQ writer, uses names of characters for version "numbers." |
| 427 | * Almost every episode title for ''WebVideo/TheGreatNerfWar'' rhymes. |
| 428 | * Most of the video titles for the ''WebVideo/{{Highcraft}}'' challenge videos are {{pun}}s based on the name of the mod or map and "high". |
| 429 | * In TabletopGame/NewVindicators, every chapter in the main narrative is named after a song. In the European game, this isn't the case, although the first major arc has chapters named after chess terms, relating to MeaningfulName. |
| 430 | * The title of every episode of ''WebVideo/TheTimeGuys'' is based on a saying with the word "time" in it. |
| 431 | * ''WebVideo/ThePlatoonOfPowerSquadron'' calls each episode a hypothesis. |
| 432 | * ''Podcast/{{Psycomedia}}'' uses this for the Frankenpodcasts, which are named after the [[Film/{{Frankenstein 1931}} Universal film series.]] |
| 433 | * For its first season, ''Series/{{Noob}}'' named its episodes "level [number]". |
| 434 | * Every chapter of Elizabeth Sandifer's ''Series/DoctorWho'' analysis blog ''[[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/author/phil/tardis-eruditorum/ TARDIS Eruditorum]]'' that covers a televised ''Doctor Who'' story is a relevant quote from a different Doctor. Interspersed between these are other posts with the categories "Pop Between Realities, Home In Time For Tea" (influences on the series from beyond the Whoniverse); "Expecting Someone Else" (contemporary ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'' works featuring the Doctor); "Time Can Be Rewritten" (later Expanded Universe works featuring this Doctor); and "Outside the Government" (Expanded Universe works that don't feature the Doctor, or televised things that aren't exactly part of the series - interestingly, Sandifer considers ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' to fall into this category, rather than "Pop Between Realities"). During the hiatus, when books and audios become the main storyline, they stop being "Expecting Someone Else", and get a new convention where they're titled by a relevant quote from the series by someone other than the Doctor. |
| 435 | * Every episode of [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]] and WebVideo/JesseCox's ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'' playthrough was named "Jesse is bad at [thing]" (except the [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness second]], which was called "Jesse is "turable" at mental arithmetic"). Also, the second and third seasons were named [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next World Generation]] and [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Place Mine]]. |
| 436 | * ''WebVideo/VGMyths'': QuestioningTitle: "Can You [Challenge]?" |
| 437 | * In WebVideo/TheWithVoicesProject, all the [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSRV2j8i5ybbLiM4ZmFbtEvmJWHeZ7ifj Ib With Voices episodes]] are named for the colors of the walls of the rooms Ib is exploring at that time. |
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