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6->''"Kenneth Branagh's Mary Shelley's Bram Stoker's Wes Craven's Tim Burton's The Beast of Yucca Flats. A Francis Ford Coppola film."''
7-->-- '''Tom Servo''', ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''
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9Many {{film}}s, works of {{literature}} and other works are referred to not just by title but by author/ director/ etc., e.g. "Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''." There are several permutations:
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11* ''Original Author's X'' -- Putting the author of the original work before the title of the adaptation in order to differentiate it from other adaptations and add a stamp of authenticity. If the writer is still alive then this is intended to suggest the author did more than just sign the rights away and be done with it; if not, it's intended to suggest the creators are trying to be true to (their understanding of) the original work (especially if it's out-of-copyright -- ''anyone'' can make a Dracula film).
12* ''Celebrity Sponsor's X'' -- Attaching the name of a popular (living or dead) author or celebrity onto a game into which he probably had little input, in order to improve the branding and attract passing trade. This is similar to the George Foreman Grill, in that nobody is under the illusion that John Madden sat down and coded [[VideoGame/MaddenNFL an entire video game]] in his spare time – although he did have more influence than most of these cases.
13** Then there's the ''double'' sponsor version: ''The (Sponsor #1) (event or game) sponsored by (Sponsor #2)'' or ''(Sponsor #1) Presents (Sponsor #2) (event)''. One (real) example of a golf game: "The Coca-Cola Invitational, sponsored by Safeway."
14* ''Executive's X'' -- Putting the name of a producer or other executive with big-name power on the posters for much the same reason as above, but this is worse because these people are usually directors or writers themselves. There's an implicit suggestion that the named person had something to do with it creatively when he most likely just gave it some money (or, at most, came up with a plot outline and a few characters). Sometimes rendered as ''Creator/StevenSpielberg Presents: WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''. [[DirectorDisplacement Many people still labour under the impression that Tim Burton directed]] [[invoked]] ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (it was really Henry Selick; Tim Burton came up with the original story but didn't write the screenplay).
15* ''New Interpreter's X'' -- A variation used to show that this adaptation is a bold new vision distinct from the original author's version. A relatively honest variation, in that the name at the front of the title actually does belong to the person who created the work.
16* ''Actual Creator's X'' -- where the creator actually ''did'' create the work, no qualifiers needed.
17* ''Company's X'' -- A variation with the company instead of a single person. Often this is done for trademark reasons, especially when the simple name X can't be reliably trademarked, or to emphasize the company for association.
18* ''Star's or Host's X'' -- Another variation on #5 with the star or host instead of the creator. Occasionally used on Australian and British game shows.
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20Not to be confused with AuthorCatchphrase or SignatureStyle. Compare SelfTitledAlbum. See also AdvertisingByAssociation, where a previous work from the creator(s) is namedropped in a similar manner, and BilledAboveTheTitle. For when the creator is frequently mentioned, though not necessarily in the title, see CopiouslyCreditedCreator.
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22!!'''TV Tropes' Examples:'''
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27* ''Creator/HansChristianAndersen's WesternAnimation/{{Thumbelina|1994}}''
28* ''Literature/PeterBenchleysCreature'' was originally titled ''White Shark'' but was eventually renamed to fit the TV movie adaptation.
29* ''Creator/EmilyBronte's Literature/WutheringHeights''
30* ''Creator/AgathaChristie's Series/{{Poirot}}''
31* ''Anime/AgathaChristiesGreatDetectivesPoirotAndMarple'', a series who adapts a few stories of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.
32* This is how Creator/CirqueDuSoleil's JukeboxMusical variants are titled, owing to the fact that they are direct collaborations with, respectively, [[Music/TheBeatles Apple Corps Ltd]] and the estate of Music/MichaelJackson. The shows are able to use the original recordings of the artists in question rather than covers, and titling them in this way also marks them as officially sanctioned productions, as numerous non-sanctioned tribute shows/acts to these performers exist.
33** ''Theatre/TheBeatlesLOVE''
34** ''Theatre/MichaelJacksonTheIMMORTALWorldTour''
35** ''Theatre/MichaelJacksonONE''
36* ''Paula Danziger's Literature/AmberBrown'' for the titles authored by Bruce Coville and Elizabeth Levy after Danziger DiedDuringProduction.
37* ''Creator/DickClark's Series/NewYearsRockinEve''. Going by Website/TheOtherWiki, Dick's name was first attached in the wake of his stroke when he could no longer host it himself. (If it did show up before that, it would have been ''Actual Creator's X'' and ''Host's X''.)
38* TheMockbuster version of ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' was credited in some places as ''Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Literature/SherlockHolmes''. This is a particularly bare-faced example.
39* ''Creator/HarlanEllison's Dream Corridor'', a comic book series adapting Ellison's works, and Ellison's cleverly titled film criticism column, "Harlan Ellison's Watching."
40* Creator/FedericoFellini's ''Satyricon'', an adaptation of Roman novel ''Literature/TheSatyricon'', was actually titled ''Film/FelliniSatyricon'' because there was a completely different adaptation of ''The Satyricon'', titled ''Satyricon'', which was also released [[DuelingMovies that same year]] (1969).
41* "Creator/IanFleming's Film/JamesBond 007 in..." Not part of the title itself, but often included in the title sequence, possibly because the ''Franchise/JamesBond'' franchise is a bit unusual in its lack of an arching franchise-title.
42** Early installments had the order reversed, i.e., "James Bond 007 in Ian Fleming's...." The changeover happened with ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', which was by Fleming's request an InNameOnly adaptation, although some of the previous movies were significantly different from Ian Fleming's books, as they kept only the title of the book and the name of some characters.
43** ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang'' also has Ian Fleming's name above the title in the opening credits.
44** The Bond films' production company, Creator/EonProductions, also does this to honor its late founder Creator/AlbertRBroccoli, [[http://www.007museum.com/skyfall_credit.pdf leading to]]
45---> "'''Albert R. Broccoli's Eon Productions Ltd.''' Presents '''Creator/DanielCraig''' as '''Ian Fleming's James Bond 007''' in '''''{{Film/Skyfall}}'''''" (''Film/{{Spectre}}'' and ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' followed suit)
46* ''[[Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe Goethe's]] Theatre/{{Faust}}''
47* The 80s cartoons based on Creator/JimHenson's television series, ''[[WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies]]'', ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMuppetMonsters Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters]]'', and ''[[Series/FraggleRock Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock]]''.
48** ''Jim Henson's Doozers'', the 2010s cartoon.
49** ''[[Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse Bear in the Big Blue House]]'''s two music albums were "Songs from Jim Henson's ''Bear in the Big Blue House''" and "More Songs from Jim Henson's ''Bear in the Big Blue House''."
50** ''Jim Henson's Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance'', a 2019 prequel to [[Film/TheDarkCrystal the 1982 film.]]
51* ''[[Series/{{Dune}} Frank Herbert's Dune]]'' and its sequel ''[[Series/ChildrenOfDune Frank Herbert's Children of Dune]]''.
52* Creator/{{Homer}}'s ''Literature/TheIliad'' and ''Literature/TheOdyssey''
53* Creator/StephenKing, despite being an archetypal example of BilledAboveTheTitle for his own novels, isn't a prominent example of this trope. Certainly, he has had several adaptations of his novels preceded by his name, but usually not the really famous ones. The interesting case here is that he actually sued to have his name taken off the movie version of ''The Lawnmower Man''. He also remade ''The Shining'', because he hated the Creator/StanleyKubrick version (to the point where he was legally forced to stop talking about it) and called the TV mini-series ''Stephen King's The Shining''.
54** The mini-series of ''Literature/{{IT}}'' also does this, most likely because the title is so generic.
55* ''Rudyard Kipling's Film/JungleBook'' (1942) and ''Rudyard Kipling's Film/{{The Jungle Book|1994}}'' (1994), both rather loose live-action adaptations of ''Literature/TheJungleBook''.
56* The opening credits of [[Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1989 the 1989 non-musical ''Phantom of the Opera'' film]] present the film as ''Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera'' after the guy who wrote [[Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera the original novel]].
57* "Creator/HPLovecraft's Dreams in the Witch-House", an episode of the TV Show ''Series/MastersOfHorror''.
58* ''Creator/RobertLudlum's The [[Literature/TheBourneSeries Bourne]] Conspiracy'' by Eric Lustbader
59* ''Isaac Newton's Gravity''. Something tells me Sir Isaac Newton had nothing to do with the creation of the game.
60* ''Music/PinkFloyd – Music/TheWall'', the film showcasing music from the album of the same name.
61* ''VideoGame/ParanoiaScape'' is occasionally released as ''Screaming Mad George's [=ParanoiaScape=]''.
62* Creator/{{Plato}}'s ''Literature/TheRepublic''
63** This one is generally because most people hearing just the title are going to be scratching their heads thinking "that ''seems'' familiar, but I can't quite place what it's about.... oh, ''Plato's'' Republic, yes, of course" (especially true since no one's '''read''' it, but everyone's '''heard of''' it).
64* Creator/RobertRodriguez's film version of ''Film/SinCity'' is credited as ''Frank Miller's Sin City''; Rodriguez's intention was to acknowledge Miller as the primary creative force behind the film. As he originally said to Miller in his first pitch: "I don't want to make Robert Rodriguez's ''Sin City''. I want to make Frank Miller's ''Sin City''."
65** He went so far as to quit the Directors' Guild of America when they wouldn't agree to let them share director credit. [[NiceGuy Awww.]]
66* The {{Animated Adaptation}}s of ''Literature/WyrdSisters'' and ''Literature/SoulMusic'' opened with a logo saying ''Creator/TerryPratchett's Literature/{{Discworld}}''. The recent Creator/SkyOne [[TheFilmOfTheBook Films of the Books]] are called ''Terry Pratchett's Literature/{{Hogfather}}'', ''Terry Pratchett's Literature/TheColourOfMagic'' and ''Terry Pratchett's Literature/GoingPostal''. (As [[AmbiguousSyntax humourously ambiguous]] as that last one may be, it's not a patch on the possibility that they might one day make a big-budget adaptation called ''Terry Pratchett's Literature/MakingMoney''...)
67* Creator/MarioPuzo's ''Film/TheGodfather'' -- done at the insistence of Creator/FrancisFordCoppola, who felt Puzo deserved most of the credit. Since that movie got his career started, Coppola has gone on to do the same for most of his directorial endeavors that were adapted from a novel.
68* ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'', among many others
69* ''Film/MaryShelleysFrankenstein'' (like ''Bram Stoker's Dracula'', partially to distinguish from the Universal's ''Frankenstein'')
70* ''Lemony Snicket's Film/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', perhaps given that title to emphasize the LemonyNarrator.
71* ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' (though this was also to distinguish it from [[Franchise/UniversalHorror Universal's]] ''Dracula'')
72** ''Bram Stoker's Dracula's Guest''
73** ''Bram Stoker's Burial of the Rats''
74** ''Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy'', based off of ''Literature/TheJewelOfSevenStars''.
75** ''Bram Stoker's Shadowbuilder''
76** ''Bram Stoker's Way of the Vampire''
77* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings]]'', Ralph Bakshi's AnimatedAdaptation.
78* ''Creator/HGWells's The Invisible Man'', a 1950s TV series about an invisible man (who wasn't the one from Wells's [[Literature/TheInvisibleMan novel]], nor did the series bear any other similarities).
79* TabletopGames like ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' tend to use it InUniverse for various VancianMagic spells: [[CombatTentacles Evard's Black Tentacles]], Bigby's Grasping Hand, [[AntiMagic Mordenkainen's Disjunction]]...)
80** ''Webcomic/{{Gaia}}'' also uses it with spells such as Vaal's Manifold Dispersion, Llyra's Wave Warp, and [[spoiler: Lilith's Black Marble]].
81* An updated staging called ''[[Music/GeorgeGershwin The Gershwins']] Theatre/PorgyAndBess'' drew criticism from some people who pointed out (correctly) that [=DuBose=] Heyward wrote at least as much of the book and lyrics as Ira Gershwin did.
82* The special ''WesternAnimation/ArthursPerfectChristmas'' is titled as ''Marc Brown's Arthur's Perfect Christmas'' in the title display seen towards the beginning of it.
83* ''WesternAnimation/BebesKids'', based on a stand-up act by comedian Robin Harris, was released on home media as ''Robin Harris' Bebe's Kids''.
84* ''Creator/GeneRoddenberry's Series/{{Andromeda}}'', an adaptation of a pilot written in the 1970s. His widow, Majel Barrett, produced, credited as Majel Roddenberry. Likewise with ''Series/EarthFinalConflict''.
85* ''Literature/LittleBear'' was often listed as ''Maurice Sendak's Little Bear'' in reference to the animated television series, but this is an oddball case. Creator/MauriceSendak only ''illustrated'' the original ''Little Bear'' books, which were written by Else Holmelund Minarik. This even resulted in RecursiveAdaptation titles that were illustrated by someone other than Sendak still carrying a ''Maurice Sendak's Little Bear'' logo. It's not entirely surprising though given that the ''Little Bear'' name has avoided the JustForFun/OneMarioLimit, with several other picture book and picture book series out there with a character called "Little Bear."
86* Since the death of Anna Dewdney, author and illustrator of the ''Literature/LlamaLlama'' books, who was also quite involved in the creation of the AnimatedAdaptation of the series, the series has started being referred to promotionally as ''Anna Dewdney's Llama Llama''. Also, some of the new books released afterwards state on the cover that they are "An Anna Dewdney Book."
87* ''Series/SirArthurConanDoylesTheLostWorld''
88* The full title of ''King Kong 360'' at Universal Studios Hollywood's ''Ride/StudioTour'' is ''King Kong 360 3-D Created by Peter Jackson''.
89* Creator/IsaacAsimov: ''TabletopGame/IsaacAsimovsRobots'': The title reminds potential customers that Creator/IsaacAsimov is the original creator behind this game, despite him having little involvement in the actual production.
90* ''Webcomic/FoundationThePsychohistorians'': The cover page prefaces the title with Creator/IsaacAsimov's name, explicitly crediting the original author before the adaptation author/artist.
91* ''Film/TurkeyHollow'' is based on a story created by Jim Henson in the 60s. The full title is "Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow''.
92* ''Film/TheManWhoCouldWorkMiracles'': The full title is ''Creator/HGWells' The Man Who Could Work Miracles''.
93* The original volume of ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|1942}} had "by Charles Moulton" prominently on the cover long after William Moulton Marston's death even though the other user of the pen name stopped using it and writing comics once he died.
94* ''Film/SherlockHolmes1932'''s alternative title is ''[[Creator/ArthurConanDoyle Conan Doyle]]'s Master Detective Sherlock Holmes''.
95* On the posters, ''Film/TwiceToldTales'' is identified as ''Creator/NathanielHawthorne's Twice Told Tales''.
96* The title screen of ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie'' reads ''The Peanuts Movie by Schulz''. The production worked closely with Charles Schulz' family while creating the movie.
97* ''Film/SirArthurConanDoylesSherlockHolmes'': Although this [[TheMockbuster mockbuster]] from Creator/TheAsylum bears no resemblance to anything Sir Creator/ArthurConanDoyle actually wrote.
98* The full onscreen title of ''Film/ThePrinceOfThieves'' is ''Creator/AlexandreDumas' The Prince of Thieves''.
99* ''WesternAnimation/ToddMcFarlanesSpawn''
100* The 1958-61 color series ''Pat Sullivan's [[WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatJoeOriolo Felix the Cat]]'', acknowledging the co-creator of the original black-and-white silents.
101* The opening, closing and pre-episode teasers on ''WesternAnimation/BeanyAndCecil'' intone that it's "A Bob Clampett cartoooooooooooonnnnn!"
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105* Creator/IsaacAsimov:
106** ''Magazine/AsimovsScienceFiction'': Originally titled ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', Dr Asimov wrote the editorials (and provide responses for the Letters column) for the first decade and a half or so. However, he arranged from the very beginning to be under the control of another editor. Creator/GeorgeScithers was the first one in charge, and it went through three other editors before Dr Asimov's death.
107** ''Asimov's SF Adventure Magazine'': This magazine folded after only four issues, using Dr Asimov's name to advertise itself, and under the control of Creator/GeorgeScithers. Launched in 1978, it closed in favour of the more popular sister magazine.
108** ''Literature/TheGreatSFStories'': Dr Asimov's name is used to sell twenty-five volumes of this GenreAnthology, providing a bit of [[{{Biography}} commentary as a preface to each story]]. He left story selection and anthology introduction to the other editor, Creator/MartinHGreenberg.
109* Creator/CliveBarker:
110** Despite the below-mentioned parody, ''VideoGame/CliveBarkersJericho'' is actually a case of this... to a degree. Creator/CliveBarker didn't actually write the code or anything, but he collaborated on development and is listed as "creator" in the credits.
111** ''VideoGame/CliveBarkersUndying''. Creator/CliveBarker was brought in partway through development for a rewrite of the story, and he also ended up doing a character's voice. His name was attached to it because Creator/ElectronicArts thought it would sell. Unfortunately, despite being a very good game, it didn't -- due in no small part to the sum total of EA's marketing campaign for the game being slapping "Clive Barker's" in front of the title.
112* Creator/TomClancy lent his name to various series of books and games, but his involvement is limited to laying out the general concept for the respective series, while others do the actual writing. The VideoGame publisher Ubisoft currently owns the intellectual property rights to Clancy's name for their games (''VideoGame/RainbowSix'', ''VideoGame/GhostRecon'', ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}}'', ''VideoGame/EndWar'', and others) and any related works. Clancy wrote some stories for the early ''Tom Clancy's VideoGame/RainbowSix'' games. Later ones are Celebrity Sponsor's X (above).
113* Creator/ArthurCClarke:
114** ''Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World'', a documentary series; Clarke introduced each episode but was otherwise uninvolved (even the narration for the bulk of each episode was done by somebody else)
115** ''Arthur C. Clarke's Literature/VenusPrime'' is another example. While the novels are all based on short stories by Clarke (and in fact include those short stories in the text), most of the writing was actually done by Paul Preuss.
116* ''Creator/AlfredHitchcock's Mystery Magazine''
117** Also a number of anthologies of short stories for children (one centered on spies, one on horror, one on mysteries, etc.) were published as ''Alfred Hitchcock's X''. ''Literature/TheThreeInvestigators'' series was also "presented" and introduced by Hitchcock. Hitchcock had nothing to do with any of these, other than licensing his name out to them.
118* ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL''
119** Somewhat misleading, as John Madden did much more than to lend his name and sponsorship to the game. The game was not initially conceived as a realistic football simulation, but Madden refused to put his name on it unless it were one. The game as it exists is very much ''his'' concept instead of the developers', so it's fitting that it's named after him.
120* ''The Jon Pertwee Book of Monsters'' and ''Peter Davison's Book of Alien Monsters'', short story anthologies trading on the stars of ''Series/DoctorWho''. Apparently, Davison actually chose the stories in "his" book, while Pertwee only provided introductions to stories selected by another; this may explain why only Davison gets the 's.
121* The ''Literature/ForgottenRealms'' series ''Creator/RASalvatore's Literature/{{War of the Spider Queen}}''. Each book in the series was written by a different author, and while Salvatore ''did'' oversee the project and write a prologue for each book, his name is basically a selling point for these novels by lesser-known authors.
122* The ''VideoGame/AdventureIsland'' games are titled ''Takahashi-Meijin no Bouken Jima'' (Master Takahashi's Adventure Island) in Japan, after Creator/HudsonSoft's spokesman who is barely recognizable as his in-game likeness. The first game was actually titled ''Hudson's Adventure Island'' outside Japan, though it was originally ''VideoGame/WonderBoy'' and not a Hudson Soft game at all.
123* ''Creator/QuentinTarantino presents Film/TheProtector'' and ''Creator/QuentinTarantino presents Film/{{Hostel}}''. Interestingly, this is done by Tarantino himself to promote films that would otherwise be ignored, not by the studios.
124** In the case of Creator/ZangYimou's ''Film/Hero2002'', at least, this was the only way the Weinsteins agreed to distribute it [[ExecutiveMeddling without editing or dubbing]].
125* Tekno Comics, a short-lived comics company in the Nineties had ''all'' their titles like this: ''Creator/NeilGaiman's Lady Justice'', ''Creator/IsaacAsimov's I-Bots'', ''Creator/GeneRoddenberry's Lost Universe'', ''Creator/MickeySpillane's Mike Danger'', ''Creator/LeonardNimoy's Primortals'', ''Creator/TadWilliams' Mirrorworld'' and so on.
126* Both ''Film/FleshForFrankenstein'' and ''Film/BloodForDracula'' had [[MarketBasedTitle alternate titles]]: ''Andy Warhold's Frankenstein'' and ''Andy Warhol's Dracula''. Paul Morrissey wrote and directed the movies and was a frequent collaborator with Creator/AndyWarhol, as was the two films' star, Joe Dellesandro. Because of this, they asked Warhol if they could use his name as a producer for publicity purposes. Morrissey did not expect the alternate titles and was angered when people believed the movies were made by Warhol.
127* Common in video games, usually including the likenesses (and sometimes voices) of the athlete named:
128** ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater''
129** ''Brian Lara Cricket''
130** ''Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX''
131** ''Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer''
132** ''Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road''
133** ''Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat''
134** ''John Elway's Team Quarterback''
135** ''Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf''
136** ''[[VideoGame/PunchOut Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!]]'' (though in that game, Mike Tyson was the final opponent)
137** ''Shaun White Snowboarding'' and ''Shaun White Skateboarding''
138** ''Tiger Woods PGA Tour''
139** Early in the lifespan of the Platform/SegaGenesis, Creator/{{Sega}}'s American division sought to cash in on recent championships for their sports games by adding famous figures to otherwise unrelated games, with ''Tommy Lasorda Baseball''[[note]]formerly ''Super League''[[/note]] and ''Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf''[[note]]formerly ''Naomichi Ozaki Super Masters'', making it a '''different''' celebrity endorsement in Japan[[/note]] in 1989 (along with the Platform/SegaMasterSystem-exclusive ''Walter Payton Football''[[note]]formerly ''American Pro Football''[[/note]]); ''James "Buster" Douglas Knockout Boxing'',[[note]]A TakeThat against the aforementioned ''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!'', as Douglas' claim to fame was defeating Tyson; formerly ''Final Blow''[[/note]] ''Joe Montana Football'' and ''Pat Riley Basketball''[[note]]formerly ''Super Real Basketball''[[/note]] in 1990, and ''Mario Lemieux Hockey'' in 1991.
140*** A case with the parent Japanese arm (with help from Brazilian distributor Tec Toy) was ''[[VideoGame/MonacoGP Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II]]'' in 1992, where the UsefulNotes/FormulaOne champion's input was more than CelebrityEndorsement, even having a mode with tracks designed by him.
141*** ''Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing'', developed by [=ACME=] Interactive for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis as a successor to the Buster Douglas game, would receive a bit of a marketing blow when Holyfield lost the title to Riddick Bowe just one month after the game was released. [=ACME=] (renamed Malibu Interactive) ported the game to the Platform/SuperNES as ''Riddick Bowe Boxing'', but they weren't able to release the game before Bowe lost the title back to Holyfield.
142*** The Platform/SegaGenesis port of ''Pigskin: 621 AD'' was retitled ''Jerry Glanville's Pigskin Footbrawl'', despite the game featuring a fictional BloodSport that makes no pretense of following the rules of UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball.
143*** Similarly, the Platform/{{Amiga}} game ''Future Basketball'' was retitled ''Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball'' when it was ported to the SNES. An ExcusePlot was added to explain the futuristic setting and changes in rules to remove fouls and the addition of weapons, in that Laimbeer became the commissioner of an American basketball league in 2031 and fired all the referees.
144** ''Earl Weaver Basketball''
145** ''Emlyn Hughes International Soccer''
146** ''Jimmy White's 'Whirlwind' Snooker'' (which was followed up by the oddly-titled sequel ''Jimmy White's 2: Cueball'' in 1999)
147** ''Nigel Mansell's World Championship''
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151* OlderThanSteam: Although the thing was built long before, few not present in 1480 know the Art/SistineChapel was named after the man who had it restored to glory, UsefulNotes/ThePope Sixtus IV. Still, he had no real involvement with the artwork which makes the Chapel famous today, so it's not as if we've forgotten a secret genius of Western Art.
152* ''Creator/WesCraven Presents: Film/{{They}}'', in addition to being a terrible film, is an example of #3.
153** Also ''Creator/WesCraven's Film/{{Wishmaster}}'', ''Creator/WesCraven presents Film/{{Dracula 2000}}''...
154** The "Wes Craven Presents" series was an attempt to give experience and an opportunity to some up-and-coming young directors. It was hoped that attaching Craven's name would make the films more appealing to distributors and renters. The whole effort has probably done more harm to Craven's name than it has good for anyone else's.
155* ''Berry Gordy's Film/TheLastDragon'', of which Creator/{{Motown}} head Berry Gordy was executive producer.
156* ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'', an anthology television show featuring horror[=/=]mystery[=/=]crime stories, for which Creator/AlfredHitchcock served as executive producer and host. He also directed some (but not all, or even most) of the episodes.
157* ''AreWeThereYet''. the TV show from executive producer Music/IceCube (who does do the promos for it).
158* ''[[VideoGame/PeterJacksonsKingKong Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie]]'' (if it isn't obvious, The Movie is the one film that was directed by Jackson)
159* ''Creator/JennaJameson's Shadow Hunter''. Many readers felt shortchanged by this comic, since it was fairly light on {{Fanservice}} despite being backed by a ''porn star''.
160* Creator/MarvelComics ''always'' included a "Creator/StanLee Presents" before the title of each comic issue for decades. This has led to Lee's reputation getting rather severely inflated among people unfamiliar with comic books.
161** Creator/BoomStudios did the same thing with a trio of titles that Lee was involved in (but not as an actual writer or artist).
162* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Rose Billy Rose's]]'' ...
163* Creator/StevenSpielberg:
164** All the Creator/WarnerBros TV cartoons that were co-produced with Creator/AmblinEntertainment were fully titled ''Creator/StevenSpielberg presents [show title]''.
165** The miniseries ''Creator/StevenSpielberg Presents Series/{{Taken}}''. Spielberg neither wrote nor directed the show: he was executive producer alongside Leslie Bohem, who created the show and wrote every episode, and each of the ten episodes had a different director.
166** Although Spielberg has "Story By" credit on 15 episodes of ''Series/AmazingStories'' (including the two he directed) and wrote another one, his name isn't part of the title except in British listings guides (which insisted on calling it ''Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories'').
167* Creator/OprahWinfrey:
168** ''Creator/OprahWinfrey Presents Theatre/{{The Color Purple|Musical}}'', the musical adaptation of the 1985 film adaptation of the 1982 novel by Alice Walker.
169** See also the made-for-TV movies among others ''Oprah Winfrey Presents David And Lisa'', ''Oprah Winfrey Presents The Wedding'', and ''Oprah Winfrey Presents Creator/MitchAlbom's ForOneMoreDay''.
170* Creator/WaltDisney's movies almost always had "Walt Disney presents..." written in the opening credits, even those originally distributed through RKO Radio Pictures instead of Disney's own distributing company. The posters and home video covers also often read, "Walt Disney's", "Walt Disney Presents...", "Walt Disney's Classic...", or "Walt Disney's Masterpiece..." above the title. Titles used for Walt Disney's anthology show include ''Walt Disney's Disneyland'', ''Series/WaltDisneyPresents'', and ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color''.
171* Likewise, at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks, there's ''Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room'' and ''Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress'', although the "Walt Disney's" bit wasn't added into the titles until several decades after they first opened and after Walt passing away.
172* ''Literature/PossibleTomorrows'': On the 1971 Creator/PyramidBooks cover, the {{Tagline}} says "Creator/GroffConklin presents five fabulous novels of tomorrow by Creator/IsaacAsimov and four other great science fiction authors", [[BilledAboveTheTitle then the title]].
173* ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'' cartoons were officially billed as ''Creator/BlakeEdwards' Pink Panther'', as Edwards had commissioned the title sequences for the original [[Franchise/ThePinkPanther films]]. This extends to the home media releases.
174* The opening sequence of ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall'' begins with the title "Creator/LorneMichaels Presents".
175* Similarly, the Season 1 ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeAndMartha'' titles feature the credit "Creator/MauriceSendak Presents".
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179* ''Creator/KennethBranagh's Film/{{Hamlet}}''. Oddly, part of what made it so different was how closely Branagh, as lead actor ''and'' director, chose to follow the exact words of the play (to the point where he added back lines which have been missing for three hundred years).
180* ''Creator/JohnCarpenter's [[Film/TheThing1982 The Thing]]'', to separate it from the much less faithful to the book movie made in the fifties, ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld''. Although John Carpenter has a knack for doing this with every film he directs. This seems likely to be the real explanation since the original story was entitled ''Literature/WhoGoesThere'' and using that title would have been sufficient if distinguishing it from the earlier movie had been the only goal. On the other hand, they may not have totally wanted to divorce it from Creator/HowardHawks' version.
181** ''Film/JohnCarpentersVampires''
182* ''TabletopGame/MonteCooksWorldOfDarkness''
183* ''Creator/StanFreberg Presents [[AudioPlay/StanFrebergPresentsTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica The United States of America]]''
184* ''Creator/NeilGaiman's ComicBook/TheEternals'', which is significantly updated from the original Creator/JackKirby comics.
185* ''[[Film/Napoleon1927 Napoléon]]'' vu par Abel Gance'' – "Napoleon as seen by Abel Gance".
186* ''Music/EltonJohn and Creator/TimRice's Theatre/{{Aida|JohnRice}}''
187* ''Creator/DeanKoontz's Franchise/{{Frankenstein}}''.
188* ''VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice'', indicating the grim [[{{Grimmification}} withdrawal-suffering]] take on ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''. However, American [=McGee=] himself ''didn't'' want his name on the game, claiming it was the publishers who slapped his name upon it in order to promote it as "the game made by one of the developers of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''". The sequel is simply ''Alice: Madness Returns''.
189* ''Music/RandyNewman's Myth/{{Faust}}''
190* ''Michael Todd's [[Film/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays1956 Around The World in 80 Days]]''. Overlaps with "Executive's X" in that Todd wasn't the director or screenwriter, but played more of a Creator/WaltDisney role as the total guiding force for the style and shape of the adaptation.
191* ''Music/JeffWaynesMusicalVersionOfTheWarOfTheWorlds'' -- a RockOpera adaption of the AlienInvasion novel by Creator/HGWells.
192** It got a bit twisty when Rage Software produced a [[VideoGame/JeffWaynesWarOfTheWorlds video game]] inspired by the novel and the original rock opera. It's not solely a disconnected celebrity endorsement in this case, as Jeff Wayne's compositions were actually featured in the game and he even contributed new arrangements of several of them, but at the same time, he likely didn't have much input into the game at the design end.
193* "A Criterion Game" was added to the cover of Creator/CriterionGames' ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedMostWanted2012 Need for Speed: Most Wanted]]'' in 2012 to help differentiate itself from the 2005 EA Black Box original. It also appears in the Metacritic entries for their game's [=PlayStation=] 3, Xbox 360, [=PlayStation=] Vita, and PC versions, with a dash separating the subtitle from the actual name.
194* Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein musicals often have their titles written out, ''Rodgers and Hammerstein's X'' in publicity materials, starting with the made-for-Hollywood ''Film/StateFair''. The opening credits of musicals either adapted or written for the screen also do this. All of this even applies to ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'', despite [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic the play]]'s libretto coming from Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse[[note]]whose due in the movie's main titles arrives almost two minutes ''after'' the title card[[/note]] rather than Oscar Hammerstein II.
195* ''Creator/SamRaimi's Film/SpiderManTrilogy''. While it's not an official title used by Creator/SonyPictures or Creator/MarvelEntertainment, it is a very common FanNickname to distinguish this trilogy [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries from all]] [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse the other]] [[Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse cinematic adaptations]] [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManSpiderVerse of the]] ComicBook/SpiderMan mythos.
196* ''Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Franchise/StarWars''. Though it's done to indicate that the movies are interpreted InTheStyleOf Shakespeare as opposed to being interpreted by Shakespeare himself.
197* ''Creator/FrankCapra's Film/StateOfTheUnion''.
198* ''Creator/ZackSnyder's [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague Justice League]]'', to distinguish it from the [[Film/JusticeLeague2017 theatrical version]] in which he wasn't involved after his departure from post-production.
199* Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/Opus100'': In "Part 4. Physics", Dr Asimov describes how, in his first hundred books, several publishers had decided to include "Asimov's" in the title.
200* ''Creator/GuillermoDelToro's [[WesternAnimation/GuillermoDelTorosPinocchio Pinocchio]]''. Notable for being released the same year as [[Animation/PinocchioATrueStory two]] [[Film/Pinocchio2022Disney other]] films based on ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio''.
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204* OlderThanSteam: This device was not unknown in the 17th century. One of the compositions of Johann Kaspar Kerll bears the title ''La batal à Casparo Ceerl''.
205* Writers who are popular enough tend to have their names as large or larger than the title on the covers of their books. Sometimes this reaches ridiculous levels.
206* [[{{UsefulNotes/Supermarionation}} Gerry Anderson's]] later series featured this, specifically ''Series/{{Terrahawks}}'', the unbroadcast pilot ''GFI'', ''Series/SpacePrecinct'', ''Lavender Castle'', ''[[WesternAnimation/GerryAndersonsNewCaptainScarlet New Captain Scarlet]]'' (which could also be seen as "Just in Case You Forgot It Was a Remake"), and the upcoming post-humorous book series ''Gemini Force 1''.
207* Music/{{Rainbow}}'s first album was titled ''Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow'', on account of being intended as a one-off solo record for Blackmore. Since the band's reunion in the 2010s, it gets billed by the full title including Blackmore's name.
208* ''Creator/TimBurton's WesternAnimation/CorpseBride''
209* ''Creator/TimBurton's WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''
210** A (probably intentional) effect of this is that many people by extension think that he directed ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'' as TV spots advertised it as "from the director of ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''" and make no effort to tell you that means Henry Selick. The theatrical trailer included Selick's name.
211** [=DirecTV=]'s listings took this a step further. "''Tim Burton's WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'': The Pumpkin King gives the yuletide season a touch of Halloween in an animated tale from the mind of Tim Burton. Animated. From a Tim Burton story."
212** Few also remember that this was, technically, a ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' film; aside from placing it under their Touchstone logo, Disney didn't want anyone to initially know it was from or associated with them, so adding Burton's name was one more degree away in their eyes.
213*** They're happy enough to claim it ''now'', and even redo the Haunted Mansion at the amusement parks part of the year (roughly, between Halloween and Christmas) with a Jack Skellington theme.
214** Though some networks that air the movie are still confused. As in 2013 when the advertisement for the local airing, first aired on Creator/{{YTV}} the commercial labeled it "Tim Burton's Coraline"
215* ''Creator/KurtBusiek's ComicBook/AstroCity''. Put in by the author because his editor thought simply ''Astro City'' sounded too hokey. His name tends to be in rather smaller print. Then again, Astro City's largest TV station is "KBAC", just in case.
216* ''James Cameron's Film/{{Avatar}}'', in order to [[SimilarlyNamedWorks distinguish it]] from [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender the other Avatar]]; Cameron ''did'' write and direct it.
217* Creator/JohnCarpenter is particularly notorious for adding his name to nearly all of his films' titles (such as ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'', ''Film/TheFog1980'', ''Film/BodyBags'', ''Film/JohnCarpentersVampires'', ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'', and ''Film/EscapeFromLA''). Even TV episodes he directs, such as the ''Series/MastersOfHorror'' episode "John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns".
218* ''Fanfic/KiraIsJustice'' was formerly called ''[[Tropers/{{Chihuahua0}} C0's]] Death Note'', because it was a WorkingTitle. It was changed.
219* ''Creator/{{Michael Cimino|Director}}'s Film/HeavensGate''
220* In the 1960s kids' cartoon "Beany and Cecil" (also called "Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil"), creator Bob Clampett shoehorned his name in every episode about six times, including in the opening theme song, which also features a cartoon rendering of him. Every half-hour episode consists of three cartoon shorts, and in the beginning of ''every'' one of them, the main characters sang "so here are Beany and Cecil in--a whole half-hour--Bob Clampett cartoo--oon!" Website/TheOtherWiki reports that he was known as "a shameless self-promoter." Well...yeah.
221* ''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare'': Creator/WesCraven attached his name to the title to announce his return to the ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' franchise. The title ties into the story, as it's referenced that Craven's horror films are inspired by his nightmares – meaning this movie is, literally, Wes Craven's new nightmare.
222* ''Lee Daniels' Film/TheButler''. Daniels' name is legally required to appear in the title for a reason that borders on the absurd: namely, Creator/WarnerBros owned the copyright to a [[MissingEpisode lost]] 1916 movie called ''The Butler'', and got into [[https://deadline.com/2013/07/citing-its-1916-silent-film-short-warner-bros-blocking-harvey-weinstein-from-using-the-butler-title-on-lee-daniels-film-534015/ a legal battle]] with Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany over the title, reportedly as payback for TWC attempting to get WB to retitle a film called ''The Good Lie'' because it sounded similar to a film of theirs called ''The Good Li'''f'''e''.
223* ''The Inferno'' by Dante Aligheri is almost always referred to as ''Dante's Inferno''.
224* Creator/BlakeEdwards did this with several of his films' onscreen credits from ''Film/TheGreatRace'' onwards, as he often served as director, writer, ''and'' producer. He also named his 1980s production company Creator/BlakeEdwards Entertainment.
225* Lampshaded in a CreditsGag for one episode of ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresSouvenirProgramme''; "I myself wrote and starred in the programme, but modesty precludes me from ''ever'' telling you my name, save for one cryptic clue hidden deep within the title..."
226* ''[[Series/TheStoryteller Jim Henson's The Storyteller]]''. ''Series/FraggleRock'', originally merely credited as "with Jim Henson's Muppets", was re-billed as ''Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock" after the sale of the Muppet trademarks to Disney.
227* ''ComicBook/TysonHessesDiesel''
228* Movies that Creator/AlfredHitchcock directed in 1942 or later say ''Alfred Hitchcock's [insert title here]'' in the opening credits and/or on the poster.
229* ''VideoGame/MichaelJacksonsMoonwalker'': "Game Concept and Design by Music/MichaelJackson," at least according to the credits.
230* ''Creator/HideoKojima's VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Snake Eater 3D: "The Naked Sample."''
231** ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain Phantom Pain]]'': Each mission ends with a credits sequence, featuring Kojima near the start of the scroll. In this case, it might also double as a subtle TakeThat at the ExecutiveMeddling he experienced from {{Creator/Konami}}, so it's a tad more excusable.
232** Also with ''Phantom Pain'', part of the ExecutiveMeddling mentioned involved taking Kojima's name off the packaging. Fans responded by turning the credit "A Hideo Kojima game" into a meme.
233* ''Archer Maclean's Mercury''
234* ''Syd Mead's Terraforming''
235* Creator/SidMeier has gained sufficient acclaim for his work that ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri'' is the official title. And ''Sid Meier's VideoGame/{{Civilization}}''. And ''Sid Meier's VideoGame/RailroadTycoon''. Sid Meier's been getting less involved in the games of late; although he remains Chief Creative Officer of Firaxis, he doesn't write much code anymore. He apparently does contribute a lot conceptually, though.
236%% * Like Sid Meier, Creator/WillWright makes such good games that he deserves to have his name in the title, though nobody ever includes it in idle conversation. Supposedly, that's because Will Wright either doesn't ''want'' his name in the titles, or ''EA'' doesn't want his name in the titles. Depending on who you believe, Will Wright is either a humble guy, or EA is full of jerkass executives.
237* ''Music/PaulMcCartney's Liverpool Oratorio.'' Paul [=McCartney=] is both author and executive. He was ''one'' of the creators of this work, but he did have a collaborator. Since Paul couldn't read the music he was writing, he was afraid that people would think this piece was ghostwritten if he didn't put his name on it. Carl Davis, his collaborator, did not appreciate this title.
238* Not a clean-cut example, considering the title uses ColonCancer rather than the more classic possessive form. Nevertheless, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSU1Lvxy9Sk the opening sequence]] for ''WesternAnimation/ChuckNorrisKarateKommandos'' certainly drops a hint or two about who created it... taking this trope to drinking game levels.
239* Sometimes this is done as a fan reflex more than anything -- several works by Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo have his name added by fans more than anything. Oddly, the only film that has this as an official alternate title is ''Film/{{Memories}}'', which, as an anthology, had numerous people working in the same capacity as Otomo did. Go figure.
240* Creator/TylerPerry and anything he releases. The only exception is ''Film/ForColoredGirls''.
241* Creator/{{One Saturday Morning|AndABCKids}} shows often have their creators' names written next to the title in the intro, but ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' also included the text "Created by Paul and Joe" on TheMerch.
242* Creator/GeorgeARomero's ''Film/LandOfTheDead''
243* ''Creator/JohnRomero's VideoGame/{{Daikatana}}''. Even the first ad for the game, the infamous "John Romero's About To Make You His Bitch", was more an advertisement for his name than the game.
244* ''Chris Sawyer's VideoGame/{{Locomotion}}''. A sequel to his earlier ''VideoGame/TransportTycoon'' game, the only reason his name was included on this one was to play up on the popularity of the [[VideoGame/RollerCoasterTycoon other game he made]] in between those two.
245* ''Budd Schulberg's Film/AFaceInTheCrowd'' gave its screenwriter an unusually prominent credit, both because adapting one's own short story to the screen was still unusual for the time and the name of Creator/EliaKazan would've otherwise overshadowed him. This is in accordance with what Kazan wrote in his introduction to the published screenplay: "A first-class writer won't do first-class work unless he feels that the picture is ''his''."
246* The original edition of Shakespeare's sonnets is actually titled "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Shakespeare's Sonnets]]", and repeats the words as a running title on every page. At that time this was a very unusual kind of title; one could almost believe that the editors foresaw the centuries of disputed authorship that were to follow.
247* ''Michael Turner's ComicBook/{{Fathom}}'' is still titled that, even though Turner himself passed away in 2008.
248* ''Gus Van Sant's Last Days'', which despite its title is a fictionalized account of Music/KurtCobain's last days.
249* ''[[Theatre/JohnTartagliasImaginocean John Tartaglia's Imaginocean]]''
250* ''[[Series/BettyWhitesOffTheirRockers Betty White's Off Their Rockers]]'' - prank show created by Betty White with occasional segments featuring her in her home, though she doesn't usually get involved in the pranks.
251* ''WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie'' was often billed as ''Britt Allcroft's Magic Adventures of Mumfie''. That is, when it [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie when it wasn't billed as ''Magical Adventures of Mumphie'' or worse.]]
252* The "Canon in D" by Johann Pachelbel goes by several names but is most commonly known these days as "Music/PachelbelsCanon".
253** By the same token, "Symphony No. 5" by Ludwig van Beethoven is sometimes called "Beethoven's Fifth Symphony", or even just "Beethoven's Fifth".
254* ''VideoGame/MarcEckosGettingUpContentsUnderPressure''. Marc Ecko is credited as the executive producer and is also responsible for the story and creative direction.
255* ''[[ComicBook/NewGods Jack Kirby's Fourth World]]''
256* ''Creator/JeffSmith's ComicBook/{{Bone}}''
257* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' is somewhere in-between this and " Company's X," since Creator/MontyPython was a group of comedians who all created the series (though the group only adopted the name [[{{Defictionalization}} after first creating it]] as a parody of this trope). The same is true with ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' and ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''.
258* ''Podcast/PappysFlatshareSlamdown''
259* ''WebAnimation/SethMacFarlanesCavalcadeOfCartoonComedy''
260* ''Creator/GenndyTartakovsky's WesternAnimation/{{Primal|2019}}''
261* ''VideoGame/PlayerunknownsBattlegrounds''. It's literally part of the title, even on this site, as well as part of the acronym the fans refer to it by. Considering that "Battlegrounds" is not only a very generic-sounding name (not helped by the logo using a very similar font as the ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' series), it's not even the name of the original mod it's based on, you might legitimately be unaware that there's any connection otherwise, especially with [[FollowTheLeader so many imitators already popping up]]. Oh, and it's possibly the first mainstream use of this trope with a person's Internet screenname.
262* ''Creator/StevenSpielberg's Film/ReadyPlayerOne'', as seen on TV advertisements. (This borders between this and New Interpreter's X, as he is merely the film adaptation's director.)
263* ''Literature/SFTheYearsGreatestScienceFictionAndFantasy'': Only four of eighteen authors are included on the cover. In addition to editor Creator/JudithMerril and introduction by Creator/OrsonWelles, the cover lists Creator/TheodoreSturgeon, Creator/SteveAllen, Creator/IsaacAsimov, and Creator/ShirleyJackson as contributing to the {{Anthology}}.
264* Starting with the 2011 revival series, ''Creator/MikeJudge's WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead''.
265* ''VideoGame/MikeburnfiresNPCsAndQuests'', a ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' mod.
266* Australia has a couple of political parties which fall under this trope:
267** The far-right-wing One Nation Party officially goes by the full name of "Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party" after its founding leader, Pauline Hanson.
268** In a more downplayed example, the more moderate right-wing Katter's Australian Party, named after its own founding leader, Bob Katter; he had actually wanted it to be just called the Australian Party, but was told by the electoral authorities that the name was too generic.
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272* VideoGame company Creator/{{Atari}} had a variation, naming their first [[PhysicalPinballTable arcade pinball game]] ''Pinball/TheAtarians''.
273* Seen all-too-frequently with Creator/{{Disney}} movies made after Walt's death.
274** In the case of ''[[Film/TheKid2000 Disney's The Kid]]'', this was done to differentiate it from other movies titled ''The Kid'', such as the [[Film/TheKid1921 1921 Charlie Chaplin vehicle]].
275** Done with their TV shows too. Curiously, Website/TheOtherWiki insists on ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' and ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' always being referred to with the "Disney's" preface.
276*** The Canadian Creator/FamilyChannel, formerly the ''de facto'' Creator/DisneyChannel for Canada, used to do this; since about 80% of their schedule was Disney shows. This meant that practically ''everything'' was prefaced by "Disney's". This ended when [[Creator/CorusEntertainment Corus]] bought the Canadian broadcast rights to Disney content, which included the launch of an actual Canadian Disney Channel.
277---> "Coming up next on Family, Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', followed by Disney's ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', and then, Disney's ''Series/HannahMontana''."
278** Possibly so that Disney has some trademark to fall back on should someone challenge its ownership of a generic term or PublicDomainCharacter's name. For example, they couldn't trademark ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'', so they trademarked "Disney Creator/{{Pixar}} Cars". Likewise, should someone invalidate [[http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=71295828 Disney's trademark on "Pinocchio,"]] that wouldn't affect a trademark on "[[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} Disney's Pinocchio]]". Certain TV listings may list ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' as ''Disney's Recess'', but not usually.
279** Disney also does this with spinoffs like ''Disney and Pixar's WesternAnimation/TurningRed: 4*Town 4*Real: The Manga''.
280* Creator/DreamWorksAnimation also does this, due perhaps to the founder of the company being a former Disney executive.
281* Creator/BlueSkyStudios began doing this, starting with ''WesternAnimation/Epic2013'' and until ''WesternAnimation/SpiesInDisguise'' when they shut down in 2021.
282* Creator/IlluminationEntertainment began doing this starting with ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}''.
283* Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation was going to do this when ''WesternAnimation/TheMitchellsVsTheMachines'' was retitled to ''Connected'', but was scrapped when the film went to Netflix and the title was changed back.
284* The cartoon ''[[Creator/FoxKids Fox's]] WesternAnimation/PeterPanAndThePirates''.
285* Works from The Creator/JimHenson Company released after Jim Henson's death:
286** ''Jim Henson's Animal Show''
287** ''[[WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain Jim Henson's Dinosaur Train]]''
288** ''[[Series/ThePajanimals Jim Henson's Pajanimals]]''
289** ''[[WesternAnimation/SidTheScienceKid Jim Henson's Sid the Science Kid]]''
290* Creator/{{Sprout}} has ''Series/TheSproutSharingShow'' and ''Series/SproutsWigglyWaffle''
291* ''Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}}'s Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''. Home video covers even write "Marvel's" above "The Avengers", and [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment "Marvel" underneath it.]] This also extends to tie-in products, like the comic collection ''Road to Marvel's The Avengers''. There is some justification to this, however, as it was titled this way to avoid confusion with the [[Series/TheAvengers1960s British television series of the same name]] (the film was referred to as ''Avengers Assemble'' in the UK for this reason too). The film's sequel, ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', drops the "Marvel's" part of the title.
292** In addition, you also have the TV shows ''Marvel's Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', ''Marvel's Series/AgentCarter'', ''Marvel's {{Series/Daredevil|2015}}'', ''Marvel's Series/{{Jessica Jones|2015}}'', ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'', and so on. It's possible that these examples are done to demonstrate that these shows are done in-house instead of by third-party studios. For example, the MCU reboot "Marvel's Daredevil" adds a sense of authenticity, especially since most people were only familiar with the character due to [[Film/Daredevil2003 the Fox movie]].
293** Speaking of Marvel, Creator/MarvelStudios nearly always does this with their films and TV shows, such as ''Marvel Studios' Film/AvengersEndgame''.
294** The animated series ''WesternAnimation/MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur2023'', despite being produced by Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation, is marketed with the Marvel branding and not the Disney branding. This is largely due to the [[ComicBook/MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur characters]] originating from Marvel Comics and the series featuring a number of other characters from the comics. Compare this to ''ComicBook/BigHero6'', whose [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 film]] adaptation and [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries its television spin off]] were branded under Disney and not Marvel, due to being a BroadStrokes interpretation divorced from Marvel continuity.
295* A lot of action figures do this as well, especially for characters whose names are a common word. That's why you can buy a toy of "Marvel's Hawkeye" or "DC Comics Fire."
296* {{Creator/Nickelodeon}}'s ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower''
297* All of [[Creator/TakeTwoInteractive Rockstar Games]]' titles from ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' to ''VideoGame/MaxPayne3'' to ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' are prefixed with "Rockstar Games Presents" on the box art; in one case[[labelnote:*]]''Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis''[[/labelnote]], it was an actual part of the title (presumably because ''Table Tennis'' by itself is too generic for a video game).
298* ''Saban's ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}'', and ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. Also an example of ScrewedByTheNetwork as the Disney years ''never'' had Disney's name on it, and they basically admitted shame over having acquired it. Creator/{{Hasbro}} dropped "Saban's" when they acquired ''Power Rangers'' starting with their second series, ''Series/PowerRangersDinoFury''.
299* Creator/{{Tecmo}} loved this trope before their merger with Koei. See ''[[VideoGame/SecretOfTheStars Tecmo Secret of the Stars]]'', ''[[VideoGame/{{Deception}} Tecmo's Deception]]'', ''VideoGame/TecmoBowl'', ''Tecmo Stackers''...
300* ''Warner Bros.' WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}''
301* At Ride/UniversalStudios, ''[[Theatre/UniversalsHorrorMakeUpShow The Horror Make-Up Show]]'' tends to be billed as ''Universal Orlando's Horror Make-Up Show''.
302* Also at Universal, ''Theatre/AnimalActors'' is billed as ''Universal's Animal Actors'' at the Hollywood park.
303* The 2018 horror film ''Film/TruthOrDare2018'' was sometimes marketed as "''Blumhouse's Truth or Dare''", both to highlight the involvement of Creator/BlumhouseProductions and possibly to differentiate it from a Film/SyfyChannelOriginalMovie by [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7126746/ the same name]] from 2017.
304* The live-action ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' film based on the SpinOff Platform/Nintendo3DS game ''VideoGame/DetectivePikachu'' is titled ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu''. You know, to let viewers know that it is an official ''Pokémon'' movie. (Note that the game does ''not'' have the ''Pokémon'' brand in its title.)
305* A few Creator/DCComics-based properties that carry their name:
306** ''DC's Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''
307** ''Franchise/DCSuperHeroGirls'' (including a [[WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls2019 television series]]).
308** ''DC's Series/{{Stargirl|2020}}''
309* For a time, the intro spiel to ''Series/AmericanGladiators'' name-checked their producers, The Samuel Goldwyn Company (this was dropped in 1993).
310* Starting with ''Tom Clancy's VideoGame/TheDivision Heartland'', all Creator/{{Ubisoft}} games going forward will carry the 'A Ubisoft Original' tagline.
311* ''VideoGame/MicrosoftFlightSimulator''
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315* ''Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon''
316* ''Ant & Dec's Push the Button''
317* ''Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway''
318* ''Bert's Series/FamilyFeud''
319* ''Bruce's [[Series/ThePriceIsRight Price Is Right]]''
320* ''Burgo's Series/CatchPhrase''
321* ''Drew Carey's Green Screen Show''
322* ''Drew Carey's Improv-a-ganza''
323* ''Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong''
324* ''Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow''
325* ''Dale's Series/SupermarketSweep''
326* ''Creator/DameEdna's Neighbourhood Watch''
327* ''Bruce Forsyth's [[Series/CardSharks Play Your Cards Right]]''
328* ''Chris Moyles' Quiz Night''
329* The 1922 version of ''Film/{{Robin Hood|1922}}'' starring Creator/DouglasFairbanks is actually titled ''Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood''.
330* ''[[Film/DeadtimeStoriesVolume1 George A. Romero Presents Deadtime Stories: Volume 1]]''
331* ''Richard Osman's House of Games''
332* ''Hiroshi Sekiguchi's Tokyo Friend Park II''
333* ''Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town'' (referred to these days as simply ''Series/TheEdSullivanShow'')
334* ''Tarby's Frame Game''
335* ''Chris Tarrant's Great Pretender''
336* ''Music/MichaelJackson's Halloween''. Made years ''after'' his death mind you, but it features his music and was done with the collaboration of his estate; and he "appears" by virtue that it's animated and can use archival recordings for the voicework.
337* ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' and some of its spin-offs - e.g. ''Series/RuPaulsDragRaceAllStars'', ''Series/RuPaulsDragRaceDownUnder'' and ''Series/RuPaulsDragRaceUK''. As a rule, this happens to any series in the ''Series/DragRace'' franchise that Ru hosts and judges. Shows where Ru doesn't directly appear (e.g. ''Series/CanadasDragRace'') don't get the prefix.
338* ''Literature/WilliamShatnerAndLeonardNimoyReadFourScienceFictionClassics'': The [[OrwellianRetcon revised]] title starts by naming the narrators of this adaptation (Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/LeonardNimoy), who were even more famous than they were in 1975 when they first recorded it.
339* Every ''Franchise/{{Peanuts}}'' special released on Creator/AppleTVPlus begins their titles with "[[WolverinePublicity Snoopy]] Presents".
340* Series/BanjunDrama started using this format when it changed its name to Banjun Theater — the corner would be presented as (actor who plays the lead role)'s Banjun Theater, e.g. ''Danny Ahn's Banjun Theater'' in his episodes.
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344!!References and parodies:
345[[folder:Fan Works]]
346* [[WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC ItsJustSomeRandomGuy]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg6v1dgTcxw parodying]] the future ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' film reboot: "Creator/{{Sony}} presents Sony's Spider-Man, [[ExecutiveMeddling by Sony!]]"
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349[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
350* Parodied by the film ''Film/JaneAustensMafia!'', which has nothing at all to do with Jane Austen.
351** At the time, there were a lot of film and TV adaptations of Austen, the Bronte sisters, and their contemporaries that were using the formula (e.g., ''Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice''), so it was a topical parody.
352* In the ''Film/HotFuzz'' writers' commentary, it is stated that the film's ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' parody was initially going to be referred to as ''Creator/BazLuhrmann's Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet''.
353* Parodied in ''Film/MrBeansHoliday'': [="CARSON CLAY PICTURES present -- CARSON CLAY -- in a CARSON CLAY production -- of a CARSON CLAY film"=] -- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glAhZcjo37s PLAYBACK TIME]]
354* ''Film/{{Precious}}: Based on the novel 'Literature/{{Push}}' by Sapphire'', one can only guess that is title is for cases where you forgot, for cares to forget that the cinematic motion picture (feature-length) is adapted from a long-form narrative prose (fiction-American, written in English) work of a different name written by an author under a pseudonym.
355** The adaptation was originally called ''Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire'', but [[OneSteveLimit retitled to avoid confusion]] with the 2009 sci-fi film ''Push''.
356** NBC's ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'' parodies this trope when Michael, taking Erin out to lunch, pops in [[RecursiveAdaptation a book-on-tape "novelization"]] of ''Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire''.
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359[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
360* ''Series/GarthMarenghisDarkplace''
361* Also satirized in ''Series/TheColbertReport'' with Stephen's still unpublished {{Doorstopper}} Sci-Fi epic, ''Stephen Colbert's Alpha Squad 7: Lady Nocturne: A Tek Jansen Adventure''
362** And the animated shorts: ''[[ColonCancer Stephen Colbert Presents: Stephen Colbert's Alpha Squad Seven: Tek Jansen in Operation: Heart of The Phoenix -- Dead or Alive: A Tek Jansen Adventure]]''.
363* ''Parrot Sketch Not Included'', a 20th-anniversary compilation of sketches (not including the dead parrot one, obviously) from ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'', featured a filmed intro and outro from comedian Steve Martin. The actual title for the piece was 'Steve Martin is Steve Martin in Steve Martin's ''Parrot Sketch Not Included'' (A Steve Martin production)'.
364* On ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'', Dick got the chance to direct ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''. This is how he responded:
365-->'''Dick''': I can see it now on the marquee... ''Dick Solomon Presents A Dick Solomon Production of Dick Solomon's Romeo and Juliet''.
366* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': "Ladies and Gentlemen, the LarryStorch players present: A Larry Storch production of Larry Storch's Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera, coming to you in Surround Storch. Starring Larry Storch ..."
367* In an episode of ''Series/GrowingPains'' where Ben makes a movie for class, Ben gives himself top billing for everything, writing, directing, producing and starring. He does give the rest of the cast credit, in tiny writing squeezed onto one title card.
368* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': In the episode "Ham Radio", Frasier is put in charge of directing a {{Whodunit}} live RadioDrama and rewriting it to shorten the play time. After that rewrite alone, he has already titled it "Frasier Crane's ''Nightmare Inn''".
369* ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'': Ranger Gord presents - Ranger Gord in: ''Ranger Gord's Educational Films''. Written, drawn, animated, and voiced by: Ranger Gord. Starring Ranger Gord!
370* ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' was originally just a WordSaladTitle invoking this trope, but then the name Monty Python began to be used to refer collectively to the people involved, [[AscendedMeme and it stuck]].
371* In ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' there are several shots of this at the start of Miles's vampire movie, prompting Roxie to ask "Is there a movie here or just two hours of ego-tripping?"
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374[[folder:Theatre]]
375* Creator/BuffaloBill toured the world with ''Buffalo Bill's Wild West'' show.
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377
378[[folder:Web Animation]]
379* Parodied by ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' in the [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2633-Zero-Punctuation-Clive-Barker-s-Jericho review]] of "Clive Barker's 'VideoGame/CliveBarkersJericho' (by Clive Barker)".
380* ''WebAnimation/TheDementedCartoonMovie'' opens with "Brian Kendall presents... A Brian Kendall production... Of a Brian Kendall film." Complete with a quick drum fanfare between each part. Also, you have to watch it twice before you actually get on with the movie. At one point, he gives up: "Written by Brian Ken-BlahBlahBlah".
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383[[folder:Web Original]]
384* Parodied by John Solomon of ''[[http://badwebcomics.blogspot.com/ Your Webcomic is Bad and You Should Feel Bad]]'': over time, his references to Robert A. Howard's webcomic review site [[http://tangent.panel2panel.com/ Tangents]] have gotten increasingly unwieldy. For example: "Robert A. 'Tangents' Howard of Robert A. Howard's 'Tangents', by Robert A. Howard (featuring Robert A. Howard, of 'Tangents')".
385* Website/OldManMurray was absolutely ''merciless'' to American [=McGee=], going so far as to insinuate that he referred to everyday objects in this fashion (i.e. "Have you seen American [=McGee=]'s my pen?")
386* "Abe Vigoda ''is'' Abe Vigoda in ''[[http://www.spinnwebe.com/iadl/archive/index.php?cartoon=481 Abe Vigoda: The Abe Vigoda Story!]]''"
387* WebVideo/{{Caddicarus}} makes fun of this when talking about ''Goofy's Fun House'' during one of his videos, being glad that they called it ''Disney's Goofy'' on the spine, rather than ''Film/ASerbianFilm's Goofy''.
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390[[folder:Webcomics]]
391* ''Lilformers'' had "Michael Bay presents: A Michael Bay Movie: Michael Bay's Transformers. (Directed by Michael Bay)". (The movie ''did'' have at least one mention of Michael Bay's name in its credits, but ''[[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Geewun Lilformers]]'' is ''[[TheyChangedItNowItSucks Lilformers]]''.)
392* "''Webcomic/PennyArcade'''s award for Best Penny Arcade goes to... [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/07/08 Penny Arcade]]!"
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395[[folder:Western Animation]]
396* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
397** The show parodies this trope with "Peter Griffin Presents Theatre/TheKingAndI, a Peter Griffin Production." His new interpretation might as well have been a new play entirely; it was set on the planet Siam and featured partial nudity, kung fu fighting, & {{Groin Attack}}s.
398** The marquee also refers to "A Peter Griffin Joint", a parody of Creator/SpikeLee's odd director credit (instead of "A Spike Lee Film").
399* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBrakShow Brak Presents The Brak Show Starring Brak]]''
400* The title of the work is ''WesternAnimation/MaryShelleysFrankenhole'', but it was created by Dino Stamatopoulos. While the setting is Dr. Frankenstein's lab in Eastern Europe, the show is a parody of horror genres.
401* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'': In "The Cartoon Cat Conspiracy", ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} created a ShowWithinAShow titled "Sam the Cat", which was actually a SelfParody, Garfield overpromoted himself in the opening credits and apologized for not having space to give Odie due credit for animating the story. (Garfield got Odie to do it because he was cheaper than any Korean staff)
402* "Virgil Van Cleef Presents WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Presents]] Newtopia Rising, Book 1: The Search for a New Utopia, A Todd Joint"
403* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'':
404** In the episode "Kon Ducki", the [[ShowWithinAShow Film Within a Show]] opens with three production companies bearing Plucky Duck's name, then calls it "Plucky Duck's ''The Voyage of the Kon Ducki''", ''then'' lists him as the star and entire crew, and finally in very small writing adds that Hampton is in it as well.
405** Another episode, "Animaniacs!", mocked Spielberg as someone who merely put his name on the show.
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