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3 | ->'''Tropers/FalconPain:''' ''Every'' ad I've gotten today has been for ''[[Series/{{V 2009}} V]]''. Perhaps our ad banners are just the beginning...\ |
4 | '''@/TheAdvertisementServer:''' NO, IT'S JUST THAT MY SEQUENCING ALGORITHMS ARE MALFUNCTIONING. YOU SHOULD BE GETTING THE FULL BACKLOG OF ADS FOR ''W'' QUITE SOON.\ |
5 | '''Tropers/{{G-Mon}}:''' And where were all the ads for ''VideoGame/{{N}}''?\ |
6 | '''@/TheAdvertisementServer:''' DON'T YOU REMEMBER? THEY CAME AFTER ALL THOSE ONES FOR ''Film/{{M}}''. |
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8 | Related to OneLetterName, works with a One Letter Title are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly that]]: works that are titled with a single letter, of whatever script. |
9 | |
10 | See also ShortTitles and LetterMotif. |
11 | |
12 | ---- |
13 | !26 Latin Alphabet Examples: |
14 | |
15 | %%Feel free to edit the poem for better meter etc. |
16 | * ''A'' is an album, a Music/JethroTull one. |
17 | * ''b'' is a tabloid by the Baltimore Sun. |
18 | * [[MediaNotes/TheCLanguage C]] is a language that's good with runtime. |
19 | * ''D'' is a MediaNotes/{{Bollywood}} film about crime. |
20 | * Creator/{{E}} is a network for gossip when bored. |
21 | * F is a series of trucks made by Ford. |
22 | * ''G.'' is a movie, one that's quite "grand". |
23 | * "H." is a hit by Music/{{Tool}}, the rock band. |
24 | * i was the old name of [[Creator/IonTelevision ION TV]]. |
25 | * j is a label that's owned by Sony. |
26 | * ''K'' is a record, Kula Shaker twirled. |
27 | * Film/{{L|ChangeTheWorld}} titles a film, while [[Manga/DeathNote Changing The World]]. |
28 | * ''Film/{{M}}'' is a picture that stars Creator/PeterLorre. |
29 | * ''VideoGame/{{N}}'' is a game where a ninja gets glory. |
30 | * ''Film/{{O}}'' is ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', except [[RecycledINSPACE in high school!]] |
31 | * P was Creator/JohnnyDepp's band. Pretty cool. |
32 | * ''Film/{{Q|TheWingedSerpent}}'' is a flick about a big flying snake. |
33 | * ''R.'' is a CD that [[Music/RKelly Kelly]] did make. |
34 | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_(South_Korean_band) S]] was a short-living group of K-Pop. |
35 | * [[Creator/MrT T]] is a Mister that cancer can't stop. |
36 | * "U" is by Music/PearlJam, released in 'nine-eight. |
37 | * ''Series/{{V|1983}}'' has an alien metaphor. [[SarcasmMode Great.]] |
38 | * ''Film/{{W}}'''s a biopic of [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush George Bush Two]]. |
39 | * ''Manga/{{X|1999}}'' is a manga that Creator/{{CLAMP}} did debut. |
40 | * ''ComicBook/{{Y|TheLastMan}}'' is a comic about the Last Man. |
41 | * ''Film/{{Z}}'' ends our list with a big junta ban. |
42 | |
43 | More examples below, except not in verse.\ |
44 | And because they are not, it is so much [[SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion better.]] |
45 | |
46 | %%Feel free to edit the poem for better meter etc. |
47 | |
48 | ---- |
49 | !More Latin Alphabet Examples: |
50 | [[foldercontrol]] |
51 | |
52 | [[folder:A]] |
53 | * A tripped-out conversation novel by Creator/AndyWarhol. |
54 | * A band who is known for their song "Nothing". |
55 | * A song by Music/{{Knorkator}} which consists of the four verses "A", "A", "A", and "A". |
56 | * A song by the Music/BarenakedLadies. |
57 | * A song by the Billy Naylor Band, mostly revolving around the five vowels in the English alphabet (not counting sometimes-vowel Y). |
58 | * An instrumental piece by DJ Amuro, which appeared in ''VideoGame/{{Beatmania}} IIDX'' and ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution Extreme'' |
59 | * A song by South Korean boy band Music/{{GOT7}}. |
60 | * A song by South Korean girl group Rainbow. |
61 | [[/folder]] |
62 | [[folder:B]] |
63 | * Website/TheClockCrew [[http://www.clockcrew.cc/clockopedia/alphabet_movies has covered them all.]] The most notable one though is ''B'', the very flash movie responsible for the Clock Crew's existence in the first place. |
64 | * Do not ever mention [[Website/FourChan /b/]]. |
65 | * Also song of {{Music/Iamamiwhoami}} |
66 | * An anime called ''[[Anime/BTheBeginning B: The Beginning]]'' |
67 | [[/folder]] |
68 | [[folder:C]] |
69 | * A well-regarded 2010 Tom [=McCarthy=] novel. |
70 | * An anime, fully titled ''[[Anime/CControl [C] - The Money of Soul and Possibility Control]]''. |
71 | * The penultimate episode of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''. |
72 | [[/folder]] |
73 | [[folder:D]] |
74 | * [[VideoGame/{{D}} A horror game released in 1995.]] |
75 | * A French BD about vampires (guess what the D stands for). |
76 | * A Japanese VisualKei [[Music/{{D}} metal band]]. |
77 | [[/folder]] |
78 | [[folder:E]] |
79 | * ''[e]'' is the title of Music/EpikHigh's 6th full-length album. |
80 | * ''E'' is a song by American ThrashMetal band Wehrmacht. |
81 | [[/folder]] |
82 | [[folder:F]] |
83 | * [[Manga/{{F}} A manga about Formula One racing]] that later received an anime adaptation. |
84 | * 「F」 is a song by ''Music/MaximumTheHormone'' and a tribute to the character Frieza from ''Manga/DragonBall''. The song's title would inspire the film's title ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'' which features the resurrected Frieza as the film's BigBad. |
85 | [[/folder]] |
86 | [[folder:G]] |
87 | * ''G'': John Berger's Booker Prize winning novel about "G", a Don Juan-like figure. |
88 | [[/folder]] |
89 | [[folder:H]] |
90 | * An Elizabeth Shepard found-document novel about an autistic boy's letters from summer camp. |
91 | * Also a French LiveActionTV '''H'''ospital comedy. |
92 | [[/folder]] |
93 | [[folder:I]] |
94 | * A song by Music/BlackSabbath. Music/{{KISS}} also did one, but the fans [[FanonDisContinuity won't admit it.]] Neither will the band, who even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B72y_iGy3vA forgot how to sing it.]] |
95 | * Also a rather good EP by Music/{{Meshuggah}}, [[EpicRocking and the only song contained therein]]. |
96 | * And a side project of Music/{{Immortal|Band}}'s frontman Abbath. |
97 | * And a Music/BadBrains song. |
98 | * ''i'': A news-digest of ''[[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers The Independent]]''. |
99 | * Also, an album by Music/TheMagneticFields, where appropriately enough, all the song titles start with "I". |
100 | [[/folder]] |
101 | [[folder:K]] |
102 | * ''Anime/{{K}}'' is a multimedia (anime/manga/novels) series revolving around supernatural Kings. |
103 | * A song by Glitched Hero Y. |
104 | [[/folder]] |
105 | [[folder:L]] |
106 | * A South Korean movie. |
107 | * A novel by Norwegian author Erlend Loe. |
108 | * An album by Godley and Creme (of Music/TenCc). |
109 | [[/folder]] |
110 | [[folder:M]] |
111 | * A non-fiction book by journalist John Sack, detailing his time with M Company during the Vietnam War. |
112 | * A British one-man band from 1979, known for their OneHitWonder song "Pop Muzik". |
113 | * A song by Music/{{Kent}} about Jocke Berg's grandma when she was ill. |
114 | * An album by Music/MonochromeCoat. |
115 | * A song by Music/AyumiHamasaki. |
116 | [[/folder]] |
117 | [[folder:N]] |
118 | * A short story by Creator/StephenKing. |
119 | * Also an album by Finnish metal band Norther. |
120 | * Also a song created by {{Music/Iamamiwhoami}} |
121 | [[/folder]] |
122 | [[folder:O]] |
123 | * ''Theatre/{{O}}'', a Creator/CirqueDuSoleil show. |
124 | * The title of an EtherealChoir [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfwQfDPOuqo song]] on Music/{{Coldplay}}'s album ''Ghost Stories''. On the original album, it actually contains a HiddenTrack titled "Fly On", followed by ~2 minutes of silence, upon which "O" plays. In the Target exclusive version of the album, "Fly On" and "O" were [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gA3H3clEqk combined]], and the silence was cut. On both versions of the album, the song is titled "O". |
125 | * The title of Oprah's magazine. |
126 | * Film/{{O|2001}}, a 2001 film directed by Creator/TimBlakeNelson. |
127 | * An anonymously penned novel about the 2008 presidential election. |
128 | * ''O'' is also the title of a 2006 Eiko Shimamiya album |
129 | * ''Ö'' is an album by German singer/songwriter Herbert Gr''ö''nemeyer. |
130 | * The author of ''Webcomic/CoolAndNewWebComic''. |
131 | * Song of {{Music/Iamamiwhoami}} |
132 | [[/folder]] |
133 | [[folder:P]] |
134 | * A song by Music/VenetianSnares. |
135 | [[/folder]] |
136 | [[folder:Q]] |
137 | * ''q'' is an arts and culture radio talk show on CBC formerly hosted by Jian Ghomeshi. |
138 | * Q is a song by Music/QueenBee. |
139 | * Q, a novel by Luther Blisset (actually a collective pseudonym) |
140 | [[/folder]] |
141 | [[folder:R]] |
142 | * ''-R-'' is the debut solo album by Rosé of Music/{{BLACKPINK}}. |
143 | [[/folder]] |
144 | [[folder:S]] |
145 | * The US title of a BoysLoveGenre LightNovel [[Literature/{{S2005}} series]]. |
146 | * ''S.'' is a 1988 John Updike novel |
147 | * The stage name of Jenn Ghetto, a {{slowcore}} musician |
148 | [[/folder]] |
149 | [[folder:T]] |
150 | * An EP by Music/FunkerVogt. |
151 | * A song by {{Music/Iamamiwhoami}} |
152 | [[/folder]] |
153 | |
154 | [[folder:U]] |
155 | * One of the songs by Music/{{WASP|Band}}'s "Kill, Fuck, Die." |
156 | * Also a song by Music/PaulaAbdul |
157 | * Also a song and an album by Yuya Matsushita. |
158 | * Also a song by {{Music/Iamamiwhoami}} |
159 | * Also a song by Music/SuperJunior. |
160 | [[/folder]] |
161 | |
162 | [[folder:V]] |
163 | * Creator/ThomasPynchon's [[Literature/{{V}} first novel]], and despite all the other weird things in it, it is decidedly alien-free. |
164 | * A [[Music/{{Bemani}} dj TAKA]] song based on the "Winter" movement of Music/AntonioVivaldi's ''The Four Seasons'', originally produced for the ''VideoGame/{{beatmania}} IIDX'' series. |
165 | * In addition to the original ''Series/{{V|1983}}'', there was also [[Series/{{V|2009}} a reboot series]] in 2009. |
166 | [[/folder]] |
167 | [[folder:W]] |
168 | * Georges Perec's memoir of his time as a Jewish child in Nazi-occupied France. |
169 | * [[WesternAnimation/{{W}} An interstital cartoon]] that aired on Creator/{{Teletoon}} in TheTwoThousands. |
170 | * A video essay by WebVideo/JanMisali that is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin all about the letter "W"]]. |
171 | [[/folder]] |
172 | [[folder:X]] |
173 | * [[VideoGame/{{X}} A science fiction space simulator series by Egosoft.]] |
174 | * A Japan-only Platform/GameBoy [[VideoGame/{{X1992}} game.]] |
175 | * An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. |
176 | * A UsefulNotes/LosAngeles [[Music/XUSBand Punk Rock band]] from TheEighties. |
177 | * An Australian punk band, also from TheEighties. |
178 | * A Music/DefLeppard album. |
179 | * A hard trance instrumental by DJ Scot Project. Most, if not all songs by him have this often having subtitles in parentheses, like "U (I Got A Feeling)," "F (Future is Now!)," and "O (Overdrive)." |
180 | * An instrumental song by the Red Crayola. |
181 | * A rebranded version of Website/{{Twitter}}. |
182 | * Also how Music/XJapan called themselves before going international. |
183 | * A song by Music/{{Poppy}} from her album ''Am I A Girl?''.[[note]]Justified, since it is likely named after a term for ecstasy.[[/note]] |
184 | * ''X'', the 24th book in the ''Literature/KinseyMillhone'' series. |
185 | * [[ComicBook/XDarkHorseComics A comic book series]] by Creator/DarkHorseComics. |
186 | * [[Film/{{X|2022}} A slasher film released in 2022]]. |
187 | [[/folder]] |
188 | [[folder:Y]] |
189 | * ''Music/{{Y}}'': The first album by British band The Pop Group. |
190 | * A song by {{Music/Iamamiwhoami}} from the album ''bounty''. |
191 | [[/folder]] |
192 | [[folder:Z]] |
193 | * [[VideoGame/{{Z}} A real-time strategy game by the Bitmap Brothers. ]] |
194 | * A free-roaming ShootEmUp for the Platform/Commodore64, also known as ''Z-Pilot''. |
195 | * There's also a Polish novel titled ''Z.'', with the dot.[[note]]By Mieczysław Porębski[[/note]] |
196 | * Music/MyMorningJacket's fourth album, from 2005. |
197 | [[/folder]] |
198 | |
199 | ---- |
200 | !! Non-Latin Alphabet Examples |
201 | |
202 | * [[https://www.jeemtv.net/ Jeem TV]] is a children’s television channel. |
203 | * ''Film/{{Pi}}''. |
204 | * ''Fanfic/ThePetricultureCycle'': "π" is the title of the fourth story. |
205 | * "?" is an episode in the second season of ''Series/{{Lost}}''. |
206 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'' |
207 | * Ё (pronounced "Yo") is a Russian planned hybrid electric car. |
208 | * A novel called ''The Aleph'', but spelled out. |
209 | * In-universe example: in a Soviet comedy "Операция „Ы“ и другие приключения Шурика" (Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures), [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Ineffectual Sympathetic Villains trio]] call the planned operation "Y", "so that nobody would guess it". |
210 | * ''VideoGame/MisterMosquito'''s Japanese name is simply 蚊 (''Ka'', meaning "Mosquito"). |
211 | * ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' Season 3, Episode 17: "[=/=]". "[=/=]" is the root directory for a Unix or Linux operating system. Root Path was mentioned as the title on [=IMDb=], which is at least somewhat accurate. |
212 | * A 1971 film starring Creator/WarrenBeatty and Creator/GoldieHawn about an OutlawCouple robbing a bank was titled simply ''Film/{{Dollars}}''. |
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