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| 4 | [[caption-width-right:350:Whaddaya mean, "[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack that sounds familiar?]]"]] |
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| 6 | |
| 7 | ->'''Judy:''' Yeah, that's right... Dr. Gary was gonna take my braces off. Have you seen the movie ''Film/FaceOff''? Well, this rhymes with that. This was ''Brace/Off''.\ |
| 8 | '''Crispin:''' Yes! My favorite kind of story is one that rhymes with another, unrelated story. |
| 9 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatNorth'', Season 2 "[[Recap/TheGreatNorthS2E01BraceOffAdventure Brace/Off Adventure]]" |
| 10 | |
| 11 | A SubTrope of PunBasedTitle which applies to individual episode titles, where the pun is based upon some element of popular culture, such as the title of a film, book or song. Catchphrases, song lyrics, adages and colloquialisms can also be riffed on. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Also a sub-trope of IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming. This trope also highly overlaps with ShoutOut. Related to LiteraryAllusionTitle and can sometimes overlap. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | Often a sign of a WholePlotReference; indeed, many of the subtropes listed on that page (like CharlieAndTheChocolateParody) are examples themselves. |
| 16 | ---- |
| 17 | !!Examples: |
| 18 | |
| 19 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 20 | |
| 21 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 22 | * Most episodes of the English dub of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' (the first ones had quite expository titles). Including one that includes a pun based on the Japanese name of a character. (Barry's Busting Out All Over) |
| 23 | %% * Many episodes from the English dub of the various ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' series. |
| 24 | %% * The Creator/FUNimation dub of ''Manga/SgtFrog'' does this a lot. |
| 25 | %% * As does its dub of ''Manga/CrayonShinChan''. |
| 26 | * ''Manga/StrawberryMarshmallow'' does this kind of rarely: "Violent Night", "The Hat's Meow"... |
| 27 | * ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' does this with every episode, referencing famous movies: "[[Film/FightClub Catfight Club]]", "[[Film/PulpFiction Pulp Addiction]]", etc... |
| 28 | * ''Manga/KangokuGakuen'' does this with several chapter titles, like Taxi Driver (Chapter includes a character talking to himself in the mirror) and other big films. |
| 29 | [[/folder]] |
| 30 | |
| 31 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 32 | * ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'': |
| 33 | ** The episode "Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Shlagam" is named after the UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} film ''Film/KabhiKushiKabhieGham''. |
| 34 | ** The episode "Hum Aapke Hai Corn" gets its name from another Bollywood film, ''Film/HumAapkeHainKoun''. |
| 35 | [[/folder]] |
| 36 | |
| 37 | [[folder:Comedy]] |
| 38 | * Comedian Joe Lycett has named his two comedy tours ''That's the Way, A-Ha, A-Ha, Joe Lycett'' and ''I'm About to Lose Control and I Think Joe Lycett.'' (For the second, James Acaster had suggested he go the whole hog and call it ''[[OverlyLongGag I'm So Joe Lycett, and I Just Joe Lycett, I'm About to Lose Control and I Think Joe Lycett]].'') |
| 39 | [[/folder]] |
| 40 | |
| 41 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 42 | * ''ComicBook/TheSimpsonsFuturamaCrossoverCrisis'': |
| 43 | ** The title of the first miniseries' first issue is "[[Film/TheWizardOfOz Somewhere Over the Brain-Bow!]]". |
| 44 | ** The one for the second issue is "[[Film/DiamondsAreForever Liquid Diamond is Forever!]]". |
| 45 | ** For the first issue of the second miniseries, its title is "[[Film/GangsOfNewYork Slaves of New New York]]'". |
| 46 | ** The final issue is titled "The Read Menace", a reference to the 1949 film ''The Red Menace''. |
| 47 | * Several comic book titles have made use of this trope. One memorable example was a ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' issue featuring the villain Carrion titled [[Music/{{Kansas}} "Carrion, My Wayward Son."]] |
| 48 | * An ''ComicBook/{{Impulse}}'' story in ''[[ComicBook/TheFlash Flash]] 80-Page Giant'' has Bart [[FreeTheFrogs freeing a swarm of rats from a genetics lab]]. The title is "[[Literature/TheFiveHundredHatsOfBartholomewCubbins The 5,000 Rats of Bartholomew Allen]]". |
| 49 | [[/folder]] |
| 50 | |
| 51 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 52 | * ''Fanfic/AnchorFoal'': [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/342886/16/anchor-foal-a-romantic-cringe-comedy/date-a-dead "Date A Dead"]], a reference to ''Literature/DateALive''. |
| 53 | * The title of ''Fanfic/GazDreamsOfGenie'' is a reference to ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie''. |
| 54 | * ''Fanfic/LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemenTempestRewrite'': |
| 55 | ** Chapter 8 - "Film/ComingToAmerica" |
| 56 | ** Chapter 16 - [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence "Interplay of Sex, More Sex, and Mystery"]] |
| 57 | ** Chapter 22 - "WorldGoneMad" |
| 58 | ** Chapter 26 - [[GoingCosmic "Going Astral"]] |
| 59 | ** Chapter 28 - [[NoSuchThingAsSpaceJesus "Space Jesus"]] |
| 60 | ** Chapter 34 - [[ShutUpHannibal "Shut Up, Nyarlathotep!"]] |
| 61 | ** Chapter 35 - [[Music/TheSmashingPumpkins "The End is the Beginning is the End"]] |
| 62 | ** Chapter 41 - [[Film/WhateverHappenedToBabyJane "Whatever Happened to Nyarlathotep?"]] |
| 63 | ** Chapter 42 - [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_history "Future History"]] |
| 64 | * ''Fanfic/MyFamilyAndOtherEquestrians'': |
| 65 | ** [[Literature/MyFamilyAndOtherAnimals The title of the story]] |
| 66 | ** "[[Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington Mr Star Goes to Canterlot]]" (chapter 10) |
| 67 | ** "Series/LawAndOrder: Equestria" (interlude 16) |
| 68 | * ''Fanfic/NewTamaran'': |
| 69 | ** Chapter 11 - [[Literature/TheRaven ''Prophet Still If Bird or Devil"]] |
| 70 | ** Chapter 16 - [[Literature/TheMoonIsAHarshMistress "The Moon Is A Loving Mistress"]] |
| 71 | ** Chapter 17 - [[ComicBook/KingdomCome "Queendom Come"]] |
| 72 | ** Chapter 22 - [[Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral "A Wedding and Many Funerals"]] |
| 73 | ** Chapters 24 and 25 - [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke "One Bad Day" and "I've Proven My Point!"]] |
| 74 | ** Chapter 29 - "VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes" |
| 75 | ** Chapter 30 - [[Recap/FuturamaS2E17WarIsTheHWord "War Were Declared"]] |
| 76 | ** Chapter 42 - [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} "Princess of Peace"]] |
| 77 | ** ''Justice Returns'' Chapter 5 - "Dine [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Under The Sea]]" |
| 78 | * The Fanfic/PoniesAfterPeople universe is most likely named for ''Series/LifeAfterPeople'', which has a similar premise. |
| 79 | * The title of ''Fanfic/FreakyEdDay'' is a reference to ''Literature/FreakyFriday''. |
| 80 | * ''Fanfic/TheSimpsonsTeamLASH'': |
| 81 | ** Chapter 3 - "[[Literature/ThePrincessDiaries The Heiress Diaries]]" |
| 82 | ** Chapter 4 - "[[Film/ALeagueOfTheirOwn A Liv of Their Own]]" |
| 83 | * ''Fanfic/TotalDramaLegacy'': |
| 84 | ** Episode 1 - "[[Music/AbbeyRoad Here Come The Sons... And Daughters]]" |
| 85 | ** Episode 5 - "[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Campfire Emblem Awake-ening]]" |
| 86 | ** Episode 9 - "[[Music/{{Rihanna}} Shut Up and Drive]]" |
| 87 | ** Episode 16 - "[[Series/TheGreatBritishBakeOff The Great Canadian Cook-Off]]" |
| 88 | ** Episode 17 - "Series/FamilyFeud" |
| 89 | [[/folder]] |
| 90 | |
| 91 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 92 | * One book of ''Literature/{{Dinoverse}}'' is titled "[[Film/RebelWithoutACause Raptor Without A Cause]]". It doesn't actually reference that in-story at all, though. |
| 93 | * Several of the ''Literature/FrannyKStein'' books have titles that parody those of movies and books. |
| 94 | ** ''Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid'' parodies ''Film/AttackOfThe50FootWoman''. |
| 95 | ** ''The Invisible Fran'' is a play on ''Literature/TheInvisibleMan''. |
| 96 | ** ''The Fran That Time Forgot'' spoofs ''Literature/TheLandThatTimeForgot''. |
| 97 | ** ''Frantastic Voyage'' parodies ''Film/FantasticVoyage''. |
| 98 | ** ''The Fran with Four Brains'' is a play on ''Film/TheManWithTwoBrains''. |
| 99 | ** ''The Frandidate'' parodies ''Film/TheCandidate''. |
| 100 | * Two of ''Literature/InCryptid'''s books, ''Magic for Nothing'' and ''Tricks for Free'' reference the Music/DireStraits song "Money for Nothing" in the title. (they don't have much else to do with the song itself, though) |
| 101 | * The four ''Literature/MerkabahRider'' collections each have a title that is a play upon a the title of a popular {{Western}}. The books are: |
| 102 | ** ''[[Film/HighPlainsDrifter High Planes Drifter]]'' |
| 103 | ** ''[[Film/DollarsTrilogy The Mensch with No Name]]'' |
| 104 | ** ''[[Series/HaveGunwillTravel Have Glyphs, Will Travel]]'' |
| 105 | ** ''[[Film/OnceUponAtimeInThewest Once Upon a Time in the Weird West]]'' |
| 106 | * ''Literature/TheFifthElephant'' is a play on ''Film/TheFifthElement'', although the book pastiches Film/HammerHorror and Creator/AntonChekhov, rather than anything to do with that film. |
| 107 | * The seventh chapter of ''[[Literature/JunipersChristmas Juniper's Christmas]]'' is titled "[[Music/NancySinatra These Boots Were Made For Walking]]". |
| 108 | [[/folder]] |
| 109 | |
| 110 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 111 | * ''Series/AdventuresInWonderland'' had a ''lot'' of punny titles. Such as "From Hare to Eternity" (From Here to Eternity), "Through the Looking Glasses" (Through the Looking Glass), "The Grape juice of Wrath" (The Grapes of Wrath) to name a few. |
| 112 | * ''Series/{{Workaholics}}'' does this frequently, usually combining a normal phrase with something else. For example "The Business Trip", in which Ders goes on a business trip with Alice, and then they all trip on acid. "Temp-tress", when the guys are tempted by an attractive office temp, "Model Kombat", "True Dromance" and plenty more. |
| 113 | * ''Series/DiagnosisMurder'' episode name "[[Recap/DiagnosisMurderS6E6WriteSheMurdered Write, She Murdered]]" is a play on the series title ''Series/MurderSheWrote''. |
| 114 | * Many episodes of the Syfy series ''Series/{{Eureka}}'', especially in the third season. ("Bad to the Drone," "Show Me the Mummy," "Best in Faux.") |
| 115 | * ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' did it a lot also, such as "John Quixote," "I Shrink Therefore I Am" and "Bringing Home The Beacon". |
| 116 | * The ''Series/ForeignAffairs1966'' episode, "One of Our Islands is Missing" is a play on the film ''Film/OneOfOurAircraftIsMissing''. |
| 117 | * ''Series/GossipGirl'' except for the pilot and the finale which is "New York, I Love You XOXO", every episode title is a pun based on a movie name. |
| 118 | %% * Several episodes of ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}''. |
| 119 | * The Creator/FoodNetwork cooking show ''Series/GoodEats'' does this for most of its episodes: "Porterhouse Rules," "Citizen Cane," "The Egg Files," "Field of Greens," etc. |
| 120 | * An episode of ''Series/{{Lost}}'' is called "Some Like it Hoth," a reference to both ''Film/SomeLikeItHot'' and ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack.'' |
| 121 | * ''Series/{{Psych}}'''s episodes and post-series films punny titles keep with the show's 80s/90s-referential humor. |
| 122 | ** "Who Ya Gonna Call?" -- ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' |
| 123 | ** "From the Earth to Starbucks" -- ''Literature/FromTheEarthToTheMoon'' |
| 124 | ** "Psy vs. Psy" -- ''ComicStrip/SpyVsSpy'' |
| 125 | ** "Zero to Murder in Sixty Seconds" -- ''Film/GoneInSixtySeconds2000'' |
| 126 | ** "There's Something About Mira" -- ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary'' |
| 127 | ** "The Old and the Restless" -- ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless'' |
| 128 | ** "Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead" -- ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' |
| 129 | ** ""Murder?... Anyone?... Anyone?... Bueller?"" -- ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'' |
| 130 | ** "There Might Be Blood" -- ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'' |
| 131 | ** "Lassie Did a Bad, Bad Thing" -- "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing" |
| 132 | ** "Earth, Wind and... Wait for It" -- Music/EarthWindAndFire |
| 133 | ** "Any Given Friday Night at 10pm, 9pm Central" -- ''Film/AnyGivenSunday'' |
| 134 | ** "Truer Lies" -- ''Film/TrueLies'' |
| 135 | ** "Tuesday the 17th" -- ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' |
| 136 | ** "High Noon-ish" -- ''Film/HighNoon'' |
| 137 | ** "Bollywood Homicide" -- ''Film/HollywoodHomicide'' |
| 138 | ** "Let's Get Hairy" -- ''Film/LetsGetHarry'' |
| 139 | ** "You Can't Handle This Episode" -- ''Film/AFewGoodMen'' |
| 140 | ** "The Head, the Tail, the Whole Damn Episode" -- ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' |
| 141 | ** "Mr. Yin Presents..." -- ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'' |
| 142 | ** "Romeo and Juliet and Juliet" -- ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' |
| 143 | ** "Not Even Close... Encounters" -- ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'' |
| 144 | ** "Dual Spires" -- ''Series/TwinPeaks'' |
| 145 | ** "The Polarizing Express" -- ''Literature/ThePolarExpress'' |
| 146 | ** "Shawn, Interrupted" -- ''Film/GirlInterrupted'' |
| 147 | ** "Neil Simon's Lover's Retreat" -- ''Film/CaliforniaSuite'' |
| 148 | ** "Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Dagger" -- ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' |
| 149 | ** "Heeeeere's Lassie!" -- ''Film/TheShining'' |
| 150 | ** "Shawn and the Real Girl" -- ''Film/LarsAndTheRealGirl'' |
| 151 | ** "True Grits" -- ''Film/TrueGrit'' |
| 152 | ** "Santabarbaratown" -- ''Film/{{Chinatown}}'' |
| 153 | ** "No Country for Two Old Men" -- ''Literature/NoCountryForOldMen'' |
| 154 | ** "100 Clues" -- ''Film/{{Clue}}'' |
| 155 | ** "Cirque Du Soul" -- Creator/CirqueDuSoleil |
| 156 | ** "Santa Barbarian Candidate" -- ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate'' |
| 157 | ** "Office Space" -- ''Film/OfficeSpace'' |
| 158 | ** "Nip and Suck It!" -- ''Series/NipTuck'' |
| 159 | ** "Lock, Stock, Some Smoking Barrels and Burton Guster's Goblet of Fire" -- ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels''; ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' |
| 160 | ** "1967: A Psych Odyssey" -- ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' |
| 161 | ** "A Touch of Sweevil" -- ''Film/TouchOfEvil'' |
| 162 | ** "A Nightmare on State Street" -- ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984'' |
| 163 | ** ''Psych 2: Lassie Come Home'' -- ''Film/LassieComeHome'' |
| 164 | ** ''Psych 3: This Is Gus'' -- ''Series/ThisIsUs'' |
| 165 | * Similar to ''WesternAnimation/{{The Simpsons}}'' example, there's the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "To Shanshu In LA", in which it eventually turns out that [[StealthPun the Shanshu prophecy refers to]] a vampire [[Film/ToLiveAndDieInLA becoming mortal and thus living and dying naturally]]. |
| 166 | * ''{{Series/Supernatural}}'' does it a lot. "Sam, Interrupted", "Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester"... |
| 167 | * Every episode of ''Andy Barker, P.I.'' (except the first, which is just called "Pilot") is named after a mystery or thriller movie, such as "[[Film/TheBigSleep The Big No Sleep]]" and "[[Film/TheLadyVanishes The Lady Varnishes]]". |
| 168 | * ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' has "[[Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock New Masks on the Block]]" and "[[Music/{{Queen}} Another Mask Bites the Dust]]". |
| 169 | * ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': |
| 170 | ** "Tooth and Consequences" is a pun on ''Series/TruthOrConsequences''. |
| 171 | ** "Take My Life...Please!" is a reference to Henny Youngman's famous joke "Take my wife...please!" |
| 172 | * ''Series/SydneyToTheMax'' [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming episode titles are all references to 90s pop culture]]. To name a few... |
| 173 | ** "Can't Dye This" - [[Music/MCHammer "U Can't Touch This"]]. |
| 174 | ** "Who Let the Dogs In" - "Who Let The Dogs Out?" |
| 175 | ** "The Parent Track" - ''Film/TheParentTrap1998''. |
| 176 | ** "The Lyin' King" - ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''. |
| 177 | ** "Caved and Confused" - ''Film/DazedAndConfused''. |
| 178 | ** "Can't Hardly Date" - ''Film/CantHardlyWait''. |
| 179 | ** "There's Something About Zach" - ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary''. |
| 180 | ** "Nuthin' but a Dance Thang" - [[Music/DrDre "Nuthin' but a 'G 'Thang"]]. |
| 181 | ** "Never Been Pierced" - ''Film/NeverBeenKissed''. |
| 182 | ** "Mo' Grandmas, Mo' Problems" - "Mo' Money, Mo' Problems". |
| 183 | ** "I Know What You Did Last Sleepover" - ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer''. |
| 184 | ** "Good Grade Hunting" - ''Film/GoodWillHunting''. |
| 185 | ** "Adventures in Babe-sitting" - ''Film/AdventuresInBabysitting''. |
| 186 | ** "You've Got Female" - ''Film/YouveGotMail''. |
| 187 | ** "How Sydney Got Her Phone Back - ''Film/HowStellaGotHerGrooveBack'' |
| 188 | * ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'' [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming episode titles are all references]] to films that Creator/{{Toei|Company}} produced or distributed, [[https://www.twitter.com/rabbitank/status/1364110781319503878 most of which are either obscure to Western audiences]] or LostInTranslation due to an untranslatable pun, the referenced film having a CompletelyDifferentTitle in English or both.[[labelnote:Example]]The title of episode 31 "Toys", in which the HumongousMecha is shrunk down to the size of a toy, is a reference to a 1999 film about geisha in the dying days of legal prostitution, known in Japanese as ''Toys'' but officially distributed in English-speaking arthouse circles as ''The Geisha House''.[[/labelnote]] Among the few references that can be neatly retained in English... |
| 189 | ** #9 "The Karuta Path of My Youth" - ''Anime/CaptainHarlock: The Arcadia of my Youth'' |
| 190 | ** #10 "The Girl Who Leapt After Shiguru" - the novel ''The Girl Who Leapt Through Time'' (adapted in live-action by Toei in 1983, but better known in the Anglosphere through [[Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughTime the 2006 non-Toei anime film]]) |
| 191 | ** #16 "Marshmallow Royale" - ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' |
| 192 | ** #37 "Sena 1/5" - ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' (Toei distributed some of the movies) |
| 193 | ** #42 "Battles Without Honor and Humanity" - ''Film/BattlesWithoutHonorAndHumanity'' |
| 194 | %% * Several ''Series/OddSquad'' episodes have these kinds of titles. |
| 195 | * ''Franchise/CSIVerse'': |
| 196 | ** ''Series/{{CSI}}'' has episodes entitled "Scuba Doobie-Doo," "Fur and Loathing," "Grissom vs. the Volcano," and "Eleven Angry Jurors," just to name a few. |
| 197 | ** ''Series/CSIMiami'' has "Freaks and Tweaks" and "Not Landing" for starters, plus a few to their own show and theme song: "Miami, We Have a Problem," "[=CSI=]: My Nanny," and "Won't Get Fueled Again." |
| 198 | ** Not to be outdone, ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' gives us "Oedipus Hex," "A Daze of Wine and Roaches," "One Wedding and a Funeral," and "Blood Actually," among others. |
| 199 | ** ''Series/CSICyber'' gets in on the act with "URL, Interrupted" and "Gone in 6 Seconds." |
| 200 | * ''Series/TheXFiles'': |
| 201 | ** "The Unnatural" is a reference to ''Film/TheNatural''. |
| 202 | ** "Post-Modern Prometheus" is a reference to ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'''s subtitle "The Modern Prometheus". |
| 203 | * ''Series/QuantumLeap2022'' has an episode called ''[[Recap/QuantumLeap2022S1E16BenInterrupted Ben, Interrupted]]'', a reference to ''Film/GirlInterrupted''. |
| 204 | * ''Series/ShineALight'': The third episode, "The Robinson Mutiny", is a play on the novel ''Literature/TheCaineMutiny'', but with Les' surname. |
| 205 | * ''Series/BestOfFriends1963'': |
| 206 | ** The twelfth episode was titled "Desert Island Risks", a play on ''Radio/DesertIslandDiscs''. |
| 207 | ** The final episode was titled "This Is Your Wife", a play on ''This Is Your Life''. |
| 208 | [[/folder]] |
| 209 | |
| 210 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 211 | * A level in ''VideoGame/ApeEscape 3'' is titled [[Anime/HowlsMovingCastle Howler Monkey's Unmoving Castle]] |
| 212 | * The tasks and scrolls in ''VideoGame/MySims Kingdom'' frequently have this kind of name when they're not being boringly prosaic. For example, when you're told where to find a scroll that helps you make gears, the task is called [[VideoGame/GearsOfWar "Gears of Where?"]]; when you get the scroll, it's called [[VideoGame/MetalGear "Solid Gears of Metal"]]. |
| 213 | * Chapter 4 of ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' is called "For Pigs the Bell Tolls". |
| 214 | * Predating the above example, Nintendo released ''VideoGame/ForTheFrogTheBellTolls'' for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy. |
| 215 | * Some chapters of ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' and its sequel are titled like this, such as: "[[Film/SomeLikeItHot Some Like It Red Hot]]", "[[Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea 20,000,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]", "[[Film/TheGreatEscape The Viewtiful Escape]]", "[[Film/MidnightCowboy The Midnight Thunderboy]]", and "[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Five]]" from the first game. |
| 216 | [[/folder]] |
| 217 | |
| 218 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 219 | %% * ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella''. Every. Single. Strip. |
| 220 | %% * ''Website/PlatypusComix'' applies this to several comics and articles. |
| 221 | %% * ''Webcomic/TheBrothersQuack''; most titles are a play on a title of another work or an idiom. |
| 222 | %% * ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' often does this. Even more in the Archives for the special pages where [[AlternateHistory another famous work doesn't exist]]. |
| 223 | * ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has the "Legends of Celida" storyline riffing on ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and "Q&A 8 - The Lord Of The Q&As" (''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''). |
| 224 | [[/folder]] |
| 225 | |
| 226 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 227 | * ''Blog/GaryLandlordOfTheFlies'': |
| 228 | ** [[https://strangerthaneviction.tumblr.com/post/136612080/july-5-a-farewell-to-my-armoire This post]] is titled "A Farewell to my Armoire", riffing on ''Literature/AFarewellToArms''. |
| 229 | ** The blog's final post, "[[https://strangerthaneviction.tumblr.com/post/635545450/may-26-the-world-according-to-gary The World According to Gary]]", is one letter off from ''Literature/TheWorldAccordingToGarp''. |
| 230 | [[/folder]] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 233 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': The title of "Crouching Jimmy, Hidden Sheen" riffs on ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'', tying in with its nature as a {{Wuxia}} pastiche. |
| 234 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBabaloos'': The episode dubbed in English as "The Adventurers" has its original French title translate to [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk "Raiders Of The Lost Star"]]. |
| 235 | * ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': Season 1 had "Paint Misbehavin'" ("Ain't Misbehavin'"). Season 2 had "I, Farmbot" (''Film/IRobot'') and "Chipocalypse Now" (''Film/ApocalypseNow''). |
| 236 | * Many episodes of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' cartoon have these, usually as a WholePlotReference. Often they're punny or gross versions of movie titles, such as "The Unnatural", "The Wizard of Ooze", and "It's a Wonderful Afterlife." |
| 237 | * ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': Many of the show's episodes reference movie titles or songs, like [[Film/MutinyOnTheBounty "Mutiny on the Windbreaker"]], [[Film/TheGoonies "The Belchies"]], and [[Film/LiveAndLetDie "Live and Let Fly"]]. |
| 238 | * ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'': The title of the episode "Anxious Times at Clone High" is based on ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh''. |
| 239 | * ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' has a number of episodes like this, such as "The Day the Ed Stood Still". |
| 240 | * Many later episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' have this type of title, such as "Two and a Half Babies", "The Bored Identity", "Cosmonopoly", and "Finding Emo". |
| 241 | * ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'' had episode titles such as "The Janitor Strikes Back", "No Toy Story", and "Little Glop of Horrors". One episode was not only named "A Bopwork Orange" but also parodied the classic film. Another episode, "Fanboy Ahoy!" uses the same format as the WorkingTitle of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': ''[=SpongeBoy Ahoy!=]''. |
| 242 | %% * Every other episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. |
| 243 | * A few ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shorts made after the "Golden Age" have these, such as "WesternAnimation/InvasionOfTheBunnySnatchers" or "The Whizzard of Ow". |
| 244 | * Several episodes of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': |
| 245 | ** Starting with "[[Franchise/GhostBusters Boast Busters]]". |
| 246 | ** There's also the episode "Spice Up Your Life", whose title comes directly from a Spice Girls song. Up to season 4 there are no longer original titles. |
| 247 | * ''WesternAnimation/OscarsOrchestra'' has a couple, most notably [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture "Bach To The Future"]], [[Franchise/StarWars "Star Tours"]], and [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk "Raiders Of The Lost Park"]]. |
| 248 | * A few of ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'''s episode titles are puns on the titles of famous works, specifically: |
| 249 | ** [=S1E1=] "A Lying Witch and a Warden" = ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe''. |
| 250 | ** [=S1E3=] "I Was A Teenage Abomination" = ''Film/IWasATeenageWerewolf''. |
| 251 | ** [=S1E6=] "Hooty's Moving Hassle" = ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle''. |
| 252 | ** [=S1E9=] "Something Ventured, Someone Framed" = A play on the adage ''Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained''. |
| 253 | ** [=S1E11=] "Senses and Insensitivity" = ''Literature/SenseAndSensibility''. |
| 254 | ** [=S1E17=] "Wing It Like Witches" = ''Film/BendItLikeBeckham''. |
| 255 | ** [=S2E4=] "Keeping Up A-fear-ances" = ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances''. |
| 256 | ** [=S2E5=] "Through the Looking Glass Ruins" = ''Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass''. |
| 257 | ** [=S2E18=] "Labyrinth Runners" = ''Literature/TheMazeRunner'' |
| 258 | ** [=S2E19=] "O Titan, Where Art Thou" = ''Literature/GulliversTravels'' or ''Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou''. |
| 259 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Pelswick}}'' had a few, such as "Invasion of the Buddy Snatchers". |
| 260 | * ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' has several. For example, [[Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld It's a Mud, Mud, Mud, Mud World]], [[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968 Night of the Living Pharmacists]], [[Literature/JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth Journey to the Center of Candace]], [[Film/SleeplessInSeattle Meapless in Seattle]], etc. |
| 261 | %% * ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja'' |
| 262 | * A lot of the episode titles in ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'', especially those in Season 2, are references to vintage popular culture. Just some of them are "[[Film/MyFairLady My Fair Jet]]", "[[Film/FromRussiaWithLove From Pluto With Love]]", "[[Series/MagnumPI Magnet, PI]]", "[[Music/TheBeachBoys Pet Sounds]]", etc. |
| 263 | * ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' made use of pop culture pun titles with their episode titles. Among them were "Visit to a Small Panic" (the movie "Visit to a Small Planet"), "This Goon For Higher" ("This Gun For Hire"), "Pantomime Quisling" (TV show "Pantomime Quiz") and "Mourning Becomes Electra-cuted" (the book "Mourning Becomes Electra"). |
| 264 | * Every episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpecialAgentOso'' is a pun on a ''Film/JamesBond'' movie. |
| 265 | * A large number of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' are puns on other works of fiction, often ones completely irrelevant to the episode's plot. Often they'll play on Homer's catchphrase "d'oh", but in keeping with the writers having originally called it an "annoyed grunt," it sometimes intimated thus -- hence "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious," "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)" and "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot." |
| 266 | * ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': |
| 267 | ** "[[Recap/SouthParkS7E5FatButtAndPancakeHead Fat Butt and Pancake Head]]", to ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead''. |
| 268 | ** "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E2UpTheDownSteroid Up the Down Steroid]]": The title comes from the book ''Literature/UpTheDownStaircase''. |
| 269 | ** "Margaritaville" is a reference to the Jimmy Buffett song of the same name. |
| 270 | ** "Insheeption" to ''Film/{{Inception}}''. |
| 271 | ** "[=HumancentiPad=]" to ''Film/TheHumanCentipede''. |
| 272 | ** "A Song of Ass and Fire" to ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. |
| 273 | ** "The Problem with a Poo" to ''The Problem With Apu'', a documentary on Apu in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. |
| 274 | * ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' has the episode "Big in Japan", whose title comes from a Alphaville song. |
| 275 | * ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has a few, including "The Hand that Rocks the Mabel" (The Hand that Rocks the Cradle), "The Time Traveler's Pig" (The Time Traveler's Wife), "Soos and the Real Girl" (Lars and the Real Girl), "Little Gift Shop of Horrors" (Little Shop of Horrors), and "The Stanchurian Candidate" (The Manchurian Candidate). |
| 276 | * Nearly every episode outside the half-hour specials of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' has this, though it has become less common in later seasons. Some specific examples include "[[Film/PulpFiction Pulp Friction]]" and "[[Series/BreakingBad Breaking Dad]]". |
| 277 | * Too many to list with ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', it usually involves titles of movies or some other media and forcing in Rick and Morty into the title. |
| 278 | * ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'': The episode "The Kabaddi Kid" has a title referencing ''Film/TheKarateKid''. |
| 279 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Wunschpunsch}}'' has an episode named [[Franchise/StarWars "Car Wars"]]. |
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