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2[[caption-width-right:259:Your eyes are not deceiving you; the rest of the X-Men ''actually'' got [[Series/GilligansIsland the "Professor and Mary Anne"]] [[AndTheRest treatment]].]]
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4So you've got a TV series, cartoon, comic book or other publication in the works, and of course you want it to succeed. What do you do to get it to catch the audience's attention? Make use of the character who has the most PopularityPower or is played by the most popular star by promoting them to the series title, kind of like WolverinePublicity but for the team he's already a part of.
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6This has various scales, somewhat like the PoorMansSubstitute. First, the character's name is appended to the end (CharacterTitle and Friend). Then it takes the lead (Friend and CharacterTitle), and finally it's just their name (Friend Title).
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8This alone is not an indicator of AdaptationDecay, but generally raises a warning flag to potential viewers. Then again, if SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced is involved then it's just a mere marketing trick rather than a sign of decay.
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10Compare BillingDisplacement. ProtagonistAndFriends is a form of this. See also ArtistAndTheBand. When the ''creator'' is the main draw, a related title trope is InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt. Can also be a MarketBasedTitle if it appeals to the popularity of a character or actor in a particular market.
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18* The original anime adaptation of ''Manga/DoctorSlump'' was officially titled ''Dr. Slump Arale-chan''. Justified by the fact that the manga itself focused more on the android girl Arale than her inventor Senbei Norimaki, the titular bumbling scientist.
19* ''Manga/HatsuneMix'' is a manga focusing on Music/HatsuneMiku... [[AndTheRest and the other 4 Crypton Vocaloids at the time]].[[note]]Assuming that the manga started before Megurine Luka was created, although she did cameo in one chapter.[[/note]]
20* ''Rock Lee and his Ninja Pals'' is a manga/anime focused on Rock Lee, and the other members of his team.
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24* In Brazil, ''O Pato Donald'' (WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck) #434 introduced Zé Carioca. The stories became popular enough that Issue #479 Was titled ''O Pato Donald apresenta Zé Carioca'' (Or ''Donald Duck presents Joe Carioca''), and the series continued to take that title every other issue (So even numbers were Donald Duck and odd numbers were Joe Carioca). Donald[='=]s face was removed from the ''Zé Carioca'' title logo after issue #527, the words "O Pato Donald apresenta" were shrunk down after issue #539, and removed completely from the title after issue #981 until eventually, this trope was reversed when ''Zé Carioca'' split off from ''Donald Duck'', becoming its own individual series after issue #1751. This treatment was quite generous to the character, because even for a while after the split, an issue of ''Zé Carioca'' wasn't necessarily entirely Zé Carioca stories.
25* From issue 135 to 145, Marvel's ''[[ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel G.I. Joe]]'' comic series was retitled ''G.I. Joe: Starring Snake-Eyes'', with the "Snake-Eyes" portion consuming most of the cover.
26* ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'' originally featured comics of various Creator/{{Sega}} games at the time. You wouldn't know it from the title though.
27** Although Sonic was always presented as the headline act, having the longest out of the four strips presented within, with the other strips being presented as backup stories.
28** Early issues would add "Starring Sonic the Hedgehog" to the cover, especially if one of the other strips had the cover spotlight for the issue, as if the title wasn't enough of a clue.
29* The ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' ongoing spinoff ''Knuckles the Echidna'' had its title changed to ''Sonic the Hedgehog Presents: Knuckles the Echidna'' late in its run, despite Sonic having no role in the comic.
30** Downplayed example though, as Knuckles stil has the bigger credit, although it didn't stop a picture of Sonic being added to the logo anyway.
31* ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'' spinoff title ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd Megazine'' has gone back and forth on this over its run. While Dredd is certainly the headline act, the comic contains many other strips, some from the Dredd Universe, some from other ''2000 AD'' regulars and some completely original. The logo on the front has changed a few times to reflect this: when [[Film/JudgeDredd the 1995 movie]] came out, "Judge Dredd" was much more prominent, around the millennium the name was shrunk drastically to give more emphasis to "Megazine" and then some time later this was reversed back to having Judge Dredd take up a whole third of the front page, and the rest of the logo frequently obscured by the cover art.
32* ''ComicBook/JimmyTornado'': When the comic went from magazine to album, it was rechristened from ''Jimmy & Lupe Tornado'' to just ''Jimmy Tornado''. [[https://www.actuabd.com/Frederic-Antoine-et-Jean-Francois-Vachon-Jimmy-Tornado-La-serie-Harry-Potter According to the creators]], this was out of a need for a punchier title and not wanting to drop the impact of "Tornado".
33* While ''ComicBook/GothamCitySirens'' averts this, the French localization by Urban Comics retitles the series into "Harley Quinn et les Sirènes de Gotham" (Harley Quinn and the Gotham Sirens) for marketability purposes.
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37* Another Brazilian example: when Mauricio de Sousa started making his comic strips, they revolved around Blu and Franklin, and while other characters were added in, their strips were mostly self-contained. Then, in one of Jimmy Five's strips, he got beat up by a chubby, bucktoothed, short-tempered girl whose name ended up becoming the umbrella title for all the other strips (and the comic books, when they made the jump in 1970): ''ComicBook/MonicasGang''.
38* Starting in the late '60s, the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' SundayStrip had the subtitle "Featuring Good ol' Charlie Brown" for much of its run.
39** This is because the author feared that [[IAmNotShazam readers would think "Peanuts" was the main character's name]]. Plus, he [[ExecutiveMeddling despised the name "Peanuts".]]
40* When the character of ''ComicStrip/SnuffySmith'' became popular in the ''Barney Google'' strip, it was renamed ''Barney Google and Snuffy Smith'', and continued to be called that long after the focus shifted almost exclusively to Snuffy, with "Barney Google and" being reduced to small print in the title.
41* E.C. Segar's ''Thimble Theatre'' was a well-regarded strip recounting the adventures of one Castor Oyl, his family, and his best friend Ham Gravy, until one day they needed to hire a sailor to captain a ship for them. The sailor, like most of the strip's cast, was intended to be a throw-away character, never to return after the story arc ended, but fan response was so overwhelmingly positive that he joined the main cast, and eventually the strip was re-named after him. You might have read it; it's called ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}''.
42* ''Robotman'' became ''ComicStrip/RobotmanAndMonty'', then finally just ''Monty,'' reflecting the process of the former main character being DemotedToExtra.
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46* ''Film/PitchBlack'' later became ''The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black'' after executives decided they wanted to spin off Vin Diesel's character.
47* ''Film/MadeasFamilyReunion'' and ''A Madea Christmas'' feature Madea in the title, despite the fact that she's a [[WolverinePublicity fairly minor character]] in both films.
48* With the exception of the third movie, the [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action adaptations]] of the ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' comics have Obelix's name in the title. Thus, we have ''Film/AsterixAndObelixTakeOnCaesar'', ''Film/AsterixAndObelixMissionCleopatra'', and ''Film/AsterixAndObelixGodSaveBritannia''. Might have something to do with the big-boned warrior being played by Creator/GerardDepardieu. That, and the fact that Obelix is just as iconic as Asterix himself.
49* The Japanese live-action movie adaptation of ''Manga/DeathNote'' covered the anime/manga storyline (sort of) in two movies, ''Film/{{Death Note|2006}}'' and ''Film/DeathNoteTheLastName'', then added a sequel following the clear focus shift to killer Light's rival, the detective L, that occurred in movie #2. Movie #3 is ''Film/LChangeTheWorld''.
50* The ''Franchise/IndianaJones Trilogy'' DVD boxed set retitled ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' to ''Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark''. Sadly, the fourth bonus disc was simply titled ''Indiana Jones Bonus Material'', not ''[[CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase Indiana Jones and the Bonus Material]]''.
51* The ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' movies are, in order, ''Film/FirstBlood'', ''Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII'', ''Film/RamboIII'', ''Film/{{Rambo|IV}}'', and ''Film/RamboLastBlood''.
52* ''Film/DaleksInvasionEarth2150AD'' is an adaptation of the ''Series/DoctorWho''serial ''The Dalek Invasion of Earth'' and completely abandons any sign of "Dr. Who" from the title or the promotional posters, due to cashing in on the ongoing Dalekmania craze in the UK at the time.
53* ''[[Film/BirdsOfPrey2020 Birds of Prey]]'', whose full title was originally ''Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn,'' had its marketing changed to ''Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey'' once it hit theaters. Somewhat justified in that the Birds of Prey don't appear as such until the very end of the movie; the plot follows how Harley's actions bring the members of what will become the Birds of Prey together for the first time.
54* ''Film/ShredderOrpheus'' has this in-universe, as Orpheus's band goes from "The Shredders" to "Orpheus and the Shredders" after his appearance on Praise the Ray.
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58* In the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, Cthulhu is only a minor character of only passing significance and few appearances. Almost all stories in which the Great Old Ones and Outer Gods play a role are about the less well known Yog-Sothoth and Dagon, or even Nyarlathotep. While "The Call of Cthulhu" is one of the best known titles, it's actually a rather short story in which not much happens and Cthulhu only has a short cameo at the very end.
59* Parodied in Creator/OgdenNash's poem "The Self-Effacement of Electra Thorne":
60-->As for egocentricity, good heavens!\
61What's egocentric about wanting the marquee to read
62---->'''ELECTRA THORNE'''\
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64'''OPHELIA AND HAMLET'''\
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71* When ''Series/TheGreenHornet'' was shown in Hong Kong, they retitled it ''The Kato Show'' due to Creator/BruceLee's popularity.
72* The ShowWithinAShow on ''Series/ThirtyRock'' goes from ''The Girlie Show'' to ''[=TGS=] with Tracy Jordan''.
73* Star Ron Howard and creator Gary Marshall threatening to walk stopped ABC from their "brilliant" idea of renaming their hit show to ''Fonzie's Series/HappyDays''. Even Creator/HenryWinkler himself spoke out against the idea, feeling that such a change would have been disrespectful to his co-stars. But it didn't stop Winkler's [[BreakoutCharacter ascension from credited at the end of the episode to top-billing star]] and the animated series ended up being called ''WesternAnimation/TheFonzAndTheHappyDaysGang''.
74* ''Series/TheDailyShow'' became ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'', mostly to distinguish itself from the earlier seasons, which were hosted by Craig Kilborn.
75* Averted on ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE'' EnsembleDarkhorse and fan favorite Illya Kuryakin was promoted to co-star status, so the show was really about two men from U.N.C.L.E. from mid-Season 1 onward, but the singular title was never changed, and there was no question that Napoleon Solo was the man to whom it referred.
76** However, the French title was ''Des Agents Très Spéciaux'', meaning ''Very Special Agent'''s'''''.
77* A moderately obscure one: 1980s [=BBC=] Children's show ''Lift Off'' (not to be confused with the [=ITV=] show of a decade earlier) became ''Lift Off with Coppers & Co.'' and then just ''Coppers & Co'' (though to be fair, they ''did'' drop the lift gimmick, so it was either that or leave it as an ArtifactTitle).
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81* "The Miami Sound Machine" eventually became "Music/GloriaEstefan And Miami Sound Machine," before becoming just Gloria Estefan.
82** ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' ran a parody of the above situation with the rise and fall of a starlet in a church choir. At first, it's "The Fellows" with just her head sticking out of the row of singers, then it's "The Fellows and Melanie", "Melanie and the Fellows", before apexing at "M" with a closeup of her face. From there it spirals down the way it came, with her a sad, nameless member of the choir again.
83** MAD #79 had a similar "Rise and Fall" feature, with the starlet starting as a nameless member of a vocal group, advancing from "The Euclid Phlomm Chorale with Patricia Blousen" to "Patricia Blousen and the Euclid Phlomm Chorale," reaching the peak of her career with an album cover showing "Patti" and a closeup of her face, then gradually declining until once again becoming a nameless member of the Euclid Phlomm Chorale.
84* During his tenure with the Faces, the groups' billing changed from "Faces" to "Faces featuring Rod Stewart" and finally "Rod Stewart and Faces" before Ronnie Lane quit and the group essentially just [[IAmTheBand became Stewart's backing band]].
85* Similarly: Red Rider => Tom Cochrane and Red Rider => Tom Cochrane, with his first "solo" album heavily featuring people brought into Red Rider during the middle part of that chain. (Most people outside Canada will only know the last part of that chain, but Red Rider had quite a following in their home country long before Cochrane went solo.)
86* Music/TheSupremes became Diana Ross and the Supremes because of her popularity and diva behavior.
87** And because some have argued that Ross's involvement with Motown boss Berry Gordy caused him to favour her in the first place.
88* Even [[VirtualCelebrity cartoon bands]] are not immune to this. "David Seville and the Chipmunks" had their names simplified to "The Chipmunks" before they officially became "Music/AlvinAndTheChipmunks".
89** This was less from fame and more from the fact that creator Ross Bagdasarian's stage name was David Seville. After his death, his son, Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., inherited the Chipmunks, but did not do much with them for a few years; when he did, followed in his father's footsteps, taking the stage name 'Alvin Chipmunk' and also doing all of the voices of the characters using the same methods as his father. Thus the change in name over the years from David Seville to Alvin.
90* During TheEighties, radio [=DJs=] would often announce Music/{{Genesis|Band}} songs as "[[ArtistAndTheBand Phil Collins and Genesis]]", as though Genesis were merely Collins's backing band.
91** The cover art for the 2006 reissuing of their very first single, "The Silent Sun", credited the group as "Peter Gabriel and Genesis". This might have been for clarity, since by 2006, Phil Collins had long since established himself as the new frontman.
92* Music/TheStooges became Iggy & the Stooges for quite some time because of Iggy Pop's popularity. Eventually it became just the Stooges again.
93* The song "Careless Whisper" was credited as a Music/GeorgeMichael solo effort initially in the UK but became Wham! featuring George Michael internationally.
94* Initially conceived as a Tony Iommi solo record, "Seventh Star" eventually became Music/BlackSabbath featuring Tony Iommi.
95* Rainbow's 1975 debut album was titled ''Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow'', even though Music/RonnieJamesDio was clearly the frontman.
96* Selena Gomez's band was (at Gomez's own request) originally just "The Scene" , but to capitalize on Selena's fanbase and name-recognition, it became Creator/SelenaGomez & The Scene.
97* ''The Final Cut'' is credited to "[[IAmTheBand Roger Waters]], with Music/PinkFloyd''.
98* Music/MarcBolan AND T-Rex
99* ''Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars'' was this for Music/DavidBowie during his Ziggy period, and he even went so far as to write a song about it.
100* Before one live performance, Music/TheDoors were introduced as "Jim Morrison and The Doors." However, Jim Morrison refused to go onstage afterwards and [[DefiedTrope insisted that they be introduced as just "The Doors."]]
101* Like the ''Manga/HatsuneMix'' example above, official events and crossovers featuring the Crypton Music/{{Vocaloid}}s[[note]]This includes fare like Miku Expo, [=MikuPa=], the Snow Miku festivals, and even the benignly titled ''[[VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva Project Diva]]'' games and Magical Mirai (they serve as the subtitle to Miku's name).[[/note]] are usually branded under "Music/HatsuneMiku". Not even "Hatsune Miku feat. Crypton Vocaloids", just Miku's name, as though the other four were supporting cast.
102* The Machine in Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine originally referred not to Florence's band as a whole but to her keyboardist, Isa Summers. The two first billed themselves as "Florence Robot and Isa Machine" before condensing the name.
103* Music/TheDeFrancoFamily released their albums as "The [=DeFranco=] Family, Featuring Tony [=DeFranco=]".
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107* Creator/AAMilne[='=]s stage adaptation of ''Literature/TheWindInTheWillows'' was called ''Toad of Toad Hall''. Ratty, Mole and Badger are in it too, not that you'd notice.
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111* The ''VideoGame/NicktoonsUnite'' series eventually got to the point where it was billed as "WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants featuring Nicktoons" rather than just "Nicktoons." Considering that the series had been slowly becoming a SpotlightStealingCrossover, the title is actually fitting.
112** In Europe, the series was entitled "[=SpongeBob SquarePants=] and Friends" since the beginning.
113* While the Franchise/MarvelUniverse VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame is appropriately titled ''VideoGame/LegoMarvelSuperHeroes'', the [[Franchise/TheDCU DC Universe]] equivalent remains to be [[{{Pun}} under the wing]] of the ''VideoGame/LegoBatman'' label, even in its third installment, which is primarily about Superman's villain Brainiac and the various Lantern corps. Eventually subverted with the fourth game, which is titled ''VideoGame/LegoDCSuperVillains'' and thus no longer has Batman's name in the title.
114* The [=PlayStation=] port of ''Addiction Pinball'' was renamed ''VideoGame/{{Worms}} Pinball''.
115* The 360/[=PS3=] "sequel" to the ''Sega Genesis Collection'' is entitled ''Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}}'s Ultimate Genesis Collection'' in America but ''Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection'' in Europe.
116* ''[[Platform/GameBoy GB]] VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}'' was retitled ''[[DolledUpInstallment Wario Blast: featuring Bomberman]]'' outside Japan, even though it was VideoGame/{{Wario}} being shoehorned into a Bomberman game rather than the other way around.
117* The [=MSX2=] sequel to the original ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' was titled ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake'', with the "Solid Snake" portion spelled in bigger letters (some official sources even go as far to call the game ''Solid Snake: Metal Gear 2'', much like the ''Rambo'' example above). However, the series subverted this with the third game, ''Metal Gear Solid'' for the Platform/PlayStation. While "Solid" is indeed part of Solid Snake's codename, the word also has some significance besides the main character (mainly that it's the third ''Metal Gear'' and [[VideoGame3DLeap the first one in 3D]]).
118* An inversion: in Japan, the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series is known as ''Akumajou Dracula'' ("Demon Castle Dracula") and with a few exceptions (particularly ''Vampire Killer'' for the Mega Drive, the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaBloodlines''), all of the games in the series have been released under the ''Akumajou Dracula'' name until [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDissonance the second GBA game]], in which Creator/{{Konami}} attempted to adapt the overseas title of ''Castlevania'' for the Japanese versions due to [[ArtifactTitle Dracula's downplayed role in the newer games]]. It didn't quite work out and after fan backlash, the series went back to being called ''Akumajou Dracula'' in Japan.
119** In Japan, ''Castlevania'' never had a consistent title up until later games. [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest The second Famicom game]] was titled ''Dracula II'', [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse the third one]] was ''Akumajou Densetsu'' (Legend of the Devil's Castle), the first two Game Boy games were known as ''Dracula Densetsu'' (Legend of Dracula) and the Mega Drive game was called ''Vampire Killer'' (a title previously used for the European version of the [=MSX2=] ''Akumajou Dracula''). It wasn't until ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Chi no Rondo]]'' for the PC Engine that the full ''Akumajo Dracula'' name started to be used more frequently in sequels.
120* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero''. Despite popular belief, the "title" character is '''''not''''' a "Mega Man", it's VideoGame/MegaManX's friend Zero.
121* Inversion: the sequels to ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' downplayed the "Phoenix Wright" portion of the title after the localization staff realized that the fourth installment would feature a new protagonist, which ended up being released as ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney''.
122* ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' turned into ''Jak II'' with the second game. Of course, since it went DarkerAndEdgier with that game, [[ShooOutTheClowns removing the comic relief sidekick from the title]] made sense. Incidentally, Daxter seemed to [[TookALevelInBadass gain more involvement as the series progressed]]. ''Jak & Daxter'' is one of the few games where he isn't playable in some sense.
123* ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]''. To be fair, over a third of the characters are from the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise.
124** The sequel takes it up a notch, removing "Creator/{{SEGA}}" out of the title and simply calling it ''Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed''. To be fair in this case, the game has a number of characters [[GuestFighter who aren't from Sega properties]].
125* The Data East beat 'em up ''Dragon Ninja'' became ''Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja'' when it was released in North America to simply ''VideoGame/BadDudes'' when it was ported to the NES. A JustifiedTrope, since [[AntagonistTitle the titular "Dragon Ninja" was actually the main bad guy]].
126* Not quite a character, but a similar idea: ''Final Fantasy Chronicles'' for the [=PlayStation=] is a CompilationRerelease... but only one of the games is a ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' title (''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''). The other is ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''.
127* ''Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon'' is a curious example. On the SNES, a game from the ''VideoGame/GanbareGoemon'' series was released in English as ''Legend of the Mystical Ninja''. It seems that ''Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon'' was an attempt to keep the Mystical Ninja name for the franchise in the US whilst also having the main character's name in the title. In the European release's logo, the words "Starring Goemon" are much bigger than "Mystical Ninja." So, in a sense, Goemon is stealing the spotlight from himself.
128** It's also worth mentioning that the ''Ganbare Goemon'' game featured in the English ''Konami GB Collection Vol. 3'', which uses the same logo, is simply called ''Starring Goemon'' in the game itself.
129* The classic arcade BeatEmUp ''VideoGame/CaptainAmericaAndTheAvengers'' had Captain America as only one of a team of four playable characters. A voice clip exclaiming "ComicBook/TheAvengers!" supports the notion that Captain America was shoehorned into the game's title.
130* ''VideoGame/SkylandersSpyrosAdventure'': Franchise/SpyroTheDragon is only one character out of thirty-two, and within the game itself has no more prominence than any of the others, other than being one of the three packaged with the game.[[note]]Not only that, it has no connection whatsoever to the ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'' series that was originally created by Creator/InsomniacGames (better known these days for ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'').[[/note]] Furthermore, the sequel is titled ''Skylanders: Giants'', taking Spyro out of the spotlight completely.
131* ''Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition'' was retitled ''VideoGame/PokemonConquest'' for North America, most likely because ''VideoGame/NobunagasAmbition'' is a fairly obscure series in America.
132* InUniverse example in ''VideoGame/SonicMania''. If you beat the [[spoiler:& Knuckles Mode]] as Knuckles, you get a special ending in which [[spoiler:it's revealed that the whole Knuckles & Knuckles playthrough was just a retelling of the game by Knuckles called ''Sonic Mania & Knuckles'']].
133* The Sega 32x game ''Chaotix'' was retitled to ''VideoGame/KnucklesChaotix'' for the international release, simply because Knuckles happened to be one of the playable cast.
134** The title screen still gives the title as simply ''Chaotix'' but gives Knuckles a special "Featuring" credit.
135* While many ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'' games are titled after the character who leads them, others will have Pico's name in the title despite not being the main character.
136** ''Pico vs. Überkids'' is about Nene, Darnell, and Pico (in that order) taking turns playing RussianRoulette with the titular {{New Transfer Student}}s. Despite being the last of the three to play, he gets top billing, though he came up with the idea first. The same goes for its FanRemake ''Pico Roulette'', which has him as just one of many playable characters.
137* ''Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-Tachi no Banka'' was given the MarketBasedTitle ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirlsZero'' when translated. While this is meant to indicate that this is the game Misako and Kyoko's ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirls'' incarnations are based on, the main characters were Kunio and Riki; the girls, while playable, were along for the ride.
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141* ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' referred to the four series that ran on it: ''Webcomic/{{Jailbreak}}'', ''Webcomic/BardQuest'', ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'', and ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''. Due to ''Homestuck'''s overwhelming popularity, however, Creator/VizMedia rebranded the site to ''Homestuck.com'', logos, hyperlinks and all. The other 3 are still on the site, though they're given little advertising beyond the "Read" and "Extras" pages.
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145* ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' spun off ''My Friends Tigger & Pooh''
146* The latest ''ComicBook/XMen'' AnimatedAdaptation was ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009''
147* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' to ''Slimer! and The Real Ghostbusters''
148* ''Rocky and His Friends'' featured ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' cliffhanger shorts. After a while, the name of the overall show became ''The Bullwinkle Show''.
149* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' to ''Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles''
150* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'', whereas the original action figure line and comic books were simply called ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse''.
151* By the same token, the Mattel toyline "Wheeled Warriors" was adapted into ''WesternAnimation/JayceAndTheWheeledWarriors''.
152** Which, it should be noted, originally had no such things as plot or characters. Those were all supplied by the show.
153* The pilot of ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' has gone by many subtitles. While most names are general, one of them is "Firefly's Adventure"; Firefly is the most prominent Pony in the pilot.
154* The Disney WartimeCartoon "Donald Duck in Nutzi Land" was retitled "WesternAnimation/DerFuehrersFace" when the song from the cartoon became a hit.
155* Given Charles Schulz' dislike of the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' title for his comic strip, every [[Franchise/{{Peanuts}} animated work]] based on it during his lifetime was titled after Charlie Brown or Snoopy. It was only after his death that ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie'' and the French ''Peanuts'' TV cartoon were allowed their titles.
156** The opening for ''The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show'' shows Charlie Brown painting his name on a blank sign as part of the show title, then Snoopy cuts in to paint ''his'' name on the sign to finish it off.
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