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7...[[EitherOrTitle or]] '''Tis Pity She's an X''.
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9Some works have titles that are just really easy to have fun with. All you have to do is replace a word or two, and there you go - instant funny title!
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11With other works... Well, substitute "well-known" for "easy to have fun with", and "memorable" for "funny". After all, what better way could there be to make people remember the title of your new work than making it a ShoutOut to a Creator/WilliamShakespeare title?
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13In other words, this is about the phenomenon of the title of a work being used as a template for other titles. The key feature is that the structure of the title is distinctive enough that even when replacing one or more words, it's still obvious what the reference is.
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15More generally, popular phrases with a variable element used in this manner as templates are termed [="snowclones"=]. See [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone The Other Wiki.]]
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17See also StockShoutouts, MemeticMutation. If your title is a ShoutOut to something ''other'' than another title, it's a LiteraryAllusionTitle. If it's an episode title referring to another episode title of the same series, they're CrossReferencedTitles. For trope title examples see pretty much any TitleTropes of your choice.
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19Some of these are bound to be ParallelPornTitles.
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21'''Please list lots of actual examples of title variations, rather than just the template -- it's [[RuleOfFun more fun]] that way!'''
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24!!Examples according to original work:
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28[[folder:Comic Books]]
29* '''Countdown to X''': Since many comics tell ongoing stories with regular installments and no end in sight, they can build up to a big event in the future by having a countdown.
30** ''ComicBook/{{Countdown to|Final Crisis}} ComicBook/FinalCrisis''
31** "Countdown to Unicron" (''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'')
32** "Countdown to Necropolis" (''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'')
33** "Countdown to Destruction" (''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''; franchise SeriesFauxnale)
34** ''Countdown to Extinction'' (an album by Music/{{Megadeth}}, as well as its title track; original name of an attraction at Disney's Animal Kingdom, before it was retitled "Dinosaur!")
35** ''Series/KamenRiderDrive [[EpisodeZeroTheBeginning Episode 0]]: Countdown to Global Freeze''
36** "Countdown to Murder" (case in ''VideoGame/CriminalCaseWorldEdition'')
37[[/folder]]
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39[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
40* '''The X, The Y, His Z and Her A''' - starting with ''Film/TheCookTheThiefHisWifeAndHerLover'' (1989), which went through tons of MemeticMutation when it was first out.
41** Chapter 4 of ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'' is "The Bartender, The Thieves, His Aunt, And Her Lover".
42** ''The Leader, His Driver and the Driver's Wife'', 1991 British documentary about Eugène Terre'Blanche, leader of the South African far-right party Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging.
43** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E1TheMookTheChefTheWifeAndHerHomer The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer]]" -- [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons three guesses]].
44** Slightly more subtle was the series of missions in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' called "The Crook," "The Thieves," "The Wife," and "The Lover."
45** ''A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop'' is probably one these- this is the international film for a movie titled ''A Simple Noodle Story'' in reference to [[Film/BloodSimple the film]] it adapts.
46** ''The Return of the Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Mother'' in the background of ''ComicStrip/DykesToWatchOutFor''.
47
48* '''Miracle on X''', from ''Film/MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet'' (1947)
49** ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E10MiracleOnEvergreenTerrace Miracle on Evergreen Terrace]]'' (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'')
50** The winter 1980 Olympics where the US Men's hockey team beat the Soviet squad in the semifinal round was dubbed the "Miracle on Ice."
51** ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}} Christmas: Miracle on Third Street''
52** ''Miracle on 49th Street'', a novel by Mike Lupica about a basketball star who learns he has a twelve year old daughter.
53** ''Miracle on the 17th Green'', a novel by James Patterson and Peter De Jonge, which was made into a TV movie in 1999.
54** "Miracle on Third or Fourth Street", an episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}''.
55** ''Miracle on Interstate 880'', a TV movie about a disaster during the 1989 San Francisco earthquake.
56** ''Miracle on Jongno Street'', a 2010 documentary that explores LGBT issues in Korea.
57** ''Miracle on Regent Street'', a novel by Ali Harris.
58** Miracle on the Hudson River: US Airways Flight 1549.
59
60* '''[[AttackOfTheKillerWhatever Attack of the Killer]][=/=][[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever 50-foot X]]''' - starting with ''Film/AttackOfThe50FootWoman'' (1958)
61** ''Film/AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes''
62** "Attack of the 50-Foot Sister" (''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'')
63** ''Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores'' (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'')
64** The comedy short ''Attack of the Killer Refrigerator''.
65** The ScienceFiction short ''Attack of the Killer Metal Man from the Dimensions of the Unknown''.
66** The documentary ''Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania''.
67** The 1995 film ''Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfolds''.
68** "Attack of the Killer Garage Sale", an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''
69** "Attack of the Killer App" (''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'')
70** "Attack of the 5½ Foot Geek" (''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'')
71** The ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' collection "Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons"
72** ''Music/WeirdAlYankovic'''s "Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters from a Planet Near Mars"
73
74* '''The X That Ate Y''' ''(Not based on any particular film, but a common title for B-movies parodies. May have referenced "The dog ate my homework.")''
75** All of the books in the ''Lizzie And Booker'' series are titled like this, with the first two being "The Turkey That Ate My Father" and "The Computer That Ate My Brother".
76** The novelty song "The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati" by Rose and the Arrangement about a fictional horror movie.
77** In ''Series/TheXFiles'' episode "Detour", Mulder [[DeadpanSnarker claims]] that he has an x-file called "The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati" filed in the C’s.
78** Likewise, "The Eggplant That Ate Chicago" by Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band.
79** And the song "The Pizza That Ate Chicago" by Tom Paxton. Chicago must be tasty.
80** ''Film/TheCarsThatAteParis''
81** A ''Series/HappyDays'' ExpandedUniverse novel gave us "The Cow that Ate Salt Lake City" and its sequel "The Cow That Got So Thirsty Eating Salt Lake City, It Had to go Drink Lake Erie"
82** There's another series of children's books titled ''The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks''.
83** "The Tower That Ate People", a song by Music/PeterGabriel.
84** The 2008 documentary ''The Cars That Ate China''.
85** The short documentary ''The Hair That Ate Hollywood''.
86** The 1906 silent short ''The Horse That Ate the Baby''.
87** The ScienceFiction short film ''The Zucchini That Ate New York vs. Tomatozilla''.
88** Creator/BillCosby had a standup bit involving ''The Chicken Heart that Ate Up New York City.''
89** ''The Blob That Ate Everyone'' (''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'')
90** Food Critic Jeffrey Steingarten's book The Man Who Ate Everything
91** The ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'' storyline, "The Painting that Ate Paris", which in true Doom Patrol fashion is even weirder than it sounds
92** ''The Grog that Drank People'', a book appearing in ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland''.
93** ''The Monster That Ate Everybody'', a ShowWithinAShow in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
94** ''The Creature That Ate Sheboygan'', both a 1971 [[TabletopGame/TheCreatureThatAteSheboygan a tabletop game]] and an unrelated song by Aces & Eights released in 2008.
95** ''Literature/ThePlantThatAteDirtySocks'': "The X That Ate Y" is the format for both the series title itself and the in-universe book "The Glob That Ate Outer Space".
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97* '''Crouching X, Hidden Y''' - starting with ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'' (2000)
98** CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
99** [[PsychoSupporter Crouching Support, Hidden Batshit]]
100** "Crouching Jimmy, Hidden Sheen" (''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'')
101** [[Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway "We'll return you to 'Crouching Tiger, Screaming Siegfried and Roy' in just a second..."]]
102** "Crouching Father, Hidden Husband", an episode of ''Series/WillAndGrace''.
103** "Crouching Binome, Hidden Virus", an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot''.
104** ''Crouching Tiger, Disembowelling Parrot'', a ShowWithinAShow in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''.
105
106* '''X, [[EitherOrTitle Or]]: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Y.''' - starting with ''[[Film/DrStrangelove Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb]]'' (1964)
107** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode title "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E10Springfield $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]"
108** ''Film/TheIncrediblyStrangeCreatures'' was originally titled ''The Incredibly Strange Creature: Or Why I Stopped Living and Became a Mixed-Up Zombie'' before Creator/ColumbiaPictures threatened a lawsuit.
109** The Bluetones song "Autophilia (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Car)"
110** According to Website/{{IMDb}}, the working title for ''[[AnimalAthleteLoophole Soccer Dog: The Movie]]'' was ''Soccer Dog, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Pooch''.
111** WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick episode ''[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thedudette/nostalgia-chick/21361-stop-worrying-and-love-the-kesha Blonde Girls Now and Then, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Ke$ha]]''.
112** The 1964 comedy film ''The Monster of Camp Sunshine or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Nature''.
113** The short film ''The Origin or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the J.O.I.N.T.''.
114** The 2009 short film ''Dr Lewis Or; How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Corpse''.
115** The 2010 documentary ''Flush! or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Toilet''.
116** The 2005 short documentary ''The Zeros Post Mortem or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Box Office and Love DVD''.
117** ''Iraq: A Look Baq (Or, How We Learned to Stop Reporting and Love the War)'', a 2003 television special hosted by Jon Stewart.
118** Creator/WilWheaton's ''The Saga of Spongebob Vega$pant$ (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Franchise/StarTrek)''
119** David Willis's ''Webcomic/{{Webcomic/Roomies|ItsWalkyJoyceAndWalky}}!'' collection ''Roomies! Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Beer''.
120** The final chapter of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' in the Project Zetsubou FanTranslation is titled "The Super Duper High School Unluckster, or: How I Learned to Stop Despairing and Embrace the End".
121** The first episode of the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' {{Fanime}} ''[[WebAnimation/FantasyKaleidoscope The Memories of Phantasm]]'' had the English title "The Ordinary Magician or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Kotatsu".
122** One ''Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield'' strip is titled "[[Film/{{Inception}} Donutception]], Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Donut (Wars)".
123** Creator/MichaelRosen had a possible variation with "Tomato Two, or How I Learned to Love Tomatoes".
124** "How I Learned to (Almost) Love the Sin Lobbyists," article by Creator/ChristopherBuckley about the RealLife inspiration for ''Literature/ThankYouForSmoking''
125** ''[[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-mccrae/how-i-learned-to-stop-hating-my-job-and-love-my-life_b_6702804.html How I Learned to Stop Hating My Job and Love My Life]]'', an article from The Huffington Post.
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127* '''A Fistful of X''' (where X is usually some kind of money) - starting with ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' (1964)
128** ''Film/AFistfulOfDynamite'', by Creator/SergioLeone himself.
129** "A Fistful of Yen," movie-within-the-movie from ''Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie''
130** ''VideoGame/EvilDeadAFistfulOfBoomstick''
131** ''Film/TheKingOfKong: A Fistful of Quarters''
132** "A Fistful of Auctions," episode of ''Series/StorageWarsTexas''
133** "A Fistful of Brains," episode of ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse''
134** "A Fistful of Chips," episode of ''Series/{{Taggart}}''
135** "A Fistful of Chowder," episode of ''Series/{{Conan}}''
136** "A Fistful of Datas," episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''
137** "A Fistful of Diamonds," episode of ''Series/AliasSmithAndJones''
138** "A Fistful of Dinars," episode of ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess''
139** "A Fistful of Dobbers," episode of ''Series/{{Neighbours}}''
140** "A Fistful of Donuts," cinematic music track from ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet 3''
141** "A Fistful of Ed," episode of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''
142** "A Fistful of Energon," episode of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated''
143** "A Fistful of Francs," episode of ''Series/AlloAllo''
144** "A Fistful of Lire," episode of ''Series/TheFallGuy''
145** "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E4AFistfulOfMeg A Fistful of Meg]]," episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''
146** [[Recap/CommunityS2E23AFistfulOfPaintballs "A Fistful of Paintballs,"]] episode of ''Series/{{Community}}''
147** "A Fistful of Reasons," episode of ''Series/TheBradyBunch''
148** "A Fistful of Fingers", episode of ''Series/WayneAndShuster''.
149** "A Fistful of Rikers", a FanVid edit of ''Star Trek: TNG''
150** "A Fistful of Tunes You Can Whistle", a sub-setting in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' RPG.
151** ''VideoGame/FistfulOfFrags'', a WildWest-themed multiplayer FPS game.
152
153* '''From X with Love''' - starting with Franchise/JamesBond novel/movie ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' (1963). There are some variations, too: '''To X with Love''' (the template here is ''Film/ToSirWithLove'') or '''From X without Love'''
154** ''Manga/FromEroicaWithLove''
155** ''Film/FromParisWithLove''
156** ''Film/FromMexicoWithLove''
157** ''From Rush Hour With Love'' was a song by Republica.
158** The French title for ''Film/InBruges'' is equivalent to "From Bruges With Love".
159** ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' chapter title: "To Russia, With Gloves."
160** The [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/NES_Tetris_Box_Front.jpg boxart of the NES version]] of ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' features the tagline, "From Russia With Fun!"
161** ''From Beijing with Love'' is a Bond parody by Creator/StephenChow.
162** The ''VideoGame/GroundControl'' cheat "frommassivewithlove"
163** "From Alabamy, With Hate," Creator/HarlanEllison's true story of the March from Selma to Montgomery
164** "From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love" (''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' Comic Relief special)
165** ''From Aberystwyth with Love'', the fifth Aberystwyth Noir novel by Malcolm Pryce
166** ''From Above with Love'', a book by Andrew Matthews
167** ''From Pluto with Love'', episode of ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo''
168** "From Buffalo with Love", episode of ''Murdoch Mysteries''
169** "From Venus with Love", episode of ''Series/TheAvengers1960s''
170** Variation: "To Spank, with Love" and "To Sirloin with Love", episodes of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''
171** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS30E6FromRussiaWithoutLove From Russia without Love]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E20ToSurveilWithLove To Surveil with Love]]", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E8ToCurWithLove To Cur with Love]]" and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS27E20ToCourierWithLove To Courier with Love]]" from ''The Simpsons''
172
173* '''The Good, The Bad And The X''' - starting with Creator/SergioLeone's ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' (1966).
174** ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good,_the_Bad_&_the_Queen The Good, The Bad And The Queen]]''
175** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E17TheGoodTheSadAndTheDrugly The Good, the Sad and the Drugly]]" (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'')
176** ''[[Literature/TheHollows The Good, the Bad, and the Undead]]''
177** ''Film/TheAdventuresOfElmoInGrouchland'' had the TagLine "The Good, The Bad and The Stinky."
178** ''Film/TheGoodTheBadTheWeird'', a Korean {{recycl|edInSpace}}ing of the Leone film (with some nods to the other films in the "Dollars Trilogy")
179** According to the [[http://www.weirdexperiments.com/apps/blog/show/5199871-and-the-winner-is-the-good-the-bad-and-the-outsourced Weird Experiments]] website, this is the most common snowclone movie title to be used in scientific papers, based on [[http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=1,5&as_subj=bio+chm+eng+med+phy&q=%22The+Good+the+Bad+and%22+-ugly hits on Google Scholar]].
180** A [[ComicBook/TheBeano Beano]] "comics library" starting Plug from The Bash Street Kids called The Good, The Bad And Plug Ugly.
181** An episode of ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' was titled, "The Good, the Bad, and the Alex".
182** [[Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway "We'll return you to our Politically-Correct Presentation of 'The Good, The Bad, and the Beauty-Impaired' in just a second..."]]
183** ''Music/PanicAtTheDisco'' has the song "The Good, the Bad and the Dirty", from the album ''Death of a Bachelor''.
184** ''VideoGame/{{Bubsy}}'' level "The Good, the Bad and the Woolies"
185** "The Good, the Bad and the Handy" (''WesternAnimation/HandyManny'')
186** "The Good, the Bad and the Wallaby" (''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'')
187** "The Good, the Bad and the Tigger" (''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'')
188** "The Good, Tad and the Ugly", name of the last level of ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' 2 (played as frog Tad)
189** "The Good, the Bad and the Ponies", two part arc from ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW''
190** Our trope TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil
191** "The Good, The Bad And The Motionless," an episode from ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse''
192** "The Good, The Bad And Huckleberry Hound," a 1988 Hanna-Barbera made-for-TV animated movie
193** "The Good, The Bad And The Adorable," an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BountyHamster''
194** "The Good, The Bad, And The Smurfy," an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''
195** "The Good, The Bad, And The Snotty," an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard''
196** "[[Recap/CastleS6E10TheGoodTheBadAndTheBaby The Goood, the Bad & the Baby]]", an episode of ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}''
197** "The Good, the Bad, and the Dominatrix", an episode of ''{{Series/CSI}}''
198** A TakeThat case involved [[Creator/ClintEastwood that movie's star]], or rather his ex-wife, who titled her autobiography ''The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly''
199
200* '''Once Upon a Time in X''' - starting with Creator/SergioLeone's ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'' (1968)
201** Leone himself repeated this title, using it for ''Film/OnceUponATimeInAmerica'' and in ''Once Upon A Time... the Revolution'', an alternate title for ''Film/DuckYouSucker'' (also alternatively titled ''Film/AFistfulOfDynamite'')
202** ''Film/OnceUponATimeInMexico''
203** ''Once Upon a Time in India'', a subtitle given to ''Film/{{Lagaan}}''
204** ''Film/OnceUponATimeInChina''
205** ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheMidlands''
206** ''Film/OnceUponATimeInAnatolia'' (2012)
207** ''Literature/OnceUponATimeInTheNorth'', a prequel to ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials''
208** ''Series/OnceUponATimeInWonderland''; it's a spinoff of a show called ''Series/OnceUponATime'' that's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin set in Wonderland]].
209** ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood''
210** ... [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time and more]]
211
212* '''I Was a Teenage X''' - starting with ''Film/IWasATeenageWerewolf'' (1957)
213** ''I Was a Teenage Frankenstein'', film from the producers of ''I Was a Teenage Werewolf'', released in the same year (1957)
214** ''I Was a Teen-Age Dwarf'', novel by Max Shulman
215** ''I Was a Teenage T. Rex'', book in the ''Literature/{{Dinoverse}}'' series
216** ''I Was a Literature/TeenageWorrier''
217** ''Literature/IWasATeenageFairy''
218** ''I Was a Teenage Faust'', 2002 TVMovie
219** ''I Was a Zombie for the FBI'', 1984 Film
220** ''I Was a Teenage Zombie'', 1986 film
221** "I Was a Teenage Taylor", episode of ''Series/HomeImprovement''
222** "I Was a Teenage Gary", episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''
223** "I Was a Teenage Stimpy", episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow''
224** "I Was a Teenage Spy", episode of ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld''
225** "I Was a Teenage Anarchist", song by Music/AgainstMe
226** "I Was a Teenage Communist", a Radio 4 documentary on the history of Communist Party of Great Britain presented by Alexei Sayle (who was a teenage Communist).
227** "I Was a Teenage Brain Surgeon", referenced in a Music/SpikeJones routine.
228** "I Was a Teenage Thumb", 1963 ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short.
229** ''I Was a Teenage TV Terrorist'', a 1985 comedy film.
230** ''I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies'', a 2006 documentary.
231** ''I Was a Teenage Feminist'', a 2005 documentary.
232** ''I Was a Teenage Werebear'', a 2011 short film parodying several movies, including ''Film/RebelWithoutACause''.
233** ''Growing Up Brady: I Was a Teenage Greg'', written by Barry Williams, who played Greg Brady on ''Series/TheBradyBunch'', and Chris Kreski, a screenwriter and biographer.
234** ''I Was a Teenage Popsicle'', a novel by Bev Katz Rosenbaum, in which the main character is cryogenically frozen for ten years.
235** ''I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler'', a memoir by Ted Lewin
236** ''I Was a Teenage Alien'', a science fiction novel by Jane Greenhill.
237** ''I Was a Teenage Zucchini...But I Didn't Get Squashed!'', a play by Craig Sodaro.
238** ''I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol'', a book that chronicles the history of the Music/SexPistols.
239** "I Was a Teenage Monster Mangler", a short story by Gordon Rowlinson.
240** ''I Was a Teenage Intellectual'' - a 1999 Czech short, "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" spoof.
241** "I Was a Teenage Blowfly," movie-within-the-show from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''
242** "I Was a Franchise/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle|s}}" - [[https://web.archive.org/web/20100103225131/https://metaltv.com/page.cfm?id=260 Kevin Eastman writing about the series' creation]], and [[http://www.slashfilm.com/standup-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle/ a stand-up routine]] by one of the original movie's stuntmen
243** "I Was a Teenage Bigfoot" a ''Literature/DresdenFiles'' short story, collected as part of ''Literature/BriefCases''.
244** ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist''
245
246* '''X House on the Y''' - specific to 1970s exploitation horror and starting with ''Film/TheLastHouseOnTheLeft'' (1972)
247** ''The Last House on Dead End Street''
248** ''Film/HouseOnTheEdgeOfThePark''
249** ''The Last House in the Woods''
250** ''Literature/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' is a more lighthearted example that actually features the same naming structure and debuted earlier -- [[OlderThanYouThink decades earlier]], along with ''Little House in the Big Woods'', by Creator/LauraIngallsWilder. ''Little Town on the Prairie'' echoed the pattern.
251** ''Series/LittleMosqueOnThePrairie'' snowcloned that in another direction.
252
253* '''All This, and X Y''' (in which Y should rhyme with "too") - starting with ''Film/AllThisAndHeavenToo'' (1940), the famous movie with Creator/BetteDavis
254** ''All This and World War II'', a 1976 musical documentary that juxtaposes Beatles songs, performed by a number of musicians, with World War II newsreel footage and 20th Century Fox films from the 1940s.
255** ''All This and Rabbit Stew'', one of the infamous ''WesternAnimation/CensoredEleven'' cartoons, about a black hunter and ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny''.
256** ''All This and Puppet Stew'', an album by Los Angeles punk rock band The Dickies.
257** ''All This and Everest Too'', an actual newspaper headline printed on the morning of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, referring to the British expedition becoming the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest a few days earlier.
258** The '80s shirt that said "ALL THIS AND BRAINS TOO".
259** ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' special that takes place between seasons five and six is called "[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS04AllThisAndGargantua2 All This and Gargantua-2]]".
260
261* '''X, Lies and Videotape''' / '''Sex, X and Videotape''' or '''Sex, Lies and X''' - starting with ''Film/SexLiesAndVideotape'' (1989). While "Sex" is usually the word replaced with something that sounds similar (or even not-so-similar), all three have been used at times.
262** ''Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics'' is a 1995 documentary film on Marilyn Waring, a feminist.
263** ''Series/LessThanPerfect'' has a final episode titled "Sex, Lies and Office Supplies"
264** ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' has an episode titled "Weapon X, Lies & Videotape"
265** ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' has an episode titled "Wake Up, Little Cory" in the episode the name of Cory and Topanga's project is Sex, Lies and Videotape.
266** Season 4, episode 13 of the 90's TV series ''Series/LoisAndClark: The New Adventures of Superman'' is called "Sex, Lies, and Videotape".
267** ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' has an episode titled "Wrecks, Lies & Videotape".
268** ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' has an episode titled "Dex, Lies and Videotape".
269** ''Series/{{Roswell}}'' has an episode titled "Tess, Lies, and Videotape".
270** ''Series/FamilyMatters'' has an episode named "Food, Lies and Videotape".
271** ''Series/WillAndGrace'' has an episode titled "Sex, Losers, and Videotape".
272** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has an episode titled "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E1SexPiesAndIdiotScrapes Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes]]".
273** ''Series/{{Martin}}'' has an episode titled "Checks, Lies, and Videotape".
274** ''Series/NorthernExposure'' has an episode titled "Sex, Lies and Ed's Tape".
275** ''Series/SouthOfNowhere'' has an episode titled "Love, Child, and Videotape".
276** Murray Torkildsen released an album called ''Sex, Lies and Videogames''.
277** "Sex, Lies and Videogames" was also the name of a Magazine/GameInformer article analyzing ''BMX XXX'' and ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Extreme Beach Volleyball'' way, way back.
278** Perhaps closest to the original is a [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] programme ''Sex, Lice and Videotape''.
279** ''ComicBook/TheUltimates 3'' "Sex, Lies, & DVD"
280** ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' has an episode titled "Text, Lies and Videotape."
281** ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' has an episode titled "Sex, Lies, and Silicone."
282** The original ''{{Series/CSI}}'' had "Sex, Lies, and Larvae"
283** ''Series/TrippingTheRift'' has an episode titled "Six, Lies and Videotape".
284** ''Series/AllyMcBeal'' has episodes "Sex, Lies and Second Thoughts" and "Sex, Lies and Politics".
285** "Sex, Lies, and Expedia.com" is an episode of ''Judging Amy''.
286** "Hex, Lies, and No Video Tape", an episode of '''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''.
287** "Ex, Lies, and Videotape" is an episode of ''Series/{{Wings}}''.
288** [[http://sexliesandbacon.com/ Sex, Lies and Bacon]]
289** Creator/{{Atari}}'s ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame had a movie theater showing ''Sex, Lies, Video Games''.
290
291* '''One of Our X is Missing''' - probably started by ''Film/OneOfOurAircraftIsMissing'' (1942)
292** ''One of Our Spies is Missing'', 1966 film
293** ''Film/OneOfOurDinosaursIsMissing'', 1975 film
294** ''One of Our Porn Stars is Missing'', 1993 film
295** ''One of Our Thursdays is Missing'', 2011 novel by Creator/JasperFforde
296** "One of Our Angels is Missing", ''Series/CharliesAngels'' episode
297** "One of Our Planets is Missing", ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' episode
298** "One of Our Olives is Missing", ''Series/GetSmart'' episode
299** "One of Our Probes is Missing", ''Search Control'' episode
300** "One of Our Trains is Missing", ''Series/{{Maverick}}'' episode
301** "One of Our Bombs is Missing", ''Series/ISpy'' episode
302** "One of Our Chickens is Missing", ''Petticoat Junction'' episode
303** "One of Our Dogs is Missing", ''Series/LostInSpace'' episode
304** "One of Our Assemblymen is Missing", ''Green Acres'' episode
305** "One of Our Running Backs is Missing", ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'' episode
306** "One of Our Zeppelins is Missing", ''Switch'' episode
307** "One of Our Engines is Missing", ''Series/McHalesNavy'' episode
308** "One of Our Bottles is Missing", ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie'' episode
309** "One of Our Stately Homes is Missing", ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' episode
310** "One of Our Sweathogs is Missing", ''Series/WelcomeBackKotter'' episode
311** "One of Our Fruit Machines is Missing", song by Music/NikKershaw
312** "One of Our Dholaks is Missing", song by Transglobal Underground
313** "One of Our Psychedelic Beakers is Missing", song by The Dentists
314** "One of Our Fifty is Missing", column in New Mexico Magazine about people who [[GlobalIgnorance don't know New Mexico is a state]]
315** Variations:
316*** "One of My Wives is Missing", 1976 TV Movie
317*** "Two of Our Weirdos Are Missing", ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' episode
318*** "Some of Our Airmen Are No Longer Missing", 1990 documentary
319*** "Four Of Our Notes Are Missing", ''WesternAnimation/OscarsOrchestra'' SeriesFauxnale.
320** Aversion: "One of Our Submarines", a song by Music/ThomasDolby, omits the last two words from the title, but includes them in the lyric.
321** A group called Local Heroes, featuring various ex-members of The Shadows and other veteran guitarists, have released albums called ''One of Our Shadows is Missing'', ''Two of Our Shadows are Missing'' and ''Three of Our Shadows are Missing'', as well as a CompilationRerelease, ''Some of Our Shadows are Missing''.
322
323* '''X, Y Style''' (more specifically '''Noun, Adjectival Style''') starting with ''Film/DivorceItalianStyle'' (1961)
324** ''Film/MarriageItalianStyle''
325** ''War, Italian Style''
326** ''Paradise, Hawaiian Style''
327** ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle'' (which ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' parodied with a theater showing [[ParallelPornTitles "Orgy, American Style"]])
328** "Love, American Style", episode of ''Series/{{Dexter}}''
329** "Jealousy, English Style", episode of ''Series/GreenAcres''
330** "Divorce, Walnut Grove Style", episode of ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie''
331** "Divorce, Sanford Style", episode of ''Series/SanfordAndSon''
332** "Divorce, Venusian Style", episode of ''Series/TheGreatestAmericanHero''
333** "Love, Amazon Style", episode of ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''
334** "Love, Bayside Style", episode of ''Series/SavedByTheBell: The New Class''
335** "Love, Mancini Style", episode of ''Series/MelrosePlace''
336** "Love, Pokémon Style" and "Love, Petalburg Style", episodes of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''
337** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E12LoveSpringfieldianStyle Love, Springfieldian Style]]", episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
338** "Love, Sri Lankan Style", episode of ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow''
339** "Intercourse, Italian style" is one film idea suggested in a ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch.
340** "Rome, Italian Style," sketch from ''Series/{{SCTV}}''
341** "Monkees, Manhattan Style, episode of ''Series/TheMonkees''
342** "Love, Cirronian Style", an episode of ''Series/Tracker2001''
343** ''Series/{{Wings}}'' did a two-parter with "Marriage, Italian Style" and "Divorce, American Style."
344
345* '''[[SoYouWantTo/SeeTheIndex So You Want to]] be an X''' - starting with the "So You Want" series, aka the "Joe [=McDoakes=]" series for the main character, a series of comedy short films about a goofball who always got into silly situations. Examples include ''Film/SoYouWantToBeADetective'' (a satire of ''Film/LadyInTheLake''), ''Film/SoYouWantToBeInPictures'' (UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan had a cameo!), ''Film/SoYouWantToBeOnTheRadio'', and ''Film/SoYouThinkYoureNotGuilty''.
346** ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryI: So You Want To Be A Hero''.
347** The novel ''[[Literature/YoungWizards So You Want To Be A Wizard]]'' by Diane Duane.
348** The series of self-help books by Derek Bacon, from the MegaCrossover FanFic ''Fanfic/UndocumentedFeatures''.
349** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlSLQO5mU-w So You Want to Be a Rock And Roll Star]]'' by The Byrds.
350** More than likely, every VideoGame/DJHero player reading this immediately thought of the mix of Groundhog by Noisia. "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_3ledCtpV4 So you want to be a DJ...]] It's going to take an awful lot of practice..."
351** "So You Wanna be a Superstar" (''Anime/SailorMoon'' (NA Dub))
352** ''So You Want To Be Top'', a Creator/{{CBBC}} gameshow from TheEighties.
353** "So You Want to Be a Cop", a radio serial from the 1950s.
354
355* '''Murder Most X''' - starting with the Margaret Rutherford Film/MissMarple film ''Murder Most Foul'' (1964), which was quoting ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' (c. 1600)
356** ''Series/MurderMostHorrid'', Dawn French vehicle
357** ''Murder Most Medieval'', anthology of historical whodunnits
358** ''Murder Most English'', TV adaptation of the ''Flaxborough'' novels by Colin Watson
359** ''Murder Most Fab'', novel by Creator/JulianClary
360** "Murder Most Fowl", episode of ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}''
361** "Murder Most Fowl", short story by Deborah Millitello in ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}''
362** "Murder Most Maris", episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}''
363** "Murder Most Likely", a Canadian docu-drama starring [[Series/DueSouth Paul Gross]].
364** ''Literature/MurderMostUnladylike'', novel by Robin Stevens
365** "[[Recap/MissFishersMurderMysteriesS2E01MurderMostScandalous Murder Most Scandalous]]", episode of ''Series/MissFishersMurderMysteries''
366
367* '''Whatever Happened to X?''' - starting with ''Film/WhateverHappenedToBabyJane'' (1962)
368** ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones''
369** "Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?", a season 1 episode of ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures''.
370** "Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?", a season 4 episode of ''Series/BabylonFive''.
371** "ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow", an iconic pre-Crisis Franchise/{{Superman}} story.
372** "ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader", a not-so-iconic post-Crisis Franchise/{{Batman}} story.
373** Whatever Happened to Janie?, a Caroline B. Cooney novel.
374** ''Series/WhateverHappenedToTheLikelyLads''
375** ''Whatever Happened To Aunt Alice?'' (1969 horror film)
376** ''Whatever Happened to'' was a series of backups in the comic book ''ComicBook/DCComicsPresents''.
377** ''Whatever Happened to PJ Soles?, a 2004 album by rock band Local H.
378** ''Whatever Happened to...?'' was a BBC Radio 4 {{Mockumentary}} looking at the later lives of fictional characters.
379** Website/{{IMDb}} lists more than 30 other films and TV shows with this title format.
380
381* '''My Big Fat X Y''' - starting with ''Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding'' (2002)
382** "My Big Fat Greek Rush Week", ''Series/VeronicaMars''
383** "My Big Fat Greek Sandwich", ''Good Eats''
384** "My Big Fat Bleak Wedding", ''Series/{{Neighbours}}''
385** "My Big Fat Geek Wedding", both ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and ''Series/ComicBookMen''
386** "My Big Fat Stinky Wedding", ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}''
387** There's a show called ''Series/BigFatGypsyWeddings'' that had an episode titled "My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas"
388** ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'' has a DLC adventure called "My Big Fat Pig Wedding"
389** "My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish", a series of children's books by Mo O'hara.
390** "My Big Fat Independent Movie", a comedy film that parodies indie films, directed by Philip Zlotorynski.
391** "My Big Fat Mimico Wedding", episode of ''Murdoch Mysteries''
392
393* '''Bring Me the X of Y''' - after ''Film/BringMeTheHeadOfAlfredoGarcia'' (1974). X is most often "Head" as in the original, and Y is usually a name.
394** "Bring Me the Head of Willy the Mailboy!", ''Dilbert'' collection
395** ''Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis'', film
396** "Bring Me the Head of Michael Portillo", song by The Family Cat
397** "Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin", live album by Music/{{Hawkwind}}
398** "Bring Me the Head of Light Entertainment", 1990s UK TV panel game
399** ''Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis'', 1988 TV movie
400** ''Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming'', Roger Zelazny and Robert Sheckley novel
401** ''Bring Me the Head of Oliver Plunkett'', novel by Colin Bateman
402** ''Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen'', 2013 film
403** ''Film/BringMeTheHeadOfTheMachineGunWoman''. 2012 Chilean film
404** TV episodes:
405*** "Bring Me the Head of Oswaldo Castillo", ''Series/{{Medium}}''
406*** "Bring Me the Head of Hank Kaplan", ''Series/Nurses1991''
407*** "Bring Me the Head of The Hulk", ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977''
408*** "Bring Me the Head of Earthworm Jim", ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim''
409*** "Bring Me the Head of Stuart Rosebrock", ''Series/{{Coach}}''
410*** "Bring Me the Head of Santanico Pandemonium", ''Series/FromDuskTillDawn''
411*** "Bring me the Head of Donna Garland", ''Series/OutOfThisWorld1987''
412*** "Bring Me the Head of Arthur Daley", ''Series/{{Minder}}''
413*** "Bring Me the Head of Ranginald Bagel", ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja''
414*** "Bring Me the Head of Tatsurion the Unchained", ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaijudo}}''
415*** "Bring Me the Ted of Albert Garcia", ''Series/{{Doctors}}'' (involving a teddy bear)
416*** "Bring Me the Lip Gloss of Deirdre Arpelle", ''Series/TheCosbyShow''
417*** "Bring Me the Face of Hector Con Carne", ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne''
418** ''Bring Me the Rest of Alfredo Garcia'', album by Music/TheFlamingStars
419** "Bring Me the Head of Jerry Garcia" by Iron Prostate
420** "Bring Me the Sweat of Gabriela Sabatini", poem by Clive James
421** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A15v4tTab0Y The animated short]] ''Bring Me the Head of [[Franchise/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]]''
422** ''Bring Me the Head of the Series/{{Taskmaster}}'', a tie-in book for the British comedy game show ''Taskmaster'' (in which readers can compete to find the actual -- replica -- head of Creator/GregDavies, the titular Taskmaster)
423
424* '''X Mon Amour''' after the 1959 film ''Film/HiroshimaMonAmour''. X is usually a city.
425** ''Aberystwyth Mon Amour'', the first Aberystwyth Noir novel by Malcom Pryce
426** ''Grandville Mon Amour'', the second ''ComicBook/{{Grandville}}'' graphic novel
427** ''New Orleans Mon Amour: Twenty Years of Writings from the City'', nonfiction book by Andre Codrescu
428** ''Paris Mon Amour'', photography book by Jean-Claude Gautrand
429** ''Max Mon Amour'', 1986 film
430
431* '''X Goes to Washington''' after the 1939 film ''Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington''. Became a common snowclone after the 1962-3 TV series based on the film. Typically uses the (Title, Surname) format for X.
432** ''Billy Jack Goes to Washington'', 1977 film
433** ''The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington'', 1977 film
434** ''Mr Rabb Goes to Washington'', ''JAG'' episode
435** ''Paddington Goes to Washington'', ''The Adventures of Paddington'' episode
436** ''Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode
437** ''Ms. Knope Goes to Washington'' and ''Ms. Ludgate-Dwyer Goes to Washington'', from ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''
438** Inverted by the 2009 TV movie ''Mrs Washington Goes to Smith''.
439
440* '''TitleOfTheDead''' sometimes '''of the Living Dead''' which is popularly used for works featuring zombies ever since ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''. Has its own page.
441
442* '''When X met Y''', starting from ''Film/WhenHarryMetSally'' (1989).
443** The Website/{{Google}} [[https://www.google.com/about/company/ company page]] used to contain a small subsection called ''When Larry met Sergey''.
444** ''When Larry Met Harry'' (CD album)
445** ''[[Film/DumbAndDumber Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd]]''
446** "[[Recap/AnimaniacsEpisode7 When Rita Met Runt]]"
447
448* '''X do[es] Y''', a CharacterActionTitle format starting (perhaps) with ''Debbie Does Dallas'' (1978). X is a person and Y is a place, usually a city.
449** ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica'' (later followed by a LicensedGame titled ''Beavis and Butt-head Do U.'')
450** ''Creator/DaveBarry Does Japan''
451** "Kimberly Does L.A.", episode of ''Series/MelrosePlace''
452** "Kelly Does Hollywood", episode of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''
453** "Lydia Does New York", episode of ''Guest Appearances''
454** "Bobby Does London", episode of ''Being Bobby Brown''
455** ''Stage Door Canteen Does Chicago'', a music documentary
456** "Nancy Does Dallas", episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''
457
458* '''The X Who Y-ed Me''', after the Film/JamesBond film ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' (1977)
459** ''[[Film/AustinPowers Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me]]''
460** ''The Spy Who Dumped Me''
461** ''The Spy Who Boned Us''
462** ''The Spy Who Raised Me''
463** ''The Spy Who Conned Me'' (2006 documentary)
464** ''The Spy Who Knew Me''
465** ''The Spy Who Fleeced Me''
466** "The Spy Who Bugged Me", episode of ''Series/TrapperJohnMD''
467** "The Spy Who Slimed Me", episode of ''WesternAnimation/PacManAndTheGhostlyAdventures''
468** "The Spy Who Smoked Me", episode of ''All of Us''
469** "The Spy Who Left Me", episode of ''Up the Elephant and Round the Castle''
470** "The Spy Who Taught Me", episode of ''Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures''
471** "The Spy Who Fed Me", episode of ''[=InSecurity=]''
472** "The Spy Who Hated Me", episode of ''The Ben Shapiro Show''
473** "The Spy Who Rooked Me", episode of ''G.I. Joe''
474** "The Spy Who Learned Me", episode of ''The Simpsons''
475** "The Spy Who Loathed Me", episode of ''Pumpkin Reports''
476** "The Spy Who Caked Me", episode of ''Ace of Cakes''
477** "The Spy Who Bugged Me", episode of ''Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production''
478** "The Spy Who Mugged Me", episode of ''The A-Team''
479** "The Spy Who Scammed Me", episode of ''American Greed''
480** "The Spy Who Shoved Me", episode of ''The Suite Life on Deck''
481** "The Spy Who Loved Murdoch" and "The Spy Who Came Up to the Cold", episodes of ''Murdoch Mysteries''
482
483* '''Journey into the Depth of the X's Soul''' -- ''Film/JourneyIntoTheDepthOfTheStudentsSoul'' [[note]]''Cesta do hlubin studakovy duse'' in Czech; actually it was a book first, but the film is more popular and started the pattern [[/note]] from 1939 is the original, likely influenced by ''Literature/JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth'' (1864) or by Creator/LouisFerdinandCeline's ''Literature/JourneyToTheEndOfTheNight'' (1932).[[note]]''Cesta do hlubin noci'' in Czech.[[/note]]
484** ''Journey into the Depth of the Footballer's Soul'' [[note]] ''Cesta do hlubin fotbalove duse''; a 1975 documentary about football players, coaches, referees, officials and fans [[/note]]
485** ''Journey into the Depth of the Cat's Soul'' [[note]] ''Cesta do hlubin kocici duse'', animated TV shorts [[/note]]
486** ''Jindrich Plachta: Journey into the Depth of the Actor's Soul'' [[note]] ''Jindrich Plachta: Cesta do hlubin hercovy duse'', a book about a Czech actor who had a starring role in the movie that started this trend [[/note]]
487** ''Journey into the Depth of the Teacher's Soul'' [[note]] ''Cesta do hlubin kantorovy duse'', a book about a Czech teacher [[/note]]
488** ''Journey into the Depth of the Brain'' [[note]] ''Cesta do hlubin mozku''; orig. title ''The Brain With Dr. David Eagleman'' [[/note]]
489** ''Graphology: Journey into the Depth of the Soul'' [[note]] ''Grafologie: Cesta do hlubin duse''; a book about graphology [[/note]]
490** ''Journey into the Depth of the Nutcase's Soul'' [[note]] ''Cesta do hlubin magorovy duse'', an alternative market-based title of the 2014 US/German movie ''The Voices'' [[/note]]
491** "Journey into the Depth of the Soul of Czech People" [[note]] Cesta do hlubin duse ceskeho lidu; an essay about Jaroslav Zak's political satire; J. Zak wrote the book and script of the punny name trend-setter[[/note]]
492
493* '''The X Patient''' starting with ''Film/TheEnglishPatient'' (novel 1992, film 1996)
494** "The Canadian Patient", episode of ''Series/MurdochMysteries''
495** ''The Syrian Patient'', a 2017 documentary
496** "The Singlish Patient", episode of ''Police & Thief''
497** ''The Australian Patient'', a short film
498
499* '''Bend It Like X''' starting with ''Film/BendItLikeBeckham'' (2002). It works best if the title uses alliteration. '''Bend It Like B'''.
500** "Bend It Like Brackenreid", episode of ''Series/MurdochMysteries''
501** "Bend It Like Basil", episode of ''Series/TheBasilBrushShow''
502** "Bend It Like Brent", episode of ''Series/CornerGas''
503** "Bend It Like Baxter", episode of ''Series/ThatsSoRaven''
504** "Bend It Like Bella", episode of ''Series/LittleBigShots''
505** "Bend It Like Becky", story in ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl''
506** "Bend It Like Burtonburger", story in ''WesternAnimation/KidVsKat''
507** "Bend It Like Wreckem", story in ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes''
508** "Bend It Like Donald", episode of ''Series/TheApprentice''
509** "Bend It Like Czar Zar", episode of ''Animation/TheNewAdventuresOfNanoboy''
510** "Bend It Like Walberg", episode of ''Series/{{Wahlburgers}}''
511** "Bend It Like Radar", episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Astroblast}}''
512** "Bend It Like Golic", episode of ''WesternAnimation/OffMikes''
513
514* '''X and the Temple of Y''' (alternatively, '''X and the Y of Doom'''), starting with ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' (1984)
515** "Murdoch and the Temple of Death", episode of ''Murdoch Mysteries''
516** "Murdoch and the Cloud of Doom", episode of ''Murdoch Mysteries''
517** ''[[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris]]'', a video game
518** "Indiana Ivy and the Temple of Phlegm", episode of ''Storage Wars''
519** "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Fails", episode of ''What Went Down''
520** "Indiana Pac and the Temple of Slime", episode of ''Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures''
521** "Sharky & George and the Temple of Boom", episode of ''Sharky & George''
522** ''Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls'', a mockbuster of the original
523** "Rusty and the Temple of Boom", episode of ''Rusty Rivets''
524** ''Kimmy Dora and the Temple of Kiyeme''
525** ''Hero in the Castle of Doom'', 1984 UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame also known as ''Hero in the Temple of Doom''
526** ''Mutant Monty and the Temple of Doom'', UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum game
527** ''Ziggurat: The Temple of Doom'', UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum game
528** ''VideoGame/LufiaAndTheFortressOfDoom'', video game
529
530* '''Citizen X''', inspired by ''Film/CitizenKane'' (1941). Best if X starts with K or rhymes with Kane. Can be a WholePlotReference to the trendsetter.
531** ''Series/CitizenSmith''
532** ''Series/CitizenKhan''
533** ''Film/CitizenX''
534** ''Citizen Cohn''
535** ''Citizen Lane'' (two works: 2013 and 2018)
536** ''Citizen K'', an Israeli crime documentary
537** ''Citizen Duane''
538** ''Citizen K.O.'', a short comedy
539** ''Citizen Kate'', a 2016 TV movie
540** ''Citizen Havel''
541** ''Citizen Ruth'', a 1996 film
542** ''Citizen Jane''
543** ''Citizen Jake''
544** "Citizen Kang", a story from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Treehouse Of Horror VII".
545** "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E22CitizenMax Citizen Max]]", episode of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''
546** "Citizen Joe", episode of ''Series/StarGateSG1''
547** "Citizen Kraus", episode of ''Benson''
548** "Citizen 'Caine", episode of ''The Blubburbs''
549** "Citizen Lydia", episode of ''One Day at a Time''
550** "Citizen Romeo", episode of ''Judge Roy Bean''
551** "Citizen Wayne", episode of ''A Different World''
552** "Citizen Wayne", used twice in DC for ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' Elseworlds stories, one written by Creator/MarkWaid and one by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis, both takes on ''Citizen Kane''.
553** "Citizen Pain", episode of ''Arnie''
554** "Citizen Caine", episode of ''Kung Fu: The Legend Continues''
555** "Citizen Knope", episode of ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''
556
557* '''Last Tango in X''' -- starting with ''Film/LastTangoInParis'' (1972)
558** ''Series/LastTangoInHalifax''
559** ''Last Tango in Zagarol'' (''Ultimo tango a Zagarol'')
560** "Last Tango in Buenos Aires" (''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'')
561** "Last Tango in Philly" (''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'')
562** "Last Tango in Hartford" (''Series/JudgingAmy'')
563** "Last Tango in Dallas" (''Series/{{Dallas}}'')
564** "Last Tango in Newark" (''Series/{{The Odd Couple|1970}}'')
565** "Last Tango in Pasadena" (''Series/BrothersAndSisters'')
566** "Last Tango in St. Louis" (''On Our Own'')
567** "Last Tango in Bayreuth," [[Music/RichardWagner Wagnerian]] pastiche for bassoon quartet by [[Music/PDQBach Peter Schickele]]
568** Variation: "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E20LastTapDanceInSpringfield Last Tap Dance in Springfield]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
569
570* '''What's Eating X?''' -- starting with ''Film/WhatsEatingGilbertGrape'' (1993)
571** "What's Eating Dexter Morgan?" (''Series/{{Dexter}}'')
572** "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?" (''Series/{{CSI}}'')
573** "What's Eating Zack Greenburg?" (''Series/TheZackFiles'')
574** "What's Eating Patrick?" (''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'')
575
576* '''The Talented Mr. X''', starting with ''Film/TheTalentedMrRipley'' (novel 1955, film 1999)
577** "The Talented Mr. Rollins" (''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'')
578** "The Talented Mr. Ridley" (''Series/{{Younger}}'')
579** "The Talented Mr. Ripoff" (''For Your Love'')
580** "The Talented Mr. Finch" (''Series/JustShootMe'')
581** "The Talented Mr. Talisman" (''Series/TheZackFiles'')
582** "The Talented Ms. Boddicker" (''Series/{{Medium}}'')
583** "The Talon-ted Mr. Colin" (''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget2015'')
584** "The Talented Mr. Long" (''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'')
585** "The Talented Mr. Dingleberry" (''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'')
586** "The Talented Mr. Birg" (''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'')
587** "The Talented Mr. Buttons" (''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs2017'')
588
589* '''It's a Wonderful X''' -- popularized with ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' (1946)
590** ''Film/ItsAWonderfulWorld'' (1939, preceding the trendsetter)
591** "It's a Wonderful Lie " (episodes of ''Series/TheRiches'', ''Series/HouseMD'', ''Series/GossipGirl'', ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'')
592** "It's a Wonderful Death" (''Series/{{Medium}}'')
593** "It's a Wonderful Job" (''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'')
594** "It's a Wonderful Mork" (''Series/MorkAndMindy'')
595** "It's a Wonderful School (''Series/TheZackFiles'')
596** "It's a Wonderful Leaf" (''WesternAnimation/LittleShop'')
597** "It's a Wonderful Laugh" (''Series/DoogieHowserMD'')
598** "It's a Wonderful Wife" (''Series/{{Cheers}}'')
599** "It's a Wonderful Night" (''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'')
600** "It's a Wonderful Nine Lives" (''WesternAnimation/EekTheCat'')
601** ''It's a Wonderful Sponge'', the original subtitle for ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOnTheRun''
602** ''It's a Wonderful Afterlife'' (2010)
603** "It's a Wonderful Afterlife" (''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'')
604
605* '''There's Something About X''' -- popularized with ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary'' (1998)
606** "There's Something About Harry", episode of ''Series/{{Dexter}}''
607** "There's Something About Larry", episode of ''Series/WillAndGrace''
608** "There's Something About Leo", episode of ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}''
609** "There's Something About Heidi", episode of ''Series/SpinCity''
610** "There's Something About Marrying", episode of ''The Simpsons''
611** "There's Something About Creator/MaryShelley" (jokingly used by Sue in ''Series/TheSupersizersEat'')
612** "[[Recap/PsychS02E11TheresSomethingAboutMira There's Something About Mira]]", episode of ''Series/{{Psych}}''
613
614* '''X Doesn't Live Here Anymore''' -- popularized with ''Film/AliceDoesntLiveHereAnymore'' (1974) but there are much earlier examples.
615** ''Film/JohnnyDoesntLiveHereAnymore'' (1944)
616** ''Film/RogerDoesntLiveHereAnymore'' (1981)
617** "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore" from ''The Simpsons''
618*** Troy [=McClure=] once starred in a medical documentary called ''Alice Doesn't Live Anymore''
619** "Kelly Doesn't Live Here Anymore" from ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''
620** "Becky Doesn't Live Here Anymore" from ''Roseanne''
621** "Doogie Doesn't Live Here Anymore" from ''Doogie Howser, M.D.''
622** "Juliet Doesn't Live Here Anymore" from ''Series/GossipGirl''
623** "[=CatDog=] Doesn't Live Here Anymore" from ''WesternAnimation/CatDog''
624** Word-play: "Alice Doesn't Lisp Here Anymore" episodes from ''Series/WillAndGrace'' and ''Series/TheBradyBunch''
625
626* '''Driving Miss/Ms/Mrs/Mr X''' started with ''Film/DrivingMissDaisy'' (1989).
627** "Driving Miss Gilmore", an episode of ''Series/GilmoreGirls''
628** "Driving Mr. Mossback", an episode of ''Series/SixFeetUnder''
629** "Driving Mr [=McLynn=]", an episode of ''Series/DocMartin''
630** "Driving Mr. Goodman", an episode of ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''
631** "Driving Miss Crazy", an episode of ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars''
632** "Driving Miss Ethyl", an episode of ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}''
633** "Driving Miss D.J.", an episode of ''Series/FullHouse''
634** "Driving Mr. Boondy", an episode of ''Married... with Children''
635
636* '''X Confidential''', starting with ''Film/KansasCityConfidential'' (1952)
637** ''Film/NewYorkConfidential'' (1955 film)
638** ''Film/ChicagoConfidential''(1957 film)
639** ''Film/HongKongConfidential'' (1958 film)
640** ''Film/LAConfidential'' (1997 film)
641** ''ComicBook/ArtSchoolConfidential''
642** ''Series/DoctorWhoConfidential''
643** ''VideoGame/EmeraldCityConfidential''
644** "Everwood Confidential" from ''Series/{{Everwood}}''
645** "M.P. Confidential" from ''Series/MelrosePlace''
646** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E19GradeSchoolConfidential Grade School Confidential]]" from ''The Simpsons''
647** ''Series/KitchenConfidential''
648** ''Cthulhu Confidential'', a collection of noir scenarios for the ''TabletopGame/{{GUMSHOE}}'' RPG.
649
650* '''To Live and Die in X''' -- popularized with ''Film/ToLiveAndDieInLA'' (1985). Oftentimes either one part of the title changed as a {{Pun}} or the name of the "X" town is a PlaceWorseThanDeath for added {{Irony}}.
651** "To Live and Die in Mexico" (episode of ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'')
652** "To Love and Die in L.A." (episode of ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'')
653** "To Live and Die in Brentwood" (episode of ''Series/DoogieHowserMD'')
654** "To Live and Die on TV" (episode of ''Series/SledgeHammer'')
655** "To Live and Diet in LA" (episode of ''Series/LALaw'')
656** "To Live and Die in Docket Flats" (episode of ''Series/TimeTrax'')
657** "To Live and Die in Malibu" (episode of ''Series/MelrosePlace'')
658** "To Shanshu in L.A." (episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' -- the word "Shanshu", which is an [[ArcWords Arc Word]] because it's the name of a major prophecy Angel is supposed to fulfill, is revealed to mean "live and die")
659** "To Love and Die in Dixie" (episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'')
660** "To Live and Die in Alderney" (name of mission in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'')
661** "To Live and Die in Va.V (episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'')
662** "To Live & Die in Lazebnik" (opening sketch of ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror XXIV'')
663
664
665* '''X, interrupted''', popularized with ''Film/GirlInterrupted'', a 1999 film. The comma is optional.
666** ''Boy Interrupted'' (a 2009 documentary)
667** ''Film/LifeInterrupted'' (a 2017 TV movie)
668** "Maxine, Interrupted" (episode of ''Series/JudgingAmy'')
669** "Bride Interrupted" (episode of ''Series/SayYesToTheDress'')
670** "Boy, Interrupted" (episode of ''Series/SexAndTheCity'')
671** "Girls, Interrupted" (episode of ''Series/WillAndGrace'')
672** "Girls, Interrupted" (episode of ''Series/{{Californication}}'')
673** "It Girl, Interrupted" (episode of ''Series/GossipGirl'')
674** "It Girl, Interrupted" (episode of ''The Real Housewives of New York City'')
675** "Dinner, Interrupted" (episode of ''The Real Housewives of New Jersey'')
676** "Grill, Interrupted" (episode of ''Series/ModernFamily'')
677** "URL, Interrupted" (episode of ''Series/CSICyber'')
678** "Love Interrupted" (episode of ''Series/McLeodsDaughters'')
679** "Rape Interrupted" (episode of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'')
680** "Family Interrupted" (episode of ''Series/ForensicFiles'')
681** "Milo Interrupted" (episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheOblongs'')
682** "Pepper, Interrupted" (episode of ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'')
683** ''Food Interrupted'', TV series about food. All episodes have this naming pattern as well: "Grains Interrupted", "Plants Interrupted", "Sugar Interrupted", "Eggs Interrupted", "Meat Interrupted", "Clean Interrupted")
684** ''Man, Interrupted: Why Young Men are Struggling & What We Can Do About It'' (a psychology book)
685** "Emma, Interrupted: Speaking Jane Austen in Fiction and Film" (an essay from 2003)
686** "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbPhineasAndFerbInterrupted Phineas And Ferb Interrupted]]"
687** "Doctor, Interrupted" (case in ''VideoGame/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePast'')
688** "[[Recap/PsychS06E06ShawnInterrupted Shawn, Interrupted]]" (episode of ''Series/{{Psych}}'')
689
690* '''X on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown''', starting with ''Film/WomenOnTheVergeOfANervousBreakdown'' (1988)
691** ''Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown'' (1993 short comedy film by [[Series/TheComicStripPresents the Comic Strip]])
692** ''France, a Nation on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' (2016 book by Jonathan Miller)
693** "Man on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" (1993 song by the 3Ds)
694** ''Narcissist on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' (2012 album by Crywank)
695** "Sisters on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" (2009 episode of ''Series/UglyBetty'')
696** ''Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' (2008 book by Lorna Martin)
697** "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" (1993 episode of ''Series/TwoPointFourChildren'')
698
699* '''Four X and a Funeral''' -- starting with ''Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'' (1994)
700** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E3FourRegrettingsAndAFuneral Four Regrettings and a Funeral]]," episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
701** "Four Colds and a Funeral," episode of ''Series/StarkRavingMad''
702** "Four Fires and a Funeral," episode of ''Series/TheBrokenwoodMysteries''
703** "Four Women and a Funeral," episode of ''Series/SexAndTheCity''
704** "Four Affairs and a Funeral," episode of ''Series/MyFamily''
705** "Four Thanksgivings and a Funeral," episode of ''Series/UglyBetty''
706** "Four Neighbors and a Funeral," episode of ''Series/TilDeath''
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708
709[[folder:Literature]]
710* '''The Joy of X''', the {{Trope Namer|s}}, is an interesting {{zigzag|gingTrope}}: most titles of this form reference ''The Joy of Sex'' (1972), which was itself titled in reference to ''The Joy of Cooking'' (1931). Conveniently, it also makes this a JustForFun/{{Punny Trope Name|s}} and a SelfDemonstratingArticle.
711** In the Literature/{{Discworld}} book ''Literature/{{Maskerade}}'', Nanny Ogg writes ''The Joye of Snackes'' - as a cookbook where every recipe is either an aphrodisiac, a double entendre, or both, it manages to reference ''both'' of this template's originals.
712** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E13TheJoyOfSect The Joy of Sect]]" is an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
713** Lisa is seen reading a book called ''The Joy of Sax'' in the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E13TheDebarted The Debarted]]".
714** There's a book entitled ''The Joy of Sox'', talking about socks. It's incredibly amusing.
715** ''The Joy of Sox'' is also the title of [[http://joyofsox.blogspot.com a baseball blog]].
716** The Joy of Lexx: Defunct ''{{Series/Lexx}}'' fan site
717** "The Joy of Pokémon" and "The Joy of Water Pokémon", ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' episodes
718** "The Joy of Sects" is a title of a class about religions in the novel ''Love Among the Walnuts'' (itself a Joy of X title -- see below).
719** There is a webcomic entitled ''The Joy of Tech''.
720** ''The Joy Of [=TeX=]'' (yes, that formula markup language ... which, for the uninitiated, is pronounced "tecchhhh", rhyming with "''blecchhhh''", not "tex", according to [[WordOfGod ''The TeXbook'']].)
721** ''The Joy of Sets: Fundamentals of Contemporary Set Theory'', a math textbook.
722** ''Series/TheJoyOfPainting'' (Bob Ross art instruction series)
723*** Parodied with ''VideoGame/{{DOOM}}: The Joy of Slaying''. This only existed as an AprilFoolsDay post, though that didn't stop Music/SiIvaGunner from ripping a track from it.
724** Charles Papazian's ''The Complete Joy of Homebrewing''
725** ''The Joy of Work'', a ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' book
726** Leo Rosten's ''The Joys of Yiddish'' and its sequel ''The Joys of Yinglish''
727** ''The Joy of Origami'', a book of origami models and instructions for folding them.
728** Sara Lee has a slogan entitled "The Joy of Eating", which is also found on the packaging of their Soft and Smooth breads.
729** ''The Joy of Sax'' album by the Creator/TheCapitolSteps.
730** Creator/TheBBC documentary about statistics, and how it doesn't have to be boring, is called "The Joy of Stats".
731** ''The Joy of Signing'' is a guidebook for learning American Sign Language.
732** In-Universe example: a book called ''The Joy of Witchery'' in the webcomic WebComic/DarwinCarmichaelIsGoingToHell
733** In ''Film/TheFrontPage'', a Freudian psychiatrist publishes ''The Joy of Impotence'' after being shot in the groin.
734** ''The Joy of Lex'' is a book about fun with words (think 'lexicon').
735** ''The Joy of Uncircumcising!'', believe it or not, is a book written by Jim Bigelow. Full title is ''The Joy of Uncircumcising!: Exploring Circumcision : History, Myths, Psychology, Restoration, Sexual Pleasure, and Human Rights''.
736** ''The Joy of x''... this book is about algebra and calculus.
737** ''The Joy of X'' is a book about the X Window System.
738** The ''Series/SesameStreet'' book ''The Joy of Cookies'', by (of course) Cookie Monster.
739
740* There was a spate of '''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About X (But Were Afraid to Ask)''' - starting with the sex manual ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex...'' (1969), which inspired a Creator/WoodyAllen comedy movie of the same name (1972).
741** ''Charmed'' featured "Everything You Wanted To Know About Magic Portals (but were afraid to ask)".
742** ''Literature/TheRestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse'' considers ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' to be more controversial than a book titled ''Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Sex But Have Been Forced to Find Out''.
743** ''Everything You Wanted to Know About Guilt but were too ashamed to ask''
744** The book ''Fight'' by Eugene Robinson has the subtitle ''Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You'd Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking''.
745** The book ''The Period Book'' by Karen Gravelle has the following subtitle: ''Everything you don't want to ask (but need to know)''.
746** There was a TV special called ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Jack Benny But Were Afraid to Ask''.
747** There is a documentary called ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Computers... But Were Afraid to Ask''.
748** There is a Czechoslovakian film called ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Experience''.
749** There is a short documentary called ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Swing But Were Afraid to Ask''.
750** In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Twilight breaks out ''Slumber 101: All You've Ever Wanted to Know About Slumber Parties (But Were Afraid to Ask).''
751** The Sea Lions' [[SelfTitledAlbum nearly eponymous album]] ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Sea Lions But Were Afraid to Ask''
752** James [=McCawley=] wrote ''Everything that Linguists Have Always Wanted to Know About Logic (but were Ashamed to Ask)''
753** ''ComicBook/{{The Sandman|1989}} Presents: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Dreams but Were Afraid to Ask''
754** ''Multiple'' {{Parental Bonus}}es in ''Series/SesameStreet'':
755*** ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About X'' is about the letter X.
756*** Monster parents consult ''Everything You Wanted to Know About Baby Horns ... But Had to Ask Me Because You Don't Have a Clue and I Do''.
757*** In ''A Special Sesame Street Christmas'', Music/MichaelJackson gives Oscar his copy of ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Ghosts But Were Afraid to Ask''.
758*** In a Halloween issue of ''Sesame Street Magazine'', the Count's library includes ''Everything You Wanted to Know About Bats But Were Afraid to Ask''.
759*** Another episode has Ruthie learn how to be a Grouch from ''Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Grouches, But Were Afraid to Ask Because Grouches Don't Like to Answer Questions'', by the Grouch advice columnist Dear Crabby.
760** ''Honest Guide: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Prague But Were Afraid to Ask'', a book based on [=YouTube=] series and also known as a programme of Seznam TV.
761
762* '''Xing Toward(s) Y''': ''Slouching Towards Bethlehem'' (1968) - started as a LiteraryAllusionTitle, but has morphed into template pattern.
763** ''Slouching Towards Gomorrah'' by Robert Bork.
764** ''Skipping Towards Gomorrah'', the rebuttal by Dan Savage
765** ''Shambling Towards Hiroshima'' by James Morrow
766** ''Fumbling Towards Ecstasy'', a Music/SarahMcLachlan album.
767** ''Fumbling Towards Ecstasy'', a ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' FanFic.
768** ''VideoGame/SlouchingTowardsBedlam'', an amateur InteractiveFiction
769** The original ('Slouching Toward Bethlehem') was used a title for an episode of ''{{Series/Angel}}'', an episode of ''{{Series/Defiance}}'', and a collection of Joan Didion's essays.
770
771* '''A Tale of Two X''' - starting with ''Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities'' (1859)
772** ''A Tale of Two Kitties'' (The ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' debut of Tweety), as well as the second ''Film/{{Garfield}}'' film.
773** ''A Sale of Two Titties'' by Darles Chickens, at least according to ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''.
774** "A Tale of Two Springfields" (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'')
775** ''A Tale of Two Critters'', a 1977 live-action adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions about a bear cub and a young raccoon accidentally thrown together who become friends.
776** "[[Recap/WishboneS1E16ATaleOfTwoSitters A Tale of Two Sitters]]" (''Series/{{Wishbone}}'')
777** ''Film/ATaleOfTwoSisters'' - the original title ''Janghwa, Hongryeon'' refers to a Korean folk tale.
778** ''VideoGame/ATaleOfTwoKingdoms''
779** "A Tale of Two [[spoiler: Stans]]", in which TheReveal ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' had been building up to from the first episode is finally exposed and explained.
780** The ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' entry ''Tale of Two Towns''
781** "Tale of Two Gents" (''WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries'')
782** "A Tale of Two Bandits" (''Series/BrooklynNineNine'')
783** "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E3ATaleOfTwoSantas A Tale of Two Santas]]" (''Futurama'')
784** ''Literature/ATaleOfTimeCity'' by Creator/DianaWynneJones
785** ''Webcomic/ATaleOfTwoRulers'', a fanfiction webcomic.
786
787* '''[[ParodiesForDummies X for Dummies]]''': After the ''For Dummies'' non-fiction franchise (since 1991). Note that the publisher has actually trademarked the phrase "for Dummies", so actual published works with this formula do not exist outside of the official series. Ironically, there is no such volume about ventriloquism.
788** ''Witchhunting For Dumb People'' (''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' again) doesn't take any chances.
789** ''Raising the Dead for Dummies'', from [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3123104/1/Secrets this]] ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' FanFic.
790** The ''Complete Idiot's Guide'' series, a for-real series [[FollowTheLeader modeled after]] the ''Dummies'' books.
791** In one Creator/ImprovEverywhere prank, [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] rides a subway while reading ''Galactic Rebellion for Dummies''.
792** ''Data Structures for Assholes'' ([[ClusterFBomb vitriolic]] parody from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'')
793** ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' has the book "Telepathy for Dummies".
794** In ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'', the headmaster has a copy of "Demographics for Dummies" in his office.
795
796* '''How to Verb X and Other Verb Y''' - starting with the book ''How to Win Friends and Influence People'' (1936) by Dale Carnegie
797** ''How to Lose Friends and Infuriate People'' by Jonar Nader
798** ''How to Lose Friends and Irritate People'' by Justin Pearson
799** ''How to Talk Dirty and Influence People'', memoir by Creator/LennyBruce
800** ''How to Make Enemies and Irritate People'' an album by Screeching Weasel
801** ''How to Lose Friends and Alienate People'', memoir by Toby Young & 2008 movie
802** "How to Lose Friends by Influencing People," Part Two of ''How Not to Write a Play'' by Walter Kerr
803** "How to win friends and NOT FAIL", an item on ''Website/GaiaOnline''; naturally, it's a book written by Diedrich.
804
805* '''All I Really Need to Know I Learned from X.''': ''All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten'' by Robert Fulghum (1986) is the original.
806** Erma Bombeck, ''All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Loemann's Dressing Room.''
807** Dave Marinaccio's ''[[http://www.amazon.com/Really-Need-Know-Learned-Watching/dp/0517883864 All I Really Need To Know I Learned From Watching Star Trek]]''
808** The horror short ''Everything I Needed to Know About Zombies I Learned from the Movies''.
809** ''Where There's a [[PunBasedTitle Will]] There's a Way [[EitherOrTitle Or]], All I Really Need to Know I Learned from [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]]'' by Laurie E. Maguire.
810** ''El Paradigma: All I Really Need to Know in Business I Learned at Microsoft'' by Julie Blick.
811** ''Everything I Know I Learned at the Movies'', a book by John J. B. Wilson, co-founder of the [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzies]].
812
813* '''A Are from B, C Are from D.''' - starting with ''Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus'' (1992).
814** Parodied by our title MenBuyFromMarsWomenBuyFromVenus
815** ''Creator/DaveBarry Is From Mars And Venus''
816** ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' had one scene where Queen Lillian was seen reading a book named ''Kings are from Mars, Queens are from Venus''.
817** ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has "Women are from Omicron Persei 7, men are from Omicron Persei 9", as well as an episode where Amy is reading a book titled ''[[ShapedLikeItself Martians are from Mars, Venusians are from Venus]]''.
818** In one episode of ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'', Shawn claimed to have got his (frankly disturbing) relationship advice from a book called ''Men Are From Mars, Women Want To Blast Mars Out Of The Sky''.
819** The 1997 documentary ''Men Are from Manhattan... Women Are from Saskatchewan''.
820** The RealityTV show ''Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, But We Have to Live on Earth''.
821** The 'Four Year Strong' song ''Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Hell''
822** ''[[Literature/MythAdventures Imps Are From Imper, Deveels Are From Deva]]''
823** The ''[[WebComic/{{Walkyverse}} Dumbing of Age]]'' storyline "Men Are From Beck, Women Are From Clark".
824** "Men Are from Cliché; Women Are from Stereotype", section from ''[[Literature/HowNotToWriteANovel How NOT to Write a Novel]]'' parodying gender stereotypes.
825
826* '''I, X'''. Like ''The Joy of X'', the generally-parodied template (''Literature/IRobot'', 1950) isn't the original (''Literature/IClaudius'' [1934-35] or maybe something even older). See ICommaNoun for examples.
827
828* '''The Seven Habits of Highly Effective X''': ''The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People'' (1989)
829** The ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' collection, ''Seven Years of Highly Defective People''.
830** ''The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates'', a FictionalDocument from ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''. At least, until it was [[{{Retcon}} retconned]] into ''The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries'' after the author got a cease-and-desist notice from the creators of the original ''Seven Habits of Highly Effective People'' book.
831** ''The 666 Habits of Highly Effective Demons'', a magazine article in ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon'' (and probably a {{Woolseyism}})
832** In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Brother's Little Helper" Bart is reading "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Pre-teens"
833
834* '''Sex and the Single X''', alternatively '''Sex and the Y X''' or '''X and the Single Y''' - starting with the non-fiction book ''Sex and the Single Girl'' (1962); which inspired a comedy movie of the same name (1964)
835** ''Sex and the Seasoned Woman''
836** ''Sex and the Single Vampire''
837** ''Sex and the Single Ghost'', a romance novel
838** ''Sex and the Single [[Series/DoctorWho Gallifreyan]]'', a ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' article
839** ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' episode "Dick and the Single Girl"
840** ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' episode "Hex and the Single Guy"
841** "Sex and the Single Mother", an episode of ''Judging Amy''
842** "Sex and the Married Detective", an episode of ''Series/{{Columbo}}''
843
844* '''Fear and Loathing in X''' - starting with Creator/HunterSThompson's ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'' (1971)
845** And his AlternateHistory story ''Literature/FearLoathingAndGumboOnTheCampaignTrailSeventyTwo''.
846** ''[[http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13652874 Greece and immigration: Fear and loathing in Athens]]''
847** ''Fear and loathing in Endsville.'' (''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'')
848** "Fear and Loathing with Bigfoot" (Japanese translation of an episode of, you guessed it, ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'')
849** The working title for ''Kentucky Straight Bourbon'' was ''Fear and Loathing in Kentucky''.
850** A later-day WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon, ''Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas''
851** ''{{Series/CSI}}'' episode "Fur and Loathing." (The show's set in Vegas.)
852
853* '''Zen and the Art of X''' - starting with Robert Pirsig's ''Literature/ZenAndTheArtOfMotorcycleMaintenance'' (1974), which itself refers back to ''Zen in the Art of Archery'' by Eugen Herrigel (1948). The title of the latter is often quoted with an "and" instead of "in".
854** The BBC miniseries of ''Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1981'' presented an excerpt from "Zen and the Art of Going to the Lavatory".
855** ''Zen and the Art of Faking It'' by Jordan Sonnenblik.
856** In the AnimatedAdaptation of ''Literature/WyrdSisters'', one of the books on Magrat's shelf is ''Zen And The Art of Broomstick Maintenance''.
857** ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' has an achievement called "Zen and the Art of Reloading."
858** And now, "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xen Xen]] and the Art of" various things has over 40K results on Google and counting. Surprisingly, "Xen and the Art of VideoGame/HalfLife1" is not one of them. Nor is "Xen and the Art of [[DisappointingLastLevel Bad Level Design]]".
859** "Zen and the Art of Breaking Everything in This Room," a song by Music/TheWorldInfernoFriendshipSociety.
860** "Zen and the Art of Cab Driving", an episode of ''Series/{{Taxi}}''.
861** "Zen and the Art of Omelette Maintenance", an episode of ''Series/GoodEats''.
862** "Zen and the Art of Gazebo Repair", a two-issue arc of ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW''.
863** ''[[http://www.cs.indiana.edu/docproject/zen/zen-1.0_toc.html Zen and the Art of the Internet]]'' by Brendan P. Kehoe.
864** ''VideoGame/UltimaVII'' has "Magic and the Art of Horse-and-Wagon Maintenance", which is essentially a lampshading of the game's reliance on AutomatonHorses.
865
866* '''The Art of X''' - starting with ''Literature/{{The Art of War|SunTzu}}''
867** ''The Art of Raising Dogs''
868** ''The Art of Small Talk''
869** ''The Art of Manliness'', a book by Brett and Kate [=McKay=].
870** ''The Art of Love''
871** ''The Art of Sex''
872** ''The Art of Shaving''
873** ''The Art of Trolling''
874** ''The Art of Quartet Playing''
875** ''The Bart of War'' (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'')
876** ''The Art of Noise'' (Band), and ''The Art of Noises'' (Luigi Russolo essay which inspired the band name)
877** ''The Art of Computer Programming'', Donald Knuth's still unfinished book series.
878** ''The Art of Software Testing'', a landmark work on software testing by Glenford J. Myers.
879** ''The Art of AVRT'', a book on Addictive Voice Recognition Therapy, a method for stopping addictive behavior.
880** Tariq Nasheed wrote the books ''The Art of Mackin' '' and ''The Art of Gold Digging''.
881** ''Literature/TheArtOfRacingInTheRain''
882** ''The War of Art'', a book about art and creativity, by Steven Pressfield.
883** Books of production art from a popular movie usually follow the formula "''The Art of {movie title}''"
884** Interestingly enough there's no "The Art of Art" (there's The Art of Art History though)
885** [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming Every episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/SkunkFu'' has one of these titles. And yes, there was an episode named "The Art of Art".
886
887* '''The Tao of X''', starting with ''The Tao of Pooh'' (1982), the book that popularized Taoism in western society by relating it to Franchise/WinnieThePooh
888** ''The Tao of Archery'', the second issue of the ''Great Ten'' miniseries (also a pun; Celestial Archer's real name is Xu ''Tao'').
889** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh of Homer''
890** ''The Tao of Programming''
891** ''The Tao of Steve''
892** ''[[VideoGame/{{Terraria}} Dao of Pow]]'' is the tao used as a flail
893
894* '''X Sutra''' - starting with the Hindu Sutras, followed by the Jain Sutras. Most modern examples are in parody of the Literature/KamaSutra
895** [[Manga/FutariEcchi Manga Sutra]]
896** [[http://www.gamasutra.com GamaSutra]]
897** Website/TVTropes has ComicSutra
898
899* '''Are You There, God? It's Me, X''' - starting with the classic Creator/JudyBlume young adult novel, ''Literature/AreYouThereGodItsMeMargaret'' (1970).
900** ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', "[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS1E9AreYouThereGodItsMeDean Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean]]"
901** ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', "[[Recap/SouthParkS3E16AreYouThereGodItsMeJesus Are You There, God? It's Me, Jesus]]"
902** ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret Hill"
903** ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'', "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS8E16AreYouThereBobItsMeBirthday Are You There Bob? It's Me, Birthday]]"
904** ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS16E20AreYouThereGodItsMePeter Are You There God? It's Me, Peter]]"
905** "Are You There, God? It's Me, Childhood", an article at Salon.com
906** "Are You There, God? It's Me, Madison Avenue", an article on advertising that seems to have multiple homes on the Web.
907** ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', "[[Recap/SupernaturalS04E02AreYouThereGodItsMeDeanWinchester Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester]]"
908** ''Are You There, God? It's Me, Kevin'', an autobiographical book by Kevin Keck
909** "Are You There, God? It's Me, Detroit", an article in the ''Detroit Free Press''
910** ''Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea'', by Chelsea Handler
911** "Are You There, Franchise/{{Cthulhu|Mythos}}? It's Me, Margaret"
912** [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8845297/1/Are-You-There-Primus-It-s-Me-Starscream Are You There, Primus? It's Me, Starscream.]] A Franchise/{{Transformers}} fanfic.
913** "Are You There, Margaret? It's Me, God", a song by the American punk rock band Music/TheLawrenceArms.
914
915* '''The Compleat X''' - starting with ''The Compleat Angler'' (1653), by Izaak Walton.
916** ''[[Music/WeirdAlYankovic The Compleat Al]]''
917** ''Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure'', one of the first microcomputer-based role-playing video games, created for Apple II.
918** ''The Compleat Conductor'', a book on conducting by Gunther Schuller
919** ''The Compleat Dying Earth" by Jack Vance
920** ''The Compleat Beatles'', a book of lyrics
921** ''The Incompleat Folksinger'' by Pete Seeger
922** In-universe example: The Compleat Atlas in Garth Nix's ''Literature/KeysToTheKingdom'' series.
923** ''The Compleat Enchanter'', an omnibus edition of Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's Literature/HaroldShea short stories.
924** ''The Compleat Turkey'', a book of cartoons by Creator/SandraBoynton illustrating irritating types of people by comparing them to turkeys. The turkey on the cover is insisting that the title should be spelled "complete", for example.
925** ''The Compleat [[{{Literature/Discworld}} Ankh-Morpork]] City Guide'' and ''The Compleat Discworld Atlas''
926** ''The Compleat Practical Joker'', a 1954 book by H. Allen Smith
927** Anthony Boucher's "The Compleat Werewolf"
928
929* '''Love in the Time/Age of X''' - starting with ''Literature/LoveInTheTimeOfCholera'' (1985)
930** ''Love in the Age of iPods'', a review of ''Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist'' by Creator/RachelCohn and Creator/DavidLevithan.
931** ''Love in the Age of Fishsticks'', a film made in 2008.
932** ''Love in the Age of Drought'', a novel by Fiona Higgins
933** ''Love in the Age of Silicone'', an article about [=RealDolls=]
934** ''Love in the Age of War'', an album by Music/MenWithoutHats
935** In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Marge can be seen reading a pirate-themed romance novel called ''Love in the Time of Scurvy.'' In another, Lisa is reading ''Love in the Time of Coloring Books''.
936** ''Love in the Time of WebOriginal/LOLCats'' by ''Webcomic/{{Achewood}}'''s Ray Smuckles.
937** ''Love in the Time of Science'', an album by Emilíana Torrini.
938** "Love in the Time of Dragons", an episode of ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'' and a novel by Katie [=McAllister=].
939** ''Love in the Time of Goblins'', Book One of the Hot Goblin Brotherhood Saga in ''Webcomic/SkinHorse''
940** "Love in the Time of HYDRA", an episode of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''
941** "Love in a Dangerous Time", part two of the Flash game ''VideoGame/ISawHerStandingThere''
942** "Love in the Time of Corona/Coronavirus/Covid-19" (news, web articles and fanfics published in 2020)
943** ''Love in the Time of Corona'', a Czech series (2020).
944** ''Love in the Time of Human Papillomavirus'', a song by band Music/{{AJJ}}.
945
946* '''What We Talk About When We Talk About X''' - starting with ''What We Talk About When We Talk About Love'' (1981), a story from Creator/RaymondCarver. Yes, the one referenced in the movie ''Film/BirdmanOrTheUnexpectedVirtueOfIgnorance''.
947** ''What We Talk About'' - song by Old 97's that appears on the 1999 album Fight Songs
948** ''What We Talk About (When We Talk About Love)'' - 2005 song by Deus
949** ''What I Talk About When I Talk About Running'' - Haruki Murakami's 2007 memoir centered on running
950** ''The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop'' - and Why It Matters - 2008 book by Tricia Rose
951** ''What We Talk About When We Talk About Ralph Samson'' - article by Chuck Klosterman that appears in the 2009 anthology book, Eating the Dinosaur
952** ''That of Which We Speak When We Speak of the Unspeakable'' - Cthulhu Mythos short story written by Nick Mamatas and published in the 2009 anthology Lovecraft Unbound: Twenty Stories (ed. Ellen Datlow)
953** ''What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank'' - 2011 book by Nathan Englander
954** ''What We Talk About When We Talk About War'' - 2012 book by Noah Richler
955** ''What We Talk About When We Talk About God'' - 2013 book by Rob Bell
956
957* '''Doing X with Gun and Camera''' - starting with Captain Ralph Bonehill's book ''Out With Gun and Camera'' (1906) - that, or ''Hunting Big Game in Africa with Gun and Camera'', a film from 1922.
958** By 1930, this title was already being parodied, in the form of George Chappell's ''Through the Alimentary Canal with Gun and Camera''.
959** ''Through the Uncanny Valley With Gun and Camera'' - a blog about James Cameron's ''Film/{{Avatar}}''.
960** ''Whale Hunting with Gun and Camera'' by Roy Chapman Andrews
961** ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
962*** [[Characters/DiscworldWizards Ridcully]] is the author of ''Along the Ankh with Bow, Rod and Staff with a Knob on the End''.
963*** Desiderata Hollow is the author of ''Across the Great Nef with Wand and Broomstick''.
964** ''Into the Outdoors with Gun and Camera'', an adventure included with the second edition of the ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' role-playing game.
965** Parodied in ''Radio/TheGoonShow'' with [[EitherOrTitle alternative titles]] like "Through Hook, Line and Blizzard With Ava Gardner" and "With Igloo, Jack-knife and Saxophone Along the Appian Way".
966
967* '''The X's Tale''' --starting with ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales'' as the {{Trope Namer|s}}, but sadly not the {{Trope Maker|s}}. The original is a frame story where X means "told by the", not "about a".
968** ''Film/AKnightsTale'' Including a character supposedly being Chaucer.
969** ''Literature/TheHandmaidsTale''
970** "A Rogue's Tale" (''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' episode)
971** ''VideoGame/TheBardsTale''
972** Many, many examples are subtitled like this in the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' anthologies ''Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina'', ''Tales from Jabba's Palace'' and ''Tales of the Bounty Hunters''.
973** All the stories in the Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse collection ''Short Trips: Repercussions'' have the slight variant of "The X's Story". The X in each case is someone who Charley meets in the FramingStory, and who tells her the story of why they had to be removed from time.
974** The ''Literature/DameFrevisse'' historical mystery series by Creator/MargaretFrazer all have "The X's Tale" titles ... and are set in the 15th century, just a generation or two after Chaucer.
975
976* '''X in Wonderland''' - starting with ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' (1865)
977** "Murdoch in Wonderland" (''Series/MurdochMysteries'')
978** "Emily in Wonderland" (''Series/GilmoreGirls'')
979** "Sabrina in Wonderland" (''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'')
980** "Orson in Wonderland" (''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'')
981** ''Phoebe in Wonderland'' (a 2008 film)
982** A song by Kevin Ayers "Clarence in Wonderland"
983** "Mork In Wonderland" (''Series/MorkAndMindy'')
984** ''Music/{{GWAR}}: Phallus in Wonderland''
985** ''Manga/MiyukiChanInWonderland''
986** ''Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland'' (popular physics book)
987** ''The Engineer in Wonderland'' (1966 televised lecture series)
988** ''A Lez in Wonderland'' (a 2006 TV documentary)
989** ''Series/OnceUponATimeInWonderland'' (A spinoff of ''Series/OnceUponATime''; [[RecycledInSpace literally in Wonderland.]])
990** The ''Anime/CodeGeass'' OVA ''Nunally in Wonderland''.
991** Variation in ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' with "Alice in Disco Land"
992
993* '''The Book of X''' - starting with most of the books of ''Literature/TheBible'', other religious texts, and the medieval Books of Hours
994** ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresFromTheBookOfVirtues''
995** ''Literature/TheBookOfAllHours''
996** Music/{{Enya}}'s "Book of Days". The music video for it takes the idea and runs with it by showing a whole series of books cataloguing said days (aspects of life): Book of Water, Book of Love, Book of Music, Book of Motion, Book of Dreams.
997** ''Literature/BookOfTheDead2006''
998** ''Literature/BookOfTheDead2021''
999** ''Film/TheBookOfEli''
1000** ''Literature/BookOfTheLongSun''
1001** ''Literature/TheBookOfLostThings''
1002** ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen''
1003** ''Theatre/TheBookOfMormon''
1004** ''Literature/TheBookOfNightWithMoon''
1005** ''[[https://bookofpook.neocities.org/ The Book of Pook]]''
1006** Music/LoreenaMcKennitt's album ''Book of Secrets''.[[note]]Also the sequel subtitle to ''Film/NationalTreasure'', referencing the President's book of [[GovernmentConspiracy conspiracy theories]] and other confidential information. This is a fairly popular reference.[[/note]]
1007** ''Literature/BookOfSwords''
1008** During the John Fugelsang/Daisy Fuentes period, ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos'' had a regular segment called 'The Book of Why', where each clip started with John narrating "Why X (insert clip-related item here)"
1009** ''The Book of Fours'', a ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' ExpandedUniverse novel.
1010** ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''
1011*** The four parts ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}'' are "Book I: The Book of Going Forth", "Book II: The Book of the Dead", "Book III: The Book of the New Son", and "Book IV: The Book of 101 Things for a Boy Can Do". The first two parody the {{Ancient Egypt}}ian ''Book of Going Forth by Day'' also known as ''The Book of the Dead'', the third is a ShoutOut to Creator/GeneWolfe, and the OddNameOut is an obvious parody of kids' activity books.
1012*** ''The Book of Going Forth Around Elevenish'' was mentioned in ''Literature/TheLightFantastic'' as being written by a rather lazy sect.
1013** "The Book of Love", a song and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Love later many other works]]
1014
1015* '''X Come Home''' starting with ''Franchise/{{Lassie}} Come Home'' by Eric Knight (1938)
1016** ''Cathy Come Home'', Ken Loach TV play
1017** ''WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome'', ''Franchise/{{Peanuts}}'' special
1018** ''R2 Come Home'', episode of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''
1019** ''Laika Come Home'', Music/{{Gorillaz}} EP
1020** TropeyComeHome, Website/TVTropes page
1021** "Hogan, Go Home", a ''Series/HogansHeroes'' episode.
1022** "[[Recap/FuturamaS7E21AssieComeHome Assie Come Home]]", episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''
1023
1024* '''What Every Young X Ought to Know''' -- started by ''What a Young Husband Ought to Know'' by Sylvanus Stall (1897) and similarly-titled books in the Self and Sex Series of "social hygiene" books published around the turn of the 20th century
1025** In ''Theatre/BellBookAndCandle'', Shep tells Nicky he should call the book he's collaborating with Redlich on ''What Every Young Witch Ought to Know''.
1026** In ''Theatre/OfTheeISing'', Wintergreen claims to be writing a book titled ''What Every Young President Ought to Know''.
1027** ''Uncle Dynamite'' by Creator/PGWodehouse makes mention of ''What Every Young Policeman Ought to Know''.
1028
1029* '''The Un-X-able Y-ness of Z(-ing)''' -- started with ''Literature/TheUnbearableLightnessOfBeing'' by Creator/MilanKundera (1984)
1030** "The Unbearable Blightness of Being," episode of ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''
1031** "The Unbearable Blindness of Laying" and "The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hank," episodes of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''
1032** "The Unbearable Heatness of Fire," episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Squidbillies}}''
1033** "The Unbearable Lightness of Being Family," episode of ''Series/JudgingAmy''
1034** "The Unbearable Lightness of Being Scooter," episode of ''WesternAnimation/EekTheCat''
1035** "The Unbearable Lightness of Boring," episode of ''Series/LALaw''
1036** "The Unbearable Lightness of Light Beer," episode of ''Series/{{Conan}}''
1037** "The Unbearable Lightness of Seeing," episode of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''
1038** "The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene," episode of ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''
1039** "The Unbelievable Wrongness of Talking," episode of ''Series/{{Becker}}''
1040** "The Unblairable Lightness of Being," episode of ''Series/GossipGirl''
1041** ''The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth'', the third Aberystwyth Noir novel by Malcom Pryce
1042
1043* '''The World According to X''' -- started with ''Literature/TheWorldAccordingToGarp'' (1978)
1044** ''The World According to Creator/DaveBarry'' (a compilation of ''Dave Barry Talks Back'', ''Dave Barry Turns 40'' and ''Dave Barry's Greatest Hits'')
1045** "The World According to Freedom," episode of ''Series/HillStreetBlues''
1046** ''The World According to Irving'', 2012 documentary on the author of ''The World According to Garp''
1047** "The World According to Matt," episode of ''Series/MelrosePlace''
1048** "The World According to Mendelsohn," episode of ''Series/{{Sheena 2000}}''
1049** ''The World According to Sesame Street'', 2006 documentary about ''Series/SesameStreet''
1050** ''The World According to Humphrey'', a book by Betty G. Birney.
1051** The Polish version of the phrase, '''Świat według X''', is sometimes used in lieu of a more direct translation -- it started in the 90s with ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' being aired in Polish as ''The World According To Bundys''[[note]]''Świat według Bundych''[[/note]] and/or the Polish sitcom ''Series/SwiatWedlugKiepskich''[[note]]English: ''The World According to Kiepskis''[[/note]].
1052*** ''WesternAnimation/LifeWithLouie'' - ''Świat według Ludwiczka'', literally: ''The World According to [[DubNameChange Ludwiczek]]''
1053*** ''Stephen Hawking's Universe'', a 1997 BBC documentary - ''Świat według Stephena Hawkinga'', literally ''The World According to Stephen Hawking''[[note]]Two translations of the title were found at the time of writing, the other used the word "wszechświat" (universe), which still fits the snowclone[[/note]]
1054*** ''CEO Society: The Corporate Takeover of Everyday Life'', a 2018 book - ''Świat według Prezesów. Jak korporacje kontrolują nasze życie'', literally ''The World According to Chairmen. How The Corporations Control Our Lives.''
1055
1056* '''The Man with the Golden X''' -- started with ''Literature/TheManWithTheGoldenArm'' (1949)
1057** "The Man with the Golden Ears," ''Series/SixtyMinutes'' profile of record producer Clive Davis
1058** ''Literature/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'', Franchise/JamesBond novel and [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun film]]
1059** "The Man with the Golden Gut," episode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo''
1060** "The Man with the Golden Hat," episode of ''Series/McCloud''
1061** "The Man with the Golden Retriever," episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpecialAgentOso''
1062** ''Man with the Golden Winchester'', SpaghettiWestern also known as ''Son of Zorro''
1063** "The Man with the Golden Wrist," episode of ''Series/TheBobNewhartShow''
1064** ''The Man with the Golden Hand'', a 2014 TimeTravel movie
1065** "Man with the Golden Thumb", a song by Jerry Reed
1066** ''The Man with the Golden Helmet'', a painting attributed to Rembrandt
1067** "The Man with the Golden Voice", a nickname for radio announcer Ted Williams
1068
1069* '''Life Begins at N''' -- started with ''Life Begins at Forty'' by Walter B. Pitkin (1932)
1070** ''Life Begins at 6:40'', ''ComicStrip/{{Adam|AtHome}}'' collection
1071** ''Life Begins at Eight-Thirty'', 1942 movie
1072** ''Life Begins at 8:40'', 1934 Broadway revue
1073** ''Life Begins at 17'', 1958 movie
1074** "Life Begins at Fifty," episode of ''Series/MyFamily''
1075** "Life Begins at 300," episode of ''Series/SpaceAcademy''
1076
1077* '''They Shoot Xs, Don't They?''' -- started with ''Literature/TheyShootHorsesDontThey'' by Horace [=McCoy=] (1935) and its [[Film/TheyShootHorsesDontThey film adaptation]] (1969). Sometimes "Shoot" is the replaced word, and sometimes both are replaced:
1078** "They Shoot Fonzies, Don't They?", episode of ''Series/HappyDays''
1079** "They Shoot Managers, Don't They?", episode of ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily''
1080** "They Don't Shoot Horses, Do They?", episode of ''Series/{{Webster}}''
1081** "They Eat Horses, Don't They?", used in both ''Series/DueSouth'' and ''Series/AllyMcBeal''
1082** "They Shoot Urkels, Don't They?", episode of ''Series/FamilyMatters''
1083** "They Shoot Single People, Don' t They?", episode of ''Series/SexAndTheCity''
1084** "They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?", episode of ''Series/DesigningWomen''
1085** "They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They?", episode of ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' (which, like the book and film, is about a dancing marathon)
1086** "They Shoot Baskets, Don't They?", episode of ''Series/ClassOf96''
1087** "They Use Horseradish, Don't They?", episode of ''Series/{{The Odd Couple|1970}}''
1088** "They Shoot Humphreys, Don't They?", episode of ''Series/GossipGirl''
1089** "They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?", episode of ''Series/SledgeHammer''
1090** ''They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?'', short story collection by Creator/PatrickMcManus
1091** "They Shoot Heroin, Don't They?", song by Music/{{TISM}} from their 1990 album ''Hot Dogma''
1092** ''Website/TheyShootPicturesDontThey'', website dedicated to great film directors
1093** ''They Eat Puppies, Don't They?'', novel by Creator/ChristopherBuckley
1094** "They Shoot Hulks, Don't They?", #142 of ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk''
1095** "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS7E4TheyServeHorsesDontThey They Serve Horses, Don't They?]]" episode of ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''
1096** ''They Shoot Clowns Out of Cannons, Don't They?'', a ShowWithinAShow starring Krusty the Klown of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', a poster for which can be seen in the video game ''Virtual Springfield''.
1097** "They Eat Horses, Don't They?", episode of ''Ally [=McBeal=]''
1098
1099* '''There Were N of Us''' (N being a number), starting with ''There Were Five of Us'' by Karel Polacek[[note]]Translated as ''We were a Handful'' into English[[/note]] (1946)
1100** ''There Were Seven of Us'' (a film about making of ''There Were Five of Us'' TV adaptation)
1101** ''There Were Six of Us'' (a TV series)
1102** "There Were Four of Us" (a song)
1103** ''There Were Three of Us'' (a children's book)
1104
1105* '''The Strange Case of X (and Y)''': ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (1886) is the original
1106** ''Podcast/TheStrangeCaseOfStarshipIris''
1107** ''The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Miss Osbourne'' (''Docteur Jekyll et les femmes, 1981)
1108** ''The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle'' (2005)
1109** ''The Strange Case of Doctor Rx'', a 1942 horror movie
1110** "The Strange Case of Dr. Rx", episode of ''Shock''
1111
1112* '''The Prince and the X''' -- starting with ''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'' (1882)
1113** ''The Prince and the Showgirl'', a 1957 romantic comedy
1114** ''The Prince and the Surfer'', a 1999 movie
1115** "The Prince and the Rebel", an episode of ''Murdoch Mysteries''
1116** ''The Prince and the Pirate'' [[note]]Italian movie: ''Il principe e il pirata'' (2001)[[/note]]
1117** ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''
1118** ''The Princess and the Goblin'' (1991, a Hungarian animated film)
1119** ''Literature/ThePrincessAndTheGoblin'' (1872 novel)
1120
1121* '''The Curious Case of Y''' started with "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (1922), a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Popularised with the film adaptation (2008).
1122** ''The Curious Case of Mr Holmes'', a theatre play.
1123** ''The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau'', a documentary about Peter Sellers.
1124** ''The Curious Case of Dead End City'' (animated short)
1125** ''The Curious Case of the Cottingley Fairies''
1126** ''The Curious Case of Santa''
1127** ''The Curious Case of Santa Claus''
1128** ''The Curious Case of Jeff Jefferson'' (a short film)
1129** "The Curious Case of Britney B.", episode of ''The New Adventures of Old Christine''
1130** "The Curious Case of Curry", episode of ''Good Eats''
1131** "The Curious Case of Kellerman's Button", episode of ''Raising the Bar''
1132** "The Curious Case of Benjamin Butt-Ugly", episode of ''Partners''
1133** "The Curious Case of the Chamelippoo", episode of ''Kate and Mim-Mim''
1134** "The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon", episode of ''The Twilight Zone''
1135** "The Curious Case of the Countless Clues", episode of ''The Avengers''
1136
1137* '''(The) X's Guide to Y''' -- a longstanding titling formula, an influential example being ''The Scholar's Guide to Arithmetic'' (1808)
1138** ''The Child's Guide to Knowledge'', a popular 19th century children's factbook.
1139** ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to Europe'' and similar travel guides.
1140** ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxyTrilogy''
1141** "Hitchhiker's Guide to Gastronomy", episode of ''Winston Steinburger and Sir Dudley Ding Dong''
1142** ''The Gourmet's Guide to Gastronomy''
1143** ''A Bachelor's Guide to Seduction in the Kitchen''
1144** ''Wild Drugs: A Forager's Guide to Healing Plants''
1145** ''A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man: Homecoming''(2017)
1146** ''The Girl's Guide to Depravity''
1147** ''The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting''
1148** ''Hitman's Guide to Housecleaning''
1149** ''Explorers' Guide to Australia''
1150** ''Theatre/AGentlemansGuideToLoveAndMurder''
1151** ''The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing''
1152** ''The Nitpicker's Guide for Next Generation Trekkers'' (Followed by ''...For Classic Trekkers'' and ''For Deep Space Nine Trekkers'')
1153** ''Miss Piggy's Guide to Life''
1154
1155* '''The Devil Wears X''' starting with ''Literature/TheDevilWearsPrada'' (2003); the trend exploded with release of TheFilmOfTheBook (2006), though there are much earlier examples.
1156** "The Devil Wears Whalebone", episode of ''Murdoch Mysteries''
1157** "The Devil Wears Hanes", episode of ''The Exes''
1158** "The Devil Wears Lands' End", episode of ''The Mindy Project''
1159** "The Devil Wears a Lapel Pin", episode of ''American Dad!''
1160** "The Devil Wears Sneakers", episode of ''Murder Comes to Town''
1161** "Devil Wears Primark", episode of ''Match Not Found''
1162** "The Devil Wears Burberry" (part 1 and part 2), episode of ''Less Than Perfect''
1163** "The Devil Wears Armor", episode of ''Bearcats!'' (1971)
1164** ''The Devil Wears White'' (1986)
1165** "The Devil Wears a Toupee", episode of ''Eisenhower & Lutz'' (1988)
1166
1167* '''Journey to the Center of the X''', started by Jules Verne's ''Literature/JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth'' (1864)
1168** ''Journey to the Center of the Universe''
1169** ''Journey to the Center of Time'', a sci-fi from 1967
1170** "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS", a ''Doctor Who'' episode
1171** "Journey to the Centre of Toronto", episode of ''Murdoch Mysteries''
1172** "Journey to the Center of the Bat!", episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''
1173** "Journey to the Centre of the Neitherworld", ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}''
1174** "Journey to the Center of Mikey's Mind", episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''
1175** "Journey to the Center of the Smurf", story of ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''
1176** "Journey to the Centre of the Bed", an episode of ''Dennis the Menace''
1177** "Journey to the Centre of Bottom World", episode of ''The Legend of Dick and Dom''
1178** "Journey to the Centre of the Garden", episode of ''George Shrinks''
1179** "Journey to the Center of the Mall" from ''The Neighbors''
1180** "Journey to the Center of the Nursery", episode of ''Muppet Babies''
1181** "Journey to the Center of My Sister", episode of ''Fantastic Max''
1182** "Journey to the Center of Attention", episode of ''The Golden Girls''
1183** "Journey to the Center of the Sewer", episode of ''Mega Babies''
1184** "Journey to the Center of Mason", episode of ''Wizards of Waverly Place''
1185** "Journey to the Center of Cow", story of ''Cow and Chicken''
1186** "Journey to the Center of Candace", story of ''Phineas and Ferb''
1187** "Journey to the Center of the Basement", story of ''Rugrats''
1188** "Journey to the Center of Uncle Charlie's Farm", story of ''Dennis the Menace''
1189** "Journey to the Center of Gilligan's Planet", episode of ''Gilligan's Planet''
1190** "Journey to the Center of Twayne", episode of ''Ugly Americans''
1191** "Journey to the Centre of the Sofa", episode of ''Kiva Can Do''
1192** "Journey to the Centre of the Telly", episode of ''Pablo''
1193** "Journey to the Center of the Mind", song by The Amboy Dukes.
1194
1195* '''From X to Eternity'''. Originated in ''Literature/FromHereToEternity'', a 1951 novel and its 1953 film adaptation. There are also exact copycats of the title for film, episode and song titles.
1196** ''From Hare to Eternity'' (a 1997 animated short film)
1197** "From Hare to Eternity", episode of ''Adventures in Wonderland''
1198** "From Hare to Eternity", episode of ''Series/NYPDBlue''
1199** "From Air to Eternity", episode of ''Goof Troop''
1200** "From Hair to Eternity", episode of ''The Pink Panther''
1201** "From Hair to Eternity" (Part 1 and Part 2), episodes of ''Head of the Class''
1202** "From Beer to Eternity", episode of ''Cheers''
1203** "From Beer to Eternity", episode of ''Rendez-View''
1204** "From Beer to Eternity", episode of ''Cheers''
1205** "From Beer to Eternity", episode of ''Off-Mikes''
1206** ''From Her to Eternity'', a 1984 album by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
1207** ''From Her to Eternity'', a 2011 French short film
1208** "From Where to Eternity", episode of ''Series/TheSopranos''
1209** ''From Fear to Eternity'', a 2011 compilation album by heavy metal band Music/IronMaiden
1210** "From Fear to Eternity", a 1999 episode of ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}''
1211** "From Fear to Eternity", a 2008 episode of ''Eureka''
1212** ''Monster High: From Fear to Eternity'', a 2013 TV special
1213** "From Queer to Eternity", episode of ''Series/WillAndGrace''
1214** "From Murdoch to Eternity", episode of ''Series/MurdochMysteries''
1215
1216* '''A Study in X''', X being a colour or colour-based pun. Or just a Sherlock Holmes pun. Started with ''Literature/AStudyInScarlet'' by Arthur C. Doyle (1887).
1217** "A Study in Pink", episode ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''
1218** "A Study in Pink", episode of ''Murdoch Mysteries''
1219** "A Study in Sherlock", episode of ''Murdoch Mysteries''
1220** "A Study in Sherlock", episode of ''Timeshift'' (a documentary TV series)
1221** ''A Study in Oak'', a short film from 2017
1222** "A Study in Read", episode of web video series ''Nothing Much to Do''
1223** "A Study in Gray", episode of ''Pete and Gladys''
1224** "A Study in Murder", episode of ''Series/{{Taggart}}''
1225** ''Literature/AStudyInEmerald'', a short story by Creator/NeilGaiman
1226
1227* '''The Old Man and the Y''', starting with ''Literature/TheOldManAndTheSea'' by Ernest Hemingway (1952).
1228** ''Film/TheOldManAndTheGun''
1229** ''The Old Man and the Pears'', an animation short
1230** ''The Old Man and the Whale'', a 2008 short movie
1231** ''The Old Man and the Cat'', a German shot movie [[note]]original title: Der alte Mann und die Katze''[[/note]]
1232** "The Old Man and the Lisa", episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
1233** "The Old Man and the Key", episode of ''The Simpsons''
1234** "The Old Man and the C Student", episode of ''The Simpsons''
1235** "The Old Man and the Big 'C'", episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''
1236** "The Old Man and the 'C'", episode of ''Civil Wars''
1237** "Old Man and the Sea Life", episode of ''Shipping Wars''
1238** "The Old Man and the G", episode of ''Series/LincolnHeights''
1239** "The Old Man and the City", episode of ''The Dick Powell Show''
1240** "The Old Man and the CEO", episode of ''Traders''
1241** "The Old Man and the Sledge", episode of ''Series/SledgeHammer''
1242** ''The Old Man and the River'', a theatre play for children (Theatre District)
1243** ''The Old Man and the Pond'', a 2019 movie
1244** "The Old Man and the Lake", episode of ''Walking in Circles''
1245** ''The Old Man and C'', an alternate-history short story in which Einstein became a violin teacher.
1246** "The Old Man and the C-", episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''
1247
1248* '''From the Diary of X''', a Czech-specific example, started with a very popular book for children ''[[Literature/TomcatBlueEyesDiaries From the Diary of Tomcat Blue Eyes]]'' (1965)
1249** ''From the Diary of an IT guy'' [[note]] ''Z deniku ajtaka'' [[/note]] - a book
1250** ''From the Diary of a Third Grader, or Edudant and Francimor'' [[note]]''Z deniku zaka III. B aneb Edudant a Francimor''[[/note]] - a children's book
1251** ''From the Diary of Pussycat Lil'Paw'' [[note]]''Z deniku kocicky Tapicky''[[/note]] - a children's book
1252** ''From the Diary of a Bulimic'' [[note]]''Z deniku bulimicky''[[/note]] - a book
1253** ''From the Diary of an Anorectic'', [[note]]''Z deniku anorekticky''[[/note]] - a series of online articles
1254** ''1989: From the Diary of Ivana A.'' [[note]] 1989: Z deniku Ivany A. [[/note]] - a film documentary
1255** ''From the Diary of a Counter-revolutionary'' [[note]] ''Z deniku kontrarevolucionare'' [[/note]] - a book by Pavel Kohout
1256** ''From the Diary of Classmate Vokurkova'' [[note]]''Z deniku spoluzacky Vokurkove''[[/note]] - a radio programme for children
1257** ''From the Diary of a Theatropunker'' [[note]]''Z deniku teatropunkera''[[/note]] - a series of theatre reviews
1258** ''From the Diary of a Country Teacher'' [[note]] Z deniku vesnickeho ucitele[[/note]] - a Facebook blog
1259 [[/folder]]
1260
1261[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
1262* '''The''', well, '''[[Series/TheXFiles X Files]]''' (original series ran 1993--2002).
1263** ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' may be the earliest example
1264** ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E10TheSpringfieldFiles The Springfield Files]]'' (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'')
1265** ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''
1266** ''Literature/TheLaundryFiles''
1267** The ''Magazine/RadioTimes'' once had a cut-out-and-keep series of fact-files on characters from ''Radio/TheArchers'' called "The Ambridge Files".
1268** ''Series/TheGoodies File'', the book of the series.
1269** ''The Odessa File'' and ''The Ipcress Files'', a good two decades before ''The X Files''.
1270** ''The Dead Files'', a history show.
1271** From Germany: ''Aktenzeichen XY'', a real-life crime show running for a long time before ''[[Series/TheXFiles Akte X]]''.
1272** A collectible boxed set for a series of Origami books based on ''Franchise/StarWars'' characters is called ''The Origami Yoda Files'', by author Tom Angleberger.
1273** "The Ex-Files", episode of ''Series/AllyMcBeal''
1274** "The D'Arcy Files", episode of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''
1275** ''WebAnimation/TheWaltenFiles''
1276
1277* '''Will the Real X Please Stand Up?''': From the game show ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'' (since 1956)
1278** "The Real Slim Shady", a song from Music/{{Eminem}} containing the lyric "Would the real Slim Shady please stand up...".
1279** "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?", an episode of ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''.
1280** "Will the Real Creator/JerryLewis Please Sit Down?", a cartoon series.
1281
1282* '''X Behaving Badly''' starting with ''Series/MenBehavingBadly'' (since 1992). Loved by British media for punning headlines, too.
1283** ''People Behaving Badly''
1284** ''Brothers Behaving Badly''
1285** ''Boys Behaving Badly'', a book by Jeremy Daldry
1286** ''Girls Behaving Badly'', a reality show
1287** ''Nuns Behaving Badly'', a book about nuns in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy strayed far from the paradigms of monastic life
1288** ''Bear Behaving Badly'', a British children's sitcom
1289** "Dick Behaving Badly", episode of ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun''
1290** ''Gods Behaving Badly'', a straight-to-video film starring Creator/ChristopherWalken and Creator/SharonStone
1291
1292* '''Have I Got X For You''', popularised by ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'' (since 1990), but there are much earlier examples. Embraced by British media for punning headlines, too.
1293** "Have I Got Bad Language for You?", episode of ''Panorama''
1294** "Have I Got Noose for You ", episode of ''Crime and Punishment'' (2008)
1295** "Have I Got a Deal for You", episode of ''Chicago Hope''
1296** "Have I Got a Girl for You", episode of ''It's About Time''
1297** "Have I Got a Boy for You", episode of ''The New Phil Silvers Show''
1298** "Have I Got a Couple for You ", episode of ''Wings''
1299** "Have I Got a Fellow for You!", episode of ''The Doris Day Show''
1300** "Have I Got an Apartment for You! ", episode of ''The Partners''
1301** "Have I Got a Steele for You", episode of ''Remington Steele''
1302
1303* '''Mr. X's Neighborhood''', which originated with ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'' (1962--2001).
1304** "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood", episode of ''Series/TheSopranos''
1305** "Mr. Murdoch's Neighbourhood", episode of ''Murdoch Mysteries''
1306** "Mister Robinson's Neighborhood", a recurring parody segment of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''
1307** ''Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood''
1308** ''Mr. Jackson's Neighborhood'', a short comedy film
1309** "Mr. Cage's Neighborhood", one of Johnny Cage's Fatalities in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' (the one where he tears off the upper half of his opponent's body and uses it as a ventriloquist's dummy)
1310
1311* '''Have X - Will Travel''', or alternatively '''Have Gun - Will [Verb]''', started with the TV series ''Series/HaveGunWillTravel'' (1957--63). Punctuation optional.
1312** ''Literature/HaveSpaceSuitWillTravel''
1313** "Have Love, Will Travel", Richard Berry's 1959 song
1314** ''Have Guitar Will Travel'', Bo Diddley's 1960 album
1315** ''Have Rocket, Will Travel'', a 1959 film
1316** ''Have Guitar, Will Travel'', Joe Perry's 2009 album
1317** "Have Dragon - Will Travel" (pt. 1 & 2), episodes of ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk''
1318** ''Have Fork, Will Travel''
1319** ''Have Cake, Will Travel''
1320** ''Have Sword Will Travel''
1321** ''Have Camera Will Travel''
1322** ''Have Skis, Will Travel''
1323** ''Have Steam Engine Will Travel'', a 2014 TV movie
1324** ''Have Coffin Will Travel'' (TV Short)
1325** "Have Baby, Will Travel", episode of ''House Hunters International''
1326** "Have Mask, Will Travel", episode of ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective''
1327** "Have Food Will Travel", episode of ''Giada at Home''
1328** "Have Hen Will Travel", episode of ''The Liver Birds''
1329** "Have Ozz Will Travel", (2005), episode of ''The Osbournes''
1330** "Have Bed - Will Travel", episode of ''Our Miss Brooks''
1331** "Have Love Will Travel", episode of ''Cougar Town''
1332** "Have Time Will Travel", episode of ''Popeye the Sailor''
1333** "Haven't Gun, Will Travel", episode of ''Sledge Hammer!'' (1986) (TV Series)
1334** "Have Bird, Will Travel", episode of ''Critical Role''
1335** "Have Duck Will Travel", episode of ''Duck Commander''
1336** "Have Blop, Will Travel", episode of ''The Ruff & Reddy Show''
1337** "Have Broom Will Travel", episode of ''Winsome Witch''
1338** "Have Reindeer, Will Travel", episode of ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis''
1339** "Have Gondola, Will Travel", episode of ''Club Oasis''
1340** "Have Kimono, Will Travel", episode of ''[=McHale=]'s Navy''
1341** "Have No Uniform Will Travel", episode of ''No Time for Sergeants''
1342** "Have Library Will Travel", episode of ''Petticoat Junction''
1343** "Philippines: Have Degree, Will Travel", episode of ''Frontline/World''
1344** "Have Plane Will Travel", story of ''Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines ''
1345** "Have Saucer Will Travel", story of ''The Skatebirds''
1346** "Have Broom Will Travel", story of ''The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show''
1347** "Have Gun, Will Unravel", episode of ''Civil Wars''
1348** "Have Gun, Will Unravel", episode of ''Family Ties''
1349** "Have Gun, Will Sell", episode of ''Sanford and Son''
1350** Have Guns - Will Haggle, episode of ''The Avengers''
1351
1352* '''The X Always Y-s Twice''', starting with ''Literature/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice'', a 1934 crime novel.
1353** "The Doorman Always Rings Twice", an episode of ''Series/SpinCity''
1354** "The Janitor Always Mops Twice", an episode of ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''
1355** "The Mistress Always Spanks Twice", an episode of ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}''
1356** "The Russian Aways Clings Twice", an episode of ''Series/{{Neighbours}}''
1357** "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice", an episode of ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}''
1358** "The Post-It Always Sticks Twice", an episode of ''Series/SexAndTheCity''
1359** ''Series/LateNightWithConanOBrien'': "The OCD Postman Always Rings Twice, Forty Times in a Row", "The Postman Always Butt-Dials Twice" and "The Postman Always Rings Ten Times. What's His Problem?"
1360
1361[[/folder]]
1362
1363[[folder:Music]]
1364* '''X on a G-String''' (Air) - perhaps not so common in the English-speaking world, but oddly popular in Japan (where it takes the form ''G-Senjou no X'').
1365** ''G-Senjou no Neko'' / ''IlGattoSulG'' ("Cat on a G-string", a manga)
1366** ''[[VisualNovel/TheDevilOnGString G-Senjou no Maou]]'' ("Demon Lord on a G-string", a [[{{Eroge}} H-game]])
1367** "Shisenjou no Aria" (an ImageSong from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'')
1368** A website for the guitarist Ollie Halsall has a page about his collaborations with Kevin Ayers under the title "Ayers on a G-String".
1369** A number of newspaper and magazine articles have used the "X On A G-String" form. Very few of them are talking about music.
1370* '''The X formerly known as Y''' - starting with Music/{{Prince}}, it has its own [[TheTropeFormerlyKnownAsX page]].
1371* '''X Meets Y Uptown''' - Started by ''King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown'' (1976), a dub reggae album by Augustus Pablo and King Tubby.
1372** ''Dread Meets Punk Rockers Uptown'', a compilation album.
1373** ''The Big Man and the Scream Team Meet the Barmy Army Uptown'', a single by Music/PrimalScream and On-U Sound.
1374** Tayo Meets Acid Rockers Uptown (a dubstep group)
1375** ''Last Train to Trancentral (Meets the Moody Boys Uptown)'', a remix of Music/TheKLF's single ''Last Train to Trancentral" by The Moody Boys.
1376
1377* '''What's So Funny About X, Y and Z?''' - Started by the Music/ElvisCostello song (actually written by Music/NickLowe) "What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding?" (1974)
1378** "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding," episode of ''Series/{{Casualty}}''
1379** "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice and the American Way?" (''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #775)
1380** "What's So Funny About War, Pain, and Cynicism?", ''New York Sun'' [[http://www.nysun.com/arts/whats-so-funny-about-war-pain-and-cynicism/37414/ article]] about the films of Creator/BusterKeaton
1381* '''Songs in the Key of X''' - Started by Music/StevieWonder's ''Songs in the Key of Life'' (1976)
1382** ''Songs in the Key of Kids'' (1993), an album by children's entertainers [[Series/SharonLoisAndBramsElephantShow Sharon, Lois, and Bram]]
1383** ''Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files'' (1996), a soundtrack of songs from (and influenced by) ''Series/TheXFiles''
1384** ''Songs in the Key of Springfield'' (1997), a soundtrack of songs and sketches from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
1385** ''Songs in the Key of Rock'' (2003), a solo album by Music/DeepPurple bassist Glenn Hughes
1386[[/folder]]
1387
1388[[folder:Podcasts]]
1389* '''This Week in X''' - starting with [[Creator/TechTV This Week in Tech]] (since 2005).
1390** The [=TWiT=] network has its own variants, like ''This Week in Google'', ''This Week in Law'', ''This Week in Computer Hardware'', and ''This Week in Enterprise Tech'', ''This Week in Radio Tech'', and ''This Week in [=YouTube=]''.
1391** ''[[https://thisweekinatrocity.libsyn.com/ This Week In Atrocity]]'' is a podcast about news media and fringe theories.
1392** ''[[https://thisweekinbaseballhistory.libsyn.com/ This Week in Baseball History]]'', hosted by Mike Bates and Bill Parker.
1393** ''[[https://thisweekincrypto.co/ This Week in Crypto]]'', podcast about cryptocurrencies.
1394** ''[[https://twimlai.com/ This Week in Machine Learning & AI]]'', hosted by Sam Charrington.
1395** ''[[http://www.thisweekinmakeup.com/ This Week In Makeup]]'', hosted by Crystal and partnered with MEL Products.
1396** ''[[https://thisweekinphoto.com/ This Week in Photo]]'', hosted by Frederick Van Johnson.
1397** ''[[https://weekinpodcasts.com/ This Week in Podcasts]]'', a podcast where Wil Williams reviews podcasts.
1398** ''[[https://www.twis.org/ This Week In Science]]'', hosted by Kiki Sanford.
1399** ''[[https://www.theincomparable.com/twitt/ This Week in Time Travel]]'', news and views on the Franchise/{{Whoniverse}}.
1400** ''[[https://thisweekintravel.com/ This Week In Travel]]'', co-hosted by Gary Arndt, Jen Leo and Chris Christensen.
1401** ''[[https://thisweekinzoltan.podomatic.com/ This Week In Zoltan]]'', audio journal of comedian Zoltan Kaszas.
1402[[/folder]]
1403
1404[[folder:Poetry]]
1405* '''Love Among X''' - starting with Creator/RobertBrowning's "Literature/LoveAmongTheRuins1855".
1406** Creator/PGWodehouse's ''Love Among the Chickens''
1407** Jean Ferris' novel ''Love Among The Walnuts''
1408** Eric Alter's collection of eight one-act plays, ''Love Among the Squirrels''
1409** The film ''Love Among Thieves''
1410** Starship, the 1980s-vintage successor to Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship, recorded a song entitled "Love Among the Cannibals"...
1411** ...which itself is a reference to Wright Morris's 1957 novel ''Love Among the Cannibals''.
1412** Creator/OgdenNash's short poem ''[[http://www.marcopolopoet.nl/PoemOP/Love_under.htm Love Under the Republicans(Or Democrats)]].''
1413** The fictional play within ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' titled "''Love Amongst the Dragons''".
1414** In ''Theatre/DreamGirl'', Clark mocks Georgina's literary ambitions by suggesting that she wants to write "''Love Among the Heifers'': a pastoral in nine cantos, with costumes by Abercrombie and Fitch."
1415** Referenced in ''Literature/TheStand'', with one of the military guys thinking of 'love among the viruses' when he sees two people who died after getting it on.
1416** On ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', the Doctor created lessons on romance for Seven of Nine entitled ''Love Amid the Stars: A Romantic Bestiary''.
1417** Dirk Winsten's memoirs in ''Theatre/MaryMary'' are titled ''Life Among the Oranges''. Oscar thinks it's "not a bad title."
1418* "Tinker Tailor" is a nursery rhyme and fortune telling song, often used as a counting game. It spun off two naming patterns. A common modern version is:
1419-->Tinker, Tailor,\
1420Soldier, Sailor,\
1421Rich Man, Poor Man,\
1422Beggar Man, Thief.
1423** '''Rich X, Poor X''':
1424*** ''Rich Man, Poor Man'' (a 1969 novel)
1425*** ''Rich Girl, Poor Girl'' (a 2009 novel and a 2017 novel)
1426*** "Rich Boy, Poor Boy", an episode of ''Murdoch Mysteries''
1427*** ''Literature/RichDadPoorDad'' (1997)
1428** '''Tinker, Tailor, Job X, Job Y''':
1429*** ''Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor'' (a 1918 silent movie)
1430*** ''Film/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy'' (a book adapted into film and miniseries)
1431*** [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS6E4TinkerTenorDoctorSpy "Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy"]], an episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''
1432*** [[Recap/TheGoodPlaceS4E04TinkerTailorDemonSpy "Tinker, Tailor, Demon, Spy"]], an episode of ''Series/TheGoodPlace''
1433*** ''[[WebVideo/LoadingReadyRunStreams Tinker Tailor Solder Fry]]'', a DIY stream by ''WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun''
1434[[/folder]]
1435
1436[[folder:Radio]]
1437* '''One X's Family''' - starting with ''One Man's Family'' (1932--1959)
1438** Creator/TexAvery did "One Ham's Family" and "One Cab's Family" for MGM.
1439[[/folder]]
1440
1441[[folder:Theater]]
1442* ''''Tis Pity She's a(n) X''' - starting with the 17th-century play ''Theatre/TisPityShesAWhore''. Just replace the last word - the preference is for words that rhyme with 'whore' but it's also popular to insult other professions and nationalities.
1443** Creator/TerryPratchett has'' 'Tis Pity She's a Tree'' (this could well be talking about the tree spirits Dryads) and '''Tis Pity She's an Instructor in Unarmed Combat'', both from Literature/{{Discworld}} novels.
1444** '''Tis Pity She's a Neighbor''
1445** '''Tis Pity She's a Void''
1446** '''Tis Pity She's a Ho''
1447** '''Tis Pity She's a Bore''
1448** '''Tis Pity She's a Carl''
1449** '''Tis Pity She's a Dog''
1450** '''Tis Pity She's a Hawes''
1451** '''Tis Pity She's a Horticulturalist''
1452** A character in ''Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell'' suggests a play about the BackFromTheDead Lady Pole called '''Tis Pity She's a Corpse''.
1453** '''Tis a Pity She Was a Whore'', a song by Music/DavidBowie.
1454
1455* '''The Taming of The X''' - starting with ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew''
1456** ''The Taming of the Shoe'' (Magazine, animated short)
1457** ''The Taming of the Vole'' (Literature/{{Discworld}} again).
1458** ''The Taming of the Screw'' (Creator/DaveBarry book)
1459** "The Taming of the Wu", episode of ''Series/{{Grimm}}''
1460** "The Taming of the Schmo" and "The Taming of the Screw-Loose", episodes of ''The Red Skelton Show''
1461** "The Blaming of the Shrew", episode of ''Roseanne''
1462** "Framing of the Shrews", episode of ''Melrose Place''
1463** TheTamingOfTheGrue
1464
1465* '''Much Ado About X'''. The original is of course ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing''.
1466** "Much Ado About Dick", episode of ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun''
1467** "Much Ado About Murder", episode of ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}''
1468** "Much Ado About Baby Sitting", episode of ''Sailor Moon''
1469** "Much Ado About Garbage", episode of ''Eight is Enough''
1470** "Much Ado About Scrooge", episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''
1471** "Much Ado About Nana", episode of ''Series/HomeImprovement''
1472** "Much Ado About Vultures", episode of ''Noah's Island''
1473** "Much Ado About Musyamon", episode of ''Digimon: Digital Monsters''
1474** "Much Ado About Mitch", episode of ''Newhart''
1475** "Much Ado About Nachos", episode of ''Sweet Valley High''
1476** "Much Ado About Mara", episode of ''Haven''
1477** "Much Ado About Mad Dog", episode of ''Dog City''
1478** "U.S. Acres: Much Ado About Lanolin", story of ''Garfield and Friends''
1479** ''Much Ado about Stuffing: The Best and Worst of [=@CrapTaxidermy=]'', a book
1480** ''Fanfic/MuchAdoAboutShakespeareLovesLaboursWon'', a fanfic
1481** Other variations and plays on the title:
1482*** "Much 'I Do' About Nothing", episode of ''Series/GossipGirl''
1483*** "Mulch Ado About Nothing", episode of ''The Suite Life on Deck''
1484*** "Mitch Ado About Nothing", episode of ''Hitting the Breaks''
1485*** "Much Apu About Nothing", episode of ''The Simpsons''
1486
1487* '''X's Well That Ends Well''', inspired by ''Theatre/AllsWellThatEndsWell''.
1488** "Oil's Well That Ends Well", episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}''
1489** "Oil's Well That Ends Well", episode of ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt''
1490** "Owl's Well That Ends Well", episode of ''WesternAnimation/CoolMcCool''
1491** "High's Well That Ends Well", episode of ''Not Fit'' (India's mockumentary web-series)
1492** "Ozz Well That Ends Well", episode of ''Series/TheOsbournes''
1493** "Ale's Well That Ends Well", episode of ''Six Pack''
1494** "Amaar's Well That Ends Well", episode of ''Series/LittleMosqueOnThePrairie''
1495** "Old's Well That Ends Well", story of ''WesternAnimation/NumbChucks''
1496** Other pun-based variations:
1497*** "Roswell That Ends Well", episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''
1498*** "Son of Roswell That Ends Well", story from ''WesternAnimation/TheSylvesterAndTweetyMysteries''
1499*** "All's Well That Ends Wishing Well" from ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh''
1500*** "All's Well That Pretends Well", story from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''
1501
1502* '''The X And I''' - starting with ''Theatre/TheKingAndI'' (1951)
1503** "The Thing and I" (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'')
1504** ''The King And Eye'', Music/TheResidents collection of Elvis covers.
1505** ''The Egg And I'', a 1945 book by Betty [=MacDonald=], and the classic screwball comedy movie based on it which introduced Ma and Pa Kettle. The book actually predates ''The King And I'' by six years, but it's unlikely that it influenced the titling of the musical.
1506** [=MacDonald=] herself called her account of her time in a TB hospital ''The Plague And I.''
1507** "The Egg And I", an episode of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''.
1508** "The Wizard and I", a song from the musical ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}''.
1509** The Egg and I restaurant chain in the USA.
1510** "The Ogg and I", (1960s ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'')
1511
1512* '''The Phantom of the X''': Popularized by the 1986 musical ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', but there are older examples referencing the [[Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera original novel of the same name]] (1909-10).
1513** ''The Phantom of the Oprah'' (One-episode stage-show-within-a-show on ''Series/{{Wings}}'') Which has then [[{{Defictionalization}} become a real show]].
1514** ''Film/PhantomOfTheMegaplex'' (A Creator/DisneyChannel TV movie)
1515** ''[[http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0071994/ The Phantom of the Paradise]]'' (A 1974 glam-rock mashup of ''Phantom of the Opera'', ''Faust'' and ''The Picture of Dorian Gray''.)
1516** ''Music/{{KISS}} Meets the Phantom of the Park''
1517** ''The Phantom of the Telethon'' (''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'')
1518** [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy The Phantom of the Earwax]]
1519** ''Phantom of the Auditorium'', one of the ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' books
1520** ''Phantom Of the Fair'', an obscure [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] superhero who used the Perisphere at the 1939 Worlds' Fair in New York City as his headquarters.
1521
1522* '''A Streetcar Named X''' - starting with ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'' (1947)
1523** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E2AStreetcarNamedMarge A Streetcar Named Marge]]" (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'')
1524** There is a short animated film about menopause called ''Streetcar Named Perspire''.
1525** There is an animated short featuring Tweety called ''A Street Cat Named Sylvester''.
1526
1527* '''Dial X for Y''' - starting with ''Film/DialMForMurder'' (1954)
1528** ''ComicBook/DialHForHero''
1529** "Dial M for Monkey", a superhero short on ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' probably named after ''both'' of the above
1530** "Dial J for Janitor" (''Series/TheHoneymooners'')
1531** "Dial B for Virgin" (''Series/MarriedWithChildren'')
1532** "Dial L for Loser" (''Literature/TheClique'')
1533** ''[[http://musicology.typepad.com/dialm/ Dial M for Musicology]]'', a blog.
1534** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E14DialNForNerder Dial N for Nerder]]" (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'')
1535** "Dial Z for Zombie" (also ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'')
1536** "Dial 'M' for Murder or Press '#' to Return to Main Menu" (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' again)
1537** "Dial Meg for Murder" (''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'')
1538** ''Dial M for Pizza'' 1980s BBC Radio 4 comedy show.
1539** "Dial N for Nelson" (''Series/MorkAndMindy'')
1540** "Dial F for Frankenstein" Creator/ArthurCClarke short story.
1541** "Dial M for Martin" (''Series/{{Frasier}}'')
1542** "Dial 'M' for Mother", the ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' Season 1 finale.
1543** "Dial M for Murdoch" (''Series/MurdochMysteries'')
1544** "Dial M for Mayor" (''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'')
1545** "Dial 'S' for Suspicion" (''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'')
1546
1547* '''Waiting for X''' - starting with [[{{Absurdism}} absurdist]] play ''Theatre/WaitingForGodot'' (1953), by Creator/SamuelBeckett (no, not [[Series/QuantumLeap that one]]).
1548** ''WaitingForLefty'' by Clifford Odets predates Beckett's work by a dozen years or so and has some similar themes.
1549** ''Film/WaitingForGuffman'', a Christopher Guest movie.
1550** "Waiting for God" is a ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode.
1551** ''Series/WaitingForGod'' is also the title of a UK sitcom set in a retirement home.
1552** "Waiting to Go" is an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', containing several other references to the Beckett play.
1553** "Waiting For Cousteau" is an album by French musician Jean Michel Jarre which is inspired by the underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau.
1554** http://waitingforseedot.appspot.com/ is a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' page that deals with identifying who can learn which moves and how to get which egg moves on which {{mon}}, plus IV calculations. Unfortunately, it wasn't updated with Gen V and VI.
1555** ''Waiting For Superman''
1556** ''Waiting For Dublin''
1557
1558* '''Bye Bye X''' - starting with ''Theatre/ByeByeBirdie'' (1960)
1559** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E16ByeByeNerdie Bye Bye Nerdie]]" (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'')
1560** "Bye, Bye, Boss" (''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'')
1561** "Bye Bye Basement" (''Series/That70sShow'')
1562** "Fagmalion Part 3: Bye Bye Beardy" (''Series/WillAndGrace'')
1563** "Bye, Bye, Balloon" (''Series/FTroop'')
1564** "Bye Bye Billy" and "Bye Bye Baby" (''Series/MelrosePlace'')
1565** "Bye Bye Love" (''Series/SpinCity''). It was probably named after the Everly Brothers song of the same name ("Bye Bye Love").
1566** "Bye Bye Butterfree" and "Bye Bye Psyduck" (''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'')
1567** "Bye Bye Greasy" (''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'')
1568** "Bye Bye Ball" (''Series/HannahMontana'')
1569** "Bye-Bye Kenan" (''Series/KenanAndKel'')
1570** "Bye Bye Blakey" (''Series/OnTheBuses'')
1571** "Bye Bye Nerdy" (''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'')
1572** "Bye-Bye Birdies" (''WesternAnimation/WowWowWubbzy'')
1573** "Bye Bye Biki" (''Series/PerfectStrangers'')
1574** "Bye Bye Bernecky" (''Series/MurphyBrown'')
1575** "Bye Bye Binnie" (''Series/JustShootMe'')
1576** "Bye Bye Baldwin" (''Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew'')
1577** "Bye Bye Babies" (''Series/TheOsbournes'')
1578** "The New Class: Bye-Bye Tony" (''Series/SavedByTheBell'')
1579** "Bye Bye Blackball" (''Series/HappyDays'')
1580
1581* '''N Characters in Search of a(n) X''' - starting with ''Theatre/SixCharactersInSearchOfAnAuthor'' (1921)
1582** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E14FiveCharactersInSearchOfAnExit Five Characters in Search of an Exit]]" (''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'')
1583** "Six Charlies in Search of an Author" (''Radio/TheGoonShow'')
1584** ''An Author in Search of Six Characters'' by Milo Manara
1585** "Two Characters in Search of a Country Song" by the Magnetic Fields
1586** "Six Characters in Search of a House (''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'')
1587** "Five Characters in Search of an Author" (a level of ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsGame'')
1588** ''Eight Characters in Search of a Sitcom''
1589
1590* '''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to X''' -- a StockPhrase popularized as a title by ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'' (1962)
1591** "A Funny Thing Happened (on My Way to Love)," song from TheMusical ''I Can Get It For You Wholesale''
1592** "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station," episode of ''Series/TheAvengers1960s''
1593** "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Mercy," episode of ''Series/LittleMosqueOnThePrairie''
1594** "Film/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToThorsHammer," ''Film/MarvelOneShots''
1595** ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned'' is a 2010 book by Creator/MichaelJFox.
1596** One of the taglines of the movie ''Delta Farce'' was "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Iraq".
1597** ''A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome'', a book by Emma Southon.
1598
1599* '''The Importance of X-ing Y''' -- starting with ''Theatre/TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest'' (1895)
1600** ''The Importance of Doubting Tom'' (a 2016 flick)
1601** "The Importance of Being Jim", episode of ''Series/AccordingToJim''
1602** "The Importance of Being Idle", an Music/{{Oasis}} song
1603** "The Importance of Not Being Too Earnest," episode of ''Series/DawsonsCreek''
1604** "The Vital Importance of Doing Research", a Horatio Hornblower fanfic.
1605** "The Impotence of Being Earnest", episode of ''Series/TheGoldenGirls''
1606
1607* '''X-day in the Y with Z''' -- referencing ''Theatre/SundayInTheParkWithGeorge'' (1984); 'X' is usually a day, 'Y' is a location, and 'Z' a person or object.
1608** "Sunday in the Park with Jorge", an episode of ''Series/LawAndOrder''
1609** "Sunday in the Park with Fran", an episode of ''Series/TheNanny''
1610
1611[[/folder]]
1612
1613[[folder:Western Animation]]
1614* '''Who's Afraid of X?''' -- The UrExample is the song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShE27Hst_NM Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?]]", written by Frank Churchill and Anne Ronell for the classic animation short ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittlePigs'', produced in 1933 by Creator/WaltDisney; though use as a template only starts with Edward Albee's 1962 play ''Theatre/WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'' Ideally, X ends on/rhymes with "wolf", but this is no longer a requirement. A ''hugely'' successful template among journalists and non-fiction writers.
1615** "Who's Afraid of Diana Prince?" (1967), rejected pilot for a ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' TV series
1616** ''Literature/WhosAfraidOfBeowulf'' (1988), comic fantasy novel by Creator/TomHolt.
1617** ''Who's Afraid of Elmo?'', a 1997 ''Series/SesameStreet'' book and tape set.
1618** ''Literature/WhosAfraidOfBoomer'' (2000), children's book by Creator/MargaretSnyder.
1619** "Who's Afraid of Wolf 359?" (2007), science fiction short story by Creator/KenMacLeod.
1620[[/folder]]
1621
1622[[folder:Unknown Source]]
1623* '''The Life (and Times/Adventures/Etc.) of X'''
1624** ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore]]''
1625** ''[[Literature/{{Chrestomanci}} The Lives Of Christopher Chant]]''
1626** ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee''
1627** ''The Life Of [[Literature/BookOfExodus Moses]]'', a 1909 biblical epic.
1628** ''Webcomic/TheLifeOfNobTMouse''
1629** ''The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus'' by Creator/LFrankBaum
1630** ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck''
1631** ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfTim''
1632** ''[[Literature/{{Wicked}} Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West]]''
1633** ''Life and Times of Frederick Douglass'', the 1881 autobiography of UsefulNotes/FrederickDouglass.
1634** ''Series/TheLifeAndTimesOfGrizzlyAdams''
1635** ''Film/{{The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean}}'', a 1972 western movie.
1636** ''Film/TheLifeOfDavidGale''
1637** ''Film/TheLifeAndDeathOfPeterSellers'', a 2004 biopic.
1638** ''Film/TheLifeAndTimesOfRosieTheRiveter'', a 1980 documentary on women in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
1639** ''Film/TheLifeOfOharu'', a 1952 historical fiction film.
1640** ''The Life and Times of Hannibal Roy Bean'', an episode of ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown''. ''
1641** “The Life and Times of Captain Barney Miller”, the {{pilot}} for the series ''Series/BarneyMiller''.
1642** ''Fanfic/TheLifeAndTimesOfAWinningPony'', or the Winningverse.
1643
1644* '''Memoirs of a(n) X'''
1645** ''Literature/MemoirsOfAGeisha''
1646** ''Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac''
1647** ''Memoirs of an Exorcist''
1648** The ScienceFiction film ''Memoirs of a Survivor''.
1649** The 1979 film ''Memoirs of a French Whore''.
1650** The German film ''Memoirs of a Frustrated Hedonist''.
1651** The 2010 romance film ''Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac''.
1652** ''Memoirs of a Cigarette'', a documentary film about the history of smoking.
1653** The Brazilian film ''Memoirs of a Gigolo''.
1654** The 1852 Brazilian novel ''Memoirs of a Police Sergeant''.
1655** The 2009 documentary ''Memoirs of a Black Latina''.
1656** The short comedy film ''Memoirs of a Blogger''.
1657** The short animated film ''Memoirs of a Scanner''.
1658** ''Literature/MemoirsOfAnInvisibleMan''
1659** ''Literature/MemoirsOfASpaceTraveller'' (1982)[[note]]The 2nd part of the English translation of ''Dzienniki gwiazdowe'' (1971) by Creator/StanislawLem[[/note]]
1660
1661* '''Me, Myself, and X'''
1662** "Me, Myself, and I" by Music/BillieHoliday from 1937. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me,_Myself,_and_I List of other songs]] with this title.
1663** ''Film/MeMyselfAndIrene''
1664** ''Series/MeMyselfAndI''
1665** "Me, Myself, and Murdoch", episode of ''Series/MurdochMysteries''
1666** "M.E., Myself and I", episode of ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet''
1667** "Me, Myself and Al", episode of ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo''
1668** "Me, Myself and Eye", episode of ''Series/YoungHercules''
1669** "Me, Myself & Die", episode of ''Series/{{Hunter|1984}}''
1670** ''Me Myself and Us TV'', TV Series (2007–2008)
1671** "Me, Myself and I", episode of ''Common Ground''´
1672** "Me, Myself, and O", episode of ''Younger''
1673** "Me, Myself and Io", episode of ''The Zula Patrol''
1674** ''Me, Myself and Her'', a short film from 2011
1675** ''Me, Myself, & Them'', a short film from 2018
1676** "ME, MYSELF, I" and "ME, MYSELF AND I/APPEARANCE", episodes of ''Here's Humphrey''
1677** "Me, Myself and Irate", episode of ''Pelswick''
1678** "Me, Myself, and Ian", episode of ''Self Absorbed''
1679** "Me, Myself, and You", episode of ''Red vs. Blue''
1680** ''Me Myself and HIV'', a 2010 documentary
1681** "Me, Myself, and the Note", episode of ''Living It Up''
1682** "Me, Myself and Isaacs", episode of ''The New Adventures of Nanoboy''
1683** ''Me, Myself & Your Husband'', a 2010 short
1684** ''Me, Myself, and AI'', a short film from 2017
1685** "Me, My Selfie, & News Team", episode of ''[=WTFark=]!''
1686
1687* '''[Insert Unlikely Activity Here] for Fun and Profit'''
1688** [[http://insecure.org/stf/smashstack.html Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit]], a hackers' manual for exploiting the memory stack in computers.
1689** ''[[http://www.amazon.com/Telling-Lies-Fun-Profit-Fiction/dp/0688132286 Telling Lies for Fun & Profit: A Manual for Fiction Writers]]'' by Lawrence Block
1690** ''The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Raising Children for Fun and Profit‎'' by Jill Connor Browne
1691** ''Selling Out for Fun and Profit'' is the bound compilation of ''Webcomic/ExploitationNow'' (which is also a snowclone title)
1692** Website/TVTropes has WarForFunAndProfit and JustForFun/AbusingTheKardashevScaleForFunAndProfit.
1693** The BigBad of ''Fanfic/ThoseLackingSpines'' at one point reads ''Final Bossing For Fun And Profit'', and her Dragon reads ''Toadying For The Final Boss For Fun And Profit''.
1694** On ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' Quark makes a female employee read ''[[FantasticArousal Oomox]] For Fun And Profit''.
1695** ''Writing Movies for Fun and Profit'' by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon (from ''Series/{{Reno 911}}'').
1696** Believe it or not, there is a book called ''How to Pick Pockets for Fun and Profit'' by Eddie Joseph. It was mentioned by Creator/JimmyFallon in one of his "Do Not Read" segments in his show.
1697
1698* '''X "They" Don't Want You To Know About''': Oddly enough, "They" are rarely easily defined. Amazon gives the following:
1699** ''Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You To Know About'' by Kevin Trudeau
1700** Challenged by ''Natural scams "he" doesn't want you to know about'', an article by Michael Shermer in ScientificAmerican.
1701** ''Debt Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About'' by Kevin Trudeau
1702** ''The Weight Loss Cure They Don't Want You to Know About'' by Kevin Trudeau
1703** ''Doctors of Deception: What They Don't Want You to Know About Shock Treatment'' by Linda Andre
1704** ''The Great Bird Flu Hoax: The Truth They Don't Want You to Know About the "Next Big Pandemic"'' by Dr. Joseph Mercola
1705** ''The Really Inconvenient Truths: Seven Environmental Catastrophes Liberals Don't Want You to Know About -- Because They Helped Cause Them'' by Iain Murray
1706** ''The 6 Dirty Little Secrets They Don't Want You To Know About Network Marketing'' by Gavin M-R
1707** ''An Enlightened Vision Of Cyberspace and The Grand Illusion Which Threatens It... (The Secret Business Revolution They Don't Want You To Know About!)'' by The Core Executive Team -- Zephyr Media
1708** ''Natural Secrets Drug Companies Don't Want You to Know About'' by Mark A. Stevens with Christine Jones
1709** ''What They Don't Want You to Know About Television and Videos'' by Lawrence Kelemen
1710** ''Prehumous (As opposed to Posthumous): UNPOETIC POEMS about SEX, Violence and Secrets they don't want you to know'' by Steven Selman
1711** ''The Natural Bird Flu Cure "They" Don't Want You to Know About'' by David J. Kennedy
1712** ''The Tricks of the Rich: What They Don't Want You to Know About Making Money and Accumulating Wealth'' by Paul A. Overy and Ken Lee
1713%%
1714%%
1715%% ** This also shows up as "What they won't tell you about X" or "X they won't tell you about Y"... too lazy to get examples now.
1716%%
1717
1718* '''The X's Daughter'''
1719** Literature/TheCaptainsDaughter, by Creator/AlexanderPushkin (published 1836)
1720** The Arsonist's Daughter (1847) by Josef Kajetan Tyl, a 19th century Czech dramatist.
1721** The Abortionist's Daughter by Elisabeth Hyde.
1722** The Alchemist's Daughter by Katharine [=McMahon=].
1723** The Apothecary's Daughter by Julie Klassen.
1724** The Blower's Daughter by Damien Rice.
1725** The Bonesetter's Daughter by Creator/AmyTan.
1726** The Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim
1727** Film/CoalMinersDaughter by Loretta Lynn
1728** The Devil's Daughter (1991).
1729** Made for TV film "The Ditchdigger’s Daughters''
1730** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E6TheDoctorsDaughter The Doctor's Daughter]]
1731** The Farmer's Daughter (1947 and 1976)
1732** The General's Daughter by Nelso De Mille.
1733** The Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates.
1734** The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch.
1735** The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent.
1736** The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea.
1737** The Imposter's Daughter by Laurie Sandell.
1738** The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards.
1739** The Mistress' Daughter by A.M. Homes.
1740** Literature/TheOptimistsDaughter by Eudora Welty.
1741** The Partisan's Daughter by Creator/LouisDeBernieres.
1742** The Ringmaster's Daughter by Jostein Gaarder.
1743** Sculptor's Daughter (literal translation of Bildhuggarens Dotter) is an autobiographical novel by Tove Jansson.
1744** The Shepherd's Daughter.
1745** The Smuggler's Daughter.
1746** The Squatter's Daughter.
1747** The Weaver's Daughter, by Sarah E. Ladd.
1748
1749* '''X Considered Harmful''' is a popular naming convention in Computer Science circles. Originating from Edsger Dijkstra's letter "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" (1968), nowadays it's possible to find 'Considered Harmful' articles concerning almost anything computer-related.
1750** "Letter O Considered Harmful"
1751** "Fragmentation Considered Harmful"
1752** "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1753** "Sending XHTML as text/html Considered Harmful"
1754** "Recursive Make Considered Harmful"
1755** "Partially Overlapped Channels Not Considered Harmful"
1756** "NULL considered harmful"
1757** "''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/star-trek-considered-harmful Considered Harmful]]"
1758** "'Considered Harmful' Essays Considered Harmful"
1759
1760* '''The Thin X Line''', where X is usually a color.
1761** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Red_Line_(Battle_of_Balaclava) The Thin Red Line]] at the [[UsefulNotes/TheCrimeanWar battle of Balaclava]] was a (RealLife) UrExample.
1762** ''The Thin Blue Line'', 1966 documentary film by Creator/WilliamFriedkin
1763** ''Film/TheThinBlueLine'', 1988 documentary film by Errol Morris
1764** ''Series/TheThinBlueLine'', the 1990s BritCom
1765** ''Film/TheThinRedLine''
1766** ''The Thin Pink Line'' (1998 film)
1767** "The Thin Dead Line", episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}''
1768** "The Thin White Line", episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''
1769** "The Thin Blue Line", a ''{{Series/DueSouth}}'' episode.
1770
1771* '''Aliens Ate My X''' (possibly from LuridTalesOfDoom headlines)
1772** ''VideoGame/CommanderKeen Episode VI: Aliens Ate My Babysitter''
1773** ''Aliens Ate My Buick'', Music/ThomasDolby album
1774** ''Aliens Ate My Cookies'', unfinished Creator/HumongousEntertainment game
1775** ''Aliens Ate My Homework'', first book in ''Literature/RodAllbrightAlienAdventures''
1776*** ''Aliens Ate My Goldfish'', which got revised in the planning stages into the above ''Aliens Ate My Homework''.
1777** "Aliens Ate My Lunch," episode of ''Series/NightmareCafe''
1778** "Aliens Ate My Pickup," short story by Creator/MercedesLackey
1779** "Aliens Ate My Railway," track from the ''VideoGame/TransportTycoon'' OST
1780** ''Aliens Ate My Trousers: Crazy Comics from the Page of the Magazine/ForteanTimes''
1781
1782* '''The Private Life of X''', where X is some famous literary or historical figure. Or something more generic or obscure.
1783** ''Film/ThePrivateLifeOfDonJuan'', 1934 movie
1784** "Literature/ThePrivateLifeOfGenghisKhan," short story by Creator/DouglasAdams
1785** ''The Private Life of Bill and Sue'', a song from MusicTheBeachBoys album ''Music/ThatsWhyGodMadeTheRadio''
1786** ''The Private Life of Helen of Troy'', novel by John Erskine and 1927 movie
1787** ''Film/ThePrivateLifeOfHenryVIII'', 1933 movie
1788** ''The Private Life of the Master Race'', the American title of Creator/BertoltBrecht's anti-Nazi play ''Furcht und Elend des Dritten Reiches'' (first staged in the US in 1945)
1789** ''Film/ThePrivateLifeOfSherlockHolmes'', 1970 movie
1790** ''The Private Life of the Gannets'' (1934, short film)
1791** ''The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex'' (1939)
1792** ''The Private Life of a Cat'' (1947, short film)
1793** ''The Private Life of a Modern Woman'' (2017, film)
1794** ''The Private Life of the Royal Academy'' (2018, TV Movie)
1795** ''The Private Life of Plants'' (1995, TV Series)
1796** ''The Private Life of...'' (2010, TV Series)
1797** ''The Private Lives of Pippa Lee'' (2009)
1798** ''The Private Life of Princess Diana'' (1997, TV Movie)
1799** ''The Private Life of Marilyn Monroe'' (2013)
1800** ''The Private Lives of the Tudors'' (2016, TV Series)
1801** ''The Private Lives of Private Eyes'' (2014, short)
1802
1803* '''The Secret Life of X''':
1804** ''Film/TheSecretLifeOfWalterMitty1947''
1805** ''Film/TheSecretLifeOfWalterMitty''
1806** ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets''
1807** ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager''
1808** ''Literature/TheSecretLifeOfBees''
1809** ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfUs''
1810** ''WebVideo/TheSecretLifeOfAMermaid''
1811** ''Fanfic/TheSecretLifeOfDolls''
1812** ''The Secret Life of Squirrels''
1813** ''The Secret Lives of Color''
1814** ''The Secret Life of Violet Grant''
1815** ''The Secret Life of Plants''
1816** ''The Secret Life of Fat: The Science Behind the Body's Least Understood Organ and What It Means for You''
1817** ''The Secret Life of Real Estate and Banking''
1818** ''The Secret Lives of the Four Wives: A Novel''
1819** ''The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built''
1820** ''The Secret Life of Flies''
1821** ''The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel''
1822** ''The Secret Lives of Introverts: Inside Our Hidden World''
1823** ''The Secret Life of Mrs. London: A Novel''
1824** ''Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain''
1825** ''The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us''
1826** ''The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids''
1827** ''The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean (P.S.)''
1828
1829* '''X Must Die'''
1830** ''ComicBook/AllSuperheroesMustDie''
1831** ''Film/TheBeastMustDie''
1832** ''VideoGame/BunnyMustDie''
1833** ''VideoGame/CommanderKeen Episode III: Keen Must Die!''
1834** ''The Concessionaires Must Die!''
1835** ''Literature/DorothyMustDie''
1836** ''Webcomic/EnsignSueMustDie''
1837** ''Film/JohnTuckerMustDie''
1838** ''Machinima/KenDozinMustDie''
1839** ''VideoGame/OrcsMustDie''
1840** ''Film/RomeoMustDie''
1841** ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' has an episode titled "Abe Lincoln Must Die!"
1842** [[Recap/SouthParkS5E4ScottTenormanMustDie "Scott Tenorman Must Die,"]] episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''
1843** ''VideoGame/SpaceBunniesMustDie''
1844** ''Literature/SpockMustDie''
1845** ''Film/SurfNazisMustDie''
1846** "Romeo and Juliet Must Die — Well, Maybe Just Juliet", an episode of ''Judging Amy''
1847
1848* '''A Very X Christmas''' has dozens of different versions. X is usually a proper name.
1849** ''[[Series/TheBradyBunch A Very Brady Christmas]]'' is likely the original example.
1850** ''A Very Murray Christmas'' is a 2015 American Christmas musical comedy starring Creator/BillMurray.
1851** "A Very Supernatural Christmas", episode of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''
1852** "A Very Sunny Christmas", episode of ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''
1853** "A Very Murdoch Christmas", episode of ''Series/MurdochMysteries''
1854** ''Music/AVerySpecialChristmas'', a series of all-star albums supporting the Special Olympics
1855** ''A Very Trainor Christmas'', an album by singer Music/MeghanTrainor
1856** ''A Very She & Him Christmas'', an album by indie-pop duo She & Him (Creator/ZooeyDeschanel and M. Ward)
1857
1858* '''(The) Cases of X''', X being an investigator or an agency. Czech detective fiction with a very, very long tradition. Hard to identify the source. Often appears in translation.
1859** ''The Cases of the 1st Department''; original Czech title ''Series/PripadyPrvnihoOddeleni''
1860** ''The Cases of Detective Murdoch'' [[note]]''Pripady detektiva Murdocha'', English ''Murdoch Mysteries''[[/note]]
1861** ''The Cases of Inspector Lynley'' [[note]]''Pripady inspektora Lynleyho'', English ''The Inspector Lynley Mysteries''[[/note]]
1862** ''The Cases of Police Commissioner Joona Linna'' [[note]]''Pripady komisare Joony Linny''[[/note]]
1863** ''The Cases of Inspector Nettle'' [[note]]''Pripady inspektora Koprivy'' a book by Marek Vesely[[/note]]
1864** ''The Cases of Detective Agency [=SharpSight=]'' [[note]]''Pripady detektivni kancelare Ostrozrak''[[/note]]
1865** ''The Cases of Detective Top'' [[note]]''Pripady detektiva Topa''[[/note]]
1866** ''The Cases of Inspector Bubble'' [[note]]''Pripady inspektora Bubliny'', comics in a children's magazine[[/note]]
1867** ''The Cases of Detective "Eye"'' [[note]]''Pripady detektiva Ocka''[[/note]]
1868** ''The Cases of Detective Bumbler'' [[note]]''Pripady detektiva Packala''[[/note]]
1869** ''The Cases of Father Brown'' [[note]]''Pripady otce Browna'', translation)[[/note]]
1870** ''The Cases for Laura'' [[note]]''Pripady pro Lauru'', orig. title ''The Mysteries of Laura''[[/note]]
1871** ''The Cases of brother Cadfael'' [[note]]''Pripady bratra Cadfaela'', translation, orig. English title ''Series/{{Cadfael}}''[[/note]]
1872
1873* '''(The) X Mysteries''' / '''The Mysteries of X'''
1874** ''Literature/TheMysteryOfEdwinDrood'' (1870) might be the original.
1875** ''Series/MurdochMysteries''
1876** ''[[Series/InspectorLynley The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]''
1877** ''WesternAnimation/MikeTysonMysteries''
1878** ''Literature/AToZMysteries''
1879** ''Series/MissFishersMurderMysteries''
1880** ''WesternAnimation/TheSylvesterAndTweetyMysteries''
1881** ''VideoGame/EagleEyeMysteries''
1882** ''Literature/TheSookieStackhouseMysteries''
1883** ''Literature/TheRomanMysteries''
1884** ''WesternAnimation/MovilleMysteries''
1885** ''WesternAnimation/TheMysteriesOfAlfredHedgehog''
1886** ''Series/FrankieDrakeMysteries''
1887** ''The Mysteries of Laura''
1888** "Merlot Mysteries", episode of ''Murdoch Mysteries''
1889** "A Murdog Mystery", episode of ''Murdoch Mysteries''
1890** ''Mysteries of a Barbershop'', 1923 short film co-created by Creator/BertoltBrecht and co-starring Creator/KarlValentin
1891** ''Series/TheBrokenwoodMysteries''
1892
1893* '''X Take(s) Manhattan'''. Unknown origin, though it is speculated that the phrase "take Manhattan" appears to reference the song "Manhattan" by Rogers & Hart, first heard in the revue ''Garrick Gaieties'' from 1925. The line is "We'll have Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island too"; later renditions changed this line to "I'll take Manhattan".
1894** ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan''
1895** ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIIIJasonTakesManhattan''
1896** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E5TheAngelsTakeManhattan The Angels Take Manhattan]]", episode of ''Doctor Who''
1897** "Murdoch Takes Manhattan", episode of ''Series/MurdochMysteries''
1898** "Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan", episode of ''Series/{{Monk}}''
1899** "Rarity Takes Manehattan", episode of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
1900** "Wil Takes Manhattan", episode of ''The Wil Wheaton Project''
1901** ''Jann Takes Manhattan'', a TV movie
1902** "Tori Takes Manhattan", episode of ''Tori & Dean: Inn Love''
1903** "Amy Takes Manhattan", episode of ''Take a Seat: Sharing a Ride Across America''
1904** "Freedia Takes Manhattan", episode of ''Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce''
1905** ''Keelia Takes Manhattan'', a 2010 short film
1906** "Shayne Takes Manhattan", episode of ''Leave It to Lamas''
1907** "Turtleman Takes Manhattan", episode of ''Call of the Wildman''
1908** "The Terrier Takes Manhattan", episode of ''It's Me or the Dog''
1909** "The Muffins Take Manhattan", episode of ''Ned and Stacey''
1910** "The Shahs Take Manhattan", episode of ''Shahs of Sunset''
1911** "The Clampets Take Manhattan", episode of ''My Big Redneck Vacation''
1912** "The Quints Take Manhattan" (Pt. 1 and Pt. 2), episodes of ''Outdaughtered''
1913
1914* '''One Hundred Years of X'''
1915** ''Literature/OneHundredYearsOfSolitude'' is an influential example
1916** ''One Hundred Years of Mormonism'', a silent movie from 1913
1917** ''One Hundred Years of Forgiveness'' (original title: ''Cien años de perdón'')
1918** ''100 Years of Evil'', a Swedish film
1919** [[https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/one-hundred-years-free-speech "One Hundred Years Of Free Speech"]]
1920** ''Aenigma / One Hundred Years of Anthroposophical Art''
1921** [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbM9iT_PqBCUOQdaREDAP3g One Hundred Years of Cinema]], a youtube channel
1922** ''One Hundred Years of Futurism: Aesthetics, Politics and Performance''
1923** ''One Hundred Years of Dirt''
1924** ''One Hundred Years of Sea Power: The U. S. Navy, 1890-1990''
1925** ''Black Fire: One Hundred Years of African American Pentecostalism''
1926** ''Cubano Be, Cubano Bop: One Hundred Years of Jazz in Cuba''
1927** ''The Israel-Palestine Conflict: One Hundred Years Of War''
1928
1929* '''The X World of Y''': X is an adjective and Y"is usually a proper name that can refer to a character, a location or the author. But generic nouns are also common. Related to TheFantasticTropeOfWonderousTitles.
1930** ''Film/TheWildWorldOfBatwoman''
1931** ''Series/TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack''
1932** ''Series/TheWubbulousWorldOfDrSeuss''
1933** ''WesternAnimation/TheHauntedWorldOfElSuperbeasto''
1934** ''The Wonderful World Of Disney'', one of the many titles for Disney's long-running [[SaturdayMorningKidsShow TV series]] ''Series/WaltDisneyPresents''. Also known as ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color'' and ''The Magical World of Disney''.
1935** ''Series/WideWorldOfSports''
1936** ''The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau''
1937** ''The Strange World of Gurney Slade'' is an offbeat 1960 BritCom starring singer/actor Anthony Newley as a man who can talk to people in posters and paintings.
1938** ''The Wonderful World of Make Believe'', an album by Music/JohnnyMathis.
1939** “The Wonderful World of the Young”, a hit song by ‘60s UK singer Danny Williams.
1940** “The Wonderful World of Christmas”, a {{Christmas song|s}} by Music/ElvisPresley.
1941** ''Radio/TheVeryWorldOfMiltonJones''
1942** "The Wizarding World of Franchise/HarryPotter", a theme park attraction at Universal Studios Orlando.
1943** ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball''
1944** ''WesternAnimation/TheBusyWorldOfRichardScarry''
1945** ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyWorldOfTexAvery''
1946** "The Wonderful World of Auto-Tainment!", an episode of ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales''
1947** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Bart Simpson imagines ''The Undersea World of Bart Simpseau'' in an ImagineSpot while taking a bath.
1948** In the US, ''Anime/{{Arrietty}}'' is named ''The Secret World of Arrietty''.
1949** The first English translation of ''Literature/DonCamillo'' short stories was published as ''The Little World of Don Camillo'' (1950). The same was also the English title of the first ''Don Camillo'' movie (1952).
1950** In Germany, French movie ''[[Film/{{Amelie}} Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain]]'' (2001) was called ''Die Fabelhafte Welt der Amélie'' ("The Marvelous World of Amélie").
1951** Gaming Youtuber WebVideo/{{Caddicarus}} has taken to [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming titling his videos like this]], such as "The Cruel World of Getting ALL 202 Platinum Relics in ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot''," or "The Comical World of [[Series/GamingInTheClintonYears the 287 WORST Game Reviews Ever]]."
1952
1953* '''Dead Men Don't X Y''': X is a verb and Y is a noun.
1954** ''Dead Men Don't Make Shadows''[[note]]Translated from the Italian ''Inginocchiati straniero... I cadaveri non fanno ombra!''[[/note]]
1955** ''Film/DeadMenDontWearPlaid''
1956** "[[Recap/MarriedWithChildrenS4E2DeadMenDontDoAerobics Dead Men Don't Do Aerobics]]," episode of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''
1957** "Dead Men Don't Wear Pocket Protectors: Part 1 & 2," episodes of ''Series/HeadOfTheClass''
1958** "Dead Men Don't Wear Spanx," episode of ''Series/{{Conan}}''
1959** "Dead Men Don't Shoot Ducks," episode of ''Series/TheBrokenwoodMysteries''
1960** "Dead Men Don't Tell Lies" and "Dead Men Don't Drive Cars," episodes of ''Series/TheBill''
1961** "Dead Men Don't Throw Rice," episode of ''Series/DueSouth''
1962
1963[[/folder]]
1964
1965[[folder:Multiple References]]
1966
1967* ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland2LeChucksRevenge'' has ''The Joy of Hex'' as well as several others courtesy of the Phatt Island library catalog:
1968** ''Memoirs of a Woman of Dubious Pleasure''
1969** ''A Fistful of Barnacles''
1970** ''Breakfast at Meathook's''
1971** ''Great Expectorations'' (By Captain Loogie)
1972** ''My Mother the Cart''
1973** ''So You're Going to be Executed...''
1974** ''The Little Organ that Could''
1975** ''Crochet Eyepatches for Fun and Profit''
1976** ''Louse Ranching for Fun and Profit''
1977
1978* After you win or retire in ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri'', the game chooses a book title to represent your reign. Most are a parody of a famous book title, and include:
1979** "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Organic Superlubricant (But Were Afraid to Ask)".[[note]]Organic Superlubricant is a technology in-game. For some reason it gives you access to a "fusion laser".[[/note]]
1980** "Zen and the Art of Missile Rover Maintenance"[[note]]Missile Rovers are a possible unit type in-game.[[/note]]
1981** "Are You There, Planet? It's Me, FACTIONLEADER."
1982** "All I Ever Wanted To Know I Learned In The Cloning Vats"[[note]]The Cloning Vats is a Secret Project in-game. It grants a massive boost to population growth and for some reason eliminates the negative effects of certain warmongering social choices.[[/note]]
1983** "Men Are From Chiron, Women Are From Nessus"[[note]]Chiron is the main planet you're playing on, although it's usually called Planet; Nessus is one of its two moons.[[/note]]
1984** "The 27 Habits of Highly Effective Talents"[[note]]Talents are highly-skilled citizens.[[/note]]
1985** "Transcendence For Dummies"[[note]]Transcendence is, essentially, [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascension to a higher plane of existence]].[[/note]]
1986** "Mindworms in the Mist"[[note]]Mindworms are worms native to Planet, which use some unknown technique to strike terror in the minds of other creatures so that they can lay their eggs in their brains. Strangely, they are not evil and actually misunderstood.[[/note]]
1987
1988* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': The writers must love this naming pattern -- it's almost the series' IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming. The '''X''' or '''Y''' is usually replaced with the name of the eponymous hero or another of the main characters. [[note]] The episode titles also might be a play on the names with no specific reference, like "Murdoch.com", "Loch Ness Murdoch", "Murdochophobia" or "[=CrabtreeMania=]". The episodes also might be an AlliterativeTitle like "Victor, Victorian", "Monsieur Murdoch" or "Murdoch Mystery Mansion". Many of the titles also reference films like "On the Waterfront" (an exact quotation of a film title), "Friday the 13th, 1901" (from the horror film franchise), "Victor, Victorian" (''Film/VictorVictoria''), "Mild Mild West" (''Film/WildWildWest''), "The Murdoch Identity" (''Film/TheBourneIdentity'') and even "Who Killed the Electric Carriage?" (from the documentary ''Who Killed the Electric Car?''). Books don't get left out either, e.g. there is "Crime & Punishment" (same name as ''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment''). Some titles touch on rock and pop music bands and songs: "Twisted Sisters" (Twisted Sister), "Barenaked Ladies" (from the Canadian alternative band of the same name), "Glory Days" (a song by Bruce Springsteen) and "Summer of '75" (alluding to the song "Summer of '69" by Canadian rocker Bryan Adams). Famous people appear, too, like "The Tesla Effect", "Marked Twain" or "Master Lovecraft". [[/note]]
1989** "The Prince and the Rebel" (The Prince and the X)
1990** "I, Murdoch" (I, Noun)
1991** "Me, Myself and Murdoch" (Me, Myself and X)
1992** "Dial M for Murdoch" (Dial X for Y)
1993** "Murdoch in Wonderland" (X in Wonderland)
1994** "A Study in Sherlock" (A Study in X)
1995** "Murdoch and the Cloud of Doom" (X and the Y of Doom)
1996** "Murdoch of the Living Dead" (X of the Living Dead)
1997** "Journey to the Centre of Toronto" (Journey to the Centre of X)
1998** "The Spy Who Came Up to the Cold" (The Spy who X-ed)
1999** "Murdoch Takes Manhattan" (X Takes Manhattan)
2000** "Murdoch and the Temple of Death" (X and the Temple of Y)
2001** "The Devil Wears Whalebone" (The Devil Wears X)
2002** "A Merry Murdoch Christmas" (A Very X Christmas)
2003** "From Buffalo with Love" (From X with Love)
2004** "A Study in Pink" (A Study in X)
2005** "Bend It Like Brakenreid" (Bend It Like X)
2006** "A Murdog Mystery" (X Mysteries)
2007** "Mr. Murdoch's Neighbourhood" (Mr. X's Neighbourhood)
2008** "From Murdoch to Eternity" (From X to Eternity)
2009** "Merlot Mysteries" (X Mysteries)
2010** "The Canadian Patient" (The X Patient)
2011** "My Big Fat Mimico Wedding" (My Big Fat X Y)
2012** "The Spy Who Loved Murdoch" (The Spy who X-ed Y)
2013[[/folder]]

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