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6 | ''It all starts with the title...'' |
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8 | ''Summing up an entire complex narrative, a colorful cast of characters and an inventive concept with a few words can be quite an art. What you choose will bear the burden of being the work's representative and designation.'' |
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10 | ''Compare NamingConventions. See also TextTropes.'' |
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12 | !!Tropes: |
13 | [[index]] |
14 | [floatboxright: |
15 | '''Categories:''' |
16 | + ThisTropeIsX |
17 | ] |
18 | * AdaptationTitleChange: An adaptation of a work has a different title from the source material. |
19 | * TheAdjectivalSuperhero: A title definitively names the titular superhero; with the article "the", followed by a relevant adjective, and then their alias. |
20 | * AdjectiveNounFred: A title the follows the format "[''adjective''] [''common noun''] [''proper noun'']". |
21 | * AgeOfTitles: Things are named "The Age of [''noun'']" because an age is a vague length of time (and TheXOfY is a good naming scheme). |
22 | * AlliterationAndAdventurers: An AlliterativeTitle with TheNounAndTheNoun wording is a prime naming format for TabletopGames. Uses ampersands ("&") for extra fantastical fancies. |
23 | * AlliterativeTitle: The title is an alliteration. |
24 | * AmericanTitle: Titles with "America" or "American" in them. |
25 | * AnnualTitle: A series of annual releases that are dated by year in their title. |
26 | * AntagonistTitle: A work is titled after TheAntagonist. |
27 | * AppropriatedTitle: A different title a franchise is better known by than its original. |
28 | * ArtifactTitle: The show still goes by its original title in spite of having gone through developments and changes that render the original title meaningless. |
29 | * ArtistAndTheBand: A title follows the "[Artist's name] and [name of their backing band]" format. |
30 | * TheBackwardsR: Non-Latin characters are used to emulate the Latin alphabet and invoke a foreign setting or subject, despite almost always being illegible in the language(s) of the derived script as a result. |
31 | * BalladOfX: Things that are named "The Ballad of [''noun'']", usually musical in nature. |
32 | * TheCaseOf: A title that implies a mystery/detective story. |
33 | * CelebritySong: A song about a notable celebrity, either living or dead, is directly named after them. |
34 | * CensoredTitle: When a title has to be changed because it's considered "inappropriate" for its target audience. |
35 | * CharacterInTheLogo: A character or their silhouette is or a part of their series' logo. |
36 | * CharacterActionTitle: Title consists of a subject and predicate, i.e., phrased as [''character name''][''verb''][''etc.''] |
37 | * CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: Phrased as [''character name''] and [''noun'']". Latter may be an AdverblyAdjectiveNoun. |
38 | * CharacterTitle: The title relates to a character within the work. |
39 | * CodenameTitle: The title is phrased as a CodeName. |
40 | * ColonCancer: Punctuated Titles: With Two or More Colons: A Blight Upon Subtitles. |
41 | * CompletelyDifferentTitle: A work’s title gets changed completely in foreign markets. |
42 | * CompleteTheQuoteTitle: A work's title is a portion of an excerpt deriving from an earlier piece of media. |
43 | * CompoundTitle: Individual titles of installments in a series form one statement. |
44 | * TheCrimeJob: TheCaper is titled "The [''adjective''/''noun''] Job". |
45 | * CrossReferencedTitles: Two related episodes of a series have titles that match or otherwise reference each other. |
46 | * DeceptivelySillyTitle: The title gives the impression of the work being more lighthearted and kid-friendly than it actually is. |
47 | * DoomyDoomsOfDoom: Something sounds hilariously evil or dangerous when suffixed with "of Doom". |
48 | * DoubleDoubleTitle: A title consisting of one or more repeated words. |
49 | * DoubleMeaningTitle: A title that has a DoubleMeaning. |
50 | * DoubleX: The use of the letter "X" is doubled (or [[RuleOfThree tripled]]). |
51 | * EitherOrTitle: A work that has multiple titles for itself that are in the title. |
52 | * EnterEponymous: The title follows the format "Enter [''character name'']" or "Enter the (''character attribute'')". |
53 | * EpisodeFinishesTheTitle: The title of an episode or episodes finishes or [[QuestioningTitle answers]] the statement that is its series' title. |
54 | * EpisodeTitleCard: A television series' episodes have a card showing the episode's title. |
55 | * EpisodeZeroTheBeginning: A prequel work/prologue work/remake of a first installment is numbered before the first episode. |
56 | * TheEponymousShow: Shows that are named after being a show about the main character. |
57 | * EpunymousTitle: A work's title is a pun involving the eponymous character/location/object's name. |
58 | * EventTitle: A work is titled after an event (or series thereof) that takes place before or during the story. |
59 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The title tells you everything you need to know about the work. |
60 | * ExcitedTitleTwoPartEpisodeName: The episode title is ''two'' exclamatory statements. |
61 | * FamilyTitle: The title refers to a family. |
62 | * TheFantasticTropeOfWonderousTitles: A lengthy title of multiple syllables and whimsical visual elements. |
63 | * FinaleTitleDrop: A TitleDrop that happens in the finale, or in the final moments of a series. |
64 | * ForeignLanguageTitle: The language of the title is different from the language of which the work is written. |
65 | * TheForeignSubtitle: When a title without a subtitle in its original language has one in-translation. |
66 | * FranchiseDrivenRetitling: An early installment of a franchise is renamed once the producers realize they have a franchise. |
67 | * TheFullNameAdventures: A serial of adventures, chronicles, tales, etc. |
68 | * GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath: Painfully over the top horror movie titles. |
69 | * IAmNotShazam: The work's title is mistaken for the protagonist's name. |
70 | * IconicCharacterForgottenTitle: A character's name overshadows the title of the work they're from (even if it is in the title). |
71 | * IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Some if not every episode of a series has their title follow the same pattern. |
72 | * InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: The work's title acknowledges the company that owns the rights to the work or the work's creator. |
73 | * InheritedIlliteracyTitle: A misspelling in a work's title reflects an in-universe misspelling. |
74 | * InitialismTitle. A title which is solely an initialism -- uses big letters, optionally also periods or [[LuckyCharmsTitle other punctuations]]. |
75 | * ICommaNoun: The title is simply a first-person pronoun followed by the title character's given name/surname/alias. |
76 | * InstructionalTitle: A title of the form "How To [''subject of work'']". |
77 | * IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: The title, for some reason, ''just doesn't sound right'' coming out. |
78 | * InWhichATropeIsDescribed: A title in which elements of the story is described beforehand. |
79 | * IronicEpisodeTitle: The title gives the impression of a tone that is the opposite of the one in the work. |
80 | * ItCameFromBeverlyHills: Beverly Hills is so cool that mentioning it in a work's title automatically makes it cooler. |
81 | * JobTitle: The title is a character's profession or role. |
82 | * TheJoyOfX: Parodying of an TheXOfY title is easily done with the replacement of ''X'' and/or ''Y''. |
83 | * JustifiedTitle: The title has a literal meaning in-universe separate from its meaning out-of-universe. |
84 | * TheLastTitle: Having the word "Last" somewhere in the title of a work (sometimes an intended GrandFinale). |
85 | * TheLegendOfX: A title that implies the story will feel like an epic story repeated from generation to generation. |
86 | * LetteredSequel: A sequel is not numbered, but lettered. No, not even necessarily Roman numerals, ones like [[XtremeKoolLetterz "Z" or "X"]]. |
87 | * Letters2Numbers: Replacing letters with numbers (relevant to the plot or the installment's number). |
88 | * LiteraryAllusionTitle: A work's title is an excerpt deriving from an earlier piece of media. |
89 | * LuckyCharmsTitle: Symbols that are not letters are put in a title. Tend towards unpronounceable. |
90 | * MacGuffinTitle: The work is titled after a MacGuffin. |
91 | * MadLibThrillerTitle: A Thriller title which follows a specific pattern of "The [''meaningful noun or name''] [''noun with political or symbolic connotations'']" to represent an enigmatic story. |
92 | * MarketBasedTitle: A work's title is changed in a foreign country to make it more audience-friendly, because of translation problems, etc. |
93 | * MetafictionalTitle: The title of the story is also the title of an in-universe document or [[ShowWithinAShow fictional work]]. |
94 | * MononymousBiopicTitle: A biopic titled as a OneWordTitle after the central character's name/surname/alias. |
95 | * MultiCharacterTitle: A title names off multiple characters. |
96 | * NPlusOneSequelTitle: The sequel for a work with a number in the title uses the subsequent integer. |
97 | * NameAndName: A title follows the format "[''Main Character A''] and [''Main Character B'']". |
98 | * NamedAfterFirstInstallment: A series' title is based on that of its first installment. |
99 | * TheNamesake: The title of the story derives from an in-universe element that is not immediately made apparent. |
100 | * NeverTrustATitle: The title has little or nothing to do with the work. |
101 | * TheNewAdventures: "New" or "neo" is slapped onto a sequel or revival series. |
102 | * NewSeasonNewName: When an ongoing work changes its name to represent its current arc. |
103 | * NonAppearingTitle: A TitleDrop is absent from an auditory or literary work. |
104 | * NoTitle: A work is officially untitled, often only known by a designation for record purposes. |
105 | * TheNounAndTheNoun: The title is phrased as "[''article''] [''something''] and [''article''] [''something'']" (the article being optional). |
106 | * NounVerber: A title that follows the format "[''noun''] [''verb'']-er/-or". |
107 | * TheNounWhoVerbed: A title that describes someone who did or will do something. |
108 | * NumberedSequels: The names of sequels contain numbers to show the order in which they were made, or the order in which they take place. |
109 | * NumberOfObjectsTitle: The title names a quantity of something. [[NPlusOneSequelTitle May go up in sequel]]. |
110 | * OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: A sequel with a weird subtitle (or, at least, one weirder than its predecessor). |
111 | * OfficiallyShortenedTitle: When an ongoing work later cuts down a previously elaborate title. |
112 | * OminousLegalPhraseTitle: The title of a work refers to legal jargon, making it sound ominous. |
113 | * OneLetterTitle: The title consists of a single letter. |
114 | * OneWordTitle: The title consists of a single word. |
115 | * OnscreenChapterTitles: Displaying the title/number of a visual work's acts/chapters. |
116 | * TheOriginalSeries: When the original work in a franchise gets a subtitle identifying it as the original work. |
117 | * ParallelPornTitles: A pornographic work has a title spoofing that of a non-pornographic work. |
118 | * PictorialLetterSubstitution: Replacing a letter (or part of a letter) with an image of something else with a similar shape. Often used in title logos. |
119 | * ThePlace: The work is named after its main central location. |
120 | * PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: A work's title is a pun on a famous work, series, song, etc. |
121 | * {{Portmantitle}}: The title is a {{portmanteau}} (a word made by merging two or more words). |
122 | * PortmanteauSeriesNickname: A nickname for a series is made using a portmanteau of morphemes from the full title. |
123 | * PostReleaseRetitle: A work's title is changed after it's initially been released. |
124 | * PrematureEncapsulation: An episode is forced to use a placatory title because a better title more well-tuned to the plot was already used for a prior episode. |
125 | * PrepositionalPhraseEqualsCoolness: A good title has a CharacterTitle or TheNamesake, but a ''great'' title adds a prepositional phrase to that. |
126 | * TheProblemWithPenIsland: Improperly spaced words spell something different. |
127 | * ProtagonistAndFriends: A title that consists of "[''Main Character''] and Friends". |
128 | * ProtagonistTitle: The name of the main protagonist is the title of their series. |
129 | * ProtagonistTitleFallacy: The false assumption that if a work is titled X, then X is the protagonist. |
130 | * PublisherChosenTitle: The title is chosen by the publisher, not the creator of the work. |
131 | * PunBasedTitle: The title is a pun. |
132 | * QuestioningTitle: The title is an inquisitive statement. Question marks are common, but not required. |
133 | * RecycledTitle: A title gets reused. |
134 | * RecycledWithAGimmick: A gimmick (e.g., set in space) is often apparent because the title says so. |
135 | * RefrainFromAssuming: A song's lyrics keep repeating something that's not the title. |
136 | * {{Retronym}}: When a work's title is retroactively changed because it shares its name with something else. |
137 | * RevengeOfTheSequel: A character's return in a sequel is outright stated [[{{Pun}} with a vendetta]] in the title. |
138 | * RhymingTitle: The title contains rhyming words or phrases. |
139 | * RoleCalled: The name and profession of the main protagonist is the title of their series. |
140 | * RunningTimeInTheTitle: The chronological length (or, rarely, number of episodes) of a work or series is in its title. |
141 | * SarcasticTitle: Titles in SarcasmMode. |
142 | * SecondaryCharacterTitle: The character of a self-titled work is really a {{Deuteragonist}} of sorts. |
143 | * SelfReferentialTrackPlacement: A song's placement in the tracklist corresponds or alludes to its title. |
144 | * SelfTitledAlbum: An album that uses the band/musician's name for a title. Usually a debut release. |
145 | * SequelNumberSnarl: The [[NumberedSequel numbering of sequels]] gets complicated. |
146 | * SequelTheOriginalTitle: The sequel inherits the previous installment's title as its subtitle. |
147 | * ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle: The title is short and dwarfed by its subtitle. |
148 | * SimilarlyNamedWorks: Works that coincidentally have the same or similar titles. |
149 | * SomethingBlues: A work is titled "[something] Blues". Very prevalent in Blues music, although there are also many, many non-blues songs with a title like this. |
150 | * TheSomethingForce: TheTeam is a called a Force. |
151 | * SomethingNauts: TheTeam are specialists that are also sailors, or "nauts". |
152 | * TheSomethingSong: It's a song about [''subject''] because the title says it's the [''subject''] song. |
153 | * SpeciesTitle: Stories named after a species of creature. |
154 | * SpoilerTitle: The title of a work is a {{spoiler}} for the plot. |
155 | * SpotlightStealingTitle: The most popular character/the character with the most famous actor is on the series title. |
156 | * {{Subtitle}}: An explanatory or alternate title suffixed to the main title. |
157 | * SuperTitle64Advance: A video game port or a video game exclusive to a specific system has a title alluding to the system the game was released on. |
158 | * SyndicationTitle: Title changing because of syndication. |
159 | * TheTalkShowWithHostName: The title of a TalkShow is followed by the name of its host. |
160 | * TeamTitle: The title refers to the team the main characters form. |
161 | * TemporaryNameChange: A PostReleaseRetitle is overturned. |
162 | * TerminologyTitle: The title of a work refers to select jargon. |
163 | * TheTheTitleConfusion: When nobody is quite sure if a work's title begins with a "the." |
164 | * ThirdIs3D: The third release is [[Platform/ThreeDMovie in 3D]] (heck, the title says so). |
165 | * TimeTitle: The title of a work includes or references as measurement or period of time. |
166 | * Title1: Explicitly titling to your work as the first in a series in full anticipation of there being sequels... [[StillbornFranchise they don't always get 'em]]. |
167 | * TitleTheAdaptation: An adaptation gives a subtitle to the work specifying the medium of the adaptation. |
168 | * TitleByNumber: The title is or contains a number tangentially related to the work's premise. |
169 | * TitleByYear: Title contains the year the story takes place in. |
170 | * TitleConfusion: The title of a work is unintentionally counter-intuitive. |
171 | * TitledAfterTheSong: A show or movie titled after a pre-existing song. |
172 | * TitleDrop: A work's title is mentioned within the work. |
173 | * TitleDropAnthology: A TitleDrop of a story in the title of the anthology it is a part of. |
174 | * TitleDropChapter: A TitleDrop of a story in the title of one of its chapters. |
175 | * TitleIn: Displaying location name/date/time of a scene as it opens. |
176 | * TitleOfTheDead: Titles of ZombieStories consisting of the setting with "of the (Living) Dead" slapped on the end. |
177 | * TitlePlease: Television episodes never have their titles shown. |
178 | * TitleReadingGag: A gag involving the reading of the title. |
179 | * TitleRequiem: The title ends with "requiem", often implying a {{Bittersweet|Ending}} or DownerEnding. |
180 | * TheTitleSaga: A work title that ends in "Saga", or has "Saga" in it. |
181 | * TitleScream: The name of a work is screamed at the viewer. |
182 | * TheTitling: It's not just "[''Gerund'']", it's "'''''[[SpellMyNameWithAThe The]]''''' [''Gerund'']"! |
183 | * TranslationMatchmaking: Two unrelated films, through translation, seem related to each other by name. |
184 | * TrivialTitle: A work gets its title from something unimportant in it. |
185 | * UnInstallment: A NumberedSequel's title skips an installment number, implying series installments that do not exist. |
186 | * UntitledTitle: A work has a title which claims it has NoTitle. |
187 | * UntranslatedTitle: A work's title is not translated for release in a foreign market. |
188 | * VehicleTitle: The title is named after a vehicle used by the protagonist(s). |
189 | * VerbedTitle: The title is a variation of a verb. |
190 | * VerbingNouny: The title follows the format "[''Gerund''] [''Proper Noun'']". |
191 | * VersusTitle: A work is named for one thing going up against another thing. |
192 | * VisualTitleDrop: A TitleDrop portrayed through on-screen writing in place of dialogue. |
193 | * WeaponTitle: The work is titled after a SwordOfPlotAdvancement. |
194 | * WordPureeTitle: The title doesn't use real words. |
195 | * WordSaladTitle: The title makes no sense. |
196 | * WordSequel: Works start getting {{Subtitle}}d instead of [[NumberedSequels Numbered]] with the fourth installment. |
197 | * WorkInfoTitle: The title gives information on what a work is about. |
198 | * WorkingTitle: A work started out with a different title that ended up being changed during production. |
199 | * TheXOfY: The title is phrased as "[''article''] [''something''] of [''article''] [''something'']" (the article being optional). |
200 | [[/index]] |
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202 | [[TheStinger The Tried Trope of The Stinger: That Which We End On]] |
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