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2[[caption-width-right:330:[-Care to guess the name of the CoolStarship that's the focal point of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''?-] ]]
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4This is one of the easiest ways to name a work of fiction. Instead of naming a series after [[ThePlace a central location]], the name comes from the vehicle that is the focal point of the series. Extra points to those works where the vehicle doubles as the primary setting (i.e. a good deal of the character interaction occurs onboard), the MacGuffin, or some combination of the two, all of which seem to be more likely if the vehicle is a CoolShip (no, not [[{{Shipping}} that]] kind of ship) be it [[CoolStarship spacefaring]], [[CoolBoat nautical]], time-traveling, or an [[CoolAirship airship]]. As the title suggests, other vehicles, mecha, helicopters, tanks etc. also qualify for this trope.
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7!!Examples
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9[[foldercontrol]]
10
11[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
12* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', named after the protagonists' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Torpedo_Boat_PT-109 Torpedo Boat.]]
13* ''Anime/BlueSubmarineNo6''
14* ''Anime/CombattlerV''
15* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' named after the Bebop, an [[UsedFuture old]] interplanetary fishing trawler.
16* ''Anime/{{Daimos}}''
17* ''Anime/DairuggerXV''
18* ''Manga/EdensZero'', named after the CoolStarship captained by the ([[DarkIsNotEvil not actually evil]]) Demon King and his grandson, [[TheHero Shiki]]. Strangely, the title's meaning isn't revealed until Chapter 15.
19* ''Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor''
20* ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999''
21* ''Anime/GoLion''
22* ''Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron''
23* ''Anime/{{Macross}}'', which refers to the franchise's main class of [[TheBattlestar Battlestar]]:
24** ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''
25** ''Anime/Macross7''
26** ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' is a subversion: While the show does feature a ship called the ''Macross Frontier'' which figures heavily into the plot, it actually focuses on a ship called the ''Macross Quarter''.[[note]]A play on the show's ArcNumber 25, since it's the franchise's [[MilestoneCelebration 25th anniversary]][[/note]]
27* ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico''.
28* ''Anime/MazingerZ''
29* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' and almost every other ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' title since, excluding ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket 0080]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam The 08th MS Team]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory 0083]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char's Counterattack]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED SEED]]'' and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans Iron Blooded Orphans]]''. Those series still have Gundams, but the series/film names don't refer to a specific unit like most ''Gundam'' sequels.
30* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''
31* ''Manga/OutlawStar''
32* ''Anime/SolBianca''
33* ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' AKA ''Star Blazers'')
34* ''Anime/SpaceCarrierBlueNoah''
35* ''Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon''
36* ''Manga/Submarine707R''
37* ''Anime/SupercarGattiger''
38* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''
39* ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'' sort of. The main ship is called the Nirvana, but the series gets its name from the Vandreads (made by combining Dread fighter-ships Van mecha) all of which are called Vandred (insert female pilot's name here), except Super Vandread a.k.a. Vandread Pyoro (Pyoro being a robot and neither a pilot nor female)
40* ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne''
41* ''Anime/VoltesV''
42* ''Anime/{{Voltron}}''
43[[/folder]]
44
45[[folder:Arts]]
46* ''Art/TheFightingTemeraire''
47* ''Art/GothicTimes'': "Shipping Leviathan — Ark of Apocalypse" is called after a fictional ship made of human skeletons.
48* ''Art/TheRaftOfTheMedusa''
49[[/folder]]
50
51[[folder:Asian Animation]]
52* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': In the ''Marching to the New Wonderland'' series, the goats drive the Xiha trains. The word "Xiha" is included in the Chinese title of the series.
53[[/folder]]
54
55[[folder:Comic Books]]
56* ''ComicBook/{{Barracuda}}'' is named after Blackdog's pirate ship.
57* ''ComicBook/DarkArk''
58* ''ComicBook/TheHauntedTank'' in Franchise/TheDCU.
59* ''ComicBook/SouthernCross'' (set onboard a space tanker of that name carrying a six-month rotation of workers to the refinery moon of Titan)
60* ''ComicBook/StarWarsTIEFighter''
61* ''ComicBook/XWingRogueSquadron''
62[[/folder]]
63
64[[folder:Comic Strips]]
65* ''ComicStrip/BonersArk''
66[[/folder]]
67
68[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
69* ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'' film series
70* ''WesternAnimation/{{Planes}}''
71* ''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress''
72* ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE''
73* ''WesternAnimation/TitanicTheLegendGoesOn''
74* ''Anime/UnderseaSuperTrainMarineExpress''
75* ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''
76[[/folder]]
77
78[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
79* ''Film/ThreeTenToYuma1957''
80* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfPriscillaQueenOfTheDesert''
81* ''Film/AirForceOne''
82* ''Film/{{Airplane}}''
83* ''Film/TheAfricanQueen''
84* ''Film/Ariel1988''
85* ''Film/LAtalante'': ''L'Atalante'' is the name of a river barge.
86* ''Film/{{Battleship}}''
87* ''Film/{{Battletruck}}''
88* ''Film/TheBattleshipPotemkin''. A film labelled "the most important propaganda film of all time".
89* ''Film/TheBeastOfWar'', though not calling it by name.
90* ''Film/TheBigBus''
91* ''Film/BlackMoonRising''
92* ''Film/BlueRuin'', after Dwight's blue Pontiac. "Ruin" refers both to the dismal state of the car and the dismal state of Dwight's life [[spoiler:after his parents were killed inside it 20 years earlier]].
93* ''Film/BlueThunder'' A "magic" helicopter. Also TV series.
94* ''Film/BMXBandits'' Named after the BMX bikes the kids ride.
95* ''Film/TheBoatThatRocked''
96* ''Film/DasBoot'' (''The Boat'')
97* ''Film/TheBounty''
98* ''[[Film/Heist2015 Bus 657]]''
99* ''Film/TheCar''
100** ''Film/TheCarRoadToRevenge''
101* ''Film/TheCarsThatAteParis''
102* ''Film/{{Challenger}}''
103* ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''
104* ''Film/TheCoveredWagon''
105* ''Film/TheDarjeelingLimited''
106* ''Film/DeathShip''
107* ''Film/DriveAngry''
108* ''[[Film/ElCamino El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie]]'' (notable in that the titular vehicle is abandoned after the first act)
109* ''Film/EventHorizon''
110* ''Film/{{Firefox}}''
111* ''Film/FlightOfTheIntruder''
112* ''Film/Fury2014'' (''Fury'' is the nickname of the tank)
113* ''Film/TheGeneral1926''
114* ''Film/{{Genevieve}}''
115* ''Film/GhostShip''
116* ''Film/GranTorino''
117* ''Film/{{The Hindenburg|1975}}''
118* ''Film/HMSDefiant''
119* ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober''
120* ''Film/IBoughtAVampireMotorcycle''
121* ''Film/IronEagle''
122* ''Film/TheIronHorse''
123* ''Film/{{Juggernaut|1974}}''
124* ''Film/K19TheWidowmaker''
125* ''Film/{{Killdozer}}''
126* Both Thor Heyerdahl's documentary ''Film/KonTiki'' and the 2012 dramatic adaptation, ''[[Film/KonTiki2012 Kon-Tiki]]'', are titled after the raft that Heyerdahl and his crew floated 5,000 miles across the open ocean from Peru to Polynesia.
127* ''Film/TheLastStarfighter''
128* ''Film/{{Lifeboat}}''
129* ''Film/{{Lifepod}}''
130* ''Film/TheLongShips''
131* ''Film/TheLoveBug''
132* ''Film/TheMagicChristian'' (the name of the ship on which the movie is set)
133* ''Film/MemphisBelle''
134* ''Film/TheMidnightMeatTrain''
135* ''Film/TheMemphisBelle''
136* ''Film/MoneyTrain''
137* ''Film/{{Moonraker}}''
138* ''Film/MoonZeroTwo''
139* ''Film/MortalEngines''
140* ''Film/MurderOnTheOrientExpress1974''
141* ''Film/MurderOnTheOrientExpress2017''
142* ''Film/TheNavigator''
143* ''Film/NightTrainToMunich''
144* ''Film/OnceUponATexasTrain''
145* ''Film/OneOfOurAircraftIsMissing''
146* ''Film/P51DragonFighter''
147* ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaExperiment''
148** ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaExperimentII''
149* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl''
150* ''Film/ThePoseidonAdventure'' and its remake ''Film/{{Poseidon}}''
151* ''Film/{{Prometheus}}''
152* ''PT-109''
153* ''Film/RaiseTheTitanic''
154* ''Film/RoadTrain''
155* ''Film/RocketshipXM''
156* ''Film/TheRover''
157* ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', TheMovie of ''Series/{{Firefly}}''.
158* ''Film/ShanghaiExpress''
159* ''Film/SilverStreak'' (Silver Streak is the nickname of the train.)
160* ''Film/SinkTheBismarck''
161* ''Film/SkyBandits''' alternative title of ''Gunbus'' refers to the plane Barney and Luke learn to fly on, and which is later used in their final attack on the airship.
162* ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane''
163* ''Film/{{Snowpiercer}}''
164* ''Film/{{Sorcerer}}'' is the name given to one of the trucks, although this fact is somewhat obscured in the movie.
165* ''Film/{{Stagecoach}}''
166* ''Film/TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree'' (Pelham 1-2-3 is a subway train)
167* ''Film/Taxi1932''
168* ''Film/{{Taxi}}''
169* ''Film/Taxi2004''
170* ''Film/ThoseMagnificentMenInTheirFlyingMachines''
171* ''Film/TheTimeMachine1960''
172* ''Film/TheTimeMachine1978''
173* ''Film/TheTimeMachine2002''
174* ''Film/TheTimeMachineIFoundAtAYardsale''
175* ''Film/{{Titanic 1943}}''
176* ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}''
177* ''Film/TheTitfieldThunderbolt'' (a locomotive)
178* ''Film/{{Train}}''
179* ''Film/TheTrain''
180* ''Film/TrainToBusan''
181* ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'' (technically, since the eponymous mechas can transform into various vehicles)
182* ''Film/{{Triangle}}'' (the name of a yacht)
183* ''Film/TwentiethCentury'' (the 20th Century Ltd. is the name of a train)
184* ''Film/{{U571}}''
185* ''Film/USSIndianapolisMenOfCourage''
186* ''Film/VoyageOfTheUnicorn''
187* ''Film/TheWackiestShipInTheArmy''
188* ''Film/TheWarWagon''
189* ''Film/WhiteTiger'' (a white pained Tiger tank)
190* ''Film/TheWorldsFastestIndian''
191* ''Film/{{Yamato}}''
192* ''Film/{{Zeppelin}}''
193* ''Film/{{Zero|1984}}''
194[[/folder]]
195
196[[folder:Literature]]
197* ''Literature/AgathaHAndTheAirshipCity''
198* C. S. Forrester's ''The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck'' and its 1960 film adaptation, ''Film/SinkTheBismarck''.
199* Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/{{Christine}}''.
200* Several of the novels in the ''Literature/ClockworkCentury'' series are named after vehicles:
201** ''Boneshaker'', named after a DrillTank.
202** ''Dreadnought'', named after the CoolTrain.
203** ''Clementine'', named after a CoolAirship.
204** ''Ganymede'', named after CoolBoat (a submersible to be exact).
205* ''Literature/ArkRoyal''
206* ''Literature/FevreDream'' (the name of Abner and Johua's opulent riverboat)
207* ''Literature/GreatShip''
208* ''HMS Surprise'' of the ''Literature/AubreyMaturin'' series.
209* ''Literature/KonTiki''
210* ''Literature/TheLostFleet'': The series as a whole might be an example of a collective noun for several vehicles (spaceships in this case) count, and individual volumes in the series are all named after a particular spaceship that plays a significant role in the plot of that installment.
211* ''Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus''
212* ''Literature/AMemoirByLadyTrent'': ''Voyage of the Basilisk''
213* Creator/CliveCussler's ''Literature/RaiseTheTitanic''.
214* ''Literature/SentouYouseiYukikaze''
215* ''Literature/SkylarkSeries''
216* ''Literature/StarCarrier'': Specifically, the TC/USNA ''America''.
217* ''Literature/TerreEnFuite'' (Earth in Flight): As the name suggests, Earth itself is turned into a PlanetSpaceship over the course of the novel.
218* ''Literature/TheTimeMachine''
219* ''Literature/USSCunninghamQuintet'': According to the book covers, the official name of the saga is ''U.S.S. Cunningham Quintet''. The ''U.S.S. Cunningham'' is the warship TheProtagonist commandeers and where most of the plot happens.
220* ''Literature/TourOfTheMerrimack''
221* ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin; it would also be the title of TheFilmOfTheBook.
222* ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheSpaceBeagle''
223[[/folder]]
224
225[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
226* ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'' (helicopter)
227* ''Series/{{Andromeda}}''
228* ''Series/ArkII''
229* ''Series/{{Battlestar|Galactica 1978}} [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 Galactica]]''
230* ''Series/DeepwaterBlack'' - sort of, combined with WordSaladTitle. It is set on board one of a fleet of spaceships, all named Deepwater. If you are an SF writer, and you have thought up a cool, but meaningless, title, then you make it the name of the ship.
231* ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'' (two of the eponymous team's three {{Humongous Mecha}}s are composed of {{combining|Mecha}} {{Cool Plane}}s and a {{transforming|Mecha}} CoolStarship)
232* ''Series/EarthStarVoyager''
233* ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger'' (the eponymous team's mechas are all made of {{Cool Car}}s)
234* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' to an extent. While the actual ship was named ''Serenity'', it was a Firefly-class transport.
235* ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' and its western counterpart, ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' (the eponymous team's mechas are all made of {{Cool Car}}s)
236* Technically, every ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series since they're all {{Badass Biker}}s.
237* ''Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger'' (the eponymous team's mechas are all made of {{Cool Car}}s)
238* ''Series/{{Lexx}}''
239* ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' was an in-universe nickname for the semi-eponymous cruise liner ''Pacific Princess''.
240* ''Series/MightyJack''
241* ''Series/OdysseyFive''
242* ''Series/TheOrville''
243* ''Series/RedDwarf''
244* ''Series/SeaQuestDSV''
245* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', technically; their {{Atlantis}} ''is'' a starship, but it doesn't travel any significant distance until the series finale. Could also apply to the franchise as a whole, with the "vehicle" being the Stargate itself.
246* ''Franchise/StarTrek''
247** In German-speaking markets, ''Star Trek'' was originally called ''Raumschiff Enterprise''.
248** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' has the episodes "Defiant" and "Valiant". Care to guess which ships those episodes revolve around? There was another episode called simply "The Ship" about a crashed Jem'hadar fighter.
249*** The series is set on a ''{{space station}}'' called Deep Space Nine, and so it is technically a "ThePlace" title, rather than a ''vehicle'' title. On the other hand, the station does move a (comparatively) short distance in the first episode, to take position next to a [[OurWormholesAreDifferent wormhole]]...
250** ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', which was originally just ''Enterprise'' until plunging ratings in the second season led to a ReTool and a mid-series rebranding.
251** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' (which provides the article image). Within the show, there are episodes titled "The Raven", "Equinox", and "Alice", which focus on ships with those respective names.
252** ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'', for the most part.
253* ''Series/StreetHawk''
254* ''Series/{{Supertrain}}''
255* ''Series/{{Viper}}''
256[[/folder]]
257
258[[folder:Music]]
259* ''Big Yellow Taxi'' by Music/JoniMitchell
260* ''Chasing Cars'' by Music/CountingCrows
261* ''Good Ship Venus''
262* ''Jeepney'' by Spongecola
263* ''Jet lag'' by Music/SimplePlan and Music/NatashaBedingfield
264* ''LittleDeuceCoupe'' by Music/TheBeachBoys.
265* ''Phantom 309''. Originally by Red Sovine, and subsequently covered by a multitude of country artists. A BewareOfHitchhikingGhosts song where 'Phantom 309' is the name of trucker Big Joe's big rig.
266* ''Rock the Boat'' by Music/{{Aaliyah}} (it's her very last single before her untimely death)
267* ''Starships'' by Music/NickiMinaj
268* ''Yellow Submarine'' by Music/TheBeatles (also applies to [[WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine the film]])
269[[/folder]]
270
271[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
272* ''Series/FireballXL5''
273* ''Series/{{Supercar}}''
274* ''Series/{{Stingray|1964}}''
275* ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'', of which there are five, identified as Thunderbird 1 through Thunderbird 5.
276[[/folder]]
277
278[[folder:Radio]]
279* ''Radio/BoldVenture''
280[[/folder]]
281
282[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
283* ''TabletopGame/{{Battleship}}''
284* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' had the long-running ''Weatherlight'' saga, named after the flying ship ''Weatherlight''.
285[[/folder]]
286
287[[folder:Theatre]]
288* ''Theatre/HMSPinafore''
289* [[http://www.duncanpflaster.com/ Duncan Pflaster's]] play ''The Starship Astrov''
290* Subverted in ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'' as the reference is merely symbolic.
291[[/folder]]
292
293[[folder:Video Games]]
294* ''VideoGame/ProjectWingman''
295* ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore''
296* ''Astro Fang: Super Machine''
297* ''VideoGame/StarshipTitanic''
298* ''VideoGame/GatlingGears''
299* ''Magic Fly''
300* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' - Only for [[VideoGame/MetalGear1 the first game]], where the enemy mecha is simply called "Metal Gear". Afterward, the game titles and the Metal Gear mecha featured in each game no longer matched up.
301** Except for ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker Peace Walker]]'', which ''is'' the name of the game's featured mecha.
302* ''VideoGame/MetalSlug''. The subtitle for the first game is even "Super Vehicle 001".
303* ''VideoGame/ChromeHounds''
304* ''VideoGame/MechWarrior'' - The warriors of the future pilot [[HumongousMecha (battle)Mechs]]
305* The ''VideoGame/MysteryTrackers'' installment ''Train to Hellswich'' takes place on the eponymous train.
306* ''VideoGame/RType'' - The R-Series fighters.
307* Numerous vehicle [[SimulationGame simulators]], especially flight simulations:
308** ''AH-64D Longbow''
309** ''VideoGame/B17FlyingFortress''
310** ''F-15''
311** ''VideoGame/F15StrikeEagle''
312** ''F/A-18''
313** ''VideoGame/IL2Sturmovik''
314** ''iM1A2 Abrams''
315** ''Sherman M4''
316** ''SSN-21 Seawolf''
317* ''VideoGame/StrikeSuitZero'' - after the Strike Suit you'll be using for much of the game, the Zero probably refering to it being a prototype.
318* ''VideoGame/TitanicAdventureOutOfTime''
319* ''VideoGame/XWing'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/TIEFighter''
320[[/folder]]
321
322[[folder:Visual Novels]]
323* ''VisualNovel/StarshipPromise'': Most of the original routes center around the crew of the titular starship, the ''Promise''.
324[[/folder]]
325
326[[folder:Western Animation]]
327* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dogstar}}'' (The ''Dogstar'' is TheArk containing all of Earth's dogs)
328* ''WesternAnimation/IGotARocket''
329* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheTitanic''
330* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus''
331* ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR''
332* ''WesternAnimation/ObanStarRacers''
333* ''WesternAnimation/SpeedBuggy''
334* ''[[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends]]''
335* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' (technically, since the eponymous mechas can transform into various vehicles)
336* ''WesternAnimation/{{TUGS}}''
337[[/folder]]
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