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1	Title formula: Take the present participle of a transitive verb, and give it an object, usually (but not always) the name of a character. Not to be confused with [[IKEAErotica verbing the noun]]. Or with NounVerber.
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3	Also known as "Gerund [=ProperNoun=]", as coined by [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Kevin Murphy]].
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7	!!Examples:
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9	[[foldercontrol]]
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11	[[folder:Arts]]
12	* ''Art/DrinkingBacchus'' by Guido Reni.
13	* ''Art/TheFightingTemeraire'' by [=JMW=] Turner.
14	* ''Art/GothicTimes'': "Shipping Leviathan — Ark of Apocalypse" has the first part of its title styled this way; Shipping (the verb in gerund) Leviathan (the noun). There's also the tenth piece "Living Dead".
15	* ''Art/NueCouchee''[[labelnote:Translation]]''Reclining Nude''[[/labelnote]]
16	* ''Art/SleepingVenusGiorgione''
17	[[/folder]]
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19	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
20	* Episode 122 of ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' is titled "Saving Wolffy". ''Happy, Happy, Bang! Bang!'' episode 15 [[RecycledTitle reuses the title]].
21	[[/folder]]
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23	[[folder:Fan Works]]
24	* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': The chapter, ''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/dungeon-keeper-ami-sailor-moon-dungeon-keeper-story-only-thread.30066/page-8#post-7953410 Cornering the Duke.]]''
25	[[/folder]]
26
27	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
28	* ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''
29	** ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory''
30	[[/folder]]
31
32	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
33	* ''Film/BecomingJane''
34	* ''Film/BeingJohnMalkovich''
35	* ''Film/BoxingHelena''
36	* ''Film/BreakingTheWaves''
37	* ''Film/BringingUpBaby''
38	* ''Film/CastingJonBenet''
39	* ''Film/ChasingAmy''
40	* ''Film/ChasingLiberty''
41	* ''Film/CrossingDelancey''
42	* ''Film/DeconstructingHarry''
43	* ''Film/DesperatelySeekingSusan''
44	* ''Film/DownloadingNancy''
45	* ''Film/DrivingMissDaisy'' may have been the catalyst for this trope, which reached peak popularity in 1990's Hollywood feature films.
46	* ''Film/DrowningMona''
47	* ''Film/EatingRaoul''
48	* ''Film/FeelingMinnesota''
49	* ''Film/FindingForrester''
50	* ''Film/FindingNeverland''
51	* ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall''
52	* ''Film/GettingGotti''
53	* ''Film/GuardingTess''
54	* ''Film/KeepingMum'' (a DoubleMeaningTitle)
55	* ''Film/KillingBono''
56	* ''Film/KillingZoe''
57	* ''Film/KissingJessicaStein''
58	* ''Film/LeavingLasVegas''
59	* ''Film/LovingAnnabelle''
60	* ''Film/LovingJezebel''
61	* ''Film/OwningMahowny''
62	* ''Film/PresentingLilyMars''
63	* ''Film/PushingTin''
64	* ''Film/RaisingArizona''
65	* ''Film/RaisingCain''
66	* ''Film/RegardingHenry''
67	* ''Film/RomancingTheStone''
68	* ''Film/SavingGrace''
69	* ''Film/SavingMrBanks''
70	* ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan''
71	* ''Film/SavingSilverman''
72	* ''Film/ServingSara''
73	* ''Film/StealingHarvard''
74	* ''Film/TeachingMrsTingle''
75	* ''Film/WakingNedDevine''
76	[[/folder]]
77
78	[[folder:Literature]]
79	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': With some subversions:
80	** Some of the Moist von Lipwig stories:
81	*** ''Literature/MakingMoney''
82	*** ''Literature/RaisingSteam''
83	** Subversions:
84	*** ''Literature/MovingPictures''
85	*** ''Literature/InterestingTimes''
86	* ''Literature/HatingAlisonAshley''
87	* ''Literature/KillingMrGriffin''
88	* ''Literature/LookingForAlaska''
89	* ''Literature/LookingForAlibrandi''
90	* ''Literature/TheMasterKey'': The chapter, [[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/436/436-h/436-h.htm#chap04 "Testing the Instruments."]]
91	* ''Literature/NavigatingEarly''
92	* ''Literature/ReadingLolitaInTehran''
93	* ''Literature/SavingFrancesca''
94	* ''Literature/SavingMax''
95	* ''Literature/SavingZoe''
96	* ''Skipping Christmas'' by Creator/JohnGrisham.
97	* ''Literature/StealingHarvard''
98	* ''Literature/WarriorCats'': ''Rising Storm'', ''Thunder Rising'', ''The Blazing Star'', ''The Raging Storm''
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101	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
102	* ''Franchise/CSIVerse'': Several episode titles across the board, some even repeat between shows.
103	** ''Series/{{CSI}}'': "Pledging Mr. Johnson", "Ending Happy", "Seeing Red", "Stealing Home"
104	** ''Series/CSIMiami'': "Losing Face", "Throwing Heat", "Raising Caine", "Cheating Death", "Seeing Red"
105	** ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': "Stealing Home", "Raising Shane"
106	* ''Series/{{House}}'': "Finding Judas"
107	* ''Series/JudgingAmy''
108	* ''Series/KnowingMeKnowingYouWithAlanPartridge''
109	* ''Series/PushingDaisies''
110	* ''Series/RaisingHope''
111	* ''Series/SavingGrace''
112	* ''Series/SavingHope''
113	[[/folder]]
114
115	[[folder:Music]]
116	* Music/AskingAlexandria
117	* Music/{{Disturbed}}: "Droppin' Plates"
118	* Music/ElectricLightOrchestra: "Calling America"
119	* Music/FloggingMolly
120	* Music/{{Kiss}}: "Calling Dr. Love"
121	* Music/{{Nickelback}}: "Savin' Me"
122	[[/folder]]
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124	[[folder:Theatre]]
125	* ''Theatre/EducatingRita''
126	[[/folder]]
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128	[[folder:Tropes]]
129	* ConsultingMisterPuppet
130	* WalkingTheEarth
131	[[/folder]]
132
133	[[folder:Video Games]]
134	* ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm'': One of the antagonists is called STORM, and people are gathering to fight it.
135	* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' has a few in-game books the player can find whose titles fit the trope - ''Breathing Water, Cleansing of the Fane, The Posting of the Hunt, Touching the Sky,'' and ''Walking the World.''
136	* ''VideoGame/FightingStreet'' (an obscure Turbo Grafx-CD port of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterI'').
137	[[/folder]]
138
139	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
140	* ''VisualNovel/ActingLessons''
141	[[/folder]]
142
143	[[folder:Web Videos]]
144	* ''WebVideo/MittenSquad'': The video, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvfmq0FdRwY "Let's Play DBZ Budokai HD: Part 2 \| Fighting Holograms."]]
145	* ''WebVideo/{{Numberphile}}'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkGawXjsltc "Catching Kendama."]]
146	[[/folder]]
147
148	[[folder:Western Animation]]
149	* ''WesternAnimation/BeingIan''
150	[[/folder]]
151
152	[[folder:Other]]
153	* ''Disregarding Joy'' -- the title suggested by Creator/TinaFey in a piece for ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'' as the kind of "respectable indie dramedysemble" she could get a "strategically chosen small part" in if she decided to take full advantage of her remaining years of employability as an actress.
154	[[/folder]]
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