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. |
2 | |
3 | Also known as "Gerund [=ProperNoun=]", as coined by [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Kevin Murphy]]. |
4 | |
5 | ---- |
6 | |
7 | !!Examples: |
8 | |
9 | [[foldercontrol]] |
10 | |
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]] |
18 | |
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]] |
22 | |
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'' |
99 | [[/folder]] |
100 | |
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]] |
123 | |
124 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
125 | * ''Theatre/EducatingRita'' |
126 | [[/folder]] |
127 | |
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]] |
155 |
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