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1'''Basic Trope''': The name of the work is mentioned in a work, often in a way of saying "This dialogue is important".
2* '''Straight''': At one point in ''[[FlameWar Troper Wars]] II: [[RevengeOfTheSequel The Revenge of the Tropers]]'', Commander Charlie says "It's the revenge of the Tropers!"
3* '''Exaggerated''':
4** "It's the revenge of the Tropers!" and similar phrases are said at least every five minutes.
5** Charlie says, "We won the last war, and we'll win the Troper Wars Too! The Revenge of the Tropers will demolish our enemies!
6** During ''The Tropers: Alice's Spirit 3000'', Bob says, "You know what motivates all The Tropers? Alice's Spirit. 3000 people cheered at her speech."
7** Charlie, who has a HeroicBSOD, sobs "It's the revenge of the Tropers" [[MadnessMantra repeatedly]].
8** The work has a long title, and the entirety of the title is spoken in the work.
9* '''Downplayed''':
10** At one point, it's said "are the Tropers planning revenge?".
11** Charlie says that, "It's the ''Return'' of the Tropers"; which is the title for the third movie.
12** Aya says "It's the Revenge of the Tropers!" [[BilingualBonus in Japanese]].
13* '''Justified''':
14** The work's title is something with an important role in the story. Bringing it up is natural.
15** The work's title is [[ArcWords a common word/phrase]], at least InUniverse. It's natural that someone will say it.
16** Commander Charlie is GenreSavvy and has an ironic sense of humour, lending itself to him making lots of LeaningOnTheFourthWall, LampshadeHanging [[note]]from the viewer's perspective [[/note]] type jokes.
17* '''Inverted''': The work's WorkingTitle (not final title) is mentioned in the work as a MythologyGag.
18** An word, phrase or title with the opposite meaning to the works title is used instead.
19* '''Subverted''': "It's the revenge of the ... troops!"
20* '''Double Subverted''': "Do you mean the Tropers' troops?" "Yes, it's the revenge of the Tropers' troops."
21* '''Parodied''':
22** "I guess the real treasure was the Troper Wars II: The Revenge Of The Tropers we made along the way."
23** "It's the second war against the Tropers, right? And now they want revenge, right? I know what we should call it! It's 'Troper Wars II: The Revenge of the Tropers'! That would be an awesome movie title!"
24** A TitleDrop of a WordPureeTitle with a bad case of ColonCancer, followed by the others asking "What WAS that?!". The one that {{Title Drop}}ped explains that he has no idea why he said it.
25** A character tries to repeatedly drop the title, only to be interrupted at every opportunity until somebody else says it, much to their annoyance.
26** Right before an extra tries to drop the title, it literally falls on them out of nowhere. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment It is never discussed again.]]
27* '''Zig Zagged''':
28** "Do you mean the Tropers' troops?" "Yes, it's the revenge of the Tro... you know the rest."
29** The movie has multiple titles based on the country it's airing in, but the script remains unchanged outside of language translation.
30* '''Averted''': Nobody mentions the "revenge of the Tropers" directly in the film.
31** NonAppearingTitle
32* '''Enforced''':
33** "Let's mention the name of the work for dramatic effect!"
34** The title was lifted from the dialogue.
35* '''Lampshaded''': "Was there a point in saying that, other than mentioning the name of [[MediumAwareness this film?"]]
36* '''Invoked''': "So, it's the revenge of... who, exactly?"
37* '''Exploited''': Charlie uses the TitleDrop as a way to gain MediumAwareness.
38* '''Defied''': "It's the revenge of the-" "Shut up and stop playing CaptainObvious."
39* '''Discussed''': "Are you going to say the name of the film, as if the audience needs a reminder of it?"
40* '''Conversed''': That guy just said 'the revenge of the Tropers'. Isn't that the title of the film?"
41* '''Implied''': An army of troops are building a giant sign containing letters that spell out the movie title. However, we never get to see the sign finished by the end of the movie.
42%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
43%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
44%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
45%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
46%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
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