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1	'''Basic Trope:''' Too many (i.e. two or more) colons in a title.
2	* '''Straight''': ''Bob The Strong: The Third Part: The Final Battle''.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': ''Star Empire: Bob The Strong: The Third Part: The Final Battle: Bob Vs. The Emperor: The Ultimate Showdown: The Great War''.
4	* '''Downplayed''': ''Star Empire: Bob The Strong -- The Final Battle''
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** All of these are events that happen in the movie.
7	** '' Bob The Strong: III'' was remade as ''[[CapcomSequelStagnation Bob The Strong: The Third Part: the Final Battle]]''[[CapcomSequelStagnation , which was remade as ]]''[[CapcomSequelStagnation Bob The Strong: The Third Part: The Final Battle: Bob Vs. The Emperor]]''[[OverlyLongGag , which was remade as… ]]
8	* '''Inverted''': ''Bob The Strong The Third Part The Final Battle''.
9	* '''Subverted''':
10	** Before the release of the movie, the creator changes the title.
11	** Those aren't colons, they're the nails that affix the title to the title card.
12	* '''Double Subverted''': But after some time, he realizes he liked the original title, and changes it back.
13	* '''Parodied''':
14	** ''[[WordSaladTitle Super Happy Fun Land: Gumball Shoes: Monitor Deodorant: Too Many Colons]]''
15	** ''Bob The Strong Colon The Third Part Colon The Final Battle''
16	** '':Bob: :The: :Strong: :The: :Third: :Part: :The: :Final: :Battle:''
17	** '':B:o:b: :T:h:e: :S:t:r:o:n:g: :T:h:e: :T:h:i:r:d: :P:a:r:t: :T:h:e: :F:i:n:a:l: :B:a:t:t:l:e:''
18	** The title consists of colons '''only'''. It's called '':::::::::::::::::::::::::::::''.
19	** The title is literally Colon Colon Colon Colon.
20	** Bob suddenly clutches near his colon in pain, yelling "OW!!! WHY, TITLE, WHY?!" It turns out that the title is the true BigBad.
21	* '''Zig Zagged''': The creator changes the title back and forth between the title without colons and the original title.
22	* '''Averted''': ''Bob the Strong''.
23	* '''Enforced''': The creator wanted to mention all the events that happen in the movie.
24	* '''Lampshaded''': Hey, [[BreakingTheFourthWall don't you think our title has too many colons?]]
25	* '''Invoked''': ???
26	* '''Exploited''': [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dr. Bludlord von Hell]] uses the title to give Bob and his sidekick Alex ''literal'' cancer.
27	* '''Defied''': Bob breaks the fourth wall to change the title to just "Bob The Strong Three".
28	* '''Discussed''': ???
29	* '''Conversed''': "Why do some movie titles have so many colons? One colon is more than enough."
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35	%%* '''Implied''': ???
36	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
37	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
38	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
39	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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