* Subverted in ''Webcomic/NintendoSuperSquad'', which attempts to read like a comic drawn by an idiotic thirteen-year-old boy. The comic is about to introduce "Metroid", who the characters all mention is a strong woman who looks great in a bikini, so we naturally assume that Metroid is Samus Aran, the hero of the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' games -- but when Metroid arrives, she actually ''is'' a Metroid, the eponymous monster of the series.
** ...but played straight in ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'', when WholesomeCrossdresser Tip is [[http://skin-horse.com/comic/to-that-sole/ challenged to name one (other) trustworthy crossdresser]].
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is apparently its creator's old nickname and has no other connection to the story. They lampshade this in one strip, bringing in a hired goon for one panel to "put the goonish in El Goonish Shive".
* Parodied in one issue of ''[[Website/PlatypusComix Mulberry]]'', as the titular heiress watched a show on Creator/TheCW about her hometown. The nerdy gamer exclaimed at one point, "I've almost rescued Princess VideoGame/BioShock!"
* In ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}'', the lead character [[spoiler: Otra]] constantly attempts to correct people at first to what her real name is after being called "Girly". making her accidentally a [[MetaGuy Meta Chick]]
* [[http://shinka.smackjeeves.com/comics/683092/0-0-0/ Shinka: The Last Eevee]]. The Eevee's name is Nick. [[WordSaladTitle What "Shinka" means hasn't been explained yet.]]
** Although now that [[spoiler: Nick has evolved into a Leafeon]] the [[WordOfGod author has stated]] that the title doesn't refer to him at all, and is not even the name of a character. It's used in the title because it's the Japanese word for evolution and this is a webcomic that heavily features Eeveelutions. Apparently "shinka" can also mean "one's true worth", so that will probably come into play at a later point [[spoiler: if it hasn't already with Nick's evolution]].
* Zig-zagged by ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''. The title means "cruddy mercenary," but "Schlock" is also the name of the amorphous pile-of-poo character, a mercenary whose parents must have hated him. Except [[SpotlightStealingSquad he isn't really the main character anymore, having been largely displaced by the captain]], whose name is Tagon. So it's somewhat of an ArtifactTitle, and can be sort of confusing.
* The chess-player in ''Webcomic/ClockworkGame'' is ''The Automaton'', not ''The Turk''.
* Back when ''Webcomic/TriangleAndRobert'' was running, a mini-FAQ on the front page said:
-->Triangle is the triangle, Robert is the rhombus. Yes, people keep asking.
* Parodied in ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'', which made [[http://xkcd.com/1589/ its own version]] of ''Franchise/{{Frankenstein}}'' so that the monster could canonically be called Frankenstein.
* Subverted in ''Webcomic/ThePrincessPlanet''. Frankenstein's monster points out that since Dr Frankenstein is technically his mother (yes, their version of the mad doctor is female), he would have the same last name.
* Unaware readers might assume the party of adventurers starring in ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'' are the Looking-For Group. This is not the case; the title is solely named for the online-gaming phrase, and has no further relevance to the story — especially considering Ca'le ''isn't'' looking for a group past Page One.
* ''WebComic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal''
** Parodied in [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/a-frankenstein "A Frankenstein"]], where one kid tells another she's going to be "A Frankenstein" for Halloween to get her to correct it's "FrankensteinsMonster" -- so that she can explain that the creature in the original was arguably called "Adam Frankenstein", or "A. Frankenstein" for short.
** Likewise parodied in the strip for [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2014-12-02 2014-12-02]]
--> "I have done it! I have created a Frankenstein!"
--> "Technically, I'm a Frankenstein's ''monster''. ''You're'' Frankenstein."
* The tower if ''WebComic/TowerOfGod'' is just called the Tower, not the Tower of God, though in the anime adaptation, it is sometimes rarely called the Tower of God as well to make a TitleDrop.