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.

Also known as "Gerund [=ProperNoun=]", as coined by [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Kevin Murphy]].

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!!Examples:

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[[folder:Arts]]
* ''Art/DrinkingBacchus'' by Guido Reni.
* ''Art/TheFightingTemeraire'' by [=JMW=] Turner.
* ''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".
* ''Art/NueCouchee''[[labelnote:Translation]]''Reclining Nude''[[/labelnote]]
* ''Art/SleepingVenusGiorgione''
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[[folder:Asian Animation]]
* Episode 122 of ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' is titled "Saving Wolffy". ''Happy, Happy, Bang! Bang!'' episode 15 [[RecycledTitle reuses the title]].
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''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.]]''
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''
** ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory''
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/BecomingJane''
* ''Film/BeingJohnMalkovich''
* ''Film/BoxingHelena''
* ''Film/BreakingTheWaves''
* ''Film/BringingUpBaby''
* ''Film/CastingJonBenet''
* ''Film/ChasingAmy''
* ''Film/ChasingLiberty''
* ''Film/CrossingDelancey''
* ''Film/DeconstructingHarry''
* ''Film/DesperatelySeekingSusan''
* ''Film/DownloadingNancy''
* ''Film/DrivingMissDaisy'' may have been the catalyst for this trope, which reached peak popularity in 1990's Hollywood feature films.
* ''Film/DrowningMona''
* ''Film/EatingRaoul''
* ''Film/FeelingMinnesota''
* ''Film/FindingForrester''
* ''Film/FindingNeverland''
* ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall''
* ''Film/GettingGotti''
* ''Film/GuardingTess''
* ''Film/KeepingMum'' (a DoubleMeaningTitle)
* ''Film/KillingBono''
* ''Film/KillingZoe''
* ''Film/KissingJessicaStein''
* ''Film/LeavingLasVegas''
* ''Film/LovingAnnabelle''
* ''Film/LovingJezebel''
* ''Film/OwningMahowny''
* ''Film/PresentingLilyMars''
* ''Film/PushingTin''
* ''Film/RaisingArizona''
* ''Film/RaisingCain''
* ''Film/RegardingHenry''
* ''Film/RomancingTheStone''
* ''Film/SavingGrace''
* ''Film/SavingMrBanks''
* ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan''
* ''Film/SavingSilverman''
* ''Film/ServingSara''
* ''Film/StealingHarvard''
* ''Film/TeachingMrsTingle''
* ''Film/WakingNedDevine''
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': With some subversions:
** Some of the Moist von Lipwig stories:
*** ''Literature/MakingMoney''
*** ''Literature/RaisingSteam''
** Subversions:
*** ''Literature/MovingPictures''
*** ''Literature/InterestingTimes''
* ''Literature/HatingAlisonAshley''
* ''Literature/KillingMrGriffin''
* ''Literature/LookingForAlaska''
* ''Literature/LookingForAlibrandi''
* ''Literature/TheMasterKey'': The chapter, [[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/436/436-h/436-h.htm#chap04 "Testing the Instruments."]]
* ''Literature/NavigatingEarly''
* ''Literature/ReadingLolitaInTehran''
* ''Literature/SavingFrancesca''
* ''Literature/SavingMax''
* ''Literature/SavingZoe''
* ''Skipping Christmas'' by Creator/JohnGrisham.
* ''Literature/StealingHarvard''
* ''Literature/WarriorCats'': ''Rising Storm'', ''Thunder Rising'', ''The Blazing Star'', ''The Raging Storm''
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Franchise/CSIVerse'': Several episode titles across the board, some even repeat between shows.
** ''Series/{{CSI}}'': "Pledging Mr. Johnson", "Ending Happy", "Seeing Red", "Stealing Home"
** ''Series/CSIMiami'': "Losing Face", "Throwing Heat", "Raising Caine", "Cheating Death", "Seeing Red"
** ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': "Stealing Home", "Raising Shane"
* ''Series/{{House}}'': "Finding Judas"
* ''Series/JudgingAmy''
* ''Series/KnowingMeKnowingYouWithAlanPartridge''
* ''Series/PushingDaisies''
* ''Series/RaisingHope''
* ''Series/SavingGrace''
* ''Series/SavingHope''
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[[folder:Music]]
* Music/AskingAlexandria
* Music/{{Disturbed}}: "Droppin' Plates"
* Music/ElectricLightOrchestra: "Calling America"
* Music/FloggingMolly
* Music/{{Kiss}}: "Calling Dr. Love"
* Music/{{Nickelback}}: "Savin' Me"
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* ''Theatre/EducatingRita''
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[[folder:Tropes]]
* ConsultingMisterPuppet
* WalkingTheEarth
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm'': One of the antagonists is called STORM, and people are gathering to fight it.
* ''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.''
* ''VideoGame/FightingStreet'' (an obscure Turbo Grafx-CD port of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterI'').
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[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* ''VisualNovel/ActingLessons''
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[[folder:Web Videos]]
* ''WebVideo/MittenSquad'': The video, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvfmq0FdRwY "Let's Play DBZ Budokai HD: Part 2 | Fighting Holograms."]]
* ''WebVideo/{{Numberphile}}'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkGawXjsltc "Catching Kendama."]]
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BeingIan''
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[[folder:Other]]
* ''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.
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