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Anime and Manga
- Spirited Away is known as The Adventures of Little Chihiro.
- Sailor Moon became Moon's Warrior.
Films — Animation
- This is mostly the case with animated movies (e.g. Despicable Me, which was translated as How Gru Stole the Moon).
- Hoodwinked! became Who Framed Red Riding Hood.
- Kubo and the Two Strings became Kubo and the Magical Sword.
- Frankenweenie became My Favourite Monster.
- Shark Tale became Riba Ribi Grize Rep — normally a Croatian tongue-twister, it translates to "A Fish Bites a Fish's Tail".
Films — Live-Action
- Airplane! was renamed into Is There a Pilot on This Plane?
- Fame has the (arguably more fitting) title of Dream of Fame.
- Taken was changed into 96 hours. Its sequel, Taken 2 has the added subtitle Istanbul.
- Young Adult was retitled into Again and from the Start.
- As far as Mel Brooks's movies go, Silent Movie was renamed as Silence, We're Laughing!, History of the World Part I as The Funny Side of History, and Dracula: Dead and Loving It as Dracula: The Joyful Dead Guy.
- Parody movies are also no stranger to this:
- While Scary Movie was translated somewhat correctly, Scary Movie 2 for some reason became Scary Scary Movie.
- Meet the Spartans was translated into The Spartans are Coming.
- Vampires Suck has the title of No Bites, Please.
- Starter Wife was translated as Goodbye, Ex.
- Meet the Parents was renamed Licence for Marriage. The sequel, Meet the Fockers, became Licence for Fockers
- The Saw series is Jigsaw Puzzle of Terror
- Alien is The Eighth Traveller
- The Whole Nine Yards became The Soft-Hearted Killer.
- Harold and Kumar Go to the White Castle became American Pie, Harold and Kumar Style
- Wild Things became Wild Game.
- Idiocracy became Idiots of the Future.
- Pulp Fiction became Hell of a Jerk.
- The Passion of Joan of Arc became The Suffering of Joan of Orleans.
- Nightcrawler became Night Chronicles.
- The Big Short became Bet of the Century.
- American Beauty became The Vortex of Life.
- Collateral Damage became Revenge.
- Demolition Man became Tough Guys.
- The Boondock Saints became Saints Against the Mafia.
- Dead Heat became Zombie Detective.
- Lake Placid became A Lake of Fear.
- Leprechaun became Sprite.
- Caddyshack became Crazy Game of Golf.
- Howard the Duck became Sinful Howard.
- Blade Runner became Exterminator.
- Drive Angry became Revenge Path.
- End of Days became The Beginning of the End.
- Hereditary became Inherited Evil.
- Freeway became Exit Highway.
- Hellraiser became Lords of Hell.
Live-Action TV
- Desperate Housewives is simply known as Housewives.
- Married... with Children had the phrase Marriage Waters as its title.
- Scrubs has the unfortunate title of The Intern, due to it becoming an Artifact Title once the interns became attendings, and later, doctors.
- Party of Five was translated as At the Same Table.
- Family Matters is known as Under the Same Roof.
- Community is The Written-Off Club
- Elementary is shown as Sherlock and Watson
- Deal or No Deal is Take It or Leave It
- Only Fools and Horses is Scams
- Hustle is Superb Tricksters
- Prison Break became The Law of Brothers
Western Animation
- The Croatian title of Billy is Billy Super Heroj.
- PAW Patrol became Dogs on Patrol.