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The Full Name Adventures

"Why in the name of Harlan Williams are there so many Chronicles these days? You've got The Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Chronicles of Riddick, Sonic the Hedgehog Chronicles, Roughnecks Starship Troopers Chronicles, why aren't there any Dan Green Chronicles?"

— Dan Green, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series

Sometimes, nothing better describes a show than the full name of the main character with a noun before or after, maybe a preposition thrown in there.

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Anime & Manga

Every Haruhi Suzumiya novel.
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
- The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzimiya
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Comic Books

The Adventures of Tintin
Paperinik New Adventures
Super Mario Adventures
The Adventures of Asterix the Gaul
The Batman Adventures, the first of several comic books based on DC Animated Universe TV shows, all of which have "[Name of show] Adventures" as their title.
Even Marvel did this, with an X-Men Adventures comic that adapted episodes from the 90's X-Men cartoon.
The Scott Pilgrim series.
The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck

Eastern Animation

The New Adventures of Hanuman

Films — Animation

The Ballad of the Daltons

Films — Live-Action

The Chronicles of Riddick
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
The Spiderwick Chronicles
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and the subsequent Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey.
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954)
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)

Literature

T2: The John Connor Chronicles
As above, The Spiderwick Chronicles and its sequel series Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles.
As below, The Dresden Files.
The Chronicles of Narnia. Not really a pure example, as "Narnia" is the name of the place, not the main (or indeed any) character.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (making this Older Than Radio).
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever and The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever.
The Anna Strong Chronicles
Since some of these are last-name-only, The Pendragon Adventure counts.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Eighth Doctor Adventures
The Life And Adventures of Santa Claus, a retelling of the origins of Santa Claus, written by L. Frank Baum.

Live-Action TV

The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Sarah Connor Chronicles
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles or The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
The New Adventures of Old Christine
The Adventures of Ozzy and Harriet
The Dresden Files
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Lano and Woodley
In the United States it was called Lois and Clark but in other places (including England) it went by its subtitle The New Adventures of Superman.
Seinfeld was originally going to be called The Seinfeld Chronicles, and that's still the official title of the pilot episode.
The Adventures of Superman
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
That Mitchell and Webb Look gives us The Surprising Adventures of Digby Chicken Caesar.

Video Games

The Misadventures of Tron Bonne
Sonic Chronicles
- Sonic Adventure
The Legend of Zelda
- Zelda II The Adventure Of Link
- The Legend Of Zelda Four Swords Adventures
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony. Somewhat subverted in that the main character is Gay Tony's Dragon.
The Adventures of Bayou Billy
Cosmos Cosmic Adventure
Adventures of Lolo
Julia's Time Adventures
Mario Adventure
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom

Web Animation

Web Comics

Web Original

Western Animation

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
The Adventures of Jonny Quest, The New Adventures of Jonny Quest, and The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest.
The Grim Adventures Of Billy And Mandy
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
Jackie Chan Adventures
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
The Adventures of Batman and Robin
Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog (a.k.a AoSTH)
The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
Adventure Time with Finn and Jake
The Goliath Chronicles
Iron Man: Armored Adventures
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
Gumby Adventures
The Life And Times Of Juniper Lee

Franchise Driven Retitling

Gory Deadly Overkill Title of Fatal Death

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