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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 verbing the noun.

Also known as "Gerund ProperNoun", as coined by Kevin Murphy.

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Examples:

• Becoming Jane
• Being John Malkovich
• Boxing Helena
• "Calling America"
• "Calling Dr. Love"
• Chasing Amy
• Chasing Liberty
• Consulting Mister Puppet
• Crossing Delancey
• Deconstructing Harry
• Desperately Seeking Susan
• Disregarding Joy — the title suggested by Tina Fey in a recent piece for the New Yorker 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.
• Downloading Nancy
• Driving Miss Daisy may have been the catalyst for this trope, which reached peak popularity in 1990's Hollywood feature films.
• Drowning Mona
• Eating Raoul
• Educating Rita
• Feeling Minnesota
• Finding Forrester
• House: "Finding Judas"
• Finding Nemo
• Finding Neverland
• Flogging Molly
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall
• Getting Gotti
• Guarding Tess
• Hating Alison Ashley
• Judging Amy
• Keeping Mum (a Double Meaning Title)
• Killing Mr. Griffin
• Killing Zoe
• Kissing Jessica Stein
• Knowing Me Knowing You With Alan Partridge
• Leaving Las Vegas
• Loving Annabelle
• Loving Jezebel
• Making Money (but not Going Postal, Moving Pictures or Interesting Times, thankfully)
• Owning Mahowny
• Presenting Lily Mars
• Raising Arizona
• Raising Hope
• Reading Lolita in Tehran
• Regarding Henry
• Romancing the Stone
• Saving Francesca
• Saving Grace
• Saving Private Ryan
• Saving Silverman
• Saving Zoë
• Serving Sara
• Stealing Harvard
• Teaching Mrs. Tingle
• Waking Ned Devine
• Droppin' Plates

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