Basic Trope: Something is accurately described by its name.
- Straight: A film called Bob Becomes a Zombie is about Bob becoming a zombie.
- Exaggerated: The film is called A Guy Named Bob Is Bitten By a Zombie And Turns Into One Himself and this is literally all that happens in it.
- Justified: Bob is a very important figure and the film wants to document and inform the masses about this transformation perfectly.
- Inverted: The film is actually about a zombie becoming a guy named Bob.
- Subverted: Bob goes through several stages of the transformation, but then turns into a tomato.
- Double Subverted: ... and then he turns into a zombie. The tomato form was just an odd stage of the metamorphosis.
- Parodied: A TV show with a Word Salad Title is perfectly described by it.
- Deconstructed: Bob is the Sole Survivor of a Zombie Apocalypse and has just been bitten, the film goes into detail about how tragic living like a zombie is as he struggles through his infection.
- Zig Zagged: Some scenes revolve around Bob's infection while others are about something completely different.
- Averted: The film is named Bob. The title is related to the film, but you would be able to tell what it's about without watching it.
- Enforced: "How are people going to know what the show is about without an accurate name?"
- Lampshaded: "The title clearly states 'Bob Becomes a Zombie!' What did you think would happen?"
- Invoked: "We want to make sure that the audience isn't confused when watching this...Let's give it a descriptive name!"
- Defied: "Damn it, no! I won't let that stupid title be true!"
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "Ah, I love it when movies spell out what's in them in the title."
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