Title Drops in Fan Fiction and other Fan Works.
Crossovers
- Chapter 2 of Ed, Edd, 'n Pony
title drops both the crossover itself and one of the series involved, which is immediately lampshaded afterwards:Edd: So, it looks like another Mis-edventure for Ed, Edd n Eddy, right?
Ed: More like Ed, Edd, 'n Pony!
Eddy: Hey, Ed, you dropped something! - Elements of Justice: A Hollow Diamond has the title be dropped in the narration."It was a hollow feeling for Diamond Tiara."
- Chapter 9 of the sequel to The First Saniwa, 折檻諫言 – Sekkankangen (harshly reprimanding one's superior), where Shoyō forcibly binds and gags Izuminokami, whom he unknowingly thinks is his master who has been lost, with magic ink. Part of the ink turns into these four kanji floating around a tied-up Izuminokami.
- A Game of Cat and Cat: Yoko Belnades uses this phrase to describe to the rookies of the Agency of Supernatural Investigation what hunting a Demon Summoner, as opposed to the phrase "a game of cat and mouse".
- The God Empress of Ponykind has Celestia refer to herself as such as part of a Badass Boast during her and Luna's fight with the Windigos in the Warp, and several other times when in battle.
- Likewise, the sequel The Warmistress of Equestria does this as well, with the title being Luna's official rank in the Equestrian military.
- Last Child of Krypton: In the last scene of the rewrite Asuka informs Shinji that "[He] will not be the Last Child of Krypton for much longer".
- The title of Necessary to Win is repeated fairly often, and in various contexts, but other chapter titles are also referenced in the work.
- In Chapter 4, Nodoka, while thinking about how difficult winning the tournament in order to convince her father to let her stay at Oarai will be, thinks of the upcoming practice match as "a small step upward" for the sake of accomplishing the greater task before her.
- In Chapter 7, Maho thinks, "Despite the odds" against Miho, she's glad Miho is doing tankery again.
- In Chapter 18, both Kinue and Maho express a desire to win the semifinals "For my sister's sake".
- Paper Mario X 2 title drops not the crossover itself, but one of the series involved in itnote :Chest: That must mean you're the hero of legend!
Link: If you mean Legend of Zelda, then sure! - Point Me at the Skyrim: It happens in "Candlelight 2.4", while Victoria is consulting a map:He unfolded the map in front of me, eyes over the top of the paper. "Can you point me at the Skyrim part of it?"
- Stars Above follows Madoka's naming pattern, with each chapter title culled from a line of dialogue. The title itself is dropped twice in Chapter 5.
- Turnabout Storm title drops not the crossover itself, but both series involved in it, in different opportunities.Phoenix: Sorry, but I don't believe you, my little pony. Not for a single solitary second.
Sonata: I don't know what kind of trials and tribulations you've been through, but you're not changing my opinion. - The last lines of both parts of Until the End of Time:Anne never forgot him, though... not until the end of time.
And they would always be together, until the end of time.
- In Ich Liebe Dich, Doc and Marty use the words "Ich Liebe Dich" on the other while they're asleep. It means, "I love you" in German.
- Examples from The Calvinverse:
- The fifth chapter of Calvin and Hobbes Get XTREME! ends with the titular song: "Eye of the Hobbes".
- From Calvin and Hobbes II: Lost at Sea:Calvin: I wish Dad would put me on my OWN boat.
Mom: Don't be silly, Calvin. If you were on a separate boat, you'd get lost out at sea! - Chapter 5 is titled "NOT AGAIN!", which the duo scream at the end of it.
- Calvin & Hobbes: The Series' narrator does this in "The Black Turning Funnel Part 1":There seemed to be [a] black turning funnel swirling across the landscape.
- Hobbes does this in Part 2 as well. It's even capitalized.Hobbes: I was just thinking. Remember that dream I had this morning? It was about a funnel, remember? We actually saw and fought against a funnel! A Black Turning Funnel!
- From the end of "Two Loons and a Kid":It was truly a magnificent day for the two loons and the kid.
- From "The Case of the Rogue Water Balloon":Calvin: Huh. I could have sworn we were on a very important mission...
Hobbes: I'm drawing a blank.
Calvin: NOW I remember! We were on The Case of the Rogue Water Balloon. - A rather poorly-done example - the oddly named "Nighty Shut Up!" only makes sense when you read this exchange:"Okay," said Hobbes, and he left. "Nighty night."
"Nighty shut up." Calvin spat. - From "Mission: S": Calvin: Come on guys! Mission: Socrates is now in effect!
- The Recursive Fanfiction The Pez Dispenser and the Reign of Terror has Chapter 9, titled "Claw Gloves Are For Saps!", which is dropped by Socrates when he taunts his Evil Knockoff.
- In The Mystery of Conan Edogawa, Ran engages in an extensive investigation attempt to prove to herself and to Conan/Shinichi the truth of his identity, despite the latter's attempts to throw her off. Towards the end, when she shares with him her findings and the truth comes out, the chapter ends with her telling him "how she solved the mystery of Conan Edogawa."
- In the Wally/Kuki fic Sleep Tight, it is dropped in the middle of the fic:"Sweet dreams, you two," Numbuh 5 called. She overheard their conversation, and now stood in the doorway with Numbuh 2, a wicked grin spread across her face. "Don't have too much fun out here!"
"Yeah!" Numbuh 2 joined in. "Sleep tight!" The two snickered as Numbuh 4 glared at them, then quickly started off toward their separate rooms.- And at the end of the fic:"Sleep tight," he whispered, and, after gently kissing the top of her head, Wally joined Kuki in dreamland.
- And at the end of the fic:
- Danganronpa: Last Hurrah: Near the end, the mastermind's Final Speech describes the execution as "my last hurrah".
- At the end of the final trial in Despair's Last Resort, when the mastermind Saemi is about to commence her execution:"You really should've let him kill me, because now I'm gonna die my way! Or am I? Even if despair's last resort has failed, that doesn't mean you've won just yet! After all, Junko still has a successor!"
- Three-Point Shot gets its title from the point at which the fic diverges from canon - Kokichi says this line in the first scene after picking up the shot put ball and throwing it onto the bookshelf, enabling the group to realize that Kaede didn't kill Rantaro. It's also repeated as the last line of dialogue.
- Hellsister Trilogy: It happens at the end of the "Hellsister" story arc when Supergirl destroys Satan Girl:<Hellsister,> said Supergirl, <go to Hell.>
- The last chapter of Kara of Rokyn's story arc "Last Waltz with Luthor" has Superman state:Superman: Lex and I, we've done a strange dance for thirty years or so. I'm not sure who was leading, most of the time. We always wondered how long the dance would last. Now, I know. Lex Luthor and I... we’ve just had our last waltz, Lois.
- In chapter 17 of Superman of 2499: The Great Confrontation, three characters argue their family's state:"We think there's a breakup coming in the Family," said Fin. "Klar on one side, George, Irinia, Sy, and, yes, Adam on the other. I don't know when it's coming, but I'm afraid we're headed for a confrontation. A very, very great confrontation."
- In Death Note II: The Hidden Note, when Near realizes he's been Out-Gambitted:Near: It was the hidden note.
KJ: The hidden what?
Near: It was the hidden note. - There is a subtle one in Kira Is Justice: When Justin decides to experiment with the Death Note, one of the victims yell out the words, "Kira is justice!" in a prison cafeteria before dropping dead. It is very amusing.
- Kira, Sweetheart: in Misa's Stalker Shrine to Kira:Girlie, heart-shaped stickers stuck to the glass of the picture proclaiming Light to be a "darling" and a "sweetheart."
- The Teacher of All Things does it in chapter 20, titled "Experience Is", by opening the chapter with the Julius Caesar quote "Experience is the teacher of all things".
- Dragon Ball Z Abridged's 2010 Christmas Special: The Christmas Tree of MightSlay: It is time to plant The Tree...of Might...the Christmas Tree of Might...
Jinga & Beru: Ohhhhh...title drop! - The Warrior's Daughter: It happens in the aftermath of the final battle, when Gohan ponders on Bulla's actions.The daughter of Vegeta, the cold and calculated man. The warrior's daughter. She would trade her life for his, for everyone's, and would do it without second guessing.
- The Fire Emblem: Awakening fanfic Cycle has this in Chapter 11, where Lucina refers to the time loops caused by original Robin as 'cycles'. Most likely because original Robin also referred to them as such.
- Chapter 2 of the Fire Emblem: Three Houses fanfic The Ghost of Ochs has Monica complain to Flayn that she can't be dead even though her father thinks she is, saying:Monica: ...if I'm not 'legally alive', but I'm still 'technically alive', does that make me some kind of...ghost?
- Forward drops its title at the end of the "Mosaic" story arc, with Mal telling River what direction they have to keep going in.
- Brilliancy, the second installment of the Elemental Chess Trilogy, gets a Title Drop in Grumman's final line of dialogue. He remarks to Madame Christmas that if they play the game well, it "could be a true brilliancy." (A brilliancy is a game of chess which is played with exceptional finesse and skill.)
- My Master Ed: At the end of Chapter 4, a young Van Hohenheim accepts a challenge from Edward to try and hit him, but he fails. When Ed tells Van to give up and accept the lesson bestowed upon him, Van asks, "And what exactly is the lesson, my master Ed?"
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi / The Untamed
- In Chapter 2 of The Lost Cause, Nie Huaisang calls himself one of these with regards to his inability to take anything seriously. Ironically, the fic follows his progression through a scheme that proves he is anything but.
- Half-Life: Full Life Consequences: John Freeman got on his motorcycle and said "its time for me to live up to my family name and face full life consequences"
- Chapter 9 of Apex Predator specifically refers to Veela as "apex predators" in the sense of them being sexual beings specifically evolved to take control of males and seduce them.
- dead things:
- By Hermione when suspicious about Harry being The Necromancer.Give me someone who can tell me you weren't there raising dead things.
- By Lily Potter while in Limbo and repeated by the narrative in the fanfic's very last line.Dead things can't die twice.
- By Hermione when suspicious about Harry being The Necromancer.
- I Have A Feeling You Won't Regret It:Susan: She hasn't said anything to me yet, but we've known each other our whole lives, I can see it when she's with you. She likes you and I'd bet my family's entire Gringotts vault you like her too.
Harry: Don't people normally try to be a bit more subtle by trying to drop hints about that kind of thing?
Susan: Some people like that but Hannah always gets nervous about admitting her crushes and with you it'll be worse since she still isn't totally over her guilt from how she treated you so she'll never make the first move and boys are usually too clueless about the subtle hints they get sent. Hannah's my best friend, I want her to be happy and I think you two would be good together. If I'm right that you like her too then you should tell her, I have a feeling you won't regret it. - It All Started With a Visit to Gringotts:Dudley: So what does the all powerful wizard need my help with?
Harry: I would need to start at the beginning and it's a pretty long story.
Dudley: Well as I said mom and dad are not here for another four days.
Harry: Well, it all started with a visit to Gringotts... - In Chapter 45 of The Parselmouth of Gryffindor, Hermione is referred to as such... as part of her Resurrection Ritual.
- In Something Wasn't Right So We Left, Lily folds this into her "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Dumbledore.Lily: You know this was always going to be the way of things, Albus. If you hadn't been such a glory and power hog, obsessed with your 'Greater Good' plans for dominating the world; you could've been enjoying your remaining days as a school headmaster teaching the future generations of students. I hope that you take the time given to you while you waste away under the effects of this permanent Draught of Living Death to come to terms with your actions. From the moment that you condescendingly informed us of the Prophecy, we knew something wasn't right so we left. We worked hard to make a new life here in the New World so I guess I should say that something wasn't right so we fixed it.
- Trust Me Love:Luna: You should open up to him.
Rasalas: I'm not sure, I struggle with feelings sometimes.
Luna: Feelings are not supposed to be understood, they are to be felt and appreciated. He will love you and you, him. If either of you do not already. You don't have to trust yourself, humans are fallible and we must be prepared to take the fall, but we were all children once and when we are knocked down we merely cried and then got up to try again. As adults we should just have to do as children do but we must also learn to lean on others. Even if it is just once, lean on me. Trust me love. - Who Dares Wins:Lily: It was latin. She said 'Ad Fine Belli, Qui Audet, Vincit.'
Alice: What the hell does that mean?
Lily: At the end of the war, who dares, wins.
- In contrast to its inspiration, You Got HaruhiRolled! waits until its ninth chapter to include a sketch about rickrolling. But once it does, this trope is inevitable:Student Council President: "It's worse than that, Kimidori! WE'VE BEEN HARUHIROLLED!"
- Do You Believe in Fairies?: In chapter 4, Evelyn asks Renee "Do you believe in fairies? In the magical tree and how much Castanet is connected to it?".
- Johanna Mason: They Will Never See Me Cry:
- The opening and closing scenes both have Johanna mentally vowing that her Capitol enemies will never get to see her cry, whether in response to losing tributes or being tortured.
- Several chapters are titled after a phrase Johanna thinks or someone says in the chapter (Finnick tells Johanna "welcome to the brothel" in the chapter with the same name where she is dealing with being pimped out, etc.).
- For the Glory of Irk has Zim use the title as the closing line of his Rousing Speech in Chapter 29.
- In Short Supply features one in Chapter 29, when Red muses that "even for the Control Brains, information about Purple was in short supply." The title is actually supposed to be a pun on the Irkens' height-based society, though, and how Irkens of certain heights are much rarer than they should be.
- The Violet Demon: The title refers to Gaz's Red Baron in the Gladiator Games on Areax IV.
- Queen of All Oni has Jade refer to herself by the title a couple of times.
- Queen of Shadows: The title is the most commonly used title of the Queen of the Shadowkhan.
- The title of The Ultimate Evil comes from the name Lo Pei uses to refer to Shendu like in canon. However, the last chapter has Valerie Payne using the title to describe her action of doing nothing about the cruelties of the rewritten reality while she was under Shendu's sway.Valerie: I was just so caught up in my own love story that I ignored the suffering and misery of my own species... My father once told me something... evil is not the act, but those who stand by and watch. Shendu committed unspeakable horrors, but I did nothing. I committed the ultimate evil by simply allowing it to happen.
- Horseshoes and Hand Grenades has Gentaro state the title as part of its original idiom against Yamada.Gentaro: You know what they say, 'Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
- The Touch of Green Fire has a Finale Title Drop with the lines: "She was forever doomed to live an extraordinary life, to love in an extraordinary way and to be in love with an extraordinary woman. She was forever changed by the Touch of Green Fire."
- Beyond the Borders: Repeatedly, to the point of being more like a Running Gag than anything.
- Chapter 1: The world, or what was left of it, was much smaller. Suspiciously boss-battle-arena sized, in fact. Beyond the borders of the tiny chunk of land, all she could see was the void.
- Chapter 2: ... and Sora made a small incision into the void, allowing Jiminy to see what was beyond the border.
- Chapter 4: In a fraction of one single second, Rachel's mind and soul were pushed beyond the borders...
- Chapter 5: "...as long as she doesn't try going beyond the borders of this room or the en suite there, that is."
- A Different Lesson technically drops its title right with the opening blurb ("Can a father undo his past mistakes? Perhaps, if the snow leopard can be taught... A Different Lesson"), but it is properly referenced at least three times in the fic itself—the first time during the training on Wu Dan where it emphasizes what Tai Lung has to do differently and how he should view the world and his place in it if he wants to be a hero, the last time at the very end when he is reflecting back on everything he's gone through. The second time, in a sinister variation, is spoken by the Big Bad, implying what he will offer if Tai Lung joins him.
- Better Off Not Knowing, regarding preteen viewpoint character Hakini:She'd asked her parents, once, about the people who'd brought her into the world. They hadn't been told names—only that they were better off not knowing.
- The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker drops the title of its chapters in that respective chapter, or at least a very close variation of it. For example, "Meat At The Butchers" uses the simile "like meat at the butchers", but "Congregating Seagulls" uses "seagulls congregating".
- In The Nightmare House, the end of the prologue is "Welcome to... the Nightmare House."
- In Judgment Day's Not Coming, the title is a reference to Signum coming back time and time again, most recently after her defeat at Cypha's hands, and is the last words in the fic.Cypha: I killed you. You're dead. I rarely get the chance to kill someone twice.
Signum: If you bothered to have any conception of my history, you would know what it means to be a Wolkenritter. My judgment day's not coming.
- FIRE! (DarkMark): The tragic event which this fanfic is named after is mentioned several times. In the third chapter:A voice came from its speaker. "Password," it demanded.
Gary Gilbert answered it.
"Fire," he said.
- In Back To Us, following Chat Noir's very long-awaited Heel–Face Turn, he asks Ladybug how she could ever forgive him after the way he hurt her. Her response: "Because we're partners, chaton. No matter what, we're always meant to be partners. So, though you strayed for a while... I think you were always meant to come back to me. Back to us."
- Who You Know has Alya tell Marinette "In life, it's all about who you know, and Lila is someone people dream of knowing." Marinette later echoes the sentiment, while Alya can only watch and regret:Marinette: She knows someone with a lot of big connections. It's all about who you know, right?
- A Clear Pattern of Behavior centers around Katsuki facing consequences for his Barbaric Bullying. During the denouncement, Principal Nedzu reflects that he loves having a clear pattern of behavior and the paper trail to prove it right before making Katsuki's expulsion official.
- In From Muddy Waters, Izuku remembers asking his mother if he's a terrible person for receiving Quirks from the people his father, All For One, has murdered. She assures Izuku that he's anything but, insisting that he's like a lotus flower that rises from "muddy water" to reveal its pure, beautiful bloom.
- Keep Your Friends Close features a title drop in Chapter 5:Shinso: Why did you ask me to be on your team? Why did you come to me, if you knew I was only going to betray you?
Izuku: (with a bitter smile) You know the saying. Keep your friends close. (barely a murmur) As for your enemies... - King draws its title from the Hero Name Katsuki originally wanted to give himself: King Explosion Murder. Izuku throws this name in his face while confronting him. The part omitted from the title reflects how Katsuki murdered a man, and how U.A. is covering up the incident.
- Chapter 9 of Maelstrom is titled "I am (Left to the Maelstrom)", after a song by Koethe.
- Statistic: When Izuku mysteriously fails to show up at Aldera Middle School one day, the apathetic and openly biased teachers suggest that he's become "just another statistic" and taken his own life. Toshinori, who's been working undercover as a new hire, recognizes this as an anti-Quirkless dogwhistle.
- Viridian: The Green Guide: Early in Chapter 4, Tsukauchi mentions to Shota Aizawa that Izuku had been nicknamed "The Green Guide" by the heroes he encountered. Later on, after Izuku saves Hina Yu from a rapist, she decides to give him the name of 'Viridian' when trying to come up with a headline for a news story about him.
- Toward the end of Perfection Is Overrated:Shizuru: Being perfect or having something that is perfect are things people often strive for, but they are things that are impossible to reach. Not only is it difficult to define, but frankly, perfection is overrated. You never have to improve yourself, struggle against your weaknesses, or learn how to understand yourself or the ones you love.
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- Address Unknown (Remedy) has Derpy give this monologue after Twilight agrees to search for a spell that will fix her eyes, despite admitting there may not be one.Derpy: You know, occasionally when I'm delivering mail I get a letter addressed to a place that doesn't exist; maybe somepony moved, or maybe somepony miswrote the address. When we get those letters, we just send them back to where they came from and move on to the next destination. There is nothing we can do in the Post Office to make that address appear. Maybe that same thing will happen with fixing my eyes. Maybe there is no answer; maybe there is no fix. It doesn't mean we can’t look, but if it's not there, then it's just an 'address unknown'. If no answer exists, then I can move on without any regrets.
- A Diplomatic Visit: Almost in chapter 15, when Swift-Pad says "this diplomatic visit".
- "With this power, I can do anything! I could easily do a Sonic Rainboom! Even a... Double Rainboom!"
- Earth and Sky does this with literally the last sentence of the story, at Applejack and Soarin's wedding."Earth and Sky were joined together in love, joy, and harmony."
- Getting Back on Your Hooves: Checker Monarch drops the title several times when plotting against Trixie.
- Since The Immortal Game was renamed halfway through, it has two examples of title dropping:
- For the original title: "Ponies Make War" is the name of a book on war magic written by a famous ancestor of Twilight's.
- For the new title: "The Immortal Game" is how Celestia and Titan both refer to their Cosmic Chess Game.
- "The longer you ignore your Inner Demons, the stronger they become."
- In Marionettes, it turns out the title is what the robot ponies, Trixie included, are called.
- Message In A Bottle Starscribe: "Welcome to Othar", while Lucky Break tries to explain humanity's colonization project:"Think of the spell like... writing a letter, putting it into a bottle, and throwing it into the ocean. It drifts for years, until somepony finds it. If nobody finds it, the spell inside lands on the beach, turns the sand into more bottles, and throws itself back into the ocean. The message floats along until it finds someone friendly.
- In chapter 20 of Rites of Ascension, Princess Luna drops this when warning Twilight Sparkle to face any coming troubles in order to minimize their damage to others:Twilight Sparkle, the Rites of Ascension are yours and yours alone to endure. Anypony else that tries will be ground to dust by the gears of fate.
- Past Sins: The Road Home: In "You Hit a Rock", it's a line from Maud Pie about what caused the protagonists' train journey to stop:Maud Pie: You hit a rock.
- Ruin Value features Celestia scavenging through the ruins of a city After the End. When Discord shows up, he remarks on the ruin value of the city while praising its desolate beauty."It is beautiful, in a horrible sort of way. The city has some real ruin value, don't you think? Not unlike the Colosseum, or those ancient cities in the desert. Why, future generations will come to see the ancient cities and marvel over their architecture, never dreaming of what they looked like when they were still, you know, painted." He leaned over to nudge Celestia with his elbow. "Burned concrete and melted steel will be all the rage in a few centuries."
- The Stars Will Aid Their Escape has Twilight drop the title while fighting off the insanity inflicted on her and piecing together Herald's plan to release the Outer Gods.
- Tangled Up In Blues: The protagonist is told, and later states several times that his entire life is going to be, you guessed it, tangled up in blues.
- In What a Strange Little Colt, Princess Celestia murmurs the titular line upon first meeting Gabriel.
- Each chapter of Whispers drops its title somewhere.
- Why Am I Crying?: At the end of the third Scootaloo chapter, Scootaloo comforts Silver Spoon after she tried to kill herself out of Survivor's Guilt for when Diamond Tiara died saving her from getting hit by a carriage; she feels a tear fall down her face and thinks the following...Why am I crying? Is it for Diamond Tiara? Silver Spoon? Myself? Or...does it really matter?
- The World is Filled with Monsters: In "Act II: Maplebridge", when Vermillion is trying to impress on Cloud Fire the gravity of the threat Equestria is facing, he starts off by telling him that "the world is filled with monsters, Cloudy".
- The Writing on the Wall:
- Adventurer Archaeologist Daring Do does a title drop when she speculates about the contents of the then untranslated writing on the wall of an Ancient Tomb she is exploring:"Well," Daring said, "looking scary is the first line of defense for a lot of old tombs. Obviously, anyone with wings gets over the thorns easily. So, either there were no intelligent species with wings back then or that's why those thorns are there." On a sudden impulse, she screwed up her courage and decided to try something she'd never done before: needling the professor. "Y'know, with that in mind, if this place is anything like others I've seen, I can pretty much tell you what the writing on the wall says."
"Oh? Do tell."
Daring leaned back on her hind legs and haunches, and waved her forelegs like a mad prophet. "'This is the tomb of the great and terrible So-and-So! Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair! Whosoever steals the treasure will face the gods' curse, and the sky will fall on their heads, et cetera'." She stood back up and waved a hoof dismissively. "See enough of these, and you can pretty much guess what they say." - As is usual with this trope, the writing on the wall is actually very significant, even though Daring Do is absolutely right about it being intended to scare away tomb robbers. Too bad the reason it was trying to scare away tomb robbers is because it isn't a tomb, but a building meant to contain something very dangerous. The writing was not a curse, but a warning as to what would happen to those who went inside.
- Adventurer Archaeologist Daring Do does a title drop when she speculates about the contents of the then untranslated writing on the wall of an Ancient Tomb she is exploring:
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
- In Catarina Claes MUST DIE!, The fanfic's title is dropped in Chapter 8.Henrietta: [angrily writing down in her notebook] Today made me realize that this world is just as cruel as the previous one. That vile woman Claes has managed to cheat her destruction again. She should've been exiled, or preferrably, dead by now, and yet she isn't. Whatever has happened to the universe to allow that villainess to avoid facing justice for her evil ways must be corrected. After hearing the situation yesterday with how many people Claes has poisoned, I have decided to act. The future of the Academy, and the future of Sorcier, is in the balance! I cannot wait for the universe to right itself. Action must be taken now! And to save the future, there is only one possible solution. Catarina Claes MUST DIE!
- Not long after Parasite_Ib started narrating Fortune_Lover_(TGS Beta)(SARU_rip)[T+Eng0.75_Sincere].zip, she mentions the titular file she downloaded. She then followed it with a detailed explanation of the naming system used in pirated ROM files. (Long story short, she experienced a very strange Game Mod.)
- The first chapter of I Am NOT Going Through Puberty Again! has Naruto threatening to kill whoever sent him, Sasuke, Sakura, and Hinata back in time:Naruto: Fuck causality, fuck the laws of nature. I don't even care about that garbage anymore... multiverse theory or some shit, I don't know...but I AM NOT GOING THROUGH PUBERTY AGAIN!
- In Son of the Sannin, Rock Lee gives Naruto the titular epithet when he introduces himself at the beginning of the Chunin Exams arc:Lee: YOSH! My name is Rock Lee! While I can't use ninjutsu nor genjutsu, I will prove the world that I can be a powerful ninja using nothing but taijutsu! And what better way to achieve my goal than by beating Naruto, the son of the Sannin, and Sasuke, the Uchiha genius! So, who wants to go first?
- True Potential: Chapter 76 is titled "Takigakure no Kyūseishu", which means "the saviors of Takigakure". At the end of that chapter, this is what Shibuki calls the Konoha shinobi when they're leaving Taki after they defended the village against an invasion from the Akatsuki.
- Advice and Trust: Asuka does a title drop in chapter 8 when she decides to trust Misato with an important secret the three main characters have been keeping:Asuka: But on the advice and trust of my beloved baka, I'm willing to trust you not to take this to NERV.
- Doing It Right This Time: After waking up in the past Asuka laughs and exclaims:Asuka: It's a do-over, [...] It's a motherfucking do-over! [...] I'm gonna do it right this time.
- I don't want to forget: Every title of each chapter is enunciated at some key point of their respective chapters. Also, in the second-to-last chapter, Asuka mumbles: "His face... those feelings.... They are something that....I DON'T WANT TO FORGET"
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: Genocide:
- In chapter 11: "Otherwise, well, genocide destroys more than people. It destroys dreams and hopes and witnesses."
- And again in chapter 15, courtesy of the Emerald Tablet's Motive Rant: "All of your so-called bounds, your contacts with one another, even you are kind and loving — they only lead to death. Physical death. Mental death. Spiritual death. Your very existence is a continuous genocide!"
- Read the Fine Print: At the end of the first chapter, titled "Just Call Me Agatha", Asuka reveals Shinji she is his childhood pen pal by saying "Hello Shinji. Just call me Agatha."
- All Mixed Up!: Oscar drops the title twice when having a frustrated outburst about how the case of agents being anagrammed is impossible to solve, leading into Otto's "Eureka!" Moment where he also drops the title numerous times.Oscar: I don't get this! We've spent four whole days trying to solve this case, and no matter what we do or find out, we get nowhere! It's all mixed up whatever we-
Otto: Hold on. Say that again.
Oscar: What? That it's all mixed up?
Otto: (thinking) All mixed up...all mixed up...all mixed- oh. Oh. Oh my God. Oh my God, that's IT!
- The penultimate line of the first chapter of This Bites! has this line from Cross bemoaning his situation after Soundbite chomps on his rear.Cross: It's official... this bites...
- In the final chapter of A Fistful of Dragonite, Jim produces an actual fistful of Dragonite gold which he recovered from the mine before it collapsed.
- In chapter 44 of There's No One Like You, Luz proposes to Amity at Lucia and Amelia's wedding. Amity accepts, saying:Amity: Luz, there's no one quite like you.
- A Fool Named Fortune does this in chapter 39, with a small dose of Heroic Self-Deprecation.
- In this Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time fanfic, both the title of the movie and the title of the fic are dropped.
- The custom level series Black Heart drops titles for a few individual levels. Jestar Heart says he'll bring the world to "A New Dawn" under his control, and Solario's debut level describes him as trying to avoid "Total Destruction".
- In chapter 13 of the Pokémon: The Series fanfic The Dark Side of Innocence, after being broken down, Mondo wonders if he was ever really as sweet as he seemed and if he ever truly was innocent. To that Meowth replies with "Maybe. Or maybe everything has a dark side... even innocence."
- In Little Piggy Tears, the title is dropped as Ryouga runs away crying after seeing Ranma and Akane having sex.
- Done twice for the title and more than a few times for the subtitle of With Strings Attached, or The Big Pink Job, as one of the nicknames the four give the Vasyn is exactly that.
- Several of the chapter names are title drops.
- The final line of In the Kingdom's Service reveals the name of the organization replacing the Vale Secret Service: The Kingdom's Service.
- Three times in the third episode of Children of Time's finale, though the second and third times are Sherlock Holmes and the Doctor using Moriarty's phrase:Moriarty: And now you wish me to pay the price... because I touched your companions. Your... Children of Time.
Holmes: We Children of Time, we are weapons... weapons you fashion against yourself. You want us to be strong enough to stop you.
Doctor: No! No, not weapons! Never weapons... If you want to say you're Children of Time, you are that...
- In By the Fire's Light, the title of the story ends up being the title of a book Connor Russell writes about the Slender Man.
- In Created Equal, the speech Metal Sonic gave after Eggman's death:"Flesh and blood have no purpose in this place. God made all men equal and men destroyed their gods. A man created me to be equal and I have destroyed that man. I laid waste to his empire of dust. Now I rule the empire of dust. And I will lay hands on that dust and create my own posterity. And I shall hold them to my single inglorious propositon; all robots are not Created Equal..."
- In Frenzy, Shadow tells Sonic "You're in a frenzy!" when he's unable to stop Sonic's mania.
- I've Got Your Back:
- Pearl tells Marina "I got your back now" in the second chapter.
- In the third chapter, Marina tells Pearl "I've got your back as well" during a Turf War.
General
- In the fanseries Hidden Frontier, Commodore Cole drops the title of the show in the middle of a speech she gives in the sixth season premiere, as the blockade of starships is about to go into battle with the Tholians and the Breen who just started a war with the Federation.
Star Trek Online
- The Star Trek Online fic The Universe Doesn't Cheat has one when Eleya and T'Var are arguing with the proctors at the end of the Kobayashi Maru test.Eleya: It wasn’t a fair test, sir.
Cdr. Suvik: The universe is not fair, Commander Kanril.
T'Var: Your logic is fallacious, sir.
Cdr. Hackett: Excuse me?
Eleya: False analogy fallacy. The universe doesn't cheat. - To Absent Friends has Eleya offer the fic title (and trope name) in a toast to the 45 names on the USS Bajor's memorial wall.Eleya: (raises glass of Romulan ale) To absent friends. Rest with the Prophets.
- I Will Not Bow: Ren does this in his narration after killing the first floor boss:Ren: (narration) I will not give up. I will not let this game beat me. I will not bow to this system called SAO.
- Jewel of Darkness has the title used by Canon!Raven to address Midnight during their fight.
- The first chapter of The Brother's Grimm is titled "The Brother Returns", and those exact words are dropped whenever a character is discussing the arrival of Emily's brother Bernard.
- Chapter 2 is titled "The Stirling Duo", with those words being used whenever a character describes the duo of Emily and Bernard.
- Chapter 4 is titled "Grumpy Meddling", and those words are used to describe the Grumpy Passenger's actions. The title of the fic itself is dropped in the same chapter, when the engines are wondering if things will get better for Bernard.
- In Cruel to Be Kind, the title is dropped by the Fat Controller while watching David leave.
- Goodbye to Yesterday: The title is dropped by Thomas when he decides to make up with Emily:Thomas: Well, days don't always go the way we want them to go. And with that, the day is slowly coming to a close and I am waiting for Emily to arrive... I've thought about my life with her. The good times, the bad times, the wonderful times... and even the horrific times, like what happened yesterday, and I have decided... we are way too special to break up! Breaking up would destroy us! No! There's a way out of this storm! The angel needs the demon to protect her and the demon needs the angel to calm him! All will be well soon, and I say…Goodbye to Yesterday! Yesterday was a ruined and awful experience, but the two of us will be put right!
- Chapter 3 is called "Work Before Play", and the phrase is dropped several times as Thomas and Emily have to be reminded to focus on their work instead of their relationship.
- In High Stress Express, the title is dropped several times throughout the story - to name one example, Gordon uses those exact words when asking Rebecca how she feels about the day's schedule.
- The title of Imitation Steamrollers is dropped several times, mostly as an insult by George.
- In Love is All You Need, Emily drops the title while explaining to Thomas why she's rejecting his marriage proposal.
- In O Mother, Where Art Thou?, Percy drops the title while wondering how long Emily will be away from Sodor.
- Chapter 7 is titled "The Rise of Rider", with those exact words being dropped near the end of it.
- In Old Habits Die Hard, the title is dropped by Molly while talking to James about his recent behaviour.
- In No Engine is an Island, Rheneas drops the title while discussing how to help Luke with his panic attacks.
- In Of Passion and Paint, the title is dropped near the end of the story.
- In This is Halloween, the title is dropped by Emily before she heads to the Ironworks.
- In Until Death Do Us Part, the title is dropped several times.
- For Want of a Mohawk: Occurs at the end of Chapter 18 following Noah's elimination.As (the boat) pulled away from the dock, he left behind a place that had changed him. Against all odds, his time on Wawanakwa had been valuable. He couldn't possibly understand how unlikely it was any of it ever happened. That, were it not for the absence of one punk, his time on the island would have been short, uneventful, and ended bitterly. He would have had no best friend to call up after the show was done. He would have never met the girl who changed his entire world.
Daring heists, life and death situations, love and loss, even his petty feud with Beth. All of it, just for want of a mohawk. - In The Legend of Total Drama Island, the chapter-opening boilerplate drops the title of the canonical Total Drama season (Season 1, Total Drama Island) that the story is reimagining.That evening, after they had dined and Brett had attended to his homework, Brett asked his mother to tell him more about her experience on Total Drama Island.
- In The Brilliant Light Of Day has Shinmyoumaru thinking to herself, after seeing just how beautiful Gensokyo was:"She couldn't keep this paradise from her people any longer. Shinmyoumaru needed to bring the inchling race outside, and let them live under the sun’s warm light, eternally bathed in the brilliant light of day."
- In I Will Survive, a Zootopia fan comic, Nick decides to leave Judy after she insists on getting an abortion. As he's almost out the door, his final line drops the title of the comic."Don't worry. I will survive."
Other/Unsorted
- In Fantendo: Playing War, before Sandslash transforms into Sandsmash and is consequently knocked out, Sunnyscythe utters "Let's play war...". There's actually a couple more of these, another by Sunnyscythe and yet another by Fantasma.
- Mercilessly parodied in Better Call Saul: The Chicanery Cut, where every possible opportunity to say "Breaking Bad", "Better Call Saul", or the name of an episode from either, is taken.Walt: "I'm Breaking Bad."
Saul: "Well then, you Better Call Saul."
