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Not quite; Epunymous Title is when the pun is in the character's name. As the title is punning on sleigh, it fits this trope.
That's Dr. Title, thank you!
That's a great picture, and a truly awful caption (and not in a punny way).
The pun "slay/sleigh" has nothing to do with the character's name. Keep current.
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Agreed, that caption's not very good.
So, an Epunymous Title is a subtrope of Character Title and Pun-Based Title, but requires a character-based pun.
So, these examples on Pun-Based Title... should they be on Epunymous Title?
- The My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fanfic "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" does indeed ship Portmanteau Couple Name Twi Shynote .
- Mega Man: Defender of the Human Race has Episode 12, called "Fade to Black" which focuses on the character of Mr. Black, and Episode 13, "A Big Splash," which introduces Splash Woman.
- Lupine Tree is a pun on pine tree and both definitions of lupine: a flowering plant
that is similar to Jack's flowers, and wolves - fitting as Jack is a flowering, sapient timberwolf tree.
- Jack*Bot is a pun on "jackpot". This even extends to the actual jackpots, which are called "Jack*Bots".
- The Frontier Wrestling Alliance show where Naomichi Marufuji and Minoru Suzuki came in to regain the GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Titles from Doug Williams and Scorpio was called "NOAH Limits".
- Suburban Knights is a pun on "Suburbanites".
- The world of Worm contains a talk show called "Mornings with O, J and Koffi".
Only the Mega Man example seems to fit Epunymous Title. If I understand the trope correctly, you take the character's first or last name (unchanged) and combine it with some more words to create a coherent phrase which hides the fact that it contains a character name in the first place.
edited 24th Apr '17 8:34:09 PM by eroock
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Keep the current image, but get rid of that caption.
(Annoyed grunt)
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As there aren't any suggestions (or quality upgrades), keep current. Change or remove caption.
My suggestion (if only to provide a replacement):
That's Dr. Title, thank you!
Does "Won't you die by sleigh tonight?" work at all as a caption? It's almost what I want from a caption for this picture (a pun on a Christmas line that references sleighs), but I feel like the grammar doesn't quite work.
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It's grammatically correct, but since the title is punning on sleigh already, it seems a little redundant.
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It uses the poster of Santa's Slay, which actually is the subtrope, Epunymous Title.
A correct example, that isn't a subtrope, would be anything that isn't a Character Title.
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