This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
So, does anyone ever quote Blake poems other than "The Tyger" in titles? Seriously, the guy wrote more than one poem...
- More than half the examples are either from Watchmen or Discworld. Couldn't we organize these by referencing work instead of work referenced?
- No they aren't.
Micah: So, we have:
- Shakespeare: 58
- Bible: 26
- William Butler Yeats: 15
- William Blake: 7
- Robert Frost: 7
- Friedrich Nietzche: 6
- T. S. Eliot: 5
- Andrew Marvell: 5
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson: 5
- Lewis Carroll: 4
- John Donne: 4
- E. Y. Harburg: 4
- John Milton: 4
- Franklin D. Roosevelt: 4
- The Book of Common Prayer: 3
- Elvis Costello: 3
- Percy Bysshe Shelley: 3
I think I'm a little bit frightened by how close Yeats is to the Bible. Especially since it's practically all "The Second Coming"...
Joysweeper: No idea where to list these. In the earlier issues of Marvel Adventures: Avengers(currently my big Entry Pimp), there was something of a naming theme going on. "Finding Zemo", "A Not-So-Beautiful Mind", "Attack of the Fifty Foot Girl"(complete with an obvious homage on the cover to the poster), "The Avenging Seven", "From Russia With HATE", and probably a few more that I don't recognize. Does "Even A Hawkeye Can Cry" ring any bells?
Devil's Advocate: Removed "Furry Happy Monsters," as the song is an Affectionate Parody of R.E.M.'s "Shiny Happy People." I think parodies whose titles reference the works being parodied are outside the scope of this trope. Otherwise, you open the floodgates to probably 98% of all parodies.
Devil's Advocate: Question for discussion: Should biographical works (whether written or acted) be included? There's few if any here so far, but it occurs to me this is a very common way to name biographies, biopics, etc. If the subject is a writer, choose a line from the writer's works; if a performer (actor, musician), a line from a work they performed, etc. I can think of several off the top of my head; there's probably dozens if not hundreds if I went to look specifically for them. Do they qualify for this trope?
Prfnoff: Deleted for reasons listed in Older Than They Think:
