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* [[CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase/{{Literature}} Literature and the Words That Fuels Imagination]]

* The English titles of ''[[WesternAnimation/TadTheLostExplorer Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas]]''[[note]]The original Spanish title (translated to ''Tad Jones 2: The Secret of King Midas'') follows the OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo format instead.[[/note]]

* The English titles of ''[[WesternAnimation/TadTheLostExplorer Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas]]''[[note]]The original Spanish title follows the OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo format instead.[[/note]]

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!!The Trope and the Examples:

* ''Literature/AgathaHAndTheAirshipCity'', ''Literature/AgathaHAndTheClockworkPrincess'', ''Literature/AgathaHAndTheVoiceOfTheCastle'', and ''Literature/AgathaHAndTheSiegeOfMechanicsburg'' the four thus far completed literary adaptations of ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''.
* The four books of the [[Literature/AlcatrazSeries Hushland biographies of Alcatraz Smedry]]: ''Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians'', ''Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones'', ''Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia'', and ''Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens''.
* Children's novels ''Literature/AlexAndTheIronicGentleman'' and ''Timothy and the Dragon's Gate'' by Adrienne Kress.
* Two of the Megamorphs ''{{Literature/Animorphs}}'' books were the variant type. “Elfangor’s Secret” and “The Andalite’s Gift”
* After the first, the ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' books follow this form. They were originally subtitles, but have switched to the "and the" format since the new covers came out.
* ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' series loved this trope.
* Harry Potter is spoofed in the ''Literature/BarryTrotter'' parody trilogy: ''Barry Trotter and the Shameless/Unauthorized Parody'', ''Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel'', and ''Barry Trotter and the Dead Horse''.
* Most (but not all) of ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears''' original series is in the format "The Berenstain Bears and the X Y".
* The vast majority of ''Literature/{{Biggles}}'' books fall into this category.
* Roughly half of the books in C. W. Anderson's "Billy and Blaze" series:
** ''Blaze and the Forest Fire: Billy and Blaze Spread the Alarm''
** ''Blaze and the Mountain Lion''
** ''Blaze and the Indian Cave''
** ''Blaze and the Lost Quarry''
** ''Blaze and the Gray Spotted Pony''
* Every book in the ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' series with the exception of the first book is like this. Every book title besides Book 3 is also {{alliterative|title}}.
* ''Literature/ChildrenOfTheRedKing'': In the U.S., all but the first book follow this pattern. In the U.K., only the later ones do.
* Subtly subverted (or inverted?) in Creator/CSLewis' ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy'', of ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia''. It seems he was spoofing the "[[PonyTale pony-book]] public". (''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'' is a shout-out to Creator/ENesbit novels with similar titles.)
* A couple of titles in the ''Literature/{{Clementine}}'' series follow this naming format. Others have the title character's name somewhere in the title.
* Creator/RoaldDahl titled some of his books like this (''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'').
* ''Literature/DannyAndTheDinosaur''
* Most of the Danny Dunn books:
** ''Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint''
** ''Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine''
** ''Danny Dunn and the Weather Machine''
** ''Danny Dunn and the Fossil Cave''
** ''Danny Dunn and the Heat Ray''
** ''Danny Dunn and the Automatic House''
** ''Danny Dunn and the Voice from Space''
** ''Danny Dunn and the Smallifying Machine''
** ''Danny Dunn and the Swamp Monster''
** ''Danny Dunn and the Universal Glue''
* ''Literature/DaveBarrySleptHere'' has a list of fifties rock bands which includes "Buster and the Harpoons" and "Bill [[InherentlyFunnyWords Hawley and the Smoots]]".
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': ''Literature/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents''
* Almost all [[Literature/DoctorWhoNovelisations Target novelisations]] of ''Series/DoctorWho'' published between 1973 and 1982 insisted on the 'Doctor Who and the' format. This occasionally required retitling the story to make it fit, as when [[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E1SpearheadFromSpace "Spearhead from Space"]] became ''Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion'', or [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E6TheMoonbase "The Moonbase"]] became ''Doctor Who and the Cybermen''. The practice probably stems from the fact that the scripts were usually titled "Doctor Who and The Whatever" with the first part dropped from the onscreen titles. [[IAmNotShazam His name isn't "Doctor Who", anyway]], so none of these titles make sense, but that didn't stop them.
* Erich Kästner's ''Literature/EmilAndTheDetectives'' was followed by a sequel, ''Emil and the Three Twins''. His later book ''The Little Man'' was followed by ''The Little Man and the Little Miss''.
* Some of the ''Literature/EncyclopediaBrown'' books follow this format strictly (e.g., ''Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Dead Eagles''), while others deviate slightly (''Encyclopedia Brown Strikes Again''). The ones that name a specific element always use one of the cases in the book as the noun phrase.
* Every book and short story in ''Literature/FeliksNetAndNika'' series has title starting with ''Feliks, Net & Nika and...''
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' uses this for all 7 books, following the pattern of the titular Harry and a location, item, or character around which the central conflict of that particular book forms.
* ''Literature/HaroldAndThePurpleCrayon''
* ''Literature/HoshiAndTheRedCityCircuit''
* [[Franchise/IndianaJones ''Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone'']] which predates the similarly named Harry Potter novel by two years.
* ''Jacob Two-Two and the Hooded Fang'' and its sequel ''Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur'', by Mordecai Richler.
* P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves short stories frequently have such titles ("Jeeves and the Impending Doom", "Jeeves and the Old School Chum", etc.).
* ''Literature/JimSpringmanAndTheRealmOfGlory''
* All of the original kindergarten series ''Literature/JunieBJones'' book are like this. Averted with the "First Grader" books.
* Creator/StephenKing's "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption".
* ''Literature/KittyNorville'': The first, fourth, and fifth books in Carrie Vaughn's series (''Kitty and the Midnight Hour'', ''Kitty and the Silver Bullet'', and ''Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand'', respectively.) Books two and three are variants of this (''Kitty Goes to Washington'' and ''Kitty Takes a Holiday'').
* Argentinian author Sebastián Lalaurette's first two books were titled ''Rodrigo y el libro sin final'' (''Rodrigo and the unfinished book'') and ''Naím y el mago fugitivo'' (''Naím and the runaway wizard''). The third one, ''Bellacrín y la Sombra'' (''Bellacrín and the Shadow''), is a slight variation in that is uses just a noun instead of a noun phrase.
* This is the case with many of the books in Anna Dewdney's ''Literature/LlamaLlama'' picture book series, such as ''Llama Llama and the Bully Goat'', ''Llama Llama and Friends'' and the spin-off title ''Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too''. Others follow the basic format but leave out the "and," such as ''Llama Llama Mad at Mama'' and ''Llama Llama Holiday Drama''.
* Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/TheCompleteAdventuresOfLuckyStarr'': After the [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness first book]], the titles in this series are in the form of "Lucky Starr and [[TheXOfY the [Noun] of [Solar System locale]]]''.
* Creator/ThomasMann's ''Mario and the Magician''
* ''Literature/MarkDelewenAndTheSpacePirates''.
* Jerome Beatty Jr's ''Matthew Looney and the Space Pirates'', ''Maria Looney and the Remarkable Robot'' and ''Maria Looney and the Cosmic Circus''.
* ''Literature/MilesTaylorAndTheGoldenCape''
* ''Literature/MoojagAndTheAuticodeSecret''
* ''Literature/MrsFrisbyAndTheRatsOfNIMH''. The first sequel, ''R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH'', slightly altered the title formula, though ''Racso and the Rats of NIMH'' reverted to it.
* Every single one of G.M. Berrow's ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' books.
* ''Literature/NancyDrew'' books often have titles like this where the case is the noun phrase. The video games often follow the pattern as well. The titles use elements of Nancy, a detective's, cases that are central to each case.
* ''Literature/OldKingdom'': The novella "Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case", starring Sam's best friend and Lirael's {{Love Interest|s}} Nick six months after ''Abhorsen''.
* The ''Literature/{{Outlander}}'' spin-off series featuring Lord John Grey are titled this way. Lord John and the Private Matter, Lord John and the Hellfire Club, Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade, Lord John and the Plague of Zombies, etc.
* ''Literature/PenrynAndTheEndOfDays''
* Creator/RickRiordan:
** ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'':
*** ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians: Subtitle Here'' x5 . Creator/RickRiordan announced in October 2014 that he was returning to this name format with his fourth series.
*** ''Literature/TheDemigodFiles'': Its [[ShortStory Short Stories]]: ''Percy Jackson And The Stolen Chariot'', ''Percy Jackson And The Bronze Dragon'', ''Percy Jackson And The Sword Of Hades''.
*** ''Literature/TheDemigodDiaries'': Its [[ShortStory Short Stories]]: ''Percy Jackson And The Staff Of Hermes'' and ''Leo Valdez And The Quest For Buford''.
** ''Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard'' follows the same formula as ''Percy Jackson''.
* OlderThanPrint: ''Literature/SirGawainAndTheGreenKnight'', a Myth/{{Arthurian|Legend}} tale written in the 14th century.
* Creator/DanielPinkwater's Literature/SnarkoutBoys books follow this pattern: ''Literature/TheSnarkoutBoys and the Avocado of Death'' and ''The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror''
* Lisa See's ''Literature/SnowFlowerAndTheSecretFan''.
* ''Literature/SsaliaAndTheDragonsOfAvienot''.
* ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'':
** ''Literature/TalesFromAGalaxyFarFarAwayVolumeOneAliens'' has a short story called "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku".
* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
** ''Literature/LukeSkywalkerAndTheShadowsOfMindor''. The book mentions a number of in-universe pulp adventures that also use this trope in their title. It's {{lampshade|Hanging}}d, as at the end [[spoiler:[[DirectLineToTheAuthor it's suggested that the novel itself was one of those adventures.]] It's apparently the published version, following the revisions Luke demanded, as none of his grievances were actually in the novel.]]
** ''Literature/TheLandoCalrissianAdventures'' trilogy follows the more specific formula "Lando Calrissian and the Compound Noun of Place": ''Mindharp of Sharu'', ''Flamewind of Oseon'', and ''Starcave of Thonboka''.
** ''Literature/HanSoloAndTheLostLegacy''.
** The German translation of ''{{Literature/Shatterpoint}}'' [[CompletelyDifferentTitle was titled]] "Mace Windu und die Armee der Klone" ("Mace Windu and the army of clones"). [[NonindicativeName The clones are actually just side characters who don't appear until relatively late in the story]].
* There's a 1980s ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'' storybook called "Strawberry Shortcake and the Winter that Would not End".
* Many of Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs' Literature/{{Tarzan}} novels, starting with the fifth, ''Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar''.
* Spoofed in ''Literature/TollTheHounds''. Tovald Nom breaks into a nobleman's house and roots through his library because he thinks it's just for show. He's right and finds literary pearls such as ''Tales of Pamby Doughty and the World Inside the Trunk (with illustrations by some dead man)''.
* The first two sets of ''Literature/TomSwift'' books are all named according to the pattern ''Tom Swift and His [noun phrase]'', and are probably the UrExample.
* Stretching the definition of "character" a bit, but the non-fiction book ''T. Rex and the Crater of Doom'', about the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, is clearly intended to evoke the trope.
* ''Literature/TheUnderlandChronicles'' starts off with ''Gregor the Overlander'', then continues to ''Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane'', then ''Curse of the Warmbloods'', and so on.
* Literature/WarriorCats has a lot of these, of the "Character's Noun" variant. The Super Editions (extra-long standalone books) and the [[Literature/WarriorCatsNovellas novellas]] all have this kind of title. Listing them all would be problematic, due to the [[SpoilerTitle spoilers]], but examples include ''Bluestar's Prophecy'', ''Moth Flight's Vision'', ''Cloudstar's Journey'', and ''Yellowfang's Secret''.
* Brina Williamson's ''[[SesquipedalianSmith Merona Grant]] and the Lost Tomb of Golgotha''.
* Books by Miss Felicity Beed;e referred to in ''Literature/{{Snuff}}'' include ''Daphne and the Nose Pickers'', ''Melvin and the Enormous Boil'', ''Geoffrey and the Land of Poo'' and ''Geoffrey and the Enormous Pillowcase'', (The last two presumably being sequels to ''Literature/TheWorldOfPoo'').
* From the Penric sub-series of Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold's ''Literature/WorldOfTheFiveGods'' 'verse:
** ''Penric's Demon''
** ''Penric and the Shaman''
** ''Penric's Fox''
** ''Penric's Mission''
* ''Sylvester and the Magic Pebble''
* The first ''Website/TheCrewOfTheCopperColoredCupids'' short story is entitled ''[[https://thecrewofthecoppercoloredcupids.wordpress.com/2019/03/30/lord-thymon-and-the-department-of-problem-solving/ Lord Thymon and the Department of Problem-Solving]]''. Amusingly, Lord Thymon is actually the villain of the piece while the Department are the heroes.

* ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf'' (also known in Japan as ''Wolf and Spice'') has each episode titled "Wolf and" something relating to the episode.

* "By-Tor and the Snow Dog", a famous Music/{{Rush}} song.

* ''VideoGame/BillyBladeAndTheTempleOfime''

* ''Literature/DaveBarrySleptHere'' has a list of fifties rock bands which includes "Buster and the Harpoons" and "Bill [[GagWords Hawley and the Smoots]]".

* OlderThanPrint: ''Literature/SirGawainAndTheGreenKnight'', a Myth/KingArthur tale written in the 14th century.

* [[SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] and [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/MastersOfEvil The Masters of Evil]]. A six issue miniseries revolving around Doctor Doom teaming up with several Marvel villains[[note]] Or rather, he lets them work for him as he's achieving his own personal goals[[/note]].

Several crazes on Website/{{Twitter}} have involved constructing Main/{{Pun}}s with patterns like "Make two movies into one" (''[[Film/TheUnbearableLightnessOfBeing The Unbearable Lightness Of]]'' ''Film/BeingJohnMalkovich'', ''[[Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow The Day After]]'' ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'') and this trope offers ripe potential. Just take the "Character Name" part and add the "And The Noun Phrase" part from another series: ''Franchise/IndianaJones and the [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Chocolate Factory]]''. Another variation is to add the title of a movie that ''doesn't'' follow this pattern to a Character Name from a series that ''does'': ''Indiana Jones and the Film/MinorityReport''. Confusingly there ''is'' a novel called ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Philosopher%27s_Stone Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', written before the [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone Harry Potter book]] came out.

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* ''[[Comicbook/HowlingCommandos Sergeant Fury and the Howling Commandos]]''

* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians: Subtitle Here'' x5 . Creator/RickRiordan announced in October 2014 that he was returning to this name format with his fourth series, ''Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard''.

* ''Literature/TheDemigodDiaries'': Its [[ShortStory Short Stories]]:
** ''Percy Jackson And The Staff Of Hermes''
** ''Leo Valdez And The Quest For Buford''.
* ''Literature/TheDemigodFiles'': Its [[ShortStory Short Stories]]:
** ''Percy Jackson And The Stolen Chariot''
** ''Percy Jackson And The Bronze Dragon''
** ''Percy Jackson And The Sword Of Hades''.

This is a standard way to name individual works in a loosely-linked series; it is currently most common in children's books. Frequently the noun phrase in question will be of TheXOfY form, and commonly this would be a LongTitle.

This is a standard way to name individual works in a loosely-linked series; it is currently most common in children's books. Frequently the noun phrase in question will be of TheXOfY form.

* [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming Almost all episodes]] of ''Series/{{Monk}}'' have titles usually following the format of "Mr. Monk and the [noun phrase])" or similar, with the [[OddNameOut one exception]] being "Happy Birthday, Mr. Monk". This was {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in an episode when an [[StalkerWithACrush obsessed fan]] mentions she wrote a FanFic with a title along these lines.