History Main / NamedAfterFirstInstallment

* The Devil Summoner series originated from a SMT side game titled VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiDevilSummoner and is named after the game’s subtitle.

* The Franchise/AceAttorney series is named after the subtitle of the first game, VideoGame/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney.

* The ''Love Series'' novelizations of ''Music/ConfessionExecutiveCommittee'' are named after the first installment, ''Confession Rehearsal'', itself named after the first song in the franchise's viewing order[[note]]Notably, it is ''not'' the actual first song released; that would be "First Love's Picture Book". "Confession Rehearsal" is the second song released.[[/note]].

May be a result of NumberedSequels, where the first installment has no number, the second has a "2" on the end of it, etc. In this case, the obvious name of the series is the name of the first entry, since that's what ties the titles together. When dealing with such a series, this wiki usually lists the first entry as ''Namespace\/SeriesName1''.

May be a result of NumberedSequels, where the first installment has no number, the second has a "2" on the end of it, etc. In this case, the obvious name of the series is the name of the first entry, since that's what ties the titles together. When dealing with such a series, this wiki usually lists the first entry as ''\Namespace/SeriesName1''.

May be a result of NumberedSequels, where the first installment has no number, the second has a "2" on the end of it, etc. In this case, the obvious name of the series is the name of the first entry, since that's what ties the titles together. When dealing with such a series, this wiki usually lists the first entry as ''Namespace/SeriesName1''.

May be a result of NumberedSequels, where the first installment has no number, the second has a "2" on the end of it, etc. In this case, the obvious name of the series is the name of the first entry, since that's what ties the titles together. When dealing with such a series, this wiki usually lists the first entry as ''Namespace.SeriesName1''.

* The ''VideoGame/BioShock'' series: NumberedSequels style. It started with ''VideoGame/BioShock1''. and its entries all involve biological enhancement superpowers.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'': Series and first movie are named for and revolve around LivingToys.

* ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'': First book is called ''Artemis Fowl'', and then the rest are CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase-type IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming, so the series name is ProtagonistTitle.
* ''Literature/TheBlackCompany'': Group ProtagonistTitle for series and first book.

* ''Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon'': Series and first book named due to dragon training being important to the series and story.
* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': Series and first book titled for important event repeatedly happening in series.

* ''Literature/TheSchoolForGoodAndEvil'': Series and first book are named for ThePlace that is central to the plots.
* ''Literature/{{Shadowmarch}}'': A four-volume book series, with first being called "Shadowmarch." It's an example of ThePlace, as the title references the location for the book, Shadowmarch Castle.
* ''Literature/TheSixOfCrowsDuology'': First book is ''Six of Crows'', series and book is [[ProtagonistTitle named for protagonist group]].

* The ''Love Series'' novelizations of ''Music/ConfessionExecutiveCommittee'' are named after the first installment, ''Confession Rehearsal'', itself named after the first song released in the franchise.

* The ''Literature/FoundationSeries'' is an odd case. The first installment of the series was originally published as a short story under the title "Foundation". When it and the next three short stories in the series were collected into a novel, the title of "Foundation" was used for the book as a whole, and the original story (which became the ''second'' section of the book) was renamed to "The Encyclopedists". The titles of later books in the same series often contain the word "Foundation" in them (the next two books in the series in publication order were "Foundation and Empire" and "Second Foundation"), even though some of them occur ''before'' the founding of the titular Foundation in internal chronology.

* The ''Literature/{{FoundationSeries}}'' is an odd case. The first installment of the series was originally published as a short story under the title "Foundation". When it and the next three short stories in the series were collected into a novel, the title of "Foundation" was used for the book as a whole, and the original story (which became the ''second'' section of the book) was renamed to "The Encyclopedists". The titles of later books in the same series often contain the word "Foundation" in them (the next two books in the series in publication order were "Foundation and Empire" and "Second Foundation"), even though some of them occur ''before'' the founding of the titular Foundation in internal chronology.

FinaleTitleDrop would occur as an inversion of this trope, if the series of works has its title dropped for the ''last'' entry.

* The first three films in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' trilogy were titled ''Star Wars'' (now at ''Film/ANewHope''), ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', and ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. It wasn't until the prequel trilogy began with ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' that the first film was retitled ''Star Wars: A New Hope'', with the moniker "Star Wars" elevated to a blanket term for the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy, plus spin-off productions such as ''Series/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' and ''Series/TheMandalorian''.

So you're trying to come with a name for your book or series? Well, if you already have a name for its first part, why not also use it for the work as a whole?

* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': The first chapter is called [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/dungeon-keeper-ami-sailor-moon-dungeon-keeper-story-only-thread.30066/#post-6355661 "Dungeon Keeper Ami (DARK)"]], with the "(DARK)" just being a content warning -- but the name does fit the series, as it's a ProtagonistTitle.

* ''Fanfic/ThePetricultureCycle'': Named after the first entry in the series, "Petriculture". The question of "What is petriculture / rockfarming?" is the point of divergence of the fanfic from the original work.
* ''Fanfic/SunsplitSaga'': Named after the first entry in the series, "Sunsplit". It's about the connection between Sunburst and Sunset, the point of divergence of the fanfic from the original work.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'': Series and first movie are named for revolving around LivingToys.

* ''Literature/{{Shadowmarch}}'': A four-volume book series, with first being called "Shadowmarch". It's an example of ThePlace, as the title references the location for the book, Shadowmarch Castle.

* The pilot episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' was originally titled "The Loud House". In reruns, it was renamed "Bathroom Break".

** [[MarketBasedTitle In the US, the name of the series was changed]] to "Cirque du Freak" (the title of the first book) but the first book itself was also renamed "A Living Nightmare". Since Darren only remains with the Cirque for the first two books (out of twelve), this quickly turns into an ArtifactTitle.
** The movie adaptation is titled "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant", combining the names of the first two books. Despite this, it leaves out the plot of the second book in favour of adding original storylines and random elements from later books.

* ''Literature/{{Acacia}}'': The series as a whole is called "Acacia", which is also the commonly-used name for the first book of the series. However, the first book is officially called "The War with the Mein". Acacia is a ThePlace-type title, the name of the country it's set in.

* ''VideoGame/{{Prehistorik}}'': The name of the second game is a NumberedSequel to the first. Here, the series name refers to the game's time period, {{Prehistoria}}.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' was originally named simply ''Star Trek'', which is now the name that all the different series are grouped under.