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* ''Website/PlatypusComix'' applies this to several comics and articles..

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* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has the "Legends of Celida" storyline riffing on ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and "Q&A 8 - The Lord Of The Q&As" (''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'').
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* Practically every episode outside the half hour specials of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' has this.
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* ''Fanfic/AnchorFoal'': [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/342886/16/anchor-foal-a-romantic-cringe-comedy/date-a-dead "Date A Dead"]], a reference to ''LightNovel/DateALive''.
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* ''Literature/TheFifthElephant'' is a play on ''Film/TheFifthElement''.

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* ''Literature/TheFifthElephant'' is a play on ''Film/TheFifthElement''.''Film/TheFifthElement'', although the book pastiches Film/HammerHorror and Creator/AntonChekhov, rather than anything to do with that film.
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* ''Literature/TheFifthElephant'' is a play on ''Film/TheFifthElement''.

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* ''Fanfic/LXGTempestRewrite'':

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* One book of ''{{Literature/Dinoverse}}'' is titled "[[Film/RebelWithoutACause Raptor Without A Cause]]". It doesn't actually reference that in-story at all, though.

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* One book of ''{{Literature/Dinoverse}}'' ''Literature/{{Dinoverse}}'' is titled "[[Film/RebelWithoutACause Raptor Without A Cause]]". It doesn't actually reference that in-story at all, though.



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* Several episodes of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', starting with "Boast Busters."

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* Several episodes of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', starting ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
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with "Boast Busters.""[[Franchise/GhostBusters Boast Busters]]".
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[[caption-width-right:350:Whaddaya mean, "[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack that sounds familiar?]]"]]
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* Two of ''Literature/InCryptid'''s books, ''Magic for Nothing'' and ''Tricks for Free'' reference the Music/DireStraits song in the title. (they don't have much else to do with the song itself, though)

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* Two of ''Literature/InCryptid'''s books, ''Magic for Nothing'' and ''Tricks for Free'' reference the Music/DireStraits song "Money for Nothing" in the title. (they don't have much else to do with the song itself, though)

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* Two of ''Literature/InCryptid'''s books, ''Magic for Nothing'' and ''Tricks for Free'' reference the Music/DireStraits song in the title. (they don't have much else to do with the song itself, though)



* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has a few, including "The Hand that Rocks the Mabel" (The Hand that Rocks the Cradle), "The Time Traveler's Pig" (The Time Traveler's Wife), "Soos and the Real Girl" (Lars and the Real Girl), and "Little Gift Shop of Horrors" (Little Shop of Horrors).

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* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has a few, including "The Hand that Rocks the Mabel" (The Hand that Rocks the Cradle), "The Time Traveler's Pig" (The Time Traveler's Wife), "Soos and the Real Girl" (Lars and the Real Girl), and "Little Gift Shop of Horrors" (Little Shop of Horrors).Horrors), and "The Stanchurian Candidate" (The Manchurian Candidate).
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** The episode "Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Shlagam" is named after the UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} films ''Film/KabhiKushiKabhieGham''.

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** The episode "Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Shlagam" is named after the UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} films film ''Film/KabhiKushiKabhieGham''.

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* The ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'' episode "Hum Aapke Hai Corn" gets its name from the UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} film ''Film/HumAapkeHainKoun''.

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The ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'' episode "Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Shlagam" is named after the UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} films ''Film/KabhiKushiKabhieGham''.
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episode "Hum Aapke Hai Corn" gets its name from the UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} film another Bollywood film, ''Film/HumAapkeHainKoun''.
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* The four ''Literature/MerkabahRider'' collections each have a title that is a play upon a the title of a popular {{Western}}. The books are:
** ''[[Film/HighPlainsDrifter High Planes Drifter]]''
** ''[[Film/DollarsTrilogy The Mensch with No Name]]''
** ''[[Series/HaveGunwillTravel Have Glyphs, Will Travel]]''
** ''[[Film/OnceUponAtimeInThewest Once Upon a Time in the Weird West]]''
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* ''FanFic/MyFamilyAndOtherEquestrians'':

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* The FanFic/PoniesAfterPeople universe is most likely named for ''Series/LifeAfterPeople'', which has a similar premise.
* The title of ''FanFic/FreakyEdDay'' is a reference to ''Literature/FreakyFriday''.

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* The FanFic/PoniesAfterPeople Fanfic/PoniesAfterPeople universe is most likely named for ''Series/LifeAfterPeople'', which has a similar premise.
* The title of ''FanFic/FreakyEdDay'' ''Fanfic/FreakyEdDay'' is a reference to ''Literature/FreakyFriday''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'' had episode titles such as "The Janitor Strikes Back" and "Little Glop of Horrors". One episode was not only named "A Bopwork Orange" but also parodied the classic film. Another episode, "Fanboy Ahoy!" uses the same format as the WorkingTitle of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': ''SpongeBoy Ahoy!''.

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* ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'' had episode titles such as "The Janitor Strikes Back" and "Little Glop of Horrors". One episode was not only named "A Bopwork Orange" but also parodied the classic film. Another episode, "Fanboy Ahoy!" uses the same format as the WorkingTitle of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': ''SpongeBoy Ahoy!''.''[=SpongeBoy Ahoy!=]''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'' had episode titles such as "The Janitor Strikes Back" and "Little Glop of Horrors". One episode was not only named "A Bopwork Orange" but also parodied the classic film.

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* ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'' had episode titles such as "The Janitor Strikes Back" and "Little Glop of Horrors". One episode was not only named "A Bopwork Orange" but also parodied the classic film. Another episode, "Fanboy Ahoy!" uses the same format as the WorkingTitle of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': ''SpongeBoy Ahoy!''.
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* ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'' [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming episode titles are all references]] to films that Creator/{{Toei|Company}} produced or distributed, [[https://twitter/rabbitank/status/1364110781319503878 most of which are either obscure to Western audiences]] or LostInTranslation due to an untranslatable pun, the referenced film having a CompletelyDifferentTitle in English or both.[[labelnote:Example]]The title of episode 31 "Toys", in which the HumongousMecha is shrunk down to the size of a toy, is a reference to a 1999 film about geisha in the dying days of legal prostitution, known in Japanese as ''Toys'' but officially distributed in English-speaking arthouse circles as ''The Geisha House''.[[/labelnote]] Among the few references that can be neatly retained in English...
** #9 "The Karuta Path of My Youth" - ''Anime/CaptainHarlock: The Arcadia of my Youth''
** #10 "The Girl Who Leapt After Shiguru" - the novel ''The Girl Who Leapt Through Time'' (adapted in live-action by Toei in 1983, but better known in the Anglosphere through [[Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughTime the 2006 non-Toei anime film]])
** #16 "Marshmallow Royale" - ''Literature/BattleRoyale''
** #37 "Sena 1/5" - ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' (Toei distributed some of the movies)
** #42 "Battles Without Honor and Humanity" - ''Film/BattlesWithoutHonorAndHumanity''
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* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': Season 1 had "Paint Misbehavin'" ("Ain't Misbehavin'"). Season 2 had "I, Farmbot" (''Film/IRobot'').

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* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': Season 1 had "Paint Misbehavin'" ("Ain't Misbehavin'"). Season 2 had "I, Farmbot" (''Film/IRobot'').(''Film/IRobot'') and "Chipocalypse Now" (''Film/ApocalypseNow'').
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* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has a few, including "The Hand that Rocks the Mabel" (The Hand that Rocks the Cradle), "The Time Traveler's Pig" (The Time Traveler's Wife), "Soos and the Real Girl" (Lars and the Real Girl), and "Little Gift Shop of Horrors" (Little Shop of Horrors).
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* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': Season 1 had "Paint Misbehavin'" (''Film/AintMisbehavin''). Season 2 had "I, Farmbot" (''Film/IRobot'').

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* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': Season 1 had "Paint Misbehavin'" (''Film/AintMisbehavin'').("Ain't Misbehavin'"). Season 2 had "I, Farmbot" (''Film/IRobot'').
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* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': Season 1 had "Paint Misbehavin'" (''Film/AintMisbehavin''). Season 2 had "I, Farmbot" (''Film/IRobot'').
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* ''Series/SydneyToTheMax'' episode titles are all references to 90s pop culture. To name a few...

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* ''Series/SydneyToTheMax'' [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming episode titles are all references to 90s pop culture.culture]]. To name a few...
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* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': Most of the show's episodes after season 3 are named after movies and songs.
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** [=S1E1=] "A Lying Witch and a Warden" = ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe.

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** [=S1E1=] "A Lying Witch and a Warden" = ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe.''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe''.
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** S1E1 "A Lying Witch and a Warden" = ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe.
** S1E5 "Hooty's Moving Hassle" = ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle''.
** S1E11 "Senses and Insensitivity" = ''Literature/SenseAndSensibility''.

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** S1E1 [=S1E1=] "A Lying Witch and a Warden" = ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe.
** S1E5 [=S1E5=] "Hooty's Moving Hassle" = ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle''.
** S1E11 [=S1E11=] "Senses and Insensitivity" = ''Literature/SenseAndSensibility''.
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* A few of ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'''s episode titles are puns on the titles of famous works, specifically:
** S1E1 "A Lying Witch and a Warden" = ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe.
** S1E5 "Hooty's Moving Hassle" = ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle''.
** S1E11 "Senses and Insensitivity" = ''Literature/SenseAndSensibility''.
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* The ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'' episode "Hum Aapke Hai Corn" gets its name from the UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} film ''Film/HumAapkeHainKoun''.
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Also a subtrope of IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming and ShoutOut. Related to LiteraryAllusionTitle and can sometimes overlap.

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Also a subtrope of IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming and IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming. This trope also highly overlaps with ShoutOut. Related to LiteraryAllusionTitle and can sometimes overlap.

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A subtype of PunBasedTitle which applies to individual episode titles, and not the fact that the pun is based upon some element of popular culture, such as the title of a film, book or song. {{Catch Phrase}}s, song lyrics, adages and colloquialisms can also be riffed on.

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A subtype of PunBasedTitle which applies to individual episode titles, and not the fact that where the pun is based upon some element of popular culture, such as the title of a film, book or song. {{Catch Phrase}}s, song lyrics, adages and colloquialisms can also be riffed on.
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Also a subtrope of IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming. Related to LiteraryAllusionTitle and can sometimes overlap.

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Also a subtrope of IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming.IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming and ShoutOut. Related to LiteraryAllusionTitle and can sometimes overlap.

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