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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Guess that old title went down the drain.]]]

* ''ComicBook/DarkCrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' was originally solicitated as just ''ComicBook/DarkCrisis'', and the first three issues of the main series were printed under that title. During the 2022 San Diego Comic Con, Creator/DCComics announced the true name of the event, saying the old title was used to market the series in order to hide the return of the original multiverse.

* ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'' was eventually renamed ''Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove'' as new expansions got released. The original game got ''Shovel Of Hope'' title.

* The UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn RPG ''Mystaria'' was renamed to ''Blazing Heroes'' in later printings due to the original title being too close to [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Mystara]].

* The 1995 UsefulNotes/PlayStation game ''ESPN Extreme Games'' was renamed ''1Xtreme'' when rereleased as a Greatest Hits title, both because the ESPN license had expired and to make the connection to its sequel, ''2Xtreme'', more obvious.

* ''VideoGame/{{Oasis2005}}'' was renamed Defense of the Oasis in its Steam release to be more easily searchable.

* ''Animation/FlowerFairy'': The English text in the show's logo reads ''Flower Fairy'' in Season 1 and ''Flower Angel'' from Season 2 onwards.

This is often to coincide with a re-release, but it can happen at any time and for a variety of reasons. Sometimes the title ended up [[RenamedToAvoidAssociation conflicting with a previously existing work]], sometimes the title ended up too generic and not friendly to search engines, other times the new title is more indicative of what the work became, and other times still the creator simply didn't like the original name and opted to change it as soon as they could think of something better.

This is often to coincide with a re-release, but it can happen at any time and for a variety of reasons. Sometimes the title ended up [[RenamedToAvoidAssociation conflicting with a previously existing work]], other times the new title is more indicative of what the work became, and other times still the creator simply didn't like the original name and opted to change it as soon as they could think of something better.

* Zombie-themed MMO-turned BattleRoyaleGame ''[=H1Z1=]'' had ''several'' retitles. Initially releasing on Steam Early Access as ''[=H1Z1=]'' in 2015, the game was split into two separate games in 2016 with different development groups: ''[=H1Z1=]: Just Survive'' (based around the MMO and survival elements), later just named ''Just Survive'', and ''[=H1Z1=]: King of the Kill'' (based around the battle royale). ''Just Survive'' was [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames shut down in 2018]], and around the time, ''''[=H1Z1=]'': King of the Kill'' started being simply referred to ''[=H1Z1=]'' again by official media. When development of ''[=H1Z1=]'' was briefly passed on from Creator/DaybreakGameCompany [=NantG=] Mobile in 2019, the game was retitled again to ''Z1 Battle Royale'', which remained even after development was swiftly returned back to Daybreak (as in, within a month).

* The initial pictures for ''WebOriginal/GetsuyoubiNoTawawa'' had the much longer title ''I Offer Tawawa to Corporate Wage Slaves on Monday Morning''.

* Creator/StevenWeber starred on a sitcom in 2000 titled ''Cursed'' about a man who ends up cursed after a date gone wrong. Shortly into the show's run, the curse angle was dropped and the show was renamed ''The Weber Show''.

* Music/{{Yello}}: ''Essential Yello'', the band's first GreatestHitsAlbum, was retitled ''Essential Christmas: The Singles Collection'' when it was re-released in 1995 to promote ''Film/TheSantaClause1''. The original title, however, is still present on the jewel case inlays.

* Funkadelic had his happen twice with a album of theirs - despite being credited to Funkadelic, the album had [[TheBandMinusTheFace no input]] from Music/GeorgeClinton and was a product of founding members Calvin Simon, Clarence Haskins and Grady Thomas - because of that, when the album was first released in 1980 (in Germany and Japan), the album was titled ''42,9%'' [[labelnote:*]]Because the members made up 3/7ths of the original group[[/labelnote]]. Then, when it was time for the album to be released in the United States the following year, it was renamed ''Connections And Disconnections''. And then, years later, the album was reissued again under a different title: ''Who's A Funkadelic?''. This also applied to one individual track in the album, with the track "Funk-A-Disco" being renamed "Come Back" on the later issues.
* Music/FrankOcean: ''Blond'' was retitled ''Blonde'' (note the "e") for its double-LP reissue in 2022.

* ''VideoGame/Shovel Knight'' was eventually renamed Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove as new expansions got released.

* ''ComicStrip/RobotmanAndMonty'' began as simply ''Robotman'' and was about the title character who, in part, sought to find his creator. Once said creator, Monty, was found, he became a regular and his name was added to the title. Over time, Monty displaced Robotman as the real star of the strip, leading to Robitman being written out permanently, and the strip becoming just ''Monty''.

** TheOriginalSeries: When the original work in a franchise gets a subtitle identifying it as the original work.[[/index]]