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* OfficiallyShortenedTitle: When an ongoing work later cuts down a previously [[LongTitle elaborate title]].

* The ''Film/{{Birds of Prey|2020}}'' movie was originally titled ''[[LongTitle Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn]]'' to cash in on the popularity of Creator/MargotRobbie's portrayal of Harley. When the movie fizzled at the box office, critics pointed out that it was more of an ensemble film than focusing purely on Harley, and for home release, it was retitled ''Birds of Prey'' or ''Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey''.

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

** ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'': Originally titled as ''Jotaro Kujo: Heritage for the Future'' on 1989. This title wound up referenced in [[VideoGame/JojosBizarreAdventureHeritageForTheFuture the capcom game.]]

* ''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''.

* ''VisualNovel/TheConfinesOfTheCrown'' was originally titled ''The Royal Trap'' as a {{double meaning|Title}} of the trap of royal politics and the GildedCage that royals live in. An unintended meaning arose from [[spoiler:the princess having been RaisedAsTheOppositeSex]], and the title was changed to avoid that unfortunate meaning.

* ''Fanfic/ShatteredSkiesTheMorningLights'' was originally titled simply ''Shattered Skies''; it was given its subtitle with the release of Chapter 37, which marked the formation of the team and their adoption of the titular name.

* ''Touch Dic'', a South Korean UsefulNotes/NintendoDS game, had to be renamed to ''Touch Dictionary'' after release because its name held... ''different'' connotations to Westerners.

* ''Touch Dic'', a South Koren UsefulNotes/NintendoDS game, had to be renamed to ''Touch Dictionary'' after release because its name held... ''different'' connotations to Westerners.

* ''Touch Dic'', a South Koren UsefulNotes/NintendoDS game, had to be renamed to ''Touch Dictionary'' after release because its name held . . . ''different'' connotations to Westerners.

* 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), 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?''

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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 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.

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* Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan released what's probably [[UrExample the first album]] of SynthPop in 1962 under the title ''Electronic Music: A New Concept of Music Created by Sonic Vibrations'' (and the two composers were just credited as "The Electrosonics"). The next year, it was rereleased as ''The Fascinating World of Electronic Music'' (and this time Baltan and Dissevelt were credited individually). In 1968 it was re-released on a new record label as ''Song of the Second Moon: The Sonic Vibrations of Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan''--and this time, six of the eight songs were retitled as well. "Drifting" was renamed "Moon Maid", "Mechanical Motions" became "The Raymakers" and so on. ''Song of the Second Moon'' seems to have become the ''de facto'' title, as most recent reissues have used it.

** For the same reason, Music/JimmyEatWorld's album ''Bleed American'', released in July 2001, was reissued as a SelfTitledAlbum in December of that year, with the title track retitled "Salt Sweat Sugar" (after a lyric from the chorus). A later reissue would re-instate the original title.

* The 77s wanted to name their sixth album ''Pray Naked'', but their record label feared potential controversy and released it (in 1992) under the title ''The Seventy Sevens'' instead. (Confusingly, this made it the band's ''second'' SelfTitledAlbum.) Unhappy but undeterred, the band just continued referring to the album by its working title and let all their fans know what it was supposed to be named. At the time, if any fans brought a copy of the album to be autographed, the band members would always "correct" the title before signing the cover. Eventually, the 77s obtained the full rights to their back catalogue, so they took the opportunity to made their preferred title for that album the official one, rereleasing it in 2017 as ''Pray Naked''.

* Canadian FolkMusic[=/=]CountryMusic icon Music/StompinTomConnors released his debut album ''The Northlands' Own Tom Connors'' in 1967. A few years later the album was reissued on a different label, but apparently someone misheard the album's original title and mistakenly called it ''Northlands Zone''.
* Music/ChrisCornell's ''Euphoria Morning'' was later reissued as ''Euphoria Mo'''u'''rning'' - the latter was his originally intended title, but he was convinced to alter it because "mourning" and "morning" are homonyms, and listeners who heard the album title mentioned on the radio would be more likely to assume it was "morning". He'd come to regret this decision, so when the idea of a reissue came up, he belatedly had the title changed.

* The initial pictures for ''WebOriginal/TawawaOnMonday'' had the LongTitle ''I Offer Tawawa to Corporate Wage Slaves on Monday Morning''.

* ''ComicBook/DarkCrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' was originally solicitated as just ''Dark Crisis'', 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.

* Creator/AndrewHussie's webcomic ''Whistles'' was initially titled ''The Starlight Calliope'' when it was uploaded to Team Special Olympics. After scoring a publishing deal with Creator/SlaveLaborGraphics, it was rechristened to its current name, although a collected volume made the original title its subtitle.

* Wiki/ThisVeryWiki is no stranger to the phenomenon. See Administrivia/RenamedTropes for the long list of trope articles that got retitled after their launch, along with the reasons why.

* ''Series/TheHoganFamily'' was originally a vehicle for Creator/ValerieHarper titled ''Valerie''. After Harper left the show, it became ''Valerie's Family''. When Harper threatened legal action, they changed it again to ''The Hogan Family''.

* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' is a unique case, as many of its eight parts had different names on their publication, and changed in later releases:

** ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'': This part went through two: It began publication in 1995 as ''Giorno Giovanna: Golden Heritage'', and was later renamed as ''Vento Aureo''. When the 2019 anime came, the title ended up changed as Golden Wind, translating the Italian title to English.