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** ''VideoGame/StreetFighterI''
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** ''Film/LittleWomen1994''
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** ''Film/RapaNui1994''
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** ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1''''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992''

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* [[Website/TVTropes This wiki]] sometimes uses retronyms to disambiguate the first work of a series from the series itself as a whole (since, if the series doesn't have enough different media for a Franchise page, they'll both be placed under the media tab) if there were no subtitles to be used. Those have become {{Artifact Title}}s for the most part, but the URL still shows an "1" at the end no matter what (a few others, like ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996'' and ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002'', use their release year instead). Examples of "1" include:

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* [[Website/TVTropes This wiki]] sometimes uses retronyms to disambiguate the first work of a series from the series itself as a whole (since, if the series doesn't have enough different media for a Franchise page, they'll both be placed under the media tab) if there were no subtitles to be used. Those have become {{Artifact Title}}s for the most part, but the URL still shows an "1" (Arabic) or "I" (Roman) at the end no matter what (a few others, like ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996'' and ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002'', use their release year instead). Examples of "1" include:



** ''VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyI''



** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI''
** ''VideoGame/MarioParty1''



* Some {{Video Game Remake}}s that had tropes on the page of the original were moved to pages with "remake" mentioned in the title.
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRemake''

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* Some {{Video Game Remake}}s that had tropes on the page of the original were moved to pages with "remake" mentioned in the title.
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title. Such is the case of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRemake''
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** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''
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* Some pages for individuals have had to be changed as well in case of homonyms, usually with their job added to the title.
** Creator/JimDavisActor
** Creator/SteveMcQueenActor
** Creator/JaneSeymourActress
** UsefulNotes/JaneSeymourRoyalty
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** ''Film/TheCreator1999''
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** ''Film/NineteenFortyOne2009''

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** ''Film/NineteenFortyOne2009''''Series/NineteenFortyOne2009''
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** ''Film/NineteenFortyOne1979''
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* The first [[UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship UFC]] event was originally billed simply as, "The Ultimate Fighting Championship." Likewise, the second and third event were billed as "Part 2" and "Part III." After they began giving the events individual names with UFC4 ("Revenge of the Warriors"), Parts 1-3 were retroactively subtitled "The Beginning," "No Way Out," and "The American Dream," respectively.

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* The first [[UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship UFC]] event was originally billed simply as, "The Ultimate Fighting Championship." Likewise, the second and third event were billed as "Part 2" and "Part III." After they began giving the events individual names with UFC4 UFC 4 ("Revenge of the Warriors"), Parts 1-3 were retroactively subtitled "The Beginning," "No Way Out," and "The American Dream," respectively.
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* The first [[UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship UFC]] event was originally billed simply as, "The Ultimate Fighting Championship." Likewise, the second and third event were billed as "Part 2" and "Part III." After they began giving the events individual names with UFC4 ("Revenge of the Warriors"), Parts 1-3 were retroactively subtitled "The Beginning," "No Way Out," and "The American Dream," respectively.
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** ''Film/BenHur1959''
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** ''Film/Paddington2014''
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** ''Film/Ronin1998''
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* Some {{Video Game Remake}}s that had tropes on the page of the original were moved to pages with "remake" mentioned in the title.
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRemake''
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** ''Film/XMen1''

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* [[Website/TVTropes This wiki]] sometimes uses retronyms to disambiguate the first game of a series from the series itself as a whole (since, if the series doesn't have enough different media for a Franchise page, they'll both be placed under the "VideoGames" tab) if there were no subtitles to be used. Those have become {{Artifact Title}}s for the most part, but the URL still shows an "1" at the end no matter what (a few others, like ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996'' and ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002'', use their release year instead). Examples of "1" include:
** [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI Kingdom Hearts]]
** VideoGame/MassEffect1
** VideoGame/MegaMan1
** [[VideoGame/Metroid1 Metroid]]
** VideoGame/MortalKombat1
** [[VideoGame/QuakeI Quake]]
** [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 Resident Evil]]
** VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1
** VideoGame/StarFox1
** VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1
** [[VideoGame/UnrealI Unreal]]
** VideoGame/YokaiWatch1

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* [[Website/TVTropes This wiki]] sometimes uses retronyms to disambiguate the first game work of a series from the series itself as a whole (since, if the series doesn't have enough different media for a Franchise page, they'll both be placed under the "VideoGames" media tab) if there were no subtitles to be used. Those have become {{Artifact Title}}s for the most part, but the URL still shows an "1" at the end no matter what (a few others, like ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996'' and ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002'', use their release year instead). Examples of "1" include:
** [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI ''Film/AntMan1''
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI''
** ''Film/IronMan1''
** ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI
Kingdom Hearts]]
Hearts]]''
** VideoGame/MassEffect1
''VideoGame/MassEffect1''
** VideoGame/MegaMan1
''VideoGame/MegaMan1''
** [[VideoGame/Metroid1 Metroid]]
''[[VideoGame/Metroid1 Metroid]]''
** VideoGame/MortalKombat1
''VideoGame/MortalKombat1''
** [[VideoGame/QuakeI Quake]]
''[[VideoGame/QuakeI Quake]]''
** [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 Resident Evil]]
Evil]]''
** VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1
''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1''
** VideoGame/StarFox1
''VideoGame/StarFox1''
** VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1
''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1''
** [[VideoGame/UnrealI Unreal]]
''[[VideoGame/UnrealI Unreal]]''
** VideoGame/YokaiWatch1''VideoGame/YokaiWatch1''
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* Pages for works can be re-titled with their year if there was a similar name or if a franchise gets named after it, to allow differentiating sub-pages. Examples include:

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* Pages for works can be re-titled with their year if there was is a similar name or if a franchise gets named after it, to allow differentiating sub-pages. Examples include:

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* Pages for works can be re-titled with their year if there was a similar name, to allow differentiating sub-pages. Examples include:

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* Pages for works can be re-titled with their year if there was a similar name, name or if a franchise gets named after it, to allow differentiating sub-pages. Examples include:


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* Pages for works can be re-titled with their year if there was a similar name, to allow differentiating sub-pages:

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* Pages for works can be re-titled with their year if there was a similar name, to allow differentiating sub-pages:sub-pages. Examples include:


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