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* DontTrustTheBInApartment23 is named after Chloe. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The bitch in apartment 23.]]

* Don'tTrustTheBInApartment23 is named after Chloe. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The bitch in apartment 23.]]

* Don't Trust the B--- in Apartment 23 is named after Chloe The bitch in apartment 23.

It's common for a series to be named after one or more of its main characters. Either [[CharacterTitle the series title and the star's name are one and the same]] (as in ''JaneEyre'' and ''IndianaJones'') or [[NameAndName the names of more than one protagonist will appear in the title]] (as in ''RomeoAndJuliet'' and ''TomAndJerry''). Occasionally, though, the title comes from the name of a character who is ''not'' the main protagonist, which may cause some [[ProtagonistTitleFallacy confusion about who's who]]. However, this is usually justified, because the character whose name appears in the title is often pivotal to the storyline. It still can cause confusion, especially when the actor playing the protagonist is billed directly above the title.

* ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' is actually a very minor character in the book of the same name.

* Disney's Disney/SleepingBeauty focuses on the eponymous princess's three {{Fairy Companion}}s, [[TheFairFolk evil fairy]] nemesis and, to a lesser extent, RebelPrince rescuer. Aurora herself literally does nothing but fall asleep, wake up and get married.

* The SkullduggeryPleasant books are mostly told from the point of view of his protegee, Valkyrie Cain.

* The third of TheLordOfTheRings volumes, ''The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King'', is a double example, referring to the villain and TheAragorn but not the actual protagonist. Of course, the impact upon events by small and usually forgotten people is one of the book's major themes.

* ''[[TronLegacy Tron: Legacy]]'' is centered around the Flynn family; Alan Bradley is a secondary character [[spoiler: and his avatar TRON is a brainwashed baddie in The Grid.]]
** While not as extreme a case, TRON was also a supporting character to Flynn in [[{{Tron}} the original movie.]]

* Arguably ''TheLordOfTheRings'': the title character is a title of the villain, Sauron, which is only used twice in the actual text.
** The LiteraryAgentHypothesis full title given at the end, ''The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King'', is a double example, referring to the villain and TheAragorn but not the actual protagonist. Of course, the impact upon events by small and usually forgotten people is one of the book's major themes.

* ''[[Anime/{{Pokémon}} Pokémon]]''. Ash, first and foremost, is the main character of the series rather than the titular creatures, with Pikachu as his sidekick. In fact, as with the ''Transformers'' example below, the {{Mons}} in general take a backseat to the humans. This is somewhat true of the game series as well, but to a lesser extent due to how much the gameplay itself revolves around the titular {{Mons}}.

* ''Anime/{{Pokémon}}''. Ash, first and foremost, is the main character of the series rather than the titular creatures, with Pikachu as his sidekick. In fact, as with the ''Transformers'' example below, the {{Mons}} in general take a backseat to the humans. This is somewhat true of the game series as well, but to a lesser extent due to how much the gameplay itself revolves around the titular {{Mons}}.

* ''Anime/Pokémon''. Ash, first and foremost, is the main character of the series rather than the titular creatures, with Pikachu as his sidekick. In fact, as with the ''Transformers'' example below, the {{Mons}} in general take a backseat to the humans. This is somewhat true of the game series as well, but to a lesser extent due to how much the gameplay itself revolves around the titular {{Mons}}.

* The live action {{Film/Transformers}} movies. The fact that the Transformers are secondary characters in the movies named after them wasn't too well-received. The trope never happened with the franchise in animated form.

* ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' and ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'', the two fourth season manga of the ''LyricalNanoha'' franchise, still keeps Nanoha's name in the title even though her main character status has been taken by [[SpinOffspring Vivio]] and Tohma respecively. This is especially noticable in ''NanohaVivid'', where Nanoha becomes to a barely appearing minor character once the TournamentArc began.