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** ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle'' (which ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' parodied with a theater showing [[ParallelPornTitles "Orgy, American Style"]])

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** ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle'' (which ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' parodied with a theater showing [[ParallelPornTitles "Orgy, American Style"]])
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** ''Murder Most Fab'', novel by Julian Clary

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** ''Murder Most Fab'', novel by Julian ClaryCreator/JulianClary

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** ''Literature/MurderMostUnladylike'', novel by Robin Stevens.

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** ''Literature/MurderMostUnladylike'', novel by Robin Stevens.
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** "[[Recap/MissFishersMurderMysteriesS2E01MurderMostScandalous Murder Most Scandalous]]", episode of ''Series/MissFishersMurderMysteries''




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** "[[Recap/PsychS02E11TheresSomethingAboutMira There's Something About Mira]]", episode of ''Series/{{Psych}}''




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** "[[Recap/PsychS06E06ShawnInterrupted Shawn, Interrupted]]" (episode of ''Series/{{Psych}}'')




* '''Four X and a Funeral''' -- starting with ''Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'' (1994)
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E3FourRegrettingsAndAFuneral Four Regrettings and a Funeral]]," episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** "Four Colds and a Funeral," episode of ''Series/StarkRavingMad''
** "Four Fires and a Funeral," episode of ''Series/TheBrokenwoodMysteries''
** "Four Women and a Funeral," episode of ''Series/SexAndTheCity''
** "Four Affairs and a Funeral," episode of ''Series/MyFamily''
** "Four Thanksgivings and a Funeral," episode of ''Series/UglyBetty''
** "Four Neighbors and a Funeral," episode of ''Series/TilDeath''




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** ''Series/TheBrokenwoodMysteries''


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* '''Dead Men Don't X Y''': X is a verb and Y is a noun.
** ''Dead Men Don't Make Shadows''[[note]]Translated from the Italian ''Inginocchiati straniero... I cadaveri non fanno ombra!''[[/note]]
** ''Film/DeadMenDontWearPlaid''
** "[[Recap/MarriedWithChildrenS4E2DeadMenDontDoAerobics Dead Men Don't Do Aerobics]]," episode of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''
** "Dead Men Don't Wear Pocket Protectors: Part 1 & 2," episodes of ''Series/HeadOfTheClass''
** "Dead Men Don't Wear Spanx," episode of ''Series/{{Conan}}''
** "Dead Men Don't Shoot Ducks," episode of ''Series/TheBrokenwoodMysteries''
** "Dead Men Don't Tell Lies" and "Dead Men Don't Drive Cars," episodes of ''Series/TheBill''
** "Dead Men Don't Throw Rice," episode of ''Series/DueSouth''
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** ''The Return of the Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Mother'' in the background of ''ComicStrip/DykesToWatchOutFor''.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Love is everywhere![[note]]Clockwise from top left: ''Film/LoveAmongThieves'', ''Literature/LoveAmongTheWalnuts'', ''Literature/LoveAmongTheRuins1948'', ''Literature/LoveAmongTheChickens''. They're all shout-outs to Creator/RobertBrowning's "Literature/LoveAmongTheRuins1855".[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Love is everywhere![[note]]Clockwise from top left: ''Film/LoveAmongThieves'', ''Literature/LoveAmongTheWalnuts'', ''Literature/LoveAmongTheRuins1948'', ''Literature/LoveAmongTheChickens''.''[[Literature/{{Ukridge}} Love Among The Chickens]]''. They're all shout-outs to Creator/RobertBrowning's "Literature/LoveAmongTheRuins1855".[[/note]]]]
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** Variation in ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' with "Alice in Disco Land"



** "The OLd Man and the C Student", episode of ''The Simpsons''

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** "The OLd Old Man and the C Student", episode of ''The Simpsons''




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** ''Gods Behaving Badly'', a straight-to-video film starring Creator/ChristopherWalken and Creator/SharonStone
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* '''Journey into the Depth of the X's Soul''' -- ''Film/JourneyIntoTheDepthOfTheStudentsSoul'' [[note]]''Cesta do hlubin studakovy duse'' in Czech; actually it was a book first, but the film is more popular and started the pattern [[/note]] from 1939 is the original, likely influenced by ''Literature/JourneyToTheCentreOfTheEarth'' (1864) or by Creator/LouisFerdinandCeline's ''Literature/JourneyToTheEndOfTheNight'' (1932).[[note]]''Cesta do hlubin noci'' in Czech.[[/note]]

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* '''Journey into the Depth of the X's Soul''' -- ''Film/JourneyIntoTheDepthOfTheStudentsSoul'' [[note]]''Cesta do hlubin studakovy duse'' in Czech; actually it was a book first, but the film is more popular and started the pattern [[/note]] from 1939 is the original, likely influenced by ''Literature/JourneyToTheCentreOfTheEarth'' ''Literature/JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth'' (1864) or by Creator/LouisFerdinandCeline's ''Literature/JourneyToTheEndOfTheNight'' (1932).[[note]]''Cesta do hlubin noci'' in Czech.[[/note]]

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** ''Literature/TheLaundryFiles''



** ''Have Rocket, Will Trave'', a 1959 film

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** ''Have Rocket, Will Trave'', Travel'', a 1959 film
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** ''Fanfic/TheLifeAndTimesOfAWinningPony'', or the Winningverse.
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** ''WebVideo/TheWaltenFiles''

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** ''WebVideo/TheWaltenFiles''
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** ''WebVideo/TheWaltenFiles''
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** ''Cthulhu Confidential'', a collection of noir scenarios for the ''TabletopGame/{{GUMSHOE}}'' RPG.
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* '''X do[es] Y''', a CharacterActionTitle format starting (perhaps) with ''Debbie Does Dallas'' (1978). X is a person and X is a place, usually a city.

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* '''X do[es] Y''', a CharacterActionTitle format starting (perhaps) with ''Debbie Does Dallas'' (1978). X is a person and X Y is a place, usually a city.
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** The original ('Slouching Toward Bethlehem') was used as a ''{{Series/Angel}}'' title and also as the title for a collection of Joan Didion's essays.

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** The original ('Slouching Toward Bethlehem') was used as a ''{{Series/Angel}}'' title and also as the title for an episode of ''{{Series/Angel}}'', an episode of ''{{Series/Defiance}}'', and a collection of Joan Didion's essays.
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*** "Four Of Our Notes Are Missing", ''WesternAnimation/OscarsOrchestra'' SeasonFauxnale.

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*** "Four Of Our Notes Are Missing", ''WesternAnimation/OscarsOrchestra'' SeasonFauxnale.SeriesFauxnale.

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** A whole series of children's books, that are of the format ''The (Holiday Decoration) that ate my (Relative)''.

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** A whole All of the books in the ''Lizzie And Booker'' series of children's books, that are of titled like this, with the format ''The (Holiday Decoration) that ate my (Relative)''.first two being "The Turkey That Ate My Father" and "The Computer That Ate My Brother".


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*** "Four Of Our Notes Are Missing", ''WesternAnimation/OscarsOrchestra'' SeasonFauxnale.
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** ''The Creature That Ate Sheboygan'', both [[TabletopGame/TheCreatureThatAteSheboygan a tabletop game]] and an unrelated song by Aces & Eights.
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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process


** ''Through the UncannyValley With Gun and Camera'' - a blog about James Cameron's ''Film/{{Avatar}}''.

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** ''Through the UncannyValley Uncanny Valley With Gun and Camera'' - a blog about James Cameron's ''Film/{{Avatar}}''.
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That's a phrase in its own right that happens to have the same structure.


** Variation: The Creator/AgathaChristie Poirot novel, ''Cat Among the Pigeons.''
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*** Another episode has Ruthie learn how to be a Grouch from ''Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Grouches, But Were Afraid To Ask Because Grouches Don't Like to Answer Questions'', by the Grouch advice columnist Dear Crabby.

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*** Another episode has Ruthie learn how to be a Grouch from ''Everything You Ever Wanted To to Know About Grouches, But Were Afraid To to Ask Because Grouches Don't Like to Answer Questions'', by the Grouch advice columnist Dear Crabby.
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*** Another episode has Ruthie learn how to be a Grouch from ''Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Grouches, But Were Afraid To Ask Because Grouches Don't Like to Answer Questions'', by the Grouch advice columnist Dear Crabby.
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* '''The Spy Who Y-ed X''', after the Film/JamesBond film ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' (1977)

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* '''The Spy X Who Y-ed X''', Me''', after the Film/JamesBond film ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' (1977)



** "Citizen Kang", a story of ''The Simpsons''

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** "Citizen Kang", a story of ''The Simpsons''from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Treehouse Of Horror VII".



** Variation: "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E20LastTapDanceInSpringfield Last Tap Dance in Springfield]] from ''The Simpsons''

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** Variation: "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E20LastTapDanceInSpringfield Last Tap Dance in Springfield]] from ''The Simpsons''
''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
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** "Men Are from Cliché; Women Are from Stereotype", section from ''[[Literature/HowNotToWriteANovel How NOT to Write a Novel]]'' parodying gender stereotypes.
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While technically a correct form of his name, he's better known as F. Scott Fitzgerald


* '''The Curious Case of Y''' started with "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (1922), a short story by Francis S. Fitzgerald. Popularised with the film adaptation (2008).

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* '''The Curious Case of Y''' started with "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (1922), a short story by Francis S. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Popularised with the film adaptation (2008).
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** ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' has an episode titled "Weapon X, Lies & Videotape"

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** ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' has an episode titled "Weapon X, Lies & Videotape"



** "A Rogue's Tale" (''WesternAnimation/XMen'' episode)

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** "A Rogue's Tale" (''WesternAnimation/XMen'' (''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' episode)
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*** [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS6E4TinkerTenorDoctorSpy "Tinker, Tailor, Doctor, Spy"]], an episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''

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*** [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS6E4TinkerTenorDoctorSpy "Tinker, Tailor, Tenor, Doctor, Spy"]], an episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''
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* '''Songs in the Key of X''' - Started by Music/StevieWonder's ''Songs in the Key of Life'' (1976)
**''Songs in the Key of Kids'' (1993), an album by children's entertainers [[Series/SharonLoisAndBramsElephantShow Sharon, Lois, and Bram]]
**''Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files'' (1996), a soundtrack of songs from (and influenced by) ''Series/TheXFiles''
**''Songs in the Key of Springfield'' (1997), a soundtrack of songs and sketches from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
**''Songs in the Key of Rock'' (2003), a solo album by Music/DeepPurple bassist Glenn Hughes
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Wiki/ namespace clean up.


** Wiki/TVTropes has ComicSutra

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** Wiki/TVTropes Website/TVTropes has ComicSutra



** TropeyComeHome, Wiki/TVTropes page

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** TropeyComeHome, Wiki/TVTropes Website/TVTropes page



** Wiki/TVTropes has WarForFunAndProfit and JustForFun/AbusingTheKardashevScaleForFunAndProfit.

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** Wiki/TVTropes Website/TVTropes has WarForFunAndProfit and JustForFun/AbusingTheKardashevScaleForFunAndProfit.
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** ''Film/BringMeTheHeadOfAlfredoGarcia'', a 1974 film.
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** ''''Film/MarriageItalianStyle''

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** ''''Film/MarriageItalianStyle'' ''Film/MarriageItalianStyle''

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