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* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'': The final arc of Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable, is an odd example as both Part 4 's title and it's chapters names were retroactively changed later when published as tankobon. Part 4 went from being called simply 'Josuke Higashikata' to 'Diamond is Unbreakable', and the final arc is collected as 'Crazy Diamond is Unbreakable'

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* The first book of ''WebComic/KillSixBillionDemons'' is called ''Kill Six Billion Demons''.

Subtrope of TitleDrop. Sometimes related to CompoundTitle and ArcWords.

* The ''WebComic/TowerOfGod'' anime's first season's last episode is called "Tower of God".

* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' loves this.

This often happens with the last chapter, episode or part. One of the reasons is that the title works as indication that the road is now complete, for example, if an essay's title refers to the main idea it's trying to prove, the last chapter would have the same title because all the arguments have been presented and now the conclusion represents the whole book, similarly to a fractal, where a part is identical to the whole.

* ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheWarriorWithin'' includes a title for each part of the game in save files, as a way of indicating where you are. The last of these is "The Warrior Within."

* The final chapters of both ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourney'' and ''VideoGame/DreamfallTheLongestJourney'' are titled "The Longest Journey". ''Dreamfall''[='=]s epilogue, meanwhile, is titled "Dreamfall".
* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has chapters named after each of the routes, including the one named after the game itself.

* The last level of ''VideoGame/{{Z}}'', is "Z".
* The concluding chapter of ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd'' is called "A Thief's End", reflecting both the end of Henry Avery's story at the hands of his second-in-command; and the definitive end of Nate's affairs in illegal adventures while escaping Libertalia with Sam and their friends.
* The eighth and final chapter of ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' is named "The Thousand-Year Door".

* ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey Nexus'' has one that's LostInTranslation. The final main story Labyrinth is called Yggdrasil Labyrinth, referring to the Japanese title, ''Sekaiju no Meikyuu''.

* ''Manga/Naruto'': Both the first chapter and the last chapter are simply named 'Uzumaki Naruto' with the second having two exclamation points instead of one.

* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'': The final arc of Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable, is an odd example as both Part 4 title and the chapters names were retroactively changed later when published as tankobon. Part 4 went from being called simply 'Josuke Higashikata' to 'Diamond is Unbreakable', and the final arc is collected as 'Crazy Diamond is Unbreakable'

** "The Chamber of Secrets" sees Harry and Ron enter the Chamber and end up separated before Harry learns the identity of the Heir of Slytherin and the chapter ends.
** "The Goblet of Fire" unveils the titular cup and describes the excitement over who it will choose to enter the [[BigGame Triwizard Tournament]]. Three champions are chosen before an unprecedented fourth emerges from the malfunctioning Goblet: Harry Potter.
** "The Order of the Phoenix" provides Harry and the audience a hefty amount of exposition on the Order and its role in resisting Voldemort.
** "The Half-Blood Prince" starts immediately after the first TitleDrop and begins Harry's obsession with the Prince.
** "The Deathly Hallows" occurs two chapters after the Hallows are introduced, and hardly includes any of them. It is instead named as such because the chapter sees the height of Harry's obsession with them. [[spoiler: This obsession makes him careless and gets him captured, which snowballs into the death of the innocent, downtrodden Dobby.]]

* The concluding chapter of ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd'' is called "A Thief's End".

** Chapter 4 of ''Discworld/TheWeeFreeMen'', where the Feegles make their first full appearance, is called "The Wee Free Men".
** Chapter 15 of ''Discworld/AHatFullOfSky'', which reiterates the metaphor, is called "A Hat Full of Sky".
** Chapter 18 of ''Discworld/TheShepherdsCrown'', which is the big climax where Tiffany reasserts her connection to the land, is called "The Shepherd's Crown".

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' {{divergence fic}}, ''Fanfic/{{Legacy|TotalDrama}}'', the final chapter is titled "Legacy". This chapter elaborates on the titular legacy, revealed in the previous chapter's closing WhamLine.

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* ''Film/TheCallOfTheCumberlands'': In this silent film a hillbilly named Samson leaves Appalachia to go to New York to study art. The scene where he gets a letter telling him that war has broken out between the FeudingFamilies back home is proceeded by a title card that says "The Call of the Cumberlands".

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* Chapter 11 of ''Literature/TheShining'', book 3 of ''Literature/TheStand'', part 11 of ''{{Literature/Firestarter}}'', chapter 51 of ''{{Literature/ChrisTine}}'' and part 2 of ''{{Literature/Misery}}'' are the same as their book's title.
* ''Literature/MobyDick''. When Moby Dick, the legendary whale, finally appears on chapter 41 of the eponymous book after much anticipation, the chapter pays service to this fact by bearing the title "Moby-Dick".

** "The Goblet of Fire" unveils the titular cup and describes the excitement over who it will choose to enter the [[BigGame Triwizard Tournament]]. Three champions are choosen before an unprecedented fourth emerges from the malfunctioning Goblet: Harry Potter.

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** "An Unearthly Child" is the first episode, and serves as the title for [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild the first serial]].

** This is repeated with the finale of ''Series/TheDefenders2017'' to mark the main group of Matt Murdock, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Danny Rand working together to fight the Hand.

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* In Creator/IsaacAsimov's novel ''Literature/TheGodsThemselves'', the second of the three parts is titled "The Gods Themselves". The three titles form a quotation that is the epigraph of the whole book.

* The seventh and final (not counting an {{interquel}} [[Literature/TheWindThroughTheKeyhole that came out later]]) book in Creator/StephenKing's Literature/TheDarkTower series is titled ''Literature/{{The Dark Tower|2004}}''.
** Chapter 11 of ''Literature/TheShining'', book 3 of ''Literature/TheStand'', part 11 of ''{{Literature/Firestarter}}'', chapter 51 of ''{{Literature/ChrisTine}}'' and part 2 of ''{{Literature/Misery}}'' are the same as their book's title.

* The seventh and final (not counting an {{interquel}} [[Literature/TheWindThroughTheKeyhole that came out later]]) book in Creator/StephenKing's Franchise/TheDarkTower series is titled ''Literature/TheDarkTower''.

** Chapter 11 of ''Literature/TheShining'', book 3 of ''Literature/TheStand'', part 11 of ''{{Literature/Firestarter}}'' and chapter 51 of ''{{Literature/ChrisTine}}'' are the same as their book's title.

* Chapter 4 of ''Discworld/TheWeeFreeMen'', where the Feegles make their first full appearance, is called "The Wee Free Men".

* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Each season has a title and there is one episode in each season which shares that title. The episode in question would then [[WhamEpisode fundamentally alter the direction the show had been taking up to that point]].

* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'': While not used for the series as a whole, the final chapter of the "[[spoiler:The First Kiss Never Ends]]" arc shares its name.