History Main / TranslationMatchmaking

* ''Film/{{Django}}'' became a sequel to ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' in Japan, and, interestingly enough, ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' in Taiwan.

** In fact there are "Murder ''Something ''" titles: "[[Series/CriminalMinds Murder Minds]]", "[[Series/Numb3rs Murder Numbers]]" and "[[Series/MurderSheWrote Murder Lines]]".

* ''Film/CemeteryMan'' became ''Film/{{Demoni}} '95'' in Japan.

* ''Film/CemeteryMan'' became ''[[Film/{{Demoni}} Demons]] '95'' in Japan.

* The Capcom arcade game ''Chiki Chiki Boys'' was localized as ''VideoGame/MegaTwins'', giving the impression that it's some sort of ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' spinoff. It helps that the two protagonists somewhat resemble Mega Man himself and his brother Proto Man. However, the Genesis port kept the original title for its overseas release.

* ''Fire Shark'', a World War II-themed shoot-'em-up by Toaplan, was released in Japan under the title of ''Same! Same! Same!'' (lit. "Shark! Shark! Shark!"), a play on the 1970 war movie ''Tora! Tora! Tora!''.

* The {{yaoi}} manga ''Manga/SenseAndSexuality'' (whose Japanese title translates to ''Advancement of the Infamous''), which has nothing at all to do with ''Literature/SenseAndSensibility''.

* ''Manga/InterviewsWithMonsterGirls'' has it twice, the title being the combination of ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' and ''[[Manga/MonsterMusume Daily Life With Monster Girl]]''. Kodansha translated the term ''Demi-chan'' (Demi-girls) into "Monster Girls" just to make a connection with the latter; it wouldn't even be a ''politically correct'' translation in-universe, since Demi-humans are humans, not monsters, despite having some monster traits.

* In Japan, ''Film/NapoleonDynamite'' is known as ''Bus Man'' in a blatant attempt to ride on the coattails of ''Literature/TrainMan2004'', though it was later reverted to its original English name because of this.

* The {{yaoi}} manga ''Manga/{{Sense and Sexuality}}'' (whose Japanese title translates to ''Advancement of the Infamous''), which has nothing at all to do with ''Literature/SenseAndSensibility''.

* In Portugal, ''{{Anime/Kochikame}}'' bears the subtitle "Police Academy". However, this is also the title of a [[Film/PoliceAcademy completely unrelated film]]; the only thing that connects the two films is the fact that they both involve the police.

* ''Manga/InterviewsWithMonsterGirls'' has it twice, the title being the combination of ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' and ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl''. Kodansha translated the term ''Demi-chan'' (Demi-girls) into "Monster Girls" just to make a connection with the latter; it wouldn't even be a ''politically correct'' translation in-universe, since Demi-humans are humans, not monsters, despite having some monster traits.

** ''{{Blackbeard}}'' the mini-series became ''Blackbeard and the Pirates of the Carribean'' (Feketeszakall es a Karib tenger Kalozai)

** Also actor specifically: if a movie was about dancing and(or?) Creator/PatrickSwayze acted in it it would inevitably get a title with Dirty or Dancing in it but preferably [[Film/DirtyDancing both]]. Or WesternAnimation/ThePagemaster got "Reszkessetek, nem hagyom magam!" and MacaulayCulkin was the sole reason for it (Film/HomeAlone came out as "Reszkessetek betörők").

* Also a case of SimilarlyNamedWorks - both Ultraman and {{Franchise/Superman}} are translated to exactly 超人 in Chinese.

* The Japanese console release of ''VideoGame/MortalKombatI'' and ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatII II]]'' were subtitled ''Shinken Kōrin'' (Ascension of the Divine Fist) and ''Kyūkyoku Shinken'' (Ultimate Divine Fist), the latter being the localized term for the game's finishing moves or Fatalities. The ''Shinken'' part could be seen as an allusion to ''Hokuto Shinken'', the titular martial art in the manga ''Manga/{{Fist of the North Star}}'', a fictional style which allows its practitioners to finish an opponent off with a well delivered blow, often resulting in a gory death much like the Fatalities in ''Mortal Kombat''.

** In Spain, ''Airplane!'' was renamed ''Aterriza como puedas'' (Land as you can), ''Film/TheNakedGun'' became ''Agárralo como puedas'' (Catch [him] the way you can), and ''Film/SpyHard'' was ''Espia como puedas'' (Spy as you can). In fact, most comedies with Leslie Nielsen follow the "X como puedas" [[FollowTheLeader and even some unrelated ones]]: ''Film/JaneAustensMafia'', for instance, became ''Mafia, estafa como puedas'' ("Mafia, Con [someone] The Way You Can").

** Spain follows the trope in a slightly different way. ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' is still known as ''Padre de familia'', while ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' is ''Padre "Made in USA"'' ("Father 'Made in USA'", notice the English). In a stroke of luck, adding the ''padre'' part to the title of the first series actually helped them connect it to the second series.

* While the original ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'' manga and anime were never adapted to English, the tie-in rubber figure toyline by Creator/{{Bandai}} were imported to the U.S. by Creator/{{Mattel}} under the name of ''M.U.S.C.L.E.'', which stood for "Millions of Unusual Small Creatures Lurking Everywhere". When [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] and Creator/{{Viz|Media}} picked up the rights to the ''Kinnikuman'' sequel series, ''Kinnikuman Nisei'', they went with the name ''Anime/UltimateMuscle'' to invoke a connection with Mattel's toyline, although the "Muscle" in ''Ultimate Muscle'' is just a word and not an acronym for anything. Mattel stills holds the rights to the ''M.U.S.C.L.E.'' trademark, but now produces rubber figures based on other properties, such as ''He-Man'' and ''Street Sharks''.