Line #102 Main/TitleDropChapter


1	Sometimes, a chapter in a book, or an episode in a TV series, or a part in another type of work, shares its title with the work itself.
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3	This often happens with the [[FinaleTitleDrop 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.
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5	Quite as often, as well, it's the first episode or part which bears the same title as the whole work. This is because the segment serves as introduction to the main character, setting, or idea of the work. In the case of TV shows, the reason may be that the first episode was originally made as the pilot for the whole series, so it's natural that it bears the same name.
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7	Another reason to use this may be that the title of the work as a whole is part of a phrase, song lyric, poem, etc. that is divided among the chapter titles (i.e., a CompoundTitle). In this case, the partial titles are also ArcWords.
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9	Subtrope of TitleDrop. Sometimes related to CompoundTitle and ArcWords. Overlaps with NamedAfterFirstInstallment if it's the first chapter, and FinaleTitleDrop, if it's the last.
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13	!!Examples
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16	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
17	* The final episode of ''Anime/AkudamaDrive'' is named, well, "Akudama Drive". The other 11 episodes are named after various movies.
18	* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': It doesn't quite work in English, but the Japanese version has a direct example. Chapter 88 is called [[spoiler:''Shingeki no Kyojin'', or ''The Attack Titan'' in English]]. It refers to [[spoiler:the name of Eren Yeager's titan itself, who the series is named after. This chapter also features the reveal of the titan's name, which is said by Eren as he's recalling his father's memories.]]
19	* The ''first'' episode of ''Manga/BananaFish'' is titled "[[LiteraryAllusionTitle A Perfect Day for Banana Fish."]] All the episode titles are American literary fiction from the 20th century.
20	* ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'': The final episode of the first season is entitled '"Does the Reaper Dream of Darkness Darker than Black?"
21	* The final chapter of ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'' is "Dungeon Food", which is the name of the manga's Japanese title (more specifically, ''Dungeon Meshi'').
22	* In ''Manga/TheGuySheWasInterestedInWasntAGuyAtAll'', Chapters 1, 2 and 18 all share the title of the series. The first two are a two-part introductory chapter, and the latter is a WhamEpisode in which Aya [[InternalReveal learns that the record store clerk she liked is actually her female classmate Mitsuki]].
23	* ''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'
24	* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'':
25	** The final chapter of "[[spoiler:The First Kiss Never Ends]]" arc shares its name.
26	** Chapter 261 uses the series' Japanese title "Kaguya Wants to be Confessed to" [[spoiler:to mark Shirogane asking out Kaguya to restart their relationship.]]
27	* ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'': [[BookEnds Both the first chapter and the last chapter]] are simply named 'Uzumaki Naruto' with the second having two exclamation points instead of one.
28	* ''Literature/SoundEuphonium'': "Sound! Euphonium" is the title of book 3's final chapter (not including the epilogue), and of season 2 episode 9.
29	* The ''WebComic/TowerOfGod'' anime's first season's last episode is called "Tower of God". It's based more on the logic of first episodes being called that than last ones, since more than anything being completed here, the first season just set up the stage for the long, long story from the comic.
30	* The final chapter of ''Manga/ATropicalFishYearnsForSnow'' shares the same title as the work, and forgoes the IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming.
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33	[[folder:Comic Books]]
34	* The fifth and final issue of ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheLastRonin'' is titled "The Last Ronin".
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37	[[folder:Fan Works]]
38	''[[AC:Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}]]''
39	* ''Fanfic/DanganronpaKommSusserTod'': Chapter 6 is titled "Come, Sweet Death", which when translated into German becomes... "Komm Susser Tod".
40	* ''Fanfic/DanganronpaMementoMori'': Chapter 6 is titled "Remember, You Will Die" -- the English equivalent of the Latin idiom "memento mori".
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42	''[[AC:WesternAnimation/TotalDrama]]''
43	* ''Fanfic/LegacyTotalDrama'': The final chapter is titled "Legacy". This chapter elaborates on the titular legacy, revealed in the previous chapter's closing WhamLine.
44	* The last chapter of ''Fanfic/QueenOfDiamonds'' shares its title with the story.
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47	[[folder:Film]]
48	* Silent film ''Film/TheAceOfHearts'' is divided into ten chapters. Chapter 3 is called "The Ace of Hearts", and is the one where the terrorists draw cards. Forrest winds up drawing the ace of hearts and thus is tasked with the assassination.
49	* ''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".
50	* While the first film in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise was later retroactively titled ''Film/ANewHope'' in order to distinguish it from the name of the franchise itself, it was originally released and marketed as, and is still often colloquially referred to as, simply ''Star Wars''.
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53	[[folder:Literature]]
54	* 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}}''.
55	* 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.
56	* ''Literature/MobyDick''. When Moby Dick, the legendary whale, finally appears in chapter 41 of the eponymous book after much anticipation, the chapter pays service to this fact by bearing the title "Moby-Dick".
57	* The second and last part of Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's ''Literature/TheGospelAccordingToPilate'' is titled "The Gospel according to Pilate".
58	* All ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books except for the first and the third have one chapter that bears the same title as the book itself.
59	** "The Chamber of Secrets" (chapter 16) 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.
60	** "The Goblet of Fire" (chapter 16) 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.
61	** "The Order of the Phoenix" (chapter 5) provides Harry and the audience a hefty amount of exposition on the Order and its role in resisting Voldemort.
62	** "The Half-Blood Prince" (chapter 9) starts immediately after the first TitleDrop and begins Harry's obsession with the Prince.
63	** "The Deathly Hallows" (chapter 22) 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.]]
64	* Creator/IsaacAsimov:
65	** In the 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.
66	** ''Literature/Foundation1951'': The first {{Novella}} was initially published as "Foundation". When publishing this {{Novel}}, Dr Asimov [[OrwellianRetcon renamed the chapter]] to "Literature/TheEncyclopedists" and [[DefiedTrope deliberately avoided]] sharing a chapter title with the book's title.
67	* ItaloCalvino's ''Literature/IfOnAWintersNightATraveler''. The first chapter is titled "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler" and the other chapters continue the sequence, forming a coherent text.
68	* When Creator/JulesVerne wrote ''Literature/MichaelStrogoff'', he decided to use the name of the protagonist as the title for both the first chapter and the book as a whole.
69	* Mystery novels by Creator/MichaelConnelly:
70	** The last part of ''Literature/TheFifthWitness'', which includes the climax in which Mickey Haller gets his client off and then figures out who was the murderer, is called "The Fifth Witness".
71	** The last part of ''Literature/EchoPark'', in which Bosch sets up a sting to nab the real killer of Marie Gesto, is called "Echo Park".
72	** The last chapter of ''Literature/TheScarecrow'', a brief epilogue that recounts Carver's grim AndIMustScream fate, is titled "The Scarecrow".
73	** The last part of ''Literature/TheGodsOfGuilt'', which is basically an epilogue tying up the loose ends after the story has been resolved, is called "The Gods of Guilt".
74	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' Tiffany Aching novels:
75	** Chapter 4 of ''Literature/TheWeeFreeMen'', where the Feegles make their first full appearance, is called "The Wee Free Men".
76	** Chapter 15 of ''Literature/AHatFullOfSky'', which reiterates the metaphor, is called "A Hat Full of Sky".
77	** Chapter 18 of ''Literature/TheShepherdsCrown'', which is the big climax where Tiffany reasserts her connection to the land, is called "The Shepherd's Crown".
78	* Nonfiction example: ''Life Is with People,'' a work of sociology about the culture of the Jewish shtetls, has a chapter in the middle called "Life Is with People."
79	* ''Ella Minnow Pea'' is divided into sections headed by the ever-diminishing list of alphabet letters still legal to use. Considering the [[ProtagonistTitle titular protagonist]]'s PunnyName, it's not hard to foresee [[spoiler:the arrival of a chapter headed by *LMNOP*, those being the very last letters remaining after the rest are banned]].
80	* The third to last chapter of ''Literature/TheSight'' is called "The Sight".
81	* ''Literature/TheBeastPlayer'': The series has the same title as the last chapter of the original duology and the last episode of the anime.
82	* ''Literature/VainqueurTheDragon'': Which is NamedAfterFirstInstallment, since they're {{Protagonist Title}}s.
83	* ''Literature/NormalAccidents'': The last chapter is called "Living with High-Risk Technologies", which is the subtitle of the book.
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86	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
87	* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Each season has a season name taken from an episode in that season which [[WhamEpisode fundamentally alters the direction the show had been taking up to that point]].
88	** Season 1: [[Recap/BabylonFiveS01E13SignsAndPortents Signs and Portents]]
89	** Season 2: [[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E09TheComingOfShadows The Coming of Shadows]]
90	** Season 3: [[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E09PointOfNoReturn Point of No Return]]
91	** Season 4: [[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E15NoSurrenderNoRetreat No Surrender, No Retreat]]
92	** Season 5: [[Recap/BabylonFiveS05E19TheWheelOfFire The Wheel of Fire]]
93	* The first season finale of ''Series/Daredevil2015'' is named "Daredevil" to mark Matt Murdock's transition from The Devil of Hell's Kitchen, a dangerous vigilante, to Daredevil, a full-on superhero. 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.
94	* Inverted in the first two series of ''Series/DoctorWho''. The serials didn't have titles back then, so they were retroactively titled by the first episode of the serial.
95	** "An Unearthly Child" is the first episode and serves as the title for [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild the first serial]].
96	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E3TheEdgeOfDestruction "The Edge of Destruction"]] consists of two episodes, "The Edge of Destruction" and "The Brink of Disaster."
97	** The only official title ever given to [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie the TV movie]] is "Doctor Who", although it's usually marketed as "Doctor Who: TheMovie" to avoid confusion.
98	* Played with in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': [=S9E16=] is named "How Your Mother Met Me".
99	* The pilot/first episode for ''Series/LogansRun'' is titled "Logan's Run".
100	* ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'' shares its title with its [[Recap/StarTrekStrangeNewWorldsS1E01StrangeNewWorlds first episode]].
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103	[[folder:Video Games]]
104	* ''VideoGame/BattleForWesnoth'':
105	** The final scenario of the original campaign ''Heir to the Throne'' is titled "The Battle for Wesnoth", where the heroes have a final battle against the queen which decides the fate of Wesnoth.
106	** ''Descent Into Darkness'' has its second-to-last scenario "Descent Into Darkness", where the protagonist completes his ProtagonistJourneyToVillain and becomes a lich.
107	** The last scenario of ''The Rise of Wesnoth'' is titled "The Rise of Wesnoth".
108	* Janos's chapter of ''VideoGame/TheBlackHeart'', the last chapter of the story, is of course titled "The Black Heart".
109	* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', each game will have one of the characters' individual stories being titled after the game's subtitles (Calamity Trigger, Continuum Shift, Chronophantasma). The final chapter of [[VideoGame/BlazBlueCentralFiction the last game]] is named 'BLAZBLUE'.
110	* Downplayed in ''VideoGame/BloodstainedCurseOfTheMoon'': the normal final stage is titled "Curse the Moon".
111	* ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'' has its final chapter titled "Absolute Despair Girls", an accurate translation of the game's [[LostInTranslation original title]], "Zettai Zetsubou Shoujo".
112	* ''VideoGame/DeadSpace''. The final chapter is named Dead Space (which ironically takes place in a planet).
113	* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'': A number of [[GameMod megawads]] have their last level named after the megawad's title itself. Examples include ''Hell Revealed'', ''Hellcore'', ''Hadephobia'' and ''No End in Sight''.
114	* ''VideoGame/EternalSeniaHydrangeaAfterTheRain'': The subtitle, "Hydragea After The Rain", is the title of the last chapter, before the epilogue, seen in the "The Story So Far" menu.
115	* ''VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyNexus'' has one that's LostInTranslation. The final main story Labyrinth is called Yggdrasil Labyrinth, referring to the Japanese title, ''Sekaiju no Meikyuu''.
116	* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has chapters named after each of the routes, including the one named after the game itself.
117	* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' the Final quest in an expansions storyline will always be named after that expansion's title.
118	* ''Franchise/FireEmblem''
119	** Chapter 6 of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragon'' is named "Fire Emblem", as it's when Marth receives the titular MacGuffin.
120	** Chapter 5 of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'' is named "Fire Emblem", as it's when Roy receives the titular [=MacGuffin=]. [[WholePlotReference Wait a minute.]] Chapter 21 of the same game is named "The Binding Blade", wherein Roy receives the titular InfinityPlusOneSword. Also strangely played with in the name of the first Sidequest chapter being "The Blazing Blade", which ended up being the subtitle of the ''next'' game in the series, a prequel.
121	** Played with in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'', where the final chapter is called "Sacred Stone", because [[spoiler: by that point, only one of the 5 Sacred Stones remains.]]
122	** Chapter 24 of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' is named "Awakening". [[{{Woolseyism}} But only in the English version, in the original Japanese it was called "The Exalt's Successor".]]
123	** Chapter 1 of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' is called "Three Houses". In this chapter, Byleth meets the students at the Officer's Academy and decides which of the academy's three houses they will teach.
124	* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' features a story mission titled "Grand Theft Auto". There is no particular significance to the content of the mission, as it simply involves delivering a few stolen cars to the player's employer.
125	* ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney 2: Resolve'' is titled "''Dai Gyakuten Saiban 2: Naruhodou Ryuunosuke no Kakugo''" in Japan. The subtitle translates to "The Resolve of Ryunosuke Naruhodo", which is also the title of the game's final episode.
126	* ''VideoGame/Halo3'' rounds out the trilogy with a level simply called, "Halo".
127	* The final chapter of the first ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'' is simply "The House of the Dead". ''VideoGame/TheHouseOfTheDeadOVERKILL'' follows suit, with its final chapter being "Overkill".
128	* ''VideoGame/LaytonsMysteryJourneyKatrielleAndTheMillionairesConspiracy'': The game's Spanish version adapts the game's subtitle for the 12th and final chapter (minus Katrielle's name). The English version averts the trope by naming the chapter "Diamonds Aren't Forever", though it does serve as both a ShoutOut to a song by Bring Me The Horizon and a pun on the phrase when referring to [[spoiler:the diamonds that made the Seven Dragons wealthy]].
129	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky SC'': The last of the game's OnscreenChapterTitles drops the chapter and numbering scheme altogether, simply titled "Finale: Trails in the Sky".
130	* The final chapters of both ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourney'' and ''VideoGame/DreamfallTheLongestJourney'' are titled "The Longest Journey". ''Dreamfall''[='=]s epilogue, meanwhile, is titled "Dreamfall".
131	* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'': There's a BrutalBonusLevel in both ''[[VideoGame/MonsterHunterFreedom2 Freedom Unite]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MonsterHunterGenerations Generations Ultimate]]'' called "Monster Hunter", pitting the player's character against a Rathalos, a Tigrex, a Nargacuga and a Rajang in a secluded MonsterArena. The first three monsters are the respective {{Mascot}}s of all handheld ''Monster Hunter'' games released as of ''Freedom Unite'', while the fourth one is one of the hardest bosses. There's a similar quest in ''[[VideoGame/MonsterHunter4 4 Ultimate]]'' with the same title-dropping name, though it features other monsters (Tigrex, Zinogre, Brachydios, Gore Magala and Seregios).
132	* The eighth and final chapter of ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' is named "The Thousand-Year Door," since you finally open and pass through the eponymous door.
133	* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' is titled "''Gyakuten Saiban: Yomingaeru Gyakuten''" ("''Turnabout Trial: The Revived Turnabout''") in Japan. The subtitle is used as the fifth case's title (however this example identifies the game as a remake in its homeland, as the fifth case was not part of the game when it was originally released on Game Boy Advance and was exclusively developed for the DS release -- it isn't plot-significant to the game itself).
134	* ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin'' 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."
135	* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' has one of its last missions [[spoiler: and the final one you play as Arthur Morgan]] simply be named "Red Dead Redemption".
136	* The last chapter of ''VideoGame/SayNoMore'' is titled "Say No! More". There is also an earlier chapter called "Say Yes! More".
137	* ''VideoGame/SlenderTheArrival''. The final chapter is named The Arrival.
138	* One of the tougher missions in ''[[VideoGame/TraumaCenter Trauma Center: Under the Knife]]'' is titled "Under the Knife". The Wii remake, ''Second Opinion'', doesn't rename this chapter but does add a new mission titled "Second Opinion".
139	* 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.
140	* The last level of ''VideoGame/{{Z}}'', is "Z".
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143	[[folder: Webcomics]]
144	* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': The first storyline group is named "El Goonish Shive"
145	* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': Another NamedAfterFirstInstallment example: The first book is called ''Kill Six Billion Demons''.
146	* ''Webcomic/LotusCobraIsEvil'': Which is NamedAfterFirstInstallment, has its first comic, [[https://i.imgur.com/zTxPHrD.jpeg "Lotus Cobra Is Evil"]], about "master of evil" [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]], wanting to be represented by said Lotus Cobra.
147	* ''Webcomic/YellowBrickRamble'': The title of [[https://yellowbrickramble.com/comic/the-yellow-brick-ramble Chapter 12]] is "The Yellow Brick Ramble," which is just the comic's name with "The" added to the front.
148	* ''Webcomic/YumisCells'': The three chapters of Yumi's wedding are titled "Yumi's Cells".
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151	[[folder:Western Animation]]
152	* Inverted in the reference books for the ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' show. Since all later episodes of the serial have two names, some books assign the name of the entire arc to the first episode, since they would otherwise have no name. Hence the first segment of the first arc "Jet Fuel Formula" is referred to by some sources as "Jet Fuel Formula", with the second segment called "Bullwinkle's Ride or Goodbye Dollink", the gag from the end of the first segment.
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