Works named after events that took place, are taking place, or are about to take place in the story.
In TV shows, it's usually a Celebration Episode (Valentine's Day, Halloween, Christmas, etc.). Very common in works with war, sports and competition settings, as well as Disaster Movies, who in turn tend to name themselves from their plots/themes straight up. Usually overlaps with The Place. Almost always a Spoiler Title, especially in Tonight, Someone Dies moments. Compare Versus Title and Instructional Title which may also overlap.
Sub-tropes:
- Character Action Title: Titular character performs titular action creating a titular event.
- The Titling
- Verbed Title, due to being a past-tense verb, One-Word Title.
Examples:
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Anime & Manga
- Attack on Titan
- Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
- Pokémon Journeys: The Series
- Saber Marionette J: The J to X series means Japoness to Xi'an, and the main cast indeed travel midway through the season.
- Slam Dunk
- Sword Art Online
- The Tamagotchi episode "Get Ready! The Big Race on Tama Street" gets both its English name and its first half's Japanese name ("Exciting! The Big Tama Street Race!") from The Big Race on which its plot centers.
Comic Books
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
- Civil War (2006)
- Civil War II
- Crisis on Infinite Earths
- The Death of Superman
- The Eye Sees
- Fantastic Four: Life Story
- Final Crisis
- Flashpoint
- Infinite Crisis
- Kraven's Last Hunt
- The Night Gwen Stacy Died
- Secret Wars (1984)
- Secret Wars (2015)
- Spider-Man: Life Story
- Trial of the Amazons
- Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
- The Wild Storm
Fan Works
- Adjacency: "A Moment of Reflection"
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- Anchor Foal: The chapter, "Overdressed Rehearsal"
- Between the Lines (MrQuestionMark): "The Interrogation".
- Homecoming, 2026
- Metro: Almost every story:
- Metro 1: Chewing Through The Straps
- "Fall Rush"
- Metro 2: Running With A Devil
- "Meetings By Pale Moonlight"
- The Petriculture Cycle: Manifesto: "3. Implementation"
- Psychedelic Epiphany Series: Psychadelic: "Staring Into The Alternitive Rythym".
- The Story Shuffle series:
- The first anthology, Story Shuffle, has, a few, such as:
- The second anthology, Story Shuffle 2: Double Masters, has, a few, such as:
- Tales of the Canterlot Deportation Agency: Luna Vs. The Law Machine: "Cleaning Up The Town": About laws and their use to clean places of criminals.
Films — Animation
- Aladdin: The Return of Jafar
- Alice in Wonderland
- An American Tail
- Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
- Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion
- Bleach: Fade to Black
- A Bug's Life
- The Cat Returns
- Finding Dory
- Finding Nemo
- Frozen
- Gundam
- Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
- Justice League: War
- Pokémon
- Pokémon: The First Movie is usually subtitled MewTwo Strikes Back.
- Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai
- Pokémon: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages
- The Return of the King
- Shark Tale
- Sing
- Spirited Away
- Tangled
- Toy Story and its sequels.
- Turning Red
- The Wind Rises
Films — Live-Action
- The 6th Day
- 7 Days in Hell
- 10 to Midnight
- 12 Years a Slave
- 13 Going on 30
- 24 Hours to Live
- 28 Days Later
- 28 Weeks Later
- 30 Days of Night
- 40 Days and 40 Nights
- 48 Hrs.
- 50 First Dates
- 127 Hours
- (500) Days of Summer
- 555
- 2012
- 2019: After the Fall of New York
- Act of Vengeance
- After School Massacre
- The Age of Adaline
- Alice in Wonderland (2010)
- All Hallows' Eve
- Almost Famous
- Apocalypse of the Dead
- Armageddon (1998)
- At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul
- Attack of the Giant Leeches
- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
- Audition
- Babysitter Massacre
- Back to the Future
- Batman Returns
- The Battle of Algiers
- Black Sunday
- Blood Feast
- Blood Orgy of the She-Devils
- Blood Slaughter Massacre
- Boxing Day
- Bride Wars
- Buried
- The Burning
- The Conjuring
- Conquest
- The Dark Knight Trilogy examples:
- Date Night
- Dawn of the Dead (1978)
- The Day After
- The Day After Tomorrow
- A Day of Judgment
- Death at a Funeral
- Death Race 2000
- DC Extended Universe
- Deep Impact
- Dirty Dancing
- The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
- Drive Angry
- Drive-In Massacre
- Earthquake
- Eaten Alive:
- End of Days
- Entrapment
- Escape from L.A.
- Escape from New York
- Euro Trip
- The Exorcism of Emily Rose
- Final Exam
- Finding Neverland
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- Four Weddings and a Funeral
- Fraternity Massacre at Hell Island
- Friday the 13th
- From Dusk Till Dawn
- Funny Games
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
- Graduation Day
- The Great Escape
- Grudge Match
- Halloween Night
- The Hobbit Trilogy
- Hunger
- The Hunger Games
- The Hunt for Red October
- I Drink Your Blood
- I Eat Your Skin
- I'll Kill You... I'll Bury You... I'll Spit on Your Grave Too!
- The Imitation Game
- The Impossible
- Independence Day
- Independence Day: Resurgence
- The Interview
- Interview with the Vampire
- It Came from Beneath the Sea
- Just Before Dawn
- The Killing of Satan
- The King's Speech
- A Knight's Tale
- Knocked Up
- Leap Year
- The Lesson
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Mars Attacks!
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Meet the Parents, and its sequel Meet the Fockers.
- Midnight Run
- Monster Brawl
- Monty Python's Life of Brian
- Murders in the Rue Morgue
- Night at the Museum and its sequel Battle of the Smithsonian.
- Night of the Living Dead
- A Night to Remember
- Now You See Me
- One Hour Photo
- The Open House
- Outsourced
- Overlord (2018), about Operation Overlord, AKA D-Day.
- The Poseidon Adventure
- Planet of the Apes
- President's Day
- Prom Night (1980)
- Prom Night (2008)
- The Purge
- The Purge: Anarchy
- The Purge: Election Year
- Rachel Getting Married
- Ran: Translates to "rebellion."
- The Reaping
- Risky Business
- The Ritual
- Rolling Vengeance
- Saturday Night Fever
- Saving Mr. Banks
- Saving Private Ryan
- Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
- Seven Years in Tibet
- A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Shakespeare in Love
- Skin Trade
- The Slaughter
- Sleepless in Seattle
- Space Mutiny
- Star Wars
- Summer of '84
- Superman Returns
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- This Is 40
- This Is the End
- Tokyo Magnitude 8
- The Toolbox Murders
- Vacation
- Venom: Let There Be Carnage
- Waar: Translates to "The Strike".
- A Walk to Remember
- Walk the Line
- War of the Worlds (2005)
- The War of the Worlds (1953)
- We Bought a Zoo
- Whatever Happened To Baby Jane
- Winter's Bone
- The World's End
- X-Men Film Series
- Zero Dark Thirty
- Zombie Wars
Literature
- 30 Days in Spring
- Around the World in Eighty Days
- Appointment with F.E.A.R.
- Battle Royale
- A Clash of Kings
- A Dance with Dragons
- Dungeon Engineer: Some chapters, like:
- "Eavesdropping"
- "Business"
- A Feast for Crows
- A Game of Thrones
- Gone Girl
- The Hunger Games
- The Hunt for Red October
- Indexing
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Journey to the West
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Juniper's Christmas
- The Master Key: Some of the chapters, such as:
- 4. Testing the Instruments
- 15. A Battle With Monsters
- October, October
- One Day
- A Storm of Swords
- Thieves Gambit
- The War of the Worlds (1898)
Live-Action TV
- The Amazing Race
- American Horror Story: Freak Show
- The Comeback
- Crisis (2014)
- Arrowverse
- Enlightened
- Game of Thrones
- Hang Time
- How I Met Your Dad
- How I Met Your Mother
- How to Get Away with Murder
- I Dream of Jeannie
- Interview with the Vampire (2022)
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury
- Married... with Children
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
- The New Adventures of Old Christine
- Outsourced
- Reign
- Reign of the Gargoyles
- Revenge (2011)
- Robot Wars
- Saved by the Bell
- Scandal
- Shake it Up
- Spartacus series: Vengeance (Season 2) and War of the Damned (Finale Season)
- Squid Game
- Survivor
- What Would You Do?
- Winter Sonata
Manhua
- Several chapter titles of Digimon Legendary Skies:
- Chapter 1 - "九寨沟之旅!" (Either "Jiuzhaigou Trip!" or "Journey to Jiuzhaigou!").
- Chapter 2 - "不打不相识！虞家宝与大熊猫兽" ("No fight, no acquaintance! Jiabao Yu and Pandamon").
- Chapter 3 - "击退金丝猴兽，何首乌兽出现!" ("Defeat Jinshihoumon, and Heshouwumon appears!").
- Chapter 4 - "觜火猴兽登场!" ("Zihuohoumon Appears!").
- Chapter 5 - "恍如梦幻" ("Like a Dream").
- Chapter 7 - "数码竞技大赛!" ("Digital Competition!").
- Chapter 9 - "未来之光" ("Light of the Future").
Music
- Thirty Seconds to Mars: Do or Die, From Yesterday, The Kill, This Is War, Up in the Air''
- ABBA: I Had A Dream
- Avril Lavigne: Here's To Never Growing Up, Keep Holding On, Losing Grip, My Happy Ending
- Backstreet Boys: The Call, Get Down (You're The One For Me), I Still, Incomplete, Inconsolable, Show Me The Meaning of Being Lonely
- The Corrs: Long Night, One Night, Only When I Sleep, Runaway, Summer Sunshine
- Enrique Iglesias: Bailamosnote , Be With You, Escape
- Evanescence: Bring Me To Life, My Last Breath, Going Under
- Green Day: Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), Wake Me Up When September Ends
- Katy Perry: Chained To The Rhythm, Thinking Of You, Wide Awake
- Korn: Here to Stay
- Lacuna Coil: End of Time, Swamped
- Limp Bizkit: Build a Bridge, Eat You Alive, Nookie, Take A Look Around
- Linkin Park: Bleed It Out, Breaking the Habit, Burn It Down, Crawling, Easier To Run, Faint, Final Masquerade, Forgotten, Given Up, Good Goodbye, In The End, Leave Out All The Rest, Looking For An Answer, Lost In The Echo, Lying From You, My December, New Divide, Numb, One Step Closer, Runaway, Shadow of the Day, Waiting For The End, What I've Done
- Metallica: All Nightmare Long, Creeping Death, Enter Sandman, Harvesting Sorrow, I Disappear, Jump in the Fire, Ride the Lightning, The Day That Never Comes, Whenever I May Roam
- My Chemical Romance: Welcome To The Black Parade and Famous Last Words
- Nelly: Just A Dream, Ride With Me
- *NSYNC: Bye, Bye, Bye, Gone
- One Direction: Live While We're Young, Story Of My Life
- Plumb: Stranded
- Rage Against the Machine: Killing in the Name Of
- Ricky Martin: Livin' La Vida Loca, She Bangs
- Spice Girls: 2 Become 1, Goodbye, Holler, Let Love Lead The Way, Spice Up Your Life, Stop, and Viva Forever
- Tupac Shakur: Changes
- Vitamin C: Graduation (Friends Forever)
- Westlife: Fool Again, I Had A Dream, Tonight
Radio
Theatre
Video Games
- Born Under the Rain
- Command & Conquer series
- Cute Bite
- Fire Emblem:
- Fire Emblem: Awakening
- Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest
- Garden Gnome Carnage
- Kingdom Hearts:
- Metal Gear:
- Mortal Kombat
- Pony Platforming Project entries:
- Prayer of the Faithless
- Raid on Taihoku
- River City Girls: "The Hunt", an Obsession Song about the hunt for a target.
- Secret Files: Tunguska: Named after The Tunguska Event.
- Super Robot Wars
- Tekken series
- Time Crisis
Web Animation
Web Comics
- Lotus Cobra Is Evil: From "Demonic Consultation"◊, where Type-Moon talks with Satan.
- Pokemon: Festival of Champions
Web Videos
- Epic Meal Time
- The Highcraft video "The Boofing of Travesville" is named after an in-game conflict on the SMP.
- Mitten Squad: A few, for example: "GTA V: Part 2 | Swimming With Trucks"
- Numberphile: "I washed my passport".
- Pikasprey: Some videos, such as: "Soft Lock Picking: Graveler's Unlikely Escape".
- Pokémon Talk: The episode, "Vacation".
- React
- Sing It
- The Spiffing Brit: "Nuking every province in the WORLD"
Western Animation
