What makes a Stock Episode Title? Well, the minimum requirement is five separate shows using it (and not just one writer using it over and over again, like Aaron Sorkin does with "What Kind of Day Has It Been?
"note Weirdly, he uses it as the first season finale nearly every time, with The Newsroom being the first exception.). For example, the episode title "My Brother's Keeper" has been used sixty times over the yearsnote Two more uses for I am My Brother's Keeper, probably because it's a Literary Allusion Title from The Bible. Most Stock Episode Titles are either Literary Allusion Titles or simple, single word titles. A great many Stock Episode Titles relate to the Wedding Day.
Because a writer may be able to write a great episode, but will still bang his head against the wall when trying to think up a title.
A chart of the most popular Stock Episode Titles. Note: Two- or three-part episodes have been counted as one.
| # of Episodes | Title | Notes / See Also / Not to Be Confused with |
| 255 | "Finale" / "The Finale" | Grand Finale; Stock Series Finales |
| 217 | "Reunion" / "The Reunion" | Survivor uses the exact title 3 times (2 not counted) as well as numerous times with Colon Cancer, as of 7 June 2011. However, many viewers consider reunion shows to be part of the preceding episode. |
| 164 | "Wedding" / "The Wedding" | Wedding and Engagement Tropes, as of 7 June 2011 |
| 146 | "Homecoming" / "The Homecoming" | The Homecoming (Harold Pinter play) |
| 138 | "Lost and Found" | Includes the LOST episode "...And Found", and three different two-part episodes |
| 126 | "Lights, Camera, _____!" | Includes 32 examples of the exact title "Lights, Camera, Action!" |
| 122 | "Runaway" / "The Runaway" / "Runaways" / "The Runaways" | The Runaway, Runaways (comic book), The Runaways (band), Runaway ~Aisuru Kimi no Tame ni~ |
| 118 | Alibi / TheAlibi | As of 24 July 2015 Including variations Not to be confused with: more than 40 films and short films using variations. |
| 111 | "Double Trouble" | As of 8 June 2011 |
| 104 | "_____ to the Rescue" | Manually counted, only counting variations upon (Noun) to the Rescue, and not including episodes titled "To the Rescue" or "Race to the Rescue". |
| 104 | "Halloween" | All Hallows' Eve (holiday), Halloween (film series); one example of "Halowe'en" counted, as of 16 June 2011 |
| 103 | "Legacy" / "The Legacy" | As of 8 June 2011 |
| 100 | "Second Chance" / "Second Chances" | Second Chance, as of 16 June 2011 |
| 96 | "Party" / "The Party" | Counting one episode called "P.A.R.T.Y.", as of 16 June 2011 |
| 90 | "Witness" / "The Witness" | As of 16 June 2011 |
| 91 | "The Gift" | The Gift, as of 16 June 2011 |
| 84 | "Hero" / "The Hero" | The Hero, as of 22 July 2011 |
| 83 | "The/A Fish Story" | |
| 78 | "Secrets" | The Secret Index |
| 75 | "Trapped" | The Trapped Trilogy (flash games) |
| 74 | "Great Expectations" | Great Expectations (novel), includes 3 two-part episodes |
| 73 | "Family Affair" / "A Family Affair" | Family Affair (TV series) |
| 73 | "Trial" / "The Trial" | The Trial (Franz Kafka) |
| 71 | "Aftermath" / "The Aftermath" | Includes two multi-part episodes from Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and A Country Practice |
| 70 | "Til Death Do Us Part" / "Till Death Do Us Part" | Until Death Do Us Part (manga) |
| 69 | "Home" | |
| 69 | "House Divided" / "A House Divided" | From the Gospel of Mark, but best known from Abraham Lincoln's speech |
| 69 | "Judgment Day" / "Judgement Day" | Includes 4 two-part episodes |
| 68 | "Ties That Bind" / "The Ties That Bind" | |
| 67 | "Escape" | |
| 67 | "Ghosts" | |
| 67 | "No Place Like Home" / "There's No Place Like Home" | There's No Place Like Home |
| 67 | "Return" / "The Return" | |
| 67 | "Revelation" / "The Revelation" / "Revelations" | Five examples of "Révélations" and two of "Révélation" counted |
| 67 | "Secrets and Lies" | |
| 66 | "Blind Date" / "The Blind Date" | Blind Date |
| 64 | "Betrayal" / "The Betrayal" | Betrayal Tropes |
| 64 | "Home Sweet Home" | Home Sweet Home |
| 62 | "End Game" / "Endgame" | Includes four multi-part episode from Waking the Dead, Beast Machines, Transformers Animated and Wild C.A.T.S. listed under "partial matches" |
| 62 | "Hide and Seek" | Hide and Seek (film); includes two multi-part episode from Dog the Bounty Hunter and Degrassi: The Next Generation, a subtitled multi-part episode of Jackanory, and a half-episode example from Phineas and Ferb. |
| 61 | "Deja Vu" | Déjà Vu |
| 59 | "Anniversary" / "The Anniversary" | Includes two multi-part episodes from My Wife and Kids and The Nancy Walker Show |
| 59 | "Sins of the Father" / "The Sins of the Father" | Sins of Our Fathers; one example of "Sins of Our Father" and one of "The Sins of Our Father" not counted. |
| 59 | "Survivor" / "Survivors" / "The Survivor" / "The Survivors" | Survivor Dogs by Erin Hunter and Survivors (TV series) |
| 58 | "Father's Day" | Includes one example of "Fathers Day" and one example of "Fathers' Day" |
| 57 | "Rescue" / "The Rescue" | |
| 57 | "Skin Deep" | Skin Deep (webcomic) |
| 56 | "Christmas" | Christmas Tropes |
| 56 | "Showdown" / "The Showdown" | Includes one multi-part episode from WMAC Legends listed under "partial matches" |
| 55 | "Mother's Day" | Includes one example of "Mothers Day" |
| 54 | "Dream" / "Dreams" / "The Dream" | |
| 54 | "Happy Birthday" | "Happy Birthday to You!" (song) |
| 54 | "Nightmare" / "The Nightmare" | |
| 54 | "Pipe Dreams" | |
| 53 | "Brothers" / "The Brothers" | |
| 53 | "Eye for an Eye" / "An Eye for an Eye" | |
| 53 | "Survival" | Includes two multi-part episodes from Doctor Who and Alienators: Evolution Continues listed under "partial matches" |
| 52 | "Hit and Run" | The Simpsons: Hit & Run |
| 52 | "My Brother's Keeper" | Includes one two part episode, and a "Brother's Keeper, My", as of 10 June 2010 |
| 52 | "Power Play" / "Powerplay" | Includes a multi-part episode from A Country Practise listed under "partial matches" |
| 52 | "Teacher's Pet" | Teacher's Pet, Teacher's Pet (TV series); includes two examples of "Teachers Pet" |
| 51 | "A Friend in Need" | A Friend in Need, includes two different multi-part episodes |
| 51 | "Blast from the Past" / "A Blast from the Past" | Blast from the Past (film); includes three multi-part episodes from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Street Legal and Webster |
| 50 | "All That Glitters" | All That Glitters |
| 50 | "Arrival" / "The Arrival" | Includes a multi-part episode from The Jeffersons listed under "partial matches" |
| 50 | "Confession" / "The Confession" | Confessional |
| 50 | "The Letter" | Includes a multi-part episode from 7th Street Theater listed under "partial matches" |
| 50 | "Manhunt"/"The Manhunt" | Manhunt (game series); includes a multi-part episode of The Littlest Hobo listed under "partial matches" |
| 50 | "Missing" | |
| 50 | "Strange Bedfellows" | Enemy Mine; includes one multi-part episode from Cheers listed under "partial matches" |
| 50 | "Sanctuary" | Contains two multi-part examples from X-Men and A Country Practice |
| 47 | "Double Jeopardy" | Double Jeopardy (film); the second round of the game show Jeopardy!; includes a multi-part episode from Blue Healers listed under "partial matches" |
| 47 | "Masquerade" | Masquerade |
| 47 | "The Secret" | The Secret (book) |
| 46 | "Revenge" | Revenge, Revenge Tropes, Revenge (series) |
| 46 | "Surprise" | |
| 45 | "Second Time Around" / "The Second Time Around" | |
| 44 | "Awakening" / "The Awakening" / "Awakenings" | The Awakening (novel), Awakenings (film); contains five multi-part episodes from Doctor Who, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Amazing Extraordinary Friends, The Lazarus Man and Gargoyles listed under "partial matches" |
| 44 | "Duel" / "The Duel" | |
| 44 | "Unfinished Business" | Unfinished Business |
| 43 | "The Choice" | |
| 43 | "Deadline" / "The Deadline" | Includes two multi-part episodes from Bognor and Murder Call listed under "partial matches" |
| 43 | "The Test" | |
| 42 | "Blood Money" | |
| 42 | "Countdown" | Includes a multi-part episode from Police Story listed under "partial matches" |
| 42 | "Crush" / "The Crush" | |
| 42 | "Love Hurts" | |
| 41 | "The Game" | The Game (2006) (US series), The Game (2014) (UK Series), The Game (film) |
| 40 | "Payback" | Payback (film) |
| 40 | "Resurrection" | Includes a multi-part episode of Diagnosis: Murder listed under "partial matches" |
| 39 | "Fire" / "The Fire" | Includes a multi-part episode of Magkaribal and a multi-part episode of Jackanory listed under "partial matches" |
| 38 | "My Dinner with _____" | allusion to film My Dinner with Andre; excludes example of "Dinner With My..." |
| 23 | "No Laughing Matter" | |
| 37 | "Prologue" | |
| 37 | "Sisters" / "The Sisters" | |
| 37 | "The Search" | |
| 37 | "The Stranger" | The Stranger (novel) |
| 36 | "Birthday" / "The Birthday" | Birthday Tropes |
| 36 | "Crash" / "The Crash" | Crash (novel and 1996 film), Crash (2004 film) |
| 36 | "Eye of the Beholder" | Eye of the Beholder (game series) |
| 36 | "Finders Keepers" | Finders Keepers (webcomic), Finders Keepers (TV series) |
| 36 | "The Fugitive" | The Fugitive (TV series); includes a multi-part episode from Family Ties listed under "partial matches" |
| 36 | "Obsession" | |
| 36 | "Redemption" | |
| 36 | "A Star Is Born" | A Star Is Born (1937) (film) |
| 35 | "Checkmate" | |
| 35 | "Crossroads" | |
| 35 | "Getaway" / "The Getaway" / "The Get Away" | |
| 35 | "Invasion" / "The Invasion" | Invasion! (TV series) |
| 35 | "Promised Land" / "The Promised Land" | The Promised Land |
| 35 | "Trial by Fire" | |
| 34 | "Wedding Bell Blues" | "Wedding Bell Blues", song made famous by The 5th Dimension, commonly misidentified as "(Marry Me) Bill" |
| 34 | "Double Date" / "The Double Date" | Double Date |
| 34 | "The Great Escape" | Great Escape |
| 34 | "Hunted" / "The Hunted" | The Hunted (film) |
| 34 | "Inheritance" / "The Inheritance" / | |
| 34 | "The Last Temptation of _____" | allusion to novel and film The Last Temptation of Christ |
| 34 | "Love" | Love Tropes |
| 34 | "The Race" | |
| 34 | "Sacrifice" / "The Sacrifice" | Used twice (episodes 25 and 153) in the English dub of Dragon Ball Z. |
| 33 | "Best Friends" | |
| 33 | "Crime and Punishment" | Crime and Punishment (novel) |
| 33 | "Election" / "The Election" | Election (film) |
| 33 | "Fool's Gold" | |
| 33 | "The Other Woman" | |
| 33 | "Requiem" | Requiem (MMORPG) |
| 33 | "Vengeance" | |
| 32 | "Cry Wolf" | Cry_Wolf (film), Crying Wolf |
| 32 | "Devil You Know" / "The Devil You Know" / "Better the Devil You Know" | Better the Devil You Know |
| 32 | "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" | allusion to film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
| 32 | "Journey" / "The Journey" | Journey (band) |
| 32 | "The One That Got Away" | |
| 32 | "Paradise Lost" | allusion to poem Paradise Lost |
| 32 | "The Show Must Go On" | The Show Must Go On |
| 31 | "End of the World" / "The End of the World" | As of 8 June 2011 |
| 31 | "Fear" | Fear Tropes |
| 31 | "Full Circle" | |
| 31 | "Chase" / "The Chase" | Cha$e, The Chase, Chase Scene |
| 31 | "Old Friends" | |
| 31 | "The Ring" | The Ring (film) |
| 31 | "Valentine's Day" | Valentine's Day (film) |
| 31 | "Beauty and the Beast" | Allusion to fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast" |
| 30 | "A Day in the Life" | Day in the Life |
| 30 | "Catch Me If You Can" | |
| 30 | "Faith" | |
| 30 | "Fire and Ice" | Fire and Ice |
| 30 | "The Hunt" | |
| 30 | "Reckoning" / "The Reckoning" |
| 30 | "Time Bomb" / "Timebomb" | Time Bomb |
| 29 | "Heroes" | Heroes, Heroes (TV series) |
| 29 | "Killer" / "The Killer" | The Killer (film) |
| 29 | "Shadows" | |
| 29 | "There Goes the Neighborhood" | |
| 28 | "Breakdown" | |
| 28 | "Enemy Within" / "The Enemy Within" | Enemy Within |
| 28 | "Family" | |
| 28 | "The Morning After" | What Did I Do Last Night? |
| 29 | "Game Over" | Game Over |
| 29 | "Quarantine" | Quarantine |
| 29 | "Someone to Watch Over Me" | |
| 28 | "Past Imperfect" | |
| 28 | "Playing with Fire" | Playing with Fire |
| 28 | "The Play's the Thing" | allusion to Hamlet |
| 28 | "See No Evil" | |
| 28 | "Swan Song" | |
| 28 | "Trading Places" | Trading Places |
| 28 | "Truth or Dare" | |
| 28 | "The Whole Truth" | |
| 27 | "Do the Right Thing" | Do the Right Thing |
| 27 | "Fall Out" / "Fallout" | Fallout (game) |
| 27 | "False Witness" | |
| 27 | "Fame" | Fame |
| 27 | "Justice" | Justice (comic book series) |
| 27 | "Mirror, Mirror" | allusion to fairy tale "Snow White"; Mirror, Mirror (TV series) |
| 27 | "My Big Fat Greek _____" / "My Big Fat _____ Wedding" | My Big Fat Greek Wedding, includes 4 examples of titles that had neither "Greek" nor "Wedding" in them but still appeared to be alluding to the movie |
| 27 | "The Storm" | |
| 27 | "Tough Love" | Tough Love |
| 27 | "Truth and Consequences" | Truth or Consequences |
| 27 | "The Wall" | The Wall (album) |
| 26 | "Angel" | Angel (TV series) |
| 26 | "Blackmail" | |
| 26 | "Buried Treasure" | Buried Treasure |
| 26 | "Choices" | |
| 26 | "Come Fly with Me" | |
| 26 | "Flashback" | Flashback, Flashback (game) |
| 26 | "Help" | Help! |
| 26 | "Identity Crisis" | Identity Crisis (comic book series) |
| 26 | "Last Dance" / "The Last Dance" | The Last Dance |
| 26 | "Love Story" | |
| 26 | "A Night to Remember" | A Night to Remember (film) |
| 26 | "Rage" | |
| 26 | "Snow Job" | |
| 25 | "Ashes to Ashes" | Ashes to Ashes (2008) (TV series) |
| 25 | "Black Widow" / "The Black Widow" | Black Widow |
| 25 | "Blind Faith" | As at 11 February 2013 |
| 25 | "Home Alone" | Home Alone (film) |
| 25 | "In Sickness and in Health" | |
| 25 | "Insomnia" | |
| 25 | "Leap of Faith" | Leap of Faith |
| 25 | "Money" | |
| 25 | "Phoenix" | |
| 25 | "Race Against Time" / "A Race Against Time" / "The Race Against Time" | Race Against the Clock |
| 25 | "Sex" | Sex (manga) |
| 25 | "Whatever It Takes" | One example of "I'll Do Whatever It Takes" and one of "I Do Whatever It Takes" not counted |
| 24 | "Bloodlines" | |
| 24 | "Echoes" | |
| 24 | "Flight" | Flight |
| 24 | "Free Fall" / "Freefall" | Freefall (webcomic) |
| 24 | "Heat Wave" / "Heatwave" | Heat Wave |
| 24 | "The Key" | |
| 24 | "No Way Out" | No Way Out (film) |
| 24 | "Power" | |
| 24 | "Silent Partner" / "Silent Partners" / "The Silent Partner" | |
| 24 | "Under Pressure" | |
| 23 | "Big Bang" / "The Big Bang" | |
| 23 | "Changes" | |
| 23 | "Earthquake" | Earthquake |
| 23 | "Forbidden Fruit" | Forbidden Fruit |
| 23 | "Friends Like These" / "With Friends Like These" | With Friends Like These... |
| 23 | "Gold" | |
| 23 | "High Noon" | High Noon |
| 23 | "Hollywood" | Hollywood |
| 23 | "Home Again" | |
| 23 | "The Hunter" | Hunter of Monsters |
| 23 | "Once Upon a Time" | Once Upon a Time |
| 23 | "Rendezvous" | |
| 23 | "Something Old, Something New" | Old, New, Borrowed and Blue |
| 23 | "Survival of the Fittest" | Social Darwinist, Survival of the Fittest (game) |
| 23 | "Talent Show" / "The Talent Show" | Talent Show |
| 23 | "Wedding Bells" | |
| 22 | "The Accused" | |
| 22 | "Bad Company" | Bad Company (band) |
| 22 | "The Cure" | The Cure (band) |
| 22 | "Day of Reckoning" / "The Day of Reckoning" | |
| 22 | "Dear Diary" | |
| 22 | "Father Knows Best" / "The Father Knows Best" | Father Knows Best (series) |
| 22 | "Fever" | |
| 22 | "First Date" | |
| 22 | "Funeral" / "The Funeral" | Funeral Tropes |
| 22 | "Games People Play" | |
| 22 | "Ghost Town" | Ghost Town, Ghost Town (film) |
| 22 | "Graduation" / "The Graduation" | |
| 22 | "Hello(,) Goodbye" | |
| 22 | "House of Cards" | House of Cards (UK) or US (TV series) |
| 22 | "A Matter of Life and Death" | Matter of Life and Death |
| 22 | "Nemesis" | |
| 22 | "The Party's Over" | |
| 22 | "Recovery" | |
| 22 | "Sink or Swim" | |
| 22 | "Sleeping with the Enemy" | Sleeping with the Enemy (film) |
| 22 | "To Catch A Thief" | To Catch a Thief (film) |
| 22 | "Trust Me" | Trust Me (TV series) |
| 21 | "The Bridge" | The Bridge |
| 21 | "Conspiracy" | |
| 21 | "The Date" | |
| 21 | "Deadlock" | |
| 21 | "Deliverance |
| 21 | "Divorce" / "The Divorce" | |
| 21 | "Eye of the Storm" | |
| 21 | "Ghost in the Machine" | Ghost in the Machine |
| 21 | "Hearts and Minds" | |
| 21 | "The Interview" | |
| 21 | "Killer Instinct" / "The Killer Instinct" | Killer Instinct (game) |
| 21 | "The Kiss" | |
| 21 | "Let the Games Begin" | |
| 21 | "Lost" | LOST (TV series) |
| 21 | "To Have and to Hold" | |
| 21 | "When the Bough Breaks" | |
| 20 | "The Birthday Party" | |
| 20 | "Blind Faith" | |
| 20 | "Blood Ties" | |
| 20 | "Boys Will Be Boys" | |
| 20 | "The Dance" | |
| 20 | "Genesis" | Genesis (band), Sega Genesis (game system), Ge Ne Sis (game) |
| 20 | "In The Dark" | May be a reference to What You Are in the Dark |
| 20 | "Inside Out" | |
| 20 | "No Good Deed" / "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished" | No Good Deed Goes Unpunished |
| 20 | "Prodigal Son" / "The Prodigal Son" | |
| 20 | "Rampage" | |
| 20 | "_____ Saves the Day" | |
| 20 | "War" | War (band) |
| 19 | "The Beginning" | |
| 19 | "The Bet" | The Bet |
| 19 | "Cabin Fever" | Cabin Fever, Cabin Fever (film) |
| 19 | "Coming of Age" | Coming-of-Age Story |
| 19 | "Dead on Arrival" / "D.O.A." | D.O.A. (film) |
| 19 | "Dead Reckoning" | |
| 19 | "Exodus" | |
| 19 | "The Fight" | |
| 19 | "First Day" / "The First Day" | |
| 19 | "Follow The Leader" | Follow the Leader |
| 19 | "A Friend Indeed" / "A Friend in Deed" | |
| 19 | "Gimme Shelter" | |
| 19 | "Haunted" | |
| 19 | "The Job" | The Job (series) |
| 19 | "Learning Curve" / "The Learning Curve" | |
| 19 | "Meltdown" | |
| 19 | "Metamorphosis" | Metamorphosis |
| 19 | "Mistaken Identity" | Mistaken Identity |
| 19 | "Nobody's Perfect" | |
| 19 | "Pressure" | |
| 19 | "Rescue Me" | Rescue Me (TV series) |
| 19 | "Sex, Lies and Videotape" (and variations) | allusion to film sex, lies, and videotape ; 11 straight examples, one "Sex, Lies and No Videotape", one "Oral Sex, Lies and Videotape", three "Sex, Lies and Videotapes", two "Ex, Lies and Videotape", one "Dex, Lies and Videotape". |
| 19 | "Stranded" | |
| 19 | "Suspect" / "The Suspect" | |
| 19 | "Underground" | |
| 19 | "Viva Las Vegas" | Viva Las Vegas! |
| 18 | "Back To Basics" | |
| 18 | "Blindside" / "Blindsided" | The Blind Side (film) |
| 18 | "The Contest" | |
| 18 | "Do No Harm" / "First Do No Harm" | |
| 18 | "Out of the Blue" | |
| 18 | "The End" | The End |
| 18 | "Graduation Day" | |
| 18 | "Heart of the Matter" / "The Heart of the Matter" | |
| 18 | "Help Wanted" | |
| 18 | "Holiday" | Holiday Tropes |
| 18 | "Message in a Bottle" | Message in a Bottle |
| 18 | "Moving Day" | |
| 18 | "Release" | |
| 18 | "Rest in Peace" / "R.I.P." | |
| 18 | "Turning Point" / "The Turning Point" | |
| 17 | "Aftershock" / "Aftershocks" | |
| 17 | "All's Fair" | |
| 17 | "Asylum" | |
| 17 | "Bon Voyage" | |
| 17 | "Cat and Mouse" | |
| 17 | "Dead or Alive" | Dead or Alive (game) |
| 17 | "Fear And Loathing" / "Fear And Loathing In _____ " | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas |
| 17 | "Fear of Flying" | |
| 17 | "Future Shock" | |
| 17 | "Happily Ever After" | Happily Ever After |
| 17 | "Homeward Bound" | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (film) |
| 17 | "The Lie" | |
| 17 | "Nightfall" | The Asimov novelette, the Asimov & Silverberg novel, and the webcomic |
| 17 | "Opening Night" | |
| 17 | "Out of Time" | |
| 17 | "Partners in Crime" | |
| 17 | "The Perfect Crime" | |
| 17 | "Search and Rescue" | |
| 17 | "Sweet Dreams" | |
| 17 | "The Sound of Silence" / "The Sounds of Silence" / "Sound of Silence" / "Sounds of Silence" | Simon & Garfunkel |
| 17 | "Twilight" | Includes 2 two-part episodes |
| 16 | "The Big Sleep" | Big Sleep, The Big Sleep (film) |
| 16 | "Carnival" | |
| 16 | "Chameleon" / "The Chameleon" | |
| 16 | "Consequences" | |
| 16 | "Crossfire" | |
| 16 | "Destiny" | |
| 16 | "Dream Lover" | |
| 16 | "The Ex Files" / "The Ex-Files" | Pun on The X-Files |
| 16 | "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow" | Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow |
| 16 | "Heart of Gold" | |
| 16 | "The Judge" | The Judge |
| 16 | "Magic" | |
| 16 | "Nowhere to Run" | |
| 16 | "Once Bitten" | |
| 16 | "Pound of Flesh" / "A Pound of Flesh" | |
| 16 | "The Quest" | The Quest |
| 16 | "Red" | the comic book and film Red |
| 16 | "Remember Me" | |
| 16 | "Rivals" | |
| 16 | "Showtime" | Showtime (TV channel) |
| 16 | "Sucker Punch" | |
| 16 | "Tattoo" | |
| 16 | "Trojan Horse" | |
| 16 | "Vacation" | |
| 15 | "About Face" | |
| 15 | "And Baby Makes Three" | |
| 15 | "Animals" | |
| 15 | "Brave New World" | Brave New World (novel) |
| 15 | "Collision" | |
| 15 | "Dead End" | |
| 15 | "Dead Ringer" | |
| 15 | "Double Cross" | |
| 15 | "Fatal Attraction" / "A Fatal Attraction" | Fatal Attraction, Fatal Attraction (film) |
| 15 | "He Said, She Said" | |
| 15 | "Illusion" / "Illusions" | |
| 15 | "Indian Summer" | |
| 15 | "Into the Fire" | |
| 15 | "The Long Way Home" | Includes 2 two-part episodes |
| 15 | "Panic" | |
| 15 | "Rules of the Game" | Rules of the Game |
| 15 | "Salvage" | |
| 15 | "Shattered" | |
| 15 | "Silent Night" | |
| 15 | "Squeeze Play" | |
| 15 | "Still Waters" | |
| 15 | "Storm Warning" | |
| 15 | "Temptation" | |
| 15 | "Time" | |
| 14 | "Affairs of the Heart" | |
| 14 | "Baptism by Fire" / "Baptism of Fire" | |
| 14 | "The Big Game" | Big Game |
| 14 | "Blood" | |
| 14 | "Blowback" | |
| 14 | "Charlie" | |
| 14 | "Chaos" | |
| 14 | "Dad" | |
| 14 | "Dangerous Liaisons" | Dangerous Liaisons (novel) |
| 14 | "Demons" | Demons (TV series) |
| 14 | "Doomsday" | |
| 14 | "Eclipse" | |
| 14 | "Fight or Flight" | |
| 14 | "Forever Young" | |
| 14 | "Friend or Foe" | Friend or Foe |
| 14 | "The Girl Next Door" | Girl Next Door |
| 14 | "Ice" | |
| 14 | "Intervention" | |
| 14 | "Into the Woods" | Into the Woods (musical) |
| 14 | "I've Got You Under My Skin" / "Under My Skin" | |
| 14 | "Journey's End" | Includes 1 three-part episode and two sub-subtitled episodes |
| 14 | "Leader of the Pack" | |
| 14 | "A Little Learning" | |
| 14 | "The Lottery" | "The Lottery" (short story) |
| 14 | "Mind Over Matter" | |
| 14 | "An Officer and a Gentleman" / "Officers and Gentlemen" | Officer and a Gentleman, An Officer and a Gentleman |
| 14 | "One" | |
| 14 | "One on One" | |
| 14 | "Out of Sight" | |
| 14 | "The Quality of Mercy" | |
| 14 | "The Road Not Taken" | Includes one two-part episode |
| 14 | "Shades of Gray" / "Shades of Grey" | |
| 14 | "Shadow Play" / "Shadowplay" | |
| 14 | "Sleight of Hand" | |
| 14 | "Star Crossed" | |
| 14 | "A Tale of Two Cities" | A Tale of Two Cities (novel) |
| 14 | "That Sinking Feeling" |
| 14 | "Walkabout" | |
| 14 | "War Games" / "The War Games" | |
| 13 | "Abandoned" | Includes one case of "The Abandoned", as of 16 June 2011 |
| 13 | "All Fall Down" | |
| 13 | "As Time Goes By" | |
| 13 | "Boiling Point" | |
| 13 | "The Boy Next Door" | |
| 13 | "The Cage" | |
| 13 | "The Car" | |
| 13 | "Chain Reaction" | |
| 13 | "Covenant" | |
| 13 | "Crash and Burn" | |
| 13 | "The Day After" | |
| 13 | "Fall From Grace" | |
| 13 | "Fallen Angel" | |
| 13 | "Final Countdown" / "The Final Countdown" | |
| 13 | "Fish Out of Water" | |
| 13 | "The Fix" | |
| 13 | "Fly Away Home" | |
| 13 | "Framed" | |
| 13 | "Freedom" | |
| 13 | "Gone But Not Forgotten" | |
| 13 | "Happy Anniversary" | |
| 13 | "Heartbeat" | |
| 13 | "It's About Time" | |
| 13 | "Let It Snow" | Includes 3 variations on "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" |
| 13 | "The Long Night" | |
| 13 | "Love on the Rocks" | |
| 13 | "One of Us" | One of Us |
| 13 | "Pregnancy"/ "The Pregnacy" | |
| 13 | "Prodigy" / "The Prodigy" | |
| 13 | "Rebellion" | |
| 13 | "Shadow" / "The Shadow" | |
| 13 | "S.O.S." | |
| 13 | "Talk Show" / "The Talk Show" | |
| 13 | "Uprising" | |
| 12 | "Alone" | |
| 12 | "Avatar" | Avatar, Avatar (film), Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV series) |
| 12 | "The Big Squeeze" | |
| 12 | "Black and White" | |
| 12 | "Born To Run" | Named after the song/album by Bruce Springsteen |
| 12 | "Borrowed Time" | |
| 12 | "Broken" | |
| 12 | "The Bully" | |
| 12 | "Burnin' Down the House" / "Burning Down the House" | |
| 12 | "Descent" / "The Descent" | Descent (video game series), The Descent (film) |
| 12 | "The Edge" | |
| 12 | "The Enemy" | |
| 12 | "For Whom the Bell Tolls" | |
| 12 | "A Friend in Deed" | |
| 12 | "Head Over Heels" | |
| 12 | "Home Invasion" | |
| 12 | "I Do" | |
| 12 | "Justice For All" / "And Justice For All" | |
| 12 | "Knock Knock" / "Knock Knock, Who's There?" | |
| 12 | "Last Call" | |
| 12 | "Lessons Learned" | |
| 12 | "The Long Road Home" | |
| 12 | "New Year's Eve" | |
| 12 | "Night Shift" | |
| 12 | "Surf's Up" | Surf's Up (film) or Surf's Up (Beach Boys album) |
| 12 | "The Sky is Falling" | |
| 12 | "Time Machine" / "The Time Machine" | |
| 12 | "To Be or Not to Be" | allusion to Hamlet; not to be confused with To Be or Not to Be (film) |
| 12 | "24 Hours" / "Twenty-Four Hours" | |
| 12 | "War and Peace" | War and Peace (novel) |
| 12 | "What If" | |
| 12 | "Whisper" / "Whispers" | |
| 12 | "Windows" | |
| 11 | "Ascension | |
| 11 | "The Adventure Begins" | |
| 11 | "After Hours" | |
| 11 | "After the Fall" | |
| 11 | "Alter Ego" | |
| 11 | "And Baby Makes Two" | |
| 11 | "The Big One" | |
| 11 | "Bounty | |
| 11 | "Chain of Command" | |
| 11 | "Chosen One" / "The Chosen One" | |
| 11 | "Dream a Little Dream" / "Dream a Little Dream of Me" | |
| 11 | "Evolution" | |
| 11 | "Fear Itself" | |
| 11 | "First Blood" | First Blood, Rambo (film series); includes a two-part episode from Shadow Squad under "partial matches" |
| 11 | "Fury" | |
| 11 | "Gemini" | |
| 11 | "Gone Girl" | |
| 11 | "Goodbye" | |
| 11 | "Hook, Line and Sinker" | |
| 11 | "The House" | |
| 11 | "Letter of the Law" | |
| 11 | "Little White Lies" | |
| 11 | "Lockdown" | |
| 11 | "Lucky" | |
| 11 | "Lust" | |
| 11 | "The Man" | |
| 11 | "The New Guy" | Warehouse 13 (TV series) |
| 11 | "No Exit" | |
| 11 | "Pas De Deux" | |
| 11 | "Prey" | |
| 11 | "Saturday" | |
| 11 | "Shadow of the Past" / "Shadows of the Past" | |
| 11 | "Shotgun" | |
| 11 | "Sleeper" | |
| 11 | "Special" | |
| 11 | "Through the Looking Glass" | |
| 11 | "Time and Tide" | |
| 11 | "Two For The Road" | |
| 11 | "Victory" | |
| 11 | "We All Fall Down" | Warehouse 13 (TV series) |
| 11 | "Witch Hunt" | |
| 10 | "And Baby Makes Four" | |
| 10 | "Armageddon" | |
| 10 | "Battle" / "The Battle" | |
| 10 | "Bad Boys" | |
| 10 | "Chance of a Lifetime" | |
| 10 | "Chaos Theory" | |
| 10 | "The Curse" | |
| 10 | "Death" | |
| 10 | "Do Or Die" | |
| 10 | "Dream Girl" | |
| 10 | "Drive" | |
| 10 | "Forever" | |
| 10 | "Grace" | |
| 10 | "Gravity" | |
| 10 | "The Greater Good" | |
| 10 | "Initiation" | |
| 10 | "Inside Job" | |
| 10 | "Life After Death" | |
| 10 | "The Locket" | |
| 10 | "Paradise" | |
| 10 | "Paranoia" | |
| 10 | "The Prom" | |
| 10 | "Prom Night" | |
| 10 | "Public Relations" | |
| 10 | "Rain" | |
| 10 | "The Road" | |
| 10 | "Rose" | |
| 10 | "Save the Last Dance for Me" | |
| 10 | "Silence" | |
| 10 | "Something in the Air" | |
| 10 | "Suffer the Little Children" | |
| 10 | "Sunday" | |
| 10 | "Texas" | |
| 10 | "There's A ______ In My Soup" | |
| 10 | "The Truth" | |
| 10 | "Undertow" | |
| 10 | "Wannabe" | |
| 9 | "All Good Things" / "All Good Things Must Come to an End" | |
| 9 | "All's Well That Ends Well" | |
| 9 | "The Bank Job" | The Heist; The Bank Job |
| 9 | "Blue" | |
| 9 | "Boiling Point" | |
| 9 | "Born To Be Wild" | Includes 3 episodes under partial matches |
| 9 | "Breaking and Entering" | |
| 9 | "Burn, Baby, Burn" | |
| 9 | "Carpe Diem" | |
| 9 | "Dear John" | |
| 9 | "Encounter" | |
| 9 | "Guys and Dolls" | |
| 9 | "If Looks Could Kill" | |
| 9 | "Kindness of Strangers" / "The Kindness of Strangers" | |
| 9 | "Long Live the King" | |
| 9 | "Monday" | |
| 9 | "The Oath" | |
| 9 | "Out of the Ashes" | |
| 9 | "Peer Pressure" | |
| 9 | "Phantom" / "Phantoms" | |
| 9 | "The Prophet" | |
| 9 | "Rock Bottom" | |
| 9 | "The Invisible Man" | |
| 9 | To The Rescue | Only exact matches, includes one multi-part episode of Chip 'n Dale:Rescue Rangers, as of 8 June 2011 |
| 9 | "The Tower" | |
| 9 | "War Stories" | |
| 9 | "Memento Mori" | |
| 9 | "Zero Hour" | |
| 8 | "Apocalypse" / "The Apocalypse" | |
| 8 | "Apple" | |
| 8 | "The Big Race" | |
| 8 | "Black Swan" | |
| 8 | "Born To Be Mild" | Pun on the song "Born to be Wild", includes a half-episode of Spongebob Squarepants |
| 8 | "Chosen" / "The Chosen" | The Chosen One |
| 8 | "Class Reunion" | |
| 8 | "Danger" | |
| 8 | "Darkness Falls" / "When Darkness Falls" | Darkness Falls (film) |
| 8 | "Day One" | |
| 8 | "DeusExMachina" | |
| 8 | "The Dogs of War" | |
| 8 | "Don't Look Back" | |
| 8 | "Enigma" | |
| 8 | "Extreme Measures" | |
| 8 | "Falling" | |
| 8 | "Family Man" | |
| 8 | "First Blood" | |
| 8 | "First Kiss" | |
| 8 | "Hat Trick" | |
| 8 | "A Knight to Remember" | |
| 8 | "Lessons" | |
| 8 | "Lightning" | |
| 8 | "Lost In Translation" | |
| 8 | "Not Fade Away" | |
| 8 | "Pandemic" | |
| 8 | "Robot" | |
| 8 | "Skin" | |
| 8 | "Snapshot" | |
| 8 | "A Stitch in Time" | |
| 8 | "Tabula Rasa" | |
| 8 | "Three" | |
| 8 | "Thursday" | |
| 8 | "Time Out of Mind" | |
| 8 | "Tomorrow" | |
| 8 | "Transformation" | |
| 8 | "Triple Threat" | |
| 8 | "Tuesday" | |
| 8 | "Unusual Suspects" / "The Unusual Suspects" | |
| 8 | "Werewolf" | |
| 8 | "White Rabbit"/White Rabbits/The White Rabbit | As of 10 June 2011 |
| 8 | "Yesterday" | |
| 8 | "Zero" | |
| 7 | "All's Fair in Love and War" | |
| 7 | "The Big Day" | |
| 7 | "The Big Sleep Over" | |
| 7 | "Black Hole" | |
| 7 | "Butterfly Effect" / "The Butterfly Effect" |
| 7 | "The Cave" | |
| 7 | "Cease Fire" / "Ceasefire" | |
| 7 | "Company Man" / "The Company Man" | |
| 7 | "A Dark and Stormy Night" | |
| 7 | "Dark Side of the Moon" | The Dark Side of the Moon (album) |
| 7 | "Deliver Us From Evil" | |
| 7 | "The Door" | |
| 7 | "Dreamland" | |
| 7 | "Ebb Tide" | |
| 7 | "The Eleventh Hour" | |
| 7 | "Extinction" | |
| 7 | "Farewell" | |
| 7 | "Force Majeure" | |
| 7 | "Fragments" | |
| 7 | "Game, Set and Match" | |
| 7 | "Gone with the Wind" | Gone with the Wind (novel/film) |
| 7 | "The Great Train Robbery" | |
| 7 | "The Greater Good" | |
| 7 | "In Deep" | |
| 7 | "The Incident" | |
| 7 | "It's A Wonderful Life" | It's a Wonderful Life |
| 7 | "Learning to Fly" | |
| 7 | "Legacies" | |
| 7 | "The Match" | |
| 7 | "Merry Christmas" | |
| 7 | "Murder By Proxy" | |
| 7 | "Odyssey" / "The Odyssey" | The Odyssey |
| 7 | "Outlaws" | |
| 7 | "Over the Rainbow" | |
| 7 | "Pier Pressure" | |
| 7 | "Reign of Terror" | |
| 7 | "Reversal of Fortune" | |
| 7 | "Salvation" | |
| 7 | "Selling Out" | |
| 7 | "Sleep" | |
| 7 | "Sleepwalker" | |
| 7 | "Succession" | |
| 7 | "Terminal" | |
| 7 | "Two" | |
| 7 | "The Usual Suspects" | The Usual Suspects (film); the two pre-1995 examples are probably direct references to Casablanca |
| 7 | "Valentine's Day Massacre" | The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre |
| 7 | "Veritas" | |
| 7 | "Vortex" | |
| 7 | "Wednesday" | |
| 7 | "What About Bob?" | What About Bob? (film) |
| 7 | "Who's on First?" | |
| 7 | "The Window" | |
| 7 | "Wonderland" | |
| 6 | "After School Special" | |
| 6 | "All Hell Breaks Loose" / "Hell Breaks Loose" | Includes 1 two-part episode |
| 6 | "Adrift" | |
| 6 | "All About Eve" | All About Eve (film) |
| 6 | "April Fool's Day" | |
| 6 | "April Fools" | |
| 6 | "Beer" | |
| 6 | "Believe" | |
| 6 | "Blood Feud" | |
| 6 | "Booby Trap" | |
| 6 | "Book of Love" / "The Book of Love" | |
| 6 | "Breathless" | |
| 6 | "Bus Stop" | |
| 6 | "Chimera" | |
| 6 | "College" | |
| 6 | "Damned If You Do" | |
| 6 | "Day of The Dead" | |
| 6 | "D.N.A." / "DNA" | |
| 6 | "Duet" | |
| 6 | "Employee of the Month" | |
| 6 | "Enemies" | |
| 6 | "The End of the Beginning" | |
| 6 | "Friday" | |
| 6 | "Gambit" | |
| 6 | "The Game Show" | |
| 6 | "Green" | |
| 6 | "Hammer Time" / "It's Hammer Time" | MC Hammer |
| 6 | "Home Away from Home" | |
| 6 | "I'm with Stupid" | |
| 6 | "Kill or Be Killed" | |
| 6 | "The King is Dead" | |
| 6 | "The Last Day" | |
| 6 | "Live and Learn" | |
| 6 | "Muddy Waters" | |
| 6 | "Nevermore" | allusion to Edgar Allan Poe |
| 6 | "Nightmares" | |
| 6 | "Numbers" | |
| 6 | "Past Lives" | |
| 6 | "Prime Suspect" | Prime Suspect series |
| 6 | "Prison Break" | |
| 6 | "Rain of Terror" | |
| 6 | "Real Life" | |
| 6 | "Remembrance" | 4 times from Songs of Praise, 5 from other shows |
| 6 | "A Star is Torn" | allusion to A Star Is Born (1937) |
| 6 | "Queen's Gambit" | allusion to the Chess opening |
| 6 | "The Thin Red Line" | The Thin Red Line (film) |
| 6 | "Three Strikes" | |
| 6 | "Tower of Power" | |
| 6 | "Unholy Alliance" | |
| 6 | "The Vampire" | |
| 5 | "The Beginning of the End" | |
| 5 | "The Bubble" | |
| 5 | "The Chaperone" | Includes a half-episode of Spongebob Squarepants |
| 5 | "Crack of Doom" | |
| 5 | "Culture Shock" | |
| 5 | "Dawn" | |
| 5 | "Doing Time" | |
| 5 | "Double Double Toil and Trouble" | allusion to Macbeth |
| 5 | "Fifteen Minutes" | |
| 5 | "Grace Under Pressure" | |
| 5 | "Graveyard Shift" | |
| 5 | "In Love and War" | |
| 5 | "Invisible Woman" / "The Invisible Woman" | |
| 5 | "Life" | |
| 5 | "Midnight" | |
| 5 | "Mom" | |
| 5 | "More Things in Heaven and Earth" / "There are More Things in Heaven and Earth" | allusion to Hamlet |
| 5 | "No Rest for the Wicked" | |
| 5 | "Orpheus" | |
| 5 | "Ouroboros" | |
| 5 | "Peer Pressure" | |
| 5 | "Potato" | 4 separate uses in Iron Chef, in addition to four other shows that use it once each |
| 5 | "Spin the Bottle" | |
