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Embryon Since: Mar, 2010
2011-10-15 16:06:37

The Namesake would cover this. (However, it's such a ubiquitous titling convention that the page limits examples to not-immediately-obvious namesakes.)

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And even if it is broke, just ignore it and maybe it'll be sort of OK — like the environment."
ZaklogtheGreat Since: Sep, 2010
2011-10-15 21:33:23

Yes, it is a form of The Namesake, but it's a sufficiently specific form, with probably enough examples of its own, that it seems it should have a category of its own.

Embryon Since: Mar, 2010
2011-10-16 12:38:32

Well, Fictional Document is the book-within-a-book trope. I can't seem to find what you're looking for in Title Tropes but it could probably be its own trope, yeah.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And even if it is broke, just ignore it and maybe it'll be sort of OK — like the environment."
ZaklogtheGreat Since: Sep, 2010
2011-10-16 13:57:06

So should I go ahead and start a YKTTW on this?

montmorencey Since: Aug, 2011
2011-10-16 18:17:47

It's not listed on the 'Neverending Story' page either. I think YKTTW is the way to go.

Complicated - because simple is simply too simple.
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