Trope Workshop:The Full Name Adventures



""Why in the name of Harlan Williams are there so many Chronicles these days? You've got The Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Chronicles of Riddick, Sonic the Hedgehog Chronicles, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, why aren't there any Dan Green Chronicles?""

- Dan Green, Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series

Sometimes, nothing better describes a show than the full name of the main character with a noun before or after, maybe a preposition thrown in there.

Compare with In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It, where it's the creator's name in the title.

Anime and Manga

 * Every Haruhi Suzumiya novel.
 * The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
 * The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzimiya
 * JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Comic Books

 * The Adventures of Tintin
 * Paperinik New Adventures
 * Super Mario Adventures
 * The Adventures of Asterix the Gaul
 * The Batman Adventures, the first of several comic books based on DC Animated Universe TV shows, all of which have "[Name of show] Adventures" as their title.
 * Even Marvel did this, with an X-Men Adventures comic that adapted episodes from the 90's X-Men cartoon.
 * The Scott Pilgrim series.
 * The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck

Eastern Animation

 * The New Adventures of Hanuman

Films -- Animation

 * The Ballad of the Daltons

Films -- Live-Action

 * The Chronicles of Riddick
 * The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
 * The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
 * The Adventures of Pluto Nash
 * The Spiderwick Chronicles
 * The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
 * The Adventures of Robin Hood
 * The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
 * The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
 * Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and the subsequent Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey.
 * Pee-wee's Big Adventure
 * The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954)
 * The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)

Literature

 * T2: The John Connor Chronicles
 * As above, The Spiderwick Chronicles and its sequel series Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles.
 * As below, The Dresden Files.
 * The Chronicles of Narnia. Not really a pure example, as "Narnia" is the name of the place, not the main (or indeed any) character.
 * The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
 * The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (making this Older Than Radio).
 * The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever and The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever.
 * The Anna Strong Chronicles
 * Since some of these are last-name-only, The Pendragon Adventure counts.
 * The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
 * Eighth Doctor Adventures
 * The Life And Adventures of Santa Claus, a retelling of the origins of Santa Claus, written by L. Frank Baum.

Live-Action TV

 * The Sarah Jane Adventures
 * The Sarah Connor Chronicles
 * The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles or The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
 * The New Adventures of Old Christine
 * The Adventures of Ozzy and Harriet
 * The Dresden Files
 * The Adventures of Brisco County Jr
 * The Adventures of Pete and Pete
 * The Adventures of Robin Hood
 * The Adventures of Lano and Woodley
 * In the United States it was called Lois and Clark but in other places (including England) it went by its subtitle The New Adventures of Superman.
 * Seinfeld was originally going to be called The Seinfeld Chronicles, and that's still the official title of the pilot episode.
 * The Adventures of Superman
 * The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
 * That Mitchell and Webb Look gives us The Surprising Adventures of Digby Chicken Caesar.

Video Games

 * The Misadventures of Tron Bonne
 * Sonic Chronicles
 * Sonic Adventure
 * The Legend of Zelda
 * Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
 * The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
 * Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony. Somewhat subverted in that the main character is Gay Tony's Dragon.
 * The Adventures of Bayou Billy
 * Cosmos Cosmic Adventure
 * Adventures of Lolo
 * Julia's Time Adventures
 * Mario Adventure
 * The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom

Web Animation

 * The Everyday Happenings of Weebl (and Sometimes Weebl's Friend Bob)
 * Adventures of the Puffincat
 * Octocat Adventure
 * Lego Pirate Misadventures

Web Comics

 * Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures
 * The Adventures of Dr. McNinja
 * The Non-Adventures of Wonderella
 * The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob
 * The Comic Adventures of Left & Right
 * Pilli Adventure
 * The Fancy Adventures of Jack Cannon
 * The Incredible and Awe Inspiring Serial Adventure of The Amazing Plasma-Man
 * The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal

Web Original

 * The Adventures of Pat O Neil
 * Hazuko Shirayuki's Brotastic Adventure

Western Animation

 * The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
 * The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
 * The Adventures of Jonny Quest, The New Adventures of Jonny Quest, and Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures.
 * The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
 * The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
 * El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
 * Jackie Chan Adventures
 * The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
 * The Adventures of Batman and Robin
 * Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (a.k.a AoSTH)
 * The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
 * The Goliath Chronicles
 * Iron Man: Armored Adventures
 * Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures
 * Gumby Adventures
 * The Life and Times of Juniper Lee