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Common title convention. Somewhere in the title will be the words "age of (insert age here)". "The" is optional.
Common title convention. Somewhere in the title will be the words "age of (insert age here)". "The" is optional.


Why is this the case? [[Rule of Cool|it sounds cool]]. There is something intricately cool about the word "age" when applied to a concept other than "How old are you?" It's mysterious, giving things an overarching, supporting theme yet never revealing too much about the work itself. The "age" can tell audiences what sort of things they expect; audiences won't expect [[Word Salad Title|hypersonic radiological electromagnetic]] time travel in a work titled "Age of Pirates", yet "Age of Pirates" never tells audiences anything about the plot or characters. This is the perfect combination to get the everyone's imaginations starting. A title is the first thing someone will see for ''any'' work. Make the title count.
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A subtrope of [[The X of Y]].
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A subtrope of [[The X of Y]].

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== [[Comic Books]] ==
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[The Ages of Super Hero Comics]]
* [[The Ages of Super Hero Comics]]
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== [[Music]] ==
== [[Music]] ==
* [[Iron Maiden (Music)|Iron Maiden]]'s "Age Of Innocence"
* [[Iron Maiden]]'s "Age Of Innocence"
* [[Turbonegro]]'s ''The Age Of Pamparius''
* [[Turbonegro]]'s ''The Age Of Pamparius''
* [[Blind Guardian (Music)|Blind Guardian]] - "Age of False Innocence"
* [[Blind Guardian]] - "Age of False Innocence"


== [[Web Original]] ==
== [[Theatre]] ==
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* ''[[Hair (theatre)]]'': "This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius..."
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* [http://www.ageofautism.com/ Age of Autism]


== [[Video Games]] ==
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Dark Age of Camelot]]''
* ''[[Dark Age of Camelot]]''
* ''[[Age of Empires (Video Game)|Age of Empires]]''
* ''[[Age of Empires]]''
** ''[[Age of Empires II (Video Game)|Age of Empires II]]: The Age Of Kings''
** ''[[Age of Empires II]]: The Age Of Kings''
** ''[[Age of Mythology (Video Game)|Age of Mythology]]''
** ''[[Age of Mythology]]''
* ''Warhammer: Age of Reckoning''
* ''Warhammer: Age of Reckoning''
* ''[[Age of Conan]]''
* ''[[Age of Conan]]''
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* ''[[Remember 11]]: The Age of Infinity''
* ''[[Remember 11]]: The Age of Infinity''


== [[Musicals]] ==
== [[Web Original]] ==
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* [http://www.ageofautism.com/ Age of Autism]
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* ''[[Hair]]'': "This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius..."


== [[Real Life]] ==
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Commonly used to describe time periods to emphasize certain elements of the time period. (Age of Sail, Age of discovery, etc.)
* Commonly used to describe time periods to emphasize certain elements of the time period. (Age of Sail, Age of discovery, etc.)
** To wit: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_austerity Age of Austerity].
** To wit: [[wikipedia:Age of austerity|Age of Austerity]].


== Other ==
== Other ==
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[[Category:Title Tropes]]
[[Category:Title Tropes]]
[[Category:Age Of Titles]]
[[Category:Age of Titles]]

Latest revision as of 04:20, 28 December 2022

Common title convention. Somewhere in the title will be the words "age of (insert age here)". "The" is optional.

Why is this the case? it sounds cool. There is something intricately cool about the word "age" when applied to a concept other than "How old are you?" It's mysterious, giving things an overarching, supporting theme yet never revealing too much about the work itself. The "age" can tell audiences what sort of things they expect; audiences won't expect hypersonic radiological electromagnetic time travel in a work titled "Age of Pirates", yet "Age of Pirates" never tells audiences anything about the plot or characters. This is the perfect combination to get the everyone's imaginations starting. A title is the first thing someone will see for any work. Make the title count.

A subtrope of The X of Y.

Examples of Age of Titles include:

Comic Books

Literature

  • The Age of Innocence by Edith Warton.
  • The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology by Thomas Paine.
  • The Age of American Unreason, by Susan Jacoby.
  • The books of James Lovegroves Pantheon series: The Age of Ra, The Age of Odin,' The Age of Zeus and The Age of Aztec.

Live Action TV

Music

Theatre

Video Games

Web Original

Real Life

  • Commonly used to describe time periods to emphasize certain elements of the time period. (Age of Sail, Age of discovery, etc.)

Other

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