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{{quote|''"It will be called ''[[Harry Potter (Literature)|Harry Potter]] and''... something. Catchy, don't you think? And I think I'll follow the same model for [[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and
This is a standard way to name individual works in a loosely-linked series; it is currently most common in childrens' books. Frequently the noun phrase in question will be of [[The X of Y]] form.
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If ever bored, amuse yourself by taking the "And The Noun Phrase" part and adding it to a different "Character Name". For instance: ''Indiana Jones and the Chocolate Factory''. Another variation is to add the title of a movie that ''doesn't'' follow this pattern to a Character Name from a series that ''does'': ''Indiana Jones and the Minority Report''. (Inspired by the retitled video releases of ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''.)
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Jo
* ''[[Yotsuba&! (Manga)|Yotsuba&!]]'', though it's the titles of the individual chapters instead of the volumes.
* Similarly, most of the episodes of the ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' anime have Japanese titles that begin with "Sakura and..."
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* Many ''[[Franklin]]'' stories are titled this way.
* Every episode of Nickelodeon's ''[[Doug]]'' is titled this way, and almost every episode of the Disney version.
* The ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "Read it and Weep" has Rainbow Dash getting into a series of books about an [[Adventurer Archaeologist]] pegasus named [[Just for Fun/Daring Do/Just For Fun|Just For Fun]], all of which apparently follow this pattern: the first two books are "Daring Do and the Quest for the Sapphire Statue" and "Daring Do and the Griffon's Goblet".
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