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Line 1: {{trope~~}}{{page should be category~~}} {{page should be category}} ~~{{quote\|''"The exclamation point in the title scares me. Y'know, it's not just ''Freud'', it's '''''Freud!'''''"''\|'''Phoebe''', ''[[Friends]]''}}~~ {{cleanup\|There are titles on this list that don't link to Work pages, or link to parent pages of the work, which is preventing this page from becoming a category. Remember, [[All The Tropes:Works Pages Are a Free Launch\|Works Pages Are a Free Launch]].}} [[File:The Cuphead Show! - Logotype.png\|frame\|link=The Cuphead Show]] {{quote\|''"The exclamation point in the title scares me. Y'know, it's not just ''Freud'', it's '''''Freud!'''''"'' \|'''Phoebe'''\|''[[Friends]]''}} '''Excited Show Title!''' It's a title ending with one or more exclamation points! Some comedy movies show they're comedies by having an excited title! Lots of musicals have excited titles! Often just the exclaimed first name of the lead character! So many, that it's become a [[Discredited Trope]]! Line 8 ⟶ 12: Compare [[Excited Episode Title!]], [[Title Scream]]! See also [[Lucky Charms Title]] and [[Questioning Title?]] {{examples\|Examples of {{PAGENAME}} that aren't yet confirmed to ''be'' Excited Show Titles and to have [[:Category:Excited Show Title!]] include:}} ~~{{examples}}~~ == Played Straight! == Cut out the middleman! Add [[:Category:Excited Show Title!]] directly to the work page! Don't list it here! ~~=== Anime! and Manga! ===~~ === [[Anime]]! and [[Manga]]! === * ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'' * ''[[Aim for the Ace!]]'' * ''[[Amanchu!]]!'' * ''[[Angel Beats!]]'' * ''Angel Blade: Punish!'' Line 20 ⟶ 26: * ''[[Asu no Yoichi]]!'' * ''[[Baccano!]]'' * ''[[Bakuon!!]]'' * ''[[Basquash]]!'' * ''[[Bastard!!]]'' Line 37 ⟶ 44: * ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' and ''Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid''. Subverted with ''Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu'', which is more of a confused show title instead. * ''[[Futaba-Kun Change!]]'' * ''[[Ginga e Kickoff!!]] / [[Victory Kickoff!!]]'' * ''Hands Off!'' * ''[[Happiness! (visual novel)\|Happiness!]]!'' Line 59 ⟶ 67: * ''[[Rail Wars!]]'' * ''[[Monkey High\|Saruyama!]]'' * ''[[Godannar\|Shinkon Gattai Godannar]]!!'' * ''[[Squid Girl\|Shinryaku! Ika Musume]]'', and its second season ''Shinryaku!? Ika Musume''. * ''[[SHUFFLE!]]'' * ''[[Shugo Chara]]!'', ''Shugo Chara!! Doki'', and ''Shugo Chara!!! Dokki Doki'', a segment of ''Shugo Chara! Party!'' ''[[Shugo Chara]]'' is a very exciting series. Line 71 ⟶ 79: * ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' * ''[[Toradora!]]'' * ''[[Working!!]]'' ** Has a less excited spin-off -- ''WORKING!'' * ''[[Yakitate!! Japan]]'' * ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]'' Line 81 ⟶ 87: * ''[[Yuri!!! on Ice]]'' === [[Comic Books]]! === * 1970s British comic book ''Cor!!'' has two exclamation marks. Sister publications at IPC/Fleetway included ''Whoopee!'' and ''Oink!'' (humour titles like ''Cor!!'') as well as ''Smash!'', ''Pow!'' and ''Wham!'' (action titles that eventually all merged together). There was also the very short-lived horror title ''Scream!'' * Comic book artist Scott Shaw! always has his name spelled like this. So does Tracy Yardley!, as a tribute. Line 87 ⟶ 93: * [[Franco Belgian Comics\|French comic series]] ''[[Lou!]]'' ** Whose [[Animated Adaptation]] is known as ''Lou!'' in English-speaking countries (why, yes, the spelling isn't identical<ref>That's because in French, one is to put a non-breaking space before exclamation marks, question marks, and colons</ref>). * ''[[Teen Titans Go!~~\|Teen Titans Go~~]]!'' * 1990s British comic ''Toxic!'', published by Apocalypse Ltd. * ''[[The Batman]] Strikes!'' * ''[[Zot]]!'' === [[Film]]! === ~~=== Films! -- Animation! ===~~ * ''[[Horton Hears a Who!]]'' * ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (animation)\|How the Grinch Stole Christmas!]]'' * ''[[Help! I'm a Fish]]'' ~~=== Films! -- Live-Action! ===~~ * ''[[Cannibal! The Musical]]'' * ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]'' Line 132 ⟶ 130: * ''[[I Want to Live\|I Want to Live!]]'' === [[Literature]]! === * ''Hawkmistress!'' and ''Stormqueen!'' by [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]]. * [[Roger Zelazny]]'s short story "Horseman!" * ''[[Discworld]]'': ''[[~~Discworld/Thud\|~~Thud!]]'' has a lot of excited people(s), but no-one's really all that happy. ''[[~~Discworld/~~Guards! Guards!~~\|Guards Guards~~]]''—though justified because the title is a reference to someone calling for the guards. ** ''[[~~Discworld/Jingo\|~~Jingo]]'' is sometimes written with one and sometimes not. * The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Virgin New Adventures\|New Adventures]] novel ''Sky Pirates!'' * ''[[Childe Cycle\|Dorsai!]]'' by [[Gordon R. Dickson]]. Line 149 ⟶ 147: * The 1913 work by Willa Cather, O Pioneers! === [[Live-Action TV]]! === * ''¡Rob!'' ~~=== Live-Action TV! ===~~ * ''[[Police Squad!]]'' (In Color!) * ''Combat!'' * ''[[Bob!]]'' * ''¡Rob!'' * ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' * ''[[Reno 911!]]'' * ''[[What's Happening]]'' You'd think it should have a question mark instead, but no... * ''[[WWE Smackdown]]'' until 2008. * ''[[Penn and Teller Bullshit]]'' * ''[[The Persuaders]]'' * ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' * ''Democracy Now!''—which is rather sedate due to the smooth jazz intro and Amy Goodman's soothing voice. The excitement is attributable to the political radicalism of the program's guests. * ''Help! I'm a Teenage Outlaw'' * ''[[Emergency]]'' * ''[[Takeshi's Castle\|Fuun! Takeshi-Jo]]'' <ref>Turbulence! Takeshi's Castle</ref> when it's not an overseas release. * ''[[~~Emergency~~The Persuaders]]'' * ''[[~~Sledge~~WWE ~~Hammer!~~Smackdown]]'' until 2008. * ''[[That's My Bush!]]'' * ''Help! I'm a Teenage Outlaw'' ~~=== Manhwa! ===~~ * ''[[Need a Girl]]!'' === [[Music]]! === * The band [[Los Campesinos]]! takes this a step further by renaming the band members' last names Campesinos!, too. So you get Gareth Campesinos!, Aleksandra Campesinos!, and the like. * [[The Beatles (band)\|The Beatles]]: Line 178 ⟶ 163: As well at the song "Oh! Darling" off ''Abbey Road''. [[John Lennon]]'s "Instant Karma!" * The band [[Panic! at ~~the Disco\|Panic At~~ the Disco]]. They have since dropped the exclamation point, before putting it back. * Wham! * In 1981, Bow Wow Wow gave one of its albums the memorable title ''See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang, Yeah. City All Over! Go Ape Crazy.'' Line 206 ⟶ 191: * Ligabue's album ''Arrivederci, Mostro!'' === [[New Media]]! === ~~=== New Media! ===~~ * [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lPmnL0X-xrA/Tgkrgpq_KRI/AAAAAAAAINM/jWo9iD0LQxQ/s1600/1sGJIpVMfe8hkDJxR9DUpGiMisH3FU0k.jpeg Google!] (in 1997). === [[Puppet Shows]]! === ~~=== Puppet Shows! ===~~ * The ''[[Funday Pawpet Show]]'' [[Spin-Off]] ''The OMFG Blitz! Show''. === [[Theatre]]! === The popularization of excited titles for musicals might be traced back to the late 1910s, when the influential series of "Princess" musicals by Guy Bolton and [[P. G. Wodehouse]] included ''Oh, Boy!'', ''Oh, Lady! Lady!!'', and ''Oh, My Dear!'' ~~=== Theater! ===~~ * ''Fiorello!'' * The popularization of excited titles for musicals might be traced back to the late 1910s, when the influential series of "Princess" musicals by Guy Bolton and [[P. G. Wodehouse]] included ''Oh, Boy!'', ''Oh, Lady! Lady!!'', and ''Oh, My Dear!'' * ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' * ''Honk!'' * ''Oh! Calcutta'' (not a musical) * Terrence McNally's ''Love! Valour! Compassion!'' (also not a musical) * ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]'' * ''[[Mamma Mia!]]'' * ''[[Oliver!]]'' * ''Fiorello!'' * ''Sherry!'' * In [[The Seventies]], it was ''[[Grease]]''. In [[The Nineties]], it became ''Grease!'' * ''[[Aida]]!'', the musical based on the ''Aida'' opera by Verdi. * Terrence McNally's ''Love! Valour! Compassion!'' (also not a musical) * ''[[Zanna Don't]]'' * ''[[Peanuts\|Snoopy!!!]]'' * ''[[tick, tick... BOOM!]]'' Yes, that's the way it's supposed to be capitalized and punctuated. * ''[[Aida]]!'', the musical based on the ''Aida'' opera by Verdi. === [[Video Games]]! === * Bungie's first game, the ripoff of ''[[Pong]]'', ''GNOP!'' * ''[[Bug!]]!'' Also the name of the movie that Bug stars in. Line 260 ⟶ 236: * ''[[Pitfall!]]'' === [[Web Comics]]! === ~~=== Visual Novels! ===~~ * ''[[SHUFFLE!]]'' * ''[[Happiness! (visual novel)\|Happiness!]]!'' ~~=== Web Animation! ===~~ * ''[[Banana-nana-Ninja!]]'' ~~=== Web Comics! ===~~ * ''[[Adventurers!]]'' * ''[[Zap]]'' * ''[[CRFH]]'' * ''[[Fans]]'' * ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20180721220127/http://amazoness.co.uk/ Amazoness!]'' * ''[[Fite!]]'' * ''[[Go Get a Roomie]]'' * ''[[I Was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space]]'' * ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' * ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' * ''[[This Is the Worst Idea You've Ever Had]]'' * ''[[Wondermark]]'', by David Malki! * ''[[Yosh!]]'' * ''[[Zap]]'' * ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20180721220127/http://amazoness.co.uk/ Amazoness!]'' * David Willis does this with almost all of his comics in the [[Walkyverse]], ''Dumbing of Age'' being the only thing he has turned out so far to lack it. This may be because of the [[Alternate Universe]]. ''Roomies!'' Line 282 ⟶ 255: ''Joyce and Walky!'' ** ''Shortpacked!'' * ''[[Yosh!]]'' * ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' * ''[[Fite!]]'' * ''[[Wondermark]]'', by David Malki! * ''[[Fans]]'' * ''[[This Is the Worst Idea You've Ever Had]]'' * ''[[Go Get a Roomie]]'' === [[Western Animation]]! === * ''[[Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!]]'' * There are ''two'' works featuring the same character entitled ''Stitch!'' One is a direct-to-video [[Pilot Movie]] for ''[[Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'', one is [[Stitch!\|an anime]]. * ''[[Freakazoid!]]!'' * ''[[Histeria!]]!'' * ''[[Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!]]'' * ''[[Fillmore!]]'' * ''[[The Mighty B!]]'' * ''[[Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks]]'' * ''[[American Dad]]!'' * ''[[Totally Spies!]]'' * ''[[Hey Arnold!]]!'' * ''[[Superjail]]'' * ''[[Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman]]'' * ''[[Mary Kate and Ashley In Action]]'' * ''[[Attack of the Killer Tomatoes]]'' * ''Slimer!'' shorts from ''[[~~Aaahh~~The Real ~~Monsters~~Ghostbusters]]'' * ''Slimer!'' shorts from ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]''. * ''[[KaBlam!]]'' * ''[[Eek! The Cat]]'' * ''[[Spider (animation)\|Spider]]!'' === [[Real Life]]! === * [[wikipedia:Groen!\|Groen!]] ("Green!"), the Belgian Green Party. * The Swedish feminist party, [[wikipedia:Feminist Initiative (Sweden)\|Feministiskt initiativ]] ("Feminist Initiative") is properly abbreviated Fi. However, since they chose to put the lowercase i upside-down in their logo, most people use F! * In the Swiss city of Basel, there is an environmentalist party called [http://www.basta-bs.ch/ BastA!], whose name is an abbreviation for "Basel's Strong (i.e. cool/awesome) Alternative". "Basta" is also an Italian interjection, common in colloquial German, meaning "enough!". The exclamation mark adds emphasis. * There are at least two villages/towns in the world with an Excited Show Title!: [[wikipedia:Westward Ho!\|Westward Ho!]] in Devon, [[Britain]], and the doubly-excited [[wikipedia:Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!\|Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!]] in Quebec, [[Canada]]. == [[Parody\|Parodies]]! and [[Show Within a Show\|Shows-Within-a-Show]]! == === Anime! &and Manga! === * ''Big Shot!'', the show targeted at bounty hunters in ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''. === Film! === ~~=== Films! -- Live-Action! ===~~ * ''Songbird!'', an [[Stylistic Suck\|extremely tacky]] musical adaptation of Tennessee Williams' ''Sweet Bird of Youth'', which we see a number from at the beginning of ''[[Death Becomes Her]]''. * Jeff Goldblum's character in ''[[The Tall Guy]]'' gets cast in a musical version of ''[[The Elephant Man]]'', entitled ''Elephant!'' * Not just a show-within-a-show but an example within an example: ''Spectacular! Spectacular!'' in ''[[Moulin Rouge]]'' === Literature! === * In ''[[Good Omens]]'', it's mentioned that Brian and Pepper favour comics "with a lot of exclamation marks in the title, like ''WhiZZ!!'' or ''Clang!!''" * In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' there is a horror movie convention called ''Splattercon!!!'' === Live-Action TV! === Line 341 ⟶ 288: * On ''[[Mad Men]]'', the day after Don and Betty go to the theater, her friend Francine asks how they liked "''Fiorello''-exclamation-point." * ''Wormhole X-Treme!'', the [[Show Within a Show]] in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. === Video Games! === * ''Speare!'' from ''[[The Curse of Monkey Island]]''. === Web Comics! === * ''Nailed!'', the [[Crosses the Line Twice\|musical about the crucifixion]] from ''[[SomethingPositive]]''. === Western Animation! === ''Streetcar!'', the musical version of ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' from ''[[The Simpsons (animation)\|The Simpsons]]''. * ''Helen Keller! The Musical'' from ''[[South Park]]''. * The [[Musical Episode]] of ''[[Daria]]'' was just called "Daria!" {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Title Tropes]] [[Category:This Trope Name References Itself]] ~~[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]~~ [[Category:Self-Demonstrating Article]]