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=== Theater! ===
=== Theater! ===
* 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!''
* 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!]]''
* ''Fiorello!''
* ''Honk!''
* ''Honk!''
* ''Oh! Calcutta'' (not a musical)
* ''Oh! Calcutta'' (not a musical)
* Terrence McNally's ''Love! Valour! Compassion!'' (also not a musical)
* ''Sherry!''
* In [[The Seventies]], it was ''[[Grease]]''. In [[The Nineties]], it became ''Grease!''
* ''[[Aida]]!'', the musical based on the ''Aida'' opera by Verdi.
* ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]''
* ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]''
* ''[[Mamma Mia!]]''
* ''[[Mamma Mia!]]''
* ''[[Oklahoma!]]''
* ''[[Oliver!]]''
* ''[[Oliver!]]''
* ''Fiorello!''
* ''Sherry!''
* In [[The Seventies]], it was ''[[Grease]]''. In [[The Nineties]], it became ''Grease!''
* Terrence McNally's ''Love! Valour! Compassion!'' (also not a musical)
* ''[[Zanna Don't]]''
* ''[[Peanuts|Snoopy!!!]]''
* ''[[Peanuts|Snoopy!!!]]''
* ''[[Zanna Don't]]''
* ''[[tick, tick... BOOM!]]'' Yes, that's the way it's supposed to be capitalized and punctuated.
* ''[[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! ===
=== Video Games! ===