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Often, this will be lost in foreign language translations which use the character's name as the title instead of translating the original one.

 

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* ''[[Family Matters]]'' was often misnamed "The Urkel Show" because Steve Urkel, originally a minor character, became an very successful [[Breakout Character]].

* This trope is almost certainly why Game Show Network named its revival of ''[[Press Your Luck]]'' (AKA "Whammy" or "The Whammy Show"), "Whammy: The All-New Press Your Luck".

* ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]'' is universally referred to as "Mrs. Hyacinth" in Denmark (even though it does have an offical translated name, and that, when you think about it, "Mrs. Hyacinth" is a case of ''[[I Am Not Shazam]]'')

* A lot of people seem to think that ''[[Secret Diary of a Call Girl]]'' is titled "Belle du Jour", which in actual fact is the pseudonym of its main character, played by Billie Piper. The confusion might also be because the blog the show was based on was called "Belle du Jour."<ref>"Belle du Jour" is [[Gratuitous French|French]] for "girl of the day."</ref>

* The ''[[Dynomutt Dog Wonder]]'' show is more commonly referred as "Blue Falcon & Dynomutt" or simply "Blue Falcon".

* A number of people mistake the name of ''[[Jem]]'' as ''Jem and the Holograms'' because that's the actual name of the band she performs with in the show. Even [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thedudette/nostalgia-chick/31375-jem-and-the-holograms The Nostalgia Chick] did this when reviewing the show.

 

 

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