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If such a title has a subtitle, more often than not it will be simply an expansion of the initialism in question.
If such a title has a subtitle, more often than not it will be simply an expansion of the initialism in question.


Note that ''acronyms'' written as one normally capitalized word, such as "Scuba" or "Gestapo", do not count as example of this trope. Titles that simply ''include'' an initialism (''[[Mrs. Frisby and The Rats of NIMH]]'', ''[[The Man From UNCLE]]'') don't fit in here either.
Note that ''acronyms'' written as one normally capitalized word, such as "Scuba" or "Gestapo", do not count as example of this trope. Titles that simply ''include'' an initialism (''[[Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH]]'', ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'') don't fit in here either.


Often overlaps with [[Team Title]] or [[Vehicle Title]]. Sometimes also with [[Fun With Acronyms]], though usually it's because the initialism in the title is already the name of something within the work itself.
Often overlaps with [[Team Title]] or [[Vehicle Title]]. Sometimes also with [[Fun with Acronyms]], though usually it's because the initialism in the title is already the name of something within the work itself.


This is so common for names of companies, organizations, software and industry products that there's no point in listing them, apart from when they're repurposed as names of works.
This is so common for names of companies, organizations, software and industry products that there's no point in listing them, apart from when they're repurposed as names of works.
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* [[DC Comics]] titles ''L.E.G.I.O.N.'' and its successor, ''R.E.B.E.L.S.''
* [[DC Comics]] titles ''L.E.G.I.O.N.'' and its successor, ''R.E.B.E.L.S.''
* ''[[Disney Comics|W.H.A.D.A.L.O.T.T.A.J.A.R.G.O.N.]]'', a story by [[Don Rosa]]
* ''[[Disney Comics|W.H.A.D.A.L.O.T.T.A.J.A.R.G.O.N.]]'', a story by [[Don Rosa]]
* ''[[WITCH (Comic Book)|WITCH]]'', and its [[WITCH (Comic Book)|Animated]] [[Animated Adaptation|Adaptation]].
* ''[[W.I.T.C.H.|WITCH]]'', and its [[W.I.T.C.H.|Animated]] [[Animated Adaptation|Adaptation]].


== Film - Animated ==
== Film - Animated ==
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== Film - Live Action ==
== Film - Live Action ==
* ''B.A.P.S.''
* ''B.A.P.S.''
* ''[[CHUD]]''
* ''[[C.H.U.D.]]''
* ''[[DARYL (Film)|DARYL]]''
* ''[[D.A.R.Y.L.|DARYL]]''
* ''[[FIST]]''
* ''[[F.I.S.T.]]''
* ''R.O.T.O.R.'', a really bad 1989 knockoff of both ''[[The Terminator]]'' and ''[[Robo Cop]]''.
* ''R.O.T.O.R.'', a really bad 1989 knockoff of both ''[[The Terminator]]'' and ''[[RoboCop]]''.
* ''S.W.A.L.K.''
* ''S.W.A.L.K.''


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** ''[[CSI: NY]]'' (two initialisms in one!)
** ''[[CSI: NY]]'' (two initialisms in one!)
* ''[[MASH|M*A*S*H]]'', as well as the film on which it was based, as well as the novel on which ''that'' was based.
* ''[[MASH|M*A*S*H]]'', as well as the film on which it was based, as well as the novel on which ''that'' was based.
* ''[[MANTIS (TV)|MANTIS]]''
* ''[[M.A.N.T.I.S.|MANTIS]]''
* ''[[JAG]]'' and its successor ''[[NCIS]]''
* ''[[JAG]]'' and its successor ''[[NCIS]]''
* ''NTSF:SD:SUV'' ("National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sport Utility Vehicle"; a parody of the [[Police Procedural]] genre)
* ''NTSF:SD:SUV'' ("National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sport Utility Vehicle"; a parody of the [[Police Procedural]] genre)
* ''[[SWAT]]''
* ''[[SWAT]]''
* Used in-universe in ''[[30 Rock (TV)|Thirty Rock]]'' with ''[[Show Within a Show|T.G.S.]]''
* Used in-universe in ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'' with ''[[Show Within a Show|T.G.S.]]''


== Music ==
== Music ==
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== Video Games ==
== Video Games ==
* ''[[FEAR|F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon]]''
* ''[[F.E.A.R.|F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon]]''
* ''GTR: FIA GT Racing Game''
* ''GTR: FIA GT Racing Game''
* ''H.E.R.O.''
* ''H.E.R.O.''
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* ''[[SWINE]]''
* ''[[SWINE]]''
* ''TFX''
* ''TFX''
* ''[[HAWX (Video Game)|Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X]]''
* ''[[HAWX|Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X]]''


== Visual Media ==
== Visual Media ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[COPS (Animation)|C.O.P.S.]]''
* ''[[COPS|C.O.P.S.]]''
* ''[[MASK]]''
* ''[[MASK]]''
* ''[http://www.amazon.com/M-U-S-H-Vol-MUSH-spoof-animated/dp/B000MPPFW6 M-U-S-H]'', an Animated Parody of ''MASH'' with an all-animal cast. MUSH stands for Mangy Unwanted Shabby Heroes.
* ''[http://www.amazon.com/M-U-S-H-Vol-MUSH-spoof-animated/dp/B000MPPFW6 M-U-S-H]'', an Animated Parody of ''MASH'' with an all-animal cast. MUSH stands for Mangy Unwanted Shabby Heroes.
* Every single episode of ''[[Codename Kids Next Door]]'' has one of these titles.
* Every single episode of ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' has one of these titles.
* Parodied on ''[[The Wrong Coast]]'' with ''S.W.A.T.A.W.A.T.A.T.A.A.'' (''Special Weapons And Tactics As Well As The Ability To Appraise Antiques''), a cross between ''S.W.A.T.'' and ''[[Antiques Roadshow (TV)|Antiques Roadshow]]''.
* Parodied on ''[[The Wrong Coast]]'' with ''S.W.A.T.A.W.A.T.A.T.A.A.'' (''Special Weapons And Tactics As Well As The Ability To Appraise Antiques''), a cross between ''S.W.A.T.'' and ''[[Antiques Roadshow]]''.


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