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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* The voiceover for the ''[[Virtua Fighter]]'' anime doesn't claim it has anything to do with a video game; rather, it says that the main character Akira is ''named'' the Virtua Fighter. Needless to say, this is referenced nowhere else. The Latin American Dub [[Cultural Translation|tried to make up]] by translating "Virtua" as "Virtuous".
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* The ''[[Wild Arms]] TV'' series claims that the TV stands for "Twilight Venom", not "television".
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' is something of a fake-out. "Tengen Toppa" means approximately "Heaven Breakthrough", and "Gurren Lagann" is the name of the main [[Humongous Mecha]] used throughout the series, so you might think it's a typical "descriptive-phrase main-vehicle-name" title such as ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]''... but no. There's actually a machine used near the end called, in full, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. And it's even more impressive than the name implies.
* [[Gundam Seed Destiny]], rather than being simply an [[Oddly
* The Japanese name of [[Zatch Bell]], ''Konjiki no Gash Bell'', means "Golden Gash Bell". You could think that "Golden" refers to his blond hair, {{spoiler|but in the final storylines of the manga and anime, Gash's spellbook actually becomes golden after he unlocks its true powers.}}
* [[Paradise Kiss]] doesn't refer to mindblowing smooching, it's the brand name the heroine's [[Love Interest]] uses on the clothes he designs.
* SD has been known for some time to stand for ''[[Super-Deformed]]'' especially in the Gundam franchise; but ''[[SD Gundam Force]]'' has it stand for ''Superior Defender'', referring to the heroic Gundam protectors.
* The title of ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' refers to two characters named Tsubasa and the reservoir in Acid Tokyo {{spoiler|/ Clow Country}}.
* The title of the Natsume Ono manga ''[[
== [[Comics]] ==
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* The ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' [[The Movie|movie]] introduced a new group of adversaries actually named the "Martian Successors".
* The title of ''[[Spy Kids]]'' refers both to the fact that the [[Kid Hero|Kid Heroes]] are spies and to the name given to the evil robotic children created by the villains. This is ignored in the sequels.
* ''[[Quatermass]] II'' (at least the 1950's version) is obviously named that because it's a sequel to ''The Quatermass Experiment''. But essential to the plot is a rocketship actually called the "Quatermass II". Similarly, [[
* The masks in [[Halloween III: Season of the Witch]] come in exactly three styles, and are subsequently called the "Halloween three."
* [[Inglourious Basterds]] makes a minor attempt to justify the misspelling of its title by having it appear misspelled on the butt of the group's under-educated leader.
* Enemy Mine started out as a sci-fi flick about cooperation and brotherhood... then [[Executive Meddling|executives]] decided that the title was too confusing, so they decided to add an actual mine, run by enemies.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* The [[Milestone Celebration|200th episode]] of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' is titled ''200''. In an obvious bit of [[Leaning
* TV shows with the naming version of trope go back at least as far as ''The Wild Wild West'' (subverted in the hilarious derivative ''Brisco County, Jr.''). There are numerous famous examples, such as ''[[Knight Rider]]''.
* On ''[[Bones]]'', the main character works with bones, but her partner nicknames her "Bones," making the title important to both the subject of the story and also the main character.
* The TV show ''[[One Tree Hill]]'' is named after a U2 song, which in turn is named after a hill in New Zealand. The fictional town the show is set in is called Tree Hill, and the season one finale has Karen remind Lucas that 'there is only one Tree Hill'.
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** ''[[Resident Evil]]: Deadly Silence''
** [[Older Than They Think]] - The [[Game Boy Color]] version of ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' was titled ''Metal Gear: Ghost Babel'' in Japan. The subtitle, aside for conveniently sharing the same initials as the Game Boy, is also a reference to "Project Babel", [[MacGuffin|a black op central to the plot.]]
** ''[[The Idolmaster (
** With the Nintendo 3DS, we've got [[Kingdom Hearts
* ''[[Metroid Prime]]'': 'Prime' is meant to denote it as a side series to the main ''[[Metroid]]'' games. The final boss is called the Metroid Prime even though its relationship with Metroids is rather vague.
** Given that one of Metroid Prime's attacks [[Mook Maker|spontaneously generates a pair of metroids]], I'd say it's vague but direct.
** There is also an actual "Super Metroid" in ''Super Metroid''.
* The [[Dead or Alive]] series is ostensibly named after the Dead or Alive Tournament featured in the game, however this is a misconception. The game is called "Dead or Alive" due to the fact the game was expected to either sink or save the floundering company TECMO, thus the "Dead or Alive Tournament" is an attempt to justify the title. This makes sense when one considers that "Dead or Alive" is a rather strange name for a tournament in which nobody dies.
* The original ''[[Marathon
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts: 358 Days Over 2
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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