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[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Exactly what it sounds like]]: Something with a very long name.

Differs from [[In Which a Trope Is Described]] by being only about names; differs from [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] by not being required to be accurate. Sometimes [[Colon Cancer|uses colons extensively]] (but see also [[Short Title Long Elaborate Subtitle]]). See [[Overly Long Name]] for when this applies to characters.

Differs from [[In Which a Trope Is Described]] by being only about names; differs from [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] by not being required to be accurate. Sometimes [[Colon Cancer|uses colons extensively]] (but see also [[Short Title: Long Elaborate Subtitle]]). See [[Overly Long Name]] for when this applies to characters.

It is worth noting that in the 18th and 19th centuries, titles were used to interest people in a particular book, in the same way back-side blurbs are today.

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* Thrash Metal band Lich King has The Attack Of The Wrath Of The Sword Of The Death Of The Strike Of The Sword Of The Beast. Say that 7 times fast with a mouth full of crackers!

* Grindcore band Agoraphobic Nosebleed has song titles that take longer to say than the song itself, especially on their album Altered States Of America. One of which being "Group Taking Acid As Considered Conspiracy Against The Government", an epic 6 second rocker.

* [[Jeff Wayne|Jeff Wayne's]] Musical Version Of [[The War of the Worlds]]

* [[Jeff Wayne|Jeff Wayne's]] Musical Version Of [[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]]

** Also, The Highlights From Jeff Wayne's Muscial Version of The War Of The Worlds.

*** And even Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds - Alive On Stage! 30th Anniversary Tour.

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* ''The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds'' by Paul Zindel, which was also made into a movie. The play's title comes from the title of the protagonist's [[Science Fair]] project.

* ''The History of Two Valiant Knights, Sir Clyomon Knight of the Golden Shield, Son to the King of Denmark, and Clamydes the White Knight, Son to the King of Suavia'', a romantic comedy produced in London by the King's Men in 1577.

* ''[[For ~~Colored~~ ~~Girls~~]] who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf'' by Ntozake Shange (1974).

* ''[[For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf]] who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf'' by Ntozake Shange (1974).

* Not as long as others on here, but ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' is still a mouthful.

* Just about any of the ''Farndale Ladies'' plays; a stand-out is ''They Came From Mars and Landed Outside the Farndale Avenue Church Hall in Time for the Townswomen’s Guild’s Coffee Morning''.

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** Thank God for its short form [[Fun with Acronyms|Rockman DASH]].

* The ''[[Baten Kaitos]]'' series has two titles, ''Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean'', and its prequel, ''Baten Kaitos II: Beginning of the Wings and the Heir of the Gods'', although the latter's title was changed to ''Baten Kaitos Origins'' for its English release.

* The soundtrack for ''[[Wild ~~Arms~~]]'' games consistently have titles with unusually long names. Some examples: "Even If I Can See the Reflection of Peace In Your Eyes", "This Downpour is a Blessing from the Heavens", "Walking into the Heart of the Sunset's Light", or "The Weight of a Heavy Life, the Meaning of the Meaning of Life".

* The soundtrack for ''[[Wild ARMs]]'' games consistently have titles with unusually long names. Some examples: "Even If I Can See the Reflection of Peace In Your Eyes", "This Downpour is a Blessing from the Heavens", "Walking into the Heart of the Sunset's Light", or "The Weight of a Heavy Life, the Meaning of the Meaning of Life".

* The upcoming indie game ''Dudebro — My Shit Is Fucked Up So I Got to Shoot/Slice You II: It’s Straight-Up Dawg Time''. For even more fun, check out [http://www.grimoireassemblyforge.com/dudebro2/site/?page_id=798 the timeline].

* Most ''[[Touhou]]'' games are about halfway here thanks to basically having two regular sized titles, one in Japanese and one in English; ''Touhou Chireiden ~ Subterranean Animism'' is a typical example. Then there's ''Touhou Hisoutensoku ~ Choudokyuu Ginyoru no Nazo wo Oe'' (Tranlates roughly to ''Lacking Perception of the Natural Laws of the East ~ Chase the Enigma of the Superdreadnought Guignol'').

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* All of the [[Baccano!]] episode titles are long and overly descriptive.

* Taku Iwasaki had a ''lot'' of fun thinking up song titles for the ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' soundtrack.

* The series title ''Sumeba Miyako no Cosmos-sou Suttoko Taisen Dokkoider'' (translation: ''Living in the Cosmos House, Foolish Dokkoida's Great Battle'') was shortened to simply ''[[Dokkoida]]'' when brought to the US.

* The series title ''Sumeba Miyako no Cosmos-sou Suttoko Taisen Dokkoider'' (translation: ''Living in the Cosmos House, Foolish Dokkoida's Great Battle'') was shortened to simply ''[[Dokkoida?!]]'' when brought to the US.

* Episode 26 of ''[[School Rumble]]'' is called "''Totsuzen no 'sayonara'... Mayoikonda rabirinsu... Anata wa dare? ...Oshiete. 'Surechigai' 'Kataomoi' todoke, boku no kimochi. Todoke, watashi no omoi. Tabun ichido shikanai kisetsu, seishun no 1 pēji. Kore ga saigo no chansu, tashikametai... Kimi no kimochi. Tsutawaru kotoba, tsutawaranai omoi. Ano hi no kokuhaku, eien no ichinichi, dakedo... Itsumademo tsuzuiteiku, watashi tachi no 'ima'. Soshite ashita e... 'sukūru ranburu fōebā'''". The official translation is just ''"School Rumble Forever!"'' which is probably not accurate.

** [[Adaptation Distillation|It's a well-deserved truncation,]] cutting it down to the final three words (which are just [[Gratuitous English]]).

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* The third ''[[Sailor Moon]] movie has the full title of "Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie: The 9 Sailor Soldiers Get Together! Miracle in the Black Dream Hole" due to haveing parts that refer to the 4th series/season, the fact that it's a movie, and giving the movie a standard episode title card. Most adds omit the last part while many listings of the full name omit "The Movie" (despite appearing on posters) The english dub chops it down to Sailor Moon SuperS the Movie: Black Dream Hole.

* The anime/manga series ''[[Oniichan no Koto Nanka Zenzen Suki Janain Dakara ne!!]]''!! ("I Don't Like You At All, Big Brother!!"), which has one of the longest titles as far as recent shows go.

** Note that "recent shows" also includes ''[[Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai]]'' ("There's No Way My Little Sister Can Be This Cute"), which is just as much of a mouthful.

** Note that "recent shows" also includes ''[[Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai!]]'' ("There's No Way My Little Sister Can Be This Cute"), which is just as much of a mouthful.

* ''[[Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai]]'', which translates to "We Still Don't Know the Name of the Flower We Saw That Day." Viewers came up with the [[Portmanteau Series Nickname]] "[[Ano Hana]]" posthaste.

** To demonstrate how long and unwieldy this name is: on [[This Wiki]] the ''AnoHana'' is more commonly used as a [[Wick]] than ''[[Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai]]''.

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* [http://crookedsixpence.deviantart.com/art/The-Little-Girl-21423447 The Little Girl Who Was Forgotten By Absolutely Everyone (Even The Postman)]. Also known as ''The Little Girl Whose Story Has An Incredibly Long Title Because the Author Thought It Would Be Funny Until She Had To Type It Everywhere''.

* Car names tend to be short and punchy, but for a few years in [[The Eighties]], Mazda put the ''full'' model designation ("Mazda 323 DX 1.6i", four separate badges each in a different font) all in one row on the trunk lid above the left taillight on some models. Depending on the size and positioning of the dealer's emblem, that could mean a row of plastic badges stretching ''all the way'' from the left edge of the trunk lid to the keyhole halfway across.

* [[~~Youtube~~ Poop]] tends to feature these kinds of titles, combined with either an [[Intentionally Awkward Title]] or [[Word Salad Title]] (for instance ''Krobo's Voluptuous Cooking Program'' or ''The Grinch Excites Himself Onto A Christmas Tree'').

* [[YouTube Poop]] tends to feature these kinds of titles, combined with either an [[Intentionally Awkward Title]] or [[Word Salad Title]] (for instance ''Krobo's Voluptuous Cooking Program'' or ''The Grinch Excites Himself Onto A Christmas Tree'').

* Although it's only mentioned on the "[http://www.davidchess.com/words/logabout.html about]" page, [http://www.davidchess.com/words/log.html David Chess's blog] is titled ''The Curvature of the Earth Is Overwhelmed by Local Noise''.

* A blog post at [http://site-of-truth.blogspot.com/2009/03/does-pi-3-or-should-you-shut-hell-up.html\] has a new version of the bible called "New and Revised Standard Edition Version 13.75 for angsty and rebellious emo faggots who have nothing better to do than blindly take shots at things that they're too stupid to understand and too anal-retentive to actually notice the point of the message." or the NRSEv13.75fAaREFwhNBtdtBTSaTtttStUatA-RtANtPotM for short

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