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* ''The Last King of Scotland'' is actually about the Last Dictator of Uganda. It makes sense in the movie...however, the eccentric Idi Amin was basically a [[wikipedia:Idi amin#Erratic behaviour and media portrayal|walking version]] of Never Trust a Title.

* ''[[Tron]]'' isn't really about Tron, but more about Flynn. ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'' even moreso.

* ''[[Monster a Go-Go!]]'' has a monster ([[It Makes Sense in Context|sorta]]), but he doesn't dance - nor does [[Go-Go Dancing]] figure into the threadbare plot it has.<ref>This is a case of [[Society Marches On]] -- "''à go-go''" is a French idiom meaning "in abundance, galore" briefly adopted by English speakers in the 1960s, from which the name for go-go dancing derives. The title is ''supposed'' to mean "Lots of Monster!"

* ''[[Monster a Go-Go!]]'' has a monster ([[It Makes Sense in Context|sorta]]), but he doesn't dance - nor does [[Go-Go Dancing]] figure into the threadbare plot it has.<ref>This is a case of [[Society Marches On]] -- "''à go-go''" is a French idiom meaning "in abundance, galore" briefly adopted by English speakers in the 1960s, from which the name for go-go dancing derives. The title is ''supposed'' to mean "Lots of Monster!" ...Yeah, it still makes relatively little sense.</ref>

Yeah, it still makes little sense.</ref>

* ''[[The Ref]]''. The title implies something sports-related, and the holiday setting suggests something happy, but the movie is about as black a comedy as one will find from mainstream Hollywood. The eponymous character is a cat burglar who kidnaps a horribly dysfunctional couple in an attempt to evade a manhunt, and winds up having to "referee" their bickering while he plots his escape. In retrospect, the title fits, but a first-time viewer would have no idea what to expect.

* ''The Grapes of Death''. Awesome title, but the grapes themselves don't kill anybody. Farm chemicals applied to the grapes cause people to go berserk.