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== Anime
* ''[[Scrapped Princess]]'' has "SutePuri," an abbreviation of "''Suterareta Purinsesu''" (Abandoned Princess) in its eyecatches. Translated in English subtitles as ScraPri.
* ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' became ''Cardcaptors''.
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* ''[[Kochikame]]'' is short for ''Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koen Mae Hashutsujo'', which translates to ''This Is the Police Station in Front of Kameari Park in Katsushika Ward''.
* When ''[[Kodomo no Omocha]]'' was dubbed in America, it was called ''Kodocha''.
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* ''[[The Borrower Arrietty]]'' is an interesting case - it [[Inverted Trope|inverted]] this trope for its North America release as ''The Secret World of Arrietty'' and played it straight for some releases, where it was simply known as ''Arrietty''.
== Film ==
* ''[[How to Train Your Dragon]]'' is called
* The fourth ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' movie had its title changed to ''TMNT''.
* ''[[Zack and Miri Make a Porno]]'' was usually advertised as just ''Zack and Miri''. This is an interesting case in that the abbreviation had nothing to do with the title being too long
* Inverted
* ''[[Independence Day]]'' was also marketed as "[[ID 4]]" (4 being a reference to the 4th of July).
* ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'', or ''How I Learned to Stop Worrying and love the Bomb''.
* The Disney [[Direct to Video]] film ''[[Lilo and Stitch (Disney film)|
* Before it was released onto VHS and DVD, ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' was
▲* Before it was released onto VHS and DVD, ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' was actually originally entitled ''The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective''.
* Posters for ''[[Mission: Impossible]] III'' shortened the title to "M:i:III". As a result, [[The Colbert Report|Stephen Colbert]] made a [[Running Gag]] out of pronouncing it "Meeeeeeeeee".
* Inverted with the [[Ghostbusters (2016 film)|2016 ''Ghostbusters'' reboot]], which was eventually renamed to ''Ghostbusters: Answer the Call'' by the studio.
== Literature ==
* The book
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* ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus]]'' is often known simply as ''Frankenstein'' or ''Mary Shelley's Frankenstein''. It's commonly done with old books which follow the format of giving a title followed by 'or' and an alternative description of the content.
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