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[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|A title of a work that's only one word long]].
 
Note: Titles that's are the name of a character (e.g. [[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S1 E1S27/E01 Rose|Rose]]; it refers to the character Rose Tyler) don't go here, they go under [[Character Title]]. Words comprised of two or more words written as one (e.g. [[Exo Squad]]) don't count either.
 
Compare to [[One-Letter Title]]. Contrast to [[The Fantastic Trope of Wonderous Titles]] and [[Long Title]]. [[Verbed Title]] and [[Mononymous Biopic Title]] are subtropes.
 
Helpful tip for new tropers: To link to a one-word trope, enclose in curly braces: <nowiki>{{Trope}}</nowiki>. Can be embedded inside square brackets: <nowiki>[[{{Trope}} visible text]]</nowiki>. [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle|And now you know.]] (In case you were wondering, the above text uses the <nowiki>[=This is not a link</nowiki>=] tag.
{{examples}}
 
== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[AIR (Visual Novel)|AIR]]''
* ''[[Aria (Manga)|Aria]]''
* ''[[Avenger]]''
* ''[[Bartender]]''
* ''[[Basilisk]]''
* ''[[Bastard!! (Manga)|Bastard]]''
* ''[[Beck (Mangamanga)|Beck]]''
* ''[[Berserk]]''
* ''[[Blame (Manga)|Blame]]''
* ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]''
* ''[[Catnapped]]''
* ''[[Clannad (Visualvisual Novelnovel)|Clannad]]''
* ''[[Claymore]]''
* ''[[Colorful]]''
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* ''[[Flag]]''
* ''[[ICE]]''
* ''[[Monster (Animemanga)|Monster]]''
* ''[[One (Manhwamanhwa)|One]]''
* ''[[Piano]]''
* Of the 25 episodes of ''[[Saki (Mangamanga)|Saki]]'', 17 fit this: "Encounter", "Battle", "Confrontation", "Tradition", "Beginner", "Prank", "Awakening", "Existance", "Demon", "Conspiracy", "Nightmare", "Link", "Friends", "Sisters", "Promise", "Determination", and "Nationals".
* ''[[Working (Manga)|Working!!]]''
 
 
== Film ==
* ''[[Airplane! (Film)|Airplane!]]''
* ''[[Airport]]''
* ''[[Alien (Filmfranchise)|Alien]]'' and ''Aliens''
* ''[[Anaconda (Film)|Anaconda]]''
* ''[[Armageddon (Film)|Armageddon]]''
* ''[[Big (Film)|Big]]''
* ''[[Brave (Animation)|Brave]]''
* ''[[Bug (Filmfilm)|Bug]]!''
* ''[[Cars (Animation)|Cars]]''
* ''[[Charade (Film)|Charade]]''
* ''[[Click]]''
* ''[[Clue (Filmfilm)|Clue]]''
* ''[[Clueless]]''
* ''[[Commando (Filmfilm)|Commando]]''
* ''[[Cornered]]''
* ''[[Dinosaur]]''
* ''[[Drive (Filmfilm)|Drive]]''
* ''[[Earthquake]]''
* ''[[Elf]]''
* ''[[Eraser]]''
* ''[[ExodusBook (Literature)of Exodus|Exodus]]''
* ''[[Faster (Film)|Faster]]''
* ''[[Fearless (Filmfilm)|Fearless]]''
* ''[[Frantic]]''
* ''[[Friday (Filmfilm)|Friday]]''
* ''[[Ghostbusters (Film)|Ghostbusters]]''
* ''[[Godzilla (Filmfilm)|Godzilla]]''
** The Japanese orginal ''[[Gojira (Filmfilm)|Gojira]]'' also qualifies.
* ''[[GreedGravity (Film2009 film)|GreedGravity]]'' (2009)
* ''[[GremlinsGravity (Film2013 film)|GremlinsGravity]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Greed (film)|Greed]]''
* ''[[Gremlins]]''
* ''[[Hairspray]]''
* ''[[Hitch]]''
* ''[[Insidious]]''
* ''[[Jaws (Filmfilm)|Jaws]]''
* ''[[Matinee (Filmfilm)|Matinee]]''
* ''[[Missing (Film1982 film)|Missing]]'' (Costa-Gavras; not to be confused with ''[[The Missing]]'')
* ''[[Predator]]'' and ''[[Predators]]''
* ''[[Prey]]''
* ''[[Primer]]''
* ''[[Psycho (Film)|Psycho]]''
* ''[[Ratatoing]]''
* ''[[Ratatouille]]''
* ''[[Rent]]''
* ''[[Rogue (Filmfilm)|Rogue]]''
* ''[[Safe]]''
* ''[[Saw (Film)|Saw]]''
* ''[[Scream (Filmfilm)|Scream]]''
* ''[[Scream (1981 (Filmfilm)|Scream 1981]]''
* ''[[Serenity (Film)|Serenity]]'' is a borderline case, as [[Word of God]] and the prevailing fan opinion is that Serenity (''the ship'') is a character herself.
* ''[[Taken (Filmfilm)|Taken]]''
* ''[[Tarantula (Film)|Tarantula]]''
* ''[[Them (Film)|Them]]''
* ''[[Topaz]]''
* ''[[Twins]]''
* ''[[Twister]]''
* ''[[Up (Filmanimation)|Up]]''
* ''[[Volcano]]''
 
 
== Literature ==
* ''[[Fearless (Literaturenovel)|Fearless]]''
* ''[[Fiasco (Literaturenovel)|Fiasco]]''
* ''[[Gone (novel)]]'', with sequels ''Hunger'', ''Lies'', ''Plague'', ''Fear'', and ''Light''.
* ''[[Haunted 1988 (LiteratureHerbert novel)|Haunted 1988]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Haunted 2005 (LiteraturePalahniuk novel)|Haunted 2005]]'' (2005)
* ''[[IT]]''
* ''[[Misery]]''
* ''[[Paprika (Literature)|Paprika]]''
* The short stories "Offerings", [https://web.archive.org/web/20120311070937/http://www.goldenvisionsmagazine.biz/October-Flash-Fiction.html "Called"], [http://theopinionguy.com/OG25.pdf "Assumption"], "Fields", and [http://dailysciencefiction.com/science-fiction/aliens/desmond-warzel/epinikion "Epinikion"] by Desmond Warzel.
 
 
== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]''
* ''[[Amen (TV)|Amen]]''
* ''[[Blockbusters]]''
* ''[[Bonanza]]''
* ''[[Brimstone (TV series)|Brimstone]]''
* ''[[Bullseye]]''
* ''[[Chase]]'' (The [[Game Show]])
* ''[[Chase (TV)|Chase]]'' (The show about fugitives)
* ''[[Cheers]]''
* ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]''
* ''[[Concentration]]''
* ''[[CopsCOPS (series)|COPS]]''
* ''[[Crusade (TV)|Crusade]]''
* ''[[Cupid (TV)|Cupid]]''
* ''[[Damages]]''
* ''[[Dateline (TV series)|Dateline]]''
* ''[[Dinosaurs]]''
* ''[[Distraction]]''
* From ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'':
** [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S7 E4/E04 Inferno|Inferno]]
** [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S12 E1/E01 Robot|Robot]]
** [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S15 E5/E05 Underworld|Underworld]]
** [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S19 E3/E03 Kinda|Kinda]]
** [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S20 E4/E04 Terminus|Terminus]]
** [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S20 E5/E05 Enlightenment|Enlightenment]]
** [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S21 E3/E03 Frontios|Frontios]]
** [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S26 E1/E01 Battlefield|Battlefield]]
** [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S26 E4/E04 Survival|Survival]]
** [[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S2 S28/E13 Doomsday|Doomsday]]
** [[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S3 E3S29/E03 Gridlock|Gridlock]]
** [[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S3 S29/E10 Blink|Blink]]
** [[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S3 S29/E11 Utopia|Utopia]]
** [[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S4 S30/E10 Midnight|Midnight]]
* ''[[Dogfights]]''
* ''[[Dollhouse]]''
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* ''[[Emergency]]''
* ''[[Entourage]]''
* ''[[Episodes (TV series)|Episodes]]''
* ''[[Fantasy (TV series)|Fantasy]]''
* ''[[Fearless (TV series)|Fearless]]''
* ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]''
* ''[[Friends]]''
* ''[[Fringe]]''
* ''[[Ghostwriter (TV series)|Ghostwriter]]''
* ''[[Glee]]''
* ''[[Goosebumps]]''
* ''[[Gravity (TV series)|Gravity]]''
* ''[[Greed (TV series)|Greed]]'' (Game Show)
* ''[[Greek]]''
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''
* ''[[Huge]]''
* ''[[Invasion]]''
* ''[[Iris]]''
* ''[[Jackass (TV)|Jackass]]''
* ''[[Leverage]]''
* ''[[Life]]''
* ''[[Lingo]]''
* ''[[Lost (TV)|Lost]]''
* ''[[Monsters]]''
* ''[[Passions]]''
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* ''[[Psych]]''
* ''[[Reaper]]''
* ''[[Renegade (TV series)|Renegade]]''
* ''[[Roar (TV)|Roar]]''
* ''[[Roots]]''
* ''[[Rubicon]]''
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* ''[[Soap]]''
* ''[[Supernatural]]''
* ''[[Taken (TV series)|Taken]]''
* ''[[Taxi]]''
* ''[[Terriers]]''
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* ''[[Weeds]]''
* ''[[Wildfire]]''
* ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]''
 
 
== Manhwa ==
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* ''[[Laon]]''
* ''[[Noblesse]]''
* ''[[One (Manhwamanhwa)|One]]''
* ''[[Priest (Manhwamanhwa)|Priest]]''
* ''[[Rebirth]]''
* ''[[Rure]]''
* ''[[Thesis]]''
* ''[[Trace (Webcomic)|Trace]]''
* ''[[Veritas]]''
* ''[[Yureka (Manhwa)|Yureka]]''
 
 
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* "One". There's actually more than one "One": there's the Three Dog Night hit, the [[Metallica]] song, and a notable (Stephen Sondheim?) Broadway showtune.
* The master of understatement [[Miles Davis]] was particularly partial to these, many of which were songs penned by Wayne Shorter: "Iris", ''Pangaea'', and the classic ''Workin'', ''Cookin'', ''Walkin'', ''Steamin'', and ''Relaxin''' albums.
* Disturbed is a fan of this trope. Most of their albums contain twelve or so songs, all but one or two of which have a [[One Word Title]].
* [[Pearl Jam]] are prone to this in studio albums (exceptions are ''No Code'', ''Riot Act'' and the [[Self-Titled Album]]), and were on song titles (which they retracted by writing [[Long Title|"Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town."]])
* Brazilian band Skank have 8 studio albums. Only one doesn't fit the trope.
* ''[[Gravity]]'' is the title of 19 record albums and 33 songs... that we know about as of July 2019.
 
 
== Newspaper Comics ==
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Abuse_(video_game)|Abuse]]''
* ''[[Adventure (Video1979 Gamevideo game)|Adventure]]''
* ''[[Aquaria (Videovideo Gamegame)|Aquaria]]''
* ''[[Banshee]]''
* ''[[Barbarian]]''
* ''[[Blood]]''
* ''[[Blur (Videovideo Gamegame)|Blur]]''
* ''[[Braid (Video Game)|Braid]]''
* ''[[Brink]]''
* ''[[Bug! (Video Game)|Bug]]!''
* ''[[Bully (Videovideo Gamegame)|Bully]]''
* ''[[Cadaver (Videovideo Gamegame)|Cadaver]]''
* ''[[Centipede (Video Game)|Centipede]]''
* ''[[Commando]]''
* ''[[Crush]]''
* ''[[Crysis (Video Gameseries)|Crysis]]''
* ''[[Disciples]]''
* ''[[Doom]]''
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* ''[[Fallout]]''
* ''[[Flash Back]]''
* ''[[Gauntlet (1985 video game)]]''
* ''[[Gothic]]''
* ''[[Gravity (video game)|Gravity]]''
* ''[[Gubble]]''
* ''[[Heretic]]''
* ''[[Journey (Video2012 Gamevideo game)|Journey]]''
* ''[[Joust]]''
* ''[[Manhunt]]''
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* ''[[Outcast]]''
* ''[[Phantasmagoria]]''
* ''[[Portal (Video Gameseries)|Portal]]''
* ''[[Postal]]''
* ''[[Praetorians]]''
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* ''[[Pure]]''
* ''[[Purple]]''
* ''[[Quake (Video Gameseries)|Quake]]''
* ''[[Rogue (Videovideo Gamegame)|Rogue]]''
* ''[[Sacrifice]]''
* ''[[Sacred]]''
* ''[[Singularity]]''
* ''[[Spore]]''
* ''[[Syndicate (Video Game)|Syndicate]]''
* ''[[Warlords]]''
* ''[[Wasteland (Videovideo Gamegame)|Wasteland]]''
* A number of ''[[Doom]]'' [[Game Mod|WADs]], including:
** ''Chosen''
** ''Crestfallen''
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** ''Stronghold''
** ''Void''
 
 
== Web Animation ==
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== Webcomics ==
* ''[[Bug (Webcomic)Martini|Bug]]''
* ''[[Fanboys (Webcomicwebcomic)|Fanboys]]''
* ''[[Gunshow]]''
* ''[[Shortpacked (Webcomic)|Shortpacked]]''
* ''[[Snowfall (Webcomic)|Snowfall]]''
* ''[[MS Paint Adventures|Jailbreak]]''
* ''[[Miamaska]]''
* ''[[Mezzacotta]]''
* ''[[Prequel (Webcomicwebcomic)|Prequel]]''
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Centurions (Animation)|Centurions]]''
* ''[[Detention]]''
* ''[[Dinosaucers (Animation)|Dinosaucers]]''
* ''[[Downtown]]''
* ''[[Inhumanoids (Animation)|Inhumanoids]]''
* ''[[MAD (Animation)|MAD]]''
* ''[[Recess]]''
* ''[[Rugrats (Animation)|Rugrats]]''
* ''[[Visionaries: (Animation)|VisionariesKnights of the Magical Light]]''
 
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Title Tropes]]
[[Category:One Word Title{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Trope]]
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