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{{cleanup|There are titles on this list that don't link to Work pages, or link to parent pages of the work, which is preventing this page from becoming [[:Category:This Index Asked You a Question|a category]]. Remember, [[All The Tropes:Works Pages Are a Free Launch|Works Pages Are a Free Launch]].}}
This is a specific type of title that poses a question to the reader. This question may relate to the [[Arc Words]] in some way, but need not. Depending on the writer, the answer may be explicitly given, implied, or left ambiguous.
This is a specific type of title that poses a question to the reader. This question may relate to the [[Arc Words]] in some way, but need not. Depending on the writer, the answer may be explicitly given, implied, or left ambiguous.


See also [[Driving Question]]. And as always, remember that if you [[Ask a Stupid Question]], you ''will'' [[Get a Stupid Answer]].
See also [[Driving Question]] and [[:Category:This Index Asked You a Question]]. And as always, remember that if you [[Ask a Stupid Question]], you ''will'' [[Get a Stupid Answer]].


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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Full Metal Panic Fumoffu]]'' which originally didn't have the "Fumoffu" bit until the creators realized people were confusing it with the first season of the show (titled ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]''). Also sort of a [[Word Salad Title]].
* ''[[Full Metal Panic Fumoffu]]'' which originally didn't have the "Fumoffu" bit until the creators realized people were confusing it with the first season of the show (titled ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]''). Also sort of a [[Word Salad Title]].
* ''[[Hayao Miyazaki]]''{{'}}s 2023 film ''[[How Do You Live? (anime)|How Do You Live?]]''.


== Art ==
== Art ==
* ''[[wikipedia:File:Lastseefather.jpg|And When Did You Last See Your Father?]]''
* ''[[media:Lastseefather.jpg|And When Did You Last See Your Father?]]'', by William Frederick Yeames


== [[Comic Books]] ==
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* ''[[Is Paris Burning?]]''
* ''[[Is Paris Burning?]]''
* ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]''
* ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]''
* ''[[Quo Vadis]]?'' - a title shared by five films.
* ''[[Quo Vadis]]?'' - a title shared by five films, a TV miniseries, and a video game.
* ''[[Shall We Dance?]]''
* ''[[Shall We Dance?]]''
* ''[[They Shoot Horses, Don't They?]]''
* ''[[They Shoot Horses, Don't They?]]''
* ''[[What?]]'', a film directed by [[Roman Polanski]].
* ''[[What?]]'', a film directed by [[Roman Polanski]].
** One critic said the title also worked [[Flat What|as a review]] [[Take That|of the movie itself]].
** One critic said the title also worked [[Flat What|as a review]] of [[Take That|the movie itself]].
* ''[[What About Bob?]]''
* ''[[What About Bob?]]''
* ''[[What Did You Do In the War, Daddy?]]''
* ''[[What Did You Do In the War, Daddy?]]''
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== [[Music]] ==
== [[Music]] ==
* ''[[The Who|Who's Next]]''.
* ''[[The Who]]''
** They also had ''Who are You''
** ''Who are You''
** Averted with ''Who's Next'' - it wasn't their first album, it was the next one.
* "Where Is the Love?" by [[The Black Eyed Peas]].
* "Where Is the Love?" by [[The Black Eyed Peas]].
* "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?"
* "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?"
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* "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
* "Do You Hear What I Hear?"


== [[Theater]] ==
== [[Theatre]] ==
* ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''
* ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''
* "[[Who's on First?]]"
* "[[Who's on First?]]"

Latest revision as of 20:26, 5 November 2023

This is a specific type of title that poses a question to the reader. This question may relate to the Arc Words in some way, but need not. Depending on the writer, the answer may be explicitly given, implied, or left ambiguous.

See also Driving Question and Category:This Index Asked You a Question. And as always, remember that if you Ask a Stupid Question, you will Get a Stupid Answer.

Examples of Questioning Title? include:

Anime and Manga

Art

Comic Books

Film

Literature

Live-Action TV

Music

Theatre

Western Animation

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