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* For reasons unclear, ''[[Batteries Not Included (film)|*batteries not included]]'' was renamed "Miracolo sull'8° strada" ("Miracle on 8th Street"), which sounds just like ''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]''.
* After ''[[Rumble in The Bronx]]'' was released, a movie from 1973 originally titled ''女警察'' (''The Policewoman'') was reissued on home video under the new title of ''Rumble in Hong Kong'' (among others), with a [[Covers Always Lie|misleading cover]] that suggests that [[Jackie Chan]] was the leading actor (he actually played a supporting character with not much screentime).
* [[Inverted Trope]] with the French titles for ''[[Die Hard]]'': The first three titles (''Piège de Cristal'',<ref>The Glass Trap</ref>
* The fourth movie of the ''[[Rambo]]'' series, ''Rambo'', was billed ''John Rambo'' in several countries to mimick ''[[Rocky Balboa]]''.
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* ''[[Beyond Oasis]]'' (a.k.a. ''The Story of Thor'') has nothing to do with the earlier [[Game Gear]] RPG ''Defenders of Oasis'' (originally titled ''Shadam Crusader'' in Japan). ''Beyond Oasis'' later got a sequel titled ''Legend of Oasis''.
* The original Super Famicom version of ''[[Panel De Pon]]'' was released overseas in a heavily altered form (with characters from ''[[Yoshi's Island]]'') as ''Tetris Attack''. Later installments dropped the Tetris name altogether and were released under the "Puzzle League" name.
* When Konami released their [[Arcade Game]] ''Jackal'' in the U.S., they changed the title to ''Top Gunner'' and slapped on a few American flags, probably to identify it with ''[[Top Gun]]'' (which Konami would go on to make actual [[Licensed Game
* ''Fire Shark'', a World War II-themed shoot-'em-up by Toaplan, was released in Japan under the title of ''Same! Same! Same!'', a play on the 1970 war movie ''Tora! Tora! Tora!''.
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