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'''Please list lots of actual examples of title variations, rather than just the template—it's [[Rule of Fun|more fun]] that way!'''
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== Comics ==
* '''Countdown to X''': Since many comics tell ongoing stories with regular installments and no end in sight, they can build up to a big event in the future by having a countdown.
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** ''[[Little House on the Prairie]]'' is a more lighthearted example that actually features the same naming structure and debuted earlier -- [[Older Than You Think|decades earlier]], along with ''Little House in the Big Woods'', by [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]]. ''Little Town on the Prairie'' echoed the pattern.
* '''All this, and X Y''' (in which Y rhymes with "too"), from ''[[All This And Heaven Too]]'', the famous movie with ''[[Bette Davis]]''
** ''All this and World War II'', a 1976 musical documentary that juxtaposes Beatles songs, performed by a number of musicians, with World War II newsreel footage and 20th Century Fox films from the 1940s.
** ''All This and Rabbit Stew'', one of the infamous ''[[Censored Eleven]]'' cartoons, about a black hunter and ''[[Bugs Bunny]]''.
** ''All This and Puppet Stew'', an album by Los Angeles punk rock band The Dickies.
** ''All This and Everest Too'', an actual newspaper headline printed on the morning of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, referring to the British expedition becoming the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest a few days earlier.
* '''X, Lies and Videotape''', or '''Sex, Lies and X''', or '''Sex, X and Videotape''', from ''[[Sex, Lies, and Videotape]]'':
** ''Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics''
** ''[[Less Than Perfect]]'' has a final episode titled "Sex, Lies and Office Supplies"
** ''[[X-Men (animation)|X-Men]]'' has an episode titled "Weapon X, Lies & Videotape."
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** ''[[Tripping the Rift]]'' has an episode titled "Six, Lies and Videotape"
** [http://sexliesandbacon.com/ Sex, Lies and Bacon]
* '''Bring Me the Head of X''', from ''[[Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia]]'', the 1974 crime drama film.
** ''Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis'', the 1988 [[Reunion Show]] for ''[[The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis]]''
** ''Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown'', a 1986 [[Short Film]] by [[w:Jim Reardon|Jim Reardon]] which parodies both ''[[Peanuts]]'' and the work of [[Sam Peckinpah]].
** "Bring Me the Head of Jerry Garcia", a single released in 1991 by the band [[Iron Prostate]].
** ''[[Bring Me the Head of Light Entertainment]]'', a 1999-2003 British comedy panel game show.
** [https://www.filmlinc.org/series/bring-me-the-head-of-sam-peckinpah/ "Bring Me the Head of Sam Peckinpah"], a retrospective of the director's works held by Lincoln Center in April 2016.
** ''Bring Me the Head of Freq Nasty'', a 2003 CD by [[Freq Nasty]].
** "Bring Me The Head of... Oh Wait", a ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' achievement related to the "Hallow's End" seasonal world event.
** "Bring Me the Head of The Preacher Man", a song by [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]].
** "Bring Me The Head Of The Fortune Teller", a song by [[Swervedriver]].
** "Bring Me the Head of God", a song by [[Nunslaughter]].
** "Bring Me The Head Of Christ", a song by [[Paths Of Possession]].
** ''[[Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis]]'', a 2000 film starring [[Rik Mayall]].
** ''[https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/bring-me-head-alan-shepard-halloween-story Bring Me the Head of Alan Shepard: A Halloween Story]'', a blog post at the website of the National Air and Space Museum about a photo of two men holding a wax replica the astronaut's head.
** ''Bring Me the Head of Sergio Garcia'', a book Tom Cox about his year trying to compete on the pro golf circuit.
== [[Literature]] ==
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** [[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E06 The Doctor's Daughter|The Doctor's Daughter]]
* After you win or retire in ''[[Sid Meier's
** "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Organic Superlubricant (But Were Afraid to Ask)".
** "Zen and the Art of Missile Rover Maintenance"
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