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Compare [[Title Drop]] and [[Epunymous Title]]. [[I Am Not Shazam]] is what happens when the title doesn't refer to an entity within the story, but fans assume otherwise. If the title refers to more than one concept ''within'' the work, it's a [[Double Meaning Title]].
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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
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* The ''[[Wild Arms]] TV'' series claims that the TV stands for "Twilight Venom", not "television".
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' is something of a fake-out. "Tengen Toppa" means approximately "Heaven Breakthrough", and "Gurren Lagann" is the name of the main [[Humongous Mecha]] used throughout the series, so you might think it's a typical "descriptive-phrase main-vehicle-name" title such as ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]''... but no. There's actually a machine used near the end called, in full, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. And it's even more impressive than the name implies.
* [[Gundam Seed Destiny]], rather than being simply an [[Oddly Named Sequel]] refers to both the [[Designated Hero]]'s [[Mid
* The Japanese name of [[Zatch Bell]], ''Konjiki no Gash Bell'', means "Golden Gash Bell". You could think that "Golden" refers to his blond hair, {{spoiler|but in the final storylines of the manga and anime, Gash's spellbook actually becomes golden after he unlocks its true powers.}}
* [[Paradise Kiss]] doesn't refer to mindblowing smooching, it's the brand name the heroine's [[Love Interest]] uses on the clothes he designs.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* The title of the novel ''The Big Clock'' was just a metaphor--until the creators of [[The Film of the Book]], apparently thinking the metaphor was [[Viewers
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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* The [[Dead or Alive]] series is ostensibly named after the Dead or Alive Tournament featured in the game, however this is a misconception. The game is called "Dead or Alive" due to the fact the game was expected to either sink or save the floundering company TECMO, thus the "Dead or Alive Tournament" is an attempt to justify the title. This makes sense when one considers that "Dead or Alive" is a rather strange name for a tournament in which nobody dies.
* The original ''[[Marathon (Video Game)|Marathon]]'' game was so named early on because the creators pictured the player running a "Marathon" of endless fighting throughout the game. The title is justified fairly well in-game by calling the colony ship The Marathon, which is ostensibly running a "marathon" from Earth to Tau Ceti, however the making-of book confirms that the project was named first, and the colony ship is therefore a justification.
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts: 358 Days Over 2 (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts 358 Days Over 2]]'' is named for the fact that, as a [[Gaiden Game]], it takes place between the [[Kingdom Hearts (Video Game)|numbered]] [[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|games]], and one week shy of a year (358 days) is the amount of time that elapses between them, and, hence, is the period in which Roxas was part of [[Organization Index|The Organization]]. The '2' symbolizes [[Tomato in The Mirror|his relationship with]] [[The Hero|Sora]] and also symbolizes the fact that the 358 days are shared by both Roxas and Xion {{spoiler|both of whom are part of Sora}}
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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