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Despite the name, the quote need not come from literature ''per se''. The most common non-literary sources for titles are probably songs (see also [[Titled After the Song]]) and political speeches. Many of these quotes will be [[Stock Quotes]]. A subtrope of [[Shout Out]].

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== Western Animation ==

* "She of Little Faith", episode of ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'' ("O ye of little faith," repeated phrase in Matthew)

* "My Brother's Keeper", episode of ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' (Genesis 4:9)

** ''[[This Rough Magic]]'', novel (''[[The Tempest]]'' V.i)

* Seanan McGuire. All the novels in her [[October Daye]] series have titles taken from Shakespeare's plays. So far these include:

** ''An Artificial Night'' (''[[Romeo and Juliet (Theatre)|Romeo and Juliet]]'' I.i)

** ''Late Eclipses'' (''[[King Lear (Theatre)|King Lear]]'' I.ii)

* ''[[Aladdin (Disney)|Aladdin]]''

** "Much Abu About Something" (''[[Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre)|Much Ado About Nothing]]'')

** "Perchance to Dream" (''[[Hamlet (Theatre)|Hamlet]]'' III.i)

* ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]''

** "Enter Macbeth" (''[[Macbeth (Theatre)|Macbeth]]'', various acts and scenes)

* ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]''

** ''Much Apu About Nothing'' (''[[Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre)|Much Ado About Nothing]]'')

* "I Am Become Death", episode of ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]''. Given the nuclear explosion during this episode, this is almost certainly by way of Oppenheimer, who was quoting the Bhagavad Gita.

* ''[[Known Space|Destroyer Of Worlds]]'', by [[Larry Niven]]

 

 

* "Tiger! Tiger!", a ''[[The Jungle Book (Literature)|Jungle Book]]'' story by [[Rudyard Kipling]] ("The Tyger", poem)

* ''Tiger! Tiger!'', original title of ''[[The Stars My Destination (Literature)|The Stars My Destination]]'' by Alfred Bester

* ''Tyger Tyger'', book by Kersten Hamilton

* ''Burning Bright'', novel by [[John Steinbeck (Creator)|John Steinbeck]] ("The Tyger", poem)

** Although, as "Tommy" lampshades, "thin red line" was an older phrase used in the newspapers etc. at least since the Crimean War.

* ''Insurance: The White Man's Burden'', a Goon Show episode. ("The White Man's Burden", poem)

 

 

 

== George Orwell ==

* ''1Q84'', novel by [[Haruki Murakami]]; the letter Q and the Japanese number 9 are homophones (''1984'', novel)

* ''Room 101'', BBC chat show (''1984'', novel)

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