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If such a title has a subtitle, more often than not it will be simply an expansion of the initialism in question.
Note that ''acronyms'' written as one normally capitalized word, such as "Scuba" or "Gestapo", do not count as example of this trope. Titles that simply ''include'' an initialism (''[[Mrs. Frisby and
Often overlaps with [[Team Title]] or [[Vehicle Title]]. Sometimes also with [[Fun
This is so common for names of companies, organizations, software and industry products that there's no point in listing them, apart from when they're repurposed as names of works.
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* [[DC Comics]] titles ''L.E.G.I.O.N.'' and its successor, ''R.E.B.E.L.S.''
* ''[[Disney Comics|W.H.A.D.A.L.O.T.T.A.J.A.R.G.O.N.]]'', a story by [[Don Rosa]]
* ''[[
== Film - Animated ==
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== Film - Live Action ==
* ''B.A.P.S.''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''R.O.T.O.R.'', a really bad 1989 knockoff of both ''[[The Terminator]]'' and ''[[
* ''S.W.A.L.K.''
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** ''[[CSI: NY]]'' (two initialisms in one!)
* ''[[MASH|M*A*S*H]]'', as well as the film on which it was based, as well as the novel on which ''that'' was based.
* ''[[
* ''[[JAG]]'' and its successor ''[[NCIS]]''
* ''NTSF:SD:SUV'' ("National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sport Utility Vehicle"; a parody of the [[Police Procedural]] genre)
* ''[[SWAT]]''
* Used in-universe in ''[[30 Rock
== Music ==
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[
* ''GTR: FIA GT Racing Game''
* ''H.E.R.O.''
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* ''[[SWINE]]''
* ''TFX''
* ''[[HAWX
== Visual Media ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[COPS
* ''[[MASK]]''
* ''[http://www.amazon.com/M-U-S-H-Vol-MUSH-spoof-animated/dp/B000MPPFW6 M-U-S-H]'', an Animated Parody of ''MASH'' with an all-animal cast. MUSH stands for Mangy Unwanted Shabby Heroes.
* Every single episode of ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' has one of these titles.
* Parodied on ''[[The Wrong Coast]]'' with ''S.W.A.T.A.W.A.T.A.T.A.A.'' (''Special Weapons And Tactics As Well As The Ability To Appraise Antiques''), a cross between ''S.W.A.T.'' and ''[[
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