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Line 1: {{trope}} Some works of fiction are [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin\|named after professional terms]]. The terms used may have only tangential relation to the actual content of the work and be there courtesy of [[Rule of Cool]], or be major plot points. This type of title tells the audience that the makers of the film know what they're talking about (Whether or not this [[Dan Browned\|is actually the case]]. Compare [[Mad Lib Thriller Title]], which often invokes the same effect, and [[Literary Allusion Title]], which takes another approach to sounding intelligent. {{examples~~\|Examples:~~}} == [[Film]] == Line 22: == [[Live Action TV]] == * ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)\|Arrested Development]]'': An inability to mature, physically or mentally/emotionally.<ref>Also a pun, as it focuses on a family that [[Corrupt Corporate Executive\|ostensibly]] got its money from property ''development'', and the main action of the show is what happens after the patriarch of the family gets ''arrested''.</ref> * ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'': The theory of the start of the universe. * ''[[Quantum Leap]]'': Atomic electron transition or similar transitions between quantum states, which are scientific phenomena. Line 30: == [[Video Games]] == * ''[[Dead Space (~~Franchise~~series)\|Dead Space]]'': Air that is inhaled by the body in breathing, but does not take part in gas exchange. * ''[[Fallout]]'': The residual radiation hazard from a nuclear explosion. * ''[[Half Life]]'': The amount of time it takes for half of a given substance with a limited lifespan to decay (typically used for radioactive decay).~~<br~~ />The original [[Half Life]] also uses this for its expansions specifically with physics related terms, although it does manage to make a [[Multiple Reference Pun]] out of them sometimes; ''Decay'' ''Blue Shift'': Both a reference to the effect the Doppler shift has on light being emmited from objects approching you and the name of the work shift that falls under Barney's duties. ** ''Opposing Force'' - A two-fer: a reference to Newton's laws and to an [~~http://en.~~[wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Opposing_force~~:Opposing force\|"opposing force"]] used in military simulations. * ''[[Mass Effect]]''. Though the scientific term is fictional, the tone is unmistakable, especially since said term is named after a real though largely unrelated one ("mass ''de''fect). * ''[[Singularity]]'': A point at which a given mathematical object is not defined or not well-behaved, for example infinite or not differentiable. * ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'': A police term for the theft of a motor vehicle. == [[Tabletop Games]] == Line 50: [[Category:Title Tropes]] [[Category:Terminology Title]] [[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]]