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The word "the" is among the most common of all the words in all of the English language, the result of which is often the placement of "the" in the title of a work or in the name of a group regardless of the wishes of the people or the person who made it. (This also happens with definite articles in other languages: "le" in French or "der" in German, for instance.)
'''The "The" Title Confusion''' is when nobody seems to be quite sure whether or not a "the" is required in a title. As a result, merchandise or advertising can sometimes make it seem as if the title is constantly changing, or if there might even be multiple works/groups with the same title. Often [[Word of God]] is required to make a final decision on the matter.
Compare [[Spell My Name with a "The"]], when the use of a "the" is ''insisted upon''.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== Anime and Manga ==
* (''The'') ''[[Slayers]]''.
* From ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'', (Yoko Kanno and) (The) Seat Belts. (Also some ambiguity as to whether "Seat Belts" should be one word or two.)
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Whether anyone refers to [[Batman]] as "The Batman" depends on the era of comic books, with the "the" especially ignored during the [[Lighter and Softer]] era of the 1960s.
* [[The Vision|(The) Vision]]
== [[Film]] ==
* Due to a printing oversight, we get one in the middle of ''[[Attack of the The Eye Creatures]]''.
* ''(The) [[Bad Lieutenant:
* In the film ''Body Slam'' about a
* Averted with the ''[[The Fast and the Furious]]'' franchise, where ''The Fast and the Furious'' is the name of the first movie, while ''Fast and Furious'' is the name of the fifth movie.
** Not averted with the localizations: The first movie (and with it, the whole franchise) is known as ''Fast and Furious'' in France.
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* (''The'') ''[[Gangs of New York]]''
* ''[[Last Action Hero]]'' was usually called ''The [[Last Action Hero]]'' until its release ''sans'' "The."
* The film ''[[Minority Report]]'' is based on a story titled
* The credits to the American version of ''[[War of the Gargantuas]]'' has a ''The'' before the title which is not included when the title is displayed on advertising or home video packaging.
* 2012 movie ''[[
* ''[[School of Rock]]'' was originally called "The School of Rock," as seen in its title sequence.
* The 2005 Spielberg adaptation of ''[[The War of the Worlds (2005 film)
* The original treatment for ''[[Star Wars]]'' was subtitled ''The Star Wars''.
== [[Literature]] ==
* Despite commonly being abbreviated "LotR", [[J. R. R. Tolkien
▲* Despite commonly being abbreviated "LotR", [[J. R. R. Tolkien|J. R. R. Tolkien's]] fantasy epic is called ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
** Also happens in-story: when Radagast talks about a land he's heard of called Shire, Gandalf tells him it's ''The'' Shire.
* The third series of ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' is called ''Power of Three''. Officially, there is no "the"; however, fans usually add the "the", giving this story arc the [[Fan Nickname]] "Teapot" (The Power of Three = TPoT = Teapot.)
== [[Live
* In-Universe example: In the ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' episode "[[Firefly (TV series)/Recap/E03 Bushwhacked|Bushwhacked]]", an Alliance officer asks
▲* In-Universe example: In the ''[[Firefly]]'' episode Bushwhacked, an Alliance officer asks Inarra how long she's been on "the Serenity", prompting her to correct him that it's "just Serenity".
▲* ''[[Happy Days]]'': Arthur Fonzerelli, aka "Fonzie" or "The Fonz."
== Music ==▼
▲== [[Music]] ==
* Pete Wentz's
* [[Eagles]] and [[Carpenters]] both commonly get a "the" slapped in front of their names.
* (''The'') [[The Magnetic Fields|Magnetic Fields]]
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* (The) Strawbs
* The band [[Talking Heads]] were often erroneously referred to as "The Talking Heads"; they responded by naming one of their live albums ''The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads''.
* Similarly, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart called themselves [[Eurythmics]], not ''the'' Eurythmics.
* Deliberately [[Invoked Trope|invoked]] by the band "[[
** Leading to the following joke. A guy in a record store is asked to file all the albums in alphabetical order. He starts by filing them all under 'T' 'The Beatles, The Rolling Stones' etc. "No" says his boss. "Ignore the 'the'. Then he gets to 'The The'.
* (The) [[The Jonas Brothers|Jonas Brothers]].
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* Many wrestlers from the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] and the World Wrestling Federation had a hard time breaking the habit of using "the" when they were in [[WCW]]. [[Bret Hart]] in particular was notorious for this.
** Likewise when the World Wrestling Federation changed their name to World Wrestling Entertainment many wrestlers continued to refer to it as "the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]."
== Real Life ==▼
* ''The'' Gambia▼
* United States (no "The")▼
* United Kingdom (no "The")▼
* United Nations (no "The")▼
* Skydome, in Toronto, before the name change to Rogers Centre (which still, for the most part, doesn't use "The").▼
== Tabletop Games ==▼
* In ''[[Pathfinder]]'', the herald of the god [http://www.pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Gozreh Gozreh] is called [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/outsiders/heralds/personification-of-fury Personification of Fury]. Fury doesn't like being accidentally called "''The'' Personification of Fury" by accident (or being refered to with gendered pronouns, [[Hair-Trigger Temper|or as "it"]]).▼
* After the original 1E version, a large number of uses of ''[[The Temple Of Elemental Evil]]'' don't include the "the". The sequel, ''Return To The Temple Of Elemental Evil'', is one of the few exceptions, and it uses the "the" but only because the title doesn't work without it.▼
==
▲* In ''[[Pathfinder]]'', the herald of the god [http://www.pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Gozreh Gozreh] is called [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/outsiders/heralds/personification-of-fury Personification of Fury]. Fury doesn't like being accidentally called "''The'' Personification of Fury" by accident (or being
▲* After the original 1E version, a large number of uses of ''[[The Temple
* ''(The) Legend Of Zelda''. This sometimes pops up in abbreviations. Is it just LoZ or is it TLoZ?
** [[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|ALttP or just LttP]]?
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* ''[[Langrisser]]'' and ''Der Langrisser'' are two different games; the latter is a remake of ''Langrisser II''.
==
* ''[[The Perry Bible Fellowship]]'' apparently used to run into this confusion, as Nick Gurewitch addressed the question [
▲* ''[[The Perry Bible Fellowship]]'' apparently used to run into this confusion, as Nick Gurewitch addressed the question [http://web.archive.org/web/20071111013344/http://www.pbfcomics.com/author.php?link=faq in an old version of the FAQ page].
{{quote|Q: "The Perry Bible Fellowship", or "Perry Bible Fellowship"?
A: ''The'' PBF. Treat it like a rock band though. For instance: "I own a White Stripes album", not "I own a The White Stripes album". }}
** And despite this, the website address is www.pbfcomics.com.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* (The) [[The Angry Video Game Nerd|Angry Video Game Nerd]]
* On [[The Other Wiki]], battles have sometimes raged over whether to use the "the" in an article title. ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' (the TV series) has it but ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]'' (the comic book) doesn't.
{{quote|Do not use A, An, or The as the first word (Economy of the Second Empire, not The Economy of the Second Empire), unless
== Western Animation ==▼
▲== [[Western Animation]] ==
* (The) ''[[Family Guy]]''
* ''[[The Jetsons]]'' has a full-length feature titled ''Jetsons: The Movie'', to which fans sometimes refer as ''The Jetsons Movie''.
▲== [[Real Life]] ==
▲* ''The'' Gambia
* Ukraine (no "The", at least not any more)
▲* United States (no "The")
▲* United Kingdom (no "The")
▲* United Nations (no "The")
▲* Skydome, in Toronto, before the name change to Rogers Centre (which still, for the most part, doesn't use "The").
* France, despite the fact that it's "la France" in its native French.
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