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== [[Film]] ==

* '''The X, The Y, His Z and Her A''', spawned from ''[[The Cook the Thief His Wife And Her Lover]]'', which went through tons of [[Memetic Mutation]] when it was first out.

** Chapter 4 of ''[[~~The Curse of Monkey Island (Video Game)|~~The Curse of Monkey Island]]'' is "The Bartender, The Thieves, His Aunt, And Her Lover".

** Chapter 4 of ''[[The Curse of Monkey Island]]'' is "The Bartender, The Thieves, His Aunt, And Her Lover".

** "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer" -- [[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|three guesses]].

** "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer" -- [[The Simpsons (animation)|three guesses]].

** Slightly more subtle was the series of missions in a ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' game called "The Crook," "The Thieves," "The Wife," and "The Lover."

** ''A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop'' is probably one these- this is the international film for a movie titled ''A Simple Noodle Story'' in reference to [[Blood Simple|the film]] it adapts.

* '''Miracle On X''' ''([[Miracle On 34th Street ~~(Film)~~|34th Street]])''

* '''Miracle On X''' ''([[Miracle on 34th Street|34th Street]])''

** ''Miracle on Evergreen Terrace'' (''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]'')

** ''Miracle on Evergreen Terrace'' (''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'')

** The winter 1980 Olympics where the US Men's hockey team beat the Soviet squad in the semifinal round was dubbed the "Miracle on Ice."

** ''[[Recess]] Christmas: Miracle on Third Street''

* '''[[Attack of the Killer Whatever|Attack of the Killer]]/[[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever|50-foot X]]'''

** ''[[Attack of the 50 Foot Woman]]''

** ''[[~~Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (Film)|~~Attack of the Killer Tomatoes]]''

** ''[[Attack of the Killer Tomatoes]]''

** "Attack of the 50-Foot Sister" (''[[~~Phineas and Ferb (Animation)|~~Phineas and Ferb]]'')

** "Attack of the 50-Foot Sister" (''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'')

** ''Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores'' (''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]'')

** ''Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores'' (''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'')

** The comedy short ''Attack of the Killer Refrigerator''.

** The [[Science Fiction]] short ''Attack of the Killer Metal Man from the Dimensions of the Unknown''.

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** The 1995 film ''Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfolds''.

** "Attack of the Killer Garage Sale", an episode of ''[[Danny Phantom]]''

** "Attack of the Killer App" (''[[~~Futurama (Animation)|~~Futurama]]'')

** "Attack of the Killer App" (''[[Futurama]]'')

** "Attack of the 5½ Foot Geek" (''[[My Life As a Teenage Robot]]'')

** "Attack of the 5½ Foot Geek" (''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'')

* '''The X That Ate Y''' ''(Not based on any particular film, but a common title for [[There's No B in Movie|B-movies parodies]])''

** A whole series of children's books, that are of the format ''The (Holiday Decoration) that ate my (Relative)''.

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** [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]

** [[Psycho Supporter|Crouching Support, Hidden Batshit]]

** "Crouching Jimmy, Hidden Sheen" (''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron ~~(Animation)~~|The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]'')

** "Crouching Jimmy, Hidden Sheen" (''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius|The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]'')

** [[Whose Line Is It Anyway|"We'll return you to 'Crouching Tiger, Screaming Siegfried and Roy' in just a second..."]]

** [[Whose Line Is It Anyway?|"We'll return you to 'Crouching Tiger, Screaming Siegfried and Roy' in just a second..."]]

* '''X, [[Either or Title|Or]]: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Y.'''

** Started by ''[[~~Dr. Strangelove (Film)|~~Dr. Strangelove]] or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb''

** Started by ''[[Dr. Strangelove]] or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb''

** ''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]'' episode title "$pringfield (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Legalised Gambling)"

** ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode title "$pringfield (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Legalised Gambling)"

** The Bluetones song "Autophilia (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love My Car)"

** According to IMDb, the working title for ''[[Animal Athlete Loophole|Soccer Dog: The Movie]]'' was ''Soccer Dog, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Pooch''.

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** [[Wil Wheaton]]'s ''The Saga of Spongebob Vega$pant$ (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love [[Star Trek]])''

** David Willis's ''[[Walkyverse|Roomies!]]'' collection ''Roomies! Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Beer''.

** The first episode of the ''[[~~Touhou (Video Game)|~~Touhou]]'' [[Fanime]] ''The Memories of Phantasm'' had the english title "The Ordinary Magician or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Kotatsu".

** The first episode of the ''[[Touhou]]'' [[Fanime]] ''The Memories of Phantasm'' had the english title "The Ordinary Magician or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Kotatsu".

* '''From X with Love''', after [[James Bond]] novel/movie ''[[From Russia ~~With~~ Love]]''

* '''From X with Love''', after [[James Bond]] novel/movie ''[[From Russia with Love]]''

** ''[[From Eroica ~~With~~ Love]]''

** ''[[From Eroica with Love]]''

** ''[[From Paris ~~With~~ Love]]''

** ''[[From Paris with Love]]''

** ''[[From Mexico With Love]]''

** ''From Rush Hour With Love'' was a song by Republica.

** The French title for ''[[In Bruges]]'' is equivalent to "From Bruges With Love".

** ''[[~~Artemis Fowl (Literature)|~~Artemis Fowl]]'' chapter title: "To Russia, With Gloves."

** ''[[Artemis Fowl]]'' chapter title: "To Russia, With Gloves."

** The [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/NES_Tetris_Box_Front.jpg boxart of the NES version] of ''[[~~Tetris (Video Game)|~~Tetris]]'' features the tagline, "From Russia With Fun!"

** The [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/NES_Tetris_Box_Front.jpg boxart of the NES version] of ''[[Tetris]]'' features the tagline, "From Russia With Fun!"

** ''From Beijing with Love'' is a Bond parody by [[Stephen Chow]].

* '''The Good, The Bad And The X''', from [[Sergio Leone]]'s ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ~~(Film)~~|The Good the Bad And The Ugly]]''.

* '''The Good, The Bad And The X''', from [[Sergio Leone]]'s ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly|The Good the Bad And The Ugly]]''.

** ''[[wikipedia:The Good, the Bad & the Queen|The Good, The Bad And The Queen]]''

** "The Good, the Sad and the Drugly" (''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]'')

** "The Good, the Sad and the Drugly" (''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'')

** ''[[The Hollows|The Good, the Bad, and the Undead]]''

** The ''[[Sesame Street]]'' movie ''The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland'' had the [[Tagline]] "The Good, The Bad and The Stinky."

** ''[[The Good the Bad ~~The~~ Weird]]'', a Korean [[Recycled in Space|recycling]] of the Leone film (with some nods to the other films in the "Dollars Trilogy")

** ''[[The Good, the Bad, the Weird]]'', a Korean [[Recycled in Space|recycling]] of the Leone film (with some nods to the other films in the "Dollars Trilogy")

** According to the [http://www.weirdexperiments.com/apps/blog/show/5199871-and-the-winner-is-the-good-the-bad-and-the-outsourced Weird Experiments] website, this is the most common snowclone movie title to be used in scientific papers, based on [http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=1,5&as_subj=bio+chm+eng+med+phy&q=%22The+Good+the+Bad+and%22+-ugly hits on Google Scholar].

** A [[The Beano|Beano]] "comics library" starting Plug from The Bash Street Kids called The Good, The Bad And Plug Ugly.

** An episode of ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' was titled, "The Good, the Bad, and the Alex".

** [[Whose Line Is It Anyway|"We'll return you to our Politically-Correct Presentation of 'The Good, The Bad, and the Beauty-Impaired' in just a second..."]]

** [[Whose Line Is It Anyway?|"We'll return you to our Politically-Correct Presentation of 'The Good, The Bad, and the Beauty-Impaired' in just a second..."]]

** ''[[Bubsy]]'' level "The Good, the Bad and the Woolies"

** "The Good, the Bad and the Wallaby" (''[[~~Rocko's Modern Life (Animation)|~~Rocko's Modern Life]]'')

** "The Good, the Bad and the Wallaby" (''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'')

* '''Once Upon a Time in X''' from [[Sergio Leone]]'s ''[[Once Upon a Time In ~~The~~ West]]''

* '''Once Upon a Time in X''' from [[Sergio Leone]]'s ''[[Once Upon a Time in the West]]''

** Leone himself repeated this title, using it for ''[[Once Upon a Time In America]]'' and in ''Once Upon A Time... the Revolution'', an alternate title for ''[[Duck You Sucker]]'' (also alternatively titled ''[[A Fistful of Dynamite]]'')

** Leone himself repeated this title, using it for ''[[Once Upon a Time in America]]'' and in ''Once Upon A Time... the Revolution'', an alternate title for ''[[Duck You Sucker]]'' (also alternatively titled ''[[A Fistful of Dynamite]]'')

** ''[[Once Upon a Time In Mexico]]''

** ''Once Upon a Time in India'', a subtitle given to ''[[Lagaan]]''

** ''[[Once Upon a Time In China]]''

** ''[[Once Upon a Time in China]]''

** ''Once Upon a Time in the Midlands''

** Once Upon A Time in Anatolia (2012)

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** ''I Was a Teenage Frankenstein'', film from the producers of ''I Was a Teenage Werewolf'', released in the same year (1957)

** ''I Was a Teen-Age Dwarf'', novel by Max Shulman

** ''I Was a Teenage T. Rex'', book in the ''[[~~Dinoverse (Literature)|~~Dinoverse]]'' series

** ''I Was a Teenage T. Rex'', book in the ''[[Dinoverse]]'' series

** ''I Was a [[Teenage Worrier]]''

** ''I Was a Teenage Fairy'', novel by Francesca Lia Block

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** ''I Was a Zombie for the FBI'', 1984 Film

** ''I Was a Teenage Zombie'', 1986 film

** "I Was a Teenage Taylor", episode of ''[[~~Home Improvement (TV)|~~Home Improvement]]''

** "I Was a Teenage Taylor", episode of ''[[Home Improvement]]''

** "I Was a Teenage Gary", episode of ''[[~~SpongeBob SquarePants (Animation)|~~SpongeBob SquarePants]]''

** "I Was a Teenage Gary", episode of ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''

** "I Was a Teenage Stimpy", episode of ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]''

** "I Was a Teenage Spy", episode of ''[[Boy Meets World]]''

** "I Was a Teenage Anarchist", song by Against Me!

** "I Was a Teenage Communist", a Radio 4 documentary on the history of Communist Party of Great Britain presented by Alexei Sayle (who was a teenage Communist).

** "I Was a Teenage Brain Surgeon", referenced in a [[~~Spike Jones (Music)|~~Spike Jones]] routine.

** "I Was a Teenage Brain Surgeon", referenced in a [[Spike Jones]] routine.

** "I Was a Teenage Thumb", 1963 ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short.

* '''X House on the Y''', specific to 1970s exploitation horror and based on ''[[The Last House ~~On the Left (Film)|The Last House On~~ the Left]]''

* '''X House on the Y''', specific to 1970s exploitation horror and based on ''[[The Last House on the Left]]''

** ''The Last House on Dead End Street''

** ''L'Ultimo Treno Della Notte'' (literally, "Last Train of the Night", English title ''Late Night Trains'' or ''Night Train Murders'')

** ''House on the Edge of the Park''

** ''The Last House in the Woods''

** ''[[Little House ~~On the Prairie (Literature)|Little House On~~ the Prairie]]'' is a more lighthearted example that actually features the same naming structure and debuted earlier -- [[Older Than You Think|decades earlier]], along with ''Little House in the Big Woods'', by [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]]. ''Little Town on the Prairie'' echoed the pattern.

** ''[[Little House on the Prairie]]'' is a more lighthearted example that actually features the same naming structure and debuted earlier -- [[Older Than You Think|decades earlier]], along with ''Little House in the Big Woods'', by [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]]. ''Little Town on the Prairie'' echoed the pattern.

* '''All this, and X Y''' (in which Y rhymes with "too"), from ''[[All This And Heaven Too]]'', the famous movie with ''[[Bette Davis]]''

** All this and World War II, a 1976 musical documentary that juxtaposes Beatles songs, performed by a number of musicians, with World War II newsreel footage and 20th Century Fox films from the 1940s.

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** All This and Puppet Stew, an album by Los Angeles punk rock band The Dickies.

** All This and Everest Too, an actual newspaper headline printed on the morning of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, referring to the British expedition becoming the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest a few days earlier.

* '''X, Lies and Videotape''', or '''Sex, Lies and X''', or '''Sex, X and Videotape''', from ''[[Sex Lies and Videotape]]'':

* '''X, Lies and Videotape''', or '''Sex, Lies and X''', or '''Sex, X and Videotape''', from ''[[Sex, Lies, and Videotape]]'':

** Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics

** ''[[Less Than Perfect]]'' has a final episode titled "Sex, Lies and Office Supplies"

** ''[[X-Men (~~Animation~~)|X-Men]]'' has an episode titled "Weapon X, Lies & Videotape."

** ''[[X-Men (animation)|X-Men]]'' has an episode titled "Weapon X, Lies & Videotape."

** ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' has an episode titled "Wake Up, Little Cory" in the episode the name of Cory and Topanga's project is Sex, Lies and Videotape.

** ''[[Goof Troop]]'' has an episode titled "Wrecks, Lies & Videotape'."

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** ''[[Family Matters]]'' has an episode named "Food, Lies and Videotape."

** ''[[Will and Grace]]'' has an episode titled "Sex, Losers, and Videotape."

** ''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]'' has an episode titled "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes."

** ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' has an episode titled "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes."

** ''[[Martin]]'' has an episode titled "Checks, Lies, and Videotape."

** ''[[Northern Exposure]]'' has an episode titled "Sex, Lies and Ed's Tape."

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** [[The Ultimates]] 3 "Sex, Lies, & DVD"

** ''[[Lois and Clark]]: The New Adventures of Superman'' has an episode titled "Sex, Lies and Videotape."

** ''[[~~Dawsons~~ Creek ~~(TV)~~|Dawsons Creek]]'' has an episode titled "Text, Lies and Videotape."

** ''[[Dawson's Creek|Dawsons Creek]]'' has an episode titled "Text, Lies and Videotape."

** ''[[~~CSI (TV)|~~CSI]]'' has an episode titled "Sex, Lies, and Silicone"

** ''[[CSI]]'' has an episode titled "Sex, Lies, and Silicone"

** ''[[CSI: NY]]'' has an episode titled "Sex, Lies, and Silicone"

** ''[[Tripping the Rift]]'' has an episode titled "Six, Lies and Videotape"

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== [[Literature]] ==

* '''The Joy of X''', the [[Trope Namer]], is an interesting [[Zig Zagging Trope]]: most titles of this form reference ''The Joy of Sex'', which was itself titled in reference to ''The Joy of Cooking''. Conveniently, it also makes this a [[Just for Pun]] trope.

* '''The Joy of X''', the [[Trope Namer]], is an interesting [[Zig-Zagging Trope]]: most titles of this form reference ''The Joy of Sex'', which was itself titled in reference to ''The Joy of Cooking''. Conveniently, it also makes this a [[Just for Pun]] trope.

** In the [[~~Discworld (Literature)|~~Discworld]] book ''[[Discworld ~~(Literature)~~/Maskerade|Maskerade]]'', Nanny Ogg writes ''The Joye of Snackes'' -- as a cookbook where every recipe is either an aphrodisiac, a double entendre, or both, it manages to reference ''both'' of this template's originals.

** In the [[Discworld]] book ''[[Discworld/Maskerade|Maskerade]]'', Nanny Ogg writes ''The Joye of Snackes'' -- as a cookbook where every recipe is either an aphrodisiac, a double entendre, or both, it manages to reference ''both'' of this template's originals.

** "The Joy of Sect" is an episode of ''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]''.

** "The Joy of Sect" is an episode of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''.

** There's a book entitled ''The Joy of Sox'', talking about socks. It's incredibly amusing.

** ''The Joy of Sox'' is also the title of [http://joyofsox.blogspot.com a baseball blog].

** The Joy of Lexx: Defunct [[Lexx]] fan site

** ''The Joy of Pokémon'' (the 92nd ''[[Pokémon (~~Anime~~)|Pokémon]]'' episode, naturally)

** ''The Joy of Pokémon'' (the 92nd ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' episode, naturally)

** "The Joy of Sects" is a title of a class about religions in the novel ''Love Among the Walnuts'' (itself a Joy of X title -- see below).

** There is a webcomic entitled "The Joy of Tech".

** ''The Joy Of TeX'' (yes, that formula markup language)

** ''[[~~The Joy of Painting (TV)|~~The Joy of Painting]]'' (Bob Ross art instruction series)

** ''[[The Joy of Painting]]'' (Bob Ross art instruction series)

** ''[[Monkey Island 2]]'' has ''The Joy of Hex'' as well as several others courtesy of the Phatt Island library catalog:

** ''[[Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge]]'' has ''The Joy of Hex'' as well as several others courtesy of the Phatt Island library catalog:

*** ''Memoirs of a Woman of Dubious Pleasure''

*** ''A Fistful of Barnacles''

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* There was a spate of '''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About X (But Were Afraid to Ask)''' after the success of the sex manual ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex...'', beginning with the [[Woody Allen]] film of the same name.

** ''Charmed'' featured "Everything You Wanted To Know About Magic Portals (but were afraid to ask)".

** ''[[The ~~Hitchhikers~~ Guide to ~~The~~ Galaxy]]'' considers the Guide to be more controversial than a book titled ''Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Sex but Have Been Forced to Find Out''.

** ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' considers the Guide to be more controversial than a book titled ''Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Sex but Have Been Forced to Find Out''.

*** There is also ''Everything You Wanted to Know About Guilt but were too ashamed to ask''

** The book ''Fight'' by Eugene Robinson has the subtitle ''Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You'd Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking''.

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** There is a Czechoslovakian film called ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Experience''.

** There is a short documentary called ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Swing But Were Afraid to Ask''.

** In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic ~~(Animation)~~|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|of all things]], Twilight breaks out ''Slumber 101: All You've Ever Wanted to Know About Slumber Parties (But Were Afraid to Ask).''

** In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|of all things]], Twilight breaks out ''Slumber 101: All You've Ever Wanted to Know About Slumber Parties (But Were Afraid to Ask).''

** The Sea Lions' [[Self-Titled Album|nearly eponymous album]] ''Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Sea Lions But Were Afraid to Ask''

** James [[Mc Cawley]] wrote ''Everything that Linguists Have Always Wanted to Know About Logic (but were Ashamed to Ask)''

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** ''[[Slouching Towards Bedlam]]'', an amateur [[Interactive Fiction]]

* '''A Tale of Two X''' ''([[A Tale of Two Cities|Cities]])''

** ''A Tale of Two Kitties'' (The ''[[~~Looney Tunes (Animation)|~~Looney Tunes]]'' debut of Tweety), as well as the second Garfield film.

** ''A Tale of Two Kitties'' (The ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' debut of Tweety), as well as the second Garfield film.

** ''A Sale of Two Titties'' by Darles Chickens, at least according to ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''.

** ''A Tale of Two Springfields'' (''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]'')

** ''A Tale of Two Springfields'' (''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'')

** ''A Tale of Two Sitters'' (''[[Wishbone]]'')

** ''[[A Tale of Two Sisters]]'' - the original title ''Janghwa, Hongryeon'' refers to a Korean folk tale.

* '''Whatever Happened to X?''' ''([[What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? ~~(Film)~~|Baby Jane]])''

* '''Whatever Happened to X?''' ''([[What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?|Baby Jane]])''

** ''[[Whatever Happened to Robot Jones]]''

** "Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?", a season 1 episode of ''[[~~The Sarah Jane Adventures (TV)|~~The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.

** "Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?", a season 1 episode of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.

** "Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?", a season 4 episode of ''[[Babylon 5]]''.

** "[[Whatever Happened to ~~The~~ Man of Tomorrow?]]?", an iconic pre-Crisis [[~~Superman (Comic Book)|~~Superman]] story.

** "[[Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?]]?", an iconic pre-Crisis [[Superman]] story.

** "[[Whatever Happened to ~~The~~ Caped Crusader?]]?", a not-so-iconic post-Crisis [[Batman]] story.

** "[[Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?]]?", a not-so-iconic post-Crisis [[Batman]] story.

** Whatever Happened to Janie?, a Caroline B. Cooney novel.

** ''Whatever Happened To [[The Likely Lads]]''

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** The [[Internet Movie Database]] lists more than 30 other films and TV shows with this title format.

* '''X for Dummies''' (Note that the publisher has actually trademarked the phrase "for Dummies", so actual published works with this formula do not exist outside of the official series.)

** ''Witchhunting For Dumb People'' (''[[~~Discworld (Literature)|~~Discworld]]'' again) doesn't take any chances.

** ''Witchhunting For Dumb People'' (''[[Discworld]]'' again) doesn't take any chances.

** ''Raising the Dead for Dummies'', from [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3123104/1/Secrets this] [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] [[Fanfic]].

** The ''Complete Idiot's Guide'' series, a for-real series [[Follow the Leader|modeled after]] the ''Dummies'' books.

** In one [[Improv Everywhere]] prank, [[Star Wars|Princess Leia]] rides a subway while reading ''Galactic Rebellion for Dummies''.

** ''Data Structures for Assholes'' ([[Cluster F-Bomb|vitriolic]] parody from ''[[~~Homestuck (Webcomic)|~~Homestuck]]'')

** ''Data Structures for Assholes'' ([[Cluster F-Bomb|vitriolic]] parody from ''[[Homestuck]]'')

* '''How To Verb X and Other Verb Y''' (based on the book ''How To Win Friends and Influence People'' by Dale Carnegie)

** ''How To Lose Friends and Infuriate People''

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** ''[[Dave Barry]] Is From Mars And Venus''

** ''[[Shrek]] 2'' had one scene where Queen Lillian was seen reading a book named ''Kings are from Mars, Queens are from Venus''.

** ''[[~~Futurama (Animation)|~~Futurama]]'' has "Women are from Omicron Persei 7, men are from Omicron Persei 9", as well as an episode where Amy is reading a book titled ''[[Shaped Like Itself|Martians are from Mars, Venusians are from Venus]]''.

** ''[[Futurama]]'' has "Women are from Omicron Persei 7, men are from Omicron Persei 9", as well as an episode where Amy is reading a book titled ''[[Shaped Like Itself|Martians are from Mars, Venusians are from Venus]]''.

** In one episode of ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', Shawn claimed to have got his (frankly disturbing) relationship advice from a book called ''Men Are From Mars, Women Want To Blast Mars Out Of The Sky''.

** The 1997 documentary ''Men Are from Manhattan... Women Are from Saskatchewan''.

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** ''[[Myth Adventures|Imps Are From Imper, Deveels Are From Deva]]''

** The ''[[Walkyverse|Dumbing of Age]]'' storyline "Men Are From Beck, Women Are From Clark".

* '''I, X'''. Like ''The Joy of X'', the generally-parodied template (''[[I ~~Robot (Literature)|I~~ Robot]]'') isn't the original (''[[~~I Claudius|~~I, Claudius]]'' or maybe something even older). See [[I Comma Noun]] for examples.

* '''I, X'''. Like ''The Joy of X'', the generally-parodied template (''[[I, Robot]]'') isn't the original (''[[I, Claudius]]'' or maybe something even older). See [[I Comma Noun]] for examples.

* '''The Seven Habits of Highly Effective X''' (People)

** The ''[[~~Dilbert (Comic Strip)|~~Dilbert]]'' collection, ''Seven Years of Highly Defective People''.

** The ''[[Dilbert]]'' collection, ''Seven Years of Highly Defective People''.

** ''The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates'', a [[Fictional Document]] from ''[[~~Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|~~Schlock Mercenary]]''

** ''The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates'', a [[Fictional Document]] from ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''

** ''The 666 Habits of Highly Effective Demons'', a magazine article in ''[[Raidou Kuzunoha VS King Abaddon]]'' (and probably a [[Woolseyism]])

** In ''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Brother's Little Helper" Bart is reading "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Pre-teens"

** In ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Brother's Little Helper" Bart is reading "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Pre-teens"

* '''Sex and the Single X''', or '''Sex and the Y X'''

** ''Sex and the Single Girl'', the [[Trope Maker]]

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** ''Sex and the Single Vampire''

** ''Sex and the Single Ghost'', a romance novel

** ''[[~~Sex and The City|~~Sex and the City]]''

** ''[[Sex and the City]]''

** ''Sex and the Single [[Doctor Who|Gallifreyan]]'', a ''[[~~Doctor Who Magazine (Magazine)|~~Doctor Who Magazine]]'' article

** ''Sex and the Single [[Doctor Who|Gallifreyan]]'', a ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' article

** ''[[3rd Rock ~~From the Sun (TV)|3rd Rock From~~ the Sun]]'' episode "Dick and the Single Girl"

** ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' episode "Dick and the Single Girl"

* '''Fear And Loathing in X'''

** The archetype is of course Hunter S. Thompson's ''Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas''.

** ''Fear And Loathing On the Campaign Trail''

** [[Fear Loathing and Gumbo On ~~The~~ Campaign Trail ~~Seventy Two~~]]

** [[Fear, Loathing and Gumbo on the Campaign Trail '72]]

** ''[http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13652874 Greece and immigration: Fear and loathing in Athens]''

** ''Fear and loathing in Endsville.''(''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'')

** "Fear and Loathing with Bigfoot" (Japanese translation of an episode of, you guessed it, ''[[~~Phineas and Ferb (Animation)|~~Phineas and Ferb]]'')

** "Fear and Loathing with Bigfoot" (Japanese translation of an episode of, you guessed it, ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'')

** The working title for ''Kentucky Straight Bourbon'' was ''Fear and Loathing in Kentucky''.

** [[Fur and Loathing]]

** A later-day [[Bugs Bunny]] cartoon, ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKZzgzzsQEI Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas]''

* '''Zen and the Art of X'''

** Started by Robert Pirsig's ''[[Zen and ~~The~~ Art of Motorcycle Maintenance]]'', which itself refers back to ''Zen in the Art of Archery'' by Eugen Herrigel. The title of the latter is often quoted with an "and" instead of "in".

** Started by Robert Pirsig's ''[[Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance]]'', which itself refers back to ''Zen in the Art of Archery'' by Eugen Herrigel. The title of the latter is often quoted with an "and" instead of "in".

** The BBC miniseries of ''[[The ~~Hitchhikers~~ Guide to ~~The~~ Galaxy]]'' presented an excerpt from "Zen and the Art of Going to the Lavatory".

** The BBC miniseries of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' presented an excerpt from "Zen and the Art of Going to the Lavatory".

** ''Zen and the Art of Faking It'' by Jordan Sonnenblik.

** In the [[Animated Adaptation]] of ''[[Discworld ~~(Literature)~~/Wyrd Sisters|Wyrd Sisters]]'', one of the books on Magrat's shelf is ''Zen And The Art of Broomstick Maintenance''.

** In the [[Animated Adaptation]] of ''[[Discworld/Wyrd Sisters|Wyrd Sisters]]'', one of the books on Magrat's shelf is ''Zen And The Art of Broomstick Maintenance''.

** ''[[Gears of War]]'' has an achievement called "Zen and the Art of Reloading."

** And now, "[[wikipedia:Xen|Xen]] and the art of" various things has over 40K results on Google and counting. Surprisingly, "Xen and the Art of [[Half-Life]]" is not one of them. Nor is "Xen and the Art of [[Disappointing Last Level|Bad Level Design]]".

* '''The Art of X''' (''[[The Art of War ~~(Literature)~~|War]]'')

* '''The Art of X''' (''[[The Art of War|War]]'')

** ''The Art of Raising Dogs''

** ''The Art of Small Talk''

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** ''The Art of Trolling''

** ''The Art of Quartet Playing''

** ''The Bart of War'' (''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]'')

** ''The Bart of War'' (''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'')

** Books of production art from a popular movie usually follow the formula "''The Art of {movie title}''"

** Interestingly enough there's no "The Art of Art" (there's The Art of Art History though)

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*** Unfortunately, few works homage the title of the book's sequel, ''The Te of Piglet''

** ''The Tao of Archery'', the second issue of the ''Great Ten'' miniseries (also a pun; Celestial Archer's real name is Xu ''Tao'').

** ''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]] and Philosophy: The D'oh of Homer''

** ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]] and Philosophy: The D'oh of Homer''

** ''The Tao of Programming''

** ''The Tao of Steve''

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** [http://www.gamasutra.com GamaSutra]

** [[TV Tropes]] has [[Comic Sutra]]

* '''Are You There, God? It's Me, X''' Of course based on the title of the classic [[Judy Blume]] young adult novel, ''[[Are You There God ~~Its~~ Me Margaret ~~(Literature)~~|Are You There God Its Me Margaret]]''.

* '''Are You There, God? It's Me, X''' Of course based on the title of the classic [[Judy Blume]] young adult novel, ''[[Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.|Are You There God Its Me Margaret]]''.

** ''[[~~The Venture Brothers (Animation)|~~The Venture Brothers]]'', "Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean"

** ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'', "Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean"

** ''[[~~South Park (Animation)|~~South Park]]'', "Are You There, God? It's Me, Jesus"

** ''[[South Park]]'', "Are You There, God? It's Me, Jesus"

** "Are You There, God? It's Me, Childhood", an article at Salon.com

** "Are You There, God? It's Me, Madison Avenue", an article on advertising that seems to have multiple homes on the Web.

** ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]'', "Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester"

** ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', "Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester"

** ''Are You There, God? It's Me, Kevin'', an autobiographical book by Kevin Keck

** "Are You There, God? It's Me, Detroit", an article in the ''Detroit Free Press''

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* '''The Compleat X'''

** Started by "The Compleat Angler," by Izaak Walton.

** ''[["Weird Al" Yankovic ~~(Music)~~|The Compleat Al]]''

** ''[["Weird Al" Yankovic|The Compleat Al]]''

** ''The Compleat Conductor'', a book on conducting by Gunther Schuller

** ''The Compleat Dying Earth" by Jack Vance

** ''The Compleat Beatles'', a book of lyrics

** ''The Incompleat Folksinger'' by Pete Seeger

** In-universe example: The Compleat Atlas in Garth Nix's ''[[Keys to ~~The~~ Kingdom]]'' series.

** In-universe example: The Compleat Atlas in Garth Nix's ''[[Keys to the Kingdom]]'' series.

** ''The Compleat Enchanter'', an omnibus edition of [[L Sprague De Camp ~~(Creator)~~|L Sprague De Camp]]'s [[Harold Shea]] short stories.

** ''The Compleat Enchanter'', an omnibus edition of [[L. Sprague de Camp|L Sprague De Camp]]'s [[Harold Shea]] short stories.

* '''Love In The Age of X''', referencing Gabriel Garcia's ''Love In The Age of Cholera''.

** ''Love In The Age of iPods'', a book by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan.

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** ''Love In The Age of Drought'', a novel by Fiona Higgins

** ''Love in The Age of Silicone'', an article about [[Real Doll|Real Dolls]]

** In one episode of ''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]'', Marge can be seen reading a pirate-themed romance novel called ''Love in the Time of Scurvy.''

** In one episode of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', Marge can be seen reading a pirate-themed romance novel called ''Love in the Time of Scurvy.''

** ''Love in the Time of [[LOLcats]]'' by [[Achewood]]'s Ray Smuckles.

** ''Love in the Time of Science'', an album by Emilíana Torrini.

** "Love in the Time of Dragons", an episode of ''[[Merlin (TV)|Merlin]]''

** "Love in the Time of Dragons", an episode of ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]''

** ''Love In The Time of Goblins'', Book One of the Hot Goblin Brotherhood Saga in ''[[Skin Horse]]''

* '''Doing X With Gun And Camera''' -- The prototypical title for a Great White Hunter-style travelogue. The original, or one of them, appears to be Captain Ralph Bonehill's book ''Out With Gun and Camera'' -- that, or ''Hunting Big Game in Africa with Gun and Camera'', a film from 1922.

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** ''Through the [[Uncanny Valley]] With Gun and Camera'' -- a recent blog about James Cameron's ''[[Avatar]]''.

** ''Whale Hunting with Gun and Camera'' by Roy Chapman Andrews

** Another ''[[~~Discworld (Literature)|~~Discworld]]'' parody: Ridcully is the author of ''Along the Ankh with Bow, Rod and Staff with a Knob on the End''.

** Another ''[[Discworld]]'' parody: Ridcully is the author of ''Along the Ankh with Bow, Rod and Staff with a Knob on the End''.

** ''Into the Outdoors with Gun and Camera'', an adventure included with the second edition of the [[Paranoia]] role-playing game.

* '''The X's Tale'''. ''[[~~The Canterbury Tales (Literature)|~~The Canterbury Tales]]'' is the [[Trope Namer]], but sadly not the [[Trope Maker]]. The original is a frame story where X means "told by the", not "about a".

* '''The X's Tale'''. ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'' is the [[Trope Namer]], but sadly not the [[Trope Maker]]. The original is a frame story where X means "told by the", not "about a".

** ''[[A Knight's Tale]]'' Including a character supposedly being Chaucer.

** ''[[~~The Handmaids Tale (Literature)|~~The Handmaids Tale]]''

** ''[[The Handmaids Tale]]''

** "A Rogue's Tale" (''[[X-Men (~~Animation~~)|X-Men]]'' episode)

** "A Rogue's Tale" (''[[X-Men (animation)|X-Men]]'' episode)

** ''[[~~The Bards Tale (Video Game)|~~The Bards Tale]]''

** ''[[The Bards Tale]]''

* '''What Every Young X Ought to Know'''

** In ''[[Of Thee I Sing]]'', Wintergreen says he's writing the book "What Every Young President Ought to Know."

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== [[Live Action Television]] ==

* '''The''', well, '''X Files'''.

** ''The Springfield Files'' (''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]'')

** ''The Springfield Files'' (''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'')

** ''[[~~The Dresden Files (Literature)|~~The Dresden Files]]''

** ''[[The Dresden Files]]''

** The ''[[~~Radio Times (Magazine)|~~Radio Times]]'' once had a cut-out-and-keep series of fact-files on characters from ''[[The Archers]]'' called "The Ambridge Files".

** The ''[[Radio Times]]'' once had a cut-out-and-keep series of fact-files on characters from ''[[The Archers]]'' called "The Ambridge Files".

** ''[[~~The Goodies (TV)|~~The Goodies]] File'', the book of the series.

** ''[[The Goodies]] File'', the book of the series.

** ''The Odessa File'' and ''The Ipcress Files'', a good two decades before ''The X Files''.

* British media love '''[[Have I Got News for You|Have I Got X For You]]''' and '''[[Men Behaving Badly|X Behaving Badly]]''' for punning headlines.

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** A website for the guitarist Ollie Halsall has a page about his collaborations with Kevin Ayers under the title "Ayers on a G-String".

** A number of newspaper and magazine articles have used the "X On A G-String" form. [[Stock Underwear|Very few of them are talking about music.]]

* '''The X formerly known as Y''', which of course comes from [[~~Prince (Music)|~~Prince]] and has its own [[The Trope Formerly Known As X|page]].

* '''The X formerly known as Y''', which of course comes from [[Prince]] and has its own [[The Trope Formerly Known as X|page]].

== [[Poetry]] ==

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== [[Theater]] ==

* Writers seem to have great fun making titles in the form ''''Tis Pity She's a(n) X''', after the 17th-century play ''[[~~Tis Pity She's a Whore|~~'Tis Pity She's a Whore]]''. Just replace the last word:

* Writers seem to have great fun making titles in the form ''''Tis Pity She's a(n) X''', after the 17th-century play ''[['Tis Pity She's a Whore]]''. Just replace the last word:

** [[Terry Pratchett]] has'' 'Tis Pity She's a Tree'' and '''Tis Pity She's an Instructor in Unarmed Combat'', both from [[~~Discworld (Literature)|~~Discworld]] novels.

** [[Terry Pratchett]] has'' 'Tis Pity She's a Tree'' and '''Tis Pity She's an Instructor in Unarmed Combat'', both from [[Discworld]] novels.

** Googling the phrase turns up the following variations:

*** '''Tis Pity She's a Neighbor''

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* '''The Taming of The X''' ''([[The Taming of the Shrew|Shrew]])''

** ''The Taming of the Shoe'' (Magazine, animated short)

** ''The Taming of the Vole'' ([[~~Discworld (Literature)|~~Discworld]] again).

** ''The Taming of the Vole'' ([[Discworld]] again).

** ''The Taming of the Screw'' ([[Dave Barry]] book)

** [[The Taming of the Grue]]

* '''The X And I''' ''(King)''

** ''The Thing and I'' (''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]'')

** ''The Thing and I'' (''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'')

** ''The King And Eye'', [[The Residents]] collection of Elvis covers.

** ''The Egg And I'', a 1945 book by Betty MacDonald, and the classic screwball comedy movie based on it which introduced Ma and Pa Kettle. The book actually predates ''The King And I'' by six years, but it's unlikely that it influenced the titling of the musical.

*** Likewise, "The Egg And I", an episode of ''[[Married ~~With~~ Children]]''.

*** Likewise, "The Egg And I", an episode of ''[[Married... with Children]]''.

** "The Wizard and I", a song from the musical ''[[Wicked (~~Theatre~~)|Wicked]]''.

** "The Wizard and I", a song from the musical ''[[Wicked (theatre)|Wicked]]''.

* '''The Phantom of the X''' ''(Opera)''

** ''The Phantom of the Oprah'' (One-episode stage-show-within-a-show on ''[[Wings (TV)|Wings]]'')

** ''The Phantom of the Oprah'' (One-episode stage-show-within-a-show on ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'')

*** Which has since then [[Defictionalization|become a real show]].

** ''[[Phantom of the Megaplex|The Phantom of the Megaplex]]'' (A [[Disney Channel]] TV movie)

** ''[http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0071994/ The Phantom of the Paradise]'' (A 1974 glam-rock mashup of ''Phantom of the Opera'', ''Faust'' and ''The Picture of Dorian Gray''.)

** ''[[~~KISS (Music)|~~KISS]] Meets the Phantom of the Park''

** ''[[KISS]] Meets the Phantom of the Park''

** ''The Phantom of the Telethon'' (''[[~~American Dad (Animation)|~~American Dad]]'')

** ''The Phantom of the Telethon'' (''[[American Dad]]'')

** [[Ed, Edd n Eddy|The Phantom of the Earwax]]

** [[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy|The Phantom of the Earwax]]

** ''Phantom of the Auditorium'', one of the ''[[Goosebumps]]'' books

** ''Phantom Of the Fair'', an obscure [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] superhero who used the Perisphere at the 1939 Worlds' Fair in New York City as his headquarters.

* '''A Streetcar Named X''' ''([[A Streetcar Named Desire ~~(Theatre)~~|Desire]])''

* '''A Streetcar Named X''' ''([[A Streetcar Named Desire|Desire]])''

** ''A Streetcar Named Marge'' (''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]'')

** ''A Streetcar Named Marge'' (''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'')

** There is a short animated film about menopause called ''Streetcar Named Perspire''.

** There is an animated short featuring Tweety called ''A Street Cat Named Sylvester''.

* '''Dial X for Y''' (''[[Dial M for Murder]]'')

** ''[[Dial H for Hero (Comic Book)|Dial H for Hero]]''

** ''Dial M for Monkey'', a superhero short on ''[[~~Dexters~~ Laboratory]]'' probably named after ''both'' of the above

** ''Dial M for Monkey'', a superhero short on ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' probably named after ''both'' of the above

** ''Dial J for Janitor'' (''[[The Honeymooners]]'', a contemporary example)

** ''Dial B for Virgin'' (''[[Married ~~With~~ Children]]'')

** ''Dial B for Virgin'' (''[[Married... with Children]]'')

** ''Dial L for Loser'' (''[[The Clique]]'')

** ''[http://musicology.typepad.com/dialm/ Dial M for Musicology]'', a blog.

** ''Dial N for Nerder'' (''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]'')

** ''Dial N for Nerder'' (''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'')

** ''Dial Z for Zombie'' (also ''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|Simpsons]]'')

** ''Dial Z for Zombie'' (also ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|Simpsons]]'')

** ''Dial "M" for Murder or Press "#" to Return to Main Menu'' (''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]'' again)

** ''Dial "M" for Murder or Press "#" to Return to Main Menu'' (''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' again)

** ''Dial Meg for Murder'' (''[[~~Family Guy (Animation)|~~Family Guy]]'')

** ''Dial Meg for Murder'' (''[[Family Guy]]'')

** ''Dial M for Pizza'' 1980s BBC Radio 4 comedy show.

** ''Dial N for Nelson'' (''[[Mork and Mindy]]'')

** "Dial F for Frankenstein" [[Arthur C. Clarke ~~(Creator)~~]] short story.

** "Dial F for Frankenstein" [[Arthur C. Clarke]] short story.

** ''Dial M for Martin'' (''[[Frasier]]'')

** "Dial 'M' for Mother", the ''[[Archer]]'' Season 1 finale.

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** The model is [[Absurdism|absurdist]] play ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'', by Samuel Beckett (no, not [[Quantum Leap|that one]]).

** ''[[Waiting For Lefty]]'' by Clifford Odets predates Beckett's work by a dozen years or so and has some similar themes.

** ''[[~~Waiting for Guffman (Film)|~~Waiting for Guffman]]'', a Christopher Guest movie.

** ''[[Waiting for Guffman]]'', a Christopher Guest movie.

** "Waiting for God" is a ''[[~~Red Dwarf (TV)|~~Red Dwarf]]'' episode.

** "Waiting for God" is a ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' episode.

** ''[[Waiting for God]]'' is also the title of a UK sitcom set in a retirement home.

** "Waiting to Go" is an episode of ''[[Arthur (~~Animation~~)|Arthur]]'', containing several other references to the Beckett play.

** "Waiting to Go" is an episode of ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'', containing several other references to the Beckett play.

** "Waiting For Cousteau" is an album by French musician Jean Michel Jarre which is inspired by the underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau.

* '''Bye Bye X''' (''Birdie'')

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** "Bye Bye Billy" and "Bye Bye Baby" (''[[Melrose Place]]'')

** "Bye Bye Love" (''[[Spin City]]'')

** "Bye Bye Butterface" and "Bye Bye Psyduck" (''[[Pokémon (~~Anime~~)|Pokémon]]'')

** "Bye Bye Butterface" and "Bye Bye Psyduck" (''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'')

** "Bye Bye Greasy" (''[[Home Movies]]'')

** "Bye Bye Ball" (''[[Hannah Montana]]'')

** "Bye-Bye Kenan" (''[[Kenan and Kel]]'')

** "Bye Bye Blakey" (''[[On the Buses]]'')

** "Bye Bye Nerdy" (''[[~~Fosters~~ Home for Imaginary Friends]]'')

** "Bye Bye Nerdy" (''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'')

** "Bye-Bye Birdies" (''[[Wow Wow Wubbzy]]'')

** "Bye-Bye Birdies" (''[[Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!]]'')

** "Bye Bye Biki" (''[[Perfect Strangers]]'')

** "Bye Bye Bernecky" (''[[Murphy Brown]]'')

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** "Bye Bye Baldwin" (''Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew'')

** "Bye Bye Babies" (''[[The Osbournes]]'')

** "The New Class: Bye-Bye Tony" (''[[Saved By the Bell]]'')

** "The New Class: Bye-Bye Tony" (''[[Saved by the Bell]]'')

** "Bye Bye Blackball" (''[[Happy Days]]'')

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** ''The Life of David Gale''

** ''[[The Life and Times of Juniper Lee]]''

** ''[[The Life of Nob T Mouse]]''

** ''[[The Life of Nob T. Mouse]]''

** ''The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus'' by [[L Frank Baum]]

** ''The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus'' by [[L. Frank Baum]]

** ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]''

** ''[[The Life and Times of Tim]]''

** ''[[Wicked (~~Literature~~)|Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West]]''

** ''[[Wicked (novel)|Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West]]''

* '''Memoirs of a(n) X'''

** ''[[Memoirs of a Geisha]]''

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** ''[[Quest for Glory I]]: So You Want To Be A Hero''.

** The novel ''[[Young Wizards|So You Want To Be A Wizard]]'' by Diane Duane.

** The series of self-help books by Derek Bacon, from the [[Mega Crossover]] [[Fanfic]] ''[[~~Undocumented Features (Fanfic)|~~Undocumented Features]]''.

** The series of self-help books by Derek Bacon, from the [[Mega Crossover]] [[Fanfic]] ''[[Undocumented Features]]''.

** ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlSLQO5mU-w So You Want to Be a Rock And Roll Star]'' by The Byrds.

** More than likely, every [[DJ Hero]] player reading this immediately thought of the mix of Groundhog by Noisia. "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_3ledCtpV4 So you want to be a DJ...] It's going to take an awful lot of practice..."

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** ''The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Raising Children for Fun and Profit‎'' by Jill Connor Browne

** ''Selling Out for Fun and Profit'' is the bound compilation of the webcomic ''Exploitation Now'' (which is also a snowclone title)

** [[TV Tropes]] has [[War for Fun ~~And~~ Profit]] and [[Abusing the Kardashev Scale For Fun ~~And~~ Profit]].

** [[TV Tropes]] has [[War for Fun and Profit]] and [[Abusing the Kardashev Scale For Fun and Profit]].

** The [[Big Bad]] of [[Those Lacking Spine]] at one point reads ''Final Bossing For Fun And Profit'', and her Dragon reads ''Toadying For The Final Boss For Fun And Profit''.

** On ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'' Quark makes a female employee read ''[[Fantastic Arousal|Oomox]] For Fun And Profit''.

** On ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' Quark makes a female employee read ''[[Fantastic Arousal|Oomox]] For Fun And Profit''.

* '''X "They" Don't Want You To Know About''' Oddly enough, "They" are rarely easily defined. Amazon gives you the following:

** ''Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You To Know About'' by Kevin Trudeau

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** [[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S4 E6 The Doctors Daughter|The Doctor's Daughter]]

* After you win or retire in ''[[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri ~~(Video Game)~~|Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri]]'', the game chooses a book title to represent your reign. Most are a parody of a famous book title, and include:

* After you win or retire in ''[[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri|Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri]]'', the game chooses a book title to represent your reign. Most are a parody of a famous book title, and include:

** "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Organic Superlubricant (But Were Afraid to Ask)".

** "Zen and the Art of Missile Rover Maintenance"