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Not to be confused with [[Namesake Gag]] nor the book and film entitled [[The Namesake (film)|The Namesake]]. In literary circles this is called an [[Eponym]], a term also used to refer to a [[Character Title]].

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== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (novel)|The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy]]'''s ''So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish'' doesn't reveal its namesake until chapter 23.

** Although those who read the first book know that {{spoiler|it's the dolphins' last message to humankind, making the title itself a [[Foreshadowing]] of their hand in Earth's restoration}}.

* The Nick Hornby novel ''A Long Way Down'' is about four people planning to [[Interrupted Suicide|jump off a building]], so it seems clear what the title means. Except that a line near the end twists what you think The Namesake is; they ask whether they should jump, which would be the ''short way'', or take [[Title Drop|"the long way down"]], that is, ''taking the stairs back down'' and moving on with life, which is literally "the long way".

* The [[Brandon Sanderson]] novel ''[[Warbreaker]]'''s namesake is revealed on the last page.