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== Parodies ==
== Parodies ==
* ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy]]: The Movie: The Game''
* ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy]]: The Movie: The Game''
* Parodied by ''[[The Critic]]'' with ''Hee Haw: The Next Generation''
* Parodied by ''[[The Critic (animation)|The Critic]]'' with ''Hee Haw: The Next Generation''
* ''[[AMV Hell]] 3: The Motion Picture''
* ''[[AMV Hell]] 3: The Motion Picture''
** ''AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture II: AMV Hell 4: The Last One.''
** ''AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture II: AMV Hell 4: The Last One.''
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** ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]] Animated Series'' - That's what it says in the title sequence.
** ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]] Animated Series'' - That's what it says in the title sequence.
* ''[[Attack of the Killer Tomatoes]]: The Animated Series''
* ''[[Attack of the Killer Tomatoes]]: The Animated Series''
* ''[[Back to The Future]]: The Animated Series''
* ''[[Back to The Future (cartoon)|Back to The Future: The Animated Series]]''
* ''[[The Mask (animation)|The Mask: The Animated Series]]''
* ''[[The Mask (animation)|The Mask: The Animated Series]]''
* ''[[Sabrina the Animated Series]]''
* ''[[Sabrina the Animated Series]]''
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** ''Likewise, [[Star Trek]] - The Manga''
** ''Likewise, [[Star Trek]] - The Manga''
* ''[[Clerks]]: The Comic Book''
* ''[[Clerks]]: The Comic Book''
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] A's/StrikerS The Comics''
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's]]/[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS|StrikerS The Comics]]''


==[[Licensed Game|The Game]] or [[The Board Game]]:==
==[[Licensed Game|The Game]] or [[The Board Game]]:==
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* ''[[Hercules (Disney film)|Disney's Hercules]]: Action Game''
* ''[[Hercules (Disney film)|Disney's Hercules]]: Action Game''
* ''TV Tropes: The Party Game. [http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/6381161#6381161 No, really.]''
* ''TV Tropes: The Party Game. [http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/6381161#6381161 No, really.]''
* ''[[Black Rock Shooter]]: The Game''
* ''[[Black Rock Shooter (video game)|Black Rock Shooter: The Game]]''
* ''[[The Simpsons Game]]''
* ''[[The Simpsons Game]]''


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* ''[[Evil Dead]]: The Musical''
* ''[[Evil Dead]]: The Musical''
* ''[http://www.fellowshipthemusical.com Fellowship! The Musical]''
* ''[http://www.fellowshipthemusical.com Fellowship! The Musical]''
* ''[[Legally Blonde]]: The Musical''
* ''[[Legally Blonde (theatre)|Legally Blonde: The Musical]]''
* ''[[In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It|David Warrack's]] Rob Roy - The Musical''
* ''[[In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It|David Warrack's]] Rob Roy - The Musical''
* ''The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein'' (This is actually the official title of the musical. No colon. It's so official, they had to read out the whole name for each of its nominations on the Tony awards broadcast.)
* ''The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein'' (This is actually the official title of the musical. No colon. It's so official, they had to read out the whole name for each of its nominations on the Tony awards broadcast.)
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* ''[[The Love Boat|Love Boat]]: The Next Wave''
* ''[[The Love Boat|Love Boat]]: The Next Wave''
* ''[[Poltergeist]]: The Legacy''
* ''[[Poltergeist]]: The Legacy''
* ''[[The Critic|Hee Haw: The Next Generation]]''. Worf can do a mean hambone solo.
* ''[[The Critic (animation)|Hee Haw: The Next Generation]]''. Worf can do a mean hambone solo.
* ''[[Saved by the Bell]]: The New Class''
* ''[[Saved by the Bell]]: The New Class''
* ''[[Castlevania Bloodlines|Castlevania: The New Generation]]'' (in Europe)
* ''[[Castlevania Bloodlines|Castlevania: The New Generation]]'' (in Europe)
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* The heavily mocked ''[[On Ice]]!'' phenomenon of the 1990s.
* The heavily mocked ''[[On Ice]]!'' phenomenon of the 1990s.
** Parodied on ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' with ''Dangeresque: Put 'Em on Ice!''
** Parodied on ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' with ''Dangeresque: Put 'Em on Ice!''
** Also parodied by the name of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' [[Milestone Celebration|20th anniversary]] documentary ''The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! On Ice!''
** Also parodied by the name of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' [[Milestone Celebration|20th anniversary]] documentary ''The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! On Ice!''
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]] [[Radio Drama|Radio Edition]]''
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]] [[Radio Drama|Radio Edition]]''
* The Live Bloginations section of [[The Other Tropes Wiki]]'s forums has a number of "Title: The Liveblog" or variations thereof.
* The Live Bloginations section of [[The Other Tropes Wiki]]'s forums has a number of "Title: The Liveblog" or variations thereof.

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When a work is adapted into a different medium, there is a tendency to subtitle that work with the format of the new adaptation. For example, a TV show called Bob And Alice, when adapted into a movie, will be called Bob and Alice: The Movie.

Because this is an uncreative and predictable method of naming something, it's a good sign that the adaptation is a cheap tie-in product knocked out to ride the coattails of a more popular work (this is especially true of things adapted into video games). This is not necessarily true, however, and just as frequently the system is simply used as a way to disambiguate different works in a franchise.

This is a fluid trope. Sometimes, if an adaptation becomes more popular than the original work, it'll drop the subtitle, while in other cases, if a new adaptation is produced, a show that didn't originally have a subtitle will have one added on. Many times, these are even added on by fans.

Colon Cancer is a frequent result of this trope, especially if an adaptation of an adaptation is made. Take, for example, this gem: Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Manga.

Compare Trope 2000, Super Title 64 Advance. Contrast Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo. See also The Foreign Subtitle.

Examples (listed by medium):

Parodies

The Animated Series:[1]

The Comic Book or The Manga:

The Game or The Board Game:

The Movie: (see also, The Film of the Book)

The Musical

The Next Generation: (and similar names)

The Series

Other

  1. ↑ Animated "The Series" go here too.
  2. ↑ Had the previous unrelated live-action series by Filmation not existed, the show likely would have invoked this trope in the U.S. as well.
  3. ↑ You just did
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