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When adding examples to this page, there are some notes to keep in mind: This is not a trope for the names of things in general. All Real Life examples go in Titles or Advertising section. This trope is only for titles or names given deliberately by authors or marketers. Compare Meaningful Name, A Dog Named "Dog". Adjective Noun Fred titles easily lend themselves to this.Ĭontrast In Name Only, Artifact Title. If a title is going for this kind of transparency in description, it may also be Shaped Like Itself but Shaped Like Itself tends to fail at actually being descriptive in the way that Exactly What It Says On The Tin always is. The characters might point out the thing with a Title Drop. A Spoiler Title or Excited Title! Two-Part Episode Name! may feature some degree of this. See also In Which a Trope Is Described, a Victorian version of this trope. Direct opposite of and mutually exclusive with Non-Indicative Name. More on which may be found at That Other Wiki.ĭirect opposite of Word Salad Title, but not necessarily mutually exclusive with it.

DRAGON SKETCH DOLL TV

This became a figure of speech through their extremely straight-forward TV ads. The title comes from the long-running "Does Exactly What It Says On The Tin" TV advertising campaign for Ronseal Quick Drying Woodstain, a British product for staining wood, which is known to dry quickly (and other Ronseal products, but the woodstain was first). For example, a character named simply "Flower Deliveryman" or "Girl in Red Dress". Also applies when minor characters in films and TV shows are given names that are nothing more than a brief description of what they do or look like. An object or organization that does exactly what its name says falls into this trope through sheer power of doing Exactly What It Says In Its Name. The names of action shows designed for children tend to have this as a distinguishing feature, as do many pornographic films, but it certainly doesn't stop there. That's when you can say that the story is "Exactly What It Says on the Tin". Sometimes, though, the premise or plot of the story is all right there in the title.

DRAGON SKETCH DOLL MOVIE

What, did they run out of movie titles or something?Ī title should tell you what a movie, show, episode of a show or product is about or does.