Works named after events that took place, are taking place, or are about to take place in the story.
In TV shows, it's usually a Celebration Episode (Valentine's Day, Halloween, Christmas, etc.). Very common in works with war, sports and competition settings, as well as Disaster Movies, who in turn tend to name themselves from their plots/themes straight up. Usually overlaps with The Place. Almost always a Spoiler Title, especially in Tonight, Someone Dies moments. Compare Versus Title and Instructional Title which may also overlap.
Sub-tropes:
- Character Action Title: Titular character performs titular action creating a titular event.
- The Titling
- Verbed Title, due to being a past-tense verb, One-Word Title.
Examples:
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Anime & Manga
- Attack on Titan
- Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
- Pokémon Journeys: The Series
- Saber Marionette J: The J to X series means Japoness to Xi'an, and the main cast indeed travel midway through the season.
- Slam Dunk
- Sword Art Online
- Tamagotchi Friends: The Tamagotchi! episode "Get Ready! The Big Race on Tama Street" gets both its English name and its first half's Japanese name (translatable into English as "Exciting! The Big Tama Street Race!") from The Big Race on which its plot centers.
Comic Books
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
- Civil War (2006)
- Civil War II
- Crisis on Infinite Earths
- The Death of Superman
- The Eye Sees
- Fantastic Four: Life Story
- Final Crisis
- Flashpoint
- Infinite Crisis
- Kraven's Last Hunt
- The Night Gwen Stacy Died
- Secret Wars (1984)
- Secret Wars (2015)
- Spider-Man: Life Story
- Trial of the Amazons
- Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
- The Wild Storm
Fan Works
- Adjacency: "A Moment of Reflection"
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- Adventures of a Line Hopper:
- The Revenge of Bilis Manger and its prequel The Making of Bilis Manger, which shows how Bilis Manger came to be and grew desire to seek revenge in the former.
- The Child of Balime season 4 has a four-parter collectively titled Invasion of Hell, which refers to the Daleks invading hell dimensions.
- Anchor Foal: The chapter, "Overdressed Rehearsal"
- Between the Lines (MrQuestionMark): "The Interrogation".
- Homecoming, 2026
- Metro: Almost every story:
- Metro 1: Chewing Through The Straps
- "Fall Rush"
- Metro 2: Running With A Devil
- "Meetings By Pale Moonlight"
- The Petriculture Cycle: Manifesto: "3. Implementation"
- The Prank: The Fan Film revolves around Sirius's tricking of Snape into entering a werewolf's lair—the Shrieking Shack, where Remus usually transforms—, the events that lead to it (resentment and frustration on Black's part due to Severus trying to make Lupin's condition public), and their immediate aftermath (the breakup of Wolfstar, James feeling his friend has crossed the line, and Snape contacting Luciius Malfoy to formally join the Death Eaters).
- Psychedelic Epiphany Series: Psychadelic: "Staring Into The Alternitive Rythym".
- The Story Shuffle series:
- The first anthology, Story Shuffle, has, a few, such as:
- The second anthology, Story Shuffle 2: Double Masters, has, a few, such as:
- Tales of the Canterlot Deportation Agency: Luna Vs. The Law Machine: "Cleaning Up The Town": About laws and their use to clean places of criminals.
Films — Animation
- Aladdin: The Return of Jafar
- Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- An American Tail
- Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
- Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion
- Bleach: Fade to Black
- A Bug's Life
- The Cat Returns
- Finding Dory
- Finding Nemo
- Frozen
- Gundam
- Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
- Justice League: War
- Pokémon
- Pokémon: The First Movie is usually subtitled MewTwo Strikes Back.
- Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai
- Pokémon: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages
- The Return of the King
- Shark Tale
- Sing
- Spirited Away
- Tangled
- Toy Story 1 and its sequels.
- Turning Red
- The Wind Rises
Films — Live-Action
- The 6th Day
- 7 Days in Hell
- 10 to Midnight
- 12 Years a Slave
- 13 Going on 30
- 24 Hours to Live
- 28 Days Later
- 28 Weeks Later
- 30 Days of Night
- 40 Days and 40 Nights
- 48 Hrs.
- 50 First Dates
- 127 Hours
- (500) Days of Summer
- 555 (1988)
- 2012
- 2019: After the Fall of New York
- Act of Vengeance
- After School Massacre
- The Age of Adaline
- Alice in Wonderland (2010)
- All Hallows' Eve
- Almost Famous
- Apocalypse of the Dead
- Armageddon (1998)
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
- The Assassination of Richard Nixon
- At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul
- Attack of the Giant Leeches
- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
- Attack of the Puppet People
- Audition
- Babysitter Massacre
- Back to the Future (1985)
- Batman Returns
- The Battle of Algiers
- Battle of Britain
- Black Sunday (1960)
- Blood Feast
- Blood Orgy of the She-Devils
- Blood Slaughter Massacre
- Bloody Birthday
- Boxing Day
- Bride Wars
- Buried
- The Burning
- The Conjuring
- Conquest
- The Dark Knight Trilogy examples:
- Date Night
- Dawn of the Dead (1978)
- The Day After
- The Day After Tomorrow
- The Day Lincoln Was Shot
- Day of Defense
- Day of Disappearance
- A Day of Judgment
- Day of the Dead (1985)
- Day of the Dead (2008)
- DC Extended Universe
- D-Day
- Death at a Funeral
- Death of a Cheerleader
- Death of a Cyclist
- Death of a President
- Death of a Unicorn
- The Death of Dick Long
- The Death of Richie
- The Death of Robin Hood
- The Death of Stalin
- Death Race 2000
- Deep Impact
- Dirty Dancing
- The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
- Draft Day
- Drive Angry
- Drive-In Massacre
- Duel to the Death (1983)
- Earthquake
- Eaten Alive:
- The End 2024
- End of Days
- Entrapment
- Escape from East Berlin
- Escape from L.A.
- Escape from New York
- EuroTrip
- The Exorcism of Emily Rose
- Final Exam
- Finding Neverland
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- Four Weddings and a Funeral
- Fraternity Massacre at Hell Island
- Friday the 13th
- From Dusk Till Dawn
- Funny Games
- Ghost Graduation
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
- Graduation Day
- The Great Escape
- Grudge Match
- Half Wits Holiday
- Halloween Night
- Haunted Honeymoon
- The Heist (1989)
- Heist (2001)
- Heist (2015)
- The Hobbit Trilogy
- Honeymoon in Vegas
- Hunger
- The Hunger Games
- The Hunt for Red October
- I Drink Your Blood
- I Eat Your Skin
- I'll Kill You... I'll Bury You... I'll Spit on Your Grave Too!
- The Imitation Game
- The Impossible
- Independence Day
- Independence Day: Resurgence
- The Interview
- Interview with the Vampire
- It Came from Beneath the Sea
- Just Before Dawn
- The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
- The Killing of John Lennon
- The Killing of Satan
- The King's Speech
- A Knight's Tale
- Knocked Up
- Last Breath
- Leap Year
- The Lesson
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Magical Mystery Tour
- Manhattan Murder Mystery
- Mars Attacks!
- Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Meet the Parents, and its sequel Meet the Fockers.
- Midnight Run
- Miracle at Midnight
- Mission to Mars
- Mission to Moscow
- Monster Brawl
- Monty Python's Life of Brian
- Murder Mystery
- Murders in the Rue Morgue
- Night at the Museum
- Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.
- Nightmare at Noon
- Night of the Blood Beast
- Night of the Living Dead
- A Night to Remember
- Now You See Me
- One Hour Photo
- The Open House
- Outsourced
- Overlord (2018), about Operation Overlord, AKA D-Day.
- The Poseidon Adventure
- Planet of the Apes
- President's Day
- Prom Night (1980)
- Prom Night (2008)
- The Purge
- The Purge: Anarchy
- The Purge: Election Year
- Rachel Getting Married
- Ran: Translates to "rebellion."
- The Reaping
- Riot on Sunset Strip
- Risky Business
- The Ritual
- Rolling Vengeance
- Saturday Night Fever
- Saving Mr. Banks
- Saving Private Ryan
- Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
- Seven Years in Tibet
- A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
- Shakespeare in Love
- A Short Stay In Switzerland
- Siege of the Saxons
- Skin Trade
- The Slaughter
- Sleepless in Seattle
- Smuggling in Suburbia
- Space Mutiny
- Star Wars
- Summer of '84
- Summer of Sam
- The Summer of Sangaile
- Summer of Soul
- Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
- Superman Returns
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- This Is 40
- This Is the End
- Tokyo Magnitude 8
- The Toolbox Murders
- Vacation
- Venom: Let There Be Carnage
- Waar: Translates to "The Strike".
- A Walk to Remember
- Walk the Line
- War of the Worlds (2005)
- The War of the Worlds (1953)
- We Bought a Zoo
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
- Winter's Bone
- Winter Kills
- The World's End
- X-Men (Film Series)
- Zero Dark Thirty
- Zombie Wars
Literature
- 30 Days in Spring
- Around the World in Eighty Days
- Appointment with F.E.A.R.
- Battle Royale
- A Clash of Kings
- A Dance with Dragons
- Dungeon Engineer: Some chapters, like:
- "Eavesdropping"
- "Business"
- A Feast for Crows
- A Game of Thrones
- Gone Girl
- The Hunger Games
- The Hunt for Red October
- Indexing
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Journey to the West
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Juniper's Christmas
- The Master Key: Some of the chapters, such as:
- 4. Testing the Instruments
- 15. A Battle With Monsters
- October, October
- One Day
- A Storm of Swords
- Thieves' Gambit
- The War of the Worlds (1898)
Live-Action TV
- The Amazing Race
- American Horror Story: Freak Show
- The Changes
- The Comeback
- Crisis (2014)
- Arrowverse
- Enlightened
- Game of Thrones
- Hang Time
- How I Met Your Dad
- How I Met Your Mother
- How to Get Away with Murder
- I Dream of Jeannie
- Interview with the Vampire (2022)
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury
- Married... with Children
- Miracle Workers: In Dark Ages: "Graduation," "Holiday," "Day in Court," and "First Date."
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
- The New Adventures of Old Christine
- Outsourced
- The Qin Empire
- Reign
- Reign of the Gargoyles
- Revenge (2011)
- Robot Wars
- Saved by the Bell
- Scandal
- Shake It Up
- Spartacus series: Vengeance (Season 2) and War of the Damned (Finale Season)
- Squid Game
- Survivor
- What Would You Do?
- Winter Sonata
Manhua
- Several chapter titles of Digimon Legendary Skies:
- Chapter 1 - "九寨沟之旅!" (Either "Jiuzhaigou Trip!" or "Journey to Jiuzhaigou!").
- Chapter 2 - "不打不相识！虞家宝与大熊猫兽" ("No fight, no acquaintance! Jiabao Yu and Pandamon").
- Chapter 3 - "击退金丝猴兽，何首乌兽出现!" ("Defeat Jinshihoumon, and Heshouwumon appears!").
- Chapter 4 - "觜火猴兽登场!" ("Zihuohoumon Appears!").
- Chapter 5 - "恍如梦幻" ("Like a Dream").
- Chapter 7 - "数码竞技大赛!" ("Digital Competition!").
- Chapter 9 - "未来之光" ("Light of the Future").
Music
- Thirty Seconds to Mars: Do or Die, From Yesterday, The Kill, This Is War, Up in the Air''
- ABBA: I Had A Dream
- Avril Lavigne: Here's To Never Growing Up, Keep Holding On, Losing Grip, My Happy Ending
- Backstreet Boys: The Call, Get Down (You're The One For Me), I Still, Incomplete, Inconsolable, Show Me The Meaning of Being Lonely
- The Corrs: Long Night, One Night, Only When I Sleep, Runaway, Summer Sunshine
- Enrique Iglesias: Bailamosnote , Be With You, Escape
- Evanescence: Bring Me To Life, My Last Breath, Going Under
- Green Day: Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), Wake Me Up When September Ends
- Katy Perry: Chained To The Rhythm, Thinking Of You, Wide Awake
- Korn: Here to Stay
- Lacuna Coil: End of Time, Swamped
- Limp Bizkit: Build a Bridge, Eat You Alive, Nookie, Take A Look Around
- Linkin Park: Bleed It Out, Breaking the Habit, Burn It Down, Crawling, Easier To Run, Faint, Final Masquerade, Forgotten, Given Up, Good Goodbye, In The End, Leave Out All The Rest, Looking For An Answer, Lost In The Echo, Lying From You, My December, New Divide, Numb, One Step Closer, Runaway, Shadow of the Day, Waiting For The End, What I've Done
- Metallica: All Nightmare Long, Creeping Death, Enter Sandman, Harvesting Sorrow, I Disappear, Jump in the Fire, Ride the Lightning, The Day That Never Comes, Whenever I May Roam
- My Chemical Romance: Welcome To The Black Parade and Famous Last Words
- Nelly: Just A Dream, Ride With Me
- *NSYNC: Bye, Bye, Bye, Gone
- One Direction: Live While We're Young, Story Of My Life
- Plumb: Stranded
- Rage Against the Machine: Killing in the Name Of
- Ricky Martin: Livin' La Vida Loca, She Bangs
- Spice Girls: 2 Become 1, Goodbye, Holler, Let Love Lead The Way, Spice Up Your Life, Stop, and Viva Forever
- Tupac Shakur: Changes
- Vitamin C: Graduation (Friends Forever)
- Westlife: Fool Again, I Had A Dream, Tonight
Radio
Roleplay
- JoJo's OC Tournament: The fourth Edition, Urban Uprising, is titled after the homonymous Altrrnate Reality Game around which its plot revolves.
Theatre
Video Games
- Battle for Wesnoth:
- The game's title became a generic event with later versions adding more and more battles that are fought for the Kingdom of Wesnoth, but it originally referred to the final battle of the original campaign Heir to the Throne (also titled "The Battle for Wesnoth") against Queen Asheviere.
- Son of the Black-Eye scenario "The Siege of Barag Gor" is titled after the siege on the orcish city that Kapou'e is breaking.
- Born Under the Rain
- Command & Conquer series
- Cute Bite
- Fire Emblem:
- Fire Emblem: Awakening
- Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest
- Garden Gnome Carnage
- Kingdom Hearts:
- Metal Gear:
- Mortal Kombat
- Pony Platforming Project entries:
- Prayer of the Faithless
- Raid on Taihoku
- River City Girls: "The Hunt", an Obsession Song about the hunt for a target.
- Secret Files: Tunguska: Named after The Tunguska Event.
- Super Robot Wars
- Tekken series
- Time Crisis
Web Animation
- Alternate History Hub: "How A Corporation Conquered A Sub-Continent".
- Battle for Dream Island: The title refers to the competition the characters partake in. This trope extends to the episodes titled after their challenges, like "Bridge Crossing" and "Bowling, Now with Explosions".
- Most Object Shows, particularly those titled like Battle for (prize) count for this trope, too.
- Red vs. Blue
Web Comics
- Lotus Cobra Is Evil: From "Demonic Consultation"◊, where Type-Moon talks with Satan.
- Pokemon: Festival of Champions
Web Videos
- Epic Meal Time
- The Highcraft video "The Boofing of Travesville" is named after an in-game conflict on the SMP.
- Mitten Squad: A few, for example: "GTA V: Part 2 | Swimming With Trucks"
- Numberphile: "I washed my passport".
- Pikasprey: Some videos, such as: "Soft Lock Picking: Graveler's Unlikely Escape".
- Pokémon Talk: The episode, "Vacation".
- React
- Sing It
- The Spiffing Brit: "Nuking every province in the WORLD"
Western Animation
- Adventure Time
- Batman Beyond
- The First Snow of Winter
- Hailey's On It!
- Recess
- SpongeBob SquarePants:
- "The Battle of Bikini Bottom"
- "The Fry Cook Games"
- "Gorilla Suit Day"
- "The Great Snail Race"
- "Prehibernation Week"
- "Single Cell Anniversary" (referring to the wedding anniversary of Plankton [a unicellular organism] and his wife Karen.)
- "The Slumber Party"
- "Valentine's Day"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars