Title Warned Us

There she is.

When an in-story noun's name is present in the title of the franchise. This might be due to a Lazy Writer, Loss of Creativityundefined, or Plain Is Easier. This UnTrash can Negate Roll Credits as it's almost inevitable that this noun, whether it be a person, a place, or an item, will be mentioned sooner or later.

Entire Title Warned Us
Bob's Burgers (2011-) - TV show about the Belchers and their misadventures.

Bubsy (1994-2019) - Probably the memiest bobcat in history.

Harry Potter (1997 - 2019) - The boy wizard this book and movie series is about.

Mega Man (1987-) - Video game and comic book series, TV show, fighter in Smash.

Metroid (1986-) - The game series following Samus Aran, bounty hunter, through her journey fighting the Space Pirates and protecting the galaxy from said pirates.

Naruto (2002 - '07) - Uzumaki, the energetic, spiky-haired hero of the story.

PAC-MAN - A ball eats smaller balls and a big version of the smaller balls that can make non-balls become two balls and go back to their home in a ball-infested maze.

Pokémon (1995-) - In a world where little children throw balls at animals, machines, plants, and gods and use those caught creatures to battle each other...

Rick and Morty (2014-) - Watch one episode of your choice and take a shot whenever Rick burps. Just make sure you have an ambulance at the ready.

Samurai Jack (2001 - 2017) - Watch out!

Shrek (2001-) - SOME

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999-) - You know, the little yellow quadrilateral dude who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

Sonic the Hedgehog (1994-) - The series of various installments to this franchise that follows Sonic the Hedgehog around on his high-speed adventures.

South Park (1997 - 2020) - If a town in real life got destroyed as many times as South Park did, do you think the guys rebuilding it would just quit their jobs and move out?

Steven Universe (2014 - '19) - And Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl. 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑵

Mario (1987-) - The ex-plumber who's gotta save da princess, and YOU gotta help him!

Teen Titans (2003 - '06) - Two birds, an alien, a robot, and a green human. There's also an earth girl in there sometimes.

The Simpsons (1989-) - Named after the family this sitcom revolves around.

Title Partially Warned Us
Family Guy (1999-) - The title refers to Peter Griffin, the family guy, so this technically counts, right?

Five Nights at Freddy's (2014-'17) - The simple yet complex horror series about a pizzeria (and theme park attraction) gone wrong. Terribly, awfully, murderously wrong.

Hotel Mario (1994) - AND YOU

The Amazing World of Gumball (2014-) - Try counting the amount of animating styles in this one.

The Legend of Zelda (1986-) - The action-adventure series about a young Hylian boy named Link.

Where's Waldo? (1986-) - If you quit with the books, just circle the whole page.