The X of Y

An extremely popular title convention in almost every media and most genres. This is one of the oldest known naming formulas; it is already an established formula in One Thousand and One Nights, with internal stories are named things like "The Tale of the Bull and the Ass" and "The City of Brass".

Some of the most common variant formulas are:

• The (Common Noun) of (Proper Noun) (e.g. The Sword of Shannara, The Riddlemaster of Hed, The Tale of Genji, The Chronicles of Amber);
• The (Common Noun) of (Common Noun) (e.g. The Valley of Fear, The Ambassadors of Fear, Attack of the Clones);
• The (Proper Noun) of (Placename) (e.g. Elric of Melnibone, The Phantom of the Opera).

The presence or absence of articles ("the", "a", and "an") and their placement create even more variants, as do the optional use of adjectives before either the "X" or the "Y".

A sub-convention is Character Name and the Noun Phrase. Please put examples that fall into that convention on that page, not here. For the related form "The Adjective Noun" see Mad Lib Thriller Title. See also Genre Title Grab Bag. Title of the Dead and Age of Titles are sub-tropes. Usually overlaps with Revenge of the Sequel.

Examples of The X of Y include:

Anime & Manga

• Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy
• Ancient Book of Ys
• Anne of Green Gables
• Arcadia of My Youth
• Art of Fighting
• The Ballad of a Shinigami
• Bibliotheca Mystica de Dantalian, or the Mystic Archives of Dantalian.
• Book of Bantorra
• Bell of Chirin
• Blade of the Immortal
• Blessing of the Campanella
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
• Crest of the Stars
• The Daughter of Twenty Faces
• Days of Midori
• Destiny of the Shrine Maiden
• Eden of the East
  • Eden of the East: The King of Eden
• Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.
• End of Evangelion
  • Rebuild of Evangelion
• The Familiar of Zero
• Fang of the Sun Dougram
• Final Flight of The Osiris
• Fist of the North Star
  • Fist of the North Star: The Legend of ___
• Flame of Recca
• Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballa
  • Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
  • Some of the chapter/volume titles in the manga and Brotherhood anime also fit this, such as "The Adults' Way of Life."
• The Garden of Sinners
• Gargoyle of the Yoshinagas
• Genesis of Aquarion
• Good Witch of the West
• Guardian of the Sacred Spirit
• .hack: Legend of the Twilight Bracelet
• Heroic Legend of Arslan (nothing to do with Narnia)
• Highschool of the Dead
• House of Five Leaves (isn't a sequel to a certain horror novel)
• Inuyasha The Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler
• King of Bandit Jing
• The Law of Ueki
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes
• The Legend of the Legendary Heroes (sic)
• Linebarrels of Iron
• Lupin III:
  • The Castle of Cagliostro
  • Lupin III: Mystery of Mamo
• Maidens of Morning Mist
• Martian Successor Nadesico: The Prince of Darkness
• Melody of Oblivion
• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
• Naruto The Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel
  • Naruto The Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom
  • Naruto Shippuden The Movie 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire
• Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
• Pet Shop of Horrors
• Pokémon
  • Pokémon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness
• The Prince of Tennis
• Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven
• Qwaser of Stigmata
• Record of Lodoss War
• RIN Daughters of Mnemosyne
• Rockman of the Shooting Star
• Rose of Versailles
• Secret of Haruka Nogizaka
• Sisters of Wellber
• Sky of Iriya, Summer of UFO
• The ___ of Haruhi Suzumiya
• The Tale of Genji
• Tale of Saiunkoku
• Tales of Agriculture
• Tasogare Otome X Amnesia, or Dusk Maiden of Amnesia.
• Time of Eve
• The Tower of Druaga: The ___ of URUK
• Tower of God
• Tristia of the Deep Blue Sea
• Urotsukidouji: Legend of the Overfiend
• Violinist of Hameln
• Vision of Escaflowne
• Voice of a Distant Star
• Whisper of the Heart
• Wind a Breath of Heart
• The World of Narue
• Zone of the Enders

Comics -- Books

• The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck
• The Tomb of Dracula

Films -- Animation

• Grave of the Fireflies
• INTERSTELLA 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
• Rise of the Guardians

Films -- Live-Action

• Army of Darkness
• Best of the Best
• Children of Men
• The Chronicles of Narnia film series, which is based on the book series of the same name.
• City of Ember, based on the book of the same name.
• Cross of Iron, despite being named after a military honor usually translated as "Iron Cross".
• Films based on Dracula has their share:
  • Son of Dracula
  • Hammer's Horror of Dracula, Satanic Rites of Dracula, Scars of Dracula and The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires.
• Eyes of Laura Mars
• Used on both sequels to the original 50's The Fly:
  • Return of the Fly
  • Curse of the Fly
• The Food of the Gods and its sequel.
• Most of the sequels to the Universal's original Frankenstein:
  • Bride of Frankenstein
  • Son of Frankenstein
  • The Ghost of Frankenstein
  • House of Frankenstein
  • House of Dracula
• Also the Hammer Horror Frankenstein films:
  • The Curse of Frankenstein
  • The Revenge of Frankenstein
  • The Evil of Frankenstein
  • The Horror of Frankenstein
• Frost: Portrait of a Vampire
• Game of Death
• The Grapes of Death, a direct translation of the original Les Raisins du Mort and certainly one of the coolest titles ever.
• The sequel for the 30's King Kong, Son of Kong.
• The Legend of Bagger Vance
• Made of Honor
• Maniac Cop 3 Badge of Silence
• Manos: The Hands of Fate
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
• Mystery of the Wax Museum and its remake House of Wax.
• Night of the Demons series.
• Nights of Cabiria
• Outlaw of Gor
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Re-Animator's first sequel Bride of Re-Animator.
  • And, though it may only have been a joke by Stuart Gordon, the planned sequel House of Re-Animator. This was conceived during The Son of Bush's first term, and was to have been produced if Bush were reelected. The premise was that Cheney dies of a heart attack, and Herbert West is called in to reanimate him, to keep it from becoming public knowledge that it had been Cheney and not Bush running the country all along.
• A Reflection of Fear
• Stir of Echoes
• Summer of Sam
• Four of the Star Wars live-action films:
  • Attack of the Clones
  • Revenge of the Sith
  • Return of the Jedi
  • The Rise of Skywalker
• Trilogy of Terror
• Twins of Evil
• The Weight Of Water
• Werewolf of London
  • She Wolf of London
• The Final Girl horror blog pointed out how common "The Something of Someone" titles were in horror films from the 1970s: The Initiation of Sarah, The Reincarnation of Peter Proud, The Haunting of Isabel, etc.

Gamebooks

• The Lone Wolf series is rife with this:
  • The Caverns of Kalte
  • The Chasm of Doom
  • The Kingdom of Terror
  • The Jungle of Horrors
  • The Cauldron of Fear
  • The Dungeons of Torgar
  • The Prisoners of Time
  • The Masters of Darkness
  • The Plague Lords of Ruel
  • The Captives of Kaag
  • The Legacy of Vashna
  • The Deathlord of Ixia
  • Dawn of the Dragons
  • The Curse of Naar
  • The Buccaneers of Shadaki
  • The Fall of Blood Mountain
  • The Hunger of Sejanoz
  • The Storms of Chai
• Fighting Fantasy also uses it extensively:
  • The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
  • The Citadel of Chaos
  • The Forest Of Doom
  • City of Thieves
  • Island of the Lizard King
  • Caverns of the Snow Witch
  • House of Hell
  • Talisman of Death
  • Temple of Terror
  • The Rings of Kether
  • Seas of Bood
  • Demons of the Deep
  • Sword of the Samurai
  • Trial of Champions
  • Masks of Mayhem
  • Creature of Havoc
  • Crypt of the Sorceror
  • Phantoms of Fear
  • Chasms of Malice
  • Slaves of the Abyss
  • Stealer of Souls
  • Daggers of Darkness
  • Armies of Death
  • Portal of Evil
  • Vault of the Vampire
  • Fangs of Fury
  • Dead of Night
  • Master of Chaos
  • The Keep of the Lich-Lord
  • Legend of the Shadow Warriors
  • Tower of Desruction
  • Siege of Sardath
  • Island of the Undead
  • Legend of Zagor
  • Knights Of Doom
  • Revenge of the Vampire
  • Curse of the Mummy
  • Howl of the Werewolf
  • Kharé -- Cityport of Traps
  • The Crown of Kings

Literature

• The Lord of the Rings
  • The Fellowship of the Ring
  • The Return of the King
• A Song of Ice and Fire uses the trope with less flair:
  • A Game of Thrones
  • A Clash of Kings
  • A Storm of Swords
  • A Feast for Crows
  • A Dance with Dragons
  • The Winds of Winter
  • A Dream of Spring
• The Chronicles of Narnia
• The Sword of Truth series of books had titles like these for several installments:
  • Stone of Tears
  • Blood of the Fold
  • Temple of the Winds
  • Soul of the Fire
  • Faith of the Fallen
• Shannara uses this constantly, although recently it's been just the titles of the trilogy instead of the book titles.
  • The Sword of Shannara
  • The Elfstones of Shannara
  • The Wishsong of Shannara
  • etc.
• The Wheel of Time, and several of its component books:
  • The Eye of the World
  • The Fires of Heaven
  • Lord of Chaos
  • A Crown of Swords
  • The Path of Daggers
  • Crossroads of Twilight
  • Knife of Dreams
  • And A Memory of Light, though that will apparently be split into multiple books
• Starfighters of Adumar
• Every one of the novels in the Chronicles of Amber series except for the first one follows the pattern "Noun of Noun", sometimes with "the" attached to one or the other of the nouns.
• Sherlock Holmes has a lot.
  • The Sign of Four
  • The Valley of Fear
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles
  • Most of the short stories are titled The Adventure of (Whatever).
  • Most of the books containing the short stories are titled "The (Whatever) of Sherlock Holmes".
• The Call of the Wild
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and most of its sequels.
  • The Marvelous Land of Oz
  • The Emerald City of Oz
  • The Patchwork Girl of Oz
  • The Scarecrow of Oz
  • The Lost Princess of Oz
  • The Tin Woodman of Oz
  • The Magic of Oz
• The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
• The Chronicles of Prydain
  • The Book of Three
  • The Castle of Llyr
• The Witches of Worm
• The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
• Harry Potter has this in books 2 - 5.
  • Chamber of Secrets
  • Prisoner of Azkaban
  • Goblet of Fire
  • Order of the Phoenix
• Werewolf of Paris
• The Haunting of Hill House
• The Phantom of the Opera
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• The Eye of Argon
• Canadian author L. M. Montgomery was fond of using this trope in her books:
  • Anne of Green Gables and all of its sequels except for "Rainbow Valley" and "House of Dreams".
  • Kilmeny of the Orchard
  • Emily of New Moon
  • Jane of Lantern Hill
  • Pat of Silver Bush
  • Chronicles of Avonlea (short stories)
  • Further Chronicles of Avonlea (short stories)
• Most of the Belgariad/Malloreon books.
  • Pawn of Prophecy
  • Queen of Sorcery
  • Castle of Wizardry
  • Guardians of the West
  • King of the Murgos
  • Demon Lord of Karanda
  • Sorceress of Darshiva
  • The Seeress of Kell
• The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet
• Five of the six books in the Earth's Children series:
  • The Clan of the Cave Bear
  • The Valley of Horses
  • The Plains of Passage
  • The Shelters of Stone
  • The Land of Painted Caves
• Each of the Gor novels are titled X of Gor
• Most of the books of The Roman Mysteries
  • The Thieves of Ostia
  • The Secrets of Vesuvius
  • The Pirates of Pompeii
  • The Assassins of Rome
  • The Dolphins of Laurentum
  • The Twelve Tasks of Flavia Gemina
  • The Enemies of Jupiter
  • The Colossus of Rhodes
  • The Sirens of Surrentum
  • The Charioteer of Delphi
  • The Beggar of Volubilis
• The Books of Ember series:
  • The City of Ember
  • The People of Sparks
  • The Prophet of Yonwood
  • The Diamond of Darkhold
• Some of the Warrior Cats series:
  • Secrets of the Clans
  • Cats of the Clans
  • Code of the Clans
  • Battles of the Clans
  • Forest of Secrets
  • Sign of the Moon
  • The Rise of Scourge
  • The Heart of a Warrior
• The Buddha of Suburbia
• "The Black Sheep of Vaerlosi", a 2009 short story by Desmond Warzel.

Live-Action TV

• Doctor Who did this so often (116 times by the end of the 2011 season) that the companion book "A History of the Universe" used "The Noun of Adjective" as the title in its sample entry. Just to name a sample:
  • "The Keys of Marinus"
  • "The Reign of Terror"
  • "(The Power, The Evil, Day, Planet, Genesis, Destiny, Resurrection, Revelation, Remembrance, Evolution, Victory) of the Daleks"
  • "(The Tomb, Revenge, Attack, Rise) of the Cybermen"
  • "The Web of Fear"
  • "The Ambassadors of Death"
  • "The Mind of Evil"
  • "The Seeds of (Death, Doom)"
  • "The (Curse, Monster) of Peladon"
  • "The (Invasion, End) of Time"
  • "(Forest, Planet) of the Dead"
  • Plus 35 more times in the classic series -- most notably, all but one story in Season 13 (and again in Season 14).
  • And 20 more times in the new series (up to the end of Series 6). Whew!
  • Directly referenced in the Big Finish audio ...Ish, where the Doctor lists "The Adjective of Noun" as one of the sentient words he has encountered in his travels.
  • Statistically the most likely title? Planet of the Daleks. Also surprisingly high on the list: The Death of Death and The Day of Time.
  • One Comic Relief Doctor Who special was entitled "The Curse of Fatal Death", spoofing both this practice and the title "The Deadly Assassin", which was about as silly.
  • The Sarah Jane Adventures follows in its parent show's footsteps, racking up 14 examples over five series.
  • Torchwood, on the other hand, manages only 6 examples over four series (with the third series itself being called Children of Earth). The second series managed to feature no examples at all.
• Star Trek was not immune:
  • "Dagger of the Mind"
  • "The Conscience of the King"
    • The above two are a Shout-Out/To Shakespeare, though.
  • "The Squire of Gothos"
  • "The Return of the Archons"
  • "A Taste of Armageddon"
  • "Patterns of Force"
  • "Spectre of the Gun"
  • "The Mark of Gideon"
  • "Day of the Dove"
  • The Wrath of Khan
  • "The Search for Spock" probably counts too.
• Power Rangers uses this format for about 10% of all episodes (except in Power Rangers SPD, which uses one-word titles), including:
  • "Day of the Dumpster"
  • "Wheel of Misfortune"
  • "Return of the Green Ranger"
  • "Rangers of Two Worlds"
  • "The Gardener of Evil"
  • "Countdown to Destruction"
  • "Day of the Dino"
  • "Legacy of Power"
• Battlestar Galactica
  • "The Eye of Jupiter"
  • "The Tomb of Athena"
  • "The Arrow of Apollo" (Which has lead many, many fans to make terrible puns referring to a character whose callsign is, in fact, Apollo.)
  • The repeated use of the phrase "the shape of things to come" (which is also an H. G. Wells novel) may be another example.
• The Secret World of Alex Mack
• The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
• Flight of the Conchords
• Flights of Fantasy

Music

• The Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar.
• Savatage's "The Hall of the Mountain King"

Theater

• The Martin McDonagh plays The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Cripple of Inishmaan, and The Banshees of Inisheer (which together form the Aran Islands Trilogy) plus The Beauty Queen of Leenane.

Video Games

• Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
• "Age of X" is a popular title convention in general:
  • Age of Conan.
  • Age of Empires
    • Its Expansion Pack, Rise of Rome
    • And its sequel, Age of Kings
  • Age of Mythology
  • Age of Pirates
  • Age of Sail
  • Age of Wanderers
  • Age of Wonders
• Subtitle of Aoi Shiro, Waltz of the Blue Castle.
• A variation in the Atelier Series: Atelier (protagonist name) ~Alchemist of (land name)~ (subtitle), where the sub-series is defined by the (land name) part, such as: Atelier Marie ~The Alchemist of Salburg~, Atelier Elie ~The Alchemist of Salburg 2~, Atelier Viorate ~The Alchemist of Gramnad 2~ ...
• Blizzard is a big fan of this:
  • Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction
  • Star Craft 2: Wings of Liberty (and the expansion packs, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void).
  • Warcraft II had Tides of Darkness as subtitle.
  • And Warcraft 3 had Reign of Chaos.
  • World of Warcraft flat out abuses it in patch names:
    • Patch 1.2.0: Mysteries of Maraudon
    • Patch 1.3.0: Ruins of the Dire Maul
    • Patch 1.7.0: Rise of the Blood God
    • Patch 1.8.0: Dragons of Nightmare
    • Patch 1.9.0: The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj
    • Patch 1.10.0: Storms of Azeroth
    • Patch 1.11.0: Shadow of the Necropolis
    • Patch 1.12.0: Drums of War
    • Patch 2.3.0: The Gods of Zul'Aman
    • Patch 2.4.0: Fury of the Sunwell
    • Patch 3.0.2: Echoes of Doom
    • Patch 3.1.0: Secrets of Ulduar
    • Patch 3.2.0: Call of the Crusade
    • Patch 3.3.0: Fall of the Lich King
    • Patch 4.1.0: Rise of the Zandalari
• Breath of Fire
• Call of Duty
• Call of Juarez (different franchise)
• The Castlevania series, starting with Rondo of Blood. The X is usually some type of music (Symphony, Harmony, Aria), and the Y is usually something dark (Darkness, Sorrow, the Night), but this isn't always the case.
• City of Heroes and its semi-expansion, City of Villains.
• Company of Heroes and it Expansion Pack, Tales of Valor.
• Crash of the Titans
• Two of the three Dark Parables PC games: Curse of the Briar Rose and Rise of the Snow Queen.
• Dragon Quest:
  • Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen
  • Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
  • Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation
  • Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
  • Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
• Dwarf Fortress has this as part of the fortress naming formula.
• Ever Quest has a lot of expansions following this convention:
  • Depths of Darkhollow
  • Dragons of Norrath
  • Lost Dungeons of Norrath
  • Prophecy of Ro
  • Secrets of Faydwer
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
• Final Fantasy XI expansions:
  • Rise of Zilart
  • Treasures of Aht'Urgan
  • Chains of Promathia
  • Wings of The Goddess
• Gears of War
• Heart of Darkness
• Hearts of Iron
• A lot of the Heroes of Might and Magic games follow this:
  • Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Prince of Loyalty
  • Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia
  • Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death
  • Heroes of Might and Magic IV: Winds of War
  • Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate
  • Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East
  • Not forgetting of course that the series itself is this, up until Ubisoft changed the name to Might and Magic: Heroes.
• The King of Dragons
• The King of Fighters
• Knights of the Round
• Legacy of Kain
• The Legend of Kage
• The Legend of Spyro
  • The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon
• The Legend of Zelda
  • Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
  • The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods (Japanese title of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  • The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Ages
  • Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon
  • Link: The Faces of Evil
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Limbo of the Lost wasn't even original in this.
• Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome
• Subtitles in the Marvel vs. Capcom series:
  • Marvel vs. Capcom 1: Clash of the Superheroes
  • Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
  • Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
  • This also extends to the genesis of the series, X Men Children of the Atom.
• Master of Orion
• Medal of Honor
• Subtitles in two of the Metal Gear series:
  • Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty
  • Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots
• Neverwinter Nights 2 expansion packs:
  • Mask of the Betrayer
  • Mysteries of Westgate
  • Storm of Zehir
• Subtitles in the NES Ninja Gaiden games:
  • The Dark Sword of Chaos
  • The Ancient Ship of Doom.
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
• Prince of Persia
  • The Sands of Time
• Record of Agarest War
• Rise of Nations
• Shadow of the Colossus
• Skies of Arcadia
• Sins of a Solar Empire
• Soldier of Fortune
• In Soulcalibur III, the two Story Modes: Tales of Souls and Chronicles of the Sword.
• Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
• Subtitles in some of the Spyro the Dragon games:
  • Year of the Dragon
  • Season of Ice
  • Season of Flame
• The STALKER series: Shadow of Chernobyl and Call of Pripyat.
• The Story of Thor, released as Beyond Oasis in the US. It has absolutely nothing to do with any Norse thunder god.
• A must for the Tales (series): Tales of the Abyss, Tales of Vesperia, Tales of Graces...
• Subtitles in the Tenchu series:
  • Birth of the Stealth Assassins
  • Wrath of Heaven
  • Time of the Assassins
• Touhou:
  • Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
  • Phantasmagoria of Flower View
  • The Grimoire of Marisa
• Umineko no Naku Koro ni has The X of the Golden Witch, such as "Legend of the Golden Witch", "Alliance of the Golden Witch", "End of the Golden Witch"...
• Warhammer 40000 RTS Dawn of War
  • In the same franchise: the old game Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels
  • And Rites of War.
• Way of the Samurai
• Subtitles in the Wizardry series:
  • Wizardry I: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
  • Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds
  • Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn
  • Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna
  • Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom
  • Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
  • Wizardry VII: Crusaders of Dark Savant
  • the spinoff titles Tale of the Forsaken Land and Labyrinth of Lost Souls
• World of Goo

Web Comics

• Gunnerkrigg Court:
  • Chapter 6: A Handful of Dirt
  • Chapter 14: The Fangs of Summertime
  • Chapter 23: Terror Castle of the Jupiter Moon Martians
• Schlock Mercenary: Ob'Enn ship names. All of them. And they're all incredibly pretentious.
• Order of the Stick
  • Its prequels On the Origins of PCs and Start of Darkness count too.
• Order of Tales
• The Way of the Metagamer
• Homestuck acts "Raise of the Conductor's Baton" and "Flight of the Paradox Clones".
  • All of the Hero Names in Sburb are monosyllabic versions of this trope: The Heir of Breath, the Knight of Blood...

Web Original

• Chronicles of the Annoying Quest
• Diary of a Camper
• War of the Servers
• From Kickassia, "The Fall of the Risen"
• The Questport Chronicles is full of this trope. Examples include character names (the Lord of the Supreme Council, the Master of Darkness, the Queen of Rogues and Robbers), artifacts (the Tree of Light, the Harp of Remorse) and places (the Courts of Tenus).

Western Animation

• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
• The Japanese dub of Beast Machines used this format for every episode title.
• The World of David the Gnome
• The Penguins of Madagascar
• The first Bionicle movie, The Mask of Light. The sequels are Legends of Metru Nui and Web of Shadows.
• Mortal Kombat Defenders of the Realm
• Pirates of Dark Water
• The Secret of NIMH

Real Life

• The Summer of Love, and various sequels.
• The Wars of the Roses
• The War of 1812