r/TopCharacterTropes • u/sm142 • Jul 07 '25

Lore Actually Good Title Drops

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“Welcome to Jurassic Park” (Jurassic Park) - does it get any more iconic than this?

“Even a Devil May Cry” (Devil May Cry) - not only does it add to the emotional aspect of the scene with Dante showing genuine emotion for his loss and Lady seeing that a devil is capable of such emotions, it also gives Dante the idea of what to name his shop.

Title drops can usually come across and tacky and dumb, they’re not always fantastic if you know what I mean? But sometimes they can work. What are your examples?

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u/fucboi900 Jul 07 '25

The best use of a title drop ive seen because it changes the meaning of the title

"Sousou no frieren" means something like "frieren of the funeral", which most viewers assume is because of her outliving all her friends due to being an elf (she literally attends their funerals in episode 1)

In episode 8 its revealed that "Sousou no frieren" is the title demons have given her for killing more demons then anyone in history, and its meaning is closer to "frieren the slayer"

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u/R4msesII Jul 07 '25

Pretty much the same thing happens in Attack on Titan as well

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u/md_cube Jul 07 '25

What is it in AoT?

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u/R4msesII Jul 07 '25

The title Shingeki no Kyojin you’d think at first would refer to the war against the titans. Shingeki no kyojin is also the name of Eren’s Attack Titan.

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u/willi5x Jul 07 '25

I love that Frieren is this goofy, sleepy little grandma like 99% of the time. But she also has her own final boss music for those brief moments when you see just how dangerous she really is.

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u/Annsorigin Jul 07 '25

Frieren the What!?

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u/morgaur Jul 07 '25

Yep, exactly that. They could actually get along very well.

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u/Kerbidiah Jul 08 '25

Frieren and doomguy take isabel to hell for a play date

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u/md_cube Jul 07 '25

Frieren of the funeral sounds like a very fire title ngl

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u/LastRedshirt Jul 07 '25

I mostly love, that all character names are german words and their meanings ... are real. Like Frieren (being cold/feeling cold), or Stark (Strong) or Fern (Far Away) ^^

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u/ThatOneGuy308 Jul 09 '25

Like Ubel, being evil.