History Main / InWhichATropeIsDescribed

* ''Webcomic/TheWinxClubPlaysDungeonsAndDragons'': The title describes the Winx's weekend activity after Musa convinces them to give ''D&D'' a try.

!! [[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere In Which the Details of the literary Convention "In Which a Trope Is Described" will be Disseminated]]

* David Foster Wallace authored an essay published in Harper's under the title "Ticket to the Fair: Wherein our reporter gorges himself on corn dogs, gapes at terrifying rides, savors the odor of pigs, exchanges unpleasantries with tattooed carnies, and admires the loveliness of cows".

--> In Which a Cruise Ship Full of Governors Inspires Considerations on the Nature of Old and New Politics
--> In Which the President of the United States is Said to Have Nearly Killed an Indian
--> In Which Playboy Bunnies, and Barbarella, and Tanya, Inspire Theoretical Considerations upon the Nature of Democracy

* Each chapter in the fan novelization of ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' titled ''Fanfic/BreathOfTheWild'' has 50 chapters, or 51 if you read it on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn. No matter, the differences between the two are mild. Each chapter begins with a title that tells the audience exactly what will happen in the chapter. "The Awakening" is the first chapter, featuring Link, waking up from the slumber of restoration. Every subsequent chapter does the same.

* Creator/RickRiordan uses this in four of his five series, sans the "in which", usually to great comedic effect. Individually (and with specific examples), they are:
** ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Percy sees the three Fates for the first time in "Three Old Ladies Knit the Socks of Death".

** ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo'' has all its chapter titles in haiku. The first is "Hoodlums punch my face, I would smite them if I could, Mortality blows".
** Averted with ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'', which relies on SwitchingPOV instead and just marks which chapters are narrated by whom.

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Often a SpoilerTitle and/or [[OverlyLongTitle (Overly)]] LongTitle. Compare TheNounWhoVerbed, which is more modern-sounding, the EitherOrTitle, which also has a very {{Retraux}} feel, and TheFantasticTropeOfWonderousTitles, which uses language just as florid but with more whimsy. Easily subverted if the title doesn't match up with what happens, making it a straight example of a NonIndicativeName. Not to be confused with a WordSaladTitle, which is more like an inversion of this trope.

-->"How Jean-Jacques Rousseau, having one prestigious essay competition, then lost another (coming in over the permitted word length), but finally went on to conquer the whole of human history"

-->"How Jean-Jacques Rousseau, having one prestigious essay competition, then lost another (coming in over the permitted word length), but finally went on to conquer the whole of human history"\\
"In which we discuss Marshall Sahlins's "original affluent society" and reflect on what can happen when even very insightful people write about prehistory in the absence of actual evidence"\\
"In which we enter something of an academic no-go-zone, and discuss the possibility of Neolithic matriarchies".

* For a non-fiction example, about half of the sub-sections in ''The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity'', by David Graeber and David Wengrow, have long titles in this format. For instance: "In which we discuss Marshall Sahlins's "original affluent society" and reflect on what can happen when even very insightful people write about prehistory in the absence of actual evidence", or "In which we enter something of an academic no-go-zone, and discuss the possibility of Neolithic matriarchies".

* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}''. Memorable episode titles include "Jacuzzi Splot Cries, Gets Scared and Musters Reckless Valor", "Isaac and Miria Unintentionally Spread Happiness Around Them", and "Ladd Russo Enjoys Talking A Lot and Slaughtering A Lot".

* ''Chaos'', Twoflower's ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' fanfic ''FanFic/SlayersTrilogy'' second part has such chapter titles as "…in which old enemies taunt each other, fortunes are won and lost, strange bedfellows are made, and plenty of clowns are set on fire." and "...in which breakfast is served, we go once more into the breach of fear and loathing, a chimera goes postal and Xelloss tells a secret."