History Main / MadLibThrillerTitle

* Every episode of the ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'' cartoon was titled in this style as "The (Insert Subject Here) Syndrome''.

* Strangely enough of all of Creator/IanFleming's works, only a single ''Literature/JamesBond'' short-story actually fits this pattern: "[[Literature/ForYourEyesOnly The Hildebrand Rarity]]".

* Peter F. Hamilton's sci-fi trilogy ''Literature/NightsDawn'' has a different name for the series, but two of the individual novels follow this pattern:

* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' is a series of interactive sci-fi spy thrillers, and name clearly fits. It's not as obviously noticeable however, because modern installments are usually called "Metal Gear Solid", making the pattern less obvious. Considering that Hideo Kojima is a huge movie buff, and Metal Gear games are styled after thriller movies, this is almost certainly intentional.
** Bonus points: subtitles of some games fit in their own right. ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake'', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVGroundZeroes'', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' - the last one even has a proper "The" at the beginning!
** Other games, like ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' almost qualify.
** Further bonus points: In-universe, events in the canonical timeline are known under such names. "Phantom Pain Incident", "Shadow Moses Incident", "Tanker Incident", "Zanzibar Land Disturbance" or "Mercenary War".

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Compare TheCrimeJob, TheCaseOf, and OminousLegalPhraseTitle. The MadLibFantasyTitle is another genre's version of this, but while the Fantasy title is likely to have specific ''words'' in it, it's not necessarily a three-part formula.

A few trope names have a MadLibThrillerTitle as well. Coming soon to a wiki near you:

** ''The Eiger Sanction''

* ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy'' -- which is odd, seeing as it's a screwball comedy.

* ''Literature/TheAdvesaryCycle''

* ''Series/TheMiddleman'' does a variation of this (with ''two'' meaningful-sounding nouns or, occasionally, adjectives in the middle) [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeTitles for every episode]]:

* ''Series/TheMiddleman'' does a variation of this (with ''two'' meaningful-sounding nouns or, occasionally, adjectives in the middle) for EVERY EPISODE:

* Parodied in the Literature/{{Discworld}} novel ''Literature/TheLastContinent'', where a humorous aside notes how any self-improving book you bring along for [[AirportFantasy beach reading]] seems to transform into a conspiracy thriller with at least [[GratuitousGreek one Greek letter]] in the title, like ''The Gamma Imperative'' or ''The Mu Kau Pi Caper''.

* ''VideoGame/Hitman2016'' & ''VideoGame/Hitman2'''s escalation contracts are all named in this particular fashion, such as "The Dexter Discordance" and "The Delgado Larceny".

** Now HilariousInHindsight thanks to RealLife example [[TheWarOnTerror Odyssey Dawn]].

* [[UsefulNotes/IsraelisWithInfraredMissiles Israel's]] nuclear strategy is called "[[TakingYouWithMe The Samson Option.]]" Note that this isn't the official name. There ''is'' no official name, since [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial there is no official status of Israel's nuclear capability]].

* Parodied in the Literature/{{Discworld}} novel ''Discworld/TheLastContinent'', where a humorous aside notes how any self-improving book you bring along for [[AirportFantasy beach reading]] seems to transform into a conspiracy thriller with at least [[GratuitousGreek one Greek letter]] in the title, like ''The Gamma Imperative'' or ''The Mu Kau Pi Caper''.

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': A sketch from the "Being From Another Planet" episode parodied this, with Joel and the Bots going through the "Robert Ludlum library" and finding a series of increasingly silly titles like ''The Horshack Conspiracy'', ''The Migraine Containment'', ''The Polping Popoopoo'', and ''The Lala Kalingalingaling''.

* ''VideoGame/TheTalosPrinciple''

* ''Franchise/MetalGear'' is a series of interactive sci-fi spy thrillers, and name clearly fits. It's not as obviously noticable however, because modern installments are usually called "Metal Gear Solid", making the pattern less obvious. Considering that Hideo Kojima is a huge movie buff, and Metal Gear games are styled after thriller movies, this is almost certainly intentional.

# Noun with political or [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic symbolic]] undertones. Also, often some type of document.