History Main / TheNounWhoVerbed

* In ''[[Literature/AlcatrazSeries Alcatraz Versus the Secret Librarians]]'', Alcatraz shrewdly guesses that "She Who Cannot Be Named" must be so fearsome her name is taboo. Turns out people just can't pronounce it.

** [[BigBad Lord Voldemort]] is often referred to as "He Who Must Not Be Named", as people are afraid that [[SpeakOfTheDevil speaking his name might summon him]]. In the last book, he puts a curse on his name, so that everyone who speaks it can be located, making the previous fear pretty much justified.

* ''Main/TheGirlWhoPlayedGo''

* In a parody of "She Who Must Be Obeyed", the trolls of ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' know Granny Weatherwax as "She Who Must Be Avoided".

* In a parody of "She Who Must Be Obeyed", the trolls of ''Literature/{{Discworld}} know Granny Weatherwax as "She Who Must Be Avoided".

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!!Trope Names That Follow This Convention

!!Titles That Are Examples of This Trope

!!Examples That Exist InUniverse

* "Music/TheManWhoSoldTheWorld", the TitleTrack of Music/DavidBowie's third album. The song was later covered by Music/{{Nirvana}}.

* "The Man Who Sold the World", the TitleTrack of Music/DavidBowie's third album. The song was later covered by Music/{{Nirvana}}.

* ''Film/TheMouseThatRoared''.

* More Creator/RobertAHeinlein examples: he wrote a novella called "The Man Who Sold the Moon". He also titled chapters of ''Literature/TimeEnoughForLove'' "The Tale of the Man Who Was Too Lazy to Fail" and "The Tale of the Twins Who Weren't".

* The ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E05TheThingThatCouldntDie The Thing That Couldn't Die]]", which is about [[Film/TheThingThatCouldntDie the aforementioned film of the same name]].

* More Creator/RobertAHeinlein examples: he wrote a novella "The Man Who Sold the Moon". He also titled chapters of ''Literature/TimeEnoughForLove'' "The Tale of the Man Who Was Too Lazy to Fail" and "The Tale of the Twins Who Weren't".

* More Creator/RobertAHeinlein examples: he wrote a novella "The Man Who Sold the Moon". He also titled a chapter of ''Literature/TimeEnoughForLove'' "The Tale of the Man Who Was Too Lazy to Fail".

* ''Series/GAROTheOneWhoShinesInTheDarkness''

* The ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E05TheThingThatCouldntDie The Thing That Couldn't Die]]", which is about the film of the same name.
* The ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' comedy sketch "The Thing That Wouldn't Leave", featuring John Belushi, Bill Murray, and Jane Curtin.

!!!Trope Names That Follow This Convention

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!!!Examples That Exist InUniverse

* In ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', Jon mentions a movie called ''The Man Who Stubbed His Toe''. Garfield says "there's a lot of adult language in it".

* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. "The Knights Who Say "Ni"" use the word as their greatest weapon. They later change their name to something like "The Knights Who Say "Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptangya Zoooooooom Boing Ni"", however, King Arthur, who can't pronounce this, proceeds to call them "Knights Who ’Til Recently Said "Ni"" (two decades before [[TheTropeFormerlyKnownAsX Prince]]). ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext

* In ''NewspaperComics/{{Garfield}}'', Jon mentions a movie called ''The Man Who Stubbed His Toe''. Garfield says "there's a lot of adult language in it".

* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. "The Knights Who Say "Ni"" use the word as their greatest weapon. They later change their name to something like "The Knights Who Say "Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptangya Zoooooooom Boing Ni"", however, King Author, who can't pronounce this, proceeds to call them "Knights Who ’Til Recently Said "Ni"". ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext