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*** Or ''TheShining''.

* From ''CowboyBebop'', (Yoko Kanno and) (The) Seat Belts. (Also some ambiguity as to whether "Seat Belts" should be one word or two.)

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*** The same happened to ''TheMatrix''.

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* Despite commonly being abbreviated "[=LotR=]", [[Creator/JRRTolkien J. R. R. Tolkien's]] fantasy epic is called ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''.

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* Conversely, it was definitely ''The'' PinkFloyd, at least until Syd Barrett got kicked out.

** Likewise when the World Wrestling Federation changed their name to World Wrestling Entertainment many wrestlers continued to refer to it as "the {{WWE}}."

* When referring to ''VideoGame/{{The King of Fighters}}'', the ''The'' tends to be dropped by many (i.e. ''King of Fighters''), although the eponymous tournament is usually missing the article as well or just goes by KOF for short. Ditto goes for ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade''.

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* (The) ''FamilyGuy''

* The third series of ''WarriorCats'' is called ''Power of Three''. Officially, there is no "the"; however, fans usually add the "the", giving this story arc the FanNickname "Teapot" (The Power of Three = [=TPoT=] = Teapot.)

* When referring to ''VideoGame/{{The King of Fighters}}'', the ''The'' tends to be dropped by many (i.e. ''King of Fighters''), although the eponymous tournament is usually missing the article as well or just goes by KOF for short. Ditto goes for ''[[LastBlade The Last Blade]]'', which is even denoted as ''Last Blade'' on this very wiki.
* ''VideoGame/{{Langrisser}}'' and ''Der Langrisser'' are two different games; the latter is a remake of ''Langrisser II''.

* In the original novel and initial adaptations are titled ''TheWarOfTheWorlds'', the recent Spielberg adaptation dropped the "The" from the title.

* Despite commonly being abbreviated "[=LotR=]", [[JRRTolkien J. R. R. Tolkien's]] fantasy epic is called ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''.

** Leading to the following joke. A guy in a record store is asked to file all the albums in alphabetical order. He starts by filing them all under 'T' 'The Beatles, The Rolling Stones' etc. "No" says his boss. "Ignore the 'the'. Then he gets to 'The The'.

* ''The'' [[DoctorWho Doctor]]? No, his name is just Doctor.

* ''{{Langrisser}}'' and ''Der Langrisser'' are two different games, and the latter isn't the original.

* (The) LegendOfZelda. This sometimes pops up in abbreviations. Is it just [=LoZ=] or is it [=TLoZ=]?
** [[ALinkToThePast ALttP or just LttP]]?
** [[OcarinaOfTime OoT or TOoT]].
** [[WindWaker TWW or just WW]]?

The word "the" is among the most common of all the words in all of the English language, the result of which is often the placement of the word the in the title of a work or in the name of a group regardless of the wishes of the people or the person who made it. (This also happens with definite articles in other languages: "le" in French or "der" in German, for instance.)

TheTheTitleConfusion is when nobody seems to be quite sure whether or not a "the" is required in a title. As a result, merchandise or advertising can sometimes make it seem as if the title is constantly changing, or if there might even be multiple works/groups with the same title. Often WordOfGod is required to make a final decision on the matter.

* ''(The) [[BadLieutenant Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans]]''

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** Likewise when the World Wrestling Federation changed their name to World Wreslting Entertainment many wrestlers continued to refer to it as "the {{WWE}}."

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* (The) AngryVideoGameNerd

** … who happens to be [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEVzPCY2T-g&feature=relmfu chronologically confused about movie and video game sequels]].

The word "the" is among the most common of all the words in all of the English language, the result of which is often the placement of the word the in the title of a work or in the name of a group regardless of the wishes of the people or the person who made it.

TheTheTitleConfusion is when nobody seems to be quite sure whether or not a "the" is required in a title. As a result, merchandise or advertising can sometimes make it seem as if the title is constantly changing, or if there might even be multple works/groups with the same title. Often WordOfGod is required to make a final decision on the matter.

** Not averted with the localizations: The first movie (and with it, the whole franchise) is known as ''Fast and Furious'' in France. The same happened to ''TheMatrix''.

* (''The'') ''Slayers''.

Examples:

* [[CowboyBebop (Yoko Kanno and) (The) Seat Belts]]. (Also some ambiguity as to whether "Seat Belts" should be one word or two.)

* Whether {{Batman}} is referred to as "The Batman" depends on the era of comic books, with the "the" especially ignored during the LighterAndSofter era of the 1960's.

* The third series of ''WarriorCats'' is called ''Power of Three''. Officially, there is no "the"; however, fans usually add the "the", giving this story arc the FanNickname "Teapot" (The Power of Three = TPoT = Teapot.)

** who happens to be [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEVzPCY2T-g&feature=relmfu chronologically confused about movie and video game sequels]].
* On TheOtherWiki battles have sometimes raged over whether to use the "the" in an article title. ''Series/TheAvengers'' (the TV series) has it but ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'' (the comic book) doesn't. The official ManualOfStyle says:
-->Do not use A, An, or The as the first word (Economy of the Second Empire, not The economy of the Second Empire), unless by convention it is an inseparable part of a name (The Hague) or it is part of the title of a work (''A Clockwork Orange, The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien'').

* ''TheJetsons'' has a full-length feature titled ''Jetsons: The Movie'', which is sometimes referred to as ''The Jetsons Movie''.