Basic Trope: The title of an adaptation is different from the source material it was based on.
- Straight: The novel Lillies and Rubies becomes Alice's Dreams of Lillies and Rubies when adapted into film.
- Exaggerated: Lillies and Rubies becomes Alice's Dreams of Aviation and the Future when adapted to film.
- Downplayed: Alice's Dreams of Lillies and Rubies retains the title when adapted to film but omits the subtitle.
- Justified: The reason for the title change was to address the fact that the plot mostly takes place in a dream.
- Inverted: Everything from the novel is changed completely in the film except for the title.
- The names of the chapters addressed from the novel have their titles changed, but not the film's overall title.
- Parodied: The film opens with a disclaimer about how its title is different to the novel: "Yes, we extended the movie's title from the original novel! Does it even matter to you?"
- Averted: Lillies and Rubies doesn't change the title when it's adapted.
- Enforced:
- The title change was done so that it looks more like what would be expected from a film title.
- This is, what, the 7th film adaptation of Lillies and Rubies? It needs something to distinguish itself from the others.
- Lampshaded: "Wait, wasn't the title of our original novel a bit different?"
- Deconstructed: The film is criticized for changing the title from the original novel.
- Reconstructed: Even with its title change, the film manages to displace the novel, and ends up being far more known.
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