A title drop, also known as a titular line,[1][2] is a line of dialogue in a film, television series, book or other media containing its title.[3][4][5] It often indicates the scene has a special significance or can be a "penny drop" moment explaining the title.
Most of the time, the title drop can happen at the finale, for example in The Breakfast Club where the final line is "Sincerely yours, The Breakfast Club".,[6] or Iron Man where the final line is "I am Iron Man."[7]
For media that have a titular character such as Batman, title drops are less impactful as the character's name is often mentioned in dialogue.
Examples
- Kingdom Of Heaven - “A new world. A better world than has ever been seen. A kingdom of conscience. A kingdom of heaven.”
- Chinatown - “Forget it Jake. It’s Chinatown.”
- Back To The Future Part III - “Hey, Doc! Where you goin' now? Back to the future?”
- The Walking Dead - "We are the Walking Dead."
- Jurassic Park - "Welcome, to Jurassic Park."
- The Dark Knight - "A Dark Knight"
References
- ↑ "Titular line". Define Dictionary Meaning. 2020-08-29. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
- ↑ "The Thirty Greatest Titular Lines in Movie History". The New Yorker. 2021-12-04. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
- ↑ Parker, Jason. "Watch a sublime supercut of 150 movie title mentions". CNET. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
- ↑ October 2012, George Wales 12. "50 Greatest Movie Title-Drops". Total Film. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Johnson, Mia. "A supercut of 150 movie title drops in under 5 minutes". Mashable. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ↑ "The Breakfast Club script by John Hughes". www.dailyscript.com. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
- ↑ Rosenberg, Adam (July 22, 2018). "One ad libbed line in the first 'Iron Man' changed everything for Marvel". Mashable. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
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