# Clever and Funny book, chapter, or episode titles based on other works **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-and-funny-book-chapter-or-episode-titles-based-on-other-works/972392 "2022-09-28T14:29:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-and-funny-book-chapter-or-episode-titles-based-on-other-works/972392/41 "2022-09-29T12:56:29Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > “_Kemosabe_”, which apparently translates as “_Friend_”. Does it? [![](https://truewestmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lone-Ranger-Learns-Meaning-of-Kemo-Sabe-1.jpg) ](https://truewestmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lone-Ranger-Learns-Meaning-of-Kemo-Sabe-1.jpg) [Seriously, though, it means scout. Probably.](https://www.straightdope.com/21342134/in-the-old-lone-ranger-series-what-did-kemosabe-mean) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-and-funny-book-chapter-or-episode-titles-based-on-other-works/972392/42 "2022-09-29T13:24:44Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Porn flicks do this a lot. Do we want to go there? > > Sex Trek: The Next Penetration > The Long Ranger Rides Again > Splendor in the Ass > Barbara the Barbarian (bad movie, but, oddly enough, not as bad as some of the mainstream sword-and-sorcery movies from the early 1980s) > A Midsummer Night’s Cream (this one incorporates a surprising amount of dialog from Shakespeare’s play) You left out _ **Flesh Gordon** _. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-and-funny-book-chapter-or-episode-titles-based-on-other-works/972392/43 "2022-09-29T13:52:48Z")
Also from Get Smart, The Mess of Adrian Listenger and many more derivative titles such as Satan Place and The Apes of Rath. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-and-funny-book-chapter-or-episode-titles-based-on-other-works/972392/44 "2022-09-29T14:25:09Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > > [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > > > No Chemo, Sabe? > > For the benefit of younger readers, this is a reference to the (B&W?) Radio/TV/Film series - “The Lone Ranger”. Always masked to preserve his anonymity, he fought bad guys in the American Old West with his Native American friend, Tonto. Tonto always called the Lone Ranger “_Kemosabe_”, which apparently translates as “_Friend_”. “Trusty Scout”. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-and-funny-book-chapter-or-episode-titles-based-on-other-works/972392/45 "2022-09-29T14:53:20Z")
Just “scout”. Not “trusty”. Probably. See above link. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-and-funny-book-chapter-or-episode-titles-based-on-other-works/972392/46 "2022-09-29T17:42:24Z")
Tonto (Jay Silverheels) said “trusty scout” on the very first episode of the _Lone Ranger_ TV series. > **[Ke-mo sah-bee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ke-mo_sah-bee)** > > Ke-mo sah-bee (/ˌkiːmoʊˈsɑːbiː/; often spelled kemo sabe, kemosabe or kimosabe) is the term used by the fictional Native American sidekick Tonto as the "Native American" name for the Lone Ranger in the American television and radio programs The Lone Ranger. Derived from gimoozaabi, an Ojibwe and Potawatomi word that may mean 'he/she looks out in secret', it has been occasionally translated as 'trusty scout' (the first Lone Ranger TV episode, 1949) or 'faithful friend'. > Jim Jewell, director of Th... > [@](#): > > It has been occasionally translated as “trusty scout” (the first Lone Ranger TV episode, 1949) or “faithful friend”. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-and-funny-book-chapter-or-episode-titles-based-on-other-works/972392/47 "2022-09-29T18:39:08Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > For the benefit of younger readers, this is a reference to the (B&W?) Radio/TV/Film series - “The Lone Ranger”. Always masked to preserve his anonymity, he fought bad guys in the American Old West with his Native American friend, Tonto. Tonto always called the Lone Ranger “_Kemosabe_”, which apparently translates as “_Friend_”. How many great cultural references are there for The Lone Ranger? Pretty much every time I hear of the character, I think of Lyle Lovett’s “If I had a Boat” > [@](#): > > The mystery masked man was smart > He got himself a Tonto > 'Cause Tonto did the dirty work for free > But Tonto he was smarter > And one day said "Kemo Sabe, > Kiss my ass, I bought a boat > I’m going out to sea. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-and-funny-book-chapter-or-episode-titles-based-on-other-works/972392/48 "2022-09-29T18:44:22Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > How many great cultural references are there for The Lone Ranger? Pretty much every time I hear of the character, I think of Lyle Lovett’s “If I had a Boat” And I think of another one, Bob Dylan’s “Bob Dylan’s Blues”, which starts after the spoken introduction with the lines: _Well, the Lone Ranger and Tonto_ _They are ridin’ down the line_ _Fixin’ everybody’s troubles_ _Everybody’s except mine_ _Someone musta told them that I was doin’ fine_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dlKUUpAKqhE/maxresdefault.jpg "Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan's Blues (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlKUUpAKqhE) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-and-funny-book-chapter-or-episode-titles-based-on-other-works/972392.md?page=2)