# Replace one word in a title with a homonym **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 15, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196 "2012-06-15T02:15:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/21 "2012-06-15T11:57:54Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Apokolips Now. Darkseid, Ride of the Valkyries, napalm, I dunno, you figure it out. I’d watch it. Repeatedly. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/22 "2012-06-15T12:20:38Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Apokolips Now. Darkseid, Ride of the Valkyries, napalm, I dunno, you figure it out. With a special soundtrack album: Darkseid of the Moon. ---
**Author:** ![Syme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Syme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syme)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/23 "2012-06-15T12:30:01Z")
**The Sex Sense** Boy with a sex sense, grows up to become the founder of Pornhouse magazine. When asked by his shrink, how often he has sex with his girls, he replies with a lecherous smile: “All the time, they are everywhere”. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/24 "2012-06-15T12:44:09Z")
**Raiders of the Lost Arc** - an American mathematics professor battles Nazi scientists searching for a mythical geometric equation that will allow them to rule the world! ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/25 "2012-06-15T12:56:01Z")
_A Thyme to Kill_ - an idealistic young lawyer has to defend a chef in a food desert. _A Hard Day’s Knight_ - gibberish lyrics gave the first indication that the Beatles had started to experiment with LSD. _Up in the Heir_ - in this vivid re-imagining of _Fantastic Voyage_, George Clooney leads a team of miniaturized doctors up the Prince of Wales’ nose. _Gilligan’s Aisle_ - the castaways are back, and need jobs! Follow the retail adventures of the Skipper, Mary-Anne, and the Professor as they attempt to rebuild their lives in a bad economy. _Henry, Portrait of a Cereal Killer_ - an agronomist goes very, very bad. _American Idle_ - reality show matching so-called welfare queens with the over-bred offspring of the upper crust, annoying both sides of the political divide. _Acting in Television Commercials for Fun and Prophet_ - learn how to break into TV, build a portfolio, and secretly organize the fundamentalist takeover of corrupt Western Democracies thereby ushering in the End Times. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/26 "2012-06-15T13:01:20Z")
Shakespeare Inn Love - a travelogue of Tudor taverns and hotels hosted by a down-on-his-luck Stratford playwright. The Lord of the Wrings - a gay rom-com about what happens when Saruman opens a coin-op laundry right next-door to Gandalf The White’s dry cleaning service. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/27 "2012-06-15T13:02:03Z")
**The Meaning of Leif** What the Viking was _really_ getting at. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/28 "2012-06-15T13:08:16Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > To some of you Mary, marry & merry are homonyms Just to nitpick a bit… They’re actually simple homophones, as they’re spelt differently. On that note, however… There’s Something About Merry - Hobbits are tricksy, especially when Meriadoc discovers Peregrin’s ‘hair gel’. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/29 "2012-06-15T13:09:26Z")
**North Dallas For Tea** - A Texas football team gets hopped up on caffeinated drinks to gain a competitive advantage. **The May Tricks** - Computer program fools people into believing their world is real, but only the month between April and June. **Ten Cup** - A former pro golfer plays one more hole than is traditionally played in one half of a golf round. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/30 "2012-06-15T13:13:44Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > **Ten Cup** - A former pro golfer plays one more hole than is traditionally played in one half of a golf round. Are you from New Zealand? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/31 "2012-06-15T13:18:19Z")
**imitation of Leif** – Icelandic comedian makes a career of doing verbal impersonations of the Great Explorer **The Umpire Strikes Back** – sequel to the 1950s comedy _Kill the Umpire!_ **The Fandom Menace** – Geeks and Fanboys take their revenge on the ever-meddling George Lucas **Fandom of the Opera** – About the people who get all those totebags **Bach to the Future** – hilarity ensues when Doc Brown entices Johann Sebastian into his time-travelling deLorean. Spawned two sequels **The Lyin’ King** – things start to unravel when a sovereign gets a reputation for mendacity. **The May Tricks** – A magician’s antics in the spring. **The May Tricks Reloaded** – The magician stacks his deck again. **Canine Teen – The Widowmaker** \* – Old Aged (for a dog) dog goes on a killing spree. \*I stole this one from Boston’s WROR. But it’s worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/32 "2012-06-15T13:22:25Z")
Julie is, seize her! -the correct answer to the question “Who is the broad that stole my bust of the most famous Roman emperor?” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/33 "2012-06-15T13:54:04Z")
The Longest Dey: Biopic about Susan’s taller sister. Torah! Torah! Torah!: Oy, what a movie! Knight of the Iguana: A man, a sword, a lizard, a dream. Hi, Sierra: One man’s obsession with his Oldsmobile. 3:10 to You, Ma: Heartwarming story about a young man returning home from college. ---
**Author:** ![DarkFire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@DarkFire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkFire)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/34 "2012-06-15T13:56:29Z")
No Country For Old Men – Follows the investigation of a Garth Brooks concert gone bad at a retirement home. Crease – A musical about an unlikely couple spending a summer folding flyers. Pride & Prejudice – Animated movie about racism & misconceptions in a pack of lions. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/35 "2012-06-15T14:14:46Z")
I Love Ewe to Death - **Hal Briston** stars in this great comedy about a pizzeria owner who can’t get enough wool. Starr Wars - Science fiction epic about taking out Darth Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/36 "2012-06-15T14:23:43Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > Don and Shaun are homonyms in what universe? Am I not getting something? > “So I Married an Acts Murderer” - Lady gets hitched to a really bad actor. Hilarity ensues. Almost none of the examples in this thread (including mine and yours and the OP’s) are homonyms. A homonym is a word that is spelled and pronounced the same, but means something different (rose, rose). As somebody else mentioned, most of these are homophones (don, dawn). ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/37 "2012-06-15T14:25:33Z")
Bean John Malkovich - Remake of the campfire scene in _Blazing Saddles_, starring the quirky actor. Young Sherlock Homes - Hijinks at a pair of insane asylums for teens who think they are detectives. Spacebawls - A real tearjerker. A Beautiful, Mined - Mathematician loses it when he sees what strip-mining has done to his lovely town. “C” Biscuit - Factory is threatened with closure after their product receives a poor rating from Consumer Reports. Spied Her Man - Remake of _Rear Window_ with the gender roles reversed. The Hirt Locker - Famous trumpeter, suddenly broke, is forced to live in Grand Central Station to make ends meet. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/38 "2012-06-15T14:44:57Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Just to nitpick a bit… They’re actually simple homophones, as they’re spelt differently.. Depends on your dialect; where I come from, there are three separate pronunciations. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/39 "2012-06-15T14:48:13Z")
Edward Penishands. Wait, I don’t know if I’m doing this right. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196/40 "2012-06-15T14:49:22Z")
> [@DarkFire](#): > > No Country For Old Men – Follows the investigation of a Garth Brooks concert gone bad at a retirement home. > > […] > > Pride & Prejudice – Animated movie about racism & misconceptions in a pack of lions. Now, _these_ are homonyms! Bravo! > [@RealityChuck](#): > > Depends on your dialect; where I come from, there are three separate pronunciations. Well, yes, but I was trying to nitpick the choice of words while remaining true to the spirit of the request. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-one-word-in-a-title-with-a-homonym/625196.md?page=3)