# Titles contradicted by premise **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 18, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254 "2008-11-18T05:16:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254/1 "2008-11-18T05:16:38Z")
I saw a commercial for “Without a Trace” and thought hey, that’s a clever title for a show about missing people, but if the people really had disappeared with no trace, there’d be no show. There’s got to be some sort of trace for their to be an investigation. So the title is kind of contradicted by it’s premise. Any other examples? TV, books, movies, whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254/2 "2008-11-18T05:37:02Z")
_The Daily Show_’s only on Monday-Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254/3 "2008-11-18T10:45:42Z")
I guess I should add the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy “increasingly inaccurately named trilogy” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254/4 "2008-11-18T14:04:59Z")
**The Soup** is not a cooking show. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254/5 "2008-11-18T14:56:59Z")
None of the episodes of _24 Hours_ last anywhere near that long. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254/6 "2008-11-18T15:01:04Z")
**Two and a Half Men** isn’t about a magic act gone bad. **House** is not about buildings. **The Honeymooners** are not on their honeymoon. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254/7 "2008-11-18T15:04:12Z")
_American Splendor_. Movie and comic. Only the first word is appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254/8 "2008-11-18T15:35:21Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > **House** is not about buildings. Technically, the title is _House, M.D._, so that doesn’t qualify. And the series is just _24_. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254/9 "2008-11-18T15:39:17Z")
No Spin Zone. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254/10 "2008-11-18T15:55:12Z")
_The Neverending Story_ ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254/11 "2008-11-18T16:05:01Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > Technically, the title is _House, M.D._, so that doesn’t qualify. And the series is just _24_. They dropped the “M.D.” after the first season, so it’s just _House_ now, and _24_ and [_24 Hours_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_Hours_(TV_series)) are two different shows. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254/12 "2008-11-18T16:06:58Z")
Law & Order has little to do with law and nothing to do with order. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254/13 "2008-11-18T16:08:42Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > And the series is just _24_. Different show, fella. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254/14 "2008-11-18T17:39:33Z")
[The PTA Disbands](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_PTA_Disbands#Production) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254/15 "2008-11-18T19:09:38Z")
What’s the running time on _The Neverending Story_, again? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254/16 "2008-11-18T19:20:02Z")
{ObSimpsons} “_Naked Lunch_. I can think of two things wrong with that title!” {/ObSimpsons} ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254/17 "2008-11-18T19:23:52Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > What’s the running time on _The Neverending Story_, again? 102 min (94 for International version) according to [IMDB.com](http://IMDB.com). Hardly “neverending.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jelly\_Roll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Jelly\_Roll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelly_Roll)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254/18 "2008-11-18T20:08:32Z")
There isn’t a prison in sight (anymore) on _Prison Break_. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254/19 "2008-11-18T20:15:14Z")
We Come In Peace. They’re lying. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254/20 "2008-11-18T20:23:33Z")
**Everybody Loves Raymond** - No they don’t, including me. I don’t think everyone on the show loves him either. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-contradicted-by-premise/473254.md?page=2)