Ever noticed how some shows have, erm… unique ways of naming episodes?
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Ever noticed how some shows have favourite ways of naming episodes? Some stick rigidly to a formula ( Chuck , No Ordinary Family , Smallville ), others have favoured formulas they return to time and again ( Supernatural using rock song titles, Eli Stone using George Michael song titles, classic Who with “The X Of The Y”) while others just use the same sort of titles again an again until they start feeling a bit familar (actually, The X-Files managed to have two types of “standard” episode title – the silly long one and the short one that got you Googling for Babelfish).
Here are some suggested episode title we came up with (based on good old TV SF&F tropes that come up again and again). Feel free to suggest your own.
The time loop episode
- Classic Doctor Who: The Terror Of The Time Eaters
- No Ordinary Family: No Ordinary Clock
- Supernatural: The Times They Aren’t A-Changing
- Smallville: Loop
- The X-Files: Zeitschleife
- Chuck: Chuck Versus The Groundhog
- Charmed: Witch Watch
- Sapphire And Steel: Adventure Seven
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The body swap episode
- Classic Doctor Who: The Horror Of The Identivores
- No Ordinary Family: No Ordinary Man
- Supernatural: A Sam Named Sue
- Smallville: Swap
- The X-Files: Körpertauschen
- Chuck: Chuck Versus The Freaky Friday
- Charmed: A Spell As Somebody Else
- Sapphire And Steel: Adventure Eight
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The race against time episode
- Classic Doctor Who: The Countdown Of Death
- No Ordinary Family: No Ordinary School Run
- Supernatural: Highway To Hell
- Smallville: Gulp
- The X-Files: Keine Zeit
- Chuck: Chuck Versus The Melting Ice Sculpture
- Charmed: A Witch In Time
- Sapphire And Steel: Adventure Nine
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The evil twin episode
- Classic Doctor Who: The Double Of Doom
- No Ordinary Family: No Ordinary Double
- Supernatural: Flick Of The Switch
- Smallville: Two
- The X-Files: Doubleelboud
- Chuck: Chuck Versus Chuck
- Charmed: Witch Witch Is Witch
- Sapphire And Steel: Adventure Ten
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The flashback episode
- Classic Doctor Who: The Memory Of Evil
- No Ordinary Family: No Ordinary Slide Show
- Supernatural: The Boys Are Back In Time
- Smallville: Then
- The X-Files: Dino Jalfrezi’s From 1942
- Chuck: Chuck Versus The Ghost Of Christmas Past
- Charmed: Wiccan You Fix It?
- Sapphire And Steel: Adventure Eleven
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The alternate universe episode
- Classic Doctor Who: The Mirror Of Horror
- No Ordinary Family: No Ordinary Diffrence
- Supernatural: Sweet Home Alabama-ish
- Smallville: There
- The X-Files: Nicht hier
- Chuck: Chuck Versus The Other Chuck
- Charmed: Where When Witch And How?
- Sapphire And Steel: Adventure Twelve
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The musical episode
- Classic Doctor Who: The Opera of Fear
- No Ordinary Family: No Ordinary Talent Contest
- Supernatural: The Song Remains The Same
- Smallville: Sing
- The X-Files: The X-Factor
- Chuck: Chuck Versus The Sweet Transvestite From Transexual Transylvania
- Charmed: Seven Witches For Seven Warlocks
- Sapphire And Steel: Adventure Thirteen
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The “It’s all a dream” episode
- Classic Doctor Who: The Nightmare Of Death
- No Ordinary Family: No Ordinary Night Nurse
- Supernatural: Stairway To Heaven
- Smallville: Snore
- The X-Files: Sigmund Freud‘s Final Analysis
- Chuck: Chuck Versus The Monster From The Id
- Charmed: A Nightmare On Witch Hazel Street
- Sapphire And Steel: Adventure Fourteen
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The courtroom episode
- Classic Doctor Who: The Wigs Of Doom
- No Ordinary Family: No Ordinary Parking Ticket
- Supernatural: Sharp Dressed Man
- Smallville: Plead
- The X-Files: The Testimony Of A Cigarette Smoking Man
- Chuck: Chuck Versus The Twelve Angry Men
- Charmed: Nothing But The Witch
- Sapphire And Steel: Adventure Fifteen
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The clips episode
- Classic Doctor Who: The Horror Of BBC Cutbacks
- No Ordinary Family: No Ordinary Cheapie
- Supernatural: Medley
- Smallville: Familiar
- The X-Files: Presque Vu
- Chuck: Chuck Versus The Very Long Flash
- Charmed: A Broom With A View
- Sapphire And Steel: Adventures One To Fifteen
