Episode titles shared by multiple franchises

[Neroon]

A few of us were discussing VOY's "Endgame" the other day, when I couldn't resist and made an oblique reference to B5's episode of the same name. That got me to thinking how many other shows have an episode of that same title. Which led to "Face of the Enemy" as another title shared by a few shows.

What other shows have you noted having an episode title identical or nearly so to another series?

 

[MyCylon]

DS9's "Call to Arms" and B5's TV movie "A Call to Arms".

Both DS9 and nuBSG have "Rapture".

 

[Mike Okuda]

"What Kind of Day Has it Been?"

Sports Night, The West Wing, and Studio 60, all written by Aaron Sorkin.

 

[Neroon]

"What Kind of Day Has it Been?"

Sports Night, The West Wing, and Studio 60, all written by Aaron Sorkin.

he wrote all three? Well, I guess if you really like something you tend to use it more.

 

[Lindley]

This is only tangentially relevant, but the game Marathon by Bungie has a level called If I Had A Rocket Launcher, I'd Make Somebody Pay.

Years later, the game Halo (also by Bungie) contained a level called If I Had A Superweapon....

 

[Neroon]

Heh... anymore games almost take on the form of an ongoing television show, so you're not that far off tangentially speaking.

 

[Christopher]

I still remember a day back when I was a kid in the '70s, and my local station's syndicated Thursday (?) night sci-fi block showed Star Trek: "The Immunity Syndrome" and Space: 1999: "The Immunity Syndrome" back-to-back.

 

[auntiehill]

Tabula Rasa---this title was used on:

Lost
Law and Order
Buffy
Criminal Minds
Stargate Atlantis

 

[Gaith]

Both Smallville and Enterprise had a "Bound".

 

[TemporalFlux]

I believe "Requiem" is an oft used one. Just on the first page of a Google search for "Requiem episode", it lists :

Sanctuary
American Gothic
NCIS
Paranormal State

Add to that list, we can add the season five episode of Sliders.

And lest we forget the most used title in television history - "Pilot" (given that many shows in the past haven't even bothered naming their first episode )

 

[Smiley]

Stargate and Star Trek (especially Voyager) have many overlapping titles, since a lot of the episode titles are simple words or phrases. I tend to prefer those titles that are so distinctive that I know which show they are from. Babylon 5 has quite a few of those. A couple favorites are "Falling Toward Apotheosis" and "Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?"

 

[OmahaStar]

Stargate and Star Trek (especially Voyager) have many overlapping titles, since a lot of the episode titles are simple words or phrases. I tend to prefer those titles that are so distinctive that I know which show they are from. Babylon 5 has quite a few of those. A couple favorites are "Falling Toward Apotheosis" and "Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?"

"The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari" ... it's kind of specific. I'm still waiting for a Star Trek episode to come out with that same title.

 

[Chris3123]

"Home" is quite the popular episode title. IMDB lists 54 shows with an episode by that name, including Enterprise, Stargate Atlantis, and The X-Files.

"Ashes to Ashes" is an episode in 26 shows, including Voyager, Reaper, and Dead Like Me.

"Bloodlines" is an episode in 24 shows, including TNG and SG-1.

 

[Christopher]

I think "The Enemy Within" is a pretty common title. "The Schizoid Man" was used in both The Prisoner and ST:TNG, but in that case the TNG title was a deliberate homage to The Prisoner.

 

[TheArsenal]

"Ghost in the Machine" shared by 4400, X-Files, Medium, and Stargate Atlantis. Likely others.

 

[Neroon]

and The Police.

 

[stj]

I have a vague notion SG1 loved to do that, apparently on purpose.
There was at least Shades of Grey shared with TNG. And of course, SG1 also had an Endgame.

 

[Kryton]

This is only tangentially relevant, but the game Marathon by Bungie has a level called If I Had A Rocket Launcher, I'd Make Somebody Pay.

That's an actual song lyric by Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn.

http://cockburnproject.net/songs&music/iiharl.html

 

[chrisspringob]

"Chrysalis" was shared by B5 and DS9. B5 also has "Between the Darkness and the Light", while DS9 has "The Darkness and the Light". B5 has "The Face of the Enemy", while TNG has "Face of the Enemy".

 

[CorporalClegg]

"Pilot"?