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Articles with four or fewer characters in their title can often be difficult or impossible to find. This page lists them.

Mostly these should be work pages; if you're naming a trope, it's probably best to come up with a name that's slightly longer.

See also One-Letter Title and One-Word Title.


Pages:

  • (a.k.a. Blackstar) — a music album
  • $ (a.k.a. Dollars) — a film
  • 0 A.D. — a video game
  • 10 — a film
  • 12 — a film
  • 13 — a musical
  • 13 — a film
  • 13th — a film
  • 140 — a video game
  • 1984 — an Apple ad loosely based on the novel
  • 1999 — a music album
  • 1999 — a creepypasta
  • 1BR — a film
  • 2 — a video game
  • 21 — a music album
  • 2112 - a music album
  • 2:37 — a film
  • 24 — a TV series
  • 2AM — a Boy Band
  • 2PM — a Boy Band
  • 300 — a graphic novel and movie
  • 38 — a film
  • 4 — a music album
  • 42 — a film
  • "42" — an episode of Doctor Who
  • .45 — a film
  • 4US (pronounced "virus" in Dutch) — a music album
  • 5150 — a music album
  • 555 — a trope
  • 555 (1988) — a horror film
  • 61* — a film
  • 65 — a film
  • '71 — a film
  • — a film
  • 86 — a Light Novel that got adapted into an anime for Spring 2021
  • 9 — an animated film
  • 9.03m — a video game
  • 96 — a game
  • A3! — a game
  • AAA — a wrestling promotion
  • ABBA - a band
    • ABBA - its third studio album
  • ABC — an American network
  • ABC — an Australian network
  • ABC — a band
  • AC/DC - a band
  • AEW — a redirect to the page for All Elite Wrestling
  • a-ha — a band
  • AIR — a game
  • Air — a band
  • ALF — a TV series
  • Ali — a film
  • Ali — a pinball machine
  • AM — a music album
  • Amy — a 1998 Australian film
  • Amy — a 2015 documentary about Amy Winehouse
  • Amy — a video game
  • Ana — a film
  • Ant — a comics series
  • AOA — a girl group and band
  • APB — a TV series
  • A*P*E - a film
  • ARIA – a manga
  • ARMS — a video game
  • ARQ — a film
  • ASH — a band
  • ASP — a band
  • Ato — a video game
  • Axe! — a film
  • Aya — a film
  • Bad — a music album.
  • Bao — a cartoon
  • Bark - a 2022 video game.
  • B.C. — a comic strip
  • BET — a network
  • BFG — a trope about big guns
  • BFS — a trope about big swords
  • BGM — a music album.
  • Big — a film
  • Bik — a game
  • BoB — a rapper
  • Bob — a TV series
  • B.O.B — a video game
  • Bod — a cartoon
  • Boj — a cartoon
  • Boy (1969) — a Japanese film
  • Boy (2010) — a New Zealand film
  • Boy — a music album
  • B.P.R.D. — a comic book
  • BRAT —- a music album
  • BT — a musician
  • BTS — a band
  • B't X — a manga and anime
  • Bug — a film
  • Bug — a video game
  • Bump
  • B'z — a rock band
  • Caïn — a series
  • Can — a rock band
  • Cap — a trope about video game design
  • Cape — a novel
  • Car — the unofficial title of Peter Gabriel's first self-titled album
  • Cars – a media franchise
    • Cars – the animated film that started the franchise
  • CBC — a network
  • CBS — a network
  • CCC — a web animation
  • CD — a device for storing music or data
  • Che — a film
  • CIA — American intelligence agency
  • CJ7 — a film
  • Clea (2019) — a video game
  • C.M.B. — a manga
  • CMT — a network
  • CNN — a network
  • CODA - a film
  • Cop — a film
  • COPS — a TV series
  • Cro — an animated series
  • CSI — a TV series that spawned a large media franchise
  • CTV — a network
  • CZW — a professional wrestling promotion
  • D — a band
  • D — a trilogy of video games and the first game
    • D2 — a video game
  • D4 — a video game
  • Dad — a YouTube channel
  • Dawn — a video game
  • DDD — a light novel
  • DDG — a Webcomic
  • Deal — a fan comic
  • Den — a comic book
  • Dex — a video game
  • DIE — a comic book and also its own TTRPG.
  • Die — a musician
  • DMX — a musician
  • DNA — a molecule
  • D-Day — a film
  • Dog — a film
  • D.☆P. — a show
  • DP7— a comic book
  • DR — a television network
  • DRM — notes about media
  • DS — a videogame system
  • DVD — a media format
  • E! — a cable network
  • EC3 — a professional wrestler
  • ECW — a wrestling promotion
  • Ed — a TV series
  • Elf — a film
  • Elio — a film
  • Emo — a subculture and its followers
  • EMP — a trope about electromagnetic pulses
  • EO - a film
  • Eon — a tabletop RPG
  • ER — a TV series
  • ESA — the European Space Agency
  • ESPN — a sports cable network
  • Eve (2003) — an American TV series
  • Eve (2015) — a British TV series
  • Evie (2018) — a video game
  • EXO — a Boy Band
  • F — a manga and anime series
  • Fan — term for fans.
  • FBI — a TV series
  • Fe — a video game
  • Fez — a video game
  • FF — a comics series
  • FFS — an album
  • Fi — a TV series
  • Five - a movie
  • FLCL — an anime
  • Flea — a video game
  • Flee - an animated documentary
  • FMW — a wrestling promotion
  • FOX — a network
  • FPS — a video game genre
  • fun. — a band
  • Futz! — a cartoon
  • Fury³ — a video game
  • FX — a network
  • G.B.F. — a movie
  • Gozu — a movie
  • G.B.H. — a TV series
  • GCB — a TV series
  • Gia — a biopic
  • Go — a board game
  • Go — a game show
  • Go — a movie
  • Gob — a band
  • Goda trope about God
  • Gon — a manga
  • Gor — a book series, and also the subculture it spawned
  • GRU — Soviet and Russian military intelligence
  • GTFO — a game
  • Gus — a movie
  • Gyo — a manga
  • H2 — a manga
  • HAAK
  • Hal — an anime film
  • Halo
  • HANA — a musician
  • HBO — a cable network
  • HEPH — a video game
  • her — a movie
  • Hero — a 1997 gangster film
  • Hero — a 2002 kung-fu film
  • Hero — a music album
  • Het — fan-speak
  • HEX — a movie
  • HEX — a TV series
  • Hide — a comic book
  • HIM — a band
  • Hoa — a game
  • Hob — a game
  • Hop — a film
  • HQ — a game
  • Hrot - a video game
  • HUD — a video game interface element
  • Hud — a film
  • Hue — a video game
  • Hunk — a film
  • Husk — a film
  • Husk — book
  • Ib — a video game
  • ICE — an anime
  • Ice — a webcomic
  • ICO — a video game
  • Id — a book and manhwa series
  • Ida — a film
  • If — a comic strip
  • if.... (1968) — a film
  • IF (2024) — a film
  • II (the Roman numeral)— a music album
  • Iji — a video game
  • I'm Ok (2018) — a book
  • Ink — a movie
  • INXS — a band
  • IO — a manga
  • I.O.I — a girl group
  • I.O.N — a network (also redirected from PAX and I)
  • I.O.N — a manga
  • ...Iru! — a video game
  • I"s — a manga
  • It — a Stephen King novel
  • It (1927) — a film (not connected to the King novel)
  • It (1990) — a two-part TV miniseries (adaptation of the King novel)
  • It (2017) — a film (adaptation of the King novel)
  • ITV — a network
  • JAG — a TV series
  • Jam — a novel
  • Jam — a British sketch comedy series
  • JAXA — the Japanese space agency
  • J.B. — a play*
  • JCVD — a film
  • Jem — a cartoon
  • Jin — a manga
  • Jo — a French film
  • Jo — a French TV series
  • Joe — a film
  • JOT — a cartoon
  • Joy (2015) — a film
  • Joy (2016) — a film
  • Joy — a singer/actress
  • K — an anime
  • K9 — a TV series
  • K-9 — a film
  • Kes — a film
  • KGB — a game
  • Ki — a music album
  • Kick — a music album
  • Kim — a novel
  • King — a cartoon
  • K.O.L.M. — a video game
  • K-On! — a manga and anime
  • Kona — a video game
  • Kye — a video game
  • Lava - a short film
  • Lee — a film
  • Lit — a band
  • LIT — a video game
  • Lo — a film
  • LOL — a film
  • Lou! — a comic series
  • Lou — an animated short film
  • Lou - a live action film
  • Low — a band
  • Low (David Bowie) — a music album
  • Luca — a film
  • Luv — a play (later a movie)
  • M — a film
  • M83 — a musical group
  • Ma — a film
  • MAD — a magazine
  • MAG — a video game
  • Mao — a manga
  • MÄR — a manga
  • M*A*S*H — a film based on the novel
  • M*A*S*H — a TV series based on the film based on the novel
  • Mask (1985) — a dramatic film
  • M.A.S.K. — an animated series
  • May — a film
  • MBC — a South Korean network
  • MDK — a video game
  • Meg — a book series
  • Mega - video game
  • Melt — the unofficial title of Peter Gabriel's third self-titled album
  • Mew — a Danish rock band
  • M.F.A. — a thriller film
  • M.I.A. — a rapper
  • Miserable - a music video by the also short named Lit
  • MJF — a professional wrestler
  • MLB — a redirect to the page for Major League Baseball
  • MLW — a wrestling promotion
  • MM! — a light novel
  • — a singer
  • MOD — a media format
  • Moe — a trope
  • Mog — a book series
  • Mom — a TV series
  • Mon — a trope
  • MP3 — a media format
  • Mr. T — an actor
  • MST — a trope
  • MSX — a game/computer system
  • MTV — a cable network
  • MUD — a type of game
  • Mud — a film
  • M.U.L.E. — a video game
  • Muse — a band
  • MW — a manga
  • MW — a film adaptation of the above manga
  • Mx0 — a manga
  • N — a game
  • NASA — American space agency
  • NATO — a transatlantic defense alliance
  • NBA — a redirect to the page for the National Basketball Association
  • NBC — a network
  • NCAA — main governing body for US college sports
  • NCIS — a TV series that's also part of the Bellisarioverse
  • NCT — a Boy Band
  • Nelo
  • Nemi — a comic strip
  • NES — a video game system
  • Neu! — an electronic band.
  • NFL — a redirect to the page for the National Football League
  • NHL — a redirect to the page for the National Hockey League
  • No. 6 — a light novel
  • NME — a magazine
  • No — a film
  • Nope — a film
  • NOT! — a trope
  • No W — a web original novel
  • Nox — a video game
  • NPC — a type of video game character
  • NPR — a network
  • NSA — American signals intelligence agency
  • N.W.A — a musical group (not to be confused with the National Wrestling Alliance)
  • O — a film
  • O — a Cirque du Soleil show, usually written with quotation marks because of its brevity
  • OCN — a South Korean network
  • OFF — a video game
  • Old — a film
  • OMC — a band
  • One (1998) — a manhwa
  • One — a video game
  • ONE. (2020) - an Object Show
  • Oni — a video game
  • OSS — former American intelligence agency; precursor to the CIA
  • osu! — a video game
  • OT3 — a trope
  • OXO — a video game
  • Oz — a TV series
  • P2 — a film
  • Pack — a comic book
  • Pan — a film
  • Pan — a trope
  • Paw — a film
  • PBS — a network
  • PC — a disambiguation page
  • PCU — a film
  • Peel — a film
  • Pet — a film
  • PHD — a webcomic
  • π — a film
  • Pid — a video game
  • Pin — a book
    • Pin — a film adaptation
    • PTU — a film series
  • P.J. — a TV series
  • Pod — a film
  • P.O.D. — a musical group
  • Poe — a singer/songwriter
  • P.N.03 — a video game
  • PO'ed — a video game
  • Poi — a video game
  • Pop — a music album
  • Post — a music album
  • Prez — a comic book
  • PSY — a rapper
  • P.T. — a video game/teaser
  • Pump — a music album
  • Pun — a trope
  • PvP — a webcomic
  • Q.E.D. — a manga series
  • QI — a TV series
  • Qix — a game
  • R15 — a light novel
  • Ra — an online novel
  • RAD — a film
  • Ran — a film
  • Rap — a music style and a subculture
  • Raw — a film
  • Raw — a TV series
  • Ray — a Bio Pic
  • RBG — a film
  • RCN — a book series
  • [REC] — a film
  • Red — a comic book
  • Red — a film
  • R.E.M. — a musical group
  • Rez — a video game
  • Rio — an animated film
  • Rio — a music album
  • Riot — a video game
  • R.I.P.D. — a film
  • Roh — a film
  • ROH — a redirect to the page for the wrestling promotion Ring of Honor
  • RPG — a video game genre
  • RRR — a manga
  • RRR — a film
  • RTÉ — an Irish radio and television network
  • RTS — a type of video game subgenre
  • Run — a novel
  • R.U.R. — a play
  • Ruse — a comic book
  • RUSE — a video game
  • Rush — a band
    • Rush — its debut album
  • RV — a film
  • RWBY — a web animation series
  • S — a light novel
  • Sam — a film
  • SATs — a Useful Notes page on one of two common standardized tests used for US college admissions
  • Saw – a horror franchise
    • Saw — the first film of the franchise
  • SBS — a network
  • See — a series
  • Sega — a videogame publisher and developer
  • SEX — a manga
  • Sha — a comics series
  • She — a book
  • Shi — a comic book
  • Shoe — a comic strip
  • Silk — a comic book
  • SiN — a video game
  • SiN — a manga
  • Sin (2019) — a film
  • Six — a TV series
  • Sky — a network
  • SMW — a wrestling promotion
  • SNK — a video game company
  • So — a music album
  • S.O.B. — a film
  • SOE — a Useful Notes page on a WWII-era British intelligence agency
  • Sold — a music album
  • Son — a book
  • Spy — a TV series
  • SSTR — a video game
  • SSX — a video game
  • Steel — a comic book
  • S.W.A.T. (1975) — a TV series
  • S.W.A.T. (2003) — a film
  • S.W.A.T. (2017) — a TV series
  • Syro — a music album
  • Tag — a film
  • Tár - a film
  • TAU — a film
  • TBS — a cable network
  • Ted — a film
    • Ted — a television spin-off of the film
  • Ten — a music album
  • TERA — a video game
  • TG4 — RTÉ's Irish-language counterpart
  • 'the — a horror ROM Hack of Super Mario World
  • Them — a film
  • THQ — a video game publisher and developer
  • T.I. — a rapper
  • Till — a film
  • Time — a music album
  • TLC — a cable network
  • TLC — an R&B group
  • TNA — a redirect to the page for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  • TNT — a cable network
  • TP — a Web animation series
  • Tri — a film
  • TROC - a web series
  • TSR — a publisher
  • Tusk (1979) — a music album
  • Tut — a miniseries
  • 2 — a TV series
  • U2 — a band
  • UC — a webcomic
  • UHF — a film
  • U.K. — a band
  • Uke — a trope about Boys' Love
  • Up — a TV documentary series
  • Up — a film
  • Up (1984) — a short film
  • Up (Peter Gabriel) — a music album
  • Up (R.E.M.) — another music album
  • UPN — a network
  • Uri — a video game creator
  • Urn — a film
  • Us (1992) — a music album
  • U.S. (1997) — a comic book
  • Us (2019) — a film
  • Utu — a film
  • V. — a novel
  • V — a TV series
  • Val — a documentary
  • Vay — a video game
  • VCR — a media format player (also redirected from V/H/S)
  • Vei — a comic book
  • Vera — a TV series
  • VH1 — a cable network
  • Vibe — a comic book
  • V.I.P. — a TV series
  • Viy — a novel
  • Viy - a film of that novel
  • Viz — a British comic book
  • VR.5 — a TV series
  • W.. — a biopic
  • W. — a series on Teletoon
  • War (2007) — a film
  • War (2019) — a film
  • War — a music album
  • Wax — a novel
  • W1A — a TV series
  • The WB — a network
  • WCW — a wrestling promotion
  • We — a novel
  • We3 — a comic book
  • Wells — a video game
  • WET — a game
  • Wii — a video game system
  • Wit — a play
  • WSU — a wrestling promotion
  • WWE — a wrestling promotion (if you couldn't tell by now, initialisms are very popular among wrestling promotions)
  • W'z — an anime
  • X — a game
  • X — a social media platform also known as Twitter.
  • X (US Band) — a punk band
  • X/1999 — a manga retitled from X for export
  • X — a film
  • X (Dark Horse Comics) — a comic
  • Xak - a video game
  • XIN — a web animation series
  • xkcd — a webcomic
  • X-Or — the French title of a Japanese series
  • XS — a game
  • X —- a film
  • XTC — a musical group
  • XX — an Anthology Film
  • xXx — a film
  • XXY — a film
  • X&Y — a music album
  • Yes — a musical group
    • Yes — their debut album
  • Yol — a film
  • You — a novel from 2013
  • You — another novel but from 2014 and written by Caroline Kepnes.
  • Ys — a game franchise
  • Ys —- a music album
  • YTV — a network
  • Z — a film
  • Z — a strategy game
  • Zap! — a webcomic
  • ZAR — a video game
  • ZE — a manga
  • ZED — a show
  • Zoo — a TV series
  • Zoo — a documentary
  • Zot! — a comic book
  • Z.P.G. — a film
  • ZZT — a game

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