Episode Title Analysis

This article shows the titles and their meaning from each episode of The Vampire Diaries, The Originals and Legacies.
Note: This article contains fan analysis and hypothesis of the The Vampire Diaries, The Originals and Legacies. Unless marked otherwise, all content should be considered subjective and non-canon.
==The Vampire Diaries==
*The titles in the first seven seasons (apart from Pilot) are usually a reference to a movie, song, book or a TV show (which is especially evident in the sixth season where the titles are songs from 1994 and 1903). The titles in the eighth season are lines from the first season of the show. The first table shows how many times a character's quote has been used in an episode's title in the eighth season and the second table shows from which first season episode the title is from.
 
Character 	Lines
Damon Salvatore 	6
Elena Gilbert 	4
Stefan Salvatore	2
Caroline Forbes 	2
Carol Lockwood 	1
Lexi Branson 	1
Title from the episode 	Number(s)
1.01-Pilot 	4 (8.01, 8.02, 8.08, 8.15)
1.22-Founder's Day 	1 (8.03)
1.20-Blood Brothers 	4 (8.04, 8.07, 8.11, 8.14)
1.09-History Repeating 	1 (8.05)
1.17-Let The Right One In	1 (8.06)
1.19-Miss Mystic Falls 	2 (8.09, 8.10)
1.05-You're Undead to Me 	2 (8.12, 8.13)
1.08-162 Candles 	1 (8.16)
==The Originals==
*The titles are usually referring to New Orleans, its culture, songs and myths, but sometimes they refer to the plot elements (i.e Always and Forever, Sanctuary etc.).
==Legacies==
*The titles are lines from the episodes. This table lists how many times a character's line was used in an episode's title. The only exceptions are You Can't Run From Who You Are and Was This the Monster You Saw? which are not direct quotes.
Character *	Lines 	Character 	Lines
Hope 	16 	Unnamed Sphinx 	1
Landon 	6 + 3 Golem Landon	Pothos 	1
Lizzie 	9 	Wendy 	1
Penelope 	2 	Kai 	1
Josie 	2 	Rafael 	1
M.G. 	2 	Cleo 	1
Malivore 	2 	Ayomi 	1
Alaric 	1 + 1 "Uncle Ric" 	Finch 	1
Kaleb 	1 	Rebekah 	1
Ryan 	1 	Aurora 	1
Rupert 	1 	Ben 	1
Sebastian 	1 	Magnus the Magnificent	1
==See also==
Category:The Vampire Diaries (series)
Category:The Vampire Diaries Episode Guide
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season One
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Two
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Three
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Four
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Five
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Six
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Seven
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Eight
Category:The Originals (series)
Category:The Originals Episode Guide
Category:The Originals Season One
Category:The Originals Season Two
Category:The Originals Season Three
Category:The Originals Season Four
Category:The Originals Season Five
Category:Legacies (series)
Category:Legacies Episode Guide
Category:Legacies Season One
Category:Legacies Season Two
Category:Legacies Season Three
Category:Legacies Season Four
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