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* SettingUpdate: Several elements are modified from [[Literature/SpellMyNameWithAnS the original story]], such as making the main character is a third-generation child of [[RaceLift Persian immigrants rather than Polish immigrants]], making them a [[GenderFlip female protagonist, rather than male]], and changing her into a biochemist rather than a physicist so that they can remove the UsefulNotes/ColdWar plot while maintaining the secret government projects.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: This story shares a name with this trope because it is based on the Tropenamer, but is [[ThisIndexIsNotAnExample not an example]]. InUniverse name spelling changes are an example of MyNaymeIs.
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* SettingUpdate: Several elements are modified from [[Literature/SpellMyNameWithAnS the original story]], such as making the main character is a third-generation child of [[RaceLift Persian immigrants rather than Polish immigrants]], making them a [[GenderFlip female protagonist, rather than male]], and changing her into a biochemist rather than a physicist so that they can remove the ColdWar UsefulNotes/ColdWar plot while maintaining the secret government projects.
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This ShortFilm (under 9 minutes in length) is directed by Creator/SamuelAli and based on the ShortStory "Literature/SpellMyNameWithAnS" by Creator/IsaacAsimov. It was created for the 2014 Showdown in ChinaTown Film contest on November 10. The film was uploaded to Website/YouTube two months later [[https://youtu.be/dcxxlllBgzo [link]]].
Two HumanoidAliens are having a conversation over VideoPhone about their bet. Blue alien is insisting Green alien check their evidence for having created a Class A effect (created/averted ApocalypseHow) with a Class F stimulus ([[MyNaymeIs changing one letter of one name]]). Green alien is shocked, and Blue alien reassures them "it's all in there."
[[HowWeGotHere Six Months Earlier...]] Dr Zoroastri visits a [[FortuneTeller numerologist]] to find out what she can do to get a better job. She's bored where she is and wants to be more independent. The numerologist advises her to [[MyNaymeIs change her name to Soroastri]], but refuses to promise results. Frustrated by their opacity, Dr Zoroastri leaves.
Two government agents discuss Dr Soroastri. The subordinate is concerned because of her Arabic heritage. His superior points out she's third-generation American and Zoroastri is Persian, not Arabic. They discuss possible [[MiddleEasternTerrorists Middle Eastern connections]] and the subordinate reveals that there was a Dr Zoroastri in the Iranian government who was also a biochemist, but they've disappeared. Without a connection to whatever the foreign powers are doing, there's no reason to suspect Dr Soroastri of espionage, but removing her from government projects is just good sense.
Sophie Soroastri is talking to her husband Marshall about Princeton offering her a job. Sophie is happy with the position and they agree that there's no point in changing the name back or to anything new. Dr Soroastri tries to visit the numerologist again, but they've closed shop.
The numerologist takes off its HumanDisguise to reveal itself to be the Blue alien and calls their friend, Metsack, to show the results of the bet. The Green alien admits the point but argues that their boss isn't going to be happy when he comes and finds that [[WorldWarIII biological war]] failed to occur as planned.
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!!"Spell My Name With an S" contains examples of:
* AdaptationNameChange:
** Amusing in [[MyNaymeIs a story about name changes]], Dr Zebatinsky is changed to Dr Zoroastri.
** The alien Mestack is renamed Metsack.
** PlayedWith for the first names of the main character and their spouse. In both works, Sophie is the wife and Marshall is the husband, but in this adaptation [[GenderFlip Sophie is the protagonist and Marshall is the one to encourage her]].
* FortuneTeller: Dr Zoroastri expects the numerologist to have seen the future in a crystal ball or something. Instead, they explain to her that they can only [[PrescienceByAnalysis predict probabilities]], and that the predicted event (getting a better job) might never occur.
* GenderFlip: In this adaptation, Dr Zebatinsky is now a female whose husband convinced her to visit a local numerologist.
* HowWeGotHere: The film opens with the {{Humanoid Alien}}s talking about their bet, and the blue alien says "it's all there, I worked it out for you", causing a flashback to six months ago.
* HumanDisguise: The blue {{Humanoid Alien|s}} had disguised itself as the human numerologist to convince Dr Zoroastri to [[MyNaymeIs change her name]] to Dr Soroastri.
* HumanoidAliens: The aliens making bets over the fate of the Earth have a very humanoid shape, having slightly different eyes and additional horns compared to humans. The one who pretended to be the [[FortuneTeller numerologist]] has blue skin while Metsack has green skin.
* MiddleEasternTerrorists: Dr Soroastri was concerned about being investigated as a terrorist, but is firmly convinced that the investigations were on behalf of Princeton University, a prelude to their offer of a job.
* NamelessNarrative: The original story had names for every character, but in this adaptation the name of the numerologist and the CIA agents are dropped completely. Even in the credits, the agents are simply CIA 1 and CIA 2.
* MyNaymeIs: Dr Sophie Zoroastri decides, on the advice of a [[FortuneTeller numerologist]], to spell her last name "Soroastri", and the story tracks two [[InMysteriousWays side-effects of that change]]; the offer of employment by Princeton (a prestigious college) and the aversion of [[ApocalypseHow planetary catastrophe]].
* RaceLift: The main character is changed from having a Polish name (Dr Zebatinsky) to a Persian name (Dr Zoroastri).
* SettingUpdate: Several elements are modified from [[Literature/SpellMyNameWithAnS the original story]], such as making the main character is a third-generation child of [[RaceLift Persian immigrants rather than Polish immigrants]], making them a [[GenderFlip female protagonist, rather than male]], and changing her into a biochemist rather than a physicist so that they can remove the ColdWar plot while maintaining the secret government projects.
* ShortFilm: Under 9 minutes in length, this work was created as a filming challenge where they had to include cigars in a mason jar as a prop and the line "What's that in your hand?" as dialogue.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: This story shares a name with this trope because it is based on the Tropenamer, but is NotAnExample. InUniverse name spelling changes are an example of MyNaymeIs.
* WigDressAccent: Dr Zoroastri covers her face with a shawl and sunglasses when she goes to the numerologist so that nobody will recognize her.
* WorldWarIII: Humanity is on course to [[ApocalypseHow destroy themselves with biological warfare]], when a pair of HumanoidAliens get involved to prove they can avert worldwide biochemical destruction [[InMysteriousWays by simply changing one person's name]]. The second one points out that yes, the first one won the bet... but they're both going to be in trouble when their boss comes back and the humans are still around. They immediately triple the bet, and the first one goes back to recreate worldwide germ warfare with [[InMysteriousWays another subtle change]].
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Two HumanoidAliens are having a conversation over VideoPhone about their bet. Blue alien is insisting Green alien check their evidence for having created a Class A effect (created/averted ApocalypseHow) with a Class F stimulus ([[MyNaymeIs changing one letter of one name]]). Green alien is shocked, and Blue alien reassures them "it's all in there."
[[HowWeGotHere Six Months Earlier...]] Dr Zoroastri visits a [[FortuneTeller numerologist]] to find out what she can do to get a better job. She's bored where she is and wants to be more independent. The numerologist advises her to [[MyNaymeIs change her name to Soroastri]], but refuses to promise results. Frustrated by their opacity, Dr Zoroastri leaves.
Two government agents discuss Dr Soroastri. The subordinate is concerned because of her Arabic heritage. His superior points out she's third-generation American and Zoroastri is Persian, not Arabic. They discuss possible [[MiddleEasternTerrorists Middle Eastern connections]] and the subordinate reveals that there was a Dr Zoroastri in the Iranian government who was also a biochemist, but they've disappeared. Without a connection to whatever the foreign powers are doing, there's no reason to suspect Dr Soroastri of espionage, but removing her from government projects is just good sense.
Sophie Soroastri is talking to her husband Marshall about Princeton offering her a job. Sophie is happy with the position and they agree that there's no point in changing the name back or to anything new. Dr Soroastri tries to visit the numerologist again, but they've closed shop.
The numerologist takes off its HumanDisguise to reveal itself to be the Blue alien and calls their friend, Metsack, to show the results of the bet. The Green alien admits the point but argues that their boss isn't going to be happy when he comes and finds that [[WorldWarIII biological war]] failed to occur as planned.
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!!"Spell My Name With an S" contains examples of:
* AdaptationNameChange:
** Amusing in [[MyNaymeIs a story about name changes]], Dr Zebatinsky is changed to Dr Zoroastri.
** The alien Mestack is renamed Metsack.
** PlayedWith for the first names of the main character and their spouse. In both works, Sophie is the wife and Marshall is the husband, but in this adaptation [[GenderFlip Sophie is the protagonist and Marshall is the one to encourage her]].
* FortuneTeller: Dr Zoroastri expects the numerologist to have seen the future in a crystal ball or something. Instead, they explain to her that they can only [[PrescienceByAnalysis predict probabilities]], and that the predicted event (getting a better job) might never occur.
* GenderFlip: In this adaptation, Dr Zebatinsky is now a female whose husband convinced her to visit a local numerologist.
* HowWeGotHere: The film opens with the {{Humanoid Alien}}s talking about their bet, and the blue alien says "it's all there, I worked it out for you", causing a flashback to six months ago.
* HumanDisguise: The blue {{Humanoid Alien|s}} had disguised itself as the human numerologist to convince Dr Zoroastri to [[MyNaymeIs change her name]] to Dr Soroastri.
* HumanoidAliens: The aliens making bets over the fate of the Earth have a very humanoid shape, having slightly different eyes and additional horns compared to humans. The one who pretended to be the [[FortuneTeller numerologist]] has blue skin while Metsack has green skin.
* MiddleEasternTerrorists: Dr Soroastri was concerned about being investigated as a terrorist, but is firmly convinced that the investigations were on behalf of Princeton University, a prelude to their offer of a job.
* NamelessNarrative: The original story had names for every character, but in this adaptation the name of the numerologist and the CIA agents are dropped completely. Even in the credits, the agents are simply CIA 1 and CIA 2.
* MyNaymeIs: Dr Sophie Zoroastri decides, on the advice of a [[FortuneTeller numerologist]], to spell her last name "Soroastri", and the story tracks two [[InMysteriousWays side-effects of that change]]; the offer of employment by Princeton (a prestigious college) and the aversion of [[ApocalypseHow planetary catastrophe]].
* RaceLift: The main character is changed from having a Polish name (Dr Zebatinsky) to a Persian name (Dr Zoroastri).
* SettingUpdate: Several elements are modified from [[Literature/SpellMyNameWithAnS the original story]], such as making the main character is a third-generation child of [[RaceLift Persian immigrants rather than Polish immigrants]], making them a [[GenderFlip female protagonist, rather than male]], and changing her into a biochemist rather than a physicist so that they can remove the ColdWar plot while maintaining the secret government projects.
* ShortFilm: Under 9 minutes in length, this work was created as a filming challenge where they had to include cigars in a mason jar as a prop and the line "What's that in your hand?" as dialogue.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: This story shares a name with this trope because it is based on the Tropenamer, but is NotAnExample. InUniverse name spelling changes are an example of MyNaymeIs.
* WigDressAccent: Dr Zoroastri covers her face with a shawl and sunglasses when she goes to the numerologist so that nobody will recognize her.
* WorldWarIII: Humanity is on course to [[ApocalypseHow destroy themselves with biological warfare]], when a pair of HumanoidAliens get involved to prove they can avert worldwide biochemical destruction [[InMysteriousWays by simply changing one person's name]]. The second one points out that yes, the first one won the bet... but they're both going to be in trouble when their boss comes back and the humans are still around. They immediately triple the bet, and the first one goes back to recreate worldwide germ warfare with [[InMysteriousWays another subtle change]].
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