History Main / SomeCallMeTim

* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': In ''The Horse and His Boy'', the talking horse Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah is more commonly referred to as Bree, though he himself finds his companion's name, Shasta, quite a mouthful.

* On the topic of celebrities with anglicized names, there's [[Music/FreddieMercury Farrokh Bulsara]], [[Creator/BenKingsley Krishna Bhanji]], [[Creator/JoanRivers Joan Alexandra Molinsky]], [[Creator/GeneWilder Jerome Silberman]], [[Creator/AynRand Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum]], [[Creator/HedyLamarr Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler]], [[Creator/WoodyAllen Allan Stewart Konigsberg]], [[Music/BobDylan Robert Allen Zimmerman]], [[Creator/PeterLorre ‎László Löwenstein]], [[Creator/NataliePortman Neta-Lee Hershlag]], [[Creator/KirkDouglas Issur Danielovitch Demsky]], [[Creator/EdwardGRobinson Emanuel Goldenberg]], [[Creator/TomStoppard Tomáš Straussler]], [[Creator/DorisDay Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff]], [[Creator/SophiaLoren Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone]], [[Creator/AnneBancroft Anna Maria Louisa Italiano]], [[Music/LadyGaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta]], [[Music/{{Lorde}} Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor]], [[Creator/MishaCollins Dmitri Tippens Krushnic]], [[Creator/MartinSheen Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez]] and his son [[Creator/CharlieSheen Carlos Irwin Estevez]], [[Music/CardiB Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar]], [[Creator/RitaHayworth Margarita Carmen Cansino]], [[Music/GeorgeMichael Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou]], [[Music/CatStevens Steven Demetre Georgiou]], [[Music/TheWeeknd Abel Makkonen Tesfaye]], [[Music/NipseyHussle Airmiess Joseph Asghedom]], [[Music/DojaCat Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini]], [[Creator/TomOfFinland Touko Valio Laaksonen]] ...

** Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili had a perfectly normal name in his homeland of UsefulNotes/GeorgiaEurope, but the Georgian language belongs to a very small and distinctive family unrelated to larger linguistic groups, so some difficulty was inevitable at a time when Georgia was part of the massive multi-ethnic empire of UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia. Thus, during his early years of revolutionary activity, he went by the code name of Koba (after a bandit in the novel ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Patricide The Patricide]]'' by Georgian author [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kazbegi Alexander Kazbegi]]). Later, after UsefulNotes/RedOctober, he officially changed his name to the one by which most people know him: UsefulNotes/JosefStalin.

* On the topic of celebrities with anglicized names, there's [[Music/FreddieMercury Farrokh Bulsara]], [[Creator/BenKingsley Krishna Bhanji]], [[Creator/JoanRivers Joan Alexandra Molinsky]], [[Creator/GeneWilder Jerome Silberman]], [[Creator/AynRand Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum]], [[Creator/HedyLamarr Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler]], [[Creator/WoodyAllen Allan Stewart Konigsberg]], [[Music/BobDylan Robert Allen Zimmerman]], [[Creator/PeterLorre ‎László Löwenstein]], [[Creator/NataliePortman Neta-Lee Hershlag]], [[Creator/KirkDouglas Issur Danielovitch Demsky]], [[Creator/EdwardGRobinson Emanuel Goldenberg]], [[Creator/TomStoppard Tomáš Straussler]], [[Creator/DorisDay Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff]], [[Creator/SophiaLoren Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone]], [[Creator/AnneBancroft Anna Maria Louisa Italiano]], [[Music/LadyGaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta]], [[Music/{{Lorde}} Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor]], [[Creator/MishaCollins Dmitri Tippens Krushnic]], [[Creator/MartinSheen Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez]] and his son [[Creator/CharlieSheen Carlos Irwin Estevez]], [[Music/CardiB Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar]], [[Creator/RitaHayworth Margarita Carmen Cansino]], [[Music/CatStevens Steven Demetre Georgiou]], [[Music/TheWeeknd Abel Makkonen Tesfaye]], [[Music/NipseyHussle Airmiess Joseph Asghedom]], [[Music/DojaCat Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini]], [[Creator/TomOfFinland Touko Valio Laaksonen]] ...

* On the topic of celebrities with anglicized names, there's [[Music/FreddieMercury Farrokh Bulsara]], [[Creator/BenKingsley Krishna Bhanji]], [[Creator/JoanRivers Joan Alexandra Molinsky]], [[Creator/GeneWilder Jerome Silberman]], [[Creator/AynRand Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum]], [[Creator/HedyLamarr Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler]], [[Creator/WoodyAllen Allan Stewart Konigsberg]], [[Music/BobDylan Robert Allen Zimmerman]], [[Creator/PeterLorre ‎László Löwenstein]], [[Creator/NataliePortman Neta-Lee Hershlag]], [[Creator/KirkDouglas Issur Danielovitch Demsky]], [[Creator/EdwardGRobinson Emanuel Goldenberg]], [[Creator/TomStoppard Tomáš Straussler]], [[Creator/DorisDay Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff]], [[Creator/SophiaLoren Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone]], [[Creator/AnneBancroft Anna Maria Louisa Italiano]], [[Music/LadyGaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta]], [[Music/{{Lorde}} Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor]], [[Creator/MishaCollins Dmitri Tippens Krushnic]], [[Creator/MartinSheen Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez]] and his son [[Creator/CharlieSheen Carlos Irwin Estevez]], [[Music/CardiB Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar]], [[Creator/RitaHayworth Margarita Carmen Cansino]], [[Music/TheWeeknd Abel Makkonen Tesfaye]], [[Music/NipseyHussle Airmiess Joseph Asghedom]], [[Music/DojaCat Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini]], [[Creator/TomOfFinland Touko Valio Laaksonen]] ...

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has a very occasional mentor figure of Harry's who could be described as the embodiment of downplayed tropes (and [[GodInHumanForm other]] things). He's completely unassuming in every way - at first glance. Pretty much anything about him in the narration or descriptions is either implied, hinted at, downplayed, maybe magic maybe mundane, rewatch bonus, or [[NoodleIncident offscreen]]. That he's notoriously elusive and tends to keep himself to himself just adds to this. Of course this includes IHaveManyNames: when asked who he is, he tells Harry to [[FriendlyAddressPrivileges call him]] Joshua - not even bothering with any of the more well-known of the forty-seven or so names he has, let alone all of them.[[note]]Although this is also a case of ExactWords to both neatly avoid saying a name a jumpy Harry (whp's ''already'' near panic, which flooring him with the reveal of Joshua's full identity wouldn't exactly help) would recognise until Harry's calmed down a bit; and saying his actual (and virtually unknown) birth name in a different way (as Joshua is the most common way of translating it into English).[[/note]]

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has a very occasional mentor figure of Harry's who could be described as the embodiment of downplayed tropes (and [[GodInHumanForm other]] things). He's completely unassuming in every way - at first glance. Pretty much anything about him in the narration or descriptions is either implied, hinted at, downplayed, maybe magic maybe mundane, rewatch bonus, or [[NoodleIncident offscreen]]. That he's notoriously elusive and tends to keep himself to himself just adds to this. Of course this includes IHaveManyNames: when asked who he is, he tells Harry to call him Joshua - not even bothering with any of the more well-known of the forty-seven or so names he has, let alone all of them. Although this is also a case of ExactWords to both neatly avoid saying a name a jumpy Harry (whp's ''already'' near panic, which flooring him with the reveal of Joshua's full identity wouldn't exactly help) would recognise until Harry's calmed down a bit; and saying his actual (and virtually unknown) birth name in a different way (as Joshua is the most common way of translating it into English).

* On the topic of celebrities with anglicized names, there's [[Music/FreddieMercury Farrokh Bulsara]], [[Creator/BenKingsley Krishna Bhanji]], [[Creator/JoanRivers Joan Alexandra Molinsky]], [[Creator/GeneWilder Jerome Silberman]], [[Creator/AynRand Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum]], [[Creator/HedyLamarr Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler]], [[Creator/WoodyAllen Allan Stewart Konigsberg]], [[Music/BobDylan Robert Allen Zimmerman]], [[Creator/PeterLorre ‎László Löwenstein]], [[Creator/NataliePortman Neta-Lee Hershlag]], [[Creator/KirkDouglas Issur Danielovitch Demsky]], [[Creator/EdwardGRobinson Emanuel Goldenberg]], [[Creator/TomStoppard Tomáš Straussler]], [[Creator/DorisDay Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff]], [[Creator/SophiaLoren Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone]], [[Creator/AnneBancroft Anna Maria Louisa Italiano]], [[Music/LadyGaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta]], [[Music/{{Lorde}} Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor]], [[Creator/MishaCollins Dmitri Tippens Krushnic]], [[Creator/MartinSheen Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez]] and his son [[Creator/CharlieSheen Carlos Irwin Estevez]], [[Music/CardiB Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar]], [[Music/TheWeeknd Abel Makkonen Tesfaye]], [[Music/NipseyHussle Airmiess Joseph Asghedom]], [[Music/DojaCat Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini]], [[Creator/TomOfFinland Touko Valio Laaksonen]] …

* ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'': Apparently, Schezo's name means "The Gorgeous Man Who Defiles The Gods". He's almost always referred to as just "Schezo", though.

* "VideoGame/PuyoPuyo": Apparently, Schezo's name means "The Gorgeous Man Who Defiles The Gods". He's almost always referred to as just "Schezo", though.

* Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos was a Greek {{painter|s}}, {{sculptor|s}} and architect of the Spanish Renaissance --and so acquired El Greco ("that Greek dude") as a nickname. The artist went along with it: normally signing paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, and often adding the word Κρής (Krḗs), which means "from Crete" (the largest of the Greek islands). This is [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/El_Salvador_%28El_Greco%29.jpg/800px-El_Salvador_%28El_Greco%29.jpg a picture]] of Jesus by El Greco, the face of which is also a self-portrait.[[note]]Taking up a mirror and painting pictures as partial self-portraits when the subjects or rather models for them were either not available or not affordable to sit for pictures is actually not that uncommon among artists, particularily in times before you could just snap a photo and the model had to sit through all of the painting process (and be paid for it); so we know what a bunch of artists approximately looked like by their religious art. Jesus in particular not only had El Greco sitting in for him, but a bunch of other artists as well - most famously [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer Dürer]], who was a case of LooksLikeJesus ''anyway''.[[/note]]

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has a very occasional mentor figure of Harry's who could be described as the embodiment of downplayed tropes (and [[GodInHumanForm other]] things). He's completely unassuming in every way - at first glance. Pretty much anything about him in the narration or descriptions is either implied, hinted at, downplayed, maybe magic maybe mundane, rewatch bonus, or [[NoodleIncident offscreen]]. That he's notoriously elusive and tends to keep himself to himself just adds to this. Of course this includes IHaveManyNames: when asked who he is, he tells Harry to call him Joshua - not even bothering with any of the more well-known of the forty-seven or so names he has, let alone all of them. Although this is also a case of ExactWords to both neatly avoid saying a name a jumpy Harry (whp's ''already'' near panic, which flooring him with the reveal of Joshua's full identity wouldn't exactly help) would recognise until Harry's calmed down a bit; and say his actual (and virtually unknown) birth name Yehoshua in a different way, as Joshua is the most common way of translating it into English.

* In ''Literature/AlienInASmallTown,'' the Jan are tentacled StarfishAliens whose language is completely unpronounceable to humans. When dealing with humans, they adopt Earth-style names -- sometimes names from mythology like Ishtar or Heimdal, other times simple names like Dwight or Tommy. The main character goes by "Paul." It turns out that there's an [[MeaningfulName important reason he chose that name]], but it isn't revealed till halfway through the story.

* Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the ''Spanish'' renaissance - and so aquired El Greco ("that Greek dude") as a nickname. The artist went along with it: normally signing paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, and often adding the word Κρής (Krḗs), which means "from Crete" (the largest of the Greek islands). This is [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/El_Salvador_%28El_Greco%29.jpg/800px-El_Salvador_%28El_Greco%29.jpg a picture]] of Jesus by El Greco, the face of which is also a self-portrait.[[note]]Taking up a mirror and painting pictures as partial self-portraits when the subjects or rather models for them were either not available or not affordable to sit for pictures is actually not that uncommon among artists, particularily in times before you could just snap a photo and the model had to sit through all of the painting process (and be paid for it); so we know what a bunch of artists approximately looked like by their religious art. Jesus in particular not only had El Greco sitting in for him, but a bunch of other artists as well - most famously [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer Dürer]], who was a case of LooksLikeJesus ''anyway''.[[/note]]

* In ''Literature/MyTeacherFlunkedThePlanet'' by Creator/BruceCoville, the main characters meet a giant weird alien whose name is [[TheUnpronounceable unpronounceable]] by a human and is something like "Uhuurbeegdjyuli". They decide to refer to it as "Big Julie" (which is also the name of a character in the musical ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls'').

* On the topic of celebrities with anglicized names, there's [[Music/FreddieMercury Farrokh Bulsara]], [[Creator/BenKingsley Krishna Bhanji]], [[Creator/JoanRivers Joan Alexandra Molinsky]], [[Creator/GeneWilder Jerome Silberman]], [[Creator/AynRand Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum]], [[Creator/WoodyAllen Allan Stewart Konigsberg]], [[Music/BobDylan Robert Allen Zimmerman]], [[Creator/PeterLorre ‎László Löwenstein]], [[Creator/NataliePortman Neta-Lee Hershlag]], [[Creator/KirkDouglas Issur Danielovitch Demsky]], [[Creator/EdwardGRobinson Emanuel Goldenberg]], [[Creator/TomStoppard Tomáš Straussler]], [[Creator/DorisDay Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff]], [[Creator/SophiaLoren Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone]], [[Creator/AnneBancroft Anna Maria Louisa Italiano]], [[Music/LadyGaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta]], [[Music/{{Lorde}} Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor]], [[Creator/MishaCollins Dmitri Tippens Krushnic]], [[Creator/MartinSheen Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez]] and his son [[Creator/CharlieSheen Carlos Irwin Estevez]], [[Music/CardiB Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar]], [[Music/TheWeeknd Abel Makkonen Tesfaye]], [[Music/NipseyHussle Airmiess Joseph Asghedom]], [[Music/DojaCat Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini]], [[Creator/TomOfFinland Touko Valio Laaksonen]] …

* On the topic of celebrities with anglicized names, there's [[Music/FreddieMercury Farrokh Bulsara]], [[Creator/BenKingsley Krishna Bhanji]], [[Creator/JoanRivers Joan Alexandra Molinsky]], [[Creator/GeneWilder Jerome Silberman]], [[Creator/AynRand Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum]], [[Creator/WoodyAllen Allan Stewart Konigsberg]], [[Music/BobDylan Robert Allen Zimmerman]], [[Creator/PeterLorre ‎László Löwenstein]], [[Creator/NataliePortman Neta-Lee Hershlag]], [[Creator/KirkDouglas Issur Danielovitch Demsky]], [[Creator/EdwardGRobinson Emanuel Goldenberg]], [[Creator/TomStoppard Tomáš Straussler]], [[Creator/DorisDay Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff]], [[Creator/SophiaLoren Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone]], [[Music/LadyGaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta]], [[Music/{{Lorde}} Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor]], [[Creator/MishaCollins Dmitri Tippens Krushnic]], [[Creator/MartinSheen Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez]] and his son [[Creator/CharlieSheen Carlos Irwin Estevez]], [[Music/CardiB Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar]], [[Music/TheWeeknd Abel Makkonen Tesfaye]], [[Music/NipseyHussle Airmiess Joseph Asghedom]], [[Music/DojaCat Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini]], [[Creator/TomOfFinland Touko Valio Laaksonen]] …

* On the topic of celebrities with anglicized names, there's [[Music/FreddieMercury Farrokh Bulsara]], [[Creator/BenKingsley Krishna Bhanji]], [[Creator/JoanRivers Joan Alexandra Molinsky]], [[Creator/GeneWilder Jerome Silberman]], [[Creator/AynRand Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum]], [[Creator/WoodyAllen Allan Stewart Konigsberg]], [[Music/BobDylan Robert Allen Zimmerman]], [[Creator/PeterLorre ‎László Löwenstein]], [[Creator/NataliePortman Neta-Lee Hershlag]], [[Creator/KirkDouglas Issur Danielovitch Demsky]], [[Creator/EdwardGRobinson Emanuel Goldenberg]], [[Creator/TomStoppard Tomáš Straussler]], [[Creator/DorisDay Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff]], [[Creator/SophiaLoren Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone]], [[Music/LadyGaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta]], [[Music/{{Lorde}} Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor]], [[Creator/MishaCollins Dmitri Tippens Krushnic]], [[Creator/MartinSheen Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez]] and his son [[Creator/CharlieSheen Carlos Irwin Estevez]], [[Music/CardiB Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar]], [[Music/TheWeeknd Abel Makkonen Tesfaye]], [[Music/DojaCat Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini]], [[Creator/TomOfFinland Touko Valio Laaksonen]] …

* On the topic of celebrities with anglicized names, there's [[Music/FreddieMercury Farrokh Bulsara]], [[Creator/BenKingsley Krishna Bhanji]], [[Creator/JoanRivers Joan Alexandra Molinsky]], [[Creator/GeneWilder Jerome Silberman]], [[Creator/AynRand Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum]], [[Music/BobDylan Robert Allen Zimmerman]], [[Creator/PeterLorre ‎László Löwenstein]], [[Creator/NataliePortman Neta-Lee Hershlag]], [[Creator/KirkDouglas Issur Danielovitch Demsky]], [[Creator/EdwardGRobinson Emanuel Goldenberg]], [[Creator/TomStoppard Tomáš Straussler]], [[Creator/DorisDay Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff]], [[Music/LadyGaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta]], [[Music/{{Lorde}} Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor]], [[Creator/MishaCollins Dmitri Tippens Krushnic]], [[Creator/MartinSheen Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez]] and his son [[Creator/CharlieSheen Carlos Irwin Estevez]], [[Music/CardiB Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar]], [[Music/TheWeeknd Abel Makkonen Tesfaye]], [[Music/DojaCat Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini]], [[Creator/TomOfFinland Touko Valio Laaksonen]] …

* Creator/JohnKricfalusi is more often referred to as "John K." since his last name is hard to pronounce.

* D.C. rapper Olubowale Victor Akintimehin likes to go by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wale_(rapper) a shortened version of his first name]]. Similarly, the English actor John Adedayo B. Adegboyega (born to UsefulNotes/{{Nigeria}}n parents in UsefulNotes/{{London}}) is better known by his {{stage name|s}} of Creator/JohnBoyega, Mathangi Arulpragasam goes by Music/{{MIA}}, Cherilyn Sarkisian goes by Music/{{Cher}}, and UsefulNotes/BarackObama went by the name "Barry" from his childhood all the way through college because he got tired of people pronouncing his first name wrong.

* On the topic of celebrities with anglicized names, there's [[Music/FreddieMercury Farrokh Bulsara]], [[Creator/BenKingsley Krishna Bhanji]], [[Creator/JoanRivers Joan Alexandra Molinsky]], [[Creator/GeneWilder Jerome Silberman]], [[Creator/AynRand Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum]], [[Music/BobDylan Robert Allen Zimmerman]], [[Creator/PeterLorre ‎László Löwenstein]], [[Creator/NataliePortman Neta-Lee Hershlag]], [[Creator/KirkDouglas Issur Danielovitch Demsky]], [[Creator/EdwardGRobinson Emanuel Goldenberg]], [[Creator/TomStoppard Tomáš Straussler]], [[Creator/DorisDay Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff]], [[Music/LadyGaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta]], [[Music/{{Lorde}} Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor]], [[Creator/MishaCollins Dmitri Tippens Krushnic]], [[Creator/MartinSheen Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez]] and his son [[Creator/CharlieSheen Carlos Irwin Estevez]], [[Music/CardiB Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar]], [[Music/DojaCat Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini]], [[Creator/TomOfFinland Touko Valio Laaksonen]], [[Music/TheWeeknd Abel Makkonen Tesfaye]] …

* On the topic of celebrities with anglicized names, there's [[Music/FreddieMercury Farrokh Bulsara]], [[Creator/BenKingsley Krishna Bhanji]], [[Creator/JoanRivers Joan Alexandra Molinsky]], [[Creator/GeneWilder Jerome Silberman]], [[Creator/AynRand Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum]], [[Music/BobDylan Robert Allen Zimmerman]], [[Creator/PeterLorre ‎László Löwenstein]], [[Creator/NataliePortman Neta-Lee Hershlag]], [[Creator/KirkDouglas Issur Danielovitch Demsky]], [[Creator/EdwardGRobinson Emanuel Goldenberg]], [[Creator/TomStoppard Tomáš Straussler]], [[Creator/DorisDay Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff]], [[Music/LadyGaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta]], [[Music/{{Lorde}} Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor]], [[Creator/MishaCollins Dmitri Tippens Krushnic]], [[Creator/MartinSheen Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez]] and his son [[Creator/CharlieSheen Carlos Irwin Estevez]], [[Music/CardiB Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar]], [[Music/DojaCat Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini]], [[Creator/TomOfFinland Touko Valio Laaksonen]] …

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has a very occasional mentor figure of Harry's who could be described as the embodiment of downplayed tropes (and [[GodInHumanForm other]] things). He's completely unassuming in every way - at first glance. Pretty much anything about him in the narration or descriptions is either implied, hinted at, downplayed, maybe magic maybe mundane, rewatch bonus, or [[NoodleIncident offscreen]]. That he's notoriously elusive and tends to keep himself to himself just adds to this. Of course this includes IHaveManyNames: when asked who he is, he tells Harry to call him Joshua - not even bothering with any of the more well-known of the forty-seven or so names he has, let alone all of them. Although this is also a case of ExactWords to both neatly avoid saying a name Harry recognises - as the latter is ''already'' jumpy and near panic, and revealing Joshua's full identity wouldn't exactly help that - until Harry's calmed down a bit, and say his actual name in a different way as Joshua is the most common way of translating the Hebrew Yehoshua.