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'''Basic Trope''': Using one's real name as the basis of some sort of alias.
* '''Straight''': Bob uses his full name, Robert, as his fake name when going undercover.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob just calls himself Bob as a disguise.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob calls himself by a name similar to his real name (such as Barry).
* '''Justified''':
** Bob is OnlyKnownByHisNickname, so calling himself Robert would be unusual for him.
** Bob ''meant'' to come up with a fake name, but [[ThinksOfSomethingSmartSaysSomethingStupid accidentally said his real name instead]], so he just went with it.
** Bob is TheDitz and honestly thinks it's a good alias.
** Bob has an OverlyLongName and is using one of his lesser-used middle/last names as an alias.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is supposed to be giving his real name, and accidentally gives a fake name instead.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Bob comes up with a better alias.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Bob thinks of using Robert as an alias, but realizes that it'd be too easy for someone to recognize him, so he comes up with something better.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "He's just using his real name?"
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%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
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%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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