History Quotes / IHaveManyNames

->''Perpetually driven by his own vile ambitions, [[MadScientist Fabius Bile]] has travelled the galaxy more widely than any other man. He has committed so many atrocities that he is outcast even from his own Traitor Legion -– even the [[SenseFreak sensation-seeking]] Emperor's Children will not truck with him, for they know the risks well. On Dimmamar, Bile was known as the [[MasterPoisoner Chem-master]], for there he changed the atomic composition of the air until the population was forced to ingest his [[SuperSerum transformative serums]] or slowly suffocate. On Arden IX and in the Bray system he is [[FlayingAlive Manflayer]], for there he would [[GenuineHumanHide wear the skins of those who opposed him as a great stitched cloak]], forcing the skinless survivors to carry the garment behind him like a bridal train. To the wretched tribes living among the ravaged hives of Paramar V he is the [[CloningBlues Clonelord]], for he vat-grew obedient twins of every firstborn child and [[KillAndReplace replaced them with their doppelgangers]] the better to guide the planet's descent into darkness.\\
To Bile himself, there is only one title that does his magnificence justice –- [[EvilutionaryBiologist the Primogenitor]].''

[[folder: Anime and Manga]]

-->-- ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistBrotherhood'', "[[Recap/FullmetalAlchemistBrotherhoodE2TheFirstDay The First Day]]"

->''"Who am I? One name you might have for me is the World, or you might call me the Universe, or perhaps God, or perhaps the Truth. I am All, and I am One. So of course, this also means that I am You."''
-->-- '''Truth''', ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''

->"I've had so many names over the years, and likely will have many more in time, but why don't you just call me [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Mr Dark]], hmm? That's a name to fit any age, and [[DarkIsEvil should do splendidly]], don't you think?"
-->-- '''Mr Dark''', ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}''

'''ComicBook/MonicaRambeau:''' I'm sorry, did I just hear that right? Am I being judged by, by Ms.-Captain-Warbird-Binary—Marvel...?

-> '''Moira:''' I think that we shall be great friends. Err... but what's yuir name? I presume ye have one?\\
'''Cable:''' Oh I have many Mrs. Mactaggert... I have many.
-->-- ''ComicBook/{{Cable}}''

-> '''Monica Chang:''' Hey, "Wolf-Bro".\\
'''Victor Mancha:''' What? It's "Skull Boss" now.
-->-- ''ComicBook/AvengersAI''

-> ''"In this line of work, if you survive, you learn that there's three kinds of [[EvilSorcerer Dark Wizards]]. There's Dark Wizards that have one name. There's Dark Wizards that have two names. And there's Dark Wizards that change names like you and I change clothes."''

'''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Dream]]:''' There are more names for me than I can even remember. Perhaps all who dream know me by a name unique to them. But I have been called Kaickul, L'zoril, Shaper, Morpheus--\\

->''There was indeed one of the First Aeldari alive, and she had been hiding under everyone's noses as Lelith Hesperax, the Queen of Knives. After the Mark of Commorragh, it wasn't exactly difficult to reassemble the fragments and find other names: Qa'leh, Mistress of Blades; First Gladiator; First Sword-Bearer; the Uncrowned Empress; Princess of the Hunt; Commander of the Abyssal Fleet; Blood of the First Line.''\\
''But there is one name above others that is hers and that no one will claim until the stars die and the Aeldari race vanish from memory.''\\
''She is the Queen of Blades.''
-->-- ''Fanfic/TheWeaverOption'', Extermination 8-4

-->-- ''[[Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls The Night Unfurls, Re-Imagined]]''

->''"My name is Ben Sobel... -lioni. Ben Sobellioni. I'm also known as, uh, Benny the Groin, Sammy the Schnazz, Elmer the Fudd, Tubby the Tuba, and once as Miss Phyllis Levine."''

->'''Gabriel''': Son of Perdition! Little Horn. Most Unclean.\\
'''Lucifier''': I do miss the old names.
-->--''{{Film/Constantine}}''

->'''[[Creator/KeanuReeves Kevin Lomax]]:''' What are you?\\
'''[[Creator/AlPacino John]] [[LouisCypher Milton]]:''' ''(chuckles)'' Oh, I have so many names!\\

-->--'''Muriel the Grand Black Witch''', ''Film/HanselAndGretelWitchHunters''

->''"The first name I was given," the old man started.
->Trava interrupted him. "We only need one," she said. "Get to the story."''

->'''Thomas Covenant''': Who are you?
->'''Lord Foul''': I have had many names. To the Lords of Revelstone, I am Lord Foul the Despiser; to the giants of Seareach, Satansheart and Soulcrusher. The Ramen name me Fangthane. In the dreams of the Bloodguard, I am Corruption. But the people of the Land name me the Grey Slayer.
->'''Covneant''': [[LampshadeHanging Forget it]].
-->-- ''[[Literature/TheChroniclesOfThomasCovenant Lord Foul's Bane]]''

->''"Many are my names in many countries, Mithrandir among the elves, Tharkûn among the dwarves; Olórin I was in my youth in the west that is forgotten, in the south Incánus, in the north Gandalf; [[{{Mordor}} to the east I go not.]]"''

->Every museum and history has a section dedicated to [[TheDreaded Orj]], and we were no exception. Orj the Consumer, Orj the [[TheSocialDarwinist Great Descendant]], Orj the Inheritor, and Orj the [[MonstrousCannibalism Eater of his own Progeny]].
-->--''The Museum Of Unnatural History,'' by David M Henley

->'''I have worn many names. Earth Terror and Ground Shaker, World Ripper and Night's Fire. I am the Betrayal of Foundations, the Toppler of Cities. I was there when Kharolaen burned and its people choked in burning ash, I laughed as Ynalra drowned in laughter.''' [''chuckles''] '''[[TomTheDarkLord Yes, call me Old Man]].'''
-->--'''[[OurDragonsAreDifferent The Old Man]],''' ''The Ruin of Kings,'' by Jenn Lyons

->''"People call us many things. Targeteers, Contractors, The Business, The Wizards of Armageddon. The last was intended as an insult but we rather like it."''

-><Are [[GeniusLoci you]] the ''[[PlanetSpaceship Speranza]]''?> said Kotov.
->''That is but the most recent of my names. I have had many in my long life. Akasha, Kaban, Beirurium, Veda, Grammaticus, Yggdrasil, Providentia… a thousand times a thousand more in all the long aeons I have existed.''
-->-- ''Literature/ForgesOfMars''

->''"I have many names, almost as many names as I have years ... You only have one name so far. In time [[{{Foreshadowing}} you may get another]] - or [[TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard even several]]. Some people collect names as they go along through their lives. Sometimes names [[ThatManIsDead wear out]] just like clothes."''
-->-- '''Belgarath the Sorcerer''', ''Pawn of Prophecy'', ''Literature/TheBelgariad''

->'''Catherine:''' The Firstborn named me Losara, the Queen of Lost and Found. To the Wasteland I was the Squire, the [[BlackKnight Carrion Lord's]] sole apprentice. [[TheFairFolk The fae]] knew me by many names, though the last I ever bore was Sovereign of Moonless Nights. On this side of the Whitecaps, though? It's a simple name I am known by.\\
'''Tancred:''' The Black Queen. The leader of the Woe.
-->--''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil''

->I said, “Are you Elmek?”\\
“Elmek or Asmorod or Kaphis. We have more names than nights that have passed since the Crucifixion. Don’t think that [[IKnowYourTrueName your book can identify us]] because it won’t.”
-->-- ''The Devils Of D-Day'' by Creator/GrahamMasterton

->''"The Doctor has walked in blood through all of time and space. The Doctor has many names. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd The Destroyer of Worlds.]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens The Imp of the Pandorica.]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E4TheUltimateFoe The Shadow of the Valeyard.]] [[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor The Beast of Trenzalore.]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent The Butcher of Skull Moon.]] [[CrypticBackgroundReference The Last Tree of Garsennon.]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks The Destroyer of Skaro.]] He is the Doctor of War."''
-->-- '''Testimony''', ''Series/DoctorWho,'' [[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime "Twice Upon A Time"]]

->We call this bizarre deity [[GodOfEvil Tzeentch]], but in fact of all the gods of men and daemons, He has more names and guises than any other. Tzeentch ''is'' change, said to personify every mortal's recognition of, and desire and for, change. His face and form shifts and warps from eternity unto eternity. To the [[TheHorde hairy savages]] [[GrimUpNorth north of our great Empire]], Tzeentch is most commonly known and worshiped as ''Tchar'': the Great Eagle. [[HordesFromTheEast In the east, the dread horsemen]] of the Man-Chu, Kuj and Khazags know Tzeentch as ''Chen Chi-En'': Lord of the Shifting Breeze. And it is said that in the [[HungryJungle hellish jungles]] south of the Old World, the Changer of ways is known simply as ''Shunch.'' Yet whatever the real and whomever the people, Tzeentch is known always as the ''Great Schemer''; [[TheChessmaster a manipulative and politicking god]] who should be feared as much as He should not be trusted.
-->-- ''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Liber Chaotica]]''

->A thousand names and faces bob like flotsam in [[RealityWarper Nissiku]]'s wake. I hear the [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Gangrel]] mutter "Iktomi," and I think of Nissiku. I hear the [[LooksLikeOrlok Nosferatu]] grumble the name "Malk Content," and I think of Nissiku. Iktomi, Malk Content, Devil Hanse, the Babylonian, Fool-Eater, Old Man Hate - they all catch at the same memory. I am certain that the Clever Prince has survived to modern times...
-->-- ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade - Clanbook: Malkavian (Revised)''

->For generations, this Vampire has moved among the living, masquerading as one of them whilst feeding upon young, innocent victims. He has many guises: to the criminal underclass, he is the [[DiabolicalMastermind Master of Shadows]]; the ruling elite of the city know him as the reclusive [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob Baron von Karsparlund]]; to traders he is the Secretary of the Merchant's Guid, [[CorruptBureaucrat Daimler Voltz]]; secretive cultists fear him as the [[SinisterMinister Magister of the Temple Ascendant]]. With these multitudinous personae to hide his true nature, the Master of the Shadows continues to weave his plots, growing in strength and influence year by year.

->Perpetually driven by his own vile ambitions, [[MadScientist Fabius Bile]] has travelled the galaxy more widely than any other man. He has committed so many atrocities that he is outcast even from his own Traitor Legion – even the sensation-seeking Emperor’s Children will not truck with him, for they know the risks well. On Dimmamar, Bile was known as the [[MasterPoisoner Chem-master]], for there he changed the atomic composition of the air until the population was forced to ingest his [[SuperSerum transformative serums]] or slowly suffocate. On Arden IX and in the Bray system he is [[FlayingAlive Manflayer]], for there he would [[GenuineHumanHide wear the skins of those who opposed him as a great stitched cloak]], forcing the skinless survivors to carry the garment behind him like a bridal train. To the wretched tribes living among the ravaged hives of Paramar V he is the [[CloningBlues Clonelord]], for he vat-grew obedient twins of every firstborn child and [[KillAndReplace replaced them with their doppelgangers]] the better to guide the planet’s descent into darkness.
->To Bile himself, there is only one title that does his magnificence justice – [[EvilutionaryBiologist the Primogenitor]].
-->-- ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: Champions Of Chaos''

->''"I am the Bookbinder, but I have many names. Keeper Of The Dead, Lord Of Dreams, Hades, Echo Master, [[OddNameOut That Crazy Dude Who Talks To Zombies]]. Hehe. People, so creative."''

'''Flemeth:''' Some call me that. Also Flemeth. Asha'belannar. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking An old hag who talks too much.]]

->''"I promised you my name. There are ''so many'' names: once upon a time, a prophet forced me to admit the seventeen names I used to sow mischief. Say My Name: Abeko. Abito. Amizo. Say my name! Batna. Eilo. Ita. Izorpo. Kea. Kali. ''Say My Name!'' Odam. Kokos. Partasah. Patrota. Podo. Satrina. Talto. [...] Can you guess my final name? '' '''[[spoiler:Lilith]].''' "

->''I have been Freyja. I have been Thanatos. I have been Maman Brigitte. I have been Anubis, Izanami-No-Mikoto, Erishkigal, Hades, Santa Muerte, Azrael, Daena, Ankou, and more.''
-->-- '''[[{{Psychopomp}} Morena]]''', ''VideoGame/NocturneInYellow''

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->'''Hecate''': I am Trimorphe, the Gatekeeper, the Light-giver, Lady of the Below, and She Who Turns Away. But you, Persephone, can call me Hecate. Everyone underground does.\\
'''Persephone''': [[LampshadeHanging That is an awful lot of titles.]]\\
'''Hecate''': The longer you live, the more you get. Mortals are incredibly fond of naming things.

->''"Signed, [[PlayedForLaughs (with all my aliases)]],''\\
''Big T''\\
''Tommy''\\
''T Dog''\\
''T Money''\\
''T Fella''\\
''Mr T''\\
''Mr Huge T''\\
''Huge T''\\
''T Gun''\\
''T Gunner''\\
''T Shot''\\
''Shot Big T''\\
''Tall T''\\
''T T T''\\
''T MAN''\\
''T Gamer''\\
''Master T''\\
''Influencer''\\
''King T''\\
''Massive T''\\
''Big T Bomb''\\
''T Bomb''\\
''Thankful T''\\
''Friend of Bruno''\\
''Gracious T''\\
''T Baby''\\
''T Money''\\
''T $''\\
''T $$$''\\
''T YA''\\\
''[[Characters/DreamSMPTommyInnit TommyInnit]]"''
-->--"homework 1", ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP''

-->-- Wiki/SCPFoundation, [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-507 SCP-507]]

->I am known by many names. [[AwesomeMcCoolName "Mountain Slayer." "Thunder Lion."]][[OddNameOut "The Chocolate Axe."]] But you? You may call me... [[RealMenWearPink Tiffany]].

-->-- [[http://pop.wheeloftime.org/index.php?topic=635.0 A mock summary]] for ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' series

->''"You speak my name, but you do not know me. I am Ch'rell, Oroku Saki, Duke Acureds: the '''ONE, TRUE, SHREDDER!''' I am a destroyer of worlds, and I fear NO-ONE!"''

->''"The most famous hero of the story of the New York City underworld is Edward Delaney, alias William Delaney, alias Joseph Marvin, alias Joseph Morris--alias Monk Eastman, the leader of a gang of twelve hundred men. \\
Those shifting "dodges" (as tedious as a game of masks in which one can never be certain who is who) fail to include the man's true name--if we allow ourselves to believe that there is such a thing as "a man's true name." The fact is, the name given in the Records Division of the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn is Edward Ostermann, later Americanized to Eastman."''

''{{LetsPlay/TommyInnit}}"''

->''"I promised you my name. There are ''so many'' names: once upon a time, a prophet forced me to admit the seventeen names I used to sow mischief. SayMyName: Abeko. Abito. Amizo. Say my name! [[PowerEchoes Batna. Eilo. Ita. Izorpo. Kea. Kali.]] ''Say My Name!'' [[VoiceOfTheLegion Odam. Kokos. Partasah. Patrota. Podo. Satrina. Talto.]] [...] Can you guess my final name? '' '''[[spoiler: [[WhamLine Lilith]].]]''' "

-> '''Moira:''' "I think that we shall be great friends. Err... but what's yuir name? I presume ye have one?"\\
'''Cable:''' "Oh I have many Mrs. Mactaggert... I have many."

->'''[[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]]:''' "Who are you? What does your-- Dreaming-- need me to do?"\\
'''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Dream]]:''' "There are more names for me than I can even remember. Perhaps all who dream know me by a name unique to them. But I have been called Kaickul, L'zoril, Shaper, Morpheus--"\\
'''Kara:''' (covering her mouth) "The Dreamsmith!"

'''Milton:''' Call me "[[LukeIAmYourFather Dad]]".

'''Tancred:''' The Black Queen. The leader of the [[FiveBadBand Woe]].

->''"Me? I've had so many names... [[TimeAbyss old names]] that only the wind and the trees [[TheUnpronounceable can pronounce]]. I am the mountain, the woods, and the earth. I am... I am a {{faun|sAndSatyrs}}."''

->''"I have many names, almost as many names as I have [[TimeAbyss years]] ... [[TheHero You]] only have one name so far. In time [[{{Foreshadowing}} you may get another]] - or [[TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard even several]]. Some people collect names as they go along through their lives. Sometimes names [[ThatManIsDead wear out]] just like clothes."''

->''"C.Wizzy, Chad Daddy. I go by many different names. Big Poppy, a'ight..."''
-->-- '''Chad Warden''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEJRBBni7J8 Why the PS3 is better than the Wii and 360]]'', "part 2"

-->-- [[http://pop.wheeloftime.org/index.php?topic=635.0 A mock summary]] for ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' series.

->I am known by many names. [[AwesomeMcCoolName "Mountain Slayer." "Thunder Lion."]][[OddNameOut "The Chocolate Axe."]] But you? You may call me... [[RealMenWearPink Tiffany]].
-->-- '''Agil/Tiffany''', ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged''

'''Milton:''' ...Call me "[[LukeIAmYourFather Dad]]".

-->--''Literature/ForgesOfMars''

-->--''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Liber Chaotica]]''

-->--''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}: Vampire Counts Army Book (7th edition)''

-->--''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: Champions Of Chaos''

-->--''[[http://100don.smackjeeves.com/comics/1853598/page-28/ A Hundred Days of Night]]''

-->--Wiki/SCPFoundation, [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-507 SCP-507]]

-->--[[http://pop.wheeloftime.org/index.php?topic=635.0 A mock summary]] for ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' series.

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-->-- '''Mad Eye Moody''', ''FanFic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality''

-->''Literature/ForgesOfMars''

-> ''"In this line of work, if you survive, you learn that there's three kinds of Dark Wizards. There's Dark Wizards that have one name. There's Dark Wizards that have two names. And there's Dark Wizards that change names like you and I change clothes."''

-->-- '''Mad Eye Moody''', ''HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality''

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[[folder: Literature]]

[[folder: Live-Action TV]]

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[[folder: Poetry]]

Many names, -- but always me."''\\
-- '''George S. Patton''', ''Through a Glass, Darkly''

[[folder: Tabletop Games]]

[[folder: Video Games]]

[[folder: Web Original]]

[[folder: Web Comic]]

->'''Hecate''': I am Trimorphe, the Gatekeeper, the Light-giver, Lady of the Below, and She Who Turns Away. But you, Persephone, can call me Hecate. Everyone underground does.\\
'''Persephone''': [[LampshadeHanging That is an awful lot of titles.]]\\
'''Hecate''': The longer you live, the more you get. Mortals are incredibly fond of naming things.
-->--''[[http://100don.smackjeeves.com/comics/1853598/page-28/ A Hundred Days of Night]]''

[[folder: Western Animation]]

->''"You speak my name, but you do not know me. I am Ch'rell, Oroku Saki, Duke Acureds: the '''ONE, TRUE, SHREDDER!''' I am a destroyer of worlds, and I fear NO-ONE!"''
-->-- '''Shredder''', ''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever''

[[folder: Real Life]]

->''"The most famous hero of the story of the New York City underworld is Edward Delaney, alias William Delaney, alias Joseph Marvin, alias Joseph Morris--alias Monk Eastman, the leader of a gang of twelve hundred men. \\
Those shifting "dodges" (as tedious as a game of masks in which one can never be certain who is who) fail to include the man's true name--if we allow ourselves to believe that there is such a thing as "a man's true name." The fact is, the name given in the Records Division of the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn is Edward Ostermann, later Americanized to Eastman."''
-->-- '''Creator/JorgeLuisBorges''', ''AUniversalHistoryOfIniquity'', "Monk Eastman, Purveyor of Iniquities"

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