1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character has a name that the story considers really cool, made up of unusual components and/or in a setting that would make such an awesome name seem strange. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Bob thinks his friend Odysseus Obsidian has an awesome name. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Everyone calls him "O." because if they heard his true name, their [[AwesomenessIsVolatile heads would explode]]. |
5 | ** His special attack is running to his enemy and whispering his name into their ear causing their head to explode. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': Bob thinks his friend Odysseus Obsidian is a bit interesting. |
7 | * '''Justified''': |
8 | ** Odysseus' family members all have really cool names as a family tradition. |
9 | ** Odysseus chose that name himself because it sounded cool. |
10 | * '''Inverted''': |
11 | ** In a world full of cool names, there is one unfortunate man named Bob Bland. |
12 | ** UnfortunateNames. |
13 | ** AtrociousAlias |
14 | * '''Subverted''': |
15 | ** Odysseus Obsidian is just a nickname. |
16 | ** Or, everyone confuses Bob Bland for a character with a awesome name because he's looks like him. |
17 | * '''Doubly Subverted''': Odysseus Obsidian's real name is Achilles Alastair. Bob gasps when he hears it. |
18 | * '''Parodied''': |
19 | ** Odysseus makes a big show of introducing himself, expecting everyone to fall down in awe at hearing his name. |
20 | ** Alternatively, [[OverlyLongGag the character's name is ridiculously long and used in full every time it is said.]] |
21 | ** Everyone treats Bob's name like it's a really cool name. |
22 | * '''Zig Zagged''': |
23 | ** Odysseus changes his name several times, from mundane to awesome and back again. |
24 | ** Odysseus changes his name every time he introduces himself: Obsidian, Brimstone, Onyx, Mithril, etc. Bob calls him out on this, and reveals his real name: Smith. Everybody laughs it off for a while... but then they start thinking: [[spoiler:what is the profession where men work on raw materials to make incredible weapons?]] |
25 | * '''Averted''': |
26 | ** No one has unusual/cool names. |
27 | ** No one has a name. |
28 | * '''Enforced''': "I've got a really cool idea for a character name! Let's use it!" |
29 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Dude, that's such a cool name!" |
30 | * '''Invoked''': |
31 | ** A baby is given a cool name after much discussion between the parents. |
32 | ** RedBaron |
33 | ** The character gives themselves a MeaningfulRename to something they think sounds awesome. |
34 | * '''Exploited''': Bob uses his friend's cool name to win a bet. |
35 | * '''Defied''': A cool name for the new baby is rejected by the parents in favor of something more conventional. |
36 | * '''Discussed''': "Did you hear what the name of that new kid is? It's so cool it's ridiculous!" |
37 | * '''Conversed''': "What am I going to call him? I was thinking either Xerxes, Ozymandias or Indiana. Which one do you like best?" |
38 | * '''Deconstructed''': |
39 | ** Odysseus hates his unusual name because the other kids make fun of him. He resents his parents for giving it to him and changes it the first chance he gets. |
40 | ** Odysseus falls into deep depression from the burden of having a name that implies someone far grander and more special than he really is. |
41 | * '''Reconstruction''': |
42 | ** Odysseus' old name was boring and plain, so he changed it to something more exotic. |
43 | ** Odysseus' name reflects a personal change he went through in his life, prompting him to get a new, cooler name to distance himself from the person he was. |
44 | ---- |
45 | On the birth certificate is your AwesomeMcCoolname. |
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47 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
48 | %% |
49 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
50 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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