Line #14 PlayingWith/MusicalThemeNaming


1	'''Basic Trope''': Characters, places, and/or other things in a work have names derived from music.
2	* '''Straight''': All the villains are named after bands. The BigBad is only known as the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band) Queen]]. Her servants include [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_(band) Wings]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duran_Duran Duran Duran]], and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Dog_Night the Three Dog Knight]].
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Everything is named after a song. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kmo2ZqS-nE Alison]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQiXQUGbac0 The Pretender]] stand alone against the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8V0r_sK2fw Space Lord]], and are cornered by his servants [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UyNKAJg9KA Razor Face]] and the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USfoTGFGARE Black Sheep]] while trying to escape on the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcD5hLvAruo Last Train To Clarksville]].
4	* '''Downplayed''': No musical references are used other than songs, bands, albums, or terms that make sense as normal names. You may see characters named [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WUdlaLWSVM Layla]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW7VnHnX3LQ Mickey]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_(album) Gordon]], or even [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4gWeHO0yNk mean Mister Mustard]], or eat some [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf meat loaf]] in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHnJp0oyOxs Allentown]], but things like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%27Pau_(band) T'Pau]] or [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGGphnDMVDI Nowhere Man]] are unlikely to show up as names.
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** The characters heard the songs themselves and decided they would be good codenames.
7	** The world is literally based on music as a whole, and the names are just confirmations about it.
8	* '''Inverted''': The characters are named for the various non-musical sounds that people make. [[NoIndoorVoice The constantly loud one]] is named "Shout," [[RamblingOldManMonologue the grumpy one who never stops talking]] is named "Ramble," etc.
9	* '''Subverted''': At first, there's nobody who's not named after a song/composer/band/instrument, but then one character is named Steve.
10	* '''Double Subverted''': Steve's dog is named [[Music/SteveVai Vaiper,]] misspelling intentional.
11	* '''Parodied''':The characters are all named after Music/WeirdAlYankovic songs.
12	* '''Zig Zagged''': The names of the characters seem like vague references to some songs, but the creator [[LyingCreator changes]] the [[FlipFlopOfGod origin of their names]] in interviews.
13	* '''Averted''': Naming characters after musical elements is not a particular theme.
14	* '''Enforced''':
15	** The writer is a huge music buff.
16	** The characters are the creator's interpretation of the song/album, so their name is in reference to this.
17	* '''Lampshaded''': The resident MetaGuy says "Like the [[MadLibsCatchphrase band/instrument/song?]]" every time someone says their name for the first time.
18	* '''Invoked''': A character tells parents that naming their kids after music of sorts will give them special and bizarre abilities.
19	* '''Exploited''': The BigBad of the series breaks the fourth wall and gets the show in legal trouble in order to force them to change their names and thus further his plans.
20	* '''Defied''': The characters all change their names or use [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep nicknames]].
21	* '''Discussed''': When the characters learn that everyone in the town they're visiting are all named under a common theme, one character quips "I'll betcha they're all based on music."
22	* '''Conversed''': "It seems having a musical naming convention is the norm these days." "[[DrinkingGame Take a shot!]]"
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Context PlayingWith / MusicalThemeNaming