Line #18 PlayingWith/SdrawkcabAlias


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character invents a pseudonym for themselves by spelling their own name backwards.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice pretends to be a stranger named Ecila. This disguise would stop working as soon as any CaptainObvious remarks, "Ecila spelled backwards is Alice!"
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Bob disguises himself as boB! This works so well, no one ever notices that Bob and boB are really the same person!
5	** [[TheMole General Themole]] blends himself into a company as "Elomeht", and no one comments about his suspicious name at all!
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** Alice adopts the nickname "Ecila". She is not hiding her identity. Everyone knows that Alice and Ecila are the same person.
8	** Alice just uses "Ecila" as her internet username.
9	** Alice uses "Ekilla" as her alias, messing with the pronunciation and spelling slightly so it's not a perfect match.
10	* '''Justified''': Alice is in disguise. When someone asks her name, Alice says "Ecila" because she has no time to think of a better name.
11	* '''Inverted''': Ecila is her real name, and "Alice" is her pseudonym.
12	* '''Subverted''':
13	** Ecila's real name is Jane, not Alice.
14	** Alice misapplied the right-to-left rule of the Arab language when filling out her Visa for entry into [[UsefulNotes/UnitedArabEmirates the Emirates]].
15	** Everyone thinks that Ecila is really Alice. Now we see Alice and Ecila in the same room. It turns out that Ecila is the EvilTwin, or an IdenticalStranger.
16	* '''Double Subverted''': ...but "Alice" is a fake, and "Ecila" is the real Alice.
17	* '''Parodied''': The city of Baltimore changes its name to Eromitlab. It now contains landmarks like Yrnehcm Trof and the Robrah Renni.
18	* '''Zig Zagged''':
19	** The show averts OneSteveLimit and has two characters named Alice. When Ecila appears, fans make EpilepticTrees by guessing that Ecila is one Alice, or the other Alice, or not any Alice.
20	** The alias's name would be a SdrawkcabName in its original writing system, but [[LostInTranslation becomes merely an anagram in another writing system]]. (Ex. "Haruko" gives herself the alias of "Koruha")
21	* '''Averted''':
22	** Alice's pseudonym is Mary.
23	** Alice uses a CharacterNameAlias, LineOfSightName or SueDonym.
24	* '''Enforced''':
25	** The name Elomeht foreshadows that he is General Themole, who happens to be TheMole.
26	** [[DubInducedPlothole The scene where Alice filled out her visa was flipped for this dub]].
27	* '''Lampshaded''': "So spelling your name backwards is a kind of creativity?"
28	* '''Invoked''': General Themole needs a MeaningfulRename to signify his HeelFaceTurn, so he calls himself Lareneg Elomeht, except it makes him sound like an ObviouslyEvil FakeDefector.
29	* '''Exploited''': Bob uses Ecila as his pseudonym and never meets anyone in person, so people looking for him based on his alias are suspicious of Alice instead.
30	* '''Defied''': ???
31	* '''Discussed''': ???
32	* '''Conversed''':
33	--> "So your name is Elomeht? Let's see... T, H, E, M, O, L..."
34	--> "OhCrap"
35	* '''Implied:''': We never learn who Nogard is, but he and TheDragon drop off the grid at around the same time.
36	* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob, Hannah, and Elle all try this, to predictable results.
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38	Back to [[SdrawkcabAlias Saila Backwards]]
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40	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
41	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
42	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
43	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

Context PlayingWith / SdrawkcabAlias