1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character's name describes something about him or her, such as personality or occupation. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Woodrow "Woody" Carpenter builds houses for a living. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Woody Carpenter is bitten by a radioactive carpenter ant and becomes The Woodsman, a minor superhero with powers over wood. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Woody Carpenter enjoyed climbing trees in his childhood, but no longer does that. |
5 | * '''Justified''': |
6 | ** A SelfFulfillingProphecy: Woody decided he wanted to be a carpenter when he grew up [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism because of his last name]]. |
7 | ** Woody's family have been carpenters since the Middle Ages, and their surname derives from the occupation. He got his given name because [[LineOfSightName his parents didn't have much imagination]]. |
8 | ** Woody's mother had a vision of the future of what her child would grow up to be, and she decided to name him accordingly. |
9 | * '''Inverted''': [[IronicName Woody Carpenter is allergic to wood]]. |
10 | * '''Subverted''': Woody Carpenter is a baker. |
11 | * '''Double Subverted''': ...but his favorite hobby is building birdhouses. |
12 | * '''Parodied''': Woody's brothers are Ash and Rowan, his sister is Willow. Their parents were both killed in a [[NoodleIncident freak lathing accident]] and they were raised by old Ma Hogany. When Woody is bitten by a radioactive carpenter ant and given elemental powers over wood, his first thought is to call himself... [[AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering Mister Amazing Woodman]]! |
13 | * '''Zig Zagged''': The Woodsman's backstory changes DependingOnTheWriter. Sometimes he was born Woody Carpenter, sometimes Jack Lumber. Sometimes he's Steve Bunyan, revealed to be a descendant of Myth/PaulBunyan. Sometimes he has an entirely mundane name with nothing to do with wood. These identities are regularly {{Ret Con}}ned. |
14 | * '''Averted''': The carpenter's name is Steve Smith, or something equally normal. |
15 | * '''Enforced''': It's The AudienceAlienatingEra, and one-shot characters ''[[RunningGag always]]'' have {{Punny Name}}s. |
16 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Mortimer Coughin is an undertaker? [[SarcasmMode Color me shocked.]]" |
17 | * '''Invoked''': The carpenter legally changed his name to Woody Carpenter as a gimmick. |
18 | * '''Exploited''': |
19 | ** A cunning villain starts his search for themed superheroes' secret identities by looking for real names that fit that theme. |
20 | ** Alice and Bob Onner realize that everyone they know has their lives dictated by their {{Punny Name}}s, and so they decide to give their son the first name "Milli". |
21 | * '''Defied''': |
22 | ** "The last thing I'm going to be is a carpenter, with my name I'd look stupid." |
23 | ** Woody Carpenter legally changes his name. |
24 | * '''Discussed''': "A wood-themed superhero, eh? Let me guess -- you're named after a tree. No? Something Carpenter?" |
25 | * '''Conversed''': ??? |
26 | * '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The high number of {{Punny Name}}s and {{Contrived Coincidence}}s involved in the MassSuperempoweringEvent are the first hint that it wasn't a random chance, but the work of a GreatGazoo with nigh-omnipotence and a puerile sense of humour (and who [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall may or may not]] actually [[AuthorPowers be the author]]). |
27 | * '''Implied''': The minor character is usually seen carrying the wood, his real name is unknown [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname but everyone calls him woody.]] |
28 | * '''Played For Laughs''': PunnyName is the main running gag of the entire series. |
29 | * '''Played For Drama''': Woody actually doesn't want to be a carpenter, but he feels like it's his destiny because of his name. |
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