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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
->'''Number 48:''' Let me introduce myself -- I'm number 48.\\
'''Ed:''' 48. Catchy.
-->-- ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''

->''"My name? Do Parasites like us get names? But, well, my designation is 002. Everyone calls me 02."''
-->-- ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx''
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[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
->''Was he, himself, anything but a number -- number 11811 -- crammed into his linen, his clothes, his cap? Had not the number also become imprinted into his soul, into his brain, into his blood, [[SanitySlippage that he must even stop and think of his own name]]?''
-->-- ''Film/{{Metropolis}}''

->''"Oh, that Number 11. I wish I had 12 of her!"''
-->-- '''[[MadScientist Dr. Goldfoot]]''', ''Film/DrGoldfootAndTheBikiniMachine''

->'''Poe:''' Hey, what's your name? \\
'''FN-2187:''' FN-2187! \\
'''Poe:''' F-what? \\
'''FN-2187:''' That's the only name [[TheEmpire they]] ever gave me. \\
'''Poe:''' Well, [[DefiedTrope I ain't using it]]. F-N, huh? Finn. I'm gonna call you Finn. Is that all right? \\
'''Finn:''' [[MookFaceTurn Finn... Yeah! I like that! I like that!]]
-->-- ''Franchise/StarWars Episode VII: Film/TheForceAwakens''

->'''Aaron:''' Anybody asks, you're June Monroe from Bethesda. You lost your wallet. I'm driving you home. My name is James. James and June, you got it?\\
'''Marta:''' Yeah.\\
'''Aaron:''' Okay.\\
'''Marta:''' Is that your name?\\
'''Aaron:''' What, James? No! You don't know my name? What do you call me? What do you put on my [[TestedOnHumans blood work]]?\\
'''Marta:''' Five.\\
'''Aaron:''' Five? The number five? Do you know how many times we've met? Thirteen. Thirteen exams over the last four years. And that's what I get, a number?
-->-- ''Film/TheBourneLegacy''

->''"He doesn't have a name, he has a number, Scott. Do you have any idea how many ants there are?"''
-->-- '''Hank Pym''' on '''247''', ''Film/AntMan1''
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[[folder:Literature]]
->''"I am Number Six."''
-->-- '''[[CaptainObvious Number Six]]''', ''[[Literature/LorienLegacies The Rise of Nine]]'' (a sequel of ''Literature/IAmNumberFour'')
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
->'''Allison:''' Diego--\\
'''Diego:''' My name is Number Two. You know why? Because [[AbusiveParents our father]] couldn't be bothered to give us actual names. He had [[RaisedByRobots Mom]] do it!
-->-- ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019'', "[[Recap/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019S01E01 We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals]]"

->'''Seven of Nine:''' Six of Ten, this is not your assignment.\\
'''Harry Kim:''' Please, stop calling me that.\\
'''Seven of Nine:''' You are compromising our productivity. I am reassigning you to chamber maintenance. Your new designation is Two of Ten.\\
'''Harry:''' Wait a minute, you're ''demoting'' me? Since when did the Borg pull rank?\\
'''Seven of Nine:''' It's Starfleet Protocol I adapted. I find it most useful.
-->-- ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E19TheOmegaDirective The Omega Directive]]"

->'''Three of Nine:''' I have a name. It's Marika. Marika Willkarah. Willkarah.\\
'''Two of Nine:''' Hello, Marika Willkarah.\\
'''Seven of Nine:''' Her designation is Three of Nine!
-->-- ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS6E2SurvivalInstinct Survival Instinct]]"

->'''Roy Harper:''' Who was he?\\
'''Detective Lance:''' Well, that's the thing. When you're alive, you get a name. When you wind up down here, you get a number. Meet 26. See, your pal, [[VigilanteMan the Hood]], he's already sent 26 stiffs down here since he started his little one-man... war.
-->-- ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', "[[Recap/ArrowS1E20HomeInvasion Home Invasion]]"

->'''Cyborg:''' 722?\\
'''722:''' Well, that's my name.\\
'''Cyborg:''' Are you sure that's not your room number?\\
'''722:''' One and the same, bud.
-->-- ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'', "Cyborg Patrol"

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[[folder:Music]]
->''They've given you a number\\
And taken away your name''
-->-- '''Johnny Rivers''', "Secret Agent Man"

->''Maybe beyond a date with the lead, there's something else meant for\\
A prisoner with the beauty of 247290-Z''
-->-- '''Music/ElP''', "Habeas Corpses (Draconian Love)"
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[[folder:Role-Playing Games]]
->'''19:''' Well, look... I'm a mass produced soldier, meant only as cannon fodder... I'm less a person than a weapon. A statistic.\\
'''Chuck:''' Well you aren't one ''here'', for fuck's sake.
-->-- ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAdventuringAvatars''
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[[folder:Theatre]]
->'''Javert:''' Five years for what you did; the rest because you tried to run. Yes, 24601--\\
'''Valjean:''' My name is Jean Valjean!\\
'''Javert:''' And I'm [[InspectorJavert Javert]]! Do not forget my name! Do not forget me, ''[[InsistentTerminology 24601]]!''
-->-- ''Theatre/LesMiserables''
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[[folder:Video Games]]
->''"I am the Commandant. You are Recruit 273. That number is not random. It was assigned to you because I have broken 272 recruits before you. You are nothing more than the next link in the chain."''
-->-- '''The Commandant''', ''VideoGame/FableII''

->''"'''Never''' call me by my number! My name is [[InsistentTerminology Seth]], and I am UNIQUE!"''
-->-- '''Seth''', ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''

->'''[[spoiler:Clay Kaczmareck]]:''' Just walked right past me.\\
'''Desmond:''' Sixteen?\\
'''[[spoiler:Clay]]:''' Aw, they didn't tell you my name?
-->-- ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations''

->'''Rokuro:''' What's your name, kid?\\
'''Malak Number 2:''' Malak Number 2.\\
'''Rokuro:''' That's a title, not a name.\\
'''Malak Number 2:''' ...\\
'''Rokuro:''' Oh, man, they didn't even give you a ''name?'' That's messed up.\\
'''Velvet:''' [[HypocriticalHumor Doesn't "Rokuro" mean "sixth son?"]]
-->-- ''VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria''

->''"In a cold laboratory, beneath the lullay-lullay of a waterfall, an ancient vampire is a kept in [[SealedEvilInACan enforced hibernation]]. The Carpathian mountains once rang with the name of Janos Dragosani. He carved his legend with fang and claw. [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen Now he is forgotten]] [[SovietSuperscience Soviet experiment]], designation #9."''
-->-- '''The Buzzing''', ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''

->'''Agent 47:''' I think they called me "47".\\
'''Diana:''' That's... not a name.\\
'''Agent 47:''' So make it one.\\
'''Diana:''' All right. Agent 47.
-->-- '''Call Me 47''', ''VideoGame/Hitman2016''
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
->''"27,[[note]]Daniel Maldini[[/note]] 99,[[note]]Gianluigi Donnarumma[[/note]] put the statue over there. 79,[[note]]Franck Kessié[[/note]] you come with me, bring the sledgehammer."''
-->-- '''Zlatan Ibrahimovic''', ''WebAnimation/TheChampions2018''
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
->''"[[AffectionateParody I am not a number! I am a man! And don't you eve]]-- [[PlayedForLaughs oh, wait, I'm number 5. Ha, ha! In your face, number 6!]]"''
-->-- '''Homer Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E6TheComputerWoreMenaceShoes The Computer Wore Menace Shoes]]"

->'''Deborah:''' Weapon X!\\
'''Logan:''' ''[[BerserkButton What did you just call me?]]''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', "[[Recap/XMenEvolutionS3E11X23 X23]]"

->'''Dr. Wakeman:''' Is that clear, [=XJ9?=]\\
'''Jenny:''' ''[under her breath(?)]'' ...Jenny.\\
'''Dr. Wakeman:''' Wha...?\\
'''Jenny:''' Jenny! I changed my name to ''"Jenny!"''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot''
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[[folder:Real Life]]
->''"I speak to you as a man, who 50 years and nine days ago had no name, no hope, no future and was known only by his number, A7713."''
-->-- '''Elie Wiesel''', at the ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the liberation of [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust Auschwitz]]
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