Basic Trope: Using one's real name as the basis of some sort of alias.
- Straight: Bob uses his full name, Robert, as his fake name when going undercover.
- Exaggerated: Bob just calls himself Bob as a disguise.
- Downplayed: Bob calls himself by a name similar to his real name (such as Barry).
- Justified:
- Bob is Only Known By His Nickname, so calling himself Robert would be unusual for him.
- Bob meant to come up with a fake name, but accidentally said his real name instead, so he just went with it.
- Bob is The Ditz and honestly thinks it's a good alias.
- Bob has an Overly Long Name and is using one of his lesser-used middle/last names as an alias.
- Inverted: Bob is supposed to be giving his real name, and accidentally gives a fake name instead.
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: Bob comes up with a better alias.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Bob thinks of using Robert as an alias, but realizes that it'd be too easy for someone to recognize him, so he comes up with something better.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "He's just using his real name?"
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