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Author: crazysamaritan

Dec 13th 2016 at 3:09:11 PM

[[folder: Literature]]
* In the ''Literature/{{Earthsea}}'' series, the Nameless Ones, formerly the main deities of the Kargad religion, are manifestations of Earth's more malevolent aspects. Some reside in the labyrinths on the island of Atuan.
* In ''Literature/{{Deverry}}'', Prince Galrion is stripped of [[IdentityAmnesia his rank, wealth and even his name]] by his father. His father issues a decree that ever after Galrion is to only be called "Nevyn". That's not a name. It's a word that quite literally means "no-one".
* The Faceless Men of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' are so called because of their VoluntaryShapeshifting  abilities and they gave up their original names when joining.   There's no way to identify any of them individually, so the characters [[NamelessNarrative have only been identified by ''ad hoc'' titles from Arya's POV]].  
* In ''Literature/JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell'', there are ''two'' characters called "The Nameless King". Due to IKnowYourTrueName magics, this makes things rather confusing when spells meant to address the latter Nameless King accidentally affect the former Nameless King. Neither king was given a name by their mother at birth, so the magics consider any other name to be a "slave name". 
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[[folder: Live-Action Television]]
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Odo is a member of a {{shapeshifter}} race that sent him out into space at a young age. When he was found near Bajor, he was called an "unknown sample" in Bajoran.  The Cardassian overseeing the project renamed it the closest approximation in Cardassian instead; "odo'ital", which translates literally as "nothing".
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[[folder: Music]]
* The song "Horse with No Name" by {{Music/America}} involves a journey through the desert on a horse who has no name, or a horse, without you having a name.  Either way, the song is famous for it's juxtaposition of having no identity and being able to maintain your identity [[WhatYouAreInTheDark with no one around to influence you]].
* The band ''{{Music/Ghost}}'' has the singer named Papa Emeritus, while the rest of the band wears identical masks and robes on stage and are referred to and credited as "Nameless Ghouls".
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[[folder: Video Games ]]
* Given its popularity with pieces involving wandering samurai, this trope shows up in ''VideoGame/WayOfTheSamurai'', where 'Nameless' is the default name given to the player's ronin character. You can always choose to [[HelloInsertNameHere change it]], but seeing as how the player is apparently some kind of [[IdentityAmnesia amnesiac swordsman]], it fits.
* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' has a character literally named Nameless, presumed the last clone made by NESTS, and thus didn't have enough time to develop a legitimate name.
* The Nameless One from ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment''. He actually had a name, but due to his [[IdentityAmnesia amnesia]], he can't remember what it is. He can eventually relearn his name, but [[TheUnreveal the player can't.]]
* In ''VideoGame/PhantomDust'', if you reject all the name choices you're given at the start of the game you will be called Nanashi (Japanese for "nameless") instead.
* ''VideoGame/ForgottenWorlds'': Both player characters are only known as the "Nameless Ones". This is kept in their cameo appearances, usually going by the moniker of "Unknown Soldier" followed by 1P/2P to identify between them. The Japanese sources have slight variations at times, like "Nameless Super Soldier". The Mega Drive Japanese manual also refers to the 2P soldier as "Mohawk Man".
* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' has a minor character who lives next to Hana Valley whose text boxes say "Nameless Man".
* ''VideoGame/LaMulana'': "MU is the name of the nameless one, the one who climbs to the sky." This is a bit of wordplay: the Japanese word for "nameless" is ''mumei''.
* In ''Videogame/DarkSoulsIII'', one of the hidden bosses is called the Nameless King. It's heavily implied that he is [[spoiler:the firstborn son of Gwyn whose identity was stricken from history by Gwyn himself as a punishment for some grave sin.]]
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[[folder: Webcomics ]]
* In ''Webcomic/{{Earthsong}}'', the leader of Haven's Guard is unique for remembering her entire past ''except'' for her name. She goes by Nanashi, which is Japanese for "no name."
* In ''Webcomic/{{Harkovast}}'', the Nameless are obviously an example of this trope, being an army of warriors who lack not just names but also cannot speak and [[FacelessGoons always have their faces covered by helmets.]] They are so anonymous that they are the only creatures in Harkovast who cannot be identified with a real world animal.
* ''Webcomic/{{Follower}}'': Geedy, in the beginning is only known as Subject 23-3, and even then only to the scientists who he doesn’t understand. He is later given a name by Dia.
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[[folder: Web Original]]
* One of the beings featured in {{Bogleech}}'s [[http://www.bogleech.com/halloween/hall15-nightmares2.html Nightmare Beings]] posts is identified only as *TV Static Noise*. Within the narrative of the nightmare from which it originated, it believes that if it is given a name, it can escape into the waking world, and attempts without success to coerce the dreamer into naming it. Upon hearing the story, [[TemptingFate Bog immediately names it]] [[FluffyTheTerrible Dorothy]].
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[[folder: Western Animation]]
* The antagonists of ''WesternAnimation/CaptainSimianAndTheSpaceMonkeys'' are known as the " ".
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[[folder: Real Life ]]
* When [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2 K2]], the second highest mountain on earth, was first surveyed, the mapping team learned that it had never been given a local name due to its remoteness. Therefore the label applied to the peak on the survey sketch, K2, became the one most commonly associated with it. Many climbers feel that the mountain is so harsh and challenging that it defies any attempt at being humanized with a proper name.
-->'''Italian climber Fosco Maraini:''' It is just the bare bones of a name, all rock and ice and storm and abyss. It makes no attempt to sound human. It is atoms and stars. It has the nakedness of the world before the first man – or of the cindered planet after the last.
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