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--> '''Not-Tony''': Tony? Who said my name is Tony? Are you tracing this call? Because if you are, you're going to get real intimately acquainted with what your brains look like! My name's not Tony! Okay??\\

--> '''Not-Tony''': Tony? Who said my name is Tony? Are you tracing this call? Because if you are, you're going to get real intimately acquainted with what your brains look like! My name's not Tony! Capice?\\

'''Not-Tony''': But my ma, she's all like "Tony, Tony, Tony, be a real man, don't take no shit", when all I try to do is to be a good son to her. You know?\\

** Enya Gail, one of [[BigBad Dio's]] most loyal followers, pretends to be an innkeeper in order to lure Jotaro and company in to be killed by the effect of her Stand, Justice. However, she inadvertently gives herself away by addressing Jotaro by his correct name, when in fact he had registered to the inn under a false name.

* At the end of the [[RevisedEnding English version]] of ''Anime/Pokemon4Ever'', the gang tell Professor Oak about their most recent adventure and Professor Oak notices Ash is unusually subdued. Ash tells him about the boy he befriended who went back to his own time and how Ash is worried they'll never meet again. Professor Oak reassures him that true friendships stand the test of time and that "I'm sure you and Sammy will be friends forever." After the video call is over and the group is rushing to catch a boat, Misty realizes they never mentioned Sammy's name to the Professor... Cut to Professor Oak in his lab looking through his old sketchbook and saying, "It seems like it happened only yesterday."

* In ''WebAnimation/DragonShortZ'' (a spinoff of ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', 18 is taken aback when Krillin addresses her by her real name, Lazuli, and asks how he knows that. Krillin realizes he never told her about the time he and Future Trunks went to Dr. Gero's sublab to destroy Present Cell (which is where he found the blueprints that revealed her name). So he begins to tell her that story.

* In the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' drama ''Omega'', the Doctor is greeted by name by the Jolly Chronolidays tour guide the first time he meets her. Much later, he introduces himself to her, and when she points out she knows who he is, he asks her ''how'', since his name wouldn't have appeared on her manifest. She's working for Omega.

** In ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum'' when Agnes meets Vlad he says her name without being told. When she considers that he might have asked someone [[SplitPersonality Perdita]] asks her why anyone would ask for ''her'' name.
** In ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'', Glenda is talking to someone she thinks is Lady Margolotta's librarian. That she knew Glenda's name without being told (either because she's a vampire or just because Vetinari told her) is one of the clues that tips Glenda off to who she really is, ''after'' she's already left.
** ''Discworld/MakingMoney'' contains one as well, from Moist to an old accomplice, thus spoiling his denial of being Albert Spangler.

* On ''Seires/{{Psych}}'', this is how one killer gives himself away.

* In ''Fanfic/UniverseFalls'', like the Steven Universe example below, Saphhire knows Dipper and Mabel's names. When Dipper points this out, Mabel suggests that she got them when she heard them arguing with each other about whether or not to free her.

** It's implied by the guards he's telling this story to that this isn't the first time something like this has happened or promised a second chance to someone who would turn themselves in. [[spoiler: [[PlayedForLaughs Played for laughs]] in the epilogue, when it's revealed that the immortal princess [[AccidentalMisnaming has a tendency to accidentally call living ponies by the names of long-dead relatives]], so has [[Namedar devised a spell]] so that she can always address a pony she's talking to by the correct name. She does remember Cuckoo Cloud... as a random new guard she had had a brief chat with, [[OneDialogueTwoConversations nice enough to let her unload some of what she was thinking about]], [[AchievementsInIgnorance so she'll have to follow up to see how he's doing]].]]

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** In the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls2013 first movie]], Human Applejack delivers the exposition to who Sunset Shimmer is and why Twilight shouldn't mess with her. Twilight thanks Applejack and calls her by name. AJ then realizes she never told Twilight her name. (Twilight already had met the human Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie, so she already realized this is the human version of Applejack.)

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--> '''Laneah''': You did not ask my name.
--> '''Jacob''': I know your name.

-->'''Pip:''' Whackwallop? Then you are a cousin to the Sternbeaters and Hardthrashers, and a natural ally of [[BigBad Mr. Benevolent!]]\\

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* ''WebVideo/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorksAbridged'': Caster is shocked when Archer casually calls her Medea.
-->'''Caster:''' Kid's right, you do know things...
* ''WebAnimation/TheOdd1sOut'' says that this trope is why he didn't wear his name tag when he worked at Subway.
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** In the first movie, Human Applejack delivers the exposition to who Sunset Shimmer is and why Twilight shouldn't mess with her. Twilight thanks Applejack and calls her by name. AJ then realizes she never told Twilight her name. (Twilight already had met the human Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie, so she already realized this is the human version of Applejack.)

* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'' this happens when [[AmoralAttorney Lilah]] propositions Faith to kill Angel.