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* Throughout ''{{Zombieland}}'', the only person referred to by name is [[spoiler:Bill Murray]] - everyone else is referred to by their home or destination. The girls' names are revealed at the end (though one is hard to catch), but the men never really have names.

* The only names mentioned while playing ''ShadowOfTheColossus'' are those of Dormin and Agro (and since the main character is speaking in a made-up language, Agro could very well be that language's word for "horse"), the rest are given only through the credits. The colossi are never named in-game.

** ''[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/index.html East of the Sun, West of the Moon]]'': the heroine is "the girl"; the hero is "the White Bear".

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* In HGWells' ''TheTimeMachine'', the Time Traveller and the people to whom he's relating his story are just identified by their role, such as the Doctor ([[DoctorWho no, not that one]] [''Maybe'' [[DoctorWho not that one]]--he'd be interested,after all!]) and the Writer.

* Several modern videogames tactically (and sometimes not-so-tactically) avoid using the main character's name if you can choose it, otherwise voice acting would be impossible. For example, FinalFantasyX only ever uses "him" or "you" when referring to Tidus, and in DragonAgeOrigins you're constantly being called "Warden" (or "Elf" or "Mage" or any other race and class specific things). In MassEffect they do say "Shepard", but never your first name.

* In {{Ace Attorney Investigations}}, Phoenix is never referred to by name, being only mentioned as "that lawyer" in Edgeworth's monologue. It isn't that noticeable, until Larry calls him "that guy in the blue suit", and Larry is Phoenix's best friend since childhood.

* Hardly any of the characters in ''GoneWithTheBlastwave'' are named, and the two protagonists aren't among them. Furthermore, all the characters are GasMaskMooks wearing uniforms, so the emblems on their helmets are litteraly the only way they can be told appart.

* ''{{Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName}}'' has {...}. He can't remember his own name. So he usually goes by Zombie by anyone too lazy to come up with anything creative or the random names Hanna gives him.

* Jessica George's "Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow" has the main character known only as 'Pika'(girl) or 'Lass' because her mother refused to name another girl, and only a mother can name the children. she's given a name by her brother(or a talking polar bear) to protect her from trolls, but it isn't until the last page she reveals it.

* ''Phantastes'' by George McDonald has very few names revealed

*** He was more rhetorical than sarcastic, or possibly just an expression of total disbelief at what he saw as pointless absurdity.

* Throughout ''{{Zombieland}}'', the only person referred to by name is [[spoiler:Bill Murray]] - everyone else is referred to by destination. The girls's names are revealed at the end (though one is hard to catch), but the men never really have names.

* In HGWells' ''TheTimeMachine'', the Time Traveller and the people to whom he's relating his story are just identified by their role, such as the Doctor ([[DoctorWho no, not that one]]) and the Writer.

* The 2009 film ''The Road''.

* StephenKing's short story ''The Man Who Loved Flowers'' (published in the collection ''NightShift'').