History Main / TheTropeWithoutATitle

** Similarly, some people refer to the Washington Redskins [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball NFL team]] as the "Racist Slurs", or just "the Washington football team."
*** In 2020, their name was actually changed to "the Washington Football Team."

* ''Series/{{Lost}}'' has The Man In Black (or [[spoiler:[[MeaningfulName Esau]] / Un-Locke / Smokey / [[IncrediblyLamePun The Lockeness Monster]] / [[IHaveManyNames Whatever]]]]), [[NoNameGiven who may not actually have a name]].

* ''Film/ScaryMovie4'' skewers the example from ''Film/TheVillage'':
--> '''Elder''': But if you talk about those of whom we do not speak, have you not spoken of that about which we do not talk?
--> '''Hale''': Do not speak of that of about which we talk of not speaking... about.

* The monsters who hold ''Film/TheVillage'' in fear are called "those we do not speak of".

* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', there's the Soft Place, a mysterious place that's disjointed from time.
* In the ''ComicBook/GarfieldHis9Lives'' short "the Garden", The Crystal Box, or, at length, The Crystal Box On A Checkered Toadstool.
* In one ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'' strip, Dave refuses to name his new character, instead referring to him as the 'Man With No Name'. The situation quickly devolves into TheTropeFormerlyKnownAsX.
* ''ComicBook/ShadeTheChangingMan'' himself doesn't know what the Area of Madness is. When he asks about it, the most conclusive answer is "The ''Area of Madness'' is just one part of '''The Area'''."

** ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'' is an example of such a euphemism: the name means "bee-wolf", ie. a bear ([[TrademarkFavoriteFood since bears like honey]]).

* ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' has Guze no Tomogara, who are often referred by elaborate titles rather than names. Or maybe those titles ''are'' their real names. Flame Haze also get such titles, the titular heroine didn't have a normal name until the beginning of the story.
* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' has "The Lord of Nightmares", also known as "Mother of all Monsters". No name is ever given to this being, despite all its children having both names and titles, "Gaav, the Demon Dragon King" for example.

* ''VideoGame/TheTownWithNoName'': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's right in the town]]. The game is a(n attempted) parody of the SpaghettiWestern genre, with the protagonist also being referred to as 'The Kid with no name'. Needless to say, there are multiple instances of this trope throughout the game.

The name is inspired from Clint Eastwood's "[[Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly The Man With No Name]]". Compare EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep, NoNameGiven, SpellMyNameWithAThe, CapitalLettersAreMagic, MyNameIsQuestionMarks, TheTropeFormerlyKnownAsX, and NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom. See UntitledTitle for works that similarly say they lack titles. And yes, we know this page actually having a title is a minor LogicBomb in and of itself.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' gives us "The Doctor", "The Master", "The Rani", "[[Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures The (other) Rani]]", "The Monk", "The Corsair", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames The War Chief]]", "[[Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse The Other]]"... Seems to be a popular theme with Time Lords who've left Gallifrey for whatever reason.

* The Literature/MediochreQSethSeries has The Organisation Which I Represent.

* In Literature/{{Portlandtown}}, the chief villain is an outlaw known only as The Hanged Man.

* Fans of ''The'' Ohio State University Buckeyes football team refer to arch rivals the University of Michigan Wolverines as "that team up north", a tradition started by legendary OSU coach Woody Hayes who hated the Wolverines with a passion.

* In ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'', character several times refer to "The Russian space station" instead of just calling it by its proper name "MIR" -- though it's technically MIR with bits stuck on to make it more impressive. Trevor Rabin's score for the movie includes a cues titled "Death of MIR."

* The men of Gondor in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' (the books) refer to Sauron as "He whom we do not Name" or "the Nameless (Evil)" for short. Elves (and other characters, including Gandalf and Aragorn, both of whom may have picked it up from the Elves) tend to refer to him as "the Enemy". He is also referred to as "the Dark Lord"
** Confusingly, these latter two names were also both previously used to describe Sauron's old master Morgoth, who by the time of ''Lord Of The Rings'' is instead referred to by names such as "the Prime Dark Lord" or "the Great Enemy" to distinguish him from Sauron.
** While they are mentioned routinely by name in ''The Silmarillion'', the Valar are rarely called that by name in ''Lord Of The Rings'', instead being known as "Those who dwell across the sea". Manwe, the greatest of the Valar, is referred to as "the Elder King".
*** Eru Iluvatar (a god) takes this a step further; not only is he never referred to by name, he is never explicitly referred to ''at all'', even by a title or other name; instead it appears only allowed (or respectful) to imply his existence and actions.

* ''FanFic/KyonBigDamnHero'' plays this trope with "Haruhi's favorite website", as the fic usually refers to it with a that phrase or a variation of that. But, as the fic tells it's that website is a wiki and it inspired the JustForFun/TropeTan anime, it also doesn't try to hide [[Wiki/TVTropes which website it is]].

* In one episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Ted (as the {{Narrator}}) cannot remember the name of the girl he was dating, so for the entire episode she is referred to as Blah Blah.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' gives us "The Doctor", "The Master", "The Rani", "[[Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures The (other) Rani]]", "The Corsair", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames The War Chief]]", "[[Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse The Other]]"... Seems to be a popular theme with Time Lords who've left Gallifrey for whatever reason.