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** The character gives themselves a MeaningfulRename to something they think sounds awesome.
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** Red Baron
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** Red BaronRedBaron
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* '''Invoked''': A baby is given a cool name after much discussion between the parents.
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* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
** A baby is given a cool name after much discussion between theparents.parents.
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** A baby is given a cool name after much discussion between the
** Red Baron
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob thinks his friend Odysseus Obsidian is a bit cool, but not too much.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob thinks his friend Odysseus Obsidian is a bit cool, but not too much.interesting.
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* '''Exploited''': Bob uses his friend's cool name to get what he wants.
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* '''Exploited''': Bob uses his friend's cool name to get what he wants.win a bet.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???
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* '''Downplayed''': ???Bob thinks his friend Odysseus Obsidian is a bit cool, but not too much.
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* '''Exploited''': ???
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* '''Exploited''': ???Bob uses his friend's cool name to get what he wants.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character has a really cool name, made up of unusual components and/or in a setting that would make such an awesome name seem strange.
* '''Straight''': Bob has a friend called Odysseus Obsidian.
* '''Straight''': Bob has a friend called Odysseus Obsidian.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character has a name that the story considers really cool name, cool, made up of unusual components and/or in a setting that would make such an awesome name seem strange.
* '''Straight''': Bobhas a thinks his friend called Odysseus Obsidian.Obsidian has an awesome name.
* '''Straight''': Bob
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** Every single person on Earth has an impossibly cool name.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob has a friend called Leon Huntington.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob has a friend called Leon Huntington.???
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** Also, UnfortunateName.
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** Also, UnfortunateName.UnfortunateNames.
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* '''Doubly Subverted''': Odysseus Obsidian's real name is Achilles Alastair.
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* '''Doubly Subverted''': Odysseus Obsidian's real name is Achilles Alastair. Bob gasps when he hears it.
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* '''Doubly Subverted''': Odysseus Obsidian real name is Achilles Alastair.
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* '''Doubly Subverted''': Odysseus Obsidian Obsidian's real name is Achilles Alastair.
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** Odysseus is just a nickname.
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** Odysseus Obsidian is just a nickname.
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* '''Doubly Subverted''': His real name is Achilles.
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* '''Doubly Subverted''': His Odysseus Obsidian real name is Achilles.Achilles Alastair.
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** AtrociousAlias
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** Odysseus is just a nickname
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** Odysseus is just a nicknamenickname.
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** Also, UnfortunateName and FailOSuckyname.
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** Also, UnfortunateName and FailOSuckyname.UnfortunateName.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Odysseus hates his unusual name because the other kids make fun of him. He resents his parents for giving it to him and changes it the first chance he gets.
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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
** Odysseus hates his unusual name because the other kids make fun of him. He resents his parents for giving it to him and changes it the first chance he gets.
** Odysseus hates his unusual name because the other kids make fun of him. He resents his parents for giving it to him and changes it the first chance he gets.
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** Odysseus falls into deep depression from the burden of having a name that implies someone far grander and more special than he really is.
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** Everyone calls him "O." because if they heard his true name, their heads would explode.
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** Everyone calls him "O." because if they heard his true name, their [[AwesomenessIsVolatile heads would explode.explode]].
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* '''Averted''': No one has unusual/cool names.
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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
** No one has unusual/cool names.
** No one has unusual/cool names.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???
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* '''Downplayed''': ???Bob has a friend called Leon Huntington.
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* '''Subverted''': Odysseus is just a nickname
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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
** Odysseus is just a nickname
** Odysseus is just a nickname
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** Or, everyone confuses Bob Bland for a character with a awesome name because he's looks like him.
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* '''Justified''': Odysseus' family members all have really cool names as a family tradition.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Odysseus' family members all have really cool names as a family tradition.
** Odysseus' family members all have really cool names as a family tradition.
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* '''Straight''': Bob has a friend called Odysseus Obsidian.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every single person on Earth has an impossibly cool name.
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** Every single person on Earth has an impossibly cool name.
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*** His special attack is running to his enemy and whispering his name into their ear causing their head to explode.
* '''Justified''': Odysseus' family members all have really cool names as a family tradition.
* '''Justified''': Odysseus' family members all have really cool names as a family tradition.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': Odysseus' family members all have really cool names as a family tradition.
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** Also, UnfortunateName and FailOSuckyname.
* '''Subverted''': Odysseus is just a nickname
* '''Doubly Subverted''': His real name is Achilles.
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* '''Subverted''': Odysseus is just a nickname
* '''Doubly Subverted''': His real name is Achilles.
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* '''Subverted''': Odysseus is just a
* '''Doubly Subverted''': His real name is
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** Alternatively, [[OverlyLongGag the character's name is ridiculously long and used in full every time it is said.]]
** Everyone treats Bob's name like it's a really cool name.
* '''Deconstructed''': Odysseus hates his unusual name because the other kids make fun of him. He resents his parents for giving it to him and changes it the first chance he gets.
* '''Reconstruction''':
** Odysseus' old name was boring and plain, so he changed it to something more exotic.
** Odysseus' name reflects a personal change he went through in his life, prompting him to get a new, cooler name to distance himself from the person he was.
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** Everyone treats Bob's name like it's a really cool name.
* '''Deconstructed''': Odysseus hates his unusual name because the other kids make fun of him. He resents his parents for giving it to him and changes it the first chance he gets.
* '''Reconstruction''':
** Odysseus' old name was boring and plain, so he changed it to something more exotic.
** Odysseus' name reflects a personal change he went through in his life, prompting him to get a new, cooler name to distance himself from the person he was.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Odysseus hates his unusual name because the other kids make fun of him. He resents his parents for giving it to him and changes it the first chance he gets.
* '''Reconstruction''':
** Odysseus' old name was boring and plain, so he changed it to something more exotic.
** Odysseus' name reflects a personal change he went through in his life, prompting him to get a new, cooler name to distance himself from the person he was.
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* '''Averted''': No one has unusual/cool names.
* '''Enforced''': "I've got a really cool idea for a character name! Let's use it!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Dude, that's such a cool name!"
* '''Invoked''': A baby is given a cool name after much discussion between the parents.
* '''Defied''': A cool name for the new baby is rejected by the parents in favor of something more conventional.
* '''Discussed''': "Did you hear what the name of that new kid is? It's so cool it's ridiculous!"
* '''Conversed''': "What am I going to call him? I was thinking either Xerxes, Ozymandias or Indiana. Which one do you like best?"
* '''Enforced''': "I've got a really cool idea for a character name! Let's use it!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Dude, that's such a cool name!"
* '''Invoked''': A baby is given a cool name after much discussion between the parents.
* '''Defied''': A cool name for the new baby is rejected by the parents in favor of something more conventional.
* '''Discussed''': "Did you hear what the name of that new kid is? It's so cool it's ridiculous!"
* '''Conversed''': "What am I going to call him? I was thinking either Xerxes, Ozymandias or Indiana. Which one do you like best?"
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* '''Enforced''': "I've got a really cool idea for a character name! Let's use
* '''Lampshaded''': "Dude, that's such a cool
* '''Invoked''': A baby is given a cool name after much discussion between the
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': A cool name for the new baby is rejected by the parents in favor of something more
* '''Discussed''': "Did you hear what the name of that new kid is? It's so cool it's
* '''Conversed''': "What am I going to call him? I was thinking either Xerxes, Ozymandias or Indiana. Which one do you like best?"
* '''Deconstructed''': Odysseus hates his unusual name because the other kids make fun of him. He resents his parents for giving it to him and changes it the first chance he gets.
* '''Reconstruction''':
** Odysseus' old name was boring and plain, so he changed it to something more exotic.
** Odysseus' name reflects a personal change he went through in his life, prompting him to get a new, cooler name to distance himself from the person he was.
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* '''Subverted''': Everyone treats Odysseus' name like it's just another name.
* '''Doubly Subverted''': ...Except for Bob, who really thinks it's a cool name.
* '''Doubly Subverted''': ...Except for Bob, who really thinks it's a cool name.
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* '''Subverted''': Everyone treats Odysseus' name like it's Odysseus is just another name.
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** Odysseus changes his name every time he introduces himself: Obsidian, Brimstone, Onyx, Mithril, etc. Bob calls him out on this, and reveals his real name: Smith. Everybody laughs it off for a while... but then they start thinking: [[spoiler:what is the profession where men work on raw materials to make incredible weapons?]]
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*** His special attack is running to his enemy and whispering his name into their ear causing their head to explode.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Every single person on Earth has an impossibly cool name. Or everyone calls him "O." because if they heard his true name, their heads would explode.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Every single person on Earth has an impossibly cool name. Or everyone name.
** Everyone calls him "O." because if they heard his true name, their heads would explode.
** Everyone calls him "O." because if they heard his true name, their heads would explode.
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** Odysseus chose that name himself because it sounded cool.
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* '''Inverted''': In a world full of cool names, there is one unfortunate man named Bob Bland.
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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** In a world full of cool names, there is one unfortunate man named Bob Bland.
** In a world full of cool names, there is one unfortunate man named Bob Bland.
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* '''Parodied''': Odysseus makes a big show of introducing himself, expecting everyone to fall down in awe at hearing his name.
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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
** Odysseus makes a big show of introducing himself, expecting everyone to fall down in awe at hearing his name.
** Odysseus makes a big show of introducing himself, expecting everyone to fall down in awe at hearing his name.
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* '''Reconstruction''': Odysseus' old name was boring and plain, so he changed it to something more exotic.
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* '''Reconstruction''': '''Reconstruction''':
** Odysseus' old name was boring and plain, so he changed it to something more exotic.
** Odysseus' old name was boring and plain, so he changed it to something more exotic.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Odysseus changes his name several times, from mundane to awesome and back again.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Zagged''':
** Odysseus changes his name several times, from mundane to awesome and back again.
** Odysseus changes his name several times, from mundane to awesome and back again.
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** Also, FailOSuckyname
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** Also, FailOSuckynameUnfortunateName and FailOSuckyname.
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** Everyone treats Bob's name like it's a really cool name.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Every single person on Earth has an impossibly cool name.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Every single person on Earth has an impossibly cool name. Or everyone calls him "O." because if they heard his true name, their heads would explode.
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On the birth certificate is your AwesomeMcCoolname.
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On the birth certificate is yourAwesomeMcCoolname.AwesomeMcCoolname.
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On the birth certificate is your
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