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** [[MeaningfulRename Alice]] is {{transgender}} and gets upset when someone calls her "Robert" because she changed her name to reflect her gender identity.

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** [[MeaningfulRename Alice]] is {{transgender}} UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} and gets upset when someone calls her "Robert" because she changed her name to reflect her gender identity.

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* '''Exploited''': Alice tricks Claire into calling Bob by his real name.

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* '''Exploited''': '''Exploited''':
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Alice tricks Claire into calling Bob by his real name.name.
** Alice deduces a shapeshifter is impersonating Bob when [[BluffTheImpostor they don't complain]] when she calls them "Robert".
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** [[MeaningfulRename Alice]] is {{transgender}} and gets upset when someone calls her "Robert" because she changed her name to reflect her gender identity.

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* '''Justified''': The name "Robert" embarrasses Bob.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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The name "Robert" embarrasses Bob.Bob.
** Bob's AbusiveParents (or some else who mistreated him in the past) always called him by Robert. Therefore, he cannot help but associate the name with something highly unpleasant.
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* '''Subverted''': Someone uses Bob's real name. He is perfectly fine with it.
* '''Double Subverted''': He later yells at the speaker for using his real name.

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* '''Subverted''': Someone uses Bob's real name. He is perfectly fine with it.
Bob does not like being called "Robert" [[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs by someone who hasn't earned the right]]; close friends can and do call him that regularly.
* '''Double Subverted''': He later yells at the speaker for using As Subverted, but it grates on him even among his real name.friends, who soon figure this out and drop it.

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* '''Implied''': Claire and Alice talk over lunch about Bob, who is only referred to as such, and Claire corrects herself when she starts to say "Robert".



* '''Implied''': Claire and Alice talk over lunch about Bob, who is only referred to as such, and Claire corrects herself when she starts to say "Robert".



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* '''Implied''': Claire and Alice talk over lunch about Bob, who is only referred to as such, and Claire corrects herself when she starts to say "Robert".



%%* '''Implied''': Claire and Alice talk over lunch about Bob, who is only referred to as such, and Claire corrects herself when she starts to say "Robert".

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%%* '''Implied''': Claire and Alice talk over lunch about Bob, who is only referred to as such, and Claire corrects herself when she starts to say "Robert".
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* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???"Let's create a character with a name that can be shortened some way, and they insist on being called by their shortened name."



%%* '''Implied''': ???

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%%* '''Implied''': ???Claire and Alice talk over lunch about Bob, who is only referred to as such, and Claire corrects herself when she starts to say "Robert".

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Has anyone noticed that everytime that someone calls Bob by his real name, he gets really mad?"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Has anyone noticed that everytime every time that someone calls Bob by his real name, he gets really mad?"



%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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* '''Invoked''': [[{{Jerkass}} Danny]] calls Bob by his real name to anger him.

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* '''Invoked''': [[{{Jerkass}} Danny]] calls tells Bob by the actual meaning of his real name to anger him.
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* '''Invoked''': [[Jerkass Danny]] calls Bob by his real name to anger him.

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* '''Invoked''': [[Jerkass [[{{Jerkass}} Danny]] calls Bob by his real name to anger him.
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* '''Enforced''': Alice is a character in a play, but the auditorium has bad acoustics. If the actress didn't speak loudly, the audience wouldn't hear her.

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* '''Enforced''': Alice is a character in a play, but the auditorium has bad acoustics. If the actress didn't speak loudly, the audience wouldn't hear her. ???



* '''Exploited''': Alice tricks Danny into calling Bob by his real name.

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* '''Exploited''': Alice tricks Danny Claire into calling Bob by his real name.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character doesn't like their birth name for personal reasons.
* '''Straight''': Robert hates his name, and prefers to be called "Bob."
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob will attempt to [[DisproportionateRetribution murder anyone who uses his birth name.]]
* '''Downplayed''': Bob is somewhat embarrassed when someone uses his real name, but doesn't correct the speaker.
* '''Justified''': The name "Robert" embarrasses Bob.
* '''Inverted''':
**Bob is perfectly okay with people using his real name.
**Alternatively, Robert hates being called "Bob".
* '''Subverted''': Someone uses Bob's real name. He is perfectly fine with it.
* '''Double Subverted''': He later yells at the speaker for using his real name.
* '''Parodied''': When someone uses Bob's real name, he [[NukeEm nukes the speaker,]] [[ThereIsNoKillLIkeOverkill sets the speaker on fire, runs the speaker over,]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking kicks him.]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob is fine being called his real name by certain people (e.g. his significant other or sibling), but hates being called his real name by other people.
* '''Averted''': Bob is fine being called his real name.
* '''Enforced''': Alice is a character in a play, but the auditorium has bad acoustics. If the actress didn't speak loudly, the audience wouldn't hear her.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Has anyone noticed that everytime that someone calls Bob by his real name, he gets really mad?"
* '''Invoked''': [[Jerkass Danny]] calls Bob by his real name to anger him.
* '''Exploited''': Alice tricks Danny into calling Bob by his real name.
* '''Defied''': Bob calms himself down when someone calls him by his real name.
* '''Discussed''': "I wonder if Bob gets angry when I call him by his real name..."
* '''Conversed''': "This is too easy. Bob will get mad if you call him by his real name."
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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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