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** The barkeep is so [[TheDreaded greatly feared]] that [[SpeakOfTheDevil no one dares to use his real name]].
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** The barkeep Bob is so [[TheDreaded greatly feared]] that [[SpeakOfTheDevil no one dares to use his real name]].
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** The barkeep is so [[TheDreaded greatly feared]] that [[SpeakOfTheDevil no one dares to use his real name]].
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** The bar is at the airport's duty-free zone, so most of Bob's customers are merely waiting for their connecting flight(s) and regulars are just not a thing here.
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone is only referred to using their title instead of their actual name.
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone is only referred to using by their title instead of their actual name.
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** Even outside work, he's still called "Barkeep" by everyone, ''even his family'', despite it being very clear that is '''not''' his real name.
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** Even outside work, he's still called "Barkeep" by everyone, ''even his family'', despite it being made very clear that is '''not''' his real name.
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** Even outside work, he's still called "Barkeep" by everyone, ''even his family'', despite it being very clear that is ''not'' his real name.
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** Even outside work, he's still called "Barkeep" by everyone, ''even his family'', despite it being very clear that is ''not'' '''not''' his real name.
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** Even outside work, he's still called "Barkeep" by everyone, ''even his family'', to the point that one can wonder if everyone just didn't collectively forget his real name.
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** Even outside work, he's still called "Barkeep" by everyone, ''even his family'', to the point despite it being very clear that one can wonder if everyone just didn't collectively forget is ''not'' his real name.
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** HisNameReallyIsBarkeep
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone is only referred to using their profession or title.
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone is only referred to using their profession or title.title instead of their actual name.
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone is only referred to using their profession, or another odd word.
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone is only referred to using their profession, profession or another odd word.title.
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** This is a universe where [[IKnowYourTrueName the power of real names]] applies.
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* '''Double Subverted''': The barkeep's name seems to ne "Barkeep", except the barkeep reveals that he changed his name.
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* '''Double Subverted''': The barkeep's name seems to ne be "Barkeep", except however the barkeep reveals that it was his old name, and he changed his name.name to something else.
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* '''Double Subverted''': ???The barkeep's name seems to ne "Barkeep", except the barkeep reveals that he changed his name.
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** The barkeep job has such as high turnover rate that no one bothers to remember the barkeep's name.
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone is only referred to using their profession, or another odd word.
* '''Straight''': Bob works in a bar, and the customers call him "Barkeep".
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Even outside work, he's still called "Barkeep" by everyone, ''even his family'', to the point that one can wonder if everyone just didn't collectively forget his real name.
** ADogNamedDog
** ''Everyone'' refers to one another as "Barkeep".
* '''Downplayed''': "Barkeep" is an AffectionateNickname used by Bob's closest friends and patrons.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob never really told his real name to anybody in the bar.
** Bob does an exceptional work at the bar, so this nickname is a variant of the RedBaron.
* '''Inverted''': Everyone who is ''not'' a barkeep is referred to as "Barkeep".
* '''Subverted''': HisNameReallyIsBarkeep
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Bob is referred to as "Barkeep" so much that he frequently ends up forgetting his own name.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Customers call Bob "Barkeep" on particularly bright and cheerful days; On others, they call him by his real name.
* '''Averted''': Bob is referred to using his real name.
* '''Enforced''': Bob was introduced as a very minor barkeeper character with little to no relevance to the plot, however, [[OneSceneWonder his single appearance was enough]] to [[MemeticMutation make him an unexpectedly popular character among the fans]], which gave him the nickname "Barkeep". Content creators noticed this, and when the next season comes around, [[AscendedExtra Bob ascends to supporting character status and is given an actual name]], [[AscendedMeme but is referred by the other main characters as "barkeep"]] as a ShoutOut to the fans.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, how about we hang out at Barkeep's workplace?"
* '''Invoked''': SpellMyNameWithAThe
* '''Exploited''': The bartender is a HumanAlien with an [[TheUnpronounceable unpronounceable name]], so it's easier for the customers to refer to him as just "Barkeep".
* '''Defied''': "Yo, Bark-" "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Do not. Call me. Like that. Ever.]] My name is Bob, Okay?"
* '''Discussed''': "So, uh, does any one of you guys actually know Barkeep's real name?"
* '''Conversed''': "This bartender's name can't be "Barkeep". Why hasn't any one of these people asked him about his actual name, anyways?"
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is called "Barkeep" so much by people that he feels like he's never really out of his job, which takes its toll on his mind and causes him to burnout very quickly.
* '''Played For Laughs''': So many workers in the bar are referred to as "Barkeep" that when Alice calls Bob by this nickname, all the employees respond in unison to the call.
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Oh, uh, that page? EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep. Don't know why.
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%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
* '''Straight''': Bob works in a bar, and the customers call him "Barkeep".
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Even outside work, he's still called "Barkeep" by everyone, ''even his family'', to the point that one can wonder if everyone just didn't collectively forget his real name.
** ADogNamedDog
** ''Everyone'' refers to one another as "Barkeep".
* '''Downplayed''': "Barkeep" is an AffectionateNickname used by Bob's closest friends and patrons.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob never really told his real name to anybody in the bar.
** Bob does an exceptional work at the bar, so this nickname is a variant of the RedBaron.
* '''Inverted''': Everyone who is ''not'' a barkeep is referred to as "Barkeep".
* '''Subverted''': HisNameReallyIsBarkeep
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Bob is referred to as "Barkeep" so much that he frequently ends up forgetting his own name.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Customers call Bob "Barkeep" on particularly bright and cheerful days; On others, they call him by his real name.
* '''Averted''': Bob is referred to using his real name.
* '''Enforced''': Bob was introduced as a very minor barkeeper character with little to no relevance to the plot, however, [[OneSceneWonder his single appearance was enough]] to [[MemeticMutation make him an unexpectedly popular character among the fans]], which gave him the nickname "Barkeep". Content creators noticed this, and when the next season comes around, [[AscendedExtra Bob ascends to supporting character status and is given an actual name]], [[AscendedMeme but is referred by the other main characters as "barkeep"]] as a ShoutOut to the fans.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, how about we hang out at Barkeep's workplace?"
* '''Invoked''': SpellMyNameWithAThe
* '''Exploited''': The bartender is a HumanAlien with an [[TheUnpronounceable unpronounceable name]], so it's easier for the customers to refer to him as just "Barkeep".
* '''Defied''': "Yo, Bark-" "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Do not. Call me. Like that. Ever.]] My name is Bob, Okay?"
* '''Discussed''': "So, uh, does any one of you guys actually know Barkeep's real name?"
* '''Conversed''': "This bartender's name can't be "Barkeep". Why hasn't any one of these people asked him about his actual name, anyways?"
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob is called "Barkeep" so much by people that he feels like he's never really out of his job, which takes its toll on his mind and causes him to burnout very quickly.
* '''Played For Laughs''': So many workers in the bar are referred to as "Barkeep" that when Alice calls Bob by this nickname, all the employees respond in unison to the call.
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Oh, uh, that page? EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep. Don't know why.
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%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
