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** Bob's full name is Bob Randel Hendriksen [[PunnyName Howinde Helles Dysneim Solon Gandkin Tryve]] von Fahrenheit Strauser.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Bob Randel Hendriksen "How in the hell is this name so long and contrived" von Fahrenheit Strauser.[[/labelnote]]
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* '''Straight''': There is a guy named Bob Randel Henriksen von Fahrenheit Strauser.

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* '''Straight''': There is a guy named Bob Randel Henriksen von [[TheVonTropeFamily von]] Fahrenheit Strauser.
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* '''Enforced''': ???RuleOfFunny.
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** only half of the ''von''s were from the record skipping.
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** Some languages have less 26 letters in their alphabet, so they need names to be longer to allow for differentiation between persons. (EG: Hawaiian has only 13 letters)

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** Some languages have less than 26 letters in their alphabet, so they need names to be longer to allow for differentiation between persons. (EG: Hawaiian has only 13 letters)
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** Some languages have less 26 letters in their alphabet, so they need names to be longer to allow for differentiation between persons. (EG: Hawaiian has only 13 letters)
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** Bob carries both his father's family name and his mother's family name, who both carry the family names of '''their''' parents, who all...

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** Bob carries both his father's family name and his mother's family name, who both carry the family names of both of '''their''' parents, who all...

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* '''Justified''': Bob came from a long line of European ancestry that kept the tradition going.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Bob came from a long line of European ancestry that kept the tradition going.going.
** Bob carries both his father's family name and his mother's family name, who both carry the family names of '''their''' parents, who all...
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** The dozen ''von''s presumed to be in Bob von Henriksen's name came from a record that [[BrokenRecord started skipping at "von... ]][[OverlyLongGag von... von... von... von... von... von... von... von... von... von... von..."]]

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** The dozen ''von''s presumed to be in Bob von Henriksen's name came from a record that [[BrokenRecord [[RepetitiveAudioGlitch started skipping at "von... ]][[OverlyLongGag von... von... von... von... von... von... von... von... von... von... von..."]]

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* '''Subverted''': Bob's long name actually is something he made up, and his real one is just Bob Henriksen.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Bob's long name actually is something he made up, and his real one is just Bob Henriksen.Henriksen.
** The dozen ''von''s presumed to be in Bob von Henriksen's name came from a record that [[BrokenRecord started skipping at "von... ]][[OverlyLongGag von... von... von... von... von... von... von... von... von... von... von..."]]
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* '''Zigzagged''': Brq'zsr'ftr'rdzt seems like it would be long written out it is from an alien language and while it sounds weird is still brief as 'Alex' phonetically [[TheUnpronounceable just with bizarre syllables by human standards]]. It is only four of their characters which is below average for their name. Any human doing a rough approximation that they could understand would have to go with something even longer from having to add in 'filler syllables'.

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* '''Parodied''': Bob names number over a thousand.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Bob names number over a thousand.thousand.
** Bob and the other characters [[FullNameBasis pronounce his full name everytime]] they address him.
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** "Seriously? Is that actually your name?" "Ha, no, not really. [[{{beat}}] That's just the short version."

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** "Seriously? Is that actually your name?" "Ha, no, not really. [[{{beat}}] [{{beat}}] That's just the short version."

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* '''Double Subverted''': Until it turns out that he was joking, and his long name is his real one.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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Until it turns out that he was joking, and his long name is his real one.one.
** "Seriously? Is that actually your name?" "Ha, no, not really. [[{{beat}}] That's just the short version."

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* '''Exaggerated''': There is a guy named Bob Randel Henriksen von Fahrenheit Strauser Heinrich Clausen von Stratcher Ericson Johnson von Harch von.

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* '''Exaggerated''': There '''Exaggerated''':
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is a guy named Bob Randel Henriksen von Fahrenheit Strauser Heinrich Clausen von Stratcher Ericson Johnson von Harch von.von.
**There is a guy named Bob Randel Henriksen von Fahrenheit Strauser Heinrich Clausen von Stratcher Ericson Johnson von Harch von Harch von Harch von [[OverlyLongGag von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von von]].
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* '''Downplayed''': ?There is a guy named Bob Randel Henriksen.

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* '''Downplayed''': ?There There is a guy named Bob Randel Henriksen.

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* '''Parodied''': Bob has a name that has 10000 names in it.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': Bob has a name that has 10000 names in it.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
number over a thousand.



* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???Alice insist Bob pretend to have a longer name so he sounds aristocratic when she introduces him to her family.



* '''Discussed''': "Hello, what's your name?" "I'll tell you, but it might take a while"
* '''Conversed''': "Hey Alice, do you know that we have a classmate here who has an incredibly long name?"

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* '''Discussed''': "Hello, "So, what's your name?" "I'll tell you, but it might take a while"
* '''Conversed''': "Hey Alice, do you know Alice complains that we have the names of characters in the novel she must make a classmate here who has an incredibly presentation about are too long name?"for her to remember.
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* '''Inverted''': There is a guy named B.

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* '''Inverted''': There is a guy named B.[[OneLetterName B]].
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* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???"Hello, what's your name?" "I'll tell you, but it might take a while"
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* '''Exploited''': Bob names himself in this manner to protect himself from being [[Manga/DeathNote killed by a notebook]].

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* '''Exploited''': Bob [[CrazyPrepared names himself in this manner manner]] to [[GenreSavvy protect himself himself]] from being [[Manga/DeathNote killed by a notebook]].
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* '''Exploited''': Bob names himself in this manner to protect himself from being [[Anime/DeathNote killed by a notebook]].

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* '''Exploited''': Bob names himself in this manner to protect himself from being [[Anime/DeathNote [[Manga/DeathNote killed by a notebook]].
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Bob names himself in this manner to protect himself from being [[Anime/DeathNote killed by a notebook]].
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* '''Exaggerated''': His name is forty words long.
* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': His name There is forty words long.
a guy named Bob Randel Henriksen von Fahrenheit Strauser Heinrich Clausen von Stratcher Ericson Johnson von Harch von.
* '''Downplayed''': ????There is a guy named Bob Randel Henriksen.



* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': Bob only has a two-word name, Bob Henriksen
* '''Double Subverted''': Until it was revealed that it was just his mother's maiden name used to shorten his name.
* '''Parodied''': Bob's long name was written with balloons.

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* '''Inverted''': ???
There is a guy named B.
* '''Subverted''': Bob's long name actually is something he made up, and his real one is just Bob only has a two-word name, Bob Henriksen
Henriksen.
* '''Double Subverted''': Until it was revealed turns out that it he was just joking, and his mother's maiden long name used to shorten is his name.
real one.
* '''Parodied''': Bob's long Bob has a name was written with balloons.that has 10000 names in it.



* '''Averted''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???Bob's real name is just Bob Henriksen.



* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey! I though names were supposedly just made up of two words."

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey! I though thought names were supposedly just made up of two words."words!"



* '''Defied''': Everyone including Bob has just been given one name.

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* '''Defied''': Everyone including Bob has just been given one intentionally renames himself to Bob Henriksen, after he hated having a long name.



* '''Implied''': Detective Abraham noted during his speech to the public around Bob's true name.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's overly long name makes him unable to fill in a small sheet of paper his entire name.

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* '''Implied''': Detective Abraham noted Bob's true name during his speech to the public around Bob's true name.
public.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's overly long name makes him unable to fill his entire name in a small sheet of paper his entire name.paper.



* '''Played for Laughs''':Bob's entire name is made up of funny words.

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* '''Played for Laughs''':Bob's Laughs''': Bob's entire name is made up of funny words.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ??? ???



* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's overly long name makes him unable to fill in a small sheet of paper his entire name.
* '''Reconstructed''': Not until somebody hands over a bigger piece of paper so that he could write it all down there.



* '''Implied''': Detective Abraham noted during his speech to the public around Bob's true name.



* '''Discussed''':

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* '''Discussed''': ???



* '''Implied''': Detective Abraham noted during his speech to the public around Bob's true name.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's overly long name makes him unable to fill in a small sheet of paper his entire name.
* '''Reconstructed''': Not until somebody hands over a bigger piece of paper so that he could write it all down there.



* '''Played for Drama''': ???



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* '''Reconstructed''': Not until somebody hands over a bigger piece of paper so that he could write it down there.

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* '''Reconstructed''': Not until somebody hands over a bigger piece of paper so that he could write it all down there.



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

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* '''Implied''': ???Detective Abraham noted during his speech to the public around Bob's true name.
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* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's overly long name makes him unable to fill in a small sheet of paper.

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* '''Parodied''': ???
Bob's long name was written with balloons.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's overly long name makes him unable to fill in a small sheet of paper.paper his entire name.



* '''Played for Laughs''':???

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* '''Played for Laughs''':???Laughs''':Bob's entire name is made up of funny words.
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'''Basic Trope''': A person or a place has a very long name.
* '''Straight''': There is a guy named Bob Randel Henriksen von Fahrenheit Strauser.
* '''Exaggerated''': His name is forty words long.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': Bob came from a long line of European ancestry that kept the tradition going.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': Bob only has a two-word name, Bob Henriksen
* '''Double Subverted''': Until it was revealed that it was just his mother's maiden name used to shorten his name.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob's overly long name makes him unable to fill in a small sheet of paper.
* '''Reconstructed''': Not until somebody hands over a bigger piece of paper so that he could write it down there.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Implied''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey! I though names were supposedly just made up of two words."
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Everyone including Bob has just been given one name.
* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''': "Hey Alice, do you know that we have a classmate here who has an incredibly long name?"
* '''Played for Laughs''':???
* '''Played for Drama''': ???
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