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1	By the numbers, the majority of characters will not have a name within the work, because they lack NominalImportance. One way to play with audience expectations, however, is to present characters and instead of addressing them by their personal name, they're called by their [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep title]], [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname nickname]], or in [[YouKnowTheOne vague terms]]. The more important this character is to the plot, the more unusual it is to lack a name. The BitCharacter and SpearCarrier may not have their names mentioned, but they are straight examples of NominalImportance.
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3	It is important to note that this character presumably ''does'' have a name, which just never comes up within the work. Credits and [[AllThereInTheManual additional publications]] may show the character's name, without the name ever being mentioned during the work. Again, this is only tropeworthy with characters that impact the story, such as the SupportingProtagonist or the IneffectualSympatheticVillain.
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5	While characters may {{Lampshade\|Hanging}} the unusual relationship, a direct confrontation on the character's lack of a name is usually a different trope. In No Name Given, the audience must assume that off-camera the characters are aware of each other's names, and it is pure coincidence that everyone else is on, at best, LastNameBasis with this character.
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7	This is a subtrope to TheNameless, because the character (apparently) lacks a name. It is supertrope to UnnamedParent (the unnamed characters are specifically parents to a younger main character) and EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep (the character is only identified by a descriptive moniker). Compare HisNameReallyIsBarkeep in case the character's name was being used all along.
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9	!!Examples:
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11	* NoNameGiven/AnimeAndManga
12	* [[NoNameGiven.LiveActionFilms Films – Live-Action]]
13	* NoNameGiven/{{Literature}}
14	* Servants of the ''Literature/SpellsSwordsAndStealth'' dark god Kalzidar give up their names as part of their service to him. One such nameless priest is the primary antagonist of the second book.
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16	* NoNameGiven/LiveActionTV
17	* The sketch comedy ''Series/AlmostLive'' features "Mind Your Manners", kung-fu parody skits in which the hero Billy Quan always delivers a beat-down on the same unnamed and unrepentant JerkAss (played by the show's host John Keister.)
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19	* NoNameGiven/VideoGames
20	* NoNameGiven/WesternAnimation
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24	[[folder:Comic Books]]
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27	[[folder: Fan Fiction]]
28	* Applies to [[spoiler: ''her'']] in the ''Fanfic/TriptychContinuum'', because of ''her'' deliberate NoNeedForNames approach.
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31	[[folder: Music]]
32	* The band ''Music/{{Ghost\|Band}}'' has one named member, Papa Emeritus, the singer. The other members of the band - who wear identical masks and robes on stage - are credited as "Nameless Ghouls".

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