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 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.
- Bob's Abusive Parents (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.
- Alice is transgender and gets upset when someone calls her "Robert" because she changed her name to reflect her gender identity.
- Inverted:
- Bob is perfectly okay with people using his real name.
- Alternatively, Robert hates being called "Bob".
- Subverted: Bob does not like being called "Robert" by someone who hasn't earned the right; close friends can and do call him that regularly.
- Double Subverted: As Subverted, but it grates on him even among his friends, who soon figure this out and drop it.
- Parodied: When someone uses Bob's real name, he nukes the speaker, sets the speaker on fire, runs the speaker over, and 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: "Let's create a character with a name that can be shortened some way, and they insist on being called by their shortened name."
- Lampshaded: "Has anyone noticed that every time that someone calls Bob by his real name, he gets really mad?"
- Invoked: Danny tells Bob the actual meaning of his real name to anger him.
- Exploited:
- Alice tricks Claire into calling Bob by his real name.
- Alice deduces a shapeshifter is impersonating Bob when they don't complain when she calls them "Robert".
- 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."
- 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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