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Basic Trope: A distinct group of characters who all happen to have the same name.

  • Straight: Everyone in the group is named Lena.
  • Exaggerated: Planet of Steves
  • Downplayed: A group of four girls consists of Christina, Justina, Martina, and Valentina, but everyone normally calls them "Tina".
  • Justified: "Lena" is one of the popular names in the setting.
  • Inverted: The Lenas are enemies of each other and they frequently fight to left only one Lena in the entire series.
  • Subverted:
    • There are four girls named Lena, but all mentions of them are deliberately misleading; the reader doesn't discover until later that they have distinctive names.
    • Everyone in the group is named Lena...Until Ashley and Julie joined.
  • Double Subverted: But later they change their names to Lena as well.
  • Parodied: "If your name isn't Lena, YOU CAN'T SIT WITH US!"
  • Zig Zagged: Sometimes The Lenas hang out together, sometimes not since each of them has multiple friend circles.
  • Averted:
  • Enforced: To create a Running Gag of the series.
  • Lampshaded: "Wow, All of you are Lena!"
  • Invoked:
    • "Since we all have the same name, let's become friends."
    • Julie changes her name to Lena to join The Lenas.
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied:
    • To avoid confusion, The Lenas change their names to more distinctive ones.
    • Everyone with the same name refuses to hang out together.
  • Discussed: "Since all of us share the same name, I wonder how we refer to each other" "It's easy, just using nicknames."
  • Conversed: "Seems like they only hang out just because they share the name."
  • Implied: The four girl's real name is never mentioned, but Ashley calls each member of the group "Lena".
  • Deconstructed: ???
  • Reconstructed: ???
  • Played for Laughs: ???
  • Played for Drama: ???

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