Basic Trope: An inaccurate name.
- Straight: The Hero's name is "Emperor Evulz", while the villain's name is "Hiro".
- Exaggerated:
- Everybody in the work has an inaccurate name.
- The All-Loving Hero's name is "Emperor Evulz, He Who Destroys Worlds, Kills Millions, Rapes Women, Enslaves Children, And Doesn't Brush His Teeth", while the Big Bad's name is "Hiro, He Who Saves Lives, Gives Trillions Of Dollars To Poor People, And Cannot Do Any Harm".
- Downplayed: Some characters have a Gender-Blender Name, that aren't that inaccurate. For example, the female hero is named Aiden while she has fire powers.
- Justified:
- Their parents named them in high hopes that they'll go down that path, but things changed.
- Evuls and Hiro were Switched at Birth.
- Inverted:
- Subverted:
- The hero's name isn't actually Emperor Evulz. It's Hiro.
- The villain's name isn't Hiro, it's Slecht.
- Double Subverted: Oh wait, that was The Lancer's name. The Hero's name is still Emperor Evulz.
- Parodied: Everybody's name is not only unrealistic, but reflect who they are not. For example, a person named Blazy Pyromania Infernoheat has cold water powers.
- Zig Zagged: Some characters have names that don't mean anything, while others have a Meaningful Name.
- Averted:
- Nobody has names that are inaccurate.
- Nameless Narrative
- Enforced:
- The author has an embarrassing name, and wants his characters to feel his pain too.
- The author thought it is a clever way of tricking the viewer.
- Rule of Funny
- Lampshaded: "I can't believe that the Hero is named Emperor Evulz!"
- Invoked: The hero's parents name him Emperor Evulz and raise him to be a hero, reasoning he will be motivated to rise above his name.
- Exploited: Hiro turns Evulz into a Hero with Bad Publicity based off his name.
- Defied: Emperor Evulz changes his name to Hiro.
- Discussed: "Wait a minute... So, the hero is named Emperor Evulz, and the villain's name is Hiro?"
- Conversed: ???
- Deconstructed: Viewers get confused over the names, leading to cases of I Am Not Shazam and Protagonist Title Fallacy.
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