Basic Trope: A character named after something in the night sky.
- Straight: There's a character named Stella.
- Exaggerated:
- Her full name is Stella Andromeda Luna Starr.
- Stella's parents are Sirius and Andromeda, and she has sisters named Luna, Astra, and Celeste.
- Downplayed:
- Justified:
- "Stella" is a reasonably common name.
- Stella's parents named her because she was born at night when the stars were out.
- Stella's parents are superstitious and believe astronomical names are good luck.
- Inverted: There's a character named after something found underground, such as Earth or Magma.
- Subverted: Alice gives birth to a baby girl and considers naming her Stella, but Bob the father turns it down.
- Double Subverted: He wants to name her Nova instead.
- Parodied:
- Zigzagged: While Alice is pregnant, she and Bob think up various names, including Stella, Mary, Nova, and Gwen.
- Averted: No one is named after anything celestial.
- Enforced: "This character's an astronomer, so let's name her Stella, see if the viewers catch on."
- Lampshaded: "We're going to the planetarium. Your name is Stella, so you'd fit right in!"
- Invoked: Alice and Bob look for sky-related names for their baby.
- Exploited:
- Defied: Alice and/or Bob has a fear of the night sky, so refuses to name the baby something related to it.
- Discussed: "How about 'Stella' for a name? It means 'star' in Latin."
- Conversed: "How come that character named Stella is an astronomer? Were her parents psychic?"
- Implied:
- Deconstructed: Miaplacidus, named after one of the stars in the constellation Carinanote , is bullied in school for having a "ridiculous" name.
- Reconstructed:
- Played for Laughs:
- Played for Drama:
- Played for Horror:
Back to Stellar Name.
