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Basic Trope: Magically taking someone's name away from them.

  • Straight: The witch Alice takes away Bob's name.
  • Exaggerated: The witch Alice takes away the name of Bob's city.
  • Downplayed: The witch Alice takes away Bob's surname, but leaves him his first name.
  • Justified: Names have power.
  • Inverted: The witch Alice magically gives Bob another name in addition to the one he was born with.
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  • Averted: No magic is done with/to anyone's name.
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  • Defied: In the Land of Faerie, there are lots of dark witches, and taking someone's name away is a popular way of attacking them. To defend them from this, parents generally don't name their children in the first place.

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