Kernigh
Since: Sep, 2012
#2: Oct 29th 2013 at 3:03:18 PM
They seem to be different: a Code Name can be anything, but a Character Name Alias must be the name of a fictional character. For example, if I use the name "Red Troper", that is a Code Name; but if I use the name "Bugs Bunny", that is a Character Name Alias.
kjnoren
Since: Feb, 2011
#3: Oct 29th 2013 at 3:19:38 PM
True; the Character Name Alias does however make a terrible job explaining that in its name (I'd think Borrowed Name As Alias or similar would be far more clearer).
Character Name Alias is however clearly a subtrope of Code Name.
Kernigh
Since: Sep, 2012
#4: Oct 31st 2013 at 1:08:06 PM
Would Line-of-Sight Name, Sdrawkcab Alias and Sue Donym also be subtropes of Code Name?
kjnoren
Since: Feb, 2011
#5: Nov 1st 2013 at 4:15:21 AM
Guess so.
Would be nice to have some sort of metadata way of adding and view trope relationships, apart from the parent/child relation we already have.
Total posts: 5
I found the following two tropes during an YKTTW discussion: Code Name and Character Name Alias.
From my reading of the descriptions, I see no real difference between the tropes. Code Name appear to be more established (more wicks and inbounds), and with a more thought-through description.