The problem is this trope is inherently self defeating. Either a character has a totally unique name, in which case they don't qualify, or they share their name with other characters, in which case they don't qualify.
I get the general concept -"Mario" of Super Mario Bros is more well-known than any other Mario and as a result the name is associated with him- but there's always gonna be exceptions. Even if the trope namer's case, there's a couple examples of other works using the name non-ironically. How do we differentiate when a name has become sufficiently "owned" by a single character to qualify?
It’s a name that showed up in shows before then X person got big so now no one wants to use it. The biggest reason is usually the name is in the title.
For example before Haruhi Suzumiya became big there were uses of the name Haruhi such as the lead from Ouran High School Host Club. But after 2006 no one would be caught dead using it. Even retroactively the lead from Ouran, which was kinda big in its own right, became known as ‘the other Haruhi’.
First of all, the real life sections are all horrible messes. There's a ton of stuff where it just happens to be the only name, especially when it comes to place names. Those names are just rare. Pretty much all names are too common anyway, since there's almost always someone else who uses them.
Aversions are pointless for this trope.
If a name didn't exist before, and isn't used again, I'd say it's probably just too rare. They also created the name, so it's linked to them for that reason, and not because they took over the association with the name. I don't think that fits the spirit of the trope.
Nicknames probably fit the spirit of the trope, but most nicknames are either too common or more or less unique.
There's probably a fair bit of Fan Myopia.
The description talks only about single names. Combining first and last name doesn't seem to follow the spirit of the trope, and it would most likely be too rare to begin with, since for a combination to be common enough both names have to individually be very common.
Names can probably be limited to a medium. However, with Professional Wrestling, I find that to be a little problematic, since I would guess many of those names are trademarked, and can therefore not be legally used within wrestling. Which is its own problem: If a name isn't used because of trademarks, it's not because it's too iconic; it's because it's not allowed.
Check out my fanfiction!Yeah completely agree there. This is not Unique Name, which might be a trope in of itself, but more ‘my name now suckers’.
Trademarked names are more of an official thing and unless someone fights over it to enforce the One Mario Limit keep it off the page.
An example of an enforced thing the name ‘Conan’ which had Conan The Barbarian trademark the name and stopped Detective Conan from using its own name when it came over to the west and made TBS pay royalties for Conan even though it’s the host’s own name.
edited 7th Jun '18 1:53:05 AM by Memers
Clock is set.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanClock is up; closing.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
A combination of "Needs Help" and "Misuse", there are some minor issues with the One Mario Limit trope. They aren't edit wars yet, but without a clearer set of criteria, I fear that it soon may head that way.
I'm well aware of the basic purpose of this trope: A character becomes so iconic that their names are not used by others in order to avoid being accused of ripping that character off. What is not clear/needs enforcing are the following:
I'm hoping that one way or another, these issues can be resolved without taking all the fun out of the trope itself.
edited 1st Apr '18 4:35:39 PM by thecarolinabull01