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'''Basic Trope''': Characters with [[Plain Names]] live alongide characters with weird names
'''Basic Trope''': Characters with plain names live alongide characters with weird names.
* '''Straight''': Joe has a friend named kunashi
* '''Straight''': Joe has a friend named Kunashi.
* '''Exaggerated''': Joe has a friend named Bulx'a7ʘ̃ ahshi
* '''Exaggerated''': Joe has a friend named Bulx'a7ʘ̃ ahshi.
* '''Justified''': Joe and kunashi are from different cultures
* '''Justified''': Joe and Kunashi are from different cultures.
* '''Inverted''': The village has lots of name like Kunashi, Watashi, or something of that sort, but there is that one Joe.
* '''Inverted''': The village has lots of name like Kunashi and Watashi, but there is one person named Joe.
* '''Subverted''': Joes name is short for Joznaku
* '''Subverted''': Joe's name is short for Joznaku...
* '''Double Subverted''': But Joznaku is the local transliteration of Joseph
* '''Double Subverted''': ...but Joznaku is the local transliteration of Joseph.
* '''Parodied''': Joe and his friend [[The Unpronouncable|n!qgamnognx'klxoqaidrothʘnotha7akloʘ̃ nayrethonothaeogijsifngirsifkbnjrsghtsgbngt]] live in the same secluded village, no one notices the contrast
* '''Parodied''': Joe and his friend [[The Unpronouncable|n!qgamnognx'klxoqaidrothʘnotha7akloʘ̃ nayrethonothaeogijsifngirsifkbnjrsghtsgbngt]] live in the same secluded village; no one notices the contrast.
** Joe and his friend are taking a test. His friend asks for ten pages of continuation paper. By the time the exam is finished, his friend protests that he hasn't finished writing his name.
* '''Deconstructed''': kunashi is made fun of because no one can pronounce his name and later he and his family are [[Final Solution|purged]] from the village
* '''Deconstructed''': Kunashi is made fun of because no one can pronounce his name. He and his family are [[Final Solution|purged]] from the village because people think that the name may be a curse.
* '''Reconstructed''': kunashi and his family are accepted because the community believes [[An Aesop|diversity is good.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': The village folks overcome their superstition. Kunashi and his family are accepted because the community believes [[An Aesop|diversity is good.]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': There are multiple villages in the same region. In some, everyone has a standard English name. In others, a mix of names from multiple language. In one, everyone has exclusively Italian names. Characters are forced to change their name to whatever standard the village uses.
* '''Averted''': Joe has a friend with a name that isn't particularly unusual.
* '''Averted''': Joe's friend is named Sophie.
* '''Enforced''': The head writer thinks that [[Rule of Cool|kunashi is a cool name.]]
* '''Enforced''': The head writer thinks that [[Rule of Cool|Kunashi is a cool name.]]
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "Kunashi? That's an unusual name"
* '''Invoked''': Joe and kunashi's parents introduce them to each other to help them grow into tolerant human beings to help build the global community
* '''Invoked''': Joe and Kunashi's parents introduce them to each other to help them grow into tolerant human beings to help build the global community
* '''Defied''': kunashi's parents rename her [[Alice and Bob|Alice]]
* '''Defied''': Kunashi's parents rename him [[Alice and Bob|Bob]].
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* '''Exploited''': Joe moves to this village to improve his pronounciation of foreign words
* '''Exploited''': In a world where people are controlled with their [[True Name]]s, Joe names his child "Abieuagbseiaaabieoga". No one can pronounce that name, therefore no one can control Joe's child.
* '''Discussed''': ???
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** Joe moves to a village to improve his pronunciation of foreign words.
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Discussed''': "Kunashi, why do you have that name?"
* '''Conversed''': "Wait, in ''All the Tropers comes to America'', why is this guy just called Kunashi? Shouldn't he have a normal name like Joe?"
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Latest revision as of 02:05, 16 November 2022


Basic Trope: Characters with plain names live alongide characters with weird names.

  • Straight: Joe has a friend named Kunashi.
  • Exaggerated: Joe has a friend named Bulx'a7ʘ̃ ahshi.
  • Justified: Joe and Kunashi are from different cultures.
  • Inverted: The village has lots of name like Kunashi and Watashi, but there is one person named Joe.
  • Subverted: Joe's name is short for Joznaku...
  • Double Subverted: ...but Joznaku is the local transliteration of Joseph.
  • Parodied: Joe and his friend n!qgamnognx'klxoqaidrothʘnotha7akloʘ̃ nayrethonothaeogijsifngirsifkbnjrsghtsgbngt live in the same secluded village; no one notices the contrast.
    • Joe and his friend are taking a test. His friend asks for ten pages of continuation paper. By the time the exam is finished, his friend protests that he hasn't finished writing his name.
  • Deconstructed: Kunashi is made fun of because no one can pronounce his name. He and his family are purged from the village because people think that the name may be a curse.
  • Reconstructed: The village folks overcome their superstition. Kunashi and his family are accepted because the community believes diversity is good.
  • Zig Zagged: There are multiple villages in the same region. In some, everyone has a standard English name. In others, a mix of names from multiple language. In one, everyone has exclusively Italian names. Characters are forced to change their name to whatever standard the village uses.
  • Averted: Joe's friend is named Sophie.
  • Enforced: The head writer thinks that Kunashi is a cool name.
  • Lampshaded: "Kunashi? That's an unusual name"
  • Invoked: Joe and Kunashi's parents introduce them to each other to help them grow into tolerant human beings to help build the global community
  • Defied: Kunashi's parents rename him Bob.
  • Exploited: In a world where people are controlled with their True Names, Joe names his child "Abieuagbseiaaabieoga". No one can pronounce that name, therefore no one can control Joe's child.
    • Joe moves to a village to improve his pronunciation of foreign words.
  • Discussed: "Kunashi, why do you have that name?"
  • Conversed: "Wait, in All the Tropers comes to America, why is this guy just called Kunashi? Shouldn't he have a normal name like Joe?"

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