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There are obvious basic trends in character names. You will never encounter a tough-guy character in a drama with the name "Maurice" or "Adelbert." <ref>Except maybe [[Final Fantasy IX|Adelbert Steiner]].</ref> You will never see a computer geek named "Rocco" or "Lefty". "Ethel" is always dowdy,<ref>Excepting [[Ethel Merman]].</ref> while "Jennifer" is always a bombshell.
Society has stereotypes that go with most names, and television writers play to those stereotypes. Comedy -- especially broad or satirical comedy -- can play against type with names, and sometimes talented writing can spawn a new stereotype to go with an old name. The rest of the time, though, writers go with what is known or expected, or else they risk having the characters dismissed by the viewers for reasons that they only vaguely understand themselves.
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Foreign and outright alien characters have more leeway, but even with them, certain practices have become standardized.
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See also [[Language Tropes]]. Compare [[Title Tropes]].
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* [[Adam and or Eve]]
* [[The Adjectival Man]]
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* [[Diseased Name]]
* [[Doctor. Doctor. Doctor.]]
* [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"]]
* [[Don't Call Me "Sir"!]]
* [[Dr. Genericius]]
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* [[Louis Cypher]]
* [[Luke Nounverber]]
* [[The Master (trope)
* [[Max Trope]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]
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* [[Named by the Adaptation]]
* [[Named Like My Name]]
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* [[Name McAdjective]]
* [[Name Order Confusion]]
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* [[No Need for Names]]
** [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]
** [[Nom De Guerre]]▼
** [[No Name Given]]
** [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]
* [[The Notable Numeral]]
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* [[You Are Number Six]]
** [[Seven Is Nana]]
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* [[New Neo City]]
* [[Numbered Homeworld]]
* [[One
* [[Please Select New City Name]]
* [[Premiseville]]
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* [[Sci Fi Name Buzzwords]]
** [[Photoprotoneutron Torpedo]]
* [[We Will Use Wiki Words in the Future]]
* [[Weapon of Peace]]
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