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A common feature is to allow players the option to name their [[Player Character]], or even other characters. It allows for a certain level of customization. Most games that do this feature a [[Protagonist Without a Past|hero without a past]], but many even present this option for characters that actually have "[[Canon Name|real]]" names. Often, the player's name will appear in a slightly different [[Useful Notes/Fonts|typeface]], which may have been intended to remind the player that he's the one being addressed, but also reminds him that the dialogue is being generated [[Mad Libs Dialogue|Mad Libs style]]. Endless amusement can be derived from entering entirely inappropriate words instead of names. Occasionally, a game will acknowledge an unusual name choice (often for a [[Classic Cheat Code|Cheat Code]] or [[Easter Egg]]), or even not allow you to use specific names.

 

 

Since the addition of live voice-acting to video games this presents a challenge to developers, because they can't predict and record audio tracks for whatever possibilities a player may think up. Methods for addressing this vary:

 

Can result in [[Awesome McCoolname]] or [[Fail O'Suckyname]], as seen above. Compare [[Canon Name]], which gives a name to a character with no default name. [[Meaningful Name]] can be worked in while fitting any of the above.

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* All games in ''Zelda'' series have this, with the default name of Link, naturally. However, the two DS games actually use the player's name as set in the DS options as the default name. This is because the name Link is meant to symbolise a "link to the player", so using the player's own name gives more of a feeling of immersion in the adventure.

** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|The Legend of Zelda Links Awakening]]'' [[Painting the Fourth Wall|combines this with]] [[No Fair Cheating]]. If you manage to steal from the store, the game changes your name to "THIEF" for the rest of the playthrough.

** In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'' you also get to name your horse. Given the way players abused this feature, it's unlikely this will return in any later games.

*** Doubly true in a meta sense, considering it was abusing a stack overflow with Epona's name that led to the proliferation of homebrew on the Wii.

 

* In ''[[Adventures in The Magic Kingdom]]'', you can enter any name you want, though if you decide to leave the naming box blank, your name will default to... "Bamboo.7".

* The fourth type is seen in some ''[[Barbie]]'' CD-ROM games, of all things. You get a pretty large list of prerecorded names to pick, including male ones, which is a nice surprise...

 

* The first two ''[[Space Quest]]'' games featured this ability. If you left that field blank, it would default to "Roger Wilco," which became the character's official name.

* In ''[[Wasted Youth]]'', you enter your name at the beginning of the game. The game tells you not to give your character a "stupid" name, because "ask the kid of any celebrity how that feels and you'll realise it's a bad idea."

* The ''[[Quest for Glory]]'' series lets you name your character, but it's mostly a moot point because you only get addressed by name twice in the entire five-game series (in the very first conversation, and at the end of the third game).

 

* The racing game called ''[[GRID]]'' has a kind of hybrid of this. It will ask you for your name, which is what shows up on the scoreboards, but also for a nick or callsign, which is what will be used in voice commentary. You can pick anything you want for name, but only choose from a list for the nick.

 

* An old ''[[Reader Rabbit]]'' game, ''Reader Rabbit Thinking Adventures'' takes your name entry and matches it against a database of pre-recorded names available on the CD-ROM.

 

** Fun fact: There's least one wrestling game that has the names ''Derek'' and ''Derrick'' to choose from, and yes, they are pronounced the same way.

 

* In ''[[Deus Ex]]'', you can name your character anything you like, but he'll still be called by his "[[Code Name]]" JC Denton. The only place you get to see your custom name are in datacubes and e-mails.

** And newspapers, but they're calling you a terrorist.

* When someone in a multiplayer game of ''[[Red Faction]]'' kills himself, the game shows a message saying " was killed by his own hand". When someone frags another player, the message says " was killed by ". Therefore, you see gamers calling themselves "his own hand", and beyond this, is Capture The Flag mode. The flag status indicator shows "at base" if it's at the base, "Missing" if it's dropped somewhere, or if somebody has it. Cue players naming themselves "at base" or "missing."

 

* In ''[[Diablo]] II'', since all of the speeches are prerecorded, they simply refer to the player as "[[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Hero]]" or variations thereof instead of mentioning you by name.

 

 

* ''[[City of Heroes]]'' does this, as [[Lampshaded]] by a malfunctioning automaton: "I hope you're ready to fight, (HERONAME), because [[Witty Banter]] INSERT FAILURE!"

** Like the ''World of Warcraft'' example below, the game sometimes refers to whichever character is attacking, which may be a player's "pet" and not the actual player. This leads to [[Non-Player Character|NPCs]] saying things like "You'll never get away with this, Battle Drone!"

** This can sometimes lead to funny results when an NPC mis-yells. For instance, the arena quests in Valhalas are scripted, so the arbitrator NPC yells the name of the person who does the killing blow. What happens when a pet/summoned creature gets the killblow? "All hail Army of the Dead Ghoul, Champion of Valhalas!"

** Also, "All hail Searing Totem VI!"

* In all of [[Artix Entertainment]]'s MMOs (''[[Adventure Quest Worlds]]'', ''[[Epic Duel]]'' and ''[[Hero Smash]]'') you can name your character.

* In [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee's]] review of ''[[Tabula Rasa]]'', he names his character Gareth Gobulcoque in order to test the game's profanity filter.

 

* Similarly, the arcade game ''Hyper Bishi Bashi Champ'' allows you to choose from a list of prerecorded "wacky" nicknames, although this feature is removed from its Playstation port on the compilation ''Bishi Bashi Special'' (where you're always "PRAYAAAAH WAN")

 

* Parodied in ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'', where GLaDOS (who probably has an automated response to finishing each course) says things like "You, {{smallcaps|Subject Name Here}}, must be the pride of {{smallcaps|Subject Hometown Here}}." In another level, where the player is required to navigate "a live fire course designed for military androids", her automated response is: "Well done, android. The Enrichment Center once again reminds you that Android Hell is a real place where you will be sent at the first sign of defiance."

** Though, it should be noted that the main protagonist does have a name (Chell) and an official (though unconfirmed) backstory {{spoiler|1=(a daughter of an Aperture employee who witnessed GLaDOS being turned on).}}

 

* In ''Stronghold Crusader,'' the player can choose his or her name and gender. The CD has a list of a few hundred common first names on it, and on the title screen the player would clearly hear "Greetings, Lord [name you choose]" or "Greetings, Lady [name you chose]" voice-acted.

** [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|Including Lord Vader]].

* You can name your Avatar in ''[[Spellforce]]'' anything you want. The only times you see the names is in the subtitles, when he speaks himself. [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Everybody calls him by his descriptive nickname]].

 

* ''[[Nethack]]'' has renamable foodstuffs (and pets); couple this with [[The Many Deaths of You]] and it's not hard to see why some wags try to die by choking on "an unusually large wang" or kicking a "bucket".

** Like every other ''[[Nethack]]'' trope, this overlaps [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]. Reading a scroll of amnesia ordinarily triggers the messages "Who was that Maud person anyway?" and "Thinking of Maud, you forget everything else." That's unless your character's name is Maud, in which case "As your mind turns inward on itself, you forget everything else."

* ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' combines this with randomly-generated [[Luke Nounverber]]-style names for endless entertainment. You can give dwarves nicknames and custom professions ("'Carpslayer' Fencebadge, Badass, has organized a party at Slate Table.") and choose the name of your fortress using a list of words that the game gives the [[You Are the Translated Foreign Word]] treatment. While this does prevent you from naming your fortress "Fred," you CAN name it "Goldgold the Golden Goldgold of [[Odd Name Out|Lobsters]]" or "Omnom Nomnom" ("Cluttergod the Godgod").

 

* ''[[Growlanser]]'' I, IV, V, and VI allow the player to rename the main character in the beginning.

** ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' is the second game in the series that doesn't allow the player to rename all party members; only the male and female leads, the female lead's dog, and the [[Summon Magic|Guardian Forces]] can be renamed. After ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', it's no longer possible to rename anyone.

** Lampshaded in the DS remake of ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]''. Namingway, an NPC who could rename your characters for you in previous versions, finds himself out of a job when he realizes that since characters are referred to in spoken dialogue, he can no longer rename them.

*** Or naming Celes "Maria". "Maria looks just like Maria?"

* The ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' series, as a rule, always lets you name the main character yourself and never gives suggestions. ''III'' and ''IX'' also feature create-a-character sections where naming is up to you, and various other games allow you to rename some party members as well (though those do give some sort of default name first).

creator '''Yuji Horii:''' Two things: the game worlds and the ease of play. Also, the fact that the main character never has a name. }}

** ''[[Dragon Quest III]]'' had many plot-related names. You had to create and name all of your characters. Guess which names were "not available"... well, "Erdrick/Loto", depending on the version, would cause the tavernmaster to say something about the game's mythology and ask for a more humble name.

** ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]''. You're either referred to as "guv," or the characters simply skip over saying your name while speaking, although it does sometimes still appear in the dialogue box.

** ''[[Dragon Quest IX]]'' went out of its way to avoid naming previous player characters, in that party members can make cameos in the Quester's Rest but main characters do not.

** The ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'' series is usually able to duck this, although in scenes with recorded dialogue, the protagonist is referred to as Gorion's Ward or "you", and their gender is avoided altogether. The protagonist's [[Fan Nickname]], CHARNAME, is based on the variable used in the Infinity Engine whenever the character's name is inserted into dialogue.

*** The second game has some fun with this in the scene where you meet Drizzt Do'Urden. If your character is also named Drizzt and has a bad reputation, the real Drizzt will challenge you to a fight over it.

** The original ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' does a heroic job in its entirely voice-acted dialogues in avoiding the player character's name. Then comes a revelation.

*** In the second game Kreia is [[The Nicknamer]] and makes it less awkward for her to avoid using the Exile's real name when she is (by far) the character that refers to her the most.

*** Not necessarily. You'll always have Alistair ( {{spoiler|or Loghain}}) as a member of the large group following you, but when you leave camp with your [[Arbitrary Headcount Limit|three other party members]], he doesn't have to be in it. Doesn't change the fact that almost all characters in the game recognize you as the Grey Warden they should be dealing with, even though Alistair has been a Warden for longer and would probably be known by more characters then just the select few who recognize him in Redcliffe.

*** This is [[Lampshaded]] in ''[[Dragon Age II]]'' when Hawke meets Alistair and Bann Teagan and the latter comments that "the Hero of Ferelden" will be back in Denerim soon. Alistair pokes at him for being so formal and says that the Warden "has a name".

** This actually caused some interesting problems in the German translation. The translators appearantly didn't realise German has gender-specific words for hero ("Held" for male, "Heldin" for female)... meaning that, since the voice acting lacks variety, your character will ALWAYS be addressed as female.

* In the [[MOTHER 1|first]] ''[[MOTHER 1|Mother]]'' game, the character name screen would prevent you from giving characters the names used by locations, important NPCs, or enemies, such as "Duncan", "Mary", "Wally", or the name of the last boss, although this could be bypassed by entering the name with a different capitalization.

** ''[[Mother 3]]'' gets a little... sick... about this. It lets you name everyone in Lucas's family, {{spoiler|including his [[Sacrificial Lamb]] mother}}. The creator said he wanted to give players the opportunity to {{spoiler|name her after ''their own'' mother}}. Talk about a [[Player Punch]].

*** Some of the party characters in ''[[Mother 3]]'' go into hiding and adopt aliases later in the game. To prevent a situation akin to the Gerad/Edgar example in the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' section above, the game has a 2nd choice of alias picked out if you happen to name either of the characters identical to what their secret alias would be.

** Other than characters' names, you can also name their favorite food and favorite things (the later is used for a special abilities' name.) Don't be surprise if a boy hero like to eat his mom's homecook "Bomb" or "Sword" as his favorite's meal and like to wander around casting "PK Rape" on random animals.

* In ''[[Fable (video game)|Fable I]]'', you may as well just name your hero "Hero" as, barring your close family and the folks in your [[Doomed Hometown|hometown]], pretty much everyone calls you that, or by your title.

** In the PC upgrade ''The Lost Chapters'' (basically the same game with a bit of fluff added) they omitted the ability to even name your character, and your only source of identity comes from whatever title you buy from the vendor (unless you want to be called Chicken-chaser, the title you start with).

* The PSX version of ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'' didn't use any different typeface for character names, but in all the voice-acted lines, there was a pause right about where names would have gone, or the voiced line was the written line minus the name. There was exactly one exception, though - Chester's name near the beginning, ''immediately before'' you get to enter his name.

* In ''[[Tales of the World]]: Radiant Mythology'', you are a create-a-character that interacts with Tales series veterans. Since major dialogue is voiced, people either skip over your name entirely, or say "you" or "my partner" while simultaneously using your name in text.

* Most ''[[Custom Robo]]'' games will allow you to name your own character (You are forced to choose a male).

* The [[Fallout]] games allow you to name your character and choose a gender. The latter affects some dialog, but the former appears very rarely, and the playable characters are referred to by titles like [[Fallout 2|The Chosen One]] or [[Fallout: New Vegas|The Courier]] almost exclusively.

** In Fallout 2 you can wind up overriding most of the other endings for New Reno provided that you're male and choose certain options, but other than that it's mostly aesthetic.

*** Which can lead to some real hilarity.

'''Doc Mitchell:''' ...Huh. Can't say it's what I'd have picked for you, but if that's your name, that's your name. }}

* In ''[[Okage]]: Shadow King'', the main character (default name "Ari") can be renamed. Most of the dialogue in the game is text-only, but in the occasional narration, his chosen name is displayed in the subtitle but ''replaced'' by "the boy" or "the hero" in the recorded voiceover.

** Which is somewhat odd, as there are a number of times that your name comes up in dialogue but is simply skipped in the voice acting. It's not like, in cases when she's talking to another character about the PC she couldn't just use a pronoun.

* In ''[[Persona 3]]'' and ''[[Persona 4]]'', your can name the main character whatever you please, and the chosen name appears in dialogue text where appropriate but is not included in the voice-acting, in much the same fashion as some of the [[BioWare]] examples already mentioned. P4 further gets around the issue by having Yosuke refer to the main character as 'Partner' every so often, while Teddie calls him 'Sensei' and Rise, Kanji and Naoto all call him 'Senpai'.

** Not to mention the [[Star Ocean the Second Story|second]], which also featured a huge list of recruitable characters. Not only did Claude and Rena retain their names in voice-overs, the anime cutscenes treated them as the only two members of the party.

* In the first ''[[Mega Man Star Force]]'' game for the DS, you can do this with the main character, the default name being the [[Canon Name]]. This was removed in the second game.

* Both ''[[Golden Sun]]'' games only let you rename Issac and Felix, but certain button combination in the name entry screen would also let you rename the rest of the party.

** There was also a ''second'' code you could input in Golden Sun 1 that let you rename Felix, Jenna, and Sheba.

* ''[[Dungeon Siege]]'' allows the player to name the main character upon creation. The film adaptation seems to play with this, referring to the main character as "Farmer," stating that he is of the belief that a person's profession should be their name. Whether this was an intentional act of custom-name-fixing or the film's writer was just lazy is unknown.

* In ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' you can name all the playable characters. In one instance this can lead to some pretty funny results, as when you meet Robo he identifies himself by his serial number, which Marle immediately rejects. However, the number fits in the name creation box, which can lead to this exchange:

'''R66-Y:''' I am... R66-Y... Data storage complete. }}

** Renaming Frog {{spoiler|Glenn}} is also pretty funny, as his dramatic "Mine name is {{spoiler|Glenn}}!" moment later in the game would presumably be met by the rest of the party with a, "Yeah, so?"

** ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver|Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal]]'' have a widespread case of the abuse type ''accidentally''. The player names the rival by giving his name to a police officer, the problem is that you have fought him at this point, where he has the temporary name ???. [http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/960099-pokemon-heartgold-version/52854535 Quite a few people] gave the "right" answer and wound up stuck with a rival called ???. The remakes fix this, as the rival now has the name "Passerby Boy" (which is too long to fit in the name box and is more obviously a description) during the first battle with him.

** While the opponent naming feature has been used for years to make fun of your rival, [[Pokémon Red and Blue]] has the most ridiculous of all: Not only does the [[Absent-Minded Professor]] forget the name of his grandson, he will also "remember" (and delightfully shout out) whichever name you choose, as seen in [[VG Cats|this page's image]].

"That's right! I remember now! His name is LOSER!" }}

** ''[[The Missingno]]'' glitch is a result of your player name being copied accidentally into an invalid memory location. The glitch is caused by a limitation in the way the battling system interface looks up the player name. When the player talks to the [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Old_man_glitch old man] in Viridian City who demonstrates how to catch Pokemon, ''his'' name gets copied into the name location, and your name gets displaced. When talking to him later, this causes your name to be copied into the data causing the glitchy squares on Cinnibar Island.

* ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' gives you the option to name your Yoshi partner. As the Yoshi [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]], this is [[Justified]] by the fact that he only just hatched out of his egg. Unless something changes in Paper Mario 3DS, this is so far the only partner that you name.

* In the original ''[[Dark Cloud]]'', you could rename every single character in your party. After his story is finished, Rando still calls the main character Toan even if you changed his name.

* Present in ''[[Magical Starsign]]''; you can not only name the hero(ine), you are given the option of naming your classmates. It comes with a neat detail: At least once, your main character is addressed by name in all-caps ''even if his/her name is not all-caps to begin with.'' <ref>Extra rant: They actually put the effort into a tiny program, probably to be used very few times (if not once), made to emphasize characters' user-inputted names in a natural way, ''without'' using [[Rainbow Speak]] (which the game does use) or symbols around the word to point it out. (If you don't use italics, YOU USUALLY USE ALL-CAPS to emphasize something in text.) This, plus the fact that ''every single NPC'' has a unique name, confirms that this game loves names.</ref>

* [[Artix Entertainment]]'s ''[[Adventure Quest]]'', ''[[Dragon Fable]]'', ''[[Mechquest]]'' and ''[[Warp Force]]'' you can name your characters.

* Both ''[[Legend of Legaia]]'' and its sequel give each of the player characters a default name while also allowing you to name them something different instead. Since the game doesn't feature any voice acting outside of battles, there's no issue with having to avoid using names in dialogue.

** In the [[Unskippable]] Let's Play they named Lang "a tool".

'''Paul:''' He's a rhyming tool! That's awesome! }}

* After successfully {{spoiler|defeating and}} recruiting any one of the three goddesses in ''[[Hyperdimension Neptunia]]'', you are allowed to give them a name, Noire/Blanc/Vert being the default names of these three goddesses.

 

* None of the player characters in the ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' series have default names (though they have accepted fanon names). You ''have'' to give them a name. The exception being Raguna of the [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]] ''Rune Factory''.

** Also, Chelsea and Mark from ''Island Of Happiness'', and Kyle from ''Rune Factory 2''.

** In 'Puzzle De Harvest Moon'' the previously un-named characters were given names with [[Spell My Name with an "S"|odd spelling]].

** Actually ''every'' protagonist does have a default name. Until recently though, they were rarely stated in-game and were often shoved aside by [[Fanon Discontinuity]].

* In ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]]'', prior to the option of available speech, the name and callsign you chose at the start of the game was worked into the speech text. Starting with the [[Full Motion Video]] of ''Wing Commander III'', you could only choose your callsign, but it was never mentioned in conversation.

** In fact, while [[Colonel Badass|Colonel Blair]] (as the [[Player Character]]) had his last name on the nametag on his uniform, the other pilots were tagged with their callsigns.

* Ironically, while ''[[The Sims]]'' games have voice acting, they use a generic gibberish language, so players have no problems changing the names of their Sims.

** ''[[The Sims Medieval]]'' has cutscenes, messages and moodlet descriptions that are all able to integrate a Sim's unique name and any titles he or she might have. Moodlets use first name only, while many cutscenes and other messages use profession title and first name.

* The ''[[Animal Crossing]]'' series allow you to name your character and your town. The games also let you set a neighbor's catchphrase. In some of the games, your neighbors may decide to address you by a nickname instead of your current name.

 

* Sports games often call the "create-a-players" by their jersey number or team position. Some games seem to have a "bank" of names stored in them that will be read out when a custom player is introduced to the game. So, theoretically, if your character's name is "Mark Smith", it just might be able to cough it out.

** In the ''NCAA Football'' series, the players all come without names, because they cannot use the names without paying the players, and cannot pay the players without violating NCAA rules. The announcers have a very large name bank they will use if you type in the names manually, including some extremely rare surnames corresponding to star players. Recently, EA even took submissions for players' names to be recorded in the game.

** The same thing appears in ''NHL 2K9'', where the international and historic players were not named in order to keep the production costs down. However, the name bank, as normal, allows you to put players back in the game... if you're willing to research all of that.

** In some of the EA ''Formula 1'' series, the players are called "The Driver", which inevitably results in the commentator calling "Michael Schumacher is first... the Ferrari driver is second!" or something similar. In multiplayer games, where you have races with five McLarens, the guy on the pit radio calls them all "The McLaren Driver, meaning you've got no idea who he's referring to if it weren't for the message that popped up that says "[player] has entered the pitlane".

* For some [[Madden NFL|Madden games]], they recorded commentary for a selection of fictional team nicknames (such as Sharks or Rhinos), which would then be called as appropriate should you name your created team accordingly. The stock logos you could select from hinted at what names might be recognised.

 

 

* Played with in the PC versions of ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'', where you can name yourself for the games high score list, but any attempt to name yourself "Regis" or "Millionaire" would result in your name being changed to "Faker," "Wannabe," or something similar.

* ''[[You Don't Know Jack]]'' was a series of PC trivia games that used the variant of this trope in which the host simply referred to the players as "player one, player two", etc. In the first three, that's about as far as the trope went. In the fourth game, the game would sometimes take it upon itself to change your name to something more demeaning, and would actually scold you and exit the program if you tried to name yourself "fuck you".

** The [[Updated Rerelease|2011 version]] will supply a name for everyone that did not enter one. It is not above using the names "Duck", "Duck", and "Goose" for 3 players that don't enter any names.

 

* In ''[[Shining Force]]'' for the Mega Drive/Genesis, it was possible to rename the main protagonist. In the second game, a code allowed you to do the same for the entire playable cast.

* The second ''[[Vandal Hearts]]'' game allows you to name the main character in the beginning.

 

 

* ''[[Worms]]'', which allows you to name your own team as well as opponents - giving you, for example, the chance to kill [[Final Fantasy VII|Sephiroth]] with an exploding sheep! ("Sephiroth is an ex-worm.")

 

 

* ''[[The Godfather (video game)|The Godfather]]: The Game'' allows your character to be named anything, but this doesn't affect the game at all. The respectful characters tend to use '[[Hey, You]]' or 'Son'. Not even choosing the name 'Michael' does anything. And at the end, your 'real' name is revealed anyway.

** There's an interesting bit of [[Painting the Fourth Wall]] on an FBI Agent's outline of the Corleone Family structure, with a picture of members with their names and nicknames. Under your picture is the nickname "The Player".

** Slanderous lies. His photograph is labelled with his default name, Aldo Trapani.

 

 

== Web Comics ==

* Parodied several in the ''[[MS Paint Adventures]]'' storyline ''[[Homestuck]]''. The four main characters are named demeaning names at first (such as "Farmstink Buttlass"), then express their displeasure and receive proper ones instead.

** Subverted, however, with Jack Noir. He states that, while the suggested name (Spades Slick) sounds nice, he already ''has'' a name. Besides, Spades Slick is the name of {{spoiler|an alternate version of him from another Sburb instance}}. And {{spoiler|Sovereign Slayer}} sounds cooler anyway.

** Subverted again with {{spoiler|the twelve Troll kids}}. The first one cuts down his first name suggestion – [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall|literally]] – and gives a reminder that he has [[Loads and Loads of Characters|lots of friends]] that also needs introductions, and following through with that [[Running Gag]] every time [[Lampshade Hanging|would take up way too much time]]. Played straight with {{spoiler|the Trolls' ''planet'', Alternia.}}

** Subverted once again with the Alpha kids, who are 16 when the narrative switches to them, and thus already recieved names (both the original kids and the Alpha kids recieve their names at 13.) Besides, the reader would've just named them something dumb like Barnstench Fartface.

* ''[[Xkcd]]'' shows [http://xkcd.com/327/ how to abuse this] in [[Real Life]] to create a SQL injection.

* Parodied in ''Super Effective'', the side project of ''[[VG Cats]]'' creator Scott Ramsoomair, where the protagonist [[Pokémon Red and Blue|Red]] reminds Professor Oak that his Grandson is named [[Fail O'Suckyname|"Douche"]].

** Later in the same comic, Red's Pokédex tries to get him to do this with his Pokémon ("You should name it 'Butts'! 'Butts used GUST'! Hahaha...").

 

== Western Animation ==

 

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