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* Subverted in the miniseries ''Oracle: The Cure'': Barbara never told Corey her name, but when she pointed this out, he reminded her that he had known her when he was a kid from her librarian days.
* A variation shows up ''[[Irredeemable]]'', when the Plutonian refers to the Hornet's wife by name during a [[Flash Back]]. The Hornet had never mentioned her name to him, and realizes that [[Paranoia Fuel|he's spying on his teammates]] and [[Beware the Superman|may not be entirely trustworthy]].
* In ''[[Usagi Yojimbo]]'', Sasuke does this to Usagi, Jotaro, and probably everyone else he meets. When someone calls him on it, he just dismisses it - "You must have mentioned it earlier." In this particular case, it's because Sasuke is a powerfullpowerful spellcaster and can read people's minds.
 
 
== Fan Works ==
* In ''[[Turnabout Storm]]'', shortly after [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Twilight Sparkle]] accidentally summons [[Ace Attorney|Phoenix Wright]] to their world, she addresses Phoenix by his name before he properly introduces himself to her. When he calls her out on it she hastily claims that she had a [[NameDar]] spell performed on him when he arrived. Though it sounds plausible enough, some of her future actions still make clear that something's up.
* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fic "''[[Make a Wish" (fanfic)|Make a Wish]]'', the auror interviewing Harry after he killed an assassin with accidental magic referred to him by his assumed name of "Mr. Black" despite the lack of an introduction. Harry commented afterwards to another auror on the team that "His technique was so calm and relaxed that I don't even remember telling him my name."
 
 
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* A variation occurs in ''[[City of Angels (film)|City of Angels]]''. Seth calls Maggie by name and when asked points out that she's wearing a nametag. Later, she pulls off the nametag and it only shows her last name.
* Played with in an uncharacteristically subtle moment early on in ''[[Red Eye (film)|Red Eye]]'', in which the villain ends up saying the name of the heroine's father in conversation with her and she ''doesn't'' notice that he'd just said a name she'd never told him. Probably a good many people in the audience didn't either.
* In ''[[The Rich Man's Wife]]'', Josie (the wife in question) is being terrorized by her husband's killer, who is demanding an exorbitant sum of money from her and threatening to tell the police that she hired him to kill her husband (she didn't). She goes running to her ex-lover Jake, pleading for his help. He calms her down, assuring her that "Cole won't hurt you." She's grateful, until she suddenly realizes that she never told him the man's name -''Jake'' hired the man to kill her husband so that Josie would come back to him.
* Possibly subverted in ''[[Thunderball]]'' when the Bond girl Domino demands to know how Bond knew that was her name (or rather, her nickname); he says it on the bracelet on her ankle. The "possible" part is that its not clear he hasn't read up on her already, since the reason he is in the Bahamas is following a lead about her recently murdered brother, though it didn't lead to her directly.
{{quote|'''Domino''': My my, what sharp eyes you have.
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