No Name Given/Quotes

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Guard: What the fuck do they call you?

Agent 47: Names are for friends, so I don't need one.
Hitman: Blood Money
A name is a cloak of letters thrown upon a man. It means nothing.
The Transcendent One, Planescape: Torment

He had forty-two boxes, all carefully packed,
With his name painted clearly on each:
But, since he omitted to mention the fact,
They were all left behind on the beach.

The loss of his clothes hardly mattered, because
He had seven coats on when he came,
With three pairs of boots--but the worst of it was,

He had wholly forgotten his name.
The Hunting of the Snark
All you've got is a Man With No Name, riding into town on a pale horse, dispensin' justice.
Hammerson, Shoot Em Up

I've been though the desert on a horse with no name
It felt so good to be out of the rain
In the desert, you can remember your name

'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
America, "A Horse With No Name"

Mikey: There are lots of people without names.
Gus: Like who?

Mikey: Like the Artist Formerly Known as Prince, the Unknown Soldier, and the other four guys in the Jackson Five.
Recess, "The New Kid"

Elika: I didn't catch your name.

The Prince: That's because I didn't give it to you.
My name no longer matters. [...] call me whatever you want... I'm no one. I don't want to be anyone.
Tobi, Naruto
I am the Man With No Name! Zapp Brannigan, at your service.

Larry: "Oh golly, -!... Eh, what's your name?

Scallion #2: "They've never given me a name. I've been around since show one and I still don't have a name."

Bob: But if you're the nameless ones, then isn't your name "The Nameless Ones"?
The Nameless Ones: Yes.
Bob: Okay, continue.

The Nameless Ones: We were going to.
Bob the Angry Flower, Nameless.