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{{quote|'''Guard''': What the fuck do they call you?<br />
{{quote|'''Guard''': What the fuck do they call you?
'''Agent 47''': Names are for friends, so I don't need one.|''[[Hitman]]: Blood Money''}}
'''Agent 47''': Names are for friends, so I don't need one.|''[[Hitman]]: Blood Money''}}


{{quote|{{smallcaps| A name is a cloak of letters thrown upon a man. It means ''nothing''.}}|'''The Transcendent One''', ''[[Planescape: Torment]]''}}
{{quote|{{small-caps| A name is a cloak of letters thrown upon a man. It means ''nothing''.}}|'''The Transcendent One''', ''[[Planescape: Torment]]''}}


{{quote|He had [[Numerological Motif|forty-two]] boxes, all carefully packed,<br />
{{quote|He had [[Numerological Motif|forty-two]] boxes, all carefully packed,
With his name painted clearly on each:<br />
With his name painted clearly on each:
But, since he omitted to mention the fact,<br />
But, since he omitted to mention the fact,
They were all left behind on the beach.<br />
They were all left behind on the beach.

<br />
The loss of his clothes hardly mattered, because<br />
The loss of his clothes hardly mattered, because
He had seven coats on when he came,<br />
He had seven coats on when he came,
With three pairs of boots--but the worst of it was,<br />
With three pairs of boots--but the worst of it was,
He had wholly forgotten his name.|''The Hunting of the Snark''}}
He had wholly forgotten his name.|''The Hunting of the Snark''}}


{{quote|All you've got is a [[Man With No Name]], riding into town [[Grim Reaper|on a pale horse]], [[Vigilante Man|dispensin' justice.]]|'''Hammerson''', ''[[Shoot'Em Up (film)|Shoot Em Up]]''}}
{{quote|All you've got is a [[Man With No Name]], riding into town [[Grim Reaper|on a pale horse]], [[Vigilante Man|dispensin' justice.]]|'''Hammerson''', ''[[Shoot'Em Up (film)|Shoot Em Up]]''}}


{{quote|I've been though the desert on a horse with no name<br />
{{quote|I've been though the desert on a horse with no name
It felt so good to be out of the rain<br />
It felt so good to be out of the rain
In the desert, you can remember your name<br />
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"}}
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain|'''America''', "A Horse With No Name"}}


{{quote|'''Mikey''': There are lots of people without names.<br />
{{quote|'''Mikey''': There are lots of people without names.
'''Gus''': Like who?<br />
'''Gus''': Like who?
'''Mikey''': Like [[The Trope Formerly Known as X|the Artist Formerly Known as]] [[Prince]], the Unknown Soldier, and [[Garfunkel|the other four guys]] in the Jackson Five.|''[[Recess]]'', "The New Kid"}}
'''Mikey''': Like [[The Trope Formerly Known as X|the Artist Formerly Known as]] [[Prince]], the Unknown Soldier, and [[Garfunkel|the other four guys]] in the Jackson Five.|''[[Recess]]'', "The New Kid"}}


{{quote|'''Elika''': I didn't catch your name.<br />
{{quote|'''Elika''': I didn't catch your name.
'''The Prince''': That's because I didn't give it to you.|''[[Prince of Persia]] [[Continuity Reboot|2008]]''}}
'''The Prince''': That's because I didn't give it to you.|''[[Prince of Persia]] [[Continuity Reboot|2008]]''}}


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{{quote|I am the Man With No Name! [[Comically Missing the Point|Zapp Brannigan, at your service]].|''[[Futurama]]''}}
{{quote|I am the Man With No Name! [[Comically Missing the Point|Zapp Brannigan, at your service]].|''[[Futurama]]''}}


{{quote|'''Larry:''' "Oh golly, -!... Eh, what's your name?<br />
{{quote|'''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."|''[[Veggie Tales]]''}}
'''Scallion #2:''' "They've never given me a name. I've been around since show one and I still don't have a name."|''[[Veggie Tales]]''}}


{{quote|'''Bob:''' But if you're the nameless ones, then isn't your name "The Nameless Ones"?<br />
{{quote|'''Bob:''' But if you're the nameless ones, then isn't your name "The Nameless Ones"?
'''The Nameless Ones:''' Yes.<br />
'''The Nameless Ones:''' Yes.
'''Bob:''' Okay, continue.<br />
'''Bob:''' Okay, continue.
'''The Nameless Ones:''' We were going to.|''[[Bob the Angry Flower]]'', Nameless.}}
'''The Nameless Ones:''' We were going to.|''[[Bob the Angry Flower]]'', Nameless.}}


Latest revision as of 00:51, 2 May 2021

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.
—Prince of Persia 2008
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.
—Futurama

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."
—Veggie Tales

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.
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