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== Film ==

* ''[[Ace Ventura]]: When Nature Calls'': Apparently, at the monastery, no one wears "labels". However, once you start inquiring about "the man who talks with his ass" [[Idiot Hero|they know who you're talking about right away]].

 

== Literature ==

* ''[[Discworld]]''

** The Auditors of Reality do not have names, because that suggests individuality, which is lethal to them.

* The cat in ''[[Coraline (novel)|Coraline]]'' does not have a name, as cats don't use or need them.

* In [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[Farnham's Freehold]]'', a female slave is assigned to Hugh Farnham, and she doesn't have a name. He ends up calling her 'kitten' after the cute way she curled up in bed when she was tired.

 

* In ''[[The Prisoner]]'', everyone is referred to by numbers rather than by a name. Be seeing you.

* ''[[Lost]]'': The [[Enigmatic Minion|Smoke]] [[Big Bad|Monster]] has never been named on the show. This has led to more than one scene where characters who were not in the main cast from the start wonder what exactly is meant by "the monster," or otherwise are forced to go out of their way to explain.

 

== Toys ==

* In ''[[Bionicle]]'', most Warrior-class Skrall are nameless, and are only allowed to have names if they are awarded one by their leader.

 

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'': [[Robot Buddy|Legion]] (to Shepard's frustration) didn't have a name until EDI gave it one on the ''Normandy''. Even so, it never refers to itself as Legion, and only adopted the name for communication with organics.

 

* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', according to [[Word of God]], the Suicide Fairies from Gillitie Wood have no names prior to becoming human.

** As shown later, getting names is a quite big deal to them, and seems to imply full adaptation into human society (apart from accidental namings, that is). Normally they refer to each other by insults.

 

== Western Animation ==

* In ''[[Gargoyles]]'', the gargoyles traditionally use no names among themselves; Goliath is only called this by the humans. When they arrive in New York the others finally decide to adopt names based on local landmarks and start using them amongst themselves. Most other clans in the world seem to pick up this habit over time as well, presumably because of close contact with humans. (And convenience, according to [[Word of God]].)

* In the Lyle the Kindly Viking Episode of ''[[Veggie Tales]]'', a scallion passes by during the Silly Songs segment. Larry asks his name, and he replies "I don't have a name. I've been around since Show One and they still haven't given me a name."

 

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