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*** Also well done. Given that '''all''' bosses have portraits and names, some can be recruited, most can't. Also, some characters have appeared with portraits despite being un-recruitable (to more or less screw with the player) such as Khosen the manekete and Heimler, both from FE1 and FE11.
* Subverted in ''[[Disgaea]]'' with a Sassy Demon named The Dark Adonis Vyers, er... Mid-Boss, dubbed such by Laharl because he deems him unimportant. His name even shows up as that on his text boxes. {{spoiler|He's still important to the plot in the long run.}}
** Subverted in ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]''. Adell's mother is only referred to as "Mom", but is given full body-art and voiceovers like the rest of the main cast. She is also the one responsible for summoning the Overlord so that Adell can kick his ass.
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== Live Action TV ==
* The [[Fridge Brilliance]] section has a reference to the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Midnight" -- where a monster controls people by forcibly repeating their dialogue and mentally turning them against one another. Nobody ''believes'' the Doctor when he tells them his usually fake name "John Smith". In the end the person who actually beats the villain of the week is the Hostess of the trio - and the cast realise, in the aftermath, that they never ''knew'' her name.
** ''[[Doctor Who]]'' writer and ''[[Being Human (UK)]]'' creator Toby Whitehouse has said in a ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' interview that he always gives the [[Red Shirt|Red Shirts]] and minor characters names, simply because it looks better on the actors' CVs.
** There're a handful of Doctor Who characters who actually have names but they're never mentioned in the story itself for various reasons (short screen time, situation means it never comes up, etc.). They're named in the credits though.
* ''[[Burn Notice]]'' abuses this like crazy, though not the way you'd think. Most anyone with a line is given a name of some sort, generally because they're relevant to the plot of the episode. However, the show will occasionally bring back old characters as main characters.
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