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* '''[[Trope Namer]]''' |
* '''[[Trope Namer]]''' |
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* ''Noun Verber'' |
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* [[Ambulance Chaser]] |
* [[Ambulance Chaser]] |
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* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' might be the number one addict of this trope. If you can make nounverbers and [[Luke Nounverber|put two words together into a made-up compound word]], congratulations, you're at least as good as the whole Blizzard creative team. |
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' might be the number one addict of this trope. If you can make nounverbers and [[Luke Nounverber|put two words together into a made-up compound word]], congratulations, you're at least as good as the whole Blizzard creative team. |
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** Granted, [[Loads and Loads of Characters|they need thousands and thousands of names]] for all the mobs in the game, but that doesn't make the trope any less annoying [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|when you start paying attention to it.]] |
** Granted, [[Loads and Loads of Characters|they need thousands and thousands of names]] for all the mobs in the game, but that doesn't make the trope any less annoying [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|when you start paying attention to it.]] |
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* [[Fate]] has many examples of |
* [[Fate]] has many examples of Noun Verbers in its randonly-generated monster names. Each part of the names is picked at random from a list. |
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* And who can forget ''[[Landstalker]]''? |
* And who can forget ''[[Landstalker]]''? |
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* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]: '''Snake Eater''''' |
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]: '''Snake Eater''''' |
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* In the opening sequence of [[Interactive Fiction]] game ''[[Zork]]: The Undiscovered Underground'' (a prelude to ''[[Zork: Grand Inquisitor]]'' done in the style of golden-age [[Infocom]]), desperately trying to get out of a dangerous assignment, the player character rattles off the names of a half-dozen |
* In the opening sequence of [[Interactive Fiction]] game ''[[Zork]]: The Undiscovered Underground'' (a prelude to ''[[Zork: Grand Inquisitor]]'' done in the style of golden-age [[Infocom]]), desperately trying to get out of a dangerous assignment, the player character rattles off the names of a half-dozen Noun Verbers better qualified for the job. He is cut off as he asks about "Kolchak the--" |
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* ''[[Tom Clancy]]'s [[Ghost Recon]]'': '''''Advanced Warfighter'''''. |
* ''[[Tom Clancy]]'s [[Ghost Recon]]'': '''''Advanced Warfighter'''''. |
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* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]''. |
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]''. |
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