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{{trope}}Inversions of, and exceptions to, a [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]] in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
Inversions of, and exceptions to, a [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]] in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:


==''[[Discworld]]'' ==
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* A rather amusing subversion because of the irony, in ''[[The Last Continent]]'': "Rincewind!" "Yes?" "No, no, I mean the Archchancellor." "But... I'm named Rincewind." "There's a coincidence. So am I." They eventually decide they must be related simply because they share such an uncommon name. Made even more interesting when Archchancellor Ridcully showed up, although each Archchancellor made sure to refer to the other with a lower-case "a" in "archchancellor." Doing nothing to abate the confusion.
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** And then there's Ridcully, High Priest of Blind Io. It doesn't count, though, because he is Archchancellor Ridcully's brother.
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*** In addition to the above, in ''[[Eric]]'', Rincewind meets {{spoiler|Lavaeolus}}, whose name translates to "Rinser of winds".
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** ''[[Unseen Academicals]]'' introduces us to "Bledlow Nobbs" who is so insulted by being thought to be related to Nobby Nobbs that the second half of the book calls him "Bledlow Nobbs (No Relation)".
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** In ''[[Maskerade]]'' there's one character called Henry Slugg and another called Henry Lawsy. {{spoiler|However, it turns out that Slugg is Lawsy's father, and Lawsy was named after him.}}
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** Not to mention the multiple Williams in the books. We have [[The Truth|William de Worde]], [[The Wee Free Men|William the Gonagle]], [[Monstrous Regiment|a dead William in Borogravia, and his son William]], [[Maskerade|a Will in the opera house]], and probably more.
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** [[Fan Nickname|Pterry]] also plays with the nicknames that are given to characters of the same name:
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*** In ''[[Hogfather]]'', one of the thugs hired by Mr. Teatime is called ''Medium Dave'' because Ankh-Morpork's underworld already had Big Dave, Fat Dave, Mad Dave, Wee Davey and Lanky Dai.
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*** In ''[[The Wee Free Men]]'' we learn that there are so many Feegles that are called Jock that the [[Dreadful Musician|Gonnagle in training]]'s name is "Not-As-Big-As-Medium-Sized-Jock-But-Bigger-Than-Wee-Jock Jock". And he insists on the full name every time, because "Not-As-Big-As-Medium-Sized-Jock-But-Bigger-Than-Wee-Jock-Jock" is a time-honored name for the Pictsies.
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** Averting this trope ''en masse'' is a big part of the [[The Igor|Igor tribe]]'s identity.

== Other works ==
* Averted rather confusingly by [[NUMA Series|Clive Cussler]] in his recent books, which have 2 characters named Dirk Pitt, with fairly similar personalities, both on an adventure at the same time, and without any nicknames to tell them apart. It's possible to get half way through a chapter before finding out which character you're reading about.
* Averted rather confusingly by [[NUMA Series|Clive Cussler]] in his recent books, which have 2 characters named Dirk Pitt, with fairly similar personalities, both on an adventure at the same time, and without any nicknames to tell them apart. It's possible to get half way through a chapter before finding out which character you're reading about.
* Andrey Kurkov's ''[[Death And The Penguin]]'' features two characters named Misha. One is the eponymous penguin. The other is a person, usually referred to as "Misha-non-penguin".
* Andrey Kurkov's ''[[Death And The Penguin]]'' features two characters named Misha. One is the eponymous penguin. The other is a person, usually referred to as "Misha-non-penguin".
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** Of course, we have the Potter family itself. Harry's parents are named James and Lily Potter. Harry names his oldest son and his only daughter after his parents; making their names....James and Lily Potter!!
** Of course, we have the Potter family itself. Harry's parents are named James and Lily Potter. Harry names his oldest son and his only daughter after his parents; making their names....James and Lily Potter!!
** Then there's the Black Family, who have a penchant for naming their children after stars, resulting in 3 known Sirius Blacks, Harry's Godfather, Sirus Black III, that Sirius' Great Grandfather, Sirius II, and Sirius II's Uncle Sirius I.
** Then there's the Black Family, who have a penchant for naming their children after stars, resulting in 3 known Sirius Blacks, Harry's Godfather, Sirus Black III, that Sirius' Great Grandfather, Sirius II, and Sirius II's Uncle Sirius I.
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* A rather amusing subversion because of the irony, in the [[Discworld]] book ''[[Discworld/The Last Continent|The Last Continent]]'': "Rincewind!" "Yes?" "No, no, I mean the Archchancellor." "But... I'm named Rincewind." "There's a coincidence. So am I." They eventually decide they must be related simply because they share such an uncommon name. Made even more interesting when Archchancellor Ridcully showed up, although each Archchancellor made sure to refer to the other with a lower-case "a" in "archchancellor." Doing nothing to abate the confusion.
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** And then there's Ridcully, High Priest of Blind Io. It doesn't count, though, because he is Archchancellor Ridcully's brother.
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*** In addition to the above, in ''[[Discworld/Eric|Eric]]'', Rincewind meets {{spoiler|Lavaeolus}}, whose name translates to "Rinser of winds".
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** ''[[Discworld/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]'' introduces us to "Bledlow Nobbs" who is so insulted by being thought to be related to Nobby Nobbs that the second half of the book calls him "Bledlow Nobbs (No Relation)".
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** In ''[[Discworld/Maskerade|Maskerade]]'' there's one character called Henry Slugg and another called Henry Lawsy. {{spoiler|However, it turns out that Slugg is Lawsy's father, and Lawsy was named after him.}}
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** Not to mention the multiple Williams in the books. We have [[Discworld/The Truth|William de Worde]], [[Discworld/The Wee Free Men|William the Gonagle]], [[Discworld/Monstrous Regiment|a dead William in Borogravia, and his son William]], [[Discworld/Maskerade|a Will in the opera house]], and probably more.
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** [[Fan Nickname|Pterry]] also plays with the nicknames that are given to characters of the same name:
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*** In ''[[Discworld/Hogfather|Hogfather]]'', one of the thugs hired by Mr. Teatime is called ''Medium Dave'' because Ankh-Morpork's underworld already had Big Dave, Fat Dave, Mad Dave, Wee Davey and Lanky Dai.
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*** In ''[[Discworld/The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]]'' we learn that there are so many Feegles that are called Jock that the [[Dreadful Musician|Gonnagle in training]]'s name is "Not-As-Big-As-Medium-Sized-Jock-But-Bigger-Than-Wee-Jock Jock". And he insists on the full name every time, because "Not-As-Big-As-Medium-Sized-Jock-But-Bigger-Than-Wee-Jock-Jock" is a time-honored name for the Pictsies.
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** Averting this trope ''en masse'' is a big part of the [[The Igor|Igor tribe]]'s identity.
* A joke version shows up in ''[[The Dresden Files]]''. When Harry's recovering from his injuries in the care of Michael's family, one of his kids calls Harry "Bill" because "we've already got a Harry" (Michael's youngest, named, in fact, after Harry).
* A joke version shows up in ''[[The Dresden Files]]''. When Harry's recovering from his injuries in the care of Michael's family, one of his kids calls Harry "Bill" because "we've already got a Harry" (Michael's youngest, named, in fact, after Harry).
** Even funnier when you consider that there's already a "Billy," although the girl probably didn't know that.
** Even funnier when you consider that there's already a "Billy," although the girl probably didn't know that.
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* In the short story ''[[Monster Hunter International|Bubba Shackleford's Professional Monster Killers]]'' where one of Shackleford's crew is affectionately known as "Mexican George" due to them already having a George when he joined, but the line "nobody in Alabama would call him Whore Hay" implies his name is actually "Jorge", and the original George doesn't even show up in person anyways.
* In the short story ''[[Monster Hunter International|Bubba Shackleford's Professional Monster Killers]]'' where one of Shackleford's crew is affectionately known as "Mexican George" due to them already having a George when he joined, but the line "nobody in Alabama would call him Whore Hay" implies his name is actually "Jorge", and the original George doesn't even show up in person anyways.


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