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* In Glen Cook's ''[[Black Company]]'' novels, all members of the titular mercenary group are given nicknames upon joining, and their real names are never used again. Sometimes overlaps with [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]. |
* In Glen Cook's ''[[Black Company]]'' novels, all members of the titular mercenary group are given nicknames upon joining, and their real names are never used again. Sometimes overlaps with [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]. |
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** Taken to the extreme with Croaker. He once is asked for his real name so that he can be promoted, and he has to spend a little bit just trying to remember what his original name is. |
** Taken to the extreme with Croaker. He once is asked for his real name so that he can be promoted, and he has to spend a little bit just trying to remember what his original name is. |
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* The [[Mad Max|strangely familiar]] road-warrior dwarf in ''[[ |
* The [[Mad Max|strangely familiar]] road-warrior dwarf in ''[[The Last Continent]]'': |
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{{quote|"Most people call me Mad." |
{{quote|"Most people call me Mad." |
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"Just 'Mad'? That's an ... unusual name." |
"Just 'Mad'? That's an ... unusual name." |