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[[File:Mongul gonna get hurt 2862.jpg|link=Superman|frame| [[For the Man Who Has Everything|Epic asskicking imminent.]]]]

 

 

No matter what range of emotion you're feeling towards another character, the best way to express it is to say their name—preferably in either a hoarse whisper or [[Chewing the Scenery|scenery-chomping]] cry. Even if no one's around to hear you, just ''thinking'' about that character is enough of a prompt. It's all but required if you're in the midst of rescuing your [[True Companions]]/[[Love Interest]] currently facing [[Damsel in Distress|imminent doom]], you're [[Meadow Run|running towards each other]] in romantic rapture, or when [[Arch Enemy|your mortal enemy]] has simply gone too far. Sometimes those last two [[Foe Yay|get confused]].

 

Contrast [[I Know Your True Name]] where speaking it has much more dangerous implications.

 

Examples of this trope are often subjected to [[Memetic Mutation]].

** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack|Mobile Suit Gundam Chars Counterattack]]'': "CHAAAAAAAAR!"

** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory|Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory]]'': "GATOOOOOOOO!"

** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny]]'': "STELLAAAAAAAAA!!!" "FREEEDOOOM!!!" "KIRAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

** ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam]]'': KAAAAAAAMIIIIIIIYUUUUUUU!!: "FOOOOOOOOOUR!" "HAMAN KARNNN!"

** And in episode 10: {{spoiler|"MADOKA!" "Homura... You finally called me by my first name... I'm happy." * [[Mercy Kill]] * }}

* In ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'', Nagisa's name gets shouted out that way several times throughout the series. The reasons for that are different every time. There are some other people too who get their name shouted out dramatically.

* ''[[AIR]]'': Haruko in [[Tear Jerker|episode 12]]: {{spoiler|MISUZUUUUUUUU!!!}}

* ''[[Black Butler]]'' "Sebastian! Sebastian! Sebastian!" Mostly [[Ho Yay|said by Ciel]], but Mey-Rin also calls Sebastian's name sometimes.

* ''[[Cast Away]]'': WIIILLLLSSSOOONNN!!!! I'm sorry, Wilson!

* SHANE! Come back, [[Shane]]!

* Lampshaded in ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]'': "JUUUSSTIIIICE!!!"

* Lovemaking scene in ''Children Of A Lesser God'', complicated by the fact that one of the participants is deaf-and-mute.

 

== LITERATUUURE! ==

** And later, Ginny screams Harry's name when {{spoiler|she sees him apparently dead in Hagrid's arms.}}

* In the movie version of ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'', ''[[Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]'', Edmund and Lucy are constantly calling each other's name whenever they're separated from each other or when they're talking to one another.

** Hurley screams {{spoiler|"Jack!"}} in the series finale.

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'', new series: "Use my name!" "...Master." Repeated later: "Doctor." "Master." "I like it when you use my name."

** One interesting twist happened in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E01 Partners in Crime|Partners in Crime]]". Donna and the Doctor see each other for the first time through windows on opposite sides of a room that they are both spying on. Cue completely silently mimed shouts of "DONNA!" and "DOCTOR!"

* Parodied in ''[[The IT Crowd]]'': Douglas Reynholm bursts into his father's [[The Fun in Funeral|funeral]], takes off his sunglasses, gets his bearings, and [[Incoming Ham|when he's sure he's got everyone's attention]] lets out an anguished "FATHEEEERRRRRRRRRRR!"

* ''[[Farscape]]'': ''CHRICHTON!!!''

** ''[[Most Annoying Sound|CHIANAAAAA!!!]]''

* In ''[[Over There]]'' episode 3, Hassan and his sister Sawa did this when they met each other.

* ''[[Manos A La Obra]]'': BEENIIIIITOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!. Also [[The Khan]] and [[Once an Episode]].

* ''[[Devil May Cry]] 4'': "Kyrie! KYRIE! I swear it! I swear I'm going to get us out of here! TOGETHER, KYRIE! '''KYRIE!'''"

** '''MUNDUUUS!!!'''

* Inverted in ''Kill Switch'': part of the game's [[Mind Screw]] flashback story is a mystery girl's insistent question that the main character say her name. The trope's name itself is Arc Words for the game.

* ''[[Ninja Gaiden]] II'' (part of the original trilogy for the NES) had Ryu Hayabusa and his love interest Irene Lew doing this constantly.

*** '''''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0rRUC4BA8 "CHRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSS!"]'''''

** "Alexia... ''Alexia...!''"

* ''[[Metal Gear]]'': '''Snake? Snake?! SNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEEE!!!'''

** Also done with Raiden in ''MGS2'' whenever you die, by both Colonel Campbell and Solid Snake (who use "Raiden"), and Rose who uses his real name, "JAAACCCKKKK!"

'''Tigris''': Uh. "Leo?"

'''Leo''': {{spoiler|...no. "Leo" is the lion mask I wear into battle. And yes, the mask is deeply a part of me. But my mind -- my soul -- is '''''human'''''. My name is '''''Jason''''', and it's '''''me''''' who has to live with the things I do.}} }}

 

 

* [[Jackie Chan Adventures|"CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!"]]

* ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]'' - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boc5JfvtB28: BANJOOOOO!!!]

 

== OOOTHEEER! ==

{{quote|'''TROGDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR!!!!!'''

'''TROGDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR!!!!!!'''}}

* ''[[Segata Sanshiro]]'': Anyone who crosses with him will be treated with this, especially in his early runs:

{{quote|'''Guy''': ''S... Segata Sanshiro!!''