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If knowing someone's true name instead gives ''you'' power over ''him'', that's [[I Know Your True Name]]. If summoning him is not a bad thing, see [[Call On Me]]. See also [[Inadvertent Entrance Cue]]. When this is done for humor rather than being a supernatural ability, it's [[Right Behind Me]]. Related to the [[Sneeze Cut]]. When this is invoked for a murder, a [[Trouble Magnet Gambit]] is very likely the method used. [[Candle Jack]] was a recent pop culture variation.
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** Depending on how strict their adherence to the 3rd Commandment is, some people refrain from saying God's name as well, though that's less out of fear of summoning Him (seeing as He's already, you know, omnipresent) and more because to do otherwise is seen as blasphemous.
* Various old folklore: Not only the Devil, as mentioned above, but [[Romance of the Three Kingdoms|Cao Cao]] in Chinese folklore, wolves in France, and various predators in various places.
** An especially interesting case is [[
*** Actually, we sort of do. Based on reconstructed Indo-European, the old Germanic word for bear would be "''urþaz''" (or something similar, from Proto-Indo-European ''hrtkós''); given that the current word in English has cognates in the other Germanic languages (for instance, the German "Bär"), the change probably occurred at the proto-Germanic stage, and the ancestors of the original English speakers stopped using the old word.
*** Similarly, the Slavic term for a bear is ''medved'', meaning "one who knows where the honey is." Which itself has been known to get substituted with euphemisms like "furry one".
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* In ''[[Ultima V]]'', the Shadowlords could be summoned to your location by yelling their name (Eg, Yell Astaroth).
* [[Gaia Online]] NPCs sometimes comment their own fanthreads during events. One wonders what they make of all the dirty-minded fans.
* A possible inversion of this trope (overlapping in aspects with [[I Know Your True Name]]) occurs in ''[[Breath of Fire]] IV''. Along with straight treatment of [[I Know Your True Name]], General Yohm hunts down [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|Fou-lu]]--even at one point explicitly commenting that ''the mere act of uttering Fou-lu's '''name''' is sufficient to send ripples in the world that can lead someone sensitive to those ripples to find him''. (Yes, this is justified--Fou-lu is not only a [[God
** A straighter version ALSO exists. In a part of the game, Fou-lu refrains from revealing his name to [[Sacrificial Lamb|Mami]] explicitly to keep this from happening, and merely goes by his nickname "Ryong"--this eventually gets blown to hell when he tells her his story via a historical legend (and HAS to use his [[I Know Your True Name|real name]] in it).
* In ''[[Runescape]]'', saying {{spoiler|Zaros}}'s name (how fun, the fact he ''exists'' is a spoiler) gives him power. He's weakened that much - in fact, most NPCs (and other Gods) refer to him as "The Nameless God".
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** [[Troy Hickman]] on the ''[[City of Heroes]]'' official forums prides himself on it.
* Twitter codifies this, providing you a whole new tab for when your @username appears in someone else's tweet.
* An [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|AVGN]] ripoff, who shall remain nameless; he Googles his name and [[Small Name, Big Ego|flips out at those who don't love his stuff]] and [[Shameless Self Promoter|proceeds to plug his links]].
* The Chinese general Cao Cao (3rd century AD) was so well known for his rapid marches, the Chinese term for this trope since the time was "Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will appear." (And this was ''way'' before he could Google it. Impressive.)
* A once-popular internet meme says this of [[Candle Jack]], who kidnaps whoever speaks his name.
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