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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The Rail Tracer in ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]!'' is something of a {{spoiler|''triple''}} subversion. At first, it's pretty obvious that it's a relatively harmless [[Urban Legend]] delivered by two [[Cloudcuckoolander|Cloudcuckoolanders]] and a chirpy train conductor that had the misfortune of coinciding with a train hijack. Then episode 6 rolls along and shows the aforementioned hijackers getting picked off by this...''[[Ultimate Evil|thing]]'', proving that it just might be [[Real After All]]. And then comes the [[Wham! Episode]] (Let's just say that {{spoiler|it's a ''really'' bad idea to give the aforementioned chirpy train conductor/part-time [[Psycho for Hire]] a reason for a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]}})...
* A subversion and running gag on ''[[Dinosaur King]]'': Ursula always knows when someone calls her an "old lady" no matter where they are in the world and immediately, and loudly, takes exception. She won't know ''where'' you are, much less be teleported there, but she will be pretty P.O.'ed when she meets up with you. This was once used to determine if the [[Terrible Trio|Alpha Gang]] was in the area.
* In ''[[The End of Evangelion]]'', the JSSDF begin an assault on NERV HQ, and one of the [[Bridge Bunnies]], Makoto Hyuga, states that he hopes they don't use non-nuclear mines. In the English dub, at least, Shigeru Aoba gives a [[Title Drop]] of this trope when the inevitable happens.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''The [[Belgariad]]'', saying the name of Zedar allows him to listen in on your conversation. The protagonists eventually get around this by getting lots of storytellers to retell the tales of Zedar, so he won't notice them amidst all the noise.
* In Robert W. Chamber's ''[[The King in Yellow]]'', "Hastur" was originally a mysterious name, most likely a location, with only vague connections to the titular King. When [[August Derleth]] absorbed Hastur into the greater [[Cthulhu Mythos]], he started using it as the actual name of The King in Yellow, and [[Adaptation Decay|re-appropriated]] [[I Have Many Names|non-synonymous titles]] such as "Him Who Must Not Be Named," (likely another euphemistic name for Azathoth) and "The High Priest Not To Be Described" (a minion of Nyarlathotep who might actually be Nyarlathotep) as sobriquets. This spawned the idea in the [[Expanded Universe]] that referring to him in by name was a very bad idea. In particular, the 1980 [[Dungeons and Dragons]] ''Deities and Demigods Cyclopedia'' stated that naming Hastur aloud could result in his sending some Byakhee to kill you. If they failed, he might appear himself to finish the job. Tricking a player into doing so has long been a favorite means of [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies|ending a game that has gone sour]].
** Not a bad thing but in fact quite good: In ''[[Persona 2]]'', saying "Hasturcomeforth" instead of your birth month to a fortune-telling girl would freak her out immensely and let you eventually summon him. (Hastur just loves hearing his name, basically.)
** In the [[Web Comic]] ''[[User Friendly]]'', Kuan is singing the Badger Song and Sid, annoyed, {{spoiler|gives him a Lovecraft version to sing, substituting "Hastur" for "Badger".}} It looks like {{spoiler|Kuan was [[Killed Off for Real]]}} as a result.
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* ''[[Freakazoid]]'' had the villain [[Candle Jack]] who would appear randomly and kidnap whoever said his name out loud.
** [[Candle Jack]] himself says,"[[Schmuck Bait|Not a very bright group, are you?]]"
** ''[[Freakazoid]]'' also spoofed this in a [[Credits Gag]]: "Interesting Fact: If you spin around while saying '[[Gag Words|Huggbees]]' three times real quick, [
* In a ''[[South Park]]'' episode, saying Biggie Smalls' name three times while looking into a mirror will summon his ghost, which really pisses him off when he's got things to do.
* In ''[[Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law]]'', saying Mentok the Mind Taker's real name, Mufti, summons powerful magical winds.
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