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The use of Alice and Bob is suggested in General Suggestions, but some of us (notably those who really are called Alice and/or Bob) sometimes wish a little imagination could be applied. That's where [[Aerith and Bob]] come in. [[Averted Trope|Or Jim]] [[BioShock (series)|and Mary]]. Or [[Dick and Jane]].
See also [[Girl A]], [[Those Two Guys]], [[Greek Chorus]].
Not to be confused with ''[[Alice and Kev]]''.
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== [[Film]] ==
* Movie and TV example: ''Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice''.
* The main characters of the 2003 film ''[[Xtracurricular]]'' are Ally Koch, Brittney Kornblum and Chris Koenig. (Then again, the film was inspired by the anime ''[[Project A-ko]]'', which approaches this trope through the related trope [[Girl A]].)
== [[Literature]] ==
* In most cryptography textbooks, communications are presented as being between Alice and Bob, and must be secured from a third-party interloper named Eve (for Eavesdropper, of course!). If the problem requires the involvement of more than two parties, then Charlie and Donna may be introduced. (This is the basis for the ''[[xkcd]]'' reference listed below.) Other character names sometimes used for special purposes include Mallory (a ''mal''icious active adversary, capable of changing the messages sent between Alice and Bob, whereas Eve merely listens), Trent (a mutually ''tr''usted third party, whom Alice and Bob might prevail upon to execute protocols in which they don't trust each other), and Peggy and Victor (the
** Game Theory books often use an adaptation of Alice and Bob in "Rose and Colin" (rows and columns on game theory charts), with "Larry", or "layer" thrown in for three person games.
*** Game Semantics books tend to use Abelard and Eloise (for resemblance to the universal and existental quantifier symbols, which are an inverted A and a backwards E). They are also the names of a medieval logician and his lover.
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* E. R. Emmet's "Our Factory" puzzles feature "Alf", "Bert", "Charlie", and so on.
== [[Live
* TV and Movie example: ''Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice''.
* One of the [[Vanity Plate|logos]] at the end of ''The Bonnie Hunt Show'' (2008-2010) is for "Bob & Alice Productions".
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== [[Oral Tradition]] ==
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060301001641/http://www.conceptlabs.co.uk/alicebob.html The Story of Alice and Bob]
* A collection of [https://web.archive.org/web/20060619074924/http://rogers.phy.bris.ac.uk/denzil/denweb4.html quantum-computing Alice and Bob jokes].
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[http://catalogliving.net/ Catalog Living]'' has the imaginary Elaine and Gary.
== [[Real Life]] ==
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