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{{quote|''What, was "Hitler von Killington" too subtle? How about "Sergeant Satanstein"?''
|'''''[[Mad Magazine]]''''' on General Grievous from the '''''[[Star Wars]]''''' series.}}
People make a big deal out of names, and writers are no exception. Even if they eschew [[Theme Naming]] and other [[Naming Conventions]] they'll still use names they think are cool and dignified, powerful and appropriate, or sinister and fearsome. This is why there are inevitably certain Names To Run Away From Really Fast. For much the same reason it's unlikely [[Alice and Bob|Bob]] will turn out to be the [[Evil Makeover|outrageously stylish villain]] bent on absorbing the planet's [[The Lifestream|life stream]] [[Final Fantasy VII|t]][[Last Scenario|o]] [[A God Am I|ascend to godhood]],<ref>[[Bob and George|well...]]</ref> and someone with a name like oh, say, Hannibal Murder von Uberbastard, isn't exactly going to be selling cookies for charity. If he does, [[Too Dumb to Live|don't eat the cookies]].
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