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ThisSome ispeople the occasional result of some peopleare [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|being addressed primarily by their titles]], and in rare cases ''only'' by their title (especially if [[His Name Really Is "Barkeep"|that title turns out to be their actual name]]). Then there are the people who have enough of [[Small Name, Big Ego|an inflated sense of self]] that they ''insist'' you to put a "The" before their name - [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|you really want to avoid some of the worstmore evil cases]]. [[The Master (trope)|The Master]] is a particularly ominous version of this, and you may also hear this trope invoked by the occasional [[Boisterous Bruiser]].

This form of naming scheme is sure to cause [[The "The" Title Confusion|some grammatical confusion]], especially where plural forms and numeric adjectives are involved - [[Rule of Funny|sometimes on purpose]]. Dialogue for alien characters may end up using this trope in order to indicate their unfamiliarity with the language (be it English or otherwise) used by the other characters.

A subtrope of [[Insistent Terminology]], and may overlap with [[Third-Person Person]]. Compare [[The Magnificent]], wherewhich theis "the"similarly goesused into theemphasize middleperceived —importance, and whichbut is notless alwaysmalice- or badego-driven. See also [[The Trope Without a Title]] and [[The "The" Title Confusion]], where it is unclear whether or not something ''should'' begin with a "the".

'''Note: This page is ''not'' "[[People Sit on Chairs|A list of names that start with 'The'.]]". Any "example" that does not have the word "The" emphasized should be removed.'''

* Chazz Princeton from the dub of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' sometimes insists on calling himself "The Chazz". This is roughly equivalent to the original anime's gag of Manjyome constantly correcting people with "Manjyome ''san da''!" (roughly translated to [[They Call Me Mister Tibbs|"That's ''Mr.'' Manjyome, to you!"]]). Unfortunately, too many of the "offenders" [[Insult Backfire|completely misinterpret this]] as him trying to say the Engrish "Thunder", thus twisting it into his nickname.