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In real life, most people have very common and completely ordinary names. But not so in fiction. If a character is to have any relevance to the plot, he has to have a name that sounds either cool and tough, or ominous and evil. But sometimes they don't. Everyone else does, but not these characters. Their names are just so ordinary and common that it really sticks out.
This trope is the middle ground between [[Awesome McCoolname]] and [[Unfortunate Names]]. Compare with [[Aerith and Bob]], when characters with completely made up names appear side by side with others that have completely mundane names. Might overlap with [[Mr. Smith]]. See also [[Fluffy the Terrible]], [[Tom the Dark Lord]], [[Sesquipedalian Smith]], [[Some Call Me... Tim]], and [[Odd Name Out]].
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== [[Film]] ==
* [[Some Call Me... Tim|Tim the Enchanter]] in ''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]]''.
* [[Kill Bill|Bill]].
* [[The Matrix|Smith, Brown and Jones.]].
* Inverted in ''[[Down Periscope]]''. The name of the electrician is Nitro, but he's working on a nickname: Mike.
* Played with in [http://www.desent-audio.com/images/MIB%20vhs.jpg the poster] for ''[[Men in Black]]'' (as the characters go by [[One
* ''[[Mr. and Mrs Smith]]''.
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