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 {{quote|"You know, when you name your son 'Jeeves', you've pretty much set up his life's path for him. What is he going to become... a hitman? 'Pardon me sir, but I'm afraid I must whack you.'"|'''[[Seinfeld|Jerry Seinfeld]]'''}}
-Some names, frequently taken from historical events, seem to be jinxed. No one wants to ride on a ship (or a [[Space Sailing]][[Starship Titanic|ship]]) named "Titanic" or "Hindenburg". Similarly, anything named "Icarus" is begging for a wing-clipping, and [[The Bible|the Goliath is going down hard, probably to a smaller opponent]] (bonus points if said [[David Versus Goliath|smaller opponent is named David.]]) Likewise, don't compare your defenses to the walls of Jericho - that'll just make 'em go splat like an ant beneath an elephant's foot (with said ant being you, and said elephant's foot being the wrath of [[God]].) It's probably not a good idea to name your vehicle the [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|Doom Buggy]], either, especially if you plan on driving your friends around in it. And if you're assigned to name a computer, let alone a supercomputer, [[Terminator (franchise)|"Skynet"]] is strictly off limits; after all, what good is a computer if all it wants to do is [[Take Over the World]]?
+Some names, frequently taken from historical events, seem to be jinxed. No one wants to ride on a ship (or a [[Space Sailing]][[Starship Titanic|ship]]) named "Titanic" or "Hindenburg". Similarly, [[Icarus Allusion|anything named "Icarus" is begging for a wing-clipping]], and [[The Bible|the Goliath is going down hard, probably to a smaller opponent]] (bonus points if said [[David Versus Goliath|smaller opponent is named David.]]) Likewise, don't compare your defenses to the walls of Jericho - that'll just make 'em go splat like an ant beneath an elephant's foot (with said ant being you, and said elephant's foot being the wrath of [[God]].) It's probably not a good idea to name your vehicle the [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|Doom Buggy]], either, especially if you plan on driving your friends around in it. And if you're assigned to name a computer, let alone a supercomputer, [[Terminator (franchise)|"Skynet"]] is strictly off limits; after all, what good is a computer if all it wants to do is [[Take Over the World]]?
 Note that it has to be the name of something that has ''already'' gone down: The original ''Hindenburg'' was not an example of this trope (but ''Titanic'' arguably was, see the [[Real Life]] section below).
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 Compare [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]], [[Prophetic Names]], [[I Don't Like the Sound of That Place]] and [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?]]. Related to [[Analogy Backfire]] and of course [[Tempting Fate]].
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-Due to the nature of this trope, expect spoilers.
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 == Meta ==
-* Naming any form of flying contraption "Icarus". Who in his right mind calls something after the most famous story of a man killing himself by recklessly misusing a flying device that performs safely when used as intended?
+* Naming any form of flying contraption "Icarus". Who in his right mind calls something after the most famous story of a man killing himself by recklessly misusing a flying device that performs safely when used as intended? [[Icarus Allusion|We have a trope for this.]]
 ** On the other hand, this is probably a good reminder that reckless misuse is bad.
 * There seems to be a minor trend in entertainment (particularly sci-fi) where any episode or chapter that is called or refers to "The Great Leap Forward" will involve a major, disasterous incident.