History Main / HeHadAName

!!'''As a DeathTrope, all Spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware.'''

* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': Nappa, being a PsychopathicManchild / {{Cloudcuckoolander}} in this universe, believes Chiaotzu to be a Pokemon. After Chiaotzu's unsuccessful self-destruct, Nappa calling him "that Pokemon" again pushes Tien over the edge.

* One of the [[{{Defictionalization}} defictionalized]] ''Series/{{Castle}}'' books has the ''heroes'' be reminded that a victim had a name. The cops find a John Doe corpse that had been gnawed on by a coyote, and even after they determine his identity, they continue to call him "Coyote Man". They claim that this kind of BlackComedy is necessary in order for cops to cope with the number of dead people they have to think about all day, but after one cop interviews the dead man's nephew, he stops calling the man "Coyote Man" and snaps at anyone else who tries.

'''Leonardo:''' YOU LIE!!\\

Whatever the situation, someone ''else'', typically the villain, dismisses the dead person, as if their death was just another RedShirt [[ButForMeItWasTuesday death that carried little meaning]].

It is at this point that the hero invokes this StockPhrase: "He had a name!" This shows that the dead character wasn't just a faceless casualty of the story, but was actually important. They mattered. See NominalImportance, which is very closely related to this trope. See also TheDeadHaveNames. For the inversion, see ForgottenFallenFriend.

* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'': "His name was Tony!"

* Yuji says this to Shana about Yukari Hirai in ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana''.

-->'''Andrew:''' Yeah, well he's got a name ''[{{beat}}]'' What's your name?

* ''Series/TheProfessionals'' has a variation: In "Killer with a Long Arm", a forensics lackey dismisses a murder victim as "nobody", meaning that he was unconnected to their main case. Doyle immediately snaps, "Nobody's nobody," haranguing him about the fact that the victim had a wife and children. Of course, since Doyle was the one who asked who the dead man was, we never do learn his name.

'''Shredder:''' Ah, the rat! So it has a name! ... It ''had'' a name.\\

* Andrej Bukas (Андрей Букас) does this in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_YnKpMunYA Seryoga(]]Серёга). And it is heartbreaking.

*** There's a variation in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight "Midnight"]]. After the stewardess sacrifices herself to kill the monster, the other passengers are ashamed to realize that none of them... not even the Doctor... knew her name.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In "Dewey Wins", Sadie is outraged that Mayor Dewey only knows Lars Barriga, her co-worker at the Big Donut and best friend who [[spoiler: is stranded in space after being abducted in the season 4 finale]], as "Donut Boy".

* {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''. During the TearJerker BattleInTheRain - after Chrom's sister, Emmeryn, [[HeroicSacrifice kills herself]] [[SelflessWish to save both the enemy kingdom and her own]] - the enemy general [[HeelFaceTurn enemy general]] [[WhamEpisode vows to protect your party in Emmeryn's name if they surrender]]. Across the battlefield, Chrom screams [[VideoGameCaringPotential "Don't speak her name!"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWO4ff1HXYY and the song of the same name]] [[BackgroundMusicOverride begins to play]]. The song that plays immediately preceding this is literally nameless, appearing as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=mu26zlkFb8g "....."]] in the sound test.

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* Iubverted in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''. During the TearJerker BattleInTheRain - after Chrom's sister, Emmeryn, [[HeroicSacrifice kills herself]] [[SelflessWish to save both the enemy kingdom and her own]] - the enemy general [[HeelFaceTurn enemy general]] [[WhamEpisode vows to protect your party in Emmeryn's name if they surrender]]. Across the battlefield, Chrom screams [[VideoGameCaringPotential "Don't speak her name!"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWO4ff1HXYY and the song of the same name]] [[BackgroundMusicOverride begins to play]]. The song that plays immediately preceding this is literally nameless, appearing as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=mu26zlkFb8g "....."]] in the sound test.

* In Robert Jordan's ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' Rand has memorized a list of every woman he has ever killed or caused to die, and once LT shows up he starts adding names from him too.

* PlayedForLaughs in an episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', where the "dead guy" is an Xbox.
** Gets much naughtier when you realize that Ted was offering Barney his Xbox, not knowing that Barney was also chasing after his EX-GIRLFRIEND. One wonders what Barney *thought* he heard Ted saying...

-->"''It''? ''It'' had a name! Oh, Skittles!"

* Completely subverted in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''. During the TearJerker BattleInTheRain - after Chrom's sister, Emmeryn, [[HeroicSacrifice kills herself]] [[SelflessWish to save both the enemy kingdom and her own]] - the enemy general [[HeelFaceTurn enemy general]] [[WhamEpisode vows to protect your party in Emmeryn's name if they surrender]]. Across the battlefield, Chrom screams [[VideoGameCaringPotential "Don't speak her name!"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWO4ff1HXYY and the song of the same name]] [[BackgroundMusicOverride begins to play]]. The song that plays immediately preceding this is literally nameless, appearing as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=mu26zlkFb8g "....."]] in the sound test.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': A visitor to Zora's Domain comments on a statue depicting a departed Zora princess [[spoiler: and Link's childhood friend.]] Speaking to her about it has Link reply, "Her name is Mipha." The visitor will even get angry if you go through this dialogue again, averting NPCAmnesia.

* In ''Webcomic/Persona3FTW'', the HelloInsertNameHere trope is played with in this fashion when the team meets The Shadow Protagonist.
-->'''Junpei:''' Is... Is that... HIM!?
'''Aigis:''' HEY! Show some respect! He had a name!
'''Junpei:''' ...What was it?

* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' - Nappa, being a PsychopathicManchild / {{Cloudcuckoolander}} in this universe, believes Chiaotzu to be a Pokemon. After Chiaotzu's unsuccessful self-destruct, Nappa calling him "that Pokemon" again pushes Tien over the edge.
-->"You ''stupid...ugly...son of a bitch.'' His name... was CHIAOTZU!"

'''Stan:''' ''There's no time for names! (to his daughter) Jugs! (to his son) Nerd! (to Greg and Terry) Gays! Let's go!''