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* ''Series/DoctorWho'' gives us "The Doctor," "The Master," "The Rani," "[[Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures The (other) Rani]]," "The Corsair," "[[Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse The Other]]".... Seems to be a popular theme with Time Lords who've left Gallifrey for whatever reason.

** In the CthulhuMythos, the Great Old One Hastur is sometimes called "Him Who Is Not To Be Named". This is due to the fact that [[SpeakOfTheDevil saying his name repeatedly is thought to summon him]]. In August Derleth's stories, he ''is'' The King in Yellow.

* ''Series/PersonofInterest'' has the two lead characters often referred to as "The Guy in the Nice Suit" and "The Other Guy"

* ''CuriousGeorge'' has The Man in The Yellow Hat.

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' has the Outsiders; beings hailing from beyond the known cosmos, even beyond the supernatural realms of Faerie, Heaven, and Hell. Three of the most prominent Outsiders in the series have names such as "He Who Walks Behind", "He Who Walks Beside", and "He Who Walks Before". Any other name given to them (such as [[spoiler:the pejorative "Sharkface" used by the hero to refer to He Who Walks Before]]) are explicitly not their true names.

* The ''[[BackyardSports Backyard Soccer]]'' series has a DummiedOut field called A Nameless Field (also known as [[{{Area 51}} Area 51½]]).

* ESPN's BillSimmons refers to the Oklahoma City Thunder as "The Team That Shall Not Be Named" in solidarity with the people of Seattle, who had the Supersonics stolen out from under them by the OKC ownership group. Simmons is also known to call them the [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies Zombie Sonics]] or simply the Zombies. ([[http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8486795/the-harden-dilemma he changed his mind in October 2012]], considering that [[OverusedRunningGag it was too much trouble to keep it up]] and the Sonics might be resurrected.)
** Similarly, some people refer to the Washington Redskins [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball NFL team]] as the "Racist Slurs."

* ''WesternAnimation/BountyHamster''. Marion and Cassie are captured by a BountyHunter in the form of a talking horse [[AFistfulOfDollars wearing a distinctive poncho]] who sounds like Creator/ClintEastwood.

* The leader of the evil side in ''Literature/{{Grunts}}'' is only referred to as "the nameless necromancer". His [[HalfIdenticalTwins identical twin sister]], equal in power but on the side of good, is called "The Named".

* For a book and a half of "TheVampireChronicles", [[spoiler: Akasha and Enkil]] are known simply as "Those Who Must Be Kept".

* Presumably the HeadlessHorseman from ''Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow'' had a name, but no one calls him by it. Indeed, as he can't speak and has no face to recognize, it's doubtful anyone ''could'' call this ghostly figure by his name, even if they'd known him in life [[spoiler: and he wasn't a hoax]].

* In the WhateleyUniverse there was a thing known across galaxies as The Scourge, or The Stalker Among The Stars, or other encouraging names. It has since merged with a human, so it now has a name.

*** Eru Iluvatar (God) takes this a step further; not only is he never referred to by name, he is never explicitly referred to ''at all'', even by a title or other name; instead it appears only allowed (or respectful) to imply his existence and actions.

* ''FanFic/KyonBigDamnHero'' plays this trope with "Haruhi's favorite website", as the fic usually refers to it with a that phrase or a variation of that. But, as the fic tells it's that website is a wiki and it inspired the JustForFun/TropeTan anime, it also doesn't try to hide [[TvTropes which website it is]].

* In the YoungWizards series, the antagonist is usually known as The Lone Power, sometimes as Starsnuffer, or formally as "Fairest and Fallen" (It has many other titles). The "deities" are The One and The Powers That Be.

* ESPN's BillSimmons refers to the Oklahoma City Thunder as "The Team That Shall Not Be Named" in solidarity with the people of Seattle, who had the Supersonics stolen out from under them by the OKC ownership group. Simmons is also known to call them the [[EverythingIsDeaderWithZombies Zombie Sonics]] or simply the Zombies. ([[http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8486795/the-harden-dilemma he changed his mind in October 2012]], considering that [[OverusedRunningGag it was too much trouble to keep it up]] and the Sonics might be resurrected.)

* A parody in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando''. When Ratchet first enters the arena, he is known only as "This!...Guy...". In the second Arena, Ratchet is named, Clank then takes up the "This Guy" mantle.

** Also, Rabbi ben Akiva, who committed such atrocities in rebellion against God that everyone said, "That can't possibly be ben Akiva. It must be some other rabbi instead." So he's referred to instead as "The Other One."

* In the interviews at the start of "The Incredibles", Frozone says that he doesn't care about his girlfriend's secret identity. For the rest of the movie, she's only referred to as "Honey".

* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', like ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', also has a That Man.

* In the first ''Franchise/StarWars: KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', if you take up arena-fighting, you'll be given the nickname "The Mysterious Stranger"... This is so they only have to use the one audio track whichever name you choose for yourself at the beginning.
** ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'', from the same folks, uses the same convention, though in that case you get your choice of a few stage names. The Arena promoter throws in a ShoutOut to Knights of the Old Republic, referring to you when you first meet him as a "mysterious stranger."

* ''TheOnion'' parodied this trope, by applying it to a ''[[http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nameless_hurricane_that_much_more hurricane]]''.

** [[PlayingWithATrope Of course,]] as of their [[PrestigeClass Class Changes]], [[NonIndicativeName Black Mage]] is a [[MegaManning Blue Mage]], [[NonIndicativeName Red Mage]] is a [[DittoFighter Mime]] [[{{Scrub}} who was]] [[DysfunctionJunction briefly convinced]] he was a [[MegaManning Blue Mage]] (though he gets to keep his Red [[MagicKnight Mage]] spells), [[NonIndicativeName Thief]] is a HighlyVisibleNinja, and [[NonIndicativeName Fighter]] is a [[KnightInShiningArmor Knight]].

* In ''Literature/EarthseaTrilogy'', knowing the {{True Name}}s of things is important for spellcasting, so things without names -- such as the Nameless Ones, the dark gods of the Kargs in ''Literature/TheTombsOfAtuan'' -- are super-bad juju magumbo.

* In ''Literature/EarthseaTrilogy'', knowing the {{True Name}}s of things is important for spellcasting, so things without names are super-bad juju magumbo.

* Among some ProfessionalWrestling fans, ChrisBenoit is sometimes referred to as He Who Is Not Named, both in mimicry of Harry Potter and the fact that many would rather pretend [[FanonDiscontinuity he never existed.]]