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->But as if having a bizarre name weren't enough, they nicknamed me Ren. Bizarre real name, nickname sounds like a boy.
-->--''Literature/IBecomeShadow''
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->''"[[spoiler:"Naoto"]]. Such a cool, manly name! But a name doesn't change the truth. It doesn't let you cross the barrier between the sexes. How could you become an ideal man when you were never male to begin with?"''
-->-- '''Shadow [[spoiler:Naoto]]''', ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''.

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->''"[[spoiler:"Naoto"]].->''""Naoto". Such a cool, manly name! But a name doesn't change the truth. It doesn't let you cross the barrier between the sexes. How could you become an ideal man when you were never male to begin with?"''
-->-- '''Shadow [[spoiler:Naoto]]''', Naoto''', ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''.
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->''[[spoiler:"Naoto"]]. Such a cool, manly name! But a name doesn't change the truth. It doesn't let you cross the barrier between the sexes. How could you become an ideal man when you were never male to begin with?''

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->''[[spoiler:"Naoto"]].->''"[[spoiler:"Naoto"]]. Such a cool, manly name! But a name doesn't change the truth. It doesn't let you cross the barrier between the sexes. How could you become an ideal man when you were never male to begin with?''with?"''



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->''"...screenwriters love women named Samantha because when you call them Sam it sounds like you know them, when in fact their entire backstory may be limited to the fact that their nickname is Sam. '''Ding!'''"''

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->''"...screenwriters love women named Samantha because when you call them Sam 'Sam' it sounds like you know them, when in fact their entire backstory may be limited to the fact that their nickname is Sam. 'Sam.' '''Ding!'''"''

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->'''Samantha Carter''': ''You can call me Sam. That's my first name.'' \\
'''Corso''': ''Sam. It's pretty.'' \\
'''Sam''': ''Not really. It's short for Samantha.'' \\
'''Corso''': ''Even prettier. So what does it mean - ''"Samantha?"''\\
'''Sam''': ''That my father [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude wanted a boy]].''
--> -- ''Series/StargateSG1'', offering one possible explanation for this trope.

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->'''Samantha Carter''': ''You You can call me Sam. That's my first name.'' \\
'''Corso''': ''Sam.Sam. It's pretty.'' \\
'''Sam''': ''Not Not really. It's short for Samantha.'' \\
'''Corso''': ''Even Even prettier. So what does it mean - ''"Samantha?"''\\
'''Sam''': ''That That my father [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude wanted a boy]].''
--> -- ''Series/StargateSG1'', offering one possible explanation for this trope.
boy.
-->-- ''Series/StargateSG1''



-->--'''Shadow [[spoiler:Naoto]]''', ''{{Persona 4}}''.

->'''Mike:''' ...or my name ain't Mike Mazinsky.
->'''Lu:''' Her real name is Michelanne.
->'''Mike:''' [[BerserkButton Watch it!]]
--> --''MikeLuAndOg''

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-->--'''Shadow -->-- '''Shadow [[spoiler:Naoto]]''', ''{{Persona ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''.

->'''Mike:''' ...or my name ain't Mike Mazinsky.
->'''Lu:'''
Mazinsky.\\
'''Lu:'''
Her real name is Michelanne.
->'''Mike:'''
Michelanne.\\
'''Mike:'''
[[BerserkButton Watch it!]]
--> --''MikeLuAndOg''-->-- ''WesternAnimation/MikeLuAndOg''

->''"...screenwriters love women named Samantha because when you call them Sam it sounds like you know them, when in fact their entire backstory may be limited to the fact that their nickname is Sam. '''Ding!'''"''
-->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert''', review of ''Film/JustFriends''



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--> -- ''StargateSG1'', offering one possible explanation for this trope.

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--> -- ''StargateSG1'', ''Series/StargateSG1'', offering one possible explanation for this trope.
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->'''Mike:''' ...or my name ain't Mike Mazinsky.
->'''Lu:''' Her real name is Michelanne.
->'''Mike:''' [[BerserkButton Watch it!]]
--> --''MikeLuAndOg''
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->''[[spoiler:"Naoto"]]. Such a cool, manly name! But a name doesn't change the truth. It doesn't let you cross the barrier between the sexes. How could you become an ideal man when you were never male to begin with?''
-->--'''Shadow [[spoiler:Naoto]]''', ''{{Persona 4}}''.
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'''Corso''': ''Even prettier. So what does it mean - "''Samantha''"?''\\

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'''Corso''': ''Even prettier. So what does it mean - "''Samantha''"?''\\''"Samantha?"''\\



->-- ''StargateSG1'', offering one possible explanation for this trope

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->-- --> -- ''StargateSG1'', offering one possible explanation for this tropetrope.

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