Line #12 PlayingWith/TomboyishName


1	'''Basic Trope''': A tomboy having a boy's name.
2	* '''Straight''': Samantha is a {{Tomboy}} and wants everyone to call her Sam.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** [[GenderBlenderName Samuel]] is the [[TestosteronePoisoning manliest]] [[TheLadette woman]] alive.
5	** Alice calls Samantha by her name, but she says, "[[ThatManIsDead Samantha is dead. Call me Sam.]]"
6	* '''Downplayed''': Sam has a boy's name, but is [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak not actually too much of a tomboy]].
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Sam just likes her name that way.
9	** Sam's parents wanted a boy.
10	** Sam's parents originally weren't sure what gender she was. So they decided to give her a unisex name.
11	* '''Inverted''': For some reason, a girly girl is named Bob, so she insists on being called Robertina instead.
12	* '''Gender Inverted''': [[GenderBlenderName Samuel]], who is InTouchWithHisFeminineSide, is called Sammy.
13	* '''Subverted''':
14	** Sam is very tomboyish, but insists people call her Samantha.
15	** Samantha is incredibly girly but goes by Sam, despite occasional frustrations with mistaken gender.
16	* '''Double Subverted''': ...until she relents and decides to go by Sam.
17	** Sam turns out to be a GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak.
18	* '''Parodied''':
19	** The girl is called "Johnathan James Ironfist".
20	** A girl has a name so manly that whoever hears it spontaneously becomes more macho, but [[TakeOurWordForIt we never get to hear her name]].
21	** A {{tomboy}} gets made fun of constantly by [[AlphaBitch Alex]] for "being such a boy" and [[HypocriticalHumor having a boyish name]]. Her name is ''Alice''.
22	* '''Zig Zagged''': Sam, a GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak, is sometimes called Samantha, and sometimes Sam.
23	* '''Averted''': Samantha, a girly girl, goes by Samantha.
24	* '''Enforced''':
25	** "We need to keep the [[AIIsACrapshoot computer's]] gender [[AmbiguousGender ambiguous]] until [[BrainUploading the Reveal]]. Let's give her a name that's slowly becoming unisex."
26	** Sam was a man in the original work, but the creator or the {{executive\|Meddling}} decided to put Sam into GenderFlip process for [[AudienceShift wider range]] [[MultipleDemographicAppeal of demographic]].
27	** The creators use '''[[SamusIsAGirl Sam]]'''[[SamusIsAGirl us Is A Girl]] to better break preconceived gender notions.
28	* '''Lampshaded''': "Oh, for... this is the fifth time this week someone's [[{{Bifauxnen}} mistaken me for a guy]]!"
29	* '''Invoked''': A newborn girl's parents give her a boyish name because they hope their daughter will be a {{tomboy}}.
30	* '''Exploited''': Sam uses her GenderBlenderName to successfully pull off SamusIsAGirl.
31	* '''Defied''': Sam doesn't want to be a tomboy, and forces everyone to call her Samantha.
32	* '''Discussed''': "Honestly Sam, if you went by Samantha you'd probably confuse less people."
33	* '''Conversed''': "Why do tomboys in these shows always have male-sounding names?"
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Context PlayingWith / TomboyishName