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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