1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character has, in addition to their given name, a surname that also serves well as a first name. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice Brooke and Bob Alexander. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': The character ''also'' has a middle name that they frequently use or refer to, e.g. "Alice Claire Brooke" or "Bob Tom Alexander". |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Alice William'''son''' and Bob Jeffrie'''s'''. |
5 | * '''Justified''': The character's last name was originally a first name. |
6 | * '''Inverted''': Anderson Smith and Barrymore Jones. |
7 | * '''Subverted''': Bob finds Alice's birth certificate and learns that Brooke is her middle name; her real surname is [[UnfortunateNames Bastard]]. |
8 | * '''Double Subverted''': It is revealed that while Alice (who is single) was born Alice Brooke Bastard, she recently [[ShedtheFamilyName had her last name legally changed]] because she was fed up with being ridiculed for it. |
9 | * '''Parodied''': A nonsense name, like Zonch or Gleep, is used as the first name of one character and the last name of another. [[AerithAndBob Most other characters have generic names]]. |
10 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Anderson Smith and Bob Alexander. |
11 | * '''Averted''': Alice Jones and Bob Smith. |
12 | * '''Enforced''': The writers are used to writing stories in which the characters have OnlyOneName each, so they don't do well at coming up with last names. |
13 | * '''Lampshaded''': "And this is Alice Brooke, my friend with TwoFirstNames." |
14 | * '''Invoked''': Alice changes her last name to Carol. |
15 | * '''Exploited''': ??? |
16 | * '''Defied''': Alice changes her last name to Garrett. |
17 | * '''Discussed''': "Do any of your friends have two first names? You know, like 'Alice Brooke' or something?" "No. All my friends' last names are only used as last names." |
18 | * '''Conversed''': "Why do so many of the characters on this show have TwoFirstNames?" |
19 | * '''Implied''': Alice's last name is never mentioned, but Bob says that when they met, he thought her last name was her first. |
20 | * '''Played For Laughs''': Alice has a sense of humor about her last name. |
21 | * '''Played For Drama''': Everyone teases Alice because of her name, and she becomes an outcast. |
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