1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin has only one name]]. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice does not have a last name. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** None of the characters have last names. |
5 | ** "A" has a OneLetterName. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': Alice has a last name; [[NoNameGiven it's just never mentioned]]. |
7 | * '''Justified''': |
8 | ** Last names don't exist in Alice's culture. |
9 | ** Alice is a clone or a robot, and therefore never had a family. |
10 | * '''Inverted''': Everyone [[IHaveManyNames has several middle names]] which are [[OverlyLongGag frequently listed]] as a RunningGag. |
11 | * '''Subverted''': |
12 | ** Alice was lying when she said she didn't have a last name. |
13 | ** [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep "Alice" is a one-word nickname.]] |
14 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
15 | ** However, her friend Bob only has one name. |
16 | ** Alternatively, Alice has discarded her last name for various reasons. |
17 | ** Alice really does have only one name; it's just something else. |
18 | * '''Parodied''': Whenever asked what her last name is, instead of saying she has none, Alice just falls silent. |
19 | * '''Zig Zagged''': After being led to believe that Alice is her only name, we find out that she actually has a last name. But when we see her official birth certificate, there's no surname listed. Then it turns out the certificate was a fake; her actual is Becky Taylor. It's never made clear though if that's a two-part given name or a given name and a separate surname. |
20 | * '''Averted''': Everyone has a last name. |
21 | * '''Enforced''': "We need an early sign that Alice is really a clone. Let's have her reveal that she only has one name." |
22 | * '''Lampshaded''': |
23 | ** "You know, Alice, I don't think you've ever told me your last name." "I don't have one, Bob. I'm just Alice." |
24 | ** "Leave it to me. Adventure is my middle name!" "That's strange. How can you have a middle name but no last one?" |
25 | * '''Invoked''': Alice [[ShedTheFamilyName renounces her last name]] and doesn't bother to come up with a new one. |
26 | * '''Exploited''': Charlie doesn't want Alice to join his SecretCircleOfSecrets, so he prints membership forms asking for a last name. |
27 | * '''Defied''': Alice invents a last name. |
28 | * '''Discussed''': "Do you even have a last name, Alice?" "Yes, I sure do, just like all normal people. [[NoNameGiven But it's none of your beeswax.]]" |
29 | * '''Conversed''': "I've seen lots of characters whose last names are never mentioned, but as far as I know, only Alice doesn't have one." |
30 | * '''Implied''': All other characters, including minor ones, have a last name mentioned somewhere, even if it's just [[AllThereInTheManual in an official guidebook]]. |
31 | * '''Deconstructed''': Alice is ridiculed because of her lack of a last name. |
32 | * '''Reconstructed''': Alice lives in a very tolerant society, so she is always treated as an equal despite only having one name. |
33 | * '''Played For Laughs''': As a RunningGag, everyone keeps forgetting that Alice doesn't have a last name. |
34 | * '''Played For Drama''': Alice only has one name because [[ThatManisDead she changed her full name to one name]] after doing something horrible. |
35 | * '''Untwisted''': Alice and Claire are always introduced as Alice and Claire Smith, only for Alice to be revealed to be unrelated to Claire by blood, marriage, or adoption. |
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