Line #33 PlayingWith/OnlyOneName


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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41	%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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