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Basic Trope: A work is entitled [Character's Name] and [Another Character's Name].

  • Straight: There's a show called Alice and Bob.
  • Exaggerated: The show is titled Alice, Bob, Charles, and Denise.
  • Downplayed: The show is called The Adventures of Alice (Featuring Bob).
  • Justified: ???
  • Inverted: The show is called Just Alice.
  • Subverted: The show eventually gets renamed.
  • Double Subverted: But it changes back.
  • Parodied: The show has No Fourth Wall and begins with Alice and Bob arguing over whose name should be listed first.
  • Zig-Zagged: The show's title keeps changing from Alice and Bob to The Adventures of Alice and Bob to The Adventures of Alice (Featuring Bob) to Alice to Bob to a bunch of other things besides.
  • Averted: The show's title does not have this format.
  • Enforced: "We need the viewers to know what the main characters are called."
  • Lampshaded: ???
  • Invoked: ???
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied: ???
  • Discussed: "If we had our own show, what would it be called? Alice and Bob?"
  • Conversed: "If you want to know what the main two characters are called, look at the title."
  • Implied: ???
  • Deconstructed: ???
  • Reconstructed: ???
  • Played for Laughs: ???
  • Played for Drama: ???

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