Basic Trope: A place, object, or person is described with, well, a description, rather than a name.
- Straight: The Hero is only known as The Swordsman, while the Big Bad's title is He Who Rules The Wastelands.
- Exaggerated: After The Swordsman Without A Title obtains The Katana That Glitters Under The Moonlight from The Library of Patterns Most Heroic, they left for The Wasteland Roamed By A Thousand Demons to seek for The Throne Never Graced By The Goddess, where He Who Rules The Wastelands now bides his time.
- Downplayed: Everybody Calls Him "Barkeep"
- Justified:
- True Name rule is in full effect, it's only wise to hide one's own true name.
- The Swordsman did something dishonorable in the past and was stripped of his title. Now, his name is taboo on the kingdom, and anyone that tries to refer to him as such must receive a severe punishment.
- Bob is the only swordsman around, so as soon anyone says "Swordsman" everyone knows Bob is the person referred to.
- Inverted: There is a very bizarre monster that must be precisely described before any meaningful conversation about it can begin, but people call it "The Rabbit".
- Subverted: Halfway in the story, The Swordsman gives away his name to his comrades. It's Bob.
- Double Subverted: ...which in The Swordman's native tongue, means roughly "He Who Is Without A Title".
- Parodied: The Swordsman Without A Title Worthy of Bragging fights He Who Rules The Wastelands While Crutching His Terrible Rod, saves The Princess More Beautiful Than All Other Princesses Combined.
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: People have normal names (for in-universe definition of normal); like, Aerith or Bob or Chiaki.
- Enforced: Increasing word count for the story.
- Lampshaded: "How about I just call you SWaT-Kun?"
- Invoked: Bob insists to be called The Swordsman Without A Title in the hope of evading empathic black magick from his sorcerer adversaries.
- Exploited: After finding out that the method in the Invoked above works, Bob constantly changes his name in the style of this trope to avoid having any name associated with him.
- Defied: In a world where it's common for any significant figure to have names in the style of this trope, Bob insists that he be called by the name given by his parents: Bob Trope.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Deconstructed: All the difficulties associated with having no legally identifiable name are presented in the story.
- Reconstructed: Eventually, the lawyers settle down with writing "The Swordsman Without A Title" on the papers.
- Played For Laughs: The Swordsman actually refers to that uh... That "thing", down there. Y'know.
The Trope without a Title beckons.
