Basic Trope: Werewolves with wolf-themed (and sometimes moon-themed) names.
- Straight: Wolfgang is a werewolf.
- Exaggerated:
- All of the werewolves have wolf-themed/moon-themed names.
- Wolfgang's full name is Wolfgang Fenrir Lupus-Romulus.
- Downplayed:
- Same idea, but with a different werebeast instead of a werewolf. For instance, a were-owl named Naschanote , or a were-lion named Leo.
- A name that is alliterative with wolf, such as Walter.
- The name is not actually connected with wolves or the moon, but with other well-known fictional werewolves, such as a werewolf named Lawrencenote .
- Justified:
- Wolfgang is a werewolf by his heritage.
- Wolfgang's name happens to be a Prophetic Name.
- Simply put, Wolfgang is just a name and he just happened to become a werewolf at some point in his life.
- Wolfgang changed his name after turning into a werewolf.
- Inverted:
- A werewolf is named Silver.note
- A werebeast has a name based on whatever species they are when not in werebeast form.
- Subverted:
- Wolfgang reveals he's really not a werewolf after all; he's just thought to be one because he's hairy, sometimes acts like a wolf, and usually goes missing on full moons.
- Wolfgang is a werewolf... but it's not his real name.
- Wolfgang isn't actually a werewolf. He's a were-crocodile.
- Double Subverted:
- He was lying.
- He becomes a werewolf at some other point.
- He changed his name.
- Wolfgang is a shapeshifter that also happens to be a werewolf; his form as a crocodile was just one of the forms he could use.
- Parodied:
- Bob is bitten by a werewolf, and the first thing he does is legally change his name to Wolfgang Fenrir Lupus-Romulus because "that's what werewolves do".
- Wolfgang tries to live up to his name by turning himself into a werewolf. He gets a werewolf to bite him... and ends up turning into a were-coyote instead, much to his chagrin.
- Zig-Zagged: Sometimes werewolves have themed names, and sometimes they don't.
- Averted: Werewolves are not given any specifically themed names.
- Enforced: To establish early on that Wolfgang is a werewolf.
- Lampshaded: "See, you can tell he's a werewolf because his name is Wolfgang."
- Invoked:
- Wolfgang is a werewolf by heritage. His parents named him accordingly.
- Wolfgang changes his name after becoming a werewolf.
- Wolfgang tries to live up to his name by turning himself into a werewolf somehow.
- Exploited: Because of his name, characters can easily tell that Wolfgang is a werewolf and act accordingly.
- Defied: The werewolf is named Andy. He decides that he will not rename himself.
- Discussed: "Does every werewolf have a name like Wolfgang Fenrir Lupus-Romulus, or is that just you?"
- Conversed: "I wonder why so many werewolves have wolf-themed or moon-themed names in fiction. Is it like they knew they were gonna be werewolves or something?"
- Implied:
- Whether or not Wolfgang actually is a werewolf is unknown, but he certainly acts like one.
- Wolfgang is The Ghost, but characters do mention that he is a werewolf.
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