Basic Trope: A character is named after or referred to as a number.
- Straight: A character's name is Four.
- Exaggerated:
- Every character in the story is named after a number.
- A character's name is Ten Million Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Six and insists on being referred to by their full name all the time.
- Downplayed: "Four" is stated to be a nickname; her real name is actually Alice.
- Justified:
- Four is a prisoner of some sort, and that's her prison number.
- Four got the nickname after some incident involving the number 4.
- Four's parents have a lot of children and couldn't think of individual names for them, so they just named them after numbers.
- Four is a robot.
- Four is an anthropomorphic number 4.
- Inverted:
- Someone is named after a letter.
- Someone refers to numbers by names used for people.
- Subverted: Someone thinks the character is named Four, but their name is being mispronounced. It's actually Thor.
- Double Subverted: But Thor has a friend named Six.
- Parodied:
- A character's name is Negative Five and a Half.
- Zig-Zagged: The character's name is "AL1C3".
- Averted: No characters are named after numbers.
- Enforced: The writers want to add some number-related symbolism to the narrative.
- Lampshaded: "Who names their kid Four?"
- Invoked: Alice calls herself "Four", thinking it has a unique sound to it.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Four finds the numerical name dehumanizing and decides to go by Alice instead.
- Discussed: "What's your name?" "Four." "Four? Like, the number?"
- Conversed: "Why's that character named after a number?"
- Played for Laughs: A character is named after a number with humorous connotations, such as Four Hundred and Twenty or Sixty Nine, which becomes a Running Gag.
- Played for Drama:
- Four gets mocked for her name.
- Four is named after a number because she was never seen as worthy of deserving a real name, making her feel dehumanized.
- Played for Horror: A dangerous character is named after numbers such as Six Hundred and Sixty Six, Thirteen, or Four.
Hey, Number Six! Get back to the main page!
