I Have Many Names: Difference between revisions

* Luffy in [[The Will of the D]] when {{spoiler|thanks to the water logia type fruit provided by a time traveling Gold Roger he is able to claim sovereignty over the sea}}

{{quote|"I have many names and I have no name, for they drift away with the currents."}}

** In ''Drunkard's Walk V'', a goddess (once fallen but now redeemed) says to Doug:

{{quote|"In [[The Dance of Shiva|one world]], I was reborn as [[Bubblegum Crisis|a dancer named Linna Yamazaki]], who grew and lived as a mortal and [[The Dance of Shiva|came into her birthright on the eve of the Apocalypse]]. In another, I never Fell, and [[Heralds of Valdemar|a people of horses and plains do me duty and worship]]. In [[Saint Seiya|yet another]], I invest avatar after avatar, calling to myself each time the best and brightest in the arts of war to do battle against the Dark. [[Marathon Trilogy|I have been Sekhmet, Mylee, Ishtar, Michael, Athena and a billion others, and I will be a billion more before the worlds grow dim and cold.]]

** There are even Elven terms for the various types of names according to originator and function. The general extra epithet was called the ''epessë'', the after-name. It was usually an honorary title or nickname, sometimes chosen by the Elf personally.)

** Gandalf from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'': "Many are my names in many countries: Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkun to the Dwarves; Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incanus, in the North Gandalf, [[Mordor|to the east I go not.]]" Additionally don't forget Gandalf Greyhame, Gandalf the Grey, The Grey Pilgrim (a translation of Mithrandir), The White Rider and Gandalf the White. Also Greybeard, Stormcrow and Lathspell (Ill-news) as insults (although "Stormcrow" is [[Appropriated Appellation|later used by Gandalf himself]]).

*** In the [[Affectionate Parody]] ''[[Bored of the Rings]]''', Arrowroot son of Arrowshirt, True Son of Araplane—the Aragorn-analogue—drops the Trope name while parodying the above scene. His allies heave a long-suffering sigh as they confirm it to be true while at the same time keeping him from actually reciting the names.

** Tom Bombadil is called "Forn" by the dwarves, also known by the Men as Orald. And by the Elves as Iarwain Ben-Adar ("the eldest and fatherless").

** Sauron has many, many names (and titles), the most amusing of which is probably The Nameless One. Depending on how you count, he can easily beat even Aragorn and Gandalf.

** Also, Saruman/Curunir/Curumo, Saruman the White, Saruman of Many Colors, the White Wizard, nicknamed Sharkey.

** Even Frodo and Sam got elvish nicknames in the drafts (which translate as Endurance Beyond Hope and Hope Unquenchable).

* ''[[Harry Potter]]:''

** Harry Potter; The Boy-Who-Lived, [[The Chosen One]], Undesirable No. 1.. [http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Harry_Potter etc]..

* In P.C. Hodgell's ''[[Chronicles of the Kencyrath]]'', heroine Jame picks up many names. Her real name is Jamethiel, but that's an ill-fated name to give anyone because of the infamy of its last bearer, so she's Jame—but many people try and back-form the nickname to Jameth, since it's the only name in her culture except for the bad one that would have that abbreviation. She is called Talisman in the thieves' guild, the B'Tyrr (which also means Talisman) as a tavern dancer, and Jamie by her old tutor. Her epithets include Priest's Bane and Lordan of Ivory.

* Jack Shaftoe of [[Neal Stephenson]]'s ''[[The Baroque Cycle]]'' is known as Half-Cocked Jack (for [[Crazy Awesome|two]] [[Nightmare Fuel|reasons]]), ''L'Emmerdeur'', the King of the Vagabonds, Ali Zaybak, Quicksilver, Sword of Divine Fire, and Jack the Coiner.

* Mr. Church aka The Deacon, aka St. Germain. These are just the ones we know {{context}}<!-- What is this from? -->

* The ''[[Outlander]]'' series has James Alexander Malcolm Mackenzie Fraser. While he is generally known as Jamie to the readers, and to most of his associates in the first two books, in the later books he sometimes uses various combinations of his middle names as a disguise. When first encountered in book three (''Voyager''), for example, he was going by Alexander Malcolm. He's sometimes also known as Red Jamie, or as Dunbonnet.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* In ''[[Endstone]]'', [http://endstone.net/2009/08/20/issue-2-page-10/ Jon reflects on them when he faces death].

* ''[[Hijinks Ensue]]'' [http://hijinksensue.com/?p=2247 crosses] this trope with [[I Call Him Mr. Happy]].

* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' has [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2016-12-22 Chinook], the new AI of Eina-Afa.

 

{{quote|'''Harley:''' And we got these custom sauces, 'cause I'm the Doctor of Dressing, aka the Pharaoh of Flavour, aka the Minister of Mixture, aka the Connoisseur of Condiments, aka the Don of the Drippin', aka the [[Jeff Goldblum]] of the Internet, aka... <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|dramatic zoom on the sauces]]] ...the ''Sauce Boss''.}}

* The owners of one automobile site go by [[House Pseudonym|pen-names]], not for anonymity according to [[Word of God]], but their own idiosyncratic reasons.

 

== Western Animation ==