Tropescilloscope: Only One Name

Rather than having a first name and a last name, a character has only one name. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Loads and Loads of Characters Manipulative Bastard The Musical Crucified Hero Shot You Have Failed Me Knife Nut Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Jerk with a Heart of Gold Refuge in Audacity Improbable Weapon User Superhero Corpsing A Father to His Men "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue There Is No Kill Like Overkill Market-Based Title Determinator Logo Joke Self-Deprecation Early-Bird Cameo Small Name, Big Ego Romantic False Lead Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Slashed Throat Taking You with Me Armor-Piercing Question Sexy Discretion Shot Bi the Way Abhorrent Admirer British Films Artistic License – History Cool Old Lady Freeze-Frame Bonus Recycled IN SPACE! 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Irony Foregone Conclusion Our Vampires Are Different Wicked Cultured Canadian Movies Shower Scene Parental Incest Artistic License – Biology Easily Forgiven I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Big "NO!" Evil Sounds Deep I Need a Freaking Drink Disney Villain Death And the Adventure Continues Homage Storming the Castle Driven to Suicide Laughing Mad The Atoner Adaptational Heroism Your Cheating Heart As the Good Book Says... Defiant to the End Russian Films No OSHA Compliance Rule of Funny Put on a Bus Japanese Films Only Sane Man Double Entendre Word of God Epic Movie Screw This, I'm Outta Here! As Himself All Girls Want Bad Boys Psychopathic Manchild Rape as Drama Crapsack World Silence Is Golden O.O.C. Is Serious Business Danny Peary Cult Movies List Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! 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Broken Pedestal Bloodier and Gorier Closed Circle Empathic Environment One Steve Limit Too Dumb to Live Tap on the Head Evil vs. Evil Gorn Men Are the Expendable Gender Artistic License – Law Villain Song Leitmotif Match Cut Five-Man Band Cain and Abel La Résistance Not Using the "Z" Word Lighter and Softer Shell-Shocked Veteran In the Back Good Is Not Nice Coming-of-Age Story Index of Film Westerns Random Events Plot Babies Ever After Ass Shove For Want of a Nail Stealth Pun Damsel in Distress Arch-Enemy It's Personal Bilingual Bonus Would Hit a Girl A Date with Rosie Palms Adaptation Expansion Ripped from the Headlines The Hero Instant Death Bullet Bolivian Army Ending Ambiguous Disorder Take That! 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