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)

More Tropes Earn Your Happy Ending Blood from the Mouth Closed Circle Overly Long Gag Covers Always Lie Henpecked Husband Redshirt Army Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Romantic Comedy Action Survivor Heroes Want Redheads Left the Background Music On Bury Your Gays Jump Scare Greater-Scope Villain Curb-Stomp Battle Serious Business Mad Scientist Cool Guns Character Development Naked People Are Funny Establishing Character Moment Corrupt Corporate Executive Sequel Hook Extreme Doormat The '90s And the Adventure Continues Facial Horror Only in It for the Money Romantic False Lead Instant Death Bullet Protagonist Title Captain Ersatz Fatal Flaw Not So Stoic Creepy Child Cowboy Cop Ambiguous Ending Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Butt-Monkey Retirony Black Dude Dies First Composite Character Did Not Get the Girl Black Best Friend Punch-Clock Villain Get Out! Super Strength Mythology Gag No Celebrities Were Harmed Stealth Hi/Bye Villainous Breakdown Lock and Load Montage Corpsing Determinator aka: The Determinator Works Set in World War II Historical Hero Upgrade Redemption Equals Death 20 Minutes into the Future Race Against the Clock Once More, with Clarity! Gold Digger The Load Downer Ending Evil Sounds Deep Paper-Thin Disguise Brother–Sister Incest Jitter Cam A.I. Is a Crapshoot Bring My Brown Pants British Films Intrepid Reporter Genre Savvy Credits Gag Department of Redundancy Department Meaningful Background Event Almost Kiss Fish out of Water Award-Bait Song Papa Wolf Stylistic Suck Friend to All Children Lampshade Hanging Not Using the "Z" Word Auto Erotica Fire-Forged Friends Even Evil Has Loved Ones Deadpan Snarker Reality Is Unrealistic BFG The Faceless Mr. Exposition folderlabel Fainting Laughing Mad Black Comedy Rape Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Anyone Can Die Contrived Coincidence How We Got Here Pay Evil unto Evil Ax-Crazy Disguised in Drag Artistic License – Biology Soundtrack Dissonance Mooks The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Getting Crap Past the Radar Sanity Slippage Arc Words Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Large Ham Love at First Sight Monumental Damage No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Groin Attack Madness Mantra Heterosexual Life-Partners Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds The Alleged Car Big "NO!" Even Evil Has Standards Translation Convention Funny Foreigner Disney Villain Death Informed Ability Dutch Angle Music Stories Famous Last Words Empathic Environment Arch-Enemy Femme Fatale Really Gets Around The Lancer Evil Counterpart I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Fatal Family Photo Cool Car All There in the Script Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Gratuitous English Cool Shades Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Combat Pragmatist She's Got Legs Knife Nut Meet Cute Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Sports Stories Not Even Bothering with the Accent Frame-Up Big Applesauce For Want of a Nail Defiant to the End Self-Deprecation Names to Run Away from Really Fast Handicapped Badass Guile Hero Insane Troll Logic "The Reason You Suck" Speech The Power of Love Break the Haughty Awesome, but Impractical Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Ambiguously Gay There Is No Kill Like Overkill Police Brutality Your Head A-Splode Improbable Weapon User Bottomless Magazines Bond One-Liner Hero of Another Story Ominous Latin Chanting What Happened to the Mouse? From Bad to Worse Mr. Fanservice Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Flipping the Bird Suspiciously Specific Denial Death by Adaptation Anti-Hero Berserk Button Cain and Abel Mystery and Detective Films Major Injury Underreaction Those Two Guys Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Italian Films Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Men Are the Expendable Gender Brick Joke Would Hurt a Child Documentary Historical-Domain Character Only Known by Their Nickname Hollywood Law Whole Plot Reference Index of Film Westerns Pretty in Mink Break the Cutie It Can Think Betty and Veronica Skewed Priorities Face–Heel Turn Villain Song The Ditz Bar Brawl The Oner Shipper on Deck Batman Gambit Half the Man He Used to Be Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Arranged Marriage Bland-Name Product Only a Flesh Wound Mundane Made Awesome Immune to Bullets Hoist by His Own Petard Daddy's Girl Japanese Films Undying Loyalty Pimped-Out Dress Gender Flip Spared by the Adaptation Maybe Ever After Artistic License – History Happily Married Air-Vent Passageway Gone Horribly Right Due to the Dead Mexican Standoff Early Installment Weirdness Guns Akimbo Epic Fail Hair-Trigger Temper Same Language Dub Straight Gay Rasputinian Death I Did What I Had to Do Failed a Spot Check Australian Movies A God Am I Armor-Piercing Question Dies Wide Open Bad Boss Call-Forward Country Matters Animated Credits Opening Continuity Nod Worthy Opponent The Quiet One Exactly What It Says on the Tin Ghost Fiction Decoy Protagonist Cat Scare A Date with Rosie Palms Fat Bastard Novelization Good Is Not Nice In the Back Comically Missing the Point Took a Level in Badass You Have Failed Me Four-Temperament Ensemble Unusual Euphemism Artistic License – Military Actor Allusion All for Nothing After the End Unusually Uninteresting Sight Dying Moment of Awesome Cool Old Guy Sassy Black Woman Dual Wielding Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Fanservice Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism The Reveal The '50s Toplessness from the Back Training Montage Abhorrent Admirer He Knows Too Much Took a Level in Jerkass "Awesome McCool" Name Anachronic Order Actually Pretty Funny Scary Black Man And I Must Scream The Chick Eiffel Tower Effect Beard of Evil Eagleland Evil Laugh Adaptational Villainy Death Seeker Bi the Way Alas, Poor Villain Improvised Weapon Horror Comedy One-Man Army Narrator Humiliation Conga Aluminum Christmas Trees Killed Mid-Sentence Foil Deliberate Values Dissonance All Girls Want Bad Boys Biopic Show Within a Show Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Market-Based Title Abusive Parents Manly Tears Epic Movie Anti-Villain The Brute Logo Joke Needs Wiki Magic Love Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Rule of Three Camp Gay Adult Fear Important Haircut Man on Fire Visual Pun You Killed My Father Sinister Minister Demonic Possession Wicked Cultured Neck Lift Card-Carrying Villain Chekhov's Skill Adaptation Dye-Job Badass Longcoat Pet the Dog Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Jerk Jock Shirtless Scene Eldritch Abomination Insult Backfire Breaking the Fourth Wall Drowning My Sorrows Would Hit a Girl Say My Name Celebrity Paradox Dropped a Bridge on Him Military and Warfare Films Dogged Nice Guy Manchild Bolivian Army Ending Ambiguous Disorder Bound and Gagged Adapted Out N-Word Privileges Blatant Lies The Big Guy The '60s Evil Plan Tap on the Head Wretched Hive Victoria's Secret Compartment The Stoic The Cavalry Bilingual Bonus Artistic License – Geography Hero Antagonist Parental Incest Bloodier and Gorier And Starring Adaptational Attractiveness Wounded Gazelle Gambit Film Series Pyrrhic Victory Honor Before Reason Scenery Porn Cool Old Lady Unresolved Sexual Tension Gainax Ending Grievous Bottley Harm Small Name, Big Ego Science Fiction Films In Name Only She Cleans Up Nicely Video Credits Daylight Horror Smoking Is Cool Hong Kong Films Ungrateful Bastard Hollywood Darkness Author Appeal Match Cut Truth in Television Slasher Smile From Nobody to Nightmare Animal Title Index Leitmotif Action Girl Re-Cut B-Movie Darker and Edgier Funny Background Event Kick the Son of a Bitch Age Lift Bond Villain Stupidity Humans Are Bastards Drives Like Crazy Chiaroscuro Face Death with Dignity Precision F-Strike Pragmatic Villainy Room Full of Crazy Agony of the Feet Dirty Coward Random Events Plot Alliterative Name Made of Iron Call-Back Psychological Thriller Beware the Nice Ones Fun with Acronyms Sacrificial Lion Hypocritical Humor Smug Snake Obviously Evil Mugging the Monster Cold-Blooded Torture Interrupted Suicide He Who Fights Monsters Action Genre As the Good Book Says... Freudian Excuse Chekhov's Gun Fourth Date Marriage Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Easily Forgiven Badass Normal Roaring Rampage of Revenge Manic Pixie Dream Girl Older Than They Look Big Brother Instinct Russian Films Rewatch Bonus Together in Death Rule of Symbolism The Starscream Last-Name Basis Asshole Victim More Dakka Insistent Terminology Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Neck Snap Evil vs. Evil Only Sane Man The Hero Reasonable Authority Figure The X of Y Television Movie Index Setting Update Affectionate Parody Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Badass Bookworm Evil Brit Sexy Discretion Shot Bloodless Carnage Have a Gay Old Time Bait-and-Switch Running Gag Dark Is Not Evil Reckless Gun Usage Animal Motifs Our Zombies Are Different Word of God Black Comedy Only One Name Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Very Loosely Based on a True Story Fiery Redhead Karma Houdini Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Expository Hairstyle Change Catapult Nightmare I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Chekhov's Gunman Accidental Misnaming Evil Is Petty Anachronism Stew Cruel and Unusual Death Canon Foreigner Big Bad Adults Are Useless Villain Protagonist Annoying Younger Sibling Lighter and Softer Scenery Gorn Stalker with a Crush Fantasy Films Ripped from the Headlines Rule of Cool The Atoner Put on a Bus For the Evulz Bloody Hilarious Costume Porn Early-Bird Cameo Serial Killer Deus ex Machina Darkest Hour Babies Ever After Creator Cameo Laser-Guided Karma Retcon Conspicuous CG Historical Villain Upgrade True Companions Evil Is Hammy Posthumous Character Ship Tease Apocalypse How Captain Obvious Fan Disservice Diabolus ex Machina Car Fu Death by Sex Sole Survivor Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Vomit Discretion Shot Sealed Evil in a Can Enemy Mine Mercy Kill Villain with Good Publicity Never Found the Body Shown Their Work Idiot Ball Blood Knight The Dog Bites Back As Himself Death by Irony Here We Go Again! Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Faux Affably Evil An Axe to Grind Spanner in the Works The Stoner Foregone Conclusion Jerkass Has a Point Slasher Movie Red Herring The Dragon Sir Swears-a-Lot Parental Neglect Gilligan Cut Broken Aesop The Musical Heel Realization Properly Paranoid Obfuscating Stupidity Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Antagonist Title Real Life Writes the Plot My God, What Have I Done? Does This Remind You of Anything? Advertised Extra Crazy-Prepared Cloudcuckoolander Wham Line Bullying a Dragon Offscreen Teleportation I'm a Humanitarian Attempted Rape Taking You with Me It's Personal Loophole Abuse Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Broken Pedestal As You Know The Bully Big Damn Heroes Brutal Honesty The Mole The Un-Reveal Dumb Blonde It Will Never Catch On All Just a Dream Motor Mouth Suddenly SHOUTING! My Greatest Failure Politically Incorrect Villain Sequel Escalation French Films Trailers Always Spoil The Film of the Book Imagine Spot Badass in a Nice Suit Danny Peary Cult Movies List Big Bad Duumvirate Well-Intentioned Extremist Spiritual Successor The Cameo No Name Given Disney Death Oh, Crap! Those Wacky Nazis Public Domain Feature Films Kick the Dog Plot Hole Canadian Movies You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Beta Couple Naïve Newcomer Dirty Cop Unreliable Narrator Manipulative Bastard Police are Useless The Ace Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! As Long as It Sounds Foreign Rated M for Manly Nothing Is Scarier Be Careful What You Wish For Black and Gray Morality Artistic License – Law The Sociopath Nice Guy Suspiciously Similar Substitute Dramatic Irony Ironic Echo Not So Above It All Taking the Bullet Off with His Head! World of Ham Knight Templar Heroic BSoD Freeze-Frame Bonus Heroic Sacrifice Soft Glass The Remake Bare Your Midriff The Stinger Love Triangle Domestic Abuse Malevolent Masked Men Dwindling Party Kubrick Stare Parental Abandonment The Bad Guy Wins Cassandra Truth Loads and Loads of Characters Unspoken Plan Guarantee Dirty Old Man Children Are Innocent Chewing the Scenery What You Are in the Dark Made of Explodium Take a Third Option Bad "Bad Acting" A Minor Kidroduction Throwing Your Sword Always Works Vacation Films Villain Ball Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Extremely Short Timespan Shell-Shocked Veteran Pragmatic Adaptation Screw This, I'm Outta Here! You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Every Car Is a Pinto The End... Or Is It? Mighty Whitey Tranquil Fury Back from the Dead Make It Look Like an Accident Hypocrite Rich Bitch Totally Radical Light Is Not Good Vomit Indiscretion Shot Jerkass Recycled IN SPACE! Mama Bear Too Dumb to Live Missing Mom Sadistic Choice No Ending Token Minority Reality Has No Subtitles The '70s Kill 'em All Slap-Slap-Kiss Reality Ensues Dark Reprise Shout-Out The Alcoholic Coming-of-Age Story The Lost Lenore Tempting Fate Red Eyes, Take Warning Five-Man Band Distracted by the Sexy Wrong Genre Savvy Homage Yandere The Voiceless Dissonant Serenity It's All About Me Pretty Little Headshots Tagline Adaptational Badass The Place Book-Ends No Antagonist Rape as Drama Offscreen Moment of Awesome Alpha Bitch Horror Films Final Girl Driven to Suicide Sci-Fi Horror Retired Badass Creative Closing Credits Crazy Jealous Guy Villain Opening Scene Ascended Extra Let's Get Dangerous! '80s Hair Vampire Fiction Those Two Bad Guys Everyone Has Standards Jerk with a Heart of Gold Not So Different Overprotective Dad Intergenerational Friendship Rule of Funny Does Not Like Shoes Woman in White Our Vampires Are Different Red Shirt Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Improbable Aiming Skills Twist Ending Based on a True Story Catch-Phrase Heel–Face Turn Peek-a-Boo Corpse Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Destination Defenestration The Ghost Stock Footage Fate Worse than Death Film Noir Index NO INDOOR VOICE Bowdlerise Shut Up, Hannibal! Better to Die than Be Killed Mistaken for Gay Revenge The Chessmaster Casting Gag O.O.C. Is Serious Business No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Double Entendre Double-Meaning Title Scare Chord I Need a Freaking Drink Dark Action Girl "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Beauty Is Never Tarnished Curse Cut Short May–December Romance Central Theme Plucky Comic Relief Red Oni, Blue Oni Despair Event Horizon Big Eater Unwitting Instigator of Doom Fingore Bunny-Ears Lawyer Kids Are Cruel Christmas Movies Index Action Prologue Expy Badass Boast Stealth Pun Defrosting Ice Queen Fanservice Extra Fantastic Racism Ms. Fanservice Historical In-Joke Anguished Declaration of Love Didn't Think This Through Disproportionate Retribution Male Gaze Your Cheating Heart Exact Words Silent Movie Time Skip German Films Noodle Incident Amoral Attorney Stepford Smiler Brainless Beauty Cat Fight Star-Crossed Lovers Bavarian Fire Drill Aside Glance Irony Leave the Camera Running Dramedy Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Nice Hat Moment Killer My Beloved Smother The '80s Damsel in Distress Kill It with Fire The Dreaded Morality Pet Poor Communication Kills Adaptation Name Change Bald of Evil Refuge in Audacity Woman Scorned Deliberately Monochrome Authority Equals Asskicking Not Quite Dead Obstructive Bureaucrat Calling the Old Man Out Outrun the Fireball One Steve Limit What the Hell, Hero? Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Title Drop Riddle for the Ages Demoted to Extra Ass Shove Martial Arts Movie Product Placement Mood Whiplash Genre Throwback Dramatic Gun Cock All Men Are Perverts The Great Depression Meaningful Echo Vitriolic Best Buds Artistic License – Gun Safety Crucified Hero Shot Becoming the Mask Wham Shot Framing Device Karmic Death Evil-Detecting Dog Parental Substitute Never Trust a Trailer Not What It Looks Like Storming the Castle War Is Hell Amusing Injuries Hooker with a Heart of Gold Shoot the Shaggy Dog Big Fancy House Psycho for Hire Off-into-the-Distance Ending Meaningful Name Psychopathic Manchild Chase Scene timeperiod Deal with the Devil Author Avatar Silence Is Golden Boom, Headshot! An Arm and a Leg Pre-Mortem One-Liner Chuck Cunningham Syndrome A Father to His Men Superhero Foreshadowing No-Sell Determinator Real Life Bittersweet Ending Eye Scream Spiteful Spit Hidden Depths The Hero Dies Blackmail I Have Your Wife Dressing as the Enemy Shower Scene Green-Eyed Monster Slashed Throat Big-Bad Ensemble Film Noir Camera Abuse The Vamp Death Glare Drill Sergeant Nasty Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Faking the Dead In Medias Res Spell My Name with an "S" Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Stuff Blowing Up Mind Screw The Casanova Adaptational Heroism Red Right Hand Hell Is That Noise Deconstruction One-Word Title Flashback Never My Fault This Is Gonna Suck Accidental Murder Artistic License – Physics Adorkable Drugs Are Bad La Résistance Rousing Speech The Smart Guy The Smurfette Principle Badass Grandpa Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Non-Indicative Name Depraved Bisexual Playing Gertrude Married to the Job Genre Shift No OSHA Compliance Hate Sink Gorn Eureka Moment Thriller Adaptation Distillation "Shaggy Dog" Story "Well Done, Son!" Guy Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Implacable Man Grey and Gray Morality Dull Surprise Affably Evil Race Lift Gory Discretion Shot Dark and Troubled Past Death of a Child Leaning on the Fourth Wall Adaptation Expansion Crapsack World Body Horror MacGuffin Disappeared Dad Fake Shemp Developing Doomed Characters An Aesop Hope Spot Up to Eleven Male Frontal Nudity Take That! Zombie Stories Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Broken Bird Eyepatch of Power The Mafia Belligerent Sexual Tension Cluster F-Bomb Line-of-Sight Name Punny Name All There in the Manual