Familiar
Namer
Namer noun - Someone with the right or responsibility for making a selection.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Trope namer is a proverb that describes a similar, but distinct trope Stranger in a Familiar Land - you can technically go home, it just doesn't feel like home anymore.
Source: This Index Is Not an Example - The main character of the Safehold series is familiar with the Trope Namer, and actually uses the pebble trick when training Caleb in her martial arts style.
Source: When You Snatch the Pebble -
Neon Genesis Evangelion is quite a subversion, even though it is the Trope Namer: Shinji eventually starts gets annoyed by the sight of the ceiling of NERV sickbay, as it is becoming too familiar to him.
Source: Unfamiliar Ceiling
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