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* In canon, Felix Fathom’s father is named as “Colt” the first time he’s mentioned. [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/29268558 Miraculous: Tales of Lady Monarch and Chat Noir]] gives him the forename “Frederick”. (This isn’t a case of OutdatedByCanon, since the character was named in the show months before he appeared in this fic)

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* In canon, Felix Fathom’s father is named as “Colt” the first time he’s mentioned. [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/29268558 Miraculous: Tales of Lady Monarch and Chat Noir]] gives him the forename “Frederick”. (This isn’t a case of OutdatedByCanon, since the character was named in the show months before he appeared in this fic)fic).
* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49380706/chapters/124613842 Miraculous: Tales of Royal Fortune and Matagot]]'': Lê Chiến Kim's family name is changed to Lee-Ature, implied to be from [[HappilyAdopted his adoptive fathers]].
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* In ''[[Fanfic/TheSameMoonShines The Dreams of Youth]]'', Lan Zhan (courtesy name Wangji) becomes Tang Zhan, as he's taken on his mother's surname. He also gives himself a new courtesy name, Zhengyan.



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* ''Fanfic/CallItWhatYouWant'' has Jin Ling named ''Jiang'' Ling rather than Jin Ling, as his parents aren't married.




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* ''Fanfic/TheRedEarth'': Nie Mingjue becomes Wen Mingjue, as he's born into the Wen family.
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* Melissa Shield gets a minor one in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14073644/1/ The Echo Ranger]]''. In that story she is given the middle name Kimberly, as part of her connection to her ancestor [[Characters/MightyMorphinPowerRangersRangers Kimberly Ann Hart.]]
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* ''Fanfic/JWITCHSeries'': In canon, the Thunder Demon Chi is found aboard an {{Expy}} of the Titanic called the Oceanic. Here, it's very specifically the actual Titanic.
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* ''Fanfic/KedaborysElmoreChronicles'': Both instances due to AdaptationalGenderIdentity:
** Richard Watterson to Daphne Watterson
** Steve Small to Sybil Small
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*The ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''/''Series/{{Heroes}}'' crossover "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13163441/1/The-Not-So-Average-Girl The Not-So-Average Girl]]" gives various ''Kim Possible'' characters more realistic names, such as Kim and Ron’s surnames in this adaptation being ‘Pierce’ and ‘Sinclair’ rather than ‘Possible’ and ‘Stoppable’.
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* ''AdaptationNameChange/LuzClawthorne''
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* Anthea from ''Fanfic/SixesAndSevens'' is based on Victoria Starr from ''ComicBook/AgentsOfAtlas'', but her name was changed because the author felt the original would be too out of place for 1940s Greece.
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* ''WebAnimation/TheMandelaMagazine'': Mark Heathcliff and Cesar Torres from ''Mandela Catalogue'' are instead introduced as Mark Woodvalley and Cesar Castle.
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* In canon, Felix Fathom’s father is named as “Colt” the first time he’s mentioned. [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/29268558 Miraculous: Tales of Lady Monarch and Chat Noir]] gives him the forename “Frederick”. (This isn’t a case of OutdatedByCanon, since the character was named in the show months before he appeared in this fic)
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* In ''Fanfic/GodzillaNeo'', the [=MUTOs=] are called Shinomura, which was the name of a different kaiju that appeared in a tie-in comic of the Film/MonsterVerse.
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* ''Fanfic/ForgetMeNotDontLeaveMeBehind'' gives us not Lan Zhan/Wangji, but ''Yue'' Zhan/Wangji, as he is using his mother's surname.
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** This also happens to [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli]]. Johnny is now George Joestar III, [[RelatedInTheAdaptation the younger son of Joseph Joestar and Suzi Q]]. Meanwhile, Gyro's nickname is ''his actually birth name'' rather than his birth name being [[spoiler:Julius Caesar]] in the manga.
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* In the NextGenFic ''Fanfic/{{Paradoxus}}'' (''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' and ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''):

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* In the NextGenFic ''Fanfic/{{Paradoxus}}'' (''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' and ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''):''Fanfic/{{Paradoxus}}'':
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** K.K. Slider is known as Totakeke, his Japanese name.

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** K.K. Slider Slider's legal name is known as Totakeke, his Totakeke (his Japanese name), while his English name is his stage name.



** Kapp'n and Grams' real names are Kaisho and Kanako Kobayashi.
** The superhero villagers get new names (their canon names are simply nicknames for the roles they play on a show): Kid Cat is Ichiro Mochizuki, Agent S is Hatsuko Fujiwara, Big Top is Kenzo Izuri, Rocket is Clover Hart and Filly is Kohaku Chiba.

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** The kappa family are known as the Kobayashis. While Leila and Leilani keep their names, Kapp'n and Grams' real Grams have their names are changed to Kaisho and Kanako Kobayashi.Kanako.
** The superhero villagers get new names (their canon names are simply nicknames for the roles names of characters they play on a sentai show): Kid Cat is Ichiro Mochizuki, Agent S is Hatsuko Fujiwara, Big Top is Kenzo Izuri, Rocket is Clover Hart and Filly is Kohaku Chiba.
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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2530663 JoJo New Universe]]'', this happens to those from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'', with their canon names becoming their nicknames.

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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2530663 JoJo New Universe]]'', ''Fanfic/JoJoNewUniverse'', this happens to those from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'', with their canon names becoming their nicknames.

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* ''AdaptationNameChange/WithPearlAndRubyGlowing''



* Since ''Fanfic/WithPearlAndRubyGlowing'' is an AdaptationalMundanity AU of several works, the names of some characters have been changed to sound more human-like, such as [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Genie]] becoming "Gene" and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Daffy]] being named "Dafydd" (although people still call him Daffy since his name is hard to pronounce). Other characters get completely different names that aren't even close to their original names, but they usually have [[MeaningfulName some meaning behind them]].
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* ''Fanfic/KhaosOmega'' usually does this with characters whose canon names would be unusual in some worlds. Occasionally a part of a canon name is ignored because that part doesn't have the problem (included are three ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' girls in siblings Milfeulle and Apricot keeping the Sakuraba surname when changing their first names to Maranda and Arielle, and Lily C Sherbet keeping her first name untouched in becoming Lily Cielena Stewart; Chitose Karasuma, whose surname has the same immunity to the problem behind Khaos deploying this trope as the siblings, chose to instead join Anise Azeat and Natsume Izayoi in not changing her name at all).

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* ''Fanfic/KhaosOmega'' ''Creator/KhaosOmega'' usually does this with characters whose canon names would be unusual in some worlds. Occasionally a part of a canon name is ignored because that part doesn't have the problem (included are three ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' girls in siblings Milfeulle and Apricot keeping the Sakuraba surname when changing their first names to Maranda and Arielle, and Lily C Sherbet keeping her first name untouched in becoming Lily Cielena Stewart; Chitose Karasuma, whose surname has the same immunity to the problem behind Khaos deploying this trope as the siblings, chose to instead join Anise Azeat and Natsume Izayoi in not changing her name at all).
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* ''Fanfic/ShesNotSoFamous'': Downplayed.
** Blaineley goes by Millie in this fic, but this is derived from her canon birth name, Mildred. As the fic is pre-canon, she hasn't changed her name yet. Her surname, Andrews, is taken from her full canon name, Blaineley Stacy Andrews O'Halloran.
** Chris's last name is Pike, though his mother's is [=McLean=]-Pike, implying he takes a different parent's surname when he gets older.
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** Played straight in ''What If Goku Landed At Capsule Corp'', where Goku is found and adopted by the Briefs Family instead of Grandpa Gohan, he's named Boxer instead to fit into the family's ThemeNaming.

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** Played straight in ''What If Goku Landed At Capsule Corp'', where Goku is found and adopted by the Briefs Family instead of Grandpa Gohan, he's named Boxer instead to fit into the family's ThemeNaming.
ThemeNaming. Likewise, his son Gohan now goes by Longjohn to maintain the family name theme.
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* ''Fanfic/{{Bloodlines}}'' predates the official confirmation of Naruto's parents. As a result, the Fourth Hokage is named "Arashi Kazama" instead of "Minato Namikaze", while Naruto's mother is an OC named "Haruka Uzumaki" instead of the canonical "Kushina Uzumaki".

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* ''Fanfic/{{Bloodlines}}'' ''Fanfic/BloodlinesTheSOCPuppet'' predates the official confirmation of Naruto's parents. As a result, the Fourth Hokage is named "Arashi Kazama" instead of "Minato Namikaze", while Naruto's mother is an OC named "Haruka Uzumaki" instead of the canonical "Kushina Uzumaki".
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* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossingFlyMeToTheMoon'': Several ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' characters get different names than in canon. Some names are changed to nicknames.

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* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossingFlyMeToTheMoon'': ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossing'': Several ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' characters get different names than in canon. Some names are changed to nicknames.
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*Invoked in the AU fic “[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13599530/1/An-Alternate-Life An Alternate Life]]”, which depicts a world where the Manhattan Clan and Demona are human and Elisa is the gargoyle. While the would-have-been gargoyles are still known by their canon names (Goliath has the full name of Goliath Mason and Dominique Destine earns 'Demona' as a nickname), Broadway and Lexington go by their nicknames as their birth names are ‘Brock’ and ‘Lewis’.
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* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossingFlyMeToTheMoon'': Several VideoGame/AnimalCrossing characters get different names than in canon. Some names are changed to nicknames.

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* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossingFlyMeToTheMoon'': Several VideoGame/AnimalCrossing ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' characters get different names than in canon. Some names are changed to nicknames.



** The superhero villagers get new names (their Animal Crossing names are simply nicknames for the roles they play on a show): Kid Cat is Ichiro Mochizuki, Agent S is Hatsuko Fujiwara, Big Top is Kenzo Izuri, Rocket is Clover Hart and Filly is Kohaku Chiba.
** Sprinkle's real name is Laurie Coldstone; Sprinkle is simply a nickname

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** The superhero villagers get new names (their Animal Crossing canon names are simply nicknames for the roles they play on a show): Kid Cat is Ichiro Mochizuki, Agent S is Hatsuko Fujiwara, Big Top is Kenzo Izuri, Rocket is Clover Hart and Filly is Kohaku Chiba.
** Sprinkle's real name is Laurie Coldstone; Sprinkle Coldstone, while Puddles is simply a nicknameknown as Pamela Boonchuy.
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* In ''Fanfic/DaughtersOfTheWickedWitch'', the canon Baobhan Sith is rendered as the alternate spelling Baobhan Sidhe, with the author's notes citing this as personal preference.
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** Fluttershy is Asahi Nichibotsu.

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** Fluttershy is Asahi Nichibotsu.Himari Utsukushicho.
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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2530663 JoJo New Universe]]'', this happens to those from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'', with their canon names becoming their nicknames.
** Twilight Sparkle is now Lydia Twilight.
** Applejack is Jackie Applaine.
** Sunset Shimmer is Asahi Nichibotsu.
** Fluttershy is Asahi Nichibotsu.
** Pinkie Pie is Diane Hanasakura.
** Rarity is Rarita Zepelli.
** Rainbow Dash is Iro Dashell.
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* In ''Fanfic/DaphneGreengrassAndTheBoyWhoLived'', Dumbledore's Army is instead called "the Order of the Lightning Bolt" after a remark Daphne made during the summer at Grimmauld Place.

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