History Main / AnonymousAuthor

* {{Music/TheMostMysteriousSongOnTheInternet}}, and other songs being investigated by the same people, are unintentional examples due to the information being lost.

** ''Brotherhood'', about [[ComicBook/XMen the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants]], was apparently written by "X". Popular opinion has it that this was Howard Mackie, but the truth has never been revealed.
** ''The Generic Comic Book'' is credited to "An Author, a Pencilist, an Inker, a Colorist and a Letterist."

Compare PenName and AlanSmithee. Contrast SameFaceDifferentName, where the pseudonym may not even be particularly opaque and serves largely to emphasize GenreAdultery.

* ''Film/PrimaryColors'' by Anonymous. Fifteen years later, ''[[OneLetterTitle O]]'' by Anonymous. Also ''Literature/TheBookWithNoName''.

* ''Literature/GoAskAlice''... [[BasedOnAGreatBigLie allegedly]].

* ''Devil's Wheel'' for the UsefulNotes/Commodore64.
* ''Escape From Colditz'' for the UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}}.
* ''Maabus'' for PC.

* ''Office Darts'' for PC.
* The bootleg game ''[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Powermon]]''.

* ''Webcomic/TheWotch'' by [[PunnyName Anne Onymous]].

[[folder: Comic Books ]]

[[folder: Fan Works ]]

* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' oneshot ''Fanfic/{{Bubbles}}'' is a widely circulated story, but its writer is unknown.

[[folder: Literature ]]

* ''Film/PrimaryColors'' by Anonymous. Fifteen years later, ''{{O}}'' by Anonymous. Also ''Literature/TheBookWithNoName''.

* Creator/AndrewMarvell is largely remembered today for his poetry under his own name. However, he also wrote {{Satire}}, some of it attacking [[CorruptPolitician dangerously powerful people]] -- so that tended to appear anonymously during his lifetime.

[[folder: Live Action Television ]]

[[folder: Music ]]

* In 1989, a song called "[[http://www.45cat.com/record/crb10522 Spelling on the Stone]]", a jokey reference to the ElvisLives myth, was released by an unknown Elvis impersonator with no name put on the single or album. Despite being issued on a major CountryMusic label (Curb Records) and spending some time on the ''Billboard'' charts, the song's performer has never been identified.

[[folder: Video Games ]]

* Many [[UnlicensedGame unlicensed multicarts, & pirated versions of games]] typically have the company who made that bootleg go without credit, mainly to avoid lawsuits. There are several exceptions though, mainly when it comes to the cracking scene(e.g. Anthrox, Red Sector, Vision Factory, & [[SimilarlyNamedWorks Anthrax]]), & games that don't infringe on people's copyrights(e.g. Color Dreams, Open Corp., American Video Entertainment, & Idea-Tek).

* Many of the credits in ''VideoGame/MegaManII'' are aliases, e.g. Inafking, Tom Pon, 2m03cm Man, Yuukichan's Papa, Fish Man)

[[folder: Visual Novels ]]

* Nearly all creators of the VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' use nicknames (e.g. cpl_crud, silentcook, Aura)

[[folder: Webcomics ]]

* ''Webcomic/TheWotch'' by Anne Onymous.
* WebOriginal/VoxAndKingBeau is a Creepypasta originally posted on /x/ that takes the format of a young woman named Vox who posts on /x/ looking for advice. The author of the story never goes by anything other than Vox or hints to the story being fictional at all.

[[folder: Web Original ]]

* The animation studio that made the short ''WebAnimation/DreamComeTrue: A Mule Mom's Story'' is completely unknown. No credits are included, and the only known crew member is sound designer Shawn Sussman, who uploaded the video to [=YouTube=].

* The author of ''Webcomic/{{Stonetoss}}'', a highly offensive satirical political cartoon, is known only as Stone.

* ''Film/PrimaryColors'' by Anonymous. Fifteen years later, ''{{O}}'' by Anonymous.
** Also by Anonymous ''Literature/TheBookWithNoName''.

* The ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' oneshot ''Fanfic/{{Bubbles}}'' is a widely circulated story, but its writer is unknown.

* Many [[UnlicensedGame unlicensed multicarts, & pirated versions of games]] typically have the company who made that bootleg go without credit, mainly to avoid lawsuits. There are several exceptions though, mainly when it comes to the cracking scene(e.g. Anthrox, Red Sector, Vision Factory, & [[SimilarlyNamedWorks Anthrax]]), & games that don't infringe on people's copyrights(e.g. Creator/ColorDreams, Open Corp., American Video Entertainment, & Idea-Tek).

* ''Escape From Colditz'' for the UsefulNotes/Amiga.

* the bootleg game ''[[Franchise/Pokemon Powermon]]''.

[[AC: ComicBooks]]

[[AC: FanWorks]]

[[AC: {{Literature}}]]
* ''Film/PrimaryColors'' by Anonymous. Fifteen years later, ''{{O}}'' by Anonymous.

[[AC:LiveActionTelevision]]

[[AC: {{Music}}]]

[[AC: VideoGames]]

[[AC: VisualNovels]]

[[AC: {{Webcomics}}]]
* ''Webcomic/TheWotch'' by Anne Onymous.
* WebOriginal/VoxAndKingBeau is a Creepypasta originally posted on /x/ that takes the format of a young woman named Vox who posts on /x/ looking for advice. The author of the story never goes by anything other than Vox or hints to the story being fictional at all.

[[AC: WebOriginal]]

* ''Webcomic/TheWotch'' by Anne Onymous.

* During her lifetime, Creator/JaneAusten's novels only identified the author with the words "By a Lady".
** Parodying this, ''Series/TheTwoRonnies'' serial "The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town" was credited to "Creator/SpikeMilligan & A Gentleman" (The Gentleman being Ronnie Barker).
* Nearly all creators of the VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' use nicknames (e.g. cpl_crud, silentcook, Aura)
* Many of the credits in Mega Man II are aliases, e.g. Inafking, Tom Pon, 2m03cm Man, Yuukichan's Papa, Fish Man)
* Creator/MarvelComics:
** ''Brotherhood'', about [[ComicBook/XMen the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants]], was apparently written by "X". Popular opinion has it that this was Howard Mackie, but the truth has never been revealed.
** ''The Generic Comic Book'' is credited to "An Author, a Pencilist, an Inker, a Colorist and a Letterist."

* WebOriginal/VoxAndKingBeau is a Creepypasta originally posted on /x/ that takes the format of a young woman named Vox who posts on /x/ looking for advice. The author of the story never goes by anything other than Vox or hints to the story being fictional at all.
* ''Webcomic/CoolAndNewWebComic'' is a parody of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' by an author known as "o". There are many theories as to who the author is, to the point that the very mystery of his identity is a meme.
* The animation studio that made the short ''WebAnimation/DreamComeTrue: A Mule Mom's Story'' is completely unknown. No credits are included, and the only known crew member is sound designer Shawn Sussman, who uploaded the video to [=YouTube=].
* In 1989, a song called "[[http://www.45cat.com/record/crb10522 Spelling on the Stone]]", a jokey reference to the ElvisLives myth, was released by an unknown Elvis impersonator with no name put on the single or album. Despite being issued on a major CountryMusic label (Curb Records) and spending some time on the ''Billboard'' charts, the song's performer has never been identified.

* ''Literature/TheNameOfThisBookIsSecret'' and its sequels by PseudonymousBosch, although it's pretty much confirmed by now that he's author Raphael Simon.

* In 1988, a song called "[[http://www.45cat.com/record/crb10522 Spelling on the Stone]]", a jokey reference to the ElvisLives myth, was released by an unknown Elvis impersonator. Despite being issued on a major CountryMusic label (Curb Records) and spending some time on the ''Billboard'' charts, the song's performer has never been identified.

%%* ''Manga/DeathNote'' and ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'' by Tsugami Ohba/I don't know Japanese -- language or culture -- and can't tell if the pseudonym presents itself as such in some way

* ''TheBrideStrippedBare''. Australian Nikki Gemmell eventually revealed her authorship.

** Parodying this, ''Series/TheTwoRonnies'' serial 'The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town' was credited to 'Spike Milligan & A Gentleman' (The Gentleman being Ronnie Barker).
%%* ''DeathNote'' and ''{{Bakuman}}'' by Tsugami Ohba/I don't know Japanese -- language or culture -- and can't tell if the pseudonym presents itself as such in some way

** ''The Generic Comic Book'' is credited to "An Author, a Pecilist, an Inker, a Colorist and a Letterist."

* ''TheWotch'' by Anne Onymous.

** Parodying this, TheTwoRonnies serial 'The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town' was credited to 'Spike Milligan & A Gentleman' (The Gentleman being Ronnie Barker).

* ''Webcomic/CoolAndNewWebComic'' is a parody of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' by an author known as "o". There are many theories as to who the author is; some speculate that he is in fact Creator/AndrewHussie himself.