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* ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' sometimes does this with Dick, most notably when he finds out that [[spoiler: the Big Giant Head is his father.]]
-->'''Dick''': I don't know what to do! I don't know what to feel! Who am I?!\\
'''Harry''': Well, let me see. Your first name is Dick. [[spoiler: Your new last name is Head.]] I guess that would make--\\
'''Dick''': Oh my God!
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* This is the subject of the Creator/RowanAtkinson sketch "No One Called Jones," where a teacher at a boy's prep school is taking attendance. While some names ("Herpes," "Clitoris," etc.) are not even remotely euphemistic, most of the students being called on have names like "Imadick," "Myprick," and the Russian exchange student "Suckmeoff," leading to sentences like, "Dodo, Suckmeoff, Niceandquick, detention Saturday!" Then the headmaster of the school is revealed to be named "Mr. Greatbighardcock." There is a "clean" version of the same sketch where the boys only have [[InherentlyFunnyWords Inherently Funny Names]] like "Plectrum" and "Nancyboy-Potter," but they manage to sound like euphemisms anyway.

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* This is the subject of the Creator/RowanAtkinson sketch "No One Called Jones," where a teacher at a boy's prep school is taking attendance. While some names ("Herpes," "Clitoris," etc.) are not even remotely euphemistic, most of the students being called on have names like "Imadick," "Myprick," and the Russian exchange student "Suckmeoff," leading to sentences like, "Dodo, "Doodoo, Suckmeoff, Niceandquick, detention Saturday!" Then the headmaster of the school is revealed to be named "Mr. Greatbighardcock." There is a "clean" version of the same sketch where the boys only have [[InherentlyFunnyWords Inherently Funny Names]] like "Plectrum" and "Nancyboy-Potter," but they manage to sound like euphemisms anyway.
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-> '''Rafe Masters''': What are you going to do to me?\\
'''Reagan Ridley''': Well, I was going to erase every woman you've ever dated...\\
'''Rafe Masters''': No! Not Chesty [=McThong=] and Boussums Naturale and Nora Gagreflex!

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-> '''Rafe Masters''': ->'''Rafe Masters:''' What are you going to do to me?\\
'''Reagan Ridley''': Ridley:''' Well, I was going to erase every woman you've ever dated...\\
'''Rafe Masters''': Masters:''' No! Not Chesty [=McThong=] and Boussums Naturale and Nora Gagreflex!



* ''Webcomic/StickInTheMud'': The first name of Jellybean/Kisiel in the Polish version of the comic is "Wacek", a Polish euphemism for a penis. When Lamia learns of it, she almost immediately declares she'll stick to calling him Kisiel.

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* ''Webcomic/StickInTheMud'': The first name of Jellybean/Kisiel in the Polish version of the comic is "Wacek", "''Wacek''", a Polish euphemism for a penis. When Lamia learns of it, she almost immediately declares she'll stick to calling him Kisiel.
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* ''[[Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg Epic Movie]]'' includes a [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]] parody named "Jack Swallows", whose name Edward [[HehHehYouSaidX can't help but chuckle at]].

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* ''[[Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg Epic Movie]]'' ''Film/EpicMovie2007'' includes a [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]] parody named "Jack Swallows", whose name Edward [[HehHehYouSaidX can't help but chuckle at]].



* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' has Miss Choksondik, whose name is only two letters off from "chokes on dick". Lampshaded by the kids; they snicker when she writes her name on the blackboard in her debut.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' has Miss Choksondik, whose name is only two letters off from "chokes on dick". Lampshaded {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by the kids; they snicker when she writes her name on the blackboard in her debut.
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* ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonFour'': Willy's name is a slang term for "penis". [[DirtyKid He was sent to Ericson's for chronic masturbation around the age of 4]].
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* ''VideoGame/LISATheHopeful'': The Lovelies all have sexual euphemisms for their names, Members include Biggie Cummings, Wayne King, Isaac Cox, and many more.

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* ''VideoGame/LISATheHopeful'': The Lovelies all have sexual euphemisms for their names, names. Members include Biggie Cummings, Wayne King, Isaac Cox, and many more.
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** Another particularly notorious question asked "In what sport does Fanny Chmelar compete for Germany?" Bradley nearly inhales his lips for a whole minute trying to keep from laughing and ultimately fails.
---> '''Bradley:''' I'd be straight down to the court in the morning if that was my name, I'd have that changed straight away!
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* ''VideoGame/LISATheHopeful'': The Lovelies all have sexual euphemisms for their names, Members include Biggie Cummings, Wayne King, Isaac Cox, and many more.
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* ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'': One of the Prince's many cousins is an OddballDoppelganger with an elongated head that sticks out like the barrel of a gun. His name? Cousin Johnson. Subtle.
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*''Literature/TheScumVillainsSelfSavingSystemRenZhaFanpaiZijiuXitong'':
**The protagonist Shen Yuan's online ID was Peerless Cucumber (cucumber being as a euphemism for a penis). He also attempts to use it as a regular alias later in the story, though he [[AtrociousAlias almost immediately regrets it]].
**Shang Qinghua, the author of the novel [[MediaTransmigration the story is set in]], wrote under the name Airplane Shooting Towards the Sky. 'Beating one's airplane' is Chinese slang for masturbation.
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* ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'': The spin-off ''Tales From the SMP'' features a couple one-shot characters with names based around lewd puns, such as [[ADateWithRosiePalms Jack Kanoff]] from "The Wild West" and [[CountryMatters Mike Hunt]] from "The Maze".

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* ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'': The spin-off ''Tales From the SMP'' features a couple one-shot characters with names based around lewd puns, such as [[ADateWithRosiePalms Jack Kanoff]] Kanoff from "The Wild West" and [[CountryMatters Mike Hunt]] from "The Maze".
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* In the Gerard Way run of ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'', Casey Brinke's Toys/TeddyRuxpin-like alien buddy is named Fugg.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'' has Molotov Cocktease, a FemmeFatale mercenary and Brock's old love interest.

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* ''ComicBook/CinemaPurgatorio'': In the film ''The Picture Palace Mystery'', the {{Amateur Sleuth}}s that compose the Clue Club are named Titty, Dick, and Fanny.
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* Most characters in ''Film/DoctorStrangelove'': General Jack D. Ripper[[note]]Named after UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper, a 19th century SerialKiller known for mutilating female prostitutes' genitals[[/note]], General Buck Turgidson, Colonel Bat Guano[[note]]"Batshit"[[/note]], Group Captain Lionel Mandrake[[note]]In ancient times, the mandrake plant was believed to be an aphrodisiac[[/note]], President Merkin Muffley[[note]]A merkin is a pubic hair wig, and "muff" is a slang term for "vagina"[[/note]], Alexei [[Creator/MarquisDeSade [=DeSadesky=]]], and Dr. Strangelove himself.

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* Most characters in ''Film/DoctorStrangelove'': General Jack D. Ripper[[note]]Named Ripper,[[note]]Named after UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper, a 19th century SerialKiller known for mutilating female prostitutes' genitals[[/note]], genitals[[/note]] General Buck Turgidson, Colonel Bat Guano[[note]]"Batshit"[[/note]], Guano,[[note]]"Batshit"[[/note]] Group Captain Lionel Mandrake[[note]]In Mandrake,[[note]]In ancient times, the mandrake plant was believed to be an aphrodisiac[[/note]], aphrodisiac[[/note]] President Merkin Muffley[[note]]A Muffley,[[note]]A merkin is a pubic hair wig, and "muff" is a slang term for "vagina"[[/note]], "vagina"[[/note]] Alexei [[Creator/MarquisDeSade [=DeSadesky=]]], and Dr. Strangelove himself.
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* ''Film/BlazingSaddles'': Lili Von Shtupp, a MsFanservice who attempts to seduce Bart as part of her deal with Hedley, has a surname that sounds like the Yiddish word ''schtupp'', which has a very particular meaning.

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* ''Film/BlazingSaddles'': Lili Von Shtupp, a German MsFanservice who attempts to seduce Bart as part of her deal with Hedley, has a surname that sounds like the Yiddish word ''schtupp'', which has a very particular meaning.



* Most characters in ''Film/DoctorStrangelove'': General Jack D. Ripper[[note]]Named after Jack the Ripper, a 19th century SerialKiller known for mutilating female prostitutes' genitals[[/note]], General Buck Turgidson, Colonel Bat Guano[[note]]"Batshit"[[/note]], Group Captain Lionel Mandrake[[note]]In ancient times, the mandrake plant was believed to be an aphrodisiac[[/note]], President Merkin Muffley[[note]]A merkin is a pubic hair wig, and "muff" is a slang term for "vagina"[[/note]], Alexei [[Creator/MarquisDeSade [=DeSadesky=]]], and Dr. Strangelove himself.

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* Most characters in ''Film/DoctorStrangelove'': General Jack D. Ripper[[note]]Named after Jack the Ripper, UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper, a 19th century SerialKiller known for mutilating female prostitutes' genitals[[/note]], General Buck Turgidson, Colonel Bat Guano[[note]]"Batshit"[[/note]], Group Captain Lionel Mandrake[[note]]In ancient times, the mandrake plant was believed to be an aphrodisiac[[/note]], President Merkin Muffley[[note]]A merkin is a pubic hair wig, and "muff" is a slang term for "vagina"[[/note]], Alexei [[Creator/MarquisDeSade [=DeSadesky=]]], and Dr. Strangelove himself.



* Being a TuxedoAndMartini spy, Rafe Masters from ''WesternAnimation/InsideJob2021'' has a history of dating women with euphemistic names, including Chesty [=McThong=], Boussums Naturale and Nora Gagreflex. His newest girlfriend Reagan seems to be the exception to the rule.

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* Being a TuxedoAndMartini spy, Rafe Masters from ''WesternAnimation/InsideJob2021'' has a history of dating women with euphemistic names, including Chesty [=McThong=], Boussums Naturale and Nora Gagreflex. His newest girlfriend Reagan Ridley seems to be the exception to the rule.
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* Most characters in ''Film/DoctorStrangelove'': General Jack D. Ripper[[note]]Named after Jack the Ripper, a 19th century SerialKiller known for mutilating female prostitutes' genitals[[/note]], General Buck Turgidson, Colonel Bat Guano[[note]]"Batshit"[[/note]], Group Captain Lionel Mandrake[[note]]In ancient times, the mandrake plant was believed to be an aphrodisiac[[/note]], President Merkin Muffley[[note]]A merkin is a pubic hair wig, and "muff" is a slang term for "vagina"[[/note]], Alexei [[Creator/MarquisDeSade [=DeSadesky=]]], and Dr. Strangelove himself.


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* Some HairMetal musicians' StageNames are this. Examples include Faster Pussycat vocalist Taime Downe, Tigertailz vocalist Kim Hooker, and [[Music/WASPBand W.A.S.P.]] bassist Johnny Rod.
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* ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'': The spin-off ''Tales From the SMP'' features a couple one-shot characters with names based around lewd puns, such as [[ADateWithRosiePalms Jack Kanoff]] from "The Wild West" and [[CountryMatters Mike Hunt]] from "The Maze".

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