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-->'''Dripik''': We'll have that traior Abe in no time! Or my name ain't... uh...

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-->'''Dripik''': We'll have that traior traitor Abe in no time! Or my name ain't... uh...
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->'''Dripik''': We'll have that traior Abe in no time! Or my name ain't... uh...
->'''Mudoken''': Dripik, sir.
->'''Dripik''': ...Dripik! I knew that...

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->'''Dripik''': -->'''Dripik''': We'll have that traior Abe in no time! Or my name ain't... uh...
->'''Mudoken''': -->'''Mudoken''': Dripik, sir.
->'''Dripik''': ...-->'''Dripik''': ...Dripik! I knew that...

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* Played for laughs in ''[[{{Oddworld}} Abe's Exoddus]]'', where the character using the phrase, Dripik, has a RunningGag of not being able to remember his own name:
->'''Dripik''': We'll have that traior Abe in no time! Or my name ain't... uh...
->'''Mudoken''': Dripik, sir.
->'''Dripik''': ...Dripik! I knew that...
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---> Jon:(with mud on his face) Hello, my name is mud.
---> Garfield: We were expecting you.
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** Played for laughs in ''Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf'':

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** Played for laughs in ''Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf'':''ScoobyDooAndTheReluctantWerewolf'':
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-->'''Dastardly:''' This is the umpteeth time plus one, but we'll catch that pigeon or my name isn't Dick Dastardly!"

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-->'''Dastardly:''' This is the umpteeth umpteenth time plus one, but we'll catch that pigeon or my name isn't Dick Dastardly!"

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* Elmer Fudd's dog in the DaffyDuck cartoon "To Duck Or Not To Duck":
-->'''Larrimore:''' There's something screwy about this fight or my name isn't Larrimore! And it isn't.
* DangerMouse had this an an early episode:

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* Elmer Fudd's dog in the DaffyDuck cartoon "To Duck Or Not To Duck":
-->'''Larrimore:''' There's something screwy about this fight or my name isn't Larrimore! And it isn't.
* DangerMouse had this an in an early episode:




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* [[DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines Dick Dastardly]] invokes this in "Ceiling Zero Zero" after the narrator starts a "umpteenth time" running gag:
-->'''Dastardly:''' This is the umpteeth time plus one, but we'll catch that pigeon or my name isn't Dick Dastardly!"
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* [[NaziGermany Hermann Göring]] once boasted [[TemptingFate no enemy bomber can reach the Ruhr. If one reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Goering. You may call me Meyer]].

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* [[NaziGermany Hermann Göring]] once boasted [[TemptingFate no "No enemy bomber can reach the Ruhr. If one reaches the Ruhr, [[TemptingFate my name is not Goering. You may call me Meyer]].Meyer]]".
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* [[NaziGermany Hermann Göring]] once boasted [[TemptingFate no enemy bomber can reach the Ruhr. If one reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Goering. You may call me Meyer]].
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* Orville Redenbacher popcorn commercials: "You'll taste the difference, or my name isn't Orville Redenbacher."

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* Orville Redenbacher popcorn commercials: "You'll taste the difference, or my name isn't Orville Redenbacher."

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* ''Film/MaryPoppins''.
-->'''Mary Poppins:''' [watching Bert, Albert, Jane and Michael laugh together on the ceiling] Why, it's the most disgraceful sight I've ever seen, or my name isn't Mary Poppins.
* ''The Front Page'' (1974)

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* ''Film/MaryPoppins''.
''Film/MaryPoppins''.
-->'''Mary Poppins:''' [watching Bert, Albert, Jane and Michael laugh together on the ceiling] Why, it's the most disgraceful sight I've ever seen, or my name isn't Mary Poppins.
Poppins.
* ''The Front Page'' (1974) (1974)



* ''Macao'' (1952)
-->'''Lawrence C. Trumble:''' I'll go back one of these days, or my name isn't Lawrence C. Trumble.
* Honest John from Disney's ''[[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} Pinocchio]]'':

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* ''Macao'' (1952)
(1952)
-->'''Lawrence C. Trumble:''' I'll go back one of these days, or my name isn't Lawrence C. Trumble.
Trumble.
* Honest John from Disney's ''[[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} Pinocchio]]'': ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'':



-->'''Dina Reams:''' And one last thing, Mrs. Zamboni - watch Alex Pearson closely. I don't trust him.
-->'''Alex Pearson:''' ''[as Mrs. Zamboni]'' D-don't trust Alex? Why, that's absurd. The sweet lad is as honest as the day is long, or my name isn't Edna Mae Zamboni.

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-->'''Dina Reams:''' And one last thing, Mrs. Zamboni - watch Alex Pearson closely. I don't trust him.
him.
-->'''Alex Pearson:''' ''[as Mrs. Zamboni]'' D-don't trust Alex? Why, that's absurd. The sweet lad is as honest as the day is long, or my name isn't Edna Mae Zamboni.



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* From ''[[TheHitchhikersGuidetotheGalaxy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'':
-->"If it was a coincidence," roared the voice, "then my name is not Agrajag!"
-->"And presumably," said Arthur, "you would claim that ''was'' your name."
-->"Yes!" hissed Agrajag, as if completing a rather deft syllogism.
-->"Well, I'm afraid it was still a coincidence," said Arthur.
* In ''Discworld/TheScienceOfDiscworld'', Ridcully, studying the problem of giving the Roundworld a sun, says, "We'll soon have his little world all warm, or my name's not Mustrum Ridcully." The Dean spends the first few paragraphs of the next chapter calling him things like "Mappin Winterly" or "Charlie Grinder".
* ''The Gun Seller'': In Chapter 1, the first-person narrator introduces himself to a woman as James Fincham. Later in the narration, he uses the phrase "...then my name isn't James Fincham. Which, of course, it isn't", which is the first indication the reader has that he lied.

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* In the ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' episode "Steele Belted":
-->'''Remington Steele:''' I guarantee your exoneration on all charges, Buddy, or my name isn't Remington Steele.
-->'''Laura Holt:''' Your name isn't Remington Steele.
-->'''Remington:''' A mere technicality.
* ''Acropolis Now'' episode "Jobs for the Girls"
-->'''Effie Stephanidis:''' All right, we'll do it. Sophie and me will get a job or my name isn't...
-->'''Sophie:''' Effie Stephanidis.

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* From ''[[TheHitchhikersGuidetotheGalaxy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'':
''TheHitchhikersGuidetotheGalaxy'':
-->"If it was a coincidence," roared the voice, "then my name is not Agrajag!"
Agrajag!"
-->"And presumably," said Arthur, "you would claim that ''was'' your name."
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-->"Yes!" hissed Agrajag, as if completing a rather deft syllogism.
syllogism.
-->"Well, I'm afraid it was still a coincidence," said Arthur.
Arthur.
* In ''Discworld/TheScienceOfDiscworld'', Ridcully, studying the problem of giving the Roundworld a sun, says, "We'll soon have his little world all warm, or my name's not Mustrum Ridcully." The Dean spends the first few paragraphs of the next chapter calling him things like "Mappin Winterly" or "Charlie Grinder".
Grinder".
* ''The Gun Seller'': In Chapter 1, the first-person narrator introduces himself to a woman as James Fincham. Later in the narration, he uses the phrase "...then my name isn't James Fincham. Which, of course, it isn't", which is the first indication the reader has that he lied.

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* In the ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' episode "Steele Belted":
Belted":
-->'''Remington Steele:''' I guarantee your exoneration on all charges, Buddy, or my name isn't Remington Steele.
Steele.
-->'''Laura Holt:''' Your name isn't Remington Steele.
Steele.
-->'''Remington:''' A mere technicality.
technicality.
* ''Acropolis Now'' episode "Jobs for the Girls"
Girls"
-->'''Effie Stephanidis:''' All right, we'll do it. Sophie and me will get a job or my name isn't...
isn't...
-->'''Sophie:''' Effie Stephanidis.





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-->'''Capt. Butch Flowers:''' Now, I know you're worried about our mission, but I can tell you this -- there's nothing more important to me than the safety and well-being of my men. Or my name isn't Captain...Butch...Flowers.

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-->'''Capt. Butch Flowers:''' Now, I know you're worried about our mission, but I can tell you this -- there's nothing more important to me than the safety and well-being of my men. Or my name isn't Captain...Butch...Flowers.
Flowers.



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* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' featured a character named [[TheAce Ace London]] who often used this phrase, but he'd get cut off.
-->'''Ace London:''' ...or my name's not—
-->'''Crowd:''' Ace London!
-->'''Ace:''' You got ''that'' right.

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* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' featured a character named [[TheAce Ace London]] who often used this phrase, but he'd get cut off.
off.
-->'''Ace London:''' ...or my name's not—
not—
-->'''Crowd:''' Ace London!
London!
-->'''Ace:''' You got ''that'' right.



-->'''Grampa:''' We'll get you up and running again or my name isn't Young Grampa Simpson.
* ''[[ScoobyDoo The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]'' episode "The Secret of Shark Island".
-->'''Sonny Bono:''' But this is our delayed honeymoon. You should be enjoying it.
-->'''Cher:''' I am enjoying it, or my name isn't BarbraStreisand.
-->'''Sonny:''' Your name isn't Barbra Streisand.
-->'''Cher:''' You catch on fast, big boy.

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-->'''Grampa:''' We'll get you up and running again or my name isn't Young Grampa Simpson.
Simpson.
* ''[[ScoobyDoo The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]'' episode "The Secret of Shark Island".
Island".
-->'''Sonny Bono:''' But this is our delayed honeymoon. You should be enjoying it.
it.
-->'''Cher:''' I am enjoying it, or my name isn't BarbraStreisand.
BarbraStreisand.
-->'''Sonny:''' Your name isn't Barbra Streisand.
Streisand.
-->'''Cher:''' You catch on fast, big boy.



-->'''Jon Arbuckle:''' ''[referring to Garfield and Odie]'' This will scare the pants off those three, or my name isn't June Arburkle!

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-->'''Jon Arbuckle:''' ''[referring to Garfield and Odie]'' This will scare the pants off those three, or my name isn't June Arburkle! Arburkle!



* ''{{CatDog}}'': Cliff vows on one episode to get the title characters, or his name isn't Cliff. One of his friends replies:
-->''Then what should we call ya?''
* The Disney version of ''WinnieThePooh'' renders this as "Or my name isn't Winnie the Pooh... which it is."

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* ''{{CatDog}}'': ''CatDog'': Cliff vows on one episode to get the title characters, or his name isn't Cliff. One of his friends replies:
replies:
-->''Then what should we call ya?''
ya?''
* The Disney version of ''WinnieThePooh'' renders this as "Or my name isn't Winnie the Pooh... which it is." "



* Subverted in the ''LooneyTunes'' short "To Duck or Not to Duck".

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* Subverted in the ''LooneyTunes'' ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "To Duck or Not to Duck".



* ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'': Daisy uses "Or my name isn't Daisy Duck"... while pretending to be someone else. Whoops.

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* ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'': Daisy uses "Or my name isn't Daisy Duck"... while pretending to be someone else. Whoops.



* At age 62, Wyatt Earp once solved a confrontation by walking out of his tent, firing a rifle into the ground, and saying, "Back off or I'll blow you apart, or my name is not Wyatt Earp."

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* At age 62, Wyatt Earp once solved a confrontation by walking out of his tent, firing a rifle into the ground, and saying, "Back off or I'll blow you apart, or my name is not Wyatt Earp." "
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* In ''[[DanAndMabsFurryAdventures DMFA]], Abel uses this line when shapeshifted as Merlitz:

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* In ''[[DanAndMabsFurryAdventures DMFA]], DMFA]]'', Abel uses this line when shapeshifted as Merlitz:
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* ''{{Tintin}} in America'' has this line used twice. The French version was "As true as my name is X, Y!"

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* ''{{Tintin}} in America'' has this line used twice. twice by hostile people. The French version was "As true as my name is X, Y!"I'll [get him]!"
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* ''MaryPoppins''.

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* ''MaryPoppins''.''Film/MaryPoppins''.
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** Yosemite Sam uses this a lot as well. Example (from "Mutiny on the Bunny"):
--->I'm a-sailin' with the tide, or my name ain't Shanghai Sam! And it is.

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** Yosemite Sam uses this a lot as well. Example (from "Mutiny on the "Big House Bunny"):
--->I'm a-sailin' with the tide, --->You'll do 50 years, or my name ain't Shanghai Sam! And it is.Sam Schultz!



* ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'': Daisy uses "Or my name isn't Daisy Duck"...while pretending to be someone else. Whoops.

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* ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'': Daisy uses "Or my name isn't Daisy Duck"... while pretending to be someone else. Whoops.
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** Another episode has Jon vowing to take care of someone who's been literally slinging mud, or his name is "mud". He returns, unsuccessful.
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* The JimHenson TV special ''The Tale of the Bunny Picnic'', has the titular bunnies being stalked by a dog owned by a cruel farmer. The dog is nameless, and hopes to earn a name by catching the bunnies. A RunningGag has him saying things like "I'll catch that bunny or my name isn't...isn't...whatever it is."
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\n* [[RaisingArizona Nathan Arizona]][[hottip:*:Born ''Nathan Huffheins'']] is a furniture chain store proprietor whose slogan is "If you can find a better deal, my name ain't Nathan Arizona!"

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* Honest John from Disney's ''[[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} Pinocchio]]'': "If we play our cards right, we'll be on Easy Street, or my name isn't Honest John."

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* Honest John from Disney's ''[[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} Pinocchio]]'': Pinocchio]]'':
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"If we play our cards right, we'll be on Easy Street, or my name isn't Honest John."
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* In the TV movie ''DenBrother'':
-->'''Dina Reams:''' And one last thing, Mrs. Zamboni - watch Alex Pearson closely. I don't trust him.
-->'''Alex Pearson:''' ''[as Mrs. Zamboni]'' D-don't trust Alex? Why, that's absurd. The sweet lad is as honest as the day is long, or my name isn't Edna Mae Zamboni.




-->'''Effie:''' Ezactly!

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-->'''Effie:''' Ezactly!
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* In the ''VideoGame/BackToTheFuture'' point-and-click series, Marty sets up this line and Emmett finishes it for him. Good thing he did, too - Marty was using [[ImMrFuturePopCultureReference an alias]] and was presumably about to accidentally call himself by using his ''real name''.

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* Elmer Fudd's dog in the DaffyDuck cartoon "To Duck Or Not To Duck":
-->'''Larrimore:''' There's something screwy about this fight or my name isn't Larrimore! And it isn't.
* DangerMouse had this an an early episode:
-->'''D.M.:''' (''talking to Colonel K'') Don't worry, sir. We'll get to the bottom of this or my name isn't Danger Mouse.
-->'''Penfold:''' Um...isn't it?
-->'''D.M.''' (''whispering testily'') Of course it is!
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* ''QuackPack'': Daisy uses "Or my name isn't Daisy Duck"...while pretending to be someone else. Whoops.

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* ''QuackPack'': ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'': Daisy uses "Or my name isn't Daisy Duck"...while pretending to be someone else. Whoops.
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* One episode of ''TaleSpin'' featured a character named [[TheAce Ace London]] who often used this phrase, but he'd get cut off.

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* One episode of ''TaleSpin'' ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' featured a character named [[TheAce Ace London]] who often used this phrase, but he'd get cut off.

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** Played for laughs in ''Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf'':
--->'''Brunchy:''' We'll get your werewolf tomorrow night or our name isn't the Hunch Bunch.
--->'''{{Dracula}}:''' You had better or your name will be mud, or maybe even blood.



* Played for laughs in ''Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf'':
-->'''Brunchy:''' We'll get your werewolf tomorrow night or our name isn't the Hunch Bunch.
-->'''{{Dracula}}:''' You had better or your name will be mud, or maybe even blood.
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** Yosemite same uses this a lot as well. Example (from "Mutiny on the Bunny"):

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** Yosemite same Sam uses this a lot as well. Example (from "Mutiny on the Bunny"):
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-->I'm a-sailin' with the tide, or my name ain't Shanghai Sam! And it is.

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-->I'm --->I'm a-sailin' with the tide, or my name ain't Shanghai Sam! And it is.
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**Yosemite same uses this a lot as well. Example (from "Mutiny on the Bunny"):
-->I'm a-sailin' with the tide, or my name ain't Shanghai Sam! And it is.
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A {{stock phrase|s}} used as a "guarantee" that something is or will be true. The idea is the person is so sure of it, he will bet their name on it. Occasionally played for irony if the speaker is using a false name.

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A {{stock phrase|s}} used as a "guarantee" that something is or will be true. The idea is the person is so sure of it, he will bet their his name on it. Occasionally played for irony if the speaker is using a false name.



-->'''Mary Poppins:''' [watching Bert, Albert, Jane, and Michael laugh together on the ceiling] Why, it's the most disgraceful sight I've ever seen, or my name isn't Mary Poppins.

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-->'''Mary Poppins:''' [watching Bert, Albert, Jane, Jane and Michael laugh together on the ceiling] Why, it's the most disgraceful sight I've ever seen, or my name isn't Mary Poppins.



-->'''Walter Burns:''' [after unsuccessfully posing as probation officer Otto Fishbein] Tell Hildy I wish him all the luck in the world, and I mean it, or my name isn't Otto Fishbein.

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-->'''Walter Burns:''' [after unsuccessfully posing as probation officer Otto Fishbein] Tell Hildy I wish him all the luck in the world, and I mean it, or my name isn't Otto Fishbein.



* ''The Gun Seller'': In Chapter 1, the first-person narrator introduces himself to a woman as James Fincham. Later on in the narration, he uses the phrase "...then my name isn't James Fincham. Which, of course, it isn't", which is the first indication the reader has that he lied.

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* ''The Gun Seller'': In Chapter 1, the first-person narrator introduces himself to a woman as James Fincham. Later on in the narration, he uses the phrase "...then my name isn't James Fincham. Which, of course, it isn't", which is the first indication the reader has that he lied.



* [[RedVsBlue Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles]] episode "Silver Linings"
-->'''Capt. Butch Flowers:''' Now, I know you're worried about our mission, but I can tell you this - there's nothing more important to me than the safety and well-being of my men. Or my name isn't Captain...Butch...Flowers.

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* [[RedVsBlue ''[[RedVsBlue Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles]] Chronicles]]'' episode "Silver Linings"
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-->'''Capt. Butch Flowers:''' Now, I know you're worried about our mission, but I can tell you this - -- there's nothing more important to me than the safety and well-being of my men. Or my name isn't Captain...Butch...Flowers.

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* ''TheSimpsons'' episode "Simpsons Christmas Stories"

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* ''TheSimpsons'' episode "Simpsons Christmas Stories" Stories":



* Subverted in the ''LooneyTunes'' short "To Duck Or Not To Duck".

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* Subverted in the ''LooneyTunes'' short "To Duck Or or Not To to Duck".



* A RunningGag in the earlier episodes of CourageTheCowardlyDog. Example:
--> There's something wrong here, or my name's Archibald... And it's not!
* Played for laughs in ''Scooby Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf'':
-->'''Brunch''': We'll get your werewolf tomorrow night or our name isn't the Hunch Bunch.
-->'''Dracula''': You better or your name will be mud, or maybe even blood.

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* A RunningGag in the earlier episodes of CourageTheCowardlyDog.''CourageTheCowardlyDog''. Example:
--> There's -->There's something wrong here, or my name's Archibald... And it's not!
* Played for laughs in ''Scooby Doo ''Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf'':
-->'''Brunch''': -->'''Brunchy:''' We'll get your werewolf tomorrow night or our name isn't the Hunch Bunch.
-->'''Dracula''': -->'''{{Dracula}}:''' You had better or your name will be mud, or maybe even blood.



* At age 62, Wyatt Earp once solved a confrontation by walking out of his tent, firing a rifle into the ground, and saying "Back off or I'll blow you apart, or my name is not Wyatt Earp."

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* At age 62, Wyatt Earp once solved a confrontation by walking out of his tent, firing a rifle into the ground, and saying saying, "Back off or I'll blow you apart, or my name is not Wyatt Earp."
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A [[StockPhrases stock phrase]] used as a "guarantee" that something is or will be true. The idea is the person is so sure of it, they'll bet their name on it.

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-> "There's something wrong here... or my name is Jose Santos de Guatemala! And it's not!"
->--'''Courage''', ''CourageTheCowardlyDog''

A [[StockPhrases stock phrase]] {{stock phrase|s}} used as a "guarantee" that something is or will be true. The idea is the person is so sure of it, they'll he will bet their name on it.

NeedsMoreExamples (if you've got some) and NeedsABetterDescription.

Might [[NeedsABetterTitle Need A Better Title]].
it. Occasionally played for irony if the speaker is using a false name.



* Orville Redenbacher popcorn commercials: "You'll taste the difference, [=ÞOr My Name Isn'tÞ=] Orville Redenbacher."

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* Orville Redenbacher popcorn commercials: "You'll taste the difference, [=ÞOr My Name Isn'tÞ=] or my name isn't Orville Redenbacher."
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* ''{{Tintin}} in America'' has this line used twice. The French version was "As true as my name is X, Y!"
* From issue #5 of ''SimpsonsComics'':
-->'''Radioactive Man''': I'll restore order to Springfield, or my name isn't Claude Kane III! ...Er, which it ''isn't'', of course! ''[thinking]'' Whew! Almost revealed my secret identity!\\
'''Bartman:''' Hmmm... I wonder if I should tell RM that, thanks to reading his comics, I know all his secrets!



->Mary Poppins: [watching Bert, Albert, Jane, and Michael laugh together on the ceiling] Why, it's the most disgraceful sight I've ever seen, or my name isn't Mary Poppins.

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->Mary Poppins: -->'''Mary Poppins:''' [watching Bert, Albert, Jane, and Michael laugh together on the ceiling] Why, it's the most disgraceful sight I've ever seen, or my name isn't Mary Poppins.



->Walter Burns: [after unsuccessfully posing as probation officer Otto Fishbein] Tell Hildy I wish him all the luck in the world, and I mean it, or my name isn't Otto Fishbein.

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->Walter Burns: -->'''Walter Burns:''' [after unsuccessfully posing as probation officer Otto Fishbein] Tell Hildy I wish him all the luck in the world, and I mean it, or my name isn't Otto Fishbein.



->Lawrence C. Trumble: I'll go back one of these days, or my name isn't Lawrence C. Trumble.

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->Lawrence -->'''Lawrence C. Trumble: Trumble:''' I'll go back one of these days, or my name isn't Lawrence C. Trumble.




* In ''Discworld/TheScienceOfDiscworld'', Ridcully, studying the problem of giving the Roundworld a sun, says "We'll soon have his little world all warm, or my name's not Mustrum Ridcully." The Dean spends the first few paragraphs of the next chapter calling him things like "Mappin Winterly" or "Charlie Grinder".

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\n* In ''Discworld/TheScienceOfDiscworld'', Ridcully, studying the problem of giving the Roundworld a sun, says says, "We'll soon have his little world all warm, or my name's not Mustrum Ridcully." The Dean spends the first few paragraphs of the next chapter calling him things like "Mappin Winterly" or "Charlie Grinder".
* ''The Gun Seller'': In Chapter 1, the first-person narrator introduces himself to a woman as James Fincham. Later on in the narration, he uses the phrase "...then my name isn't James Fincham. Which, of course, it isn't", which is the first indication the reader has that he lied.



* ''RemingtonSteele'' episode "Steele Belted"
->Remington Steele: I guaranty your exoneration on all charges, Buddy, or my name isn't Remington Steele.
->Laura Holt: Your name isn't Remington Steele.
->Remington Steele: A mere technicality.

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* ''RemingtonSteele'' In the ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' episode "Steele Belted"
->Remington Steele:
Belted":
-->'''Remington Steele:'''
I guaranty guarantee your exoneration on all charges, Buddy, or my name isn't Remington Steele.
->Laura Holt: -->'''Laura Holt:''' Your name isn't Remington Steele.
->Remington Steele: -->'''Remington:''' A mere technicality.



->Effie Stephanidis: All right, we'll do it. Sophie and me will get a job or my name isn't...
->Sophie: Effie Stephanidis.
->Effie Stephanidis: Ezactly!

to:

->Effie Stephanidis: -->'''Effie Stephanidis:''' All right, we'll do it. Sophie and me will get a job or my name isn't...
->Sophie: -->'''Sophie:''' Effie Stephanidis.
->Effie Stephanidis: -->'''Effie:''' Ezactly!



->Capt. Butch Flowers: Now, I know you're worried about our mission, but I can tell you this - there's nothing more important to me than the safety and well-being of my men. Or my name isn't Captain...Butch...Flowers.

to:

->Capt. -->'''Capt. Butch Flowers: Flowers:''' Now, I know you're worried about our mission, but I can tell you this - there's nothing more important to me than the safety and well-being of my men. Or my name isn't Captain...Butch...Flowers. \n

[[AC:WebComics]]
* In ''[[DanAndMabsFurryAdventures DMFA]], Abel uses this line when shapeshifted as Merlitz:
-->'''Abel:''' You bet! Or my name isn't Merlitz!



* One episode of TaleSpin featured a character named [[TheAce Ace London]] who often used this phrase, only he'd get cut off.
-->'''Ace London:''' ...or my name's not--

to:

* One episode of TaleSpin ''TaleSpin'' featured a character named [[TheAce Ace London]] who often used this phrase, only but he'd get cut off.
-->'''Ace London:''' ...or my name's not-- not—



-->'''Ace London:''' You got ''that'' right.

to:

-->'''Ace London:''' -->'''Ace:''' You got ''that'' right.



->Grampa: We'll get you up and running again or my name isn't Young Grampa Simpson.

to:

->Grampa: -->'''Grampa:''' We'll get you up and running again or my name isn't Young Grampa Simpson.



->Sonny Bono: But this is our delayed honeymoon. You should be enjoying it.
->Cher: I am enjoying it, or my name isn't Barbra Streisand.
->Sonny Bono: Your name isn't Barbra Streisand.
->Cher: You catch on fast, big boy.
* ''GarfieldAndFriends''
->Jon Arbuckle: I'll scare the pants off those three, or my name isn't June Arburkle!
* ''{{CatDog}}'': Cliff vows on one episode to get them, or this trope. One of his friends replies:

to:

->Sonny Bono: -->'''Sonny Bono:''' But this is our delayed honeymoon. You should be enjoying it.
->Cher: -->'''Cher:''' I am enjoying it, or my name isn't Barbra Streisand.BarbraStreisand.
->Sonny Bono: -->'''Sonny:''' Your name isn't Barbra Streisand.
->Cher: -->'''Cher:''' You catch on fast, big boy.
* ''GarfieldAndFriends''
->Jon Arbuckle: I'll
Played with in the ''GarfieldAndFriends'' episode "Mistakes Will Happen" (in which mistakes of all kinds are made):
-->'''Jon Arbuckle:''' ''[referring to Garfield and Odie]'' This will
scare the pants off those three, or my name isn't June Arburkle!
* ''{{CatDog}}'': Cliff vows on one episode to get them, the title characters, or this trope.his name isn't Cliff. One of his friends replies:



* Subverted by the main character in ''CourageTheCowardlyDog'':
-->'''Courage:''' Or my name is [something other than Courage]. And it's not.

to:

* {{Quick-Draw McGraw}} was fond of this trope.
* Subverted by in the main character in ''CourageTheCowardlyDog'':
-->'''Courage:'''
''LooneyTunes'' short "To Duck Or Not To Duck".
-->You know, there's something awfully screwy about this, or
my name is [something other than Courage]. isn't Laddimore... and it isn't.
* A RunningGag in the earlier episodes of CourageTheCowardlyDog. Example:
--> There's something wrong here, or my name's Archibald...
And it's not.not!
* Played for laughs in ''Scooby Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf'':
-->'''Brunch''': We'll get your werewolf tomorrow night or our name isn't the Hunch Bunch.
-->'''Dracula''': You better or your name will be mud, or maybe even blood.
* ''QuackPack'': Daisy uses "Or my name isn't Daisy Duck"...while pretending to be someone else. Whoops.

[[AC:RealLife]]
* At age 62, Wyatt Earp once solved a confrontation by walking out of his tent, firing a rifle into the ground, and saying "Back off or I'll blow you apart, or my name is not Wyatt Earp."

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