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-->'''Filius Flitwick:''' If this is not related to why the Boy Who Lived is currently in Poppy's care rather than the Gryffindor common-room, I am Rowena Ravenclaw herself!

** The season one finale to ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' has Scooby delivering a badass one of these to [[BigBad Professor Pericles]].

* The Disney version of ''[[Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh]]'' renders this as "Or my name isn't Winnie the Pooh! ... Which it is."

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

* [[RaisingArizona Nathan Arizona]][[note]]Born ''Nathan Huffheins''[[/note]] 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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** Played for laughs in ''ScoobyDooAndTheReluctantWerewolf'':
--->'''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.

** The season one finale to ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' has Scooby delivering a {{badass}} one of these to [[BigBad Professor Pericles]].

-->'''Snidely Whiplash''' ''(previously introduced in a title card as "Played by Larry Sabu")'' So they're short on mounties, eh? Well I'll fill their ranks or my name isn't Larry Sabu!\\

'''Snidley'' ''(emerging from behind a tree wearing tennis togs)'': You play Snidely Whiplash. I played him yesterday and he beat me, six love!

* On ''TotalDramaAction,'' [[{{Geek}} Harold]] does this to reveal that his full name is [[OverlyLongName Harold Norbert Cheever]] [[EmbarrassingMiddleName Doris]] [[OverlyLongName McGrady V]].

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 his name on it. Occasionally played for irony if the speaker is using a false name. Also used in variations of "If this isn't true (or won't happen), my name will be [specific other name]", often involving an uncool or unfortunate name.

-->'''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!\\

-->'''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.

--> "If we play our cards right, we'll be on Easy Street, or my name isn't Honest John."

-->'''Dina Reams:''' And one last thing, Mrs. Zamboni - watch Alex Pearson closely. I don't trust him.

* ''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.
* In one of the ''Literature/MaryRussell'' books, Russell insists she'll do something "as sure as my mother's name is Mary McCarthy." Subverted when Holmes makes her point out that her mother's name was actually Judith Klein.

* ''Acropolis Now'' episode "Jobs for the Girls"

* The Creator/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 get that bunny or my name's not...my name's not...whatever it is."

* In the ''Franchise/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''.

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

-->'''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.

-->'''Cher:''' I am enjoying it, or my name isn't BarbraStreisand.

-->'''Scooby:''' I'll get the gang backl together, Pericles! We'll be coming for you, or my name isn't...[[CatchPhrase SCOOBY-DOOBY-DOO!]]

---> Jon:(with mud on his face) Hello, my name is mud.
---> Garfield: We were expecting you.
* ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'': Cliff vows on one episode to get the title characters, or his name isn't Cliff. His friend [[TheDitz Lube]] replies:
-->''Then what should we call ya?''
* The Disney version of ''[[Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh]]'' renders this as "Or my name isn't Winnie the Pooh... which it is."

-->You know, there's something awfully screwy about this fight , or my name isn't Laddimore... and it isn't.

--->You'll do 50 years, or my name ain't Sam Schultz!

''(reveal that [[TrickDialogue he's addressing a "Pin the Tail on the Donkey" picture]]'')\\

-->There's something wrong here, or my name's Archibald... And it's not!

-->'''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!
* [[DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines Dick Dastardly]] invokes this in "Ceiling Zero Zero" after the narrator starts a "umpteenth time" running gag:
-->'''Dastardly:''' This is the umpteenth time plus one, but we'll catch that pigeon or my name isn't Dick Dastardly!"

* Played with in the ''GarfieldAndFriends'' episode "Mistakes Will Happen" (in which mistakes of all kinds are made):

* ''CatDog'': Cliff vows on one episode to get the title characters, or his name isn't Cliff. His friend [[TheDitz Lube]] replies:

* In one of the MaryRussell books, Russell insists she'll do something "as sure as my mother's name is Mary McCarthy." Subverted when Holmes makes her point out that her mother's name was actually Judith Klein.

* In the Series/ILoveLucy'' episode "The Ballet," Lucy says, "I'm gonna get into that show or my name isn't Lucy Ricardo."

* 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''.
* 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:

* Used in ''ProfessorLayton's London Life'', the sprite RPG packaged with some versions of ''ProfessorLaytonAndTheLastSpecter''. When Luke discovers that [[spoiler:Flora has been kidnapped]], he furiously declares that he will make the person responsible "pay dearly, or my name isn't Luke Triton!"

* ''[[RedVsBlue Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles]]'' episode "Silver Linings":

* ''CatDog'': Cliff vows on one episode to get the title characters, or his name isn't Cliff. One of his friends replies:

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck'' called ''To Duck... or Not to Duck'', Elmer's hound, called Laramore at the beginning; reacts to Daffy's suspicious boxing match tactic by saying: ''"There's something awfully screwy about this fight, or my name isn't Laramore... and it isn't!"''

* [[NaziGermany Hermann Göring]] once boasted "No enemy bomber can reach the Ruhr. If one reaches the Ruhr, [[TemptingFate my name is not Goering. You may call me Meyer]]."

* [[NaziGermany Hermann Göring]] once boasted "No enemy bomber can reach the Ruhr. If one reaches the Ruhr, [[TemptingFate my name is not Goering. You may call me Meyer]]."

* WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw ias fond of this trope.

* The Creator/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."

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' episode "Darkly Dawns the Duck", Launchpad beats up Darkwing (who he thinks is an intruder), yelling, "Nobody messes with the airplanes in my hangar, or my name isn't Launchpad [=McQuack=]!"

* In ''[[DanAndMabsFurryAdventures DMFA]]'', Abel uses this line when shapeshifted as Merlitz:

* {{Quick-Draw McGraw}} was fond of this trope.

* 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."

* In the TV movie ''DenBrother'':

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck'' called ''To Duck... or Not to Duck'', Elmer's dog, named Laramore at the beginning; reacts to Daffy's suspicious boxing match tactic by saying: ''"There's something awfully screwy about this fight, or my name isn't Laramore... and it isn't!"''