History Main / RealJokeName

* Several MoralGuardian groups complained about the "intentionally shocking title" of ''Film/MeetTheFockers''. One wonders whether they ever [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker take a plane]]. The censors reportedly told the producers they couldn't use the name unless they actually found a family with that name, which they did. In [[CanadaEh Canada]].

* Filipino politician [[https://southluzon.politics.com.ph/tag/councilor-denver-p-colorado/ Denver Colorado]], who is the former vice mayor of Trece Martires City, Cavite.

* Richard Assman was a German meteorologist. He is known for inventing Assman's Whirling Psychrometer, an instrument for measuring humidity. "Assman" is a common enough surname that the other wiki lists eight people by that name.

** When Mr. Krabs tries to steal back a million dollar #1 hat from [=SpongeBob=], he makes up a ghost that "wants his hat back". [=SpongeBob=] asks his name, but the surprised Krabs can only string together syllables in a name he thinks can't possibly exist: Smitty Werbenjaegermanjensen. Turns out [[AccidentalTruth there was such a man,]] so [=SpongeBob=] [[HilarityEnsues buries the hat in his tomb.]]

* The plot of the movie ''Film/AnAlanSmitheeFilmBurnHollywoodBurn'' is that a director can't use the AlanSmithee pseudonym because his name ''is'' Alan Smithee.

* ''Series/MadTV1995'' did a skit where a bunch of men want to be porn stars so they go to an office and get new porn names. Bobby Lee's character then enters and says that his name is already "Hung Lo".

* ''Series/MadTV1995'' did a skit where a bunch of men want to be porn stars so they go to an office where they get new porn names. Bobby Lee's character then enters and says that his name is already "Hung Lo".

* [[http://www.mylife.com/dalefuckington Dale Fuckington]].

May overlap with PretentiousPronunciation. Might have an EmbarrassingFirstName as well. Frequently leads into NeverHeardThatOneBefore. See also WhosOnFirst. Compare MistakenForAnImposter and NamesakeGag. Compare WhoNamesTheirKidDude, where the name isn't mistaken for fake, but is considered weird. Often overlaps with PunnyName and/or EuphemisticNames.

* In David Fincher's ''Film/{{Se7en}}'', the detectives think that the name used on the serial killer's library card, "Jon Doe", is an obvious fake. However, they later find out that his legal name actually is "Jonathan Doe" -- several unfilmed scenes from the script elaborate that he was an orphan raised in a parochial school, hence the made-up last name.

* Former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle, who name was a favored RunningGag of [[Series/CountdownWithKeithOlbermann Keith Olbermann's]] during his Creator/{{ESPN}} days.

* American R&B singer [=CeCe=] Peniston, who is perhaps best known for the gay anthem "Finally". Her surname would occasionally be rendered as Pennington in platforms where the word "penis" is censored.

** Dick Trickle is the best known case, although he was born with the name Richard. But he was almost always called Dick.
** Another one is Dick Passwater, also born as Richard, but went by Dick.