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* ''Literature/{{Dortmunder}}'': When asked for his name, Dortmunder started to say 'John D...' and the hurriedly changed the last name to 'Didums': the first thing that popped into his head. This later becomes his GoToAlias, despite him hating it, as it always the only alias he can think of when under stress.
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* ''[[TheHeartTrilogy Heart of Ashes]]'' provides an example of a character doing this with someone else's name and not their own. While [[HumanityEnsues still a human]], [[Film/TheHobbit Smaug]] takes the name of his ancestor Ancalagon and turns it into Cail Agonn.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', when Mac, Bloo and a pizza delivery teen try to pass off as Frankie's ex-boyfriend to spy on her date, using a terrible TotemPoleTrench with Bloo as the "head". Frankie immediately recognizes him and calls out "Bloo?". In response, Bloo tells her she can stop calling him by his last name and just call him Orlando.
--> '''Frankie''': *Deadpan* [[Creator/OrlandoBloom Orlando Bloo?]]
--> '''Frankie''': *Deadpan* [[Creator/OrlandoBloom Orlando Bloo?]]
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* ''Series/ThePretender'' always had Jarod doing one of two things when developing an identity for his "pretend" - either he would use the name of a famous person from the same field (Jarod Earp, U.S. Marshal, Jarod Patton, U.S. Army) or use a name with a more subtle connection (such as Jarod [[Literature/AChristmasCarol Marley]] during Christmas time or Jarod [[{{Rescue911}} Shatner]] while working with a search and rescue team).
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* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'': Given Katsura doesn't outright reveal his real identity by mistake, when [[PaperThinDisguise going undercover]], he often takes aliases suspiciously close to his real name, case in point "Space Captain Katsuura", "Katsuo" or "Joey Katsura" ("Joey" sounds close to Joui, his organization). Luckily enough, the authorities are never smart enough to see through them.
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* In Sharyn [=McCrumb's=] books ''Literature/BimbosOfTheDeathSun'' and ''Zombies of the Gene Pool'', the main character is an engineering professor, James Owen Mega, who writes science fiction under the name Jay Omega... and is shocked when one of his students sees through the pseudonym.
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* In Sharyn [=McCrumb's=] books ''Literature/BimbosOfTheDeathSun'' and ''Zombies of the Gene Pool'', ''Literature/ZombiesOfTheGenePool'', the main character is an engineering professor, James Owen Mega, who writes science fiction under the name Jay Omega... and is shocked when one of his students sees through the pseudonym.
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* [[WhoShotJFK Lee Harvey Oswald]] once rented a room under the alias "Oswald Lee".
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* Done in two episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' that involve crossdressing:
** In "Beauty Contest," when Stu and Grandpa disguise Tommy as a girl to enter him in the Little Miss Lovely contest, Stu starts to give his name as "Tom-" but then quickly changes it to "Tonya."
** In "The Clan of the Duck," when Chuckie and Phil decide to wear dresses for the day and meet other babies who mistake them for girls, Phil tells them his name is "Phillian" and calls Chuckie "Chuckina."
** In "Beauty Contest," when Stu and Grandpa disguise Tommy as a girl to enter him in the Little Miss Lovely contest, Stu starts to give his name as "Tom-" but then quickly changes it to "Tonya."
** In "The Clan of the Duck," when Chuckie and Phil decide to wear dresses for the day and meet other babies who mistake them for girls, Phil tells them his name is "Phillian" and calls Chuckie "Chuckina."
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* In ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', Martin Smarty asks Shego her name while hitting on her. She tells him "Whoa, back off!" and [[SureLetsGoWithThat goes along with his misunderstanding]] that her name is "Ms. Whoabackoff".
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* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': When undercover, Jadeite names himself [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/dungeon-keeper-ami-sailor-moon-dungeon-keeper-story-only-thread.30066/page-3#post-6355735 Jason Dayte]].
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* Bollywood film "Krrish" has it even in the title. (Dude is named Krishna.)
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** Creator/StanLee was worried that making a name for himself in comics would hurt his chances of becoming a serious writer, so he split his first name in two; his real name is Stanley Lieber.
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Importing from Real Name As An Alias... Not sure if just slicing off some of your real name counts...
* ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'''s Haruhara Haruko -- her name's revealed by Amarao to be Haruha Raharu.
* A number of characters in ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' do this for their player names:
** '''Kiri'''gaya Kazu'''to'''[[note]]Japanese order[[/note]] is '''Kirito'''.
** '''A'''ndrew '''Gil'''bert Mills is '''Agil'''.
** '''S'''h'''ino''' Asada goes in game by the name of '''Sino'''n.
** Silica and Klein's are puns on their Japanese names which depending on how the words are read as, or used, can reference Silicon[[note]]Silica's being Ayano Keiko, and revealed that her given name of Keiko, is based on the Japanese word for silicon, ''keiso''. And she received it, based on her birthday being October 4th (10th month, 4th day, 10+4= 14. 14th element, Silicon).[[/note]] or a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein_bottle Klein Bottle]][[note]]Tsuboi Ryoutarou is Klein's real name, and a Klein Bottle in Japanese is "Kurain no '''Tsuboi'''"[[/note]] respectively.
* A number of characters in ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' do this for their player names:
** '''Kiri'''gaya Kazu'''to'''[[note]]Japanese order[[/note]] is '''Kirito'''.
** '''A'''ndrew '''Gil'''bert Mills is '''Agil'''.
** '''S'''h'''ino''' Asada goes in game by the name of '''Sino'''n.
** Silica and Klein's are puns on their Japanese names which depending on how the words are read as, or used, can reference Silicon[[note]]Silica's being Ayano Keiko, and revealed that her given name of Keiko, is based on the Japanese word for silicon, ''keiso''. And she received it, based on her birthday being October 4th (10th month, 4th day, 10+4= 14. 14th element, Silicon).[[/note]] or a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein_bottle Klein Bottle]][[note]]Tsuboi Ryoutarou is Klein's real name, and a Klein Bottle in Japanese is "Kurain no '''Tsuboi'''"[[/note]] respectively.
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* In the novel ''Literature/TheSchoolStory'', Zoe pretends to be a literary agent and uses her nickname "Zee Zee" together with a misspelling of her last name.
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* In ''Abie's Irish Rose'', when Abie's father asks about [[ShiksaGoddess Rose Mary]]'s family name, she blurts out "Murphy," but Abie quickly interrupts and changes it to "Murpheski."
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* The eponymous character of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' whose real name is Danny Fenton. This is lampshaded in "The Ultimate Enemy".
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* ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor'': Shelby's princess that she's roleplaying as, is called Selvi. Selvi is a distortion of Shelby, with the removal of the 'h' and the /biː/ sound turning into a /viː/.
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* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': Zoe Nesmith is codenamed Zenith.
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** Another episode outright subverts the trope. Homer claims to be Mr. Burns to recover a letter filled with angry attacks on the old man. When the postal worker asks for his first name, all he can come up with is: "...I don't know."
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* In ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', Numbuh 86 appears to recruit people for a girls-only mission. Numbuh 3 agrees to go. [[BoisterousBruiser Numbuh 4]], not wanting to miss the action, disguises himself as a girl and tags along, claiming his codename is "Numbuh Four... Thirty... Teen... Seven". Though considering the Kids Next Door database has accepted names such as "Numbuh 65.3", "Numbuh 30c", "Numbuh 19th Century" and "Numbuh T", it's not ''that much'' of a stretch to accept there's a "Numbuh Four Thirty-Teen Seven".
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* 8 Another episode outright subverts the trope. Homer claims to be Mr. Burns to recover a letter filled with angry attacks on the old man. When the postal worker asks for his first name, all he can come up with is: "...I don't know."
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* Done surprisingly seriously in "Frasier Has Spokane," an episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}''. Frasier's show is going to be syndicated in the titular city, but he's replacing a local legend, and the entire population seems to hate him. To help, he has Roz, his producer, call in and pretend to someone with a problem. She says her name is "Ro...berta." The serious part comes in when the facade falls and she genuinely expresses her pain about her latest breakup; Frasier similarly offers her sincere advice, and comforts her.
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* PlayedForLaughs in an episode of ''Series/ModernFamily.'' Cam claims that Mitch is heartless for not taking an interest in their gardener's problems, and Mitch fires back that Cam doesn't even know his name. He attempts to bluff by saying it's "Caesar Sala...zar." Mitch correctly deduces that Cam was going to say "Caesar Salad."
* Done surprisingly seriously in "Frasier Has Spokane," an episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}''. Frasier's show is going to be syndicated in the titular city, but he's replacing a local legend, and the entire population seems to hate him. To help, he has Roz, his producer, call in and pretend to someone with a problem. She says her name is "Ro...berta." The serious part comes in when the facade falls and she genuinely expresses her pain about her latest breakup; Frasier similarly offers her sincere advice, and comforts her.
* Done surprisingly seriously in "Frasier Has Spokane," an episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}''. Frasier's show is going to be syndicated in the titular city, but he's replacing a local legend, and the entire population seems to hate him. To help, he has Roz, his producer, call in and pretend to someone with a problem. She says her name is "Ro...berta." The serious part comes in when the facade falls and she genuinely expresses her pain about her latest breakup; Frasier similarly offers her sincere advice, and comforts her.
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* In a CrowningMomentOfFunny from ''Series/TheWestWing'', Josiah Bartlett--the ''President of the United States''--calls the Butterball Hotline on Thanksgiving to get some information about cooking a turkey. When the woman answering the phone remarks that his voice sounds familiar, he claims to "do radio commercials" and gives his name as "Joe Berenson..ton." Later, when she asks if he has a thermometer, he happily brags that he does, given to him as a "gift from the personal sous-chef of the King of"--his staff shoots him a look--"...Auto Sales" in Fargo, North Dakota.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "Hit The Diamond", the Crystal Gems have to disguise themselves as humans [[ItMakesSenseInContext in order to play baseball with a team of Rubies from Homeworld.]] Pearl is "Earl", Amethyst is "Amy", Sapphire is "Sophie", and Lapis Lazuli is "[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Bob]]".
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', when Leela subscribes for the army, she is pushed for a name. Quickly she replies "Lee... la... man. La... man. Lemon! Lee Lemon!".
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* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations'' has Larry Butz take the moniker Laurice Deauxnim after his mentor, Elise Deauxnim [[spoiler:(Actual Misty Fey in disguise)]]. [[CaptainObvious Of course,]] the pronunciation of that nom de plume makes the latter's identity transparent as air once events start to unfold.
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* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations'' has Larry Butz take the moniker Laurice Deauxnim after his mentor, Elise Deauxnim [[spoiler:(Actual [[spoiler:(actually Misty Fey in disguise)]]. [[CaptainObvious Of course,]] the pronunciation of that nom de plume makes the latter's identity transparent as air once events start to unfold.
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* When she inexplicably needed to hide her non-human status, Babs on ''TinyToonAdventures'' came up with "Babs Bun..awalksi..oversmith"
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