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* ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' TV show had him always using "David" and a last name that started with a 'B': David Banner to David Bradley, etc. The only time he didn't use that was when he ran in to his IdenticalStranger, a mobster named Mike Cassidy, and he tried to use that to get out of a scrape. Banner uses the Mike Cassidy alias when he comes face-to-face with his personal InspectorJavert, Jack [=McGee=], who up until the moment he sees him thinks Banner is dead. Banner uses one of his usual aliases when running into the mobsters looking for Cassidy, but they don't believe him.

* TheJoker generally uses either re-arrangements of his name, such as Rekoj, J. Reko, Joe Kerr, or famous clowns like Bozo, Krusty or Pagliacci.

* In the 1997 film version of ''Film/TheSaint'', all of Simon Templar's aliases are the names of Catholic saints.

* In ''Film/HouseOf1000Corpses'' and its sequel The Devil's Rejects, the Firefly Family all use names of characters from Marx Brothers films. It gets them caught in the latter film.

* ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' was caught doing this by Laura in the pilot. All of his passports had the names of HumphreyBogart characters.

* In ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan'', LeonardoDiCaprio's character uses the names of comic book characters as aliases. Something of a deconstruction since it gives the FBI agent following him something to go on.
* In ''Film/TheCableGuy'', JimCarrey uses the names of television characters.

* The majority of aliases adopted by Merlin Athrawes' and Nimue Chwaeriau's ''seijin'' spy network in ''Literature/{{Safehold}}'' make heavy use of Welsh. For starters, Athrawes and Chwaeriau mean "teacher" and "little sister" respectively. Other names used include Dialydd Mab ("avenging son"), Ganieda Cysgodol ("Cysgodol" meaning "shadow witch" or "shadow sister"), Dagyr Cudd ("hidden dagger"), Cennady Frenhines ("Cennad y Frenhines" means "queen's messenger"), and Merch O Obaith ("Daughter of Hope"). The exceptions have standard Safeholdian names, like Ahbraim Zhevons and Zhapeth Slaytyr, as they are used to blend in with average Safeholdians rather than be deliberately mysterious and exotic.

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* In the ''[[ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck Uncle Scrooge]]'' story "The Money Champ" by CarlBarks, Flintheart Glomgold stages a series of acts of sabotage against Scrooge, damaging his oil wells, gold mines and diamond mines and reducing their value right at the point Scrooge needs to sell them. Flintheart uses a series of aliases that are just rearrangements of the components of his name (Goldflint Heartglom, Flintgold Glomheart and Heartflint Goldglom). Not terribly subtle, but he was deliberately taunting Scrooge.
* ThePunisher often uses aliases that are linked to Castle, his real last name: Charles Fort, [=McRook=], Frank Rook, Francis Stronghold, Johnny Tower, Frankie Villa, etc.

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* In the ''{{Dragonback}}'' books, Jack Morgan always uses aliases beginning with the letter M, such as Jack Montana, to make it easier to remember.

** "Harold Finch" has adopted several other bird-themed aliases, including [[AnimalMotifs Harold Crane, Mr. Partridge, Harold Wren and Harold Crow]].

* ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' TV show had him always using a last name that started with a 'B': David Banner to David Bradley, etc. The only time he didn't use that was when he ran in to his IdenticalStranger, a mobster named Mike Cassidy, and he tried to use that to get out of a scrape. Banner uses the Mike Cassidy alias when he comes face-to-face with his personal InspectorJavert, Jack [=McGee=], who up until the moment he sees him thinks Banner is dead. Banner uses one of his usual aliases when running into the mobsters looking for Cassidy, but they don't believe him.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Sam & Dean tend to use Rock Star aliases when going undercover, like Catholic priests [[Music/{{KISS}} Father Simmons and Father Frehley]]. Sometimes they use other famous-names-with-connections-to-each-other aliases as well, like [[StarWars Agents Ford & Hamill]] from the US Forestry Service. They've only been called on this once or twice.

* In the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' DarkFic ''FanFic/TheDarknessSeries'' Harry Potter uses the alias "Notechis Noir", "Notechis" is Latin for "Tiger Snake" and [[spoiler: [[PropheticName Harry eventually gains the abilitiy to turn into a striped snake]]]] and Noir is French for "Black" which he named for his Godfather, Sirius Black. Sirius later nicknames him "Stripe" [[spoiler: for his snake form.]] And later Harry takes on the identity of "Evan Harris." "Evan" comes from his mother's maiden name Evans and "Harris" for [[LastSecondWordSwap in case someone slips up and almost calls him "Harry"]]. Also Voldemort has "Nichodemas Tomaras". Nichodemas means "the people's conqueror" and Tomaras sounds like his real name--Tom.

* "Harold Finch", of ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', also known as [[AnimalMotifs Harold Crane, Mr. Partridge, Harold Wren and Harold Crow]].

* In ''TheCableGuy'', JimCarrey uses the names of television characters.

* In ''ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', Count Olaf and his henchman often use aliases that are anagrams of Count Olaf, such as Al Funcoot or O. Lucafont. The Baudelaires finally pick up on this in the eighth book.
* TheDestroyer always uses his real first name "Remo" as part of his aliases.

* In the ''WildCards'' novel ''Fort Freak'', CorruptCop Lu Long's aliases all include [[SueDonym his real name]] "Long" and imply that he is the proud owner of a GagPenis. It's relatively simple for the protagonists to connect him to the fictional Peter Long who accepted the payment for a murder for hire.
* In ''{{Animorphs}}'' our heroes are caught sneaking around a government base, taken inside and asked their names. [[TheSmartGuy Marco]] and [[ActionGirl Rachel]] claim to be [[Series/TheXFiles Fox Mulder and Dana Scully]]. [[TheChick Cassie]] doesn't watch that show and [[BadLiar winds up claiming]] her name is Creator/CindyCrawford.

* "Harold Finch", of ''PersonOfInterest'', also known as [[AnimalMotifs Harold Crane, Mr. Partridge, Harold Wren and Harold Crow]].

* In ''{{Animorphs}}'' our heroes are caught sneaking around a government base, taken inside and asked their names. [[TheSmartGuy Marco]] and [[ActionGirl Rachel]] claim to be [[Series/TheXFiles Fox Mulder and Dana Scully]]. [[TheChick Cassie]] doesn't watch that show and [[BadLiar winds up claiming]] her name is CindyCrawford.

* In the ''{{CSI}}'' episode "Living Legend", the killer uses aliases that the names of movie serial killers: Michael Myers, Pamela Voorhess and F. Krueger.

* ''TheLoneGunmen'' sometimes antagonist/sometimes ally Yves Adele Harlow's assumed name is an [[SignificantAnagram anagram]] of [[WhoShotJFK Lee Harvey Oswald]], as are most of her one time only aliases.

* ''DarkerThanBlack'' features this both with the Syndicates {{Colourful Theme Naming}}, and MI6's date theme naming.

* In ''Series/{{Lost}}'', when Kate is on the run, all of the names she uses are saints' names.

* When Shawn from ''{{Psych}}'' needs an alias for himself and Gus, he will often use some variant of White and Black with their last names (i.e. Shawn White and Gus Black or Shawn Black and Gus White).
* ''{{Fringe}}'': Though Peter hasn't used many aliases during the run of the show, he still knows enough to lampshade this trope.

* In ''{{Animorphs}}'' our heroes are caught sneaking around a government base, taken inside and asked their names. [[TheSmartGuy Marco]] and [[ActionGirl Rachel]] claim to be [[TheXFiles Fox Mulder and Dana Scully]]. [[TheChick Cassie]] doesn't watch that show and [[BadLiar winds up claiming]] her name is CindyCrawford.

Can overlap with ThisIsMyNameOnForeign if the character makes a habit of using foreign language versions of the same name. Or SignificantAnagram is they use different anagrams of their actual name. At its simplest, it might just be always using the same initials.

* In ''{{Animorphs}}'' our heroes are caught sneaking around a government base, taken inside and asked their names. [[TheSmartGuy Marco]] and [[ActionGirl Rachel]] claim to be [[TheXFiles Fox Mulder and Dana Scully]]. [[TheChick Cassie]] doesn't watch that show and [[BadLiar winds up claiming]] her name is CindyCrawford.