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* A first name that is very much associated with the United States, and would be unusual in another English-speaking country (e.g. Hank, Dwight, Quincy or Hiram) or is somewhat grandiose.
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* A middle initial (the actual middle name is rarely specified, making it a MysteriousMiddleInitial).
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* A surname which has a Germanic and/or Jewish sound to it.
* If the character is a really over-the-top comedy character, the name may end with "Junior", "Senior" or a Roman numeral e.g. "Hank T. Picklehammer III".
* Women subjected to this trope will often be given a hyphenated name like "Mary-Sue" or "Mary-Beth", with the ironic result that anyone subject to this trope called Mary-Sue is probably not going to be a {{Mary Sue}}. She's far more likely to be the butt of the joke. The hyphenated name may crop up for men, too, with characters from the Southern states or rural parts of the United States particularly likely to get this kind of moniker.
* DeepSouth or rural characters may alternatively get obscure Biblical names, perhaps reflecting assumptions about the prevalence of religious belief in those areas.
* If the character is a really over-the-top comedy character, the name may end with "Junior", "Senior" or a Roman numeral e.g. "Hank T. Picklehammer III".
* Women subjected to this trope will often be given a hyphenated name like "Mary-Sue" or "Mary-Beth", with the ironic result that anyone subject to this trope called Mary-Sue is probably not going to be a {{Mary Sue}}. She's far more likely to be the butt of the joke. The hyphenated name may crop up for men, too, with characters from the Southern states or rural parts of the United States particularly likely to get this kind of moniker.
* DeepSouth or rural characters may alternatively get obscure Biblical names, perhaps reflecting assumptions about the prevalence of religious belief in those areas.
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* A surname which has a Germanic and/or Jewish sound to it.
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* If the character is a really over-the-top comedy character, the name may end with "Junior", "Senior" or a Roman numeral e.g. "Hank T. PicklehammerIII".
III".
* Women subjected to this trope will often be given a hyphenated name like "Mary-Sue" or "Mary-Beth", with the ironic result that anyone subject to this trope called Mary-Sue is probably not going to be a {{Mary Sue}}. She's far more likely to be the butt of the joke. The hyphenated name may crop up for men, too, with characters from the Southern states or rural parts of the United States particularly likely to get this kind ofmoniker.
moniker.
* DeepSouth or rural characters may alternatively get obscure Biblical names, perhaps reflecting assumptions about the prevalence of religious belief in thoseareas.
areas.
* If the character is a really over-the-top comedy character, the name may end with "Junior", "Senior" or a Roman numeral e.g. "Hank T. Picklehammer
* Women subjected to this trope will often be given a hyphenated name like "Mary-Sue" or "Mary-Beth", with the ironic result that anyone subject to this trope called Mary-Sue is probably not going to be a {{Mary Sue}}. She's far more likely to be the butt of the joke. The hyphenated name may crop up for men, too, with characters from the Southern states or rural parts of the United States particularly likely to get this kind of
* DeepSouth or rural characters may alternatively get obscure Biblical names, perhaps reflecting assumptions about the prevalence of religious belief in those
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* The now-defunct British comics ''Whizzer and Chips'' and ''Buster'' had ''Junior Rotter'', a version of ''{{Dallas}}'' (see below) with child characters. Unsurprisingly, these followed the names of that series, including Sue Helen, J.R.'s sister. J.R. himself, of course, averted the trope in this version.
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* Quincey P. Morris from ''{{Dracula}}''. Although he isn't exactly comic, he is a [[AmericansAreCowboys rootin', tootin' and shootin' American man of action]].
* The now-defunct British comics ''Whizzer and Chips'' and ''Buster'' had ''Junior Rotter'', a version of ''{{Dallas}}'' (see below) with child characters. Unsurprisingly, these followed the names of that series, including Sue Helen, J.R.'s sister. J.R. himself, of course, averted the trope in this version.
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* Quincey P. Morris from ''{{Dracula}}''. Although he isn't exactly comic, he is a [[AmericansAreCowboys rootin', tootin' and shootin' American man of action]].
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* Quincey P. Morris from ''{{Dracula}}''. Although he isn't exactly comic, he is a [[AmericansAreCowboys rootin', tootin' and shootin' American man of action]].
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** In ''FromTheEarthToTheMoon'', there's Impey Barbicane, president of the Baltimore Gun Club.
** In ''{{Around the World In Eighty Days}}'', there's Col. Stamp W. Proctor, whom Phileas Fogg challenges to a duel.
* The characters of ''Literature/GoodOmens'' include a televangelist called Martin O. Bagman
** In ''{{Around the World In Eighty Days}}'', there's Col. Stamp W. Proctor, whom Phileas Fogg challenges to a duel.
* The characters of ''Literature/GoodOmens'' include a televangelist called Martin O. Bagman
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** In ''FromTheEarthToTheMoon'', there's Impey Barbicane, president of the Baltimore Gun Club.
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** In ''{{Around the World In Eighty Days}}'', there's Col. Stamp W. Proctor, whom Phileas Fogg challenges to aduel.
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* The characters of ''Literature/GoodOmens'' include a televangelist called Martin O.Bagman Bagman
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* TheMarxBrothers (specifically Groucho) loved this trope, perhaps enough to make them {{Trope Codifier}} if not {{Ur Example}}:-
** Rufus T. Firefly in ''DuckSoup''.
** Otis B. Driftwood in ''ANightAtTheOpera''.
** Dr Hugo Z. Hackenbush in ''ADayAtTheRaces''.
** Wolf J. Flywheel in ''The Big Store''.
** S. Quentin Quale in ''Go West''.
** Waldorf T. Flywheel (again!) in Groucho and Chico's radio show ''Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel''.
* TheMarxBrothers (specifically Groucho) loved this trope, perhaps enough to make them {{Trope Codifier}} if not {{Ur Example}}:-
** Rufus T. Firefly in ''DuckSoup''.
** Otis B. Driftwood in ''ANightAtTheOpera''.
** Dr Hugo Z. Hackenbush in ''ADayAtTheRaces''.
** Wolf J. Flywheel in ''The Big Store''.
** S. Quentin Quale in ''Go West''.
** Waldorf T. Flywheel (again!) in Groucho and Chico's radio show ''Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel''.
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* TheMarxBrothers (specifically Groucho) loved this trope, perhaps enough to make them {{Trope Codifier}} if not {{UrExample}}:-
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** Rufus T. Firefly in''DuckSoup''.
''DuckSoup''.
** Otis B. Driftwood in''ANightAtTheOpera''.
''ANightAtTheOpera''.
** Dr Hugo Z. Hackenbush in''ADayAtTheRaces''.
''ADayAtTheRaces''.
** Wolf J. Flywheel in ''The BigStore''.
Store''.
** S. Quentin Quale in ''GoWest''.
West''.
** Waldorf T. Flywheel (again!) in Groucho and Chico's radio show ''Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel''.
* TheMarxBrothers (specifically Groucho) loved this trope, perhaps enough to make them {{Trope Codifier}} if not {{Ur
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** Otis B. Driftwood in
** Dr Hugo Z. Hackenbush in
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** S. Quentin Quale in ''Go
** Waldorf T. Flywheel (again!) in Groucho and Chico's radio show ''Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel''.
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* Comedian Lenny Henry's comic character Theophilus P. Wildebeeste, an over-the-top parody of various 1970s soul singers like Barry White.
* The early 1990s comedy show ''TheMaryWhitehouseExperience'' included a sketch showing what might happen if English football was run by Americans. The results included cheerleaders chanting, "Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough," commentators who mispronounce English place names and a player called Dwight Speigelhacker. Several major English football teams now actually have U.S. owners, who it's fair to say haven't gone for any of these "innovations".
* Comedian Lenny Henry's comic character Theophilus P. Wildebeeste, an over-the-top parody of various 1970s soul singers like Barry White.
* The early 1990s comedy show ''TheMaryWhitehouseExperience'' included a sketch showing what might happen if English football was run by Americans. The results included cheerleaders chanting, "Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough," commentators who mispronounce English place names and a player called Dwight Speigelhacker. Several major English football teams now actually have U.S. owners, who it's fair to say haven't gone for any of these "innovations".
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* Comedian Lenny Henry's comic character Theophilus P. Wildebeeste, an over-the-top parody of various 1970s soul singers like Barry
* The early 1990s comedy show ''TheMaryWhitehouseExperience'' included a sketch showing what might happen if English football was run by Americans. The results included cheerleaders chanting, "Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough," commentators who mispronounce English place names and a player called Dwight Speigelhacker. Several major English football teams now actually have U.S. owners, who it's fair to say haven't gone for any of these "innovations".
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* ''TheWaltons'' had a full complement of these under their roof, too, with John-Boy, Jim-Bob, Zebulon (Grandpa), Esther (Grandma) and Mary Ellen.
* In ''TheBeverlyHillbillies'', a lot of the humour came from the rural vs. urban culture clash, so unsurprisingly the Clampett family included Daisy May (Grandma) and Elly May.
* ''{{Dallas}}'', which centred on the Ewing family, key members of which were J.R. (John Ross) Ewing and his wife Sue Ellen.
* ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' gave us a sketch with a movie mogul by the name of Irving C. Saltzberg Jnr. This was the last sketch in the episode; in the credits that followed, the cast were named as [[ThemeNaming Graham C. Chapmanberg, John C. Cleeseberg, Terry C. Jonesberg]] and so on.
* In ''TheBeverlyHillbillies'', a lot of the humour came from the rural vs. urban culture clash, so unsurprisingly the Clampett family included Daisy May (Grandma) and Elly May.
* ''{{Dallas}}'', which centred on the Ewing family, key members of which were J.R. (John Ross) Ewing and his wife Sue Ellen.
* ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' gave us a sketch with a movie mogul by the name of Irving C. Saltzberg Jnr. This was the last sketch in the episode; in the credits that followed, the cast were named as [[ThemeNaming Graham C. Chapmanberg, John C. Cleeseberg, Terry C. Jonesberg]] and so on.
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* ''TheWaltons'' had a full complement of these under their roof, too, with John-Boy, Jim-Bob, Zebulon (Grandpa), Esther (Grandma) and Mary Ellen.
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* In ''TheBeverlyHillbillies'', a lot of the humour came from the rural vs. urban culture clash, so unsurprisingly the Clampett family included Daisy May (Grandma) and EllyMay.
May.
* ''{{Dallas}}'', which centred on the Ewing family, key members of which were J.R. (John Ross) Ewing and his wife SueEllen.
Ellen.
* ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' gave us a sketch with a movie mogul by the name of Irving C. Saltzberg Jnr. This was the last sketch in the episode; in the credits that followed, the cast were named as [[ThemeNaming Graham C. Chapmanberg, John C. Cleeseberg, Terry C. Jonesberg]] and so on.
* In ''TheBeverlyHillbillies'', a lot of the humour came from the rural vs. urban culture clash, so unsurprisingly the Clampett family included Daisy May (Grandma) and Elly
* ''{{Dallas}}'', which centred on the Ewing family, key members of which were J.R. (John Ross) Ewing and his wife Sue
* ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' gave us a sketch with a movie mogul by the name of Irving C. Saltzberg Jnr. This was the last sketch in the episode; in the credits that followed, the cast were named as [[ThemeNaming Graham C. Chapmanberg, John C. Cleeseberg, Terry C. Jonesberg]] and so on.
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* Possibly invoked by English country singer and dentist (yes!) Hank Wangford when he adopted his stage name, especially given the closeness of "Wangford" to the derogatory term "wanker".
* Possibly invoked by English country singer and dentist (yes!) Hank Wangford when he adopted his stage name, especially given the closeness of "Wangford" to the derogatory term "wanker".
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* In the CharlesDickens spoof ''BleakExpectations'', Philip "Pip" Bin, the (English) protagonist and inventor of the rubbish bin, has his invention stolen by an American industrialist called Hiram Trashcan (simultaneously parodying NamesakeGag and {{justif|iedTrope}}ying a well-known example of SeparatedByACommonLanguage).
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* In the CharlesDickens Creator/CharlesDickens spoof ''BleakExpectations'', Philip "Pip" Bin, the (English) protagonist and inventor of the rubbish bin, has his invention stolen by an American industrialist called Hiram Trashcan (simultaneously parodying NamesakeGag and {{justif|iedTrope}}ying a well-known example of SeparatedByACommonLanguage).
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* ''OBrotherWhereArtThou'' does this. Vernon T. Waldrip and Ulysses Everett McGill come to mind.
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* ''OBrotherWhereArtThou'' does this. Vernon T. Waldrip and Ulysses Everett McGill [=McGill=] come to mind.
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* OBrotherWhereArtThou does this. Vernon T. Waldrip comes to mind.
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* Set in Georgia, ''SmokeyAndTheBandit'' centres on the doings of Bo "Bandit" Darville, Cledus "Snowman" Snow and Sherriff Buford T. Justice.
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* Set in Georgia, ''SmokeyAndTheBandit'' centres on the doings of Bo "Bandit" Darville, Cledus "Snowman" Snow and Sherriff Buford T. Justice.
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* OBrotherWhereArtThou does this. Vernon T. Waldrip comes to mind.
* OBrotherWhereArtThou does this. Vernon T. Waldrip comes to mind.
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** In ''From the Earth to the Moon'', there's Impey Barbicane, president of the Baltimore Gun Club.
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** ZacharyTaylor would've been on this list 30 years ago but the name caught on big time with new parents in the '80s and '90s.
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Some of the grander names have a ring of the Old West about them, perhaps because AmericansAreCowboys. If in non-U.S. media, such characters may well be {{Hawaiian Shirted Tourist}}s. If so, they will comment at some point that wherever they are is "quaint", even if "wherever they are" is next to a nuclear power station.
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Some of the grander names have a ring of the Old West about them, perhaps because AmericansAreCowboys. If in non-U.S. media, such characters may well be {{Hawaiian Shirted Tourist}}s. If so, they will comment at some point that wherever they are is "quaint", even if "wherever they are" is next to a nuclear power station.
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The kernel of truth behind this comes from a number of areas - the baby-name PopularityPolynomial runs independently in different countries within the same language group, people from Old World countries are more likely to expect given names' ethnic origins to match the family name while nobody in the New World sees anything odd about a Celtic first name with a Slavic last name (for instance), and some names just don't translate well.
The kernel of truth behind this comes from a number of areas - the baby-name PopularityPolynomial runs independently in different countries within the same language group, people from Old World countries are more likely to expect given names' ethnic origins to match the family name while nobody in the New World sees anything odd about a Celtic first name with a Slavic last name (for instance), and some names just don't translate well.
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** Or that [[FailO'Suckyname Randy Bumgardner]] is a real person.
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** Or that [[FailO'Suckyname [[FailOSuckyname Randy Bumgardner]] is a real person.
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* Really, the US doesn't help itself escape this portrayal when Brits find out that [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage Randy is a first name]]
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** Or that [[FailO'Suckyname Randy Bumgardner]] is a real person.
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'''Josh:''' [[BoardingSchool Phillips Exeter]], [[IvyLeague Princeton]], [[{{Oxbridge}} Rhodes Scholar]], [[IvyLeagueForEveryone Harvard Law Review]], for which he was, oh yeah, the ''editor'' -- did I ''mention'' he was dean of Harvard Law School? Did I mention that his father was Attorney General to ''Eisenhower''?\\
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'''Josh:''' [[BoardingSchool Phillips Exeter]], [[IvyLeague Princeton]], [[{{Oxbridge}} Rhodes Scholar]], [[IvyLeagueForEveryone Harvard Law Review]], for which he was, oh yeah, the ''editor'' -- did I ''mention'' he was dean of Harvard Law School? Did I mention that his father was Attorney General to ''Eisenhower''?\\''[[DwightDEisenhower Eisenhower]]''?\\
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** Especially if it's the last name of one of the DeadPresidents.
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* In {{Axis Powers Hetalia}}, there is a character named Alfred F. Jones, who is the personification of America.
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* In {{Axis Powers Hetalia}}, ''AxisPowersHetalia'', there is a character named Alfred F. Jones, who is the personification of America.
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* There have been several American presidents whose names qualify, especially Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, but the Congressman who nominated him to West Point forgot the "Hiram" on the paperwork) and some of the subsequent Gilded Age "what did he do again?" presidents (Rutherford B. Hayes, Grover Cleveland), and of course Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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* There have been several American presidents whose names qualify, especially Ulysses S. Grant UlyssesSGrant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, but the Congressman who nominated him to West Point forgot the "Hiram" on the paperwork) and some of the subsequent Gilded Age "what did he do again?" presidents (Rutherford B. Hayes, Grover Cleveland), (RutherfordBHayes, GroverCleveland), and of course Dwight D. Eisenhower.DwightDEisenhower.
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* Really, the US doesn't help itself escape this portrayal when Brits find out that [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeparatedByACommonLanguage Randy is a first name]]
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* Really, the US doesn't help itself escape this portrayal when Brits find out that [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeparatedByACommonLanguage [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage Randy is a first name]]
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* In ''TheGames'' episode "IOC Man", American Bill Ten Eyck (the eponymous IOC man) mentions his children and remarks his son is named "Bill, Jr.". This causes John to ask about his daughters:
-->"Or do you not bother giving them names?"
-->"Or do you not bother giving them names?"
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* In Axis Powers Hetalia, there is a character named Alfred F. Jones, who is the personification of America.
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** In another episode CJ suffers a [[{{Corpsing}} badly timed fit of giggles]] over the name Marion Coatsworth-Haye.
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* Alfred F. Jones in ''AxisPowersHetalia'' is, fittingly enough, the name given to the character representing America.
* Alfred F. Jones in ''AxisPowersHetalia'' is, fittingly enough, the name given to the character representing America.
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* Quincey P. Morris from ''{{Dracula}}''. Although he isn't exactly comic, he is a rootin', tootin' and shootin' American man of action.
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* Quincey P. Morris from ''{{Dracula}}''. Although he isn't exactly comic, he is a [[AmericansAreCowboys rootin', tootin' and shootin' American man of action.action]].
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* In the CharlesDickens spoof ''BleakExpectations'', Philip "Pip" Bin, the (English) protagonist and inventor of the rubbish bin, has his invention stolen by an American industrialist called Hiram Trashcan (simultaneously parodying NamesakeGag and {{justif|iedTrope}}ying a well-known example of SeparatedByACommonLanguage).
* In the CharlesDickens spoof ''BleakExpectations'', Philip "Pip" Bin, the (English) protagonist and inventor of the rubbish bin, has his invention stolen by an American industrialist called Hiram Trashcan (simultaneously parodying NamesakeGag and {{justif|iedTrope}}ying a well-known example of SeparatedByACommonLanguage).
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* A surname which has a Germanic sound to it.
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* ''TheGoodies'' had Major Charles M. Cheeseburger in one episode.
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* [[MadScientist Dr.]] [[DrSteel Phineas Waldorf Steel]] isn't just wacky - he's CrazyAwesome.
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* ''PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Perseus "Percy" Jackson whose best freinds are Grover Underwood (somewhat justified because he's a saytr), Annabeth Chase, Nico di Angelo, and Thalia Grace. Other charicters Piper [=McLean=], Nyssa, Clovis, Lou Ellen, and Reyna. Even when the completly human Paul Blofis meets Poseidon, Poseidon openly says that is his name, even lampshading it and Paul doesn't bat an eye.
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* ''PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Perseus "Percy" Jackson whose best freinds friends are Grover Underwood (somewhat justified because he's a saytr), Annabeth Chase, Nico di Angelo, and Thalia Grace. Other charicters Piper [=McLean=], Nyssa, Clovis, Lou Ellen, and Reyna. Even when the completly human Paul Blofis meets Poseidon, Poseidon openly says that is his name, even lampshading it and Paul doesn't bat an eye.
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* Steven Q. Urkel of ''FamilyMatters''.
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* Not one but ''two'' astronauts nicknamed "Buzz", which is why Buzz Lightyear and countless others have that name...
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* There have been several American presidents whose names qualify, especially Ulysses S. Grant and some of the subsequent Gilded Age "what did he do again?" presidents (Rutherford B. Hayes, Grover Cleveland), and of course Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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* There have been several American presidents whose names qualify, especially Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, but the Congressman who nominated him to West Point forgot the "Hiram" on the paperwork) and some of the subsequent Gilded Age "what did he do again?" presidents (Rutherford B. Hayes, Grover Cleveland), and of course Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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* Travis Touchdown of ''NoMoreHeroes'' is a bizarre example - in Japan, his name sounds really awesome, but in the U.S. it sounds over the top and weird.
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* Travis Touchdown of ''NoMoreHeroes'' is a bizarre example - in Japan, his name sounds really awesome, {{awesome|McCoolName}}, but in the U.S. it sounds over the top and weird.
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* ''PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Perseus "Percy" Jackson whose best freinds are Grover Underwood, Underwood (somewhat justified because he's a saytr) saytr), Annabeth Chase, Nico di Angelo, and Thalia Grace. Other charicters Piper [=McLean=], Nyssa, Clovis, Lou Ellen, and Reyna. Even when the completly human Paul Blofis meets Poseidon, Poseidon openly says that is his name name, even lampsading lampshading it and Paul dosn't doesn't bat an eye.
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* Republican lobbyist Grover Norquist shares a first name with one of those Gilded Age presidents (Grover Cleveland).
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* Travis Touchdown of ''NoMoreHeroes'' is a bizarre example - in Japan, his name sounds really awesome, but in the U.S. it sounds over the top and weird.
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* Percy Jackson and the Olympions: ''PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Perseus "Percy" Jackson whose best freinds are Grover Underwood, (somewhat justified because he's a saytr) Annabeth Chase, Nico di Angelo, and Thalia Grace. Other charicters Piper McLean, [=McLean=], Nyssa, Clovis, Lou Ellen, and Reyna. Even when completly human Paul Blofis meets Poseidon, Poseidon openly says that is his name even lampsading it and Paul dosn't bat an eye.
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* ''TheGoodies'' had Major Charles M. Cheeseburger in one episode.
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** Not to mention Morton Dill from "The Chase".