History Main / WackyAmericansHaveWackyNames

-->-- ''Series/{{QI}}'' (on the subject of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Stalacpipe_Organ the Great Stalacpipe Organ]])

* Creator/RoaldDahl's ''Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator'' features President Lancelot R. Gilligrass.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': James T. (for Tiberius) Kirk.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'':

* Jay Washbourne III in the ''Series/AbsolutePower'' episode "Mayor of London".

* UsefulNotes/{{Utah}}ns may have first names that look odd even by American standards, even if you ignore the names from [[Literature/TheBookOfMormon Mormon Scripture]] (which can be pretty odd by any standard, sounding kind of Hebrew-ish but having no direct cognates anywhere else[[note]]People skeptical of Mormonism often claim that Joseph Smith made them up[[/note]]). Collapsing the names of the parents or grandparents into the name of the child is another Utah tradition (e.g. [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Renee + Esme = Renesmee]]).

* ''VideoGame/YesPrimeMinister'' on the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum had an American envoy by the name of Hiram P. Goldbladder.
* Travis Touchdown of ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' is a bizarre example - in Japan, his name sounds really {{awesome|McCoolName}}, but in the U.S. it sounds over the top and weird.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' has a robot in the National Archives who is named after (and believes he is) Button Gwinnett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence on behalf of Georgia.

* The ExcusePlot of ''Olli and Lissa'' is that the castle where they live has been bought by a wealthy American named Eugene Portcullis III, who intends to dismantle it and ship it to America.

* The American villain of the Duelist Kingdom arc of ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' is named Pegasus J. Crawford in Japanese, and the slightly more normal but still wacky [[MyNaymeIs Maximillion]] Pegasus in English. All the other American characters have normal names, however.

* ''Manga/SteelBallRun:'' The story takes place in late 19th century America, but as usual with [=JoJo=], many characters' names are references to musicians or bands like Hot Pants, Benjamin Boom Boom, ''Pork Pie Hat Kid'' (Pork Pie Hat is considered his ''first name''). The most striking, however, has to be the US President, Funny Valentine. No initials, no clear statement that it might be just a nickname, he is and always is called ''Funny'' Valentine. In a non-canon novel, it's even revealed that he has relatives named ''Funnier'' and ''The Funniest''.

* ''Manga/SteelBallRun:'' The story takes place in late 19th century America, but as usual with [=JoJo=], many characters' names are references to musicians or bands. The most striking, however, has to be President Funny Valentine.

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* ''Money - A Suicide Note'', by Martin Amis features an American actor called Spunk Davis. The book's protagonist tries to explain to him why his name may be a problem for a movie's UK release, but chickens out.

* Creator/JohnOliver compares Tommy Muscatello, an American commentator on the British Royal Family, calling himself “Thomas J. Mace-Archer-Mills, Esq." to a British person calling themselves “Jefferson Budweiser [=McNuggets=] Jr."

* CorruptHick Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane, from ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'', not to mention his superior Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg [[note]] who has a twin named Abraham Lincoln Hogg[[/note]], his deputy Cletus Hogg and their rival Beauregard "Bo" Duke.

* Creator/JohnOliver compares Tommy Muscatello, an American commentator on the British Royal Family calling himself “Thomas J. Mace-Archer-Mills, Esq." to a British person calling themselves “Jefferson Budweiser [=McNuggets=] Jr."

* Creator/PGWodehouse often indulged in this trope.
** ''Big Money'': An American millionaire is called T. Patterson Frisby. (The T stands for [[EmbarrassingFirstName Torquil]]).

* In Creator/PGWodehouse's novel ''Big Money'', an American millionaire is called T. Patterson Frisby. (The T stands for [[EmbarrassingFirstName Torquil]]). In another novel, ''The Small Bachelor'', there's ex-millionaire Sigsbee Horatio Waddington.

* Creator/MarvelComics once ran a series called ''US-1'', featuring an all-American trucker main character named [[FunWithAcronyms Ulysses Solomon Archer]], and his older brother [[AwesomeMcCoolName Jefferson Hercules Archer]]. This was made fun of in the comic's review by [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]].

* ''Manga/SteelBallRun:'' The story takes place in late 19th century America, but aa usual with [=JoJo=], many characters' names are references to musicians or bands. The most striking, however, has to be President Funny Valentine.

* UsefulNotes/{{Utah}}ns may have first names that look odd even by American standards, even if you ignore the names from [[Literature/TheBookOfMormon Mormon Scripture]] (which can be pretty odd by any standard, sounding kind of Hebrew-ish but having no direct cognates anywhere else[[note]]People skeptical of Mormonism often claim that Joseph Smith made them up[[/note]]). Collapsing the names of the parents or grandparents into the name of the child is a Utah tradition (e.g. [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Renee + Esme = Renesmee]]).

* Many [[GhettoName African-American forenames]] can sound odd [[note]] plenty of examples on the GhettoName article, such as Lasquweesha, Shwayne and D'Anthony[[/note]], to those who are not of this ethnicity. This is a relatively recent evolution not seen much before the 1980s. Historically, the vast majority of black Americans did not have formal surnames before emancipation in 1865. Surnames needed to be assumed quickly, and many former slaves chose to take the names of inspirational presidents, or the kinder slave-owners, or of the Union generals who liberated them. This explains the preponderance of Lincolns, Washingtons, Jeffersons, etc, still seen today. "Freeman" was another popular choice, for obvious reasons.

* ''Literature/EncryptionStraffe'''s protagonist Creator/ClintEastwood Newton was the only American in his entire PrivateMilitaryContractor corporation. He preferred to go with his nickname "Genie". Other Americans are more conventionally named, like Mitch Parkson and Percival McBride.

* Music/PattiSmith's protest song ''Citizen Ship'' is about the experience of immigrants arriving at Ellis Island. During the song she turns to the other band members, adopts the attitude of a bored and disinterested immigration clerk, and rudely demands their names. She makes a point of changing some of the more difficult to Ameericanised names - exactly as it would have been at Ellis Island.

* From ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' and its sequels, the all-American astronaut toy Buzz Lightyear.

* UsefulNotes/{{Utah}}ns may have first names that look odd even by American standards, even if you ignore the names from [[Literature/TheBookOfMormon Mormon Scripture]] (which can be pretty odd by any standard, sounding kind of Hebrew-ish but having no direct cognates anywhere else[[note]]People skeptical of Mormonism often claim that Joseph Smith made them up[[/note]]). Collapsing the names of the parents or grandparents into the name of the child is a Utah tradition (e.g. [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Renee + Esme = Renesmee]]) or just making up something completely new.