Quotes / Species Surname

Of course, everybody is an anthropomorphic animal, but everybody's last names are their animals. So, like is this just a massive coincidence, or do their last names in this society not actually refer to a proper last name, as much as it does just identifying species for people who are socially clueless? And the majority of the animals we see are mammals. Is there a Rufus T. Dung Beetle out there? And yeah, everybody has the "T." middle name, indicating that everyone's middle name is "The". What happens if two of the same species request the same name? Is there a legal thing they have to file, or is it just so infrequent that nobody worries about it?

—Linkara, on My Cage

Gregg: Ah yes, Conker. Surname?
Conker: The Squirrel.
Gregg: The Squirrel. Oh, bloody hell, you would have to be a sodding squirrel, wouldn't you?

— Conker's Bad Fur Day

Noah: Shortly after that, a furry seyunolu named Grace, whose last name is the scientific name for the squirrel family, started attending our school.
Raven: I thought that last name sounded fishy...
Noah: No, squirrelly.

— El Goonish Shive hanging a lampshade on this trope

Dante: But why is he called "Jabba the Hutt"?

Sheldon: 'Cause he is a Hutt.

Dante: But isn't that clear? I mean if he IS a Hutt, why call him a Hutt? I don't call you "Sheldon the Human".

Sheldon: Well, it COULD be that he's NOT a Hutt... but was adopted by Hutts... and so he feels he needs to clarify his upbringing.

Dante: But then, wouldn't his adoptive Hutt parents raise him to be proud of his background... and not try to be something he's not?

Sheldon: MAYBE. But maybe to fit in, he really needed to make Hutt culture his own, so that...

Arthur: WILL YOU PLEASE STOP THIS??

— Sheldon

"By the way, isn’t it interesting that Snuffy, the most prominent one, has the last name “Snuffleupagus” and also is a Snuffleupagus? I guess that’s pretty common in the Muppet world, though. Bears with the last name Bear, monsters named Monster, and all that. Someday I hope I meet a person with the last name Human."

— This Tough Pigs article that ranks all the Snuffleupaguses that have ever been on Sesame Street

CG: I DO NOT THINK YOU APPRECIATE THE GRAVITY OF MY ANTIPATHY, JOHN HUMAN.
EB: egbert.
CG: OK, HUMAN EGBERT.

— Karkat: Troll this worthless human., Homestuck

Daffy: Hey, wait a minute. What are we so worried about? After all, we're cats. And cats always land on their feet, not to mention their nine lives.

Porky: W-W-We're not cats!

Daffy: Says who?

Porky: D-D-Daffy Duck, P-P-Porky Pig! IT'S IN OUR NAMES!

Daffy: Oh boy.

—Looney Tunes Cartoons, "Falling For It!"

The name's Rocket. [cocks his gun] Rocket Raccoon.

Rocket Raccoon, upon discovering that he is, in fact, a raccoon, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

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