History AccidentalMisnaming / FanWorks

* Fanfic/MaFille'':

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* Fanfic/ForumOfThrones'': Initially, [[TheBrute Marak]] mishears [[TheFundamentalist Noelle]] when she mentions the name of her god, R'hllor. In the following, he calls the god "rollmop", much to her annoyance. He eventually seems to catch up on the real pronunciation, [[TheGadfly but continues to misname it on purpose, to annoy her even further]].

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* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'':
** The Cutie Mark Crusaders constantly botch Destroyah's name, calling her "Destoroyana", "Desotroyah", etc. When they finally get her name right in chapter 23, she is very happy.
** Sweetie Belle calls Xenilla "Zenallia" in one scene.
** The ponies get confused by Ki Seong's name and call her "Tea Song" instead.
* Examples from Fanfic/{{the Calvinverse}}:
** Played with in ''Fanfic/RetroChill'': it first appears that Evil Calvin calls Susie "Marcie", but he then reveals he was actually talking to ''Moe''. He then calls him "Mack" and "Ginger".
** From ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'':
*** In a {{Crossover}} with ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', Calvin calls Alfred "Horus". Whether or not's it's intentional or not is unclear.
*** Brainstorm mistakes Socrates for "Caesar", the only thing he remembers being that "[it] was Roman".
*** When defending Jack Freewater, Calvin keeps forgetting his name until the end.
* In ''Fanfic/ClaireTheKind'', Claire has a habit of mispronouncing Jim's name before quickly correcting herself.
* In ''Fanfic/TheDevicesAndMachinationsOfLisaLoud'', baby Lily calls Leni "Eni".
* In ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'', BraveScot Smurf Duncan [=McSmurf=] ''does not like'' being called Gutsy, a nickname that he got from Hefty for always having the guts to stand up to him. In "A Wild Winter Solstice", though, Papa Smurf accidentally refers to Duncan as Gutsy before realizing his mistake.

* ''Fanfic/ForTheGloryOfIrk'':
** It takes a while before Skoodge gets Dib's name right, instead calling him things like "Dab", "Dob", and "Dub".
** [[TheDragon Xia]] is utterly unable to remember the name of her new underling Ven, calling him everything from the similar-sounding "Van" and "Sven" to stuff not even close, like "Tim".
** Gil the waiter refers to Therron (aka Tallest Purple) as "Tallest Periwinkle".
* ''Fanfic/ForumOfThrones'': Initially, [[TheBrute Marak]] mishears [[TheFundamentalist Noelle]] when she mentions the name of her god, R'hllor. In the following, he calls the god "rollmop", much to her annoyance. He eventually seems to catch up on the real pronunciation, [[TheGadfly but continues to misname it on purpose, to annoy her even further]].

* in ''Fanfic/AGameComesToEquestria'', this is [[spoiler: Hermos']] problem with his first appearance in the story, having his name mislabeled as "Hymie" [[spoiler: when he entered the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E14TheLastRoundup rodeo]]]]. It isn't until the end of the whole event (and the events that follow) that everypony else gets to know his ''actual'' name.
* In ''FanFic/GensokyosHeart,'' Cirno can't pronounce Patchouli's name right.
--> '''Cirno''': Not now, Path... Pac... Pactouli!

* in ''Fanfic/AGameComesToEquestria'', this is [[spoiler: Hermos']] problem with his first appearance in the story, having his name mislabeled as "Hymie" [[spoiler: when he entered the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E14TheLastRoundup rodeo]]]]. It isn't until the end of the whole event (and the events that followed) that everypony else gets to know his ''actual'' name.

* ''FanFic/TheHamsterballShow'': Rachel Fink was accidentally called "Ranger Fink" by her younger sister Peepums once, [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname and it stuck]].
* ''Fanfic/HarbingerFinmonster'' (''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman''): Neil calls Dipper and Mabel "Dropper and Maple", which even Tucker, who doesn't know them at all, can tell is wrong even before Wendy corrects the boy.
* It happens once in a story of the ''Fanfic/HauntedMansionAndTheHatboxGhost'' FanVerse: when seeing the Ghost Host for the first time in "New at the Mansion", the ghost Purply Shroud mispronounces his name successively "Host Ghos" and "Spook Master", and then eventually gives up and decides to call him "Thing".

* Similar to Vita [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs in canon]], Susanoo will ''never'' get Nanoha's name right in ''Fanfic/{{Infinity}}''. He seems to have the general ''sound'' of it down, but tends to usually end up with something like 'Nanako', even when others directly point out to him he's got her name wrong.
* In the ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' fanfic ''[[http://knapp-street.org/Missy/IttyBitty.html Itty Bitty Pretty One]]'', Laverne's cousin Mary and Mary's daughter Angie call Shirley "Cheryl".
* In fan fiction of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'':
** ''FanFic/TheAwkwardAdventuresOfMeghanWhimblesby'' include her not telling that she is from another world. So Meghan pretends to be from "Ravendill", her wrong name for Rivendell.
** In ''Groundhog GDIME'', Charlize from England wants to visit the "Bruinduin", a river in Middle-earth. She is misnaming the Bruinen or the Anduin. Charlize seems to get her own wish and find herself in the Bruinduin, "a small, unimportant river in some obscure part of Middle Earth".
** ''FanFic/{{Lothiriel}}'' by [=JunoMagic=] is about a woman from Germany. Many other Germans call her "Losíriel" because they can't say the English "th" sound.
* ''Fanfic/MaFille'':
** Doubles as a MythologyGag; in "Stage Name", Mr. Thompson refers to Piston Hondo as "Honda", which was his name prior to getting ScrewedByTheLawyers.
** A darker example: in "Aunt Laura", despite the titular aunt wanting to file for sole custody of Katrina, she doesn't remember her name and calls her "Karina".

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8045114/42/A-Marauder-s-Plan A Marauder's Plan]]'', Sirius has a hard time remembering the name of Fudge's assistant after some inadvertent Dementor exposure. He successively thinks of the man as Marty, Monty, Murphy and Murray.
* In the ''Fanfic/MegsFamilySeries'', Mayor Adam West ''always'' gets Maddie's name wrong, to the point where he calls her names that don't even sound remotely like her's.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/MustLoveNedFlanders'', Homer accidentally calls [[AuthorAvatar Naomi]] "Natalie".
* ''Fanfic/TheNewAdventuresOfInvaderZim'':
** The actress that Viera interns for in Season 2 Episode 4 repeatedly gets her name wrong, cycling through every other name that starts with a "V". And then Rebecca, which an annoyed Viera notes doesn't even fit that pattern.
** In Season 2 Episode 11, it's mentioned that Purple has apparently been calling Bob "Pootchy".

* It's mentioned early on in ''Fanfic/TheNewRetcons'' that John's fellow dentist Everett had to take out a full page ad in the local paper to tell him his name was not "Elliot".
* ''FanFic/NotAsPlanned'' has a fan who inserts herself into Middle-earth. This girl misnames almost everything because she is too stupid to know the correct names. "Like, it's not ''my'' fault you can't use English names right." She says "Riverdale", "Bramir", and "Gamly", when the correct names are Rivendell, Boromir, and Gimli.

* In the fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12525089/1/Anger-Management Anger Management]]'', Carlitos calls Ronnie Anne "Wonnie Anne". Justified in that he's only learning to speak.

* PlayedForDrama in the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21763249/chapters/51925756 Occam's Razor]]'', where [[ConsummateLiar Lila]] (or rather, [[MeaningfulName Lie-La]]) was actually the [[CompellingVoice charm-speaking]] Akumatized form of a shy girl named Vera. The fact that she had been Akumatized for months and spent that time as a ManipulativeBitch had left her horrified and shell-shocked. So when Kim absentmindedly calls her Lila, it causes Vera to have a panic attack and run off.
* ''Fanfic/TheOzpinFiles'': Ozpin forgets Professor Port's name and calls him Mr. Moustache for a while, and when he later finds out his name, he thinks it's 'Porter'.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12950142/1/Party-of-None Party of None]]'', Leni calls Hank "Henry" and Hawk "Hubert".
* In ''Fanfic/PeekingThroughTheFourthWall'', Lily has ElmuhFuddSyndwome and calls Luna "Wuna", Lincoln "Winky", Lana "Wana", Lisa "Wisa", and Rusty "Wusty".
* In ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', while Ash never calls Butch and Cassidy by name (as they never introduce themselves and he can't reveal that he knows them without bringing up his time-travel experience), he continually thinks of Butch by a different name throughout their first battle, thinking of him by terms such as 'Not James', 'Bart' or 'Dutch'.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' prequel fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Prerugrats}}'', both Tommy and the twins call Chuckie "Chubby" when they're first born.
* In ''Fanfic/RightMinded'', Taylor's brain damage makes her incapable of correctly or consistently speaking proper names: she will call any person, place, or organization by a different wrong name every time. On top of that, ''she'' hears the names she meant to say, meaning that she has to rely on her teammates to tell her what's actually coming out of her mouth.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Ripples}}'', it's revealed that Miranda's real name is Mimira. "Miranda" is just what Cedric called her because he couldn't be bothered to remember her actual name; being young and impressionable, she decided that if he was calling her that, it must be a better name, and so started going by it.
* In ''[[http://www.thyla.com/preschool.html Rude Preschool Person]]'', a ParodyFic lampooning the FandomSpecificPlot of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' where Kirk and Spock have sex due to the latter being on [[MatingSeasonMayhem pon farr]], the narrator gets several characters' names wrong due to being a toddler. She calls Spock "Pock", Rand "Toys/{{Barbie}}", and Uhura "Hurra".

* ''LetsPlay/AScotsmanInEgypt'': Gordon of Edinburgh never gets his servant's name (Eoin) right. Of course, when Eoin accidentally calls him master George, he gets kicked out.
* In "Wayne Manor", part of the ''Fanfic/SorrowfulAndImmaculateHearts'' series, Martha Wayne initially appears to be a bubble-headed socialite who calls Alfred Pennyworth "Shillingsweight" and "Pennywork". An invoked instance, because she's a lot smarter than she chooses to appear, and once she decides to let him know it, she never gets his name wrong again.

* [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' fan fic series [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6743572/chapters/15411358 TIE Fighter]] in relation to Chiss names and the difficulty humans have pronouncing the full versions and why they prefer humans just not try. “Pronounced improperly, [Thelea’s] name can inadvertently sound like our language’s word for a small tunneling rodent that lives in the high snow pack on our world.”

* In ''Fanfic/TheSpongeHouse'', a FusionFic where characters from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' reenact ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarepants'' episodes, the story "The Great Dog Race" (parodying "The Great Snail Race") has Mr. Grouse get misnamed as Mr. "Goose", "Grease", and "Gross".

* In [[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Isabela]]'s section of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/20765477/chapters/49342994 Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice]]'', it's a RunningGag that she can't remember the correct name of [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Josephine]]'s betrothed, Lord Otranto. Throughout the narrative, she repeatedly (in her own head, never out loud) calls him something different each time, including Lord Oregano, Lord Oreo, and Lord [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Orko]].
* [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' fan fic series [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6743572/chapters/15411358 TIE Fighter]] in relation to Chiss names and the difficulty humans have pronouncing the full versions and why they prefer humans just not try. “Pronounced improperly, [Thelea’s] name can inadvertently sound like our language’s word for a small tunneling rodent that lives in the high snow pack on our world.”

* In ''Fanfic/TommyPicklesTheTerribleTwos'', when Tommy gets amnesia in "[[AmnesiaEpisode Tommy's Fear]]", he calls Chuckie "Chubby" and Lil "Lillip".
* In the ''FanFic/TheTrainerFromAFarAwayLand'', [[RunningGag Satoshi can not pronounce N's name right,]] although it's due to the fact Kantonese has the same language limitations as Japanese, meaning he can't make the "N" sound. It happens so often that N gives up trying to correct Satoshi. Satoshi would pronounce N's name as Een-neh, Een-ne, Ennu or Enne.

* ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'':
** [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix]] unintentionally misnames [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Fluttershy]] as Butshersty, Flutterscotch, and Firefly at 3 different times. The latter two just so happen to be names of ponies [[MythologyGag of previous generations of]] ''Franchise/MyLittlePony''.[[note]]Not to mention Flutterscotch is real close to the name of Fluttershy's RuleSixtyThree self, Butterscotch.[[/note]]
** [[NiceGuy Lenora]] keeps referring to Twilight Sparkle as "Twilight Sparkler" for some reason. It gets on Twilight's nerves after a while, and she loses it after Rainbow gets acquitted.
* ''Fanfic/WarriorsTheDayTheClansDied'': When asked who the previous medicine cat was, Sandfreckles guesses it was someone called "Jayclaw". She never met Jayfeather because he died before she was apprenticed.

* In the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fanfic ''FanFic/WeasleyGirl'', after Colin and Hermione have mentioned the Literature/SherlockHolmes books to Ronnie, she misremembers the name and makes the occasional reference to "that Muggle girl, Shirley Holes." The first time she mentions the name is when she's talking to Dobby, and he seems to get the idea that this is what she'd like to be called. Hence, whenever he appears in the fic afterwards, he always addresses her as "Miss Shirley Holes."
* In ''Fanfic/WeightOfTheWorld'', Canada has trouble remembering people's names, especially Pyrrha's. He calls her Pamela, Patricia, Penelope, and Pepper just to name a few. He eventually misnames her intentionally because it makes her smile. It's revealed Pyrrha likes it because his misnaming signified he and Alfred [[IJustWantToBeNormal did not recognize her]].

* In ''Fanfic/WidgetandClankLombaxBebop'': Mr. Micron gets Widget's name wrong twice- first calling her "Wingding" and then, less than two minutes later, "Gidget." Widget calmly corrects him the first time, but gets fired up when he does it again, and loudly spells out her name letter by letter- only for him to whack her on the head with his cane for her trouble.
* A meta example with ''Fanfic/OSMUFanfictionFriction'': Oksana is repeatedly referred to as "Oskana", which is a result of the author getting her name incorrect.
* Another meta example with ''Fanfic/ForeverAndAMile'': Opie is referred to as "Obi" on sheer accident, since the author originally thought that was how his name was pronounced by Oprah in "Ms. O Uh-Oh", his only appearance. All instances of "Obi" were later corrected to "Opie" after the author was corrected on his actual name (which is shown in the credits of the episode).
* In ''[[Fanfic/TheWordOfYourBody Your Body is Not an Apology]]'', Santa Barbara PD has search warrants for Jude and Rachel under their dead names, Judith and Reuben.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12525089/1/Anger-Management Anger Management]]'', Carlitos calls Ronnie Anne "Wonnie Anne". Justified in that he's only learning to speak.

* ''Fanfic/ADipInTheInkwell'': The basis of the oneshot "Mr. and Mrs. O" is a new agent referring to Olive as "''Mrs.'' O" instead of by her correct title, "Ms. O". The ending implies that this is a mistake that happens fairly often, enough for Olive to strongly suggest getting place cards for her and Otto.

** ''FanFic/NotAsPlanned'' has a fan who inserts herself into Middle-earth. This girl misnames almost everything because she is too stupid to know the correct names. "Like, it's not ''my'' fault you can't use English names right." She says "Riverdale", "Bramir", and "Gamly", when the correct names are Rivendell, Boromir, and Gimli.