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* Professor Hotchkiss, a recurring character from the NancyDrew games ''Treasure in the Royal Tower'' and ''Legend of the Crystal Skull'', calls Nancy by a different name every time, even in the same piece of dialogue. An expert on wood whom Nancy consults over the phone in ''Danger on Deception Island'' has the same problem.
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* In ''Literature/BloodRites'', Trisha is a self-involved, superficial ditz who keeps getting Harry's name wrong on the set. [[spoiler: This ends up saving Harry from arrest, as she gives the police the wrong name when she falsely accuses him of attacking her.]]
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* "[[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld That's]] '''''[[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld WIZARDHEIMER!!!]]'''''"
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* Examples from [[Fanfic/Swing123AndGarfieldodiesCalvinverse the Calvinverse]]:
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* Examples from [[Fanfic/Swing123AndGarfieldodiesCalvinverse the Calvinverse]]: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".
** 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".
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** 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".
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* In ''Tales of Lagoona 2: Peril at Poseidon Park'' scatterbrained Mayor Abraham Tobias Peabody kept calling the granddaughter of the park owners Linda, Lorraine and every other L-name ''except'' her ''actual'' name, Leona. At one point he asked his aide "Bubbles" (real name Vinny) "Who's this Leona I keep hearing about?"
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* In the ''Videogame/FalloutNewVegas'' DLC Old World Blues, Dr. 0 (Zero) is commonly referred to as O (the letter). By the time you meet him, he's still annoyed by it but doesn't care to correct it. You can either convince him to take pride in his name Zero by noting that it reduces all numbers multiplied to it to zero or have him accept O as meaning the "Oh!" of scientific discovery.
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* On ''{{Fringe}}'' Walter is incapable of calling Astrid by her correct name, except once when he was on drugs.
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* "[[SpongebobSquarepants It's ''Tennisballs!"]]
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* A RunningGag in ''HeyArnold'' is that Helga's parents always call her by her older sister's name: Olga.
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* A RunningGag in ''HeyArnold'' ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' is that Helga's parents always call her by her older sister's name: Olga.
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* In "Theatre/AVeryPotterSequel", Harry and Ron call Hermione everything from 'Hermy-One' to 'Hermononucleosis'.
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* 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 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.
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* Examples from [[Fanfic/Swing123AndGarfieldodiesCalvinverse the Calvinverse]]:
** 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.end.
** 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'':
** 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".
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* In ''Film/JohnCarter'', John introduces himself as "Captain John Carter of the Army of Virginia" to the Tharks. The Tharks assume his name is Virginia and never catch on to their mistake. John gets annoyed at first but rolls with it.
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* The early books in the ''Literature/{{Fearless}} series had a side character named Zolov, an old Russian chess player who repeatedly referred to Gaia as "Cindy", due to his Alzheimer's disease.
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* The early books in the ''Literature/{{Fearless}} ''Literature/{{Fearless}}'' series had a side character named Zolov, an old Russian chess player who repeatedly referred to Gaia as "Cindy", due to his Alzheimer's disease.
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* The early books in the ''Literature/{{Fearless}} series had a side character named Zolov, an old Russian chess player who repeatedly referred to Gaia as "Cindy", due to his Alzheimer's disease.
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* In the first two seasons of ''Series/DoctorWho'', the Doctor continually referred to Ian Chesterton as "Chatterton".
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* In the first two seasons of ''Series/DoctorWho'', the Doctor continually referred to Ian Chesterton as "Chatterton". As with many of the First Doctor's {{Verbal Tic}}s, it's not clear if this was because the Doctor was an absent-minded eccentric, or because WilliamHartnell was.
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* In the first two seasons of ''Series/DoctorWho'', the Doctor continually referred to Ian Chesterton as "Chatterton".
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* One rather humorous example occurs in a Cartoon Network promotional cartoon where WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls break into TheLegionOfDoom's headquarters (as in, the villains from the old ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' cartoon) to rescue Aquaman and Wonder Woman. (The Network did promotions like this all the time.) Lex Luthor makes the mistake of calling them "the Powder Puff Girls"; needless to say, the three heroines are ''not'' amused.
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* One rather humorous example occurs in a Cartoon Network promotional cartoon where WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls break into TheLegionOfDoom's headquarters (as in, the villains from the old ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' cartoon) to rescue Aquaman and Wonder Woman. (The Network did promotions like this all the time.) Lex Luthor makes the mistake of calling them "the Powder Puff Girls"; needless to say, the three heroines are ''not'' amused.
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* For some reason, a popular gag in western animation is to have grandparents misremember their grandchildren's name as "Billy". ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' and ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' are two shows that have done this.
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* During a 1940s football game broadcast, sportscaster Red Barber accidentally introduced his play-by-play partner Russ Hodges as "Russ Hughes". An amused (or perhaps miffed) Hodges responded, "Thank you, Red Baker."
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* During a 1940s football game broadcast, sportscaster Red Barber accidentally introduced his play-by-play partner Russ Hodges as "Russ Hughes". An amused (or perhaps miffed) Hodges responded, "Thank you, Red Baker."
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* During a 1940s football game broadcast, sportscaster Red Barber accidentally introduced his play-by-play partner Russ Hodges as "Russ Hughes". An amused (or perhaps miffed) Hodges responded, "Thank you, Red Baker."
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* A RunningGag with Gunther, the barber, in ''{{Curtis}}''. He always gets Curtis's name wrong.
* A RunningGag with Gunther, the barber, in ''{{Curtis}}''. He always gets Curtis's name wrong.
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* In ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', Thénardier seems to have a lot of trouble remembering Cosette's name, calling her Colette (and possibly Courgette).
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* In ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'', the Mechanicals keep referring in Ninus's tomb as "Ninny's tomb", to Quince's increasing frustration.
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* ''{{Anime/Hamtaro]]'': Jingle never seems to be able to remember Hamtaro's name. This leads to problems.
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* A RunningGag in ''HeyArnold'' is that Helga's parents always call her by her older sister's name: Olga.
** Arnold himself also gets misnamed at times, usually by characters that don't know him too well.
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* On TheWestWing, the GeniusDitz Lord John Marbury almost always refers to Leo, the White House Chief of Staff, as "Gerald." He does get Leo's name right at least once, so it may be ObfuscatingStupidity on Marbury's part, but it's hard to say.
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* Rung of ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' is never correctly addressed by name when he is conscious or present. The other characters will either forget his name, mispronounce his name, or simply identify him based on his profession. However, characters do not seem to have this problem at all in prose stories or when he is not present.
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* Waddington's inability to get other people's names right (he keeps calling Finch 'Winch' and 'Pinch') becomes an important plot point in ''The Small Bachelor'' by PGWodehouse.
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* ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'':
** [[VisualNovel/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''.
** [[NiceGirl Lenora]] keeps referring to Twilight Sparkle as "Twilight Sparkler" for some reason.
** [[VisualNovel/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''.
** [[NiceGirl Lenora]] keeps referring to Twilight Sparkle as "Twilight Sparkler" for some reason.
