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* ''{{Spaced}}'' had a one-shot character named ''Vulva''. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulva This might be demeaning if the character was female]], but even male, it's patently ridiculous.
* In ''[[ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]'' there's Jeffrey Weinerslav. He even corrects Liz when she tries to pronounce it differently than, well, Weiner Slave.
** Not to mention Dr. Leo Spaceman ([[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY pronounced Spi-chem-en]]).
* Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Boo kay)
* ''[[VivaLaBam Bam's Unholy Union]]'' had a drunken Bam meet a man named Doshaun Mandick. (They even proved it by showing the camera the man's driver's licence.)
* In ''[[ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]'' there's Jeffrey Weinerslav. He even corrects Liz when she tries to pronounce it differently than, well, Weiner Slave.
** Not to mention Dr. Leo Spaceman ([[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY pronounced Spi-chem-en]]).
* Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Boo kay)
* ''[[VivaLaBam Bam's Unholy Union]]'' had a drunken Bam meet a man named Doshaun Mandick. (They even proved it by showing the camera the man's driver's licence.)
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* ''KeepingUpAppearances'': Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Boo kay)
* ''[[VivaLaBam Bam's Unholy Union]]'' had a drunken Bam meet a man named Doshaun Mandick. (They even proved it by showing the camera the man's driver's
* ''MadTV'' has a sketch of a Mexican wrestler named "El Ass-o Wipe-o." He helpfully explains that in Spanish it means "The Asswiper." He has a compatriot named "Senor Bag of Crap."
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** Though Quackenbush more than makes up for this by being a phenomenal wrestler.
* A famous anecdote about Steve Austin recalls how, in his early days of {{WWF}}, he wanted to change his nickname to go with his cold and uncaring character and asked the creative team to come up with a name. They sent him five pages of names, while most were pretty good like the Ice Dagger there was an infamously ridiculous one called ''Chilly [=McFreeze=]''. He chose Stone Cold and the rest is history.
** And that was on a suggestion from his then wife. He jokingly stated in one interview that if they turned down Stone Cold, that he would be the best Baron Von Ruthless he could have been.
* A famous anecdote about Steve Austin recalls how, in his early days of {{WWF}}, he wanted to change his nickname to go with his cold and uncaring character and asked the creative team to come up with a name. They sent him five pages of names, while most were pretty good like the Ice Dagger there was an infamously ridiculous one called ''Chilly [=McFreeze=]''. He chose Stone Cold and the rest is history.
** And that was on a suggestion from his then wife. He jokingly stated in one interview that if they turned down Stone Cold, that he would be the best Baron Von Ruthless he could have been.
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* ASongOfIceAndFire gives us Sir (er, ''[[PhantasySpelling Ser]]'') Aenys Frey. Say it out loud...
** And Dickon Manwoody. That one ''had'' to have been on purpose right?
** The Braavosi Iron Bank representative Noho Dimittis has a name considered pretty ridiculous both in-universe and out. It doesn't help that his role in-series is more or less BobFromAccounting (although a popular theory is that he's [[SpyFromWeightsAndMeasures actually a Faceless Man]]).
** And Dickon Manwoody. That one ''had'' to have been on purpose right?
** The Braavosi Iron Bank representative Noho Dimittis has a name considered pretty ridiculous both in-universe and out. It doesn't help that his role in-series is more or less BobFromAccounting (although a popular theory is that he's [[SpyFromWeightsAndMeasures actually a Faceless Man]]).
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* ASongOfIceAndFire gives us Sir (er, ''[[PhantasySpelling Ser]]'') Aenys Frey. Say it out loud...
''ASongOfIceAndFire''
**And Several characters are named Aenys, which sounds suspiciously like "Anus."
** DickonManwoody. Manwoody, That one ''had'' to have been on purpose right?
** The Braavosi Iron Bank representative Noho Dimittis has a name considered pretty ridiculous both in-universe and out. It doesn't help that his role in-series is more or less BobFromAccounting (although a popular theory is that he's [[SpyFromWeightsAndMeasures actually a Faceless Man]]).
** Ghiscari have ugly names full of consonants, such as Grazdan and Kraznys. Some characters make fun of how they all sound alike.
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** Dickon
** The Braavosi Iron Bank representative Noho Dimittis has a name considered pretty ridiculous both in-universe and out.
** Ghiscari have ugly names full of consonants, such as Grazdan and Kraznys. Some characters make fun of how they all sound alike.
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* ''RobinHoodMenInTights'': "We are here to witness the marriage, of Mervin, the Sheriff of... Mervin? Your name is Mervin?"
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---> '''Priest:'''"We are here to witness the marriage, of Mervin, the Sheriff of... Mervin? Your name isMervin?"Mervin?"
** While the name itself isn't funny it's the reaction from everybody else that makes it hilarious.
---> '''Priest:'''"We are here to witness the marriage, of Mervin, the Sheriff of... Mervin? Your name is
** While the name itself isn't funny it's the reaction from everybody else that makes it hilarious.
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** "Homer to the Max": Homer's proposed new names for himself are not only idiotic -- "Rembrandt Q. Einstein" -- but, except for one (Max Power!), misspelled on his name-change application.
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** "Homer to the Max": Homer's proposed new names for himself are not only idiotic -- "Rembrandt Q. Einstein" -- but, except for one (Max Power!), ([[AwesomeMcCoolname Max Power]]!), misspelled on his name-change application.
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* RobinHoodMenInTights: "We are here to witness the marriage, of Mervin, the Sheriff of... Mervin? Your name is Mervin?"
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* Archie Benjamin, aka Horny the Clown from ''Drive Thru''.
* Archie Benjamin, aka Horny the Clown from ''Drive Thru''.
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* As one comedian put it, when it comes to American Presidents, Barack Heussein Obama has a rather sucky name. His first rhymes with "Iraq", his last rhymes with "Osama" and Heussein reminds everybody of Saddam himself.
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* As one comedian put it, when it comes to American Presidents, Barack Heussein Hussein Obama has a rather sucky name. His first rhymes with "Iraq", his last rhymes with "Osama" and Heussein Hussein reminds everybody of Saddam himself.
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* Poor Uranus. Even though it was named after a Greek deity, people still make fun of what its name sounds like.
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* Politician Randy Baumgardner (it sounds more unfortunate to people from the UK).
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** The Carter family in named their daughters after virtues, (Hope, Prudence, Chastity, and Charity), but didn't quite understand how to apply this to the male children who ended up being named Anger, Jealousy, Bestiality, and Covetousness.Added to which they had Catastrophe and Deviousness. The names ended up being the complete opposite of how their children turned out: Chastity Carter is a Lady of Negotiable Affection in Ankh-Morpork, Prudence Carter has 13 kids, Hope Carter is a sufferer of depression and, implicitly, prone to {{Wangst}}, and Charity Carter is exceptionally avaricious (described as always expecting to get "a dollar change from 75 cents"). It is also mentioned that Bestiality Carter is very kind to animals, and it is implied that Anger is very laid back, Jealousy is very good at sharing, Covetousness is generous, Deviousness is open and honest and Catastrophe has and brings very good luck.
** Actually, the carters started by naming all their daughters after virtues, but this had entirely the opposite effect from what was intended. ''Then'' they started naming their sons after sins, which, being Discworld, is pretty logical.
** Actually, the carters started by naming all their daughters after virtues, but this had entirely the opposite effect from what was intended. ''Then'' they started naming their sons after sins, which, being Discworld, is pretty logical.
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** The Carter family in named their daughters after virtues, (Hope, Prudence, Chastity, and Charity), but didn't quite understand how to apply this to the male children who ended up being named Anger, Jealousy, Bestiality, and Covetousness.Added to which they had Catastrophe and Deviousness. The names ended up being the complete opposite of how their children turned out: it backfired. Chastity Carter is a Lady of Negotiable Affection in Ankh-Morpork, Prudence Carter has 13 kids, Hope Carter is a sufferer of depression and, implicitly, prone to {{Wangst}}, and Charity Carter is exceptionally avaricious (described as always expecting to get "a dollar change from 75 cents"). They went on to name their sons after sins. Anger, Jealousy, Bestiality, and Covetousness. Added to which they had Catastrophe and Deviousness. It is also mentioned that Bestiality Carter is very kind to animals, and it is implied that Anger is very laid back, Jealousy is very good at sharing, Covetousness is generous, Deviousness is open and honest and Catastrophe has and brings very good luck.
** Actually, the carters started by naming all their daughters after virtues, but this had entirely the opposite effect from what was intended. ''Then'' they started naming their sons after sins, which, being Discworld, is pretty logical.luck.
** Actually, the carters started by naming all their daughters after virtues, but this had entirely the opposite effect from what was intended. ''Then'' they started naming their sons after sins, which, being Discworld, is pretty logical.
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** Speaking of Pokemon, we have N. A one-letter name isn't bad, right? Well, according to WordOfGod, his name is [[spoiler:Natural Harmonia Gropius. Say Gropius out loud, and [[DontExplainTheJoke it sounds like 'Grope']]...]]
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* ''{{Gundam}}'' [[GundamSeed Sai Argyle]], [[{{Gundam00}} Allelujah]] and depending on the romanization, [[ZetaGundam Quattro Bajina]] or [[ZetaGundam Quattro Vagina]].
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* Combining this trope with UnfortunateImplications, John Walker, aka Super-Patriot, recruited a team of super-strong allies called the Bold Urban Commandos, or "Buckies", led by African-American Lemar Hoskins. When Walker replaced Steve Rogers as CaptainAmerica, Hoskins took the identity of Bucky, until someone brought up the fact that 'Bucky' was also a derogatory name for black people. Hoskins promptly changed his name to Battlestar.
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* Combining this trope with UnfortunateImplications, John Walker, aka Super-Patriot, recruited a team of super-strong allies called the Bold Urban Commandos, or "Buckies", led by African-American Lemar Hoskins. When Walker replaced Steve Rogers as CaptainAmerica, Hoskins took the identity of Bucky, until someone brought up the fact that 'Bucky' was also a derogatory name for black people.demeaning, since slave-owners in the 1800s sometimes called their male slaves 'Bucks'. Hoskins promptly changed his name to Battlestar.
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* Combining this trope with UnfortunateImplications, John Walker, aka Super-Patriot, recruited a team of super-strong allies called the Bold Urban Commandos, or "Buckies", led by African-American Lemar Hoskins. When Walker replaced Steve Rogers as CaptainAmerica, Hoskins took the identity of Bucky, until someone brought up the fact that 'Bucky' was also a derogatory name for black people. Hoskins promptly changed his name to Battlestar.
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* In the third ''JimmyTimmyPowerHour'', [[JimmyNeutronBoyGenius Jimmy]] and [[TheFairlyOddparents Timmy]] [[CreateYourOwnVillain created a villain]] and named ''him'' "Shirley".
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* In the third ''JimmyTimmyPowerHour'', [[JimmyNeutronBoyGenius [[TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron Jimmy]] and [[TheFairlyOddparents Timmy]] [[CreateYourOwnVillain created a villain]] and named ''him'' "Shirley".
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* Changed Daily in ''TheSecretShow'' gets a ridiculous name every day, much to the amusement of whoever hears it whenever it's announced.
* In the third ''JimmyTimmyPowerHour'', [[JimmyNeutronBoyGenius Jimmy]] and [[TheFairlyOddparents Timmy]] [[CreateYourOwnVillain created a villain]] and named ''him'' "Shirley".
* TotallySpies: Jerry's EvilTwin created a team of villains and named it '''L'''eague '''A'''iming to '''M'''enace and '''O'''verthrow the '''S'''pies and even had t-shirts with the acronym before someone pointed out it's L.A.M.O.S.
* In the third ''JimmyTimmyPowerHour'', [[JimmyNeutronBoyGenius Jimmy]] and [[TheFairlyOddparents Timmy]] [[CreateYourOwnVillain created a villain]] and named ''him'' "Shirley".
* TotallySpies: Jerry's EvilTwin created a team of villains and named it '''L'''eague '''A'''iming to '''M'''enace and '''O'''verthrow the '''S'''pies and even had t-shirts with the acronym before someone pointed out it's L.A.M.O.S.
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* Some of the bosses in the ''{{Darius}}'' series have names of questionably {{Badass}}ery. Noteworthy examples include "Little Stripes" and ''"My Home Daddy"''.
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* WoW has "Cookie" McWeaksauce and the rest of the McWeaksauce family. According to popular wisdom, he used to be named McFairlystrongsauce until he got cleaved by [[MemeticBadass Saurfang]].
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* WoW has "Cookie" McWeaksauce [=McWeaksauce=] and the rest of the McWeaksauce [=McWeaksauce=] family. According to popular wisdom, he used to be named McFairlystrongsauce [=McFairlystrongsauce=] until he got cleaved by [[MemeticBadass Saurfang]].
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* Back when he was in high school, Kotetsu from ''TigerAndBunny'' spent quite a bit of effort on thinking of possible superhero names he would use in the future. He was not very good at it.
-->'''Tomoe:''' Okay, let's see... "Fate Wanderer: The Destiny", "Fearful Body: The Muscle", and "The Prince of Fists, Mr. Punch". They all suck. You're terrible at this.
-->'''Kotetsu:''' Y-You don't have to say it like that...
-->'''Tomoe:''' Okay, let's see... "Fate Wanderer: The Destiny", "Fearful Body: The Muscle", and "The Prince of Fists, Mr. Punch". They all suck. You're terrible at this.
-->'''Kotetsu:''' Y-You don't have to say it like that...
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** The Braavosi Iron Bank representative Noho Dimittis has a name considered pretty ridiculous both in-universe and out. It doesn't help that his role in-series is more or less BobFromAccounting (although a popular theory is that he's [[SpyFromWeightsAndMeasures actually a Faceless Man]]).
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** In Little Orphan Millie where Bart was looking for Milhouse's uncle Norbert, one of the passengers he mistook for him states he wishes he was named Norbert as his name is Gaylord Q. Tinkledink. He later mentions he has a nephew named Nerdle Tobsy Pantibottom.
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** Also two unseen cousins of Greg are named Randy and Horny Focker. Seriously who comes up with the names in this family?
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** {{YMMV}}, but that seems to be a theme with the Britannia children. Clovis, Schneizel, even Nunnally can be viewed as kind of crappy names.
*** {{YMMV}} again, but while Lelouch Lamperouge might qualify as a FailOSuckyname, Lelouch vi Britannia almost counts as an AwesomeMccoolname, [[{{YMMV}} especially when it's used during a geass command.]]
* ''DeathNote'' is chock-full of bizarre {{Engrish}} names, but the weirdest and most ridiculous by far has to be "Quillish Wammy". It doesn't help that this is the name of a relatively significant character, and the first time we learn it is [[spoiler:[[MoodWhiplash right after his death]].]]
** Also "Kira" ({{Engrish}} for killer) means "glitter" in Japanese. However anyone who dares mock [[EvilOverlord Lord Kira]] shall suffer a sudden inexplicable heart attack.
*** {{YMMV}} again, but while Lelouch Lamperouge might qualify as a FailOSuckyname, Lelouch vi Britannia almost counts as an AwesomeMccoolname, [[{{YMMV}} especially when it's used during a geass command.]]
* ''DeathNote'' is chock-full of bizarre {{Engrish}} names, but the weirdest and most ridiculous by far has to be "Quillish Wammy". It doesn't help that this is the name of a relatively significant character, and the first time we learn it is [[spoiler:[[MoodWhiplash right after his death]].]]
** Also "Kira" ({{Engrish}} for killer) means "glitter" in Japanese. However anyone who dares mock [[EvilOverlord Lord Kira]] shall suffer a sudden inexplicable heart attack.
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*** Blimey! Good job TheBeano isn't available in the US then - it has a character called Billy Whizz, named that for the same reason as the Whizzer (he has super speed).
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** Also Albus Severus. For a kid. Obviously Ginny didn't have a say in the naming choices. Not a great name, but [[YourMileageMayVary YMMV]].
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** YMMV again, but... Considering the fact that a "detrivore" is a name that means "Death Eater," and also considering that worms are detrivores...
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* ''{{Touhou}}'': [[WellIntentionedExtremist Medicine Melancholy]]. {{YMMV}} about [[BadassBookworm Patchouli Knowledge]], who wears pajama to fights.
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[[caption-width-right:290:Um, you might want to pick a better name, bro. And a different costume color.]]
->''Hey, you know what'd be a better name than the Gay Ghost? Anything. Come on, seriously.''
-->--'''[[http://www.superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=762:the-gay-ghost-really-ought-to-consider-a-name-change&catid=36:stupor-powers-index&Itemid=38 Superdickery]]'''
All right, you've got the powers, got the costume, got the cool origin story, now you just need to pick the perfect superhero name. Maybe you go with something that describes your powers, or a [[DarkAgeOfSuperNames grim n' gritty]] one-syllable name. Surely you're the next classic superhero, with an {{Awesome McCoolname}} superhero name to go with it.
Wait, what's this? [[{{narm}} Why is everybody laughing]]? Surely evildoers would tremble at the mere utterance of your name! Or not. Sorry, pal. You need to get a better name if the LegionOfDoom is going to take you as a serious threat. You've got yourself a FailOSuckyname.
Once you have committed this, there is no turning back. The name will catch on and [[NeverLiveItDown that's how you will be known from here on]]. Your only hope is to become famous enough one day for everyone not automatically think of something else when they hear it.
Many are the reasons for having such a malodorous moniker: Maybe you were originally published in TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, when [[HaveAGayOldTime certain slang terms had different meanings.]] Maybe you're using a fairly standard SomethingPerson naming convention and your powers [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway don't exactly make for an intimidating name]].
The opposite of AwesomeMcCoolname, while PlainName lies in between these two. See also TheAdjectivalSuperhero, HaveAGayOldTime (the cause for most names on this list), UnfortunateNames, GiverOfLameNames.
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* Gohan from ''DragonballZ'' picked the name 'The Great Saiyaman', complete with ridiculous costume. He never seemed to notice the bystanders he just saved were staring at him incredulously. The one time he actually was called out for his ridiculous name, he started throwing a tantrum that terrified the wits out of the poor guys.
* Ships in ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'' are [[ThemeNaming named after flowers.]] One of them has the unfortunate name of the ''Pansy''. Guess what happens to it in battle.
* ''{{Bleach}}'' gives us a hilarious in-universe fictional example in the form of the Seaweed Ambassador. It's made all the funnier by the fact that his creator, Byakuya, is ''the'' AloofBigBrother.
** Grimmjow [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Jaggerjacques]] may fit in here, although it is also listed under AwesomeMcCoolName, with equal justification.
* ''{{Baccano}}!'' can be a bit weird about this, as many characters have relatively normal names (Eve, Rachel, Isaac, Keith) while some can be weird enough to make you look twice (Ladd, Luck, Nice) -- and then there's the timid, unassuming little guy who somehow wound up with the name ''Jacuzzi Splot''.
* ''{{Gundam}}'' [[GundamSeed Sai Argyle]], [[{{Gundam00}} Allelujah]] and depending on the romanization, [[ZetaGundam Quattro Bajina]] or [[ZetaGundam Quattro Vagina]].
* ''{{Sentai}}'' parody ''SpecialDutyCombatUnitShinesman''. All of the protagonists are office drones in their daily life and the color uniforms they wear are the result of their bosses questioning them on good colors. Unfortunately, they chose these colors before they found out about the sentai-thing, assuming they were choosing colors good for business. Thus, you get characters announcing themselves as the "Moss green" and "Salmon pink" Rangers.
* ''KatekyoHitmanReborn'': The character Shitt. P. of the Shimon family.
* In ''RanmaOneHalf'' we meet a character named, rather unfortunately, Pantyhose Taro. [[PantyThief Happosai]] happened to give the child his first bath, and was obligated to name him. He thought he was giving him a name that everyone would love.
* ''CodeGeass'': Lelouch Lamperouge also qualifies, even if no one dares to laugh at him.
** {{YMMV}}, but that seems to be a theme with the Britannia children. Clovis, Schneizel, even Nunnally can be viewed as kind of crappy names.
*** {{YMMV}} again, but while Lelouch Lamperouge might qualify as a FailOSuckyname, Lelouch vi Britannia almost counts as an AwesomeMccoolname, [[{{YMMV}} especially when it's used during a geass command.]]
* ''DeathNote'' is chock-full of bizarre {{Engrish}} names, but the weirdest and most ridiculous by far has to be "Quillish Wammy". It doesn't help that this is the name of a relatively significant character, and the first time we learn it is [[spoiler:[[MoodWhiplash right after his death]].]]
** Also "Kira" ({{Engrish}} for killer) means "glitter" in Japanese. However anyone who dares mock [[EvilOverlord Lord Kira]] shall suffer a sudden inexplicable heart attack.
* In the series ''{{Clannad}}'', several alternative names for the protagonist were suggested in a scene, but were not actually relevant beyond characterizing the two new characters that were introduced.
* In ''BusouRenkin'', the protagonist spent half of an episode coming up with stereotypically crappy names for his weapon and attack
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* Pictured above is the Whizzer, who has pretty much been a walking joke since TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks due to his snicker-inducing name (for non-US readers, "taking a whizz" means urinating). The fact that his costume is yellow probably doesn't help matters. His origin? Mongoose blood gives you superpowers! In ''{{Spider-Man The Animated Series}},'' even Spider-Man laughs at his name and pee-yellow costume. When Spidey asks the Whizzer why he chose his name, the Whizzer says it was the sound he made when he ran, and that it sounded better in the 50s. {{Deadpool}} also riffs on him a bit for it at one point. [[hottip:*:Given his origin, why the hell didn't he call himself the Mongoose? "Let the snakes among men beware!"]] When the character debuted in 1939, football player (and later US Supreme Court Justice) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_White Byron "Whizzer" White]] had been playing in the NFL for a year, having been given the nickname by a newspaper columnist during his college career. So perhaps it made more sense at the time.
** For some kind of 70th anniversary thing, Marvel did a story set in the GoldenAge where he explained that "Whizzer" was his college nickname - he thought they were calling him "Wizard", and by the time he worked out they ''weren't''...
*** Blimey! Good job TheBeano isn't available in the US then - it has a character called Billy Whizz, named that for the same reason as the Whizzer (he has super speed).
* Also in the ''SpiderMan'' universe, [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain the Shocker]] gets this, presumably because his name is also a term for a sexual act. Being a DeadpanSnarker, Spider-Man makes fun of these folks. In ''[[UltimateSpiderMan Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' when Spidey first meets the Shocker and asks him "Who are you supposed to be? The Vibrator?" Also from SpiderMan, Kraven the Hunter apparently forgot that "craven" means "cowardly. They try to justify it by revealing his full name to be "Sergei Kravinoff".
** Others from Spider-Man's {{rogues gallery}}: Jackson "Big Wheel" Wheele; Frederick "Big Man" Foswell; Jason "Demogoblin" Macendale (what, is he the goblin you try in the store before you decide you want to buy it?); Miss Arrow (if only for the implication that she isn't a good shot). Spider-Man also got a lot of amusement out of the name "[[NewWarriors Night Thrasher]]". He thinks it makes him sound like he has terrible nightmares. In one issue, Spidey teams up with Thrasher and ThePunisher. Naturally, Spidey doesn't get along with either of them (both of them being DarkerAndEdgier heroes), and eventually grumbles about being lectured by "One guy who sounds like he has naughty dreams and another guy who sounds like he likes to spank people." Then there was the time the Blue Shield attempted to apprehend Spider-Man for not registering with the Initiative. Spider-Man took the time to question why his health insurance premiums had gone up so much (for non-US posters, Blue Shield is also the name of a major health insurance company).
* MarvelComics' "The Trapster" originally went by Paste Pot Pete. He still gets mocked for that from time to time. (In fact, bringing it up is his BerserkButton.) One flashback story had Spider-Man encountering Pete while Paste-Pot was preparing to ambush [[TheFantasticFour the Human Torch.]] Before a fight could ensue, Paste-Pot announced his name-causing Spidey to break into laughter. Paste-Pot is so insulted and disgusted by Spidey's mockery he simply [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere gives up and walks off]], muttering something about needing [[MythologyGag to change his name.]]
* A ''{{Superman}}'' comic once featured a retired supervillain called the Molester. He kept explaining that when he chose the name (during TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks), [[HaveAGayOldTime molest meant 'to annoy']] and that he was supposed to be a playful villain like the Prankster.
* [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] superhero Doll Man.
* In an issue of ''Comicbook/{{X-Factor}}'' the heroes are confronted by a villain calling himself Number One Fan (with spinning blades as his main weapons) leading one member of X-Factor to comment that [[{{Lampshaded}} "We must be just about tapped out of silly names to call ourselves".]] When Kitty Pryde heard of the name "Negasonic Teenage Warhead," her reaction was similar: "Wow, we really ''have'' run out of names." [[spoiler: Negasonic Teenage Warhead had been dead since the Genoshan massacre. Before her death, she planned to name herself after the song. (Furthermore, her death caused Emma Frost a mental breakdown. Suddenly, not so funny...)]] ''X-Factor'' also features Strong Guy (a.k.a. Guido Carosella), who picked his name on the spot when a reporter saw his exaggerated musculature and said "He must be the Strong Guy. Every super team has a Strong Guy." Needless to say, Guido wasn't taking things very seriously.
* The Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'s monkey-like, teleporting mutant Kurt Wagner uses the alias Nightcrawler. And it would be perfectly cool for a superhero name, except for one problem--a nightcrawler is also an ''earthworm''.
* The second issue of ''Heroes, Anonymous'' revolves around the struggles faced by a sheltered farmboy who takes up the mantle of the legendary Gay Avenger without having the slightest clue that to modern ears, [[HaveAGayOldTime "gay" immediately suggests "homosexual".]] However, after discovering this, he's dedicated to keeping the name out of respect for his grandfather, [[LegacyCharacter the original Gay Avenger.]]
** The first issue also briefly flirts with this; former sidekick Attaboy finds his name inappropriate in adulthood, but sticks with it because "Attaman" doesn't have quite the same ring.
* ''Hero Happy Hour'' features Night Ranger, a Batman-style grim vigilante who is often called "Sister Christian" by associates after the title of the hit song by the band Night Ranger.
* [[BuryYourGays While he was alive]] "Freedom Ring" got a lot of flack for having a pretty dumb alias. It was also invoked gay symbolism -- "freedom rings" are rainbow-colored rings on a chain, a well-known gay signifier of the '90s. This, however, was likely intentional as the character was an open homosexual, and prior to being killed by evil alternate universe Tony Stark, Iron Maniac, Freedom Ring was the most prominent gay superhero in Marvel. Creator Robert Kirkman regretted killing the character as he represented about 20% of the overall homosexual hero census in the Universe.
* ''{{Batman}}'' villain [[http://luchins.com/what-were-they-thinking/the-definition-of-bad-ass/ Mr. Polka-Dot.]] Also Tweedledee and Tweedledum. Whose real names are Dumphrey Dumson and Deever Tweed. And Humpty Dumpty, who bears the unfortunate real name of Humphry Dumpler.
* Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}} villainess "The White Rabbit", which is hardly a name to inspire terror. Then again, [[HarmlessVillain she's not at all scary anyway]].
* [[http://luchins.com/what-were-they-thinking/names/ Dr. Drool]].
* During the time the {{Blackhawk}}s [[DorkAge became superheroes]], some of them got ridiculous names to go with their equally silly costumes. The already silly-named Chop-Chop became "Dr. Hands," and Chuck became "The Listener," complete with ear-covered costume.
* During the time the DarkAgeOfSupernames reigned supreme, names trying to sound "extreme" or [[XtremeKoolLetterz "kool"]] usually ended up being hilarious instead. D-list CaptainAmerica villain [[http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/comic_coverage/2008/08/worst-cover-ever-the-american-recessionwhen-cap-was-crap.html "Blistik"]] sounds more like a lip balm than a serious threat. [[hottip:*:Actually, Blistik ''is'' a brand of lip balm.]]
* [[NewWarriors Speedball]] probably crosses into this territory when you realise that a [[TheBumbleBee brightly-coloured, bouncy comic relief character]] shares his name with a [[HeroKiller lethal drugs cocktail]] that's polished off more entertainment careers than [[BigBrother Celebrity Big Brother]].
** ''[[TheAtoner Penance]]'', on the other hand...
* The closest thing ''ComicBook/{{Howard the Duck}}'' had to an archenemy was a mad musician named Dr. Bong. Well, what else would you call a supervillain that had a giant bell on his head that when you rung, he could [[RealityWarper change reality]]?
* ''AstroCity'' has the Otter, possibly the cutest supervillain name ever. Mind you, he does run around dressed as an otter, so the name clearly doesn't bother him. Maybe he should have called himself [[TheAreasOfMyExpertise the furry old lobster]] instead.
** Then there's Glue-Gun, an {{Expy}} of MarvelComics' Paste-Pot Pete.
* ''{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'' has Matter-Eater Lad. [[hottip:*:Spoofed in one ''TheSimpsons'' comic, which had Apu, Flanders, and Comic Book Guy team up to fight crime as the Better Business Battalion. The cover had them rejecting Homer Simpson, in costume as Fatter-Eater Lad.]] And the infamous Arm-Fall-Off Boy, who received the slightly more dignified name of Splitter after the Zero Hour continuity reboot. Recurring Legion of Supervillains member Radiation Roy. Look, man, we don't care if you have radiation powers and your name is Roy, that name is ''dumb''. This is even specifically mocked by one of his teammates, who insists on calling him "Radiator" because he doesn't ally himself with losers. Absorbency Lad of the same team. Again, this name suffers from being a little ''too'' on the nose. The reboot version of him is a Terran supremacist called Earth Man, which is a marked improvement to say the least. In the AmalgamUniverse, where DC and Marvel characters were combined, Matter-Eater Lad and Paste-Pot Pete became... wait for it... Paste-Eater Pete.
* Although the SmugSuper characters tend to make fun of {{Empowered}}'s name, the best example from the series isn't the heroine. One of the Superhomies is a BlobMonster who took the name Protean, and becomes increasingly enraged when a mook thinks his name is Protein and makes fun of him. Sistah Spooky tells Protean than he should go back to using his old name (something like Glurgh) which at least wouldn't confuse anyone. There's also a trio of CaptainEthnic villains who called themselves Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash. Rum ended up at Alcoholics Anonymous, Sodomy left after getting tired of insisting that his name only referred to ''heterosexual sodomy'', and Lash, who Emp encounters is a ridiculous {{fauxreigner}} who DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch. ''Empowered'' plays this trope for laughs (being a superhero parody/deconstruction) to the extent that pretty much every character in the book has a ludicrous name: Sistah Spooky, dWARf, Phalik, Maid Man, Baron Womb... hell, the main super team is called the "Superhomeys."
* Minor IronMan foe Vibro's name is pretty weak as it is, but his real name is the utterly pathetic ''Vincent Vibreaux''.
* MarkMillar and his infamous creation: ''{{Kick-Ass}}''.
* Upon meeting Spider-Man, Image hero {{Invincible}} makes fun of Spider-Man's heroic name, and Spidey does the same for Invincible. Then when meeting the Avengers, he attempts to guess their names, using 'Spider-Man' as a gauge. Robot-Man (Iron Man), Claw-Man (Wolverine), Flag-Man (Captain America), Fabio-Man (Sentry), Bat-Woman (Spider-Woman), and Black-Man (Luke Cage) -- to which Peter confesses that perhaps his name /is/ poorly chosen
* ''Darker Image #1'' gives us... Death-Blow! A name so utterly [[NinetiesAntiHero trapped in its time of origin]] that even [[AtopTheFourthWall That '90s Kid]] couldn't get past its stupidity.
* CaptainMarvel had a few [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] opponents with questionable names, but the worst of them had to be Mr. Banjo, whose gimmick was that he strummed secret codes to a Japanese submarine on his banjo. Depending on how you look at it, Mr. Mind (the World's Wickedest Worm) might qualify as well.
** The other especially suspect one is Nippo, the Japanese judo master and assassin. Seriously, ''Nippo''?
* [[HaveAGayOldTime The Gay Ghost]] is one of the most infamous examples in comic history. For the record, in his later appearances (however few there have been), he's been known as the ''Grim'' Ghost -- evidently the "Gay" moniker was something akin to an IronicNickname.
** GrantMorrison memorably lampshaded this, having AnimalMan meet the Ghost in a comic book afterlife and having the Ghost beg not to be brought back. (Apparently it's [[UnfortunateImplications better to be dead than gay]]...)
* The {{Champions}} comic books has the Galloping Galooper.
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* MyInnerLife, a ''{{Zelda}}'' fanfic, has ''Link Junior'' as the AuthorAvatar and Link's son. Contrasts directly with the main character [[AwesomeMcCoolname Jenna Silverblade]].
* [[MyImmortal Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way]].
** Although it was obviously intended to be {{Awesome McCoolname}}.
* Scott and Penelope from [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/TheSiblingRivalriesofScottandPenelope The Sibling Rivalries of Scott and Penelope]]. Their first names are fine but they get the middle names of Booger(Billy suggested it as a first name but Mandy made it his middle name since "no one cares about middle names anymore") and Milkshakes(After Billy's old pet cat) respectively.
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* One of RogerEbert's rules is that if a comedy has characters with silly names, it's probably an unfunny comedy grasping for straws.
* ''The Master Of Disguise''. Pistachio Disguisey.
* Dr Frank N Furter from ''TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''.
* ''ReservoirDogs'', when the team is assigned their codenames:
-->'''Joe:''' [[ColourfulThemeNaming Mr. Brown, Mr. White, Mr. Blonde, Mr. Blue, Mr. Orange, and Mr. Pink.]] \\
'''Mr. Pink:''' Why am I Mr. Pink?\\
'''Joe:''' Because you're a faggot, alright?\\
'''Mr. Pink:''' Why can't we pick our own colors? \\
'''Joe:''' No way, no way. Tried it once, doesn't work. You got four guys all [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority fighting over who's gonna be Mr. Black]], but they don't know each other, so nobody wants to back down. No way. I pick. You're Mr. Pink. Be thankful you're not Mr. Yellow.\\
'''Mr. Brown:''' Yeah, yeah, but "Mr. Brown"? That's little too close to "Mr. Shit". \\
'''Mr. Pink:''' "Mr. Pink" sounds like "Mr. Pussy".
* Evelyn Tremble in the original ''CasinoRoyale''.
* ''MeetTheParents'' has Gaylord Focker, who goes by "Greg" for obvious reasons. There's also Pam Mo Focker.
** [[ItGotWorse It gets worse.]] Pam's full name post-marriage is Pamela ''Martha Focker''.
* ''TheSpecials'': To be fair, Small is at least a better name than Mr. Smart. But then, so is [[CountryMatters Captain C***face]].
* In ''{{Spaceballs}}'', Dark Helmet learns that an incompetent crewmember is not only an asshole, but an Asshole. In fact, the whole family seems to be aboard. "How many Assholes we got on this ship, anyhow?"
** Not that "Dark Helmet" is much better...
* Karl Berger, aka K. the Butcher Shitter from ''ViolentShit''.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* In the story-within-a-story of ''Stolen from Gypsies'', one character [[spoiler: actually [[SweetPollyOliver the hero's love interest in disguise]]]] is a rakish highwayman who took the name "the Dim Avenger". While the intended meaning of Dim was "dark", the character tends to get asked if their name means they are stupid.
* In the first novel of the ''EvilGeniusTrilogy'', one character early on is a JerkJock who is trying to chose a sufficiently threatening villain name, but all of his choices lead the others to laugh at him (e.g. choosing the Decimator, and then having it pointed out that decimate literally means "kill 10%"). Of course, the Axis Institute's coursework slowly destroys this little habit- [[spoiler: right before he [[SuperpowerMeltdown loses control of his powers and incinerates himself]].]]
* The comedy book ''How to Be a Superhero'' has section devoted to avoiding choices like this, e.g Mr AC/DC might not be good choice even if you do have electrical powers. Then there's the poor guy who got his powers from and named himself "Purple Helmet".
* ''Literature/GoodOmens''' secondary set of Bikers of the Apocalypse, Grievous Bodily Harm, Cruelty to Animals, Really Cool People, and Treading In Dogshit (formerly All Foreigners Especially The French, formerly Things Not Working Properly Even When You've Given Them [[PercussiveMaintenance A Good Thumping]], never actually No Alcohol Lager, briefly Embarrassing Personal Problems, and finally [[ItMakesSenseInContext People Covered In Fish]]).
* ''WildCards'' had Snotman, who was unable to make people forget his old name even after he has become the Reflector.
** Similarly, Nuclear ActionBomb Drake Thomas was dubbed Little Fat Boy by government agents unfamiliar with the concept of BullyingADragon, and the name stuck even after he started calling himself Ra.
* ''{{Discworld}}''
** The Carter family in named their daughters after virtues, (Hope, Prudence, Chastity, and Charity), but didn't quite understand how to apply this to the male children who ended up being named Anger, Jealousy, Bestiality, and Covetousness.Added to which they had Catastrophe and Deviousness. The names ended up being the complete opposite of how their children turned out: Chastity Carter is a Lady of Negotiable Affection in Ankh-Morpork, Prudence Carter has 13 kids, Hope Carter is a sufferer of depression and, implicitly, prone to {{Wangst}}, and Charity Carter is exceptionally avaricious (described as always expecting to get "a dollar change from 75 cents"). It is also mentioned that Bestiality Carter is very kind to animals, and it is implied that Anger is very laid back, Jealousy is very good at sharing, Covetousness is generous, Deviousness is open and honest and Catastrophe has and brings very good luck.
** Actually, the carters started by naming all their daughters after virtues, but this had entirely the opposite effect from what was intended. ''Then'' they started naming their sons after sins, which, being Discworld, is pretty logical.
** In Lancre, the priest's first naming of a child is irrevocable. One local resident's middle name is "What The Hell Is That Cow Doing In Here", Lancre used to be ruled by King My God He's Heavy the First, and Lancre's princess is "[[spoiler:Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling]]".
** Discworlders have wound up with names like Chlamydia or Verucca just because their parents like the sound of them.
** The rats in ''Discworld/{{The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents}}'' named themselves from the labels on discarded food packaging, resulting in names like Dangerous Beans and Nourishing. Peaches is not so bad.
** The most triumphant example in Discworld may go to the brother of the man known as One Man Bucket. It turns out that he is from a tribe where children are named based on the first thing their mother sees when they look out of the tent. Therefore, One Man Bucket's full name is actually "One man emptying a bucket over two dogs". His brother, born minutes before him... well, lets just say that it's mentioned he would give his arm to be named "Two dogs fighting".
* Like the Discworld talking rats, wyrmen in ''PerdidoStreetStation'' take names from whatever gibberish they overhear that sounds good. Teafortwo, Isaac's wyrman gofer, has a sister named Bottletop and a son called Scabies.
* There was a boy called [[TheChroniclesOfNarnia Eustace Clarence Scrubb]], and he almost deserved it.
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': [[TemptingFate How dangerous could a kid named]] [[TookALevelInBadass Neville Longbottom]] possibly be? Also the '''S'''ociety for the '''P'''rotection of '''E'''lvish '''W'''elfare. Hermione only picked that one because her other choice for a name (which was longer and harsher) wouldn't fit on the membership badges.
** Also Albus Severus. For a kid. Obviously Ginny didn't have a say in the naming choices. Not a great name, but [[YourMileageMayVary YMMV]].
*** His initials do spell 'ASP,' which is pretty cool.
*** Definitely an {{AwesomeMcCoolname}} in-universe. Think about it. You're the son of a wizarding war hero ''and'' named after the near-consensus greatest wizard of all time.
*** True, but he does seem to go by 'Al' most of the time time, seeing as Ginny, James II and Harry all call him that in the ''Deathly Hallows'' epilogue.
** YMMV again, but... Considering the fact that a "detrivore" is a name that means "Death Eater," and also considering that worms are detrivores...
*** Rowling claimed her original name for them would have been "The Knights of Walpurgis". Take from that what you will.
** Dedalus Diggle. It's a name that's already snicker-inducing, and it sure doesn't help matters when [=McGonagall=] gives him a passing mention in Book I as a person that "never had much sense."
* Most of ''{{Redwall}}'''s vermin characters are OnlyKnownByTheirNickname, and their nicknames tend to be based on unflattering physical attributes. "Redtooth" is bearable. "Stinky" is worrying. Also, the [[UnfortunateNames unlucky hare by the name of "Stiffener Medick"]]. Ow.
* Professor Pippy P. Poopypants from ''CaptainUnderpants''. That book was about him wrecking havoc on the entire city because nobody would take him seriously because of his silly name. At the end, George and Harold suggest that he changes his name, and he picks his grandfather's name instead: [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Tippy T. Tinkletrousers.]]
** In fact, he comes from a country where everybody for a reason that's stated to be too boring and stupid to be explained has a moronic name.
* The villainous Schitt family from the ''ThursdayNext'' series. Not that many people in that universe have normal names.
* ''{{The Dresden Files}}'' has Waldo Butters.
-->'''Harry Dresden:''' (He had) the extreme misfortune of being born to parents with little to no ability to bestow a manly name upon their son.
* Alfons Zitterbacke from the children's book from EastGermany with the same name. Means literally "wobbly cheeks". And yes, he's teased for it.
* ASongOfIceAndFire gives us Sir (er, ''[[PhantasySpelling Ser]]'') Aenys Frey. Say it out loud...
** And Dickon Manwoody. That one ''had'' to have been on purpose right?
* Slartibartfast in ''TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.
* Erica Yurken in ''HatingAlisonAshley''. Nearly everyone abbreviates her name to "Erk" or "Yuk".
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* In an old ''AllThat'' sketch, a Mayor is auditioning several superheroes for the city, though only encountering examples of [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway generally sucky powers]]. The final one is basically a {{Superman}} {{Expy}} with all of his powers and no weakness whatsoever. He would be an automatic shoo-in were it not for his name of Superty-Duper Man. In the end, the Mayor resolves to save the city herself, strapping on a cape and flying away.
* A ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'' episode featured the rise of "Mothers Opposed to the Occult"... M.O.O. for short.
** The episode "Tabula Rasa" also had an amnesiac Spike complaining that his name was "Randy Giles" (which he got from the coat he'd stolen from someone named Randy before losing his memory, and from guessing that he must be Giles's son since they're both English).
--->"Randy Giles? Why not just call me 'Horny Giles,' or 'Desperate for a Shag Giles'? I knew there was a reason I hated you!"
* In the first episode of the first series of [[{{Blackadder}} The Black Adder]], Edmund wants to settle on a new nickname, having become a Prince of the Realm. His initial suggestion is The Black Vegetable, before his ([[CharacterizationMarchesOn at the time]]) HypercompetentSidekick [[BumblingSidekick Baldrick]] persuades him otherwise.
* In ''TheMiddle'', the family's two sons' names are Axl and Brick. Oh, and did I mention? The family name is Heck.
* ''WhoseLineIsItAnyway'': Applies to the Superheroes game (but then that's WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway to start with) and also often the aliases adopted by the players for the Newscasters or Sports Commentators games.
--> '''Greg Proops:''' I'm [[AwesomeMcCoolname Rock Hard]].
--> '''Colin Mochrie:''' And I'm [[FailOSuckyname Peggy Lee]]. ''(Over audience laughter)'' [[BerserkButton IT'S NOT FUNNY!]]
* In ''{{Glee}}'', when the members of New Directions go to Regionals, one of the opposing glee clubs is named Aural Intensity. (you may have to hear it said out loud to get it) Sue Sylvester lampshades this when she says "... The not at all stupidly named Aural Intensity". This is most likely lampshading the fact that when spoken aloud New Directions sounds exactly like Nude Erections.
** In the Nationals episode, we see a board with a list of show choirs on it. One of which is the [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Waffletoots.]]
* A ''SaturdayNightLive'' sketch from the early 90s has a husband and wife discuss names for their soon-to-be-born son. The husband shoots down every name his wife suggests as possible grounds for a derogatory nickname; [[InsaneTrollLogic some of his reasoning is very tenuous indeed]]. Then someone knocks on their front door and [[FreudianExcuse we find out why]]:
--> '''Delivery Man:''' Telegram for Asswipe Johnson.
--> '''Nicolas Cage:''' [[ItsPronouncedTroPAY It's pronounced '"Ahs-wee-pay"!]]
* An episode of ''HowIMetYourMother'' has Ted finding someone named Cook Poo on his class roster. He berates his class for their lack of creativity only to find out that it's the actual name of a Chinese transfer student.
** That's something of an old joke, it was also on ''TheGoldenGirls,'' but originally it was always Jim Shu.
* ''{{Spaced}}'' had a one-shot character named ''Vulva''. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulva This might be demeaning if the character was female]], but even male, it's patently ridiculous.
* In ''[[ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]'' there's Jeffrey Weinerslav. He even corrects Liz when she tries to pronounce it differently than, well, Weiner Slave.
** Not to mention Dr. Leo Spaceman ([[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY pronounced Spi-chem-en]]).
* Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Boo kay)
* ''[[VivaLaBam Bam's Unholy Union]]'' had a drunken Bam meet a man named Doshaun Mandick. (They even proved it by showing the camera the man's driver's licence.)
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* The ultimate {{ECW}} [[TheWoobie Woobie]] "Mikey Whipwreck". There is also a "Mike Quackenbush".
** Though Quackenbush more than makes up for this by being a phenomenal wrestler.
* A famous anecdote about Steve Austin recalls how, in his early days of {{WWF}}, he wanted to change his nickname to go with his cold and uncaring character and asked the creative team to come up with a name. They sent him five pages of names, while most were pretty good like the Ice Dagger there was an infamously ridiculous one called ''Chilly [=McFreeze=]''. He chose Stone Cold and the rest is history.
** And that was on a suggestion from his then wife. He jokingly stated in one interview that if they turned down Stone Cold, that he would be the best Baron Von Ruthless he could have been.
* Similarly, in her autobiography, Chyna mentioned several of the names that the WWE had thought up for her. Some were decent, if cliche, such as Phalan, Sheera, Venus, and Tigress. One she singled out as particularly bad... TEEVA GWEEVE.
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* ''{{Aberrant}}'', being a deconstruction of superheroics, touches on this: the rise of superpowered Novas, many of whom think they're now required to don costumes and take up aliases, have spawned a budding fashion industry dedicated to not only making non-stupid costumes, but also to come up with fitting and stylish names a Nova can use without feeling silly or raise UnfortunateImplications. A few sucky names still crop up, though.
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[[folder:Sports]]
* In AustralianRulesFootball, Melbourne were originally nicknamed the "Fuschias", and Hawthorn were the "Mayblooms". They have since changed to "Demons" and "Hawks", respectively. Sydney (formerly South Melbourne) are ''still'' nicknamed the "Swans". In the 19th and early 20th century, Essendon's colors of black and red resulted in them being unfortunately referred to as the "Blood-stained Niggers". With the advent of WorldWarTwo, the proximity of the air force base led them to adopt the official nickname of the "Bombers", though they were, and are, also known as the "Dons". Similarly, South Melbourne (''not'' Sydney, because the forced transfer of the club to NSW involved the team name formally becoming the "Sydney Swans") were known for many years as the Blood-stained Angels, or the Bloods for short, due to their predominantly white shirt with a red sash or yoke.
* Melbourne's soccer teams appear to be following the lame name tradition: "Melbourne Victory" wasn't that great a name, especially given that it's a lame pun on the state of Victoria, but at least it's better than the new team, Melbourne Heart. [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway What kind of a lame name is Heart, anyway?]]
* American college athletics has given us teams such as:
** The UC Santa Cruz Fighting Banana Slugs.
** The Kent State Golden Flashes.
** The South Carolina Gamecocks.
** The Evergreen State College Geoducks [[hottip:*:a type of Clam, pronounced [[{{Dirtyjobs}} GOO-ee-duck]]]]
** Oregon State Beavers.
** Years ago, Scottsdale (Arizona) Community College let the students vote on the team name. Thus, for a number of years, they were the Fighting Artichokes. The team color was ''pink''.
** Then there are the Heidelberg College (Ohio) Student Princes and Whittier College (Cal.) Poets.
** The Wilmington College (Ohio) Fighting Quakers. [[YourHeadAsplode Yes]].
** The (University of) Maryland Terrapins. Fear the Turtle, indeed.
*** Hey now, the diamondback terrapin is the only animal incapable of moving backwards!
**** Be that as it may, I would hate to be on their track team
** California's Long Beach state gives us the Dirtbags for Baseball
** Delta State University in Mississippi: The Fighting Okra.
** A Special mention should be made of Alabama college's official team nickname... the Crimson Tide.
** Ohio State's Buckeyes and Indiana State's Sycamores -- ''trees'', people.
*** The Panamanian soccer teams (and sometimes also for other sports) use the "Red Tide" variant because of the color of their uniform. [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench It sounds much better in Spanish]], since [[ValuesDissonance they don't use that moniker as a metaphor for]] [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean the]] ''[[IfYouKnowWhatIMean other]]'' [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean thing]].
*** This one's professional, but the Detroit ''[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Red Wings?]]''
** The Whitman Missionaries have apparently embraced the ridiculousness of their mascot by coining the chant: "Missionaries! Missionaries! We're on top!"
** Don't forget the Carnegie-Mellon Tartans.
* High school football:
** Frankfort has the "Hot Dogs" (hey, everybody loves a wiener).
** The Nimrods can be found at a high school in Michigan. Even if you know that Nimrod [[YouKeepUsingThatWord a powerful king and not a lunkhead]], it still counts (he got showed up by [[TheBible Abraham]] in the end).
** Camas High School is home to the Papermakers. Really. However, their [[http://htosports.com/photos/softball/CAMAS-SOFTBALL/homelogo.jpg mascot]] is surprisingly awesome.
*** Along the same lines you have the Tillamook Cheese Makers. For a few years the mascot was a cow.
** The Montgomery Biscuits from Alabama? Google the mascot. Go on, Google him!
** Hereford, TX, has a High School whose teams are named the Whitefaces. Sounds racist, but it's actually a breed of cattle.
** The infamous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butte_County_High_School Butte Pirates]].
* New Zealand's national soccer team is the All-Whites. ''Ouch''. They're not very good. Their national rugby team, the slightly better named All-Blacks, however, has a winning record against every team it's competed against.
** It Gets Worse: The name of the national basketball team is the Tall-Blacks, intended as a play on All-Blacks.
** When guest-starring on ''MockTheWeek'' New Zealand comedian Jarred Christmas noted the irony of the first WorldCup the All-Whites qualified for being in SouthAfrica.
* The city of Anaheim seems to have bad luck with team names:
** In hockey, they had the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, originally named after the Disney film. After being sold by Disney, the new owners changed their name... to the Anaheim Ducks. [[hottip:*:Renaming the hockey team seems to have worked, however: that same year, they won the Stanley Cup, and have been contenders in most seasons ever since.]]
** And then there's the story of the Angels. At first, they were Los Angeles Angels, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin in Los Angeles]]. In 1965, they relocated to Anaheim and renamed themselves The California Angels. A contract renegotiation in 1997 required that they use the city name, so they became The Anaheim Angels. Then, in 2005, their new owner wanted to hearken back to the team's history (read: gain market support from Los Angeles), despite the stipulation in their contract. Thus, they became saddled with the unwieldy moniker The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
* Former {{NASCAR}} driver Dick Trickle.
** And, from the pre-{{WW2}} Grand Prix era, Dick Seaman.
* The World Taekwondo Federation... [[FunWithAcronyms WTF]]
* One of the early NFL teams, based in a small Pennsylvania town called Pottsville, was called the Maroons. At the time, "maroon" was a popular slang term meaning, well, "dumbass". The fact that the Maroons are to date the only NFL team to ever have their championship title ''revoked'' doesn't help their image.
* ''ESPN the Magazine'''s monthly feature of collectibles once featured high school sports merchandise specifically from schools with bizarre team names. Some, like the Punchers and the Atom Smashers, were actually pretty cool. Others, like the Earwigs, were silly. Two examples stood out in particular: The ''Hobos'' and the ''Beetdiggers''.
* The baseball player Boof Bonser
** Also, Nick Swisher
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* In ''AtelierRorona'', the girl who gives you the vast majority of the fetch quests is named Esty Dee. This being a Japanese game, no one brings it up, of course.
* As mentioned above, Admiral Zaal'Koris vas Qwib-Qwib from ''[[MassEffect Mass Effect 2]]''. If you ignore Tali's advice and ask about the name, he mentions that sometimes he wishes he and his ship had a more respectable name, like [[StealthPun "Defranz" or "Iktomi."]]
* Robotech: Invasion. "Wait, our group is named F.A.I.L.!?"
* Everyone in ''AceAttorney'' who doesn't have a NameOfCool has one of these. Larry Butz, Wendy Oldbag and [[strike:wince in]] Winston Payne.
** Let it be known that if Winston Payne had any OTHER first name, he'd have an AwesomeMcCoolName with a last name like [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Payne]]. It's just unfortunate that he got stuck with the name he got.
* [[HouseOfTheDead Stick Brightling]]. Stick... Brightling.
* [[DynastyWarriors Cao Pi...]] Nothing more needs to be said...
** Requires an explanation: It should be said "Tsao Pi", which KOEI got correct in the latter ''DynastyWarriors'' games, thus averting the trope. Beforehand? It was pronounced like "Cow Pee"...
* It's possible for players to invoke this trope in games where [[HelloInsertNameHere characters can be named]].
** Far more common in games where you can name other characters. Pokemon was particularly infamous by giving you the ability to name your rival.
*** "This is my grandson. You two have been rivals ever since you were children, now what was his name again?..... Oh yes, now I remember, his name is Asshole!"
*** Also, naming your Metapod "penis." It's only move was [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean harden.]]
** If it evolved from Caterpie, it has Tackle and String Shot. [[DontExplainTheJoke Tackle is slang for penis, and String Shot is...yeah.]]
* In ''StarshipTroopers'' Terran Ascendancy, the game randomly generates the names of your troops. This can lead to such names as "Private Jack Mehoffen".
* Many of the field bosses of the MMORPG ''Guild Wars'' have laughable names, the silver lining to note as your party is hopelessly slaughtered in Hard mode. Examples include Molotov Rocktail, Oizys the Miserable, Shons the Pretender, Behba the Hardheaded, Neoli the Contagious, Boulad the Perverse, Pehnsed the Loudmouth, Imuk the Pungent, Gorgaan Hatemonger, Riseh the Harmless and Pleoh the Ugly
* Surprisingly enough, Niko Belic from GTA IV. Translation of his name from Serbian (his in game nationality) is "Noone Whitey", or, because -ic ending of the name is indicative of balkanian descent the same way -ich is indicative of Eastern European one, "Noone O'Whitey", or "Noone Whiteich".
* The eponymous villain from ''IMMeen'' may have the lamest PunnyName ever. No wonder he's so, ahem, ''meen''.
* [[{{Borderlands}} King Wee Wee]]. Yeah.
* [[{{Darius}} Fatty Glutton]], a HumongousMecha [[PiranhaProblem piranha]]. Sounds silly, until you find out that he's one of the [[ThatOneBoss toughest]] {{recurring boss}}es in the series.
* ''DragonQuestVIII'' gaves us Prince Charmles. Whom, due to being such an unlikeable person, is frequently just called "Charmless".
* The random Hersir name generator in ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology'' gives us such gems as Thorvald Eggscreamer, Gisli Unsightlywisher, and Bersi Cheesedrowner.
* ''{{Touhou}}'': [[WellIntentionedExtremist Medicine Melancholy]]. {{YMMV}} about [[BadassBookworm Patchouli Knowledge]], who wears pajama to fights.
* ''TacticsOgre'': {{Badass}} [[TheArcher Archer]] Arycelle Danya before the PSP localization was called A'''loser''' Danya. She's a GameBreaker, but her name just leaves a room to laugh at.
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* ''{{Magellan}}'' has "Psi-Jector" - [[http://magellanverse.com/?p=472 he thinks]] it's a great (and obvious) name: ''"I'm a tactile psychic... I project images of thoughts... PSI-JECTOR!"'' but everyone else just pays out on him - "Psi-Jerktor", "Re-Jector"...
* The defunct ''Queer Nation'' (in which a pink meteor gives all homosexuals on the planet superpowers) had a gay, ditzy, male bartender with telepathic powers name himself "Cocktale", just because it was his favorite drink.
* The villain of ''VanVonHunter'' unintentionally gets himself dubbed "The Flaming Prince". It was supposed to be "The Prince of Flames" but his assistant hastily made the announcement before he was finished with his out-loud brainstorming. The villain's father visits and asks what the name is really supposed to mean, then the prince walks out to great him [[ManOnFire while on fire.]]
* And the winner is: [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/080424 Lord Moldypants]] from the ''SluggyFreelance'' parody of ''Literature/HarryPotter''.
* Poor [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1621#comic Doctor Hitlerballs.]]
* ''{{Drowtales}}'' gives us [[JerkassWoobie Syphile Val'Sarghress]] -- a corruption of "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syphilis Syphilis]]". Her own fans call her "Sniffles" and her costume "the failcloak".
* From ''ElGoonishShive'', Elliot's super hero form was dubbed [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2010-11-10 Cheerleadra]] by the internet.
* In ''{{Goblins}}'', names are given at birth by a fortune-teller to represent a person's fate. Two protagonists are cursed with awful names: Fumbles, [[TheMillstone the party's perpetual screw-up]], and Dies Horribly, [[LovableCoward who lives in perpetual terror]] [[TheWoobie thanks to his name]]. It could be worse; mention is also made of some other goblins named "Can't-Think-Of-A-Name-'Cause-He-Looks-Like-A-Regular-Guy", "Piss-Off-I-Have-A-Headache", and "Stop-The-Ceremony-I-Swallowed-A-Bug".
* In ''8-Bit Theater'', several comments were made about the elf ''Drizz'l's'' name when he was introduced. He apparently suffered under "The relentless scourge of having a stupid name"
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* The WhateleyUniverse includes several mentions of them. The students are warned to be careful even with their non final name since it can stick even if you change it. Examples include Power Pork, the Flying Bulldozer, and Quickie. Quickie is a well-endowed girl speedster, who didn't get why everyone thought her codename was so funny her freshman year. After finding out what it meant, she ended up changing it to Go-Go. Jinn Sinclair's first choice of a codename was 'Clothes Ghost'. Her teammates made her change it. Like they have a lot of room to talk, since their ''team'' name is Team Kimba. Which, again, is Jade's fault. Traduce didn't know what her codename meant until '''after''' she got it finalized. It is [[MeaningfulName very appropriate, though.]]
* ''HomestarRunner'' has Firebert, The Cheat's commando name.
** There's also Strong Bad's short-lived attempt to get people to start calling him "The Lege" (as in "the legend"), until he realizes [[DumbassHasAPoint Homestar was right]] about it looking like it was pronounced "The Leg".
* From a ''{{Cracked}}'' article deriding EA's purchase of the NFL license, "Cletus Fuckhat" of the "Dallas Zombies".
* ''{{Legion of Nothing}}'' has Psy-Kick, a karate-wielding human stenograph whose choice of hero name is a source of great amusement to the protagonist (this gets him in trouble, since Psy-kick is also a telepath).
* ''AngryVideoGameNerd'': "Fred Fuchs? Fred Fuchs! Oh god Fred Fuchs!"
* ''AgamemnonTiberiusVacuum''
* Several of her fellow teenagers make dirty jokes at the expense of Banging, a [[KidHero teenaged supervillain]] from the ''GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', because of her name. She's only fourteen, though, and grew up a bit sheltered before running away. Itsy Bitsy, a shrinking superheroine from the same setting, gets made fun of a lot as well. Fey, an elven swordsman brought back to Earth from a mythical fairyland, can't understand why he's the butt of constant gay jokes. The first time the Superheroic trio Ready, Willing, and Able introduced themselves, the reaction they got was, "Are you for real, with that?"
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* ''DannyPhantom'' had this in its series finale, with Jack having been in a band called the Skunks Punks:
--> Headline: '''The Skunks Stink!'''
--> Jack: Yeah, we walked right into that one.
** Also, Danny's name according to the media; Invis'o Bill
* An episode of ''{{Freakazoid}}'' featured a hero originally named Lord Bravery having copyright issues and eventually ending up with the name "Lord Smoked Meats and Fishes." People then refused to get help from him.
* ''{{Minoriteam}}'' had an entire episode devoted to IneffectualSympatheticVillain the Black Coq in a nonstop session of GettingCrapPastTheRadar.
* Sea Man from the ''SouthPark'' episode "Super Best Friends." And his sidekick is a fish named Swallow.
--> '''Narrator:''' Meanwhile, in the ocean depths, Seaman seeks out water to mix with the concrete.
--> '''Sea Man:''' Sea Man! Look, Swallow, we should be able to divert the water with that pipe.
--> '''Narrator:''' And so, Seaman and Swallow get to... get to work. ''*laughs*''
** The boys' school football team are the Cows.
** Butters' real name, fitting for his Woobie status, is Leopold Stotch.
* ''TheSimpsons''
** "Homer to the Max": Homer's proposed new names for himself are not only idiotic -- "Rembrandt Q. Einstein" -- but, except for one (Max Power!), misspelled on his name-change application.
** In one episode, Homer is banned from Moe's. Afterward, someone with Homer's hairstyle and looks, with a similar voice, seems to hesitate before giving his name as 'Guy Incognito'. Naturally, he's trashed and thrown out. [[spoiler:Then Homer happens upon the stricken Mr Incognito.]]
** And of course:
--> Homer: See, I got this friend named...Joey Jo-Jo...Junior...Shabadoo --
--> Moe: That's the worst name I ever heard.
--> (A man leaves, weeping)
--> Barney: Hey, Joey Jo-Jo!
** In another episode Homer tries to imitate Bart's secret identity "El-Barto". He decides to call himself "El-Homo".
** Homer to Bart: "Do you want to change your name to Homer, Junior? The kids can call you ''Hoju''!"
* Deliberately and appropriately true of the [[ButtMonkey Toilenator]] from ''KidsNextDoor''.
* Infrequent ''FamilyGuy'' character Buzz Killington, who is, as his name suggests, a constant buzz kill.
* In an almost subversion of the trope, an episode of ''SpongebobSquarepants'' features a group of villains who go under the acronym E.V.I.L. which is appropriate. However, the acronym stands for [[FunWithAcronyms Every Villain Is Lemons]].
* In a ''GI-JOE'' parody sketch on ''RobotChicken'' a new member is inducted into the Joes. While trying to come up with a cool code-name he accidentally slips on a spilled drink and is summarily dubbed "Fumbles", much to his chagrin. He [[FaceHeelTurn jumps]] over to Cobra to get revenge and is suggested an equally horrible code-name ("[[FreudWasRight Trouser-Snake]]" because [[LineOfSightName he's in Cobra and has cool pants]]) which he accepts resignedly. He [[BewareTheNiceOnes turns out to be]] an incredibly {{Badass}} ColdSniper who single-handedly destroys the Joes, with Cobra Commander nervously congratulating him:
--> '''Cobra Commander:''' Uh, Good job, Trouser-Snake.
--> '''Fumbles:''' Fumbles. It was ''always'' Fumbles.
* ''Most'' supervillain names on TheVentureBrothers. Seriously, ''Phantom Limb''? ''Doctor Girlfriend''?
* One poor kid from ''{{Sealab 2021}}'' had the name "Fatass [=McBlobicus=]", which Quinn initially assumed was just a teasing nickname.
* Lard Nar runs into this problem in ''InvaderZim'' when, while scrambling to decide the name of his [[LaResistance resistance movement]] before hailing the Irken armada, he finally settles on his crewmate Spleenk's suggestion...
--> '''Lard Nar''': We are... the Resisty! We have come to strike...
--> '''Almight Tallest Red''': Whoa whoa whoa! Did you say "the Resisty"?
--> '''Lard Nar''': Yes, yes, the Resisty! Anyhow, we have come...
--> '''Almight Tallest Purple''': That's a stupid name.
--> '''Lard Nar''' (to his crew): See, I ''told'' you it was stupid! Why do I keep listening to you!?
--> '''Spleenk''': I don't know.
* Dorkus on ''{{Jimmy Two-Shoes}}''
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* A historical atlas of New York City described the turfs of gangs in the early 1900s -- Post "Gangs of New York", but pre-Prohibition. One of the gangs was named "The Pansy Gang".
** In a similar vein, University of Hawaii's sports teams used to all be called The Rainbows, which couldn't have helped their win/loss record at all. After all, ''nobody'' wants to get their asses whipped by a team named "The Rainbows." It was partly because of this that men's teams were eventually allowed to choose their own nicknames.
* In an attempt to cut down on gang activity, the Fullerton, California city council changed the name of a neighborhood from "Bakerstreet" to "Iris Court". As for whether it worked or not? This was about 10 years ago, and overall gang activity in the city is down. Hard to say if that particular street name change had any effect.
* B.A.D.D. Bothered About ''DungeonsAndDragons''
* B.A.A.D.D. Beale Airmen Against Drunk Driving at the Beale Air Force Base. "We're looking for a few more B.A.A.D.D. drivers."
* The former CINCUS ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Fleet Commander in Chief, United States Fleet]]), pronounced "sink us".
* The leading anti-gay-marriage organization in the US is the National Organization for Marriage, or NOM.
* There was a motorcycle gang in the '80s called the Cupcakes. When they were involved in drug dealing, newscasters often had to preface stories about them by saying things like, "Don't let their name fool you--they're dangerous."
* Canada's Reform party for a brief time was named the Canadian Reform Alliance Party, but you can just call them CRAP. Their full name was the Canadian Conservative Reform Alliance Party, but the extra initial just meant it could be construed as "See? Crap!" Which was really no better. To nobody's surprise, this name was the brainchild of its first leader, [[BunnyEarsLawyer Stockwell Day]].
* Similarly, the USA had "the Committee to Re-Elect the President" during the Nixon years. Technically CREP, but critics had little trouble turning it into CREEP.
* One obscure, and fairly recently-devised first name is pronounced "Absidy" but spelled... wait for it... [[spoiler: Abcde.]]
* There is a ([[http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/le-a.asp possibly aprocyphal]]) tale of a little girl whose mother always got upset when people mispronounced her daughters name, it was spelled Le-a and pronounced [[spoiler: La-DASH-a]].
* I guess this is quite possibly one reason why the ''other'' white supremacist group, The Knights of the White Camellia, didn't last long.
* In a TV ad, the woman doing one of those supposedly-improvised, random-person off the street, product tests/endorsements: for, what was it, a competitor to Shake 'n Bake? With the name...Toppie Smellie.
* When the US Tea Party movement was in its infancy, members actually called themselves "Teabaggers." This stopped when someone found out what teabagging was. Using the name now, or bringing this up, is [[FlameBait generally not recommended,]] and is used in a derogatory manner by critics of the movement.
* Amateur video game designer Matthew Dickie, who claims he wears his name as a badge of pride despite having since legally changed his name.
* Lev Romanov was a promising Soviet politician in the 1980s and, as the Leningrad party boss, was near the top of the Communist Party hierarchy. But one thing kept him from going any higher, and caused Mikhail Gorbachev to become the General Secretary in 1985. No-one in the Soviet Union wanted to be led by [[TsaristRussia someone with the name of the family]] [[RedOctober deposed by the Bolsheviks]]. The Communists probably [[TheGreatPoliticsMessUp regretted]] not going with him a few years later.
* [[PGWodehouse Pelham Grenville Wodehouse]]. Understandably, he usually used the initials, or went by the nickname Plum.
* German composer Engelbert Humperdinck (1854 – 1921).
* Renault (or some variation) is a fairly common name in France. Some people aren't pleased at all with the automaker's tendency to name its cars after girls' names.
** For example, their legal troubles with the parents of a girl named [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_M%C3%A9gane Mégane Renaud]] made local headlines for a while. They're also accused of killing the use of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Clio Clio]] as a girls' name, and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Zoe#Name_controversy Zoé]] might now be in danger as well.
* Russian soccer player Yuri Zhirkov (mispronounced '''Jerkoff''')
* Actress MimiRogers' real name is ''Miriam Spickler''. You can see why she changed it.
* There was a man in the North Carolina Coast Guard (Oak Island) named Ernest Sprey, at one point was at the rank of Seaman. For almost a year his title was Seaman Sprey (much ridicule followed)
* Not sure whether this belongs here or in AwesomeMcCoolname, but check it out: It's [[http://narm.org/ NARM!!]]
* The Fort Wayne (Indiana) Children's Zoo recently acquired a pair of adult African lions. There are a number of billboards around town emphasizing the danger and ferocity of the male lion. ("He doesn't make you sweat, he makes you ''marinate''.") The lion's name? [[spoiler: Bill.]]
* Hermione Granger's Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare (SPEW) in ''Literature/HarryPotter'' was actually named for a real-life Victorian feminist society in England, the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women... which eventually had to rename itself the Society for Promoting the Training of Women (SPTW) because of its amusing acronym.
* [[http://www.rapdict.org/Fudge_Town_Mafia_Crips The Fudge Town Mafia Crips]]
* Hyman George Rickover had to be a rough name to grow up with. Maybe it had something to do with him becoming a four-star admiral in the United States Navy and the "Father of the Nuclear Navy".
* In late 2007, the South-Lake Union community in Seattle, Washington was pleased to be the home of the first new rail line in the city in 30 years. Residents just couldn't wait to ride the South-Lake Union Trolley! It was quickly re-christened a "streetcar".
* Ferdinand Zogbum, a reporter on a major Tampa news channel.
* [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Unfortunately averted]] with AdolfHitler, whose father changed the family name from the much less catchy "Schicklgruber". To compare, this name is about as exciting in German as e.g. ''Wainwright'' is in English. It's not.
* YourMileageMayVary, but often most anyone unfortunate enough to have parents who named them something "cute" (Sissy, Buddy, or Peekaboo tends to not have the same appeal for the kid on their first day of school), [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude parents with a weird sense of humor/creativity]] (which happens to be a lot of celebrity parents), or parents who gave them a perfectly normal first name, but lacked the foresight to see that it meshed rather awkwardly with their family name (just ask Miss Amanda Blow).
* Actress Imogen Gay Poots.
* Israelis (even including the media) can’t help but laugh at the name of (as of today) alleged rocket scientist recently arrested by the Mossad in Ukraine: Dirar Abu-Sisi.
* Dick Butkus.
* Fianna Fail.
** [[{{Badass}} Try telling him that]].
** Similarly [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Trickle Dick Trickle]]
* In the same line of football players...William and Randall (not related) Gay. Might not be too terrible now, but one can only imagine the jokes each of them got in their younger years. In fact, the latter Gay ({{facepalm}}) went to the Super Bowl (XXXIX) and won it. Not long afterwards, a college professor of his put his jersey on a special order at the NFL shop, only to be denied because the named "Gay" was found on a list of words that were banned from being on the back of jerseys because of its sexual connotations.
** This also happened to a championship sprinter named Tyson Gay. Except in his case, the news program he was appearing on [[{{Bowdlerize}} auto-censored]] his last name to 'homosexual'.
*** And ItGotWorse. He lost a race to a guy surnamed Dix, and [[http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/tired%20gay%20succumbs%20to%20dix.jpg the world got this headline.]]
* Then there's the South Korean who falsely claimed to do human cloning: Woo Suk Hwang.
* The South Korean pole vaulter Kim Yoo Suk. [[DontExplainTheJoke He doesn't like it when people chant his name]].
* Chitporn Lichaipornkul, a trainee under the Korean entertainment company Starship Entertainment.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Swett Dick Swett]], former U.S. congressman.
** [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-february-4-2010/the-dick-swett-incident Mocked by]] [[TheDailyShow John Stewart]], who applauded President Obama for taking a drink of water, hearing the name, and then [[AvertedTrope not doing]] a SpitTake.
* The Wisconsin Tourism Federation...think about it.
* Nimrod Weiner, Vice President of the Chiropractors Association of Australia, and [[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/call-to-probe-rant-on-vaccines/story-e6frg6n6-1226116314545 vaccine denialism peddling crackpot.]]
* The was a U.S. Senator whose last name was Hogg. He named his only daughter Ima.
* Radio pundit Michael Savage, of ''The Savage Nation?'' His real name is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Savage Michael Weiner]].
* {{Michael Cain}} was born Maurice Micklewhite
* Celebrities often give their kids unusual first and middle names some include: [[MyNameIsEarl Pilot Inspektor Lee]], [[PennAndTeller Moxie Crimefighter Jilette]], and [[FallOutBoy Bronx]] [[TheJungleBook Mogwli]] [[FallOutBoy Wentz]]
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