History Main / FailOSuckyname

** During the CloneSaga, Ben Reilly was called "The ComicBook/ScarletSpider", and even ''he'' thought it was a stupid name. It was very hard to find anyone who disagreed with him on that. (In his defense, he wasn't the one who came up with it; that credit goes to ''Daily Bugle'' reporter Ben Urich, who based it on the fact that Ben Reilly's costume was basically a brighter red version of Spider-man's costume with a blue jacket over the top.)

* In ''Literature/HushHush'', the FallenAngel who stalks, harasses, terrifies and almost murders Nora calls himself Patch. The author clearly intended this to be a cool and gangster-like name but seriously, what kind of fallen angel who remains [[BastardBoyfriend borderline sociopathic]] even after being seemingly redeemed by love names himself ''Patch''? A name that sounds much more apt for a ''[[Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians dog]]''?

** "The White Rabbit", which is hardly a name to inspire terror. Then again, [[HarmlessVillain she's not at all scary anyway]].

*** Good job ''TheBeano'' isn't available in the US - it has a character called Billy Whizz, named that for the same reason as the Whizzer (he has super speed).

* [[CoyleCommand Coyle Commander's]] cyborg assistant has the cool moniker of ''Annihilator.'' Unfortunately he's a parody of Destro, so it gets shortened to ''Anni.''

** The CharClone of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'' goes by the name "Full Frontal." Whether it's an alias or not isn't clear, but it seems likely given that he wears a mask.

* ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' gives us Armored Rider Gridon, whose name is an anagram of "donguri", the Japanese word for "acorn". Even he doesn't like the name, but it was "given" to him by his teammate, who had just named himself [[AwesomeMcCoolname Armored Rider Kurokage (Black Shadow)]]. In order to preserve the suckiness of the name, fansubbers Aesir rendered Gridon's name as "Ornac".

A specific type of UnfortunateName. See also TheAdjectivalSuperhero, HaveAGayOldTime (the cause for most names on this list), GiverOfLameNames.

* 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.

* It's possible for players to invoke this trope in games where [[HelloInsertNameHere characters can be named]].

* The evil organization that Dr. Doofenshmritz is a part of in ''Phineas and Ferb'' is called the League Of Villianous Evildoers Maniacally United For Frightening Investments In Naughtiness.

** There's also na one-shot villain named Kaka Pew Pew.

* In ''YoungAvengers'', Billy Kaplan initially chose the name Asgardian for himself. Seems fine enough since he's initially Norse themed, but unfortunately Billy happens to be gay, opening himself up to endless "Ass-Guardian" jokes that he doesn't realize until his teammates point it out. He changes his name to Wiccan soon after.

* [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Cream the Rabbit.]] In game, it's supposed to be a pun with ''Cheese'' the Chao and her mother, ''Vanilla'' the Rabbit. Instead, to many it comes off as meaning "Violently Pummel the Rabbit."

** Also Slartibartfast.\\
-->"I told you it wasn't important."

** Another one that was dub only, was X from the second season, one of Judai's opponent's who played a Mill Deck. His full name, in the dub only, was [[IncrediblyLamePun Howard X. Miller]]. (More than a few fans groaned when they heard ''that'' one.)

* ''Comicbook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'' has Matter-Eater Lad. [[note]]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.[[/note]] 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.

* The ''Blog/{{Bronyism}}'' blog has Cynical Asshole; the NietzscheWannabe anime-fan.
** There's also Assface [=McLegs=], a new Content Creator of Trollvorlord's tag page.