History Main / GiverOfLameNames

*** And his code-breaking [[FunWithAcronyms Engine for the Neutralisation of Information via the Generation of Miasmic Alphabets]].

* In ''Anime/KOn'', both Mio and Yui are this, at least to Ritsu. When the club finds it needs a name for their band, Mio's names come out too sweet and sappy, while Yui suggests "Gum On The Bottom Of My Shoe", "Ring Finger In The Dresser Drawer", "Clenched Fist", and "Rocket Pencil". Later, Ritsu says that Mio's song titles "are as 'unique' as ever."

-->''Sluggy captain:'' We are great {{hunter|OfMonsters}}s, but terrible at picking names...

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12436175/1/ Days at The Namikaze-Uzumaki Household]]'', Kakashi, Obito, and Rin are aware that their teacher Minato is lousy at names, with Obito being baffled that Minato's daughter name, Miruku, is a rōmaji of "milk", while Kakashi recalls that even if Naruto was named after a character from Jiraiya's book his name still means "fish cake". Rin suggests that Miruku's name is a combination of her family's name ("Mi" from Minato, "Ru" from Naruto, and "Ku" from Kushina), but it's clear she's trying to salvage the situation.

* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'', Noah is pretty embarrassed about his naming choices, and usually defers to others when he needs to name something. Although, the new name he given to [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Lucky Seven]], [[spoiler:Sword of the End]], ends up being both [[MeaningfulName fitting]] and badass.

** Of course, other bits of Rider gear in ''Drive'' are just as on-the-nose; [[SixthRanger Mach]]'s main weapon is the Zenrin (Front Wheel) Shooter, a handgun with a motorcycle tire on the front, and [[spoiler:Chaser]]'s main weapon is the Shingou (Signal) Axe, a [[AnAxeToGrind battleaxe]] with a crosswalk signal built into it.

* In the "The Wake" storyline for Creator/NeilGaiman's ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' series, some of The Endless create a {{golem}} and ask Delirium to name him. After Delerium's first suggestion, "Plippy Ploppy Cheese Nose", Death has to give her a little guidance in naming conventions.

* ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' In the Demon path, Gig decided to name his new empire the "BFF Empire". Pinoy said what everyone was thinking about the name ("It sucks. It sucks ''hard''"). Naturally, Gig threw a hissy fit and dug his heels in to spite everyone. So BFF Empire it is!

* Golf Ball is accidentally this in the {{Object Show|s}} ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland''.

* Golf Ball is accidentally this in ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland''. In the original season, Firey says that their new team needs to be the "Squashy Grapes," but Golf Ball points out that's already the name of the team next to them and that their name needs to be "another name." The Announcer assumes this means she is saying their team name is "Another Name," and it stays that way until teams are disbanded. In BFB, when she learns about Death P.A.C.T.'s team name, she says that, to win, her team's name needs to be "a better name than that." And it keeps that name until the team disbands. In TPOT, when Pen tries to name their team "Death P.A.C.T. Again," Golf Ball points out that the other former Death P.A.C.T. members already named their team that, [[SubvertedTrope and stops herself]] right before she accidentally names her team again... only for Tennis Ball to ask her "Are you okay?" [[DoubleSubverted And that becomes the team name.]]

* King Asgore Dreemurr from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''. It's a RunningGag that most monsters think that he's a great guy and a fantastic king, but he really sucks at naming things. His name for the monsters' original home in the Underground? "[[ShapedLikeItself Home]]". And when they moved to a new location, he called that "New Home". The town with all the snow? "Snowdin". The area with all the lava? "Hotland". The area with the waterfalls? "Waterfall". [[spoiler: Even his son's name, Asriel, is a combination of his name and his wife Toriel's.]] This even extends to his own [[UpToEleven boss theme]], which is literally just his name in allcaps. The intro, however, actually has a creative and MeaningfulName: "[[KingInTheMountain Bergentrückung]]". Worse yet, it seems to be [[spoiler:''hereditary'' -- Asriel's resurrected form, a self-aware Golden Flower, refers to himself as Flowey the Flower.]]

* Golf Ball is accidentally this in ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland''. In the original season, Firey says that their new team needs to be the "Squashy Grapes," but Golf Ball points out that's already the name of the team next to them and that their name needs to be "another name." The Announcer assumes this means she is saying their team name is "Another Name," and it stays that way until teams are disbanded. In BFB, when she learns about Death P.A.C.T.'s team name, she says that, to win, her team's name needs to be "a better name than that." And it keeps that name until the team disbands. In TPOT, when Pen tries to name their team "Death P.A.C.T. Again," Golf Ball points out that the other former Death P.A.C.T. already named their team that, [[SubvertedTrope and stops herself]] right before she accidentally names her team again... only for Tennis Ball to ask her "Are you okay?" [[DoubleSubverted And that becomes the team name.]]

* Golf Ball is accidentally this in ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland''. In the original season, Firey says that their new team needs to be the "Squashy Grapes," but Golf Ball points out that's already the name of the team next to them and that their name needs to be "another name." The Announcer assumes this means she is saying their team name is "Another Name," and it stays that way until teams are disbanded. In BFB, when she learns about Death P.A.C.T.'s team name, she says that, to win, her team's name needs to be "a better name than that." And it keeps that name until the team disbands. In TPOT, when Pen tries to name their team "Death P.A.C.T. Again," Golf ball points out that the other former Death P.A.C.T. already named their team that, [[SubvertedTrope and stops herself]] right before she accidentally names her team again... only for Tennis Ball to ask her "Are you okay?" [[DoubleSubverted And that becomes the team name.]]

* Golf ball is accidentally this in ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland''. In the original season, Firey says that their new team needs to be the "Squashy Grapes," but Golf ball points out that's already the name of the team next to them and that their name needs to be "another name." The Announcer assumes this means she is saying their team name is "Another Name," and it stays that way until teams are disbanded. In BFB, when she learns about Death P.A.C.T.'s team name, she says that, to win, her team's name needs to be "a better name than that." And it keeps that name until the team disbands. In TPOT, when Pen tries to name their team "Death P.A.C.T. Again," Golf ball points out that the other former Death P.A.C.T. already named their team, [[SubvertedTrope and stops herself]] right before she accidentally names her team again... only for Tennis Ball to ask her "Are you okay?" [[DoubleSubverted And that becomes the team name.]]

* Golfball is accidentally this in ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland''. In the original season, Firey says that their new team needs to be the "Squashy Grapes," but Golfball points out that's already the name of the team next to them and that their name needs to be "another name." The Announcer assumes this means she is saying their team name is "Another Name," and it stays that way until teams are disbanded. In BFB, when she learns about Death P.A.C.T.'s team name, she says that, to win, her team's name needs to be "a better name than that." And it keeps that name until the team disbands. In TPOT, when Pen tries to name their team "Death P.A.C.T. Again," Golfball points out that the other former Death P.A.C.T. already named their team, [[SubvertedTrope and stops herself]] right before she accidentally names her team again... only for Tennis Ball to ask her "Are you okay?" [[DoubleSubverted And that becomes the team name.]]

* In ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'', Dick Grayson, [[OverlyLongGag age 12]], tells [[MemeticMutation The Goddamn Batman]] that "Batmobile" sounds lame. [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Crazy Steve]] visibly takes offense and tells Dick to shut up. Later he [[RantInducingSlight rants]] at Black Canary for making the same mistake. Which is [[SeriesContinuityError odd]], as Batman claimed that Dick himself named it the Batmobile in ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'', which is set in the same continuity. There, "Batmobile" was noted to be a stupid name that only a child would think of.

* The Guides in ''Fanfic/{{Deserving}}'' apparently do this to the children the local version of the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' [[FandomSpecificPlot Marriage Law]] forces them to father on ex-Death Eaters. It veers into InformedWrongness as the [[http://szaleniec1000.livejournal.com/16473.html one example]] of this phenomenon we meet is called [[AwesomeMcCoolname Sin]].

* ''Literature/CradleSeries'': When asked to give a name to her own [[EnemyWithout blood shadow parasite]], Yerin's initial suggestion is "Big Red," to contrast the other spirit she knows, Lil' Blue. Min Shuei comes up with the even worse name "Blood Yerin," with "Blerin" suggested for short.

*** Similarly, a number of people tried to name the Lantian [[CoolShip shuttle]] a [=GateShip=] (it's a ship that goes through the Gate!), which turned out to be what the Atlanteans originally called it. This was shot down, again by [[TheNicknamer Sheppard]], who decided to call it a Puddle Jumper. It stuck.

* Roa Kassidy/Roa Kirishima in ''Anime/YuGiOhSEVENS'' is mentioned to have a pretty lame naming sense. He tried to name his and his cousin Romin's band "Roa and Romin" (which wouldn't even have been accurate given his best friend Tyler/Getta and other friend Toombs/Ushiro are in the band too) and according to Romin, she had to fight hard to get rid of the "and" so they were known as [=RoaRomin=]. When he tried to name the team he formed with Getta and Ushiro for the Goha Rush Duel Team Battle Royal, he just came up with "Team Roa and Getta and Ushiro". Later he instead forms a team with Yuga and Nail, and while it isn't confirmed, it's heavily implied he named "Team YugaNail with R". Deuteragonist Luke isn't much better due to his tendency to stick his nickname into everything he names with little regard for it making sense; his Battle Royal team name was "Team Lukeking Lukekings" and he thought it was sublime, while Gavin/Gakuto and Romin tried to Duel him just so he wouldn't name the team, as they knew this trope would likely come into play.