History Main / GoToAlias

* The ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' series has the recurring alias of Scholtheim Reinbach III/IV. Made much funnier when one of the games actually features the real Scholtheim Reinback III.

* In the ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' series, 47 will typically use the name "Tobias Rieper" as his main alias whenever he needs to give out a name.

* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} uses the identity of "Patch" (wearing an eyepatch), a mercenary, when he acts undercover in the Far East.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' foe Mysterio has used the alias of Ludwig Rinehart twice--once when posing as a psychiatrist to try to drive Spidey insane, and again while running a rest-home scam.

* [[Literature/JackRyan John Clark]]'s go-to alias when operating in Russia or pretending to be Russian is Ivan Sergeyevich Klerk, which patryomnic aside, is basically his name.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'', the {=MiB=}'s cover story was always "Division 6" of whatever government agency would be relevant to the situation. United Nations Security Division 6, Health Inspectors Division 6, and so on.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': Alfred Pennyworth often uses his middle names (Thaddeus Crane) as an alias when he goes undercover.
** Since Batman didn't want [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]] revealing his identity even to other heroes, he sometimes told them that his name was "Alvin Draper." Amusingly, his best friend Comicbook/{{Superboy|1994}} immediately dismissed it, on the grounds that [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude no one with that name would willingly go by it]]; he'd have introduced himself as "Al" or "Vinnie" instead. On the other hand while he introduced himself as Alvin to his girlfriend Spoiler he didn't even try to claim the id was his real one since they already understood the identity problems of their relationship.
* Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} uses the identity of "Patch" (wearing an eyepatch), a mercenary, when he acts undercover in the Far East.

* Comicbook/{{Superboy|1994}} himself, before he took the secret identity of Conner Kent, would use the name "Carl Krummet" when undercover (infiltrating Risk's old high school in ''Comicbook/TeenTitans: Superboy and Risk Double-Shot'' and Comicbook/{{Stargirl|DCComics}}'s school in ''Comicbook/StarsAndSTRIPE'').

* In ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'', the MiB's cover story was always "Division 6" of whatever government agency would be relevant to the situation. United Nations Security Division 6, Health Inspectors Division 6, and so on.

* Played with in ''Film/JackReacher''; Reacher doesn't have ''a'' go-to alias when he needs a fake name, but several: he always uses second basemen from the New York Yankees.

** Since Batman didn't want [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]] revealing his identity even to other heroes, he sometimes told them that his name was "Alvin Draper." Amusingly, his best friend Comicbook/{{Superboy|1994}} immediately dismissed it, on the grounds that [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude no one with that name would willingly go by it]]; he'd have introduced himself as "Al" or "Vinnie" instead.

** Cosmo Kramer would often pretend to be H.E. Pennypacker or Dr. Van Nostrand.

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*** Hardison has gone by [[ShoutOut Johnathon]] [[Series/TheAvengers Steed]] at least twice

* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Cartman often uses Mitch Connor both as an alias as well as an alternate persona in the form of a hand puppet.

* Moist von Lipwig in ''Discworld/GoingPostal'' is similarly described as having two or three favourite identities. ''Discworld/MakingMoney'' shows the flaw in this approach for a conman; the fact "Albert Spangler" has a history makes it more likely that this history will come back to haunt him.

* Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} uses "Michael Nelson" ([[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 no, not that one]]), a combination of his father's and best friend's names.

* ''Literature/TheBelgariad'': Silk has two primary cover identities in place; the down-on-his-luck spice merchant Ambar of Kotu, and the reasonably successful wholesaler Radek of Boktor. He has others too, but Radek and Ambar see the most play because he likes the characters.

* Comicbook/{{Superboy|1994}} himself, before he took the secret identity of Conner Kent, would use the name "Carl Krummet" when undercover (infiltrating Risk's old high school in ''Comicbook/TeenTitans: Superboy and Risk Double-Shot'' and Comicbook/{{Stargirl}}'s school in ''Comicbook/StarsAndSTRIPE'').

* Comicbook/{{Superboy|1994}} himself, before he took the secret identity of Conner Kent, would use the name "Carl Krummet" when undercover (infiltrating Risk's old high school in ''Comicbook/TeenTitans: Superboy and Risk Double-Shot'' and Stargirl's school in ''Comicbook/StarsAndSTRIPE''.

* Moist von Lipwig in ''Discworld/GoingPostal'' is similarly described as having two or three favourite identities. ''Literature/MakingMoney'' shows the flaw in this approach for a conman; the fact "Albert Spangler" has a history makes it more likely that this history will come back to haunt him.