History Main / MisterDescriptor

* VideoGame/FallenLondon has the Masters of the Bazaar, who go by "Mr <whatever>" the whatever relating to what they trade in, for example Mr Pages sells books, and Mr Wines sells drinkable things (but mostly alcohol).

-->--''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''

* Mr. Furious in MysteryMen.
* Mr. Glass from ''{{Unbreakable}}''.

-->'''Damien''': What is your name?
-->'''Elliot''': Um, well, what with me being a cat and all... Cat?
--> '''Damien''': All of you animal people have horrible names.
--> '''Elliot''': Well, uh, what can you expect? We were named by scientists, [[HypocriticalHumor not writers or cartoonists]].

--> '''Damien''': [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-12-11 All of you animal people have horrible names.]]
--> '''Elliot''': Well, uh, what can you expect? We were named by scientists, [[HypocriticalHumor not writers or cartoonists]].

If the word for their surname doesn't have any obvious relation to the character in question, it's MisterStrangenoun. If it's not a character but an offhand description of a prop, look toward ICallItVera (or the demonstrative ICallHimMisterHappy). If their name reflects their color, it's also ColorfulThemeNaming.

* ComicBook/TheRiddler of Franchise/{{Batman}}, born Edward Nashton, legally changed his surname - making him [[StephenUlyssesPerhero E. Nigma]].

* The ''MrMen''.

* ComicBook/TheRiddler of {{Batman}}, born Edward Nashton, legally changed his surname - making him [[StephenUlyssesPerhero E. Nigma]].

* The Riddler of {{Batman}}, born Edward Nashton, legally changed his surname - making him [[StephenUlyssesPerhero E. Nigma]].

* Ditto ''ReservoirDogs''.

* ''Series/MrShow''

* MrShowWithBobAndDavid

* ''[[http://www.fishtank.org.uk/humour/pictures/Cartoons/Mr%20Men.jpg Mr. Men]]''

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* ''Mr. Show with Bob and David''
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* From ''SouthPark'', Mr. Garrison's puppet Mr. Hat, followed by his replacements, Mr. Stick and Mr. Slave.

* Mr. Sinister of ''Comicbook/{{XMen}}'' fame, who took that name because it was the last word his wife said to him as she died, when she realized what a monster he was.

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* Mr. Pump in the ''{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Going Postal''. Of course, he's a Golem who was employed pumping water at the bottom of a well for a few hundred years, so it's an apt description (his 'name' was previously Pump 19)

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* Webcomic/ElGoonishShive chimerae are usually called by some reference to their "beast" part (like [[http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2004-02-10 Nioi]]/[[http://www.egscomics.com/faq.page#name_kaoli Kaoli]] with a BilingualBonus). So despite Elliot being [[BadLiar horrible at lying]] his captor mistaking him for one of these didn't even doubt:

* {{Invoked}} with the Mister Collector series from the ''Wiki/SCPFoundation''. They were built to be that way.

* The song "Mister Cellophane" from {{Chicago}}.

* From ''SouthPark'', Mr. Garrison's puppet Mr. Hat, followed by his replacements, Mr. Stick and Mr. Slave.

* ''Mr. Show with Bob and David''

* The characters in ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}'' are [[ColorfulThemeNaming named after the color]] of their pieces: Mr. Green, Mrs. White, Ms. Scarlet, Mrs. Peacock, Colonel Mustard, and Professor Plum.

* The song "Mister Cellophane" from {{Chicago}}.

* Mr. Sinister of ''Comicbook/{{XMen}}'' fame, who took that name because it was the last word his wife said to him as she died, when she realized what a monster he was.

* Mr. Big in the first episode of ''GetSmart''.

--> '''[[strike:Elliot]] Cat''': Well, uh, what can you expect? We were named by scientists, [[HypocriticalHumor not writers or cartoonists]].
-->-- ElGoonishShive

* ElGoonishShive chimerae are usually called by some reference to their "beast" part (like [[http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2004-02-10 Nioi]]/[[http://www.egscomics.com/faq.page#name_kaoli Kaoli]] with a BilingualBonus). So despite Elliot being [[BadLiar horrible at lying]] his captor mistaking him for one of these didn't even doubt:

--> '''[[strike:Elliot]] Cat''': Well, uh, what can you expect? We were named by scientists, [[HypocriticalHumor not writers or cartoonists]].

* Mr. Sinister of ''[[{{Comicbook/XMen}} X-Men]]'' fame, who took that name because it was the last word his wife said to him as she died, when she realized what a monster he was.
* {{Invoked}} with the Mister Collector series from the ''WebOriginal/SCPFoundation''. They were built to be that way.

* The characters in ''{{Clue}}'' are [[ColorfulThemeNaming named after the color]] of their pieces: Mr. Green, Mrs. White, Ms. Scarlet, Mrs. Peacock, Colonel Mustard, and Professor Plum.

* {{Invoked}} with the Mister Collector series from the ''SCPFoundation''. They were built to be that way.

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* The Riddler of {{Batman}} frequently also goes by the pseudonym [[StephenUlyssesPerhero Mr. E]].