History Main / MrSmith

--> Man: Perhaps you could tell us your name!
--> The Doctor: What does it matter?
--> 'The Entity': Then tell us.
--> The Doctor: ... John Smith.
--> Man: Your ''real'' name.

* On TheVampireDiaries, Elijah takes on Smith as his last name. It's sheer obviousness is immediately picked up on by Damon.

* This Troper knows a man called John Smith...he HATES checking into hotels, the staff always give him a nod and a wink. This trope makes it a nightmare for people to take him seriously. Just like the "Breaking the Code" one above.

* Parodied in TheLastRemakeOfBeauGeste, where every single recruit of the French Foreign Legion introduces himself as "Smith" (including the two brothers). The only exception is a blind man who calls himself "Jones" because Smith was his real name.

* Used loosely in ''PhoenixWright: Justice For All''. The classy assassin Shelly DeKiller imitates a butler and uses the name John Doe. No one is genre savvy enough to think this guy might be a little suspicious.

- 'Midnight', DoctorWho

* In ''{{Shadowrun}}'', the men who give assignments to Shadowrunners are always referred to as "Mr. Johnson", for reasons of deniability ("No, we didn't send people to blow up the manufacturing plants of a rival MegaCorp! They were hired independently by a Mr. Johnson!").

* Played with in the ads for ''MenInBlack'': Starring [[WillSmith Mr. Smith]] and [[TommyLeeJones Mr. Jones]].

* In one of the ''Deathlands'' AfterTheEnd novels, Ryan Cawdor secretly returns to the barony from which he was outlawed. One of his companions suggest he use the alias "John Doe", and Ryan is [[TemptingFate less than amused]] to be told it's a pre-Apocalypse term for "corpses that have no name".

* ''GunslingerGirl''. John Doe, the former CIA agent who teaches child assassin Pinocchio.

* ''GunslingerGirl''. John Doe, the former CIA agent who teaches child assassin Pinocchio.

* ''A Piece of Resistance'', a novel by Clive Egleton set in a [[AlternateHistory Soviet-occupied Britain]]. The protagonist takes the cover name of "David Daniel" and his girlfriend comments sardonically that at least it's more originial than Smith.
* ''{{Film/TheATeam}}'': There is a running gag in the movie that whenever Agent Lynch introduces himself to someone (usually someone rather GenreSavvy), they make a point of asking him if he's related to some ''other'' Agent Lynch that they knew in a previous operation. Eventually, another CIA agent appears near the end of the film and introduces himself as [[BrickJoke Agent Lynch]].

* The ad-campaign for ''MenInBlack'' in Germany frequently used pictures of K and J, simply labled as ''[[TommyLeeJones Mr Jones]]'' and ''[[WillSmith Mr Smith]]''.

* The AmeliaPeabody series has, as a recurring character, a British spymaster who often goes by "Smith," partly because spies use pseudonyms and partly because it's so much easier than coping with his real name of "the Honorable Algernon Bracegirdle-Boisdragon."

* The second cadre of astronauts selected by NASA, which included Neil Armstrong and Jim Lovell, were all instructed to check into the same Houston hotel, using the name Max Peck...which also happened to be the name of the hotel's manager.

* The ad-campaign for ''MenInBlack'' in Germany frequently used pictures of K and J, simply labled as ''[[TommyLeeJones Mr Jones]]'' and ''[[WillSmith Mr Smith]]''.

* This Troper knows a man called John Smith...he HATES checking into hotels, the staff always give him a nod and a wink. This trope makes it a nightmare for people to take him seriously. Just like the "Breaking the Code" one above.

* A CreditsGag for the ''SouthPark'' episode [[{{Scientology}} "Trapped in the Closet"]] had everybody's name as "John Smith" or "Jane Smith."

* Played with in the ads for ''MenInBlack'': Starring Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones.

* This Troper knows a man called John Smith...he HATES checking into hotels, the staff always give him a nod and a wink. This trope makes it a nightmare for people to take him seriously.

* This Troper knows a man called John Smith...he HATES checking into hotels, the staff always give him a nod and a wink.

* ''{{Film/TheATeam}}'': There is a running gag in the movie that whenever Agent Lynch introduces himself to someone (usually someone rather GenreSavvy), they make a point of asking him if he's related to some ''other'' Agent Lynch that they knew in a previous operation. Eventually, another CIA agent appears near the end of the film and introduces himself as [[BrickJoke Agent Lynch]].

* ''A Piece of Resistance'', a novel by Clive Egleton set in a [[AlternateHistory Soviet-occupied Britain]]. The protagonist takes the cover name of "David Daniel" and his girlfriend comments sardonically that at least it's more originial than Smith.

-->'''Madam:''' "Come in Mr Smith; we have many of your relatives here today!"

* "Jones" is the last name selected for the title character (a creche-raised clone) of ''Friday'' by RobertAHeinlein.

* "Jones" is the last name selected for the title character of ''Friday'' by RobertAHeinlein, an artificial person raised in a creche.

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