History Main / MrsHypothetical

* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': The male version occurs in "A Grain of Truth". While searching [[spoiler:Gabriel Arnson]]'s house, Winter finds a photo of Chrissie Larkton [[BookmarkClue being used s a bookmark]]. On the back of the photo, [[spoiler:Gabriel]] has jotted down the various combinations of Chrissie's first name and his surname.

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* ComicBook/{{Flare}}'s younger sister, Sparkplug, [[http://www.heroicmultiverse.com/flare/webcomic/index.php?pn=615 ponders this]] after assuming her civilian identity of florist Olga Gottmann:

* As ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' takes place in a setting where last names are not universal, and the series ends with an OfficialCouple with one girl -- Asami Sato -- who has a last name and one -- Korra -- who doesn't, fan fics were quick to adopt the practice of having Korra take the name "Korra Sato," whether depicting the two as married or not.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12892642/1/Harry-s-Years-Ch-1-to-11 Harry's Years]]'' Ginny writes "Lady Potter" on everything she can get her hands on, despite the fact her only interaction with Harry is [[StalkerWithACrush staring at him and following him around]].

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11513189/1/Pretend Pretend]]'' one of the pages in Hermione's notebook is covered with heart-circled variations on "Mrs. Hermione J. Potter."
* In [[http://sincerelyrobink.tumblr.com/post/73905909464/the-consummate-professional this]] fanart for ''Series/CallTheMidwife'', Dr Turner doodles various stuff, like Shelagh + Patrick 4ever, S.T. (initials of her married name) in a heart, Mrs Patrick Turner or Shelagh Turner.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11921731/4/Love-Hate-Hope-Pain Love, Hate, Hope, Pain]]'':
-->'''Cho:''' Well, if it isn't loony Luna Lovegood. Hiding? You know we'll ''always'' find you.\\
'''Ginny:''' Look at that. She's been playing the 'name game' on her parchment. 'Mrs. Luna Potter', 'Mr. and Mrs. Harry Potter', 'Harry and Luna Potter', 'Lord and Lady Potter'.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2345466/6/Dumbledore-s-Army Dumbledore's Army]]'' Harry writes variations on Ginny's name in his notebook.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13343472/18/Cronus Cronus]]'':
-->'''[=McGonagall=]:''' If Ginny had paid attention to the theory of magic lesson in my class and Professor Flitwick's class, she would have understood that intent is everything. Unfortunately for her, she spent these times writing her name as either Mrs Ginny Potter, Mrs Ginevra Potter-Weasley, Lady Potter, Lady Potter-Weasley. Each name surrounded with lots of little hearts.

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers'': a lovestruck Minnie writes "Mickey and Minnie Mouse" in her notebook, and then notices that [[SpeciesSurname they already have the same last name]].

* In ''Film/MeanGirls'', when Regina wants to convince Aaron that Cady is a psycho, she lies that Cady writes "Mrs. Aaron Samuels" all over her notebooks.

* Creator/JaneAusten:
** ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'': Lydia Bennet sends a letter to her friend when she elopes with Wickham rejoicing over how the next time she writes, she will sign her name "Lydia Wickham".
** ''Literature/{{Emma}}'':
*** When Mrs Weston imagines Mr Knightley loves Jane Fairfax, she talks about it with Emma. Emma immediately dislikes this potential ''Mrs Knightley''.

*** A hypothetical Mrs Knightley appears in conversation between single Mr Kinghtley and Mrs Elton who fancies herself 'Lady Patroness' of the neighbourhood. He uses it merely as a reminder that no woman can behave like a mistress of his house, except his wife. However, the ending of the book reveals he already had a certain lady in mind.

** ''Literature/{{Persuasion}}'':
*** Captain Wentworth befriends the Musgroves of Uppercross and both of the eldest sisters Henrietta and Louisa like him a lot. Mary and Charles Musgrove agree that he would be a great match for either but keep arguing over which one he prefers. It's even hinted that Captain Wentworth could become a baronet. Mary thinks 'Lady Wentworth' sounds very well.
----> '''Mary:''' That would be a noble thing, indeed, for Henrietta! She would take place of me then, and Henrietta would not dislike that. Sir Frederick and Lady Wentworth! It would be but a new creation, however, and I never think much of your new creations.
*** Anne Elliot is courted by William Elliot, her distant cousin who is her father's heir. Mr Elliot knows she loves her home and tries to use its charm to woo Anne, saying he hopes her name might never change. Anne's godmother and friend Lady Russell also brings it up and says she would ''love'' to see Anne as the future mistress of Kellynch, the future Lady Elliot.
----> For a few moments her imagination and her heart were bewitched. The idea of becoming what her mother had been; of having the precious name of "Lady Elliot" first revived in herself; of being restored to Kellynch, calling it her home again, her home for ever, was a charm which she could not immediately resist.
*** Mrs Smith tells her friend Anne about hot gossip from Bath: that her sister's companion, widowed Mrs Clay, means to marry their widowed father Sir Walter and that she means to be the next Lady Elliot.
* The narrator of ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' first becomes interested in the story of Heathcliff and Catherine when he finds evidence of this trope in Catherine's old room. He reads her old diary which she kept in some empty pages of a book. Her maiden name was Catherine Earnshaw and she wrote Catherine Earnshaw, Catherine Heathcliff and Catherine Linton all over some pages. Turns out she was torn between Heathcliff and Edgar Linton.

* In ''Literature/ACivilCampaign'', after [[spoiler:Ekaterin proposes to ''Miles'' during the middle of a council session]], '''he''' begins writing her name in excess on loose sheets of paper, [[spoiler:Lady Ekaterin Nile Vorvayne Vorsoisson Vorkosigan (the three Vors are her maiden name, her recently deceased husband's name, and Miles' own name along with him granting her the title of Lady). This is in contrast to the mercenary hand-weapon doodles he was making before]].
* In Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/{{IT}}'', Ben Hanscom thinks of Beverly Marsh like this at one point early in the story.

* In ''Everyone Else's Parents Said Yes'' by Creator/PaulaDanziger, 13-year-old Amanda is asked on her first date by a boy named Danny Cohen. Her brother [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Matthew]] finds a piece of paper covered with names like Amanda Martin-Cohen and Mrs. Danny Cohen. He plans to use it to blackmail her, but his parents find out, so he doesn't get to do this.
* In ''Literature/VanityFair'', the narrator mocks the obsession of women who want to be My Lady Crawley and marry Sir Pitt. The house itself and his position in society are really enviable and he mentions how wonderfully are women risen to nobility respected by their old acquaintances, but Sir Pitt himself is a rather disgusting and crude man. But a nobleman nonetheless. Becky Sharp is one of them; though she happens to marry his younger son instead. At the end of the book, Becky calls herself Lady Crawley, though she never was -- she is supposed to be Mrs Crawley.
-->Sir Huddleston Fuddleston had three daughters who all hoped to be Lady Crawley.

* In ''Literature/ThePrincessDiaries'': Mia outright states in her diary that she doesn't do this with Michael's surname because she thinks it's cringy and doesn't plan on taking his surname anyway. She then realises that with her being royalty [[TookTheWifesName he'd probably be expected to take her official surname]] of Renaldo instead and then starts writing his name that way which she does turn out to like doing.

* ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'': One of General Halftrack's officers is mildly disturbed to find a notepad with "General Amos Buxley" on it.

* In ''Theatre/OneTouchOfVenus'', when Venus first hears Rodney Hatch say his full name, she repeats it to herself, then adds "Venus Hatch" to test how much she likes the sound.

* ''Milk and Honey'':

* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', Yumeko Mogami, a {{Yandere}} StalkerWithACrush, proudly declares that after she and her crush Ikesugi get together, she'll be Yumeko Ikesugi. Mishima presumably got her name by overhearing her psychotic ramblings, thus enabling him to pass it along to the Phantom Thieves so they could change her heart.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfPussInBoots'' a group of black cats decide to trick a Puss cursed into being black into staying with them forever, which is detailed in their "mystical tome", which turns out to simply be the leader's diary. After that the diary is just filled with "Mr and Mrs Fransisco Puss in Boots" over and over.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' featured a gay version of this with [[SingleTargetSexuality Lucas Troy]], Archer's best friend, trying to come up with what their names would be if they took each other's last names... while hunting Lana and Cyril.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheWeekenders'', a daydreaming Lor sounds out her name with her crush's last name a few times, before deciding she prefers ''his'' first name with ''her'' last.

* ''WesternAnimation/CentralPark'': In the song "Perfect Relationship," Molly sings about how great things are with her boyfriend Brendan, even though she hasn't known him very long. She first sings that she doesn't know his last name, then resolves to write "Mrs. Brendan" on all her things.

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13343472/34/Cronus Cronus]]'':

-->'''Ginny:''' ''Mrs. Ginny Potter. Mrs. Ginevra Molly Potter. Mrs. Weasley-Potter. Mrs. G. M. Potter. 3 Mr. Harry and Mrs. Ginevra Potter. Mrs. Ginny Potter-Weasley. Which do you think is better, Tom? Weasley-Potter, Potter-Weasley, or Potter?''

* Referenced on ''Series/Frasier'', after Frasier and Bebe sleep together and Frasier lets her down gently, saying it was a mistake. Later, when talking about it with Niles:
--> ''Frasier:'' Once a woman has dipped her toe into Crane Lake, dry land is never the same again.\\
''Niles:'' Yes, she's probably home in her room writing "Mrs. Bebe Crane" over and over in the margin of her algebra book.

--->'''Barney''': Robin Stinson!\\
'''Ted''': Robin Mosby!\\
'''Barney''': Robin Stinson!\\
'''Ted''': Ted Sherbatsky! I'll take her name. I don't care.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfPussInBoots'' a group of black cats decide to trick a Puss cursed into being black into staying with them forever, which is detailed in their "mystical tome", which turns out to simply be the leader's diary. After that the diary is just filled with "Mr. and Mrs Fransisco Puss in Boots" over and over.

* In ''Literature/ThePrincessDiaries'': Mia outright states in her diary that she doesn't do this with Michael's surname because she thinks it's cringy and doesn't plan on taking his surname anyway. She then realises that with her being royalty [[TookTheWifesName ''he'd'' probably be expected to take '''her''' official surname]] of Renaldo and then starts writing his name that way which she does turn out to like doing.

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': In one episode, Luanne considers marrying a man she's only known a few days and at first doesn't want to take his name (because she doesn't ''know'' his last name and thinks she won't like it). After being told it's ''Trotter'', she joyfully says she'll be Mrs. Luanne Trotter. In the end, they don't get married, though.

* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' uses this trope a few times before he gets over his crush on Paulina, who [[LovesMyAlterEgo only loves his superhero side]] and could care less about his human identity. In "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DannyPhantomS2E3PirateRadio Pirate Radio]]", as Phantom he suggests that she needs to "wrap [her] mind around the idea of 'Paulina Fenton'." This receives a callback in the movie "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/RealityTrip Reality Trip]]" when Danny's secret identity has been exposed to the world ("Paulina Fenton. Hey, I finally wrapped my mind around it!" - Paulina)
** Later, in "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DannyPhantomS2E10SecretWeapons Secret Weapons]]", it's revealed that the password to the private ghost files on his computer is likewise "Paulina Fenton".

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5483280/3/Harry-Potter-and-the-Champion-s-Champion Harry Potter and the Champion's Champion]]'':

* In ''Everyone Else's Parents Said Yes'' by Paula Danziger, 13-year-old Amanda is asked on her first date by a boy named Danny Cohen. Her brother [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Matthew]] finds a piece of paper covered with names like Amanda Martin-Cohen and Mrs. Danny Cohen. He plans to use it to blackmail her, but his parents find out, so he doesn't get to do this.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfPussInBoots'' a group of black cats decide to trick a Puss cursed into being black into staying with them forever, which is detailed in their "mystical tome", which turns out to simply be the leader's diary. After that the diary is just filled with "Mr. and Mrs Fransisco Puss in Boots" over and over.

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers'': a lovestruck Minnie writes "Mickey and Minnie Mouse" in her notebook, and then notices that [[SpeciesSurname they already have the same last name]].

A woman meets a man and becomes so infatuated with him that she imagines herself married to him. She practices pronouncing or signing her first name with his last name, or "Mrs" plus his surname or "Mrs" plus his full name in a rather old-fashioned way. Men fantasise like this about their secret crushes' or their girlfriends' names as well when they think of them as their new wife. Less frequently, men will try to see or hear how their name would look or sound like if they took their beloved's name for their own. Artistic types or those who like keeping a {{Diary}} might write it down and often combine it with LoveDoodles.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12619258/4/Aggressive-Love Aggressive Love]]'' Voldemort's rebirth ceremony goes wildly askew, making him (a) a woman and (b) infatuated with Harry. The new Dark Lady considers, and ultimately rejects, "Mrs. Potter," "Mrs. Harry Potter" and "Mrs. Harry Potter-Voldemort."

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12972432/5/The-Trouble-with-Marriage-Laws The Trouble with Marriage Laws]]'' Hermione, forced by the titular legislation to wed both Harry and Draco, tries "Hermione Potter," "Hermione Malfoy" and "Hermione Malfoy-Potter" before deciding on "Hermione Potter-Malfoy."