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* ''Webcomic/CirqueRoyale'' Will changed his five letter unstated dead name to "Will" after he got his legal name change. It's a MeaningfulRename for him, but his twin brother Frederick says it was a lazy change, hurting him.
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* ''Webcomic/CirqueRoyale'' ''Webcomic/CirqueRoyale'': Will changed his five letter unstated dead name to "Will" after he got his legal name change. It's a MeaningfulRename for him, but his twin brother Frederick -- Fred for short -- says it was a lazy change, hurting him. [[spoiler:Not that either of them were born with their names; as ConjoinedTwins they were named Wilfred, and Fred's full name is now Frederick.]]
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* ''Webcomic/CirqueRoyale'' Will changed his five letter unstated dead name to "Will" after he got his legal name change. It's a MeaningfulRename for him, but his twin brother Frederick says it was a lazy change, hurting him.
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I know deadnaming people is wrong but I feel this lacked context. Plus they did a bunch of stuff as Amy which sort of justifies the inclusion
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* Creator/JamieVsTheVoid: Discussed in "Why I changed my Name." - it's merely a coincidence that Jamie's chosen name and deadname sound similar - they actually picked it because they happened to like it.
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* Creator/JamieVsTheVoid: Discussed in "Why I changed my Name." - it's merely a coincidence that Jamie's chosen name and deadname sound sounds similar to their deadname, Amy - they actually picked it because they happened to like it.
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* The character named Tanatos in the original ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' was renamed Thanatos in ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''. (The original name has been acknowledged as a [[SpellMyNameWithAnS translation error]].)
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* ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'': The character named Tanatos in [[VideoGame/KidIcarus1986 the original ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' game]] was renamed Thanatos in ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''. (The original name has been acknowledged as a [[SpellMyNameWithAnS translation error]].)
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* In 1986, King County, Washington officially changed its name to... King County, Washington. Specifically, it changed its namesake from William Rufus King (Vice President under Millard Fillmore and, more importantly, a slaveowner) to Martin Luther King, Jr. This was later followed in 2007 by changing the county's logo to MLK's face.
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* In 1986, King County, Washington Washington, the seat of which is UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}, officially changed its name to... King County, Washington. Specifically, it changed its namesake from William Rufus King (Vice President under Millard Fillmore and, more importantly, a slaveowner) to Martin Luther King, Jr. This was later followed in 2007 by changing the county's logo to MLK's face.
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[[SelfDemonstratingArticle Formerly known as "Renamed the Same".]]
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* Creator/JamieVsTheVoid: Discussed in "Why I changed my Name." - it's merely a coincidence that Jamie's chosen name and deadname sound similar - they actually picked it because they happened to like it.
--> '''Jamie:''' Jamie isn't too far off my old name but I didn't choose it to make it easier to get used to, I've just always loved the name Jamie.
--> '''Jamie:''' Jamie isn't too far off my old name but I didn't choose it to make it easier to get used to, I've just always loved the name Jamie.
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* In one episode of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime, when Ash Ketchum needs a fake name, [[LineOfSightName he sees Pikachu with a bottle of ketchup]], and almost takes the name Ash Ketchup. He eventually comes up with "Tom Ato".
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* In one episode of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime, ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'', when Ash Ketchum needs a fake name, [[LineOfSightName he sees Pikachu with a bottle of ketchup]], and almost takes the name Ash Ketchup. He eventually comes up with "Tom Ato".
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* One of the ways ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' sets apart the [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Part 1]] and [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Part 3]] versions of [[Main/BigBad Dio Brando]] is by referring to the former as Dio Brando (written normally and using his full name) and to the latter as DIO (in all caps and excluding his family name).
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* One of the ways ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' sets apart the [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Part 1]] and [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Part 3]] versions of [[Main/BigBad [[BigBad Dio Brando]] is by referring to the former as Dio Brando (written normally and using his full name) and to the latter as DIO (in all caps and excluding his family name).
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No Pronunciation Guide is no longer a trope
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* The Matoran Universe in Toys/{{Bionicle}} does this for its YouMeanXmas equivalent, Naming Day. In addition to the day off and exchanging gifts, certain Matoran would have the spelling of their name slightly altered as a way to thank them for their good deeds. Jala became Jaller [[note]] [[NoPronunciationGuide even though the pronunciation didn't change]] [[/note]], Huki became Hewkii, and Maku became Macku. Takua, who didn't get this honor, renamed his Ussal Crab Puku into Pewku. The meta reason for such a thing being a big honor is due to Franchise/{{LEGO}} coming under fire for the names of certain Bionicle characters being taken wholesale from Oceanic languages.
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* The Matoran Universe in Toys/{{Bionicle}} does this for its YouMeanXmas equivalent, Naming Day. In addition to the day off and exchanging gifts, certain Matoran would have the spelling of their name slightly altered as a way to thank them for their good deeds. Jala became Jaller [[note]] [[NoPronunciationGuide even [[note]]even though the pronunciation didn't change]] [[/note]], change[[/note]], Huki became Hewkii, and Maku became Macku. Takua, who didn't get this honor, renamed his Ussal Crab Puku into Pewku. The meta reason for such a thing being a big honor is due to Franchise/{{LEGO}} coming under fire for the names of certain Bionicle characters being taken wholesale from Oceanic languages.
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* In the ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' Flash animation [[http://www.videogamedc.com/Pixeled_Parodies/Mega_Man_s_Revenge_2/mega_man_s_revenge_2.html "Mega Man's Revenge 2,"]] Bass had changed his name to Ass. [[NoPronunciationGuide Yeah, yeah, we know...]]
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* In the ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' Flash animation [[http://www.videogamedc.com/Pixeled_Parodies/Mega_Man_s_Revenge_2/mega_man_s_revenge_2.html "Mega Man's Revenge 2,"]] Bass had changed his name to Ass. [[NoPronunciationGuide Yeah, yeah, we know...]]
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* In ''Anime/BorutoNarutoNextGenerations'', Orochimaru named his ArtificialHuman child Mitsuki with the characters "Mi" meaning [[AnimalMotifs snake]] and "Tsuki" meaning vessel because he was empty and without his own will. Upon Mitsuki asserting his own personality and goals he changes the second character in his name to the character "Tsuki" meaning moon and leaves his father to find his sun to learn what it really means to be human.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2021'', Duncan unintentionally [[BrainUploading installs the memories of]] [[TheArchmage Orko the Great]] into an RK Security Unit, making it believe it was Orko the Great. After eventually [[TomatoInTheMirror discovering and accepting]] that he's not the true Orko, he rechristens himself Ork-0, taking his RK qualification in mind. His name is pronounced exactly the same, despite his insistence that they're pronounced different.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2021'', Duncan unintentionally [[BrainUploading installs the memories of]] [[TheArchmage Orko the Great]] into an RK Security Unit, making it believe it was Orko the Great. After eventually [[TomatoInTheMirror discovering and accepting]] that he's not the true Orko, he rechristens himself Ork-0, taking his RK qualification in mind. His Despite his name is being pronounced exactly the same, despite his insistence he insists that they're pronounced different.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2021'', Duncan unintentionally [[BrainUploading installs the memories of]] [[TheArchmage Orko the Great]] into an RK Security Unit, making it believe it was Orko the Great. After eventually [[TomatoInTheMirror discovering and accepting]] that he's not the true Orko, he rechristens himself Ork-0, taking his RK qualification in mind. Despite this, his name is pronounced exactly the same, despite his insistence that they're different.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2021'', Duncan unintentionally [[BrainUploading installs the memories of]] [[TheArchmage Orko the Great]] into an RK Security Unit, making it believe it was Orko the Great. After eventually [[TomatoInTheMirror discovering and accepting]] that he's not the true Orko, he rechristens himself Ork-0, taking his RK qualification in mind. Despite this, his His name is pronounced exactly the same, despite his insistence that they're pronounced different.
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* In ''Series/TheMiddle'', due to a mistake with her birth certificate, Sue's first and [[EmbarrassingMiddleName middle name]] are both Sue. In one episode she wants to change her middle name and settles on Lily, which she later finds out is a translation of Sue. [[spoiler: She ultimately decides to keep her name as-is.]]
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* Dick Grayson renames himself "Ric" after losing his memory in [[ComicBook/NightwingRebirth Nightwing (Rebirth)]].
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* Dick Grayson renames himself "Ric" after losing his memory in [[ComicBook/NightwingRebirth ''[[ComicBook/NightwingRebirth Nightwing (Rebirth)]].(Rebirth)]]''.
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* In the ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' Flash animation "[[http://www.videogamedc.com/Pixeled_Parodies/Mega_Man_s_Revenge_2/mega_man_s_revenge_2.html Mega Man's Revenge 2]]", Bass had changed his name to Ass. [[NoPronunciationGuide Yeah, yeah, we know...]]
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* In the ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' Flash animation "[[http://www.[[http://www.videogamedc.com/Pixeled_Parodies/Mega_Man_s_Revenge_2/mega_man_s_revenge_2.html Mega "Mega Man's Revenge 2]]", 2,"]] Bass had changed his name to Ass. [[NoPronunciationGuide Yeah, yeah, we know...]]
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* On ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Creator/ChristopherReeve manages to get his mobility back by [[{{Squick}} sucking the stem cells out of fetuses]], but becomes increasingly crazy and supervillainous in the process. Eventually he declares that [[ThatManIsDead he won't be called Christopher anymore]], since that's the name he used when he was weak and disabled. From now on he will be...'''''Chris.'''''
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* On ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Creator/ChristopherReeve manages to get his mobility back by [[{{Squick}} sucking the stem cells out of fetuses]], but becomes increasingly crazy and supervillainous in the process. Eventually Eventually, he declares that [[ThatManIsDead he won't be called Christopher anymore]], since that's the name he used when he was weak and disabled. From now on he will be...'''''Chris.'''''
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* In ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2021'', Duncan unintentionally [[BrainUploading installs the memories of]] [[TheArchmage Orko the Great]] into an RK Security Unit, making it believe it was Orko the Great. After eventually [[TomatoInTheMirror discovering and accepting]] that he's not the true Orko, he rechristens himself Ork-0, taking his RK qualification in mind. Despite this, his name is pronounced exactly the same, despite his insistence that they're different.
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* [[AllThereInTheManual The manual]] of ''VideoGame/LEGOStuntRally'' says that Radium's original name was Ray Dium.
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* In ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings'', the title character explains that he changed his name from
"Shang-Chi" to "Shaun" when he went into hiding from his evil father in the United States. His friend Katy notes it's no wonder he got caught with such a lazy name change, comparing it to someone named "Gina" going into hiding as "Gyna."
"Shang-Chi" to "Shaun" when he went into hiding from his evil father in the United States. His friend Katy notes it's no wonder he got caught with such a lazy name change, comparing it to someone named "Gina" going into hiding as "Gyna."
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* In ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings'', the title character explains that he changed his name from
from "Shang-Chi" to "Shaun" when he went into hiding from his evil father in the United States. His friend Katy notes it's no wonder he got caught with such a lazy name change, comparing it to someone named "Gina" going into hiding as "Gyna."
