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* In the episode of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' where Arnold dreams he marries Helga, he ends up being called Arnold "Pataki", both to show what a nightmare he thinks marrying her would be and to keep up the mystery of what his surname is.[[note]]At least until ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie''[[/note]]

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* In the episode of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' where Arnold dreams he marries Helga, he ends up being called Arnold "Pataki", both to show what a nightmare he thinks marrying her would be and to keep up the mystery of what his surname is.[[note]]At least until ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie''[[/note]]''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie'' which revealed it to be "Shortman"[[/note]]

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* In ''Series/{{Underground}}'', Tom Macon was born Tom Hawkes. He took his wife's name instead of the other way around, probably due to the HeirInLaw situation.

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* In ''Series/{{Underground}}'', ''Series/{{Underground|WGN}}'', Tom Macon was born Tom Hawkes. He took his wife's name instead of the other way around, probably due to the HeirInLaw situation.situation (and because she was part of a prominent plantation family).



* Japan's greatest fashion doll line "Toys/LiccaChan" has shown the greatest example of all: Licca's French father Pierre Kayama.

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* Japan's greatest fashion doll line "Toys/LiccaChan" has shown the greatest example of all: Licca's French father Pierre Kayama.


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* ''Webcomic/CirqueRoyale'': A [[https://cirqueduroyale.tumblr.com/post/723479970884780032/since-aries-use-to-be-a-janitor-im-guessing-he side doodle]] on the comic's tumblr reveals that Aries married into the Cashworthy name; it was his wife Gemma's last name and he dropped his original last name.
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* Actor Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson represents a hybrid form of the trope. Before marriage he had simply been Aaron Johnson and director Creator/SamTaylorJohnson had been Sam Taylor-Wood. When they got married he incorporated the first part of her hyphenated surname into his name and she changed the second part to his surname.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHigh2022'': Clawdeen's dad Apollo took her mom Selena's surname (Wolf) when they got married, apparently because he found it cooler than his own surname.
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* ''ComicBook/MilesMoralesSpiderMan2018'': Jefferson Davis took the last name of his wife Rio Morales because he shared the name with a Confederate slaver.

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* ''ComicBook/MilesMoralesSpiderMan2018'': Jefferson Davis took the last name of his wife Rio Morales because he shared the name with [[UsefulNotes/JeffersonDavis a Confederate slaver.slaver]].
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* An interesting variant came when ''Series/BigTimeRush'' alumnus Carlos Pena decided to marry former ''Film/SpyKids'' star Creator/AlexaVega. Upon their marriage; the new husband and wife decided to [[TakeAThirdOption combine their last names]] into [=PenaVega=].
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* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' has Constable Higgins take the surname of his wife Ruth and has become Henry Higgins-Newsome. His friends are all a bit perplexed by this decision (this is Turn Of The Century Toronto,) but since Henry is merely a workaday policeman and the Newsomes are an incredibly prominent and wealthy local family, Henry doesn't need much convincing.

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