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* In ''Film/SpaceJam'' the Nerdlucks/Monstars are never given names in the film, although their names are given in the closing credit; they are [[AllThereInTheManual according to merchandise]] Pound (the orange one), Blanko (the purple one), Bang (the green one), Bupkis (the blue one) and Nawt (the red one).
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* None of the cyborgs in the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' franchise have names. ''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'' subverted this by naming the lead T-888 "Cromartie" and the unknown-model female "Cameron."
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** There's also a [[{{fanon}} fan theory]] floating around that James Bond is not an actual name, but a codename, and the Bonds played by different actors, are in fact different agents. This is part of the plot of ''Film/CasinoRoyale1967'': When Sir James Bond retired, the name was passed on to a new agent as a code name. In the course of the film, Sir James, called out of retirement, orders all active agents to be known henceforward as "James Bond 007" in order to confuse the enemy (also, the audience). In the absurdist climax to the film, we see this includes a seal (the animal), an Indian chief, etc. However, this is [[jossed]] by [[Skyfall]].
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*** Which is part of the plot of ''Film/CasinoRoyale1967'': When Sir James Bond retired, the name was passed on to a new agent as a code name. In the course of the film, Sir James, called out of retirement, orders all active agents to be known henceforward as "James Bond 007" in order to confuse the enemy (also, the audience). In the absurdist climax to the film, we see this includes a seal (the animal), an Indian chief, etc.
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*** Whichagents. This is part of the plot of ''Film/CasinoRoyale1967'': When Sir James Bond retired, the name was passed on to a new agent as a code name. In the course of the film, Sir James, called out of retirement, orders all active agents to be known henceforward as "James Bond 007" in order to confuse the enemy (also, the audience). In the absurdist climax to the film, we see this includes a seal (the animal), an Indian chief, etc. However, this is [[jossed]] by [[Skyfall]].
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* In ''Film/TheNakedGun'' (and its first sequel), several characters are referred to in the credits not even by name or nickname, but by their only spoken ''line'' in the picture (maybe the best-known would be "It's Enrico Palazzo!", played by Mark Holton of ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'' fame).
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** Blofeld's Persian cat, who appears in multiple Bond films, has never been named. The cat's usually just referred to as "the pussy".
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* In ''Film/{{Eurotrip}}'', Fred Armisen's character is listed in the credits as the "Creepy Italian Guy".
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* In the 1965 film version of ''Literature/LordJim'', the bandit leader is only known as "The General".
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* ''Film/SleepingDogs'' main character is referred to with his last name Smith, or "Smithy" for a nickname, while major characters Bullen and Jesperson are never referred to by first names either. [[spoiler: Though in a BlinkAndYoullMissIt moment when Smith's police file appears, it shows that his first name is Martin]].
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* Tommy Chong's character in ''UpInSmoke'' is referred to only as "Man" for most of the movie, in the credits, and in track titles from subsequent Cheech and Chong albums. (His parents do call him Anthony in the opening scene, though.)
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* Commander Kruge in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'' never has his name spoken; his troops only address him as "My Lord" or "Sir", and he [[InvokedTrope flat-out refuses]] to tell Kirk his name.
** The hapless transporter lieutenant that Uhura refers to as "Mr. Adventure" is never given a proper name in the film, and is credited by that nickname. He does get named Lt. Heisenberg in the novelization, though.
** The hapless transporter lieutenant that Uhura refers to as "Mr. Adventure" is never given a proper name in the film, and is credited by that nickname. He does get named Lt. Heisenberg in the novelization, though.
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* The Kurgan in ''Film/{{Highlander}}'' is mainly known to the other Immortals by his ethnicity, although he does use aliases. Similar is true of the Egyptian, although fans remember him by the alias "Ramirez."
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* ''Film/TheHidden'': Neither the evil or good alien parasites in the story reveal their true names. The good one only adopts a human cover identity to make it easier to conduct its work.
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* In the Film/JamesBond films, the name of Bond's boss M is never revealed (he has been called "Miles"). M is the character's codename. James Bond teases the audience with TheUnreveal in ''Film/CasinoRoyale'', being cut off by M just as he's about to speak her name. At the end of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', in a FreezeFrameBonus, her name is given as [[spoiler: Olivia Mansfield, a pun on 'I live in a man's field']], very fitting for this M. In the novels, the first M's name is given as Admiral Sir Miles Messervy and the second M (the current one) as Barbara Mawdsley.
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* In ''Film/BigGame'', most characters - Oskari's entire family save his father, most of people in National Security Vault, Hazar's mooks - don't get any name, although Chief of Staff is called General Underwood in closing credits.
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* In the Film/JamesBond films, the name of Bond's boss M is never revealed (he has been called "Miles"). M is the character's codename. James Bond teases the audience with TheUnreveal in ''Film/CasinoRoyale'', being cut off by M just as he's about to speak her name. In the novels, the first M's name is given as Admiral Sir Miles Messervy and the second M (the current one) as Barbara Mawdsley. Miss Moneypenny's first name has not been revealed.
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* In the Film/JamesBond films, the name of Bond's boss M is never revealed (he has been called "Miles"). M is the character's codename. James Bond teases the audience with TheUnreveal in ''Film/CasinoRoyale'', being cut off by M just as he's about to speak her name. At the end of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', in a FreezeFrameBonus, her name is given as [[spoiler: Olivia Mansfield, a pun on 'I live in a man's field']], very fitting for this M. In the novels, the first M's name is given as Admiral Sir Miles Messervy and the second M (the current one) as Barbara Mawdsley. Miss
**Miss Moneypenny's first name has not beenrevealed.revealed in the old continuity, but in the Craig reboot, at the end of ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' her full name is revealed as [[spoiler:Eve]] Moneypenny.
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* The last name of ''Film/{{Lucy}}'' is never revealed - even in the scene where we see her passport (which would obviously have her surname) that information's hidden.
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* None of the character names in ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' are revealed until right at the end - even then, only 2 of the 12 main characters are named (and then only surnames are given). In the play the film is based on, no names are ever revealed for any of them.
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* In ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'', we never find out Merlin's real name.
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* The young man in ''Film/KnifeInTheWater'' is never named.
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* In ''Film/FieldOfDreams'' we are never given the identity of the Voice - or the actor who played him. He is listed in the credits as "Himself".
* In ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' Sam Elliot's cowboy narrator character is never given a name and is simply titled 'The Stranger' in the opening tumbleweed sequence. To be honest, nothing is revealed about him, leading fans to come up with some [[WildMassGuessing very]] [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory interesting ideas]]
* In ''Film/ClosetLand'', Alan Rickman and Madeleine Stowe are credited simply as "Interrogator" and "Victim".
* In Michelangelo Antonioni's ''Film/ThePassenger'', co-star Maria Schneider is credited simply as "The Girl".
* In the indie romcom ''Film/GoodDick'' the two main characters are never named, and are credited as "The Man" and "The Woman."
* The Spaniard in ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean: On Stranger Tides''.
* In Creator/MartinScorsese's feature debut ''Who's That Knocking At My Door'', the love interest of Harvey Keitel is simply named "The Girl".
* In ''Film/{{Feast}}'', characters are given titles ("Hero", "Loser", etc) by caption, and never otherwise named.
* In Creator/JohnWoo's ''Film/{{Broken Arrow|1996}}'', despite the trials and tribulations they faced together and the strong bond that grew between them, the two protagonists don't learn each other's names until the very last scene.
* Pinhead, the primary antagonist of the ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' movies, had no real name originally. He was referred to as “Priest” in scripts and “Lead Cenobite” in the credits of the films. “Pinhead” was a FanNickname (and creator Clive Barker did not like it, saying that it was undignified). It wasn’t until [[Film/HellraiserIIIHellOnEarth the third film]] (when a backstory for the character was given) that it was revealed that the name he had when he was human was [[spoiler: Elliott Spenser]]. Barker has stated that his actual name as a Cenobite will be revealed in the upcoming novel ''Literature/TheScarletGospels''.
** The same came be said for the members of Pinhead's entourage that appeared in the [[Film/{{Hellraiser}} first]] [[Film/HellboundHellraiserII two]] films. None of them were referred to by name. (The credits billed them as “Butterball”, “Chatterer”, and “Female Cenobite”, which were more descriptions than names.)
* Daniel Craig's character in ''Film/LayerCake'' is never referred to by name, and he is identified only as "XXXX" in the credits. He [[LampshadeHanging hangs a bit of a lampshade]] on this at the end when, after listing the names of everyone whose death is either seen or referred to, [[BreakingTheFourthWall looks at the camera]] and states, "[[FamousLastWords My name? If you knew that you'd be as clever as me]]."
* TheCaptain in ''Film/MeetDave'' is only ever known by his rank and is never given any other name. However, in the track listing for the movie's soundtrack, he is referred to as "Mini Dave" due to his appearance being near-identical to his humanoid [[CoolShip starship's]].
* In ''Film/ThatThingYouDo,'' the name of the FakeBand's bassist (played by Ethan Embry) is never spoken on screen; the end credits refer to him as "T.B. Player" and "the Bass Player."
* In Creator/SergioLeone's spaghetti Westerns, Creator/ClintEastwood's character's name is never given -- rather, the other characters in the films refer to him by nicknames such as Joe or Blondie. Eastwood's character may be regarded as one of the archetypical examples of unnamed heroes, to the extent that his character is widely known as "The Man With No Name." In fact, his character is so ambiguous that people continue to debate whether he was portraying the same character in all three films to this day. This is a reference to Akira Kurosawa's ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}'', which ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' is a remake of. In ''Yojimbo'', the main character is asked for his name and responds with what he sees out of the nearest window and his age: "Mulberry Field Thirtysomething"
* In another Creator/ClintEastwood movie, ''Film/HighPlainsDrifter'', you also don't know his name. Sometimes referred to as the Stranger, you do figure out who it is at the end, though [[AmbiguousEnding what you figure might not be the same as the person next to you figures.]]
** Also, in Sergio Leone's ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest,'' Charles Bronson's character is only referred to as "The Man with the Harmonica" (or just simply "Harmonica" in the end credits).
* Speaking of Sergio Leone, Nobody in ''Film/MyNameIsNobody'' doesn't go by any other name either.
* In ''Film/PaintYourWagon'', Eastwood's character (which wasn't in the original show) is known only as "Pardner"...until the final scene, wherein he identifies himself as Sylvester Newel. ("Just one 'l'.")
* And in ''PaleRider'' he is simply known as Preacher. Seeing a pattern yet?
* In ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' films, many of the programs are referred to by title rather than name. These include the Oracle, the Keymaker, the Trainman, the Merovingian, the Architect and the Twins. As they ''are'' programs rather than people, those probably are actually their names. The names that all of the human protagonists had while plugged in the Matrix aren't fully revealed. Only their hacker nickname/unplugged name (Morpheus, Trinity, etc...). Neo used to be Thomas A. Anderson, Cypher's surname is Reagan. Even the "freeborn" humans of Zion only go by their first (nick?) names (Tank, Dozer, and Zee). That's because those ''are'' their real names. The names they have in the Matrix could be considered to be no more real to them then anything else in the Matrix.
* In ''Film/WithnailAndI'', the 'I' of the title is never named onscreen, although the screenplay refers to him as 'Marwood'. In the credits, he appears right after "Withnail...", listed as "...And I"
* The Mayor of the City of Frank in ''Film/OsmosisJones'' is only ever referred to as 'Mayor Phleghmming'; a first name is never given. He does have a FanNickname, though: Charles.
* Edward Norton's character in ''Film/FightClub'' is never given a name. [[spoiler:Only his alternate personality gets one, and Narrator explicitly states at one point that it's not * his* name.]] The DVD chapters call him "Jack" based off a scene involving ''Reader's Digest'', which fans sometimes use as well, and the HBO closed captions used "Rupert".
** "Rupert" being one of the unlikely names that he would give while surfing support groups.
** His name may actually be [[spoiler: Tyler Durden]] after all. At the very least, he was able to book plane tickets under that name.
*** Doubtful. When someone called him that, [[spoiler: he was genuinely surprised, and it started him toward realizing that he and Tyler are the same person. He flat out asked Tyler "Why do people think I'm you?"]].
* In TheFilmOfTheBook ''Literature/{{Rebecca}}'': the main character is never called anything but "Mrs. [=DeWinter=]" on screen.
** Likewise in the book it's based on: that character is the narrator, and is never named. She mentions that her name is unusual, and people rarely spell it correctly, but doesn't tell what it is.
* In the Film/JamesBond films, the name of Bond's boss M is never revealed (he has been called "Miles"). M is the character's codename. James Bond teases the audience with TheUnreveal in ''Film/CasinoRoyale'', being cut off by M just as he's about to speak her name. In the novels, the first M's name is given as Admiral Sir Miles Messervy and the second M (the current one) as Barbara Mawdsley. Miss Moneypenny's first name has not been revealed.
** It's been stated (whether by WordOfGod is uncertain) that the reason Bond's boss is called M is in honor of the first person to have ever held the position: [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Mycroft Holmes]].
** Also 007-related, the main [[GirlOfTheWeek Bond Girl]] in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' (if you define "Main Bond Girl" as the one he's having sex with at the end of the movie and not the one who's more significant to the plot) is not even given a name during the film's duration. It's not until the credits that's she's listed as Kissy Suzuki.
** There's also a [[{{fanon}} fan theory]] floating around that James Bond is not an actual name, but a codename, and the Bonds played by different actors, are in fact different agents.
*** Which is part of the plot of ''Film/CasinoRoyale1967'': When Sir James Bond retired, the name was passed on to a new agent as a code name. In the course of the film, Sir James, called out of retirement, orders all active agents to be known henceforward as "James Bond 007" in order to confuse the enemy (also, the audience). In the absurdist climax to the film, we see this includes a seal (the animal), an Indian chief, etc.
** In an easily missed line of dialogue from ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', Gareth Mallory addresses M by her real name: [[spoiler: Eleanor]].
* The tire is never named in ''Film/{{Rubber}}'' but the actors call it a "him". The American trailer named him Robert.
* None of the character names in ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' are revealed until right at the end - even then, only 2 of the 12 main characters are named (and then only surnames are given). In the play the film is based on, no names are ever revealed for any of them.
* In Creator/QuentinTarantino's ''Film/ReservoirDogs'', all of the thieves are given colors as aliases: Mr. White, Mr. Orange, Mr. Brown, Mr. Blue, Mr. Blonde and Mr. Pink. We only learn the real names of Mr. White, Mr. Blonde, and Mr. Orange.
* ''Film/KillBill'' - Part I included a ridiculous amount of obfuscation around the Bride's name, to the point of bleeping it when it was spoken (however, [[spoiler:her name is still visible on her driver's license at one point on her airplane ticket]]). In Part II we find out that Bill calls her [[spoiler:"Kiddo"]] because that actually ''is'' her surname, and that her first name is [[spoiler:"Beatrix"]]...which makes the "silly rabbit" bit in Part I make slightly more sense.
* Wrestling/RoddyPiper's character in ''Film/TheyLive'' is never referred to by name. According to the credits, his name is "Nada", which is Spanish for "nothing".
* The viewpoint character of ''Film/{{Hero}}'', played by Creator/JetLi, goes by "Nameless".
** There's an ActorAllusion of sorts in ''Rogue Assassin'' (titled ''War'' in the U.S.) where he plays a hitman known only as Rogue. [[spoiler:It's not even his own alias, but that of the hitman that killed his family - he killed the real Rogue, faked his own death and assumed that identity to track down those responsible.]]
* The antagonists of ''Film/ThePeopleUnderTheStairs'' are never named. In the credits they are listed simply as "Man" and "woman".
* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the credits to ''Film/{{Eraserhead}}''.
* In ''Film/SullivansTravels'', the heroine is never given a name and appears in the credits as "the girl".
* In ''Film/TheSevenYearItch'', the name of Creator/MarilynMonroe's character is never revealed. In the credits, she is called The Girl. Strangely, the protagonist never even asks her for her name, and refers to her as [[BuffySpeak "Miss Whoever-You-Are"]] the one time he directly addresses her.
* The mysterious "student" in ''Film/TheNinthGate'' is only called The Girl in the credits. [[spoiler: She's (probably) Satan]]
* ''Film/ShootEmUp''. 'Smith' is obviously not the protagonists' real name; the Big Bad even lampshades him as The Man With No Name who rides into town on a pale horse. TheDragon thinks he's worked out [[MysteriousPast who Smith is]], but isn't completely sure right up to the end.
* The Mysterious Woman in ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow'' (2004). Although [[spoiler: Since she's a robot, she may not even have a name]]
* In ''Film/AlmostFamous'', the female lead goes by the name of "Penny Lane". At the end of the movie, she reveals that her name is [[spoiler:Lady Goodman]]
* The two main characters of ''Film/{{Once}}'' are never named; they are listed in the cast as "the Guy" and "the Girl."
* In the novel and film ''Birdy'', Birdy's real name is never given.
* In the film version of ''Never Cry Wolf'', the main character (based on Farley Mowat) is named Tyler. It is never revealed if Tyler is his first name or his last.
* Despite being one of the most popular characters and occasionally playing the MrExposition role in ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'' is never actually given a name. He's called Graverobber by fans because he digs up graves to extract black-market Zydrate from corpses. Amber refers to him as "Graverobber" during "Zydrate Anatomy"
* In ''Film/SpaceJam'' the Nerdlucks/Monstars are never given names in the film, although their names are given in the closing credit; they are [[AllThereInTheManual according to merchandise]] Pound (the orange one), Blanko (the purple one), Bang (the green one), Bupkis (the blue one) and Nawt (the red one).
* Bill Paxton's character in ''Film/{{Frailty}}'' is only ever referred to as "Dad" or "Mr. Meiks", even in the credits.
* In ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'', the main characters insist on anonymity to avoid emotional attachment, instead referring to themselves and each other by their respective hometowns: Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock.
** [[spoiler: Wichita]]'s name is revealed to be [[spoiler: Christa]] at the end of the movie.
** Even before they realize it's a ZombieApocalypse, the narrator and his neighbor address each other by their apartment numbers.
* The serial killer in the first ''Film/DirtyHarry'' movie is only ever referred to as the Scorpio Killer, with no real name. In the credits he is called "Killer". In the novelization, however, he's named Charles Davis.
* In Lars Von Trier's ''Film/{{Antichrist}}'', the protagonists are only known as He and She. They torture each other in their woodland cabin, [[FauxSymbolism "Eden"]].
* In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Selina Kyle's friend Jen is never referred to by first name on-screen.
* In ''Film/TopGun'', Goose's actual name is never mentioned onscreen. Everyone, even his wife, just calls him Goose. His real name, which is seen on a box, was [[spoiler: Nick Bradshaw]].
* In ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', Sarah's stepmother is never given a first name. Fans eventually dubbed her [[FanNickname Karen]] until the spin-off Manga series ''Return to Labyrinth'' revealed her name to be Irene. Some people still use Karen though.
* In the 1971 film ''Film/VanishingPoint,'' the main character, played by Barry Newman, is only referred to as Kowalski.
* In ''Film/ValhallaRising'', Mads Mikkelsen's mute character is dubbed "One Eye" (because he has, you guessed it, one eye) by a young boy who becomes his companion. (It is never explained whether he cannot speak or chooses not to, but at any rate, he never refutes this title.)
* For most of [[Film/ElMariachi the]] [[Film/{{Desperado}} three]] [[Film/OnceUponATimeInMexico films]] of the ''Mexico Trilogy'', the main character is referred to as "El Mariachi". Even in ''Desperado'', where he faces off against [[spoiler: his brother]], we only hear him called "Manito", which more-or-less translates as "little brother".
* In Film/{{Osama}}--the first film to come out of post-Talib Afghanistan--no character in the movie is named, except the main character's male friend, who is probably-not-coincidentally the one who gives "Osama" her famous alias.
* In the classic silent film ''Film/{{Sunrise}}'' the {{archetypal character}}s are known only as The Man, The Wife, and The Woman from the City.
* In ''Film/InTheLineOfFire'', the President of the United States is only referred to as "the President" or by his Secret Service-given codename "Traveler". The First Lady is also unnamed.
* In the Spaghetti Western ''Film/MyNameIsNobody'', the main character's name is never revealed, he is in fact referred to as "Nobody" throughout the whole film.
* Although the main character is called by dozens of nicknames throughout ''The Perfect Sleep'', the Narrator's name is never given. [[spoiler: At the end, Porphyria barely audibly whispers "Lyovshka", which is the diminutive for Lyov, the Russian form of Leon.]]
* In ''Film/TheMummyTrilogy'', Ardeth Bey's name isn't revealed until the sequel. (It is sort of AllThereInTheManual though, because various articles as well as the director's commentary use his name.)
* The father in ''Film/AChristmasStory'' is referred to as The Old Man, even in the credits.
* In ''44 Inch Chest'', the kidnapped French lover is referred to only as "Loverboy" by his kidnappers. The main character tells the story of how he beat the man's name out of his cheating wife, but it's never revealed.
* In ''Literature/ThePillowBook'', only Nagiko, Jerome and Hoki have names. All other characters have "functional" titles: The Publisher, The Father etc.
* ''Film/{{Deadgirl}}'': The titular zombie's name and back story remain a mystery throughout the film.
* The love interest(s?) in ''Film/CemeteryMan'' ([[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals all three of her]]), only called "She" in the credits.
* Tommy Chong's character in ''UpInSmoke'' is referred to only as "Man" for most of the movie, in the credits, and in track titles from subsequent Cheech and Chong albums. (His parents do call him Anthony in the opening scene, though.)
* Three of the four major characters in ''Film/{{Faster}}'' (Driver, Killer and Cop) are never referred to by name. Cop's real name shows up briefly on a report Cicero (the fourth major character) prints out, but no one on-screen uses it.
* The protagonist in ''Film/{{Bunraku}}'' is simply known as "The Drifter".
* The main character in ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' has no name, being credited as The Mariner. This is the subject of a BadassBoast by the small girl who informs us that "He has no name so death can't find him".
* TheDriver from ''Film/{{Drive}}'', played by Ryan Gosling. Likewise in the original, ''Film/TheDriver'', in which no one is named, not even in the credits.
* V from ''Film/VForVendetta'' never reveals his name, even V he only claims as V is something one may call him.
* In ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'', Dr. Dealgood introduces Max into TheThunderdome arena as "The Man with No Name" given that he's arrived in Bartertown out of the wasteland, and so no-one knows who he is. This is a lampshading how Max (while having a name) has a similar role as the Man With No Name (at least in the second and third movies).
* ''The Everlasting Secret Family'' doesn't name anybody in the film except for the chauffeur (Eric).
* ''Film/SleepingDogs'' main character is referred to with his last name Smith, or "Smithy" for a nickname, while major characters Bullen and Jesperson are never referred to by first names either. [[spoiler: Though in a BlinkAndYoullMissIt moment when Smith's police file appears, it shows that his first name is Martin]].
* In ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', Toht is named in the ending credits, but his name is never mentioned within the actual film.
* In ''Film/ForrestGump'', the first name of Forrest's mother is never mentioned. She's identified as "Mrs. Gump" in the credits. Her first name is not mentioned in the original novel either.
* In ''Film/CanadianBacon'', the [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent president of America]], despite being a pretty important character, is never named. ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' did this as well, with the president being simply referred to both by the characters and in the credits as "the President".
* ''Film/SuckerPunch'': Most of the characters only have nick names to go upon, even the doctor.
* ''Film/XMenFirstClass'':
** The government agent sent to liase with Xavier's team is only ever known as the Man in Black and is never given a name, not even in the credits.
** Riptide's real name and mutant name are never mentioned in the film.
* In ''NoCountryForOldMen'', the man who hires Wells and [[spoiler: who is implied to be the mastermind behind the drug deal that drives the plot]] is never named and is credited simply as "The Man who hires Wells."
* In the wuxia film ''Soul of the Sword'', the protagonist refers to himself as a "Swordsman With No Name." He later abandons the plan to triumphantly reveal his name to the world after his girlfriend points out [[TheUnreveal he has a very common, plebian name.]]
* [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Tall Thug]] in ''Last Train to Freo'', who is only referred to as such once. Everyone else gets a first name only.
* The President from ''Film/GIJoeRetaliation''. Even in the credits, he's simply listed as "President".
* None of the cyborgs in the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' franchise have names. ''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'' subverted this by naming the lead T-888 "Cromartie" and the unknown-model female "Cameron."
* The 2007 horror film ''Wind Chill'' never reveals the two main characters' names; their actors are even credited as playing "Girl" and "Guy" at the end.
* Max's foreman at the factory in ''Film/{{Elysium}}''.
* The Lady in ''Film/TheQuickAndTheDead'' is a gender-flipped Man With No Name. A flashback to when she was a child reveals her first name is Ellen.
* The main characters from ''Film/BlondeInBlackLeather''.
* The Mutos from ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' aren't given specific names, but are just referred to as "the male" and "the female" of their species.
* To underline the fantasy object status of ''Film/TheSureThing'', she's never once referred to by her real name (even in the credits her character's called "The Sure Thing").
* The last name of ''Film/{{Lucy}}'' is never revealed - even in the scene where we see her passport (which would obviously have her surname) that information's hidden.
* In ''Film/IBoughtAVampireMotorcycle'', the priest who joins the main characters to destroy the titular beast is never named, despite being a major character.
* ''Film/TheCrow'': Top Dollar (played by Michael Wincott), Myca (played by Bai Ling) and Grange (played by Tony Todd) are never named in the film. Similarly, the gang members who kill Eric and Shelly are known only by their nicknames (Tin-Tin, T-Bird, Funboy and Skank).
* Nearly everyone in ''Film/EaglesGathered'', with the exception of Bob the (maybe) angel.
* ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' is an example; we find out at the end of the third film that [[spoiler:his real name is Henry Jones, Jr., and that he got his nickname Indiana from the dog]].
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* In ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' Sam Elliot's cowboy narrator character is never given a name and is simply titled 'The Stranger' in the opening tumbleweed sequence. To be honest, nothing is revealed about him, leading fans to come up with some [[WildMassGuessing very]] [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory interesting ideas]]
* In ''Film/ClosetLand'', Alan Rickman and Madeleine Stowe are credited simply as "Interrogator" and "Victim".
* In Michelangelo Antonioni's ''Film/ThePassenger'', co-star Maria Schneider is credited simply as "The Girl".
* In the indie romcom ''Film/GoodDick'' the two main characters are never named, and are credited as "The Man" and "The Woman."
* The Spaniard in ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean: On Stranger Tides''.
* In Creator/MartinScorsese's feature debut ''Who's That Knocking At My Door'', the love interest of Harvey Keitel is simply named "The Girl".
* In ''Film/{{Feast}}'', characters are given titles ("Hero", "Loser", etc) by caption, and never otherwise named.
* In Creator/JohnWoo's ''Film/{{Broken Arrow|1996}}'', despite the trials and tribulations they faced together and the strong bond that grew between them, the two protagonists don't learn each other's names until the very last scene.
* Pinhead, the primary antagonist of the ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' movies, had no real name originally. He was referred to as “Priest” in scripts and “Lead Cenobite” in the credits of the films. “Pinhead” was a FanNickname (and creator Clive Barker did not like it, saying that it was undignified). It wasn’t until [[Film/HellraiserIIIHellOnEarth the third film]] (when a backstory for the character was given) that it was revealed that the name he had when he was human was [[spoiler: Elliott Spenser]]. Barker has stated that his actual name as a Cenobite will be revealed in the upcoming novel ''Literature/TheScarletGospels''.
** The same came be said for the members of Pinhead's entourage that appeared in the [[Film/{{Hellraiser}} first]] [[Film/HellboundHellraiserII two]] films. None of them were referred to by name. (The credits billed them as “Butterball”, “Chatterer”, and “Female Cenobite”, which were more descriptions than names.)
* Daniel Craig's character in ''Film/LayerCake'' is never referred to by name, and he is identified only as "XXXX" in the credits. He [[LampshadeHanging hangs a bit of a lampshade]] on this at the end when, after listing the names of everyone whose death is either seen or referred to, [[BreakingTheFourthWall looks at the camera]] and states, "[[FamousLastWords My name? If you knew that you'd be as clever as me]]."
* TheCaptain in ''Film/MeetDave'' is only ever known by his rank and is never given any other name. However, in the track listing for the movie's soundtrack, he is referred to as "Mini Dave" due to his appearance being near-identical to his humanoid [[CoolShip starship's]].
* In ''Film/ThatThingYouDo,'' the name of the FakeBand's bassist (played by Ethan Embry) is never spoken on screen; the end credits refer to him as "T.B. Player" and "the Bass Player."
* In Creator/SergioLeone's spaghetti Westerns, Creator/ClintEastwood's character's name is never given -- rather, the other characters in the films refer to him by nicknames such as Joe or Blondie. Eastwood's character may be regarded as one of the archetypical examples of unnamed heroes, to the extent that his character is widely known as "The Man With No Name." In fact, his character is so ambiguous that people continue to debate whether he was portraying the same character in all three films to this day. This is a reference to Akira Kurosawa's ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}'', which ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' is a remake of. In ''Yojimbo'', the main character is asked for his name and responds with what he sees out of the nearest window and his age: "Mulberry Field Thirtysomething"
* In another Creator/ClintEastwood movie, ''Film/HighPlainsDrifter'', you also don't know his name. Sometimes referred to as the Stranger, you do figure out who it is at the end, though [[AmbiguousEnding what you figure might not be the same as the person next to you figures.]]
** Also, in Sergio Leone's ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest,'' Charles Bronson's character is only referred to as "The Man with the Harmonica" (or just simply "Harmonica" in the end credits).
* Speaking of Sergio Leone, Nobody in ''Film/MyNameIsNobody'' doesn't go by any other name either.
* In ''Film/PaintYourWagon'', Eastwood's character (which wasn't in the original show) is known only as "Pardner"...until the final scene, wherein he identifies himself as Sylvester Newel. ("Just one 'l'.")
* And in ''PaleRider'' he is simply known as Preacher. Seeing a pattern yet?
* In ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' films, many of the programs are referred to by title rather than name. These include the Oracle, the Keymaker, the Trainman, the Merovingian, the Architect and the Twins. As they ''are'' programs rather than people, those probably are actually their names. The names that all of the human protagonists had while plugged in the Matrix aren't fully revealed. Only their hacker nickname/unplugged name (Morpheus, Trinity, etc...). Neo used to be Thomas A. Anderson, Cypher's surname is Reagan. Even the "freeborn" humans of Zion only go by their first (nick?) names (Tank, Dozer, and Zee). That's because those ''are'' their real names. The names they have in the Matrix could be considered to be no more real to them then anything else in the Matrix.
* In ''Film/WithnailAndI'', the 'I' of the title is never named onscreen, although the screenplay refers to him as 'Marwood'. In the credits, he appears right after "Withnail...", listed as "...And I"
* The Mayor of the City of Frank in ''Film/OsmosisJones'' is only ever referred to as 'Mayor Phleghmming'; a first name is never given. He does have a FanNickname, though: Charles.
* Edward Norton's character in ''Film/FightClub'' is never given a name. [[spoiler:Only his alternate personality gets one, and Narrator explicitly states at one point that it's not * his* name.]] The DVD chapters call him "Jack" based off a scene involving ''Reader's Digest'', which fans sometimes use as well, and the HBO closed captions used "Rupert".
** "Rupert" being one of the unlikely names that he would give while surfing support groups.
** His name may actually be [[spoiler: Tyler Durden]] after all. At the very least, he was able to book plane tickets under that name.
*** Doubtful. When someone called him that, [[spoiler: he was genuinely surprised, and it started him toward realizing that he and Tyler are the same person. He flat out asked Tyler "Why do people think I'm you?"]].
* In TheFilmOfTheBook ''Literature/{{Rebecca}}'': the main character is never called anything but "Mrs. [=DeWinter=]" on screen.
** Likewise in the book it's based on: that character is the narrator, and is never named. She mentions that her name is unusual, and people rarely spell it correctly, but doesn't tell what it is.
* In the Film/JamesBond films, the name of Bond's boss M is never revealed (he has been called "Miles"). M is the character's codename. James Bond teases the audience with TheUnreveal in ''Film/CasinoRoyale'', being cut off by M just as he's about to speak her name. In the novels, the first M's name is given as Admiral Sir Miles Messervy and the second M (the current one) as Barbara Mawdsley. Miss Moneypenny's first name has not been revealed.
** It's been stated (whether by WordOfGod is uncertain) that the reason Bond's boss is called M is in honor of the first person to have ever held the position: [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Mycroft Holmes]].
** Also 007-related, the main [[GirlOfTheWeek Bond Girl]] in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' (if you define "Main Bond Girl" as the one he's having sex with at the end of the movie and not the one who's more significant to the plot) is not even given a name during the film's duration. It's not until the credits that's she's listed as Kissy Suzuki.
** There's also a [[{{fanon}} fan theory]] floating around that James Bond is not an actual name, but a codename, and the Bonds played by different actors, are in fact different agents.
*** Which is part of the plot of ''Film/CasinoRoyale1967'': When Sir James Bond retired, the name was passed on to a new agent as a code name. In the course of the film, Sir James, called out of retirement, orders all active agents to be known henceforward as "James Bond 007" in order to confuse the enemy (also, the audience). In the absurdist climax to the film, we see this includes a seal (the animal), an Indian chief, etc.
** In an easily missed line of dialogue from ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', Gareth Mallory addresses M by her real name: [[spoiler: Eleanor]].
* The tire is never named in ''Film/{{Rubber}}'' but the actors call it a "him". The American trailer named him Robert.
* None of the character names in ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' are revealed until right at the end - even then, only 2 of the 12 main characters are named (and then only surnames are given). In the play the film is based on, no names are ever revealed for any of them.
* In Creator/QuentinTarantino's ''Film/ReservoirDogs'', all of the thieves are given colors as aliases: Mr. White, Mr. Orange, Mr. Brown, Mr. Blue, Mr. Blonde and Mr. Pink. We only learn the real names of Mr. White, Mr. Blonde, and Mr. Orange.
* ''Film/KillBill'' - Part I included a ridiculous amount of obfuscation around the Bride's name, to the point of bleeping it when it was spoken (however, [[spoiler:her name is still visible on her driver's license at one point on her airplane ticket]]). In Part II we find out that Bill calls her [[spoiler:"Kiddo"]] because that actually ''is'' her surname, and that her first name is [[spoiler:"Beatrix"]]...which makes the "silly rabbit" bit in Part I make slightly more sense.
* Wrestling/RoddyPiper's character in ''Film/TheyLive'' is never referred to by name. According to the credits, his name is "Nada", which is Spanish for "nothing".
* The viewpoint character of ''Film/{{Hero}}'', played by Creator/JetLi, goes by "Nameless".
** There's an ActorAllusion of sorts in ''Rogue Assassin'' (titled ''War'' in the U.S.) where he plays a hitman known only as Rogue. [[spoiler:It's not even his own alias, but that of the hitman that killed his family - he killed the real Rogue, faked his own death and assumed that identity to track down those responsible.]]
* The antagonists of ''Film/ThePeopleUnderTheStairs'' are never named. In the credits they are listed simply as "Man" and "woman".
* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the credits to ''Film/{{Eraserhead}}''.
* In ''Film/SullivansTravels'', the heroine is never given a name and appears in the credits as "the girl".
* In ''Film/TheSevenYearItch'', the name of Creator/MarilynMonroe's character is never revealed. In the credits, she is called The Girl. Strangely, the protagonist never even asks her for her name, and refers to her as [[BuffySpeak "Miss Whoever-You-Are"]] the one time he directly addresses her.
* The mysterious "student" in ''Film/TheNinthGate'' is only called The Girl in the credits. [[spoiler: She's (probably) Satan]]
* ''Film/ShootEmUp''. 'Smith' is obviously not the protagonists' real name; the Big Bad even lampshades him as The Man With No Name who rides into town on a pale horse. TheDragon thinks he's worked out [[MysteriousPast who Smith is]], but isn't completely sure right up to the end.
* The Mysterious Woman in ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow'' (2004). Although [[spoiler: Since she's a robot, she may not even have a name]]
* In ''Film/AlmostFamous'', the female lead goes by the name of "Penny Lane". At the end of the movie, she reveals that her name is [[spoiler:Lady Goodman]]
* The two main characters of ''Film/{{Once}}'' are never named; they are listed in the cast as "the Guy" and "the Girl."
* In the novel and film ''Birdy'', Birdy's real name is never given.
* In the film version of ''Never Cry Wolf'', the main character (based on Farley Mowat) is named Tyler. It is never revealed if Tyler is his first name or his last.
* Despite being one of the most popular characters and occasionally playing the MrExposition role in ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'' is never actually given a name. He's called Graverobber by fans because he digs up graves to extract black-market Zydrate from corpses. Amber refers to him as "Graverobber" during "Zydrate Anatomy"
* In ''Film/SpaceJam'' the Nerdlucks/Monstars are never given names in the film, although their names are given in the closing credit; they are [[AllThereInTheManual according to merchandise]] Pound (the orange one), Blanko (the purple one), Bang (the green one), Bupkis (the blue one) and Nawt (the red one).
* Bill Paxton's character in ''Film/{{Frailty}}'' is only ever referred to as "Dad" or "Mr. Meiks", even in the credits.
* In ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'', the main characters insist on anonymity to avoid emotional attachment, instead referring to themselves and each other by their respective hometowns: Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock.
** [[spoiler: Wichita]]'s name is revealed to be [[spoiler: Christa]] at the end of the movie.
** Even before they realize it's a ZombieApocalypse, the narrator and his neighbor address each other by their apartment numbers.
* The serial killer in the first ''Film/DirtyHarry'' movie is only ever referred to as the Scorpio Killer, with no real name. In the credits he is called "Killer". In the novelization, however, he's named Charles Davis.
* In Lars Von Trier's ''Film/{{Antichrist}}'', the protagonists are only known as He and She. They torture each other in their woodland cabin, [[FauxSymbolism "Eden"]].
* In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Selina Kyle's friend Jen is never referred to by first name on-screen.
* In ''Film/TopGun'', Goose's actual name is never mentioned onscreen. Everyone, even his wife, just calls him Goose. His real name, which is seen on a box, was [[spoiler: Nick Bradshaw]].
* In ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', Sarah's stepmother is never given a first name. Fans eventually dubbed her [[FanNickname Karen]] until the spin-off Manga series ''Return to Labyrinth'' revealed her name to be Irene. Some people still use Karen though.
* In the 1971 film ''Film/VanishingPoint,'' the main character, played by Barry Newman, is only referred to as Kowalski.
* In ''Film/ValhallaRising'', Mads Mikkelsen's mute character is dubbed "One Eye" (because he has, you guessed it, one eye) by a young boy who becomes his companion. (It is never explained whether he cannot speak or chooses not to, but at any rate, he never refutes this title.)
* For most of [[Film/ElMariachi the]] [[Film/{{Desperado}} three]] [[Film/OnceUponATimeInMexico films]] of the ''Mexico Trilogy'', the main character is referred to as "El Mariachi". Even in ''Desperado'', where he faces off against [[spoiler: his brother]], we only hear him called "Manito", which more-or-less translates as "little brother".
* In Film/{{Osama}}--the first film to come out of post-Talib Afghanistan--no character in the movie is named, except the main character's male friend, who is probably-not-coincidentally the one who gives "Osama" her famous alias.
* In the classic silent film ''Film/{{Sunrise}}'' the {{archetypal character}}s are known only as The Man, The Wife, and The Woman from the City.
* In ''Film/InTheLineOfFire'', the President of the United States is only referred to as "the President" or by his Secret Service-given codename "Traveler". The First Lady is also unnamed.
* In the Spaghetti Western ''Film/MyNameIsNobody'', the main character's name is never revealed, he is in fact referred to as "Nobody" throughout the whole film.
* Although the main character is called by dozens of nicknames throughout ''The Perfect Sleep'', the Narrator's name is never given. [[spoiler: At the end, Porphyria barely audibly whispers "Lyovshka", which is the diminutive for Lyov, the Russian form of Leon.]]
* In ''Film/TheMummyTrilogy'', Ardeth Bey's name isn't revealed until the sequel. (It is sort of AllThereInTheManual though, because various articles as well as the director's commentary use his name.)
* The father in ''Film/AChristmasStory'' is referred to as The Old Man, even in the credits.
* In ''44 Inch Chest'', the kidnapped French lover is referred to only as "Loverboy" by his kidnappers. The main character tells the story of how he beat the man's name out of his cheating wife, but it's never revealed.
* In ''Literature/ThePillowBook'', only Nagiko, Jerome and Hoki have names. All other characters have "functional" titles: The Publisher, The Father etc.
* ''Film/{{Deadgirl}}'': The titular zombie's name and back story remain a mystery throughout the film.
* The love interest(s?) in ''Film/CemeteryMan'' ([[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals all three of her]]), only called "She" in the credits.
* Tommy Chong's character in ''UpInSmoke'' is referred to only as "Man" for most of the movie, in the credits, and in track titles from subsequent Cheech and Chong albums. (His parents do call him Anthony in the opening scene, though.)
* Three of the four major characters in ''Film/{{Faster}}'' (Driver, Killer and Cop) are never referred to by name. Cop's real name shows up briefly on a report Cicero (the fourth major character) prints out, but no one on-screen uses it.
* The protagonist in ''Film/{{Bunraku}}'' is simply known as "The Drifter".
* The main character in ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' has no name, being credited as The Mariner. This is the subject of a BadassBoast by the small girl who informs us that "He has no name so death can't find him".
* TheDriver from ''Film/{{Drive}}'', played by Ryan Gosling. Likewise in the original, ''Film/TheDriver'', in which no one is named, not even in the credits.
* V from ''Film/VForVendetta'' never reveals his name, even V he only claims as V is something one may call him.
* In ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'', Dr. Dealgood introduces Max into TheThunderdome arena as "The Man with No Name" given that he's arrived in Bartertown out of the wasteland, and so no-one knows who he is. This is a lampshading how Max (while having a name) has a similar role as the Man With No Name (at least in the second and third movies).
* ''The Everlasting Secret Family'' doesn't name anybody in the film except for the chauffeur (Eric).
* ''Film/SleepingDogs'' main character is referred to with his last name Smith, or "Smithy" for a nickname, while major characters Bullen and Jesperson are never referred to by first names either. [[spoiler: Though in a BlinkAndYoullMissIt moment when Smith's police file appears, it shows that his first name is Martin]].
* In ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', Toht is named in the ending credits, but his name is never mentioned within the actual film.
* In ''Film/ForrestGump'', the first name of Forrest's mother is never mentioned. She's identified as "Mrs. Gump" in the credits. Her first name is not mentioned in the original novel either.
* In ''Film/CanadianBacon'', the [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent president of America]], despite being a pretty important character, is never named. ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' did this as well, with the president being simply referred to both by the characters and in the credits as "the President".
* ''Film/SuckerPunch'': Most of the characters only have nick names to go upon, even the doctor.
* ''Film/XMenFirstClass'':
** The government agent sent to liase with Xavier's team is only ever known as the Man in Black and is never given a name, not even in the credits.
** Riptide's real name and mutant name are never mentioned in the film.
* In ''NoCountryForOldMen'', the man who hires Wells and [[spoiler: who is implied to be the mastermind behind the drug deal that drives the plot]] is never named and is credited simply as "The Man who hires Wells."
* In the wuxia film ''Soul of the Sword'', the protagonist refers to himself as a "Swordsman With No Name." He later abandons the plan to triumphantly reveal his name to the world after his girlfriend points out [[TheUnreveal he has a very common, plebian name.]]
* [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Tall Thug]] in ''Last Train to Freo'', who is only referred to as such once. Everyone else gets a first name only.
* The President from ''Film/GIJoeRetaliation''. Even in the credits, he's simply listed as "President".
* None of the cyborgs in the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' franchise have names. ''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'' subverted this by naming the lead T-888 "Cromartie" and the unknown-model female "Cameron."
* The 2007 horror film ''Wind Chill'' never reveals the two main characters' names; their actors are even credited as playing "Girl" and "Guy" at the end.
* Max's foreman at the factory in ''Film/{{Elysium}}''.
* The Lady in ''Film/TheQuickAndTheDead'' is a gender-flipped Man With No Name. A flashback to when she was a child reveals her first name is Ellen.
* The main characters from ''Film/BlondeInBlackLeather''.
* The Mutos from ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' aren't given specific names, but are just referred to as "the male" and "the female" of their species.
* To underline the fantasy object status of ''Film/TheSureThing'', she's never once referred to by her real name (even in the credits her character's called "The Sure Thing").
* The last name of ''Film/{{Lucy}}'' is never revealed - even in the scene where we see her passport (which would obviously have her surname) that information's hidden.
* In ''Film/IBoughtAVampireMotorcycle'', the priest who joins the main characters to destroy the titular beast is never named, despite being a major character.
* ''Film/TheCrow'': Top Dollar (played by Michael Wincott), Myca (played by Bai Ling) and Grange (played by Tony Todd) are never named in the film. Similarly, the gang members who kill Eric and Shelly are known only by their nicknames (Tin-Tin, T-Bird, Funboy and Skank).
* Nearly everyone in ''Film/EaglesGathered'', with the exception of Bob the (maybe) angel.
* ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' is an example; we find out at the end of the third film that [[spoiler:his real name is Henry Jones, Jr., and that he got his nickname Indiana from the dog]].
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