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* Valentine Wolfe, heir [[spoiler: and soon head]] of Clan Wolfe. A drug-using degenerate, but a brilliant and bloody sociopath as well. To a lesser extent, Finaly Campbell, notorious fop and dandy. Both embarrassments to their manlier-than-thou fathers. Of course, Valentine [[spoiler: kills his father during a battle to become the Wolfe, and Finlay is secretly the Masked Gladiator, the deadliest fighter in Golgotha's Arena.]]
** And then we have Owen Deathstalker, his ancestor Giles Deathstalker, and his distant cousin David (pronounced DAH-veed) Deathstalker. Apparently, the Deathstalker Clan figured that their ridiculously badass last name (coupled with their well-deserved reputation as the finest warrior Family in the Empire) meant that they had no need for awesome and intimidating first names.
** And then we have Owen Deathstalker, his ancestor Giles Deathstalker, and his distant cousin David (pronounced DAH-veed) Deathstalker. Apparently, the Deathstalker Clan figured that their ridiculously badass last name (coupled with their well-deserved reputation as the finest warrior Family in the Empire) meant that they had no need for awesome and intimidating first names.
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* In SherrilynKenyon's The League series a fantastic version of CrossCulturalKerfluffle meets this, Dancer Hauk. On his native world Dancer means Protector and is suitably manly. Everywhere else it means Dancer, like the profession.
** There's also Darling Cruel. Even people who know him struggle not to laugh at the bomb crazy assassin, whose name is Darling. It's a family name.
** There's also Darling Cruel. Even people who know him struggle not to laugh at the bomb crazy assassin, whose name is Darling. It's a family name.
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* The Gods of the ''Literature/AmericanGods'' universe sometimes end up with names like this out of their efforts to disguise their identity through StephenUlyssesPerhero type names. One is Mr. Nancy/Anansi. The title ''Literature/AnansiBoys'' is a play on the term "a nancy boy", a derisive term for homosexuals, and the fact that Anansi has taken this name is probably a testament to his [[DirtyOldMan comfort with his sexuality]]. There's also the matter of Shadow's real name as revealed in a side-story [[spoiler: Balder Moon]] which besides being the kind of name you wouldn't want to saddle your child with, makes you wonder why he didn't previously realize his identity.
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* The Gods of the ''Literature/AmericanGods'' universe sometimes end up with names like this out of their efforts to disguise their identity through StephenUlyssesPerhero StevenUlyssesPerhero type names. One is Mr. Nancy/Anansi. The title ''Literature/AnansiBoys'' is a play on the term "a nancy boy", a derisive term for homosexuals, and the fact that Anansi has taken this name is probably a testament to his [[DirtyOldMan comfort with his sexuality]]. There's also the matter of Shadow's real name as revealed in a side-story [[spoiler: Balder Moon]] which besides being the kind of name you wouldn't want to saddle your child with, makes you wonder why he didn't previously realize his identity.
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* ''Literature/{{Seraphina}}'': According to Kiggs, when he first arrived in Goredd as a child his embarrassing Samsamese surname, Kiggenstane, contributed to the awkwardness surrounding his mother’s elopement and his subsequent status as a bastard.
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* The StarterVillain of ''[[Literature/ChroniclesOfThomasCovenant Lord Foul's Bane]]'' is named ''Drool Rockworm'', which has got to be one of the ''worst'' names one could possibly have (and no, Drool, sticking a "Lord" in front of it doesn't make it any better). Of course, Drool is a fairly pathetic figure anyway (albeit one with a lot of power), and seeing as he's the only named [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Cavewight]] in the series, it's unclear how typical this is for his people.
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* In one novel from ''Literature/EightySeventhPrecinct'' series, arrested criminal [[PoliceBrutality gets beaten by the police]] because he insists that his name is Creator/ErnestHemingway. It turns out to be his real name.
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* In TheLordOfTheRings, one of the orcs is called Shagrat. Yes, [[BestialityIsDepraved Shagrat]]. (in British slang, "shag" is a term for sexual intercourse.)
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* In TheLordOfTheRings, ''TheLordOfTheRings'', one of the orcs is called Shagrat. Yes, [[BestialityIsDepraved Shagrat]]. (in British slang, "shag" is a term for sexual intercourse.)
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** In the appendix that shows the Line of Durin, Gloin's father's name is Groin. (It's actually Gróin, but still...)
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* In ''TheTrueMeaningOfSmekday'', Tip's real name is Gratuity. Her mother thought it meant something else.
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** In-universe, the name Gorbag contains the root ''bag'', shit.
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*** If she was a boy, Bella wanted to name her "Edward Jacob Cullen". Which would have been an unfortunate name as well, considering that Bella apparently wanted to name her son after her husband and her UnluckyChildhoodFriend, who was ''still'' pining after her and who Edward was insanely jealous over.
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*** If she was a boy, Bella wanted to name her "Edward Jacob Cullen". Cullen." Which would have been an unfortunate name as well, considering that Bella apparently wanted to name her son after her husband and her UnluckyChildhoodFriend, who was ''still'' pining after her and who Edward was insanely jealous over.
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* A Lieutenant Britney Harder in the Literature/PaladinOfShadows book ''A Deeper Blue''.
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* A Lieutenant Britney Harder in the Literature/PaladinOfShadows book ''A Deeper Blue''.Blue'.'
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* In TheLordOfTheRings TheLordOfTheRings, one of the orcs is called Shagrat. Yes, [[BestialityIsDepraved Shagrat]]. (in british slang shag British slang, "shag" is a term for sexual intercourse.)
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* The protagonist of Donald E. Westlake's novel ''Help I am Being Held Prisoner'' has the extremely unfortunate last name of Künt (pronounced Koont, and he insists on the umlaut, or little dots above the u). This would be bad enough under ordinary circumstances, but when he goes to prison it threatens to become completely intolerable.
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* In one of the Jiggy [=McCue=] books, there's a boy called HarryPotter.
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* In the DarkLordOfDerkholm, one of the (naturally male) dwarves Derk runs into is named Galadriel. Derk can't help wondering about his parents...
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* ''[[CaptainUnderpants Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants]]'': The whole plot of this book revolves around this trope with the titular villain.
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* In R. M. Meluch's TourOfTheMerrimack series, the main protagonist's is named Ima. Her father, we learn, was a Mr. Hooker.
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* WinnieThePooh.
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* WinnieThePooh.Franchise/WinnieThePooh.
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* The ''Literature/WarriorCats'' series, the cats have a two-part name: the first half stays with them their whole life, and the second half changes depending on their rank ("kit" when they're a kitten, "paw" when they're in training, and pretty much anything when they're a full warrior), so typical names include Fireheart, Cloudpaw, Goldenflower, etc. There are some bad ones, however: Kinkfur, Runningnose (named for his perpetual sniffle; his name even translates to "Hay Fever" in the French edition), Foxheart (in-universe, "fox-hearted" is cat slang for "treacherous and cowardly"), Mudpuddle, Deadfoot, Maggottail (seriously, did his parents ''want'' him to turn evil?), etc.
** {{Lampshaded}} by some of the characters when Berrypaw's about to become a warrior. He lost his tail when he was young, so they joke about the terrible names the Clan leader could give him based on that, and come up with the name "Berrystumpytail" (which has been adopted as a FanNickname for him.)
** {{Lampshaded}} by some of the characters when Berrypaw's about to become a warrior. He lost his tail when he was young, so they joke about the terrible names the Clan leader could give him based on that, and come up with the name "Berrystumpytail" (which has been adopted as a FanNickname for him.)
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** One particular joke is about a family who named all their daughters after the seven virtues (Chasity, Prudence, etc), but were a little bit stumped when it came to their sons. They decided to go with the seven ''sins'', leading to poor boys with the names of Bestiality, Jealousy, Deviousness and Anger. Ouch.
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** One particular joke is about a family who named all their daughters after the seven virtues (Chasity, Prudence, etc), but were a little bit stumped when it came to their sons. They decided to go with the seven ''sins'', leading to poor boys with the names of Bestiality, Jealousy, Deviousness and Anger. Ouch.Ouch.
*** Which, this being Discworld, immediately become [[NonIndicativeName NonIndicativeNames]], e.g. Bestiality is actually very kind to animals and Hope is a depressive.
*** Which, this being Discworld, immediately become [[NonIndicativeName NonIndicativeNames]], e.g. Bestiality is actually very kind to animals and Hope is a depressive.
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* In TheLordOfTheRings one of the orcs is called Shagrat. Yes, [[BeastialityIsDepraved Shagrat]]. (in british slang shag is a term for sexual intercourse.)
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* ''Literature/{{Spellsinger}}'''s Jonathan Thomas Meriweather, a.k.a. Jon-Tom, isn't acknowledged as having an unfortunate name in the books, but since "John Thomas" is slang for penis in some parts of the world ...
* In Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'', the protagonist's wife is named Jezebel. She prefers to be called Jessie, after her husband (named Elijah, of course) tried to convince her the historical Jezebel wasn't as bad as her reputation. She had been ''proud'' of the name.
* The Gods of the ''Literature/AmericanGods'' universe sometimes end up with names like this out of their efforts to disguise their identity through StephenUlyssesPerhero type names. One is Mr. Nancy/Anansi. The title ''Literature/AnansiBoys'' is a play on the term "a nancy boy", a derisive term for homosexuals, and the fact that Anansi has taken this name is probably a testament to his [[DirtyOldMan comfort with his sexuality]]. There's also the matter of Shadow's real name as revealed in a side-story [[spoiler: Balder Moon]] which besides being the kind of name you wouldn't want to saddle your child with, makes you wonder why he didn't previously realize his identity.
* In ''Literature/TheWalkerPapers'' by C.E. Murphy, one of the most respective detectives on the Seattle Police force is a WholesomeCrossdresser named ... Billy Holiday.
* A running gag in Joan Hess's ''Maggody'' mysteries is the cockamamie names that Stump County residents apply to their kids. Some get phonetically-spelled versions of words that might've been tolerable (if rustic) had they spelled correctly, like Hospiss; others sport names that the parents just thought sounded interesting, like Rubella Belinda. Occasionally this is elevated to a Weird Theme Name trope, as with brothers Diesel and Petrol.
* In the UK, reprints of the ''[[EnidBlyton Faraway Tree]]'' books have changed the children's names to get around this: Jo becomes Joe (since the "Jo" spelling is now normally used for girls), Fanny becomes Franny and Dick becomes Rick. Bessie's name is possibly the least unfortunate (though it is the "stereotypical" nickname for a cow), but is rather archaic regardless.
* The AlphaBitch of the ''BabySittersClub'' books is nicknamed "Cokie" Mason. The character considers her actual first name (Marguerite) to be an EmbarrassingFirstName, for some reason.
* [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Renesmee Carlie Cullen]].
** Could be worse. If she was a boy, she probably would have been named Charlisle.
*** If she was a boy, Bella wanted to name her "Edward Jacob Cullen". Which would have been an unfortunate name as well, considering that Bella apparently wanted to name her son after her husband and her UnluckyChildhoodFriend, who was ''still'' pining after her and who Edward was insanely jealous over.
** One of Bella's teachers in high school was named Coach Clapp. As a sporker once put it, "why didn't Meyer just name him 'Coach Gonorrhea'?"
* In his novel ''Literature/TheWitchesOfKarres'', Creator/JamesHSchmitz has a black-clad, cynical, somewhat gloomy and pessimistic young witch by the name of Goth. Note that the original short story was written in 1949, and expanded into a novel in 1969. Names don't have to be created that way to become unfortunate.
* In one of the Jiggy [=McCue=] books, there's a boy called HarryPotter.
* In the DarkLordOfDerkholm, one of the (naturally male) dwarves Derk runs into is named Galadriel. Derk can't help wondering about his parents...
* The later ''GauntsGhosts'' novels have a trooper called Cant. No CountryMatters are invoked, but when your name invokes failure at all turns, that's bad enough.
* In the Hooker/Butterworth ''MASH'' novels there's a pompous newscaster whose name is Dan Rhotten. He constantly has to remind people that it's pronounced "ROW-ten."
* WinnieThePooh.
* There's a PoliceProcedural novel in which a pair of patrol cops are named Albert Hardy and Ernest Laurel. Neither would invoke this trope alone, but as partners, they're stuck either being Laurel & Hardy or Bert & Ernie.
* He's barely even mentioned, but George R.R. Martin ''must'' have been snickering to himself when he named a character in ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' Dickon Manwoody.
* ''MobyDick''. It doesn't help he's an albino sperm whale...
* The Klingon Qagh in StarTrekForgedInFire; it's ''tlhIngan Hol'' (Klingon) for "mistake". Another Klingon in StarTrekSevenDeadlySins is named "Targ"; a targ is a Klingon pig.
* JasperFforde, in ''[[ThursdayNext The Eyre Affair,]]'' introduces a fairly rude character with the fairly rude name of Jack Schitt.
** The sequel, ''Lost In A Good Book,'' adds a relative of Jack Schitt, with the equally unfortunate name of Brik Schitt-Hawse.
** [[RuleOfThree And, in book five]] (''[[NonIndicativeName First Among Sequels]]''), Jack's wife is introduced with the name Anne Wirthlass-Schitt.
* The Name of the Novel "Jack Vance: [[Literature/PlanetOfAdventure Servants of the Wankh]]". http://www.cracked.com/article_14790_the-best-worst-fantasy-science-fiction-book-covers_p3.html
* JohnCarterOfMars: the book ''The Master Mind of Mars'' contains a character named "Bal Zak", which looks an awful lot like "balzak", the Dutch word for Scrotum.
** Or, for those who don't speak Dutch, it also sounds an awful lot like "ballsack", the English word for scrotum
** Or, for those who read French literature, it sounds an awful lot like the great author Balzac...
* A Lieutenant Britney Harder in the Literature/PaladinOfShadows book ''A Deeper Blue''.
* In the SpiderRobinson book ''Callahans Legacy'' science fiction fans Ted Leahy and Susan Hu get married. Being George Lucas fans, they name their firstborn Yoda.
* Literature/{{Discworld}} has some unfortunate names, but the absolute worst is probably [[Discworld/GoingPostal Moist von Lipwig]].
** Cheery Littlebottom. She's a dwarf, and apparently her name is traditional and perfectly innocuous in Dwarvish, but in [[TranslationConvention Morporkian]]... not so much. When he first meets her, Vimes makes a point of ''not'' reacting to her name until she is out of earshot, at which point he begins laughing.
** One particular joke is about a family who named all their daughters after the seven virtues (Chasity, Prudence, etc), but were a little bit stumped when it came to their sons. They decided to go with the seven ''sins'', leading to poor boys with the names of Bestiality, Jealousy, Deviousness and Anger. Ouch.
** A minor character in ''Reaper Man'' has the name One Man Bucket, which, it is revealed, is short for One Man Throwing A Bucket Of Water Over Two Dogs. He states that his home tribe had a tradition of naming their children after whatever the healer saw outside the tent upon their birth, and explains further that at least his name was better than that of his twin, born minutes earlier. Windle Poons delicately guesses that the twin's name was "Two Dogs ''Fighting''", at which One Man Bucket nearly laughs himself sick.
* In ''[[Literature/RedDwarf Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers]]'' the captain of the Red Dwarf is described as a woman with the "unfortunate" surname of "Kirk". The book never really explores the concept beyond stating as much, though, since she (along with the rest of the crew) dies early on.
* In TheLordOfTheRings one of the orcs is called Shagrat. Yes, [[BeastialityIsDepraved Shagrat]]. (in british slang shag is a term for sexual intercourse.)
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* In Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'', the protagonist's wife is named Jezebel. She prefers to be called Jessie, after her husband (named Elijah, of course) tried to convince her the historical Jezebel wasn't as bad as her reputation. She had been ''proud'' of the name.
* The Gods of the ''Literature/AmericanGods'' universe sometimes end up with names like this out of their efforts to disguise their identity through StephenUlyssesPerhero type names. One is Mr. Nancy/Anansi. The title ''Literature/AnansiBoys'' is a play on the term "a nancy boy", a derisive term for homosexuals, and the fact that Anansi has taken this name is probably a testament to his [[DirtyOldMan comfort with his sexuality]]. There's also the matter of Shadow's real name as revealed in a side-story [[spoiler: Balder Moon]] which besides being the kind of name you wouldn't want to saddle your child with, makes you wonder why he didn't previously realize his identity.
* In ''Literature/TheWalkerPapers'' by C.E. Murphy, one of the most respective detectives on the Seattle Police force is a WholesomeCrossdresser named ... Billy Holiday.
* A running gag in Joan Hess's ''Maggody'' mysteries is the cockamamie names that Stump County residents apply to their kids. Some get phonetically-spelled versions of words that might've been tolerable (if rustic) had they spelled correctly, like Hospiss; others sport names that the parents just thought sounded interesting, like Rubella Belinda. Occasionally this is elevated to a Weird Theme Name trope, as with brothers Diesel and Petrol.
* In the UK, reprints of the ''[[EnidBlyton Faraway Tree]]'' books have changed the children's names to get around this: Jo becomes Joe (since the "Jo" spelling is now normally used for girls), Fanny becomes Franny and Dick becomes Rick. Bessie's name is possibly the least unfortunate (though it is the "stereotypical" nickname for a cow), but is rather archaic regardless.
* The AlphaBitch of the ''BabySittersClub'' books is nicknamed "Cokie" Mason. The character considers her actual first name (Marguerite) to be an EmbarrassingFirstName, for some reason.
* [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Renesmee Carlie Cullen]].
** Could be worse. If she was a boy, she probably would have been named Charlisle.
*** If she was a boy, Bella wanted to name her "Edward Jacob Cullen". Which would have been an unfortunate name as well, considering that Bella apparently wanted to name her son after her husband and her UnluckyChildhoodFriend, who was ''still'' pining after her and who Edward was insanely jealous over.
** One of Bella's teachers in high school was named Coach Clapp. As a sporker once put it, "why didn't Meyer just name him 'Coach Gonorrhea'?"
* In his novel ''Literature/TheWitchesOfKarres'', Creator/JamesHSchmitz has a black-clad, cynical, somewhat gloomy and pessimistic young witch by the name of Goth. Note that the original short story was written in 1949, and expanded into a novel in 1969. Names don't have to be created that way to become unfortunate.
* In one of the Jiggy [=McCue=] books, there's a boy called HarryPotter.
* In the DarkLordOfDerkholm, one of the (naturally male) dwarves Derk runs into is named Galadriel. Derk can't help wondering about his parents...
* The later ''GauntsGhosts'' novels have a trooper called Cant. No CountryMatters are invoked, but when your name invokes failure at all turns, that's bad enough.
* In the Hooker/Butterworth ''MASH'' novels there's a pompous newscaster whose name is Dan Rhotten. He constantly has to remind people that it's pronounced "ROW-ten."
* WinnieThePooh.
* There's a PoliceProcedural novel in which a pair of patrol cops are named Albert Hardy and Ernest Laurel. Neither would invoke this trope alone, but as partners, they're stuck either being Laurel & Hardy or Bert & Ernie.
* He's barely even mentioned, but George R.R. Martin ''must'' have been snickering to himself when he named a character in ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' Dickon Manwoody.
* ''MobyDick''. It doesn't help he's an albino sperm whale...
* The Klingon Qagh in StarTrekForgedInFire; it's ''tlhIngan Hol'' (Klingon) for "mistake". Another Klingon in StarTrekSevenDeadlySins is named "Targ"; a targ is a Klingon pig.
* JasperFforde, in ''[[ThursdayNext The Eyre Affair,]]'' introduces a fairly rude character with the fairly rude name of Jack Schitt.
** The sequel, ''Lost In A Good Book,'' adds a relative of Jack Schitt, with the equally unfortunate name of Brik Schitt-Hawse.
** [[RuleOfThree And, in book five]] (''[[NonIndicativeName First Among Sequels]]''), Jack's wife is introduced with the name Anne Wirthlass-Schitt.
* The Name of the Novel "Jack Vance: [[Literature/PlanetOfAdventure Servants of the Wankh]]". http://www.cracked.com/article_14790_the-best-worst-fantasy-science-fiction-book-covers_p3.html
* JohnCarterOfMars: the book ''The Master Mind of Mars'' contains a character named "Bal Zak", which looks an awful lot like "balzak", the Dutch word for Scrotum.
** Or, for those who don't speak Dutch, it also sounds an awful lot like "ballsack", the English word for scrotum
** Or, for those who read French literature, it sounds an awful lot like the great author Balzac...
* A Lieutenant Britney Harder in the Literature/PaladinOfShadows book ''A Deeper Blue''.
* In the SpiderRobinson book ''Callahans Legacy'' science fiction fans Ted Leahy and Susan Hu get married. Being George Lucas fans, they name their firstborn Yoda.
* Literature/{{Discworld}} has some unfortunate names, but the absolute worst is probably [[Discworld/GoingPostal Moist von Lipwig]].
** Cheery Littlebottom. She's a dwarf, and apparently her name is traditional and perfectly innocuous in Dwarvish, but in [[TranslationConvention Morporkian]]... not so much. When he first meets her, Vimes makes a point of ''not'' reacting to her name until she is out of earshot, at which point he begins laughing.
** One particular joke is about a family who named all their daughters after the seven virtues (Chasity, Prudence, etc), but were a little bit stumped when it came to their sons. They decided to go with the seven ''sins'', leading to poor boys with the names of Bestiality, Jealousy, Deviousness and Anger. Ouch.
** A minor character in ''Reaper Man'' has the name One Man Bucket, which, it is revealed, is short for One Man Throwing A Bucket Of Water Over Two Dogs. He states that his home tribe had a tradition of naming their children after whatever the healer saw outside the tent upon their birth, and explains further that at least his name was better than that of his twin, born minutes earlier. Windle Poons delicately guesses that the twin's name was "Two Dogs ''Fighting''", at which One Man Bucket nearly laughs himself sick.
* In ''[[Literature/RedDwarf Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers]]'' the captain of the Red Dwarf is described as a woman with the "unfortunate" surname of "Kirk". The book never really explores the concept beyond stating as much, though, since she (along with the rest of the crew) dies early on.
* In TheLordOfTheRings one of the orcs is called Shagrat. Yes, [[BeastialityIsDepraved Shagrat]]. (in british slang shag is a term for sexual intercourse.)
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