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6 | Any character who is not normally a magician, but is putting on a magic show, will use a stage name formed by taking their name and appending "-ini". Often they'll prefix "The Great", as well. |
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8 | Obviously the inspiration for these names is Creator/HarryHoudini, who himself based his stage name on French magician Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin, or possibly Cardini. Never mind that Houdini considered himself an escape artist, not a magician, and never presented himself as having magical powers rather than exceptional dexterity. |
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10 | Not to be confused with the 1980s rap group, though they ''were'' great. |
11 | |
12 | See also SmallReferencePools, DrGenericius. |
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15 | !!Examples: |
16 | [[foldercontrol]] |
17 | |
18 | [[folder:Comedy]] |
19 | * Creator/SteveMartin often did tricks for private gatherings involving things coming out of the crotch of his pants. His alias? The Great Flydini. |
20 | * Invoked by Creator/DenisLeary in his stand-up routine, regarding pulling his family dog out of the toilet: "Like I'm some kinda magician, the Great Learitini..." |
21 | [[/folder]] |
22 | |
23 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
24 | * ''Film/Ben10RaceAgainstTime'' has "The Great Gwendini... and her assistant". |
25 | [[/folder]] |
26 | |
27 | [[folder:Literature]] |
28 | * Edgar of ''Literature/EdgarAndEllen'' demonstrated his escape artist skills as "The Amazing Edgarini". |
29 | [[/folder]] |
30 | |
31 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
32 | * Magician Ricky Jay played magician "The Amazing Maleeni" in ''Series/TheXFiles'' episode of that name. Spoofed with The Stupendous Yappi, a celebrity psychic so phony even Mulder doesn't believe he's real. |
33 | * On ''Series/NewsRadio'' Dave called himself the Great Throwdini for his KnifeThrowingAct. He also performed as the Great Ventriloquodini. |
34 | * On ''Series/HomeImprovement'', there's an episode where the three sons each want to make a birthday present for their mother, but Randy, the middle son, isn't good with his hands, so he plans a magic show. At the end of the episode, his climactic disappearing box says "The Great Randini" on it. |
35 | * One episode of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' had Crow as an escape artist calling himself "The Great Crowdini". |
36 | * ''Series/Batman1966'' TV Series: In the episode "Zelda the Great", [[ShownTheirWork they really did the research]]. She has a billboard that boasts: ''Zelda the Great: World's foremost illusionist and escape artiste, [[BiggerThanJesus Even Greater than Houdini!]]'' |
37 | * An episode ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' had the boys befriend "The Great Doheney". |
38 | * An episode of ''Series/QuantumLeap'' has Sam step into the life of the titular professional magician "The Great Spontini". Subverted in that this is the character's real last name, not a stage name. |
39 | * One {{Whammy}} animation from ''Series/PressYourLuck'' has "the Great Whamini" attempting to fire himself out of a cannon, only for it to explode on him, leaving him charred and the player with nothing. |
40 | [[/folder]] |
41 | |
42 | [[folder:Toys]] |
43 | * The unreleased third series of ''WesternAnimation/COPSAnimatedSeries'' action figures would have included an evil StageMagician named "[[PunnyName The Great Felloni]]". |
44 | [[/folder]] |
45 | |
46 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
47 | * A ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' strip has Riff present himself as [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=070817 "The Great Riffini"]]. |
48 | * ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' has Fighter reminisce about the group's (hitherto unknown) plans for a circus act, complete with a poster showing "Fightini", "Thiefini", "Red Magini", "A Cannonball" (Black Mage) and "Fightini again". |
49 | [[/folder]] |
50 | |
51 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
52 | * ''Series/TheBigGarage'': In the animated mechanic tools segment of "You Better Believe It", the saw does some magic tricks using the ruler as a volunteer, and Pump refers to the saw by the name "The Great Sawdini". |
53 | * "The Great Bicklini", a.k.a. Mr. Bickles in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''. |
54 | * In the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' special "It's Magic, Charlie Brown", Snoopy puts on a magic show as The Great Houndini. |
55 | * Eddy, of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', became The Great Eddy-dini upon acquiring Edd's hypno-wheel. |
56 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Equestria has an equivalent to Creator/HarryHoudini in "The Great Hoofdini", who is Trixie's biggest inspiration. |
57 | * One episode of the ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' had a Houdini look-alike stealing from people (and kidnapping children) while using magic (as a villain). He is known as ''The Great Boldini''. [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KID0SaY_Rd4 Watch the episode here.]] |
58 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleRascals'' episode "Alfalfakazam!", Darla opens Spanky's magic show by introducing him as The Great Spankini. |
59 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines Magnificent Muttley]]'': "The Marvelous Muttdini" is Muttley's daydream of him being a famous escape artist, precipitated when Dick Dastardly puts him into the brig and says, "You'd have to be an escape artist to get out of there!" |
60 | [[/folder]] |
61 | |
62 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
63 | * Johnny Carson was "The Great Carsoni" as a young magician. |
64 | [[/folder]] |
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