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| 10 | ->'''Ted:''' So, Captain, how'd you get that name anyway?\ |
| 11 | '''The Captain:''' Gave it to myself. A real man chooses his own name.\ |
| 12 | '''Ted:''' Well, pleased to meet you, Captain. I'm Galactic President Superstar [=McAwesomeville=]. |
| 13 | -->-- ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS6E08NaturalHistory Natural History]]" |
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| 17 | Sometimes, people grow up with boring names, and they imagine more exciting and exotic names for themselves. If you let this person write a piece of fiction, expect this ''flair'' for the exotic to show up in a lot of their characters. Try to imagine this person as a baby or as a toddler and everyone calling them this. [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Try to imagine the parents who would name them this.]] |
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| 19 | It can appear in stories set in a modern-day city, where everyone inexplicably has "cool" names. There's no one named Bill, Todd, or John. It's all "Anubis," "Scar," "Bullet," "Diamond," etc. Even better if these aren't [[TheMagnificent nicknames]], but their ''actual'' [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep given names]]. It can double up as a MeaningfulName. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | When a video game lets you do this to the characters you control, it's called HelloInsertNameHere. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | The inverse of UnfortunateNames and AtrociousAlias, while SpecialPersonNormalName lies in between. |
| 24 | |
| 25 | LukeNounverber and DarknessVonGothickname are {{Sub Trope}}s. |
| 26 | |
| 27 | Compare ThemeNaming, PropheticNames. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | See also NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast, NamesToTrustImmediately, XtremeKoolLetterz, PunctuationShaker, MyNaymeIs, AerithAndBob, LawOfAlienNames and WhoNamesTheirKidDude |
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| 31 | '''Please note that this trope is for Administrivia/InUniverseExamplesOnly'''. The narrative must comment on the name in some way. |
| 32 | |
| 33 | [[noreallife]] |
| 34 | ---- |
| 35 | !!Example subpages: |
| 36 | [[index]] |
| 37 | * [[AwesomeMcCoolname/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]] |
| 38 | * AwesomeMcCoolname/{{Literature}} |
| 39 | * AwesomeMcCoolname/LiveActionTV |
| 40 | [[/index]] |
| 41 | |
| 42 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 43 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 44 | * ''Literature/AndYouThoughtThereIsNeverAGirlOnline'': Akane thought her "Schwein" avatar name was a cool name. Then Kyou tells her that it is also [[AtrociousAlias the German word for "pig,"]] and since then her alias has been gleefully mocked with pig-related nicknames and shortforms. |
| 45 | * ''Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}}'': Araragi considers one of Hachikuji's [[AccidentalMisnaming mistakes]], Shuraragi, to be one. For reference, "''shura''" means "[[Myth/HinduMythology Asura]]," or "carnage." |
| 46 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Defied when Ichigo started to call Kon by that name. Kon himself disliked that name and requested Ichigo change it to Kai, but Ichigo refused simply because he hated the fact that it sounded kinda cool. |
| 47 | * ''Anime/{{Daltanious}}'''s protagonist is called Kento Tate; literally "Swordsman Shield". Which is funny when you remember he's TheGunslinger. |
| 48 | * The CluelessDetective Gai Kurosawa in ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' calls himself that because he thinks it sounds cooler than his real name. [[PluckyComicRelief It doesn't really work]]. |
| 49 | * Light Yagami in ''Manga/DeathNote''. Several character remark what an unusual name it is, though it's never explained why his parents chose it. The creator said he just thought it sounded interesting, and discouraged trying to find hidden meanings. |
| 50 | * In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', most of the Kasugai Crows in the series are named by their owners, and as such they have simple pet names; Tanjiro's crow on the other hand is too much of a prideful and independent crow to be like the others, the bird named himself Matsuemon Tennouji; in Japanese that is an extremely pompous name for a human, as if they were an important figurehead from a Samurai family or a noble from years past, but a crow wants to be called that, making it even more ludicrous among his crow mates who don’t buy into Matsuemon’s pride, his own master Tanjiro never called his name on-screen. |
| 51 | * ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'': |
| 52 | ** Mikado Ryugamine, whose name roughly means "Emperor of the Dragon's Peak". It sticks out enough to be lampshaded by a few characters. |
| 53 | ** There's also a later case in the novels, where Kasuka thinks it's cute to name his kitten Yuigadokusonmaru (which, removing the common name suffix of -maru, means "only I am holy.") |
| 54 | * Knight Shoemach from ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula'', who is said in-series to be the best driver (up until ''Zero''). In fact, he is [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed named after Michael Schumacher]] (who was in F3 at the time the character was introduced) because the producers of the show thought that it sounded like a fitting name for a very fast driver. |
| 55 | * ''Manga/{{Gokusen}}'': ''Kyou's nickname for Shin, "Young Master Red Lion." Shin thinks it's lame, but his countless yakuza admirers think otherwise. |
| 56 | * ''Anime/LuckAndLogic'': Chloe deliberately attempts to name her logic drives like this. In most cases, the names end up belonging in the DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment. |
| 57 | * ''Anime/LupinIIITheItalianAdventure'': Lupin and Jigen both note that Nyx is a very cool name, and that it is most likely a codename. Sure enough, they're right. |
| 58 | * ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'': "Jiro Yamada is just the boring old name my mother gave me. Gai Daigoji is the name that belongs to my soul!!!" |
| 59 | * ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Hero names are intentionally designed to be this way. Their purpose for being "cool" is to give people a sense of hope to cling to and to tell the world they are kept safe by badasses, while for villains, they're NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast. This is zigzagged when it comes to hero students, as there's Ingenium, Red Riot, and [[spoiler:Dynamight]] together with the likes of Grape Juice, Cellophane, and Deku (an insult that roughly means 'useless'). Regarding Midoriya's, some of his classmates initially expressed concerns with it due to its rather demeaning meaning. |
| 60 | * ''Anime/{{Nightwalker}}'': "Tatsuhiko Shido" (purple-wisteria dragon-son) is [[NoNameGiven merely the character's current alias]], and too over-the-top for Guni to hold back from snarking about it. |
| 61 | * ''Literature/{{Oreimo}}'': Kirino's literary agent's name is Iori Fate Setsuna. Even Kuroneko states that it is an awesome name. However, novel Fate doesn't like to be called that precisely because it's like a name out of a novel. |
| 62 | * ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Himura Kenshin, as a result of a MeaningfulRename. |
| 63 | -->'''Seijuuro:''' What's your name kid?\ |
| 64 | '''Kenshin:''' Shinta (Big heart).\ |
| 65 | '''Seijuuro:''' Shinta? That's a weak name for a warrior, [[MeaningfulRename starting today your name is Kenshin]] (Sword/powerful heart). |
| 66 | * ''Anime/SpiderRiders'': In the Japanese version, there is one Insector soldier with the name Great Genius. Grasshop is impressed when he learns this. |
| 67 | [[/folder]] |
| 68 | |
| 69 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 70 | * ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'' |
| 71 | ** ''ComicBook/TheSimpingDetective'': Lampshaded with the protagonist Jack Point: "What's the point?" "Comes right after the Jack." |
| 72 | ** Invoked in ''ComicBook/CaballisticsInc''. Lawrence Verse and Hannah Chapter answer the two questions they're asked most often, one of which is whether those are really their names.[[note]]The other is whether they're lovers. They're not, given one is a former priest who took a vow of celibacy and the other identifies as a lesbian, though there was a drunken altercation between them in the past.[[/note]] They're not, but a gimmick like that draws in more clients for their monster hunting business. |
| 73 | * In ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'' [[ComicBook/{{X23}} Laura's]] clone Gabby wants to have a codename of her own, but she can't think of one at all and is so displeased at everyone else having cool ones. After meeting Danger, she finally gets one through her "brother" ComicBook/{{Daken}}: Honey Badger. Laura is about to express her displeasure at such a name, but Gabby ''loves it''. |
| 74 | * ''Comicbook/AtomicRobo'': Doctor Atomic Robo ''Tesla'' isn't half-bad, either. |
| 75 | -->'''Creator/CarlSagan:''' So your full name is Atomic Robo Tesla.\ |
| 76 | '''Robo:''' Yeah.\ |
| 77 | '''Sagan:''' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall They should make comic books out of you.]] |
| 78 | * ''ComicBook/BatmanHush'': The Riddler admits this was part of why he selected "Arthur Wynne" [[spoiler:as his alias while being treated for cancer by Thomas Elliot.]] Aside from the obvious tribute to the inventor of the CrosswordPuzzle, the surname always appealed to him ("Wynne, as in...''win''.") |
| 79 | * ''ComicBook/MisterMiracle2017'': Discussed when Scott and Barda talk what to name [[spoiler:their baby.]] Scott proposes a bunch of crazy, godly names like Ironbreaker and Starrazer, all of which Barda rejects. Subverted when they settle on Jacob. |
| 80 | [[/folder]] |
| 81 | |
| 82 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 83 | * There is one ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' cartoon about the difference between the names we give our dogs and the names they give themselves: |
| 84 | --> '''Man''': This is Rex, our new dog. |
| 85 | --> '''Dog 1''': Hello, I am known as Vexorg, Destroyer of Cats and Devourer of Chickens. |
| 86 | --> '''Dog 2''': I am Zornorph, the One who Comes by Night to the Neighbor's Yard, and this is Princess Sheewana, Barker of Great Annoyance and daughter of Queen La, Stainer of Persian Rugs. |
| 87 | * ''Comicstrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Joe Cool, anyone? Lampshaded in [[http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1997/07/19 this comic]]. Well... sort of, anyway. |
| 88 | * ''ComicStrip/PhoebeAndHerUnicorn'': Marigold Heavenly Nostrils is fully aware of her name's awesomeness. |
| 89 | -->'''Phoebe:''' That's the best name I've ever heard.\ |
| 90 | '''Marigold:''' Yes it is! |
| 91 | [[/folder]] |
| 92 | |
| 93 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 94 | * ''Fanfic/TheDilgarWar'' has Captain Manly Power of the battlecruiser ''EAS Temeraire'', known to his crew as Captain Power. According to one character, he has the best name ever. |
| 95 | * ''Fanfic/ADream'': When the protagonist is initially asked for his name, he starts trying to think of something cool. He comes up with Plymouth Valiant and decides he could've picked worse. |
| 96 | * ''Fanfic/GettingBackOnYourHooves'': Spike considers Trixie's [[spoiler:(actually her grandmother's)]] last name, Midsummer, to be a cool name. |
| 97 | * ''Fanfic/HZDTerraformingBase001TextCommunicationsNetwork'': Once Erend discovers they can change their display names, he changes everyone's. His becomes "[=ForgeLordAleMaster=]." Everyone else is less impressed. |
| 98 | -->'''Aloy:''' Oh no.\ |
| 99 | ['''[=ForgeLordAleMaster=]'''] has changed ['''Aloy''']'s name to ['''[=FlameHairSavior=]''']\ |
| 100 | '''[=FlameHairSavior=]:''' Ohhhh no. |
| 101 | * ''Fanfic/IntoTheLight'': Eight thinks Three's real name, Trina Morgue, is cool. |
| 102 | * ''Fanfic/{{Marionettes}}'': [[spoiler:Teddy]] thinks the name of Iron Will's wife, Indomitable Will (née Indomitable Warrior) is awesome. |
| 103 | * From ''Fanfic/NewHopeUniversityMajorInMurder'', there is Giuseppe Perfetto, whose name means Joe Perfect when translated from Italian. He actually chose this name to annoy his commanders. |
| 104 | * ''Fanfic/OpalSapphireRubyAndSteven'': The protagonist of ''Dissimilar'' has a boyfriend named Killian Blacksoul. Connie doesn't think much of the book, but she and Steven both agree that it's a cool name. |
| 105 | * ''Fanfic/RomanceAndTheFateOfEquestria'': In the prequel ''Legend of the Goddesses'', Discord compliments Thunderblast on his impressive name. |
| 106 | * ''Fanfic/SoulHunter'': Ruby thinks Ichigo's sword is cool when he says it's called a Zanpakuto (Soul Cutter). When he explains that's what the type of weapon is called and it's actually named Zangetsu (Slaying Moon), she thinks that name is ''even cooler''. |
| 107 | * ''Fanfic/TheTwilightChild'': Scootaloo thinks "Midday Eclipse" sounds like a superhero's name. Fitting, as [[DramaticIrony the name is really an alias]]. |
| 108 | * ''Fanfic/ValesUnderground'': Ruby thinks Nora's last name being "Valkyrie" is badass. |
| 109 | * ''Fanfic/XtremlyScray'': Amber admits that names like Storm Wolfsbane and Vespa Painflower rule. |
| 110 | [[/folder]] |
| 111 | |
| 112 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 113 | * Music/NickBertke has [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] this trope on one occasion, mainly concerning how his name (Nick Bertke) does [[AvertedTrope NOT]] fit under this trope (in actuality, he was talking about how nice it would sound on a business card, but still). He prefers a name like "Nicholas Christianson." |
| 114 | * During Music/ReginaSpektor's appearance on ''Series/TheColbertReport'', Colbert questioned whether or not she was a Soviet sleeper agent, bringing up her awesome "sexy spy name" as evidence. |
| 115 | * Music/{{Voltaire}}'s 2011 album ''Riding a Black Unicorn Down the Side of an Erupting Volcano While Drinking from a Chalice Filled with the Laughter of Small Children''. This particular one is notable because it's based on a colorful description of what his music is like that a fan wrote up on Facebook that he thought was so cool he ''needed'' to name an album after it. |
| 116 | [[/folder]] |
| 117 | |
| 118 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 119 | * ''Podcast/ActorsLifePodcast'': Bobby says he had this reaction to Mason Creedy's full name (though he mistakenly thought his last name was just Creed). |
| 120 | * ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneEthersea'': Given how silly a lot of ''TAZ'' character names are, Finneas Cawl is immediately noted as having a truly ''awesome'' name. |
| 121 | * ''Podcast/BehindTheBastards'': |
| 122 | ** During the second Amway episode, Evans spends about a minute gushing over the name of a senator/Amway distributor: ''Dick Chrysler.'' He then jokes about his (fake) Democratic rival: ''Cock Ford''. And his (real) successor in the Senate is ''Debbie Stabenow'' (pronounced stab-now). |
| 123 | ** He has a similar reaction to a Texas Judge named William Wayne Justice. |
| 124 | * ''Podcast/BinaryBreak'' has Sophie and Jordie '''Battle'''. |
| 125 | * ''Podcast/TheBritishHistoryPodcast'': |
| 126 | ** There's the short-lived Roman emperor Magnus Maximus, whose name Jamie gushes over. |
| 127 | ** Jamie also expresses a similar fondness for the name of early sixth-century Saxon king Stuf. |
| 128 | * ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'': ''Firefly: The Zelda Chronicles'' has this as the reasoning behind Josh and Shannon's characters, Mickey Spacelust and [[Music/{{Falco}} Roc Me Amadeus]]. |
| 129 | * ''Podcast/FilmReroll'': During the episodes based on''Film/WeekendAtBernies'', Kara says that she would leave everything for a woman named "Baby Destruction." Her wife, who was in the room at the time, agrees with her. |
| 130 | * ''Podcast/MyFavoriteMurder'': In-show, there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE2w5cYMDgM Paul Onions]], who holds the title of "most beautiful man in the world" solely based on his name. |
| 131 | * ''Podcast/MysteryShow'': |
| 132 | ** After learning about the concept of "max morning height," David decides Max Morningheight would be a great name for a detective and tries to recruit Jake Gyllenhaal into making a TV series. |
| 133 | ** Starlee calls Hans Jordi and Bob Six "the kind of names that demanded to be etched into silver." |
| 134 | * ''Podcast/RoseDrive'': Invoked in-universe by Iris who thinks Markus Hill would be a great name for a 40's [[PrivateDetective private eye]]. |
| 135 | * ''Podcast/{{Swindled}}'': Harley Davidson Ironwing in "The Barefoot Bandit." Even the Citizen is impressed by it. |
| 136 | * ''Podcast/{{Talkradar}}'': Logan Decker, editor-in-chief of ''PC Gamer'', is held up as an example of an incredibly cool name. |
| 137 | -->'''Chris''': He's part Wolverine and part Blade Runner! |
| 138 | * ''Podcast/ThisWeekInVirology'': The hosts generally agree that plant viruses have the best names of all viruses. |
| 139 | * ''Podcast/{{TOFOP}}'': Charlie is frustrated by the fact that his surname Clausen ''almost'', but doesn't quite, rhyme with "awesome." Wil and Charlie decide that Charlie's successful alternate universe counterpart would be named Charlie Clausome. |
| 140 | [[/folder]] |
| 141 | |
| 142 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 143 | * ''Theatre/OneTenInTheShade'': Bill Starbuck, who changed his name from Smith because that didn't suit a man like him (who also considers "Lizzie" too prosaic a name for a woman -- "why, it don't ''stand'' for anything!"). |
| 144 | * ''Theatre/TheTrailToOregon'': In the Website/YouTube version, the father gets the name [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer]] and is clearly psyched. [[UnfortunateNames The rest of the family don't get off so lucky]]. |
| 145 | [[/folder]] |
| 146 | |
| 147 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 148 | * ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'': A sidequest in Messenia has a bunch of children discussing their nicknames, which are cool-sounding except for poor Chickenrain. They decide the Eagle Bearer should be called "Eaglethunder." |
| 149 | --> '''Pebble:''' A hero name is a code name only the greatest, bestest heroes have. It's usually a combination of a cool animal and the weather. |
| 150 | * In ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'', when they first meet, Nagisa's dad decides that Tomoya's name is too wimpy and proceeds to try to think of a better one. Something big and imposing, like "Galaxy Cosmos"... |
| 151 | * ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'': Subverted with Slappy Cromwell, who was told that his given name didn't have "star quality." |
| 152 | -->'''Guybrush:''' What was your given name?\ |
| 153 | '''Slappy:''' Rex Fortune, Adventure Seeker. |
| 154 | * ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' has Celestia Ludenberg, whose real name was [[spoiler:Taeko Yasuhiro]] and she picked that name because [[spoiler:she thinks her old name was very plain and brings her suffering that she'd rather forget.]] |
| 155 | * ''VideoGame/DeathRoadToCanada'': One random event you may encounter involves the party coming across a [[DepartmentofMajorVexation DMV littered with skeletons arranged in a line.]] Get to the end of the "queue" and you'll get the option to change the name of one party member. One the possible choices is just adding "Cool" before your character's name which provides a boost to the morale stat. |
| 156 | * ''VideoGame/DetectiveGrimoire'': Echo's real name is [[AlliterativeName Edward Everstone]]. At least Grimoire likes it. |
| 157 | * ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' lives and dies by this trope. We have Cloud Strife, Tifa Lockhart, Vincent Valentine, Cid Highwind, Zack Fair, Aerith Gainsborough, Red XIII... and all of those are [[WeHaveReserves just the playable characters]]. |
| 158 | * Darius Flynt in ''[[VideoGame/{{Forza}} Forza Horizon]]''. Scott Tyler of Horizon Bass Arena says it sounds too cool to be real and suspects that it must be a name change. |
| 159 | * Anghel Higure ("higure" spelled in Japanese with two Kanji meaning 'red') in ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'' is a parody. He has the real name Akagi Yoshio, but insists on being called Anghel due to believing he is a ridiculous fantasy character with the title "Crimson Angel of Judecca". |
| 160 | * ''VideoGame/ImmortalSouls'' has the KnightTemplar leader Desmond Benedict [[InsistentTerminology the Third]], enhanced by the fact that he loves to pompously announce the entire thing any time he can find the slightest excuse to do so. |
| 161 | * ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' gives us King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule, the Nintendo gallery [[LampshadeHanging lampshades this]]. |
| 162 | * ''VideoGame/MaxPayne''. Lampshaded by a {{mook|s}}, who admits to envying Max's name. [[note]]To be fair, Max and Payne are actual names: and Max Payne is perfectly believable as an actual person's name. It is however, obviously, a MeaningfulName.[[/note]] |
| 163 | * In ''VideoGame/TheSexyBrutale'', the titular mansion is named thus because it sounds "glamorous." |
| 164 | * The ''VideoGame/SilverFalls'' series has several, such as Bull Brandish and Atticus Longdraw. ''[[VideoGame/SilverFallsGaidenDeathlyDelusionDestroyersAndRubyRiver Deathly Delusion Destroyers]]'' continues that tradition with its main character: Gus Ironcock. Seriously. |
| 165 | * ''VideoGame/{{Starbound}}'': In the game-within-a-game VisualNovel "Beautiful Attempt", you can, instead of telling the love interest your real name (which is apparently hilariously awkward and shameful) give a fake, romantic name: "Vaughn St. Lovecastle." Once you've imagined all the Harlequin romance novels a guy with that name should be the hunky lead for, and their requisite covers with him lying on bearskin rugs in front of the fireplace, recall that he's a gangly, teenaged, Asian-stereotyped Hylotl with a strong resemblance to a three-eyed frog and an obsession with air hockey. |
| 166 | * In ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'', Episode 4, there is a character, [[spoiler:who is Homestar Runner as "Dangeresque, Too?", as a robot copy of the character]], by the name of Uzi Bazooka. Even Strong Bad/Dangeresque thinks it's a cool name. (But then again, he did write the script..) |
| 167 | * ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds'': Tianhuo has a Chinese-inspired name that can be translated to ''Sky Fire'' or ''Heaven's Flame''. The game itself acknowledges that the name is cool by even having the trope's title be one of her potential bot names. |
| 168 | * ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'': [[KingOfBeasts Leonhardt]] (but call him Loewe)'s awesome name is commented on by the characters. |
| 169 | * Metallia from ''VideoGame/TheWitchAndTheHundredKnight'' is a pretty awesome name, and her original Japanese name Music/{{Metallica}} is even cooler, perhaps for obvious reasons. [[spoiler:Invoked in Chapter 8, when young Lia (her original name) asks the Old Hag for a cooler name, which results in her name becoming Metallia.]] |
| 170 | [[/folder]] |
| 171 | |
| 172 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 173 | * ''Webcomic/BetweenFailures'': Nina's brother is named ''Hannibal Solo Grace.'' [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when Nina notes how insane/high you need to be to name your child something like that. |
| 174 | --> '''Nina:''' "It's by the grace of God that he was born with all of his limbs." |
| 175 | * ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}: Life Through Their Eyes'': While goblins have names such as "Big Ears" and "Complains Of Names", one of them, "Fumbles", wants to become an adventurer (a PC, indeed) and changes his name to ''Senor Vorpal Kickasso''. |
| 176 | * ''Webcomic/GrandBlues'': In Comic #1007, the Lowain Bros. discuss on how a "Xeno" primal beast has such a terrifying power, and conclude that it is due to the name. They then imagine adding Xeno prefixes to their names to match up with the beasts', from Xeno Lowain, Xeno Vira, and lastly Xeno Predator, whom Tomoi calls a "Wicked Cool Name." |
| 177 | * ''Webcomic/GuildedAge'': Frigg asks Gravedust Deserthammer if she can [[IfYouDieICallYourStuff have his name after he dies]]. |
| 178 | * [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant''. The Brontë sisters, concerned they won't be taken seriously as women authors, choose the pseudonyms "Johnny Guns," "Bruce Punisher" and "Daddy Smash." |
| 179 | * ''Webcomic/{{Hiimdaisy}}'': Young Ocelot was expecting Naked Snake's real name to be something super cool ([[ImagineSpot Snake: "Manly Mc Beefington, kid."]]), and he ended very disappointed. |
| 180 | -->'''Ocelot's [[ImagineSpot Imagination]]:''' Manly [=McBeefington=], kid.\ |
| 181 | '''Snake:''' John.\ |
| 182 | '''Ocelot's Imagination:''' Super boring. |
| 183 | * ''Webcomic/MotherlyScootaloo'': Scootaloo chose Lightning Blitz's name ''[[http://motherlyscootaloo.tumblr.com/post/50383339042/was-it-just-me-or-did-derpy-seem-different-from because]]'' [[RuleOfCool she thought it was awesome]]. If he had been a girl, [[http://motherlyscootaloo.tumblr.com/post/21446737235 she would have used "Spectrum Chaser" instead]]. |
| 184 | * ''Webcomic/{{Mulberry}}'': "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=25&page=0 The Game of Life]]" gives Mulberry control of a DeceptivelyHumanRobot she names "[[spoiler:Davy Doowop-Abop-Shadoom-Boom-Pow]]," needing to come up with a better name than current greatest-name-holder Cherry Chevapravatdumrong. He's called "DD" for short. |
| 185 | * ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'': Mr. Starchman seems to think so of Max's name, Maxwell Puckett. Of course, he's [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} completely and utterly insane]], so it's not really worth much... |
| 186 | * In ''Webcomic/RegularGuy'', Reg decides he needs to get to know a girl better because of her name: Katie [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture DeLorean.]] |
| 187 | * ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': |
| 188 | ** O'benn warship names tend towards these. Mocked by Captain Tagon and Kevyn Andreasyn in on exchange: |
| 189 | --->'''Tagon:''' Let's slap a drive and crew quarters on it and christen it the Scrapyard of Insufferable Arrogance.\ |
| 190 | '''Kevyn''': [[LampshadeHanging Captain, making fun of Ob'enn ship names is like shooting fish in the barrel of circular swimming]]. |
| 191 | ** Much, much, later, they take possession of a [[MileLongShip battleplate]]. After suggesting "Jumpstart Primer", Schlock shaves off two letters and goes EVA to carve "Jumpstar Prime" into the outer hull with his plasgun. It's a pretty cool name, even though everyone but Schlock is somewhat annoyed about it...although that might just be because he wrote it as "[=JUMPStAR PRiWe!=]" and didn't ask for permission before acting. |
| 192 | * ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': Greg Killmaster, a [[http://gregkillmaster.com/about/ real-life special effects artist]]. Robin is so impressed by his name she decides she's going to find him and marry him so she can be Mrs. Killmaster, but it turns out [[http://www.tfwiki.net/wiki/Laura_Killmaster he's taken]]. |
| 193 | * ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'': The Abbess of Notaries Public has a sword called "[[http://skin-horse.com/comic/todays-comic-846/ Sensual Overdrive]]". Even Tigerlily Jones admits that's a damn fine [[ICallItVera sword name]]. |
| 194 | * ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'': |
| 195 | ** Subverted with Mike's son. He wanted to call him Shazam Creator/JossWhedon Dowden, but instead his girlfriend, Tamara, names him Shazam Creator/WilWheaton Dowden. |
| 196 | ** Vanessa researches Davan's family history, and learns he had a great-great-grandmother named [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/best-name/ Dicey Justice Graves]] - Davan insists they make a baby ''right that second'' to name her that. |
| 197 | * ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' [[https://xkcd.com/1056/ discusses]] how the Mac OS X AnimalThemeNaming has a problem of eventually regressing to less cooler-sounding [[PantheraAwesome big cats]]. The AltText mentions the Sabre-toothed cat's ''Smilodon fatalis'' narrowly surpasses ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' as the most badass scientific name ever. |
| 198 | [[/folder]] |
| 199 | |
| 200 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 201 | * ''WebVideo/ALZIProduction'': One of the guards says that "Batwoman" is a cool name before asking about why people like her choose such strange names. |
| 202 | * Spoofed with Linkara of ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'', in his ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' comic review, where after getting fed up with the naming style in Azeroth, he refers himself as ''Awesome [=McBadassPowerfist=]''. |
| 203 | * ''[[Website/TheOnion The AV Club]]'' reviews of ''Series/{{Glee}}'' enthusiastically remind us when he appears that the name of the actor who plays Sam is CHORD OVERSTREET! |
| 204 | * In [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaSQ5a_-FZ4 review]] of ''Film/MegaSharkVsGiantOctopus'', he notes the director, Ace Hanna, had an awesome name (even if it was a StageName). |
| 205 | * ''WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst'': The protagonist of ''Turbulence 3'' is named Slade Craven, which amuses the crew so much they reference the name in other movies that have amazingly named characters. |
| 206 | * During the Olympics episode of ''WebAnimation/BowsersKingdom'', Hal decides to give the team he and Jeff are on the name "Super Awesome Dynamite Platinum Bros". Jeff thought it was a stupid name and crossed it off, leading them to be called Team No Name. Turns out the name was already used by the 12-time champions. |
| 207 | * ''WebVideo/BuzzFeedUnsolved'': |
| 208 | ** C.C. Tinsley, the detective hired by the Sodder family to find their missing children, and then went missing himself. Both Ryan and Shane agree that that is the perfect name for a private investigator. |
| 209 | ** They both agree that D.B. Cooper, which was the result of a printing press error, and not the original name of the unknown criminal printed on the airplane ticket is a much cooler name than Dan Cooper. |
| 210 | ** Doctor Fear, a doctor who worked at the Pennhurst Asylum. Shane notes that with a name like that he was morally obligated to be an evil man. Shane and Ryan eventually conclude that Doctor Fear is the reason [[BrickJoke C.C. Tinsley went missing]], as they were obviously archnemeses. |
| 211 | ** On the episode about Creator/GeorgeReeves's death, Ryan immediately called his "hell of a name" just three words into the case. |
| 212 | * ''WebVideo/CaptainSouthbird'': When Birdette's Corvisquire evolves into Corviknight, Southbird thinks Corviknight's obfuscated name, "Zana", sounds cool. |
| 213 | * ''WebVideo/CinematicExcrement'': In the review for ''Film/{{Left Behind|2014}}'', Sean claims the name of one of the main protagonists, Rayford Steele, was far too awesome for such a boring character and elects to call him "Jimmy" instead. |
| 214 | * A ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' article about [[https://www.cracked.com/article_14982_the-9-manliest-names-in-world.html incredibly manly names]] has the author struggling to describe the level of awesome in their top name pick, a certain US Army Staff Sergeant named Max Fightmaster. SSGT Fightmaster has since been promoted after the publishing of the article, now fully titled "Sergeant First Class Max Fightmaster" which if anything is even cooler. |
| 215 | * ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' has guest character Garthok the half-orc rogue. It sets up a slight running gag of the players telling NPC allies that they can't quite remember their new friend's name, but they know it's ''really'' cool. |
| 216 | * ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'': |
| 217 | ** Boomstick certainly takes a liking to the name "Fulgore," the monster from ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct''. |
| 218 | ** Discussed when Boomstick suggests naming his hypothetical children Satsui no Hado[[labelnote:translation]]Surge of Murderous Intent[[/labelnote]] and Shun Goku Satsu[[labelnote:translation]]Instant Hell Murder[[/labelnote]], after [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]]'s SuperpoweredEvilSide and its Signature Move. |
| 219 | * Hockey writer [[http://downgoesbrown.com Down Goes Brown (aka Sean McIndoe)]] likes to point out those in the history of NHL, specially when the "Obscure Former Player" part of his column goes for people with names he finds cool, such as Hakan Loob, Mikko Makkela and Tony Twist. |
| 220 | * ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'': Featured in "[[Recap/EpicRapBattlesOfHistoryBlackbeardVsAlCapone Blackbeard vs. Al Capone]]" from the third season: "I'm a criminal legend, with a badass name!" To quote Edward "Blackbeard" Teach himself. |
| 221 | * Film Monthly's [[http://www.filmmonthly.com/video_and_dvd/red_blood.html review of]] ''Red Blood'', an action movie starring Native Americans, notes the Jimmy Whitecloud and John Spotted Bear are played by David Midthunder (father of Creator/{{Amber|Midthunder}}) and Lee Whitestar, "whose real name is much cooler than his character’s name". |
| 222 | * ''WebAnimation/FinalFantasyVIIMachinabridged'': Barret openly admits that Cloud Strife is a badass name. It's one of the few times Barret honestly compliments Cloud. |
| 223 | * ''WebVideo/GrayStillPlays'': In "I Made People Drink for 181 Hours Straight - Mad Tower Tycoon", Gray decided he'd been giving too many {{Unfortunate Name}}s, so he named one of his workers "Maxwell Manlord." Amusingly, this name actually gave that worker a brief happiness boost. |
| 224 | * ''WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions'': |
| 225 | ** Red loves the fact that Fionn mac Cumhaill is pronounced "Finn MacCool", citing this trope. |
| 226 | ** In the ''Wild Hunt'' video, Red takes a moment to admire the name of Norwegian ruler Eric Bloodaxe and his wife, Gunnhildr mother of Kings. |
| 227 | * WebVideo/{{Phelous}}: |
| 228 | ** Pops up in his ''Bootleg Zones'' reviews of all places, with the Franchise/{{Robocop}} knockoff figure called ''Robert Cop 2''. Phelous gives it a perfect 10/10 overall score based on the name alone. [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Dinosaur Invincibility]] is also given a high score because of its ridiculous name and packaging. |
| 229 | ** In his ''Film/WrongTurn2DeadEnd'' review, he refuses to refer to a character named Jake as anything other than the actor's real name: [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1564024/?ref_=tt_cl_t3 Texas Battle]]. |
| 230 | ** Another ''Bootleg Zone'' toy got a perfect 10 based on its name alone: ''[[Franchise/WinnieThePooh Motorcycle The Pooh]]''. |
| 231 | * Now that Dodger of ''WebVideo/PressHeartToContinue'' is married to LetsPlay/{{Strippin}}, she has the honor of bearing the name "Brooke Thorne," something she admitted on a Twitch stream that she really likes the idea of. |
| 232 | * ''WebVideo/TheRageaholic'': Razör absolutely unironically loves the impossibly manly monikers of the protagonists from his favorite [[TestosteronePoisoning machismo-laden]] action flicks, usually pausing to gush about them. |
| 233 | * ''WebVideo/Rank10YGO'': |
| 234 | ** Rata deems his namesake, the Railway series, to have some of the coolest names in the game, reaffirmed by the release of Double Header Anger Knuckle. |
| 235 | ** When getting to Imperion Magnum the Superconductive Battlebot in the Magnet Warriors video, he takes a moment to go "God, I love that name..." before proceeding to the analysis of the card. |
| 236 | ** Part of his praise for Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon in the Red-Eyes video is to compliment the genius at Konami who thought to make a PragmaticAdaptation of the card when releasing it in real life, so that such a badass name was not wasted on something as horribly gimmicky as its anime version. |
| 237 | * ''WebVideo/ScreenRantPitchMeetings'': The Producer will point out a name that sounds too cool to be real, like saying it sounds like a ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' character or asking what the character's real name is. Amusingly, in the pitch meeting for ''Film/FaceOff'', the Producer doesn't believe that Sean Archer and Castor Troy are their real names but is fine with Pollux Troy ("Pollux! Perfectly normal name. I know, like, 14-and-a-half Polluxes!"), and the meeting is interrupted by one of their coworkers, Pollux. |
| 238 | * ''WebAnimation/{{Spill}}'': The ''Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi'' review combines this with NameMcAdjective. |
| 239 | -->'''Korey:''' What's this girl's name I'm looking for right here?\ |
| 240 | '''Carlyle:''' I think her name was Breasty Mchotpants.\ |
| 241 | '''Korey:''' Breasty Mcsuckass was -- Creator/MoonBloodgood. Cool name, bad actress. |
| 242 | * When WebVideo/{{STAR}}_ killed a player named Roasty My Toasty in the 'Going Ham' video with a stock shotgun instead of the ham, STAR_ immediately regretted killing him so unceremoniously solely because his name was cool, saying he deserved the ham. |
| 243 | * ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'': Strong Bad seems to like Kerrek's name enough to name a monster from the Trogdor-verse after him. |
| 244 | -->'''Strong Bad:''' ''And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination.'' |
| 245 | * ''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows'': Todd's opinion on Taio Cruz, who had no choice but to be a pop star with that name. |
| 246 | * ''WebVideo/WaywardGuideForTheUntrainedEye'': Sybilus Silver II. Enforced by Paul: |
| 247 | --> '''Paul:''' Wait, that's your name? That's the coolest name I've ever heard in my life, do you want to be my friend? |
| 248 | * WebVideo/{{Wroetoshaw}} believes that his name is an [[AvertedTrope aversion]], due to tons of kids responding the exact same way when he told them his name: "Oh, like Literature/HarryPotter?" An example played straight is what he wishes he was named: Tyrone. |
| 249 | * In ''Podcast/TheYoGPoD'', Simon has mentioned that he considers "Jesus Nails" to be a really cool name. |
| 250 | [[/folder]] |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 253 | * In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', "Irregarding Steve" has a FakeActionPrologue where Klaus turns out to be a world-saving action hero, and he tells Francine his real name is "Professor Max Hammer." |
| 254 | * In ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' Captain Rad Dudesman, with an already cool enough name on its own, claims that his middle names are Profit, then Danger, then Trouble. Ben, doubtful, has Rook look up information on him. Sure enough, his full name really is Captain Rad Profit Danger Trouble Dudesman. |
| 255 | * ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'': Tuffnut thinks Whispering Death is an awesome name and likes it a lot more than the name of his own dragon. |
| 256 | * ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': When [[MissingMom Della Duck]] is finally reunited with Huey, Dewey, and Louie, she's upset to learn that Donald didn't give them the names ''she'' intended for them -- [[TotallyRadical Jet, Turbo, and Rebel]]. Dewey is the most upset at this, crying out "I coulda been Turbo?!" |
| 257 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': After [[spoiler:being mutated into animal hybrid things by a mad scientist]], a few characters in decide to ditch perfectly ordinary names like [[spoiler:Derek]] in favour of identifying as Claw, Fang and Talon. They don't need to hide their previous identities; they do it just because. |
| 258 | * ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': "Tyrone" is one in Dipper's opinion, and he and Dipper #2 [[AlternativeSelfNameChange agree on that name for his first copy]] when they say it in unison as the name they wish they always had. |
| 259 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': |
| 260 | ** Billy's name for an alien dog-thing: "Admiral Wolverine Lightningbolt, because those are the three coolest words in the universe!" |
| 261 | ** In the episode where Billy revives [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone]] and keeps him around in the modern time, he names him "Jake Steel", despite Fred being perfectly capable of communicating his own actual name. |
| 262 | * In ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' season two, Jesse apparently believes that "Dracula" is such a cool name that everyone should have it. When MT refuses to accept that name for [[NearlyNormalAnimal the deer]], he mentions that he also likes "Alan." Thus, he dubs the deer [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs Alan Dracula]]. |
| 263 | * ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': Rigby changes his name to Trash Boat, thinking it would be cool. However, the name he chose was [[AtrociousAlias stupid]], and everybody mocks him accordingly because of it. |
| 264 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' |
| 265 | ** Spoofed in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E13HomerToTheMax Homer to the Max]]" when Homer changes his name to Max Power ("I got it from a hair dryer"). Homer also suggested Handsome B. Wonderful, Hercules Rockefeller, and Rembrandt Q. Einstein; the judge allowed Max Power because it was the only one he had spelled correctly. He also suggested new names for Marge including Chesty [=LaRue=], Busty Sinclair, and Hootie [=McBoob=]. |
| 266 | ** While on the lam in "The Dad Who Knew Too Little," Homer and Lisa check into a hotel. Lisa calls herself "Lady Penelope Ariel Ponyweather." Homer tells the clerk that his name is Rock Strongo. The clerk immediately calls Homer out for using such an obvious fake name and asks for his real one. |
| 267 | --->'''Homer:''' ... Lance Uppercut.\ |
| 268 | '''Clerk:''' Sign here, Mr. Uppercut. |
| 269 | ** As a boy, Homer used the alias "[[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis]] [[Music/MickJagger Jagger]] Abdul-Jabbar" when he overheard a young Cookie Kwan speculating Marge's admirer must have a name like "Big Ugly Homer." |
| 270 | ** When Bart asks to join Homer on his mission to fight the bear, Homer turns him down on the grounds that if he doesn't make it back, Bart needs to be alive to carry on the family name. |
| 271 | --->'''Bart:''' Screw that! When I grow up I'm legally changing my name to Joe Kickass! |
| 272 | --->'''Homer:''' That is so cool! All right, you can come. |
| 273 | ** Lisa, [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E13SmartAndSmarter trying to find a new personality for herself]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext to differentiate herself from Maggie]] takes on a {{Goth}} appearance and calls her new name ''Ravencrow Neversmiles''. She has second thoughts when [[StalkerWithACrush Milhouse]] exclaims [[WeCanRuleTogether "We can be Goth together"]] and "summon The Dark Lord by [[{{Squick}} Kissing and junk"]]. |
| 274 | ** Homer is impressed by his cool new neighbor Terence's son, who is named T-rex. He then introduces Maggie, Bart, and Lisa as Ice Cream, Bungee Jump, and Viral Video. |
| 275 | * The titular WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse is a decent example. His dad was named Greg Universe. From his mother, he inherits the middle name [[ThemeNaming Quartz]], making his full name Steven Quartz Universe. [[RealJokeName His friend's mother doesn't believe his name is actually "Universe".]] We eventually find out Greg legally changed his name to Universe, and his original surname was [=DeMayo=]. [[GrassIsGreener Steven starts grumbling about how the latter sounds cooler.]] |
| 276 | * ''WesternAnimation/ZakStorm'': The titular pirate Zak Storm. Calabrass even [[LampshadeHanging compliments it]] as being a "powerful name." |
| 277 | [[/folder]] |
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