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7	* ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred'': In the two-part story "Gone", the real name of the woman from the future who posed as Maia's sister Sarah Rutledge is never stated.
8	* ''Series/AlienWorlds2020'': Each of the aliens is only given a generic title that broadly describes what it is or what it does (resulting in two completely unrelated aliens being called "predators"). The skygrazers are aliens that graze in the sky, the pentapods are aliens which have five feet, the spiny blob-like bottom-feeders are called scavengers, the grubs are grub-like aliens, and so on.
9	* ''Series/AlmostLive'' regularly features "Mind Your Manners", kung-fu parody skits in which the hero Billy Quan always delivers a beat-down on the same unnamed and unrepentant {{Jerkass}} (played by the show's host John Keister.)
10	* ''Series/{{Andor}}'': Neither Cassian's sister nor the leader of their fractured tribe are named in the show despite being significant flashback characters. Cassian's sister is named in the credits, but the tribe's leader is not.
11	* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'': GOB's wife is never given a name, to reflect the fact that GOB doesn't know it. She's listed as "Bride of GOB" in the credits and "Wife of GOB" in other material. GOB makes several guesses to it, including "Krindy", "Amy" (Creator/AmyPoehler, Creator/WillArnett's wife, plays the role), and "Saul" (actually her divorce lawyer). Michael knows what it is, but the opportunity never arises for him to use it.
12	* ''Series/AvocadoToast'': Molly's English girlfriend is never named, even in the credits, just referred to or listed as "The One".
13	* On ''Series/{{Banshee}}'', the main character steals the identity of the deceased Lucas Hood in the premiere and uses it for the entire series. His real name is never revealed.
14	* ''Series/{{Bones}}'' has never revealed the name of Angela's father. Or her real name for that matter, at least at first. We know her dad is Billy Gibbons in real life, but he never is given an onscreen name. And Angela named herself when she became an adult, due to her dad giving her an EmbarrassingFirstName (a later season reveals it's [[spoiler: Pookie Noodlin]]).
15	* ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'':
16	** On ''Series/{{Angel}},'' "The Host of Caritas" was not given an official name (even to the other characters) until late into the second season. His full name is "Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan". As noted before, he's not fond of it:
17	--->'''Host''' (who is a green-skinned demon): It's Lorne. I don't like to mention it because, well...\
18	'''Angel''': Lorne Greene!\
19	''(Cordelia and Gunn stare blankly)''\
20	'''Angel''': ''Bonanza''? Fourteen years on the air doesn't mean anything?\
21	''(They are still blank)''\
22	'''Angel''': Okay, now I feel old.
23	** One might wonder why he didn't shorten it to ''Krev'' instead of ''Lorne'', so that he could say it's short for ''Crèvecœur'' (heartbreaker). Okay, maybe that's too recherché.
24	** Darla's human name is not known - she was named Darla by the Master, and being a whore, she probably wouldn't have used it anyway. We learn this when [[spoiler:she is revived as human]]; by this time she does not remember having a name before "Darla". By the time she sired Angel she had been Darla for over a century, and in over a century with him she never mentioned her original name.
25	** It's a while before we find out Angel's real name is "Liam" [[labelnote:*]] [[FridgeBrilliance Funny considering]] Spike’s real name is “William” which is the Germanic form of Liam, meaning they essentially have the same name [[/labelnote]].
26	** Who was he before he was Adam? Did Maggie name him that? [[DreamSequence Not a man among us can remember.]]
27	** Glory is introduced as something that predates language, and thus has no name. Indeed, the name "Glory" is a moniker shortened from "Glorificus", which is just Medieval Latin for "glorious" - how her worshipers refer to her.
28	** The dancing demon in "Once More With Feeling" is never named in dialogue, though he is known to fans as "Sweet" because of a credit for "Sweet makeup". This violates the typical formula for a ''Buffy'' episode: Weird Stuff Happens/People Die/stuff gets stolen → the gang researches → they learn the threat's name and weaknesses → they vanquish said threat. But in this episode Sweet simply leaves without actually engaging in violence (aside from people bursting into flames).
29	** The human members of the Circle of the Black Thorn are unnamed.
30	* In ''Series/BurnNotice'', most major characters are [[FunWithSubtitles introduced with snarky subtitles]]. The mysterious employer of Carla, apparently the man who burned Michael for some nefarious purpose, is only introduced as "Management".
31	* On ''Series/{{Chuck}}'', Sarah's real full name is unknown as of yet. Her other known childhood aliases are Jenny Burton, Rebecca Franco, and Katie O'Connell. As Bryce Larkin's partner, she was known as Mrs. Anderson on some missions. She introduces her father as Jack Burton; it's likely that was just the first name she thought of, since Chuck knew the Burton alias but not that it was an alias, and Jack was willing to play along. She does tell Chuck her middle name is Lisa, and from context it's likely that much is true.
32	** In "Chuck Versus the Fake Name", Sarah's real name is found out: [[spoiler:Sam]].
33	** Colonel Casey's real name was also not known for some time, but eventually revealed to be [[spoiler: Alexander Coburn]].
34	** Sarah is more of a case "No Original Name Given", since in "Chuck Versus the Family Volkoff" we learn that "Sarah Walker" is indeed her ''legal'' name and probably the one she's had the longest, which makes it as good as real for everybody, including ''her''.
35	* In ''Series/DangerMan'', due to the concept of the lead character often going undercover, there are many episodes in which his real name, John Drake, is never uttered on screen and is only revealed in the closing credits. The US broadcast of the series, retitled ''Secret Agent'', addresses the lack of name in its theme song "Secret Agent Man" ("They've given you a number/and taken away your name").
36	* On ''Series/DarkAngel'', Max's friends went mostly by nicknames -- Sketchy (Calvin Simon Theodore), Herbal Thought, and Original Cindy (say it out loud) (Cynthia [=McEachin=]). Her boss was referred to as Normal for the entire series, though a couple of jokes were made about his real name, eventually revealed to be Reagan Ronald.
37	* The messenger boy in ''Series/{{Dickensian}}'' is only called "Boy". Also Nell's grandfather, who was never named in ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' either.
38	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
39	** Various Time Lords only go by titles, such as ArchEnemy Time Lord the Master and minor Time Lord enemies the Rani, the War Chief, and the Monk. The latter four have had their names revealed in the ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'' ([[spoiler:The Master — Koschei, the Rani — Ushas, the War Chief — Magnus, the Monk — Mortimus]]) but not the Doctor.
40	** The Doctor's name has never been revealed, with this mystery having been built straight into the show's title. The series initially implied that Time Lords did not have personal names, [[RetCon but this later got forgotten]]. River Song whispers the Doctor's name into his ear in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E9ForestOfTheDead "Forest of the Dead"]]. The Doctor confirms it towards the end of the episode, though naturally the audience never hears it. Other episodes have alluded to his name being hidden in some dark secret ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E4TheGirlInTheFireplace "The Girl in the Fireplace"]]; [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode "The Shakespeare Code"]]; [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]]). The end of series 6 reveals [[spoiler:there is one time and place where he can be asked who he is and must answer truthfully — and that there are those willing to do anything to kill him and stop him ever answering]].
41	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E4AliensOfLondon "Aliens of London"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E5WorldWarThree "World War Three"]] subverts this. Here it was discovered that the alien enemies were not of a ''species'' named Slitheen; the word "Slitheen" was in fact their crime family's surname, similar to "The Sopranos". Their species name later turned out to be the extremely difficult to pronounce Raxacoricofallapatorians. As such, they were primarily known as the Slitheen, ever after.
42	** Also used with the character of the Hostess in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight "Midnight"]], [[spoiler:which makes it a lot sadder when she [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices herself]] to save the Doctor and the [[HumansAreBastards various bastard passengers]] on the shuttle]].
43	** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E1ThePilot "The Pilot"]], Bill's previous crush (the girl to whom she served extra chips) isn't named — the expanded universe seems to have decided her name is Lou.
44	* ''Series/DrTerriblesHouseOfHorrible'' parodied this with a voodoo man who said "My name is...unimportant." Later, we see on his passport that his name is actually "Unim Portant".
45	* In ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'', the protagonist's name is never revealed, as the other characters only refer to him as "Chavo", a Spanish slang that means "young boy". A RunningGag involves someone inquiring him about his name, only for the conversation to be suddenly interrupted by another person before the boy has the chance to answer.
46	* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' has the Ancient Crichton meets in "Unrealized Reality". When John asks his name, the being simply states "Unimportant to our encounter." John then refers to him as "Einstein" in reference to their conversation about relativity.
47	* ''Series/{{Firefly}}''
48	** Shepherd Book's real name was never revealed, not even in [[Film/{{Serenity}} the movie]] or the comic-book adaptation. Derrial Book [[spoiler: was the name he took from [[KillAndReplace a man he killed]]]].
49	** The SoleSurvivor of the derelict ship in “[[Recap/FireflyE03Bushwhacked Bushwacked]]” [[spoiler: and [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil technically]] the only Reaver we see in the show]] is unnamed.
50	** Saffron’s true name is never revealed since as a FemmeFatale she has used so many. Even when at the end of her [[Recap/FireflyE06OurMrsReynolds debut episode]] when Mal demands to know who she really is, Mal instead pistol whips her unconscious when she hesitates [[TheUnreveal before answering]] — saying “You'd only've lied anyhow”.
51	** The two sinister men with blue surgical gloves from the Alliance’s Blue Sun Corporation (the GreaterScopeVillain organisation who turned River into who she is currently) seen in “[[Recap/FireflyE02TheTrainJob The Train Job]]” and “[[Recap/FireflyE09Ariel Ariel]]” are unnamed. Their FanNickname is “Hands of Blue”, comes from the creepy litany River utters when [[TheEmpath sensing them]] “two by two; hands of blue”.
52	** In ''Film/{{Serenity}}'' the BigBad of the film is only known as “The Operative”. He apparently gave up his name upon becoming an operative, and he doesn’t hold an official rank in the Alliance since “he doesn’t officially exist”.
53	* The protagonist of ''Series/{{Fleabag}}'' is never named. Although "Fleabag" is used as the character's nickname in publicity, even that's never used in-universe, and the credits simply say "starring Creator/PhoebeWallerBridge" without calling her character anything at all. Many of the other major characters go unnamed as well, being given nicknames or simply descriptions like "Godmother" and "The Priest".
54	* Doc in ''Series/FraggleRock''. In the last episode his name is revealed to be Jerome Crystal (making him "Doc Crystal"; a pun on ''Film/TheDarkCrystal''). Doc's [[MultiNationalShows multinational counterparts]] were mostly called Doc as well; exceptions include Norway's Oppfinneren (the Inventor) and Britain's Captain, a lighthouse keeper (the Captain was later replaced by his nephew, who was known as P.K., for "Principal Keeper").
55	* A variant in ''Series/{{Galavant}}'', where it's a land that is conspicuously never named. While many other lands and kingdoms are named, the realm originally ruled by King Richard (who starts off as the BigBad before undergoing a HeelFaceTurn and becoming a {{Deuteragonist}} ally with main character Galavant in the second season), is never named. And the dialog and songs go ''out of their way'' to never give it or any of the landmarks in it a name either, engaging in workarounds like calling it "Richard's land" and such.
56	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
57	** A religious assassin sect called the Faceless Men has initiates give up their names and [[LossOfIdentity former lives]] as part of their training, so for example [[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep one of them is only known as "''waif''"]]. Subverted in the case of Jaqen H'ghar, although that was almost certainly just part of his cover as a Lorathi criminal. This was briefly misunderstood by Arya when Jaqen (or another Faceless Man) told her that "''no one''" by the name Jaqen H'ghar was inside, leading her to believe that she'd gone on a [[SnipeHunt wild goose chase]].
58	** Another example is the High Sparrow. High Septons of the Faith of the Seven leave behind their birth names when taking the position.
59	** The Spice King insists his name is too long and hard for foreigners to pronounce, perhaps because he is a CanonForeigner.
60	** Played for BlackComedy when Arya says that as she'd never heard his name, she can't put Rorge on her death list (the names she recites before going to sleep of those she intends to kill). Rorge introduces himself, and Arya promptly kills him with a single stab in the heart.
61	** The Baratheon General during the last stages of the march to Winterfell is never named in the series and is only credited as 'Baratheon General' in the casting bill.
62	** Creator/IwanRheon's character initially did not reveal his identity to Theon while he spent several episodes torturing him, letting Theon incorrectly guess who he was. He was originally credited only as "Boy" to hide his identity from viewers as well. This was done to hide the connection between his character and Roose Bolton (he's ultimately revealed to be Roose's bastard son, Ramsay).
63	* ''Series/GetSmart'' has a number of examples... which is to say that most of the CONTROL agents were identified only by number, including the female lead.
64	** Agent 99. Her lack of a name becomes a RunningGag:
65	*** The day she gets married to Max someone sneezes when her name is said.
66	*** A popular misconception is that she revealed her name in one episode as "Susan Hilton", but that was just an alias.
67	*** Double subverted when Max, consoling her when the Chief is in surgery after being shot, calls her "Ernestine".
68	---->'''99:''' Do you realize that's the first time you've ever called me Ernestine? ''[Max nods]'' I wish it were my name.
69	* ''Series/GilligansIsland'': The Skipper (Jonas Grumby) and the Professor (Roy Hinkley) were known mainly by their titles.
70	* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': Puck's little sister. Granted, she's only shown up once so far, and that was in a flashback, but it still poses a problem for fanfic writers who want to include her. [[{{Fanon}} Surprisingly many of them]] call her Sarah.
71	* ''Series/{{Greek}}'':
72	** Cappie. Though it's not that ''all'' of the characters don't know his real name; in fact, one of them threatened to reveal it to everybody as blackmail. [[EmbarrassingFirstName He quickly complied]]. It was revealed in the final episode that his real name is Captain John Paul Jones.
73	** Beaver was known as that for most of the series and his name was just revealed a few episodes earlier to be Walter Boudreaux, only his girlfriend calls him by his name so when she asks for "Walter" nobody seems to know who he is.
74	* In the black-and-white era series (although all filmed in colour and released colour on DVD) ''Series/HaveGunWillTravel'', the main character is only ever known as Paladin. Some have thought that a Sheriff called him as 'Bobby' but he was actually addressing another character.
75	** Supposedly, some audience members thought his name was Will. Will Travel. Because that's what it said on his business cards. Have Gun - Will Travel.
76	** His business card also inspired the joke that his first name was "Wire", since it read "Wire Paladin/San Francisco".
77	* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' has a number of examples:
78	** Noah Bennet is first credited as "Horn-Rimmed Glasses", referring to his eyewear. In the third episode of the series he is revealed to be Claire's father, and so became referred to by various characters as "Mr. Bennet", but his first name remains a mystery. A lampshade is hung on this in one episode, in which his wife says, "It's so strange that you all refer to him as 'Mr. Bennet'. I've always just known him as--" [[TheUnReveal before she is distracted by her dog]]. He finally reveals his first name, Noah, in the first season finale.
79	** Mr. Bennet's partner, who appears fairly regularly, is never referred to as anything but "the Haitian". In season 4, people start calling him René out of the blue.
80	** Mr. Bennet's ''previous'' partner doesn't appear to have a real name either. He's usually referred to as Claude, but that comes from a joke he made in an early appearance: "I'm [[IAmNotShazam Claude Rains]]! I'm [[ShoutOut The Invisible Man]]!"
81	** Another man named after his nationality was The German, one of the escaped level five villains, who had magnetic powers. Knox tore his heart out in his second appearance, so his real name is unknown.
82	* ''Series/TheHexer'': The Old Witcher, whose true name isn't revealed.
83	-->'''Geralt''': They've called you "[[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Old Man]]". I never asked about your name.
84	-->'''Old Witcher''': (smirks, waves his hand and rides away)
85	* The fourth season of ''Series/{{House}}'' features a legion of young doctors who are applying for a job with the title character. At the start, each one is given an identifying number. They're rarely brought up except for one woman, who only answers to "Thirteen". Even after she's hired and joins the cast as a regular, nobody says her actual name. House doesn't call anyone by their name if he can help it. The other finalists are given monikers such as Cutthroat Bitch and Bosley, and the audience doesn't learn their real names for a few more episodes. Thirteen's name is eventually revealed to be Dr. Remy Hadley, but everyone on the team, herself included, still calls her Thirteen.
86	* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''.
87	** The mother is not named throughout most of the show. Mostly justified in that none of the characters have met her yet, but great pains have been taken to conceal her name anyway. In "Girls vs. Suits", when Ted goes out with a [=PhD=] student who was the mother's roommate, she refers to the mother as "my roommate", even when she talks about her in some detail. [[spoiler: Season 9 reveals her name is Tracy [=McConnell=].]]
88	** Ted's children, referred to in the credits as "Son" and "Daughter", but fandom often refers to them as [[Franchise/StarWars "Luke" and "Leia"]] due to a throwaway gag. As of the episode "Unpause" the children's names are revealed to be [[spoiler: Penny and Luke.]]
89	* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''
90	** The recurring character The Waitress is never given a name. This is lampshaded in a number of occasions. Dennis admits to never remembering her name, and sorts his sex tape with her under "The Waitress." In a later episode, she hears Dee call her "The Waitress" and gets upset that she doesn't know her name.
91	--->'''Dennis:''' answering his phone, we only hear his side Hello? Who is this? Who? Oh! Why didn't you just say The Waitress?
92	** The real name of Mac is not revealed until season 7, when at their high school reunion it is revealed [[spoiler:to be Ronald [=McDonald=]]]. No surprise as to why he goes by "Mac".
93	** The Lawyer who opposes them in legal cases has never been given a proper name.
94	* The main character in the one season series ''Series/JohnDoe'' does not know his name - nor his history. All through the series, he tries to find out who he is. His name remains unknown (up to the point that the producers of the show never made one). ''John Doe'' is a name used by law enforcement agencies to refer to unknown male people (dead or alive).
95	* On the short-lived series ''Series/{{Kidnapped}}'', the ProfessionalKiller employed by the NebulousEvilOrganization behind the kidnapping is referred to only as "The Accountant". He explains to one of his victims that this is because, "I balance the books."
96	* In ''Series/KnightSquad'', The princess (Ciara's alter ego), is only ever referred to as "the princess". It isn't known if her name is actually Ciara.
97	* In ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', the characters of Parker and Sophie Devereaux are both within this trope. Parker is OnlyOneName and as a foster child may have no other name, nor a need for one as she has no life outside being a thief. "Sophie Devereaux" is just Sophie's favorite of many aliases, and her real name is yet to be revealed.
98	* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': The Mystics are a trio of female cultists of Sauron from Rhun. They are never named on screen, and only the credits reveal how each individual is called --The Dweller, The Nomad and The Ascetic-- which are rather aliases than names.
99	* ''Series/{{Lost}}'':
100	** Jacob's enemy seemingly has no name, just that title - or "[[ColourCodedForYourConvenience The Man in Black]]" (first seen in ABC's official recap - the press release called him "Man #2" - and actually used in-show by characters). Fans use Esau, Jacob's Nemesis and Mr. X.
101	** Somewhat justified in "Across the Sea". [[spoiler: His mom didn't know that she was giving birth to twins and intended to name her son Jacob. Right after the second baby was born, the mid-wife killed her and apparently never bothered to given Jacob's twin brother a name.]]
102	*** The mother in "Across the Sea" also has no name but "Woman". Only two characters in the episode, Jacob and Claudia, have names in fact... which makes discussing it rather difficult.
103	** According to ''Entertainment Weekly'', the scripts called MIB "Samuel", the same name used in the (intentionally misleading) casting call. However, it's not known if this is actually his name or not (given that they also kept calling Terry O'Quinn's character "Locke" after he wasn't regularly playing Locke anymore, it could easily just be out of convenience instead of something canon).
104	** The [[EnigmaticMinion Smoke]] [[BigBad Monster]] has never been named on the show. This has led to more than one scene where characters who were not in the main cast from the start wonder what exactly is meant by "the monster", or otherwise are forced to go out of their way to explain.
105	* ''Series/TheMandalorian'':
106	** The titular character is never referred to by name, people calling him just "Mandalorian" or "Mando", until the 1st season finale [[spoiler: when [[BigBad Moff Gideon]] calls him Din Djarin, revealing himself as the Imperial agent responsible for the purge of Mandalore.]]
107	** The Child is only ever referred to with nicknames like "the kid", since nobody knows who he is. [[spoiler:"The Jedi" finally reveals that his name is Grogu.]]
108	** The [[TheRemnant Imperial remnant officer]] who hires Mando to bring him the Child is never named, and credited as simply "The Client".
109	** The Armorer, the leader of the Mandalorian tribe from Nevarro and Mando’s surrogate mother is simply known as “The Armorer”.
110	* The cowboy character in ''Film/MayIPleaseEnter'' is never named, despite being the central character.
111	* In ''Series/TheMiddleman'' the titular hero is very careful about his name. As demonstrated in this exchange just after a truth gas has been released into the room:
112	-->'''Wendy:''' So if I were to ask you anything right now, you'd have to tell the truth?\
113	'''The Middleman:''' Yes, I would.\
114	'''Wendy:''' What's your real name?\
115	'''The Middleman:''' The same as my father's.
116	** The unproduced 13th episode, read at Comic-Con by the cast and made into a graphic novel, reveals it. It's [[spoiler: Clarence Coulton]]. Javier Grillo-Marxach, the creator, pauses the read-through for a moment, and then says to the audience, "Yes, that's his name."
117	* One ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch features Graham Chapman as a straight character talking to one of Michael Palin's slimy characters. At one point, he breaks the fourth wall and asks if he can leave if all of his lines have been said. Palin gets out a script and checks it, and says, "Are you 'Man'?" Chapman confirms this, and is allowed to leave the sketch.
118	* ''ComicStrip/TheBroons'' are parodied in a ''Series/NakedVideo'' sketch, where the Twins and the Bairn are taken into care, to be looked after by someone who'd give them care and attention... and names.
119	* In ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'', the leading agent of the team, Callen, has no first name. Not even ''he'' knows his first name. All we know is that it starts with "G". The others refer to him as "Callen", "Agent Callen", "G. Callen", "G", or "Mr. Callen". Even during the most recent season finale where [[spoiler:Hetty leaves her position at NCIS to get a Romanian crime family off Callen's back by faking G's death certificate (complete with video evidence of G's death), we never know his first name.]] To maintain the mystique surrounding G's name [[spoiler:they probably had the first name on the form illegible except for the G, knowing that someone with a DVR could just pause at that exact moment to see it.]]
120	* Several characters in ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' are known only by nicknames. This is taken farthest with Coconut Head -- his real name is obscured by tape with "COCONUT HEAD" on the wall of student pictures, he is named only as Coconut Head by teachers, and in the yearbook. In the "Guide to Nicknames" episode, Moze agreed to call him by his real name (which wasn't revealed)... but only if he got a better haircut.
121	* ''Series/Numb3rs'': Don and Charlie's mother, and Alan's wife, name wasn't revealed for two seasons, since she was only mentioned in passing due to her death but it was eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:Margaret Eppes]].
122	* Much like his Creator/{{Disney}} counterpart above, Prince Charming in ''Series/OnceUponATime'' is tough to pin a name on. When first encountered in Storybrooke, he's suffering from amnesia and can't even remember his cursed identity, and he's only referred to in the Enchanted Forest as "Prince Charming", an originally derisive nickname bestowed upon him by his future wife upon their first meeting. Later it's discovered that his cursed identity is David Nolan, and he is known to many of those in the Enchanted Forest as "Prince James", but this is in fact the name of his [[EvilTwin twin brother]] whom he was [[TwinSwitch forced to replace]] when James got himself killed. It's not until Season 2 that he reveals that his real name is [[spoiler:David, the same as his Storybrooke name.]]
123	* Grandad's first name "Ted" was only revealed in the ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'' book series ''The Bible of Peckham'' and the pilot episode of ''Rock and Chips''.
124	* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'':
125	** Although he appears in every scene of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S2E18TheLightBrigade The Light Brigade]]", the cadet is never named.
126	** None of the characters in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S3E7TheCamp The Camp]]" are named. The android overseers seemingly don't have names, while the human slaves are referred to by serial numbers. [[SubvertedTrope However]], two of the slaves are given the names Tali and Alex in the sequel "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S4E21PromisedLand Promised Land]]".
127	** In "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S5E7TheHumanOperators The Human Operators]]", neither the man nor the woman appear to have names. Ship only refers to her as "the female". The man's father is also never named. He simply calls him "my father".
128	** In "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S6E13Decompression Decompression]]", the Time Traveler is not named.
129	** In "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S6E15TheGrid The Grid]]", the young girl who tells Scott Bowman about the computer controlling the people of Halford is not named.
130	* ''Series/TheOutpost'': The Smith (or The Wolf) is never called by his real name.
131	* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'':
132	** One character's name has never (so far) been spoken on screen. The name "Pennsylvania Two" was used for the character in the press release for "No Good Deed;" in the press releases for "The Contingency" and "Bad Code," he's referred to as "Special Counsel".
133	** The real name of Elias' second-in-command is never spoken by any character, and only seen on-screen when the Machine is assessing him; he's also only credited by his nickname. This changes in "The Devil You Know", where it turns out that Elias is very much on a first-name basis with him.
134	-->'''Reese''': Anthony, huh? Guess I just always thought of him as Scarface.
135	* Two SixthRanger types in ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' and ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' never have their true identities revealed: The Phantom Ranger, and the original Magna Defender.
136	* Number Six and many other residents of The Village in ''Series/ThePrisoner1967''. (It is officially denied that Six is John Drake, a spy previously played by the same actor in ''Series/DangerMan'' – because although the same company owned both shows, that character was created by another writer who is not credited in the later series.)
137	* The real name of eponymous hero of ''Series/TheRangeRider'' was never revealed.
138	* ''Series/RedDwarf'':
139	** The Cat, as Lister says in “[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVDimensionJump Dimension Jump]]” doesn’t have a name and is just “[[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Cat]]”. In the Red Dwarf novel ''Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers'' written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, it’s revealed Cat does actually have a name but he figures [[AwesomeEgo he’s the centre of the universe]] so if the others don't know his name already, he's not telling them. The failed American Red Dwarf pilot [[NamedByAdaptation gives]] Cat the name “Woo-fen”.
140	*** Cat’s parents are the same, with the Cat Priest in “[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIWaitingForGod Waiting For God]]” only referring to them as “the Cripple and the Idiot” (“the Cripple” being his mom since “the Idiot” was explicitly confirmed to be Cat’s dad as he ate his own feet). [[spoiler: The only named member of their family is Rodon, Cat’s long lost brother and the BigBad of The Promised Land special.]]
141	** While Rimmer’s brothers (John, Howard and Frank), his uncle (Frank), cousins (Alice and Sarah), sister in law (Janine) and biological father (Dungo Dennis) are all named, his mother and father are only known as Mr Rimmer and Mrs Rimmer. Lister’s family, his late father, mother and Gran (later revealed to be adoptive since he was found under a pool table and [[MyOwnGrandpa is his own father]]) are similarly unnamed.
142	** With the exceptions of Crawford, Hogey the Roguey, Chancellor Wednesday and Dominator Zlurth from Series X, the rest of [[KillerRobot Simulants]] seen in the show are unnamed, only being known by their titles or [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVTheInquisitor The Inquisitor]]’s case RedBaron.
143	* ''Series/ReservationDogs'': [=MissM8tri@rch=], a Native American activist, is never called by her real name (that's her online handle).
144	* This trope turns up in mainstream shows too: British nostalgic hospital drama ''Series/TheRoyal'' has a major character known only as Matron.
145	* The ronin of ''Series/SamuraiGourmet'' is never given a name despite appearing in every episode. Since he is imaginary, this is probably because protagonist Kasumi is GenreSavvy to stories like ''{{Film/Yojimbo}}''.
146	-->'''Princess:''' Samurai-sama! What is your name?\
147	'''Samurai:''' I am not worthy of a name.
148	* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4kpVO56OBU one of the]] "Totino's Pizza Rolls" sketches, the housewife (played by Creator/VanessaBayer) is seduced by Sabine (Creator/KristenStewart). When Sabine asks her name, the housewife replies, "I... I've never had one."
149	** At the end of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S2gQjTURvU "Westminster Daddy Show"]] sketch, Creator/KateMcKinnon's sportscaster signs off with "And I don't have a name. Good night!"
150	* One of the main characters in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' is simply known as "The Janitor". His nametag and uniform also just say "Janitor", and he even calls himself "Dr. Jan Itor" when pretending to be a doctor. It was said (jokingly) that when the Janitor's name is revealed, the series will be over. One episode features JD discovering that the Janitor had a role in the film ''The Fugitive'', suggesting that the Janitor is actually supposed to be the actor portraying him (Creator/NeilFlynn), fallen on hard times. In the same episode, it's revealed that various hospital staff members know him by completely different names and identities, such as Nigel the Brit and Klaus the German. In another episode, he fools JD by signing his name as "Dr. [[SdrawkcabName Rotinaj]]". In the final episode (before the PostScriptSeason), the Janitor finally reveals his name to JD: [[spoiler:Glenn Matthews]]. Why did he not reveal it before? [[YouDidntAsk JD never asked]]. Then, immediately after JD leaves, someone else walks by and calls him by a different name, implying that the name he gave JD was yet another fabrication. However, WordOfGod, later clarified that the name he gave JD was in fact his real name.
151	* Elmo from ''Series/SesameStreet'' was a minor background Muppet simply known as "Baby Monster" prior to 1985, when his current character started to take shape.
152	* Mr. Big on ''Series/SexAndTheCity''. His first name was revealed in the last episode of the series. He gets a full name and e-mail address in TheMovie.
153	* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': Mycroft's GirlFriday introduces herself to John as "Anthea". She cheerfully admits it's not her real name about ten seconds later.
154	* In ''Series/SimonAndTheWitch'', the witch and Simon's mother are never named. This is turned into a running gag with the former being called "Mrs... Er..." or "old tatty lady" and the latter "Mrs Woman".
155	* The title character in ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'', believe it or not. Batiatus remarks that he fights like Spartacus, the legendary Thracian king of old, after Legatus Glaber explains the he had never bothered to learn his name. Every time Spartacus attempts to mention his real name he is cut off by other characters, oftentimes on purpose, to make clear that his old life is over.
156	* All Wraith on ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', with the implication that they have names, but they just don't give them out to other species. To compensate, Sheppard gives them common names like Todd and Michael.
157	** Spin-off literature has revealed that the Wraiths' names for each other are more based on telepathic communication that doesn't always translate well into spoken language; as an example, the Wraith Todd's true name in Wraith culture essentially translates to mean 'Guide', with Wraith Queens being referred to by names such as 'Waterlight' and 'Alabaster'. When the Wraith discuss the Atlantis expedition, John Sheppard is also referred to as 'Guide' due to his name and his similar status among the Atlantis expedition compared to Guide's role, while Doctor Elizabeth Weir and Colonel Samantha Carter are regarded as Queens, with their names being 'translated' as "She Who Is A High Place" and "She Who Carries Many Things".
158	* ''Series/{{Star Trek\|TheOriginalSeries}}'' has a few prominent examples:
159	** The character played by Majel Barrett in the first series pilot, "The Cage", is referred to only as "Number One", the unofficial nickname attached to her position as Captain Pike's first officer. (She's given the name Una Chen-Riley in ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' and ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds''. "Una" comes from the ExpandedUniverse, which is, however, clear that ''it's not really her name''; it's another nickname derived from "Number One".)
160	** Neither of the two main Romulan adversaries in the series were ever referred to by name, but simply as "the Romulan Commander".
161	* On ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', The Doctor (the Emergency Medical Hologram, not [[Series/DoctorWho that one]]) went seven years without getting a name that stuck. In the last episode, he's portrayed as finally having settled on "Joe", but that was in a future that got erased. [[note]]WordOfGod is that he was originally meant to take the name "Dr. Zimmerman" in Season 1, but by then his lack of a name had become a character attribute in itself.[[/note]]
162	* On ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', none of the Changelings have names, and the 'leader' only goes by 'Female Changeling' or 'Founder'. Odo and Laas only have names because they have interacted with 'solids' and we like to place names on things.
163	* ''Series/StrangerThings'': The names of the other agencies working alongside the Department of Energy and Army are never explicitly mentioned, but it can be assumed due to the consistent references to [=MKUltra=] that the CIA plays at least some role in the operation. It's also suggested the NSA is in cahoots as well, given that the houses close to the site are bugged, and Connie Frazier is briefly seen with what appears to be an NSA badge.
164	* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', the names of the supernatural characters are often not given.
165	** The original BigBad was called the "The demon that killed mom and Jess" or simply "The Demon" for much of Season 1, as that was all they knew about him. After seeing he had [[SupernaturalGoldEyes yellow eyes]], he became known by his arguably most iconic name "The Yellow-Eyed Demon". His name was finally revealed to be Azazel in Season 3 [[spoiler:after his death]], by another demon who even comments "You didn't really think we all called him the Yellow-Eyed Demon do you?"
166	** Many other demons are only known by their hosts name. Meg Masters is explicitly the name of the demon's first host, but the characters all call her Meg even after she gets a new host (who probably wasn't also named Meg). She ''has'' a name, but it never gets revealed. To the point that on the Supernatural wiki, "Meg" is the demon's page, but "Meg Masters" is her host's page. The demon possessing Tammi in "Malleus Maleficarum" never has her name revealed, but supplementary material lists it as Astaroth.
167	** The Leviathans follow the demons, and are known by their host's name. The BigBad's true name is certainly not Dick Roman, but it is all he is ever called. Given their age, they might not even ''have'' names. None that humans can understand or pronounce anyway.
168	* Series/TataAMarcinPowiedzial is a truly spectacular case, because neither of the main characters is named, despite the duo of the father and the son being the only characters on screen. The series was running for seven years, with 287 episodes.
169	* Fez, ''Series/That70sShow''. Fez is short for [[FunWithAcronyms Foreign Exchange Student]]. At one point, someone asks his real name and he is drowned out by a school-bell while seen saying an incredibly long name. (In that scene, actor Wilmer Valderrama was actually saying the first names of all the cast members.) His friends call him Fez because his real name is too long to easily remember or pronounce.
170	* There are several in the UK sitcom ''Series/TimeGentlemenPlease''. The landlord is usually referred to as 'Guv' (and other less pleasant nicknames), the old man never tells anyone his name ("I'd rather not say, sometimes you just want to go where ''no-one'' knows your name"), and of all the regulars in the pub we only ever hear Terry's full name. Even the pub itself isn't named until the second series when the brewery needs to know the name and nobody, not even the landlord, has any idea what it is, having always simply referred to it as 'the pub by the chemical works'. All this is lampshaded in one episode when the old man is using the telephone: "Hello, it's the old man with no name in the pub with no name."
171	* ''Series/TopGear'': The Stig. It's not clear what this nickname even means. "Some say that he was born of a planet that has no concept of 'naming'..."
172	* In ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', the real name of Captain Jack Harkness is never revealed. A flashback to his childhood has his parents repeatedly addressing him as "son" while calling Jack's brother Gray by his real name. [[spoiler:The EU eventually (nearly twelve years after the character's first appearance!) gives his real name, the rather awkward 'Javic Piotr Thane'. It's no wonder he changed it.]]
173	* This was the case for some time in ''Series/TrueBlood'' with Andy's daughters who rapidly aged until they hit 18, if you don't count numbers as names. It was only after [[spoiler:three of them were killed]] that he gave them actual names.
174	* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'':
175	** In "Ye Gods", the woman with whom Todd Ettinger falls in love after being struck by Cupid's arrow (four times) is never named.
176	** In "Paladin of the Lost Hour", the Marine who was killed saving Billy Kinetta from a Viet Cong ambush during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar is never named.
177	** In "The Burning Man", neither the disheveled man who rants about evil nor the [[CreepyChild strange boy in the white suit]] are named.
178	** In "A Small Talent for War", Mr. Fraser, the US ambassador to the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations, is the only character given a name.
179	** In "Gramma", the title character is never named.
180	** In "Dead Run", the Dispatcher in charge of the CelestialBureaucracy is not named.
181	** In "A Saucer of Loneliness", the man on the beach who [[InterruptedSuicide stops Margaret from committing suicide]] is not named.
182	** In "The Hunters", the sheriff is not named even though he is a major character.
183	** In "Love is Blind", the BlindMusician who can [[BlindSeer see the future]] is not given a name.
184	* The species of the alien invaders in ''Series/UFO1970'' is never mentioned. Even the members of SHADO never use a codename, but simply call them 'the aliens'.
185	** Well, how would anyone know what species they are? If we were sneaking around an alien planet trying to take it over, I doubt we'd be wearing a sign saying "humans" or "Earthlings".
186	*** In any case, it is revealed that [[spoiler:the UFO pilots themselves are not aliens, but abducted humans possessed by alien intelligences]].
187	%%* ''Series/The Virginian'' was this trope.
188	* ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'': The core group of survivors that are the focus from Seasons 1-6 never receive an official name, and are just referred to as "the group" by its' members.
189	* ''Series/WellingtonParanormal'': O'Leary's first name is never revealed; Minogue's (Kyle) is only used once, as [[AlmostFamousName the punchline to a joke]] in the first season finale; and Maaka's (Ruawai) is revealed [[AllThereInTheScript on the back of the DVD]].
190	* ''Series/{{Westworld}}'': Until [[spoiler:it is revealed that he is actually William in a different timeline]] no name is given to The Man in Black.
191	* In ''Series/TheXFiles'', Deep Throat's real name is not given until the fourth season, despite the character's prominence in the first season. The second season premier implies that Mulder knows it, but he never speaks it onscreen. In the fourth season flashback episode, he and the [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Cigarette Smoking Man]] are the main characters, and the Cigarette Smoking Man calls him [[spoiler: Ronald]].
192	** In season 10 is revealed that Deep Throat's [[spoiler: real name is Ronald Pakula, after his grave is shown]].
193	** The Cigarette Smoking Man is later referred to by the name [[spoiler: C.G.B. Spender]], though Scully believed it's just an alias and not his real name. His name was also confirmed in Season 10 as [[spoiler: Carl Gerhard Bush Spender]]
194	** ''The X-Files'' was full of this trope, many of the main conspirators are never named and are often known solely by the descriptive terms used in the credits. There's Mr. X, The Well-Manicured Man, The Grey-Haired Man, Second Elder, Third Elder, Toothpick Man, Quiet Willy, The Red-Haired Man, and so on and so forth.
195	* ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}'': All members of the titular soccer team get a name –even Mari and Akilah, who don’t have a backstory– with the exception of Yellowjacket #1 and Yellowjacket #2.

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