Damien: What is your name?
Elliot: Um, well, what with me being a cat and all... Cat?
Damien: All of you animal people have horrible names.
Characters with
only a surname, which describes them.
Sister Trope of
Something Person.
If the word for their surname doesn't have any obvious relation to the character in question, it's
Mister Strangenoun. If it's not a character but an offhand description of a prop, look toward
I Call It Vera (or the demonstrative
I Call Him "Mister Happy"). If their name reflects their color, it's also
Colorful Theme Naming.
Examples:
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Comic Books
- Mr. Men
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- The Riddler of Batman, born Edward Nashton, legally changed his surname - making him E. Nigma.
- Mr. Sinister of XMen fame, who took that name because it was the last word his wife said to him as she died, when she realized what a monster he was.
Film
Live Action Televsion
Literature
- Mr. Pump in the Discworld novel Going Postal. Of course, he's a Golem who was employed pumping water at the bottom of a well for a few hundred years, so it's an apt description (his 'name' was previously Pump 19)
Radio
- Mr. Show with Bob and David
Tabletop Games
- The characters in Clue are named after the color of their pieces: Mr. Green, Mrs. White, Ms. Scarlet, Mrs. Peacock, Colonel Mustard, and Professor Plum.
Theatre
- The song "Mister Cellophane" from Chicago.
Web Comic
Web Original
Western Animation
- From South Park, Mr. Garrison's puppet Mr. Hat, followed by his replacements, Mr. Stick and Mr. Slave.
