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"Salacia Deloresista Amanita Trigestatra Zeldana Malifee..." He paused, turned over several pages, and said, "I think we can skip some of these, but they end 'von Humpeding'."
Did you know the smallest U.S. State has the longest name?
Yeah, I'm not even from the U.S. and I know the full name of Rhode Island is "The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations."
In the broadest sense, whenever a character has more than the usual (in the Anglosphere) first, middle, and last name, they are in possession of an Overly Long Name. Also included are people who have the right number of names, but one or more of them is absurdly long, for example Ulla Inga Hansen-Bensen-Yanson-Tallen-Hallen-Svaden-Swanson in The Producers. ( This is actually just her first name. They "don't have the time" to hear her last name. Still counts. )
Can be used simply as a humor device, getting cheap laughs out of an absurd name; played to the extreme this would be a type of Overly Long Gag, being so long as to be tedious and thus deriving its humor; or it can be a non-joke to the audience because characters with strange names are expected in the type of show/book/planet/whatever, but cause the characters involved trouble as they try not to react to, or at least comment on, the oddity of the persons' name.
If the character is not from around here, it might be an example of Foreign Sounding Gibberish. If there is one normal name when all the others are are ridiculous, or vice versa, it can be Aerith And Bob. In all cases, one of these makes for a good Unpronounceable Alias.
Truth In Television: there are too many actual people, places and things with absurdly long names - it's really better if you just go to the other wiki, where there is a whole article dedicated to this. Doesn't that just simplify everything? See Troper Tales for examples the editors have encountered personally.
Compare Embarrassing Middle Name, Overly Long Gag, Some Call Me Tim, Sesquipedalian Smith. Often results in Fun With Acronyms. Related to Long Title.
Examples:
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Anime and Manga
- Suzume gave her Patapi the name of Francesca Leopold Classic Renoir III in Cyber Team In Akihabara.
- Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV (Ed) from Cowboy Bebop. Although this name is just a fanciful appelation she made for herself, her real name, Françoise Appledelhi, is also quite a mouthful.
- Her father's name is impressive, as well: Appledelhi Siniz Hesap Lütfen. This is, more or less, Turkish for, "Excuse me, check please."
- Gren's full name, Grencia Mars Elijah Guo Eckener, counts too.
- In Mahou Sensei Negima, Kagurazaka Asuna's name sounds normal, until it is revealed to be fake, with the real, forgotten name being Asuna Vesperina Theotanasia Entheofushia, showing a love of this trope.
- And now in the flashback Arika Anarchia Entheofushia of Vespertatia.
- Also Evangeline Athanasia Katherine MacDowell, with the two middle names usually initialized for short. Just don't call her "Kitty", if you value your health.
- Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing, one of the main characters from Hellsing.
- Parodied in the Trigun episode "Murder Machine": when Vash first meets Wolfwood, he gives an extremely long and convoluted string of names for an alias: "Valentinez Alkalinella Xifax Sicidabohertz Gombigobella Blue Stradivari Talentrent Pierre Andrt Charton-Haymoss Ivanovicci Baldeus George Doitzel Kaiser the third. Don't hesitate to call." Milly then blurts out his true identity, which causes Vash to blurt out, "I hate it when you call me by my full name!"
- Even better: The scene cuts after "George" and comes back for the end, implying that the name he gives is significantly longer.
- Doctor Slump had Tsuruten Tsun's wife, Tsuntsunodanoteiyuugou Tsun.
- Louise Françoise Leblanc de La Vallière, the female protagonist of Zero No Tsukaima.
- Lilliane Acacia Corazon Whittington-Schultz from Allison And Lillia
- "Abriel Nei Debrusc Borl Paryun Lafiel" from Crest Of The Stars.
- Jinto's full Abh name is another example. And this is just the Romanization of the Japanese pronunciation of their names; the Baronh versions are nigh-unpronounceable.
- All Abh have at least four names. Surname, Social-Rank, Family Founder, Personal Name. Nobles like Jinto and Lafiel add their titles between the Family Founder and Personal Name. So Lafiel is Abriel family, royalty (nei) of the line founded by Dubresc, Viscountess Parnyuu, Lafiel for example.
- For the record, their names correctly transliterated into the Latin alphabet read "Ablïarsec Néïc Dubleuscr Bœrh Parhynr Lamhirh" and "Linn Ssynec Rocr Ïarlucec Dreuc Haïder Ghintec", respectively. The pronounciation and spelling of the Abh language, Baronh, vaguely resemble those of French.
- Subverted in the Full Metal Alchemist manga, where a being known as "the Homunculus" tries to give "Slave 23" a name. He then goes on "Let's see... Theo... Theophrastus Bombastus... vo..." and is interrupted by 23 saying "That's too long!". The Homunculus then reconsiders and says "Then what about 'von Hohenheim'?".
- This is a historical in-joke / Shown Their Work- the real-life chemist commonly known as Paracelsus took the full name of Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim- his actual birth name was simply Philip von Hohenheim, but he was a pretty pompus guy (the word bombastic potentially derives from his name). If, as is true of the first anime, Fullmetal Alchemist is an alternative universe, it seems that this von Hohenheim differs from the one from our world in being successful in alchemy, as opposed to being a groundbreaking chemist, and in choosing to shorten his name rather than lengthen it.
- Fireball has The 19th Lord of Uranos' Kingdom's Tempest Domain, Drossel Juno Vierzehntens Heizregister Fürstin von Flügel. That's pretty long.
- However the credits, as well as abbreviating it to simply "Drossel", also give her the alternate name "Juno-XIV".
- Ania Fortuna Somesyuru Crowzenbruhi, in short, Nia.
- In Berserk, there's a group of knights known as The Blue Whale Ultra Heavy Armored Fierce Assault Annihilation Knight Corps. In at least one instance, a knight says this whole title in the middle of battle.
- In Galaxy Angel episode 3 (original anime series), the Angel crew unearths a missile they recovered from a trash-collecting expedition. A little while after it starts talking to them, it introduces itself with an overly long serial number (about 200 characters long, only about a third of which is intelligible).
- Aram from Meru Puri's full name is Astale Ei Daemonia Eucharistia Aram.
- "Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade" aka "Shinobu" from Bakemonogatari.
Comic Books
- In the Tintin story The Calculus Affair the stereotypical Italian character gets pulled over for reckless driving. After giving his full name◊, the gendarme lets him off with a warning rather than bother to write it down.
- "Cartoffoli"?
- Pun on the German word Kartoffel.
- In The Ballad Of Halo Jones, the alien Proximen have to buy words to add to their names, making name length an indicator of class. A Proximan in a position of political power, for instance, is called 'Procurator Bandaged Ice That Stampedes Inexpensively Through A Scribbled Morning Waving Necessary Ankles', whereas one encountered by the heroine at a bus stop tells her, "Name is Snivelling. When can afford second word in name, will be Snivelling Earthquake."
- Cable's name is Nathan Dayspring Charles Christopher Summers, sometimes appended with Askani'Son or Soldier X—leading Deadpool to add things like "Priscilla" and "Gesundheit" to the middle.
- In the X Wing Series, Plourr Illo's true name is revealed to be Isplorrdacartha Estillo. All of the royal family of her homeworld, Eiattu VI, had names like that - her father was Uthorrferrell Cartha, her brother was Harrandatha Estillo. Other nobles, including her cousin and fiance Rial Pernon, have easier to spell names.
Newspaper Comics
Fanfiction
Film
Literature
- Golbasto Momarem Evlame Gurdilo Shefin Mully Ully Gue, the Emperor of Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels. Of course, it was written when many Real Life rulers had even longer names.
- Prince Roger Ramius Sergei Alexander Chiang MacClintock of the March Upcountry series, by John Ringo and David Weber. His mother's name is Alexandra Harriet Katryn Griselda Tian MacClintock... the Seventh.
- There is a character in Japanese folklore whose full name is Jugemu-jugemu Gokōnosurikire Kaijarisuigyo-no Suigyōmatsu Unraimatsu Fūraimatsu Kūnerutokoroni-sumutokoro Yaburakōjino-burakōji Paipopaipo-paiponoshūringan Shūringanno-gūrindai Gūrindaino-ponpokopīno-ponpokonāno Chōkyūmeino-chōsuke.
- Did he at any point fall down a well?
- The Ent names in Lord Of The Rings. Worse yet, due to the phonetics of Ent language (which has a lot of humming), they can't even be transcribed.
- Can't even be transcribed? Tolkien or not, this troper is severely tempted to invoke the Rule Of Perception here.
- To be fair, Tolkien was a linguist; when he wrote that something couldn't be transcribed, he would have had a pretty good idea of how bizarre a language would have to be for that to be the case. However he did offer "a-lalla-lalla-rumba-kamanda-lind-or-burúme" as a "probably very inaccurate" attempt by the Hobbits to represent a fragment of Entish.
- This? Was part of the word for a hill.
- As Tolkien describes it Ent's don't have names for themselves or things as we understand them. Entish names are more or less a complete description and history of the individual thing being discussed. So Treebeard's real name would be a description plus biography of his life upto that point in time. This gives some understanding of why Ent-moots take so long..
- Please note that at that point, Treebeard was the oldest mortal living thing in Middle Earth, and the rest of the Ents aren't too much younger.
- Gnomes in the Dragonlance universe have names nearly as long, because, even though they don't live as long as Ents, their names include a description and biography of themselves and every one of their ancestors in recorded history
- In Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree, Old Wathisname, goes to a fortune-teller to ask her to learn the secret of his True Name (which is so long I can't exacly remember) and tells the others to always request for his true-name, but by the end of the story, he of course forgets... due to Status Quo Is God.
- There are several examples from Terry Pratchett's Discworld:
- "Sally" von Humpeding from "Thud!". Same applies for other Discworld vampires - Margolotta von Überwald has four pages in the Almanack de Gothic (which parodies the Almanac de Gotha in the same way that Twurp's Peerage parodies Burke's Peerage). The vampire in Monstrous Regiment has to turn over the page while writing down his name to join the army ("but you can just call me Maledict").
- It's mentioned in another book that vampires in general tend to acquire very long names as a means of passing the time.
- The Wee Free Men had a Nac Mac Feegle named "Not-as-big-as-Medium-Sized-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock Jock".
- And Pratchett did his usual "wind it to 11" trick on the page he gets introduced, resulting in sentences like ' "No, not Not-as-big-as-Medium-Sized-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock, Not-as-big-as-Medium-Sized-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock Jock" said Not-as-big-as-Medium-Sized-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock Jock. ' It rapidly gets surreal. And hilarious.
- C.M.O.T. Dibbler appeared many times in the books, this had been understood to stand for his nickname, Cut-me-own-throat Dibbler until in Making Money his full name was unveiled: Claude Maximillian Overton Transpire Dibbler.
- Nobby Nobbs is actually called Cecil Wormsborough St John (pronounced sinj'n) Nobbs, which is not just overlong but way too posh for such a common little man.
- Common? Nobby is the consummate petty thief, to the point where the Watch no longer bothers to check his pockets after he's been out on a beat. He's got a face that's so bizarre he requires a Vetinari-signed card that declares that he's human. He seems to have developed a fetish for having seafood thrown at him. An oddly aristocratic name? Sure. What the hell. Pile it on.
- Pratchett might have gotten the joke of a lower class character having a posh name from William Makepeace Thackeray's Cockney character Charles James Harrington Fitzroy Yellowplush, whose multiple names are the result of his prostitute mother's uncertainty as to the identity of his father.
- On a related note: this troper's favorite stand up comedian, Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III, was named by his prostitute mother in just that manner (the III apparently just to mess with him). The "father" character in his routines was actually his mother's pimp.
- Dumbledore from Harry Potter has the full name Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.
- Then again, lots of the older characters from the Potter Verse tend to have pretty long names.
- Similarly, and somewhat stereotypically now that this troper thinks about it, Tikki Tikki Tembo, a children's book about "why Chinese people have short names," involves a young boy named... Tikki-tikki-tembo No-sa-rembo Chari-bari-ruchi Pip-peri-pembo. The story involves characters forced to say the name multiple times as they report him having fallen into a well. In early versions of the story, it takes so long to organize a rescue that the unfortunate Tikki-tikki-tembo No-sa-rembo Chari-bari-ruchi Pip-peri-pembo drowns. In the more well known children's book, he just barely survives.
- This troper once owned a phonograph record of a variant of that children's story - the one by Paul Wing titled "Long Name No Can Say", and the name was Nikki Nikki Tembo No So Rembo Oo Ma Moochi Gamma Gamma Goochi ("Long Name No Can Say" was the nickname everyone called him because of that). Not sure how much of its contents were faithful to the original, but in that version the boy had 6 elder sisters whose 1-syllable names rhymed with "Humph" (the name of the eldest, which was muttered by the father who was disappointed at having a daughter, then repeated for the next 5 ones), and a younger brother named "Yen". The parents also hired a band that would play a silly tune whenever the boy's name was said out loud. And he nearly drowned too, but was rescued in a plan formulated by "Humph" and assisted by Yen. After that it was decided the boy would simply be called "Nikki".
- In novels by Iain M. Banks, the interstellar non-empire called The Culture features long names, with references to significant places, symbolic references and group affiliations . For example, Balveda, from Consider Phlebas; Juboal-Rabaroansa Perosteck Alseyn Balveda dam T'seif. She was born in the Juboal stellar system, an Alseyn is a graceful but fierce avian raptor, T'seif is the estate she was affiliated with, and so on. By making names this unique, The Culture avoids any confusion. Many of the names Culture ships choose for themselves count as Overly Long Names in their own right, eg the GSV So Much for Subtlety, the OU All Through With This Niceness And Negotiation Stuff, GSV Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival or the GCU Very Little Gravitas Indeed.
- This troper's favourite is warship ROU Frank Exchange Of Views (Psychopath Class).
- At the end of the essay/mini-Universe Compendium A Few Notes On The Culture, Banks temporarily adopts Culture-biological naming conventions to sign himself as "Sun-Earther Iain El-Bonko Banks of North Queensferry".
- In Bank's non-culture novel Against A Dark Background, the reverse of this trope - Small Name Big Ego, perhaps? - is brought into play; the aristocratic main character is named Sharrow. Just Sharrow. When a police officer asks for her full name, she responds... colourfully.
- They have an interesting convention that the lower the social class, the more the names. Lampshaded when one character mentions that if Sharrow's cousin had been born with four names instead of one, he'd be a street thief. (This may be a reference to the habit British aristocrats have of using simply the name of their peerage - e.g. Toby Fitzwalter Vere de Vere, Lord Lovaduck, would sign his letters as simply "Lovaduck" without any of his given names, or even the title "Lord.")
- Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Ephraimsdaughter Longstocking.
- Or her original Swedish name, Pippilotta Viktualia Rullgardina Krusmynta Efraimsdotter Långstrump.
- A popular device for Mary Sue parodies.
- Let's not forget Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs, more commonly known as The Wizard Of Oz. (Oz, because the rest of his name spells PINHEAD)
- In the Polish translation he gets even more names. The initials after "O.Z." actually spell three words.
- From the works of Robert Rankin we have Hugo Artemis Solon Saturnicus Reginald Arthur Rune, the Guru's Guru, the Logos of the Eon, the Hokus Bloke, the Perfect Master, the Mumbo Gumshoe, the Cosmic Dick, the Reinventor of the Ocarina, the Lad Himself (but you may call me "Master").
- Used a few times in Diane Duane's Young Wizards books mostly in the Foreign Sounding Gibberish sense, as most possessors of odd names here are not human, such as Khairelikoblepharehglukumeilichephreidosd'enagouni, better known as "Fred" (who is a white hole and therefore seems to be translating his name from various forms of radiation); there's also the great white shark ed'Rastekeresket t'k Gh'shestaesteh, whose name gets shortened to Ed, and aliens Roshaun ke Nelaid am Seriv am Teliuyve am Meseph am Veliz am Terianst am det Nuiiliat (who is royalty, and his name therefore denotes lineage), and Filifermanhathrhumneits'elhhessaifnth, or "Filif" (an alien tree). One can conclude that Diane Duane is rather fond of overly long names to establish alien-ness rather than to invoke comedy—though the idea of a 100-foot-long great white answering to "Ed" is rather comedic.
- As this troper recalls, Roshaun's full name was actually quite a bit longer; that was what he considered an appropriately respectful nickname.
- She also loves doing this in her Star Trek novels, especially concerning Romulans — sorry, Rihannsu. The Romulan Way features a Romulan Commander named Ael i-Mhiessan t'Rllaillieu, and a Federation agent going by the name Arrhae ir-Mnaeha t'Khellian. To make things even worse, the poor woman's Human name is Terise Haleakala-LoBrutto. And now my fingers have cramped up.
- In the Wild Cards novels, the alien who tries to stop the release of Xenovirus Takis-A on Earth has a name that begins with Prince Tisianne brant Ts'ara sek Halima sek Ragnar sek Omian of House Ilkazam (and that's just his first name; his full name would list his genealogy for the last thousand generations). The American scientists and military men he makes first contact with are endlessly corrected on how it's said, and mispronouncing it is quite the insult. So he is given the much-simpler nickname Dr. Tachyon.
- In the afterword to 3001, Arthur C Clarke admits to rifling through a Sri Lankan phonebook to find the name "Thirugnanasampanthamoorthy". (The character so named comes up with the idea of infecting the Monolith with a computer virus.)
- The character Jeronimo, colloquially known as "El Desamperado" in Neal Stephenson's The Baroque Cycle, Book 4: Bonanza, has the full name and title of Excellentissimo Domino Jeronimo Alejandro Peñasco de Halcones Quinto, Marchioni de Azuaga et de Hornachos, Comiti de Llerena, Barcarrota, et de Jerez de los Caballeros, Vicecomite de Llera, Entrín Alto y Bajo, et de Cabeza del Buey, Baroni de Barrax, Baza, Nerva, Jadraque, Brazatortas, Gargantiel, et de Val de las Muertas, Domino Domus de Atalaya, Ordinis Equestris Calatravae Beneficiario de la Fresneda.
- Truth In Television, or close: many Spanish nobleman did have ridiculously long names, and much of it is actually titles of nobility: if you strip out all the Barons of this and Counts of that, you can figure out that he has exactly two given names as we'd understand the term. (Jeronimo and Alejandro.)
- The heroine of The Princess Diaries (the books, not The Film Of The Book) learns her full name is Amelia Migonette Thermopolis Grimaldi Renaldo. As opposed to just Mia Thermopolis, which some would consider bad enough.
- Francisco Domingo Carlos Andres Sebastian d'Anconia, the largest copper magnate in the world of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
- Outcast of Redwall:
"What's your name?"
"Yes, I do!"
"Oh, alright. M'name is Wilthurio Longbarrow Sackfirth Toxophola Fedlric Fritillary Wilfrand Hurdleframe Longarrow Leawelt Pugnacio Cinnabar Hillwether-"
"Stop, stop! You were right, I didn't want to know!"
- Word Of God is that the character's full name is "Wilthurio Longbarrow Sackfirth Toxophola Fedlric Fritillary Wilfrand Hurdleframe Longarrow Leawelt Pugnacio Cinnabar Hillwether Jodrellio", hence why he's known as "Jodd".
- Pretty much every hare has one of these. Such as Bellscut Oglecrop Obrathon Ragglewaithe Audube Baggscut - shortened to Boorab - From the Taggerung.
- Cap'n Tramun Josiah Cuttlefish Clogg probably comes under this heading, particularly by the standards of vermin, who usually have one-word three-syllable names at most (which are all nicknames anyway).
- Then there's the Painted Ones' leader, Shavvakamalla.
- In the Liaden Universe stories of Steve Miller and Sharon Lee there's an alien race among whom each individual's name is not merely a reference label but a complete description of the individual (they're extremely long-lived, and like the Ents have never seen the value of shortcuts). The individual who most often appears in the stories is introduced as "Twelfth Shell Fifth Hatched Knife Clan of Middle River's Spring Spawn of Farmer Greentrees of the Spear-makers Den, The Edger" — and that's the ultra-condensed version he uses on human paperwork; his full name, we're told, takes nearly twelve hours to speak. Fortunately for the characters (and the reader), he lets his human friends get away with just "Edger".
- Alan Dean Foster's novel Spellsinger features "Caspar di Lorca di l'Omollia di los Enansas Giterxos", more usually known as "Caz". Ironically, his associate Mudge accuses the hero, Jonathan Thomas Meriweather, of having an excessively long name and insists on calling him "Jon-Tom".
- Also by Foster, The End Of The Matter features a goofy-looking mad alien that claims to be named Abalamahalamatandra.
- The Hollows has Ptah Ammon Fineas Horton Madison Parker Piscary. They just call him Piscary.
- The title character of Christopher Stasheff's The Warlock in Spite of Himself is Rod Gallowglass, "born Rodney d'Armand (he had five middle names, but they make dull reading)...."
- In Andre Norton's early novel The Prince Commands there's "Michael Karl Johann Stefan Rene Eric Marie, Prince and Lord of Rein, First Lord of the Kingdom, Duke of Casnov, Count of Urnt, Baron of Kelive," (plus several others, including colonelcy of three different units), newly informed of his royal heritage and usually referred to or addressed simply as "Michael Karl." The family name, although not included in that recitation, is Karloff. (Some of his titles may have gone away when it turned out his cousin the Crown Prince wasn't dead after all. But then, he might have gotten them back after the Crown Prince became King.)
- Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill, an Andalite from Animorphs. Usually shortened to Ax.
- Voltaire's Candide had governor Don Fernando d'Ibaraa y Figueora y Mascarenes y Lampourdos y Souza.
- While not as impressive as some of the other names in this list, mention should still be made of Sir Darian Firkin k'Vala k'Valdemar from the Heralds Of Valdemar series. Technically he could also probably add "of Ghost Cat" to the end of that, though nobody ever uses that particular one. He actually grew up with the far more reasonable name Darian Firkin, it just got a bit extended over time.
- Wendy Moira Angela Darling is a mild example, but it's a long enough name for Peter Pan to feel inadequate.
- In Andrzei Sapkowski The Witcher novels anyone who has any connection to the elves (like Nilfgaardian nobility, Nilfgaard Empire basically assimilating indigenous Elven population, instead of persecuting it like Nordling kingdoms) or vampires sport names at least a full line long. Other race aren't that big on the matter.
- One of the characters in Raymond Queneau's The Blue Flowers is named Joachim Olinde Anastase Crepinien Honorat Irenee Mederic, whose initials spell out his first name.
- From Isaac Asimov's Foundation: people from the planet Gaia sometimes have very long names, though they usually adopt one-syllable names for everyday use. Dom, for example, whose full name is 253 syllables long, only reminds himself of his full name once a year on his birthday.
- The Chiss race in StarWars have longish names which are contracted to a daily-use shorter version. The Star Wars MagnificentBastard character Grand Admiral Thrawn had a full name Mitth'raw'nuruodo.
Live Action TV
- A Polish woman with an impossibly hard to pronounce last name is referred to as "Mrs. Thing" throughout an entire episode of Keeping Up Appearances.
- Used in the Mad TV sketch of the same name: "Bunifa Latifa Halifa Shalifa Jackson", where a fast-talking woman is unusually upset whenever people don't repeat or pronounce it correctly after hearing it one time.
- Monty Python's Flying Circus used this trope several times, including the "Election Night Special" sketch, in which various candidates of the Slightly Silly, Silly, and Very Silly Parties are introduced with such names as "Tarquin Fintimlinbinwhinbimlim Bus Stop F'tang F'tang Ole Biscuit-Barrel". Also included short, but silly Jethro Q Walrustitty.
- And a bit later in the same skit is "Malcolm Peter Brian Telescope Adrian Umbrella Stand Jasper Wednesday (pops mouth twice) Stoatgobbler John Raw Vegetable (sound effect of horse whinnying) Arthur Norman Michael (blows squeaker) Featherstone Smith (blows whistle) Northgot Edwards Harris (fires pistol, then 'whoop') Mason (chuff-chuff-chuff-chuff) Frampton Jones Fruitbat Gilbert (sings) 'We'll keep a welcome in the' (three shots, stops singing) Williams If I Could Walk That Way Jenkin (squeaker) Tiger-drawers Pratt Thompson (sings) 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head' Darcy Carter (horn) Pussycat 'Don't Sleep In The Subway' Barton Mainwaring (hoot, 'whoop') Smith"
- There is also a skit about an obscure composer named "Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern- schplenden- schlitter- crasscrenbon- fried- digger- dingle- dangle- dongle- dungle- burstein- von- knacker- thrasher- apple- banger- horowitz- ticolensic- grander- knotty- spelltinkle- grandlich- grumblemeyer- spelterwasser- kurstlich- himbleeisen- bahnwagen- gutenabend- bitte- ein- nürnburger- bratwustle- gerspurten- mitz- weimache- luber- hundsfut- gumberaber- shönedanker- kalbsfleisch- mittler- aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm." The short is about a television interview with the man's descendant, Karl Gambolputty de von Ausfern- schplenden- schlitter- crasscrenbon- fried- digger- dingle- dangle- dongle- dungle- burstein- von- knacker- thrasher- apple- banger- horowitz- ticolensic- grander- knotty- spelltinkle- grandlich- grumblemeyer- spelterwasser- kurstlich- himbleeisen- bahnwagen- gutenabend- bitte- ein- nürnburger- bratwustle- gerspurten- mitz- weimache- luber- hundsfut- gumberaber- shönedanker- kalbsfleisch- mittler- aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm., where after the interviewer says the name of him (Karl Gambolputty de von Ausfern- schplenden- schlitter- crasscrenbon- fried- digger- dingle- dangle- dongle- dungle- burstein- von- knacker- thrasher- apple- banger- horowitz- ticolensic- grander- knotty- spelltinkle- grandlich- grumblemeyer- spelterwasser- kurstlich- himbleeisen- bahnwagen- gutenabend- bitte- ein- nürnburger- bratwustle- gerspurten- mitz- weimache- luber- hundsfut- gumberaber- shönedanker- kalbsfleisch- mittler- aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm) and his cousin (Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern- schplenden- schlitter- crasscrenbon- fried- digger- dingle- dangle- dongle- dungle- burstein- von- knacker- thrasher- apple- banger- horowitz- ticolensic- grander- knotty- spelltinkle- grandlich- grumblemeyer- spelterwasser- kurstlich- himbleeisen- bahnwagen- gutenabend- bitte- ein- nürnburger- bratwustle- gerspurten- mitz- weimache- luber- hundsfut- gumberaber- shönedanker- kalbsfleisch- mittler- aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm) a few times the man appears to die of old age, after which the interviewer suddenly starts digging a grave for him. The skit ends with his name being said by various characters of the show and about the last third being sung.
- (Gratuitous German, kind of: Selterwasser = brand of sparkling water; Himbeereis = raspberry ice cream; Eisenbahnwagen = train wagon; Guten Abend = good evening; bitte ein Nürnberger Bratwürstel = one little Nuremberg sausage, please; Hundsfott = archaic insult; Schönen Dank = thank you very much; Kalbsfleisch = veal; Hautkopf = skinhead (if translated literally)).
- Another sketch had a similar joke with a doctor whose name wasn't so long as his degrees, so his name-plaque stretched off his desk, turned at the wall, turned again... The sketch began with a close-up tracing the plaque, as an Overly Long Gag, and then the patient entered and had to use a gate built into the name-plaque to enter the room. This sketch also featured Raymond Luxury Yacht, pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove.
- In one Swedish Chef sketch on the The Muppet Show, Danny Kaye plays the Chef's uncle and tells the audience his nephew's real name which is long and incomprehensible, but states "we call him Tom". This is non-canonical as the character is only called the Swedish Chef on all other occasions.
- Carla Maria Vittoria Angelina Teresa Apollonia Lozupone Tortelli LeBec, from Cheers.
- Mahesh Vijayaraghavensatanaryanamurthy, from Crossing Jordan. His specialty is forensic entomology, so almost everyone just calls him 'Bug'.
- Doctor Who is right full of these. Have you met Romanadvoratrelundar? Or Blon Fel Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen (who happens to be from the planet Raxicoricofallapatorius)? Or even Lady Serenadellatrovella? Or Bannakaffalatta, who insisted the Doctor say his entire name.
- Subverted when the twin planet of Raxicoricofallapatorius is called "Clom"
- How'd the Mighty Jagrafess of the Holy Hadrojassic Maxarodenfoe get missed out?
- Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01. Although it's technically her designation, not her given name, which is Annika Hansen. She chooses to go by "Seven", though.
- In That 70s Show, one of the main characters Fez, a foreign exchange student, has a very long name. In a flashback, someone asks his real name and he is drowned out by a school-bell. (In that scene, actor Wilmer Valderrama was actually saying the first names of all the cast members.)
- "And that man's name is... Well we can't pronounce his real name so we call him Fez!"
- "The first five Ks are silent"
- Babylon 5 features the Shadows, whose actual name is said to be ten thousand letters long if written in English. A minor subversion in that the character explaining this is pushing it as an indication of how enlightened the Shadows are.
- Bottom, "Digger" - Richie's date for the evening is 'Lady Natasha Letitia Sarah Jane Wellesley Extrong Skiponsong Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Oblomov Boblomov Dob, third Viscountess of Moldavia'. Moreover, this is how the name appears in the end credits!
- On All My Children, Erica's full married name is Erica Kane Martin Brent Cudahy Chandler Roy Roy Montgomery Montgomery Chandler Marick Marick Montgomery.
- The title character of The General series rejoices in the name 'Raj Ammenda Halgren da Luis Whitehall, Whitehall of Hillchapel, Hereditary Protector of Smythe Parish' - and adds several more titles in the course of the book. His wife is 'Suzette Emeneulle Hogor Forstin Wenqui Whitehall, Lady of Hillchapel'. Presumably every other character has a similar string of names - we just don't have to listen to them.
- One episode of Under The Umbrella Tree involved Iggy, Jacob and Gloria being shown their birth certificates and finding out for the first time what their full names are. Gloria's name, however, happens to be an incredibly long alliteration, and until the others can convince her to stop she insists on being called by it at every opportunity.
- The Than-Thre-Kull from Andromeda are stated to have haiku as their full names, but within the series are only referred to by the first line, and even that has been shown to be abbreviated by members of other races (Dylan referring to Lt. Refractions of Dawn simply as "Dawn").
- Additionally, the Nietzscheans have, in order: a given name, a family name, a clan name, a matronymic, and a patronymic, resulting in names like "Tyr Anasazi of Kodiak Pride, out of Victoria by Barbarossa".
- Let's not forget the ships themselves. The Andromeda Ascendant's full designation is "Shining Path to Truth and Knowledge AI model GRA 112, serial number XMC-10284".
- Are You Being Served - Mrs. Slocombe, née Mary Elizabeth Jennifer Rachel Abergavenny Yiddell.
- Lieutenant The Honorable George Colthurst St. Barleigh and General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett from Blackadder Goes Forth. Also, Nurse Mary, from the episode "General Hospital," is named in the cast listing of the book Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty as Nurse Mary Turnsouttobeaspyattheend.
- When The Goodies travel to Wales via train, the name of the station is seen outside the window continuing for the entire journey to their destination.
- While not as long as some listed here, television reporter Miranda Veracruz de la Jolla Cardinal's name sounds like it goes on forever when she says it on Married... With Children.
- Esteban Julio Ricardo Montoya De la Rosa Ramirez in the Suite Life of Zack and Cody.
- Farscape has a character named "Joolushko Tunai Fenta Hovalis" which is shortened to "Jool" by the rest of the crew. Even Crichton pretty much takes her name in stride, though.
- This is not much in comparison to a later, fourth season addition to the series' cast, Sikozu Svala Shanti Sugaysi Shanu. However, even she realises how long that name is and introduces herself only as "Sikozu Shanu". In fact, we don't learn her full name until late in that season.
- From the Scottish sitcom Rab C Nesbitt, the Glaswegian equivalent of Hannibal Lecter: John William Pure Mad Mental Intae Yer Body Simpson Craig Gemmell Rib Racker No Real Young Rebel Ya Bas' St John Mc Gurn. Known as Young Young Mc Gurn, for most purposes.
- An episode of the Nickelodeon series You Can't Do That on Television, based an episode about how the cast member Kevin Kubusheskie was changing his name to "Kevin Ilyanivitch Rasputin Kubusheskie".
Music
- Hello Project loves this trope. Some units include: Morning Musume Tanjou 10nen Kinentai, Athena & Robbikerottsu, Country Musume ni Ishikawa Rika (and later ni Konno to Fujimoto), Taiyou to Ciscomoon....
- John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, from the song of the same name.
- In Povel Ramel's song Karl Nilsson (which is a parody of 19th-century broadside ballads), the eponymous character's mother was named Sara Beata Johanna Elvira Johanna Katrina Karolin Gustafva Pernilla Johanna Therese Albertina Johanna. His father's name was Kurt.
- "A-ha-ha, Hadschii Halef Omar, A-ha-ha, Haschii Halef Omar bin, A-ha-ha, Hadschii Abul Abbas ibn Hadschii Dawud al-Gossarah!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-aVr92R-dQ
- Which of course is just a part of the name of that guy in the Novel "Durch die Wüste" by Karl May.
- Eddie Cootchie Catchy Kama Tosa Neera Tosa Noka Sama Kama Wacky-Brown fell into a well.
- From the Paul and Storm song Nun Fight: "Sister Maria Teresa Garcia Graziela Aguilera Delgado Francisco Diego Arroyo Inigo Montoya Zapata Paquito El Guapo Abuelita de la "Boom Boom" Mendoza"
- Coheed and Cambria have two albums titled "Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness" and "Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow".
- Panic! At the Disco's songs have titles like "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage", "Lying is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off", and "There's a Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't Thought of It Yet".
- An actual band, from Brazil: Jorge Cabeleira e o Dia em que Seremos Todos Inúteis (Hairy Jorge and the Day We Will All Be Useless).
- Danny Kaye in the song 'Lobby Number' had a character named: Heinrich van Schlupen van Holdens-velerdener Hayden De-Blubeder Ulks-Geshmerzen Behausen Geuldiger Hulmeder-Helmeder Flormendeger De-Plauden De-Ults-um-Heumendeger Haskleimeder Elden-Gormen Urtsengorden Eltsenheinden gehol el-mneeyeerbehyber-ha-ha-haur (The Dangerous German Spy)
- Fiona Apple's second album, commonly known as "When the Pawn...", is a poem more than 400 characters long. It was later eclipsed by less-notable albums from Soulwax and Chumbawamba.
- Josh Scogin is known for incorporating long titles into song names or albums names. His former band Norma Jean has such titles as, "The Entire World Is Counting on Me, and They Don't Even Know It", "Creating Something Out of Nothing, Only to Destroy It", "Pretty Soon, I Don't Know What, but Something is Going to Happen", "Sometimes It's Our Mistakes That Make for the Greatest Ideas", "I Used to Hate Cell Phones but Now I Hate Car Accidents", "It Was As If the Dead Man Stood Upon the Air" all from the album, "Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child". His new band The Chariot has and album titled, "Everything Is Alive, Everything Is Breathing, Nothing Is Dead, and Nothing Is Bleeding" which has song titles such as, "Before There Was Atlanta, There Was Douglasville", "Someday, in the Event That Mankind Actually Figures Out What it is That This World Revolves Around, Thousands of People are Going to Be Shocked and Perplexed to Find Out it Was Not Them. Sometimes, This Includes Me", "Die Interviewer (I am Only Speaking in German)", "The Bullet Never Lies, and Time Will Prove All Things (An Allegory of Unfaithful Jerusalem)", "If Wishes Were Horses, More Beggars Would Ride Them" and "Good Night My Lady, and a Forever Farewell".
Radio
- The Dickens spoof Bleak Expectations featured a lawyer whose full name took 20 minutes to say. He charged by the hour, so "his name was his greatest asset". The show would either fade out as he was saying his name, or he would be interrupted. His name began with Wyckham-Post-Forburton-...
Tabletop Games
- Magic The Gathering has Burning Cinder Fury of Crimson Chaos Fire, which is so long the card has to be printed sideways so the name will fit. They later topped themselves with the Our Market Research Shows That Players Like Really Long Card Names So We Made this Card to Have the Absolute Longest Card Name Ever Elemental, whose name takes up the entire border of the card, with a bit of room left for the mana cost. Oh, and there's also Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar, author of The Underworld Cookbook.
- Parodied in the card game Munchkin with "The Monster With A Name So Long That There's No Place For A Picture On The Card".
- The tinker gnomes from the Dungeons And Dragons setting Dragonlance, as well as almost everything they name, have extremely long names (mainly because they take into account every possible detail about the thing being named, like a person's family tree or a place's history and description). For everyone else's sake, the gnomes use shorter names as well. In fact, one primary tinker gnome stronghold was named by a human, who realized he made a mistake when he asked a gnome the mountain's name (the stronghold is now named Mt. Nevermind). In 3rd Edition D&D, gnomes in general tend to have very long names, because as a rule they love names, including nicknames, and give and receive them with equal grace.
- Warhammer has Tradelord Greasus Tribestealer Drakecrush Hoardmaster Goldtooth the Shockingly Obese.
Theatre
- An opera called The Baron Kinkvervankotsdorsprakingatchdern holds the dubious honour of being the longest English manuscript title ever written.
- In A Day In Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine the Groucho Expy asks the Chico Expy what his name is, and gets the response "Oh, my name! She's-a Carlo Luigi Biondella Buonanova di Mozzarella."
- "How do you spell that?" "Wrong, every time!"
- Chrononhotonthologos, a 1734 satire by Henry Carey. The opening lines go:
Aldiborontiphoscophornio!
Where left you Chrononhotonthologos?
- There's a scene in Cyrano de Bergerac where most of Cyrano and Christian's fellow soldiers are introduced to Roxane:
"Baron de Casterac de Cahuzac.—Vidame
De Malgouyre Estressac Lesbas d'Escarabiot.
Chevalier d'Antignac-Juzet.—Baron Hillot
De Blagnac-Salechan de Castel Crabioules..."
- The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat, as performed by the inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the direction of the Marquis de Sade by Peter Weiss.
Video Games
- In Jade Empire, the Outlander, Sir Roderick, is known in full as "Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom, the Magnificent Bastard".
- Suikoden III gives us Nefentitiri Radames Ampenhetep Iruiktanas Antikoseus Puto Remaios Kureakias Dimetirios Farasmuseian Ishak Saraj Amenenuhet Tatomes Hatshepsut Toto Ank Amen Hortez VI's son, Hortez VII.
- Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! aka "Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?" aka "Tōhōku Daigaku Mirai Kagakugijutsu Kyōdōkenkyū Center Kawashima Ryūta Kyōju Kanshū Nō o Kitaeru Otona no DS Training"...
- Venuncio, a minor villain from Popful Mail, introduces himself as "Klabberdeen Klotchsniffer Leetzlewiffle Poopiewouffen von Venuncio Krakenlichter Ratchetface XIV"...but you can call him 'Lord Venuncio'. It doesn't really mean anything, but it's funny to say.
- The Evil Queen Pulsating, Bloated, Festering, Sweaty, Pus-filled, Malformed, Slug-for-a-Butt from the Earthworm Jim video games, cartoon and comics. And to a lesser extent, Professor Monkey-For-A-Head, a scientist with a primate (Monkey Professor-For-A-Head) grafted to his skull.
- Haggis McMutton, a burly scotsman in The Curse of Monkey Island, is actually named Heart, Liver And Kidneys Boiled In The Stomach Of The Animal McMutton. His parents were expecting a girl.
- Then Escape brings us Admiral Ricardo Luigi Pierre M'Bengu Chang Nehru O'Hara Casaba III. His family has widely dispersed in-laws.
- In Final Fantasy XII, there is just one boss that constantly calls one of the party members, Princess Ashe, by her full name, 'Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca'. However, it does help contribute to his Hammy moments, so it can be forgiven.
- Dude, who isn't going to ham up over the name "B'nargin"?
- In Magical Starsign, the single longest name in the game belongs to not a person, but a town. "Honey Mint White Caramel Fudgeflake with Melty Butter and Syrup and Whipped Cream on Top". Usually shortened to "Honey Mint" by NP Cs and "Honey Mint Caramel" on the map. One NPC complains about everyone else shortening the name.
- Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-click Precipice of Darkness: Episode 1 (and 2)
- Persona 3 has Ambiguously Gay French Foreign Exchange student Andre Roland Jean Gérard, or Bebe for short.
- Spell My Name With An S and the "L/R problem" gives us the alternative "Andre Laurent Jean Gireux", which is somehow even more French. And you still can't logically get Bebe from it.
- Ever17 gives you 'Tanaka Yuubiseiharukana' and Tanaka Yuubiseiakikana in Coco's Route.
- In Takeshi's route, when trying to think of a nickname for the Kid, Coco suggests "Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Hora Juan Novecino Marie de Los Remedios Siburiano de la Santessima Trinidado Luis Picasso". The Kid decides to just stick with "the Kid". (The scary thing is, this is based on the full name of Pablo Picasso, which in Real Life was even longer).
- Mass Effect's salarians have rather long full names. In order, they are the salarian's homeworld, nation, city, district, clan name and given name.
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
- Gitaroo Man's Gregorio Siegfried Wilhelm III.
- Mika Kuouzumiaiginsusutakeizumonokamimeichoujin from the eroge Resort Boin. That's the longest Japanese surname I've ever seen.
- In Harvest Moon, Will's full name is William Terri Luce Andrew Karick Johnathan Toriji Hams Reding Roger Sazak Annick Primus Junior Darshaniack the third.
- In Star Control III (yes, yes, it doesn't exist), the Eternal Ones' name consists of their entire DNA sequence, and drives anything that tries to process it to insanity. This includes computers. "Eternal Ones" is taken from the beginning of their name, and translates to every language of every species in existence. Philosophers suspect that Someone's taking the piss.
- We get this information, by the way, from the Daktaklakpak. Long in its own way, compared to such species as the VUX or Utwig.
- Jorge Garcia of Backyard Sports's real name is Jorge Ramon Luis Garcia III.
Web Comics
- Secret, from Keychain Of Creation, whose full name is so long that, with her low stamina, she can't say the whole thing without passing out.
- To be fair, her Deathlord, The Bodhisattva Anointed By Dark Water (better known as the Silver Prince), is known to have a sense of humor.
- Although, at the time she was given her name, the author didn't know who her Deathlord would be yet. It was decided by a forum poll, with the Silver Prince beating the Lover Clad in Raiment of Tears by one vote.
- The name is: The Most Secret And Sorrowful Of All the Bearers Of The Endless Destiny Of All Creation Which Wander Amidst Forgotten Sights And Fallen Tears Along The Tread Of Ancient Ashen Footsteps Through The Shadow Of That Which Comes And Into That Riotous Cacophony That Births All Fools And Steals All Beauty, Who Heralds Through Her Silence The Stillness And Chill Of Those Who Were Not Born And Who Will Not 'Till All Things Fall And In That Most Grim Harvest Form The Final Tomb Of All Awakened Life And All The Sleepless Dead. (It may go on, but this is where she passed out).
- In Irregular Webcomic, Dr. Ginny Smith's (she's a Soviet Deep Cover Agent) Russian name is: Valentina Irina Ranevskaya Galina Ivana Natalya Iriyushka Anastasia Sonyechka Marinochka Ineslenka Tatyana Hvorostovsky. Ignore the fact that it violates Russian naming conventions - Morgan-Mar clearly did for joke purposes. And the acronym for it is "VIRGINIA SMITH".
- In the Order Of The Stick prequel volume Start of Darkness, Xykon is courted as an ally by goblin and lizardfolk tribes. The lizardfolk spokesman introduces himself as "Ekdysdioksosiirwo, Viridian Lord of—".... Xykon declares this too long to remember and blasts him dead. He then asks the goblin spokesman, ("you, in the red cloak") what his name is, and gets the answer "Redcloak." To date, Redcloak's actual goblin name has not been revealed.
- Dominic Deegan introduced in early comics a knight by the name of Siegfried Gunther Aern Damaske von Callan. When he introduces himself to Dominic (and later to many others), Dominic's only response is to stare at him blankly even after he describes his problem, prompting Siggy to ask, "I lost you at the name, didn't I?". Dominic (and later many others) immediately says, "Er.... may I just call you Siggy?"
- At least it ain't the name being used here.
- The first two villains in Antihero For Hire that aren't Wizard have this: Baron Diamond's name is actually Baron Orange Earthsmantle Von Potatoflight. Dr. Nefarious's name, meanwhile, is Doctor Albert Charious Airous Nefarious-Smith.
- Corporal Leelagaleenileeleenoleela of Schlock Mercenary is typically just called "Legs." Guess why.
- Digger "well actually, Digger-of-Unnecessarily-Convoluted-Tunnels". What's more fun is that’s her personal name, none of her named relatives use the of-Unnecessarily-Convoluted-Tunnels bit. It is implied the surname is Quartzclaw as that’s her clan’s name.
- And Shine Heaven Now has a minor character who sees herself as the heroine of the story, and has every intention of falling in mutual love with one of the main characters. Her (self-chosen, possibly indicating some accidental Genre Savviness) alias: Marian Amethyst Raven Yumi Sappho Urania Elizabeth.
- Lady Sunset Autumn Honey Purity Sunflower Rainbow from Elf Only Inn (though everyone calls her M'Lady).
- In The Way Of The Metagamer, there's a town called "Townwithanequipmentstoreaplacewithmapsandatavernofcourse". Also Exactly What It Says On The Tin.
Web Original
- The Knight Exemplars of Lord of Dragons all have these sorts of names: Robespierre de Fortescue Von Garamond-Lily the Murderer of Eighty-Seven Babies And An Adorable Puppy, Guy de Verigengen Van Gervenger-Vergenven-Geodendag the Vicious Attacker of Grannies With Bags Of Shopping And Zimmer Frames, and Hector de Payens-Wayans-Rochefort-Wensleydale Smyth-Smith-Culverin-Willoughby-Wallaby-Wallace the Third, who has no title as his name is too long anyway.
- In The Leet World, the leader of the terrorists' little backyard band has his name standing at a massive five words: Cortez Amelio Alejandro Jesus Cardinal.
- Homestar Runner has Fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf. This holds the dubious record of the longest string of consonants in the series - sixteen to be exact. Strong Bad managed to pronounce the whole thing once, but quickly shortened it to Fhqwhgads because in the time it took him to say that, he could have made a painting of a guy with a big knife.
Western Animation
- On Animaniacs, Dot would sometimes introduce herself as "Princess Angelina Contessa Louisa Francesca Banana-Fana-Bo-Besca III". One episode sees her trip over the name numerous times in a series of Hilarious Outtakes, finally bursting into a heavily censored rant. When she demands Yakko try reciting it, he does so flawlessly, to which she snipes, "Easy for you to say, Mr. United-States-Canada-Mexico-Panama!"
- And an episode featured a German man named "Professor Otto Von Schnitzelpusskrankengescheitmeyer" teaching the Animaniacs to sing a song.
Wakko: Ist das nicht ein incredibly long name to have to try and say?
***"Ya, das ist ein incredibly long name to have to try and say!"
- On Histeria!, the host of the Great Blunders in History segment was named Sarah Coopersmithfitzwarengoldenheimerstein.
- How could no-one remember Panchito Romero Miguel Junipero Francisco Quintero González III, friend of Donald Duck? The full name comes from House of Mouse.
- In 1940s comics, his full name was originally given as El Gayo José Francisco Sandro de Lima y la Loma Pancho Allegre.
- And in promotional materials for the original film, it was Panchito Pistoles, the one short name he's ever had.
- Of course, this is poking fun at the fact that Mexicans take both names of their parents, which gives them a head start at overly long names.
- Selma Bouvier Terwilliger Hutz McClure thought that adding Nahasapeemapetilon was a stretch too far. Didn't stop her adding Stu later, though...
- Also Apu Nahasapeemapetilon himself.
- From Homestar Runner: Saberlord's Scritchascratch Cakemonger The Cheat!
- The woman whose got constantly interrupted by Oxy Moron speaker in the mock commercial...thing in Sheep In The Big City has a really long name: Smythe Robertson Johnson Weathermocker Von Herbertson-Berski-Jackson.
- Rabbit Ears Productions had a VHS series of American and world folktales. From New England came the tale of sea captain Stormalong, who previously served under Captain Phineas Elijah Jeremiah Ebenezer Josiah Cheever Gesundheit.
- In the Spongebob Squarepants episode "One Krabs' Trash", Smitty Werbenjaegermanjensen was the name of the guy who owned the soda drink hat. It isn't quite as long as others but it's long enough to not fit on his headstone.
- In one of the earlier episodes of Avatar The Last Airbender, Aang gives the alias "Bonzu Pippinpadaloxicopolis III" to a city guard whilst disguised as an old man. Katara picks up on this immediately with "hi...June Pippinpadaloxicolopis, nice to meet you."
- One episode of Chowder involved a game known in full as "Field Tournament Style Up-and-Down On the Ground Manja Flanja Blanja Banja Ishka Bibble Babble Flabble Doma Roma Floma Boma Jingle Jangle Every Angle Bricka Bracka Flacka Stacka Two Ton Rerun Free for All Big Ball."
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force had a milder example with Carl, whose full name is Carl Brutananadilewski.
- * In the Looney Tunes short "Knight-Mare Hare", Bugs Bunny meets Sir O of K, Earl of Watercress, Sir Osis of the Liver, Knight of the Garter, and Baron of Wooster-cester-shister-shyster-schuster-shuster-shister-shire... shire. "My, he's a big one!"
Real Life
- Los Angeles was originally called "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula" (Translation: "The City of Our Lady, Queen of the Angels of Porciúncula"). Now one can see why they just call the place L.A.
- The full name of King Edward VIII of Britain (January-December 1936) was Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor.
- That guy Diana used to be married to is actually named "His Royal Highness The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland, Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Great Master and First and Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Member of the Order of Merit, Knight of the Order of Australia, Companion of the Queen's Service Order, Honorary Member of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, Chief Grand Commander of the Order of Logohu, Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Canadian Forces Decoration, Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty.". An amusing side effect is that, given a tradition that British royalty can pick any of their given names to be their regnal name, he could actually end up being "King Arthur"—and a less Arthur-like person can hardly be imagined. Most likely he'll go with "Charles", though.
- I heard he was going to pick 'George'.
- So did I. Apparently most of the Charleses who have been kings turned out to be dicks, so he was going to go with George in tribute to his grandfather, or something.
- Charles I had his head chopped off and nobody can ever remember much about Charles II. The last two Georges had the distinction of being king in each of the last two major wars, so history has been kinder to the name George. It might take some getting used to for everyone who's known him as Charles since forever, though. Almost as much as having to sing God Save the King.
- This Troper can remember LOTS about Charles II, certainly one of the most colorful personalities to sit on the English throne as well as being the ONLY Stuart with both intelligence and a firm grasp on reality.
- That's not all he had a firm grasp on, If You Know What I Mean.
- Amusingly, Diana actually forgot his name when it came to say her vows, giving it as "Charles Arthur Philip George". One wonders if they would have been more happy if they had taken that as a sign right there...
- Mocked mercilessly in The Now Show's coverage of the Charles/Camilla wedding:
Registry: Say after me. I, Charles Arthur Philip George [Charles repeats] Have more names than I really need [Charles repeats] And you only ever hear them at weddings [Charles repeats] And even then, someone usually gets them wrong.
Charles: No wonder she thought there were three people in the marriage.
Registry: Do you, Charles Arthur da-dee-da-dah whatever take Camilla Magilla Gorilla Driller Killer Bootzilla Cilla Britney Chardonnay Parker Knoll Recliner Bowles...
- Mind you, European royalty in general tend to have long strings of given names, with even longer strings of titles after those.
- For instance, France had Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de la Fayette. We Yanks just called him "Lafayette".
- When this Troper went to prep school in London, there was a girl who had a quadruple barrelled surname, her full name was - Ariana Katherine Craven-Milne-Burton-Smythe.
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales. It incidentally comprises a visitor centre telling you how great the place is and selling souvenirs, a railway station with a very long nameplate, and some houses. Talk about not living up to the hype. The alternative (and funny) tourist guide Bollocks To Alton Towers marvels at how Llanfair PG (the town's condensed name) has made a tourist attraction out of nothing more than a funny name, such a masterstroke of empty branding that "Nike should move their headquarters there." You might think it's unfair picking on the town, because it can't help what it's named... you'd be wrong. The town was deliberately renamed as a tourism gimmick when the railroad came through; before that it was just plain Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, which is still its name on official road signs and maps.
- And then there's Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion, a railway station named so in order to outdo the above town. Better known as Golf Halt◊.
- Picasso's real name was Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruiz y Picasso. This troper wonders how Picasso managed to learn his name as a child.
- The way Spanish names work, a child inherits both his parents' surnames. Normally, this results in just a child having one name from each of his/her grandfathers, but Picasso must have inherited his name from all his grandparents. Or something. Can someone well versed in long Spanish names tell us who he gets each part of his name from?
- The only surnames in there are "Ruiz" and "Picasso" at the end, used in standard Spanish fashion (the first is his father's surname and the second his mother's, joined by an "y" as per a now outdated convention). The rest are given names his parents piled on him to honour various saints and relatives - naming children after those is common in Spanish, but it seems to have got out of control here.
- As I understand it, such names are used (if at all) for religious purposes only and are probably not the person's legal name.
- Not at all unusual with older Hispanic names; Simón Bolívar's full name was Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios y Blanco and Francisco Franco's full name was Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde, Salgado y Pardo de Andrade
- On the topic of long Spanish full names, the singer and actress Charo has a full name that goes as follows: María Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Moquiere de les Esperades Santa Ana Romanguera y de la Najosa Rasten. Yeah, "Charo" is perfectly fine.
- So that is why hispanic characters in US shows suffer from this gag?
- Probably, most of this days parents just give their kids one name or two (just in case he/she doesn't like one) three or more is considered too much lately.
- Sports example: NHL star Jarome Iginla's full name is Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Iginla.
- And an MLB example: Russell Nathan Jeanson Coltrane Martin, Jr. He's actually planning to change the name on the back of his jersey from "Martin" to "J. Martin" for his middle middle name, Jeanson, which was his mother's maiden name.
- College basketball gives us a combo of an unpronounceable first name with an overly long last name (and a cool middle name, which he uses instead of the first name): Grlenntys Chief Kickingstallionsims Jr., of the Alabama State Hornets.
- And of course, in the NBA, Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo. His wife's name? Rose.
- The longest name ever given to a serious cricketer was owned by a Fijian player called Ilikena Lasurusa Talebulamaineiilikenamainavaleniveivakabulaimainakulalakebalau, which roughly translates to "returned alive from Nakula Hospital at Lakemba island In the Lau group". Fortunately for scorers he shortened it to I. L. Bula when playing.
- If you want another Real Life example, France's former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has for full name "Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin".
- Speaking of France, how about President Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa?
- Germany offers their former Secretary of the Economy, later Secretary of Defense: his full name is Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg, where Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg ist his last name and everything else his first names; he goes by Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg. Actually a "Wilhelm" was inserted sometime in the German Wikipedia by a joker, which was considered "Canon" for quite a while by official news stations.
- Andriatsimitoviaminandriandehibe, King of Madagascar. Kudos to whoever manages to spell that one right. Note: the name literally means ''Lord-who-doesn't-resemble-any-other-great-lord"".
- Truth In Television... not. Science Fiction author and editor Lester del Rey (founder of Del Rey Books) often claimed that his full name was Ramon Felipe San Juan Mario Silvio Enrico Smith Heartcourt-Brace Sierra y Alvarez del Rey y de los Uerdes. Which sounds a lot more evocative than his real name... Leonard Knapp.
- A hill in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand goes by the name Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. It's Maori for "a guy with huge knees and who accomplished a lot sang a romance song here".
- So long, in fact, that when Beakmans World gave the name as a fact for "the longest placename in the world", they misspelled it, replacing the third A with an S (typographical error?). Well, an A for effort, but they did make an S of themselves.
- Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg in Webster, Massachusetts (for no other reason than cultural aggression, better known as "Webster Lake"). It's apparently Algonquian for "fishing place at the boundary", or as some wags like to translate it, "I fish on my side, you fish on your side, nobody fishes in the middle."
- Randriamananjara Radofa Besata Jean Longin, aka Madagascar Slim, a Madagascar-born Canadian guitarist.
- Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit, now officially named Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, but best known as Bangkok.
- Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffvoralternwarengewissenhaftschaferswessenschafewarenwohlgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschutzenvonangreifendurchihrraubgierigfeindewelchevoralternzwolftausendjahresvorandieerscheinenwanderersteerdemenschderraumschiffgebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefahrthinzwischensternartigraumaufdersuchenachdiesternwelchegehabtbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohinderneurassevonverstandigmenschlichkeitkonntefortplanzenundsicherfreuenanlebenslanglichfreudeundruhemitnichteinfurchtvorangreifenvonandererintelligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischensternartigraum, Senior. There's disagreement on whether that really was his last name, plus whether those 26 given names are genuine. Given that the 590-letter surname was dropped from the Guinness Book of World Records without explanation, and contains odd references to Ancient Astronauts, in laughably poor German, the guess now is that the whole thing may have just been a goofy inside joke on the part of Mr. Wolfe...etc.
- Well, he's identified as "Senior", so even if he made up the name for himself, it's probably the legal name for Junior.
- Celtic and Netherlands footballer Jan Johannes Vennegoor of Hesselink; the last three words form the longest surname ever successfully printed in full on a football shirt.
- The 16th century physician and alchemist Paracelsus was, before he took that name, known as Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim.
- Hence the above FMA reference.
- This troper was supposed to come up with a Spanish name for himself for Spanish class, and settled on Eduardo Jose Enrique Roberto Alfonso Angelo Benedicto Luis Victor Ramon Martin Juan Leonardo Rodriguez III. It WAS longer.
- Considering this name lack the Mother Surname, it's must to be longer
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- The official full name of Libya is Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
- Emperors of the late roman empire were prone to this; most glaring exemple seems to be Imperator Caesar Lucius Domitius Aurelianus Pius Felix Augustus, Germanicus Maximus, Gothicus Maximus, Carpicus Maximus, Dacicus Maximus, Arabicus Maximus, Palmyrenus Maximus.
- The late Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto, otherwise known as Roger Delgado. But you may know him as The Master.
- Science fiction author Cory Doctorow has a daughter named Poesy Emmeline Fibonacci Nautilus Taylor Doctorow.
- Kiefer Sutherland's real name is, of course, Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland, while the actor now known as Alexander Siddig (and once known as Siddig el Fadil) has the given name of Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi (but, supposedly, his friends call him Sid).
- This. All other words on this page are now officially pwn'd.
- Oh. My. God.
- What.
- All other words TOGETHER on this page can't even get to 1/6 of that length. It doesn't even consider this page opposition at all.
- And for similar contrast as with L.A., the usual name this compound is known as: Titin.
- Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz from Metallica, also known as Rob Trujillo.
- The full name of the musician Seal is Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel.
- Science fiction writer John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris used his names in varying combinations as pen names. Most of his work (such as The Day of the Triffids) was written as "John Wyndham."
- Humuhumunukunukuapuaa is the Hawaiian name for the reef triggerfish.
- In fact, it's the state fish of Hawaii.
- Then there's Italian poet Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi.
- Aleister Crowley's first child was named Nuit Ma Ahathoor Hecate Sappho Jezebel Lilith Crowley. One of his associates claimed the child had died of acute nomenclature.
- The full name of Pedro II of Brazil was Pedro de Alcântara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco Xavier de Paula Leocádio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga.
- Mobutu Sésé Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga, the former president of Zaire.
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