History Main / SpellMyNameWithABlank

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* ''Film/TheColorPurple'' by Alice Walker where Celie refers to her husband as Mr. _____.

** The main character of ''Literature/TheTrial'' is at least given a first name. He is referred to as Joseph K.

* The Wiki/SCPFoundation often blanks out the names of personnel, such as Dr. ███████.

** ''Literature/TheTimeShips'' refers to ''Creator/HGWells'' himself in this manner.

** The film, interestingly, does provide names. "Mr." is Albert Johnson, for example.
* Creator/CharlesDickens used it a couple of times, such as the city in which ''Literature/OliverTwist'' was born.
** Although in the original serial publication (now available as the ''Penguin Classics'' edition) it was named as "Mudfog" in the first line. Perhaps he just realised that wasn't a very good name...
* Samuel Richardson never reveals the name of Pamela's antagonist: it is always written as "Mr. B_____"
** Inconsistent redacting of the name of his estate across editions suggests that it's [[spoiler:Brandon]].
** In Henry Fielding's two deconstructive parodies, ''Shamela'' and ''Joseph Andrews'', The B stands for Booby.

** His friend Lord Byron used blanks to get in one final dig at a politician he loathed:

* This trope occurs in multiple works by Creator/FranzKafka

* Hypothetical locations in a novel by Creator/EdwardBulwerLytton (other than major cities such as London or Naples) are likely to be rendered only as "———". ''Eugene Aram'', for example, begins, "In the country of ——— there is a sequestered hamlet...", and ''Night and Morning'' starts with "In one of the Welsh counties is a small village called A———". ''A Strange Story'' also hides the year this way: its first line is, "In the year 18—— I settled as a physician at one of the wealthiest of our great English towns, which I will designate by the initial L———."

** Inverted in the case of "Q," whose real name is "Boothroyd." "Q" comes from "Quartermaster Branch."

** The audiobook reader Jay Sanders alternates between "Major Mm Hm de Coverley" and "Major Ah Ha de Coverley".

* In ''Film/SorryToBotherYou'', the other black power caller is only referred to as Mr. [Bleep] or just [Bleep].

* ''[[TheGirlsGuideToHuntingAndFishing The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing]]'' does this with names of publishing companies the main character works for, in order to give the impression that the stories are real memoirs and she's avoiding throwing any real people under the bus (which was also usually the purpose of "spell my name with a ____" in classic literature).

* In ''VisualNovel/DeathMark'' and its sequel ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'', characters have their names shortened to initials when they're being reported on. In the case of the Urashima Woman, this makes it impossible to track down her child, as he's only known as Boy T.

* In ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'', there is a minor character named Countess G_____. However, this is a subversion, as she's based off of the real Teresa, Countess Guiccoli (and the mistress of Lord Byron).

** has the ____shire Regiment. In the movie version with Creator/LaurenceOlivier and Creator/GreerGarson, this is explicitly pronounced "Blankshire".

* Creator/EdgarAllanPoe used this a lot--mostly for years, but occasionally for the names of important people.

* In ''Literature/TheBasicEight'', one of the main characters, V__, had her rich parents expunge her name from the story.

* ''NotLoveButDeliciousFoodsMakeMeSoHappy'': The characters are based on the mangaka Yoshinaga and her friends and coworkers, but with their names spelled like "Y-naga" to give a veneer of privacy.

* ''Film/KillBill'': The protagonist's name is bleeped out when it is spoken in Vol. 1; she's mostly just referred to as "the Bride," or occasionally as "Kiddo" by Bill. It's only in part two that you discover her name is [[spoiler:Beatrix Kiddo]].

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* In ''Comicbook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', taking after the ''Franchise/JamesBond'' example, Campion Bond works for a "Mr. M," whom Mina assumes to be Mycroft Holmes. When Bond tells [[spoiler:James Moriarty]], he's rather amused.

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* Reader inserts commonly use blanks in the place of the reader's name, hair/eye colour, and other personal details.
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* In ''Literature/{{Les Liaisons Dangereuses}}'', places, dates and sometimes names (of purportedly prominent personalities) are given in blank.

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* ''[[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Magic: The Gathering's]] joke card [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=74252 _____]].

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* This is how Templars refer to themselves in the Glyph and Rift puzzles in ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed.''

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* Typically in ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'', individuals are called the Adjective Noun - the Repentant Forger, for example, or the Cultured Attaché, and so on. However, in letters names usually take this form. Then there's the University's Department of ______. The blank's not pronounced, just replaced with a knowing nod, possibly with a raised eyebrow.

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* ''Film/{{Memento}}'' has Leonard Shelby's much sought after nemesis, John G_____. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that John G. doesn't really exist, as Leonard edited the police files that Teddy gave him to make the name so generic that it could apply to thousands of unrelated people.]]

* The ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' series repeatedly claims that [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis the characters are actually writing these books]] in the midst of the secret alien invasion they describe, and they refuse to give their surnames to keep themselves hidden from the [[PuppeteerParasite Yeerks]]. In the 23rd book, Tobias is addressed by his full name in dialogue and it's transcribed as "Tobias _____."

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* ''[[MagicTheGathering Magic: The Gathering's]] joke card [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=74252 _____]].