No Name Given / Western Animation

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• The Nanobots from The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, do not have names.
• Animaniacs:
  • In one episode, Chicken Boo assumes the disguise of "The Man With No Personality." This is a parody of the movie which this trope is based off of.
  • Mindy's mom.
• Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra:
  • The gang are followed by a Mysterious Mercenary Pursuer that Sokka names "Combustion Man" (he suggested "Sparky-Sparky Boom Man" first, but it didn't stick). Zuko apparently knows his real name, but never said it.
  • Recurring joke characters known as Cabbage Man and Foamy Mouth Guy are also never named. In Korra, his family's company is just named "Cabbage Corp.".
  • Most of the Avatars aren't named even though there's 10,000 years of them. The first one's name was named Wan and working forwards for other the named ones they are: Szeto, Yangchen, Kuruk, Kyoshi, Roku, Aang, and then Korra. According to The Rise of Kyoshi, there's a previous Avatar named Salai and The Dawn of Yangchen mentions another one named Gun.
  • The Earth King in the original show and his daughter in Korra are never directly referred to by their first names. His name is Kuei and hers Hou-Ting according to supplemental materials, although he's been called it in the tie-in comics.
• In Avengers Assemble, which version of Ant-Man we were seeing remained a mystery for quite some time. Then, surprisingly, Ant-Man got a big-budget summer blockbuster, and more surprisingly, it was actually good. The movie used the Scott Lang version, so naturally, in every episode of Assemble made after the movie, suddenly everyone's on first-name basis with him, and it's Scott.
• Ben 10: The Omnitrix's DNA samples of the Anur system aliens originally went unnamed In-Universe, though they were referred to in marketing as Benwolf, Benmummy and Benvicktor. It wasn't until the "Galactic Monsters" arc of Ben 10: Omniverse that they were given the official names of Blitzwolfer, Snare-oh and Frankenstrike respectively.
• While it's possible, given his parents' demonstrated parenting skills, that Butt-head, of Beavis and Butt-Head is actually named Butt-head, more likely it's a nickname. He is never given any other name, though. In The Movie, he claims that his last name is Head and his first name is Butt.
• Bojack Horseman has an in-universe example with Bojack's Horsin Around character, who's always either refered to as just the horse.
• Bounty Hamster. Cassie and Marion are being pursued by another bounty hunter (a horse with a poncho and Clint Eastwood voice) who calls himself "The Horse With No Name". Cassie points out that if he's called "The Horse With No Name" then that is his name.
• In Camp Lazlo, after Samson vandalized the yearbook unconciously for feeling ignored in "Camp Samson", Edward chews him out on it the next morning, pulling an extra camper in frame and shouting: "This guy doesn't even have a name!"
• Care Bears
  • In The Care Bears Movie, the Big Bad is an evil, ghostly face in a magic book; the script simply calls her "The Spirit."
  • The Queen and Princess of Heart in The Care Bears: Adventure in Wonderland are just referred to by their titles.
• Casey Bats Again:
  • We never find out the name of Casey's wife (the mother of his daughters). She's only ever referred to as "Mrs. Casey."
  • Four of the nine daughters' names are never revealed—these are the second-youngest daughter, the third-from-youngest daughter and both of the twins. The daughters whose names are mentioned are Patsy (the oldest daughter who appears be the MVP of the Caseyettes-baseball team), Colleen (the youngest daughter) and the triplets (who're named Kim, Peg and Jan).
• Centaurworld has most of its human characters as this, only ever being referred to by their titles or some general descriptor (The General, Woman, etc.). This includes Horse's rider... well, Rider; Horse only ever refers to her as such, and Rider's real name never pops up in conversation when she talks with other humans (assuming she even has one or "Rider" isn't her actual name).
• Cow and Chicken:
  • The names of Cow and Chicken's parents is never revealed.
  • Cow and Chicken's teacher has always been addressed as "Teacher".
  • There's also Cow and Chicken's adversary, The Red Guy, who isn't given an actual name in the series and only goes by either "The Red Guy" or whatever he calls himself while dressing into numerous disguises.
• In Dan Vs., we never learn the name of the person who impersonated Dan in "Dan Vs. Dan" and tormented him in "Dan Vs. the Telemarketer". Fandom usually calls him the Imposter, Imposter Dan or Dan*.
  • Additionally, the names of Dan's mother, father and grandmother are never revealed.
• Danger Mouse: "Danger Mouse" probably isn't his real name. (The remake establishes that "Danger [species]" is the standard codename pattern. The only known exceptions are Agent 57 and his son in the remake, Agent 58.)
• The General on Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines has no name, although in the comic adaptation of the episode "Camouflage Hoparoo" (Gold Key, Hanna-Barbera Fun-In #2 as "It's Flop And Go-Go"), he is identified as General Gibberish.
• In the show MTV's Downtown Goat and Fruity never revealed their actual names, when Alex asked what is their names, they immediately rejected.
• Presumably Presto from the Dungeons & Dragons (1983) cartoon wasn't really named that, but it's the only thing he's ever called in the series.
• On Ed, Edd n Eddy, Eddy's Brother is never given a name, not even in the movie since all the characters refer to him as "Eddy's Brother". In fact, during the movie the credits even state him as "Eddy's Brother".
• Frosty the Snowman: Possibly the only classic (i.e.,boomer-era example so far.)!(Inverted) The evil Professor Hinkle (Billy De Wolfe) is not named in the credits, and out of the children who build Frosty only the main character Karen gets named onscreen.
• Futurama
  • One episode has Planet Express being bought out by... That Guy. That Guy's name was eventually revealed... In the DVD commentary for said episode. Apparently he's Steve Castle, but nobody bothered to learn his name on the show.
  • There's also Professor Farnsworth's rival who's only known as "Mom". In one episode, Zoidberg is revealed to have some history with her, and addresses her as "Carol".
  • "I am The Man With No Name! Zapp Brannigan at your service."
  • Played for Laughs in the episode "Naturama":
    Narrator: The new hatchlings are known as "Fry".
    Amy: What's your name?
    Fry: I don't have a name. I'm a salmon.
• Gahan Wilsons The Kid: The main character is never referred to by his proper name. Even his parents usually just refer to him as "Son."
• Gargoyles:
  • The title species traditionally don't use names. They just never saw the point — when Elisa asks one old garg what to call him, he looks at her as though she's nuts and asks "Must you humans name everything? Does the sky need a name? Does the river?" Humans find this sort of awkward, so every important gargoyle gets one at some point — whether they like it or not. The three Coldstone personalities don't get individual names until their last appearance on the show, though; before that fans and the script called them Othello, Desdemona and Iago. The species as a whole has started to subvert the trope, however — by 1994, some of the 9 surviving clans have adopted the human custom of naming their children.
  • Nobody but Claw knows his real, human name. The poor bastard was so traumatized by being mutated into a bat-cat-fish thing that he went mute, and either he's illiterate or he doesn't write things down either. Thus the nickname, "Claw."
• In Gravity Falls, Dipper Pines' is Only Known by Their Nickname. However, in Gravity Falls: Journal 3 (written by series creator Alex Hirsch) it is confirmed that his first name is Mason.
  • Tyler, nicknamed the Cute Biker, wasn't named until the end of season 1.
• Histeria!:
  • Froggo and Toast are known only by their nicknames.
  • Two occasional members of the Kid Chorus are known only as the Crooked Mouth Boy and the Bow-Haired Girl. Storyboards for one episode, though, reveal Crooked Mouth Boy's actual name - Chipper.
• In Infinity Train, the Cat simply calls herself "THE Cat". Her real name, Kate Mulgrowl, is Ascended Fanon created right before said episode aired. It's unknown if it will be used in the show itself once season 2 arrives.
  • It wasn't. Season 3 reveals the Cat's name is actually Samantha.
• In Invader Zim, the aliens in the episode "Abducted" are never named. So everyone refers to them as Blue and Green, their eye colors (a system modeled after Tallests Red and Purple, which are canon names).
• In Jackie Chan Adventures, Uncle Chan is only called "Uncle" (even by himself); when Jade's parents are introduced they too call him Uncle, leaving Jade puzzled as to exactly how he's related to be everyone's Uncle. Also, Jackie Chan's friends El Toro and Viper both seem to be Only Known by Their Nickname.
• The title character of Jorel's Brother is only known by, well, being the brother of Jorel, an extremely popular and handsome boy who is adored by almost all the girls and is the best in anything he does. Even the teacher, principal and his best friend only call Jorel's brother by his nickname, and he's interrupted whenever he's about to say it. Additionally, each member of his family has their own Affectionate Nickname for him, to avoid saying his name on-screen. Since the character is based on the series creator Juliano Enrico, along with the rest of his family, most people assume Jorel's brother's real name is Juliano, but the creator says it's left open so anyone can come up with a name for him.
• Justice League: The android Amazo was never named as such in his debut appearance, "Tabula Rasa." However, he was addressed by name in later episodes.
• Kim Possible villain Shego's real name is never given. (The real names of her heroic Team Go brothers aren't given either, but they only appear in three episodes.)
  • Though fans believe "Go" is their actual surnames, as it was questionably revealed in two separate episodes. In one of those episodes, Shego used "Go" as her surname during a stint as a substitute teacher at Kim's high school, although it's possible she was only using it as an alias. In the other, a flashback revealed Shego's ancestor to have the surname "Go," but the entire story was all just a (shared) dream from Kim's and Ron's perspectives.
• Played for Laughs in one American Dad! episode about bum fights. Steve dramatically explains that one competitor doesn't have a name because "he...killed his own name, though it's been revealed that he was actually a actor payed by Steve named "Ted Feedler".
• On The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack the inventor in episode 1 and his brother in episode 5 do not give their names.
• Bunny Scout Leader in Max and Ruby is only referred to as such.
• In Mighty Max, the villain of the episode "The Missing Linked" is never given a name. He tries to announce his name on camera multiple times throughout the episode, but always gets cut off before he can.
• In Mission Hill, Carlos and Natalie's baby not only didn't have a name, its gender was never determined.
• One of Orel's friends in Moral Orel, to the point that this character doesn't have a name (and is essentially a Living Prop) becomes a Running Gag. The others awkwardly refer to him as "him" or "[the rest of] the gang" and in Beforel Orel, he's cut off before he can say his name. His name WAS given indirectly through a cast list in "Orel's School Pageant." Billy.
• Nanny from Muppet Babies (1984). the remake calls her Miss Nanny.
• My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic:
  • The mayor of Ponyville.
  • The queen of the changelings in the Season 2 finale is named Chrysalis, but she doesn't formally introduce herself after she shows her true colors. Her name finally gets mentioned in the Season 5 finale.
  • Both of these examples are given names in the Expanded Universe though. The Mayor is named "Mayor Mare" according to the trading cards, and the changeling queen is named Chrysalis, according to the end credits.
  • A more straightforward example from the show is the tourist pony from "Games Ponies Play", whom the main cast mistake for Ms. Harshwinny. According to Word of God, Ms. Peachbottom was the original name for Ms. Harshwinny. Since then, DVD captions and official online material have made "Ms. Peachbottom" her official name.
  • An odd and controversial example is the popular background pegasus, nicknamed Derpy Hooves by the bronies. As a nod to those fans, she had a scene in the episode "The Last Roundup" that confirmed her name was Derpy. Then some viewers and parents protested that the name was a slur against the mentally handicapped. In response, the episode was re-edited, but Lauren and Hasbro have confirmed her canon name will remain Derpy Hooves. Despite this, she's credited as "Muffins" these days (also a fandom nod, as it's become her Trademark Favorite Food by way of Memetic Mutation.)
  • An example not with a character: the village the main characters visit in the season 5 premiere is never given a name. M.A. Larson has stated◊ that the fandom can decide what to name it themselves. The consensus became "Our Town", after the song sung by the residents of the town (which it was also called by the episode staff).
• On Ninjago before Skales becomes general of the Hypnobrai, he does not refer to Slithraa as anything other than 'General'. The other Serpentine generals, who according to the toys are Fangtom, and Skalidor, are also not named. The Venomari General Acidicus was not named in the show until Season 11.
• The Patrick Star Show: There's a character who appears in two episodes with different roles: he runs a day care in "Super Sitters" and is Squidina's home ec teacher in "Home ECCH!". He isn't given a proper name in either appearance.
• The Powerpuff Girls has HIM. He has no name, though it may simply be a case of his name being reviled and feared. His name apparently is shortened from "His Infernal Majesty".
• The Raccoons: The two bullies who pick on Bentley in the episode "Black Belt Bentley!" are only referred to as Classmate #1 and Classmate #2 by the credits.
• The recurring trio of kittens in the Van Beuren Studios Rainbow Parade cartoons "Merry Kittens" and "Rag Dog" aren't named, are interchangeable in personality, and are only distinguishable by their colors (white, orange, grey).
• On Rated "A" for Awesome, there's a recurring Perky Goth who is just called Girl in the credits whenever she gets a line, except for the episode "Lazy Monkey Mornings" where a teacher doing roll call calls her Sally but the credits call her Ivy.
• The title character of Samurai Jack. His real name is never mentioned, and the reason he calls himself "(Samurai) Jack", is because the first people he meets when he arrives in the future kept saying "Jack" as they talked to him (future slang equivalent of "guy" or "dude").
  • For that matter, many (if not most) characters' real names are never revealed, even those who are important to the story. Examples include (but are not limited to): Jack's parents, the Emperor and Empress of Japan; the Scotsman (and his spouse, the Scotsman's Wife)^note Ironically enough, all of their many daughters get addressed by real name by their father; most of the Daughters of Aku (aside from Ashi, they're not named on-screen)^note Three of Ashi's sisters get named as "Aki", "Ami", and "Avi" in the end credits, and even their mother (the High Priestess of the Cult of Aku).
  • Perhaps the most straightforward examples are a couple of characters who aren't really known by any moniker, not even a formal and consistent nickname used in-universe. They are an evil demonic spirit from "Jack and the Haunted House", and the primordial monster made of pure darkness from "The Birth of Evil".
• Many of the background characters of The Simpsons have nicknames rather than legitimate names. Like Bumblebee Man, Blue-Haired Lawyer, The Yes Guy. However some of these background characters have their name mentioned at least once at some point. Comic Book Guy's name is Jeff Albertson. It was originally going to be Louis Lane, as a reference to Lois Lane, but Matt Groening didn't reveal that idea before Comic Book Guy's name had already been established.
  • Being the Simpsons, this is lampshaded often. The blue-haired lawyer once reveals a novel he wrote, and the author credit on the cover reads "by Burns' Lawyer" (as he usually referred to in scripts). When flirting with Comic Book Guy, Mrs. Krabapple asks if there's "a Mrs. Comic Book Guy." In a Halloween episode, Mayor Quimby tries to guess the identity of someone in a costume (he thinks), and one of his guesses is "Old Jewish Man."^note One of the residents of the Springfield Retirement Castle is referred to as "The Old Jewish Man'.]]
  • In the original shorts from The Tracey Ullman Show, Marge is not named. In the credits, she is referred to as "Mom".
• In The Small One the eponymous donkey is the only character named.
• On South Park, Kenny's mom was long the only parent without a name, with some materials even claiming that she doesn't have one. Common Fanon is Carol, since Sharon, Sheila and Linda each were called that at one point before having a Sudden Name Change. South Park: The Fractured but Whole made this Ascended Fanon.
  • Craig's younger sister, who to be fair is mostly a Living Prop, was similarly unnamed until that game; in this case her Fanon name (Ruby) was discarded in favor of "Tricia."
• SpongeBob SquarePants:
  • The vast majority of background/incidental characters do not officially have given names outside of a scant few (such as Fred, Sandals, and Scooter) or have different names depending on the episode (Harold and Tom, they of "BIG MEATY CLAWS" and "CHOCOLAAAAATE!!!" fame respectively, have appeared under different names depending on the episode) and are commonly referred to by number instead (i.e. "Incidental ###").
  • In the episode "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired", Mrs. Puff's replacement driving instructor Sgt. Roderick doesn't give his name.
• Steven Universe: In "Last One Out of Beach City", the pink-haired woman whom Pearl is interested in goes unnamed; the Credits Gag listed her as "Mystery Girl as Herself". However, the initial "S." can be seen on the phone number she gives Pearl. Storyboard artist Lauren Zuke says that she thinks of her name as "Sheena", after the song "Sheena is a Punk Rocker".
• One 1980's Strawberry Shortcake special uses this deliberately: Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name. No one has been able to think of a name for her, and no one does by the end of the special. When this is pointed out, Strawberry reassures her "I'm sure that someone, somewhere has just the right name for you," giving a quick glance to the audience (since there was a doll made of this character).
  • The skunk in Pets on Parade doesn't have a name either; he thinks it's Yowee A. Skunk because that's what people say when they see him. At the end, when he helps save the day and is adopted by Angel Cake to win the pet show, Strawberry asks him his name and when he can't reply, Angel suggests "Souffle", a name he happily accepts.
• In Transformers: Generation 1, of the Sweeps, only Scourge is given an actual name. Two Sweeps are referred to as "Sweeps 6 and 7" in the episode The Call of the Primitives, however.
  • Two of the background Female Autobots in The Search for Alpha Trion are unnamed (at least in the episode itself).
  • There were also three unnamed Decepticon Seekers, although two of them were named Sunstorm and Acid Storm in the Universe toyline.
• Teen Titans:
  • None of the heroes ever give their civilian identities. However, the writing staff included their real names from the comics, one way or another. In one, Starfire's nanny speaks a long phrase in their native tongue, which includes her real name (Koriand'r) [[note]] Starfire also states that "Starfire" is her name's translation in English during the episode that showed how the group met. In another, when Cyborg infiltrates the villain school, he uses the pseudonym "Stone" (his real name is Victor Stone). The Doom Patrol reveals Beast Boy's (Garfield Logan), the episode with Larry indirectly reveals Robin's (Dick Grayson), and Raven's name is indeed Raven. Terra's real name was given in the show's tie-in comics: Princess Tarra Markov.
  • In the episode "The Quest", the True Master's name was never spoken onscreen; however, the end credits revealed her name to be Chu Hui.
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003):
  • "Hun" might be the character's real one, or it might not. Whatever his real name is, it has never been revealed (although the comic books will name him Hunter "Hun" Mason when he debuts there).
  • Nobody and the hunter from "Hunted" have established names (Longer and Jack Marlin, respectively—the former is a surname, by the way), which have never been mentioned within the series itself.
  • The Battle Nexus characters are all referred to by role, and it's possible they don't even have real names.
  • Characters known as "The Ancient One" and "The Professor" are not known by any other name, making them...
  • Casey's mom is only ever referred to as "Casey's mom".
• The title characters of 2 Stupid Dogs are never given names because they are strays, the closing credits dub them "Big Dog" and "Little Dog".
  • In one episode, Little Dog has to fill out a form. He leaves "name" blank, and laments, "I don't know my name!"
    • Little Dog asked if Big Dog knew. After Little Dog rejected Big Dog's guesses, Big Dog answered "I don't know", leading Little Dog to write "Ida Know" as his name.
  • Though one episode had the big dog say his name was "Jonathan". Technically, he simply didn't contradict the hamster who called him by that name.
  • The announcer on the episode "Let's Make A Right Price" calls them from the audience as simply "Dog."
• The name of Lion-O's mother, who was also Tygra's adoptive mother in Thunder Cats 2011 was never revealed. According to Dan Norton, the crew considered her name to be Leona but stated he didn't know if the name was cleared through legal and therefore the character remained nameless. Fanon has considered Leona to be her name.
• Lampshaded in the "Lyle, the Kindly Viking" episode of VeggieTales, when one of the scallions passes by during the Silly Songs segment. Larry asks his name, and he replies "They've never given me a name. I've been around since Show One and I still don't have a name." This exchange is featured on the main page.
• In the 2016 reboot, Voltron: Legendary Defender, Allura's mother and Keith's father are unnamed. Within the fandom, they are often referred to as Romelle (Allura's cousin in the original) and Texas Kogane (due to his southern accent). Ultimately subverted for the former as Allura's mother's name was revealed in the second official tie-in book to be Melenor and Romelle appeared in season 6.
• On Wacky Races, only Clyde and Ring-A-Ding are identified in the Ant Hill Mob. A Hanna-Barbera publicity drawing has the others identified as Mac, Danny, Rug Bug Benny, Willy and Kirby, none of the names of which are mentioned on the show itself. When the Mob made it to The Perils of Penelope Pitstop a year later, Ring-A-Ding would be renamed Dum-Dum, and the others would be renamed Pockets, Yak-Yak, Snoozy, Zippy and Softy.
• The Troll from the Wander over Yonder episode of the same name.
• In Wat's Pig, due to the very limited dialogue, Wat is the only character with a name and it only appears in the title.
• Played with in We Bare Bears in regards to Ice Bear, whose name he not only states, but as a Third-Person Person, Ice Bear states it very often. This trope comes into play with the fact that he seems to be the only person on that show that seems aware of this, as his adopted brothers, Grizzly and Panda, only ever refer to him as "bro" or "little bro" while other character use some form of Hey, You! whenever they address him.
  • In "Losing Ice", the Sushi chef calls Ice Bear "Kuma-kun".
  • In "Pet Shop" Grizzly calls him "Po", so this may be short for "Polar Bear", and suggesting that "Ice Bear" is a nickname.
  • In "Planet Bears", the narrator calls him "the polar bear".
  • Subverted again in "Cooking With Ice Bear", wherein the announcer says his name in Korean several times.
  • In "Icy Nights II", Yana calls him "Snezhnyy Mishka" ("Little White Bear").

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