History NoNameGiven / WesternAnimation

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{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, Acidicus, and Skalidor, are also not named.

* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': The Omnitrix's DNA samples of the Anur system aliens originally went unnamed InUniverse, though they were referred to in marketing as Benwolf, Benmummy and Benvicktor. It wasn't until ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' that they were given the official names of Blitzwolfer, Snare-oh and Frankenstrike respectively.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': The android Amazo was never named as such in his debut appearance, "Tabula Rasa." Similarly, the Question was not addressed by name in his first appearance, "Fearful Symmetry." Both were addressed by name in later episodes.

** 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 in the scripts as "The Old Jewish Man".]]

** 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."

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired", Mrs. Puff's replacement driving instructor Sgt. Roderick doesn't give his name.

** 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: Yangchen (Airbender before Aang), Kuruk, Kyoshi, Roku, Aang, and then Korra. According to ''Literature/TheRiseOfKyoshi'', there's a previous Fire Nation Avatar named Salai but it's not clear if he's Yangchen's predecessor or another one.

* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/JorelsBrother'' is only known by, well, being the brother of Jorel, an extremely popular and handsome boy who [[ChickMagnet is adored by almost all the girls]] and [[TheAce 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. 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.

** A more straightforward example from the show is the tourist pony from "Games Ponies Play", whom the main cast mistake for Ms. Harshwinny. She has earned the FanNickname "Ms. Peachbottom", which was, according to WordOfGod, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the original name]] for Ms. Harshwinny. Some fans also call her "Chickadee", based on her cutie mark. Since then, DVD captions and official online material have made "Ms. Peachbottom" her official name.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Centaurworld}}'' has most of its human characters as this, only ever being referred to by their titles or some general descriptor. This includes [[ADogNamedDog 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 ([[NeverGivenAName assuming she even has one]]).

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Centaurworld}}'' has most of its human characters as this, only ever being referred to by their titles or some general descriptor. This includes [[ADogNamedDog Horse]]'s rider... well, Rider; Horse only ever refers to her as such, and Rider herself never makes any attempt to reveal her real name ([[NeverGivenAName assuming she even as one]]).

** Only four families are given last names in the Avatar universe: Beifong (Toph, Lin, Suyin, etc.), Sato (Asami and her father), Pippinpaddleopsicopolis (Bonzu and June), and Fire (Kuzon, Wang, and Sapphire). The last two aren't even real last names, just fake ones that the gang from the original series uses as pseudonyms.

** This trope is almost a ''Futurama'' tradition; characters known only by one of their names surprise others when they reveal their full names, including ''Turanga'' Leela, ''Philip'' Fry, and Dr. ''John'' Zoidberg.
** And Bender Bending [[ContinuityNod Rodriguez]].

* Hilariously, the parents in ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' were granted nothing but legs and a voice. Their upper body is off-camera AT ALL TIMES, so actions like slamming one's fist on the table are performed by jumping on the table and stamping around. [[spoiler: People who have seen the pilot episode know that their parents are nothing BUT legs, as it was clearly revealed.]]
** Again, in this series, the names of Cow and Chicken's parents as well as the family last name is never revealed. In fact, it's a running gag in the series that a lot of characters don't even have last names at all. (Flem reveals in the episode, "Dirty Laundry", that he doesn't have one.)

* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'': Basically the only heroic characters we know the full names of are Ernest Penfold and Professor Henirich von Squawkencluck. Henrich's neice in TheRemake isn't given a first name (until "Frankensquawk's Monster" reveals [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep it's actually "Professor"]]), Colonel K just has an initial, and "Danger Mouse" ''probably'' isn't his real name. (The remake also reveals that "Danger [species]" is the standard codename pattern. The only known exceptions are Agent 57 and his son in the remake, Agent 58.)

* Similar to ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', in ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', neither the names of Dexter's parents nor the family last name is ever revealed in the entire series. The episode "Lab Retto" came pretty close, though, when the doctor said to Dexter's Dad, "Congratulations, Mr. Father."

* On ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', 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". On top of that, the only characters with confirmed surnames are the Kanker sisters and Nazz [[spoiler:Van Bartonschmeer]], which was revealed in the movie.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', Timmy Turner's parents are only ever referred by their relation to Timmy. Sometimes they're called Mr. and Mrs. Turner, but more often they're called "Timmy's parents".
** Gets a bit of a LampshadeHanging in the episode "Odd Jobs." Timmy's father addresses Timmy's class for a career day, and introduces himself by saying "my name is Timmy's Dad!"
** Also gets an [[TheUnReveal unreveal]] in another episode. Timmy goes back in time, meets his parents as children, and a car goes by just as each name is going to be revealed. And after the car has passed, the parents, still children, add "... but everyone calls me Dad/Mom".
** And when Sherlock Holmes deduces everything about the parents at the end of "Shelf Life", Holmes starts to tell them their names, but the book closes on the scene right when he's saying it, and the parents are heard in awe in Holmes' deducing ability.
** We actually ''do'' learn their first names in "Polter-geeks"—at least what their names in the past. Mr. Turner's name was "Mom" (which explains perfectly why he was nicknamed "Dad" as a kid), and Mrs. Turner's name was "Barnaby". No word on what their current first names are though.
* The Professor on ''WesternAnimation/JoeOrioloFelixTheCat'' never has a first name mentioned verbally in 200+ episodes. The episode "The Invisible Professor" does reveal a surname of Nutmeg.

* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' has no given last name. Subject to LampshadeHanging when bad handwriting or smudges make it impossible for teachers or other characters to read his full name aloud; he gets away with this by being the only kid named Arnold at his school. The creators let slip that Arnold's last name was never actually a secret, just consistently obscured and a mystery to the students and audience. His grandfather called him by his last name all the time: it's [[spoiler: Shortman]]. Confirmed by Craig Bartlett during an online interview, and later in ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie''.
* ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'': Ami, Yumi and Kaz never had their surnames mentioned in the series. In an episode where Ami and Yumi went to a hospital to visit Kaz, a receptionist asked them to say his surname and they didn't know it.
** Of course, it's safe to assume their surnames are those of their real-life counterparts, Ami Onuki, Yumi Yoshimura, and Kaz Harada.

* In ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', Dib and Gaz's last name is never given in the show. Some in the fandom speculate it's Membrane, like their father, possibly because a Nick.com e-card for the show claimed that Membrane's first name was [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Professor]], but [[WordOfGod Jhonen Vasquez, the show's creator]], says that Membrane is in fact the professor's first name.
** "Dib... Dib... Whatever your last name is." "That's right."
*** So wait, is he admitting he doesn't actually have a last name, or that his last name is Whateveryourlastnameis?
*** Or his last name is "Thatsright".
** Also, 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, [[AllThereInTheScript which]] ''[[AllThereInTheScript are]]'' [[AllThereInTheScript canon names]]).

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Mr. Cat's first name is never revealed.

** You also never find out Professor Utonium's first name throughout the series. Even when the girls go back in time to when he was a child (where it wouldn't make sense for anyone to call him "Professor"), a teacher simply refers to him as "Mr. Utonium."

* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' lampshades this trope. At an awards ceremony, Rocko is announced as "Rocko (no last name given.)" Fandom gives him the last name Wallaby though, it makes sense because many of the characters last names are the animals that they appear to be. The creators of the series deliberately did not give him a last name, because they couldn't come up with anything that seemed to be funny. They were considering Stretchbrain... However, [[WordOfGod Joe Murray's original description of Rocko]], shown in the book ''Not Just Cartoons: Nicktoons!'', reveals that his surname was in fact [[spoiler:Rama]].

* While Shaggy from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' does have a first name (Norville), you could easily watch a hundred episodes of the franchise's various incarnations without hearing it.
** At least one Scooby-Doo board game included Shaggy's full name in his profile description. In a story book made for the children's toy [=LeapPad=], Shaggy explicitly introduced himself as "Norville 'Shaggy' Rogers", despite rarely doing so in the television show.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'', in spades.

** Dr. Chaplin's first name has never been revealed.
** Recurring characters Angel and Sid are known by only their first names (although given who Sid is related to, there's a one in four chance that it's "Jones").

* The last names of the girls of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' are apparently a closely guarded secret.
** In one episode, Sam gives her full name as "Samantha Simpson." However, as she is speaking to a suspected villain, and using a cover as a journalist, it is unknown if that is in fact her real last name or part of her cover. Nonetheless, FanFic authors have more or less accepted "Simpson" as her last name.
** Some of the more popular last names for the other characters include:
*** Clover: Ewing ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS Erwing?]]), Mason ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS Manson? Mansion?]])
*** Alex: Vasquez, Houston
*** Mandy: Luxe
** A series bible written by the series creators is rumored to exist in some form.

* Few characters in ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' have last names, even those who are referred to by their military ranks. Last names (based on their ''Anime/GoLion'' counterparts) were adopted in the comic book series and were later adopted in the revival ''WesternAnimation/VoltronForce''. "Crossed Signals" does a bit of LampshadeHanging when they discover that Keith had an Arusian ancestor (identified as "Commander Kogane"): Hunk remarks that he'd forgotten they even ''had'' last names.
** In the [[ContinuityReboot 2016 reboot]], ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'', 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.

* Wallace from ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'' is never given a last name. Made particularly obvious and funny in ''WesternAnimation/ACloseShave'', when Wallace meets the owner of a store he's cleaning the windows of:
-->'''Wendolene''': Ramsbottom. Wendolene Ramsbottom.\\
'''Wallace''': Charming. I'm Wallace... the windows.

* In ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'', it might be acceptable for the characters from the Magical Dimension [[OnlyOneName not to have last names]] -- they identify themselves by the realm they're from -- but the two fairies who grew up on Earth, Bloom and Roxy, aren't given last names either, although Bloom's is rumored to be Peters.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', 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.
** Some of the main characters from ''Animaniacs'' (Mindy's mom) and ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}'' (Froggo and Toast).

* Two occasional members of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}'' 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.

* Presumably Presto from the ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons'' cartoon wasn't really named that, but it's the only thing he's ever called in the series.

* ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'': 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.

** "I am The Man With No Name: Zapp Brannigan!"

* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' has an in-universe example with Bojack's [[ShowWithenAShow Horsin Around]] character, who's always either refered to as just the horse.