One Mario Limit and its interesting instances

Have you seen the One Mario Limit page by any chance? You should, because it points out names that are so famous that bringing it up will instantly cause people to associate it with one person!

For starters, you will not hear the name Jesus Christ refer to anyone else.

You probably have not heard the name Adolf and its variants Adolph and Dolph being used on anyone else. Then again, Adolf Hitler and Adolf Eichmann, both bad people, pretty much shot down that name. Still, it hasn't stopped some fictional works from using one of the names on a character...probably to clue you in that the character is a total villain!

Have you heard of the name Moriarity? I guarantee that you will only see that name in Sherlock Holmes-type stories, and a character with that name will always be a villain. No exceptions.

Then you have Iago. You will either think Othello or Aladdin, but the name doesn't seem to pop up very much beyond that!

Isn't this stuff fun?

Well, Jesus is apparently a somewhat common name in the Spanish-speaking world.

I've met a lot of Jesuses, but not a single Christ.

But it's Jesús, not Jesus.

In my University's group we have like four Jesuses. It gets confusing when you have to specify which Jesus you're talking about all the time.

So yup, it's a pretty common name here in Latin America.

Kerrah: Shoosh, I don't have my keyboard set. :p

I knew someone with a last name of Moriarity.

One of my elementary school teachers was named Moriarty. And IIRC there are like 4 people in the US named Jesus Christ.

Adolf and Hitler isn't really a matter of that trope so much as nobody wanting to even associate their kid with him. Except that crazy white supremacist couple that named their kid Adolf Aryan Nation or something absurd and sued the local supermarket for refusing to ice that name on their cake.

edited 10th Jun '12 4:17:46 PM by Pykrete

I knew one girl with the surname Machiavelli, and I attended college for a year with a Robert E. Lee. Those are the only Troper Tale instances I can think of.

I know a guy named Rob Reiner. And his favorite movie is This Is Spinal Tap.

I once had a substitute teacher named Samuel Jackson.

Funny thing was, he even LOOKED like him.

I knew (well, not personally, but he went to my school) a Bruce Willis, and have a friend whose brother is named Steven King (yes, with a V rather than PH, but still). And also an Erin Carter (sounds like Aaron, get it? Man, nobody cares about that kid anymore)

edited 10th Jun '12 7:09:29 PM by MasterInferno

I know a Jennifer Lopez.

I technically had a girlfriend whose name was one letter off from Jessica Simpson. The similarity became clear when I had her paged at a football game.

GG Allin of all people was given the birth name Jesus Christ.

Also, I used to work with an Ian Anderson, and went to school with a Michael Myers and even a Chelsea Clinton. It was the late 90's and she was president of the drama club, so additionally "President Clinton" jokes could be (and were) made.

edited 13th Jul '12 12:45:34 AM by MikeK

I've heard of a Dolph. Ironically enough he's the most Aryan-looking man alive.

Does this count only to people in real life or it can apply to fictional characters as well?

edited 11th Jun '12 11:32:25 AM by asiacatdogblue

Yeah, there's one on The Weather Channel. (Or was I don't know if she's still on the network anymore.)

A friend of mine tried to trick me by saying he knew Mike Meyers, which happened to be the name of some guy at his church. It worked once. About a year later he forgot he already tried it and did it again. He also forgot I'd been to his church several times and met the guy. My response was "oh, you mean the black guy at your church who isn't Austin Powers? Yeah, I met him."

Oh, one of my Dad's friends know Jim Butcher.

I had a Professor Moriarty in school once. I don't think it ever came up in class, but then, he's probably heard about it enough that he wouldn't feel the need to bring it up himself.

There's a "Michael Phelps" in my psych class, and an "Austin Powers" in my criminal justice class.

I saw a guy named Christ on a billboard today trying to sell something. I had to look twice because yes, that guy from the Bible was the first thing that came to mind.

My dad knows a guy named Ronald Mc Donald as well as a Ron Paul.

edited 12th Jul '12 11:46:22 AM by Explosivo25

I used to know a Captain Kirk.