Looking to start a trope, but don't have enough examples to TLP

It's something I've seen before countless times, but at the moment I can only recall one example.

A scene where someone asks someone else's name. The person gives their name in a rambling sort of way, first name, last name, then, trying to seem friendly, first name. For example, Robert Jones. Robert. The person hearing this, being an alien or a Funny Foreigner who isn't familiar with naming conventions for this person, would address them as Robertjonesrobert, as if that were a full and proper name.

The only example I can think of comes from Neverwhere, where Door asks Richard his name, and he replies

"Richard. Richard Mayhew. Dick."

"Pleased to meet you, Richardrichardmayhewdick."

I need at least two more examples before I can attempt a TLP, but I can't recall any others, though I know I've seen them before.

That's what TLP is for. You provide a description of the proposed trope, and people will suggest examples.

I suggest you widen your scope to any sort of Accidental Misnaming where speech patterns/notes are mistaken for someone's name.

• Joe in Idiocracy says "not sure", and the machine trying to ID him mistakes that for his name
• Carpe Jugulum: The priest read out "note spelling" at the naming ceremony of the infant princess, resulting in Esmeralda Margaret Note Spelling being her legal name

Issue is, people expect a TLP to have at least three examples at creation to prove that the pattern is even a pattern.

Great — if Type40 wants to try a draft, I just supplied the second and third examples.

Oh, BTW, OP, we have a sounding board you can use to gather a few more examples.

Edited by Tabs on Oct 7th 2021 at 11:13:13 AM

I got a few examples off The Name Is Bond, James Bond, including the sole one you already had.

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Slartibartfast initially thinks Arthur's name is Dentarthurdent.
• In Neverwhere Richard does this, but awkwardly, saying his first name twice and his nickname after. So Door calls him "Richard-Richard-Mayhew-Dick" at first.
• The Leisure Suit Larry games featured Larry introducing himself as "Larry; Larry Laffer." At one point, a character responds with, "Oh, I so love dual first names. One time I met Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali!" When the games became voiced, the semicolon became a chuckle.
• In one episode of Jackie Chan Adventures, Jackie introduces himself to an art collector as "Chan, Jackie Chan". For the rest of the episode, the guy calls him "Chan Jackie Chan".