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Author: ZombieAladdin

May 17th 2013 at 6:09:27 PM

I ought to point out that, at least in the English dub, "Speed Racer" really is his name. That is, his given name is Speed, and his family name is Racer.

More examples:

Film
* ''Film/{{Arthur}}''
* ''Film/{{Marnie}}''
* WesternAnimation/PixarShorts
** ''BURN-E''
** ''George and AJ''
** ''Luxo, Jr.''
** ''Presto''
* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045274/?ref_=sr_1 Umberto D.]]''

Western Animation
* ''WesternAnimation/DudleyDoRight''
* ''WesternAnimation/EekTheCat''
* ''WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla''
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'' (It is important the "western animation" label be in the pothole, as it would otherwise redirect to the movies, which has a totally different protagonist.)
* ''WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw'' (note: It sounds like a hero name, but this is his civilian name. El Kabong is his hero alter-ego.)
* ''WallyGator''

For that matter, Hanna-Barbera seemed to be practically in love with this trope in the 70s and 80s. You could flood this list with Hanna-Barbera alone.