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'''Martha:''' Wait, [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Hamnet?]] \\

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'''Martha:''' Wait, [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Hamnet?]] Hamnet]]? \\



'''Shakespeare:''' (Genuinely confused) What's wrong with that?

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'''Shakespeare:''' (Genuinely confused) ''(genuinely confused)'' What's wrong with that?




-->'''Judge Walter Franklin:''' Your name is Mario Lanza? Any relation?
-->'''Mario Lanza:''' To who?
-->'''Judge Walter Franklin:''' To [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MarioLanza Mario Lanza]].
-->'''Mario Lanza:''' I *am* Mario Lanza.

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relation?\\
'''Mario
Lanza:''' To who?
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'''Judge
Walter Franklin:''' To [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MarioLanza Mario Lanza]].
-->'''Mario
Lanza]].\\
'''Mario
Lanza:''' I *am* ''am'' Mario Lanza.



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* A fictional and [[ExploitedTrope exploited]] example in ''Manga/DeathNote'': L takes the college entrance exams under the name "Hideki Ryuga," knowing that prime suspect for the Death Note case Light Yagami is taking those same exams. In-universe, Ryuga is a famous actor, and everybody in Japan knows what he looks like. After the exams, L then goes over to Light and directly tells him that he is the detective working the Death Note case, safe in knowing that if Light actually writes Ryuga's name in his (suspected) Death Note, and the actor dies as a result, it would prove that Light is the Death Note owner. The series itself never actually confirms if "Hideki Ryuga" actually is L's real name or not. [[spoiler:Supplemental materials state that it isn't.]]
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* A variation occurred in the Australian series ''Series/TheLateShow1992'', where Tony Martin would announce a major celebrity to perform the musical finale for the show, but Mick Molloy confessed he slipped up and booked a minor celebrity with a similar name. A few standouts included [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HatDAE2cDu4 Pete Smith instead of]] Music/{{Aerosmith}}, Mike Whitney instead of Music/WhitneyHouston and Hayley Lewis instead of Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews. {{Exaggerated|Trope}} when Mick was supposed to book Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung and ended up with Al Grassby, Leo "Lucky" Grills, Christopher "[[Series/HeyDad Nudge]]" Truswell and Gwen Plumb.

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* A variation occurred in the Australian series ''Series/TheLateShow1992'', where Tony Martin would announce a major celebrity to perform the musical finale for the show, but Mick Molloy confessed he slipped up and booked a minor celebrity with a similar name. A few standouts included [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HatDAE2cDu4 Pete Smith instead of]] Music/{{Aerosmith}}, Mike Whitney instead of Music/WhitneyHouston and Hayley Lewis instead of Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews. {{Exaggerated|Trope}} when Mick was supposed to book Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung and ended up with Al Grassby, [[Series/Bluey1976 Leo "Lucky" Grills, Grills]], Christopher "[[Series/HeyDad Nudge]]" Truswell and Gwen Plumb.
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* A variation occurred in the Australian series ''Series/TheLateShow1992'', where Tony Martin would announce a major celebrity to perform the musical finale for the show, but Mick Molloy confessed he slipped up and booked a minor celebrity with a similar name. A few standouts included Pete Smith instead of Music/{{Aerosmith}}, Mike Whitney instead of Music/WhitneyHouston and Hayley Lewis instead of Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews. {{Exaggerated|Trope}} when Mick was supposed to book Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung and ended up with Al Grassby, Leo "Lucky" Grills, Christopher "[[Series/HeyDad Nudge]]" Truswell and Gwen Plumb.

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* A variation occurred in the Australian series ''Series/TheLateShow1992'', where Tony Martin would announce a major celebrity to perform the musical finale for the show, but Mick Molloy confessed he slipped up and booked a minor celebrity with a similar name. A few standouts included [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HatDAE2cDu4 Pete Smith instead of of]] Music/{{Aerosmith}}, Mike Whitney instead of Music/WhitneyHouston and Hayley Lewis instead of Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews. {{Exaggerated|Trope}} when Mick was supposed to book Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung and ended up with Al Grassby, Leo "Lucky" Grills, Christopher "[[Series/HeyDad Nudge]]" Truswell and Gwen Plumb.
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* The 1976-77 sitcom ''The Tony Randall Show'' had a recurring character who, apparently, knew nothing about opera singers.

-->'''Judge Walter Franklin:''' Your name is Mario Lanza? Any relation?
-->'''Mario Lanza:''' To who?
-->'''Judge Walter Franklin:''' To [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MarioLanza Mario Lanza]].
-->'''Mario Lanza:''' I *am* Mario Lanza.
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* ComicBook/LesNombrils has Albin Delon, whose birth name actually was [[Creator/AlainDelon]] before he legally changed it.

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* ComicBook/LesNombrils has Albin Delon, whose birth name actually was [[Creator/AlainDelon]] Creator/AlainDelon before he legally changed it.it (for reasons unrelated to the movie star).
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* ComicBook/LesNombrils has Albin Delon, whose birth name actually was [[Creator/AlainDelon]] before he legally changed it.
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* In ''Literature/AVeryEnglishScandal'', [[TruthInTelevision as in real life]], one of the conspirators in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorpe_affair Jeremy Thorpse's murder plot]] was named John Le Mesurier, which he shared with a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Le_Mesurier famous British character actor]]. At one point in the series, this gets a LampshadeHanging, as after introducing himself, he adds, "[[NeverHeardThatOneBefore not the actor, obviously]]."

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* In ''Literature/AVeryEnglishScandal'', [[TruthInTelevision as in real life]], one of the conspirators in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorpe_affair Jeremy Thorpse's murder plot]] was named John Le Mesurier, which he shared with a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Le_Mesurier [[Creator/JohnLeMesurier famous British character actor]]. At one point in the series, this gets a LampshadeHanging, as after introducing himself, he adds, "[[NeverHeardThatOneBefore not the actor, obviously]]."
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Name change


* Cameoing in ''Literature/You2015'' before becoming a major character (for a while) in ''Literature/HiddenBodies'', Joe's new girlfriend is called Creator/{{Amy Adam|s}}. As a result she's totally impossible to Google.

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* Cameoing in ''Literature/You2015'' ''Literature/YouKepnes'' before becoming a major character (for a while) in ''Literature/HiddenBodies'', Joe's new girlfriend is called Creator/{{Amy Adam|s}}. As a result she's totally impossible to Google.

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