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->'''Katara:''' Hi, [[SeamlessSpontaneousLie June Pipinpadalopsicopolis.]] Nice to meet you.

-->'''Douglas''': That�s an unusual name. Tell me, is it made up?

* In the first ''{{Suikoden}}'', the main is required to pick an alias for himself. One of them is an example, "Schtolteheim Reinbach the Third." Later in the series, in a prequel game set roughly 100 years before the first game, there's a major NPC who who is named Schtolteheim Reinbach the second, and his son, a recruitable PC: the foppish Schtolteheim Reinbach the Third. The similarity in that ridiculous name is not a coincidence: there was a well known series of books was written about him.

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* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'': Vash introducing himself to Wolfwood: "I am known as Valentinez Alkalinella Xifax Sicidabohertz Gombigobella Blue Stradivari Talentrent Pierre André Charton-Haymoss Ivanovicci Baldeus George Doitzel Kaiser the Third", adding, "Don't hesitate to call."

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-->'''Douglas''': That’s an unusual name. Tell me, is it made up?

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* ''KenanAndKel'': When Kenan and Kel (disguised as a woman) pose as a married couple to win a house on a game show for couples, Kenan impulsively stammers out the last name "Rockersteinbergerson."

* The memorable "Butterball hotline" scene from the episode "The Indians in the Lobby" of ''TheWestWing''. Bartlet stumbles through the myriad demands of hiding that you're the President while on the phone, and gives his name as "Joe... Betherson-ton. That's one T, and... with an H in there." In a variant, he's then gives an incredibly long street name for his fake home address to give Charlie time to look up the correct ZIP code.

* StephenColbert, on hearing of Mel Gibson's arrest and anti-Semitic remarks, recommended the legal firm of 'Leibowitz, Silverberg and Fishmansteinberg'. Funnier if you know that Jon Stewart's real birth name was Leibowitz.

* ''TheFlintstones'': Fred did this in a WholePlotReference to ''Cinderella''.
* ''SpongebobSquarepants'': In the episode "One Krab's Trash", Mr.Krabs makes up "Smitty Werbenjegarmanjensen" as the original owner of Spongebob's drink hat. Much to Mr. Krabs' surprise, he turns out to have been an actual person ...who just so happens to be buried in the Bikini Bottom Cemetery... [[BrickJoke with a large stone "#1" as his headstone.]]
* ''TheSimpsons'': In the episode "The Last Temptation of Homer", Homer feebly suggests the alias "Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo" for [[IHaveThisFriend a "friend" who has a problem]]. Unimpressed, Moe says it's the stupidest name he's ever heard. As a patron gets up and exits the bar, weeping, Barney calls after him "Hey, Joey Joe Joe...!"

* ''{{Trigun}}'': Vash introducing himself to Wolfwood: "I am known as Valentinez Alkalinella Xifax Sicidabohertz Gombigobella Blue Stradivari Talentrent Pierre André Charton-Haymoss Ivanovicci Baldeus George Doitzel Kaiser the Third", adding, "Don't hesitate to call."

* ''PinkyAndTheBrain'' has done this; in one episode, Pinky messes up Brain's introduction, and for the rest of the episode Brain is referred to as "Lord Narfumwhatbrainlumpfordsomethingshire". Of course, no one has any trouble remembering or pronouncing it.

** Katara also manages to pronounce it perfectly and naturally having heard it for the first time only a second ago, which [[SubvertedTrope tecnically]] [[RuleOfFunny makes it pronounceable.]]

->'''Aang:''' Name's Bonzu Pipinpadalopsicopolis ... the Third, and these are my grandkids.\\
'''Katara:''' Hi, [[SeamlessSpontaneousLie June Pipinpadalopsicopolis.]] Nice to meet you.

-->'''Aang:''' Name's Bonzu Pipinpadalopsicopolis ... the Third, and these are my grandkids.
-->'''Katara:''' Hi, [[SeamlessSpontaneousLie June Pipinpadalopsicopolis.]] Nice to meet you.
--->''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''

* In the first ''{{Suikoden}}'', the main is required to pick an alias for himself. One of them is an example, "Schtolteheim Reinbach the Third." Later in the series, in a prequel game set roughly 100 years before the first game, there's a major NPC who who is named Schtolteheim Reinbach the second, and his son, a recruitable PC: the foppish Schtolteheim Reinbach the Third.
** The similarity in that ridiculous name is not a coincidence: there was a well known series of books was written about him.
* Not an alias, however an attempt at a fake name shows up in ''[[VideoGame/JakandDaxter Daxter]]'' when he and fellow exterminator Ximon attempt to sneak into the Palace. To get past Erol and convince him that a high-ranking captain complained about a bug infestation, Daxter composes a name based on names he already knows, resulting in "Ximon Rupertikjakmos". It almost fails, but not because Erol doesn't buy the name...

* In a somewhat hilarious story with [[NoFourthWall wall whatsoever]], the narrator introduces himself to the protagonist (yes, you read that right) as Sir Francis Daxiana Reginald Popniner Killamen Snap the 3rd. Call him Max.

* ''KenanAndKel'': When Kenan and Kel (disguised as a woman) pose as a married couple to win a car on a game show for couples, Kenan impulsively stammers out the last name "Rockersteinbergerson."

* Prince Bappalappashamalamadingdong in ''Series/TheSuiteOfZackAndCody.'

* In Fanfic/SailorMoonZ, Usagi's TORG counterpart is Princess Angelina Comtessa [[strike:Louisa Francesca Banana-fana-fo-fesca]] Fireball III.

* In ''Mr. Deeds'', Winona Ryder's character, an investigative reporter, makes up a false identity in order to investigate Longfellow Deeds. When Deeds asks where she's from, she hesitantly makes up the town of Winchestertonfieldville, Iowa. Unfortunately, the plan backfires when Deeds ends up taking her on a trip to her supposed childhood home in Winchestertonfieldville...

* ''Will & Grace'': Karen's "Anastasia Beverhausen. That's Anastasia like Russian royalty and Beverhausen like... where the beaver live."

* Not a name example, but a SaturdayNightLive sketch involves Chris Farley in a Japanese gameshow, except he wildly guesses on all three questions, but he still gets the first two right. On the last question, he has no idea what the answer is, but the penalty for getting it wrong is painful electric shocks. He guesses "Kwa...ki...sur...pi...ne...ku?" and the correct answer was apparently "Kwakisurpi'''''pi'''''ku"

* Prince Bappalappashamalamadingdong in ''The Suite of Zack and Cody.'

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* In ''Discworld/WyrdSisters'', the witches summon a demon who tells them its name is unpronounceable in their tongue. Granny of course says she'll be the judge of that, so it tells them. Naturally, Granny barely hesitates.
* Subverted in one of the Volo novels (''ForgottenRealms''), in which Volo and his companions are passing themselves off as drow. One makes up an UnpronounceableAlias for himself by stringing a lot of X and Z sounds together, in accordance with cliches about drow names, yet their interrogator isn't fooled for an instant, because the resulting tongue-twister is a ''woman's'' name in drow culture.
* In a somewhat hilarious story with [[NoFourthWall wall whatsoever]], the narrator introduces himself to the protagonist (yes, you read that right) as Sir Francis Daxiana Reginald Popniner Killamen Snap the 3rd. Call him Max.

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* Arthur, in CabinPressure, mixed with BadLiar.
-->DOUGLAS: All right, answer this question with a lie: what is your name?
-->ARTHUR: Arth...nold Man, er, Cat...sir...man.
-->DOUGLAS: Arthnold Manercatsirman?
-->ARTHUR: Yeah.
-->DOUGLAS: That’s an unusual name. Tell me, is it made up?
-->ARTHUR: Yes, it is. Oh!

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* In the first ''{{Suikoden}}'', the main is required to pick an alias for himself. One of them is an example, "Schtolteheim Reinbach the Third." Later in the series, in a prequel game set roughly 100 years before the first game, there's a major NPC who who is named Schtolteheim Reinbach the second, and his son, a recruitable PC: the foppish Schtolteheim Reinbach the Third.
** The similarity in that ridiculous name is not a coincidence: there was a well known series of books was written about him.
* Not an alias, however an attempt at a fake name shows up in [[VideoGame/JakandDaxter Daxter]] when he and fellow exterminator Ximon attempt to sneak into the Palace. To get past Erol and convince him that a high-ranking captain complained about a bug infestation, Daxter composes a name based on names he already knows, resulting in "Ximon Rupertikjakmos". It almost fails, but not because Erol doesn't buy the name...
--> '''Erol''': Nice try, that call didn't happen. Captain Rupertikjakmos is on leave this month, he couldn't have been the one.

** Katara also manages to pronounce it perfectly and naturally having heard it for the first time only a second ago, which [[SubvertedTrope tecnically]] [[RuleOfFun makes it pronounceable.]]

Compare SueDonym and TheUnpronounceable

* [[Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire "Ki- Kidamaschnaga- Do you have any nicknames?"]]

-->'''Katara:''' Hi, June Pipinpadalopsicopolis. Nice to meet you.

* In old Polish comedy ''How I have started a World War II'', the hero, Pole, is caught by Germans. Hearing the question "''Wie heisst du''" (What's your name), he promptly answers "Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz". Good luck reading this[note]More-or-less ''ghsheh-gosh bjenchish-chickyevich''.[/note]. The movie was so popular, exchange "'Name'-'Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz'" became a meme in Poland.

* ''SpongebobSquarepants'': In the episode, "One Krabs Trash". Mr.Krabs makes up "Smitty Werbenjegarmanjensen," who naturally, to his surprise, turns out to have been an actual person.
** ...who just so happens to be buried in the Bikini Bottom Cemetery...[[BrickJoke with a large stone "#1" as his headstone.]]
* ''TheSimpsons'': In the episode "The Last Temptation of Homer", Homer feebly suggests the alias "Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo". Unimpressed, Moe says it's the stupidest name he's ever heard. As a patron gets up and exits the bar, weeping, Barney calls after him "Joey Joe Joe...!"

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Dress", Gumball is forced to wear his mom's wedding dress because [[{{Manchild}} his father]] shrunk all his clothes in the wash. When he's inevitably spotted by the other kids, they don't recognize him ([[AttractiveBentGender in fact, most are quite smitten with him]]), and he hastily tries to invent an alias [[LineOfSightName from all the things around him]], coincidentally landing on "Gumball" more than once, but no one seems to notice - and, of course, everyone remembers his ridiculous pseudonym perfectly.

* In Sailor Moon Z, Usagi's TORG counterpart is Princess Angelina Comtessa [[strike:Louisa Francesca Banana-fana-fo-fesca]] Fireball the III.

* ''CowboyBebop'': Radical Edward, real name Francoise, introduces herself as "Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky The Fourth."

* In ''TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Dress", Gumball is forced to wear his mom's wedding dress because [[{{Manchild}} his father]] shrunk all his clothes in the wash. When he's inevitably spotted by the other kids, they don't recognize him ([[AttractiveBentGender in fact, most are quite smitten with him]]), and he hastily tries to invent an alias [[LineOfSightName from all the things around him]], coincidentally landing on "Gumball" more than once, but no one seems to notice - and, of course, everyone remembers his ridiculous pseudonym perfectly.
* [[Disney/TheThreeCabelleros Panchito Pistoles]] occasionally introduces himself as either Panchito Romero Miguel Junipero Francisco Quintero Gonzales III or El Gayo Jose Francesco Sandro de Lima y Loma Pancho Allegre.

** If I remember correctly, she says it as "Mr Manfrenjen St. John", making it even funnier.
*** "St. John" as a name is pronounced "sen jen."