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->''Seriously? his name was ''Lee''? That's the most common name in the Fire Nation! That would be like someone from my world going "Hi everybody! I'm the Assassin, ''Bob''!"''
-->-- '''Alec after learning the name of Combustion Man''', ''Fanfic/AbsoluteTrust''






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->''"Very well... John. Plain name, but I won't forget it."''
-->-- '''Ocelot''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater''[[note]]John is [[PlayerCharacter Naked Snake]][[/note]]

->''"Behold before you, the illustrious, the imperious, ingenious archmage... CARL."''
-->-- '''Invoker's''' real name, ''[[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Dota 2]]''

->'''Chuck:''' I am the prophet...Chuck!\\
'''Lillith:''' You've ''got'' to be joking.
-->-- ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', "The Monster At The End Of This Book"

->''Seriously? his name was ''Lee''? That's the most common name in the Fire Nation! That would be like someone from my world going "Hi everybody! I'm the Assassin, ''Bob''!"''
-->-- '''Alec after learning the name of Combustion Man''', ''Fanfic/AbsoluteTrust''

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->''"Very well... John. Plain name, but I won't forget it."''
-->-- '''Ocelot''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater''[[note]]John is [[PlayerCharacter Naked Snake]][[/note]]

->''"Behold before you, the illustrious, the imperious, ingenious archmage... CARL."''
-->-- '''Invoker's''' real name, ''[[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Dota 2]]''

->'''Chuck:''' I am the prophet...Chuck!\\
'''Lillith:''' You've ''got'' to be joking.
-->-- ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', "The Monster At The End Of This Book"

->''Seriously? his name was ''Lee''? That's the most common name in the Fire Nation! That would be like someone from my world going "Hi everybody! I'm the Assassin, ''Bob''!"''
-->-- '''Alec after learning the name of Combustion Man''', ''Fanfic/AbsoluteTrust''
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->'''Tarak:''' But we can make no vows. For that you must beseech our elder, the wisest hunter of them all... Bill!\\
[{{Beat}}]\\
'''Luz:''' [''Gasps''] Is that short for something?\\
'''Tarak:''' Nope. Just Bill.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', "Edge of the World"


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->'''Chuck:''' I am the prophet...Chuck!\\
'''Lillith:''' You've ''got'' to be joking.
-->-- ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', "The Monster At The End Of This Book"

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->''"Behold before you, the illustrious, the imperious, ingenious archmage... CARL."''
-->-- '''Invoker's''' real name, ''VideoGame/Dota2''


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->''"Very well... John. Plain name, but I won't forget it."''
-->-- '''Ocelot''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater''[[note]]John is [[PlayerCharacter Naked Snake]][[/note]]

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->'''Tarak:''' But we can make no vows. For that you must beseech our elder, the wisest hunter of them all... Bill!\\
[{{Beat}}]\\
'''Luz:''' [''Gasps''] Is that short for something?\\
'''Tarak:''' Nope. Just Bill.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', "Edge of the World"
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->''Seriously? his name was ''Lee''? That's the most common name in the Fire Nation! That would be like someone from my world going "Hi everybody! I'm the Assassin, ''Bob''!"''
-->-- '''Alec after learning the name of Combustion Man''', ''Fanfic/AbsoluteTrust''
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->"I love an extravagant person with a very plain name, something about it just really tickles me. Someone who's extravagant and their name's like - ''THE MAGE WHO LIVES BY THE RIVER, HER HAIR LONG TO HER ANKLES, SHE HAS EIGHT FINGERS ON EACH HAND, AND SHE GOES BY THE NAME'' Claire."
-->-- '''Creator/BobTheDragQueen''', ''WebVideo/Dimension20''
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-->-- ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/8903794/1/God-Help-the-Outcasts God Help The Outcasts]]'', '''Chapter 1'''

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-->-- ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/8903794/1/God-Help-the-Outcasts God Help The Outcasts]]'', ''Fanfic/GodHelpTheOutcasts'', '''Chapter 1'''
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->"''So wait a minute — I just found out the [[Characters/HaloMasterChief Master Chief's]] name is John. John? JOHN? We're afraid of a guy named JOHN? [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Are you kidding me!?]]''"
-->-- '''[[TokyoRose Glibnub]]''', ''VideoGame/HaloInfinite''
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->"My name? Uh, I'm Susan," Susan said nervously.

->"No, I mean your monster name."

->"My … monster name?"

->"Like, what do people scream when they see you coming? You know, like 'Look out, here comes…' Mega-Maid, Monsteria, whatever."

->"Uh, they don't call me anything," Susan said, by now terribly confused. "People generally don't run screaming when they see me. But my friends call me Susie."


->"That's how they describe you in the news?" the cockroach asked her, one antenna twitching. "'The town was attacked by the terrifying [[GiantWoman giantess]] ...'Susie'?"

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->"My ->''"My name? Uh, I'm Susan," Susan said nervously.

->"No,
nervously.''

->''"No,
I mean your monster name."

->"My …
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->''"My...
monster name?"

->"Like,
name?"''

->''"Like,
what do people scream when they see you coming? You know, like 'Look out, here comes…' Mega-Maid, Monsteria, whatever."

->"Uh,
"''

->''"Uh,
they don't call me anything," Susan said, by now terribly confused. "People generally don't run screaming when they see me. But my friends call me Susie."


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->''"That's
how they describe you in the news?" the cockroach asked her, one antenna twitching. "'The town was attacked by the terrifying [[GiantWoman giantess]] ...'Susie'?"giantess]]... 'Susie'?"''
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->"My name? Uh, I'm Susan," Susan said nervously.

->"No, I mean your monster name."

->"My … monster name?"

->"Like, what do people scream when they see you coming? You know, like 'Look out, here comes…' Mega-Maid, Monsteria, whatever."

->"Uh, they don't call me anything," Susan said, by now terribly confused. "People generally don't run screaming when they see me. But my friends call me Susie."


->"That's how they describe you in the news?" the cockroach asked her, one antenna twitching. "'The town was attacked by the terrifying [[GiantWoman giantess]] ...'Susie'?"
-->-- ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/8903794/1/God-Help-the-Outcasts God Help The Outcasts]]'', '''Chapter 1'''
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->'''Marci:''' So let me make sure I've got this straight. The three great dragon seers are the Black Reach, Estella the Northern Star, and ''Bob?'' One of these things is not like the others.\\
'''Julius:''' Bob's just his family name. He's actually Brohomir, Great Seer of the Heartstrikers, but he only answers to that on formal occasions or when he's booking tables at restaurants.
-->-- ''Literature/TheHeartstrikers'' book 1: ''Literature/NiceDragonsFinishLast''

->'''Bob:''' Look at poor Estella. She had a perfectly lovely name, but it was too normal, so everyone just called her ''The Northern Star'', including her. [...]\\
'''Chelsie:''' And "Brohomir" is better?\\
'''Bob:''' Much! No one ever calls me by common nouns and verbs. I am always myself, which is a lovely thing to be.
-->-- ''Literature/TheHeartstrikers'' book 5: ''Literature/LastDragonStanding''
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->'''Tarak:''' But we can make no vows. For that you must beseech our elder, the wisest hunter of them all... Bill!\\
[{{Beat}}]\\
'''Luz:''' [''Gasps''] Is that short for something?\\
'''Tarak:''' Nope. Just Bill.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', "Edge of the World"
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->There was a ghastly moment now when you realized that he had looked at the [[TimeAbyss Resurrecting Prince]] when he had said ''John''; that {{God|Emperor}} had responded to so banal and cursory a word as ''John''...

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->There was a ghastly moment now when you realized that he had looked at the [[TimeAbyss Resurrecting Prince]] when he had said ''John''; that {{God|Emperor}} had responded to so banal and cursory a word as ''John''...
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->There was a ghastly moment now when you realized that he had looked at the [[TimeAbyss Resurrecting Prince]] when he had said ''John''; that {{God|Emperor}} had responded to so banal and cursory a word as ''John''...
-->-- ''Literature/HarrowTheNinth''
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->''[Mr. Young] stared down at the golden curls of the Adversary, Destroyer of Kings, Angel of the Bottomless Pit, Great Beast that is called Dragon, Prince of This World, Father of Lies, Spawn of Satan, and Lord of Darkness. "You know," he concluded, after a while, "I think he actually looks like an Adam."''
-->-- ''Literature/GoodOmens''
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-->-- '''Tim''', ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''

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-->-- '''Tim''', '''Tim the Enchanter''', ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''
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->'''Chuck:''' I am the prophet...Chuck!\\
'''Lillith:''' You've ''got'' to be joking.
-->-- ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', "The Monster At The End Of This Book"
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->''"Some call me... Tim."''

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->''"Some ->''"There are some who call me... Tim."''
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-->-- '''Invoker's real name, ''[[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Dota 2]]''

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-->-- '''Invoker's '''Invoker's''' real name, ''[[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Dota 2]]''
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->''"Behold before you, the illustrious, the imperious, ingenious archmage... CARL."''
-->-- '''Invoker's real name, ''[[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Dota 2]]''
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-->-- '''Ocelot''', ''MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater''[[note]]John is [[PlayerCharacter Naked Snake]][[/note]]

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-->-- '''Ocelot''', ''MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater''[[note]]John ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater''[[note]]John is [[PlayerCharacter Naked Snake]][[/note]]
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-->-- '''Ocelot''', ''MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater''[[hottip:*:John is Naked Snake]]

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-->-- '''Ocelot''', ''MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater''[[hottip:*:John ''MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater''[[note]]John is [[PlayerCharacter Naked Snake]]Snake]][[/note]]
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-->-- '''Tim''', ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''

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-->-- '''Tim''', ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''
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->''"Some call me... Tim."''
-->-- '''Tim''', ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''

->''"Very well... John. Plain name, but I won't forget it."''
-->-- '''Ocelot''', ''MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater''[[hottip:*:John is Naked Snake]]
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