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6	[[caption-width-right:350:He's a real...jerk.]]
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8	->''"'Don't be clever with me, dick.' She wasn't using my name or referring to the fact that I'm a private detective. She was just calling me a dick."''
9	-->-- '''Alastair Robertson''', [[http://drunkard.com/issues/05_04/05-04-detective.htm "The Drunk Detective"]]
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11	Subtrope of MeaningfulName and PunnyName.
12
13	So this one's pretty simple:
14	->'''Q:''' What's the easiest way of letting the audience know that a character is a real dick?\
15	'''A:''' Make it his name.
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17	Doing so is a pretty easy way of [[ParentalBonus sneaking in a joke that will go over children's heads]] because a person can simply say, "[[SnarkingThanks Thanks]], ''Dick!''" and emphasize it in a specific manner that allows the adults in the audience to understand that this character is ''not'' addressing the person exclusively by name.
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19	[[Administrivia/PeopleSitOnChairs Please note that this trope doesn't apply to ALL characters of note named Richard or Dick.]] Basic rule of thumb is, if they manage to cram puns on their name into dialogue, the author most likely intended this trope to be used.
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21	As "Dick" as a nickname is less common than it once was, this often overlaps with BabyNameTrendKiller and OutdatedName. If used as a DoubleEntendre, that it falls under EuphemisticNames.
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23	----
24	!!Examples:
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28	[[folder:Advertising]]
29	* In an [=M&Ms=] commercial, a plain M&M complains, "'Plain' is the worst name ever!". The man he's talking to replies, "No, that would be Dick."
30	* Dublin City Council's [[https://www.nova.ie/city-council-kick-off-dont-dick-campaign-114737/ "Don't Be Dick"]] campaign highlights the issue of disposable coffee cups littering Dublin by depicting the titular Dick as a careless litterer and focusing on the visual of the coffee cup with his name on it he has just thrown away.
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33	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
34	* In Funimation's English dub of ''Manga/CaseClosed'', detective Kogoro Moori received the DubNameChange of Richard Moore. Unsurprisingly, this lead to his ex-wife, Eri/Eva, referring to him as "Dick" on more than one occasion.
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37	[[folder:Comic Books]]
38	* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'': One of the British villains is named "Clever Dick", he's not actually shown doing anything but is shown leering nastily.[[note]]The term is British slang and has a slightly different connotation, closer to TooCleverByHalf or maybe KnowNothingKnowItAll.[[/note]]
39	* ''ComicBook/AnimalMan'': In Vol. 1 #1, Buddy Baker attempts to rejuvenate his superhero career by appearing on a talk show hosted by one Dick Griffith. However, during his segment, Griffith humiliates him with a string of lewd and otherwise belittling "animal" jokes. The day after it airs, the Bakers' next-door neighbour Tricia says, "Whoever christened ''that'' guy knew how he was gonna turn out."
40	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': There's Richard "Dick" Grayson, aka ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} (formerly ComicBook/{{Robin}}). Things like [[https://i.imgur.com/7dCOh3A.jpeg this]] can't be an accident. The character was created in 1940 so it's understandable why he uses this now outdated nickname. They've tried several times over the decades to change his name to some other nickname of Richard but it's never stuck.
41	** The irony is that he's actually a thoroughly likable person and one of the few heroes who can rival Superman in terms of general trust and respect. Hasn't stopped the jokes, of course.
42	** In one issue of ''[[ComicBook/TeenTitans Titans]]'', he insists the team can't reveal their secret identities to the newbies, even when they're just hanging out. Arsenal interrupts Tempest when the latter tries to make the obvious joke.
43	** And then finally just straight-out said in ''ComicBook/BatgirlRebirth'': In a flashback to her early days as Batgirl, Babs is angry with Robin for using the fact he knows her secret identity, but not vice versa, and tells him "You're a dick, you know?" Robin laughingly replies "You have no idea."
44	** In ''ComicBook/GothamCityGarage'', Dick tries -and fails- to use [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Gordon]] as bait to escape from a killer robot, which gives us the next exchange:
45	--->'''Dick:''' We've got one option-- split up!\
46	'''Kara:''' But it'll keep following one of us!\
47	'''Dick:''' Exactly!\
48	'''Kara:''' What? Come back, you complete and total dick!\
49	'''Dick:''' What can I say, it's in the name!
50	** Double-entendres aside, this name is such an important part of who he is that when he was PutOnABus in 2018 via gunshot-induced brain damage, amnesia, and deciding to rename himself as "Ric" as a symbol that he absolutely refused to be Nightwing ever again, there was absolutely '''no one''' who was okay with it (yes, ''especially'' the "Ric" thing).
51	* ''ComicBook/TheBoys'': The ''Herogasm'' miniseries introduces a superhero team [[TheFantasticFaux based off the Fantastic Four]] called Fantastico, with the Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic stand-in being named Reacher Dick. Reacher Dick shows little concern over one of his teammates, a Thing expy called The Doofer, dying of a drug overdose and is said by Oh Father in the main comic's "Believe" arc to have helped an old woman cross the street just to steal her wallet.
52	* ''ComicBook/{{Nova}}'': The original Nova was named Richard Rider. Despite the very obvious UnfortunateName, the books almost never went with this. However, one notable exception occurs in ''ComicBook/NewWarriors'' volume 3 in which "Dick Rider" was used very much for the sake of annoying him.
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55	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
56	* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'': A rarely recurring character is Dick from the internet (he claims everyone knows him).
57	* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': One strip had Garfield watch a special called [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2014/ga141218.gif "Dick, the Cat Who Didn't Save Christmas."]]
58	-->'''TV:''' Dick, stop clawing the waterbed! Oh no, the presents are all soaked!\
59	'''Garfield:''' All right, Dick! Now go swat the ornaments off the tree!
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62	[[folder:Fan Works]]
63	* ''{{FanFic/Anglerfish}}'': Jason gets good petty mileage out of Dick's name, calling him Dickhead. It helps that Dick is himself being a bit petty and threatened Jason to start their conversation.
64	* In ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'', Richard Traitoro Hellsing murders Integra's father and tries to kill Integra as well because he wants the Hellsing Organization for himself. When Integra first meets Alucard, Alucard promptly calls Richard "that dick over there" before helping Integra take revenge on him.
65	* ''Fanfic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'': Dick Ferguson, the tactless talk show host with a smug attitude, fits this pretty well. His boss tends to put extra emphasis on his name when making it clear that Ferguson's antics have gotten the station in hot water.
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68	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
69	* Subverted in ''Franchise/TheIncredibles''. There’s a character named Rick Dicker, but despite having this trope in his name ''twice'', he is definitely ''not'' evil. Dicker works for the Super Relocation Agency, and based on his interactions with Bob, it’s clear that he is a reasonable and respectable man. Maybe having two "Dicks" cancelled each other out.
70	* Used subtly in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoBatmanMovie'', of all things: when Dick Grayson first introduces himself to Bruce Wayne, he says that his name is Richard, but most of the kids at the orphanage call him Dick. Bruce's response is that children can sometimes be cruel.
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73	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
74	* In ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy'', Ron meets one Mr. Banger at a party and is told that his first name is Richard. To which he promptly blurts out, [[NoSocialSkills "So your name is Dick Banger?"]] Poor guy...
75	* In ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', Bruce Wayne has a tendency to emphasize Dick Grayson's first name when he starts acting really rebellious toward his mentor.
76	* Principal Dick Vernon from ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' is a verbally abusive JerkAss who wields his authority over the students like a battle-axe because he's dissatisfied with how his life turned out.
77	* ''Film/{{Dick}}'', of course, has [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon Richard "Dick" Nixon]]. His private tapes, which Betsy and Arlene, and eventually the public, get to listen to, prove he's not really a nice guy at all.
78	-->[[DoubleEntendre "You suck, Dick!"]]
79	* Richard Thornburg of the ''Franchise/DieHard'' film franchise, the ImmoralJournalist who spends the entire [[Film/DieHard first movie]] trying to get a scoop and endangering the hero and his estranged wife in the process (not to mention doing so by threatening their children's nanny with deportation in order to get a televised interview with them). In [[Film/DieHard2 the second film]], Holly even makes a point of calling him "Dick" to his face.
80	** The equally annoying FBI agents are a StealthPun variant, as their names are Johnson.
81	* A variant, also played by Creator/WilliamAtherton: Walter ''Peck'' from ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'', the ObstructiveBureaucrat who eventually shuts down the ghost containment chamber, setting all the ghosts that were captured free to rampage throughout New York City. You might even say Peck is something of an inversion, thanks to Venkman's legendary burn:
82	-->'''Stantz:''' Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by Dickless here!\
83	'''Peck:''' ''They caused an explosion!''\
84	'''The Mayor:''' Is this true?\
85	'''Venkman:''' Yes, it's true. [[TakeThat This man has no dick.]]
86	* In the CreditsGag from ''Film/{{Hackers}}'', pompous Secret Service agent Richard Gill is referred to as "Dick Gill."
87	* Richard "Dick the Ripper" Ripley from ''Film/OutOfSight''. On the national level, he defrauded innocent people to the tune of multi-millions. On a personal level, he seemed to promise Jack Foley a white-collar job with upward mobility, when in reality it turns out he'd be a low-level, low-paid security guard.
88	* CorruptCorporateExecutive Dick Jones from ''Film/RoboCop1987'' gets an underling killed by accident in his opening scene and dismisses it as a "temporary setback," not to mention has people killed as he amasses more power and attempts to take over the company he works for. [[TheDragon Clarence Boddicker]] puts special emphasis on his name when addressing him ("Take a look at my face, '''Dick'''.") until Jones cuts him a very sweet deal for taking out [=RoboCop=], at which point Boddicker is suddenly fine with just calling him "Richard".
89	* Agent Dick Gordon from ''Film/{{Sneakers}}'', one of ThoseTwoGuys who pressgang the protagonist into stealing the MacGuffin of the movie.
90	-->'''Gordon:''' We try to break the ''other'' fella's codes. We're the good guys, Marty.\
91	'''Martin:''' I can't tell you what a relief that is, ''Dick''.
92	* ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'': Blackguard's real name is Richard "Dick" Hertz, and he's an all-around {{jerkass}} even aside from the fact that [[spoiler:he sold the rest of the team out to the Corto Maltese military]].
93	* Dickory from ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'' is antagonistic by circumstance, and pushy and smug about it.
94	* The [[FunWithAcronyms Delta Iota Kappas]] from ''Film/VanWilder'', and especially their leader Richard Bagg.
95	-->'''Van:''' Richard you rascal, you never told us you were a DIK! [-Not that you had to...-]
96	* Early on in ''Film/XXx'', Xander Cage steals the car of a senator named Dick Hotchkiss. He goes on to explain to a video camera (and the audience) that Hotchkiss is an anti-free speech activist similar to Jack Thompson. He's been targeting rap music and video games. Cage ends the escape by driving the senator's car off a bridge and base-jumping from it on the way down.
97	-->'''Xander:''' And the moral of the story is "Don't be a dick, Dick!"
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100	[[folder:Literature]]
101	* Richard Cleaver in the ''Literature/DiogenesClub'' stories, known as "Clever Dick" when he was an unlikeable ChildProdigy KidDetective in "Literature/ClublandHeroes"; in ''Literature/TheHauntingOfDrearcliffGrangeSchool'', another child prodigy tells him outright, "You're not Clever, you're only a Dick." As a teenager, he ends up with the nickname "Spotted Dick" (for obvious reasons) and grows up to be an even more unlikeable MadScientist in "Literature/ColdSnap".
102	* In ''[[Literature/ThursdayNext The Eyre Affair]]'' by Creator/JasperFforde, participants in AudienceParticipation ''Theatre/RichardIII'' refer to the title role as "Dick the Shit".
103	* A RunningGag in the ''Literature/GalaxyGame'' series by Phil Janes is people calling the main character "Dick", him correcting them that it's Richard, and them thinking "He looks like a Dick to me."
104	* Invoked in Taylor Mali's poem "I'll Fight You For The Library", a series of four letters written by a teacher who had initially reserved the school library for his classes finds out that he had been preempted by [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Dr. Richard Blackstone, Dean of Instruction]] for that library...for a meeting on [[{{Irony}} facility utilization]]. The invocation comes in during the greeting for the third letter addressed to Dr. Blackstone himself -- while in the other letters, the teacher addresses the recipient politely, for this one when the teacher is writing with barely-contained fury and indignation he simply starts with "Dear Dick".
105	* ''Literature/OlgaDiesDreaming'': Dick, Olga's on-and-off wealthy boyfriend. While their relationship is thoroughly dysfunctional thanks to both of them, he puts the final nail in the coffin by telling her he humiliated him by assisting when a friend of hers working at a party falls, "You acted like a maid and now you'll be hired as one." That's when she breaks up with him. [[spoiler:And that's not even counting [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil when he rapes her later]] in the book.]]
106	* An infamous example crops up in Creator/JaneAusten's ''Literature/{{Persuasion}}'', of all places: "He had, in fact, though now his sisters were doing all they could for him, by calling him “poor Richard,” been nothing better than a thick-headed, unfeeling, unprofitable Dick Musgrove, who had never done anything to entitle him to more than the abbreviation of his name, living or dead." It's worth noting, though, that there's almost certainly an element of HaveAGayOldTime at play here: Jane Austen might have associated the name "Dick" with something equivalent to the modern-day usage of "Average Joe", rather than intentionally using it with phallic connotations.
107	* Yellow Dick, a man-at-arms of House Bolton in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' is both a dick in the metaphorical sense (he willingly serves a noble house infamous for cruelty) and is associated with his genitals in-universe by other characters. Including his killer, who shoved his (presumably yellow) dick in his mouth after killing him. The same series also has minor characters named Nimble Dick Crabb and Dickon Manwoody. The sexual innuendo in their names couldn't be accidental.
108	* The ''Literature/{{Temps}}'' story "Pitbull Brittan" features a SmugSuper named Richard Brittan; he's known to his friends as "Pitbull", but pretty much everyone else agrees he's a Dick.
109	* Five-year-old Callaghan from ''Literature/TheresMoreThanOneWayHome'' doesn't understand this trope, or why it applies to her mother's last boyfriend.
110	-->'''Callaghan:''' His name was Dick and she kept saying it was the perfect name for him. What did she mean? I asked Magdalena if it meant something in Spanish but she said no. Does it mean something in French?
111	* ''Literature/{{Wanted}}'' has Dick Arren, a CorruptCorporateExecutive who manipulates and murders anyone in his way.
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114	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
115	* Dick Solomon from ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun''. Episode titles lampoon it mercilessly.
116	* ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'': In one episode, we learn that Mr. Lucas's first name is Dick, which everyone else finds hilarious. However, in other episodes, his first name is James.
117	* ''Series/{{Bottom}}'', never the most subtle of shows, has the bartender aptly named Dick Head.
118	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': [[BigBad Mayor Richard Wilkins]] is the Season 3 villain. In the finale, Buffy gets him to chase her into the school library, which is filled with explosives with [[BringIt this line]].
119	-->'''Buffy:''' Hey! ''[holds up Faith's knife]'' You remember this? I took it from Faith. Stuck it in her gut. Just slid in her like she was butter. You wanna get it back from me... Dick?
120	* ''Series/{{Castle\|2009}}'':
121	** In the episode "[[Recap/CastleS2E13SuckerPunch Sucker Punch]]" the team investigates the death of an [[TheIrishMob Irish mobster]], whose brother Richard Coonan, a SmugSnake, turns out to be a major heroin importer amongst other significant crimes. His connection in the shipping industry, Johnny Vong, refers to him as Dick Coonan, and Castle pointedly uses the nickname as an insult at one point.
122	** Oddly enough, the title character is also named Richard, and he borders on being TheGadfly to Detective Kate Beckett and other officers in the precinct, but is never referred to as "Dick." Though in combination with his last name and said quickly, his name certainly can sound like 'Rick Asshole'.
123	* An episode of ''Series/CornerGas'' revealed that Hank's real first name is Richard. He started going by his middle name, Henry (which "Hank" is short for), as a kid when the other kids made fun of his first name. Lacey assumes they called him "Dick", but this was apparently not the case as Hank [[TheDitz is completely unaware that "Dick" is short for "Richard" and is confused why they would call him that]].
124	* ''Series/{{Cybill}}'' has Mary-Anne's ex-husband Richard Thorpe, more commonly known as Doctor '''Dick''' (emphasis in original) who has cheated on both his wives, among other things.
125	* Father Dick Byrne from ''Series/FatherTed'' exists to screw with Ted SitcomArchNemesis-style, like goading him into [[MustHaveNicotine giving up smoking for Lent]] by pretending to have done the same. Ted is far from perfect himself and actually cheats more often when their rivalry flares up, but personality-wise, Father Dick still makes him look downright nice.
126	* In ''Series/TheGoesWrongShow'' "The Most Lamentable ...", Chris is playing Prince Richard in a faux-Shakespeare play. He and Robert spend the entire episode trying to sabotage each other, and whenever the name of the character is announced, Robert (playing a trumpeter) interrupts with "Dick!"
127	* ''Series/IsItLegal'' has Dick Spackman, who's fairly arrogant and has a tendency to disregard other people.
128	* One of the evilest villains in ''Series/{{Justified}}'' is Dickie Bennett, a sadistic drug dealer and all-around {{Jerkass}} who's never matured from his days as a JerkJock.
129	* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' had a Casanova character named Roger, with Jones calling him "Roger by name and Roger by nature", 'roger' being British slang for screwing.
130	* Richard Woolsey from the ''Franchise/StargateVerse'' starts out as a classic ObstructiveBureaucrat JerkAss, and although he does [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold mellow]] over the course of the series, he is still quite the jerk.
131	* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' has its Season 7 ArcVillain using the name and body of '''Dick''' Roman. The season has been referred to as one long dick joke for this very reason.
132	* ''Series/VeronicaMars'' has Richard "Dick" Casablancas and his father Richard "Big Dick" Casablancas, Sr. The former is a lush, misogynistic surfer dude who has spiked drinks and vandalized lower-class territories for fun, while the latter is the head of a massive pyramid scheme also designed to steal from the poor and give to himself.
133	* Dick Cheney got this treatment in ''Series/ThatsMyBush''. Completely unsatisfied with his position as Vice President, he frames George Bush for losing the Middle East peace treaty, forcing Bush to step down so that Cheney can take over as President. He then goes on to [[BadBoss abuse his staff]], all of whom were George's friends and who quickly grow to dislike him. Maggie at one point outright says "I tell you, that Cheney is such a dick," and one of the commercial bumpers labels the "new" show as "What a Dick."
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136	[[folder:Music]]
137	* Music/MitchBenn's "Dick Rowe", about the guy who thought Music/TheBeatles would [[ItWillNeverCatchOn never catch on]] includes the lines
138	-->Oh, Dick Rowe,\
139	(What a dick,)\
140	Though it was such a long time ago,\
141	(Makes you sick,)
142	* Invoked/played with by Music/RichardCheese, whose pseudonym is a StealthPun on "Dick Cheese".
143	* The subject of the Music/InsaneClownPosse song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4yJFi9CRjg "The Amazing Maze"]] is a [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney wealthy,]] [[DomesticAbuse abusive]] asshole named Rick, who the narrators immediately take to calling "Rick the Dick" and "Dickface" before subjecting him to [[TorturePorn all manner of indignities.]]
144	* The titular character of the Music/{{Ian Dury\|AndTheBlockheads}} song "Billericay Dickie" boasts about his sexual exploits, many of which qualify as rape. One verse in particular has Dickie gloat that he was able to bed a woman named Sandy by [[ButLiquorIsQuicker getting her drunk on brandy]].
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147	[[folder:Stand-Up Comedy]]
148	* Creator/TimAllen recalled how people [[https://www.nickiswift.com/1402657/sad-truth-tim-allen-childhood/ made fun of his full name as a kid]]:
149	--> "Yes. I am a Dick. My closest friends know I'm a Dick. In fact, my brothers are Dicks, my cousins are Dicks, and my sister — before she was married — a Dick. My dad? One incredible Dick, and the Dick responsible for me being a Dick. Timothy Alan Dick. Some of us are just born lucky."
150	* Lampshaded by Eddie Brill, when talking about some of the odd nicknames we've come up with (e.g. "Bob" for Robert, "Bill" for William), noting there are several fine nicknames for people named "Richard" that don't also work so effectively as {{Stealth Insult}}s:
151	--> "Why would you do that to yourself? Your name's not '''Dickard'''!"
152	* Creator/GeorgeCarlin discussed how people live differently from their name, feeling sorry for guys who were named Dick and Peter.
153	-->''[mimicking a young girl]'' "Mom, I brought Dick and Peter home!" (''mimicking mom'') "What?! What?!"
154	** Another example:
155	--->"Thanks, Dick, that's real clever. By the way, doesn't that ever get to you? Being called ''Dick''?"
156	--->"Being called Dick is a lot better than being called Dick-Licker."
157	* Invoked by Creator/AndyDick when he was in high school running for student council president against a sports hero: "Don't vote for a jock, vote for A. Dick."
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160	[[folder:Video Games]]
161	* ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresIII'': The Chinese campaign of the Asian Dynasties expansion features the character, Admiral Wang Jinhai. And for someone as conceited, elitist, and [[spoiler:treacherous]] as him, Wang is a fitting name.
162	* ''VisualNovel/BeingADIK'': The fraternity you join is Delta Iota Kappa, or [[FunWithAcronyms DIK]]; and true to their name, they regularly engage in sexcapades.
163	* Desmond's father in ''VideoGame/DevilsHunt'', Richard, is a wealthy entrepreneur who [[ParentalNeglect ignores his son]] after his wife's passing, and talks down on Desmond ''after'' he lose a fight. Desmond's relationship with his dad isn't a healthy one, to say the least.
164	-->'''Richard:''' Desmond, Desmond, Desmond... will you ever be anything other than a burden? First I'm cleaning up the mess you've made of my company, then you're getting your ass handed to you in front of all my friends and colleagues. The only good is your mother didn't live long enough to witness this failure.\
165	''[after Richard left]''\
166	'''Paramedic:''' Who was that prick?\
167	'''Desmond:''' That ''was'' my father.
168	* ''VideoGame/Fallout2'' has a double Dick as the overarching BigBad: the [[PresidentEvil President of the Enclave, Dick Richardson]].
169	* ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' uses this trope as part of a StealthPun. The rooster mask is named Richard. Or in other words, the cock is named Dick.
170	* ''[[VisualNovel/ItLives It Lives Beneath]]'' introduces Richard Sutcliffe as an unpleasant man who harasses Danni. [[HelloInsertNameHere Harper]] can respond with "You're so right, Dick" to subtly insult Richard and humor Danni. Richard later turns out to be a member of the evil Society and tries to murder Harper after the rest of the Society is wiped out. If Harper survives the attempt, they get the option to tell him "Surprise, Dick" shortly before he dies.
171	-->'''Harper:''' Wow... You're so right, Dick.\
172	'''Richard:''' Well, I'm glad you agree. But, uh, it's Richard, actually.\
173	'''Harper:''' Huh. Really? Have you considered going by Dick? Because you ''really'' seem like a Dick to me.
174	* ''VisualNovel/MurderByNumbers2020'' has the character Dick Stanford, a TV celebrity who has a friendly persona, but is secretly an abusive person to his colleagues behind the scenes. Lampshaded by K.C.
175	-->'''Honor:''' I don't get it. We met Dick backstage and he was a complete jackass.\
176	'''K.C.:''' At least he was living up to his name.
177	* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''. The case with Dick Gumshoe is this, only here it emphasises exclusively the fact he is a detective since both his first and last names are slang for "detective". And that he actually is a nice guy, only pretends to act like a dick sometimes. Still leads to quite a clumsy introduction:
178	-->'''Gumshoe:''' [To Phoenix] Anyway, get the name right. And don't go calling me "Dick"...\
179	'''Police:''' Hey, Dick! Get over here!\
180	'''Gumshoe:''' Y-yes, sir!
181	:: The English dub of the anime has a lot of fun with Maggey Byrde (who blames Gumshoe for her facing trial for murder) saying his name ''very pointedly''.
182	** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'' has a straighter example with Richard Wellington, a pretentious know-it-all who regards himself as superior to everyone else despite being a self-proclaimed drifter. He's never actually called "Dick", possibly due to the OneSteveLimit, but everything else about his personality combined with the series' penchant for PunnyNames means this was probably the desired effect.
183	* ''VideoGame/ShadowWarrior1997'''s protagonist is named Lo Wang, and he milks the dick jokes for all it's worth. The Lo Wang in the [[VideoGame/ShadowWarrior2013 reboot]] is also a proud jackass who often makes dick jokes, and he's especially fond of telling people that his fighting style is the "Path of Wang," which is "long, hard, and ''powerful''." In ''VideoGame/ShadowWarrior2'', he starts to tell this joke to Smith. Except halfway through, he realizes that he's telling a dick joke to a nice old man who has been nothing but helpful, and awkwardly peters out.
184	* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' has a character named Dickson instead of the more common spelling of "Dixon", who is indeed a gruff, war-hardened jerk. However, it’s subverted in that he is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who really cares about Shulk and the people of Bionis, [[spoiler:until it’s DoubleSubverted as he really [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk is an evil bastard who lives to up to his name]]- if anything, calling him a dick is an understatement.]]
185	** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' has Moebius D, which stands for [[spoiler: Dirk.]] He is probably one of the most evil Moebius in the game, (which is saying something) considering that he [[spoiler: [[ForTheEvulz kills people for fun]] and collects their decapitated heads]]. A dick, indeed.
186	* Officer Dick from the ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' series, who is basically the personification of the constant conflict between skateboarders and security guards and/or police officers. The backstory for Dick--real name Richard Ennvee--in ''Pro Skater 2'' states that he was dismissed by his peers as a poseur in his youth, and thus took up a career in law enforcement to get even at those who ostracised him.
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189	[[folder:Webcomics]]
190	* In the 5th Amendment section of ''Webcomic/TheIllustratedGuideToLaw'', a corrupt corporate executive is named Richard Head. The author lampshades this, saying:
191	-->This is what happens when I let my 9-yr-old design a character.
192	* Richard, the undead warlock in ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'' is the TokenEvilTeammate who often engages in ComedicSociopathy, killing random people ForTheEvulz. He's sometimes, mockingly, called Dick by his teammates.
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195	[[folder:Web Original]]
196	* ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'':
197	** Invoked by Joan Rivers in "George Carlin vs. Richard Pryor", who asks if she can nickname Richard Pryor "Dick" and suggests that might be what his fifth wife called him when he remarried his previous wife.
198	** In "Ragnar Lodbrok vs. UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionheart", Richard uses his shortened name as a boast about his masculinity.
199	--->'''Richard:''' I'm the number one Dick rising up to make you feel small!
200	* Arin and Danny of ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'' discuss this trope during their ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' series while talking about the real-life incident where Creator/AndyDick got beaten up by Creator/JonLovitz due to the former mocking the tragic death of Creator/PhilHartman. They mention how they find it funny that a man named Dick "was being a dick."
201	* {{Lampshade\|Hanging}}d in a short story in ''Modern Drunkard'', [[http://drunkard.com/issues/05_04/05-04-detective.htm "The Drunk Detective."]] See the page quote.
202	* Pointed out by the WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic in his review of ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''.
203	-->'''Batman:''' She wants to kill you, Dick!\
204	'''Nostalgia Critic:''' ''[[HypocriticalHumor You watch your language!]]''
205	* Amazingly averted by ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'', where Dick Simmons still retains a LastNameBasis no matter how much he annoys and argues with the others. At most, there are moments in some of the [=PSAs=] ("We are not Simmons. We are The Unidentified. We are hacktivists fighting for a better world and there are lots of us." "Oh yeah? I only see one of you. Dick.")
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208	[[folder:Western Animation]]
209	* The other CIA agents in ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' are constantly picking on ButtMonkey Dick. When he asks why, Bullock says "I don't know, Dick. Perhaps because your name is Dick?"
210	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAwesomes'': Whiskey Dick is named that because his first name is Richard, his power is to make people drunk, and he's a {{Jerkass}}.
211	* Used even more subtly in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead''. Butt-Head claims to have a cousin named Richard Head.
212	* In the ''WesternAnimation/CentralPark'' episode "[[Recap/CentralParkS1E10AFishCalledSnakehead A Fish Called Snakehead]]", Bitsy hires a big-game fish hunter named Dick Flake. There's a few jokes about his name, such as him being a "dick" with perfect aim and a news subtitle calling him a "master baiter".
213	-->'''Birdie:''' Do I like saying Dick Flake? Dick Flake I do.
214	* A good deal of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'' episode "The Holiday" has Dilbert dealing with an obnoxious co-worker named Dick. He has no last name, but the show makes a point about how he's from procurement.
215	* The main villain of ''WesternAnimation/FleabagMonkeyFace'' is named Dirk. Making things worse is that he dresses up like a chicken (as in cock, another term for penis), and his head looks suspiciously similar to that of a penis ([[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids This is a kids show, by the way]]).
216	* ''WesternAnimation/TheNutshack'' gives us Richard Cabeza, better known as Tito Dick, as a downplayed example. He cares for his nephews Phil and Jack, but approaches to act like a jerk toward the former whenever he finds a way.
217	* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' episode [[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS4EP6 "Knock it Off"]], Professor Utonium is shown to have an old college roommate named Dick Hardly, who comes to visit him for the first time after college and manipulates the titular girls into giving him the formula that the Professor used to create them so he can begin a mass production of more Powerpuff Girls, supposedly to help people but actually for profit. When the girls finally confront Dick about lying to them, Bubbles in particular emphasises his first name.
218	* ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'': Dick Dastardly, one of the codifiers for DastardlyWhiplash. If his first name didn't tip you off, his last name should. As befitting of the [[TropeNamers trope for which he is named]], he frequently stops to cheat in the various races, [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat even though he doesn't have to]]. To further the point, his middle name was revealed as Milhous.
219	* {{Downplayed}} in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' Batman prefers for his proteges to keep their identities secret even from fellow superheroes. When [[{{Animorphism}} Gar]] learns them, his comment--"Your name is [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Tim]]? And yours is...''[[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick]]?''"--can probably be taken as a nod to this trope.
220	** Impulse, whose offhand comment reveals this to Gar, is a bit more in the spirit of the trope.
221	--->'''Impulse:''' That [Offering a drink of water to coerce a [=DNA=] sample] is such a ''Dick'' [half-{{Beat}} pause] Grayson thing to do.
222	** Wally, who knows the first Robin's name is Dick from day one because they're best friends, also manages to infuse a certain level of annoyance into the nickname "Rob" when Robin does something, well, dickish. It's not hard to imagine he's referring more to his civilian nickname there...
223	** Season three, which is premiering on the DC Universe streaming service and therefore isn't subject to Cartoon Network standards and practices, no longer downplays it. When Dick accidentally calls a friend of his by the wrong name because he isn't used to it yet, his friend responds in kind, "Well, Richard... I mean, ''Dick''."
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