Unfortunate Names / Web Original

• Homestar Runner:
  • In the Strong Bad Email "kids' book", Strong Bad sees the sender has signed his name "Steven Buttz". Rather than make fun of it, he says "Nevermind, I'm not even gonna touch that one."
  • In the email "bottom 10", Number 3 on Strong Bad's list is the trend of "giving chocolate desserts dangerous names" like "This Brownie Might Kill You!" and "the least appetizing name of all, Chocozuma's Revenge."
  • In "A Folky Tale", Strong Sad regales Coach Z with the story of Saddy Dumpington, "this old folk hero I made up." Coach Z comments on what a weird name "Saddy Dumpington" is, saying "Sounds kinda like a terlet if ya ask me."
  • In the email "imaginary" Strong Bad says that, in his experience, kids tend to give Imaginary Friends vaguely unsettling names. In addition to Strong Sad's old imaginary friend Scotty Titi, he lists Rubby Plop-Plop, Sir Zabblepants, Dingy Donger, and Real Live Actual Mr. Blangcaster Next Door.
• The Cinema Snob says in his review of Ax 'Em that all you need to do to make your name sound less dignified is add "DJ" to the beginning. But when your Christian name is already "Doublecut Master Slice-em-up Dice-em-up", you don't have far to fall.
• In a Shout-Out to Megamind and as a nod to her egotism, The Nostalgia Chick basically called her Precious Puppy "minion".
• In The Nostalgia Critic's review of After Earth, NC can't get through saying Will Smith's character's name, Cypher Raige, without breaking down laughing.
• Ultra Fast Pony. In "The Best Episode Ever", the main cast put on a play. Rainbow Dash is cast as the historical pegasus general, Flying Monkey Style. And Fluttershy is cast as her second-in-command, Flying Monkey Crap.
  Flying Monkey Crap: Also, can I have a different name? This one kinda hurts my self-esteem.
  Flying Monkey Style: Nah.
• The Angry Video Game Nerd has Fred Fuchs, credited in the game based on Bram Stoker's Dracula. It's actually pronounced "Fooks". He later encountered a Game Boy accessory made by STD.
  The Nerd: STD? STD!? WHO IN THE RIGHT MIND WOULD NAME THEIR GAME COMPANY, STD!?
• Spoof journalist Jonathan Pie could not keep a straight face while talking about a woman named Sue Fish until his director pointed out that he wasn't any better off.
• In the first episode of The Adventure Zone, the Griffin is repeatedly incredulous that Justin wants to call his wizard "Taako". Justin justifies it by suggesting that Taako has a Mexican food theme.
• Sword Art Online Abridged
  • The Aincrad arc has a character named Schmitt, as in the original. Unlike the original, this one is a web reviewer with divisive opinions whose show is called "Piece of Schmitt Games".
  • The main storyline of the Alfheim arc is an alleged race to the top of the World Tree, known as the "#RaceWar". There's also a lot of racial violence. And the less said of Kandy Kane Kavern, the better.
• In a one-off episode of Game Grumps, Arin makes Dan play an old flash game called "F**k Mr. Hatcher". Dan doesn't know why Arin wanted him to play it, but we find out very quickly that it's because it's a gay porn game and the main character is a young man with extremely disturbing ideas of fun and a desire to have sex with his best friend's dad. His name also happens to be Dan. Real Dan is not pleased.
• RebelTaxi, in one video, pointed this out with Nickelodeon's old Nick or Treat promotion.
  Pan: So next Halloween, go out to the scariest, darkest neighborhood you can find, and you SHOW them you're a Nickelodeon 90's kid by shouting the phrase, "Ni-" (cut to colorbar and long bleep)
• Shishihara: Belladonna-Lily, the new transfer student, her name is derived from a flower named Amaryllis belladonna, but Sota reveals that the flower has another name called "Naked Lady," much to her embarrassment.
• Jiwi's Machines has Frank Art, whose email address is "[e-mail]".
• After learning that Palpatine's first name is Sheev, MatPat remarks that the name probably fell out of favor.
• In the What the Fuck Is Wrong with You? Live episode "Three Coins in an Engine", Tara shows off a stuffed stingray that she got at the Denver Zoo which she decided to name "Steve the Stingray". She doesn't realize why that name would be problematic until Mike points it out to her.
• SuperMarioLogan:
  • Bowser’s chef is named Chef Pee Pee. On the occasion the two interact, Shrek will mock him for it, calling him names like “Chef Pee Hole”, “Chef Weiner”, “Chef Penis”, and “Chef Cock”.
  • Chef Pee Pee also has a dimwitted cousin named Chef Poo Poo.
  • Cody’s last name is “Nutkiss”.
• Adventure Is Nigh:
  • An NPC the party meets when they wake up in the back of a paddy wagon is a goblin named "Jeremy GoodSex." He turns out to be an, er, adult entertainer later, and they guess it to have been his "pornstar name."
  • The primary antagonist of season 1 is a Flowerfolk rogue by the name of "Daugherty (pronounced "dafferty") Cornhole."
  • A River Siren who tries to seduce and eat Sigmar is named "Anus Quiver" (pronounced exactly how you think it is), presumably because her mother hated her.
• In the GoAnimate Grounded videos revolving around Caillou, Mr. Hinkle's first name is (usually) "Cockfucker." Rather understandably, he hates being referred to by this name.
• In Atop the Fourth Wall, Linkara's robot pal is named Pollo, Spanish for "chicken". It took Pollo ten years and Linkara reviewing a few issues of Chew to realize what it means.

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