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[[Patronymic]] can be considered a subtrope. Closely related to [[A Dog Named "Dog"]], when something is named for its species.
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== Animation ==▼
* The Mayor from ''[[Powerpuff Girls]]'' is actually named "Mayor".▼
* ''[[The Secret Show]]'' had Professor Professor and Doctor Doctor. Professor Professor's brother Maestro later joined the trope when he became a Maestro. Also their mother is known as Frau Frau.▼
* ''[[Sheep in The Big City]]:'' Farmer John. John is his last name, by the way. His first name is Far, and his middle name is Mer.▼
* ''[[Speed Racer]]'''s parents: Speed's own name is a little occupation appropriate, but his mom and dad are literally named Mom and Pops Racer. In the original Japanese version, Speed and his entire family had real Japanese names.▼
* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'' the rich Texan character's full name is Richard Texan. But you can call him "Rich".▼
** "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" Part 2 implies that Groundskeeper Willie's first name really ''is'' Groundskeeper, as at one point Lisa refers to him as "grounds-tender Groundskeeper Willie", though a more recent episode revealed that his full name is William MacDougal.▼
** Just plain old Larry Duffman.▼
* Sheriff Bronson Stone of ''[[Scooby Doo Mystery Inc]]'', whose first name actually is "Sheriff", because that's what his mother always wanted him to be.▼
* Timmy's Mom and Timmy's Dad from ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' apparently are actually named "Timmy's Mom" and "Timmy's Dad".▼
** In flashbacks, whenever people ask them their name, they say "My name is *car honking/cars driving by/some other loud noise obscuring their name*, but everyone just calls me Mom/Dad." It's more of an [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]] in this case.▼
* ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'': In a flashback from when he was a kid, Billy's Dad had a shirt with "Billy's Dad" written on it. It's odd, since the series had already established Billy's Dad's name as "Harold".▼
* Coach from ''[[Moville Mysteries]]''.▼
* The [[Daffy Duck]] short ''[[Deduce You Say]]'' ends with the revelation that the criminal [[Sherlock Holmes|Dorlock Holmes]] and [[The Watson|Watkins]] are chasing is actually named Shropshire Slasher.▼
* ''[[The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!]]'': The Pirate Captain's name is indeed Pirate Captain, as we see when he signs his name as such on an entry form.▼
** Lampshaded when he meets [[Queen Victoria]].▼
{{quote|Victoria: What's your name, Pirate Captain?▼
Pirate Captain: There are some who call me... Pirate Captain. }}▼
* '''[[SpongeBob SquarePants|Good Ol' Whatshisname]]''': There's a character named Mr. Whatsittoya that Squidward thought it was false-name until...▼
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== Anime and Manga ==
▲* ''[[Speed Racer]]'''s parents: Speed's own name is a little occupation appropriate, but his mom and dad are literally named Mom and Pops Racer. In the original Japanese version, Speed and his entire family had real Japanese names.
* In the manga ''Maoyuu Maou Yuusha'', this trope applies to ''the entire cast.''
* L in ''[[Death Note]]'' is an example of the nickname version. It is assumed to be a nickname but is revealed to be his actual first name in [[All There in the Manual|external material]].
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* The [[Golden Age]] Mr Terrific's butler, at least in Michael Chabon's version: "His name really is Butler. That's how long they've been doing it in his family."
* ''[[The Beano]]'' claimed, in response to a fan letter published on its letters page, that Dennis the Menace's father was actually named "Dennis's Dad" at birth. When he met a girl named "Dennis's Mum", he knew they were destined to be together.
* Used as an off-joke in an issue of ''[[Groo the Wanderer]]'' where there's a line for gladiators signing up:
{{quote|'''Official:''' Name?
'''Gladiator:''' Slayer of Men.
'''Official:''' Occupation?
'''Gladiator:''' Slayer of Men.}}
== Fan
* In one of the spinoff stories to ''[[You Got Haruhi Rolled]]'', the real name of Kyon's sister is revealed to actually be Imouto ([[Japanese Sibling Terminology|Japanese for "little sister"]]). She [[Wangst]]s over it in therapy.
* The Hunter in ''[[With Strings Attached]]''. His real name is Jim Hunter.
* In ''[[Calvin at Camp]]'', one character is always referred to as "The Bear." Turns out, that's his real name, complete with the "The."
* One of the founding members<ref>It's no great secret what his original name was, but he doesn't seem to like seeing it referenced, so we won't say what it is here.</ref> of [[Eyrie Productions, Unlimited]] legally changed his name to his nickname "MegaZone". (And reports great enjoyment at seeing how direct mail marketing outfits try to cope with it.)
== [[Film]] ==
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* In ''[[Catch-22]]'', you've got Captain Major (whose first and middle names are also Major, making his full name Major Major Major), being promoted... to Major. Thus making him Major Major Major Major. Any further attempts to promote or demote him are blocked by [[Almighty Janitor|ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen]], who finds the whole situation hilarious.
* Farmer Farmer in ''The Fox Busters'' by Dick King-Smith.
* In a variant from the world of [[Shadowrun]], an employer who hire shadowrunners is colloquially referred to as "Mr. Johnson", regardless of gender, to ensure annonymity. One of them self-[[
* In ''The Nanny Diaries'', the main character's name is... Nanny.
* In ''The Hundred and One Dalmatians'', Nanny Cook and Nanny Butler decide to become a cook and butler because of their names. (The only problem is, the family then has to ''stop'' calling Nanny Butler by her surname, because you just can't call a butler Butler.)
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* ''[[Holes]]'': Mr Sir's last name really is Sir. [[Embarrassing First Name|His first name]] [[Gender Blender Name|on the other hand...]]
** It's implied in the sequel that "Mr Sir" is a pseudonym he uses to hide from the police. Supported by the film, in which he is identified at the end as Marion Sevillo, and he is arrested on a parole violation.
* ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' has Index, whose full name is officially "Index Librorum Prohibitorum" (Latin for "Index of Forbidden Books").
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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== Radio ==
* ''[[Bob and Ray]]'''s sketch where Bob interviews Mr. G.L. Hummerbeck who is [https://www.box.net/shared/jfgl0ecfmp running as a write in candidate for President Of The United States.]{{Dead link}}
{{quote|'''Hummerbeck:''' "It's not "Mister" G.L. Hummerbeck, it's "The Right Honorable" G.L. Hummerbeck."
'''Bob:''' "Oh, you're assuming the full title of presidency already."
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'''Bob:''' "That's a very interesting story."
'''Hummelbeck:''' "I think it'd be a more interesting story if I knew what the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was doing on the reservation in our tent on the day I was born, but nobody seems to remember that." }}
== Real Life ==▼
* Where do you think surnames like "Smith" or "Fisher" came from? Though in English these are converted into patronims ("Smith('s)son") less often than in some other languages. It's more obvious in Scandinavia, where the name would be "Smithsson".▼
** Speaking of which, many Scandinavian names originated back when conscription was invented. Commanders sick of a platoon full of guys all named Eriksson would simply rename them after their function or temperament, which is how they ended up with family names translated as "Grenade", "Gun", "Spear", "Keep" or "Brave."▼
*** Oddly enough, the more literal reading of this trope (IE, being named for a job which one also happens to have) is unusually ''un''common in Sweden and some other Scandinavian regions - job-surnames are oddly rare, almost unheard of, so the chances of both having such a surname ''and'' having the same job approaches zero.▼
* ''[[Mr. T]]'''s legal name ''is'' "Mister"▼
== Theater ==
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* The Bard from the most recent version of ''[[The Bard's Tale]]''.
* In the ''[[Catacomb 3-D]]'', the player character's [[Arch Enemy]] and general enemy to all that is good is called Nemesis.
* ''[[Hatred]]'''s main character starts the game's trailer with a narration of "My name not important." After fans started jokingly referring to the character as "Not Important" patch notes indicated the character's name really is "Notim Portant".
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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* Sarge from ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'', though you can call him S-dog...
* One plot on ''[[Neopets]]'' included a supporting character who was known only as "the scout" until the very end, when she was asked about her name and revealed that it was, in fact, Scout.
* In [[Naruto:
▲== Western Animation ==
▲* The Mayor from ''[[Powerpuff Girls]]'' is actually named "Mayor".
▲* ''[[The Secret Show]]'' had Professor Professor and Doctor Doctor. Professor Professor's brother Maestro later joined the trope when he became a Maestro. Also their mother is known as Frau Frau.
▲* ''[[Sheep in The Big City]]:'' Farmer John. John is his last name, by the way. His first name is Far, and his middle name is Mer.
▲* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'' the rich Texan character's full name is Richard Texan. But you can call him "Rich".
▲** "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" Part 2 implies that Groundskeeper Willie's first name really ''is'' Groundskeeper, as at one point Lisa refers to him as "grounds-tender Groundskeeper Willie", though a more recent episode revealed that his full name is William MacDougal.
▲** Just plain old Larry Duffman.
▲* Sheriff Bronson Stone of ''[[Scooby Doo Mystery Inc]]'', whose first name actually is "Sheriff", because that's what his mother always wanted him to be.
▲* Timmy's Mom and Timmy's Dad from ''[[The Fairly
▲** In flashbacks, whenever people ask them their name, they say "My name is *car honking/cars driving by/some other loud noise obscuring their name*, but everyone just calls me Mom/Dad." It's more of an [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]] in this case.
▲* ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
▲* Coach from ''[[Moville Mysteries]]''.
▲* The [[Daffy Duck]] short ''[[Deduce You Say]]'' ends with the revelation that the criminal [[Sherlock Holmes|Dorlock Holmes]] and [[The Watson|Watkins]] are chasing is actually named Shropshire Slasher.
▲* ''[[The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!]]'': The Pirate Captain's name is indeed Pirate Captain, as we see when he signs his name as such on an entry form.
▲** Lampshaded when he meets [[Queen Victoria]].
▲{{quote|Victoria: What's your name, Pirate Captain?
▲Pirate Captain: There are some who call me... Pirate Captain. }}
▲* '''[[SpongeBob SquarePants|Good Ol' Whatshisname]]''': There's a character named Mr. Whatsittoya that Squidward thought it was false-name until...
* A [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' has reveals of Arnold's surname constantly interrupted. [[Word of God]] and (later) the [[Belated Finale]] confirm his surname is (as implied by a labeling on one of his baby toys in the final episode) actually "Shortman", the apparent nickname his (relatively tall) grandfather used for him the whole series.
▲== Real Life ==
* Surnames like "Smith" or "Fisher" began as occupational [[wikipedia:Byname|bynames]]. Gradually, as it was common for a son to learn the same trade as his father, these bynames were reanalyzed as surnames.
▲*
▲** Speaking of which, many Scandinavian names originated back when conscription was invented. Commanders sick of a platoon full of guys all named Eriksson would simply rename them after their function or temperament, which is how they ended up with family names translated as "Grenade", "Gun", "Spear", "Keep" or "Brave."
▲*** Oddly enough, the more literal reading of this trope (IE, being named for a job which one also happens to have) is unusually ''un''common in Sweden and some other Scandinavian regions - job-surnames are oddly rare, almost unheard of, so the chances of both having such a surname ''and'' having the same job approaches zero.
▲* ''[[Mr. T]]'''s legal name ''is'' "Mister"
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[[Category:Unisex Tropes]]
[[Category:Naming Conventions]]
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