His Name Really Is "Barkeep": Difference between revisions

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* Timmy's Mom and Timmy's Dad from ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'' 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.
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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.
 
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