His Name Really Is "Barkeep": Difference between revisions

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As the [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]] trope says, some characters have the misfortune of being known only by their job title. [[His Name Really Is "Barkeep"]] is about those rare times where [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]] because "Barkeep" is the guy's ''actual name''. May happen as a result of [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?]] Alternatively, maybe the guy had his name legally changed to "Barkeep" because he likes that name better than his given name.

Milder examples can include a nickname that turns out to actually be the character's name. For a full comedy incarnation of this trope, the given name will be the full job description.

[[Patronymic]] can be considered a subtrope. Closely related to [[A Dog Named "Dog"]], when something is named for its species.

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* 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?

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== [[Film]] ==

* In ''[[48 Hrs.]]'', Eddie Murphy continually calls Nick Nolte's character "Jack" as a sarcastic nickname. Eventually Nolte tells him to stop doing that, since Jack is actually his name.

* In ''[[Kill Bill]]'', Bill constantly refers to the Bride as "kiddo". It sounds like a patronizing nickname until we find out her name is actually Beatrix Kiddo.

* In ''[[The Villain]]'', the heroic handsome stranger's name really is Handsome Stranger.

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== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==

* [[Ultimate Warrior|The Ultimate Warrior's]] real name was James Hellwig. However, he legally changed his name to Warrior to [[Money, Dear Boy|cash off the name's fame and legacy.]]

** It was also so that he could keep the identity he was best known as, since the WWE owned the Ultimate Warrior name. Considering what happened with the likes of the Dudleys when they left the WWE & were forced to drop the names they had become known by throughout the industry, he's been [[Vindicated by History]].

== 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.]

{{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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* In ''[[PvP]]'', Jace's butler's name is Butler.

** Cole also once chastised him for calling his maid "Sweet Cans", but it turned out that, yes, her name really was Suitecannes.

* Red Mage, Black Mage, Thief and Fighter from ''[[8-Bit Theater ~~(Webcomic)~~|Eight Bit Theater]]''. Confirmed as this after their class change. Except for Thief. His real name is Prince Elf.

* Red Mage, Black Mage, Thief and Fighter from ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]''. Confirmed as this after their class change. Except for Thief. His real name is Prince Elf.

** They have last names, but those fare little better, with Fighter McWarrior, Black Mage Evilwizardington, and Red Mage Statkowski.

** Also there's White Mage, Black Belt, Lich, Ranger, Berserker, Rogue, Cleric, all their given names. The only one that's actually a case of [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]] is Dragoon, whose name is implied to be [[Embarrassing First Name|Sebastian.]]