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** Earlier in the ''Belgariad'', when Belgarath's identity is still a tenuous secret and source of much confusion to Garion, the old man states that he has many names and chooses to go by "Old Wolf" at the moment, suggesting he takes many aliases as he travels the world. However, once the cat of his true name is out of the bag, he sticks with that for the rest of the series and never attempts to go incognito, although he has some other titles such as "Disciple of Aldur" and "Ancient and Beloved" that come to some use. Garion, of course, goes on to attain the above additional appellations afterwards.

** Then there's Silk. As a spy, he naturally assumes aliases, the most common being Radek of Boktor and Ambar of Kotu. His birth name is Kheldar and he's generally known as Silk, his spy academy codename. Interestingly, he is also treated thus in the prophecies, unlike the other characters, who have one prophetic name each. In the first book he is called the Rat; in the second, the Guide; and in the third, the Nimble Thief. He reverts back to the Guide for the rest of the books.

** Covenant's response to asking Foul who he is and hearing him reel all of these [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]] off? "Forget it." It's probably the [[Jerkass|only moment for the next three books]] that the reader actually likes him.

* [[John C. Wright]]'s [[Chronicles of Chaos|''Chaos'' trilogy]] (''The Orphans of Chaos'', ''The Fugitives of Chaos'', and ''The Titans of Chaos'') makes full use of the many names of the Greek gods who appear as characters in the book. Normally, they are referred to by legitimate but obscure variants, but they can engage in a [[Badass Boast]] that rattles them off. The title characters have two sets of names that they know of, and additional ones when they escape their [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]; in a [[I Know Your True Name]] situation, a villain tries to invoke all three sets of names to use magic on them, and is foiled because one of them hid one of his names.

== Music ==

* A small example from The Beatles' "Rocky Raccoon":

** Referenced by The [[Firesign Theatre]]:

{{quote|'''Rocky Rococco''': Worthless? [[Evil Laugh|Hahaha!]] *cough* *hack* Not to Melanie Haber!

* Pitchfork writer Dominique Leone attempted to but together a list of all Boredoms and OOIOO related acts, as follows: "Akabushi, AOA, Audio Sports, Children Coup d'Etat, Concrete Octopus, Dendoba, Destroy 2, DMV, Dowser, the Dramatics, Elvis Dust, Flare, Free Kitten, the Geisha Girls, Gong Derby, Goonies, Grind Orchestra, Guillotine Kyodai, Guitoo, Dekoboko Hajime/Yamantaka Eye, Hanadensha, the Hanatarash, the Hattifatteners, Hijokaiden, Live Under the Sky, MC Hellshit & DJ Carhouse, Minga & Eye, Mystic Fugu Orchestra, Naked City, Nankai Hawkwind, Nimrod, Noise Ramones, Novo Tono, Oh!Moro Video Series, Shinro Ohtake + Eye, Omoide Hatoba, solo Yoshimi P-We, Rashinban, Rise from the Dead, Roughage, Rovo, Ruins-Hatoba, Alice Sailor, S.O.B.-Kaidan, Sound Hero, Standing Earth & Touching Air, Sun Kich, Tent, Three Day Stubble, Torture Garden, Tribal Circus, U.F.O. or Die, Universal Errors, the Vickly & the Ohdorockanize, Woods, XOX, solo Yamamoto Seiichi, solo Yamatsuka Eye, Yellowhouse, Z-Rock Hawaii and Karera Musication."

* From the "[[Orange And The Green]]"

* From "D.F." by Outkast

* Wilhelm Anton "Bill" Leeb, aka Wilhelm Schroeder, who contributed to [[Skinny Puppy]]'s first album and is also the frontman of [[Front Line Assembly]] and its side project Delerium, among others. }}

* Dutchman Michiel van der Kuy produced italo-disco and spacesynth in the 80's under the names Laserdance (with Erik van Vliet), Koto, Proxyon, Rygar, etc., techno-rave in the early 90's as L.A. Style (with Wessel van Diepen), Eurobeat with various vocalists (in the early days of the genre), and later even co-produced a couple songs with Alice Deejay.

 

* This gets especially bad in the [[Greek Mythology|Greek pantheon]], where each deity has a wide range of different epithets, regional cult names, and poetic titles.

* [[Older Than Dirt]]: Most Egyptian gods have a least a couple names. Re and Amun both have tons. Osiris has 100 in the Book of the Dead. Their true names, however, are supposedly unknown to mere mortals.

* [[Santa Claus]] still bears the names of all the midwinter spirits he's assimilated: St Nicholas, Sinterklaas, Yule-Father (see also Odin), Father Christmas, Grandfather Frost, Papa Noel, Kris Kringle...

 

* Many wrestlers have acquired a great number of nicknames, some let them go in favour of new ones, others keep all of them, no matter how inappropriate they become. [[Shawn Michaels]] is a notable example, as he's The Heartbreak Kid (Used well into his forties), Mr.Wrestlemania, The Showstopper, The Headliner, The Main Event, and The Icon. He often made a habit of introducing himself with all of his nicknames.

 

* From ''[[Greyhawk]]''; much like [[Harry Potter|Lord Voldemort]], [[God of Evil|Vecna]] is so feared and dreaded that most residents of Oerth dare not speak his name, instead using one of his many titles. The likely first one - used while he was a human wizard - was "Master of the Spider Throne". Others included "The Arch-Lich", "The Maimed God", "The Whispered One", "The Dying King", "The Lord of the Rotted Tower", "The Undying King", and "The One Spoken Only in Whispers". While he was the darklord of Caviticus in ''[[Ravenloft]]'' , he was also called "The Chained God".

 

* ''[[RuneScape]]'': ''Senliten, upon whom Tumeken shines and from whom his glory is reflected. Bearer of the vengeance of Amascut upon the unworthy, mistress of the Stern Judges. Queen of the desert lands and rightful heir to the glory and fertility of Elidinis. Daughter of the divinity through the royal blood of the deity. Reborn through Icthlarin into this realm as has been and will be.''

* The first terminal on "Kill Your Television" in the game ''[[Marathon Trilogy|Marathon]] 2: Durandal'' displays what appears to be a critical piece of text, although who it identifies is still [http://marathon.bungie.org/story/kytterm.html subject to debate:]

* In the ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's]]'' franchise, {{spoiler|the true [[Big Bad]] is William Afton, who has been called the Purple Guy, Springtrap, Scraptrap, Glitchtrap, and Burntrap.}}

 

* From ''[[The Crossoverlord]]'', Chapter 2, Page 2:

{{quote|'''Stranger:''' Thank you for answering my call for aid. I am the last of a race that tended to the Multiverse.

* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' has [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2016-12-22 Chinook], the new AI of Eina-Afa.

 

* ''[[Doomsday Arcade]]'' had the Dicelord who went by the names The Creator, The Dungeon Master and Richard Gariot (even though Richard Gariot was in the same room as him).

* ''[[Whateley Universe]]'' example: Billie Wilson has the codename Tennyo, and has picked up the nickname 'Disaster Dame', but she's also known by some less amusing names, such as 'The Scourge' and 'The Stalker of the Stars', to name two.

* Played with in the "Yellow Trailer" for ''[[RWBY]]'': when asked if she has a name, Yang replies "I have several", but we never find out what they are. (Nine volumes later we ''still'' don't know what they are -- if they exist at all.) We don't even find out her real name until the final moments of the trailer, when Ruby addresses her in the street.

 

* Parodied in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''; in an episode where Marge has amnesia, Homer attempts to reeducate her, saying "This is the Sun. It goes by many names -- Apollo's lantern, Daymoon, Ol' Blazey -- but the important thing is ''never to touch it''." On another occasion, Homer prays to the god of the sea for mercy, proclaiming "The Greeks call you Poseidon; the Romans... [[Aquaman]]."

* In ''[[Code Lyoko]]'', Aelita is first called "Maya" when awakened as an amnesiac AI, before finding her true first name. Once materialized on Earth, she went by the name "Aelita Lyoko" at first, then "Aelita Stones". It is finally found that her name is "Aelita Hopper", although her birth name was "Aelita Schaeffer". Not counting her nickname of "Princess" (or "Mrs. Einstein" for Sissi).

{{quote|'''Sandman:''' But you can [[They Call Me Mister Tibbs|call me Steven]].}}

 

* [[Truth in Television]]: for one, [[wikipedia:Names of Sun Yat-sen|Sun Yat-sen]], leader of Nationalist China, with as many as thirty names.

* Naoki Maeda, of ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]'' fame. He has produced songs for Konami's Bemani franchise under many, many pseudonyms, most of which he only uses once or twice. It's been rumored that "Naoki Maeda" is not his real name, and is just yet another pseudonym; "Naoki M" is an anagram of "Konami," and some argue that it's too much of a coincidence that his real name would be an unintentional [[Shout-Out]] to Konami.