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Examples of [[Last
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* In ''[[Bloom County]]'' and its sequel strips, Michael Binkley is simply "Binkley" to everyone else. Including ''his own father''.
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* ''[[Candorville]]'' notes the [[Double Standard]] in one strip from the 2008 U.S. presidential election sason, pointing out that the news always talked about "Obama and Hillary" instead of "Obama and Clinton."
** This may be justified, however, by the fact that there's only one Obama anyone would have been talking about, while "Clinton" could also mean [[Bill Clinton]].
* Schroeder from ''[[Peanuts]]'' is consistently known as such; we never find out his first name. It's an especially odd case, since early strips show that the other characters were on a [[First
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