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"Max" is both a name (short for Maxwell, Maximilian, or Maxine) and also short for "Maximum", leading to all sorts of names both [[Punny Name|punny]] and [[Awesome McCoolname|awesome]]. See [[Cutscene Power to The Max]], [[Catch Phrase to The Max]], [[Alice Allusion]] and [[Everything's Better With Bob]].
"Max" is both a name (short for Maxwell, Maximilian, or Maxine) and also short for "Maximum", leading to all sorts of names both [[Punny Name|punny]] and [[Awesome McCoolname|awesome]]. See [[Cutscene Power to the Max]], [[Catch Phrase to the Max]], [[Alice Allusion]] and [[Everything's Better with Bob]].
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== Punny Versions ==
== Punny Versions ==
* ''[[Max Headroom]]''
* ''[[Max Headroom]]''
* ''[[Max Payne (Video Game)|Max Payne]]''
* ''[[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]]''
* ''[[Pv P (Webcomic)|Pv P]]'': Max Power
* ''[[PvP (webcomic)|Pv P]]'': Max Power
** And on ''[[The Simpsons]]''
** And on ''[[The Simpsons]]''
* ''Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon''
* ''Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon''
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== Film ==
== Film ==
* [[Max Keebles Big Move|Max Keebles]]
* [[Max Keeble's Big Move|Max Keebles]]
* [[A View to A Kill (Film)|Max Zorrin]]
* [[A View to a Kill|Max Zorrin]]
* [[Mad Max|Max Rockatansky]]
* [[Mad Max|Max Rockatansky]]
* [[Gladiator|Maximus Decimus Meridius]]
* [[Gladiator|Maximus Decimus Meridius]]
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* Max Aldorfer, protagonist in Liliana Cavani's film ''The Night Porter''. He is a reformed Nazi officer who had a sadomasochistic relationship with a concentration camp inmate.
* Max Aldorfer, protagonist in Liliana Cavani's film ''The Night Porter''. He is a reformed Nazi officer who had a sadomasochistic relationship with a concentration camp inmate.
* [[The Black Hole|Maximillian]], whose master was coincidentally played by Maximillian Schell.
* [[The Black Hole|Maximillian]], whose master was coincidentally played by Maximillian Schell.
* [[Two Thousand Ten|Maxim Brailovsky]]
* [[2010: The Year We Make Contact|Maxim Brailovsky]]




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* ''Maximum Bob''
* ''Maximum Bob''
* ''[[Maximum Ride]]''
* ''[[Maximum Ride]]''
* In ''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'' the fat cat boss of Megadodo Publications (publisher of the Guide) is named Maxelcat.
* In ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' the fat cat boss of Megadodo Publications (publisher of the Guide) is named Maxelcat.
** Also, MaxiMegalon
** Also, MaxiMegalon
* ''Maxim'' magazine, though it may not count as literature.
* ''Maxim'' magazine, though it may not count as literature.
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== Television ==
== Television ==
* [[Get Smart (TV)|Maxwell Smart]]
* [[Get Smart|Maxwell Smart]]
* [[Ultraman Max]]
* [[Ultraman Max]]
* [[The Nanny|Maxwell Sheffield]]
* [[The Nanny|Maxwell Sheffield]]
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== Theatre ==
== Theatre ==
* The protagonist in Carl Maria von Weber's opera ''[[Der Freischuetz|Der Freischütz]]''
* The protagonist in Carl Maria von Weber's opera ''[[Der Freischütz]]''




== [[Video Games]] ==
== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[The Beast Master]] hero in ''[[War Craft]] 3'' can have several names, one of them [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|Maxx]] [[Awesome McCoolname|Rocmane]].
* [[The Beast Master]] hero in ''[[Warcraft]] 3'' can have several names, one of them [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|Maxx]] [[Awesome McCoolname|Rocmane]].
* ''[[Max Payne (Video Game)|Max Payne]]'', of course.
* ''[[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]]'', of course.
* Maximilian, one of the [[Villain Protagonist|Villain Protagonists]] in ''[[Evil Genius (Video Game)|Evil Genius]]''.
* Maximilian, one of the [[Villain Protagonist]]s in ''[[Evil Genius (video game)|Evil Genius]]''.
* [[Dance Dance Revolution|DDRMAX]] and the song "Max 300".
* [[Dance Dance Revolution|DDRMAX]] and the song "Max 300".


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== [[Western Animation]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Max and Ruby]]''.
* ''[[Max and Ruby]]''.
* ''[[The Simpsons|Max Power]]''
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|Max Power]]''
* ''[[Max Steel]]''
* ''[[Max Steel]]''
* ''[[The Maxx]]''
* ''[[The Maxx]]''
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* [[Bruce Springsteen|Max]] [[Late Night|Weinberg]]
* [[Bruce Springsteen|Max]] [[Late Night|Weinberg]]
* Max Weber
* Max Weber
* [[World War Z (Literature)|Max Brooks]]
* [[World War Z|Max Brooks]]
* ''Viva Max!'' - Mexican General Maximillain de Santos retakes the Alamo, in 1969.
* ''Viva Max!'' - Mexican General Maximillain de Santos retakes the Alamo, in 1969.
* Max Ernst
* Max Ernst
* Max Schreck, German actor famous for playing Count <s>Dracula</s> Orlof in the film ''[[Nosferatu (Film)|Nosferatu]]''.
* Max Schreck, German actor famous for playing Count <s>Dracula</s> Orlof in the film ''[[Nosferatu]]''.
** Named after the above, industrialist Max Schreck in ''[[Batman Returns (Film)|Batman Returns]]''.
** Named after the above, industrialist Max Schreck in ''[[Batman Returns]]''.
*** After the [[Real Life]] fat cat publisher Robert Maxwell.
*** After the [[Real Life]] fat cat publisher Robert Maxwell.
* Staff Sergeant Max Fightmaster, who <s>may have</s> has the single greatest name ever given to a man.
* Staff Sergeant Max Fightmaster, who <s>may have</s> has the single greatest name ever given to a man.
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[[Category:Naming Conventions]]
[[Category:Naming Conventions]]
[[Category:Max Trope]]
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Latest revision as of 07:48, 10 April 2017

"Max" is both a name (short for Maxwell, Maximilian, or Maxine) and also short for "Maximum", leading to all sorts of names both punny and awesome. See Cutscene Power to the Max, Catch Phrase to the Max, Alice Allusion and Everything's Better with Bob.

Examples of Max Trope include:


Punny Versions


Comic Books


Film


Literature

  • Maximum Bob
  • Maximum Ride
  • In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy the fat cat boss of Megadodo Publications (publisher of the Guide) is named Maxelcat.
    • Also, MaxiMegalon
  • Maxim magazine, though it may not count as literature.
    • It's named after the Maxim machine gun.


Television


Theatre


Video Games


Web Original


Western Animation


Real Life

  • Jazz drummer Max Roach
  • Max Factor
  • Max Planck
  • Max Weinberg
  • Max Weber
  • Max Brooks
  • Viva Max! - Mexican General Maximillain de Santos retakes the Alamo, in 1969.
  • Max Ernst
  • Max Schreck, German actor famous for playing Count Dracula Orlof in the film Nosferatu.
    • Named after the above, industrialist Max Schreck in Batman Returns.
      • After the Real Life fat cat publisher Robert Maxwell.
  • Staff Sergeant Max Fightmaster, who may have has the single greatest name ever given to a man.
  • Max Venturi, LAMBOURGHINI TESTER!
  • Max Brenner is a guy who owns a chain of chocolate themed restaurants.
    • He doesn't actually exist; the name of the chain is an amalgam of the two founders' names.
  • Max Baer was a boxer, his son Max Baer Jr. played Jethro on The Beverly Hillbillies.
  • Max Steiner
  • Max Von Sydow.
  • Minolta made a camera series called Maxxum. (Although in Japan it was marketed as Alpha and in Europe as Dynax. When Sony took over Minolta they changed the name to Alpha worldwide.)
  • Subtitling company CaptionMax is named for its founder, Max Duckler, who clearly saw the potential of this trope in naming the company after himself.
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