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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 |
"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 == |
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* ''[[Max Headroom]]'' |
* ''[[Max Headroom]]'' |
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* ''[[Max Payne ( |
* ''[[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]]'' |
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* ''[[PvP ( |
* ''[[PvP (webcomic)|Pv P]]'': Max Power |
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** And on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' |
** And on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' |
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* ''Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon'' |
* ''Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon'' |
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== Film == |
== Film == |
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* [[Max |
* [[Max Keeble's Big Move|Max Keebles]] |
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* [[A View to |
* [[A View to a Kill|Max Zorrin]] |
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* [[Mad Max|Max Rockatansky]] |
* [[Mad Max|Max Rockatansky]] |
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* [[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. |
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* [[The Black Hole|Maximillian]], whose master was coincidentally played by Maximillian Schell. |
* [[The Black Hole|Maximillian]], whose master was coincidentally played by Maximillian Schell. |
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* [[ |
* [[2010: The Year We Make Contact|Maxim Brailovsky]] |
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* ''Maximum Bob'' |
* ''Maximum Bob'' |
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* ''[[Maximum Ride]]'' |
* ''[[Maximum Ride]]'' |
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* In ''[[The |
* In ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' the fat cat boss of Megadodo Publications (publisher of the Guide) is named Maxelcat. |
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** Also, MaxiMegalon |
** Also, MaxiMegalon |
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* ''Maxim'' magazine, though it may not count as literature. |
* ''Maxim'' magazine, though it may not count as literature. |
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== Television == |
== Television == |
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* [[Get Smart |
* [[Get Smart|Maxwell Smart]] |
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* [[Ultraman Max]] |
* [[Ultraman Max]] |
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* [[The Nanny|Maxwell Sheffield]] |
* [[The Nanny|Maxwell Sheffield]] |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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* [[The Beast Master]] hero in ''[[ |
* [[The Beast Master]] hero in ''[[Warcraft]] 3'' can have several names, one of them [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|Maxx]] [[Awesome McCoolname|Rocmane]]. |
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* ''[[Max Payne ( |
* ''[[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]]'', of course. |
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* Maximilian, one of the [[Villain Protagonist|Villain Protagonists]] in ''[[Evil Genius ( |
* Maximilian, one of the [[Villain Protagonist|Villain Protagonists]] in ''[[Evil Genius (video game)|Evil Genius]]''. |
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* [[Dance Dance Revolution|DDRMAX]] and the song "Max 300". |
* [[Dance Dance Revolution|DDRMAX]] and the song "Max 300". |
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* [[Bruce Springsteen|Max]] [[Late Night|Weinberg]] |
* [[Bruce Springsteen|Max]] [[Late Night|Weinberg]] |
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* Max Weber |
* Max Weber |
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* [[World War Z |
* [[World War Z|Max Brooks]] |
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* ''Viva Max!'' - Mexican General Maximillain de Santos retakes the Alamo, in 1969. |
* ''Viva Max!'' - Mexican General Maximillain de Santos retakes the Alamo, in 1969. |
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* Max Ernst |
* Max Ernst |
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* Max Schreck, German actor famous for playing Count <s>Dracula</s> Orlof in the film ''[[ |
* Max Schreck, German actor famous for playing Count <s>Dracula</s> Orlof in the film ''[[Nosferatu]]''. |
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** Named after the above, industrialist Max Schreck in ''[[ |
** Named after the above, industrialist Max Schreck in ''[[Batman Returns]]''. |
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*** After the [[Real Life]] fat cat publisher Robert Maxwell. |
*** After the [[Real Life]] fat cat publisher Robert Maxwell. |
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* 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. |