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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]]''
* ''[[PvP (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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== [[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|Villain Protagonists]] 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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* [[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.