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When someone's moniker or nickname follows the form of a first name of whatever form and then has a surname of the form Mc and then some descriptive adjective (which may be suffixed with "pants").
Often used as a cheap and easy way to make a name into a pun. Just stick a Mc or Mac onto the front and everyone will know that it's a surname. Of course you can do this with any other common onomastic prefix or suffix: e.g., Paddy O'Adjective, Hassan Ibn Description, Baron Von Word, Verbal Verbson etc.
A common feature of [[Buffy
Compare [[Awesome McCoolname]] and [[Fail O'Suckyname]].
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== Animation ==
* Shirley McLoon in ''[[Tiny Toons]]''.
** Although it should be noted that this is actually a case of Name McNoun, as Loon is a noun (referring both to her species and her personality). If it was a straight case of McAdjective, her name would be Shirley McLoony.
** It's also a celebrity [[Shout
* Gerald McBoingboing (A cartoon character that could only talk in sound effects). {{Context|reason=No work specified.}}
* Andy on Mission Hill would say these frequently, like "Tasteless McMoron
* [[The Simpsons (animation)|Homer]] tends to do this when making up names, like "Hooty McBoobs" or "that guy from the movie Shine: Shiny McShine".
** [[The Simpsons]] also featured Tipsy McStagger's Goodtime Eating and Drinking Emporium and the Telephone Company mascot Phony McRingRing.
* ''The Beast With A Billion Backs'', one of the [[Futurama]] [[The Movie|movies]], gave us this gem: "Chesty McNag-Nag," used by Bender in reference to Leela.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Film]] ==
*
== Jokes ==
* What's Irish and sits out in the rain? Patty O'Furniture! Back in the early
** Not to be confused with the [[Drag Queen]] by the same name.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[
** Later added to become a convention for naming ''anything''. "She's got my McDreamy, she's got my McDog, ''she's got my McLife!''"
* ''[[
▲* ''[[Friends (TV)|Friends]]'': Ross used to make up names like this for his students when he lectured and he eventually went out with Cutie McPretty.
* ''[[
▲** as well as 'You don't want to end up known as Professor McNailshisstudents.'
▲* ''[[Black Adder]]'' "He's mad! He's mad. He's madder than Mad Jack McMad, the winner of this year's Mr Madman competition."
** Also from Blackadder, the man who cleans the toilets at Aberdeen station is referred to as Wee Jock "Poo Pong" McPlop.
** And "Stumpy" O'Leg McNoleg, whose record with running marathons is compared to Baldrick's record with successful cunning plans.
* [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|Big McLargehuge]]
** Thick McRunfast!
** Gristle McThornbody!
** Bolt VanderHuge adds some
* All of Tony's nicknames for McGee in ''[[
* ''[[
**
* One episode of ''[[Malcolm in
* ''[[Shasta McNasty]]''.
* During an episode of ''[[Screenwipe]]'', Charlie Brooker nicknamed an angry protester in some news footage 'Shouty McHeadwoundman'.
* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway
** Wet Biscuits McGlee!
* Rodney McKay on ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' does this with his fellow scientists. The one that comes immediately to mind is when he refers to Zelenka as "Fumbles McStupid."
* The ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'' are fond of this. In one episode, Lorelai can't remember the name of a guy she describes as "short and fat." She asks her daughter, Rory, for his name. Rory responds, "Johnny McShort-and-Fat?"
* From ''[[
* In an episode of ''[[Veronica Mars]]'', Logan bemoans the possibility of being thrown into a jail cell with "Fisty McRapesalot".
* In an episode of ''[[
* CeCe from ''[[Shake It Up]]'' who wanted her stage name to be [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Crystal McHotness.]]
* [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer
== [[Literature]] ==
* A cassette/book combo called ''Papa's Rainbow'' that told of a young girl who went to the rainbow to learn about God's promises, which were revealed to her in song by the Water Colors, who all had names to go with their colors, although only one fits this trope: Splash O'Red. (In case you're curious, the others were Shinin' Yellow, Sparklin' Orange, Shimmerin' Blue, Glimmerin' Green, and Pure Purple.)
== [[Radio]] ==
* [http://www.stephaniemiller.com/ Stephanie Miller] ''loves'' this trope; John McCain => John McSame (as in same as George Bush who is Chimpy McFlightsuit).
** [http://www.stephipedia.com/index.php?title=Special:Allpages Her Wiki]{{Dead link}} lists twelve examples of this trope as of this edit.
== [[Video Game Tropes|VideoGames]] ==
* In [[Dwarf Fortress]], it's [[Fan Nickname|customary]] to refer to dwarves as Urist McDwarf. Often, McDwarf will be replaced by something more specific, like Mc[[
** That's Urist Mc[[Demonic Spiders|Carp]]bait to you.
** Or
* In the second ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' game, Franziska Von Karma calls Detective Gumshoe "Scruffy McTrenchcoat" after finding Phoenix in Juan Corrida's room.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' has Riff and Torg occasionally adopt pseudonyms such
* ''[[
** Fighter himself confirmed that his last name
*** Black Mage Evilwizardington might count as well.
**
*** Red Mage referred to him as the greatest Zoologist, actually, despite being apparently quite blind. [[Hilarity Ensues
* In ''[[Mac Hall]]'', after Micah is dumped by his girlfriend Helen, one of the characters call him Sobby McEmopants.
* Belkar Bitterleaf (of ''[[Order of the Stick]]'') once refers to dwarven cleric Durkon as "Beardy McBeerstein".
* [[Questionable Content]]: Faye calls the pretentious, music-snob clerk at the record store "Nappy McTurtleneck."
** An earlier strip has Dora refer to Faye as "Indie McEmopants."
*
* Aubrey of ''[[Something
* The ''[[Homestuck]]'' Kids and Trolls enjoy this one. John has called Jade "
* ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
* [[
** He also had his most annoying fan: [[Straw Fan|Douchy McNitpick]].
* [[Todd in
* In the [[
* [[Zero Punctuation
** And earlier in his review of ''[[The Witcher]]'': "If disliking this sort of shit makes me stupid, then call me Retard McSpackypants."
* In ''[[Englishman]]'', one of [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]]'s subordinates is General Von Vurd, who only exists so the writers can do "Not von vurd!" puns.
* In ''[[Wizard People, Dear Reader]]'', Hägar the Horrible tells Harry that their secret should stay stay "between you, me, and little Paddy McGrossout here."
* The character Nutty McShithead, created by Camp Chaos for the ''[[
== [[Real Life]] ==
*
** And by way of contrast, [[Fail O'Suckyname]].
* [[Professional Wrestling|Michele McCool]]
* At a
* [[w:Boaty McBoatface|Boaty McBoatface]], coined by former BBC Radio Jersey presenter James Hand as a suggestion for an Internet poll to name the research vessel that was later called the ''RRS Sir David Attenborough.'' It obviously wasn't used for that ship, but it ''was'' used for the submersibles it carried.
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