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== Anime and Manga ==
* This causes a bit of a [[Dub-Induced Plot Hole]] in ''[[Durarara!!]]''. One of the main characters is named Mikado Ryugamine, which means "Emperor of the Dragon's Peak." It's pretty much ''exactly'' as strange as if someone walked up to you and said "Hi, my name is Emperor of the Dragon's Peak." Unfortunately, we don't translate Japanese names, so English viewers are left confused as to why everyone is making such a big deal out of his name.
* The title character in ''[[With the Light]]'' is given a name on the first page meaning "Light of the East"; his surname, Azuma, is the nanori (proper name pronunciation) of "higashi," meaning "east." Not to be outdone, his little sister Kanon's full name would be, loosely translated, "the sound of eastern flowers"; her mother decided to give her the name Kanon, written with the kanji letters for "flower" and "sound," after hearing a canon playing on the radio while giving birth.
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== Film ==
* ''[[Dances with Wolves]]'' includes Native American characters with names like Stands With A Fist and Wind In His Hair... also averted in one instance, with one character who's simply named Otter.
== Literature ==
* In the ''[[Berserker (Literature)|Berserker]]'' story, "Pilots of the Twilight", Holt was [[Raised by Natives|raised by the 'Reen]] who named him, translated roughly, "He-orphaned-and-helpless-whom-we-obliged-are-to-take-in-but-why-us?". Upon return to human society he was given the name Holt Calder.
* The souls' names in ''[[The Host]]'': things like 'Fords Deep Waters', 'Light that Shines Through the Ice', and 'Rides the Beast'.
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* [[The Bartimaeus Trilogy|Bartimaeus]]'s full name ([[Miles Gloriosus|according to him, anyway]]) is "Bartimaeus of Uruk, Sakhr al-Jinni, N'gorso the Mighty and the Serpent of Silver Plumes".
* The Hawkbrothers in the ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'' series choose (or are given) two-word "use-names", which can signify personality or important attributes (Steelmind, who [[Photographic Memory|never forgets]]), recall a memorable occasion from the person's life (Starfall, who dove from a cliff at the moment a meteor flashed overhead), or simply be poetic (Wintersky). These [[Meaningful Rename|can be changed]] at adulthood or after life-altering events (Darkwind was known as Songwind in happier times).
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== Live Action TV ==▼
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'': Introducing the Gits—A Snivelling Little Rat-Faced Git, his wife Dreary Fat Boring Old, and their unseen son & daughters: Dirty Lying Little Two-Faced (son), Ghastly Spotty Horrible Vicious Little (daughter - the youngest), and Ghastly Spotty Cross-Eyed (daughter).
** It's possible that Terry Jones (A Snivelling Little Rat-Faced Git) misspoke by changing "Horrible Vicious Little" to "Cross-Eyed", thus accidentally creating a second daughter.
== Tabletop Games ==
* Virtually everyone and everything in ''[[Exalted]]''. Some examples are: The Princess Magnificent With Lips of Coral and Robes of Black Feathers, the First and Forsaken Lion, Seven Devils Clever, Strength of Many, etc. All give a pretty good feel for the trope.
* Both ''[[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]'' and ''[[Werewolf: The Forsaken|The Forsaken]]'' make use of deed names, wherein a werewolf's name among the Garou/Uratha usually reflects what they've done or what they do. Some examples from ''Apocalypse'' include Evan Heals-the-Past and Mephi Faster-than-Death.
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== Video Games ==
* Queen Pulsating, Bloated, Festering, Sweaty, Pus-filled, Malformed Slug-For-A-Butt from ''[[Earthworm Jim (animation)|Earthworm Jim]]''.
* Every single Sammer Guy of [[Super Paper Mario]] has one, each more ridiculous than the last.
== Web Comics ==
* The webcomic ''[[Keychain of Creation]]'', being set in the world of [[Exalted]], has many examples of this trope. ''Elegant Nova of Progression'', for instance, is an [[Artificial Human|Alchemical]] [[Mad Scientist]]. Resident Abyssal "Secret" has an [[Overly Long Name]], spoofing the standard Abyssal naming practice; she uses "Secret" as the short form.
* Almost every character in [[Goblins]] is an example of this trope.
== Web Original ==
* [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'s theme song (in its full version) refers to him as the "Angry [[Atari]] [[Amiga]] [[Philips CD-i|CD-i]] [[ColecoVision]] [[Intellivision]] [[Sega]] [[Neo Geo]] [[TurboGrafx-16]] [[Magnavox Odyssey|Odyssey]] [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer|3DO]] [[Commodore 64]] [[Nintendo]] Nerd".
== Real Life ==
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