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Not to be confused with gags refering to the book and [[Film of the Book]] entitled ''[[The Namesake (film)|The Namesake]]'', nor indeed jokes on the story's [[The Namesake|actual namesake]]
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== [[Film]] ==
* In [[Mel Brooks]]' ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]'', King Richard proclaims that, to remind everyone of Prince John's treachery, all toilets throughout England shall be called "Johns". (A modern American slang for toilet, for those that don't get the joke.)
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** And, Pulsifer's response (brought on by the rant) to hearing she's also a descendent of Agnes Nutter: "Let me guess, she invented the crazy person."
* ''[[Discworld]]'' series:
** In ''[[Discworld/Feet of Clay (novel)|Feet of Clay]]'' there's a footnote about people with weapons named after them, and how they attract rumours that they were killed by their namesakes, beginning with the more-or-less historical Joseph Guillotin and ending with William Blunt-Instrument.
** In ''[[Discworld/Monstrous Regiment|Monstrous Regiment]]'', there's an entire [[Running Gag]] about the tendency for famous military men (such as Wellington and Cardigan) to get either food or items of clothing named after them. Several of the characters have surnames that are either foods or items of clothing in our world, and by the end of the book, they all have ''completely different'' foods or items of clothing named after them. (Lieutenant Blouse, for instance, is commemorated in a type of glove.)
** ''[[Discworld/Soul Music (novel)|Soul Music]]'' mentions Sir Charles Lavatory, the Disc's equivalent to Thomas Crapper (and ''The Companion'' states his predecessor as head of the Plumbers' Guild was William Privy).
** ''The Fools Guild Diary'' reveals that the founder of ''that'' guild was Jean-Paul Pune, inventor of the play on words.
* According to the 1971 satire ''Bust-Up: The Uplifting Tale of Otto Titzling and the Development of the Bra'' by Wallace Reyburn, the bra was invented in 1912 by Otto Titzling, only to have his invention and fame stolen by the Frenchman Phillip de Brassiere. (The book inspired a song, which Bette Midler recorded in 1986 and reprised in the film ''[[Film/Beaches|Beaches]]''. It was also recounted as fact in at least one edition of the board game Trivial Pursuit...)
* In one of the ''[[Wayside School]]'' books, the kids are playing music and wonder how the triangle got its name. They decide it can't be named for its shape because "then the tamborinetambourine would have to be called a circle", so they reason it must have been invented by Joe Triangle.
 
== [[Live -Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Blackadder]]''
** "Ink and Incapability":
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* There's an old ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20130923190340/http://snltranscripts.jt.org/79/79tdouchebag.phtml sketch] where a ball is attended by nobility with things named after them (Earl of Sandwich, Lord Worchestershire, Lord Salisbury) ...and Lord Douchebag.
* In the ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' episode "Parallel Universe", Holly speaks of his ambition to have an invention named after him, like the Earl of Sandwich, Samuel Morse and... Plato, inventor of the plate.
* In the ''[[Maid Marian and Her Merry Men]]'' episode "A Game Called John", the Sheriff invents a game that involves moving balls around on a cloth-covered table, and names it in honour of Prince John. After several varieties of [[Hilarity Ensues|hilarity ensue]], including the Merry Men stealing all the green cloth to make uniforms, Prince John decides he doesn't want the game and gives it away, with all naming rights, to a random peasant—whosepeasant... whose name turns out to be Snooker.
 
== [[Radio]] ==
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* Neil Malarkey's lecture on barcodes in an episode of ''[[The Unbelievable Truth]]'' claimed that they were invented by Baron Felix von Barcode, a contemporary of Michael Electricity and Sir William Shaving-Foam.
 
== [[Theatre]] ==
* In '''Dentity Crisis'' by Christopher Durang, Edith [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fromage Fromage] claims to be the inventor of cheese.
 
== [[Theme Park]]s ==
* From the [[Disney Theme Parks|Jungle Cruise]]: "And on our left you'll see beautiful Schweitzer Falls, named after the famed explorer and philanthropist, Dr. Albert Falls."
 
== [[Web Original]] ==▼
* Mentioned as a gag in the ''[[Legendary Frog]]'' cartoon where Kerrigan decides to become an inventor and make millions. She says to her boyfriend, "Remember John from next door? John Velcro?"▼
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Simpsons]]''' hometown, Springfield, is named after founder Jebediah Springfield. Nothing unusual about that. However, nearby Shelbyville is named after its founder, Shelbyville Manhattan.
** The Deadly meteor shower is named after Martin Deadly.
 
▲== [[Web Original]] ==
▲* Mentioned as a gag in the ''[[Legendary Frog]]'' cartoon where Kerrigan decides to become an inventor and make millions. She says to her boyfriend, "Remember John from next door? John Velcro?"
 
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[[Category:Naming Conventions]]
[[Category:Comedy Tropes]]
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