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* In the ''[[Reefer Madness]]'' musical, the man who provides the [[Framing Device]] for the story is never reffered to by name; most just call him "The Lecturer".
* Generally if there's a Narrator in a stage show they won't be given a name [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|beyond their function]], although they can have other names besides 'Narrator', such as the Stage Manager in ''Our Town'' or the Leading Player in ''Pippin''.
* Not counting adaptations or works inspired by ''[[Macbeth]]'', the Weird Sisters have no names in the original work. In fact, "Weird Sisters" is a title added to later adaptations; Shakespeare's script only calls them "the witches".
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* The main character of ''[[Hatred]]'' opens the trailer to his game by saying "My name is not important... What is important is what I'm going to do". Fans joke that his name actually is "Not Important", and an [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] that his rampage is caused by an [[Embarrassing First Name]].
** The alternate interpretation was [[Ascended Meme|referenced in patch notes]] that referred to the main character as "Notim Portant"
* The protagonist of ''[[A Hat in Time]]'' is simply referred to as "Hat Kid", her name never mentioned in-game. In fact, nobody in-game calls her "Hat Kid" either, referring to her by names like "some girl", "small child" or "little girl". Descriptions of her in the manual provide no help there, as they are given by Hat Kid herself, in first person narrative.
* In ''[[Little Nightmares]]'', the only character with a name is the protagonist, Six (and in the sequel, her friend Mono) everyone else is identified by their occupation, such as the Chefs, the Teacher, the Janitor, and so on. The [[Big Bad]] is simply called The Lady.
* Arceus, the [[The Maker|Creator God]] in ''[[Pokémon]]'' mythos. As it tells the player in ''[[Pokémon Legends: Arceus]]'', "Arceus" is the name humans gave it, and it uses that name while dealing with them. Whatever its real name is (assuming it even has one) it keeps secret.
=== [[Visual Novels]] ===
* At one point in ''Kagetsu Tohya'' [[Tsukihime|Kohaku]] shows up for the school festival and doesn't really know what to put for her surname, so she just writes Tohno. She, and Hisui by extension, don't actually ''have'' last names. Or at least, they don't remember their families or childhood. Ciel's last name is also never given and Ciel also happens to be a pseudonym. Her real first name is Elesia, something mentioned only in passing. It's something a bit more important in her case, marking her as someone who doesn't entirely belong.
* From the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series,
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* While Shaggy from ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' does have a first name (Norville), you could easily watch a hundred episodes of the franchise's various incarnations without hearing it.
* In ''[[Atomic Betty]]'', Betty's last name is never mentioned; the most we know is it begins with a 'B', though the fandom likes to refer to her as Betty Barrett.
* The title characters of ''[[2 Stupid Dogs]]'' are never given names because they are strays, the closing credits dub them "Big Dog" and "Little Dog".
** In one episode, Little Dog has to fill out a form. He leaves "name" blank, and laments, "I don't know my name!"
** Though one episode had the big dog say his name was "Jonathan".
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* Likewise [[Johnny Cash]], born J. R. Cash. He apparently assumed "Johnny" because the USAF wouldn't accept initials as a valid name.
* The writer Abe Lemons claims to have been born A. E. Lemons, and when it was told he needed a first name, he just put a "B" between the A and the E. Supposedly he later regretted not renaming himself "Ace".
* Also [[Ulysses S. Grant]], who was born Hiram Ulysses Grant and had his name changed as a result of an error when applying to West Point. His friends called him Sam.
** This also made his initials U.S. Grant. Quite useful when leading the Union army and later running for President.
* None of the members of synthrock band [[The Birthday Massacre]] use their real names. For example, there's Chibi on vocals, Rainbow and Falcore on guitar, O. E. on bass, O-en on keyboard, and Rhim on drums.
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** In the band [[Lordi]] only Mr. Lordi's real name is known to the public, and he won't reveal his real face. The rest of the band is entirely anonymous in their civilian identities, and the media has agreed to keep it that way.
* The members of [[The Residents]] have always remained completely anonymous and have always worn masks (most famously the eyeball mask, top hat, and tuxedo outfit) in performance and other media.
* The Tank Man{{who}}
* [[Image Board|Anonymous]], eventually subverted by Project Chanology.
* The Man in the Iron Mask (not that historians haven't tried to figure it out).
* One of the hallmarks of urban legends is the absence of names. For instance,
** At least that one is probably based on the death of Kenji Urada, the first man ever killed by a robot.
* [[Prince]] the Artist Formerly Known as [[The Unpronounceable]] Symbol formerly known as Prince.
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