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* ''[[Get Smart]]'' has, er, a ''number'' of examples:

** Agent 99. Her lack of a name becomes a running gag. The day she gets married to Max someone sneezes when her name is said. A popular misconception is that she revealed her name in one episode as "Susan Hilton," but that was just an alias.

* Fez, ''[[That '70s Show]]''. Fez is short for Foreign Exchange Student. At one point, someone asks his real name and he is drowned out by a school-bell while seen saying an incredibly long name. (In that scene, actor Wilmer Valderrama was actually saying the first names of all the cast members.) His friends call him Fez because his real name is too long to easily remember or pronounce.

* Number Six and many other residents of The Village in ''[[The Prisoner]]''. (It is officially denied that Six is John Drake, a spy previously played by the same actor.)

* This trope turns up in mainstream shows too: British nostalgic hospital drama ''[[The Royal]]'' has a major character known only as Matron.

* Mac Taylor on [[CSI: NY]]. Mac *can* be a full name, but we've never found out for sure. Gary Sinise has said his name is McCanna (after Gary's son), but they've never said it onscreen.

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* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' has a number of examples:

** Noah Bennet is first credited as "Horn-Rimmed Glasses," referring to his eyewear. In the third episode of the series he is revealed to be Claire's father, and so became referred to by various characters as "Mr. Bennet," but his first name remains a mystery. A lampshade is hung on this in one episode, in which his wife says, "It's so strange that you all refer to him as 'Mr. Bennet'. I've always just known him as--" [[The Un-Reveal|before she is distracted by her dog]]. He finally reveals his first name, Noah, in the first season finale.

* On ''[[Chuck]]'', Sarah's real full name is unknown as of yet. Her other known childhood aliases are Jenny Burton, Rebecca Franco, and Katie O'Connell. As Bryce Larkin's partner, she was known as Mrs. Anderson on some missions. She introduces her father as Jack Burton; it's likely that was just the first name she thought of, since Chuck knew the Burton alias but not that it was an alias, and Jack was willing to play along. She does tell Chuck her middle name is Lisa, and from context it's likely that much is true.

** In "Chuck Versus the Fake Name", Sarah's real name is found out: {{spoiler|Sam}}

* In ''[[Leverage]]'', the characters of Parker and Sophie Devereaux are both within this trope. Parker is [[Only One Name]] and as a foster child may have no other name, nor a need for one as she has no life outside being a thief. "Sophie Devereaux" is just Sophie's favorite of many aliases, and her real is yet to be revealed.

* GOB's wife on ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' is never given a name, to reflect the fact that GOB doesn't know it. She's listed as "Bride of GOB" in the credits and "Wife of GOB" in other material. GOB makes several guesses to it, including "Krindy", "Amy" (Amy Poehler, Will Arnett's wife, plays the role), and "Saul" (actually her divorce lawyer). Michael knows what it is, but the opportunity never arises for him to use it.

** Only William Raines, Debbie Broots, and Catherine Parker (née Jamieson) get full names.

** Mr. Lyle is an interesting case, as that's an alias he adopted, and he may not even have a first name. One episode does reveal his full childhood name -- {{spoiler|Bobby Bowman}}—but he would probably argue that [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"|that's not his name any more]], if it ever really was.

* The BBC show ''[[Bugs]]'' manages this with the three stars, Nick Beckett, Ros Henderson and 'Ed', who has no specified surname.

* In ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'', the leading agent of the team, Callen, has no first name. Not even ''he'' knows his first name. All we know is that it starts with "G". The others refer to him as "Callen", "Agent Callen", "G. Callen", "G", or "Mr. Callen". Even during the most recent season finale where {{spoiler|Hetty leaves her position at NCIS to get a Romanian crime family off Callen's back by faking G's death certificate (complete with video evidence of G's death), we never know his first name.}} To maintain the mystique surrounding G's name {{spoiler|they probably had the first name on the form illegible except for the G, [[Genre Savvy|knowing that someone with a DVR could just pause at that exact moment to see it]].}}

* ''[[Bones]]'' has never revealed the name of Angela's father. Or her real name for that matter. We know her dad is Billy Gibbons in real life, but he never is given an onscreen name. And Angela named herself when she became an adult, due to her dad giving her an [[Embarrassing First Name]].

* On TV and in the radio, ''[[The Lone Ranger]]'' was this trope. We know his last name was Reed, like his brother and great grand-nephew ''[[The Green Hornet]]'', but we never learn his first name.

 

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