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* [[Robert Heinlein]]'s ''The Number of the Beast''. One of the characters is named D.T. ("Deety") Burroughs. She goes by her initials because she's embarrassed by her real first and middle names: Dejah Thoris (her father Jacob was a fan of the [[John Carter of Mars]] books).
* Y.T. in ''[[Snow Crash]]'', though she does explain what it stands for once, to an incidental character who heard it as "Whitey" and is considering taking offense.
* TS Garp in ''The World According to Garp.'' He's officially [[Dead Guy, Junior|named for his father]]--except his mother [[We Hardly Knew Ye|never knew his father's first name]], only his army rank. "TS" stands for "Technical Sergeant." Everyone just calls him Garp.
** In [[The Film of the Book]], teen Garp tries to convince his girlfriend that it stands for "Terribly Sexy."
* Members of the V.F.D. in ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' are referred to only by their initials to preserve anonymity. This results in complications, as ''[[Lemony Snicket the Unauthorized Autobiography|The Unauthorized Autobiography]]'' demonstrates during a transcript of a meeting, and in ''The Penultimate Peril'' when a total of three characters have the legitimate and undisguised initials {{spoiler|J.S.}}.
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* JD (John Dorian) from ''[[Scrubs]]''
* DJ from ''[[The Latest Buzz]]''
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* B.A. Baracus on ''[[The A-Team (TV)|The A-Team]]''
* JJ (James Jr.) Evans from ''[[Good Times]]''
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** J. F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone
** [[GK Chesterton (Creator)|GK Chesterton]]
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