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* ''[[Mass Effect]]'' averts this with everyone except for Legion and ({{spoiler|until he joins Clan Urdnot}}) Grunt. Then again, except for Ashley, Kaidan, and a few formal situations involving Tali, almost nobody's last name is ever mentioned.

** In ''[[Mass Effect]]'', ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', and ''[[Dragon Age 2]]'', due to limitations on the system the player character is only ever referred to by his/her last name (Shepard and Hawke, respectively).

** In the ''[[Dragon Age]]'' universe, no Dalish we ever see has a last name, and [[Black Magician Girl|Morrigan]] doesn't have a family name. The game doesn't give family names for [[Jeanne D Archetype|Leliana]] or [[Boisterous Bruiser|Oghren]] either. [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Sten's]] true ''first'' name is never even revealed, and while Alistair arguably has a surname, {{spoiler|it isn't used because it would be a spoiler, and because he's not interested in announcing his [[Royal Blood]] to everyone he meets.}}

** In the ''[[Dragon Age]]'' universe, no Dalish we ever see has a last name, and [[Black Magician Girl|Morrigan]] doesn't have a family name. The game doesn't give family names for [[Jeanne D'Archetype|Leliana]] or [[Boisterous Bruiser|Oghren]] either. [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Sten's]] true ''first'' name is never even revealed, and while Alistair arguably has a surname, {{spoiler|it isn't used because it would be a spoiler, and because he's not interested in announcing his [[Royal Blood]] to everyone he meets.}}

*** Very few non-player characters actually have last names given in-game, either, and most of them are nobility. [[Fridge Brilliance|This may be a]] [[Shout-Out]] to [[A Song of Ice and Fire]], which was acknowledged as an influence on the series.

*** The Qunari in general don't have last names. Even their first names are merely titles and can be taken away. Anyone who joins the Qun also sheds their name.

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** ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', on the other hand, gave almost EVERY character a surname (Cloud Strife, Aerith Gainsborough, etc...) though Sephiroth and his father Professor Hojo remain notable exceptions.

*** One character in the Compilation actually got an upgrade from this to a [[Meaningful Name]], going from just Lazard in the Japanese version to Lazard Deusericus in the English Version. Meaningful because {{spoiler|Deusericus is the Latin rendering of Shinra (both meaning "Silken God"), hinting that Lazard is in fact the bastard son of President Shinra.}}

*** The [[Final Fantasy Tactics]] series mixes this up a bit. Most of the major characters like Ramza, Ezel, Marche, etc. have surnames, but everyone else does not. In ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics ~~a 2~~]]'', Luso Clemens is the only character (besides Ezel) who has a surname, but everyone else has only a first name or a nickname.

*** The [[Final Fantasy Tactics]] series mixes this up a bit. Most of the major characters like Ramza, Ezel, Marche, etc. have surnames, but everyone else does not. In ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics A2]]'', Luso Clemens is the only character (besides Ezel) who has a surname, but everyone else has only a first name or a nickname.

*** You forgot {{spoiler|Frimelda Lotice, Ghi Yelgi, Al-Cid Margrace, and Syrenead Sie Hyskarias}}

*** Well, there's also Kunsel, Tseng, Rude, Reno, Elena, Bugenhagen, Palmer, Scarlet, Nanaki, Seto, Heidigger, Elfe, Fuhito, Biggs, Wedge, Jessie and so on.

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** Recently we've met Mr. Verres' mentor, "Arthur J. Arthur". [[Word of God]] has it that the J stands for "Just".

* The main character of ''[[Too Much Information]]'', Ace, literally and legally has no last name.

* Sabrina and her family in ''[[~~Sabrina Online (Webcomic)|~~Sabrina Online]]'' never had their surname revealed, though some fan fiction has tried to do the job for the strip ("Mustelidae").

* Sabrina and her family in ''[[Sabrina Online]]'' never had their surname revealed, though some fan fiction has tried to do the job for the strip ("Mustelidae").

* ''[[Queen of Wands]]'' never mentions the last names of its characters, though ''[[Something Positive]]'' does. Kestrel from ''QoW'' wound up becoming a recurring character in ''S*P'', but still has no last name, which is [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] on the cast page.

* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'': Jones "[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=367 Just Jones will do]". [[Word of God|Word of Tom]] [http://www.formspring.me/gunnerkrigg/q/261930246 confirms] that Jones is her full name.

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* "The Frying Game," an episode of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' includes Lou the cop telling a reporter that he and Eddie (the other cop) have no last name "like Cher."

** In fact, a majority of recurring characters in Springfield, as well as certain one-time characters do not have last names, while some characters have their identities concealed be nicknames, honorifics, and occupational titles. If fact, many of the same recurring children of Springfield Elementary only have first names, while their full identities are never mention, possibly due to the negligence of the school staff and the writers.

* Timon and Pumbaa from ''[[The Lion King]]'' were given last names, Berkowitz and Smith, respectively in ''[[Timon and Pumbaa]]'' (Nowadays, though, [[Canon ~~Dis Continuity~~|Disney pretends they weren't]].)

* Timon and Pumbaa from ''[[The Lion King]]'' were given last names, Berkowitz and Smith, respectively in ''[[Timon and Pumbaa]]'' (Nowadays, though, [[Canon Discontinuity|Disney pretends they weren't]].)

* ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' is an interesting case, everyone has only a first name, like Mac, or only a last name, like Mr Herriman. Only two main cast members are exceptions; Frankie has a last name by association (she's Madame Foster's Granddaughter) and Bloo, because he's the main character.

** Though Bloo's last name was just made up by three-year-old Mac, of course.