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**** This was made up in the translation.

*** Zelda's last name is Hyrule, given that King mentioned in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]'' is named Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule.

** ''[[Donkey Kong]]'' is the exception. He and Diddy are the only ones that are displayed with the full name in ''[[Super Smash Bros]]'', too.

** ''[[Donkey Kong]]'' is the exception. He and Diddy are the only ones that are displayed with the full name in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', too.

** Older heroes like Pit (Kid Icarus), the Popo and Nana (Ice Climbers).

** Many of the other hunters mentioned in the ''[[Metroid]] Prime'' series only have one name.

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** Everyone in ''[[Animal Crossing]]'' who isn't a tanuki. [http://www.aibohack.com/nds/ac_source.htm ROMSAVE.txt] reveals that the DS game stores a number from 0-65535 along with each human character's name that presumably represents an index into a list of surnames, but these aren't displayed in-game.

** Many of the main party members from the ''[[Earthbound]]''/''Mother'' series have [[Only One Name]].

** Krystal, from the ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star ~~Fox~~]]'' series, lacks a surname for plot reasons.

** Krystal, from the ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star FOX]]'' series, lacks a surname for plot reasons.

** Every character in the entire ''[[Kirby]]'' franchise has just one name, most notably Kirby, Meta Knight, and King Dedede. One might begin to wonder if names like Waddle Dee, Sir Kibble, and Knuckle Joe are a first and last name or just a two-word first name.

* A few "mysterious" characters follow this trope in ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'': Godot (though his full name is revealed later), Iris, and Bikini, for example, are referred to by Only One Name even in court. {{spoiler|We can assume that Iris gave up her family name (Fey) when she joined the temple}}.

* Seth and Kane in ''[[Command ~~and~~ Conquer]]'': In the first briefing of the Nod campaign, Seth introduces himself as "Seth... just, 'Seth'." Likewise, the news report at the end of the GDI campaign refers to Kane as Nod's "single-named" leader.

* Seth and Kane in ''[[Command & Conquer]]'': In the first briefing of the Nod campaign, Seth introduces himself as "Seth... just, 'Seth'." Likewise, the news report at the end of the GDI campaign refers to Kane as Nod's "single-named" leader.

** What, like Zavros and Yuri had last names?

** You also have Boris. Averted, for the most part, in ''Red Alert 3'', where every named Russian character may be only known by one name but has a full name (minus patronymic) listed in the manual. Played straight with Emperor Yoshiro and Crown Prince Tatsu, but that's typical for Japanese emperors to only have one name (e.g. Hirohito, Akihito).