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Line 1: {{trope}} {{quote\|"There's something wrong here... or my name is Jose Santos de Guatemala! And it's not!"\|'''Courage''', \|''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]''}} A [[Stock Phrases]] used as a "guarantee" that something is or will be true. The idea is the person is so sure of it, he will bet his name on it. Occasionally played for irony if the speaker is using a false name. ~~----~~ {{examples\|Examples }}▼ ▲{{examples~~\|Examples~~ }} == [[Advertising]] == * Orville Redenbacher popcorn commercials: "You'll taste the difference, or my name isn't Orville Redenbacher." Line 35 ⟶ 34: "Yes!" hissed Agrajag, as if completing a rather deft syllogism. "Well, I'm afraid it was still a coincidence," said Arthur. }} * In ''[[~~Discworld/The Science of Discworld\|~~The Science of Discworld]]'', Ridcully, studying the problem of giving the Roundworld a sun, says, "We'll soon have his little world all warm, or my name's not Mustrum Ridcully." The Dean spends the first few paragraphs of the next chapter calling him things like "Mappin Winterly" or "Charlie Grinder". * ''[[The Gun Seller]]'': In Chapter 1, the first-person narrator introduces himself to a woman as James Fincham. Later in the narration, he uses the phrase "...then my name isn't James Fincham. Which, of course, it isn't", which is the first indication the reader has that he lied. == [[Live Action TV]] == Line 42 ⟶ 41: {{quote\|'''Remington Steele:''' I guarantee your exoneration on all charges, Buddy, or my name isn't Remington Steele. '''Laura Holt:''' Your name isn't Remington Steele. '''Remington:''' A mere technicality. }} * ''Acropolis Now'' episode "Jobs for the Girls" {{quote\|'''Effie Stephanidis:''' All right, we'll do it. Sophie and me will get a job or my name isn't... Line 48 ⟶ 47: '''Effie:''' Ezactly! }} * The [[Jim Henson]] TV special ''The Tale of the Bunny Picnic'', has the titular bunnies being stalked by a dog owned by a cruel farmer. The dog is nameless, and hopes to earn a name by catching the bunnies. A [[Running Gag]] has him saying things like "I'll catch that bunny or my name isn't...isn't...whatever it is." == [[Video Games]] == Line 99 ⟶ 97: == [[Real Life]] == * At age 62, Wyatt Earp once solved a confrontation by walking out of his tent, firing a rifle into the ground, and saying, "Back off or I'll blow you apart, or my name is not Wyatt Earp." * British DJ [[Kenny Everett]] once did a promo which ended with the words "...Or my name isn't Maurice Cole!" The joke being that most of the listeners at the time wouldn't have known that "Maurice Cole" ''was'' his real name. {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Or My Name Isn't~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Dialogue]] [[Category:Stock Phrases]] ▲[[Category:Or My Name Isn't]]