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{{quote|''"Salacia Deloresista Amanita Trigestatra Zeldana Malifee..." He paused, turned over several pages, and said, "I think we can skip some of these, but they end 'von Humpeding'."''|''[[Discworld/Thud|Thud]]''}}

* ''[[ZeroThe noFamiliar Tsukaimaof Zero]]'':

** [[ZeroThe noFamiliar Tsukaimaof Zero/Characters|Several others]]. Most of which double as a [[Historical In-Joke]]. Kirche's full name is Catherine the Great's maiden-name for instance.

* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia|]]:'' "My name is]] [[Moe Anthropomorphism|England]]. My official name is The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. [[Mean Brit|It will come up in the test later]]!"

* Aram from ''[[Meru Puri]]''{{'}}s full name is Astale Ei Daemonia Eucharistia Aram.

* The general mechanics behind the naming of ''[[Digimon]]'' mean that falling victim to this is both easy and common once they reach [[Evolutionary Levels|the higher levels]], or occasionally even before. A common tendency is to add a prefix word to a name to modify it for a new evolutionary form, possibly the most famous example being [[Digimon Adventure|MetalGreymon]]. Some prefixes even stack onto each other to signify variations and counterparts, such as adding "Black" to make a probably-evil Virus variant. Some of the longest examples are BlackMetalGarurumon, [[Digimon Frontier|ShadowMetalKabuterimon]], MetallifeKuwagamon, [[Digimon X Evolution|DexDorugoramon]] and, most hilariously, [[Digimon World 2|ChaosBlackWarGreymon]]. The recent [[Digimon World DS|set of]] [[Digimon World Dawn/Dusk|DS RPGs]] [[Up to Eleven|couldn't even fit a majority of Digimon names in the space allotted for said names]]!

* The hentai anime ''[[Resort Boin]]'' has an absurd example. in Mika Kuouzumiaiginsusutakeizumonokamimeichoujin.

* ''[[Noblesse|]]:'' Cadis Etrama Di Raizel]]. Of course, not as bad as other examples but still, it's quite mouthful.

* Speaking of which, there '''is''' Yamagami Lucy Kimiko Akie Airi Shiori Rinne Yoshiho Ayano Tomika Chitose Sanae Mikiko Ichika... (it's implied there may be '''more''') from ''[[Servant x Service]]''. Her parents couldn't make up their minds, and a civil service official let it go through, for which Lucy wants to give him a piece of her mind.

* ''[[Defoe]]'' has a character named If-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Wouldst-Be-Damned Jones.

* At one point in the second Megami Sound stage of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', Fate, who has been [[Happily Adopted|adopted]] by the Harlaown family, apologizes for how long "Fate Testarossa-Harlaown" is, but notes that [[The Maiden Name Debate|both of them are her "real last names"]].

* ''[[My Immortal]]'': The fan-novel follows the ever-dramatic life and times of [[Mary Sue|Ebony Darkness Dementia Raven Way]], alternatively spelled ''[[Rouge Angles of Satin|Enoby Draknsss Demanta Rave Wag]]'' and her boyfriends Draco and [[Meaningful Rename|Vampire]], the latter previously known as ''[[Harry Potter]]''. Common theory among fanfiction circles is that any fanfictionfan fiction whose character names span five (as many as Ebony has) or more are probably ''[[My Immortal]]'' parodies [or at least are paying homage].

** Overly long names for [[Parody Sue]]s have been a mainstay in ''Potter'' fandom since at least ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (novel)|Order of the Phoenix]]''. It's only that ''[[My Immortal]]'' made the tradition known outside of the fandom.

* ''[[Arceus Archives|Rock Megaphone]]'' brings us Lightradiantperfectebonyclawsonicflightdementiaechoserenitytarachime the Chimecho, shorted conveniently to "Chimey". She actually doesn't care what part of her name you call her, as long as it isn't "Lrpecsfdestc". The Chimecho race uses a naming system similar to that of ''[[Warrior Cats]]'', and her parents just went a little... overboard.

** Due to the fact that she has "ebony", "dementia", and "tara" in her name, that probably makes it a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[My Immortal]]''.

* Atlantiana Rebekah Loren of ''[[Forbiden Fruit: The Tempation Of Edward Cullen|Forbiden Fruit the Tempation of Edward Cullen]]''.

* In ''[[Naruto Veangance Revelaitons]]'', one of the [[catgirl]]s is named zoshiyanahasu-itakamajiduonisaabozai-equanidafutara, but prefers to go by Becky.

* ThisThere troper hasis an OC in a Troper Work ''Harry Potter'' fanfic{{context}} that had so many different family alliances (mother, father, foster father, soulmates, etc) that the name her [[Makes Sense in Context|magical family tree]] recognized her as was "Elizabeth Grace Anastasia Malfoy-Moss-Flitwick-Flint-Lupin". Lampshaded by one of her friends with "Girl, make your mind up!". <!-- MOD: It would be nice to, like, tell us the title of this literary masterpiece. -->

* In ''[[Texas Across The River]]'', Alain Delon's character introduces himself as Don Andrea Baldazar, El Duce de la Casala. Dean Martin's character replies, "And what do folks in a hurry call you?" before deciding to dub him "Baldy".

* Somewhat subverted in the remake of ''[[Mr. Deeds]]''. [[Winona Ryder]]'s character (lying) says she is from Winchestertonfieldville, Iowa. Later in the film, [[Adam Sandler]]'s titular character somehow ''finds'' (and takes her to) Winchestertonfieldville, Iowa.

* The classic "[[Laurel and Hardy]]" short ''The Music Box'' features Professor Theodore von Schwarzenhoffen, M.D., A.D, D.D.S.,F.L.D, F.F.F unt F. Thus combining this trope with Overly Long Title.

* It's not a ''character'' name, but in ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'', people always respond to the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division with "Wow, you should shorten that." They do by the end of the film, to [[Fun with Acronyms|SHIELD]]. (Subverted in the first episode of the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe|MCU]] TV show ''[[Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' when a character, asked if he knows what it means, replied, [[Lampshade Hanging|"It means someone really wanted it to spell 'shield'."]])

* In [[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]]'s Middle-earth (''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', etc.), the tree-like Ents have a language that to us 'hasty folk' is incredibly long-winded. Entish names are more or less a complete description and history of the individual thing being discussed. Worse yet, due to the phonetics of Ent language (which has a lot of humming), they can't even be transcribed. Tolkien was a linguist; when he wrote that something couldn't be transcribed, he would have had a pretty good idea of how bizarre a language would have to be for that to be the case. However he did offer "a-lalla-lalla-rumba-kamanda-lind-or-burúmë" as a "probably very inaccurate" attempt by the Hobbits to represent a fragment of Entish. This was ''part'' of the word for a ''hill.''

** So Treebeard's real name would be a description plus biography of his life uptoup to that point in time. This gives some understanding of why Ent-moots take so long. Note that at that point, Treebeard was ''the oldest mortal living thing in Middle Earth'', and the rest of the Ents aren't ''too'' much younger.

** "Sally" von Humpeding from ''[[Discworld/Thud|Thud!]]''. Like other [[Discworld]] vampires, Margolotta von Überwald has four pages in the ''Almanack de Gothic'' (which parodies the ''Almanac de Gotha'' in the same way that ''Twurp's Peerage'' parodies ''Burke's Peerage''). The vampire in ''[[Discworld/Monstrous Regiment|Monstrous Regiment]]'' has to turn over the page while writing down his name to join the army ("but you can just call me Maledict"). It's mentioned in another book that vampires in general tend to acquire very long names "as a means of passing the time."

** ''[[Discworld/Monstrous Regiment|Monstrous Regiment]]'' also introduces the nation of Borogravia, which is governed from an old castle at PrinceMarmadukePiotreAlbertHansJosephBernhardtWilhelmsberg. Presumably all of that except the "berg" is the Overly Long Name of the prince whom the place was named after.

** ''[[Discworld/The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]]'' had a Nac Mac Feegle named "Not-as-big-as-Medium-Sized-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock Jock". Pratchett did his usual "wind it to 11" trick on the page he gets introduced, resulting in sentences like ' "No, not Not-as-big-as-Medium-Sized-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock, Not-as-big-as-Medium-Sized-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock ''Jock''" said Not-as-big-as-Medium-Sized-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock Jock. ' It rapidly gets surreal. And hilarious.

** C.M.O.T. Dibbler appears many times in the books, and the initials had been understood to stand for his nickname, Cut-me-own-throat Dibbler, until in ''[[Discworld/Making Money|Making Money]]'' his full name was unveiled: Claude Maximillian Overton Transpire Dibbler. So he said anyway, but this is Dibbler (AKA 'throat') we're talking about. It's quite possible he made it up.

** Omnian names like [[Discworld/Carpe Jugulum|"Mightily-Praiseworthy-Are-Ye-Who-Exalteth-Om Oats"]] and watchmen "Visit-The-Infidel-With-Explanatory-Pamphlets" and "Smite-the-Unbeliever-with-Cunning-Arguments". Vimes' regicide ancestor was called Suffer-Not-Injustice Vimes.

* ''[[Tikki Tikki Tembo]]'', an American children's book about "why Chinese people have short names," involves a young boy named... Tikki-tikki-tembo No-sa-rembo Chari-bari-ruchi Pip-peri-pembo. The story involves characters forced to say the name multiple times as they report him having fallen into a well. In early versions of the story, it takes so long to organize a rescue that the unfortunate Tikki-tikki-tembo No-sa-rembo Chari-bari-ruchi Pip-peri-pembo drowns. In the more well known children's book, [[Never Say "Die"|he just barely survives]].

** There is a Japanese variant with a name having over 30 parts (in the Russian translation it is given as <ref>"Onyudo - Konyudo - Mapiraponyudo - Hiranyudo - Sej-takaponyudo - Harimapobeto - Hejtako - Hejtako - Heme-ta - Kemeta - Ichchiochirika - Chochchorachirika - Chooni-Chooni - Chobikuni - Chotorabucuni - Nagonabicuni - Apoyama - Kopoyama - Amosu - Komosu -Moosu - Moosu - Moosigo - Yasiklapdoni - Temoku - Temoku - Mokuno - Mokuno - Mokudzobo - Tavanchoosuna - Hihidzoeshka")</ref>.

* In novels by [[Iain M Banks|Iain M. Banks]], the interstellar non-empire called [[The Culture]] features long names, with references to significant places, symbolic references and group affiliations . For example, Balveda, from ''Consider Phlebas''; Juboal-Rabaroansa Perosteck Alseyn Balveda dam T'seif. She was born on the Rabaroan Orbital, Juboal star system, is currently affiliated with the T'seif estate, was named Perosteck Balveda by her parent(s) and chose Alseyn herself (it's a graceful but fierce avian raptor). By making names this unique, The Culture avoids any confusion. Many of the names Culture ships choose for themselves count as Overly Long Names in their own right, eg the ''GSV So Much for Subtlety'', the ''ROU All Through With This Niceness And Negotiation Stuff'', ''GSV Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival'', ''GCU Very Little [[Running Gag|Gravitas]] Indeed'' or ''ROU Frank Exchange Of Views'' (Psychopath Class).

** At the end of the essay/mini-[[Universe Compendium]] ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20061128172539/http://nuwen.net/culture.html A Few Notes On The Culture]'', Banks temporarily adopts Culture-biological naming conventions to sign himself as "Sun-Earther Iain El-Bonko Banks of North Queensferry".

* ''[[Star Surgeon]]'' by Alan Edward Nourse has the character Dal Timgar, whose full name is unpronounceable to humans.

** She also loves doing this in her ''[[Star Trek]]'' novels, especially concerning Romulans—sorry, Rihannsu. ''[[The Romulan Way]]'' features a Romulan Commander named Ael i-Mhiessan t'Rllaillieu, and a Federation agent going by the name Arrhae ir-Mnaeha t'Khellian. To make things even worse, the poor woman's ''Human'' name is Terise Haleakala-LoBrutto. And now my fingers have cramped up.

* In the afterword to ''[[3001]]'', [[Arthur C. Clarke]] admits to rifling through a Sri Lankan phonebook to find the name "Thirugnanasampanthamoorthy". (The character so named comes up with the idea of infecting the Monolith with a computer virus.) It's rather a short name by Sri Lankan standards.

* In the ''[[Liaden Universe]]'' stories of Steve Miller and Sharon Lee there's an alien race among whom each individual's name is not merely a reference label but a complete description of the individual (they're extremely long-lived, and like the Ents have never seen the value of shortcuts). The individual who most often appears in the stories is introduced as "Twelfth Shell Fifth Hatched Knife Clan of Middle River's Spring Spawn of Farmer Greentrees of the Spear-makers Den, The Edger"—and that's the ultra-condensed version he uses on human paperwork; his full name, we're told, takes nearly twelve hours to speak. Fortunately for the characters (and the reader), he lets his human friends get away with just "Edger".

* [[Alan Dean Foster]]'s novel ''[[Spellsinger]]'' features "Caspar di Lorca di l'Omollia di los Enansas Giterxos", more usually known as "Caz". A city councilor in the sequel goes by the name of Millevoddevareen. Ironically, his associate Mudge accuses the hero, Jonathan Thomas Meriweather, of having an excessively long name and insists on calling him "Jon-Tom".

* The title character of Christopher Stasheff's ''[[Warlock of Gramarye|The Warlock in Spite of Himself]]'' is Rod Gallowglass, "born Rodney d'Armand (he had five middle names, but they make dull reading)...."

* In [[Andre Norton]]'s early novel ''[[Ruritania|The Prince Commands]]'' there's "Michael Karl Johann Stefan Rene Eric Marie, [[Try to Fit That on A Business Card|Prince and Lord of Rein, First Lord of the Kingdom, Duke of Casnov, Count of Urnt, Baron of Kelive,"]] (plus several others, including colonelcy of three different units), newly informed of his royal heritage and usually referred to or addressed simply as "Michael Karl" (when it's not by someone calling him "Your Royal Highness"). The family name, although ''not included in that recitation'', is Karloff. {{spoiler|(Some of his titles may have gone away when it turned out his cousin the Crown Prince wasn't dead after all. But then, he might have gotten them back after the Crown Prince became King.)}}

* One of the characters in Raymond Queneau's ''[The Blue Flowers]]'' is named Joachim Olinde Anastase Crepinien Honorat Irenee Mederic, whose initials spell out his first name.

* The Chiss race in the ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'' have longish names which are contracted to a daily-use shorter version, the "core name". People need permission to use those, though - it's like going on a [[First-Name Basis]]. [[Outbound Flight|Mitth'raw'nuruodo]], rather [[The Unpronounceable|hard to say]] for most people, first courteously and then with more condescension allowed humans to call him Thrawn.

* Mo from the ''[[Eddie and The Gang With No Name]]'' trilogy could count. Her full name is Mary Agnes Catlin Delores Assumptia O'Riorden.

* At one point in ''[[The Vorkosigan Saga]]'', Aral introduces himself as Prime Minister Admiral Count Aral Vorkosigan.

* The Princess from the ''[[Myth Adventures]]'' short story "Myth-ter Right" is named Gloriannamarjolie. That's just her ''first'' name, mind you, as was selected by her father, King Henryarthurjon.

* This is the premise of the book "''[[Turtle Knows Your Name"]]'' where the main character's name is Upsilimana Tumpalerado and everyone makes fun of him for it; it is later reveled his grandma's name is Mapaseedo Jackalindy Eye Pie Tackarindy.

* In Eric Linklater's ''[[The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea]]'', octopi have very long names. Culliferdontofoscofoliopolydesteropouf reluctantly allows the other protagonists to call him Cully, while pointing out that it's a very short name for an octopus.

* His Excellency Shri Katarnak Kala Kaloota Kawa Kaw Kaw, a [[Evil Albino|white]] crow who becomes an [[Evil Overlord]] in the ''[[Crow Chronicles]]''.

* In ''[[Tales of Kolmar]]'', the [[Our Dragons Are Different|Kantri]] all have lengthy truenames known to very few and rarely spoken, short usenames known by all, and slightly longer usenames used by close friends. Their king's truename is Khordeshkhistriakhor, Akhor to most, Akhorishaan to close friends. The human Lanen can't pronounce his usename properly and calls him Akor. When Akhor {{spoiler|becomes human}}, he finds his old truename no longer applies and picks a new one - Varien Kantriakor rash-Gedri, Kadreshi naLanen, which he lampshades as being a bit long. Varien the Changed One, for short.

* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|]]:'' Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix 01]]. Although it's technically her designation, not her given name, which is Annika Hansen. She chooses to go by "Seven", though.

** ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Another Star Trek series]]'' has Reginald Endicott Barclay III.

* In ''[[That '70s Show]]'', one of the main characters, Fez, is a foreign exchange student, haswith a very long name. In a flashback, someone asks his real name and [[Plot-Based Voice Cancellation|he is drowned out by a school-bell]]. (In that scene, actor Wilmer Valderrama was actually saying the first names of all the cast members.)

* ''[[Are You Being Served?|Are You Being Served]]'' - Mrs. Slocombe, née Mary Elizabeth Jennifer Rachel Abergavenny Yiddell.

* From the Scottish sitcom ''[[Rab C. Nesbitt]]'', the Glaswegian equivalent of Hannibal Lecter: John William Pure Mad Mental Intae Yer Body Simpson Craig Gemmell Rib Racker No Real Young Rebel Ya Bas' St John McGurn. Known as Young Young McGurn, for most purposes.

* An episode of the [[Nickelodeon]] series ''[[You Can't Do That on Television]]'', based an episode about how the cast member Kevin Kubusheskie was changing his name to "Kevin Ilyanivitch Rasputin Kubusheskie".

* Nasir from ''[[Robin of Sherwood]]'' has a very long and virtually unpronounableunpronounceable name (to everyone but himself).

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140623070946/http://www.akh.se/lyrics/sama_kama_wacky_brown.htm Eddie Cootchie Catchy Kama Tosa Neera Tosa Noka Sama Kama Wacky-Brown] fell into a well.

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* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100304195552/http://dozerfleetwiki2.wiki-site.com/index.php/Gored_By_Them_Things Gored By Them Things]'', a tree frog exists named Barthomiolioliolus Lemontine Woolworth III. He goes by "Skippy." He, Captain Rum, Apegorn, Blotto, and Tacky are about the only characters who do anything useful.

* In the ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' prequel volume ''Start of Darkness'', Xykon is courted as an ally by goblin and lizardfolk tribes. The lizardfolk spokesman introduces himself as "Ekdysdioksosiirwo, Viridian Lord of--".... Xykon declares this too long to remember and blasts him dead. He then asks the goblin spokesman, ("you, in the red cloak") what his name is, and gets the answer "Redcloak." To date, Redcloak's actual goblin name has not been revealed.

* ''[[Girl Genius|]]:'' Zola Anya Talinka Venia Zeblinkya Malfeazium]], [http://girlgenius.wikia.com/wiki/Zola otherwise known as] [[Fan Nickname|Pinky]].

* The second episode of ''[[Lego Pirate Misadventures]]'' has the guys run into a "Stereotypical Islander Guy" named Oogydoogbergsonmargolatitudekaypainkismitelephantlatrinetweaksmithpassportmoisttoiletteninetytwonincorbluepoquipsibowlinggreendelsinatraartistformallyknownasooganderson, though the following episode simplified it as "Oogey Boogson".

* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': Selma Bouvier Terwilliger Hutz McClure thought that adding Nahasapeemapetilon was a stretch too far. Didn't stop her adding Stu later, though...

* In the Hansel & Gretel episode of [[HBO]]'s "''[[Happily Ever After]]''", the stepmother tells them to refer to her as "Mrs. Hernandez de la Torrez del Balboa"

* Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales. It incidentally comprises a visitor centre telling you how great the place is and selling souvenirs, a railway station with a very long nameplate, and some houses. Talk about not living up to the hype. The alternative (and funny) tourist guide ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20110317141950/http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/articles/bollockstoaltontowers/ Bollocks To Alton Towers]'' marvels at how Llanfair PG (the town's condensed name) has made a tourist attraction out of nothing more than a funny name. You might think it's unfair picking on the town, because it can't help what it's named... you'd be wrong. The town was deliberately renamed as a tourism gimmick when the railroad came through; before that it was just plain Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, which is still its name on official road signs and maps.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111225011409/http://www.sarahmcculloch.com/luminaryuprise/longest-word.php The full chemical name of titin.] All other words ''combined'' on this page can't even reach a sixth of that length.

* The Czech fringe political party ''[http://snipurl.com/wdodw Pravý Blok]''{{Dead link}} went into the elections with a name which ran over 30 lines and consisted of a rant against the current political situation, with the party's Internet and snail mail address at the end. For those interested, the full name of the party (translated from the Czech; the party's website and postal address has been redacted, capitalization and punctuation left intact) is.<ref>"Vote for Right Block - party for easy and fast RECALL of politicians and state employees DIRECTLY BY THE PEOPLE, for LOW taxes, BALANCED budget, MINIMALIZATION of bureacracy, FAIR and UNCORRUPTED police and justice, REFERENDA and DIRECT DEMOCRACY [website], running with the best anti-criminal programme of DIRECT democracy and deep national, spiritual and moral renaissance YOU DON'T TRUST THE POLITICIANS AND THEIR JOURNALISTS? FINALLY! BELIEVE IN OURSELVES!!! - but also with many other REASONS we should EVERYBODY GO TO ELECTIONS, but - if we don't want to be ONCE AGAIN lied to, cheated and robbed - NOT VOTE FOR ANY PARLIAMENTARY TUNNEL-PARTY of the ruling (post) communist RUSSIAN-CZECH totalitarian POLICECRACY and their destructive anti-national politics WORSE IS BETTER!!! - which asks for the support of ALL THE CZECH CITIZENS and taxpayers who want to change the current criminal state of affairs, of which we are all victims, into its opposite! IN THE FIGHT BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL, TRUTH AND LIES, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BE NEUTRAL AND STILL REMAIN FAIR!!! This is why we thank for your support!!! If you don't believe in humility at the executioner's cart, if our list does not seem good enough to you or if it misses a representative of your village or town and at the same time you HAVE COURAGE in this war of the People of Good against the ruling People of Evil to arise from civic unconsciusness, by which they destroy us, and radically change the today's DEMOCRATORSHIP, HIDDEN TOTALITARIANISM and SLAVERY OF THE HIGHER AUTHORITY, then CANDIDATE FOR US!!! Contact: Vote for Right Block [website], [postal address]"</ref>

* Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, former U.S. Senator from Alabama and briefly Attorney General of the United States. Goes by "Jeff".