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* Secret, from ''[[Keychain of Creation]]'', whose full name is so long that, with her low stamina, she can't say the whole thing without passing out. The name is: The Most Secret And Sorrowful Of All the Bearers Of The Endless Destiny Of All Creation Which Wander Amidst Forgotten Sights And Fallen Tears Along The Tread Of Ancient Ashen Footsteps Through The Shadow Of That Which Comes And Into That Riotous Cacophony That Births All Fools And Steals All Beauty, Who Heralds Through Her Silence The Stillness And Chill Of Those Who Were Not Born And Who Will Not 'Till All Things Fall And In That Most Grim Harvest Form The Final Tomb Of All Awakened Life And All The Sleepless Dead. (It may go on, but this is where she passed out).

* In ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'', Dr. Ginny Smith's (she's a Soviet [[Deep-Cover Agent]]) Russian name is: Valentina Irina Ranevskaya Galina Ivana Natalya Iriyushka Anastasia Sonyechka Marinochka Ineslenka Tatyana Hvorostovsky. [[MST3K Mantra|Ignore the fact]] that it violates Russian naming conventions - Morgan-Mar [[Rule of Funny|clearly did for joke purposes]]. And [[Fun with Acronyms|the acronym]] for it is "VIRGINIA SMITH".

* In ''[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 ''[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 ''[[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.

* ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' introduced in early comics a knight by the name of Siegfried Gunther Aern Damaske von Callan. When he introduces himself to Dominic (and later to many others), Dominic's only response is to stare at him blankly even after he describes his problem, prompting Siggy to ask, "I lost you at the name, didn't I?". Dominic (and later many others) immediately says, "Er.... may I just call you Siggy?"

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* The director of ''[[The Lives of Others]]'', Florian Maria Georg Christian Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck. He's also a count.

* Los Angeles' full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciúncula (Translation: "The City of Our Lady, Queen of the Angels of the River of Porciúncula"). Now one can see why they just call the place L.A.

* 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 ''[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.

* 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.

** One episode of ''The Goodies'' showed the trio getting into a train at said station. As it moves off, the station roof can be seen through the window, with the name painted on it in large letters. The train eventually reaches the end of the name, and they get out again.

** And then there's ''Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion'', a railway station named so in order to outdo the above-mentioned town. Better known as ''[[wikipedia:File:Golf Halt Station.jpg|Golf Halt]]''.

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* The full name of Santa Anna, the Mexican general/president who was in power during the Texan revolution, had the full name "Antonio de Padua María Severino Lopéz de Santa Anna y Perez de Lébron".

* [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/I_Am_The_Beast_etc._v._Michigan_State_Police I AM THE BEAST SIX SIX SIX OF THE LORD OF HOSTS IN EDMOND FRANK MACGILLIVRAY JR NOW. I AM THE BEAST SIX SIX SIX OF THE LORD OF HOSTS IEFMJN. I AM THE BEAST SIX SIX SIX OF THE LORD OF HOSTS. I AM THE BEAST SIX SIX SIX OTLOHIEFMJN. I AM THE BEAST SSSOTLOHIEFMJN. I AM THE BEAST SIX SIX SIX. BEAST SIX SIX SIX LORD.]

* The Czech fringe political party ''[http://snipurl.com/wdodw Pravý Blok]'' 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>

* 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>

** Which makes the German party ''Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative'' (''Party for employment, rule of law, animal protection, furtherance of the elites and grassroot democratic initiative'', mostly chosen for the acronym "Partei" - "party") look silly in comparison. Well, it is run by a (decidedly left wing) satire monthly.

* There's a small town in South Africa (about 20 km west of Pretoria) that's called "Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein" - which is Afrikaans for "[[Improbable Aiming Skills|The spring where two buffalo were shot dead with one bullet]]". It's since become a synonym in South Africa for an obscure rural small town.