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== Anime
* ''[[Doctor Slump]]'' has some [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]] characters with names like this, including Suppaman (a portmanteau of "Superman" and ''suppa'', which is Japanese for "sour") and Parzan ("Tarzan" and ''paa'', which literally means "flat" but can also mean "stupid").
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** The use of Parody Names in ''MAD'' apparently dates back to a story in issue #3 featuring the Lone Stranger, his sidekick Pronto, and his horse Golden. After "Superduperman" in the next issue provoked a lawsuit from [[DC Comics]], their parody of ''[[Batman]]'' reiterated that it was ''not'' to be mistaken for the genuine article: "Bat Boy mit a '''Boy'''! Rubin mit a '''U'''!"
** This was strangely averted in Mad's ''[[Seinfeld]]'' parody.
* ''[
* ''Star Wreck'' (the 1990s book series, not the Finnish film series) had James T. Smirk and Mr Smock on board the ''USS Endocrine'' plus Commander Zulu, Ensign Checkout, etc, etc. Also their [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|new replacements]] on the ''Endocrine-D'': Jean-[[I Love Lucy|Lucy Ricardo]], Commander Piker, Counselor [[Motor City|Dee Troit]], etc, etc, etc
** And in the later books they were all joined by the crew of Station [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Geek Space Nine]]: Bungeeman Crisco, Constable Dodo, Major Vera, etc, etc, etc, etc
* ''[[Discworld]]'' novels don't have much of this stuff, but Gimlet, the dwarf with famously piercing eyes who runs a deli on Cable Street, may be intended as a reference to [[The Lord of the Rings|Gimli, son of Gloin]].
** It's not as rare as you think; this is the same guy who gave us ''Cohen'' the Barbarian.
*** ''Ghengiz'' Cohen, in fact.
** Most Discworld parody names are [[Genius Bonus]]es; Salzella, the music director in ''[[
*** The original pun deserves explanation. A brief [[Running Gag]] was for a character to describe some supernatural or otherwise creepy person as having "Eyes... Like [[wikipedia:Gimlet (tool)|Gimlets]]!". To which another character would respond "...You mean the Dwarf what runs the-" "I mean he has bloody creepy eyes that's what!". Eventually Gimlet and his delicatessen appeared in a later book.
* The Samurai Cat series of novels does this as a cover for all the copyrighted characters it parodies, although it's rarely so much funny as it is a simple aversion. During the Star Trek section of "Samurai Cat Goes to the Movies" (a mashup-parody anthology, in which the crew is attacked by Xenomorphs, a parody Predator, and a "Terminationer" that's been dogging the main characters for a few chapters), for example, Sulu becomes Sununu, and Chekov becomes Tolstoy. Not quite as clever as how the Terminationer was sent back from an alternate future in which the main character had never existed, "It's a Wonderful Life" style.
* ''[[The Hunger Pains]]'' is another book by the Harvard Lampoon, which parodies ''[[The Hunger Games]]'' by Suzanne Collins. You have Kantkiss Neverclean, skilled archer, Effu Poorpeople (Effie Trinket), Pita Malarkey, and so on and so forth. Some names are obviously made up for the book, while others (namely, Carol Handsomestein) aren't as obvious to figure out, to most.<ref>It seems that the Lampoon wanted to make fun of the fact that Gale's name sounds like a girl, so they named him Carol</ref>
== [[Live
* Some of the more obscure Muppets on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' had such names, including [[Sherlock Holmes|Sherlock Hemlock]], Plácido Flamingo and [[Meryl Streep|Meryl Sheep]] (probably meant as [[Parental Bonus]]).
** Plus Monsterpiece Theater, with Alistair Cookie!
** Along with Pat Playjacks, Velma Blank, Ross Parrot, and [[Vincent Price|Vincent Twice]].
*** Vincent Twice.
**** Damn, you beat me to that joke.
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** Really 80% of the jokes of the German "Funny Movie" series.
** Since the program only had the rights to Spider-Man himself, in an episode of ''Spidey Super Stories'', Spidey watches himself fight the Green ''Globlin'' in a movie.
* ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' parodies ''[[MacGyver]]'' as ''MacGruber''. (The sketch is having less and less to do with ''MacGyver'' as it goes along, however.
** In the Pepsi ads, [[MacGyver]] shows up, at it is later discovered that [[MacGyver]] is [[MacGruber]]'s father.
* ''[[Most Extreme Elimination Challenge]]'' usually uses these for the names of the contestants when they're based on real people/characters ("Country Music Superstars vs. The World of James Bond" had "Girth Brooks", "Codger Moore", and "Timothy B. Dalton" among others). Since the show is an example of [[Rapid-Fire Comedy]], this isn't too painful.
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* Anything by Allan Sherman ("The Twelve Gifts Of Christmas," "Pop Hates The Beatles," etc.) and his latter-day disciple, Weird Al Yankovic.
== [[Radio]] ==
* [[The BBC]] Radio 4 comedy series ''The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere'' applies this trope to [[Romanticism|Romantic poets]]. The main characters are [[William Wordsworth|William Wordsmith]], his sister Dorothy Wordsmith, and their friend [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge|Samuel Taylor Choleric]]. Other characters included Percy Jelly, the rakish [[Lord Byron|Lord Biro]], the spooky [[William Blake|William Bloke]], [[Walter Scott|Walter Spott]], [[John Keats|John Sheets]], and so on. Gorsemere is a parody of Grassmere, the village the Lake Poets were based in.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''M Scramble'', a [[H-Games|hentai]] [[Dating Sim]] knockoff of ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'', is the story of Asamiya Haruka and her UFO-dan; the rest of the cast follows suit.
** Not only that, but the characters themselves are [[Palette Swap]]s
* The national leaders in ''Nuclear Wars'' ([[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] which was both possible and popular in the late 80s) have names like Ronnie Raygun, Infidel Castro, Gorbachef, or [[Just for Pun|Mao The Pun]].
* Racing games released under the Magnetic Fields brand (''Lotus'' series, ''Super Cars'' series) parodied the names of real-life race drivers: Ayrton Sendup, Alain Phosphate, Crashhard Banger, T. Hairy Bootson, Nijel Mainsail, M. Carburettor, Nelson Pickets, Rissole Brooks, Mickey Louder, Stag Bloomvest, James Haunt, Sterling Mess...
* 1988 computer game ''Rockstar Ate My Hamster'' had a plethora of music stars (of which you are the manager) whose names were knock-offs of real musicians: [[Michael Jackson|Wacky Jacko]], [[Madonna|Maradona]], [[Elton John|Elvin Dwight]], [[Sex Pistols|Rotton Johnny]], [[Rolling Stones|Dick Knackered]], Tina Turnoff and so on. Some make sense in context, as you can see. But this is taken to extremes with [[Kylie Minogue]]'s ersatz, who was baptized as ''[[Unfortunate Implications|Bimbo]] [[The Lord of the Rings|Baggins]]''.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' had a parody of ''[[
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' has mentioned a popular comedy film called ''[[American Pie|American Cake]]''.
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' featured a parody of ''[[Buffy]]'' called "Muffin the Vampire Baker". She was joined by characters such as Biles, Will-Os and Banter. Fair enough, as it seems that the character's names are [[Shallow Parody|all that the writer seemed to know about the show]].
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** The same comic has also done parodies of "Torg Potter and the Sorcerer's Nuts", "Torg Potter and the Chamberpot of Secretions", "Torg Potter and the President from Arkansas", "Torg Potter and the Giblets with Fiber"...
** There are so many parody names used in general that inevitably some end up being good and some others bad. A third class in this case is those that you just don't get.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110922013608/http://www.livingwithinsanity.com/The_Author/ The Author] has a running storyline parody of The Batman, aptly named "The Fatman". So far the Fat Knight has run across parodies of Batman antagonists like The Kidder, The Fiddler and Carmine Sockoni.
* The loser super hero, Samarium Skier, from [[Stubble Trouble]].
* ''[[Order of the Stick]]'' provides another ''[[Harry Potter]]'' parody with Larry Gardner studying at Warthog's academy.
* The ''[[Star Wars]]'' fan comic ''Diary of a Crazed Mimbanite'', among other Parody Names, replaces "Skywalker" with "Nerfherder."
* In the early 2000s, an Italian [[Star Trek]] parody web comic had characters such as Long-Luc Dickhard, Master Beta, Doyouwanna Try, Whoref, Geordi TheLarge and Chestly Crusher.
* In [[Sinfest]] the burger chain is [
== [[Web Original]] ==
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* [[The Fairly OddParents]]: way too many to count, starting with [[Britney Spears|Britney Britney]].
** However, [[Titanic]] was mentioned by name in the first episode.
* On ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
* The Robert Clampette directed [[Looney Tunes]] short "A Tale of Two Kitties" featured the feline comedy duo of "Babitt" and "Catstello", a clear and unmistakable parody of the decidedly more human comedy duo [[Abbott and Costello]].
* The children's series ''Arthur'' parodies a lot of kids' TV and toy crazes, almost every time one pops up. Some examples are "Dukemon" (possibly "Pukemon" because Pikachu was renamed Stinkachu), "Polly Locket" (a doll with a storage compartment in her face), "Henry Screever," and "Vegimorphs;" not to mention, TV series like "The Dark Bunny" and "Spooky-Poo."
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