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Two characters are being introduced to each other for the first time. However the first introductee has [[Unfortunate Names|a really wacky name]]; for example, he is a businessman called "Mr. Moneygrabs". The other character feels compelled to laugh, thinking that it is a joke. However, it is not. It is, as it is pointed out, a long running and respectable family name.
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(This often happens in [[Real Life]] to people who happen to share a name with a famous person.)
May overlap with [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]. See also [[Who's
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== Advertising ==
* A commercial for A&W Root Beer had a prospective employee repeatedly referring to his prospective boss as "Dumbass." At the end, we see the name placard on Mr. DuMass's desk, and he leans over and informs him [[It Is Pronounced "Tro
{{quote| [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"What a dumbass."]]}}
* A late-[[The Nineties|Nineties]] commercial for AT&T featured a woman getting a call from a guy who says his name is "Pizzeria," and that she had left her wallet in his cab. She's understandably confused, but a quick call to directory assistance reveals that the cabbie's name is actually Pete Zorria, from Brooklyn.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
* The book ''Patient Zero'' give us the name of Sergeant Harvey Rabbit, a.k.a. Bunny Rabbit. (Also certainly a reference to ''Harvey'', a film and play about a possibly [[Imaginary Friend|imaginary]] rabbit.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Liz assumes Tracy has finally cracked in ''[[
** ''30 Rock'' is fond of this sort of name, from Jeffrey Weinerslav to Colon O. Scopy, to NBC Broadcast Standards Chief Gaylord Felcher.
* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' has Ted do this to poor Cook Poo. Twice.
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** The episode right after Osama bin Laden was killed said that Abbottabad, where he was living, sounds like a name some New Yorker might make up as a fictional place where they want to kill Bin Laden:
{{quote| You give me a gun, you drop me into "Abadabad" or whatever they call their cities over there, I'll give him a shot, I'll go to Abadabad and I'll shoot him in has Abadabadabingos, you know what I'm talking about?}}
* ''[[Scrubs]]'' has recurring characters Dr. Beardface ([[It Is Pronounced "Tro
* In ''[[Hannah Montana]]'':
{{quote| '''Miley:''' Officer- [''Sees traffic officer's badge''] -Diaria (''she pronounced it as diarrhea'')?<br />
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== Webcomics ==
* ''[[Achewood]]'' had the "Nigerian Spam" with Dr. Leon Adoso Sumbitches.
* ''[[
== Western Animation ==
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** This came back to bite Moe one episode, when he offended Fat Tony when he was calling for his Russian contact Yuri Nator. Tony complained that he yelled at him like "he was some prank calling kid".
* In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "The Beak", there was a villain named Khaka Peu Peu (pronounced kaka poo poo) whose name apparently means "the strong fist" or "that strong fist".
* In an episode of [[
** When Mr. Krabbs tries to steal back a million dollar #1 hat from Spongebob, he makes up a ghost that "wants his hat back." Spongebob asks his name, but the surprised Krabbs can only string together syllables in a name he thinks can't possibly exist: Smitty Werbenjaegermanjensen. Turns out there was such a man, so Spongebob [[Hilarity Ensues|buries the hat in his tomb.]]
* An episode of [[Beavis and Butthead]] had Buzzcut trying to make the titular morons laugh. He starts calling attendance, with names like Butkus and Gaylord. Naturally, they're all actual students.
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* A Japanese city and some of its inhabitants are called Gasuko. It means "my grandson".
* [http://www.oddee.com/item_96755.aspx Unfortunate Names for Their Jobs]
* Justin Beiber, a 30 something year old who gets insane amount of fanmail and kicked off of every social networking site he signs under his own name for copying the other [[Justin Bieber
* Neel Kashkari, indeed pronounced "cash carry," who drew up plans to bail out the nation's largest banks during the 2008 financial crisis for the Bush administration.
* Hazard Construction, which has been around for decades and has a respectable name (ironically).
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* People named Harry Potter, among others.
* Ima Hogg. When [[The Other Wiki]] put her [[wikipedia:Ima Hogg|article]] on the front page on April 1, a number of people complained about such an obvious fake.
* [[
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