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{{trope}}
A character needs an alias for some reason and technically ''doesn't'' lie about what their name is... it might be their real name if they're known by a nickname or vice versa, or their maiden name if they're a married woman, or their middle name being used as their first name, but the point is that the character can argue that it ''is'' their real name. Often used by [[King Incognito|disguised royalty]] with [[Overly Long Name
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'', Nina Fortner uses her previous legal name, Anna Liebert, when giving a police testimony and obtaining marksmanship training.
* Allelujah Haptism and Tieria Erde use their names as the start up code for their Gundams in [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]] while their fellow Meisters, {{spoiler|Soran Ibrahim}} and {{spoiler|Neil/Lyle Dylandy}}, use their codenames, Setsuna F. Seiei and Lockon Stratos.
* ''[[FLCL]]'s'' Haruhara Haruko- her name's revealed by Amarao to be Haruha Raharu.
* During ''[[Ranma
* Similarly, ''[[Kämpfer]]'s'' Natsuru Senou enters the girls' half of his gender-segregated school under the name Natsuru Senou. Cue the characters getting confused between the male Natsuru or the female Natsuru, when they're actually the same person.
* In ''[[Death Note]]'', Light Yagami expends a lot of effort trying to learn the real name of "L", the [[Great Detective]] who opposes him. {{spoiler|It's eventually revealed (although [[All There in the Manual|not in the manga or anime]]) that L is his ''real'' first name, which raises some [[Fridge Logic]] issues...
** Of course, Light never hears his last name, so he would have had to spend that effort anyway if he wanted to use the Death Note.
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** Similarly, Mystique often posed as a secret service agent named Raven Darkholme in her early days. Turns out that's her real name. Amusingly, the [[Animated Adaptation]] of [[Days of Future Past]] (with some of Bishop's future thrown in) has a woman looking just like the Raven Darkholme identity, whom Mystique copied, tied up, but ''deliberately left alive'' to be a witness to "Gambit" assassinating Senator Kelly. Presumably, this came before the revelation that there was no "real" Raven Darkholme.
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* A number of fanfic writers have used the name of the actor who plays the character for an alias, crossing this trope with an [[Actor Allusion]].
* In ''[[Drunkard's Walk|Drunkard's Walk II]]'', protagonist Douglas Quincy Sangnoir early on gives "Quincy Black" as his name to a 911 operator. ("Sangnoir" is French for "black blood".)
== [[Film]] ==
* When pretending to be a handmaiden in ''[[Star Wars]]'', Queen Amidala used her lesser-known non-royal name, Padme Nabierre.
* John McClane's wife at the beginning of ''[[Die Hard]]'' uses her maiden name, Gennaro. This provides a minor plot point when [[Big Bad|Hans Gruber]] later discovers John's real name, and doesn't realize the connection between John and Holly (for a while, anyway).
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** In ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' he poses as a banker named James Bond and actually has a fake employment record, but is given away as a spy because it is too perfect to be true, and because he was asking too many questions, not because of his name.
== [[Live
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': When she runs away to LA, Buffy Summers calls herself "Anne," which is actually her middle name.
* In an episode of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', Garak tells Bashir a series of contradictory stories about a person named Elim, supposedly a high-ranking Cardassian official who either betrayed or was betrayed by Garak. Bashir later finds out that Elim is just Garak's first name, and when he confronts Garak and demands the truth, Garak says hat ''all'' the stories were true.
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* In ''Spindle's End'', when Katriona and Aunt take in the little princess, they take the last of her many names, Briar-Rose, and decide to call her Rosie.
* In ''[[1632]]'', King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden decides to send cavalry to help out his time-displaced American allies, and despite the misgivings of his prime minister puts the 'notably headstrong and reckless' Captain Gars in command. It's only after Gars helps save the Americans from an attack that it's explained to them that his name is an acronym for '''G'''ustavus '''A'''dolphus '''R'''ex '''S'''ueciae - 'Gustav Adolf the King of the Swedes' in Latin.
* In ''[[
* In ''The Birthday Ball'', Princess Patricia Priscilla dresses as a peasant and goes to the village school. When the schoolmaster asks for her name, she calls herself Pat. ("Quite a short name because I'm [[Most Definitely Not a Villain|merely a humble peasant]].")
* In ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]'', the aristocrat-born radical Nortier de Vilefort just goes by the name Nortier. In contrast, his conservative son calls himself de Vilefort. This is plot important, as the direct reason Dantes ended up wrongfully imprisoned, is because he unknowingly told de Vilefort about a letter that incriminated Nortier for treason.
* In [[Andre Norton]]'s ''
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* In [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]], Shawn Michaels' mid-2009 absence was explained by him taking the job of a <s>[[The European Carry All|cook]]</s> chef at an office complex under the last name of Hickenbottom - that being Michaels' real-life last name.
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* British DJ Kenny Everett (real name Maurice Cole) once did a promo which ended with the words "...or my name isn't Maurice Cole!" The joke being that most of the listeners wouldn't have known his real name at the time.▼
* Many famous women continue to use their maiden name after marrying, since they're already well-known and changing names might confuse fans. For example, [[J. K. Rowling]] continued to use her maiden name after becoming Jo Murray. ▼
* It's quite common to use one's first and middle name as a [[Stage Name]]. One prominent example would be Tim Allen (born Timothy Allen Dick).▼
== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==▼
▲* A classic ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' character was Elminster's scribe (and butler, and apprentice) Lhaeo who was a great artist at building [[Jerkass Facade]] for Old Mage. "Coincidentally", this work left him both [[Seen It All|ready for anything]] and acquainted with half or so of the most powerful people on the continent. There also was a missing prince of Tethyr, one '''H'''aedrak '''E'''rrilam '''A'''lemander '''O'''losar '''L'''horik... later also known as King Haedrak III. If his compatriots knew where he is before it was time to pull [[Rightful King Returns]], he would get about as much attention from assassins as Elminster from mad wizards.
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* In Shakespeare's ''Henry V,'' King Henry goes undercover as a common soldier to learn the views and morale of his troops more closely. He gives his name to the soldier Pistol as "Harry le Roi" (Harry being a common nickname for Henry, and le Roi being French for "the King"). He says he's a Welshman -
== [[Video Games]] ==
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** Pretty much confirmed by one of the H2k10 NPCs, who has mentioned him by name.
* Played directly in ''[[Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors|Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors]]'': near the end of the game, it's mentioned that {{spoiler|Clover's real name is... Clover.}}
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' had Gilgamesh Wulfenbach, aka "Gilgamesh Holzfäller". And this worked, even though, as this was aptly [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090911 summarized] -
{{quote|'''Violetta''': You mean to tell me that you knew this guy ''by name'' on ''Castle Wulfenbach'', and it ''never'' occurred to you that this guy, with the ''same name'', might be the mystery son the Baron had been hiding all these years?! ''IDIOT!''}}
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* On ''[[Family Guy]],'' Peter Griffin once tried to pull of a [[Line-of-Sight Name]]. The first three things he saw were a ''pea,'' a person crying one ''tear,'' [[Rule of Funny|and a]] ''[[Unusually Uninteresting Sight|griffin]]'' that flew in through the window.
* In ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'', Artemis' real name is... Artemis Crock.
▲* British DJ [[Kenny Everett]] (real name Maurice Cole) once did a promo which ended with the words "...or my name isn't Maurice Cole!" The joke being that most of the listeners wouldn't have known his real name at the time.
▲* Many famous women continue to use their maiden name after marrying, since they're already well-known and changing names might confuse fans. For example, [[J. K. Rowling]] continued to use her maiden name after becoming Jo Murray.
▲* It's quite common to use one's first and middle name as a [[Stage Name]]. One prominent example would be Tim Allen (born Timothy Allen Dick). Another would be twins [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Nicholas Brendon]] Schultz and Kelly Donovan Schultz.
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