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* 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 ''AThe Prince Commands'', Prince Michael Karl uses thisthe "royalty with an overly long name" version while passing himself off as the American friend of the prince. His full name is "Michael Karl '''Johann Stefan''' Rene Erich Marie." So he calls himself "John Stephenson." It turns out he's not the only one using this, either.
 
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== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' had Gilgamesh Wulfenbach, aka "Gilgamesh Holzfäller". And this worked, even thoulghthough, 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'' occuredoccurred to you that this guy, with the ''same name'', might be the mystery son the Baron had been hiding all these years?! ''IDIOT!''}}
 
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