Significant Anagram/Western Animation

Examples of Significant Anagrams in Western Animation include:

In Gargoyles, an evil clone named Thailog was made of the hero Goliath.
- Thailog is also a phonetic reversal of Goliath.
In the Thundercats episode "The Mask of Gorgon", Lynx-O has a bizarre prophetic vision about "the Hills of Elfshima". Just as our heroes realize "Elfshima" is an anagram of "I am flesh", Mumm-ra uses the titular mask, in combination with a stolen Sword of Omens, on the Hills, revealing them to be the petrified body of a powerful giant.
In the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) episode "The Darkness Within", the turtles run into an old man, C.F. Volpehart--an anagram of H.P. Lovecraft. Not coincidentally, the antagonist for the episode is Cthulhu-like creature.
The Alucard one gets reused for a bit in The Batman Vs Dracula.
The Simpsons:
- Lisa's rival and her father play a game of this trope with real people's names and contexts.
- In one episode, Homer befriends a man named Ray Magini (played by Ray Romano); the other Simpsons become convinced that he's an imaginary friend created by a lonely Homer, with Lisa even pointing out the anagram, causing Homer to remark "Wow, my subconscious is a genius." Subverted when it turns out that Ray is real, but was never seen thanks to a "series of unlikely events".
- Bart (Brat) Simpson.
In Ratatouille, the celebrity chef is Auguste Gusteau; his two names are anagrams of each other.
Hawkgirl's Thangarian fiance in Justice League turns out to be a villain, so couldn't be Katar "Hawkman" Hol. Instead, he's Hro Talak.
In King of the Hill, the family's obnoxious neighbor Kahn's name is an anagram of Hank.
The titular Sorcerer from the classic Disney short The Sorcerer's Apprentice in Fantasia was designed after Walt Disney's likeness as a joke by the animators. The Sorcerer's canological name is "Yensid," and in the the Kingdom Hearts video game series he plays the role of an ancient, all-knowing sage, making him somewhat of an in-universe avatar of Walt Disney.
In one episode of Savage Dragon, Overlord is operating out of an office building under the alias of Old Rover.
A complicated version in the 1973/74 Superfriends episode "The Fantastic FRERPS". When King Plasto tricks the G.R.E.P.S. delivery people into giving him their shipments of plastic, he signs the receipts he gives them "Roy La Post". Marvin accidentally comes up with the term "King Plasto", and Batman puts the pieces together. The "Roy" in "Roy La Post" is based on the French word "Roi", which means "king". Thus "Roy La Post" -> "Roi La Post" -> "King La Post" -> "King Plasto"!

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