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== JC and Other Variations ==
[[Bonus Points]] if the "C" stands for "Carpenter", Jesus' mundane occupation.
=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* Jesse Custer in ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]''.
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* Jack Crow of "Armor" and "Vampire$".
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* Jordan Collier on ''[[The 4400]]''; he even {{spoiler|comes back from the dead}} at one point.
* British sketch show ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' ran a sketch parodying moral outrage at the film ''[[Life of Brian]]'', in which a self-proclaimed [[Monty Python's Flying Circus|Pythonist]] accused [[The Bible]] of being a rip-off of Python lore, pointing out that the main character's initials were the same as those of [[John Cleese]].
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* John Brock, secret agent hero of three novels by Desmond Skirrow.
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* Jack Bauer on ''[[24]]''.
* Jack Bristow on ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]''.
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=== [[Literature]] ===
* It is [[Word of God|fully acknowledged by the author]] that [[Honor Harrington]] is [[Horatio Hornblower]] [[In Space]].
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** From another Agatha Christie novel, ''The ABC Murders'', we have the unfortunately named Alexander Bonaparte Cust, the {{spoiler|red herring who was deliberately set up by the true murderer}}.
* In ''[[House of Cards (British series)]]'', the author picked the name Francis Urquhart for the protagonist from the initials, "F.U."
* In ''[[
* In [[Charles Stross]]'s Bob Howard series, a throw-away line reveals that geeky Bob's full initials are [[Bastard Operator From Hell|B.O.F.H.]] (another throw-away line reveals that his name is a pseudonym to protect his [[True Name]], suggesting that he picked his initials deliberately).
* In ''[[Live and Let Die (novel)|Live and Let Die]]'', the villain's name is Buonapart Ignace Gallia, which combined with his size made the nickname "Mr. Big" inevitable.
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* [[The Dresden Files|Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden]]'s initials are HBCD. He must be very thankful his father couldn't think of any magicians whose names began with "A".
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* ''[[All in The Family]]'': when Mike and Gloria had a son, they were going to name him after the two grandfathers: Stephen Archibald Stivic. Archie complained that his name should come first, until Mike mentioned his initials would then be A.S.S. Eventually, they named him Joseph.
* In ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'', Del Boy names his son Damien Derek Trotter. Rodney points out that this makes his initials [[wikipedia:DDT|DDT]].
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