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'''[[King Arthur|Arthur]]:''' By what name are you known?<br />

'''Tim:''' There are [[Trope Namer|some who call me... Tim?]]|''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]]''}}

 

'''Cleric''': Yeah. Or Jessie to his friends.|''8-Bit Theater''}}

 

** In the context of the movie's rather obvious allegory, this reflects some nasty history -- the practice of white European forcing "Christian" names on the natives wherever they went, as a form of cultural imperialism.

* From ''[[Over the Hedge (animation)|Over the Hedge]]'':

'''Stella:''' Ooh, that's a mouthful. Can I just call you Tiger? }}

* Inverted, then subverted in ''[[Blazing Saddles]]''.

'''Jim:''' Well, my name is Jim, but most people call me... Jim. }}

 

* In the later ''[[Isaac Asimov|Foundation]]'' novels, the inhabitants of Gaia have long names but are referred to by a single syllable from that name. For example, Blissenobiarella is called "Bliss", and this is not even a very long name by Gaian standards (nor would a "Bliss Nobiarella" be long by Western standards). Since the use of a single syllable is a cultural thing, she feels uncomfortable using the full names of other people even if they have short names, so she often calls Trevize "Trev" and Pelorat "Pel".

* The Chiss in the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] have long names, but may allow others to address them by their "[[First-Name Basis|core names]]". The most famous one is Grand Admiral Mitth'raw'nuruodo, otherwise known as [[The Thrawn Trilogy|Thrawn]]. Chiss who haven't given permission are irritated when non-Chiss use them. It's more or less stated in [[Outbound Flight]] that sharing the core name is a little personal, but Thrawn disregarded this to the point that as of the [[Hand of Thrawn]] duology, not a lot of people [[Only Known by Their Nickname|knew he had more name]].

** Thrawn was, among his own people, somewhat infamous for being non-traditional. He, however, regarded it simply as being pragmatic. Not using his somewhat tongue-twisting full name among outsiders was the least of his defiance of not so logical traditions. {{spoiler|He eventually went too far for his people to accept, and was exiled for it. But [[The Chessmaster|Thrawn]] [[The Strategist|being]] [[Magnificent Bastard|Thrawn]], [[Xanatos Gambit|this was his prefered outcome]]. If they didn't, it would be a license to go further.}}

* In the [[Discworld]] book ''[[Discworld/Thud|Thud]]'', Constable Salacia von Humpeding, like most vampires, has several pages of names... but she prefers to go by "Sally".

** Don't forget Kenny.

* Parodied and exaggerated on [[The Mighty Boosh]], when Vince meets a mysterious man in the forest with a door in his gigantic afro hair. The man starts listing off various pseudonyms that he has gone by. After the show cuts to another scene and back again, he's still going. (He gets his own episode in Series 2, incidentally, and his face adorns that DVD...)

* The true name of the [[Babylon 5|Shadow]] species was 10000 sounds long and completely unpronouncible.

** {{spoiler|Well, so says little miss brainwashed mindslave...}}

* ''[[Ever Quest]]'' features an efreeti lord by the name of Lord Doljonijiarnimorinar, who is usually just called "Lord Bob." Or, on at least one server, "Lord Poofy-Pants."

* ''[[Mega Man Star Force]]'' does this with Omega-Xis (quote is shown below)

'''Omega-Xis:''' "The name's Omega-Xis, but humans get it all wrong, so just call me "Mega"" }}

* In ''[[Darkened Skye]]'', the female Tikniki befriended by Skye and Draak has a overly long and nigh-unpronounceable name (at least Draak didn't have trouble pronouncing it) ending with the syllables "nee-noo", such that Draak remarks: "What's say we call her 'Neenu' ".

* [[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|8-Bit Theater]], as quoted above.

* ''[[The Heroes of Middlecenter]]'':

* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' Torg's [[Empathic Weapon|talking sword]] finds the idea of being given a name rather stupid, but of the possible names it lists, Torg decides to go with "Chaz" instead of "Weeping God" or "Unholy Evil Death Bringer."

* [[DM of the Rings]] quotes it almost exactly in [http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=673 this strip]

* ''[[Parallel Dementia]]'' has a fire demon...called Tim (although he used to be called Marchosias).

* One of the villains from T. Campbell's ''[[Fans]]'' was a succubus like creature named Casseopia, a being who fed off of music. When interrogated by two members of Rikk's team, one of whom calls her Cassie, she answers, "My name is not yours to shorten!"

Kath: All two weeks? Probably. }}

* In ''[[The KAMics]]'' [http://www.drunkduck.com/KAMics_Kast/5155498/ Sten's name is the only part that most people can hear.]

** Also Yelizaveta Volkova, also known as "Bounce".

* From Adamwestlapdog's [[Legend Of]] [[Zelda The Abridged Series]]:

 

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