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== People with Awesome/Cool Names ==

=== Advertising ===

* A Fed-Ex features a [[Witness Protection]] man who is given the name Eric Gustafson. Unfortunately he gets it taken away and becomes Paul Matheson

* Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch, known to most as simply Cap'n Crunch.

 

* Daz Bones from ''[[One Piece]]''.

** You'd think Gold Roger would have been his bounty name, but no, his name is actually {{spoiler|Gol D. Roger}}.

* The [[Lyrical Nanoha]] franchise Gives us names like Fate Testarossa, Subaru Nakajima, Teana Lanster, Vita, Signum etc. Some devices' names, such as Mach Caliber, Cross Mirage and Storm Raider sound cool as well. Ironically, the most [[Badass]] among all of them goes by the rather plain name of "Nanoha Takamachi" and her device is named "Raising Heart."

 

* ''[[Tintin]]''.

** Tintin means something along the lines of "nothing at all." It's apparently his last name.

* ''[[Casanova (comics)|Casanova]]'': Casanova Quinn

* Detectives Walker and Pilgrim of ''[[Powers]]''.

* Also in that vein, John Constantine from ''[[Hellblazer]]''. Although the character himself may actually have been partly responsible for making his name take on such mythical proportions.

* [[Hellboy (comics)|Hellboy]]'s Christian name is Hellboy, although the name given to him before his birth is ''Ahnung Un Rama''. Abe Sapien also qualifies.

* In ''[[Polly and The Pirates]]'', one of Polly's friends (who hails from [[Ruritania|Fake Netherlands]]) has the amazingly awesome name Anastasia "Stasia" Van Vervendander.

* Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

* ''[[New Gods]]'': Mister Miracle, also known as... [[Steven Ulysses Perhero|Scott Free]].

* [[Jonah Hex]]

** Who is promptly nicknamed by the four “Ass,” “Asshole,” Santa's Ass,” and “Jeez-Ass” (after he gets resurrected).

* ''[[The Dilgar War]]'' has captain Manly Power. At first the crew of the ''Space Race'' can't believe it, then they verify it and realize his crew has to call him Captain Power, and declare it the coolest name ever.

 

=== Films -- Animation ===

* [[Samuel L. Jackson]] gets one, "Mister Señor Love Daddy" in ''[[Do the Right Thing]]'', as is his due.

* Leslie Nielson's secret agent parody "Spy Hard" had Agent WD-40: Dick Steele

 

=== Gamebooks ===

* In ''[[Lone Wolf]]'', all the Kai have names along the lines of "Adjective Animal", given upon their initiation. Many of them follow this trope. For instance, the main character started out as "Silent Wolf", but after the rest of the order was killed in the prologue to the first book, he took on the book-naming appellation ''Lone'' Wolf.

 

=== Literature ===

** Taking the cool factor one step further, one alternate universe episode had the brothers as total strangers Dean Smith and Sam Wesson. That's right, Smith&Wesson

* I defy you to tell me [[Star Trek: The Original Series|James Tiberius Kirk]] is not an awesome name of awesome even without his rank of Captain.

 

=== Music ===

* [[Dierks Bentley]] is a pretty cool name too. That's his birth name, even.

 

* Fionn Mac Cumhaill, a hero of Irish mythology, whose name is pronounced "Finn McCool."

* Cu Chulainn is an Irish hero whose name means "the Hound of Culann." 

* And from Jewish mythology: the angel known as [[wikipedia:Metatron|Metatron]]!

 

 

=== Radio ===

* [[True Capitalist]] Radio gives us Ghost.

 

=== [[Tabletop Games]] ===

* In ''[[Scion]]'', another RPG by our friends at [[White Wolf]], you play as the child of a God—Hera, Loki, etc. For whatever reason, example characters have this odd tendency towards weird, unlikely names referencing their divine parent, even from a slant—such as Horace Farrow, son of... Horus.

* ''[[Exalted]]'' gives us such varied names as Harmonious Jade, Seven Devils Clever, Excessively Righteous Blossom, Chejop Kejak, Tammiz Ushun, Ma-Ha-Suchi, Lilith, The Lover Clad In The Raiment Of Tears, The Bodhisattva Anointed By Dark Water, the Bull of the North... It's justified, though, in that the main characters and most of their opponents ''are'' legendary figures who are practically expected to have a mythic reputation.

 

=== [[Video Games]] ===

* Guybrush Threepwood from the ''[[Monkey Island]]'' games.

** Lampshaded in the first game, when his name is ridiculed by a pirate called Mancomb Seepgood.

** And, to a lesser extent, Dr. Raven Darktalon Blood.

** How about Jim Darkmagic?

* Parodied in ''Hark! A Vagrant''. The Brontë sisters, concerned they won't be taken seriously as women authors, choose the pseudonyms "Johnny Guns," "Bruce Punisher" and "Daddy Smash."

* Cutter Edgewise in ''[[Starslip]]''. Memnon Vanderbeam may also count.

* In ''[[Homestuck]]'', the four main characters' names were all [[Hello, Insert Name Here|suggestions provided by readers,]] so awesome names like "Jade Harley", "Rose Lalonde" and ''"Dave Strider"'' were inevitable.

** The jury is still out on whether "John Egbert" sounds cool or not though.

* In ''[[Voodoo Walrus]]'' most character names seem to be more like alias or online handles, so this is rather prominent in names like Rip Flintlock, Shmeerm, Miriam Cyradwee, and of course Villemous Quetzacoatl [[Creep Knight]]

* In ''[[Shan Shan|The Adventures of Shan Shan]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20130807014102/http://shanshan.upperrealms.com/view.php?pageid=008&chapterid=1 Cassiopeia]. The teacher has to work to pronounce it.

* ''[[Outsider]]'': Teidar Pallan Leinnol. Leinnol means Fireblade. [[Meaningful Name|Did I mention she's pyrokinetic?]]

 

 

=== Western Animation ===

** Homer also suggested Handsome B. Wonderful and Rembrandt Q. Einstein as possibilities; the judge allowed Max Power because it was the only one he had spelled correctly.

** Don't forget his other suggestion, Hercules Rockefeller.

* ''[[Cool McCool]]'' (A cartoon from the 60s named after the main character)

* ''[[Sheep in The Big City]]'' is full of 'em. Pretty much the entire main cast.

* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'': Donatello, Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Raphael, Master Splinter. Moreso in 2K3 where they occasionally use the surname Hamato.

** There's also Shredder, Krang, Bebop, and Rocksteady.

* Lord Monochromicorn and Princess Bonnibelle Bubblegum from ''[[Adventure Time]]''.

** Also Goliad, the name of Princess Bubblegum's [[Immortality|immortal]] creation. It kinda sounds like the title of an epic. Go on, say it: '''GOLIAD!'''

** Don't forget her pet tortoise, Tank, who's [[Stone Wall|impervious to harm]] and [[Determinator|never gives up.]]

** This seems to be a running theme with the Wonderbolts; the four named ones are Spitfire, Soarin', Fleetfoot and Rapid Fire.

* [[Frank Zappa|Moon "Unit One" Zappa]].

* Actress [[Terminator|Moon Bloodgood]].

* [[wikipedia:Wolf Blitzer|Wolf Blitzer]]. ''His granddad was named that, too.'' Added coolness: He shares his name with a high-ranking villain from the original ''Mechwarrior'' game.

* Stone Phillips is named... Stone. It's not quite on the same level, but still. It sort of gives "news anchor" a little extra... [[A Worldwide Punomenon|weight.]]

* German police minister from a few years back; Alexander von Stahl (von Stahl="of steel"). Alexander also means "protector of men" or something like that.

* Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili (or Iosif Vissarionovich Jugashvili, the Russianized version) chose to be called Stalin ("Man of Steel"), as it is a direct translation of Jughashvili to Russian. He followed a tradition of renaming himself that included Vladimir Illyich Ulyanov, who went by Lenin.

* One National Guardsman legally changed his name to [[Transformers|Optimus Prime]].

* There seems to be an unwritten rule demanding that TV meteorologists bear pornst- ...''distinctive'' names. "Dallas Raines," "Storm Field," "Johnny Mountain," "Aloha Taylor," "Topper Shutt," "Sam Champion," "Ray Ban," "Monte Montello," "Flip Spiceland" and [[wikipedia:Amy Freeze|Amy Freeze]] are all actual examples. The Germans have Ben Wettervogel, which translates to "Weatherbird." Many of these are stagenames, but not all: [[wikipedia:Sara Blizzard|Sara Blizzard]] really is called that, yes.

* ''[[Law and Order]]'' creator Dick Wolf.

* How about [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/mobile/asia-pacific/7522952.stm Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii?]

* [[wikipedia:Wolfe+585, Senior|Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfe schlegelstein hausenberger­dorffvoraltern waren gewissenhaft­schaferswessen schafewaren­wohlgepflege und sorgfaltigkeit­beschutzen von angreifen durch­ihrraubgierigfeinde welche voraltern­zwolftausend jahres­vorandieerscheinen wander ersteer­dem enschderraumschiff­gebrauchlicht als sein ursprung von­kraftgestart sein lange fahrt­hinzwischen sternartigraum auf der­suchenach diestern welche gehabt­bewohnbar planeten kreise drehen­sich und wohin der neurasse von­verstandigmen schlichkeit konnte­fortplanzen und sicher freuen­anlebens langlich freude und ruhe mit­nicht ein furcht vor angreifen von­anderer intelligent geschopfs von­hinzwischen sternartigraum, Senior]] might have the [[Overly Long Name|longest name ever]]. He's apparent't got a son: Adolph Blaine Charles etc. etc. ''Junior''.

* [[wikipedia:Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116|Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116]] (pronounced Albin) was rejected as a name.

* [[Groin Attack|Dick]] [[Nightmare Fuel|Blood]].

* K-Kwik/R-Truth, who spent some time in [[TNA]] under his given name, [[Ron Killings|Ron "The Truth" Killings]].

* And, of course, James Brian Hellwig, whose real name is now Warrior "[[Ultimate Warrior]]" Warrior. Yup, (that) [[Ultimate Warrior]]. This has led to his children carrying "Warrior" as their surname. His two children are named Indiana Marin "Indy" Warrior and Mattigan Twain Warrior.

* Adewale Ogunleye, Chicago Bears defensive end. The Ogun part of his surname means "God of Iron".

 

== Examples of groups, places, and things with exceptionally cool names ==

* In ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', Lilith is housed in Terminal Dogma, the lowest level of NERV HQ. The chamber in question is behind a giant bulkhead christened "Heaven's Door"; this area is also referred to as Level-EEE.

** The control center is called Central Dogma which is also a scientific term (biology, to be exact).

** There's also another control center called the Pribnow Box, a well-known term in genetics.

** ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'' appears to have switched out the two names. Also, the second film has "The Key of Nebuchadnezzar", a miniature human skeleton encased in amber.

 

=== Films -- Live Action ===

'''Indiana Jones''': I like Indiana.

'''Henry Jones''': [[We Named the Monkey "Jack"|We named the dog]] [[Trope Namer|Indiana]]. }}

 

=== Literature ===

* "[[Harry Potter (novel)|Death Eaters]]" is pretty awesome.

* In the final book of the ''[[Doom]]'' novels, due to an inability to compromise between two equally unwieldly epic names, a ship is christened "Great Descent into Maelstrom of Solar Flare of Righteous Vengeance Against Enemies of the People's State."

* In ''[[Discworld]]'' there's a chess-like game called Hneflbaflsniflwhifltafl, commonly nicknamed {{smallcaps|Thud!}}. It's a parody of a real game, Hneftafl.

* ''[[Stravaganza]]'' 's name of its [[Alternate Universe]] Venice—Belleza.

 

=== Live Action TV ===

* ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' and its Megazords.

 

=== [[Tabletop Games]] ===

* [[BattleTech]], hundreds of battle mechs have awesome names. Such as the, Battle Master, Marauder, Timber Wolf, Summoner...

** Several Clan names count, such as Jade Falcon, Goliath Scorpion, Ghost Bear...

 

=== Video Games ===

* Any Covenant fleet in ''[[Halo]]''. The one that destroyed Reach was called ''The Fleet of Particular Justice'', while others had as fancy names as ''The Fleet of Righteous Vigilance'' or ''The Fleet of Furious Redemption''.

 

* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' got as many of these as hilarious [[Unfortunate Names]]. As the good book says -

{{quote|'''Maxim 16''': Your name is in the mouth of others: be sure it has teeth.}}

{{quote|'''Capt. Landon''': If they have lots of legs and look creepy then that will be the best robot name ever.

'''Kevyn''': "Longshoreman of the Apocalypse" edges it out, but I'm biased. }}

 

=== Web Original ===

 

=== Real Life ===

* Q14950165, HMS Violent (D57). How apt.

* [[Every Device Is a Swiss Army Knife|Victorinox]] cutlery combines the name of the founder's mother with the French for stainless steel. The end result is the name, "Victor's Steel".

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