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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.
 
=== Anime &and Manga ===
* 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}}.
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* 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."
 
=== ComicsComic Books ===
 
* Dizzy Cordova of ''[[100 Bullets|One Hundred Bullets]]'', with her true first name being Isabel. Also most of the rest of the Minutemen, with [[Meaningful Names]] or [[Punny Names]] like Jack Daw, Victor Ray, Cole Burns, and Lono, named after a Hawaian god.
=== Comics ===
* Dizzy Cordova of ''[[100 Bullets|One Hundred Bullets]]'', with her true first name being Isabel. Also most of the rest of the Minutemen, with [[Meaningful Names]] or [[Punny Names]] like Jack Daw, Victor Ray, Cole Burns, and Lono, named after a Hawaian god.
* ''[[Tintin]]''.
** Tintin means something along the lines of "nothing at all." It's apparently his last name.
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* ''[[Casanova (comics)|Casanova]]'': Casanova Quinn
* Detectives Walker and Pilgrim of ''[[Powers]]''.
* ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)|Preacher]]'': Jesse Custer, by God.
* 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.
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* 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.
* ''[[Peanuts]]'': Joe Cool, anyone?
** Lampshaded in [http://comics.com/peanuts/?DateAfter=1997-07-19&DateBefore=1997-07-19&Order=d.DateStrip+ASC&PerPage=1&Search=&x=30&y=16 this comic]. Well... sort of, anyway.
* ''[[New Gods]]'': Mister Miracle, also known as... [[Steven Ulysses Perhero|Scott Free]].
* [[Jonah Hex]]
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** 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 ===
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* [[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
* In Guillermo Del Toro's "''[[Pacific Rim"]]'', we will beare treated to character names such as, Raleigh Antrobus, Yancy Antrobus, Newt Gotlieb, Tendo Choi, Herc Hansen, and Stacker Pentecost.
* From the movie ''[[Gladiator (film)|Gladiator]]'', the protagonist's name is Maximus Decimus Meridius. Sounds like a serious individual and, of course, he is.
 
 
=== 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 ===
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** 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.
* In ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', one of Earth's early allies was Supreme Commander Thor of the Asgard. Somewhat subverted since Thor is about three or four feet tall and frail. Still an awesome name and it still fits him since his fleet could crush just about anyone.
 
 
=== Music ===
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* [[Dierks Bentley]] is a pretty cool name too. That's his birth name, even.
 
=== Myths &and Religion ===
 
=== Myths & Religion ===
* 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." 
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* And from Jewish mythology: the angel known as [[wikipedia:Metatron|Metatron]]!
 
=== Newspaper Comics ===
* ''[[Peanuts]]'': Joe Cool, anyone?
** Lampshaded in [http://comics.com/peanuts/?DateAfter=1997-07-19&DateBefore=1997-07-19&Order=d.DateStrip+ASC&PerPage=1&Search=&x=30&y=16 this comic]. Well... sort of, anyway.
 
=== Radio ===
* [[True Capitalist]] Radio gives us Ghost.
 
 
=== [[Tabletop Games]] ===
* A lot of [[NPC]]s in ''[[New World of Darkness]] |The World of Darkness]]'' have unconventional names. Most of them have some reason for it; [[Vampire: The Requiem|vampires]] and [[Changeling: The Lost|changelings]] try to divorce themselves from their old mortal identities, [[Promethean: The Created|Prometheans]] never ''had'' mortal identities in the first place and often just grab what sounds fitting, [[Werewolf: The Forsaken|werewolves]] often take "deed names" to reflect great acts, and [[Tabletop Game/Mag The Awakening|mages]] take "shadow names" to [[I Know Your True Name|keep others from using their true names against them]]. And [[Geist: The Sin Eaters|Sin-Eaters]]? They're [[Rule of Cool|just that awesome]]. 
* 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.
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=== [[Video Games]] ===
* Amaterasu's title of ''[[Ōkami|Okami]]'' depending on how you spell it in Japanese can either mean "Great God" or "Wolf". This pun is actually carried into gameplay when people who believe in you can see your celestial markings, and people who don't believe in you just see a white wolf.
* Guybrush Threepwood from the ''[[Monkey Island]]'' games.
** Lampshaded in the first game, when his name is ridiculed by a pirate called Mancomb Seepgood.
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** And, to a lesser extent, Dr. Raven Darktalon Blood.
** How about Jim Darkmagic?
*** EVERYONE''Everyone'' from ''The Song Ofof Thethe Sorcelator'' apparently has a name like this, though we only get to know Grimm Shado's.
* 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.
* ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'' has names like Fighter McWarrior, Black Mage Evilwizardington, Prince Elf of Clan Khee'bler (a.k.a. Thief), Red Mage Statscowski, Prince Drizz'l of the Dark Elves, Vilbert von Vampire, Muffin the dragon, Chancellor Usurper of Clan Sahn'ta (real name King Astos of the Dark Elves), Dr. Swordopolis, Doctor Malpractice, Generic Half-Elven Dual-Class Ranger, Berserker Axinhed... It's a freaking gold mine of this trope! Not to mention that Fighter, Black Mage, Thief, Red Mage, White Mage, Black Belt, etc. are actually their REAL NAMES and not just their classes...
* 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.
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* 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.
* ''[[Zokusho Comics]]'': Serge (pronounced like surge) Inverse. Nitrous Blight. Rotting Johnny. Drake Lephisto. Fizzbang the Goblin. That Guy. More than likely there's more to come.
* [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in ''[[Slightly Damned]]'' with the Jakkai. An entire generation is born on the same day, and they are given only first names until a suitable last name is devised that matches their appearance or personality. These include Snaketail, Thunderheart and, the current champion, Bloodeyes.
* ''[[Outsider]]'': Teidar Pallan Leinnol. Leinnol means Fireblade. [[Meaningful Name|Did I mention she's pyrokinetic?]]
 
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=== Western Animation ===
* Spoofed in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' when Homer changes his name to Max Power ("I got it from a hair dryer").
** 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.
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* ''[[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.
** For instance, [[Overly Long Name|Mrs. Smythe Robertson Johnson Wethermocker von Herbertsonberskie and Ivanovich Malcovich Ivanich Fiftyskitch Fall-In-A-Ditch That's-A-Good-Pitch Romanov]]; the latter was changed, in the BrazillianBrazilian dub, to the equally funny [[Overly Long Name|Banavich Marcovich Ivanavich Psicaindich Caiunumpiche Tomoumduche Romanov]].
* ''[[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.
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* 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!'''
* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' we have Rainbow Dash, who has one of the coolest names a fictional horse can have. {{spoiler|This is even more epic and meaningful when you see her pull off the legendary Sonic Rainboom.}}
** 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.
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* [[Frank Zappa|Moon "Unit One" Zappa]].
* Actress [[Terminator|Moon Bloodgood]].
* On that note, [[Soleil Moon Frye]]. [[Bilingual Bonus|Extra bonus as "soleil" is French for "sun"]], giving her two celestial bodies in one name.
* [[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.]]
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* 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.
* [[wikipedia:Pierre Mauroy#Mauroy.27s's First Government.2C, 22 May 1981 .26ndash.3B 23 June 1981|Pierre Mauroy's French government in 1981]] had, at the same time, Delors (« some gold ») as Finance minister, Defferre (« of iron ») as Police minister, Faure (« strong ») as Justice minister, Lang (« language ») as Culture minister, and Cresson (« cress ») as Agriculture minister. Also in 2005-2007, Clément (« merciful ») was Justice minister.
* One of the guys at Games Workshop is named Space McQuirk. One of the writers for GW subsidiary Black Library is Lucien Soulban.
* 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.
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* ''[[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?]
* A 19 year-old from Glastonbury recently{{when}} changed his name to [[Overly Long Name|Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine The Hulk And The Flash Combined]], and currently holds the world record for the longest name ever registered in the UK.
* [[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.
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* [[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]].
* One name that SOUNDS''sounds'' cool is Richard Fliehr. His last name is spoken the same way as the name that made him famous: [[Ric Flair]].
* 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".
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== Examples of groups, places, and things with exceptionally cool names ==
=== Anime &and Manga ===
* 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 ===
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'''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.
** Considering that the translation to spanishSpanish wouldn't be that cool, editors decide to use a latinized version and called them "''Mortífagos''" (Latin for "Mortis", Death and "Fagi", to eat), which ends up being 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.
* [[H.P. Lovecraft|HP Lovecraft]] (who had a badass name himself) had a knack for creating badass names for his horrors, with examples such as: Azathoth (a memo he wrote to himself regarding it simply said 'AZATHOTH - hideous name') aka The Nuclear Chaos and Nyarlathotep aka The Crawling Chaos aka The Haunter of the Dark. There's a reason the metal community likes Lovecraft so much.
 
 
=== Live Action TV ===
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined(2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''
* ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' and its Megazords.
 
 
=== [[Tabletop Games]] ===
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* [[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 ===
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* 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''.
 
=== WebcomicWeb Comics ===
 
* ''[[Meat Shield]]'': Clan Punchintheface.
=== Webcomic ===
* [[Meat Shield]]: Clan Punchintheface.
* ''[[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.}}
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{{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 ===
* ''[[Equestria Chronicles]]'' has more then a few of these.
 
 
=== Real Life ===
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* 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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