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Some people are [[Only Known by Their Nickname]], others are on [[Last-Name Basis]], while some people are
This was particularly common among [[Real Life]] English male writers of the early 20th century, especially academics like A.J. Ayer (philosopher) and A.J.P. Taylor (historian). You do still find some English writers who go by initials today, possibly because of the resulting intellectual associations - like A.N. Wilson or D.J. Taylor.
It's also sometimes found with Real Life ''female'' writers, often to hide (or at least make less obvious) the fact that they are female.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* C.C. from ''[[Code Geass]]'' (
** The same goes for V.V.
* TK, In the dub version of ''[[Digimon]]'', (his full name is Takeru Takaishi, [[Dub Name Change|in the Japanese, at least]]).
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* T.R. (Thomas Riley) Edwards from [[Robotech]]. Some sources erroneously assume that he has a hyphenated last name (it's true that Riley is usually a last name). However, if this was the case, he would be properly known as T. Riley-Edwards.
== Comics ==▼
* BA (Boris Alphonso) Felton from ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]''
* TC from ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)|Preacher]]''
== [[Film]] ==▼
▲== Film ==
* DC from ''[[That Darn Cat]]'' is only once referred to by a censored version of his full name, not counting the title, and is never referred to by his real full name, on account of it being profane.
* ''[[Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny]]'': JB ([[Jack Black]]) and KG (Kyle Gass). Pronounced Jables and Kage.
* L. B. "Jeff" Jeffries from ''[[Rear Window]]''.
* H.W. in ''[[There Will Be Blood]]''
* [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[Down With Love]]''. When Barbara meets the high-ups of the company publishing her book for the first time, they introduce themselves as P.G., C.B., C.W., J.B., J.R. and R.J. When Barbara replies with "Okay!", P.G. says that [[Incredibly Lame Pun|O.K.]] couldn't make it, he and T.B. are having breakfast.
* T.S. Quint from ''[[Mallrats]]''
== [[Literature]] ==
* PK Pinkerton in ''[[The Western Mysteries]]'', is only known by the initials PK or by the nickname Pinky, as part of the author's attempt to create [[Ambiguous Gender]].
* Subverted with Mr. A.E. Pessimal from ''[[Discworld/Thud|Thud]]'', as this is actually his full name.
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* Members of the V.F.D. in ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' are referred to only by their initials to preserve anonymity. This results in complications, as ''[[Lemony Snicket the Unauthorized Autobiography|The Unauthorized Autobiography]]'' demonstrates during a transcript of a meeting, and in ''The Penultimate Peril'' when a total of three characters have the legitimate and undisguised initials {{spoiler|J.S.}}.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
▲== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* JT ([[Star Trek|James Tiberius]]) Yorke from ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]''.
** ''Degrassi'' also has KC Guthrie. Unlike JT, KC's full name has never been revealed, but [[Fanon]] is that it's [[Kirk Cameron]] Guthrie.
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* Melanie and Lindsay's (and Michael's, since he's the biological dad) daughter, J. R. (Jenny Rebecca) on ''[[Queer as Folk]]''.
* D.B.Russell on ''[[CSI]]''. Kind of justified, since his first name is [[Embarrassing First Name|Diebenkorn]].
== [[Music]] ==
* ZP Theart, former lead singer of [[Dragon Force (video game)]]. Rumour has it that "ZP" is legally his first name, though.
* [[Starflyer 59]]. On ''The Fashion Focus'', ''Leave Here a Stranger'',<ref>''Everybody Makes Mistakes'' was released between these two albums, and it didn't follow this pattern</ref> and every album since then, the various band members have just been credited by their first initial and last name.
* [[
* Soul Coughing's M. Doughty, although once the band broke up, he started releasing solo albums as Mike Doughty.
==
* PJ from ''[[The Family Circus]]''
* R.J in ''[[Over the Hedge (comic strip)|Over the Hedge]]''
* B.D. from ''[[Doonesbury]]''.
== [[Theatre]] ==
* Archibald MacLeish's modern take on [[The Bible|the story of Job]]: Job (and the play) is called J.B.
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' has [[Player Character|the Rookie]]; the only traces of any kind of name he has are the initials J.D.
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
▲== Western Animation ==
* [[Top Cat]] was always known as TC
* [[Meaningful Name|B.P. Richfield]] from ''[[Dinosaurs]]''. Considering the way names are given in the ''Dinos''Verse, BP might be his actual name.
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* A.J. from ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]''.
▲== [[Web Comics]] ==
* PeeJee from ''[[Something*Positive]]''. Well, she's Penelope-Jennifer, but no one calls her so.
* T.C. "[[Casanova Wannabe|The Playah]]" from ''[[El Goonish Shive]]''.
== [[Real Life]] ==
==
* Male
** Professor [[wikipedia:M.A.R. Barker|M.A.R. (Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman) Barker]], creator of the ''[[wikipedia:Tekumel|Empire of the Petal Throne/Tekumel]]'' [[Tabletop RPG]] setting.
** J. F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone
** [[G. K.
** [[E. E. Cummings]]
** [[T. S. Eliot|TS Eliot]]
** J. B. S. Haldane
** [[C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis]]
** [[H.P.
** [[J. R. R.
** A. E. (Alfred Elton) van Vogt
** [[P. G.
** [[A. A.
** D. J. (Donald James) MacHale, director and author of ''[[The Pendragon Adventure]]'' Series and The [[Morpheus Road]] Trilogy.
** [[H. G.
** E. E. "Doc" Smith of ''[[Lensman]]'' fame.
** S. W. Erdnase, author of ''The Expert at the Card Table''. Bonus points for Erndase's true identity remaining a mystery to this day.
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** P. L. Travers (''[[Mary Poppins]]'' series) - really Helen Lyndon Goff
** Historian C. V. (Cicely Veronica) Wedgwood
** [[C. J.
** [[K. A. Applegate]], author of ''[[Animorphs]]'', ''[[Everworld]]'' and ''[[Remnants]]''
▲== Real Life - Other Famous Individuals ==
* PT Barnum
* JM J Bullock, who is only JM J because Jim J Bullock was already registered with the [[Unions in Hollywood|Screen Actors Guild]]
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