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* ''[[Last Son of Krypton|Superman: Last Son of Krypton]]''. One of Lex Luthor's henchwomen is named Barbara Tolley, but insists on being called "B.J." even though her middle name is Arabella.
* Also subverted with BKR, the villain of ''[[Rod Albright Alien Adventures]]''. This is his whole name, and none of the other aliens seems to think it odd.
* [[Robert Heinlein]]'s ''The Number of the Beast''. One of the characters is named D.T. ("Deety") Burroughs. She goes by her initials because she's embarrassed by her real first and middle names: Dejah Thoris (her father Jacob was a fan of the ''[[John Carter of Mars]]'' books).
* Y.T. in ''[[Snow Crash]]'', though she does explain what it stands for once, to an incidental character who heard it as "Whitey" and is considering taking offense.
* TS Garp in ''[[The World According to Garp
** In [[The Film of the Book]], teen Garp tries to convince his girlfriend that it stands for "Terribly Sexy."
* 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.}}.
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* GOB (George Oscar Bluth) from ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]''.
* JJ (Jennifer Jureau) from ''[[Criminal Minds]]''.
* B. J. Hunnicut from ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|
* C.C. Babcock on ''[[The Nanny]]'', as is much of her family (sister D.D., mother B.B.). Her full name, revealed in the finale, is {{spoiler|Chastity-Claire Babcock}}
* JD (John Dorian) from ''[[Scrubs]]''
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* In ''[[The West Wing]]'', Claudia Jean Cregg is nearly always referred to as CJ Cregg. The rare exceptions are usually either formal occasions or wry comments.
* JK (pronounced Jake) from ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze]]''
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' has two: T.J. Johnson from ''[[Power Rangers Turbo]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'', and RJ from ''[[Power Rangers Jungle Fury]]''. Their full names are Theodore Jay Jarvis Johnson (as revealed in the "Forever Red" team-up episode), and Robert James (revealed by a children's book and never used on the show), respectively.
* 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]] ==
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== [[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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== [[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.
* TJ (Theodore Jasper) Detweiler from ''[[Recess]]''. A movie stated that he got his name because apparently, a young kindergarten kid named Gus Griswald said he'd call him TJ because those were his favorite letters in the alphabet.
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* Female writers (who may be using initials to hide their sex)
** J. M. Dillard - really Jeanne Dillard Kalogridis
** TV writer D. C. (Dorothy Catherine) Fontana
*** "K. C. Hunter" from the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode where Sisko hallucinates that he's a sci-fi writer in [[The Fifties]] is an homage.
** P. C. Hodgell, author of the ''[[Chronicles of the Kencyrath]]''
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