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* [[Bury Your Gays|While he was alive]] "Freedom Ring" got a lot of flack for having a pretty dumb alias. It was also invoked gay symbolism -- "freedom rings" are rainbow-colored rings on a chain, a well-known gay signifier of the '90s. This, however, was likely intentional as the character was an open homosexual, and prior to being killed by evil alternate universe Tony Stark, Iron Maniac, Freedom Ring was the most prominent gay superhero in Marvel. Creator Robert Kirkman regretted killing the character as he represented about 20% of the overall homosexual hero census in the Universe.
* ''[[Batman]]'' villain [http://luchins.com/what-were-they-thinking/the-definition-of-bad-ass/ Mr. Polka-Dot.] Also Tweedledee and Tweedledum. Whose real names are Dumphrey Dumson and Deever Tweed. And Humpty Dumpty, who bears the unfortunate real name of Humphry Dumpler.
* ''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'' examples:
** The villainess "The White Rabbit", which is hardly a name to inspire terror. Then again, [[Harmless Villain|she's not at all scary anyway]].
** Not to mention the Scarlet Spider, Ben Reilly's costumed identity during ''[[The Clone Saga]]''. Even ''he'' hated the name, although to be fair, it was thought up by ''Daily Bugle'' reporter Ken Ellis. Ken had based the name on Ben's costume, which was a brighter red version of Spider-Man's costume with a blue jacket over the top.
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* Like the Discworld talking rats, wyrmen in ''[[Perdido Street Station]]'' take names from whatever gibberish they overhear that sounds good. Teafortwo, Isaac's wyrman gofer, has a sister named Bottletop and a son called Scabies.
* Most of ''[[Redwall]]'''s vermin characters are [[Only Known by Their Nickname]], and their nicknames tend to be based on unflattering physical attributes. "Redtooth" is bearable. "Stinky" is worrying. Also, the [[Unfortunate Names|unlucky hare by the name of "Stiffener Medick"]]. Ow.
* Professor Pippy P. Poopypants from ''[[Captain Underpants]]''. That book was about him
** In fact, he comes from a country where ''everybody'' for a reason that's stated to be too boring and stupid to be explained has a moronic name.
* In ''[[Hush, Hush]]'', the [[Fallen Angel]] who stalks, harasses, terrifies and almost murders Nora calls himself Patch. The author clearly intended this to be a cool and gangster-like name but seriously, what kind of fallen angel who remains [[Bastard Boyfriend|borderline sociopathic]] even after being seemingly redeemed by love names himself ''Patch''? A name that sounds much more apt for a ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians|dog]]''?
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* ''[[Pokémon Sword and Shield]]'' has, uhm, Mustard. Yeah, this is the name of a boss trainer in the Isle of Armor DLC, and while he's a [[Cool Old Guy]] and the most powerful trainer in the game (level-wise) the name makes you think he's a hot dog vendor or something.
* Burgerpants, the cashier at the [[Burger Fool]] in ''[[Undertale]]''. Yeah, it's not his real name, but his jerk of a boss calls him that. To be fair, he got that nickname after he was caught stealing burgers from his workplace because the weight of the burgers he was smuggling in his pants caused them to fall down.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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* The villain of ''[[Van Von Hunter]]'' unintentionally gets himself dubbed "The Flaming Prince". It was supposed to be "The Prince of Flames" but his assistant hastily made the announcement before he was finished with his out-loud brainstorming. The villain's father visits and asks what the name is really supposed to mean, then the prince walks out to great him [[Man On Fire|while on fire.]]
* And the winner is: [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/080424 Lord Moldypants] from the ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' parody of ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]''.
* From ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', Elliot's
== [[Web Original]] ==
* The [[Whateley Universe]] includes several mentions of them. The students are warned to be careful even with their non
* ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' has Firebert, The Cheat's commando name.
** There's also Strong Bad's short-lived attempt to get people to start calling him "The Lege" (as in "the legend"), until he realizes [[Dumbass Has a Point|Homestar was right]] about it looking like it was pronounced "The Leg".
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