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Can be combined with [[Parallel Porn Titles]].
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== Anime
* ''[[Doctor Slump]]'' has some [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]] characters with names like this, including Suppaman (a portmanteau of "Superman" and ''suppa'', which is Japanese for "sour") and Parzan ("Tarzan" and ''paa'', which literally means "flat" but can also mean "stupid").
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* ''Star Wreck'' (the 1990s book series, not the Finnish film series) had James T. Smirk and Mr Smock on board the ''USS Endocrine'' plus Commander Zulu, Ensign Checkout, etc, etc. Also their [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|new replacements]] on the ''Endocrine-D'': Jean-[[I Love Lucy|Lucy Ricardo]], Commander Piker, Counselor Dee Troit, etc, etc, etc...
** And in the later books they were all joined by the crew of Station [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Geek Space Nine]]: Bungeeman Crisco, Constable Dodo, Major Vera, etc, etc, etc, etc...
* ''[[Discworld]]'' novels don't have much of this stuff, but Gimlet, the dwarf with famously piercing eyes who runs a deli on Cable Street, may be intended as a reference to [[The Lord of the Rings|Gimli, son of Gloin]].
** It's not as rare as you think; this is the same guy who gave us ''Cohen'' the Barbarian.
*** ''Ghengiz'' Cohen, in fact.
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* The national leaders in ''Nuclear Wars'' ([[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] which was both possible and popular in the late 80s) have names like Ronnie Raygun, Infidel Castro, Gorbachef, or [[Just for Pun|Mao The Pun]].
* Racing games released under the Magnetic Fields brand (''Lotus'' series, ''Super Cars'' series) parodied the names of real-life race drivers: Ayrton Sendup, Alain Phosphate, Crashhard Banger, T. Hairy Bootson, Nijel Mainsail, M. Carburettor, Nelson Pickets, Rissole Brooks, Mickey Louder, Stag Bloomvest, James Haunt, Sterling Mess...
* 1988 computer game ''Rockstar Ate My Hamster'' had a plethora of music stars (of which you are the manager) whose names were knock-offs of real musicians: [[Michael Jackson|Wacky Jacko]], [[Madonna|Maradona]], [[Elton John|Elvin Dwight]], [[Sex Pistols|Rotton Johnny]], [[Rolling Stones|Dick Knackered]], Tina Turnoff and so on. Some make sense in context, as you can see. But this is taken to extremes with [[Kylie Minogue]]'s ersatz, who was baptized as ''[[Unfortunate Implications|Bimbo]] [[The Lord of the Rings|Baggins]]''.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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