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== Anime and Manga ==

* President Führer King Bradley of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', although "King" is just his very appropriate first name. He is both president of the country and head (Führer) of the military.

 

== Comic Books ==

* The Proximen in ''The Ballad of Halo Jones'' acquire extra words in their names as a sign of increased status.

* In ''[[The Sandman]]'', Dream "[[I Have Many Names|collects names like others collect friends]]". His official titles: Lord of the Dreamworld, Prince of Stories, Monarch of the Sleeping Marches, His Darkness Dream of the Endless.

 

== Fan Works ==

* [[Marissa Picard|Marissa Amber Flores Picard Gordon, Princess and Heir to the Throne of the Planet Essex, Commanding Admiral of Starfleet, Titleholder of the Triple Crown, and Lord High Commander of All Kids Crews Everywhere.]] Did we mention that she hates titles?

 

== Film ==

'''Adhemar:''' Well, I'd forget as well. What a mouthful. }}

* In ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'', during the first scene King Arthur introduces himself as: "Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon from the castle of Camelot, Defeater of the Saxons, sovereign of all England."

 

== Literature ==

* ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'': "Golbasto Momarem Evlame Gurdilo Shefin Mully Ully Gue, most mighty Emperor of Lilliput, delight and terror of the universe, whose dominions extend five thousand blustrugs [about twelve miles in circumference] to the extremities of the globe; monarch of all monarchs, taller than the sons of men; whose feet press down to the centre, and whose head strikes against the sun; at whose nod the princes of the earth shake their knees; pleasant as the spring, comfortable as the summer, fruitful as autumn, dreadful as winter"

* ''[[Discworld]]'':

** And in the same book "Queen Kelirehenna I, Lord of Sto Lat, Protector of the Eight Protectorates and Empress of the Long Thin Debated Piece Hubwards of Sto Kerrig." A reference to Queen Elizabeth, whose titles were even longer. (See Real Life below)

** Vampires tend to collect names and titles as a hobby, though we've never been privy to a full one, mostly because they take up pages.

** Rincewind simultaneously holds at least eighteen different posts at Unseen University, most of which are meaningless titles that nobody wanted; he is most commonly known as the Assistant Librarian and Egregious Professor of Cruel and Unusual Geography. Ponder Stibbons holds another twelve posts, but in his case the positions are ones which involve actual work and have some importance—Ponder's many jobs mean that he reports to himself and has more votes on the university council than everyone else combined.

** Averted by founder of the Agatean Empire, One Sun Mirror. He was considered so awesome, he crossed the [[Bishonen Line]] of [[Long List]] titles and was known simply as One Sun Mirror.

* ''[[Dracula (novel)|Dracula]]'': Abraham Van Helsing, M.D., D.Ph., D.Litt., etc., etc

* [[Lampshaded]] in the first episode of ''[[Psych]]'': Gus learns that Shawn named his [[Phony Psychic]] detective agency "Psych" and sarcastically suggests that he call it "Hey, we're fooling you ''and'' the police department; hope we don't make a mistake and someone dies because of it." Shawn, in an extremely hilarious example of [[Comically Missing the Point]], responds "Gus, that name is entirely too long, it would never fit on the window."

 

* The Qu'ran opens "In the name of Allah, the All Beneficent, The Most Merciful in Essence, The Compassionate, The Most Gracious..." and according to Islam, although there's no definitive list, there's another 95 attributes of God.

* Many religions give their god (or gods) many names; although Islam (at 99) takes the cake (the Baha'i have 100, but it's the Muslim list plus one), many other religions send God's names into double digits; this includes Judaism, where one of the most common names of God is...The Name (Ha Shem in Hebrew). Even those religions which feature more than one deity often give each deity many names and titles; for instance, [[Classical Mythology]] gives us Zeus Meilichios, Zeus Chthonios, Zeus Plousios, and so on, each referring to a different aspect of Zeus; the same is true of Athena Parthenos, Tritogeneia, Ageleia, Itonia, Athena Ergane, Athena Polias...

* In ''[[Traveller]]'', the Imperial Nobility (which is modeled on the European nobility, especially British system) often collects titles in high dynasties. There is actually a practical purpose for this, for instance an extra title might be given to a child without one, or a noble might want to use a lesser title for specialized purposes (for instance interacting with a local institution on a more direct basis).

 

* Famously [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s Pooh-Bah from ''The Mikado'' who is: Master of the Rolls, Master of the Buckhounds, Groom of the Backstairs, First Lord of the Treasury, Solicitor, Lord Chamberlain, Attorney-General, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Privy Purse, Lord Chief Justice, Leader of the Opposition, Paymaster-General, Lord High Auditor, Archbishop of Titipu, First Commissioner of Police, Private Secretary, Groom of the Second Floor Front, Lord Mayor and Judge Ordinary. Indeed the ''only'' position in city government he does not hold is that of Lord High Executioner. Modern productions like to add some titles, to introduce more contemporary humour. Examples would be "Director of Homeland Security" or "Husband of [[Elizabeth Taylor]]"

 

Duke of Auvergne, Benevento, Bosnia, Barcelona, Champagne, Pecs, Pomerania, León, Modena, Upper Burgundy, Nyitra, Pomeralia, Spoleto, Upper Lorraine, Hereford, Greater Poland and Yatviags,

Count of Venezia, Slupsk, Danzig, Marienburg, Kuchawy, Gnieznienskie, Poznanskie, Kaliskie, Opole, Upper Silesia, Praha, Hradec Kralove, Plzen, Cieszyn, Krakowskie, Sieradzko-Leczyckie, Plock, Sandomierskie and Sacz. }}

{{quote|His/Her Royal-Highness Lord/Lady Cousland, Prince/ss-Consort of Ferelden, Teyrn/a of Gwaren, Arl/essa of Denerim, Arl/essa of Amaranthine, 2nd-in-line to the Teyrnir of Highever, Warden-Commander of the Order of Ferelden Grey Wardens, '''[[Authority Equals Asskicking|Hero/ine of Ferelden.]]'''}}

* The Pretenders of [[Dominions]] are assigned titles after their name dependent on a variety of factors known and unknown, including magic skills, form, and scales. So a god's full name can stretch to something like, to give an actual example, "Manvale, Lord of Fear and Trembling, King of Suicides, the One Always at the Shoulder, Guardian of the Dead, Lord of Plagues."

* In the ''[[Overlord]]'' series, the player's [[Evil Overlord]] will gain an increasing number of titles that reference specific accomplishments in the games, often varying depending on the choices they made. You only ever hear them from [[The Jester|Quaver]], though.

 

== Web Comics ==

*** Thank goodness!

* Back when Libya was the "terrorist bogeyman du jour," as the Transformers Wiki puts it, ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' had a [[Qurac]] named Carbombya (no, ''seriously.'') Or rather, the [[People's Republic of Tyranny|Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya]]. Its leader, a thinly-veiled [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]] of leader of Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, was Supreme Military Commander, President-for-Life, and King of Kings Abdul Fakkadi.

 

== Real Life ==

 

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