Overly Long Name: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''"Salacia Deloresista Amanita Trigestatra Zeldana Malifee..." He paused, turned over several pages, and said, "I think we can skip some of these, but they end 'von Humpeding'."''|''[[Discworld (Literature)/Thud|Thud]]''}}

 

In the broadest sense, whenever a character has more than the usual (in the Anglosphere) first, middle, and last name, they are in possession of an [[Overly Long Name]]. Also included are people who have the right number of names, but one or more of them is absurdly long, for example Ulla Inga Hansen-Bensen-Janson-Tallen-Hallen-Svaden-Swanson in the remake of ''[[The Producers]]''. (This is actually ''just'' her first name. They "[[Take Our Word for It|don't have the time]]" to hear her last name.)

== Comics ==

 

* In ''[[The Ballad of Halo Jones]]'', the alien Proximen have to buy words to add to their names, making name length an indicator of class. A Proximan in a position of political power, for instance, is called 'Procurator Bandaged Ice That Stampedes Inexpensively Through A Scribbled Morning Waving Necessary Ankles', whereas one encountered by the heroine at a bus stop tells her, "Name is Snivelling. When can afford second word in name, will be Snivelling ''[[Awesome McCoolname|Earthquake]]''."

* ''[[Cable (Comic Book)|Cable]]'': Cable's name is Nathan Dayspring Charles Christopher Summers, sometimes appended with Askani'Son or Soldier X--leading [[Deadpool]] to add things like "Priscilla" and "Gesundheit" to the middle.