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== Fan Fiction ==
* One ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' fanfic featured several Princes. One was called "The Prince Formerly Known as Artist", probably referencing the theatre adaptation mentioned below.
== Film ==
* In ''[[
{{quote| "Dawson, let me introduce you to the principal. Sorry, The Administrator-Formerly-Known-as-Principal." }}
* ''[[Garfield (
* ''Cindrella: The Sillicious Musical'': The Artist Formerly Known as The Prince. TAFKATP
* In ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]'', a slowly-melting glacier park is referred to as 'The Park Formerly Known as Glacier.'
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== Literature ==
* In the ''[[Star Trek]]'' novels ''The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonian Singh'', Roberta Lincoln calls Khan "The Artist Formerly Known As Noon."
* In ''[[
{{quote| '''Marco:''' Now he's telling jokes. Bad, ''bad'' jokes.}}
** Marco can't really talk. When Rachel [[Bluff the Impostor|tests him]] by saying "You know you're a toad, right?" his answer is:
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show''
* On ''[[
* ''[[Roundhouse]]'' had a ''Cinderella'' parody with TAFKAP as the Prince. His name was announced as holding a cardboard sign with the symbol up and the sound effect of the first electronic riff plus 'uhn' in Prince's "Kiss".
* On an episode of ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'' Ryan Stiles was pretending to be a frog: "The frog formerly known as Prince."
* On ''[[30 Rock
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* [[WCW]], near the end, had The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Iaukaea, which was former island boy Prince Iaukaea now doing a parody Prince gimmick.
** An angle that was dropped once the ''real'' Prince dropped the unpronounceable symbol shortly after the gimmick started. This led to a mock press conference to announce that "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Iaukaea" was changing his name to "The Artist."
* Meanwhile, after [[Goldust]]'s [[Heel Face Turn]] didn't go so well, [[WWE|WWF]] had him turn back heel, trade his black and gold for a red, black, and green outfit, and dub himself The Artist Formerly Known As Goldust. While still going by that same name, he spent several months dressed as a [[
== Radio ==
* The subject of a game of 'Limerick' on ''[[
{{quote| The artist formerly known as Prince,<br />
On stage he would posture and mince,<br />
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== Theater ==
* From ''[[
* In a stage adaptation of ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', one prince vying for Jasmine's affection is "The Prince formerly known as The Artist"
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Ansom of ''[[
* ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'': After the gang learns that [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/02/25/episode-253-ive-been-waiting-a-long-time/ Thief is actually the prince of the elves:]
{{quote| '''[[The Ditz|Fighter]]:''' Wait, [[Let Me Get This Straight...]]. So Thief is the elf formerly known as prince?<br />
'''[[Omnicidal Maniac|Black Mage]]:''' Killing you is going to be the greatest moment of my life. }}
* In ''[[
* ''[[
* In ''[[
== Web Original ==
* In ''[[
{{quote| '''Homestar Runner:''' Hey, the girlfriend formerly known as Marzipan. I think you missed a little bit when you were shaving. Right there, about the sideburns area.<br />
'''Marzipan:''' More like [[No Accounting for Taste|the former girlfriend]] known as Marzipan.<br />
'''Homestar Runner:''' Sounds like a plan! }}
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
* An episode of ''[[
== Western Animation ==
* Used twice by ''[[The Simpsons (
** There's also one of the flashback episodes (possibly "Lisa's First Word"), set during a time when "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince was currently known as Prince."
* In an episode of ''[[House of Mouse]]'' [[Donald Duck]] tries to become a celebrity and changes his name to the "Artist Formerly Known as Donald."
** And Mickey ended the episode by calling himself "The Mouse Currently Known As Mickey".
* In one episode of ''[[Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
** In another episode, "The Frog Princess," the title character entreats the prince to help her cook, and when he refuses on the grounds that he is a prince and thus can't cook, she sings him a song that includes the lyrics, "You could be the prince formerly known as helpless."
* "The Artist Formerly Known as Spot" from ''[[101 Dalmatians
== Real Life ==
* [[
** Music website Rhapsody used a subversion of this trope as a [[Take That]] against Prince in one instance, referring to him as "[[The Napoleon|The Artist Never Known as Tall]]".
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