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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Elfen Lied]]'', the massive, floating head, [[Body Horror]] oracle that is kept in the pool under the research facility is just called "Anna". But to be fair, she was born as a mostly normal girl.
* The [[Big Bad]] undead evil sorceress in ''[[Record of Lodoss War]]'' is just named "Karla", being about the only character in the entire world [[Aerith and Bob|with an actual real world name]].
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* [[The Matrix|Smith, Brown and Jones.]].
* Inverted in ''[[Down Periscope]]''. The name of the electrician is Nitro, but he's working on a nickname: Mike.
* Played with in [https://web.archive.org/web/20200107153827/http://www.desent-audio.com/images/MIB%20vhs.jpg the poster] for ''[[Men in Black]]'' (as the characters go by [[One-Letter Name]], but [[Will Smith|the]] [[Tommy Lee Jones|actors]] have Plain Surnames).
* ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Smith]]''.
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* While Solid Snake from ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' certainly has a cool-sounding code name; his real name is just "David".
** Big Boss' and Ocelot's real names are also rather plain (John and Adam).
*** Actually, Ocelot's real name is "Adamska". He says it at the end of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''. In fact, he asks Naked Snake what his name is and then gives his own. When Naked Snake answers simply, "John," Ocelot replies, "Plain name, but I won't forget it."
* ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]]'' gives us Maxie and Archie, the Magma and Aqua leaders. Unlike most characters, they have no theme nor pun to their names and seem to have been chosen because they start with the same letters as their teams and Japanese names, and sound a little bit alike.
* Inverted in ''[[Thief]]'' with Viktoria, who has a suprisingly fancy and aristocratic name for {{spoiler|a wood nymph}}.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* The immortal "[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-06-25 Jerry]" from ''[[El Goonish Shive]]''.
* Biff in ''Absurd Notions'' names every one of his [[Role
* [[Looking for Group|Richard.]]
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