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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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== [[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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