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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]].
* The high priestess of the temple in ''[[Rune Soldier]]'' is named Jenny. Just "Chief Priestess Jenny".
* As ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' mages tend to have extravagant names, several fans understandably did a double-take when [[The Rival|the main rival]] and [[Les Yay|possible love interest]] in ''[[Spin Offspring|ViVid]]'', who also happened to be the female [[Techno Babble|sort-of]] [[Reincarnation]] of a [[Warrior Prince|legendary king and hero]], was revealed to have the name of... "Heidi". Cue short-lived [[Heidi
** Subverted, as everyone in-series calls her for her second name, Einhart.
* ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' starts with a pilot named Jiro Yamada, the Japanese equivalent of John Smith. He's so upset his name isn't awesome he insists everyone call him Gai Daigoji.
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== [[Film]] ==
* [[Some Call Me... Tim|Tim the Enchanter]] in ''[[Monty Python and
* [[Kill Bill|Bill]].
* [[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]]''.
== [[Live Action Television]] ==
* The all-knowing prophet "Chuck" In ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''.
== [[Literature]] ==
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* Subverted in ''The Curse Of [[Monkey Island]]''. Guybrush asks one pirate his name, to which he is told "Bill". When Guybrush comments that this doesn't sound very piratey, Bill interjects with, [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|"Cutthroat Bill"]].
* [http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Ed_the_Undying Ed the Undying] an ancient mummy in ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]''. Lampshaded in the encounter: "Ed? Not Ed-Ra, or Ed-hotep, or something?"
* In ''[[
* 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."
* ''[[
* Inverted in ''[[Thief]]'' with Viktoria, who has a suprisingly fancy and aristocratic name for {{spoiler|a wood nymph}}.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* The immortal "[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-06-25 Jerry]" from ''[[
* Biff in ''Absurd Notions'' names every one of his [[Role
* [[Looking for Group|Richard.]]
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', episode "The Chronicles of Meap":
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* Billy from ''[[
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