Spell My Name with an "S"/Western Animation

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Examples of Spell My Name with an "S" in Western Animation include:

  • While most uncertainties relating to Transformers names are of Japanese origin, there's a few pure Western examples.
    • Elita One has had her name spelled Elita-One, Elita-1, Eleta-1 and Aleta-1 officially, and a couple of more variations unofficially. This confusion was brought on because of her debute in an unwritten medium, so people could only guess what it was spelled like. Given how much the cartoon made a point of her being equal to Optimus Prime, it is somewhat odd (the correct) Elita One (Prime/One, get it?) was dismissed as a viable option for so long, although the Orion Pax-Optimus Prime & Elita One-Ariel link understandably caused "Alita"-confusion. Since those days, script material and the production bible have become available to reveal her name as Elita One, but for varying reasons her name continues to be a source of debate. Most noticeably in that is that other franchise incarnations of Elita One have their names spelled differently: Elita-One for the Movie and Transformers: Shattered Glass versions and Elita-1 for the Transformers Animated and Revenge of the Fallen versions, which may lead to trademark claims that affect the name under which another Elita One version is released.
    • A similar thing happened with the computer "Teletraan I", also debuting in the cartoon. Aside from the spelling, its pronunciation also varied to include "Teletron-1", a fact that was lampshaded in the series finale of Beast Wars.
    • Hun-Grrr has had about four different spellings of his name: Hun-Gurrr, Hun-Grrr, Hun-Grr and Hun-Garr. Canon seems to have settled on the most meaningful (guy's got some violent eating habits): Hun-Grrr.
    • Not to mention Tarantulus/Tarantulas from Beast Wars.
      • The former spelling is the most recently used as it's a a trademark dodge, since "Tarantulas" can be interpreted as the plural of "tarantula" and thus couldn't be trademarked.

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  • The Five-Man Band's resident computer geek in Code Lyoko is Jeremy Belpois. Or was it... Jérémie Belpois? Apparently, either spelling is acceptable, and fans of the series accept either spelling equally.
    • It doesn't help that within the show itself, in his specific Eyecatch it is spelled "JEREMIE" in Season 1 and "JEREMY" starting Season 2.
  • The name of a character from the underrated movie Help! I'm a Fish... Is it Fly or Kai?
    • Yes, the first one is meaningful. He turns into a flyfish once he drinks the fish potion.
  • From The Fairly OddParents: Juandissimo Magnifico's first name begins with either "Ju" or "W", but even the end credits and the people making the merchandise aren't sure.
    • Official production art from the Frederator Blog, as well as a draft script for "Wishology" refer to him as Juandissimo. Maybe that will clear things up.
    • Meanwhile, lots of "fans" seem to think Vicky's name is spelled "Vicki", despite "The Villain Sucks" Song clearly spelling it out at the beginning.
    • Considering that the character is either a Spaniard or Latino, his first name most likely derives from the Spanish name "Juan," making Juandissimo correct. Besides, ask any Spanish speaker how often they use "j" vs. "w" on a daily basis.
      • However, this interpretation ignores the fact that "Wandissimo" is a pun off of "wand", which fits with the theme of the other fairy characters' names.
      • Neither interpretation makes sense in a vacuum. "Juandissimo" ignores the "wand" pun and "Wandissimo" ignores the "Juan" pun. The question should not be which preserves the pun, because neither do.
      • Mind you, the fact is that if the name is based in spanish neither names makes sense as it it would Juanissimo, and as the pun doesn't work it seems like a case of Did Not Do the Research
    • As well, Timmy Turner's Dad's Sitcom Arch Nemesis family is spelled as both Dinkleberg and Dinkleburg.
  • Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers fans can't seem to decide on one spelling for the name of Gadget's Hawaiian lookalike. Apparently, the official spelling is "Lahwhinie", but it was never stated anywhere that the audience was likely to see it, and several variations are in common use amongst fans of the show.
  • A recurring visual gag in Home Movies is that Jason's last name is spelled differently every time its shown. The spellings "Panopolis", "Popodopolis", or "Penopopolis" had all been used throughout the show and the close captions for one episode even spells it "Penopolis".
    • Mr. Lynch's first name was revealed in one scene to be "Ronald" and in another scene to be "Donald". Both scenes occurred on the very same episode.
    • The name of Brendon Small's metalhead friend who composes most of the music in Brendo's movies is either, "Dwayne" or "Duane".
  • Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!! fans have several spellings for their red monkey's name, both his full name and the nickname. SPRX-77, SPRX 77, Sprx, Sparks, Sparx, and there are probably a few more spellings if one looked around the fanfic archives long enough.
  • Fievel in An American Tail, who is listed as "Feivel" in the beginning credits of the first movie, which is the actual Yiddish spelling. The spelling was changed to "Fievel" to avoid confusing American audiences who might otherwise pronounce it as "Fay-vel", but in other countries where the movie was released the "Feivel" spelling was left intact.
    • Ironic because that's actually how it's pronounced in Yiddish too.
  • Kyle's surname in South Park is usually Broflovski, but it has appeared as Brovlofski, Broflofski and Broflowski.
    • While the show is notorious for discontinuity, perhaps falls under the inconsistent spelling rules of names from slavic nations into English.
  • Charles Foster Ofdensen/Offdensen/Ofdenson from Metalocalypse. Fans are starting to think Brendon Small is fucking with them on purpose.
    • After two seasons, Charles Foster Offdensen's name was revealed by Word of God to be spelled with TWO f's instead of one, rendering most spellings of his name in fanworks (and on this very wiki) incorrect.
    • From the same series, Mr. Salatcia/Selatcia/Salacia/Selacia/who freaking knows. And unlike Offdensen, there are no written confirmations one way or the other.
  • The surname Doofenshmirtz does not have a C in it.
    • The Intern, Carl, was also inconsistently spelled with a "K" during the credits. However, a later episode confirmed his name was in fact Carl, and later episodes finally began using his full name in the credits: "Carl Karl."
  • In Avatar: The Last Airbender the character names are in the credits (and for Aang, in the British title) but that doesn't mean that their names will occasionally go mis-spelt as 'Eyroh', 'Touf', 'Socka' and other wacky spellings.
  • In the Powerpuff Girls episode Superfriends, the titular 'puffs make friends with the daughter of their new next-door neighbours. She's only in the one episode, but has become a feature of many PPG fanfics (probably because of convenience, she does live right next door to them). But even ten years on, fanon still can't decide if her name is spelt Robin Schneider or Robyn Snyder (or anything in between).
    • It's Robin Shneider in the credits and book adaptation, so that's the official spelling.
  • People constantly spell Lois from Family Guy name as Louis despite the fact that Louis is pronounced quite differently than Lois.
  • Nobody quite knows whether the name of Twilight's avian companion in the "Owl's Well That Ends Well" episode of My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic is Owlysius, Owlowicious, Owloysius, Owloicious or just plain Aloysius (without the pun on "owl.") Very unlikely to be resolved since he only speaks in hoots, so he has no voice actor (and thus no credit) and Twilight probably gave him that name, and the Equestrian script is an equine-themesed Wingdinglish.
    • For the record, Lauren Faust has stated on her Deviant ART account that it is intended to be spelled "Owlowicious."
    • Likewise McIntosh has spelling problems. "McIntosh" is the official spelling of the apple, which would work well for a pun. However most people are more well accustomed with "Macintosh" due to Apple's computer series. Both versions are pronounced the same way, so Fanon latched onto "Macintosh". Apparently Lauren Faust spells it the apple way though.
      • But the toys still say "Macintosh."
    • Honestly, this show alone has a lot of them. To add to the list:
      • Is it Night Mare Moon or Nightmare Moon?
      • Is it Pinky Pie or Pinkie Pie? (This one is a bit less ambiguous, as all official show material says "Pinkie", but some of The Merch says "Pinky."
      • Is it Princess Cadance or Princess Cadence?
      • And probably the most debatable, Discord's species. Spelled dragonokis on The Hub's website, and draconequis in the closed captions. Faust's preferred spelling is draconequus. Better yet, Celestia decides to Take A Fourth Option and refer to him as a "spirit."
    • Applejack's little sister is Apple Bloom. Two words. Many, many people spell it as Applebloom instead, though.
  • The short-lived official website of My Dad the Rock Star spelled the name of Willy's female friend as Alissa. Everyone else spelled it as Alyssa, which stuck given that the original site is no longer around and had low traffic when it was.
  • The premise of the TV show My Gym Partner's a Monkey was that Adam's last name was misspelled as Lion instead of Lyon, which is why he got sent to a school of animals.
  • Happens a few time regarding the Recess characters:
    • The official spelling of T.J.'s last name is Detweiler, though Urban Dictionary (as part of the definition for Whomp) spells it as "Detwhiler"
    • Gus's last name is spelled Griswald in most episodes and on the merchandise. However, in two episodes, and to a few fans, it's "Griswold".
    • The official name for the filing assistant boy is Menlo. Some fans continue to spell it as "Menlow".
    • One of the biggest examples of the trope comes to the gang's fourth grade teacher. The correct spelling of her last name, as seen in the credits and merchandise is "Grotke", NOT "Grotky", "Grotkey", or "Grotki".