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{{quote|'''Bond:''' I admire your courage, Miss...<br />
'''Sylvia:''' Trench. Sylvia Trench. I admire your luck, Mister...<br />
'''Bond:''' [[Trope Namers|Bond]]. [[Trope Makers|James]] [[Trope Codifier|Bond]].|''[[Dr. No (Film)|Dr. No]]''}}
 
Many a character these days will introduce themselves ''[[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]]'' style (Last Name, Full Name), e.g.
 
''"Lockhart, Sally Lockhart"''
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* In the first episode of ''[[Full Metal Panic]]!'', Sōsuke introduces himself to a hysterical runaway as "Sagara... Sōsuke Sagara," as he rescues her from the battlefield.
** Of course, in Japanese, family names come first; Sōsuke's line in the Japanese dialogue is "Sagara... Sagara Sōsuke," which is more comparable to saying "James... James Bond," in English.
* ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'': "Joestar. Joseph Joestar."
* ''[[Heroman]]'' features an example without a first name: "Minami, Doctor Minami."
* In ''[[Escaflowne]]'', Hitomi introduces herself to Allen with her first name first, then her name in Japanese order (so it comes out as "Hitomi, Kanzaki Hitomi" in Japanese). In the English dub, she introduces herself as "Hitomi, Hitomi Kanzaki". Allen does not make any mistakes with her name, despite the fact that Asturian name order follows the English pattern.
* The title character of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' introduces herself to Vita as "Nanoha. Takamachi Nanoha." when Vita asks for her name ([[My Name Is Not Durwood|Vita promptly declares it as too hard to remember]]). In the ''Battle of Aces'' video game, Nanoha introduces herself in this manner again when she comes across a [[Doppelganger|Dark Piece that took the shape of a Vita who had yet to meet her]].
* ''[[Ro -Kyu -Bu!]]'': Token Loli Hinata does this, when the basketball club introduces themselves to Subaru. Although "Hinata. Hakamada Hinata" is more of James, Bond James though.
* [[Medabots]]: When Karin introduced herself to Ikki, she introduced herself as "Karin, Karin Junlei".
* In ''[[Clannad (Visual Novel)|Clannad]]'', Kyou does this when Tomoyo introduces Kotomi to her.
 
 
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* ''Pinocchio'': "[[Species Surname|Cricket]]'s the name, Jiminy Cricket."
* In ''[[An American Tail]]'', Fievel introduces himself to Henri the pigeon as "Fievel, Fievel Mousekewitz." He introduces himself this way a few times in the sequels as well.
* [[CharlottesCharlotte's Web|"My name is Charlotte, Charlotte A Cavatica."]]
* [[Cars|"Finn McMissile, British Intelligence."]]
** "Tow Mater, Average Intelligence."
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== Films -- Live Action ==
* Virtually a given in any ''[[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]]'' movie, obviously (most of the times, entering in [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] level).
** Averted in ''[[From Russia With Love (Film)|From Russia Withwith Love]]'', ''[[Thunderball (Film)|Thunderball]]'' (although technically said by another character) and ''[[Quantum of Solace (Film)|Quantum of Solace]]''.
** In ''[[Casino Royale (Film)|Casino Royale]]'', it's the very last line of the movie.
** Also played with in the [[Duran Duran]] video for the theme to ''[[A View to A Kill (Film)|A View to Aa Kill]]''; toward the end of the video, the band's lead singer identifies himself as "Bon. Simon LeBon."
** "Trench, Sylvia Trench" from ''[[Dr. No (Film)|Dr. No]]'' is actually the first charater to use this trope. It's in response to this introduction that Bond first utters the deathless line.
* In ''[[Back to Thethe Future (Filmfilm)|Back to The Future]] Part III'', Maggie first introduces herself as "McFly, Maggie McFly". Then Marty introduces himself to Maggie as "Eastwood, Clint Eastwood".
* ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Filmfilm)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'': "It's Todd now. Sweeney Todd."
* ''[[The Final Sacrifice]]'': "Rowsdower. Zap Rowsdower."
{{quote| '''Crow T Robot:''' Yeah, well I'm Bill Shtinkwater.}}
* ''[[Scanners]]'': "REVOK! DARRYL! REVOK!"
* ''[[Fletch]]'': "Nugent. Ted Nugent."
* ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Film)|Ferris Buellers Day Off]]'' parodies the James Bond usage:
{{quote| '''Cameron:''' ''(on the phone with the principal)'' And you just mind your P's and Q's, buster, and remember who you're dealing with.<br />
'''Ferris:''' Bueller. [[High School Hustler|Ferris Bueller]]. }}
* ''[[XXX (Film)|xXx]]'': "Gibbons. Augustus Gibbons."
* ''[[Agent Cody Banks]]'': "Banks. Cody Banks."
* Walt Whittaker introduces himself this way to the Russian sailors in ''[[The Russians Are Coming|The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming]]'', but they interrupt his introduction and subsequently refer to him as "Whittaker Walt".
* ''[[The Matrix (Film)|The Matrix]]'': Smith, Agent Smith. Considering that the names of other programs in [[The Matrix]] correspond to their functionality (Trainman, Keymaker, The Oracle etc.), Agent apparently '''is''' the first name.
* ''[[Constantine (Film)|Constantine]]'': This is Constantine. John Constantine. %&*hole.
* ''[[Sunset Blvd]].''. After Mr. Sheldrake calls her "Miss Kramer": "The name's Schaefer. Betty Schaefer. Right now I wish I could crawl in a hole and pull it in after me."
* ''[[First Blood (Film)Rambo|First Blood]]'': Sam Trautman. ''Colonel'' Sam Trautman.
* Rose in ''[[Titanic (Film)|Titanic]]'', when she gave her name as Rose Dawson upon arriving at New York - "Dawson, Rose Dawson,"
* ''[[101 Dalmatians (Disney)|102 Dalmatians]]'': Waddlesworth, a macaw who believes himself to be a dog, once toyed with the [[James Bond]] theme and introduced himself as "Dog, James Dog".
* ''[[Wild Wild West (Filmfilm)|Wild Wild West]]'': "West. Jim West."
 
 
== Literature ==
* ''[[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy]]''; Slartibartfast initially thinks Arthur's name is Dentarthurdent.
** "As in the ''late'' Dentarthurdent."
* In ''[[Neverwhere]]'', the protagonist fumbles over his initial self-introduction. Door doesn't seem all that surprised at meeting a man seemingly named "Richard-Richard-Mayhew-Dick".
* [[Once Per Episode|Every single volume]] in the ''[[Geronimo Stilton]]'' series starts off with Geronimo introducing himself to the readers as "Stilton, Geronimo Stilton." One of the books was even titled "My Name is Stilton, Geronimo Stilton."
* In [[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone|the first]] ''[[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Harry Potter]]'' book, this is how Draco Malfoy introduces himself:
{{quote| ''"Oh, this is Crabbe and this is Goyle," said the pale boy carelessly, noticing where Harry was looking. "And my name's Malfoy, Draco Malfoy."''}}
* Lampshaded in one of the novels about noir-ish Swedish secret agent Carl Hamilton:
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* [[Chuck]] did this once or twice, but usually with an alias, not his real name.
* [[Lost]] has this in spades. Nearly all -if not all- characters introduce themselves at least once -if not multiple times- in this fashion.
* ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]'': Captain Jack Harkness replies to an introduction of "Jones, Ianto Jones" with "Nice to meet you, Jones Ianto Jones".
* On the border of this trope: in ''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation|Star Trek: TNG]],'' "The Outrageous Okona", Wesley tells Okona his name is "Wesley. Wesley Crusher," and also mentions he's an acting ensign. Okona says, in a wacky voice, "I'm glad to meet you, Acting Ensign Wesley Wesley Crusher."
* And played straight in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|DS9]]'' [[James Bond|Bond]]-[[Pastiche]] "Our Man Bashir" which starts with a scene where a thug is thrown through a window by an unidentified man in a white tuxedo, who proceeds to defeat another bad guy (seen in a mirror, no less) with the cork from a champagne bottle. The saved [[Distressed Damsel]] prompts with a "Thank you, Mr. --" at which point the camera finally swings around to reveal that it is Dr. Bashir (in a holosuit-program) who of course responds with "Bashir, Julien Bashir".
* A variant occurs in ''[[The Russians Are Coming]]''. Walt Whitaker introduces himself to the leader of the shore party this way, but gets cut off after he says "Whitaker, Walt--". From then on, the officer refers to him as "Whitaker Walt".
* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'': Daniel Jackson, needing an alias in a hurry: "Olo. [[Star Wars|Hans... Olo]]."
* ''[[Space Cases]]'': "*twitch* Hello Harlan Harlan Band."
* The opening credits of the original half-hour version of ''Danger Man'' have Patrick McGoohan saying "My name is Drake. John Drake." Note that this was ''[[Older Than They Think|three years before]]'' Sean Connery ever said "My name is Bond. James Bond."
* This happened on an early episode of ''[[Green Acres]]'' when Oliver was introducing himself to some of the Hooterville residents, including Uncle Joe Bradley (crossing over from ''[[Petticoat Junction (TV)|Petticoat Junction]]'').
{{quote| '''Oliver:''' Douglas. Oliver Wendell Douglas.<br />
'''Uncle Joe:''' You've got enough names for two people. }}
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{{quote| '''Carver:''' His name is Head... ''Dick'' Head... }}
* Parodied in an episode of "[[Bill Nye the Science Guy]]" about friction: "My name is Bond. Molecular Bond."
* In an episode of ''[[CharliesCharlie's Angels]]'', Bosley introduces himself this way, only to get the "Hello Bosley Tom Bosley" response. He tried to correct it but ended up doing it again.
* In a [[Flash Back]] in ''[[Smallville]]'', Ma Kent tells the sheriff that the kid is called Clark "... because we felt my family's name would be appropriate..." (actually they hadn't thought of any and that was the first she made up). Dunno if that's canon in other incarnations, but at least in ''Smallville'', [[Superman|the Man of Steel]] can rightfully present himself as "Clark Kent Clark".
* Sterling does it in the ''[[Leverage]]'' episode "The Zanzibar Marketplace Job". He's playing hero in front of a bunch of news cameras, so it actually makes sense.
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** Gordon subverts this, as his name actually ''is'' Gordon Gordon Wyatt. [[Mind Screw|Unless he's just messing with Booth.]]
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' has "Lemming. Arthur Lemming. Special Agent, [[It Makes Sense in Context|British Dental Association]]."
* In ''[[The A-Team (TV)|The A-Team]]'''s Season 5 episode, "The Spy Who Mugged Me", which is an [[Affectionate Parody]] of ''[[James Bond]]'' films, Murdock is sent undercover as a spy named Logan Ross. Naturally, [[Genre Savvy|knowing what kind of story he's in]], Murdock spends the rest of the episode introducing himself as "Ross, Logan Ross" with a very good impression of Sean Connery's voice. He also goes to the bar and orders "orange juice: shaken, not stirred."
* We get a "Bundy. Al Bundy." in the Vegas episode of [[Married... Withwith Children]]. Peggy counters with "Loser. Born loser."
 
 
== Music ==
* In the ''[[Gorillaz (Music)|Gorillaz]]'' biography ''Rise of the Ogre'', 2D is quoted as explaining: "I know there's a rumour going round that my real name is Stuart Tusspot, but that's not true. It's Pot. Stuart Pot." (It ''was'' originally Tusspot, but his father had it legally changed for [[Unfortunate Names|obvious reasons]].)
 
 
== Music Videos ==
* In the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFlFq-b-oxo music video] for [[Duran Duran]]'s song "A View To A Kill" (from [[A View to Aa Kill (Film)|the Bond movie of the same name]]), Duran Duran member Simon Le Bon introduces himself as "Bon. Simon Le Bon."
 
 
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* ''[[Resident Evil]]'': "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6wDhat6qYQ Ada. Ada Wong."]
** "Claire. Claire Redfield."
* Don Flamenco of ''[[Punch Out (Video Game)|Punch Out]]'' does this as one of his taunts, the catch is that he does it in Spanish. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX3MViTpNZ0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fgonintendo.com%2Findex.php%3Fpage%3D3&feature=player_embedded see 5:04].
* ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'': Zengar Zombolt tends to introduce himself this way, usually followed by a title such as "The sword that cleaves evil."
* In ''[[The Curse of Monkey Island (Video Game)|The Curse of Monkey Island]]'', Guybrush can introduce himself to King André this way, either under his own name or other aliases; but no matter which other aliases he chooses, André will know Guybrush's name anyway by calling him "Mister Threepwood".
* [[Sonic the Hedgehog|"I'm Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog!"]]
 
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== Western Animation ==
* Also done by Bond's [[Canon Dis Continuity|nephew]] James Bond Jr., in the cartoon of the same name, who would introduce himself as "Bond, James Bond, Junior."
{{quote| '''[[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara]]:''' It's amazing how adding just that one word drains the response of any kind of power.}}
* Parodied in an episode of ''Disney's [[Hercules (Disney film)|Hercules]]'' that spoof ''[[James Bond]]'': Hercules introduced himself as "Les... Hercules" (and he was called for the rest of the episode as Mr. Les).
* In the Bond parody on ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'', "To Russia with Lab Mice", Brain introduces himself to Russian mouse Mousey Galore as "Brain... The Brain."
* On an episode of ''[[Arthur]]'', a movie preview is shown for an entry in the James ''Hound'' series. In it, the hero introduces himself as "Hound. James Hound." Arthur does the same later when imagining himself in the role.
* In an episode of ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force (Animation)|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'' Ben introduces himself to a Highbreed who's his partner in an [[Enemy Mine]] as "Ben, Ben Tennyson". From that point on the Highbreed addresses him as "Benben Tennyson".
* In an Episode of [[Timon and Pumbaa]] Timon introduces himself to the bad guy as Mon Timon For the rest of the episode the bad guys calls him Mr. Mon
* Some of the promotional videos for ''[[Kim Possible]]'' involved the whole Bond "Gun Barrel Scene" with the Disney logo instead of the gun circle and with Kim's silhouette. She then invokes the trope: "Possible. Kim Possible."
** There's also "Shtoppable. Ron Shtoppable." With a lisp that [[Sean Connery]] didn't pronounce that much until later in life.
* Another obvious parody in ''[[Wakfu (Animation)|Wakfu]]'' episode 19 (as well as a [[Punny Name]] in French): "My name is Monde... Smisse Monde."
* In one episode of [[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]], Jackie introduces himself to an art collector as "Chan, Jackie Chan". For the rest of the episode, the guy calls him "Chan Jackie Chan".
* ''[[Casper the Friendly Ghost]]'' once concluded a ghost he just met was a spy because that ghost introduced himself in Bond style.
* ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' spoofed it when Chicken Boo becomes a secret agent. His alias is literally "Boo James Boo," and he's called by the whole thing at all times.
* In ''[[The Critic]]'', actor Jeremy Hawke recalls the time he played an American president (in a ''James Bond''-type film, no less).
{{quote| "My name is Monroe. [[James Monroe]]. [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|And here's a taste of the Monroe Doctrine.]]"}}
* [[Courage the Cowardly Dog (Animation)|"The name's Man. Snowman."]]
 
 
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