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{{trope}}
In 1993, the musician [[Prince]] changed his name to an [[Lucky Charms Title|unpronounceable symbol]] (roughly Ƭ̵̬̊) as part of a [[Take That]] to Warner Bros. legally preventing him from recording under the name "Prince", which is his legal [[One Name Only|given name]]. The phrase "the artist formerly known as Prince" was [[Memetic Mutation|coined by]] a public that had no idea what else to call him. Seven years later, his contract with that recording company expired and he went back to being known as simply Prince, making him [[Shaped Like Itself|the artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as Prince]], if you're being technical.
However, the media loves to parody this moniker even to this day, although as time goes on the joke gets less and less topical.
Not to be confused with [[Renamed Tropes]].
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== Comic Books ==
* Used in the ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]'' strip "A Character With No Name" where Dave refuses to name his new character, and eventually ends up creating an unpronounceable symbol to designate the character. B.A. eventually tires of the whole thing and has the character smote by the gods.
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* Also used in ''[[Gold Digger (Comic Book)|Gold Digger]]'', though it might have been topical when it was printed. Galford, a member of the Quirky Miniboss Squad, after getting some augmentations, changes his name to "大死". His boss's reaction:
{{quote|'''Lord Talon:''' So now you're "The ninja formerly known as Galford?"}}
**
* The Superbuddies - Formerly Known As [[Justice League of America|Justice League America]].
== Fan
* One ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' fanfic featured several Princes. One was called "The Prince Formerly Known as Artist", probably referencing the theatre adaptation mentioned below.
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== Live
* ''The Show Formerly Known as
* On ''[[Lost]]'', in between the point where Ben went by Henry Gale and where people started using his real name, Sawyer referred to him as "The Artist Formerly Known As Henry Gale".
* ''[[Roundhouse]]'' had a ''Cinderella'' parody with TAFKAP as the Prince. His name was announced as holding a cardboard sign with the symbol up and the sound effect of the first electronic riff plus 'uhn' in Prince's "Kiss".
* On an episode of ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'' Ryan Stiles was pretending to be a frog: "The frog formerly known as Prince."
* On ''[[30
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
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* [[WCW]], near the end, had The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Iaukaea, which was former island boy Prince Iaukaea now doing a parody Prince gimmick.
** An angle that was dropped once the ''real'' Prince dropped the unpronounceable symbol shortly after the gimmick started. This led to a mock press conference to announce that "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Iaukaea" was changing his name to "The Artist."
* Meanwhile, after [[Goldust]]'s [[Heel Face Turn]] didn't go so well, [[
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Ansom of ''[[Erfworld]]'', after having his views on royalty changed by the events at Gobwin Knob, insists that he is "merely a warlord formerly known as Prince."
* ''[[8-
{{quote|'''[[The Ditz|Fighter]]:''' Wait, [[Let Me Get This Straight...]]
'''[[Omnicidal Maniac|Black Mage]]:''' Killing you is going to be the greatest moment of my life. }}
* In ''[[Sinfest]]'' during a usual squabble between [[Vitriolic Best Buds|God and Dragon]] -- "[
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' has "[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/040910 demon once known as Riff]".
* In ''[[Dissonance]]'', a mouse that really shouldn't be alive right now is referred to as "Lazarus," or "Lars" for short, because "the mouse formerly known as mangled carcass" was too long.
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* In ''[[Homestar Runner]]'', when Marzipan is dressed as Prince for Halloween:
{{quote|'''Homestar Runner:''' Hey, the girlfriend formerly known as Marzipan. I think you missed a little bit when you were shaving. Right there, about the sideburns area.
'''Marzipan:''' More like [[No Accounting for Taste|the former girlfriend]] known as Marzipan.
'''Homestar Runner:''' Sounds like a plan! }}
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]] '': "[[I Have Many Names|I have had many names.]] Once I was known as Pharaoh. Then I was the artist formerly known as Pharaoh."
* An episode of ''[[The Nostalgia Critic]]'' has the titular critic wonder why King Koopa from ''[[Super Mario Bros Super Show]]'' isn't simply called "Bowser," or at least "The Artist Formerly Known as Bowser."
== Western Animation ==
* Used twice by ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''; one of the puppies in the ''101 Dalmatians'' parody is called "The Puppy Formerly Known as Prince", while "Lisa's Wedding" calls him "The Artist formerly known as [https://web.archive.org/web/20070302164738/http://z.about.com/d/altreligion/1/0/h/S/2/stafkap.jpg *unpronounceable symbol*]".
** There's also one of the flashback episodes (possibly "Lisa's First Word"),{{verify}} set during a time when "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince was currently known as Prince."
* In an episode of ''[[House of Mouse]]'' [[Donald Duck]] tries to become a celebrity and changes his name to the "Artist Formerly Known as Donald."
** And Mickey ended the episode by calling himself "The Mouse Currently Known As Mickey".
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** In another episode, "The Frog Princess," the title character entreats the prince to help her cook, and when he refuses on the grounds that he is a prince and thus can't cook, she sings him a song that includes the lyrics, "You could be the prince formerly known as helpless."
* "The Artist Formerly Known as Spot" from ''[[101 Dalmatians|101 Dalmatians: The Series]]''.
== Real Life ==
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