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* ''Cindrella: The Sillicious Musical'': The Artist Formerly Known as The Prince. TAFKATP
* In ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]'', a slowly-melting glacier park is referred to as 'The Park Formerly Known as Glacier.'
* Long before the Prince situation, in ''[[Monty Python and Thethe Holy Grail]]'', The Knights Who Say Ni demand... [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|a shrubbery]]! When King Arthur and co. bring a shrubbery back...
{{quote|'''Head Knight''': We are now... no longer The Knights Who Say Ni.
'''Random Knight''': Ni!
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'''Head Knight''':Therefore, we must give you a test.
'''King Arthur''':What is this test, O Knights Of - Knights Who Till Recently Said Ni? }}
** ''[[Monty Python and Thethe Holy Grail]]'' came out in the late 1970s, over a decade before Prince changed his name, making it possibly an [[Ur Example]] of the trope's fundamental concept.
* From ''[[Digimon]]: The Movie'':
{{quote|'''Kari''': (narrating) ...And Matt's trying to make it as a rock star! His stage name is the Digidestined Formerly Known As Matt.}}
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show''
* 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."
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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-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'': After the gang learns that [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/02/25/episode-253-ive-been-waiting-a-long-time/ Thief is actually the prince of the elves:]
{{quote|'''[[The Ditz|Fighter]]:''' Wait, [[Let Me Get This Straight...]]. So Thief is the elf formerly known as prince?<br />
'''[[Omnicidal Maniac|Black Mage]]:''' Killing you is going to be the greatest moment of my life. }}