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* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': The Master tends to use aliases which are anagrams of "master" or mean master in another language. From Nu Who, Mister Saxon is an anagram of "Master No. Six" (this being the sixth incarnation of the Master that we've seen). Word Of God is that it was a coincidence.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': The Master tends to use aliases which are anagrams of "master" or mean master in another language. From Nu Who, Mister Saxon is an anagram of "Master No. Six" (this being the sixth incarnation of the Master that we've seen). Word Of God is that it was a coincidence.
* The ''[[Leverage]]'' team tends to use ''[[Doctor Who]]''-themed aliases (probably because they're all arranged by Hardison the uber-geek).
* The ''[[Leverage]]'' team tends to use ''[[Doctor Who]]''-themed aliases (probably because they're all arranged by Hardison the uber-geek).
{{quote| '''Hardison:''' What IDs have you got on you?<br />
{{quote|'''Hardison:''' What IDs have you got on you?
'''Nate:''' Let's see... we've got Peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy, and I have a Tom Baker.<br />
'''Nate:''' Let's see... we've got Peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy, and I have a Tom Baker.
'''Sophie:''' Yeah, I have a Baker. Sarah Jane. }}
'''Sophie:''' Yeah, I have a Baker. Sarah Jane. }}
* ''[[The Lone Gunmen]]'' sometimes antagonist/sometimes ally Yves Adele Harlow's assumed name is an [[Significant Anagram|anagram]] of [[Who Shot JFK?|Lee Harvey Oswald]], as are most of her one time only aliases.
* ''[[The Lone Gunmen]]'' sometimes antagonist/sometimes ally Yves Adele Harlow's assumed name is an [[Significant Anagram|anagram]] of [[Who Shot JFK?|Lee Harvey Oswald]], as are most of her one time only aliases.
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* When Shawn from ''[[Psych]]'' needs an alias for himself and Gus, he will often use some variant of White and Black with their last names (i.e. Shawn White and Gus Black or Shawn Black and Gus White).
* When Shawn from ''[[Psych]]'' needs an alias for himself and Gus, he will often use some variant of White and Black with their last names (i.e. Shawn White and Gus Black or Shawn Black and Gus White).
* ''[[Fringe]]'': Though Peter hasn't used many aliases during the run of the show, he still knows enough to lampshade this trope.
* ''[[Fringe]]'': Though Peter hasn't used many aliases during the run of the show, he still knows enough to lampshade this trope.
{{quote| '''Peter''': The best lie, the one that's easiest to remember with consistency, is the one that's based on the truth. Whenever I would do this, I would base it on my own last name. Bishop. So Peter King. Peter Knight.}}
{{quote|'''Peter''': The best lie, the one that's easiest to remember with consistency, is the one that's based on the truth. Whenever I would do this, I would base it on my own last name. Bishop. So Peter King. Peter Knight.}}
* "Harold Finch", of ''[[Person of Interest]]'', also known as [[Animal Motifs|Harold Crane, Mr. Partridge, Harold Wren and Harold Crow]].
* "Harold Finch", of ''[[Person of Interest]]'', also known as [[Animal Motifs|Harold Crane, Mr. Partridge, Harold Wren and Harold Crow]].


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