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* The [[Captain America (comics)]] villain the Red Skull often Anglicizes his birth name, Johann Schmidt, into John Smith as a disguise (though he has used [[Master of Disguise|dozens of others]]). The opposite was done in Alistair MacLean's 1967 WWII thriller novel (and the 1968 film version) ''[[Where Eagles Dare]]'', where SOE commando Major John Smith talks his way past his Gestapo captors using his cover identity of Major Johann Schmidt of SS Military Intelligence.

* In ''[[Marvel 1602]]'', an [[Alternate Universe]] taking place in the year, you guessed it, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|1602]], [[Captain America (comics)]] (aka Steve Rogers) is actually from a dystopian future of the normal [[Marvel Universe|616]] timeline, but had sent back by the evil "President-For-Life" to get rid of him. He is taken in by a local Native American tribe and takes on the name Rojhaz, which isn't actually a word in any Native American language, but it would sound enough like one to the new European settlers to pass as one. (Of course, these are the same people who manage to [[Hand Wave]] the fact that he is apparently a ''blond-haired, blue-eyed'' Native American, so perhaps he needn't have tried so hard.) The series also includes characters 'local' to 1602 whose names would be this trope if they were aliases, like Carlos Javier (Charles Xavier), Roberto Trefusis (Bobby Drake), Hal McCoy (Hank McCoy) and Scotius Summerisle (Scott Summers). Magneto's name, "Enrique", is probably the biggest offender. (Although {{spoiler|it's not his birth name. It was given to him when he was abducted from the ghetto and forcibly converted to Christianity.}})