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== [[Live Action Television]] ==
* ''[[Kenan and Kel]]'': When Kenan and Kel (disguised as a woman) pose as a married couple to win a car on a game show for couples, Kenan impulsively stammers out the last name "Rockersteinbergerson."
** The girl interviewing them for the show pronounces it without missing a beat, but after that no one else is able
* ''Will & Grace'': Karen's "Anastasia Beverhausen. That's Anastasia like Russian royalty and Beverhausen like... where the beaver live."
* [[Stephen Colbert]], on hearing of Mel Gibson's arrest and anti-Semitic remarks, recommended the legal firm of 'Leibowitz, Silverberg and Fishmansteinberg'. Funnier if you know that Jon Stewart's real birth name was Leibowitz.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[Discworld/Wyrd Sisters|Wyrd Sisters]]'', the witches summon a demon who tells them its name is unpronounceable in their tongue. Granny of course says she'll be the judge of that, so it tells them. Naturally, Granny barely hesitates.
* Subverted in one of the Volo novels (''[[Forgotten Realms]]''), in which Volo and his companions are passing themselves off as drow. One makes up an
* In a somewhat hilarious story with [[Painting the Fourth Wall|absolutely NO fourth wall whatsoever]], the narrator introduces himself to the protagonist (yes, you read that right) as Sir Francis Daxiana Reginald Popniner Killamen Snap the 3rd. Call him Max.
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