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This is a name that is not merely common and unremarkable, but actively calls attention to how generic it is. In other words, the name is a word that means "generic," and is therefore a very uncommon name. A suitable name for the Ridiculously Average Guy. See also Mr. Smith, Hugh Mann and Atrocious Alias. Contrast Awesome McCoolname. |
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Sunless Skies: The Office of Works can be found in London, among several departments with properly purpose-conveying names. Fittingly enough, what they actually do is unclear; it's explicitly stated no one outside it knows what the office's purpose or the "works" within it are, and the only contact you have with them is delivering Noodle Implements to fulfill work orders they have, which only raise further questions. | |
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The continent on which Dragon Age takes place is called "Thedas" – which is an abbreviation of THE Dragon Age Setting that was used as a placeholder by the developers and then was kept as the name. | |
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Given 22 Jump Street is a Deconstructor Fleet, one of the teams in a football game is "University of College Generals". | |
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Moone Boy. Martin's Imaginary Friend is named Sean Murphy, which is as generic a name as you can get in Ireland. He complains that Martin gave him such a generic name and compares and contrasts it to the name given by Martin's best friend, Padraic, to his own imaginary friend Crunchie "Danger" Haystacks. | |
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The five component vehicles in Supercar Gattiger are given the uncreative names Center Machine, Left Machine, Right Machine, End Machine, and Up Machine. | |
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On The Simpsons, the top-hatted and moustachioed Identical Stranger who goes into Moe's immediately after Homer is banned gives his name as "Guy Incognito", and is immediately assumed to be Homer in a Paper-Thin Disguise. It's not. | |
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The Matrix: This is the reasoning behind Agent Smith's name. The other two in the first movie are Agents Brown and Jones. | |
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In practically all articles on The Daily Mash, someone will be called "Tom Logan" - typically someone (not really) interviewed for the article in some relevant profession or context. Or occasionally, an Animate Inanimate Object such as a block of cheese. Also, they often draw from a small bank of generic names for other interviewees. In one article, two separate people in different contexts were identified as "Nikki Hollis". |
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G.I. Joe was originally named this way. They were average Joes who were in the General Infantry. Until later, when they became elite special agents. | |
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In the final chapter of Double Homework, the first name of Zeta’s alias, Dr. Mosely, is revealed: Jane. | |
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The main character of Snow Crash is named Hiroki "Hiro" Protagonist. | |
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The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob! is set (mostly)in Bob's generic hometown Generictown. | |
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Grey Murphy of the Xanth series is initially portrayed as an extremely mediocre person, and his name is clearly a reflection on this. It's even justified in the circumstances of his birth: Grey was born shortly after his father Magician Murphy had been exiled to the boring world of Mundania, and so perhaps Murphy Sr. named his son after the fact that he would be growing up in this kind of "gray," mediocre world. | |
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Undertale: The default "true" name of the Fallen Child (and the one that appears if you delete the character name from your save file) is "Chara", which is short for..."character." | |
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Odo's name literally means "nothing," being derived from a Cardassian phrase that means "unknown sample." | |
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In the PC adventure/RPG Quest for Glory I, should you decide not to name your hero, his name will be "Unknown Hero". This gets awkward if you bring the hero into later games, and NPCs address you by that name. | |
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A minor character in The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. is named "Hiroshi Satou", both extremely common names (akin to "John Smith" in English). He's The Generic Guy and Saiki, who just wants to be normal, admires him for it. | |
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In the Pendragon tabletop RPG, the sample characters are all members of the "de Falt" family. | |
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The All Guardsmen Party are formerly of the Generian 99th Medium Infantry regiment, which is registered in the Departmento Munitorum's records as "GENER IC." | |
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The Anybody family from Mr. Bogus. | |
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Paper Chase: The name of the college, Anystate University (in the BASIC version) or Anycity College (in the Inform version). | |
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This may have been the reason for Martin Blank's name in Grosse Pointe Blank... or it might just have been an excuse for the title. | |
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo, which literally means "no one". | |
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Jerri Blank and her family from Strangers with Candy. Her name arose from the creators' need for a placeholder, which they grew attached to and decided it was "just ugly enough." | |
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The Parr family from The Incredibles. Any golfer knows "par" means average, hence it's a name that tells you how totally normal these people are, and in no way are they superheroes in disguise. | |
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Bobby's World: Bobby's family are the "Generics". However, whenever someone pronounces it like the English word, a family member corrects them: it's pronounced "Jenn-er-ick". | |
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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's Normal-Type gym leader is a white-collar business-focused everyman named Larry. | |
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F-Zero brings us the pilot John Tanaka, whose name is a combination of a generic Western male given name and a generic Japanese family name. | |
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In the Sinister Dexter story Malone, Finny has erased his memory and changed his face and moved to a planet called Generica. | |
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Free Guy: Guy and his friend Buddy are unremarkable NPCs in an In-Universe Wide-Open Sandbox video game. | |
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In one Family Guy episode, Brian moves to L.A. to try and make it in Hollywood. One of his co-workers at his crummy minimum wage job successfully sells a script with a protagonist named John Everyman. | |
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In Sturgeon's Law, Rakesh is a student at College State University. Go fighting Mascots! | |
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