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Many fictional characters' names are shown as a first name, last name, and a middle initial in between. If this initial is short for a longer name, it's never stated in Canon. A Mysterious Middle Initial could also be the entire middle name, or a joke about the character's lack of an actual middle name, or an attempt to conceal an Embarrassing Middle Name. This is most likely because, it's easier to remember a middle initial (e.g.: "Robert J. Smith") rather than a full middle name (e.g.: "Robert James Smith") regardless of whether or not said middle initial actually stands for anything. It's going to become especially egregious in anime when a character with a very Japanese name has an English middle initial. |
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The main character of Doom House is Reginald P. Linux. | |
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In Thud! we even get introduced to deputy constable A.E. Pessimal, who — strictly speaking — does not exactly fit this trope, since he wasn't named as a child, he was "initialled", so A.E. is his full first (or first and middle) name. | |
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KT Tunstall's middle name is ... Victoria. "KT" is partly a funny spelling of "Katie" and partly a reference to the K-T Extinction Event. | |
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Stunt Dawgs: Richard P. Fungus. There's also a case of Mysterious First Initial with Fungus' twin R. Peter Fungus. | |
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The Addams Family: Subverted Trope. When Thing went missing and the Addamses hired a detective to find him, they said his name was Thing T. Thing and, when asked what the middle T. stood for, they said it meant Thing. | |
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Adolf K. Weismann. The initial doubles as a One-Letter Title. Also probably the biggest subversion of Names to Run Away from Really Fast. | |
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Gaia Online's iconic eccentric businessman, Johnny K. Gambino. According to Word of God, "the world is not ready to know" what the K stands for. | |
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Decap Attack combines this with Punny Name. The player character is Chuck D. Head, his creator is Dr. Frank N. Stein and the Big Bad is Max D. Cap. | |
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In Tales of Monkey Island, a minor subplot in the 4th chapter involves one character wanting revenge on Guybrush Threepwood for reasons he doesn't remember. It turns out she'd been wronged by Guybrush Q Threepwood, whereas the main character is Guybrush U Threepwood. (the U stands for Ulysses, which is something of a Meaningful Name) Apparently, Guybrush U still gets Guybrush Q's mail. | |
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The titular protagonist in BoJack Horseman has F as a middle initial. However, it is never revealed what that "F" name is. | |
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Donkey Kong Country: The Kongs' Arch-Enemy, King K. Rool. What does the "K." stand for? Word of God admits they never even thought of a meaning for it, aside from it sounding out "cruel". For what it's worth, concept art shows he was originally called "Krudd". | |
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W.E.B Du Havel from Honor Harrington has three of them. They don't actually stand for anything. After he escaped slavery he named himself that, after the historical figures W.E.B. Du Bois and Václav Havel. The problem was that he didn't know what W.E.B. stood for (having been a slave, his education was spotty), and he didn't have time to look it up, so he just made W.E.B his first name (he's usually called Web). |
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The Simpsons also have a mysterious first initial. In the "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" two-parter, it is revealed that Skinner's full name is "W. Seymour Skinner", just for the sake of adding him to the list of suspects that have for initials either WS or SM. the culprit was Maggie Simpson. This is never mentioned again in the series. There's also C. Montgomery Burns (the C stands for Charles). "D'oh-in In the Wind" reveals that Homer himself doesn't know what his middle initial "J." stands for, nor does his father Abe. He goes to his mother's former hippie commune to find out his middle name and is ridiculously excited to learn that it's Jay. |
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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Phil Coulson's full name is Phillip J. Coulson. While it is never revealed what the "J" stands for, his full name is stated repeatedly when he is addresed by the Chronicom Enoch. | |
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Dr. Albert W. Wily of Mega Man (Classic) fame. | |
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Octopath Traveler II has one of the main characters, Osvald V. Vanstein. What the middle "V." stands for is never stated. | |
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In The Matrix, Neo's original name is "Thomas A. Anderson". | |
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RPC Authority: RPC-049's full name is Janet E. Neuman, what the E stands for is unknown. | |
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Looney Tunes: "I am Ewmer J. Fudd, miwwionaiwe. I own a mansion and a yacht.". | |
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Inverted in Lyrical Nanoha, where the full story of Fate gaining a middle name is shown to us. Fate Testarossa gets adopted by the Harlaown family at the end of the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's, and the epilogue reveals that her name has changed from Fate Testarossa to Fate T. Harlaown, with her original surname being converted to a middle name and shortened as an initial. In subsequent series, she's still credited as Fate T. Harlaown, but she always introduces herself as Fate Testarossa Harlaown. | |
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Harriet the Spy: Harriet M. Welsch. When asked by a classmate what the "M" in her name stood for, Harriet answered that it was just an "M" and doesn't stand for anything (much to the other students' confusion). The issue gets furthered muddled when it turns out she had written her name as "Harriet M Welsch" in the past. When trying to determine the correct way to write her name, it's revealed that her father had mistakenly scribbled on her birth certificate while trying to the ink in his pen flowing, resulting in the system registering the scribble as an "M". | |
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The Dukes of Hazzard has Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane. It stand for "Purvis." | |
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John P. Wintergreen in Of Thee I Sing. Ira Gershwin wrote that when he asked co-author George S. Kaufman what the initial stood for, he was told, "'Why, Peppermint, of course!' with a look that could only mean that any child knew that." (Kaufman's writing credits also include The Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers and A Night at the Opera, and his own middle initial is fairly mysterious.) | |
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Scott Pilgrim features both Scott W. Pilgrim and Ramona V. Flowers. While we learn that the "V" in Ramona's name stands for "Victoria," we never learn what "W" stands for in Scott's name. Even more mysterious is Wallace P. Weldon, which appears on his and Scott's mailbox in volume 1, before Wallace's last name is established as Wells. |
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Looking at a particular book cover in Eternal Darkness reveals the full name of one of the chosen to be Edwin H. Lindsey. | |
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Virtually every member of G.I. Joe has a middle initial listed on their toy filecard and other bios that is never elaborated on — Shipwreck is Hector X. Delgado, Roadblock is Marvin F. Hinton, Scarlett is Shana M. O'Hara, etc. Possibly the only one that is explained: Quick Kick's real name is MacArthur S Ito, and like Harry Truman the S doesn't stand for anything, his middle name is simply the letter S. Ditto for Tollbooth, Chuck X. Goren. | |
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In Camp Lazlo, there's Algonquin C. Lumpus, and there's Edward T. Platypus (of the "The" sort, presumably). | |
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Dr David Q. Dawson in Basil of Baker Street, being a rodent version of John Watson. | |
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Nicholas D. Wolfwood of Trigun, although when asked, the creator has offered a variety of (funny) possibilities. | |
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Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding in Animal Crackers. (And the T stands for Edgar.) | |
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Although it's not his real name, Setsuna F. Seiei of Gundam 00 According to Word of God, his codename is very prophetic. | |
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Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Blooregard Q. Kazoo. Granted, he's an imaginary friend who was created by a three year old, and their names tend towards the silly and random, so he might not have a middle name at all. | |
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All of the characters in the book The Circus of Doctor Lao have the middle initial R. | |
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Growing Up has Richard P. Nelson, where the P in his name isn't short for anything because it's just his mother's favorite letter. | |
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Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse introduces Trevor C. Belmont (or Ralph C. Belmond in the Japanese version) and Adrian F. Tepes (a.k.a. Alucard). Alucard's middle name, Farenheights, is actually revealed in the Japanese manual and is later mentioned in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Farenheights is speculated to be his mother Lisa's last/maiden name. According to rumors, Trevor C. Belmont's middle initial stands for Christopher. Originally, Castlevania III was supposed to feature Christopher Belmont (Simon's predecessor mentioned in the Japanese manual for Castlevania), but he ended up being the protagonist of Castlevania: The Adventure for the Game Boy instead, forcing the developers to come up with another Belmont for the third NES game. The middle initial was thrown in as a hint of the developers' original intentions. |
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Garfield: Jon's full name is Jonathan Q. Arbuckle. | |
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Garfield (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_44e0b783 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_459ca4de | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_459ca4de | comment |
The first Galaxy Angel game has Camus O. Laphroaig, the leader of the Hell Hounds. The sequel trilogy, Galaxy Angel II, has Lily C. Sherbet, one of the members of the Rune Angel Wing. The final game reveals the C stands for "Caramel", her mother's maiden name. |
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Galaxy Angel (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_459ca4de | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_468bebb0 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_468bebb0 | comment |
The Discworld book Maskerade has Perdita X. Dream, whose "X" stands for "someone who has a cool and exciting middle name." In Thud! we even get introduced to deputy constable A.E. Pessimal, who — strictly speaking — does not exactly fit this trope, since he wasn't named as a child, he was "initialled", so A.E. is his full first (or first and middle) name. |
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Discworld | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_468bebb0 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_480ec6f0 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_480ec6f0 | comment |
Bonkers: Bonkers D. Bobcat, whose mysterious middle initial is also a play on the word "the". | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_480ec6f0 | featureApplicability |
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Bonkers | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_480ec6f0 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4a2ff29b | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4a2ff29b | comment |
Evil Dead's Ashley J. Williams. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4a2ff29b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Evil Dead (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4a2ff29b | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4abff5dd | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4abff5dd | comment |
Brewster's Millions: Montgomery Brewster's maternal Uncle James T. Sedgwick. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4abff5dd | featureApplicability |
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Brewster's Millions | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4abff5dd | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4c99197e | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4c99197e | comment |
The Muppet Show: "Kermit T. Frog, here." According to the credits list, it stands for "The." | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4c99197e | featureApplicability |
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The Muppet Show | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4c99197e | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4cacbf66 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4cacbf66 | comment |
Bill S. Preston of Bill & Ted. He constantly introduces himself with an additional "Esquire" on the end but never reveals what the "S." stands for. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4cacbf66 | featureApplicability |
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Bill & Ted (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4cacbf66 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4f091b42 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4f091b42 | comment |
Another example of a Mysterious Middle Initial in a very Japanese name-Kotetsu T. Kaburagi of Tiger & Bunny. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4f091b42 | featureApplicability |
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Tiger & Bunny | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4f091b42 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4f57b33a | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4f57b33a | comment |
In the English dub of Tokyo Mew Mew, Akasaka Keiichiro's name was changed to Wesley J. Coolridge III. It's doubtful even 4Kids knew what the "J" stood for. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4f57b33a | featureApplicability |
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Tokyo Mew Mew (Manga) | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_4f57b33a | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_503d3d54 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_503d3d54 | comment |
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Dr. Frank N. Furter. Sure, his full name is a play on both "Frankenstein" and "Frankfurter (hence the infamous "You're a hot dog" line in the film). But, as the song Planet Schmanet/Wise Up, Janet Weiss indicates, Frank is his first name, Furter is his last name...and it's never revealed what his middle initial "N" stands for. Brad's police statement refers to him as "Bradley J. Majors". |
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Mysterious Middle Initial / int_503d3d54 | featureConfidence |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_503d3d54 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_50a9ace1 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_50a9ace1 | comment |
J. Wellington Wimpy from Popeye has a mysterious first initial. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_50a9ace1 | featureApplicability |
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Mysterious Middle Initial / int_50a9ace1 | featureConfidence |
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Popeye (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_50a9ace1 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_50ec52bd | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_50ec52bd | comment |
Harriet M. Welsch doesn't really have a middle name. She added the initial herself. Although in Harriet Spies Again she claims the M stands for Middle. |
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Harriet the Spy | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_50ec52bd | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5106ee7e | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5106ee7e | comment |
The sequel trilogy, Galaxy Angel II, has Lily C. Sherbet, one of the members of the Rune Angel Wing. The final game reveals the C stands for "Caramel", her mother's maiden name. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5106ee7e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5106ee7e | featureConfidence |
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GalaxyAngelII | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5106ee7e | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_547f6bce | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_547f6bce | comment |
In Family Ties, Alex P. Keaton got his middle name from an ad lib done by an actor who also fits the trope: Michael J. Fox! It was never revealed what the P. stood for, although given his parents' status as former '60s hippies, it's been suggested that it stands for "Peace". | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_547f6bce | featureApplicability |
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Family Ties | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_547f6bce | |
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Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5562da6a | comment |
In 3rd Rock from the Sun, Pendleton University's badger mascot is named Pendleton J. Badger. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5562da6a | featureApplicability |
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3rd Rock from the Sun | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5562da6a | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5779deb9 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5779deb9 | comment |
According to rumors, Trevor C. Belmont's middle initial stands for Christopher. Originally, Castlevania III was supposed to feature Christopher Belmont (Simon's predecessor mentioned in the Japanese manual for Castlevania), but he ended up being the protagonist of Castlevania: The Adventure for the Game Boy instead, forcing the developers to come up with another Belmont for the third NES game. The middle initial was thrown in as a hint of the developers' original intentions. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5779deb9 | featureApplicability |
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CastlevaniaI | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5779deb9 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_57ad0c07 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_57ad0c07 | comment |
Kenneth J. Sullivan and Oswell E. Spencer from the Resident Evil series. Subverted with Leon S. Kennedy, whose middle name is revealed to be "Scott" in the manual for Resident Evil 2. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_57ad0c07 | featureApplicability |
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Mysterious Middle Initial / int_57ad0c07 | featureConfidence |
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Resident Evil (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_57ad0c07 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_58cf4968 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_58cf4968 | comment |
Klarth F. Lester from Tales of Phantasia and Fulein K. Lester from a spin-off sequel, Summoner's Lineage, despite the fact that no one else in their world in any time period has a middle initial. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_58cf4968 | featureApplicability |
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Tales of Phantasia (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_58cf4968 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_593d139f | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_593d139f | comment |
Dave Barry Slept Here claimed that Harry S Truman's family was so poor that they couldn't afford to put a period after his middle initial, and posed a "trick discussion question" about what the "S" stood for. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_593d139f | featureApplicability |
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Dave Barry Slept Here | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_593d139f | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5958ef44 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5958ef44 | comment |
The mentally-disabled titular character of So B. It calls herself "So be it", and her neighbor decided it was her full name, complete with middle initial. It's her first name, "Sophia". | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5958ef44 | featureApplicability |
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Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5958ef44 | featureConfidence |
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So B. It | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5958ef44 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5ab15430 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5ab15430 | comment |
In The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Bob Denver played a strange beatnik character named Maynard G. Krebs. In one episode he admitted that the G. stood for "Walter". | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5ab15430 | featureApplicability |
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Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5ab15430 | featureConfidence |
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The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5ab15430 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5b0b10de | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5b0b10de | comment |
The Magnificent Seven: Ezra once introduces himself as "Ezra P. Standish"; when asked what it stands for, he says "persuasive". (And since Ezra is a known con-artist with at least two aliases, that might not even be a real initial.) | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5b0b10de | featureApplicability |
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Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5b0b10de | featureConfidence |
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TheMagnificentSeven | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5b0b10de | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5fc0e68d | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5fc0e68d | comment |
Last Exile has Alvis E. Hamilton. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5fc0e68d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5fc0e68d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Last Exile | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_5fc0e68d | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_60e46926 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_60e46926 | comment |
Alfred E. Neumann, the mascot of MAD. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_60e46926 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_60e46926 | featureConfidence |
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MAD (Magazine) | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_60e46926 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6276800c | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6276800c | comment |
In one episode, The Nostalgia Critic claims his legally born name is in fact "Poor E. Broke". | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6276800c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6276800c | featureConfidence |
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The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video) | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6276800c | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_69de3ad6 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_69de3ad6 | comment |
Moose and Zee: It was never revealed what the A in Moose A. Moose’s name stood for. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_69de3ad6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_69de3ad6 | featureConfidence |
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Moose and Zee | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_69de3ad6 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6b40eec8 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6b40eec8 | comment |
Ansel T. Beauregard of Arlo the Alligator Boy. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6b40eec8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6b40eec8 | featureConfidence |
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Arlo the Alligator Boy | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6b40eec8 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6b85085e | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6b85085e | comment |
Mortal Kombat has Sonya A. Blade. Not even her ex-husband knows what her middle name is. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6b85085e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6b85085e | featureConfidence |
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Mortal Kombat (Franchise) | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6b85085e | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6c9193a1 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6c9193a1 | comment |
The Venture Brothers: Thaddeus S. Venture. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6c9193a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6c9193a1 | featureConfidence |
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TheVentureBrothers | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6c9193a1 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6ee46938 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6ee46938 | comment |
The frog in "One Froggy Evening" was retroactively named "Michigan Frog" and given "J." as a middle initial because of this rule. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6ee46938 | featureApplicability |
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Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6ee46938 | featureConfidence |
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One Froggy Evening | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6ee46938 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6f6c1eb7 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6f6c1eb7 | comment |
Touma H. Norstein of Digimon Data Squad. He's half-Austrian, so he has a better reason to have an middle initial than other anime characters. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6f6c1eb7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6f6c1eb7 | featureConfidence |
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Digimon Data Squad | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_6f6c1eb7 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7261088b | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7261088b | comment |
The Cry of Mann: Jouglet V. Man, with the "V" never being explained. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7261088b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7261088b | featureConfidence |
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The Cry of Mann | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7261088b | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_727259ac | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_727259ac | comment |
Stimpson J. Cat from The Ren & Stimpy Show. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_727259ac | featureApplicability |
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Mysterious Middle Initial / int_727259ac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Ren & Stimpy Show | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_727259ac | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7680545c | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7680545c | comment |
C. C. Babcock from The Nanny, whose middle and first initial are mysterious. The last episode reveals that it stands for Chastity Claire. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7680545c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7680545c | featureConfidence |
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The Nanny | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7680545c | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_76c806ab | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_76c806ab | comment |
Howard the Duck occasionally signs documents "Howard T. Duck", implying that the word "the" might actually be his middle name. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_76c806ab | featureApplicability |
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Howard the Duck / Comicbook | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_76c806ab | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_78d4f24 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_78d4f24 | comment |
Mega Man Star Force 3 has Arthur C. Eos, better known as Ace. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_78d4f24 | featureApplicability |
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Mega Man Star Force (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_78d4f24 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_791f9a4a | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_791f9a4a | comment |
Priscilla S. Asagiri of Bubblegum Crisis. Some additional material (although of dubious canonicity) says that it stands for "Sonoda". | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_791f9a4a | featureApplicability |
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Bubblegum Crisis | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_791f9a4a | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7a4a668c | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7a4a668c | comment |
Captain Harlock has the awesomely-named of Phantom F. Harlock. No one knows what the F. stands for. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7a4a668c | featureApplicability |
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Captain Harlock | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7a4a668c | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7f6eb95d | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7f6eb95d | comment |
Brazilian soap opera O Rei do Gado ("The Cattle King" or "The King of Cattle") has Bruno B. Mezenga but it's only mysterious in-universe. All viewers know his middle name to be Berdinazzi. (His mother's maiden name) His parents' past was of the Romeo and Juliet kind and his maternal uncles (except, fortunately, the one he was named after) cheated his mother and his maternal grandmother out of their shares of the Berdinazzi estate after Grandpa Berdinazzi passed away. Because of that, he refuses to acknowledge any part of that name besides the initial. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7f6eb95d | featureApplicability |
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Romeo and Juliet (Theatre) | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7f6eb95d | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7f82538d | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7f82538d | comment |
Krypto the Superdog: In one story from the Comic-Book Adaptation, he disguises himself under the name Silas P. Sham. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7f82538d | featureApplicability |
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Krypto the Superdog | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_7f82538d | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_81589a76 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_81589a76 | comment |
In Romancing the Stone, Jack gives his name as "Jack T. Colton." While berating him, Joan says (among other things) that "a real man is trustworthy." Later, when she asks what the "T" stands for, he says, "Trustworthy." But we never find out what the "T" really stands for. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_81589a76 | featureApplicability |
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Romancing the Stone | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_81589a76 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_82439e64 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_82439e64 | comment |
Dwight from The Office (US) introduces himself as Dwight K. Schrute so frequently that it comes as a surprise to his coworkers when they take him to an emergency room and realize that none of them know for sure what the K. stands for. The fact that his deskmate, Jim, actually does know the answer (it's Kurt) is taken as a sign that they spend a depressingly large amount of time together. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_82439e64 | featureApplicability |
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The Office (US) | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_82439e64 | |
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Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_85ccdf78 | comment |
Keith T. Maxwell of Galaxy on Fire II combines this with "Metaphor" Is My Middle Name: | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_85ccdf78 | featureApplicability |
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Mysterious Middle Initial / int_85ccdf78 | featureConfidence |
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Galaxy on Fire (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_85ccdf78 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_86f6da00 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_86f6da00 | comment |
There's also William F. Guile from the Street Fighter film, which is not really the character's full name in the games, but still counts as an example. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_86f6da00 | featureApplicability |
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Street Fighter | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_86f6da00 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_89db9246 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_89db9246 | comment |
Otis B. Driftwood in A Night at the Opera. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_89db9246 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_89db9246 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
A Night at the Opera | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_89db9246 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_8d091454 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_8d091454 | comment |
In one episode of the Pac-Man cartoon, Clyde gives his full name as Clyde Q. Ghostmonster. | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_8d091454 | featureApplicability |
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Mysterious Middle Initial / int_8d091454 | featureConfidence |
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Pac-Man | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_8d091454 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_8d8157e0 | type |
Mysterious Middle Initial | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_8d8157e0 | comment |
"This is Stanley H. Tweedle, Captain of the Lexx..." | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_8d8157e0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_8d8157e0 | featureConfidence |
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Lexx | hasFeature |
Mysterious Middle Initial / int_8d8157e0 | |
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Mysterious Middle Initial | |
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M*A*S*H One episode sees Hawkeye losing it trying to find out B.J. Hunnicutt's full name. Apparently it's "BJ", named for his mother Bea and his father Jay...without periods. Hawkeye refuses to believe it. Don't forget Maxwell Q. Klinger. Sherman T. Potter. The actor who played Potter believed the character's middle name to be "Tecumseh", after William Tecumseh Sherman. |
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The Loud House: Some of the Loud kids (and their dad Lynn Sr.) have L as a middle initial, keeping with the Alliterative Name, although all of them are given the middle name "Marie" whenever they're in trouble.note Case in point: Lori, the eldest, is shown with the middle initial L on her driver's license in an early episode, but later, ditzy Leni remarks she had always thought Lori's middle name was Marie. The only Loud kid with a definitive middle name is Lincoln, whose middle name is Albert, after his maternal grandfather. Also the principal Wilbur T. Huggins. | |
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Red vs. Blue has Leonard L. Church and Michael J. Caboose, although even their first names are rarely mentioned, and Church's middle initial only shows up in a character profile on the DVD. | |
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''Recess'" has some P examples as well as j examples. In his first appearance Gus cls himself Gus P. Griswald and Miss Finster calls herself Muriel P. Finster in the movie. | |
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The title character of The Pretty Things' rock opera S.F. Sorrow. The short story that accompanied the album mentions that the S stood for Sebastian, but no mention of what the F stood for. Even the 2003 remaster has a little note saying "And nobody still knows what the F stood for". | |
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Archimedes Q. Porter from Disney's Tarzan. | |
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Tarzan | hasFeature |
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Newshounds creator Thomas K. Dye, who even signs his panels as "TKDye". | |
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Crow T. Robot. It stands for "The." | |
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Timothy Q. Mouse from Disney's Dumbo. | |
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James T. Kirk's middle name, Tiberius, wasn't revealed in the original series. It was first mentioned in the semi-canon animated series, but it was confirmed in Star Trek VI. William T. Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation was thought to be a shout-out to James Tiberius Kirk, but was revealed in a later season to just be "Thomas". Prior to this, in a (non-canon) novel Peter David had given it as 'Thelonius', probably in a homage to Kirk's style of middle name, or a homage to jazz musician Thelonious Monk and a reference to Riker's trombone playing. He attempted to Retcon this with 'Thomas Thelonius' in a later novel. Even more mysterious is James R. Kirk's middle name, in the second pilot, Where No Man Has Gone Before. It's never used in dialogue, but is seen on a tombstone that Gary Mitchell produces for him during their final confrontation. One unofficial explanation offered over the years is that despite his newly-gained powers Mitchell simply made a mistake. |
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Deltarune has Spamton G. Spamton. It's not clear what the G stands for, as its only purpose seems to be to break up Spamton's otherwise Repetitive Name. | |
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The creator of Regular Show has two mysterious initials - J. G. Quintel. Fans have not yet managed to find out what either of them stand for, but they stand for James Garland. | |
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One Piece: Many of the world's most powerful people have the middle initial of "D", and nobody seems to know what it means or what it stands for, aside from signifying you're a badass. This has been referred to as the "Will of D," and it is even recognized by characters in the story. | |
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Likewise, 4Kids's dub of Ojamajo Doremi changed Senoo Aiko's name to Mirabelle P. Haywood. Again, no idea what the "P" meant. | |
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David X. Cohen, producer of Futurama. The X literally doesn't stand for anything. His real middle initial is S, but WGA and DGA rules required him to differentiate himself from another David S. Cohen — he decided to go with something 'sci-fi-ish'. | |
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Futurama | hasFeature |
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Then there also is Chester A. Bum. He is Chester, a bum. In one episode, The Nostalgia Critic claims his legally born name is in fact "Poor E. Broke". |
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Gilbert G.P. Guilford of Code Geass has two mysterious initials. | |
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Though it's just a regular Mysterious Initial, Count D of Pet Shop of Horrors is always known simply as Count D. The chapter titles, however, are all words that begin with the letter D. Suggestions, perhaps? | |
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel has the father and daughter, Victor S. Arseid and Laura S. Arseid having the "S." middle initial letter. Cold Steel III reveals that the "S." stood for Sandlot, in honor of the legendary Lance Maiden, Lianne Sandlot, also known as Arianrhod. Lianne herself, as she lays dying, asks Laura to continue the tradition which Laura accepts. | |
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Kain R. Heinlein from Garou: Mark of the Wolves. Given his name's a partial reference to writer Robert A. Heinlein though, "Robert" could be his middle name. | |
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Fatal Fury (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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Rocky and Bullwinkle: Rocket J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose. The J was a reference to their creator, Jay Ward. Parodied in a skit where Bullwinkle signs something with an X, Rocket queries him for why he does so to which Bullwinkle replies "It's my middle initial" |
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The Amazing World of Gumball has Sarah G. Lato, an ice cream cone. | |
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Robert Edward O. Speedwagon of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. | |
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The Danger Mouse episode "The Man From Gadget" has Egregious M. Murphy, senior sales rep for Gadgets Inc., who comes up with a doozy when D.M. asks him about his middle initial: | |
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Saturday Night Live: David S. Pumpkins. | |
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Saturday Night Live | hasFeature |
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Glitter Force: Into the Glitterverse: Nozomi's Glitter form, Nora, has the middle initial H, which is never explained (Word of God says it stands for Hope). Honoka even lampshades it. | |
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Ninjago: Pythor P. Chumsworth's middle initial is unknown as to what it stands for and we're unliekly to ever know. | |
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Princess Hisui E. Fiore of Fairy Tail as well as her father Toma. | |
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Hugo Z. Hackenbush in A Day at the Races (1937). | |
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3-2-1 Penguins! has Jason T. Conrad. | |
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Bump in the Night: Squishington gave his full name as Squishington A. Peabody in the episode "Sock It To Me", while the later episode "Love's Labor Bumped" had Mr. Bumpy claim that his friend's full name is F. Lee Squishington. It's never clarified what the initial stands for in either name. One-shot character Odiferous J. Stench. Not once in the episode "Love Stinks" is it ever stated what the J stands for. The Christmas Episode "'Twas the Night Before Bumpy" had Bumpy and Squishington encounter a British hummingbird named Doris D. Bird. What the D stands for is never explained. |
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Dance Central: Dare P. Batheson is the only character of the group known to have a middle name, but what that name is is anyone's guess. | |
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Person of Interest: The real name of protagonist John Reese is John H. (Last name currently unknown). Detective and Team Machine member Lionel P. Fucso. The Machine's co-creator Nathan C. Ingram. Harold's fiance Grace R. Hendricks. HR members Alonzo D. Quinn, Officer Patrick M. Simmons, Det. William J. Petersen. Carl G. Elias and his right hand man Anthony S. "Scarface" Marconi. Father and son mob bosses Don Gianni F. Moretti, Sr and Jr. Norther Lights members Senator Ross H. Garrison, Robert N. Hersh, Alicia M. Corwin, and Denton L. Weeks. Decima Technolgies member Martine S. Rousseau. Psychiatrist Dr. Ronald W. Carmichael. Apartment superintendent Ernest P. "Ernie" Trask whose actual name is Ernesto Machado. Former NSA employee Henry L. Peck. Lifetrace CEO Wayne L. Kruger. Black Market Bazaar creator Owen T. Matthews. Intelligence advisor Manuel E. Rivera. The only exception is rapist Andrew William Benton. |
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Beezy J. Heinous on Jimmy Two-Shoes. Eventually revealed to stand for "Jo-Jo". | |
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Jimmy Two-Shoes | hasFeature |
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Yu-Gi-Oh! has Pegasus J. Crawford— the J. was chosen deliberately as a tribute to all those cartoon characters with J for a middle initial. | |
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Laff-A-Lympics: The games played in "The Day the Rottens Won" took place at the Gerald K. Doonton memorial coliseum. "Take Me Out to the Brawl Game" features the Horace W. Underburger stadium. In "The Man Who Stole Thursday", Captain Caveman gives an autograph to a boy named Howard R. Flintwhiller. |
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Elmer C. Albatross from Baccano!. | |
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Baccano! | hasFeature |
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Rufus T. Firefly in Duck Soup. | |
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Duck Soup | hasFeature |
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Harris K. Telemacher in L.A. Story. | |
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Battlestar Galactica: Raptor co-pilot Karl C. Agathon and Caprica Buccaneers captain cum resistance leader Samuel T. Anders. | |
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Battlestar Galactica (2003) | hasFeature |
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A clue on Jeopardy! told that the E. in Wile E.'s name stood for Ethelbert. But Mark Evanier relates that it was unofficial since it was used in a Road Runner comic book he scripted for Gold Key. | |
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Jeopardy! | hasFeature |
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Fred Sanford of Sanford and Son had the middle initial G. but constantly changed what it meant for comedic purposes of what fit the scenario. | |
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Calvin & Hobbes: The Series has Sherman J. Hamster. | |
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Calvin & Hobbes: The Series (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
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Oscar H. Genius (yes, really) from Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. | |
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Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt | hasFeature |
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A Felix the Cat comic story had Felix operating as a private detective under the name of Felix T. Cat. When asked, he says that the "T" stands for "The". | |
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Parker J. Cloud from Middlemost Post. | |
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Hey Arnold! has Helga G. Pataki, who promises a visit from ''Old Betsy'' for those who inquire too closely about the "G." Word of God says it's Geraldine, named for former head of Nickelodeon animation Geraldine Laybourne. | |
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Calum P Cameron, author of the Mediochre Q Seth Series (Which, despite its name, is not an example - the titular character is Dr Mediochre Quirinius Seth). The P "can stand for whatever you want it to" as far as he's concerned. | |
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Wunschpunsch: Maledictus T. Maggot. We never learnt what the T stood for. | |
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Sherlock Holmes's biographer, Dr. John H. Watson. You can make a pretty good case for the 'H' standing for either 'Hamish' or 'Henry.' In 'The Man with the Twisted Lip' Mrs. Watson calls the good doctor 'James,' and it is proposed that is a pet nickname/pun derived from his middle name (Hamish is the Scottish variant of 'James') Otherwise, this would mean that Mrs. Watson forgot her husband's name, which would be a bad thing. Alternatively, he could be named after Cardinal John Henry Newman, who was an influential figure around the time Watson would have been born, and a lot of people were named after him. Henry is a fairly safe bet because it was probably the most common male name beginning with H at the time... ...Though from the Doylist perspective, it's just as likely his creator forgot. Arthur Conan Doyle was notorious for changing names in the books, which is why Holmes's landlady is sometimes Mrs Hudson... and sometimes not. So if the H ever stood for something, there's no guarantee it was just one name. | |
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BlazBlue has Valkenhayn R. Hellsing, Rachel Alucard's Battle Butler. | |
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Friends: Monica Geller reveals her middle initial is "E" after buying a stock option for a company that uses the letters "MEG" because those are her initials. The audience never learns what the E stands for. | |
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Captain John J. Sheridan in Babylon 5. | |
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Walter C. Dornez from Hellsing, who was employed by the Hellsing Organization during WW2 as a Vampire Hunter, and was known at the time as the Angel of Death. When the main story takes place (about 50 years later), he had retired to become Sir Integra Hellsing's butler. His initial is never explained, but then again, there's a whole lot about Walter that's never really explained. | |
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In Spongebob Squarepants, there's Sheldon J. Plankton and Eugene H. Krabs whose middle initials stand for James and Harold respectively. There's also the eponymous Cuddle E. Hugs from Season 11. The E stands for Eat. |
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Rolento F. Schugerg from Final Fight and Street Fighter (the full name is only revealed in a promotional flyer for Street Fighter Alpha 2). There's also William F. Guile from the Street Fighter film, which is not really the character's full name in the games, but still counts as an example. |
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F.A. Dry, head football coach at the University of Tulsa (1972-76) and Texas Christian University (1977-82). Wikipedia doesn't list a full name for him, nor does a Google search help. He may well have just had initials instead of a given name. He's listed in the 1940 census as F.A. Dry. His father was named Floyd A. Dry, for what it's worth. | |
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William T. Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation was thought to be a shout-out to James Tiberius Kirk, but was revealed in a later season to just be "Thomas". Prior to this, in a (non-canon) novel Peter David had given it as 'Thelonius', probably in a homage to Kirk's style of middle name, or a homage to jazz musician Thelonious Monk and a reference to Riker's trombone playing. He attempted to Retcon this with 'Thomas Thelonius' in a later novel. |
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