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Some people are Only Known by Their Nickname, others are on Last-Name Basis, while some people are primarily known to the public by their initials or their initials plus their last name. The reasons may vary. Perhaps they have an Embarrassing First Name they'd rather not use, and maybe they have an Overly Long Name that needs to be abbreviated. Others may think it sounds classier, and some may prefer the fact that it is more gender neutral. This was particularly common among Real Life English male writers of the early 20th century, especially academics like A.J. Ayer (philosopher) and A.J.P. Taylor (historian). You do still find some English writers who go by initials today, possibly because of the resulting intellectual associations - like A.N. Wilson or D.J. Taylor. It's also sometimes found with Real Life female writers, often to hide (or at least make less obvious) the fact that they are female. |
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Kamen Rider Fourze has JK (pronounced Jake). In #36, his real name is turned out to be Kaizou Jingu. | |
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Subverted with Mr. A.E. Pessimal from Thud!, as this is actually his full name. | |
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Good Luck Charlie has P.J. Duncan, the first-born son of the Duncan family. In "Can You Keep a Secret?", it is revealed that PJ's initials stand for Potty John. It was supposed to be Patty John, after his grandfather Patrick John, but Bob was so frazzled when signing the birth certificate that he wrote "Potty John" instead. | |
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Mary Kate from Epic (2013), frequently only referred to as M.K. | |
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A.J. Lee (not related with Styles, by the way) was a female wrestler famous for being in WWE between 2009 and 2015 and she's the actual wife of CM Punk. Just as Styles, the AJ is her real name, but in this case her Two First Names: April Jeanette. | |
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Full House has D.J. Tanner which stands for "Donna Jo." | |
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JB (McBride, the Judge) from BraveStarr. Nobody knows what her initials mean! | |
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Raising Arizona: H.I. McDunnough is called "Hi" by everyone. We only learn his actual name when he writes a letter saying goodbye to his wife, signing it "Herbert." | |
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J.P. Beaumont, protagonist of a series of mystery novels by J.A. Jance, always introduces himself (to suspects, etc.) as "J.P. Beaumont"; almost never using his given names (which are Jonas Piedmont). His friends usually call him "Beau". | |
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Tremors 6: A Cold Day in Hell: Dr. D's full name is never mentioned. | |
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DC from That Darn Cat! is only once referred to by a censored version of his full name, not counting the title, and is never referred to by his real full name, on account of it being profane. | |
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Blaze and the Monster Machines: The other human protagonist of the series and companion of Blaze is called AJ, who's Only Known By His Nickname. | |
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The Dukes of Hazzard has Boss Hogg who regularly went by initials "J.D.", which stood for "Jefferson Davis". | |
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NCIS: Los Angeles has G. Callen, later being revealed to stand for Grisha. | |
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The Day the Music Died: Author Damon Lars Eldrich is usually referred to by his fans as DLE. | |
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Parodied by Jeff Jarrett, who addresses himself as the uninitialized "Double J". | |
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Arrested Development has GOB (George Oscar Bluth). | |
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Halo 3: ODST has the Rookie; the only traces of any kind of name he has are the initials J.D. | |
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V.T. (Victoria Terpsichore) from the Cowboy Bebop episode "Heavy Metal Queen" makes money charging people to guess her name, until Spike works out who she is. | |
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Power Rangers has two: T.J. Johnson from Power Rangers Turbo and Power Rangers in Space, and RJ from Power Rangers Jungle Fury. Their full names are Theodore Jay Jarvis Johnson (as revealed in the "Forever Red" team-up episode), and Robert James (revealed by a children's book and never used on the show), respectively. | |
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King of the Hill has the minor reoccurring character M.F. Thatherton, a rival propane dealer to Hank with questionable business ethics. According to Word of God, it stands for "Milton Farnsworth" but that's never said in the series proper. One gag has the two of them competing for a potential client with Hank suggesting a more profane meaning. | |
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Total Drama: In Island DJ is only ever addressed as such, which his real name being unknown. Later on in the series it's revealed that his initials stand for "Devon Joseph". The 2023 reboot has MK. Unlike DJ, MK's name is revealed the minute she is introduced: Mary Kate. |
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Snow Crash: Y.T. just goes by the initials of her nickname, Yours Truly. One incidental character hears it as "Whitey." | |
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JC Chasez of *NSYNC. His real name is Joshua, but during his audition for The New Mickey Mouse Club, there was another cast member named Josh, so he was dubbed "JC" and has gone by it since. | |
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Bakuten Shoot Beyblade has another A.J. in A.J. Topper, one of the two dub-original combat commentators. While his colleague Brad Best even has a second name, Aloysius, A.J. Topper is just A.J. Topper. And there are more initials-only characters: Mister B, Doctor B, Doctor K, and J. J's even less than initials-only, because his initial has to be deduced from the fact he's got a "J" embroidered on his shirt. | |
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The wrestler known in WWE as Big Cass (as in Enzo and Cass) has gone by W. Morrissey (real name William Morrissey) since leaving WWE. | |
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Wrestling companies are/were generally referred to by their initials. WWF/E (World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment), WCW (World Championship Wrestling), ECW (Eastern/Extreme Championship Wrestling), AWA (American Wrestling Association), UWF (Universal Wrestling Federation), TNA (Total Nonstop Action), ROH (Ring of Honor), PWG (Pro Wrestling Guerrilla), AEW (All Elite Wrestling)... | |
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In Turning Red, Aaron T. and Aaron Z., having the same first names, are usually referred to by just their last initials. | |
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TJ Hess from Echo is almost always referred to as "TJ" or "Teej" by his friends and peers, his full name being "Tobias Jedidiah Hess". He's also occasionally called "Toby". | |
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In the English dub of Digimon Adventure, while the characters' Japanese names are retained as their full names, the DigiDestined exclusively call each other by nicknames. Takeru Takaishi is the only one to use his initials, preferring to go by T.K. | |
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Lori Lovecraft: Private Detective R.C. Bowman. Even his lover Lori only knows him as R.C. In Into the Past, it is revealed that his middle name is Chandler, which very strongly suggests what his first name might be. | |
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OJ from Inanimate Insanity, which obviously stands for Orange Juice. | |
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In Crossworlds, A.T. is only ever referred to by his initials, except at the very end, when the Queen calls him "Alex". We still don't know what the "T" stands for. | |
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Abominable: Whatever CJ's initials are short for is never revealed. Given that she's the only Chinese-American in her circle of friends, it's possible that she dropped her full name in an attempt to fit in better. | |
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Andy Warhol's Bad has characters credited as P.G., R.T., L.T. and S.F. | |
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CM Punk says it stands for "Chick Magnet". | |
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PeeJee from Something*Positive. Well, she's Penelope-Jennifer, but no one calls her so. | |
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DJ Bonebrake, drummer for LA punk band X (US Band). | |
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"K. C. Hunter" from the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode where Sisko hallucinates that he's a sci-fi writer in The '50s is an homage. | |
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In Arthur, the protagonist's little sister D.W. (short for Dora Winifred) is only ever addressed by her initials unless her parents are issuing a Full-Name Ultimatum. Lampshaded in an episode where she gets lost in the White House and her parents are describing her to security: | |
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Fuller House has C.J. Harbenberger which stands for "Connie Jane." | |
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The A-Team: B.A. Baracus (played by Mr. T). We know from the pilot episode that his given first name is "Bosco", and that "B.A." is shorthand for his nickname, "Bad Attitude", but eventually it is revealed that his full name is "Bosco Albert Baracus". H. M. ("Howling Mad") Murdock. |
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PK Pinkerton in The Western Mysteries, is only known by the initials PK or by the nickname Pinky, as part of the author's attempt to create Ambiguous Gender. | |
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The Nanny has C.C. Babcock goes by her alliterative initials, as does much of her family (sister D.D., mother B.B.). Her full name (Chastity-Claire Babcock) isn't revealed until the finale. | |
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Degrassi: The Next Generation: JT (James Tiberius) Yorke. KC Guthrie. Unlike JT, KC's full name has never been revealed, but Fanon is that it's Kirk Cameron Guthrie. |
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Played with in the pilot of The Beverly Hillbillies: Mr. Drysdale gets a call that the gardeners he'd hired to spruce up the mansion he'd procured for his newest, biggest client ("J.D. Clampett") were being held at gunpoint by "outlaws"note The Clampetts themselves, who thought the mansion was a prison and that the gardeners were part of a jailbreak. When he gets to the jail where the "outlaws" are being held, he grabs one of them by the collar and demands to know what they did with J.D. Clampett. | |
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AJ Styles is a famous wrestler who has a successful career, first in indies, Ring of Honor and TNA, to star actually in WWE. As well as his nickname, the AJ is for his real name, Allen Jones. | |
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In the Wizard of Oz books, the wizard reveals that "O.Z." is actually part of his initials. His parents named him Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs, noting that it isn't longer simply because they ran out of names. He abbreviated it to Oz because using all his initials would spell out O.Z.P.I.N.H.E.A.D., and he wouldn't attract the right kind of attention calling himself a pinhead. The movie Oz the Great and Powerful names the character Oscar Diggs, but makes no reference to his many middle names or the nickname. | |
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Knights of the Dinner Table: BA (Boris Alphonso) Felton. B.A. considers his given name to be both an Embarrassing First Name and Embarrassing Middle Name, and prefers to go by B.A. His mother and his cousin Sara both call him Boris Alphonso when they are angry with him. | |
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Saved by the Bell has A.C. Slater. It was revealed that A.C. stands for "Albert Clifford." | |
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I.M. Weasel and I.R. Baboon from I Am Weasel. Also count as Punny Names. | |
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M*A*S*H has B.J. Hunnicut. Lampshaded in an episode where Hawkeye tries to learn what "B. J." stands for, only to find "B. J." on all of his friend's military records. When Hawkeye asks who would name their kid "B. J.", then B. J. answers "My mother, Bea Hunnicitt, and my father, Jay Hunnicutt." | |
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Members of the V.F.D. in A Series of Unfortunate Events are referred to only by their initials to preserve anonymity. This results in complications, as The Unauthorized Autobiography demonstrates during a transcript of a meeting, and in The Penultimate Peril when a total of three characters have the legitimate and undisguised initials J.S.. | |
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T.J. Detweiller from Recess has the T.J. as his nickname and only name to hide his Embarrassing First Name: Theodore Jasper. | |
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Dinosaurs has B.P. Richfield. In "Earl's Big Jackpot", it's revealed that his first name is Bradly. | |
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Top Cat is often (but not always) known as TC. | |
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There Will Be Blood: The main character refers to his young son as H.W., a point of Deliberate Values Dissonance and a subtle note at the emotional distance between father and son. | |
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Rear Window: L. B. Jeffries is called "Jeff" by anyone who would be on a first name basis with him. | |
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JT (James Tiberius) Yorke. | |
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D. Boon of Minutemen (short for Dennes) | |
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AJ & Magnus is about a young boy and his dog, a modern revision of Calvin and Hobbes but with two fathers. We find out his full name in 2016, via Full-Name Ultimatumnote It's "Alexander Johnathan Parker". We find out later he's named after both of his biological parents. His bio mom's name was "Alex" | |
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Your character from the arcade Punch-Out!! series only has a descriptor of "Challenger", and you enter three initials to name him when starting play. | |
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J. D. (James David) Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy. His two previous names also fit this trope: James Donald Bowman and James David Hamel. | |
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AJ Downs of Twitch Plays Pokémon Crystal. No-one's exactly sure what the AJ stands for. | |
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Splatoon 2 has C. Q. Cumber, the conductor of the Deepsea Metro. | |
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The West Wing has Claudia Jean Cregg is nearly always referred to as C.J. Cregg. The rare exceptions are usually either formal occasions or wry comments. | |
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Preacher: TC is only referred to by that. | |
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Code Geass: Lelouch's otherworldly immortal companion is known by the initials C.C. (pronounced C-two). She has a Spear Counterpart in V.V. (likewise pronounced V-two), a mysterious child old enough to be Lelouch's uncle. | |
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The Danger Girl video game adaptation introduces a new member of the girls, the Canadian mechanic JC, whose real name is never revealed. | |
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Dielle from Rhapsodies (Fortunately for her "D.L." sounds French.) | |
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The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal: TJ only ever goes by his initials and doesn't give a surname, which, overall, is the least notable element of his Mysterious Past. | |
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Spider-Man: Mary Jane Watson is commonly addressed as M.J. | |
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P.C. (Phyllis Christine) Cast | |
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T.R. (Thomas Riley) Edwards from Robotech. Some sources erroneously assume that he has a hyphenated last name (it's true that Riley is usually a last name). However, if this was the case, he would be properly known as T. Riley-Edwards. | |
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P. L. Travers (Mary Poppins series) - really Helen Lyndon Goff | |
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Montel Vontavious Porter (real name Hassan Hamin Assad, born Alvin Burke Jr.) is often referred to as MVP. | |
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Animal Crossing: K.K. Slider uses initials as his stage name both normally and as DJ K.K., and they likewise appear on most titles of his songs. It's a play on Totakeke, his Japanese (and implied true) name. | |
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In Left Behind, Tyrola Mark Delanty is referred to as T. | |
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S. E. (Susan Eloise) Hinton of The Outsiders fame. | |
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Applejack is often called AJ by her friends. There's also A.K. Yearling, author of the Daring Do book series and she's eventually revealed to be Daring Do herself. |
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Archibald MacLeish's modern take on the story of Job: Job (and the play) is called J.B. | |
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Similarly, the protagonists of Cadash have a name entry screen that only allows three characters, mostly likely meant to be the player's initials, owing to its arcade roots. | |
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Deus Ex has J.C. Denton, which is actually a code name. This is a hold over from the development when it was an ambiguous name to support the option for a female PC (it was latter dropped to lack of space for the voice acting for her and the he/she brother/sister lines) and as a Significant Monogram. | |
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Jake and the Fatman has J.L. (Jason Lochenbar) McCabe, the titular Fatman. He reveals his full name only to his estranged son in the episode where the two are stranded on an uninhabited island. | |
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J. M. (John Marc) DeMatteis, writer of Kraven's Last Hunt and Justice League International. | |
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The "Batsman of the Kalahari" sketch from the last series of Monty Python's Flying Circus sends up the tendency of cricketers to be known by their initials. Some of the players include V.E. Pratt, M.J.K. Pratt, B.B.C.T.V. Pratt, and Y.E.T.A.N.O.T.H.E.R. Pratt. | |
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CSI has D.B. Russell. Probably due to his first name being Diebenkorn. | |
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JAG has A.J. (Albert Jethro) Chegwidden. Prior to the season four episode "War Stories" his staff didn't know what A.J. was short for. | |
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Originating on Twitter, a common practice among the Bungo to Alchemist fandom is to abbreviate the names of authors based on Japanese syllables (think "dzi", "aktgw", etc.) to differentiate them from real authors and not muck up search results. | |
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Criminal Minds has J.J. which stands for "Jennifer Jareau." | |
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Superman: Last Son of Krypton. One of Lex Luthor's henchwomen is named Barbara Tolley, but insists on being called "B.J." even though her middle name is Arabella. | |
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J. E. (Josh Eric) Sawyer, game designer behind Icewind Dale and Fallout: New Vegas. However, he does go by Josh Sawyer as well. | |
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Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny: JB (Jack Black) and KG (Kyle Gass), usually pronounced by turning them back into names: Jables and Kage. | |
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High School Musical: The Musical: The Series has E.J. Caswell. In "The Real Campers of Shallow Lake", it was revealed that E.J. stands for "Elton John" when E.J.'s cousin Ashlyn calls E.J. by his full name "Elton John Caswell." | |
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B.J. and the Bear has the titular character with this nickname, having the real name of Billie Joe (B.J.) McCay. | |
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In Pokémon Reset Bloodlines, A.J. from the Pokémon: The Original Series becomes a Recurring Character, with the sidestories revealing his full name is Akira Jouda, but the narration and most characters refer to him as A.J., the only exceptions being his parents. | |
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Cool Shock B.T.: The series leaves B.T.'s name to his initials, owing to his narrator buddy Koichi's refusal to give out his full name. | |
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Jim Ross, who became "Good Ol' JR" when he came to the WWF and is almost exclusively addressed as such since. | |
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Good Times has J.J. which stands for “James Junior.� | |
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The dub of Digimon Frontier has J.P., likewise known as Junpei in the Japanese version. | |
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E. E. (Edward Elmer) "Doc" Smith of Lensman fame. | |
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Rob Van Dam is generally addressed as RVD, oftentimes even Punctuated! For! Emphasis!. | |
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In Thank You for Smoking, Nick's boss is only known as BR, which he started being called while in Vietnam. As Nick puts it, "everyone who knew what it means are all dead." In the book the film is based on, his full name is mentioned early on but everyone still refers to him as BR. | |
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P. C. (Patricia Christine) Hodgell, author of the Chronicles of the Kencyrath | |
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In the Venus Prime series, one of the major characters is Prof. J.Q.R. Forster. It's not until the last book that anyone bothers to ask him what the initials stand for, at which point he reveals that they don't actually stand for anything; his parents couldn't decide on a name, so they gave him initials as placeholders. | |
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Riot City have the evil Drug Cartel called the MID Corporation. At no point do you find out what MID stands for. | |
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In the first season of Pokémon: The Original Series, an early rival of Ash/Satoshi's is a kid called Akira, renamed as A.J., who managed a Sandshrew and is based on one of the Youngsters of Pokémon Red and Blue. Also, he appears as The Cameo in the opening of the season 2 (Adventures on the Orange Islands) and as a character in the manga The Electric Tale of Pikachu. | |
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J.J. McClure from The Cannonball Run films. Everybody calls him J.J., including his Heterosexual Life-Partner and his Love Interest. | |
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Also subverted with BKR, the villain of Rod Allbright Alien Adventures. This is his whole name, and none of the other aliens seems to think it odd. | |
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ZP Theart, former lead singer of DragonForce. Rumour has it that "ZP" is legally his first name, though. | |
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Andi Mack has T.J. Kippen. In "We Were Here", it was revealed that T.J. stands for “Thelonious Jagger.� | |
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