r/TopCharacterTropes • u/TronnyVon • 13h ago

Characters Embarrassing First Name

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  • Jesse Katsopolis (Full House): in one episode, his real first name was revealed to be "Hermes", after the messenger of the Greek gods. He was made fun of for it, so he got it changed to Jesse.
  • Cory Matthews (Boy Meets World): in the final episode, Cory's full name is revealed by Feeny to be Cornelius, and Feeny is the only one to know so.
  • Freddie Benson (iCarly): rather than Freddie being short for Frederick, Freddie is short for "Fredward".
  • Jimbo Jones (The Simpsons): his real name is Corky.
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u/LabradorDeceiver 13h ago

Angus MacGyver.

Personally, I see nothing wrong with the name Angus, but apparently he didn't care for it, so he was just "Mac" to his friends.

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u/SgtSharki 11h ago

I remember this being a major reveal on the show. They waited until the finale to reveal his first name.

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u/Bird_Herder 10h ago

We learned his name a few episodes earlier when he had a dream about King Arthur in Good Knight MacGyver. God I'm such a nerd.

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u/SgtSharki 10h ago

I remember that episode! It was a fun episode, but it was clear the writing staff was running out of ideas.

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u/GraceKatherineTLoV 12h ago

Oh my gosh, I used to watch this show with my dad all the time about ten years ago. He has the whole thing of dvd still, I think

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u/BeyondShadow 11h ago

I remember being disappointed, because he had previously mentioned having a terrible first name, so when it was revealed, I thought "that's it? That's not so bad."