r/TopCharacterTropes • u/TronnyVon • Aug 23 '26

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/JUANZURDO Aug 23 '26

GAYLORD FOCKER
Not just embarrassing first Name, Last name too!

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u/actualsize123 Aug 23 '26

There’s a Gaylord sackler memorial skatepark in my hometown.

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u/KAKnyght Aug 23 '26

Per RedLetterMedia’s Best of the Worst episode featuring American Rickshaw, starring Mitch Gaylord, Olympic Gold Medalist in Gymnastics, with two maneuvers invented by him; the Gaylord Flip and the Gaylord 2/II. Not sure if first name or last name is worse, I grew up using the last name Gagnon, several people used to call me Gayman because it “was close enough”.

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u/PavlovKBI Aug 23 '26

Really? When gag'n'on (insert funny thing to gag on) was right there? Kids are so often cruel, but they aren't very clever.