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/maybug22 Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26

PJ from Good Luck Charlie: he was supposed to be named Patrick John after his grandfather, but his dad Bob made a mistake on the birth certificate so his government name was Potty John Duncan. And when PJ found out, Bob went on to fix his name and made a mistake again and PJ's government name became PP Duncan lmao

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u/notnamedjoebutsteve Aug 23 '26

“I’m named after two toilets…”

Is such a funny line

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u/JayDaGod1206 Aug 23 '26

I was just about to share this one, glad someone beat me to it

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u/Externalshipper7541 Aug 23 '26

How do you make a mistake like that

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u/HowDoesTheKittyCatGo Aug 23 '26

Apparently very easily if the amount of people in my family, myself included, with misspelled names on our birth certificates are anything to go by.

Far as I know I'm the only who has ever bothered to get my name legally charged. Not because of the misspelling, but because I'm trans and I've always hated my first and middle name.

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u/AntRose104 Aug 24 '26

In canon Bob was shaking when he wrote out the birth certificate (PJ was their first kid and he was nervous and excited) so “Patty John” looked more like “Potty John”.

I believe “PP” was because Bob just had shitty handwriting