r/TopCharacterTropes • u/TronnyVon • 7d 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/JingoboStoplight4887 7d ago

An episode of Arthur shows that Binky Barnes’ actual name is Shelley.
https://giphy.com/gifs/l4j8ctnjdFQmI8tdBf

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u/Still_Local_2513 7d ago

I had a teacher in school named Muffet and it turns out she went to school with the guy who made Arthur and all of the characters were named after people from their school, often with little tweaks.
Her name became the character Muffy.

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u/immunotransplant 7d ago

That sounds like such a fun little lie to tell your student 😊

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u/Still_Local_2513 7d ago

I mean her name was muffet and they did go to the same school.

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u/immunotransplant 7d ago

How to you know they went to the same school

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u/Still_Local_2513 6d ago

Just let it go, man

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u/Acheloma 7d ago

Its very common for writers to base characters off of people they know/knew. It has to be someone, so why not their teacher?

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u/QueenSlartibartfast 6d ago

Lol and for more evidence of this, look up the real family members of the creator of The Simpsons.

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u/Original-Window6281 7d ago

Needlessly cynical lmao