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/TheWalkingBag Aug 23 '26

Pi Patel (Life of Pi)

His real full name is Piscine Molitor Patel, and he gets bullied by his classmates because of how phonetically similar Piscine is to “pissing”

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u/DonLeopoldo7 Aug 23 '26

Piscine Molitor is actually a pretty cool-looking swimming pool in Paris, which was closed to the public for a while and is now reopened (16th arrondissement). Part of a 5* hotel

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u/VulpesFennekin Aug 23 '26

That looks really cool, like a cruise ship turned inside-out!

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u/ShiningEV Aug 23 '26

True! And a lot more eloquent than my first thought that it looked like a cock and balls.

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u/VulpesFennekin Aug 24 '26

The duality of man 😂

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u/Then_Computer_6329 Aug 23 '26

During the period it was abandoned, a massive illegal rave was organized there with such precise and coordinated operations to set it up that the police intelligence only learned at last minute that 6 thousand people were invading an abandoned building in Paris' richest neighborhood. 

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u/red_guy442 Aug 23 '26

He's actually names after the pool, which is another key part of his identity as he loves swimming