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(#17) Lex Luthor
- Smallville, Superman: Brainiac Attacks, Batman vs. Superman, Superman, Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, Superman: Doomsday, Superman II, Superman IV: The Quest For Peace, Superman Returns, All-Star Superman, The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, DC Universe
Lex Luthor, like countless other notable comic book characters, has a name defined by its pleasant alliteration - something he inherited from his father, Lionel Luthor. But Lex had to do some serious shortening in order to achieve that desired effect, because it actually says Alexander Joseph Luthor on his birth certificate.
Alexander actually went by the nickname of “Albie” as a child, but by the time he was ready to create the LexCorp brand, he was going by “Lex” full time. Other versions of the character from throughout the DC Multiverse occasionally use Alexander, including a more altruistic Alexander Luthor from Earth-Three.
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(#6) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The big twist in The Wizard of Oz is that the eponymous character is not, in fact, a wizard, but instead a particularly talented con artist from Kansas. But that doesn’t mean his real name is any less fantastical: Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmanuel Ambroise Diggs.
That lengthy moniker goes all the way back to L. Frank Baum's original stories, but Oscar Diggs's backstory has only rarely been explored - as it was in the 2013 film Oz the Great and Powerful.
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(#5) Thanos
- Marvel Universe
To be clear, Thanos's real name is Thanos - and he doesn't really seem like the type to ever accept a nickname other than "The Mad Titan." But that isn't the name his mother originally picked out for him. Sui-San of the Eternals had planned on naming her son "Dione" - but then he came out all purple and wrinkle-chinned, and she went insane, so his dad picked out "Thanos" instead.
With Thanos having long since wiped out most other members of his race, this isn't exactly public knowledge. It's such a closely guarded secret, in fact, that in the Thanos Wins storyline, a future version of Thanos invoked the name of Dione to convince his younger self he was the real deal.
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(#4) Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic Underground, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic X, Wreck-It Ralph, Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie, Sonic Team's Sonic the Hedgehog Universe, SEGA Universe, TMS Entertainment's Sonic X Universe, Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog Universe, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mobius
Sonic the Hedgehog is one of the most recognizable protagonists in all of video games, and his name is a rather self-descriptive one - he is, after all, a hedgehog who travels at sonic speeds. As it turns out, however, "Sonic" is not the moniker he was born with.
A series of Sonic the Hedgehog adventures published by Archie Comics revealed that Sonic considers his real name embarrassing. His friends were able to discover, via a relative, that the middle portion is "Maurice," but his true first name remains hidden to this day. According to the writer of that series, Ken Penders, it was going to be "Ogilvie."
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(#2) Cookie Monster
- Sesame Street, Big Bird in China, Elmo's Christmas Countdown, Cinderelmo, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, Don't Eat the Pictures, The Muppets Take Manhattan, Sesame Street
Even monsters have names. Even... Cookie Monsters. But for decades, no one thought twice about the fact that other Sesame Street stars like Oscar, Bert, and Elmo got regular people names - and Cookie Monster was only ever referred to in terms of his gluttonous appetite.
It wasn't until 2004 that Cookie Monster first revealed that, before he developed his dietary compulsion, he was named Sid. Six years later, Cookie Monster tweeted the full truth: "Me wasn't born with name 'Cookie Monster.' It just nickname dat stuck. Me don't remember me real name... maybe it was Sidney?"
It's nice to have confirmation, but the tweet also seems to suggest that Cookie Monster is so lost within the throes of his baked-goods habit that he no longer recalls his own name - and that's pretty tragic by Sesame Street standards.
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(#16) Master Chief
- Halo Legends
"Master Chief" might not sound like much of a real name, but that’s not entirely unusual in the realm of video games - after all, Mario’s original name was just "Jumpman." In reality, Master Chief is more of a military title, and it’s one that belongs to an otherwise ordinary man known only as John.
Born on the colony world of Eridanus II, John was selected for the SPARTAN-II Program and given the additional SPARTAN tag of "117" - leaving him with an official "real name" of John-117. It's a wonder that Halo fans haven’t already taken to holding up signs with "John 1:17" on them at sporting events.
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A name is the name of a person, product, or object in a broad or narrow sense. There are also nicknames, aliases, nicknames, and baby names. Names in the broad sense include the surnames and first names of citizens and the names of legal and non-legal persons; names in the narrow sense refer only to the surnames and first names of citizens. As a combination of name and character.
Name is an important representative of a person, but also to send a good implication. Cartoon characters also have many names, some funny, some appropriate, some lovely, some warm. The random generator tool collates 18 items, collecting characters from cartoons whose real names you may never know. If you’re like Goofy, Cookie Monster, Sonic the Hedgehog, Thanos, Minnie Mouse, and so on, you probably don’t know their real names.
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