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"C.Wizzy, Chad Daddy. I go by many different names. Big Poppy, a'ight..." |
Uno: Legend has it the Grey Men are walking around. |
"Many are my names in many countries, Mithrandir among the elves, Tharkûn among the dwarves; Olórin I was in my youth in the west that is forgotten, in the south Incánus, in the north Gandalf; to the east I go not."
—Gandalf the Grey, Lord of the Rings
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"He has been known by many names; the Prince of Lies, the Director, Lucifer, Belial, and once, at a party, some obnoxious drunk kept calling him 'Dude'."
—Stig's Inferno
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Aveline: I know what she is, the Witch of the Wilds. |
"Although SCP-507 has an already-established name due to its unremarkable upbringing, it seems to find entertainment in forcing those it meets to give it a nickname in lieu of divulging this information. Thus SCP-507 will now respond to the names Tommy, Steve, Bruto, Guy, Houdini, and Grabnok the Destroyer."
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"Yeah, I go by a few names. Johnny Reubonic, Don Rubio... Cool the Underdog."
—John Reuben, "Sing It Like You Mean It"
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"My name is Ben Sobel... -lioni. Ben Sobellioni. I'm also known as, uh, Benny the Groin, Sammy the Schnazz, Elmer the Fudd, Tubby the Tuba, and once as Miss Phyllis Levine."
—Ben Sobel (Billy Crystal), Analyze This
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"The most famous hero of the story of the New York City underworld is Edward Delaney, alias William Delaney, alias Joseph Marvin, alias Joseph Morris--alias Monk Eastman, the leader of a gang of twelve hundred men. —Jorge Luis Borges, A Universal History Of Iniquity, "Monk Eastman, Purveyor of Iniquities"
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"You speak my name, but you do not know me. I am Ch'rell, Oroku Saki, Duke Acureds, the ONE, TRUE, SHREDDER! I am a destroyer of worlds, and I fear NO-ONE!"
—Shredder, Turtles Forever
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"So as through a glass, and darkly —George S. Patton, Through a Glass, Darkly
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"Who am I? One name you might have for me is the World, or you might call me the Universe, or perhaps God, or perhaps the Truth. I am All, and I am One. So of course, this also means that I am You."
—Truth, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
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