# Best TV Show Character Name

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 20, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469 "2007-07-20T00:38:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-show-character-name/412469/61 "2007-07-24T17:47:35Z")

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Simon bar Sinister from _Underdog_.

It wasn’t until I was in my thirties that I discovered that his name essentially means, “Simon the Bastard.” I’m assuming it’s something that went way, waaaay over the heads of the suits, and that the writers took great joy in slipping past them week after week.

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