Character names not likely to be in the phone book

Perhaps ironically, one of the best-known peculiar names in British TV SF, Professor Quatermass, actually was picked out of the London telephone directory by his creator Nigel Kneale. There are, apparently, no Quatermasses left in London any more. (Either that, or they’ve all gone ex-directory.)

From Catch-22, (Major) Major Major Major.

I wonder if there was a Tex Gonzalez in Gonzalez, Texas …

I have a friend whose first name is the same as one superhero’s alter ego, his last name the same as a different hero’s street name.

So for his phone book listing he took the first name of the second hero and the last name of the first one.

(sorry - need to preserve anonimity)

How about “Lionel Trane” from the movie "Murder by Death?
His address was 222 (something) lane.
(Toot-toot-toot) :stuck_out_tongue:

I love that one! I’ve never met a Major Major but I have met an Officer Officer, a police officer here in TN and a Trooper Looper, a TN State Trooper.

I’m glad someone mentioned Dickensian characters. Tulkinghorn the lawyer, Guppy the hapless suitor and Jarndyce and Jarndyce are delighting me lately as I am waiting for the next installment of Bleak House.

Best I can tell, Tex Gonzales was born in West Virginia and trains boxers in New Jersey. He had a pretty good record when he fought, 30-5-1. :smiley:

Come to think of it, you don’t meet too many guys called “Tex” around here. I guess it’s redundant.

Casanova Frankenstein

You know Uncle Cas?

Robert B. Parker’s Hawk

In the old Dick Tracy strips, Chester Gould frequently made up last names by spelling words backwards. So we had a Joe Tiortap and a Mr. Redrum (ages before Stephen King). Look through old Dick Tracy strips and you’ll find quite a few.