# "GET SMART" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 17, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-smart/88073 "2001-10-17T21:42:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-smart/88073/1 "2001-10-17T21:42:45Z")
What was “Agent 99’s” name on “Get Smart”? I KNOW Maxwell Smart found out once… Internet Movie Database doesn’t say ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-smart/88073/2 "2001-10-17T22:20:42Z")
According to [The Unclassified Get Smart Site](http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Satellite/7529/miscarts.html), > [@](#): > > Get Smart never revealed Agent 99’s real name. In one episode, her name was given as Susan Hilton, but it was just an alias. The show’s producers insist that 99 never had a name in the first place. This information apparently came from the “Nick at Nite” 1999 Desk Calendar. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-smart/88073/3 "2001-10-17T22:25:07Z")
In the episode where Max marries 99, Max asks her “why didn’t you ever tell me your name.?” She replies, “you never asked.” Haj ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-smart/88073/4 "2001-10-17T22:27:18Z")
At one point, she did give her name as “Louise,” but that may have been an alias, too. It was established that the Chief’s first name was “Thaddeus,” however. ---
**Author:** ![King\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@King\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-smart/88073/5 "2001-10-17T23:05:12Z")
Also see [http://www.wouldyoubelieve.com/faq.html](http://www.wouldyoubelieve.com/faq.html) ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-smart/88073/6 "2001-10-17T23:47:35Z")
Cafe Society is a better place for this, so I’ll move it. bibliophage moderator GQ ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-smart/88073/7 "2001-10-18T00:26:03Z")
When Max finally meets 99’s mother (portrayed by Jane Dulo) in episode “Snoopy Smart vs. The Red Baron,” the dialogue goes something like this: (Max) Well, I’m finally glad to meet 99’s mother, Mrs. . . ? (99’s Mom) 99, huh? That’s interesting. So, Mom didn’t spill the beans, either. The Chief’s name was mentioned as “Thaddeus” in two episodes: “Hot Line,” where John Byner plays LBJ’s voice in a “hot line” call to Control, telling the Chief that he’s being demoted to just an agent, and that Max is now The Chief. This episode also features a young Regis Philbin in a brief role as a baker in a bakery across the street from Control headquarters. I don’t remember the other one, but I know it was one with some weightlifting females, the leader of whom refers to him by name. In yet another episode, the chief is asked to sign for a package being delivered (which contains the Max lookalike king of some country). The delivery guy asks him for his name, to which the Chief replies “That’s classified.” ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-smart/88073/8 "2001-10-18T02:43:48Z")
We never did learn 99’s real name. Even after Max married her, he never called her anything but 99. Actually, that’s not true. He did call her “Ernestine” once, in a tender scene: **Max** : Everything will be all right, Ernestine. **99** : Max, that’s the first time you’ve ever called me Ernestine. **Max** , romantically: I know. **99** : I only wish that was my name. ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_O.Pinion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/839c29/32.png) [@Frank\_O.Pinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_O.Pinion)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-smart/88073/9 "2001-10-18T23:36:14Z")
Is there a reason why 99’s name was never given? Max’s name was given, and so was his number, 86. So it doesn’t seem to be a secrecy thing, unless 99 is a different rank or classification than rank. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-smart/88073/10 "2001-10-19T00:58:38Z")
It was just a running gag, like never seeing Columbo’s wife in his series.