# Middle names of TV Characters **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 17, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668 "2018-11-17T05:21:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/41 "2018-11-18T00:36:25Z")
Either a lot of people didn’t understand the question in the OP or else they have an odd sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/42 "2018-11-18T01:27:49Z")
MASH seemed to have a lot of them; one more, Major Charles Emerson Winchester (The Third) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/43 "2018-11-18T01:59:29Z")
Ted Evelyn Mosby and Robin Charles Scherbotzky from How I Met Your Mother. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/44 "2018-11-18T04:14:45Z")
Sgt Hans Georg Schultz ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/45 "2018-11-18T04:17:54Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Either a lot of people didn’t understand the question in the OP or else they have an odd sense of humor. Some are, admittedly, funnier than others. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/46 "2018-11-18T15:11:11Z")
Montgomery ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/47 "2018-11-18T16:27:00Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > **Maynard G. Krebbs** > > According to Maynard, the G was for “Walter” (“the G is silent”). If I recall, he also claimed he was named for his aunt. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/48 "2018-11-18T20:59:57Z")
From _That 70s Show_, Jackie Beulah Burkhart (discovered in her permanent record). ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/49 "2018-11-18T21:08:24Z")
^ No argument, but in the early years of the show, Jackie had one of those Initial (J B S) 3/4 sleeve shirts and I assumed the S was for Susan. But Beulah is loads funnier. (Beulah) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/50 "2018-11-18T22:43:19Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Alexander Lavelle Harris (aka Xander) from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Not to mention Buffy Anne Summers. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/51 "2018-11-19T00:57:34Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Not to mention Buffy Anne Summers. I was posting early in the thread, when we were still looking for funny middle names - but just to complete the set, Willow’s middle name is Danielle. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/52 "2018-11-19T01:07:09Z")
Rodney Charlton Trotter. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/53 "2018-11-19T19:00:09Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Either a lot of people didn’t understand the question in the OP or else they have an odd sense of humor. Hehe, yes you are right…is your middle name Aaron? Cause that would be funny ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/54 "2018-11-19T19:06:56Z")
From Major Dad, Polly Cooper’s middle name was Esther. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/55 "2018-11-19T19:13:44Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Not TV, but in “The Producers” we have Roger Elizabeth DeBris, which matches with Adolf Elizabeth Hitler. Ah, so that must be why [Eddie Hitler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottom_%28TV_series%29)’s middle name is Elizabeth. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/56 "2018-11-19T21:22:24Z")
On Night Court, it was revealed that ADA Dan Fielding’s middle name was in fact Reinhold (named after series creator Reinhold Weege). ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/57 "2018-11-20T02:40:00Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > On Night Court, it was revealed that ADA Dan Fielding’s middle name was in fact Reinhold (named after series creator Reinhold Weege). Actually, Reinhold was his FIRST name. His middle name is actually interesting, though. His full name was Reinhold Daniel Fielding Elmore. He started using Dan instead of Reinhold as a kid, since he considered it a silly name, and dropped the Elmore after moving to New York, to distance himself from his rural roots. So the full name he’s known by for most of the series is, in fact, his middle name. ---
**Author:** ![One\_Swell\_FlooP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c5a1d2/32.png) [@One\_Swell\_FlooP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_Swell_FlooP)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/58 "2018-11-20T03:14:07Z")
On the very funny kid’s show The Amazing World of Gumball, Nicole (the mom) is arguing with her high-pressure, overachiever parents: Nicole: …well maybe that’s because of the ridiculous first name you gave me! Darwin (one of the kids): What’s wrong with Nicole? Nicole: Oh, Nicole is my middle name. My _first_ name is Doctor! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668/59 "2018-11-20T19:16:14Z")
Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten ---
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> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten While his father is Kirk Evelyn Van Houten. Not funny, IMHO. OTOH there is Mary Wrestlemania Spuckler. Rainier Luftwaffe Wolfcastle. Cecil Underdunk Terwilliger and Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, and Jebediah Obadiah Zachariah Jedediah Springfield (that’s not a typo). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-names-of-tv-characters/824668.md?page=4)