# TV characters who have "J." as their middle initial **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025 "2003-03-04T16:50:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025/21 "2003-03-05T00:07:10Z")
D.J. (David Jacob) Connor, son of Roseanne and Dan. D.J. (Donna Joe) Tanner, daughter of Danny, niece to Jesse and Joey. ---
**Author:** ![RawkStah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RawkStah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RawkStah)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025/22 "2003-03-05T00:58:00Z")
Ren J. Hoek and Stimpson J. Cat ---
**Author:** ![raizok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@raizok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raizok)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025/23 "2003-03-05T01:31:42Z")
Damn you RawkStah, I was getting excited that no one else mentioned those two and that I can impress the board with my cunning intelluctual prowress. Curses! Foiled again! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025/25 "2003-03-05T02:25:05Z")
I thought it was all in homage to Michael J. Fox. ---
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025/26 "2003-03-05T03:00:33Z")
Since I don’t watch that much TV I despaired of thinking of anyone. Then I remembered: CJ Craig of The West Wing. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025/27 "2003-03-06T02:18:41Z")
I remember reading somewhere that there is a well-known, though yet unproven theory that every cartoon character has “J.” as a middle initial. On a completely unrelated note, some friends and I once noted that the middle name Elizabeth fits well with practically any name. Jane Elizabeth Smith. Maria Elizabeth Johnson. Adolf Elizabeth Hitler. (Nobody got the reference, did they?) -Tyler J. (seriously, it is…) ---
**Author:** ![Smogzilla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smogzilla/32/4518_2.png) [@Smogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smogzilla)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025/28 "2020-08-30T00:03:48Z")
Donald J. Trump No disrespect, just an observation. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025/29 "2020-08-30T03:16:49Z")
Jar J. Binks ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025/30 "2020-08-30T04:08:28Z")
I believe in some past thread it was established that “J.” is indeed a very common middle initial for American men. “John,” “Joseph,” and “James” would represent the bulk of those. But there are several other very popular “J” names—Jeffrey, Jason, Jordan, Jeremy, Jay, Jerome, Jonathan, Joshua, … ---
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025/31 "2020-08-30T12:36:44Z")
Earl J. Waggedorn. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025/32 "2020-08-30T12:47:06Z")
I assume this is somewhat of a consequence that plenty of real people have J as their middle initial, which in turn is because an atypically large number of popular names start with J compared, at least compared to how many words in general start with J. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025/33 "2020-08-30T16:37:37Z")
> [@Smogzilla](#): > > Donald J. Trump Not a fictional character, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025/34 "2020-08-30T18:27:50Z")
Yeah, I don’t think it needs any more explanation than that “J” is a very common initial. Oh, and Mario’s middle name is apparently “Jumpman” (his first and last names, of course, are both “Mario”). ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025/35 "2020-08-30T19:07:39Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > I assume this is somewhat of a consequence that plenty of real people have J as their middle initial, which in turn is because an atypically large number of popular names start with J compared, at least compared to how many words in general start with J. Is that kind of exactly what I said? ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025/36 "2020-08-31T02:31:08Z")
Technically B. J. Hunnicut, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025/37 "2020-08-31T02:34:50Z")
> [@MrKnowItAll](#): > > Technically B. J. Hunnicut, I suppose. You’re about 17 years too late ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025/38 "2020-08-31T02:37:14Z")
Heh. I did a search for “hunnicut” to see if anyone had used it, It didn’t occur to me that some might have done so and misspelled it. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025/39 "2020-08-31T03:56:22Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Is that kind of exactly what I said? Yes. I swear it wasn’t there when I posted mine. It took a long time for the monkeys to retype it and deliver it to Chicago apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025/40 "2020-08-31T11:56:12Z")
No worries! 😉 ---
**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:** [August 31, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025/41 "2020-08-31T17:23:34Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Cliffy \* > > \*\*Wasn’t this also a production of Ward’s shop? > > > > –Cliffy \*\* > > No, this was a production of Total TV, also responsible for _Underdog_. Somehow, Peter Piech ended up getting the rights for both Ward and Total cartoons, and put them both together. (Yes, Piech’s name was the inspiration for the name of Ward’s Wrongway Peachfuzz.) Weren’t they all animated by Gamma Studios? 🤔 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025.md?page=3)