# Why do celebrities travel under assumed names?

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**Created:** [June 9, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-celebrities-travel-under-assumed-names/407400 "2007-06-09T21:08:40Z")\
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[QUOTE=Max Torque]  
Obviously, the perfect name keeping with the same theme would be “Guy Incognito”.

That’s handy for filling out web forms, too. Personally, I use “Garfield W. Falsename.”  
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From _Bored of the Rings_:

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> “Ya’ll sign here please?” said the clerk through his fake snout. Frito took the quill chained to the desk and wrote the names ALIAS UNDERCOVER, IVAN GOTTASECRET, JOHN DOE-SMITH, and IMA PSEUDONYM.
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> “Any bags, Mr., uh, Undercover?”
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> “Only under my eyes,” mumbled Frito, turning toward the dining room.

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