( Mental Floss ) -- You know the characters , but you might not know their full names . Store these away for future trivia nights . 1 . Did you know the Comic Book Guy on `` The Simpsons '' has a name ? It 's Jeff Albertson . But that was n't the decision of creator Matt Groening . `` I was out of the room when [ the writers ] named him , '' he told MTV in 2007 . `` In my mind , 'Louis Lane ' was his name , and he was obsessed and tormented by Lois Lane . '' 2 . Barbie 's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts . ( Ken 's last name is Carson . ) Mental Floss : 10 unexpected places to give birth . 3 . Cap ' n Crunch 's full name is Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch . His ship is the S.S. Guppy . 4 . In the Peanuts comic strip , Peppermint Patty 's real name is Patricia Reichardt . 5 . Snuffleupagus has a first name -- Aloysius . Want more Snuffleupagus trivia ? In a Sesame Street scene that never aired , Snuffy 's parents announced they were separating . But in testing , children were too devastated by the news , so the idea was scrapped . Mental Floss : 9 Muppets kicked off Sesame Street . 6 . The Wizard of Oz rolls off the tongue a lot easier than the man behind the curtain 's full name , Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs . From Frank Baum 's Dorothy And the Wizard in Oz : . `` It was a dreadfully long name to weigh down a poor innocent child , and one of the hardest lessons I ever learned was to remember my own name . When I grew up I just called myself O.Z. , because the other initials were P-I-N-H-E-A-D ; and that spelled 'pinhead , ' which was a reflection on my intelligence . '' 7 . Mr. Clean has a seldom-used first name -- `` Veritably . '' The name came from a `` Give Mr. Clean a First Name '' promotion in 1962 . 8 . In a deleted scene in the 2006 Curious George movie , The Man With the Yellow Hat 's full name was revealed as Ted Shackleford . ( Since the scene was deleted , perhaps the last name does n't count . ) 9 . The real name of Monopoly mascot Rich Uncle Pennybags is Milburn Pennybags . 10 . The policeman in Monopoly has a name , too . You can thank Officer Edgar Mallory the next time he sends you to jail . Mental Floss : How Monopoly helped free prisoners of war . 11 . On Night Court , Nostradamus Shannon was better known as Bull . 12 . On Entourage , Turtle 's real name is Salvatore Assante . 13 . Sesame Street 's resident game show host Guy Smiley was using a pseudonym all these years . He was born Bernie Liederkrantz . 14 . The Michelin Man 's name is Bibendum . 15 . On Gilligan 's Island , Jonas Grumby was simply called The Skipper . 16 . The Professor was Roy Hinkley . Stories behind graduation traditions . 17 . The unkempt Shaggy of Scooby-Doo fame has a rather proper real name -- Norville Rogers . 18 . The Pillsbury Doughboy 's name is Poppin ' Fresh . He has a wife , Poppie Fresh , and two kids , Popper and Bun Bun . Mental Floss : 9 very cool outdoor ads . 19 . The patient in the classic game Operation is Cavity Sam . 20 . The true identity of The Lone Ranger was John Reid . 21 . MacGyver 's first name ? Angus . 22 & 23 . OK , these last two are n't fictional , but just in case it comes up , Bono was born Paul David Hewson , and The Edge 's name is David Howell Evans . For more mental_floss articles , visit mentalfloss.com . Entire contents of this article copyright , Mental Floss LLC . All rights reserved .
Many famous fictional characters are known only as their nicknames . Cap ' n Crunch 's full name is Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch . Wizard of Oz : Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs . On Entourage , Turtle 's real name is Salvatore Assante .