Large Ham Title

"In the name of Robert of the House Baratheon, the First of His Name, King of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm, I, Eddard, of the House Stark, Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North, sentence you to die."
—Eddard Stark, giving us two examples, from Game of Thrones

The offspring of both Large Ham and Insistent Terminology, this is when a character has some sort of title appended (loudly) to their name. This is typically done by the character in question whenever they introduce themselves (assuming they introduce themselves enough times to count as this trope), however the effect can also be achieved by consistent Boss Subtitles or some sort of lackey giving it for them. Memetic Mutation can lead to fans creating one by always using their name with the title even if the title isn't normally appended to their name in-universe.

The Magnificent might do this, depending on how they feel about their title. If other characters append the title then it's also an example of Phrase Catcher. If they do it themselves then it's (naturally) their Catch Phrase.

Remember that simply having a title and using it once or twice doesn't count; the character or someone else must keep using it as part of their name.

See also They Call Me Mister Tibbs.

Examples of Large Ham Title include:

Film

Literature

  • Ciaphas Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM! from the novels of the same name. Notable in that he doesn't really want the title, or the recognition that comes with it.
  • Septimus Heap: The new head of the Message Rat Office is quite verbal at being called "Sir".
  • In The X Wing Series, when Wraith Squadron's pilots object to their new recruit Elassar Targon not being Crazy Awesome enough to fit in, he responds by jumping on a table and yelling "Elessar Targon, Master of the Universe, reporting for duty!"

Live Action Television

  • When Conan O'Brien guest-hosted Saturday Night Live he starred in the sketch "Moleculo, the Molecular Man" [dead link] as a Clark Kent/Superman expy. The others figured out pretty quickly that Brett Baker is really Moleculo, since whenever Moleculo's name comes up he's compelled to say "The Molecular Man!" afterwards. He moves to Mexico where the same thing happens because he still has to yell "El hombre de los moleculos!"
  • Craig Owens from Doctor Who has an infant son who calls himself "Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All." According to the Doctor, who speaks baby.
  • One episode of How I Met Your Mother had Barney setting out to prove that Ted's career makes him sexy by introducing him to various random women as "Ted Mosby, Architect". When Ted will have no part of this, Barney proceeds to spend the evening telling various women that he is Ted Mosby, Architect.
  • From the US version of The Office we have "Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration" (who even has the second part used at his wedding).
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation had (when she was feeling particularly hammy or high and mighty); Lwaxana Troi, daughter of the Fifth House, Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Riix, Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed!
  • Star Trek: The Original Series had a former starship captain named Garth who went batshit crazy and got locked up in an insane asylum. During his jailbreak, he demanded to be called "LORD Garth of Izar, Master of the Universe!!"

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