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People are sharing how pop culture has hilariously ruined their names

Godspeed to all the Carolines out there.

Andy Moser

on September 27, 2019

"'Andy' like Toy Story!" they always say.

Always my response: "Hahaha... yep..."

And then the followup: "You gootttt a frriiieeennnd in me!"

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"Yep. That's the song..."

The Twitterverse is filled with people whose names have surely trapped them in interactions like the one above due to their pop culture presence. Writer Jesse McLaren tweeted in search of these poor souls, and the responses deserve our sympathy.

McLaren kicked things off, and it's got us thinking song names may be the most punished of all.

Example B

That's tough sledding, Mike

You certainly do

Uh oh

And THERE it is, right on time

One candle lit for every time they've had to hear "No running in my lobby!"

What's...going on here?

That's so sad. Alexa, play "Emotional Machine" by Marina

Arguably an honor?

What's a king to a god?

PSA to Drake fans

It's gonna be Key & Peele forever, A-a-ron

If your name is another pop culture victim, we're sending good vibes.

Andy Moser

Andy is a fellow on Mashable's Culture team. He graduated with a B.S. from the University of North Florida in 2018 and moved to New York to pursue journalism in culture and entertainment. He can (and will) talk for too long about Star Wars and movies in general. His fear of stinging insects and 80+ degree weather will keep him inside forever. He wishes he were shorter.