I'm sure everyone knows Harry Potter from J.K. Rowling's successful series of fictional books. I have read all of the Harry Potter books and I thought they were amazing but a real 20 year old person named Harry Potter from Portsmouth, England has had the misfortune of sharing the name with the fictional character Harry Potter and is clearly sick of all the jokes.
At first, Potter thought that it was neat to have the same name as a famous fictional wizard but the jokes have gotten so bad that he is the only one at his job that doesn't have to use his full name when talking on the telephone. What made this situation worse is that he has a scar on his forehead just like the fictional counterpart, however, its not shaped like a lighting bolt. Potter wished J.K. Rowling had never used his name. Personally, I think that having the same name as a fictional character is pretty cool but I can understand all the comments and jokes people would probably make and how annoying it could become.
This article inspired me think what other fictional characters could possibly suck to share a name with?
Fudge from "Superfudge" and "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing"- If your parents named you Fudge your life is hard enough that you were named after a type of chocolate.
Ramona Quimby- Teachers will be keeping an extra eye on you if your named after Beverly Cleary's famous troublemaker.
Bella Swan from "Twilight"- Wouldn't you hate to be mistaken for a clumsy girl who is obsessed over a vampire? It could possibly be worse for a person named Edward Collins.
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