Fictional Names for Characters

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I forget whether it was Robert Benchley or more likely Groucho Marx who said about character creation that as soon as you invent a slimy, poxy, ambulance-chasing shyster named Phineas T. Horsefeathers, a slimy, poxy, ambulance-chasing shyster named Phineas T. Horsefeathers will sue you for slander. So, names matter. Shitweasels are everywhere.

In writing fiction, a Phineas T. Horsefeathers could sue you if he liked, but he'd wind up paying all of the court costs.