Extreme Fanboyism
Plenty of examples here. Such as:
In the early months of 2003, Ohio’s 5694th National Guard Unit received an unlikely new recruit: Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots. Scott Edward Nall officially changed his name to Optimus Prime on his 30th birthday, as a present to himself.
According to Prime:“My dad passed away the year before and I didn’t have anybody really around, so I really latched onto him when I was a kid…[the other guys] razzed me for three months to no end. They really dug into me about it.”
Until late 2003, Optimus Prime stayed in Iraq as part of a civilian firefighting unit. Honestly, who can blame the guy for the name change: if you were a soldier in Iraq, who would you rather watch your ass? Scott Edward Nall, or Optimus Fucking Prime?
