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Poindexter (surname)

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Poindexter is a Jèrriais surname most commonly found in the United States, but originally from the island of Jersey between Britain and France, where it survives in its original form of Poingdestre.

Notable people and characters with the name include:

People

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Fictional characters

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  • Sir Marmaduke Poindexter, a character in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Sorcerer.
  • Poindexter, a character in the animated TV series Felix the Cat (1959–1962), whose name has become a slang term meaning "a bookish or socially unskilled person"
  • Arnold Poindexter, a character in the film Revenge of the Nerds and its sequel Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
  • Benjamin Poindexter is an alias sometimes used by Bullseye (comics)
  • Mr. Poindexter, in the Nick Carter spy novels, runs the Special Effects and Editing department (in charge of weapons, gadgets, disguises, and papers) in the US spy agency AXE, where he is the equivalent to Q in the James Bond franchise
  • Sidney Poindexter, a nerdy ghost who loathes bullies, appears in the cartoon Danny Phantom
  • William Poindexter, a member of Samwell's hockey team in Check, Please! (webcomic)
  • Poindexter "Fool" Williams, a character in the film The People Under the Stairs.