Calling Captain Awesome

Unemployed Ore. cabinet maker legally changes his name and signature, with inspiration from the NBC series "Chuck"

By Christopher R. Walker

Brian Davies/The Register-Guard AP

Captain Awesome shows off his new I.D.

An unemployed cabinet installer from Eugene, Ore., has legally changed his name from Douglas Allen Smith Jr. to Captain Awesome.
People familiar with the NBC series "Chuck" will recall that "Captain Awesome" is the nickname Chuck has given to his brother-in-law, Dr. Devon Woodcomb.
Tweeple are divided on the awesomeness of this move, ranging from marriage proposals to outright mockery. But most agree that Awesome's new signature -- a smiley face flanked by two arrows -- lives up to his name. While the state is perfectly willing to accept the new mark, his bank has deemed it too easy to forge.