Man Legally Changes His Name to Captain Awesome 13.01K Brian Moylan 12/06/10 05:35PM Filed to: Idiots Idiots Captain awesome Nbc Chuck Names baby names TV shutterstock Tweetg Tweetd Fb The Oregonian formerly known as Douglas Allen Smith Jr. finally got permission to legally change his name to Captain Awesome. It was inspired by a character on NBC's Chuck, which furthers the trend of Americans taking stupid names from TV.