History Main / ALizardNamedLiz

* KikoRiki: Almost everyone, with exception of Barry (who has MeaningfulName instead) and Chiko (who is ADogNamedDog), have their original names based on species' Russian name.

* ''WesternAnimation/BuckyOHare'' has the titular character's first name referencing their rabbitty buck teeth, and his family name sounds like "hare".

* ''VideoGame/BoundByBlades'' has an anthropomorphic fish named "''Fin''ny". Note that this trope is otherwise averted for all characters, with Teo the cat, Guren the rabbit, and so on.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': [=SpongeBob=] himself, Patrick Star, Mr. ''Krabs'', Sandy Cheeks the squirrel, Mrs. Puff, ''L''arry the ''l''obster, etc. Also shows up in a lot of one-off and minor characters - Flatts the Flounder, Bubble Bass, and so fourth. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Squidward and Squilliam; their names are portmanteaus of "squid" and "Edward/William", but they're supposed to be octopi (but are sometimes called squid in the series) and are only called that because using "octo" would sound awkward. Played straight with Squidina, an actual squid who's shown up in more recent episodes.
** Amusingly averted by Gary, [=SpongeBob=]'s pet sea snail who meows like a cat.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** One scientific name for housecats (and wildcats) is ''Felis silvestris'', which was used to name Sylvester the Cat.
** Marvin the Martian is a non-animal, non-earthling example.
** Porky Pig and Tweety Bird combine this with SpeciesSurname.
** Pepe le Pew, a skunk whose name references his foul odour.
** Foghorn Leghorn's last name refers to "leghorn" being a breed of chicken.

* ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'' has a first name referencing the wood woodpeckers dig through in conjunction with his SpeciesSurname.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'': Dino (pronounced DEE-no, not DAI-no) the Dinosaur.
* ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat'': Felix's name means "lucky", but also sounds like "felis" (Latin for "cat")
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** Twilight Sparkle's pet owl is named Owlowiscious (a creative spelling of Aloysius).
** Fluttershy's animal friends include Elizabeak the chicken and Hummingway the hummingbird.
** Maud's beloved pet rock is named Boulder; later, her fiancé Mudbriar is shown to have a pet stick named Twiggy.
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]": Pinkie's "guests" are a bunch of turnips in a bucket named Mr. Turnip, a pile of rocks called Rocky, a big lump of lint by the name of Sir Lintsalot and a sack of flour named Madame le Flour.
** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E20AHorseShoeIn A Horse Shoe-In]]": Starlight's new plant is a philodendron named Phyllis.

** ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'': Many characters who don't have an outright SpeciesSurname (like Donald Duck and his nephews, or the Beagle Boys) often have names that are duck- or bird-related puns. We have Launchpad [=McQuack=], Mrs. Beakley, Webbigail Vanderquack, Fenton Crackshell (a reference to eggshells), etc. Oddly averted with Duckworth, who has a duck-related name despite being a dog.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'': Most characters have names referencing their real-world animal equivalents. Lion-O looks like a lion, Panthro looks like a panther, Cheetara looks like a a cheetah, Tygra looks like a tiger... you get the pattern.
* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'': The main characters are a non-animal example: Master Shake is a milkshake, Frylock is a box of French fries, and Meatwad is a meatball.
* ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'': In one episode, Henrietta Twombly had a few pets with her who are trying to keep the evil Biskit Bandits out of her house. Their names are Dog the Dog, Mongoose the Mongoose, Skunk the Skunk, Monkey the Monkey, Hedgehog the Hedgehog Gecko the Gecko, and Panda the Panda. Not just ADogNamedDog, it's A Dog Named Dog: The Dog.

* ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'': Don ''Pteranodon''[='=]s name is the last syllable of his genus, Annie ''Tyrannosaurus''[='=] name rhymes with her genus' second syllable, and Hank ''Ankylosaurus'' and Jess ''Hesperornis'' both have names that rhyme with the first syllable of their genera.
* ''WesternAnimation/WildKratts'': A running gag -- Martin Kratt gives punny or alliterative names to most animals they meet. Like Elvis for an elf owl, baby crocodiles names Chompella, Munchette and Snappifer, beavers named Twig and Timber...
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'': The {{Trope Namer|s}} is Liz, Ms. Frizzle's pet chameleon.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'':
** Among Gumball and Darwin's schoolmates include Clayton, who is a blob of clay, Bobert (a robot), Ocho (an 8-bit spider), Carmen (a cactus), etc.
** Richard's middle name is revealed to be Buckley in "The Roots". While normally associated with deer, "buck" can also refer to male rabbits (which Richard is).
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinotrux}}'' has the bulk of its characters with names derived from their fictional species name, which is lampshaded when a pair of Dozeratops named Zera and Tops introduce themselves, the latter of which isn't sure where his name comes from and is stunned to learn it's short for Dozeratops.
* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'': Several characters who are domestic animals follow a FormallyNamedPet-style name (for example, Mister Peanutbutter, a dog, Princess Carolyn, a cat, and Officer Meow Meow [=McFuzzyFace=], another cat). Additionally, most non-human characters are named after their species. The Horseman and Sugarman families are both made up of horses, Lenny Turtletaub is a turtle, Sextina Aquafina is a dolphin, Rutabaga Rabbitowitz is a rabbit, Queen ''Ant''honia is an [[InsectQueen ant queen]], and so on. However, ''averted'' with Vanessa Gecko, who after being mentioned a couple of times, she turns out to be... a human (though she may have taken her husband's surname; we never see her husband or kids onscreen).
* ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'': The characters' stuffed animals (which themselves on the show are known as "stuffies") are named this way in three instances. Daniel has his stuffed tiger Tigey, Margaret has a stuffed panda named Pandy and Miss Elaina has the astronaut Astrid. Notably, the one of them that actually is a lizard, Prince Wednesday's stuffed animal, is actually called [[SpeciesSurname Mr. Lizard]]. However, Prince Wednesday does have a pet rock that he named "Rocky." Daniel also has a wooden duck toy named "Ducky" and is shown in one episode playing with a giraffe plush named "Raffi."
* ''WesternAnimation/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo'': Two of the ghosts from the Chest of Demons have a name referring to their species.
** "That's Monstertainment" has a zombie witch named Zomba.
** "Scooby in Kwackyland" has a demon named Demondo.
* ''WesternAnimation/BenAndMe'': The main protagonist is a mouse named Amos Mouse.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' features a duck named Quack Quack as one of its main characters.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Maisy}}'' has a squirrel named Cyril.
* ''WesternAnimation/RobTheRobot'' is about a robot named Rob.
* ''WesternAnimation/NiHaoKaiLan'': Tolee's stuffed panda toy is named Pandy.
* ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie'': The titular characters are a toucan and a "birdie."
* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'': Tom is a tomcat, i.e. a male cat.
* ''WesternAnimation/AlfredJKwak'': Alfred is a duck with the family name Kwak (i.e. "quack").
* ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'' has Zuffy the zuffoid, zuffoids being a species of small bipedal creatures native to the planet Mongo.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' has Hooty and Owlbert, who are both owls.[[note]]Technically speaking, the former is a demon and the latter is a wooden carving granted life as a familiar, but the point of the matter is that both of them look and act like owls.[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AnimalMechanicals'' has a dinosaur named Rex and a dragon lizard named Komodo[[note]]as in "komodo dragon"[[/note]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch'' featured denizens of Wonderland Zoo with names like Stretch the Giraffe, Stripes the Zebra, Furface the Lion, Giggles the Hyena and Pipsqueak the Mouse.
* In "Flying Chip" from ''WesternAnimation/ChipAndPotato'', Chip and her family meet an armadillo named Armando and his mother, Dila.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}} Amphibia]]'': The amphibian characters often have names related to their species. This includes [[LittleMissBadass Polly Plantar]] the pollywog (another name for tadpoles), frogs named Hopadiah (after hopping) and Mrs. Croaker, a toad named Mayor Toadstool, and a giant salamander named King Andrias (after the genus ''Andrias'' where giant salamanders belong). Toadie is a subversion: he's a frog despite his name implying otherwise.
* ''WesternAnimation/CityIsland2022'': One of Watt's classmates is a marker named Mark.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'': The title character's first name is derived from her breed, a '''Blue''' Heeler (a colloquial term for an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Cattle_Dog Australian Cattle Dog]] with bluish-gray fur). The name is a common pick for such dogs in real life.
* Chip from the WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale shorts and ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' is a chipmunk.

* The masculine name Andrew and its many foreign variants come from the Greek word "andros", meaning "man" (as in, male human). Averted with the variant "Andrea". It's still a masculine name in Italian, but feminine everywhere else.

* Chip from the WesternAnimation/ChipNDale shorts and ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' is a chipmunk.

** The series does this all the time with villagers' names: Bob the cat, Winnie the horse, Lily the frog, Canberra (named after the capital of Australia) the koala, Gwen the penguin, Hornsby the rhinoceros, Teddy the bear, Bill the duck, Fauna the deer, Pecan the squirrel, Peck the bird, Avery the eagle, Pudge (as bears have extremely fatty bodies) the bear, T-Bone the bull, Egbert the chicken, Inkwell the octopus, Papi the okapi-looking horse, etc.

[[caption-width-right:320:Because rabbits hop a lot. Get it?]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'': The TropeNamer is Liz, Ms. Frizzle's pet chameleon.

** In a non-animal example, sometimes this happens with characters who turn into vehicles or other machines: Jetfire, Jetstorm, Skywarp, Ramjet, Thrust, Air Raid, Fireflight, Powerglide, Skydive, Skyquake, Windblade, Brainstorm, Strafe, Barrel Roll, Cyclonus, Dreadwing, and many others turn into jets (and, sometimes, in Jetfire's case, space shuttles, though rocket propulsion is technically a type of jet propulsion), Soundwave often turns into a tape deck, broadcast truck, or super''sonic'' jet, Whirl, Blades, Skyburst, Highbrow, Vortex, and ''Armada'' Cyclonus turn into helicopters, Optimus Prime (Japanese name Convoy), Rodimus Prime, and Nemesis Prime turn into semi trucks (in other words, [[StealthPun prime movers]]), Beachcomber and Sandstorm turn into dune buggies, Eject, Flip Sides, Playback, Rewind, and Beastbox (a pun on "beatbox") turn into cassette tapes, the robots who make up Rail Racer turn into trains, Cosmos turns into a UFO, Blaster turns into a boombox (as in, a ghetto blaster), Stratosphere turns into a cargo jet (a propeller-driven cargo plane in ''Rise of the Beasts''), the live-action movie version of Jolt turns into an electric car, Perceptor turns into a microscope/telescope, Blast Off turns into a space shuttle, Hot Rod turns into a Cybertronian sports car, ''Animated'' Wreck-Gar turns into a ''gar''bage truck, Prowl, Streetwise, Chase, and Barricade turn into police cars, Scraphook turns into a tow truck, Mixmaster and Quickmix turn into cement mixers, Scattershot turns into a space fighter and a cannon (his ''Cybertron'' counterpart turns into a missile launching vehicle), Kup turns into a pic'''kup''' truck, Seaspray turns into a hoverboat, G1 Sideswipe (Japanese name Lambor) turns into a Lamborghini Countach, ''Armada'' Grindor turns into a skateboard, Nosecone turns into a drill tank, Metroplex turns into a city/battle station, Warpath, Brawl, and ''Beast Machines'' Tankor turn into tanks, Inferno, Hot Spot, Pyra Magna, and Heatwave turn into fire trucks, the Reflectors (Spectro, Spyglass, and Viewfinder) turn into a camera, Hook turns into a crane, First Aid, Ratchet (as repairing a Transformer is equivalent to healing a biological organism), Medix, and Flatline turn into ambulances, Octane turns into a tanker plane and tanker truck, Shockwave (Laserwave in Japanese) turns into a laser gun, Tidal Wave turns into a battleship, Nautica and Deep Dive turn into submarines, Astrotrain can turn into both a space shuttle and a locomotive...

** In a non-animal example, sometimes this happens with characters who turn into vehicles or other machines: Jetfire, Jetstorm, Skywarp, Ramjet, Thrust, Air Raid, Fireflight, Powerglide, Skydive, Skyquake, Windblade, Brainstorm, Strafe, Barrel Roll, Cyclonus, Dreadwing, and many others turn into jets (and, sometimes, in Jetfire's case, space shuttles, though rocket propulsion is technically a type of jet propulsion), Soundwave often turns into a tape deck, broadcast truck, or super''sonic'' jet, Whirl, Blades, Skyburst, Highbrow, Vortex, and ''Armada'' Cyclonus turn into helicopters, Optimus Prime (Japanese name Convoy), Rodimus Prime, and Nemesis Prime turn into semi trucks (in other words, [[StealthPun prime movers]]), Beachcomber and Sandstorm turn into dune buggies, Eject, Flip Sides, Playback, Rewind, and Beastbox (a pun on "beatbox") turn into cassette tapes, the robots who make up Rail Racer turn into trains, Cosmos turns into a UFO, Blaster turns into a boombox (as in, a ghetto blaster), Stratosphere turns into a cargo jet (a propeller-driven cargo plane in ''Rise of the Beasts''), the live-action movie version of Jolt turns into an electric car, Perceptor turns into a microscope/telescope, Blast Off turns into a space shuttle, Hot Rod turns into a Cybertronian sports car, ''Animated'' Wreck-Gar turns into a ''gar''bage truck, Prowl, Streetwise, Chase, and Barricade turn into police cars, Scraphook turns into a tow truck, Mixmaster turns into a cement mixer, Scattershot turns into a space fighter and a cannon (his ''Cybertron'' counterpart turns into a missile launching vehicle), Kup turns into a pic'''kup''' truck, Seaspray turns into a hoverboat, ''Armada'' Grindor turns into a skateboard, Nosecone turns into a drill tank, Metroplex turns into a city/battle station, Warpath, Brawl, and ''Beast Machines'' Tankor turn into tanks, Inferno, Hot Spot, Pyra Magna, and Heatwave turn into fire trucks, the Reflectors (Spectro, Spyglass, and Viewfinder) turn into a camera, Hook turns into a crane, First Aid, Ratchet (as repairing a Transformer is equivalent to healing a biological organism), Medix, and Flatline turn into ambulances, Octane turns into a tanker plane and tanker truck, Shockwave (Laserwave in Japanese) turns into a laser gun, Tidal Wave turns into a battleship, Nautica and Deep Dive turn into submarines, Astrotrain can turn into both a space shuttle and a locomotive...
*** On a related note, the original four Autobot Headmasters (robots whose heads become a smaller pilot robot in their alt-mode) had head-related names: ''Brain''storm, Chrome''dome'', Hard''head'', and High''brow'' and the robot that formed Fortress Maximus's head was named Cerebros. Two of the three Decepticon Headmasters, ''Skull''cruncher and ''Mind''wipe, also fit the head theme.

* Many ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' based on animals (and one plant) have names like this: Cheetor the cheetah, Rhinox, Ramhorn, and Headstrong the rhinoceroses (rhinoceri?), Rattrap the rat, Airazor the falcon, Tigatron the tiger, Depth Charge the manta ray, Scorponok the scorpion, Waspinator the wasp, Inferno the fire ant, Swoop and Terrorsaur the pterosaurs, Dinobot the Velociraptor/Utahraptor, Nightscream the bat, Lio Prime the lion, Sky-Byte the shark, Bighorn the buffalo, Divebomb and ''Beast Wars II'' Skywarp the eagles, Ramulus the ibex, Wolfang the wolf, Botanica the flower, Filch the magpie, Steeljaw the lion (wolf in [[WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise RID15]]), Sinnertwin the two-headed monster, Bisk the lobster, Nightshade the owl, Silverhound the bulldog, Malodor the skunk, Barbearian the grizzly bear, Polar Claw the polar bear, Blackarachnia the spider, Tentakil, Scuba, and Ikard (from "ika," the Japanese word for "squid") the squid, Kickback the grasshopper, Air Hammer the [[MixAndMatchCritters hawk/hammerhead shark fusion]]...

* ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'': The characters' stuffed animals (which themselves on the show are known as "stuffies") are named this way in three instances. Daniel has his stuffed tiger Tigey, Margaret has a stuffed panda named Pandy and Miss Elaina has the astronaut Astrid. Notably, the one of them that actually is a lizard, Prince Wednesday's stuffed animal, is actually called [[SpeciesSurname Mr. Lizard]]. However, Prince Wednesday does have a pet rock that he named "Rocky." Daniel also has a wooden duck toy named "Ducky."