History Main / ALizardNamedLiz

* ''Literature/KariusAndBactus'': Karius and Baktus respectively draw from Caries (cavities) and Bacteria, with the former being the primary cause of the latter.

* In ''Literature/CastleHangnail'', the castle's handyman is a minotaur named Angus, which is also the name of a breed of cattle.

* In ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'', the Papadakis pets are named Myrtle the Turtle, Noodle the Poodle, and Pat the Cat.
* In ''Literature/TheOrphanTrainAdventures'' book "A Family Apart", the dog of the Cummings family is named Barker.
* In ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove,'' the eldritch abominations all have names that sound similar to their species. For instance, some of the Nyarlathotepians in the series are named Nyarko, Nyar-o, and Nyarue.

* ''VideoGame/BearAndBreakfast'' has Will the Poor''will'', who's a species of nightjar.

* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** Mouser the giant mouse, Cobrat the cobra, Ostro the ostrich, Albatoss the albatross (the lack of R isn't a typo; it's a play on "Albatross" and "Toss", as the enemy often drops Bob-ombs while it flies) and Clawgrip the crab (after its claws) from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2''. Some sources also suggest that Birdo is a type of bird (despite her feather-less, reptilian appearance), which makes sense since she and Yoshi are dinosaurs (birds are known to have evolved from dinosaurs in real life).
** The ''Mario'' series (especially the RPG series) likes this trope quite a bit. For example, there are Goombas ([[VideoGame/PaperMario64 Goombario,]] [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor Goombella, Goomez,]] [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Private Goomp]]), Koopa Troopas ([[VideoGame/PaperMario64 Kooper,]] [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor Koops, Koopie Koo]]), Lakitus ([[VideoGame/PaperMario64 Lakilester, Lakilulu,]] [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor Laki,]] [[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros Lakithunder]]), Toads (Toadette, Toadsworth, [[VideoGame/MarioPartyAdvance Shroomlock]]) and more.
* [[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay Conker]] is named after a type of nut.
* ''Franchise/StarFox'':
** Names that aren't ADogNamedDog fall into this. For example a frog named Slippy (for the slime), a rabbit named Peppy (intuitively because rabbits are fast/full of pep), monkeys named Andrew and Andross (the closest thing the series comes to Man) and the straightest example given the trope name, a Chameleon named Leon.
** There's a subversion with Falco. He's supposed to be a pheasant.
** Miyu the lynx's name sounds like "mew," the sound a cat makes.
** Krystal is implied to be an arctic fox, and the word "crystal" comes from an ancient Greek word meaning "ice."
* ''Creator/RandleSimRacing'':
** There's Slimyscaly and Lizzie, the longstanding Lizardman/woman couple; Shelly Tortuga the Tortoise; Stally N. Mustang the Ford dealer horse; Hawkton Bryant, a bird character; and Matt Drumsticks, the chicken.
** There's a subversion with Daveybird. His name is a mix of the creator's real name and his species.
* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' introduces [[BeePeople Bee Person]] D'Vorah to the franchise. Her name is Hebrew for "bee."

* ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' has only one of the wild duck Pokémon Farfetch'd in the game, and its name is [[PunnyName Dux]][[note]]changed to "Ch'ding" in the remakes[[/note]]. Some bit-part-NPC-owned Pokemon also have nicknames based off their Pokemon species name. [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Contest_opponents This list]] covers quite a few of them.
* ''VideoGame/WildArms2'' features a GoldfishPoopGang duo named Liz and Ard, recurring villains who are humanoid lizards. The pun on their names even carries over from the Japanese version, where they were named Toka and Ge (tokage being the Japanese word for lizard).
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'''s Sir Fratley, a [[RatMen Burmecian]], could be seen as having this type of name (Flatley, as in Michael, because the city where he's first encountered has a Riverdance-like ritual protecting it+rat) if not just one affected by JapaneseRanguage.
** All three named members of the Qu species have names beginning with that of their species: [[AlliterativeName Quina Quen]], Quale, and Quan.

* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'': The CatGirl character is named Felicia, a pun on "feline".
* One of ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'''s playable characters is Hammond the hamster, who pilots a mech called Wrecking Ball.
* ''VideoGame/Mother3'' has a monkey named Salsa, [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseLanguage written in Japanese as]] 'Sarusa'. 'Saru' means monkey in Japanese and 'sa' means "it is", hence his name literally means "It's a monkey!"
* ''VideoGame/TheOtherRosiesRoadOfLove'': The baker's younger daughter has a pet tomato, AnthropomorphicFood, named Toma.
* [[VideoGame/RoboticOperatingBuddy R.O.B.]] for the NES combines this and AICronym.
* A subtle example in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'': The only member of the [[InsectoidAliens moth-like Luminoth]] who isn't either dead or in hiding is named U-Mos. The "mos" part becomes "mosu" in Japanese, and "mosu" is the English word "moth" transcribed into Japanese.
* ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' has a lot of this: Callie and Marie (calimari) the squid idol duo, Crusty Sean (crustacean) the shrimp, Spyke and Murch the urchins, Annie and Moe the anemone and clownfish, Bisk (from bisque, a type of soup made with shellfish) the crab, DJ Octavio and Agent 8 the octopi, Iso Padre the deep-sea isopod, Jelonzo, Jelfonzo, and Jel La Fleur the jellyfish, C.Q. Cumber the sea cucumber, Big Man the manta ray, Gnarly Eddy the nautilus, Nails the snail, Mr. Coco the coconut crab, Mr. Grizz, who is represented by a radio shaped like a bear ([[spoiler:and turns out to actually be a bear when you meet him]]), Sheldon the horseshoe crab, and Cipher the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciferidae Luciferidae shrimp]], just to name a few.

* In ''VideoGame/RingFitAdventure'', the antagonist is a dragon named Dragaux, which is an alternate spelling of "Drago" (a StockAnimalName given to dragons that equally falls into this trope).
* ''VideoGame/HarvestFarm'' features a FoxFolk and a Merman who are respectively named Foxy and Fisher.
* In ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni'', when not a PunnyName, the default name provided by the game for a familiar is generally either this or ADogNamedDog.
* ''VideoGame/BoundByBlades'' has an anthropomorphic fish named "''Fin''ny".
* Many characters in ''VideoGame/BugFables'' have their names related to their species. For instance, there are beetles named Kabbu (coming from "kabutomushi", a Japanese name for rhino beetles, which Kabbu heavily resembles) and Eetl, a mantis named Artis, a wasp named Zasp, moths named Mothiva and Hawk (a hawk moth), a cicada named Huscada, a cricket named Cricketly, and ants named Elizant, Zaryant, Ann and Janet. Bees especially stand out: there are Vi (whose name rhymes with "bee", according to WordOfGod), Queen Bianca, Malbee, Beette, Doctor H.B., Professor Honeycomb, Chubee ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a chubby bee]]) and etc. [[AllThereInTheManual The official artbook]] also reveals the names of several unnamed characters, and several of them also turn out to be species-related puns: the overseer of the Honey Factory is named Beena, a giant border guard bee is named Aebees, and the tarantula wizard's name is Tarantular.
* Franchise/SpyroTheDragon's name is a play on "pyro" because he breathes fire.
* [[VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries Henry Stickmin]], like everyone else in the series he comes from, is a stick figure (or ''stick man'').

* ''VideoGame/KlonoaHeroesDensetsuNoStarMedal'' has a pangolin named Pango as one of its characters.

* ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' has a lot of this: Callie and Marie (calimari) the squid idol duo, Crusty Sean (crustacean) the shrimp, Spyke and Murch the urchins, Annie and Moe the anemone and clownfish, Bisk (from bisque, a type of soup made with shellfish) the crab, DJ Octavio and Agent 8 the octopi, Iso Padre the deep-sea isopod, Jelonzo, Jelfonzo, and Jel La Fleur the jellyfish, C.Q. Cumber the sea cucumber, Big Man the manta ray, Gnarly Eddy the nautilus, Nails the snail, Mr. Coco the coconut crab, Mr. Grizz, who is represented by a radio shaped like a bear ([[spoiler:and turns out to actually be a bear when you meet him]]), and Sheldon the horseshoe crab, just to name a few.

** Mouser the giant mouse, Ostro the ostrich, Albatoss the albatross (the lack of R isn't a typo; it's a play on "Albatross" and "Toss", as the enemy often drops Bob-ombs while it flies) and Clawgrip the crab (after its claws) from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2''. Some sources also suggest that Birdo is a type of bird (despite her feather-less, reptilian appearance), which makes sense since she and Yoshi are dinosaurs (birds are known to have evolved from dinosaurs in real life).

* Manga/{{Beastars}}: A grizzly bear named Riz.

* Literature/{{Durarara}} has Celty, a dullahan of Celtic folklore.

* In ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' Meowth's backstory involved him falling for a female Meowth named "Meowzie" ("Nyadonna" in Japan). She was the reason he learned to [[TalkingAnimal speak]] and [[UpliftedAnimal walk on his hindlegs]]. Meowzie rejected him due to that behavior being weird for a Meowth.

Since this can overlap with AlliterativeName, please only add examples that go ''beyond'' simple alliteration. Conversely, if someone has a name that ''is'' their species (whether in English or in another language), that's SpeciesSurname or ADogNamedDog. Supertrope to WerewolfThemeNaming. Also closely related to StockAnimalName, and sometimes PunnyName. Compare APigNamedPorkchop for when an animal name follows this pattern, but based off of a meat or food product.

* ''WebAnimation/AnimatedInanimateBattle'': Oodle the Doodle

* The title character of ''Literature/{{Arthur}}'', who is an anthropomorphic aardvark.