| 1 | [[quoteright:320:[[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alizardnamedliz_9.jpg]]]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:320:[[DontExplainTheJoke Because rabbits hop a lot. Get it?]]]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | ->'''Baz''': Imagine you're a pixie […] and you have a daughter, and you name her Trixie. Trixie the pixie. […] It's like being a fairy named Mary.\ |
| 5 | '''Snow''': Or a vampire named Gampire.\ |
| 6 | '''Baz''': Gampire isn't even a proper name, Snow. You're terrible at this game.\ |
| 7 | '''Penelope''': In Trixie's defence, the pixies probably don't go around calling themselves "pixies." I mean, you could be a human named Newman or a boy named Roy, and no one would think twice. |
| 8 | -->-- ''Literature/CarryOn'' |
| 9 | |
| 10 | An animal (or sometimes a monster/alien) character whose name is related to their species. It could sound similar (a leopard named Leonard or Leopold), or be related to some characteristic of the animal (a duck named Quack, a bee named Honey). |
| 11 | |
| 12 | 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, ADogNamedDog or ADogNamedPerro. 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. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | See also StevenUlyssesPerhero, for characters whose name or surname allude to their occupation instead of species. |
| 15 | ---- |
| 16 | !!Examples: |
| 17 | |
| 18 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 19 | |
| 20 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 21 | * Advertising/{{Cryptoland}}: A coin named Connie. |
| 22 | [[/folder]] |
| 23 | |
| 24 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 25 | * ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'' has several examples: |
| 26 | ** Giselle the gazelle, Lucille the seal, Doug the prarie dog, Scatherine the Komodo dragon, Armadonna the armadillo, Amir the meerkat, Wolfgang the maned wolf, Carrie the caracal, etc. Some of these overlap with BilingualBonus (for instance, Eaglette is actually a [[ADogNamedCat secretarybird]], but that's because the Japanese word for secretarybird literally translates to "snake-eating eagle") or GeniusBonus (For instance, Zelda, who's a fennec fox, has her name derived from Vulpes '''zerda''', the fennec's scientific name). [[TheDanza Yokosawa]] the axolotl, named after her voice actor, Natsuko Yokosawa, could also possibly be one of these, as the "sawa" in her name means "swamp" in Japanese. |
| 27 | ** The original Japanese names (and by extension, the Netflix names) had them too, just in different forms. Zelda was Fenneko, Giselle was Tsunoda ("tsuno" is Japanese for "horn" or "antler"), etc. |
| 28 | ** '''Re'''tsuko herself, while likely named more because of her anger ("retsu" is Japanese for "furious"), may also be one of these, as she's a '''re'''d panda. The other named red panda character in the series, Lester (Resasuke in the original Japanese TBS version and the Netflix version), gets his name from "lesser panda," another name for the red panda. |
| 29 | * ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' has Mayaa, an Iriomote cat named after the Okinawan word for the species (''yamamayaa''). |
| 30 | * ''Manga/{{Beastars}}'': A grizzly bear named Riz. |
| 31 | * ''Anime/BNABrandNewAnimal'' has several: Michiru Kagemori the tanuki (kage: shadow, mori: forest), Shirō Ogami the wolf (ōkami: wolf), Kuro the non-anthropomorphic crow (the name both sounds like "crow" and is Japanese for "black"), Marie Itami the mink (itachi: "weasel," which minks are related to and which Marie [[IAmNotWeasel is often mistaken for]]), Nina Flip the dolphin and Giuliano Flip the beluga (their surname referring to flippers), etc. |
| 32 | * ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' has Kumajirou, the [[TalkingAnimal talking polar bear]] that serves as [[NiceGuy Canada's]] [[NonHumanSidekick constant companion]]; "Kuma" means "bear" in Japanese. Additionally, WordOfGod says that if Kumajirou had been named in English, his name would be ''Will-bear.'' |
| 33 | * The characters in ''Anime/WolfsRain,'' who are wolves, have names which translate to "claw", "fang", etc. |
| 34 | * [[Manga/InuYasha Inu-Yasha]] is a [[{{Yokai}} dog demon...]] whose name in Japanese means "dog demon". |
| 35 | * ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Misato named her pet penguin "Pen-Pen." |
| 36 | * ''Manga/NurseHitomisMonsterInfirmary'': |
| 37 | ** Taiga Toura is a [[PantheraAwesome humanoid tiger]]. His given name is the Japanese transliteration of the English word ''tiger'', and his family name is based on the Japanese word for "tiger", ''tora''. |
| 38 | ** [[NiceMice Nezu-kun]] is a [[RatMen mouse person]] who's name is based on the Japanese word for "mouse", ''nezumi''. |
| 39 | ** Okutou the [[UnscaledMerfolk octopus girl]] has a name that's based on the Japanese transliteration of ''octo''. |
| 40 | ** Kaneko the [[CatGirl Cat Boy]] has a name containing the Japanese word for "cat", ''neko''. |
| 41 | * ''Manga/OnePiece'': |
| 42 | ** The Minks, a race of [[BeastMan Beast Men]], frequently have names relating to their species. Among a few we meet early in the arc that introduces them are the canine Wanda ("wan" is the Japanese onomatopoeia for "bark"), her rabbit colleague [[StockAnimalDiet Carrot]], a lion musketeer named Shishilian ("shishi" means "lion"), a squirrel girl named Tristan (playing off the Japanese for "squirrel", "risu"), and a goat doctor named Miyagi ("yagi" means "goat"). |
| 43 | ** Several [[FishPeople fishmen]] and [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent merfolk]] have names relating to their species. Examples include Jinbe ("jinbeizame" means "whale shark"), Ikaros ("ika" means "squid"), and Hyouzou ("hyoumondako" means "blue-ringed octopus"). |
| 44 | ** Tony Tony Chopper. "Tony" originates from ''tonakai'', "reindeer" in Japanese, and "Chopper" was given in reference to his horns. |
| 45 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' |
| 46 | ** In [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries the original series]], 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. |
| 47 | ** Mairin from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY'' named her Chespin "Chespie" ("Hari-san" in Japanese, for Harimaron) and her Flabébé "Bébé" ("Fla-chan" in Japanese). |
| 48 | * ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': Kyubey, the MentorMascot to the protagonists, turns out to be this: [[spoiler: He's from a race of aliens known as "Incubators". Making him an Incubator named Kyubey"]]. |
| 49 | * ''Anime/ALittleSnowFairySugar'': Robby the Robin, although, he's actually a sparrow. |
| 50 | * ''Manga/{{Superior}}'' has a bear demon named Um'''ber'''to [[spoiler:who also happens to be Angelica's grandfather]]. |
| 51 | * All of the {{Yokai}} in ''Manga/MononokeSharing'' have names like this (for example, the yuki-onna is named "Yuki"). |
| 52 | * ''Manga/PlusSizedElf'': |
| 53 | ** The non-human women tend to have names referencing their race, usually as either homophones, {{Alternate Character Reading}}s, or a direct play on the species name. Homophone-wise, Elfuda is a homophone in Japanese for "is an elf". Kuroeda's name combines "kuro" (dark/black) and "eda", which also sounds somewhat like "is an elf". Gonda's name is a homophone in Japanese for "is a dragon" and includes the kanji for "snake". |
| 54 | ** The first two Japanese characters in Kusohanada's name mean "flowering plant". Raika's name is similar to "raikansuroopu", the Japanese transliteration of "lycanthrope", and may also be a Shout-Out to Laika, a stray dog who became the first animal to orbit the Earth. Mero's name comes from either "merrow" or "mermaid". Honeda's name includes the character for "bone". Hitome literally means "One Eye". |
| 55 | ** Olga, Oku and Hobi's names all derive from their English species names of ogre, orc, and hobbit, respectively. |
| 56 | * Any animal in ''Manga/OumagadokiDoubutsuen'' that isn't already ADogNamedDog qualifies for this trope. There's Shishido the lion (''shishi''), Chita the cheetah, Popo the hi'''popo'''tamus, Toytoy the toy poodle, the list goes on. Even the humans cursed into animals get in on it: Shiina has a kanji in his name that means "mallet", an item associated with the MoonRabbit of folklore, Isana is a play on the old Japanese term for whale (''isa''), and Shikuma turns into a brown bear (''higuma''). |
| 57 | * ''Manga/MonsterMusume'': Most of the monster girls have names based on their species, though this may not be obvious to [[BilingualBonus non-Japanese speakers]] |
| 58 | ** Each of the {{Cute Monster Girl}}s in Kimihito's harem has her name derived from her species name -- Miia[[note]]romaji: ''Miia''[[/note]] from ''Lamia'', Papi from ''harpy''[[note]]"Harpy" is ''haapii'' (ハーピー) in Japanese romaji, and adding a dakuten to ハ (ha) makes it パ (pa).[[/note]], '''Centor'''ea from ''[[OurCentaursAreDifferent Centaur]]'', [[SlimeGirl Suu]] from ''Slime''[[note]]romaji: '''''su'''raimu''[[/note]], Meroune from ''Mermaid''[[note]]Her last name, Lorelei, also refers to a famous siren from German folklore[[/note]], Rachnera from ''Arachne'', and Lala from ''Dul'''la'''han''. Heck, even Kimi'''hito''' himself has the word ''hito'' (person) in his name. |
| 59 | ** It isn't limited to the main cast either, see also: Zombina the [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombie]], Doppel the {{doppelganger}}, Draco the [[DraconicHumanoid dragonet]], Yukio the [[AnIcePerson yuki onna]] and, yes they use the exact trope name with Liz the [[LizardFolk lizardwoman]]. |
| 60 | ** Even Ms. Smith qualifies, her given name is Kuroko (kuro meaning black and ko being a feminine suffix) and she is a female [[TheMenInBlack MIB]]. |
| 61 | ** An invoked trope for both Suu and Kii, who were named by Papi. She named them both, but was too bird-brained for more complicated names. "Suu" is the first part of the Japanese word for Slime, as with above, and Kii is the Japanese word for tree. |
| 62 | [[/folder]] |
| 63 | |
| 64 | [[folder:Art]] |
| 65 | * ''Art/BeastFables'': [[https://twitter.com/A3Dnazrigar/status/1652870293994737664 Kara Otodona]] is a great white shark mermaid whose name sounds like the species' genus, ''Carcharodon''. |
| 66 | [[/folder]] |
| 67 | |
| 68 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 69 | * In the ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'' episode "Anda Bhatija", a fried egg alien lands in Chatpata Nagar and Samosa names it Yolky... in the original English version, at least. In the episode's English redub, he names it Bua instead since [[VerbalTicName it only says "bua"]]. |
| 70 | [[/folder]] |
| 71 | |
| 72 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 73 | * Sam Simeon, the simian (i.e. ape) detective from ''ComicBook/AngelAndTheApe''. |
| 74 | * Another Swedish example is Hälge, a Eurasian elk (Älg) named H'''älg'''e. |
| 75 | * ComicBook/AngelaAsgardsAssassin: While she isn't an actual angel, she was raised as one from infancy and was given the mundane and very uncreative '''Angel'''a. |
| 76 | * ''ComicBook/HermanHedning'', the titular character Herman Hedning, 'Herman the Heathen'. The heathens(and monkeys) are {{Waddling Head}}s/{{Cephalothorax}}, unlike Adam and Eve, who are 'human'. [[http://www.hermanhedning.com/figurer/AdamEva.jpg Picture showing the difference]]. |
| 77 | * In ''ComicBook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew,'' everyone on Earth-C is named this way, unless they have an outright SpeciesSurname. We have a cat named Felina Furr, [[APigNamedPorkchop a pig named Peter Porkchops]], etc. |
| 78 | * The titular Erma Felna and her family of ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'', since they are anthropomorphic cats. Oddly enough, they are the only characters in the whole comic sharing this trait. |
| 79 | * ''ComicBook/TheBeano'' has Rasher the Pig (as in, a rasher of bacon). |
| 80 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderHam'' has a few characters like this, though ADogNamedDog is more common. For instance, Peter Porker himself. |
| 81 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: Diana has a Riding Kanga (giant kangaroo) named Jumpa. |
| 82 | * One strip of the ''[[Magazine/RedDwarf Red Dwarf Smegazine]]'' had an evolved dormouse character named Dorrie. |
| 83 | * ''ComicBook/{{Bamse}}'': This is fairly common for characters that aren't outright {{A Dog Named Dog}}/{{Species Surname}}, with ones like Skalman ("Shellman", a turtle), Lille Skutt ("Little Hop", a rabbit), Mini-Hopp ("Mini-Jump", a rabbit) Teddy (a bear) and Surre (named derived from "Surr", buzzing, a bee). |
| 84 | [[/folder]] |
| 85 | |
| 86 | [[folder:Eastern European Animation]] |
| 87 | * Animation/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. |
| 88 | * Animation/MisiMokusKalandjai: Krokó the crocodile and Kacifánt the elephant. |
| 89 | * Animation/NuPogodiKanikuly: Ulya's name comes from "kosulya", the Russian term for "roe deer". |
| 90 | [[/folder]] |
| 91 | |
| 92 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 93 | * In the ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''[=/=]''Literature/KonoSuba'' crossover ''Fanfic/BlessedWithAHerosHeart'', one of the demihuman slaves Izuku comes into possessions is a [[LizardFolk Gator-woman]] that he names Liza. He lampshades that it's not very creative of him. |
| 94 | * ''Fanfic/BornToBeWilde'': Ursula Friedkin. Ursula means she-bear. |
| 95 | * This is subverted in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' fic ''Fanfic/DescentIntoDarkness''. Maria named one of the lab lizards "Lizzie", but later changed it to "Biolizard" because she thought the original name was too childish. |
| 96 | * In ''Fanfic/HarryIsADragonAndThatsOK'', Empress the basilisk counts. How? "Empress" is the English translation of her Greek name, "βασίλισσα", pronounced "basílissa". |
| 97 | * In Fanfic/TheHaterGoodG2, Slog is more sloth-like, but his name is the same, which fits. |
| 98 | * In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBoilingPoint'', one of the main members of the Ruby Sulphur Trio is a crystal ball named ''Chris''. |
| 99 | * In a sidestory of ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', Ash's Butterfree meets a female Vivillon who becomes his sparring partner and potentially SecondLove after the Pink Butterfree. He decides to call her "Viv" to tell her apart from the other (nineteen) Vivillon owned by Ash, and because [[AffectionateNickname he thinks it sounds cute]]. |
| 100 | * In ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'', Fiora the forest witch has a (short-lived) toad familiar named Toadysseus. |
| 101 | [[/folder]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 104 | * Animation/TheCameramansRevenge: ''Zhuk'' is the Russian word for "beetle" (and in fact some English versions simply call the couple [[SpeciesSurname Mr. and Mrs. Beetle]]). |
| 105 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'': |
| 106 | ** Cera (pronounced "Sarah") the ''Triceratops''. The movie also gives us Petrie the pterosaur, Spike the spike-tail (AKA ''Stegosaurus'') and Ducky the ''Saurolophus'' (for its duckbill). |
| 107 | ** Most of the characters in the film's many sequels have names derived from their genus name, such as the third film's trio of bullies being a ''Hypsilophodon'', ''Nodosaurus'', and ''Muttaburrasaurus'' respectively named Hyp, Nod, and Mutt; the seventh film's trio of pterosaurs being a ''Pteranodon'', ''Cearadactylus'', and ''Rhamphorhynchus'' named Pterano, Sierra, and Rinkus; and the twelfth film's Microraptor being named Guido, for the specific name, ''Microraptor gui''. |
| 108 | * Joanna the goanna from ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder''. |
| 109 | * Cathy the kitten, from the Hungarian animated film ''Animation/CatCity''. |
| 110 | * Sir Hiss and Lady Kluck from ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973''; a snake and a chicken, respectively. |
| 111 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'' has a character Stu created named "Dactar", a mutant pteradactyl. |
| 112 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'': Simba means "lion" in Swahili. |
| 113 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'': Many (if not most) characters have names like this. Lionheart, Otterton and Weaselton's surnames all puns on their species name. Judy Hopps and her parents are rabbits, known for their hopping. Chief Bogo's name comes from M'bogo, Swahili for cape buffalo. Bellwether is an expression for a sheep leading a flock. And there's also Finnick the fennec fox and Yax the yak. |
| 114 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}'': Ms. Crawley is a lizard that crawls. |
| 115 | * A non-animal example would be a frankfurter named Frank in ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty''. |
| 116 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'' has a manti''core'' nicknamed ''Corey''. |
| 117 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePebbleAndThePenguin'' has a Rockhopper Penguin named Rocko. |
| 118 | [[/folder]] |
| 119 | |
| 120 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 121 | * In the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, ComicBook/AntMan has a tendency to name his various ant companions ant-themed names, such as Antony, UsefulNotes/UlyssesSGrant, and Creator/AntonioBanderas. |
| 122 | * Tookie Tookie bird is a toucan in the live action ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle'' film. In the original cartoon he's a generic blue bird, so this trope does not apply. |
| 123 | * Beary Barrington, the protagonist of ''Film/TheCountryBears''. |
| 124 | * Film/{{Rodan}}'s original Japanese name "Radon" comes from the fact that he's a mutated Pteranodon. |
| 125 | [[/folder]] |
| 126 | |
| 127 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 128 | * ''Literature/AngelaNicely'': The Nicely cat is named Pusskins. |
| 129 | * ''Literature/{{Arthur}}'': |
| 130 | ** The title character, who is an anthropomorphic aardvark. |
| 131 | ** D.W. Reed named her inflatable shark "Sharky." |
| 132 | * ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'': The Papadakis pets are named Myrtle the Turtle, Noodle the Poodle, and Pat the Cat. |
| 133 | * ''Literature/CastleHangnail'': The castle's handyman is a minotaur named Angus, which is also the name of a breed of cattle. |
| 134 | * ''Literature/DemonLordRetry'' has Eagle, Luna's childhood friend, who's a Falcon Demihuman. |
| 135 | * ''Dragons Can Only Rust'' and ''Dragon Reforged'' by Chrys Cymri are about the robot dragon Gonard's quest to learn whether or not he has a soul. He's been on the quest for a long time before [[spoiler: a mystical vision of his dead creator]] reveals, among other (mostly cruel) things, that his name is just an anagram of "dragon," and Gonard feels like a fool for not having realized it. |
| 136 | * ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' has Celty, a dullahan of Celtic folklore. |
| 137 | * ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'': The first generations of elves all have elf in their name. They are all descended from Elfe, whose sons were Elfin, Elfinan, and Elfinine, who themselves had kids named Elfinell, Elfant, Elfar, and Elfinor. Then Elifcleos founded Faerie and the theme naming is finally broken with his son Oberon, who was special enough to get his own name. His brother Elferon didn't warrant such special treatment, and died young to add insult to injury. |
| 138 | * In ''Literature/FengshenYanyi'', the Seven Monsters of Mount Prune are all animal spirits disguised in human form. Most of them have names containing a hidden pun, usually based on homophony, to their real form. For example, their leader Yuan Hong is actually an ape demon (''yuan'' in Chinese), or Wu Long, a centipede demon whose first ideogram sounds similar to Wu as in centipede. This is actually lampshaded by the text. |
| 139 | * Maggie from ''Literature/{{Firstborn}}'' is a magpie. The rest of her siblings and both of her parents also had names that started with "m". The fact that Maggie's name is this doesn't get lost by other characters or Maggie herself, who [[EmbarrassingFirstName finds it embarrassing]]. |
| 140 | * ''Literature/KariusAndBactus'': Karius and Baktus' names respectively draw from [[TalkingPest Caries (cavities) and Bacteria]], with the former being the primary cause of the latter. |
| 141 | * ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'': The {{eldritch abomination}}s 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. |
| 142 | * ''Literature/TheOrphanTrainAdventures'': In "A Family Apart", the dog of the Cummings family is named Barker. |
| 143 | * In the children's book ''Rocky, the Cat Who Barks'' by Donna Jo Napoli, the youngest of the five female cats who initially terrorize the titular canine is a calico kitten named Cally. |
| 144 | * ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor'': From ''Princesses in the Darkest Depths'', an ant-woman is named '''Ant'''onia Tertia. |
| 145 | * In ''Literature/{{Ratburger}}'', when Sheila asks Zoe why her pet rat is named Armitage [[note]]The actual reason is that she saw the name written on a toilet bowl and despite that being a bit embarrassing, thought it was a good name.[[/note]], Zoe asks what Sheila would name a rat. Sheila comes up with "Ratty", which Zoe thinks is unoriginal. |
| 146 | * ''Literature/ReynardTheFox'' became this retroactively in French: "goupil" was the normal term for a fox, but it was seen as bad luck to use the name, so the protagonist fox's name "Renart" was used instead, becoming modern French "renard". |
| 147 | * ''Literature/RunWild'' features a fox vixen named "Vickey". |
| 148 | * In the ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' series, hedgehogs usually have last names like "Spike", "Quill", and "Stickle". Otters will sometimes have last names incorpating "dog", like Barbowla Boulderdog and Kroova Wavedog, (from the fact that otters sometimes get called 'riverdogs' or similar) or their watery habitats, like Streampaw, Boldstream, and Brookback. |
| 149 | * Drogon the dragon from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. (It's coincidental that they're similar; Drogon was named after a human character.) |
| 150 | * Although most characters from ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' fall under ADogNamedDog, Kanga and Roo the toy kangaroos and Tigger the toy tiger are examples of this trope (although Tigger refers to his own species as "Tiggers", in plural). |
| 151 | [[/folder]] |
| 152 | |
| 153 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 154 | * Series/{{Beetleborgs}}: A mummy named Mums. |
| 155 | * The show ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' is kind of clever with this. Like a bee/wasp creature that was a woman named Melissa (Mellis meaning "honey"), a bear creature named Barry (whose last name, Rabe, is an anagram of Bear), and a goat creature named Billy (whose last name was Capra, Latin for "goat"). Grimm has also done the lion/Leo thing. It's even lampshaded. |
| 156 | * In ''Series/MariaClaraAtIbarra'', Ali, the magical firefly who occasionally accompanies Klay, is short for the Filipino word for it, "alitaptap". |
| 157 | * In ''Series/MyFavoriteMartian'' the eponymous, unnamed Martian uses the name Martin while stuck on earth. |
| 158 | * In ''Series/{{Knightmare}}'', Lord Fear's lizardman sidekick is named Lissard. |
| 159 | * Lizzie, a lizard which appears in an episode of ''Series/LizzieMcGuire''. |
| 160 | * Many of the characters in Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse have names that walk the line between this and ADogNamedDog (e.g., Chairry, Globey, Floory, Clocky, etc.). The straightest example is Pterri the Pteradactyl. |
| 161 | * Non-animal example: ''Series/UltramanGeed'' has an alien named Pega whose species are known as the '''Pega'''ssa. |
| 162 | * In ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'', Tyler nicknames his [[HumongousMecha T-Rex Zord]] "Rexy". |
| 163 | * In ''Series/PowerRangersDinoFury'', the talking cyborg dinosaur Solon identifies herself as a Solonosaurus. |
| 164 | * ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}'': Lisa, one of Lottie's acolytes and residents of the latter's "intentional community" has a goldfish called Gilly the 14th, suggesting a few instances of Replacement Goldfish. |
| 165 | [[/folder]] |
| 166 | |
| 167 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 168 | * ''Music/{{Tsukipro}}'' idol units [=SolidS=] and Quell have a mascot named Lizz, that's... a squirrel (''risu'' in Japanese). |
| 169 | [[/folder]] |
| 170 | |
| 171 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 172 | * ''Podcast/QuestInShow'' has a [[BeastMan humanoid sheep]] named Tristan '''Lamb'''ert and a [[SpiderPeople humanoid spider]] named Sylvester '''Strand'''. |
| 173 | [[/folder]] |
| 174 | |
| 175 | [[folder:Puppet Shows]] |
| 176 | * In "A Plant Grows in Bear's House" from ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'', Pip and Pop are excited at a letter from the ''Otter World Magazine'' because they have entered the Otter World Name the Clam Contest with the name, wait for it, "Clammy," and are hoping to have won the grand prize of 100,000 clams. Unsurprisingly, they did not win. They receive a consolation prize of a packet of seeds. |
| 177 | [[/folder]] |
| 178 | |
| 179 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 180 | * ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' did this a lot in 2007 and 2008: |
| 181 | ** In the [[AnimalMotifs Barraki]] villain team, we have TentacledTerror Kalmah[[note]]from ''calamari''[[/note]], PsychoElectricEel Ehlek, GiantEnemyCrab Carapar[[note]]from ''carapace''[[/note]], and Mantax the manta ray. |
| 182 | ** In 2008, the Phantoka Makuta were all [[BatPeople bat themed]]: Antroz[[note]]from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antrozous&redirect=no the bat genus ''Antrozous'']][[/note]], [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vamprah]], and Chirox[[note]]from Chiroptera[[/note]]. |
| 183 | ** Makuta Bitil looked like, you guessed it, a beetle. |
| 184 | ** [[CirclingVultures Vultraz]] |
| 185 | * Lego's ''Toys/{{Fabuland}}'' toyline runs with SpeciesSurname, but has some characters whose first name is also a pun on their species, such as Lionel Lion, Bonnie Rabbit/Bunny and Cathy/Catherine Cat. |
| 186 | * 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 and Ratbat the bats, Laserbeak the condor (presumably, given that his Japanese name is [[ADogNamedDog Condor]]) 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]]... |
| 187 | ** 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, Mainframe turns into a supercomputer, 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... |
| 188 | *** 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 original Decepticon Headmasters, ''Skull''cruncher and ''Mind''wipe, also fit the head theme. |
| 189 | [[/folder]] |
| 190 | |
| 191 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 192 | * ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' |
| 193 | ** Among the major [=NPC=]s, there's Tom Nook the tanuki, Tortimer the tortoise, Pelly the pelican, the cats Katie and Kaitlin, Lottie the otter, Gulliver the seagull, Phineas (from "fin") the sea lion, Chip (as in wood chips) the beaver, Redd the red fox, Saharah the camel, Kapp'n the kappa, and Wisp the ghost (a pun on "will 'o the wisp"). |
| 194 | ** The series does this all the time with villagers' names: Bob and Tom the cats, 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. |
| 195 | * In ''VideoGame/AntonballDeluxe'' there's a donkey named Don. |
| 196 | * ''VideoGame/BearAndBreakfast''. |
| 197 | ** Will the Poor''will'', who's a species of nightjar. |
| 198 | ** Fin the Shark mascot of Pawn Voyage. |
| 199 | * ''VideoGame/BoundByBlades'' has an anthropomorphic fish named "''Fin''ny". |
| 200 | * 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. |
| 201 | * VideoGame/{{Bugsnax}}: Grumble names a ''man''tis Manny. |
| 202 | * The eponymous squirrel of ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' is named after a type of nut. |
| 203 | * ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'': The CatGirl character is named Felicia, a pun on "feline". |
| 204 | * ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''': |
| 205 | ** 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. |
| 206 | ** All three named members of the Qu species have names beginning with that of their species: [[AlliterativeName Quina Quen]], Quale, and Quan. |
| 207 | * VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}: Season 1 of Chapter 5 introduced a trio of bird inspired skins, one of which is based on a Budgerigar/Budgie. Its name? Budge. |
| 208 | * ''VideoGame/HarvestFarm'' features a FoxFolk and a Merman who are respectively named Foxy and Fisher. |
| 209 | * ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'': Henry Stickmin, like everyone else in the series he comes from, is a stick figure (or ''stick man''). |
| 210 | * ''VideoGame/KlonoaHeroesDensetsuNoStarMedal'' has a pangolin named Pango as one of its characters. |
| 211 | * ''Franchise/MegaMan'': |
| 212 | ** In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/MegaManX'', the names of the Maverick bosses are corruptions of their species name; examples include ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX2 X2]]''[='=]s Wheel Alligates[[labelnote:*]]Wheel Gator[[/labelnote]], ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX3 X3]]''[='=]s Explose Horneck[[labelnote:*]]Blast Hornet[[/labelnote]] and ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX4 X4]]''[='=]s Cyber Kujacker[[labelnote:*]]Cyber Peacock[[/labelnote]] (from "kujaku" meaning "peacock" and "hacker"). The overseas versions (with some exceptions) resort to SpeciesSurname instead. |
| 213 | ** In the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series, some of the corrupted names refer to mythological creatures instead - e.g Burble Hekelot (Heket from Myth/EgyptianMythology), Tretista Kelverian ([[HellHound Cerberus]]), and Heat Genblem ([[TheFourGods Genbu]]). |
| 214 | * 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. |
| 215 | * ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' introduces [[BeePeople Bee Person]] D'Vorah to the franchise. Her name is Hebrew for "bee." |
| 216 | * ''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!" |
| 217 | * In ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni'', when not a PunnyName, the default name provided by the game for a familiar is generally either this or ADogNamedDog. |
| 218 | * ''VideoGame/TheOtherRosiesRoadOfLove'': The baker's younger daughter has a pet tomato, AnthropomorphicFood, named Toma. |
| 219 | * One of ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'''s playable characters is Hammond the hamster, who pilots a mech called Wrecking Ball. |
| 220 | * ''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. |
| 221 | * ''VideoGame/{{Rampage}}'' has a big Franchise/{{Godzilla}} [[NotZilla expy]] named "Lizzie". |
| 222 | * ''Creator/RandleSimRacing'': |
| 223 | ** 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. |
| 224 | ** There's a subversion with Daveybird. His name is a mix of the creator's real name and his species. |
| 225 | * 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). |
| 226 | * In ''VideoGame/RiverTailsStrongerTogether'', Furple's sidekick is a fish named Finn. |
| 227 | * ''VideoGame/RoboticOperatingBuddy'' has R.O.B., which combines this and AICronym. |
| 228 | * ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndThePiratesCurse'' has the boss named Dagron, which is revealed to be a Dragon who had its species misspelled by its owner. |
| 229 | * ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' has a lot of this: |
| 230 | ** 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. |
| 231 | ** A lot more examples are found in the Japanese version, some bordering on ADogNamedDog territory: Callie, a bigfin reef squid ("aoriika" in Japanese), is named "Aori," Marie, a firefly squid ("hotaruika" in Japanese) is "Hotaru," Pearl, a northern pygmy squid ("himeika" in Japanese) is "Hime," and Marina, a webfoot octopus ("iidako" in Japanese) is "Iida." |
| 232 | ** Possibly subverted with [[CoolOldGuy Cap'n Cuttlefish]]: He might actually be a squid, and while he looks much different than the other Inkling characters, we don't know if it's because he's a cuttlefish or just because he's old. On the other hand, cuttlefish are more closely related to squid than other cephalopods, and the Japanese word for cuttlefish, 甲烏賊 (kōika), means "armor squid." |
| 233 | ** Shiver and Frye are kind of a mix of this trope and StevenUlyssesPerhero: In their boss battles, Shiver rides on a giant shark and Frye controls a group of flying eels. A group of sharks is called a shiver and a group of eels is called a fry. Their Japanese names are even more on the nose: Shiver's name is Fūka (from "fuka," a Japanese word meaning "shark") and Frye's is Utsuho (from "utsubo," Japanese for "moray eel"). |
| 234 | * ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'': the eponymous character's name is a play on "pyro" because he breathes fire. |
| 235 | * ''Franchise/StarFox'': |
| 236 | ** 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. |
| 237 | ** There's a subversion with Falco. He's supposed to be a pheasant. |
| 238 | ** Miyu the lynx's name sounds like "mew," the sound a cat makes. |
| 239 | ** Krystal is implied to be an arctic fox, and the word "crystal" comes from an ancient Greek word meaning "ice." |
| 240 | * ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'': |
| 241 | ** 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). |
| 242 | ** 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. |
| 243 | * In ''VideoGame/LeTemplePerduDeLOncleErnest'', there's a scorpion named Scorpios. |
| 244 | * ''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). |
| 245 | [[/folder]] |
| 246 | |
| 247 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 248 | |
| 249 | * ObjectShows |
| 250 | ** Originating from ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'': BFDI had set the standard for some characters on object shows to have "-y" at the end of their self-explanatory name. Like: Firey, Leafy, Coiny, and [[HatesBeingNicknamed “Needy” - (SLAP)]] |
| 251 | ** ''WebAnimation/AnimatedInanimateBattle'': Oodle the Doodle. |
| 252 | ** ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity'' mostly uses ADogNamedDog type names, but there are a few exceptions that follow the convention in the BFDI entry above: a block of cheese named Cheesy (because he likes to make [[{{Pun}} cheesy jokes]], a spring named Springy, a boat named Boaty, and a file cabinet named Cabby. Although in her case she may use that name by choice, as when Fan calls her File Cabinet she asks him to call her Cabby because File Cabinet is [[LampshadeHanging "a little too on the nose."]] There's also the creator of Meeple, the in universe version of Apple, a corn cob named [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Steve Cobs.]] |
| 253 | [[/folder]] |
| 254 | |
| 255 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 256 | * In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' all dragons have names relating to fire: Hibachi (a kind of barbecue), Zippobic (Zippo and Bic are two brands of cigarette lighter), Napalmo, Miss Briquette, and Lady Ember Acetylena. |
| 257 | * ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'' has Maggie and Magatha, both of whom are maggots. |
| 258 | * ''Webcomic/{{Prequel}}'': The main character, a female [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/TheElderScrollsTheBeastRaces khajiit]], is named Katia Managan. Because she's a cat. |
| 259 | * Most characters in ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'', including the eponymous couple. Kevin Kindle (a rabbit) gets his surname from the technical term for rabbit birth. Kell Dewclaw (a wolf) gets hers from a piece of canine anatomy. |
| 260 | * ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': Sette picks up a pymaric haunted by a ghost, and names her little ghost friend Boo. |
| 261 | * Mr. Crane, one of the three protagonists in ''Webcomic/DaddyLongLegs'', is a crane fly. And he's friends with [[ADogNamedDog a harvestman named Mr. Harvestman]] and [[OddNameOut a cellar spider named Mr. Scapegrace]]. |
| 262 | [[/folder]] |
| 263 | |
| 264 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 265 | * ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'': A lizard named Eliza. |
| 266 | * ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Chilly the chinchilla and Perry the parrot. |
| 267 | ** There is also Lizzie the lizard, whose name just barely dodges that of the trope. |
| 268 | * ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' has a sheep named Lammy and a squirrel named Nutty. |
| 269 | * ''Website/HectorsWorld'' has Tortoisnapper Quince the tortoise (or possibly turtle) and Sprat the little fish. |
| 270 | * In ''WebAnimation/LittleRunmo'', the sentient sign that runs the game's SignpostTutorial is named Pikit (as in picket sign). |
| 271 | * ObjectShows tends to have characters with "-y" suffix names as if being [[ADogNamedDog named after their species]] isn't enough. |
| 272 | * ''WebVideo/KidTimeStorytime'' has Hooty the owl and Corny the unicorn. |
| 273 | * ''WebVideo/StacheBros'' has a Spiny (a subspecies of Koopa with a spiked shell) named Spike. |
| 274 | [[/folder]] |
| 275 | |
| 276 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 277 | * ''WesternAnimation/The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo'': Two of the ghosts from the Chest of Demons have a name referring to their species. |
| 278 | ** "That's Monstertainment" has a zombie witch named Zomba. |
| 279 | ** "Scooby in Kwackyland" has a demon named Demondo. |
| 280 | * ''WesternAnimation/AlfredJKwak'': Alfred is a duck with the family name Kwak (i.e. "quack"). |
| 281 | * WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien: Indri are also known as Baba'''koto'''. |
| 282 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': |
| 283 | ** 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. |
| 284 | ** 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). |
| 285 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{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. |
| 286 | * ''WesternAnimation/AnimalMechanicals'' has a dinosaur named Rex and a dragon lizard named Komodo[[note]]as in "komodo dragon"[[/note]]. |
| 287 | * ''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. |
| 288 | * WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty: A fish alien named De'''[=Gill=]'''. |
| 289 | * ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' has some egregious examples, such as literally all of Ben's aliens, species, and home planets. Some notable examples are Simian, an alien resembling a monkey, Bivalvan, an alien resembling shellfish, and Zs'Skayr, a ghostly alien who literally has "scare" in his name. |
| 290 | * ''WesternAnimation/BenAndMe'': The main protagonist is a mouse named Amos Mouse. |
| 291 | * ''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. Additionally, Bluey's surname is Heeler, and her mother Chilli's maiden name is Cattle. |
| 292 | * ''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, ''subverted'' 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). |
| 293 | * The AnimatedAdaptation of ''ComicBook/BuckyOHareAndTheToadWars'' has the titular character's first name referencing their rabbitty buck teeth, and his family name sounds like "hare". |
| 294 | * WesternAnimation/ABugsLife: Manny the mantis and Gypsy the gypsy moth. |
| 295 | * In ''[[WesternAnimation/CanYouTeachMyAlligatorManners Can You Teach My Alligator Manners?]]'', Mikey's pet alligator is named "Al". |
| 296 | * Chip from the ''WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale'' shorts and ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' is a chipmunk. |
| 297 | * In "Flying Chip" from ''WesternAnimation/ChipAndPotato'', Chip and her family meet an armadillo named Armando and his mother, Dila. |
| 298 | * ''WesternAnimation/CityIsland2022'': One of Watt's classmates is a marker named Mark. |
| 299 | * ''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." |
| 300 | * ''WesternAnimation/DefendersOfTheEarth'' has Zuffy the zuffoid, zuffoids being a species of small bipedal creatures native to the planet Mongo. |
| 301 | * ''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. |
| 302 | * ''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. |
| 303 | * ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': |
| 304 | ** The duck Professor Ludwig von Drake. "Drake" is the word for a male duck. |
| 305 | ** ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' has a handful of examples: Taurus Bulba the bull, Grizzlikoff the grizzly bear, and the title character's civil alias, Drake Mallard. Gosalyn's name seems to be a play on "gosling", even though she's a duck rather than a goose. |
| 306 | ** ''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. |
| 307 | ** ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' naturally follows this trend like its predecessor, with names such as Mark Beaks, Roxanne Featherly, Zan Owlson, and Indigo and Tyrian Sabrewing (referencing shades of purple due to their species being violet sabrewing hummingbirds). |
| 308 | * ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat'': Felix's name means "lucky", but also sounds like "felis" (Latin for "cat") |
| 309 | * ''WesternAnimation/FiremanSam'': The two sheep characters are named Woolly and Lambykins. Series 15 would also introduce Penny's cat Miss '''Paw'''dry. |
| 310 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'': Dino (pronounced DEE-no, not DAI-no) the Dinosaur. |
| 311 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': During a war with the Decapodians, a Decapodian spy in a PaperThinDisguise calls himself HughMann. There's also the bending robots Bender, Flexo, and Angleyne. |
| 312 | * ''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. |
| 313 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' features a duck named Quack Quack as one of its main characters. |
| 314 | * ''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. |
| 315 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Lizzie}}'', a web short series from Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, features a high school setting with a girl-turned-lizard named Lizzie Green as the protagonist. |
| 316 | * ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': |
| 317 | ** One scientific name for housecats (and wildcats) is ''Felis silvestris'', which was used to name Sylvester the Cat. |
| 318 | ** Marvin the Martian is a non-animal, non-earthling example. |
| 319 | ** Porky Pig and Tweety Bird combine this with SpeciesSurname. |
| 320 | ** Pepe le Pew, a skunk whose name references his foul odour. |
| 321 | ** Foghorn Leghorn's last name refers to "leghorn" being a breed of chicken. |
| 322 | * ''Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus'': The {{Trope Namer|s}} is Liz, Ms. Frizzle's pet chameleon. |
| 323 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Maisy}}'' has a squirrel named Cyril. |
| 324 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': |
| 325 | ** Twilight Sparkle's pet owl is named Owlowiscious (a creative spelling of Aloysius). |
| 326 | ** Fluttershy's animal friends include Elizabeak the chicken and Hummingway the hummingbird. |
| 327 | ** Maud's beloved pet rock is named Boulder; later, her fiancé Mudbriar is shown to have a pet stick named Twiggy. |
| 328 | ** "[[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. |
| 329 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E20AHorseShoeIn A Horse Shoe-In]]": Starlight's new plant is a philodendron named Phyllis. |
| 330 | * ''WesternAnimation/NiHaoKaiLan'': Tolee's stuffed panda toy is named Pandy. |
| 331 | * ''WesternAnimation/NedsNewt'' has the titular newt, whose name is Newton. |
| 332 | * ''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]] |
| 333 | * ''WesternAnimation/RazzberryJazzberryJam'': A fair few guest instruments have names like this. Specifically, there’s Susis the sousaphone, Mike the microphone, Annie the fan, Cyd the cymbals, Monica the harmonica, Kaz the kazoo, and Juan the one-man band. |
| 334 | * ''WesternAnimation/RobTheRobot'' is about a robot named Rob. |
| 335 | * ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep'', apart from being an alliterative name, also sounds like "shorn" [[AccentDepundent in British English]], the passive form of "shear", the act of cutting a sheep's wool. |
| 336 | * ''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. |
| 337 | * ''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. |
| 338 | * ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'': Tom is a tomcat, i.e. a male cat. |
| 339 | * ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie'': The titular characters are a toucan and a "birdie." |
| 340 | * ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': A rare non-animal example: one episode features a [[GeniusLoci sapient]] planet named Janet. |
| 341 | * ''WesternAnimation/WelcomeToTonkaTown'' has a [[SentientVehicle boat]] named Bobo. |
| 342 | * ''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... |
| 343 | * ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'' has a first name referencing the wood woodpeckers dig through in conjunction with his SpeciesSurname. |
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| 346 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 347 | * Sven, a Scandinavian boy's name, means "boy" or "young man". |
| 348 | * The masculine name Andrew and its many foreign variants come from the Greek word "andros", meaning "man" (as in, male human). |
| 349 | * The name Guy is actually an inversion: it became used as a noun to mean a generic man only after it had been in use in the English language for some time. The name itself is Germanic in origin and is cognate with names like Guido and Witold. |
| 350 | * Laika, the name given to the ill-fated first dog in space, is Russian for 'barker' (given to her [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin because she barked a lot]].) |
| 351 | [[/folder]] |
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