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Examples of characters with Alliterative Names in Wackily Appealing Western Animation TV Series.


  • 101 Dalmatian Street
    • All the Dalmatians (Delilah, Doug, Dolly, Dylan, Dawkins...)
  • 6teen has Caitlin Cooke and Wyatt Williams.
  • Ada Twist, Scientist: Rosie Revere.
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Simon Seville.
  • Besides Charlie Chan himselfnote , The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan gives us the titular rock group the Chan Clan.
  • American Dad!: Stan and Steve Smith
  • Animaniacs
    • Wakko Warner
    • Slappy Squirrel and her nephew Skippy
    • As well as her cartoon rivals: Beanie Bison, Sid the Squid, and Walter Wolf
      • There's also Candy Chipmunk in one episode.
    • Rita & Runt
    • Minerva Mink
    • The Hip Hippos
  • Archer: Katya Kasanova
  • Arthur:
    • Buster Baxter and his mother, Bitzi.
    • The principal is Mr. Haney. In one episode, we find that his given name is Herb.
    • Francine Frensky.
    • Binky Barnes.
    • Timmy and Tommy Tibble.
    • In the Halloween Special of the show, Muffy Crosswire's butler, Bailey reveals that his full name is, "Bailey Carson Belevdere".
  • Atom Ant
  • Occasionally used for personas of The Backyardigans:
    • "Whodunit?" has Uniqua Underhood.
    • Doubled with Repetitive Name, "Catch That Train!" has Pablo Pablovitch.
  • Barney Bear
  • Betty Boop
  • the Ben 10 franchise
    • Ben's alien transformation Echo Echo
    • Alan Albright
    • Alton Alabaster
    • Aloysius Animo
    • Billy Billions
    • Victor Validus
    • Red Robot
    • Michael Morningstar
    • Jimmy Jones
    • Harvey Hackett
    • Professor Paradox
    • the Orange Offenders
    • Amazing Alan
    • Nanny Nightmare
    • Space Slime
  • Big Hero 6: The Series:
    • Hiro Hamada
    • Fred Frederickson
    • Grace Granville
    • Mel Meyer
    • Wendy Wower
    • Trevor Trengrove
    • Supersonic Sue
    • Supersonic Stu
  • Biker Mice from Mars has the main villain Lawrence Lactavius Limburger as well as Ronaldo Rump and Hannibal T. Hairball in the 2006 revival.
  • Bob's Burgers
    • Bob Belcher, who runs the restaurant Bob's Burgers.
    • Felix Fischoeder, brother of Bob's landlord Calvin Fischoeder.
    • Hugo Habercore, the pushy health inspector who happens to be the ex of Bob's wife.
    • Henry Haber, a nerdy classmate of Tina.
    • Matilda Merkin
  • Bob the Builder (sort of)
  • BoJack Horseman has:
    • Pinky Penguin, who works for Penguin Publishing and later MBN.
    • Rutabaga Rabitowitz, an agent and Princess Carolyn's love interest in Season 2.
    • Stefani Stilton, founder of GirlCroosh and sister to Ralph Stilton.
    • Cutie Cutie Cupcake, Princess Carolyn's mother.
    • Hank Hippopopalous, host of Hey, I Think You Can Dance.
    • Biscuits Braxby, who "makes news fun."
    • Karen Kitada, creator of Med School Nights and showrunner of Birthday Dad.
    • Corbin Creamerman, Beatrice's chaperone at her debutante ball.
    • Mia McKibben, J. D. Salinger's apprentice.
    • And several celebrities with alliterative names who cameo, including Laura Linney and Margo Martindale.
  • The Bots Master: Ziv Zulander, who goes by ZZ for short.
  • Captain... CAAAAAAAVEMAAAAAAAAN!
  • CatDog: Rancid Rabbit.
  • Ogden Ostrich in Channel Umptee-3.
  • Norton Nimnul, Conrad Cockatoo, Cheddarhead Charlie and his wife Camembert Kate, Detective Donald Drake, Clyde Cosgrove, and Normie Nimnul from Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers.
  • The Chocolix: Chocolyne and Chocomark Chocolix.
  • City Island (2022): Circus Beach has a Ferris wheel called Wanda Wheel.
  • The Cleveland Show: Kendra Krinklesac.
  • Clue Club: In addition to the show's name, there's also the club's two dogs Woofer and Wimper.
  • Clutch Cargo
  • Courage the Cowardly Dog: Freaky Fred
  • Courageous Cat and Minute Mousenote 
  • The Critic: Vlada Veramirovich.
  • The Crumpets: Caprice Crumpet
  • Cupcake & Dino: General Services: Sneaky Stan.
  • Darkwing Duck is prone to alliteration in his dialogue. His adopted daughter occasionally takes on the identity of Quiverwing Quack.
  • Detentionaire has Holger Holgaart, Jenny Jergens, and Vice Principle Veronica Victoria.
  • Most characters in Dinosaur Train have names that start with the same letter as their species' namesake (Tank Triceratops, Cory Corythosaurus, Valerie Velociraptor etc.) Between the main characters, Buddy (a T. Rex), Shiny and Don (Pteranodon), are aversions, but Tiny (also a Pteranodon) is a straight example since her name starts with the same sound as her species' namesake.
  • Many Disney characters:
    • Mickey Mouse
    • Minnie Mouse
    • Pegleg Pete
    • Donald Duck (who's middle name is actually Fauntleroy)
    • Daisy Duck
    • Gyro Gearloose
    • In the German translations, Scrooge McDuck is called Dagobert Duck.
    • Goofy was originally called Dippy Dawg, and got his regular name through a bit of nominal evolution. The 90's series Goof Troop gave him the surname Goof. Some modern comics (c. 2005) giving him the full name Goofus D. Dawg, both canonizing his original name and establishing "Goofy" as a nickname. In the 1950s shorts that showed him in wedded "bliss" with his unnamed wife and Goofy Junior, the mailbox read "Goofy D. Geef". He was "George Geef" for a little while. Probably "Goofy D. Geef" was some of that nominal evolution they mentioned.
    • Horace Horsecollar
    • Clarabelle Cow
    • Clara Cluck
    • Disney Mouse and Duck Comics: Cloud Cuckoo Lander witch Madam Mim. Her nickname is "Mad" Madam Mim.
    • Practical Pig (from their version of The Three Little Pigs)
    • One off Silly Symphonies character Elmer Elephant (along with Tillie Tiger and Joe Giraffe from the same short)
  • Doc McStuffins: Doc's Dad is Marcus, making him Marcus McStuffins. The McStuffins family's adoptive baby girl is Maya McStuffins.
  • Doggy Daddy
  • Doug:
    • Beebe Bluff, as well as her father, Bill Bluff
    • Boomer Bledsoe
    • Willy White
    • Loretta Laquigley
  • Dudley Do-Right
  • DuckTales (1987) / DuckTales (2017) — both versions love this trope.
    • Donald Duck
    • Dewey Duck
    • Della Duck [2017 only]
    • Bentina Beakley
    • Gyro Gearloose
    • Gladstone Gander
    • Daisy Duck [2017 only]
    • Panchito Pistoles [2017 only]
    • Goofy Goof [2017 only]
    • The Beagle Boys, who in turn all had names starting with "B" such as Big Time, Burger, Bouncer...)
    • Bradford and Bentley Buzzard, plus their unnamed brother who also presumably has a "B" name.
    • Doofus Drake
    • Goldie O'Gilt
    • Averted with Lena LeStrange, which was just a placeholder name by the producers to hide her real last name of DeSpell and was never said on screen.
  • The Fairly Oddparents
    • Timmy Turner (Of course, this trope is taken a step further when we learn that his supposed middle name is Tiberius)
    • The Crimson Chin
      • The Titanium Toenail
    • Trixie Tang
  • Family Guy
    • Lana Lockheart
    • Tom Tucker
    • Tricia Takanawa
  • Fantomcat
    • Vinnie the Vole
  • FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman: Ruff Ruffman, his sister Roxy Ruffman, his great-grandfather Ruffael Ruffmanowitz, and his cousin Rüf Ruffman.
  • Final Space: Gary Goodspeed
  • The Flintstones:
    • Fred Flintstone.
    • "Pedro Picapiedra" (Latin-American dub)
  • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Francis "Frankie" Foster.
  • Dexter Douglas / Freakazoid! actually seems to come from the superhero comics' tradition. Also his brother Duncan Douglas.
  • Futurama 's Philip Fry
  • Garfield and Friends
    • The Buddy Bears (Bobby Buddy Bear, Billy Buddy Bear and Bertie Buddy Bear)
    • Roy Rooster
    • Power Pig (Orson's secret identity).
  • In Generator Rex, this trope is lampshaded and subverted when its revealed that Dr. Rylander was NOT Rex's father.
    "Oh. Rex Rylander is a stupid name anyway."
  • The Get Along Gang:
    • Montgomery "Good News" Moose plays with this trope. It's only alliterative if the "Good News" part of his name is taken out.
    • Dotty Dog
    • Bingo "Bet-it-all" Beaver
    • Portia Porcupine
    • Catchum Crocodile
    • Leland Lizard
    • One-off character Sammy Skunk
    • Flora "Forget-me-not" Fox, Bernice Bear, and Rocco Rabbit are also examples, but were not regular cast members of the show.
  • Go Jetters: The show's Big Bad is named Grandmaster Glitch.
  • Grimsburg has Wynona Whitecloud (Kaniehtiio Horn).
  • Grojband:
    • Bernadette Beff (Until Trina demanded to have her legally change her first name to Mina to create the whole rhyming thing).
    • Kin Kujira and his gender opposite Kim Kagami.
    • Kon Kujira and his gender opposite Konnie Kagami.
    • Mayor Mellow
    • Mick Mallory
  • Hazbin Hotel
  • Henry Hugglemonster
    • Eduardo, Ernestine and Estelle Enormomonster.
  • A Hollywood Hounds Christmas: When Dude first comes to Hollywood, he grabs the attention of a dog who calls himself Vic Vicious.
  • Hoppity Hooper:
    • Hoppity Hooper
    • Waldo P. Wigglesworth
  • In Horrid Henry, almost every character has a nickname like 'Sour Susan', 'Brainy Brian', etc.
  • Huckleberry Hound
  • Hurricanes: Cal Casey
  • InsideJob2021: Reagan Ridley.
  • In Jem, the record company The Misfits belong to, owned by Harvey Gabor: Initially named Misfits Music, Eric buys it from Harvey with the intention of renaming it Raymond Records. In order to secure The Stingers, however, he gives them half the company, which is now named Stingers Sound.
  • The Jetsons:
    • George Jetson, Jane Jetson, and Judy Jetson.
    • George Jetson is "Super Sónico" in the Latin American dub.
  • The Jungle Show
    • Albert the Alligator
    • Bobby the Boa
    • Elvis the Elephant
    • Fred the Flamingo
    • Henrietta the Hippopotamus
    • Paul the Penguin
    • Tess the Turtle
    • Vinx the Vulture
    • Yull the Yak
  • King of the Hill: Hank Hill and Joe Jack.
  • Klondike Kat
  • The Legend of Korra: Bataar Beifong, and by extension, Bataar Beifong Jr. (if you ignore the Jr. part).
  • LEGO City Adventures: Duke Detain, Harl Hubbs, Big Betty, and Hacksaw Hank.
  • Let's Go Luna!: Carmen has her mother, Maria Mariposa.
  • A Little Curious:
    • Bob the Ball
    • Doris the Door
  • Llama Llama has Llama Llama, Nelly Gnu and her little brother Newman Gnu, Gilroy Goat, Hilda Hackney and Henry Hedgehog.
  • Loonatics Unleashed: Rev, Ralph, and Rip Runner
  • Looney Tunes:
  • The Loud House: All eleven Loud kids have their first names start with "L". So do their dad, Lynn Sr., and his various relatives (like his brother, Lance, his dad, Leonard, and his great-great-grandfather, Lynwood). There's also Lincoln's date Polly Pain, Flip, whose real name is Philip Philipini, and Lynn's sport teammate Paula Price.
  • Lucky has Harry Houlihan, the Big Bad of the movie who stole Happy's family's pot of gold years ago.
  • Mack & Moxy has Shelfish Sheldon, which is also a Punny Name.
  • The Magic Key:
  • The Magic Pudding: Bunyip Bluegum, Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff.
  • Metalocalypse: Skwisgaar Skwigelf
  • Mike, Lu & Og: Michelanne "Mike" Mazinsky
  • Miles from Tomorrowland: The sand twins Melvin and Melinda Mendelson and space pirate Gadfly Garnett.
  • Miraculous Ladybug:
    • Adrien Agreste.
    • Rena Rouge.
  • A Miss Mallard Mystery:
    • Miss Marjorie Mallard
    • Willard Widgeon
  • Molly of Denali has Molly Mabray.
  • My Little Pony, with its huge cast, has quite a few of these. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic alone has Apple Brown Betty, Banana Bliss, Bon Bonnote , Button Bellenote , Mr. Carrot Cake, Cloud Chasernote , Clover the Clever, Coconut Cream, Cotton Candy, Cranky Doodle Donkey, Mrs. Cup Cakenote , Dainty Daisy, Daisy Dreams, Daring Do Dazzle, Dewdrop Dazzle, Diamond Dazzle Tiara, the Diamond Dogs (including the Dig Dogs), Ditzy Doo, Flippity Flop, Gabby Gums, Gardenia Glow, Gustave Le Grand, Grandpa Gruff, Hayseed Turnip Truck, Hinny of the Hills, Lilac Links, Lulu Luck, Lyrica Lilac, Mage Meadowbrook, Mayor Mare, Merry May, Mulia Mild, the Mysterious Mare Do Well, Night Mare Moon, Private Pansy, Peachy Pie, Photo Finish, Pinkie Pienote , Pixel Pizazznote , Princess Platinum, Pudding Pie, Pursey Pink, Royal Riff, Sea Swirl, Sealed Scroll, Shoeshine, Shooting Star, Silverspeed, Silver Spoon, Sheriff Silverstar, Silverstream, Sprinkle Stripe, Star Swirl, Star Swirl the Bearded, Sunny Smiles, Sunny Sweet, Swan Song, Sweet Song, Sweetcream Scoops, Sweetie Swirl, Time Turner, Topaz Twist, Triple Treat, and Twirly Treats. Honorable mentions include Pipsqueak the Pirate, Gilda the Griffon, literally every other griffon, and Rainbow Danger Dash.
  • Oh Yeah! Cartoons featured some shorts where the main character or one of the main characters had an alliterative name.
    • The title character of "Peter Patrick, P.I." His fez-wearing feline sidekick Persian Puss also counts.
    • The title character of "Skippy Spankerton: Hot Tamale Monster Movie Madness".
    • In "The Feelers", the lead singer of the titular insect rock band is named Mitzi Moth.
  • The Patrick Star Show:
  • On The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, the character Penny was given the last name Pillar on model sheets.
  • Peppa Pig, and most of her friends (Danny Dog, Suzy Sheep, Zoe Zebra, Pedro Pony, Rebecca Rabbit, et cetera)
    • Played with in an episode of sister show Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom, which features Betty Caterpillar... who of course turns into Betty Butterfly by the end of the story.
    • Joey Kangaroo averts it, instead opting for a Punny Name.
    • Merciously mocked in one episode. Peppa, Pedro, and the rabbits are imagining a name for a new baby. All the kids imagine given names beginning with "R" except for Pedro. To his suggestion of "Sharon Rabbit" he gets looked at funny and is bluntly told that's a bad name.
  • Pepper Ann Pearson (Though her real first name, according to Word of God, is Jennifer)
  • Peter Potamus
  • Philbert Frog has the entire cast - Herbert Hedgehog, Melvin Mouse, Willie Worm, Monty Mole, Oscar Owl, Bertie Bird, and Tiffany Tortoise. Philbert Frog himself sort of qualifies.
  • Phineas and Ferb has quite a few. There's Ferb Fletcher, Doctor Doofenshmirtz, Major Monogram, Inspector Initials, Perry the Platypus, Herman the Hedgehog (apparently along with the rest of the agency, except Pinky the Chihuahua), Jeremy Johnson... plus Phineas Flynn and Carl Karl, sort of.
  • Pig City had Link Linken.
  • The Pink Panther
  • Pixel Pinkie, named after its eponymous genie.
  • Olive Oyl from Popeye. Also serves as a Punny Name.
  • The Proud Family: Penny Proud.
  • The Raccoons: Ralph Raccoon and Milton Midas. Cyril and Cedric Sneer also sort of qualify. Some of the other Sneers that get mentioned seem to have "S" names, such as Cyril's long-lost brother Simon.
  • Razzberry Jazzberry Jam:
    • Susie The Sousaphone
    • Xavier The Xylophone
    • Mike The Microphone
    • Cyd The Cymbals
    • Herschel the Handsaw
    • Tesla The Theremin
    • Kaz The Kazoo
  • Ready Jet Go!: Sydney Skelley and Mindy Melendez.
  • Recess: Gretchen Grundler, Gus Griswald, Principal Peter Prickly, Ashley Armbruster...
  • Robotboy: Tommy Turnbull.note 
  • Boris Badenov from Rocky and Bullwinkle, although his name was more likely a pun on Boris Godunov.
    • Played straighter with the Monstrous Mechanical Metal-Munching Moon Mice.
  • Roboroach: Rubin Roach and his brother Reginald Roach.
  • Rocko's Modern Life
    • Bev Bighead
    • Rocko Rama.
  • Sabrina Spellman.
  • The Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show
    • The "Shaggy Sheiks", the name of Shaggy's team from "Basketball Bumblers"
      • Not to mention Swami Salami, Shaggy's fortune teller pseudonym from "Misfortune Teller"
  • Tex Avery MGM Cartoons: Screwy Squirrel (also referred to in one cartoon as "Screwball Squirrel")
  • Secret Squirrel, as well as his partner/sidekick Morocco Mole.
  • Most of the Shirt Tales fall under this. The only exceptions are Digger Mole and Bogey Orangutan.
  • Seymour Skinner, Carl Carlson and Lenny Leonard from The Simpsons. Also Marvin Monroe, Gil Gunderson, Jimbo Jones, Krusty the Klown, Declan Desmond, Nabendu Nahasapeemapetilon, and Birch Barlow. Also, Fat Tony's name is once given as William Williams. (Before he was renamed Anthony D'Amico)
  • Sofia the First: In "Great Aunt-venture", Aunt Tilly and Sofia have to go through Melodious Meadow and then Gargantuan Gorge before finding the Orchard of the Arabella Apple, but they have to avoid Horrid Hills on the way there.
  • South Park: Bradley Biggle, Tom and Tammy Thompson, and Tweek Tweak.
  • Spongebob Squarepants
    • SpongeBob SquarePants himself.
    • Somewhat subverted with Squidward's French name, which is sometimes Carlo le Calmar and other times Carlo Tentacule.
    • Played straight with his German name, which is Thaddäus Tentakel. His friends call him Thaddel.
    • Mrs. Poppy Puff.
    • Larry the Lobster.
  • Star Trek: Lower Decks:
    • Bradward Boimler
    • Barbara Brinson
  • Steven Universe: Lapis Lazuli.
  • Superfriends: In a case of What Could Have Been, Wendy was almost a case of this - she was originally planned to be Bruce Wayne's niece! Of course, this would make her full name Wendy Wayne, which might be why they picked that name to begin with. E Nelson Bridwell, script editor for the series, objected to this because it was not possible for Bruce Wayne to have a niece, and the connection was dropped.
  • Sym-Bionic Titan: Lance Lunis and the Galactic Guardian Group.
  • Terrytoons: Deputy Dawg (sort of) and Mighty Mouse (and recurring Damsel in Distress Pearl Pureheart)
    • The infamous "flower sniffing" episode of Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures has "Polly Pineblossom".
      • There's also a one-off villain cursed with the name of...Petey Pate.
    Pate: DON'T EVER CALL ME THAT!!
  • Thomas & Friends:
    • Thomas the Tank Engine
    • Toby the Tram Engine
    • Bertie the Bus
    • Terence the Tractor
    • Trevor the Traction Engine
    • Harold the Helicopter
    • Bulgy the Bus
    • Caroline the Car
    • Bulstrode the Barge
    • Devious Diesel
    • Derek the Diesel
    • Troublesome Trucks/Foolish Freight Cars.
  • Tiny Toon Adventures
    • Buster & Babs Bunny. No relation.
    • Montana Max
    • Dizzy Devil
    • Calamity Coyote
    • Fifi la Fume
    • Tyrone Turtle is a minor character who appeared in at least two episodes
    • Mary Melody (another Punny Name example)
  • Time Warp Trio: Joe has a younger sister named, "Anna Arthur".
  • The Tool Street Gang has Dizzy the drill.
  • Top Cat: Benny the Ballnote 
    • In the Latin American Spanish version, he's known as "Benito Bodoque".
  • Touché Turtle and Dum Dum: For both titular characters.
  • Transformers: Animated: Sari Sumdac.
  • The Z-Stacks of TUGS all had names beginning with a "Z" — Zorran, Zebedee, Zak, Zug and Zip.
  • Underdog has (Sweet) Polly Purebred.
  • VeggieTales:
    • Archibald Asparagus.
    • Intentionally averted for most of the other characters. Series creator Phil Vischer explained:
      "If it were a typical Christian show, I figured, they'd be named Tommy Tomato and Kooky Cucumber. But the last thing in the world I wanted was to make a typical Christian show."
  • Viva Piñata, when the species name is used as the last name, has almost all of its pinata characters use this trope, such as Hudson Horstachio, Fergy Fudgehog.
  • From Wacky Races: Peter Perfect, Rufus Ruffcut, Penelope Pitstop, Blubber Bear, Professor Pat Pending, and the villain Dick Dastardly.
    • Also included are the superhero/villain personas of the characters in the 2017 reboot episode "Super Wacky": the Pink Protector (Penelope Pitstop), Purple Puppeteer (Dick Dastardly) and Sonic Snicker (Muttley). Of the characters, Penelope is the only one of the heroes with the Alliterative name.
  • Tino Tonitini from The Weekenders.
  • What About Mimi?
    • Mimi Morton
    • Marv Morton
    • "Jokers Wild" introduces Jamie Jones
  • This, usually combined with a Species Surname, is fairly common in Welcome to Tonka Town- you've got Gary Garage, Prybar Pete, Tommy Toolbox, etc. Even the name of the town is alliterative!
  • Wheel Squad: Samir Souab and George Grunt
  • Wonder Pets!' Turtle Tuck.
  • Woody Woodpecker
    • Also Wally Walrus, Miss Meany, Buzz Buzzard, Bessie Bear, Dapper Denver Dooley, Gabby Gator.
  • WordGirl: Since the show is an Affectionate Parody of superhero cartoons, it makes sense this would show up.
    • WordGirl's adoptive name is Becky Botsford.
    • One of the villains WordGirl has to face in the show is Theodore "Tobey" McAllister...The Third.
    • Beatrice Bixby AKA Lady Redundant Woman. Considering her whole thing is duplicates, replication, and redundancy, it would be stranger if she didn't have this.
  • Yogi Bear: Boo-Boo Bear
  • Yogi's Space Race gives us The Phantom Phink (essentially a Dick Dastardly Expy; fitting, since the show is essentially Wacky Races in space).
    • In his disguise as "Captain Good", we also have his dog Sludge's disguise "Kleen Kat".
  • Zak Storm: All the names of the main protagonists start with the letter "C"note . Hence why they call themself "The 7C's".
  • Zeke's Pad: Zeke's crush, Maxine Marx
  • Zeroman:
    • Zeroman's sidekick-in-training O-Boy's full name is Gary Glengarry.
    • There was also one-time villain Dependable Derby Dinkle.

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