"Did you grow up in the woods? Are you Nell, from the movie Nell?"
— Donna Meagle, Parks and Recreation
The Character Title is one of the easiest ways to name a work of fiction. Just take the name of a character and use it for the name of the series. The eponymous character is usually, but not always, the protagonist. A possible downfall of this trope is that if the show is a live-action, should the actor playing the title character decide to quit, it could spell the end of the show.
Compare Job Title, which is where the work is named after a character's occupation; and The Place, in which it is named after a location. It may change over time due to Spotlight-Stealing Title. The trope overlaps with Exactly What It Says on the Tin when a work accurately describes its premise or characters. Contrast I Am Not Shazam, where people assume the series' name is the character's name. See the Protagonist Title Fallacy for the false assumption that only protagonists' names are used in Character Titles. In literary circles, this is called an eponym, a term also used to refer to The Namesake. Also note that you won't see Cowboy BeBop at His Computer.
Occasionally overlaps with Biopic, The Namesake, One-Word Title, and Versus Title. In cartoons and children's books featuring characters with Rhyming Names, this would also inevitably overlap with Rhyming Title.
Super-Trope to:
- Adjective Noun Fred
- Antagonist Title
- Character Action Title
- Character Name and the Noun Phrase
- Epunymous Title
- Family Title
- The Full Name Adventures
- I, Noun
- Mononymous Biopic Title
- Multi-Character Title
- Name and Name
- Protagonist and Friends
- Protagonist Title
- Role Called
- Secondary Character Title
- Self-Titled Album
- Spotlight-Stealing Title
- The Talk Show with Host Name
- Team Title
Examples (by original medium):
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Anime & Manga
- Adolf: An interesting example, in that it has three title characters. Including that one.
- Assassination Classroom: The students and teachers of Class-3-E.
- Attack on Titan: The full Japanese name of this manga, Shingeki no Kyojin, turns out to refer to the Attack Titan, one of the only two of the Nine Titans not to have been claimed by Marley, and which is controlled by protagonist Eren Yeager.
- Barrage: What the name refers to is a major plot twist. It's the protagonist.
- Butt Detective
- Combattler V
- Cross Ange
- Daimos
- Doraemon
- Fire Girl: The main character as the titular Fire Girl.
- Fuuka: Another interesting example, as the title refers to both of them.
- Getter Robo
- Gigantor
- Great Mazinger
- Hetalia: Axis Powers: "Hetalia" is a portmanteau of "Italia" (Italy) and "hetare", which means something like "useless". Hence, Useless Italy.
- In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki
- Isaku
- Komi Can't Communicate
- Kotetsu Jeeg
- Mazinger Z
- Naruto
- Niea_7
- Ninja Hattori
- Papuwa
- Patalliro!
- Rain's Head
- Samurai Deeper Kyo
- Teasing Master Takagi-san
- Twilight Star Sui and Neri
- UFO Robo Grendizer
- Voltes V
- When Will Ayumu Make His Move?
- Zambot 3
Arts
Ballads
Comic Books
- Ant-Man
- Aquaman
- Archie Comics
- Asterix
- The Astounding Wolf-Man
- The Awesome Slapstick
- Bamse
- Batgirl
- Batman
- Batwoman
- Beetlejuice
- Black Panther
- Blue Devil
- Booster Gold
- Captain America
- Captain Marvel
- Captain Phasma
- Carnage
- Cerebus the Aardvark
- Chastity
- Chewbacca
- Daredevil
- Darkhawk
- Darth Maul
- Darth Vader
- Deadpool
- Doctor Aphra
- Doctor Strange
- Douwe Dabbert
- Empowered
- Evil Ernie
- Fritz the Cat
- The Flash
- Gaston Lagaffe
- Ghost Rider
- Goldie Vance
- Green Arrow
- Green Lantern
- Halge (A Swedish comic)
- Han Solo
- Harley Quinn
- Hawkeye
- Hawkman
- Heck
- Hellcat
- Herman Hedning (A Swedish comic)
- Hilda
- Howard the Duck
- Impulse
- Invincible
- Iron Fist
- Iron Man
- Jessica Jones
- Jet Dream
- Joker
- Judge Dredd
- Kanan
- Lady Death
- Lando
- Lobo
- Loki
- Lucky Luke
- Madman
- The Man
- Miracleman
- Moon Knight
- Mort the Dead Teenager
- Ms. Marvel
- Nick Fury
- Nightwing
- Nikolai Dante
- Okko
- Omaha the Cat Dancer
- Owly
- Pang Pond (A Thai comic)
- Patsy Walker
- Poe Dameron
- Power Girl
- Princess Leia
- The Punisher
- Purgatori
- Raven
- Red Robin
- Reyn
- Richie Rich
- Robin
- Rocket Raccoon
- The Sandman
- The Savage Dragon
- Scarlet Witch
- Scott Pilgrim
- Shang-Chi
- Shazam!
- She-Hulk
- Speedball
- Spider-Gwen
- Spider-Man
- Spider-Woman
- Starfire
- Starman
- Superboy
- Super Duck
- Supergirl
- Superman
- Tank Girl
- Terra
- Tom Strong
- Venom
- The Wasp
- Witchblade
- Wolverine
- Wonder Girl
- Wonder Woman
- X-23
- Yakari
Comic Strips
- Alley Oop
- Andy Capp
- Arnold
- Axa
- Baldo
- Beetle Bailey
- Blondie (1930)
- Brenda Starr
- Broom Hilda
- Buckles
- Calvin and Hobbes
- Cathy
- Crankshaft
- Dick Tracy
- Dilbert
- Doonesbury
- Drabble
- Elvie
- Ernie at first. Then it was renamed to Piranha Club.
- Flash Gordon
- Frank and Ernest
- Frazz
- Fred Basset
- Funky Winkerbean
- Garfield
- Garth
- Hägar the Horrible
- Heathcliff
- Judge Parker
- Krazy Kat
- Li'l Abner
- Little Lulu
- Little Orphan Annie
- Luann
- Mark Trail
- Marmaduke
- Marvin
- Mary Worth
- Modesty Blaise
- Mother Goose and Grimm
- Nancy (and THAT wasn’t the original name, Fritzi Ritz was the original name, also a character title.)
- 91:an Karlsson
- Pogo
- Popeye
- Rex Morgan, M.D.
- Sally Forth (Howard)
- Sally Forth (Wood)
- Slylock Fox
- Winnie Winkle
- Ziggy
- Zippy the Pinhead
Fairy Tales
Fan Works
- Inverted in Black Heart. The characters Nautilus, Aura, and Medusa all appear in levels with titles matching their names - but since Project Arrhythmia custom levels are named after the songs they use, the characters are actually named after the songs/levels as they came first.
- Sister Floriana.
- Children of Time. Plus episodes "Smith and Holmes", "Men of England", "Child of Time", "Watson and Sparrow", and "The Dying Detective".
- The Bug Princess
- Kara of Rokyn
- Kira Is Justice. Justice is the protagonist's real name and he is Kira.
- Mr and Mrs Gold, Mr and Mrs Gold, Season 2 and The Golds
- Njal Gets Burned
- Rick and Morty New Drama Adventures (Rick and Morty, Total Drama)
- Spidey vs. the Forces of Evil (Spider-Man, Star vs. the Forces of Evil)
- Total Drama: Cody's Redemption (Total Drama)
- Oh Rhonda! (Hey Arnold!)
- Danny Phantom: Lost Episodes Series (Danny Phantom)
- The Flash Sentry Chronicles (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and My Little Pony: Equestria Girls)
- Infinity Train: Knight of the Orange Lily. This is the Red Baron of Gladion.
- Infinity Train: Seeker of Crocus, the title reflects the Red Baron of Professor Sycamore.
- Infinity Train: Grace and the Angry Glitch (Tech) (Infinity Train, Glitch Techs): the title is named after Grace Monroe and Mitch Williams, the Glitch Tech.
Films — Animation
Films — Live-Action
- Aaron Slick From Punkin Crick
- According to Spencer
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
- Æon Flux
- Ali
- Amelia
- Ana
- The Angel Levine
- Angie
- Annie Hall
- Antwone Fisher
- Argylle
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
- The Babe Ruth Story
- Barton Fink
- Batman (1989)
- Beethoven
- Beetlejuice (although the character's name is technically Betelgeuse)
- Belle (2013)
- Ben (1972)
- Big Jake
- Bob the Butler
- Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
- A Boy Called Po
- Brannigan
- The Brittany Murphy Story
- Bronco Billy
- Bullitt
- Cactus Jack
- Caligula
- Cannonball: Although the movie is based on the Cannonball road race, the title refers to the main character's nickname.
- Captain Blood
- Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
- Captain Phillips
- Carmen y Lola
- Carol
- Cassanova Was A Woman: Cassanova Cantu is the lead character.
- César
- Chanthaly
- Chaplin
- Charley Varrick
- Charlie Muffin
- Clara: The film is named for the deuteragonist.
- Cobb
- Cobra
- Coffy
- Conan the Barbarian (1982) (as well as the sequel and the reboot)
- Cool Hand Luke
- Countess Dracula
- Darkman
- Dillinger (1973)
- Dionne Warwick Dont Make Me Over
- Dirty Harry
- Django Unchained
- Donnie Brasco
- Dracula: Prince of Darkness
- Drowning Mona
- Ed
- Elizabeth
- Eloïse's Lover: The original title was simply "Eloïse", whom the protagonist Àsia begins dating.
- Erin Brockovich
- Fanny (Several movies based on the 1932 play below.)
- Finch
- Fixing Pete
- Fletch
- Foxy Brown
- France
- Frank
- Gabriel
- Galaxina
- Gandhi
- Gerry
- Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
- Gigi
- A Gnome Named Gnorm
- Good Will Hunting
- Grand Theft Parsons
- The Great Waldo Pepper
- Harper
- Harry Brown
- Heathers
- Hooper
- Hud
- Hudson Hawk
- Ink
- The Innocent (1994)
- Izo
- Jackdaw
- Jackie Brown
- Jakob the Liar
- James Bond:
- James Dean (2001)
- Jenifer
- Jeremiah Johnson
- Jerry Maguire
- Jimmie (2008)
- Jo
- Johnny Stecchino
- Kalashnikov: Russian title, namesake and creator of the infamous AK-47 assault rifle.
- King Arthur (2004)
- Krippendorf's Tribe
- Lad A Dog
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
- Larry Crowne
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Let's Get Harry
- Locke: Toward the end of the film, the title character states that he's cleansed the family name, Locke, by making a difficult but principled decision that his own father failed to make.
- Logan
- Lolita
- Looking For Kitty
- Lorenzo's Oil
- Lou (2022)
- Lucas
- MacGruber
- Malcolm
- A Man Called Nereus
- Mandy (1952)
- Man in the Wilderness
- Margarita
- Marius
- Marlowe (2022)
- Marnie
- Martha Marcy May Marlene (All four are different names used during the film by the protagonist.)
- Marty
- Mary Reilly
- Maze
- Megan Leavey
- Mesrine
- Mikey
- Miss Meadows
- Molly (1983)
- Molly (1999)
- Monsieur Verdoux
- Mr Church
- Mr. Majestyk
- Music (2021)
- Nadine
- Nancy Goes To Rio
- The Neanderthal Man
- Nell
- Norma Rae
- The Outlaw Josey Wales
- Patch Adams
- Papillion
- Pauly Shore Is Dead
- Peter Pan (1924)
- Poor Pretty Eddie
- Pootie Tang
- The Princess
- Rasputin the Mad Monk
- Ray
- Red Dog
- Regarding Henry
- Richard Jewell
- The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- Rosita
- Sam
- Sanjuro
- Sapphire
- Sappho
- Seabiscuit
- The Secret War of Harry Frigg
- Sergeant Rutledge
- Shane
- Sherlock, Jr.
- Sonny (2002)
- Spartacus
- Stauffenberg
- Steamboat Bill, Jr.
- Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
- The Storied Life Of AJ Fikry
- The Talented Mr. Ripley
- Ted
- Thelma
- Top Gun: Maverick
- TRON
- Truman
- Trumbo
- Val
- Wanda Nevada
- White Dog
- Wild Thing
- Willard
- Willow
- A Woman Scorned The Betty Broderick Story
- Wyatt Earp
- Young Frankenstein
- Young Mr. Lincoln
Literature
- Agnes Grey
- Allan Quatermain
- Alyzon Whitestarr
- Anna Karenina
- Argylle
- Artemis Fowl
- Arthur
- Assistant To The Villain
- Babar
- Barnaby Rudge
- Baudolino
- Bazil Broketail
- Billy Bathgate
- Boris Godunov
- A Boy Made of Blocks
- The Boy Who Drew Monsters
- Bruce by Albert Payson Terhune.
- Carrie
- Cerberon
- The Chronicles of Prydain includes the novels Taran Wanderer and The High King.
- Clarissa
- Colas Breugnon
- Coraline
- The Crocodile God: Haik is the titular god of the ancient Tagalog tribe in the Philippines. While he has a string of other epithets, "the crocodile-god" is his main title.
- The Custard Protocol's first book is Prudence, after the main character.
- Daisy Miller
- David Copperfield
- From The Demonata, we have Lord Loss and Bec. Demon Thief also counts.
- Deptford Mice: Thomas
- Doctor Rat by William Kotzwinkle.
- Doctor Zhivago
- Dolores Claiborne
- Domitor Leo, which is the main character's nickname and title. It's a light novel series.
- Don Quixote
- Dracula
- Dragaera: Taltos
- Earthsea: Tehanu
- Emma
- The Empirium Trilogy: Each of the three main books share the nicknames of the main characters and one secondary character: Eliana the Furyborn Child, Rielle the Kingsbane, and Audric the Lightbringer.
- Erast Fandorin
- Ethan Frome
- Eugene Onegin
- The Explorer
- "Ezekiel", the 2011 short story by Desmond Warzel.
- "Feminine Intuition": The 1970 German translation calls this "Jane 5", promoting the robot to titular importance.
- Firebird (Tyers)
- Frankenstein
- Franklin
- Gadsby
- Geronimo Stilton
- The Giver, although his real title is Receiver.
- Grandpa Gray
- Halvgudene: is a weird example as it's named after the main characters' race (demigods) rather than their name.
- The Hardy Boys
- Haruhi Suzumiya
- Hedge Witch
- Heidi
- The Hereward Trilogy
- Heaven
- Honor Harrington
- I, Claudius (which has been much-parodied)
- Jade Green
- Jennifer Government
- John's Lily
- Juniper's Christmas
- Kim
- King of the Water Roads - Though the character is never seen and the general populace usually only knows him by that name.
- Lad A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune.
- Little Critter
- Lolita
- The Lost Magician
- Lucy Peale by Colby Rodowski.
- The Lunar Chronicles:
- Cinder
- Scarlet
- Cress
- Winter
- Madame Bovary
- Malgudi Days: "Attila", "Emden", and "Iswaran".
- Mary Poppins
- Maisy, also known more formally as Maisy Mouse.
- Meno and many others Plato's dialogues.
- The Monk
- Mort in the Discworld series.
- Nancy Drew
- Nicholas Nickleby
- The October Child
- October October
- Old Kingdom:
- Sabriel
- Lirael
- Clariel
- Goldenhand (an epithet bestowed upon the above-mentioned Lirael after she lost her hand in Abhorsen and got it replaced with a magical, golden prosthetic)
- Old Mortality: Well, Character Nickname Title. "Old Mortality" is the nickname of Robert Paterson, a minor character.
- Oliver Twist
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Pippi Longstocking
- Poison
- Rebecca
- Remember Dippy
- Robin Hood
- RoTeO - the spinoff Crimson is the one which fits the trope. The former of the two is an amalgamation of letters from the main trio's names.
- Septimus Heap
- Seraphina
- Silas Marner
- "Sixth of the Dusk": In the protagonist's culture, it's traditional for children to be named by their birth order and the time of day they were born.
- Skulduggery Pleasant
- Stargirl
- Star Wars Expanded Universe (Arranged roughly in In-Universe chronological order.):
- Star Wars Legends (Arranged roughly in In-Universe chronological order.):
- Most of the Tales from Dimwood Forest books: Poppy, Poppy And Rye, Ragweed.
- "Talma Gordon" is titled after one of its central characters.
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
- From J. R. R. Tolkien, we have:
- Tom Jones
- Tortall Universe:
- Beka Cooper
- Tortall and Other Lands has short stories "Nawat", "Lost" and "Mimic", the last of which is not set in the Tortall Universe.
- Trixie Belden
- From the Vampire Chronicles, there's The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned.
- Violet Evergarden
- Warbreaker: While not immediately obvious, it turns out that the title refers to a Returned. When he first returned, Vasher was named by the priests as Warbreaker the Peaceful.
- Xandri Corelel
Live-Action TV
- Alexandra Ehle
- ALF
- Alice
- Ally McBeal
- Amber Brown (2022)
- Andi Mack
- Angel
- Arsenio
- At Home With Amy Sedaris
- Baneck
- Barbara
- Barney Miller
- BIA
- Becker
- Benson
- The Bill Engvall Show
- How Bill Met Susan
- Susan's Best Friend
- Bill Talks a Good Game
- Blake's 7: This series actually fits into both this trope and Artifact Title, as the titular character (Blake) disappears at the end of the second season, is absent for the third, and only reappears in the very last episode of the fourth (and final) season — thus only appearing in just over half of the series.
- Bligh
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Bull
- Caïn
- Cake
- Captain Butler
- This trope also applies to Clarissa Explains It All combined with Market-Based Title, as some countries air the show as just Clarissa.
- Clarence
- Columbo
- Conan
- Daredevil (2015)
- Decoy
- Delvecchio
- Doctor Who (debatably):
- "An Unearthly Child"
- "Marco Polo"
- "The Tie Meddler"
- "The Celestial Toymaker"
- "The Enemy of the World"
- "The Mind Robber"
- "The Time Monster"
- "The Time Warrior"
- "The Monster of Peladon"
- "Robot"
- "The Deadly Assassin"
- "The Invisible Enemy"
- "The Creature from the Pit"
- "Meglos"
- "The Keeper of Traken"
- "The Ultimate Foe"
- "Ghost Light"
- "Rose"
- "Dalek"
- "The Girl in the Fireplace"
- "The Doctor's Daughter"
- "The Girl Who Waited"
- "The Girl Who Died"
- "The Woman Who Lived"
- "The Pilot"
- "The Woman Who Fell to Earth"
- "Rosa" (not to be confused with the above-mentioned "Rose")
- Dona Barbara
- Dong Yi
- Ed
- Eli Stone
- Elvis And Slick Monty
- Elvis' Song
- Emeril
- Ezel
- Felicity
- Fish
- Flipper
- Frasier
- Freddie
- The Courtship of Freddie's Father
- Freddie the Himbo
- Freddie Gets Cross Over George
- Freddie and the Hot Mom
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Future Cop
- Gary Unmarried
- The George Lopez Show
- The Good Place:
- Growing Up Fisher
- Hancock (no, not that one - last TV season of Hancock's Half Hour)
- Hannah Montana
- Hazel
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
- Heres Lucy
- The Hexer: "Calanthe", "Jaskier"note , "Falwick" and "Ciri" (episodes No. 6, 11, 12 and 13, respectively), which are all the names of characters in the series.
- Hooperman
- House
- Huff
- iCarly
- Inside Schwartz
- Inspector Morse
- Irma Vep: It's named after the lead character in the film that's being remade.
- Isis (at least at first)
- Jake In Progress
- Jake or the Fat Man
- The Jerry Springer Show
- Jessica Jones (2015)
- Jessie
- Joey
- John Adams
- John Doe
- Karen Sisco
- Kenan
- Kings
- Kojak
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker
- Kyle XY
- Lassie
- Lizzie McGuire
- Lou Grant
- Louie
- Lovejoy
- Luke Cage (2016)
- Luther
- MacGyver
- Malcolm in the Middle
- A Man Called Hawk
- Martin (1992)
- Matlock
- Matt Houston
- Maverick
- Maude
- Maury
- Moesha
- Monty
- Mr. Bean
- Mr. Belvedere
- Mr. Ed
- Mrs. Columbo
- Mulaney
- Murphy Brown
- My Name Is Earl
- Napoléon (2002)
- Nash Bridges
- Some episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles are named after a character who gets A Day in the Limelight, in the format of "Last Name, First Initial". "Callen, G.", "Blye, K.", "Granger, O.", etc.
- Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
- The New Adventures of Robin Hood
- New Amsterdam (2008)
- Newhart
- Nikita
- Nikki
- Stealing Nikki
- Dwight and Nikki and Ken and Alice
- Love at First Dwight
- Vaya Con Nikki
- Milli Vanikki
- Nikki Can't Wait for Dwight's Birthday
- NUMB3RS
- "Sniper Zero"
- "Charlie Don't Surf"
- Nurse Jackie
- The Office (US) has an episode simply named "Todd Packer" after a recurring character who is prominently featured in the episode.
- The Osbournes
- Our Miss Brooks
- The Parkers
- The Paul Hogan Show
- Pepper Dennis
- Charlie Babcock's Homosexual Encounter
- Dennis, Bulgari, Big Losers at ACoRNS
- Pepper Dennis Behind Bars
- Phyllis
- Poirot
- Profit
- Punky Brewster
- Quark: Adam Quark is the captain of an intergalactic garbage scow.
- Quincy, M.E.
- Parks and Recreation:
- Greg Pikitis
- Freddy Spaghetti
- Li'l Sebastian
- As well as many examples of Name and Name and several cases of Versus Title.
- Punky Brewster
- Reba
- Played with in Remington Steele. There is no character named Remington Steele, who is an in-universe fictional male boss of private detective Laura Holt. But since she can't prove that Pierce Brosnan's character isn't the real Remington Steele without giving away the charade, she's forced to work with him anyway.
- Rhoda
- Near-miss: Rising Damp was originally going to be called Rigsby.
- Robin Hood
- Rodney
- Rodney's Mom
- Sorry Charlie
- Rodney's Affair
- Rodney Takes a Ship
- Rodney Moonlights
- Rodney Gets Robbed
- Rodney's Big Shot
- Rodney Comes Out
- When Rodney Comes Marching Home
- Rodney Gets a Leg Up
- Rodney's Biggest Fan
- Roseanne
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch
- The Sean Cullen Show
- Sean Saves The World
- Nobody Puts Sean in a Corner
- Sean Comes Clean
- The Good, the Bad and the Sean
- Sean the Fabulous
- The Wrath of Sean
- The Dark Sean Rises
- Sharpe
- Sherlock
- Sherlock Holmes
- Shoestring
- Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
- Sledge Hammer!
- Some episode titles in Smallville: "Ryan", "Lucy", "Cyborg", "Zod", "Bizarro", "Kara", "Lara", "Plastique", "Doomsday", "Metallo", "Supergirl", "Isis", "Luthor", "Kent", and "Booster".
- Sykes
- Spartacus: Blood and Sand
- Star Trek: Picard
- Numerous episodes in the Star Trek franchise, but the only one whose title consists solely of the name of a series regular is the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Dax."
- Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
- Taggart was named after its original main character, Jim Taggart, who was killed off due to the death of Mark McManus, who portrayed him. Rather surprisingly, the show carried on longer without him than it did when he was alive.
- Tattingers
- The Television Ghost
- The Chica Show
- The Thing About Pam
- Tommy (2020)
- Trapper John, M.D.
- Ugly Betty
- Ultraman and all follow-up series.
- Valerie is a strange case, as the eponymous character died early in the show's run. It was later retitled to Valerie's Family and then The Hogan Family.
- Violetta
- Walker, Texas Ranger: Not only the titular Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker, but several guest characters, including the villains: "Crime Wave Dave", "Tiger's Eye" "The Return of LaRue", "El Coyote", "Lucky", "Trial of LaRue" "The Fighting McLains" "Iceman", "Lucas", "Rainbow's End", "Saving Grace", "Crusader", "The Lynn Sisters", and "Faith".
- Wayne
- Webster
- Wishbone
- Wizbit
- Zero:
- Zoe Ever After
- Zoey 101
- Zorro
Music
Songs titled after the person they are about:
- "Alex Chilton" (The Replacements)
- "Andy Warhol" (David Bowie)
- "Angie" (The Rolling Stones (Band))
- "Antichrist Superstar" (Marilyn Manson)
- "Aqualung" (Jethro Tull)
- "Arnold Layne" (Pink Floyd)
- "Bessie Smith" (The Band)
- "Billie Jean" (Michael Jackson)
- "Brian Wilson" (Barenaked Ladies)
- "Charlie Brown" (one by The Coasters, one by Coldplay; the former is unrelated, the latter doesn't mention him)
- "Coma Black" (Marilyn Manson)
- "Coma White" (Marilyn Manson)
- "Daniel" (Elton John)
- "David Watts" (The Kinks)
- "Delilah" (many people made songs with this title, among them Queen and Tom Jones)
- "Della Brown" (Queensrÿche)
- "Dinah" (Bing Crosby and others)
- "Eleanor Rigby" (The Beatles)
- "The Fall of Adam" (Marilyn Manson)
- "George Jackson" (Bob Dylan)
- "Jack and Diane" (John Cougar Mellencamp)
- "James Dean" (Eagles)
- "Janie Jones" (The Clash)
- "Jean" (Oliver!)
- "Jeremy" (Pearl Jam)
- "Jesus of Suburbia" (Green Day)
- "Jezebel" (Frankie Laine and others)
- "Jimmy" (again, same title by different artists, for example tool - who renders the title in lowercase letters - and M.I.A.)
- "Joan Crawford" (Blue Öyster Cult)
- "Jolene" (Dolly Parton)
- "Laura" (Same title, different songs.)
- "Layla" (Derek and the Dominos)
- "Levon" (Elton John)
- "Linda" (Frank Sinatra and others)
- "Lizzie Borden" (The Chad Mitchell Trio)
- "Lola" (The Kinks)
- "Lump" (The Presidents of the United States of America)
- "Mr. Crowley" (Ozzy Osbourne)
- "Marie Provost" (Nick Lowe)
- "Mary Long" (a No Celebrities Were Harmed Deep Purple stab at Mary Whitehouse)
- "Ruby Tuesday" (The Rolling Stones (Band))
- "Sheila" (Tommy Roe)
- "Tom Dooley" (The Kingston Trio)
- "Tom Sawyer" (Rush (Band))
- "Ziggy Stardust" (David Bowie)
Pinball
Pro Wrestling
- Ring of Homicide in 2006.
Puppet Shows
Theatre
- Agamemnon
- Ajax
- Alcestis
- Antigone
- Auntie Mame
- Barnum
- Beckett
- Cesar
- Coriolanus
- Cymbeline
- Deirdre Of The Sorrows
- Don Juan
- The Duchess of Malfi
- Edward II
- Electra
- Endymion
- Erasmus Montanus
- Fanny (A 1932 play as well as a 1954 musical based on it.)
- Fiorello!
- Galileo
- Götz von Berlichingen
- Hamilton
- Henry IV parts 1 and 2
- Henry V
- Henry VI parts 1, 2, and 3
- Hippolytus
- Iolanthe
- Jeppe from the Hill
- The Jew of Malta
- Julius Caesar
- King Lear
- Kordian
- Lysistrata
- Major Barbara
- Mame
- Marius
- Medea
- Othello
- Pal Joey
- Patience
- Philoctetes
- PrincessIda
- Richard II
- Sir Thomas More
- Tamburlaine
- Timon of Athens
- Titus Andronicus
- ZED
Radio
Video Games
- Alan Wake
- Amea
- Astal
- Beetlejuice (one on NES based on the film, one on Game Boy based on the cartoon)
- Bug (both the name of the character, and the film he stars in)
- Catherine
- The Cave (who happens to be a Genius Loci and the game's Lemony Narrator)
- Ceville
- Chuchel
- The ninth game in the Dark Tales series is Metzengerstein, which is the surname of one of the major characters.
- Dragon Age does this with two of the DLC expansions, one in each of the first two games in the series. Both expansions add an extra companion to the player character's party.
- In Dragon Age: Origins, the Stone Prisoner DLC introduces Shale, a stone golem from Orzammar, who has been frozen as an immobile statue for several years.
- In Dragon Age II, the DLC The Exiled Prince introduces Sebastian Vael, who is the exiled youngest son of the ruling family of Starkhaven.
- Dropsy
- Enemy 585 by Nitrome
- Fran Bow
- Gish
- Gitaroo Man
- Gore Screaming Show (Yes, that's the name of a major character in it.)
- Giana Sisters
- Gubble
- Hollow Knight, although it's both a Protagonist Title and an Antagonist Title.
- Ib
- Isaku
- Jack Keane
- Jack Orlando
- Kamui
- Tomb Raider I featuring Lara Croft
- Leisure Suit Larry series
- Lucius
- MARDEK
- Max Payne
- The Mega Man series, with a few exceptions:
- Mega Man Legends
- Mega Man Battle Network, although said series was named Rockman.EXE in Japanese.
- Mega Man Star Force, though in Japanese the main character is occasionally referred to as "Shooting Star Rockman", a Gratuitous English translation of the original title Ryusei no Rockman.
- The only true aversion was Mega Man Zero which was about Zero, who had no relation to Mega Man and it wasn't his name at all.
- Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. Ironically, the game which truly explored Solid Snake's character was Metal Gear Solid, which perhaps also counts.
- Mister Mosquito
- Mr. Driller
- Mr. Nutz
- Nidhogg, the dragon that eats you at the end.
- NieR, although you are prompted to rename the main character.
- Pajama Sam
- Panzer Dragoon has the fourth game, Panzer Dragoon Orta. Meanwhile, in Japanese, the third game is known as AZEL: Panzer Dragoon RPG.
- Pickory
- Poppy Playtime
- Scaler
- Serious Sam
- Shiren the Wanderer: The one spinoff in this series that's an exception is The Swordswoman Asuka!, which is named after Asuka, a fellow Wanderer and Shiren's childhood friend who's also a swordswoman.
- Simon the Sorcerer
- Sly Cooper
- Tak and the Power of Juju
- Ty the Tasmanian Tiger
- Victor Vran
- Woah Dave!
- Yoshi / Mario & Yoshi (North American and European names, respectively; averted in Japanese which was called Yoshi no Tamago).
Web Animation
- Becky Bucket
- Homestar Runner
- Lacey Games
- The LeBrons
- Lobo (Webseries)
- Most Ratboy Genius sub-series (Ratboy's Kingdom, Ratboy Genius Dreams... Minecraft, Happyman on the Red Planet and George).
Webcomics
- NSFW webcomic Alphie.
- Axe Cop
- Blonde Sunrise refers to the lycan name of deuteragonist Daine Lunas.
- Bruno the Bandit
- Bug Martini
- Captain Ufo
- Cucumber Quest
- Checkerboard Nightmare
- City Face
- Dominic Deegan
- The Fourth takes its title from Lord Tiberius Skarva IV.
- Gunnerkrigg Court:
- "Reynardine"
- "Jeanne"
- Jack, named after the Anthropomorphic representation of the Sin of Wrath.
- Keiki (same name as the smart girl among the main characters, who herself is named after the Hawaiian word for "child". Thus, the title could refer to any of the Hawaiian children among the main characters, which is convenient since Keiki's prominence has decreased over the years.)
- Lightbringer
- Maliki
- Matchu
- NIMONA
- Oglaf (although Oglaf is a very minor character)
- Poharex
- Problem Sleuth
- Pupster
- Ratfist
- Redd
- Rice Boy
- Schlock Mercenary
- Snow By Night
- Spinnerette
- Tripp
- Violet Goes to the Beach
- Wigu (although the character's name is derived from the acronym of a former strip, When I Grow Up)
- Zap!
Web Original
- Gary: Landlord of the Flies centers on Gary, a particularly nasty and insane landlord.
Web Videos
Western Animation
- Alfred J. Kwak
- ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks
- The Alvin Show
- The Amazing World of Gumball
- American Dad! refers to Stan Smith, the father.
- Angry Birds Stella
- Archer
- As Told by Ginger
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- "Jet"
- Bagpuss
- Beetlejuice
- Ben 10
- Blaze and the Monster Machines
- Blue's Clues
- Bobby's World
- Bod
- Bojack Horseman
- Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
- Caillou
- Camp Lazlo
- Chirp
- Chowder
- Clarence
- A Cat in Paris
- Count Duckula
- Courage the Cowardly Dog
- Dan Vs.
- Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines
- Dennis the Menace
- Dexter's Laboratory
- Doc Mcstuffins
- Doki
- Duckman
- Elena of Avalor
- Fillmore!
- Garfield and Friends
- The Garfield Show
- Generator Rex
- Gofrette
- The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
- Handy Manny
- Harvey Beaks
- Heathcliff
- Henry Hugglemonster
- Hey Arnold!
- Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
- Hilda
- I, Elvis Riboldi
- Inspector Gadget
- Invader Zim
- It's Pony
- Jake And The Neverland Pirates
- Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
- Jimmy Two-Shoes
- JOT
- Julius Jr.
- Kaeloo
- Kid Cosmic
- Kiff
- Little Bill
- Llama Llama (the Animated Adaptation only, while the books often follow Character Name and the Noun Phrase)
- Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil
- Madeline
- Milo Murphy's Law
- My Gym Partner's a Monkey refers to Jake, the monkey.
- Nate Is Late
- OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
- Olive the Ostrich
- Ollie's Pack
- Oswald
- Oswaldo refers to the anthropomorphic penguin itself.
- Peg + Cat
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
- Peter Rabbit
- Pibby (both the trailer and the In-Universe children's show)
- The Powerpuff Girls (1998)
- The Powerpuff Girls (2016)
- Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders
- Rocko's Modern Life
- Rolie Polie Olie
- Samurai Jack
- Santiago of the Seas
- Scooby-Doo
- Shimmer and Shine
- Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
- Sofia the First
- Special Agent Oso
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Squirrel Boy
- Stanley
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars:
- Star Wars Rebels: "DUME"
- Star Wars Resistance:
- "The Recruit"
- "GL-N"
- "Bibo"
- Steven Universe:
- Steven Universe: Future: "Volleyball"
- Uncle Grandpa
- Vampirina
- Wander over Yonder
- Velma
- Yakkity Yak
