Cross Media / Names The Same - TV Tropes Steve is either the son of a CIA agent , a nerd whose only crush is his neighbor's daughter , the original host of Blue's Clues , a narcissistic slice of pizza with sunglasses , a blocky video game protagonist who builds things , Flint Lockwood's pet monkey , or a hot-blooded teenager who teams up with Claire Redfield . Though the blocky video game protagonist's name is Steve ? (Yes, his name is meant to be spelt with a question mark) Arnold's grandpa name is Phil. Like the Dunphys' dad . Well, they're both very goofy, but the second is somewhat more hilarious. Kelso: Is he a candy manager in Recess , a cowboy in The Party , (with Peter Sellers in the main role), a bumbling idiot in That '70s Show , or a cynical chief in a hospital on Scrubs ? Zero . The entire list is on the page. And on the subject of Terra , said Proud Warrior Race ? They're called the Azatoth .

Archie Andrews: British ventriloquist's dummy and radio star (yes, really) * Actually Edgar Bergen had pioneered radio ventriloquism many years earlier with his dummy Charlie McCarthy or US star of Archie Comics ? Another Archie Comics example. Alexandra Cabot is a long-running supporting character in Josie and the Pussycats ; she's Josie's wealthy rival and occasional ally. There is another Alexandra Cabot featured in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , a no-nonsense Assistant District Attorney. Amon is a pale-faced guy in a black leather jacket who hunts super-powered people for a living, whether they're (mostly) malevolent witches or (mostly) innocent element-benders . There's also the one who tortures innocent Jews . In Devilman , there is also a Demon named Amon. Or perhaps a fallen Xel'Naga ? Or is he a birdman ? The Sinistral of Chaos , maybe? Bill Bailey is an English comedian who shares his name with a singer better known as W. Axl Rose . Neither of whom should be confused with Will Baily from The West Wing .

Mike Grell's classic barbarian comic "The Warlord" features an issue where he's rescued by a group of college professors. Among them is Richard Belding, who shares a name with the educator who followed Screech around for the duration of the Saved by the Bell franchise. Let's not forget Travis Morgan's ally Shakira, who is of course not related to the Colombian singer . The Ballad Of Cable Hogue is a 1970 western film about a failed prospector who finds a water source in the Arizona desert, attempts to found a town around it, falls in love with a prostitute, and ultimately dies saving the life of a man who betrayed him years ago. Calexico also has a song, "Ballad of Cable Hogue" (off their 2000 album Hot Rail), about a successful prospector who is betrayed and killed by a Femme Fatale . John Cale (formerly of Velvet Underground ) also has a "Ballad of Cable Hogue" (though it was originally released under the title "Cable Hogue"); we're not sure what it's supposed to be about. Or Judd Nelson 's character's last name in The Breakfast Club .

Also, there's a rock band called Bender. They appeared on the soundtrack to ATV Offroad Fury . Claire Bennet? Do you have a friend who happens to be an otaku and have time manipulation power ? Or is your friend ice cold and prone to dramatically yell your name ? Noah Bennet is the name of a character in this show or that show ; both have been on NBC. Does Bianca refer to the friend of Latias and Latios in Pokï¿½mon Heroes , the ditzy rival in Pokï¿½mon Black and White note This isn't present in Japanese, where the Bianca in the fifth movie is Kanon and the Bianca in BW is Bel/Belle), Nico's older sister from Percy Jackson and the Olympians , one of the eligible brides of the protagonist of Dragon Quest V , the Alpha Bitch from Beverly Hills Teens or RICKAAAY!'s wife in EastEnders ? What about Bianca from the Rescuers? Or Bianca, the hard-to-please rich girl from the Rune Factory series? Or Bianca, Varric's favorite custom crossbow in the Dragon Age series?

Or the original Bianca, Katharina's younger sister in The Taming of the Shrew ? Or Bianca, the Italian lady who loves driving from '' Pop'n Music ? ChuChus (no dash) are also recurring enemies from The Legend of Zelda that resemble Wobbuffet . Another ChuChu is a female pink octopus and one of Kirby's animal friends from Kirby's Dream Land 3 . Cranky can refer to either an elderly gorilla who was the original Donkey Kong in his youth , a harbor crane who works at Brendam Docks , or a donkey whom Pinkie Pie tried to befriend . What these three characters all have in common is that they are all cranky by both name and nature . Courtney Cox: Friends actress or member of the all female Iron Maiden tribute band The Iron Maidens? Edward Cullen is either a wealthy, hunky vampire with a much younger girlfriend or a wealthy real estate guy/murder victim with a much younger girlfriend/murder victim.

Dark Horse can refer to several things, including George Harrison 's record label, one of his albums (which was released on Apple, not on Dark Horse), a single from that album, A Nickelback album, a Katy Perry hit, or a comic book company, or a 2015 movie. Joanna Dark is either the secret agent protagonist of the Perfect Dark games or God empowered super policewoman the Maid from Top 10 . Data: Teenaged Bungling Inventor in The Goonies , or Android Starfleet officer on Star Trek: The Next Generation and its subsequent movies? And they both pronounce their name "Day-Tah". Or maybe a member of Griff Tannen's gang in 2015 in Back to the Future Part II . Or perhaps Mega Man's robot monkey. Things can quickly get confusing if you say you're a fan of Arrested Development — indeed, a hip-hop group by that name sued the producers of the same-named sitcom, and the latter hung a lampshade on the situation.

Judge Dee: Hero of a series of detective stories set in 900s China by Robert van Gulik, or hero of a Judge Dredd Megazine strip by Paul Cornell about a Brit-Cit Judge sent back in time to Elizabethan London? The Doctor from Doctor Who is not The Doctor from The Authority . Or The Doctor from Star Trek: Voyager , although some aspects of his character are a Shout-Out to The Doctor from Doctor Who Or The Doctor from Cave Story Or even Il Dottore from Commedia dell'Arte . Dragon Lord is the name of several unrelated characters in Marvel Comics, or the Big Bad in Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation , or the Big Bad of Dragon Quest I . Max Edison is a recurring character in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip, an easy going Agent Mulder , and friend of the Doctor. As far as is known, he has never killed anyone with a silver hammer . The World Eaters: Titanic golems led by an evil god of death or red power-armored super soldiers serving an evil god of war ? DC Comics had a Doom Patrol character named Elasti-girl, and so does The Incredibles .

Even their last names are similar: The Doom Patrol Elastigirl is Rita Farr, and the Incredibles Elastigirl is Helen Parr. Their powers are also similar, though Farr has size-changing as well. Elysium a highly advance, elitist utopia orbiting above a Crapsack World where the lower classes dream of getting past their cybernetic oppressors and escaping to the world above? But is it from Deponia or Elysium ? Avalon Centrifuge mentioned this place once too. A "depending on the transliteration" example:, Exedore (officially now romanized as Exsedol) from Super Dimension Fortress Macross / Robotech is also a high potentate of the planet Ork . Both Darkwing Duck and the Teen Titans have fought a group of villains called The Fearsome Five. When you say "Flash", do you mean The Fastest Man Alive or The Saviour of the Universe ( ah-ah! )? Or do you mean the programming language used to put games and annoying interactive ads on the web? Or do you mean a type of non-volatile memory ? Or Twilight Sparkle's boyfriend in My Little Pony: Equestria Girls ?

Or a member of the original G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero lineup? Or Roscoe P. Coltrane's basset hound? Or one of Peter Parker's former bullies? Dr. Clayton Forrester is the name of the good scientist hero in the 1953 movie version of The War of the Worlds , and the evil scientist villain in TV's Mystery Science Theater 3000 . (Yes, the latter was a deliberate Shout-Out to the former.) "Godhand" is also the nickname of one of the fighters in Square Enix 's fighting game Ehrgeiz , and has ever since been the name of a gauntlet-type weapon in practically every Final Fantasy game. It is also a class one of your characters can evolve to in Seiken Densetsu 3 . Greendale is either the Northern California town where Lane Myer lives (and repeatedly tries to kill himself) or the Colorado town where Jeff Winger and his friends go to college. Brian Griffin: Wisecracking talking dog or accidentally murdered English teacher ? And if it's the latter, what about his wife Kathy Griffin? Is it her or the comedian?

Hans Gruber: German terrorist from Die Hard , German schoolteacher-turned-Nazi supersoldier in Jack Staff, or minor villain from Our Man Flint ? Tommy Gunn: Rocky's protege , or a gangster in Astro City ? Not to be confused with the Tommy Gun . Jack Hammer: Best pal of Deadpool better known as "Weasel", or a victim in the first Ace Attorney game? Or a fighter on steroids from Baki the Grappler . Not to be confused with the actual machine called the "jackhammer". Or with Goldberg 's suplex-slam finisher. Not in Japan, however; the Super Dimension Fortress Macross character's real name is Hikaru Ichijonote He's also an ace "valkyrie" pilot.. Rick Hunter is also the first of three people to portray the Postal Dude. John Hurt the actor got his first starring role in A Man for All Seasons around the time Mississippi John Hurt the blues singer died. "Ikachan" is a computer game created by Pixel (of Cave Story fame). "Ika-chan" is the name Sanae uses when referring to Ika Musume (a.k.a. Squid Girl) .

One of the characters in Queer as Folk is called Brian Kinney; that's also the civilian identity of Altar Boy . Arthur Kirkland: A lawyer , or the anthropomorphic personification of England? Lois Lane (a.k.a. "Bianca") of the musical Kiss Me Kate is always true to Bill in her fashion, but she probably isn't Superman 's type. You want Doctor Light? Do you mean Arthur Light, The DCU villain; Kimiyo Hoshi, The DCU heroine; or Thomas Xavier Light, the creator of Mega Man ? You missed one . And Dr. Wright in the SNES version of SimCity , who is named after Will Wright, the founder of the series. Lucky Star: Moe anime series about otakudom and food, an early song by Madonna , a Paper Mario item, or anything else named as such . Oh look, it's Patricia Martin! Tell me, is she a school girl otaku or a geneticist who ends up getting eaten ? Thanks to Mega Man 's Robot Master Naming Conventions , several comic book characters share names with Dr. Wily's creations, and by virtue of said convention you can expect their powers to be similar.

Iceman , Aquaman , and Shadow Man ( Valiant Comics , it's best not to dwell on it) immediately come to mind. When you say "Flashman" do you want the roguish Brit , the Super Sentai team , or the Robot Master ? Note that the DC character (s) that runs really fast is just The Flash , though Funky Flashman is someone else entirely. Hawk Man: Thanagarian hero of The DCU , or French Kinnikuman villain? They also have remarkably similar taste in headgear. There's also Junk Man from Mega Man 7 , minor Kinnikuman malcontent Junkman, Jimmy Neutron 's Junkman, and Astro City 's Junkman. Similarly, Kinnikuman antagonist Springman shouldn't be confused with Mega Man 7 's Spring Man. Mikazuki: The Mutsuki-class Destroyer , or Tekkadan's Ace Gundam Pilot? Probably counts as Gender-Blender Name , as well... Minus is the designation for a group of antisocial children with superpowers in Medaka Box . It should be pointed out that none of the children are actually named minus ... even though she'd fit right in!

The name "Monster Bash" can refer to a number of things, including: A pinball machine that portrays a number of famous movie monsters as rock band. A series of 30 second shorts that aired on the USA Cartoon Express during commercial breaks. Any number of various parties, celebrations, or events that have a Halloween / "monster" theme. A little known arcade game made by Sega in the early 1980s. Derek Morgan: a FBI profiler with a tendency to kick doors , a winged mutant from Ultimate X-Men or a former English cricketer? The prepubescent hero of the 1986 fantasy film Troll is named Harry Potter. Unlike the more famous Harry Potter he isn't a wizard, although he does wield magic weapons for part of the movie, and he fights a troll. P. G. Wodehouse 's novel Uncle Dynamite includes the dimwitted Police Constable Harold Potter, and also a girl named Hermione. The Darkstalkers cartoon, which predated the novels, just happened to also feature a bespectacled preteen wizard named Harry. The antagonist in the wheelchair in It's a Wonderful Life ? Henry F. Potter.

There's a scene in The Proposition where Charlie Burns briefly uses the alias Charles Murphy . It's also possible that John Hurt's character, Jellon Lamb, was named after a dinner. James Murphy was LCD Soundsystem. Jim Murphy was an Australian wine dealer. Jimmy Murphy ( most of the time ) is Alex Murphy's son before Alex was transformed into RoboCop . Thomas Jerome Newton: He doesn't belong on this Earth in both The Man Who Fell to Earth and Fringe . Rachel Nichols is the star of Continuum and an NBA reporter. Nirvana is both a Doom II level and a grunge band . Spookily, Doom II came out in the same year that Kurt Cobain killed himself, and the level has a shotgun on the ground in the first room in reference to this. Nirvana was also the name of two other bands that existed at the same time. Or Nirvana the '60s psychedelic band. Prior to that Rory Llewellyn (AKA: Riot of The Stingers) was in a band called Nirvana when he was in the army after going AWOL. Duke Nukem: Eponymous egotistical chauvinistic protagonist , or radiation-powered villain ?

This bugged the developers of the former enough to consider changing his name to "Duke Nukum" until they found out that the latter's name wasn't trademarked. The Humongous Mecha in the finale of Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon are called Nukem Dukem robots. Oathkeeper is the name of a Cool Sword and memento that was named for and represents a promise to another - but is it the Valyrian steel sword wielded by Brienne of Tarth or the Keyblade wielded by Sora and Roxas ? The Paper: a paperkinetic ditzy meganekko from Read or Die , or a time-and-space-transcending piece of paper belonging to Strong Bad ? Or a SpongeBob episode? Photon is either the original version of lasertag (which spawned a TV series), or an anime series, one of two Marvel Comics characters, the name of a form of energy in Dragon Ball , or the name of a light-elemental spell in the Tales Series . Both 24 and Resident Evil 4 have characters named Ramon Salazar.

Greg Sanders (spelled Saunders in recent appearances) is the civilian identity of Vigilante, a founding member of the Seven Soldiers . It is also the name of one of the investigators in CSI . There is a minor character in the novel The Accidental Tourist named Dana Scully. No, this character is not a skeptical FBI agent who investigates the paranormal . In fact, he's a dude. The 1939 book Day of the Locust, and the 1975 film adaptation thereof, feature a character named Homer Simpson. The Simpsons is not a Shout-Out , though; Word of God is that Homer Simpson was named after Homer Groening, Matt's father. Snips, is it a nickname for Ahsoka, used by Anakin from Star Wars: The Clone Wars cartoon, or one of the bad guys from The Legendary Starfy ? Or a not-too-bright unicorn with a friend named Snails ? A year before the first Star Trek: The Original Series episode, Jack Vance's story Star King featured a second-string villain who used the alias Mr. Spock. Not to mention the author of the popular baby care book (who was actually known popularly as Dr. Spock).

"Starlite" is the name of Rainbow Brite 's horse. A "Starlyte" is the actual "gun" used in Worlds of Wonder's version of "Lazer Tag" (which was copyrighted with this particular spelling)note The current version by Hasbro just calls it a "blaster". And a "Starite" is something Maxwell is obsessed with collecting. The sands of time, a curse in a specific Prince of Persia continuity or the landscape when traveling through time in Kamen Rider Den-O ? In Kismet , it's just the title of a song based on Borodin's "In the Steppes of Central Asia." Tempest the arcade game, and The Tempest the William Shakespeare play. Additionally, Forbidden Planet (which is based upon The Tempest ) has monsters from the deeps (of the human psyche), whilst Tempest has monsters from the deeps (of variously-shaped pits). Or Tempest, the arte being used by Lloyd Irving and several other Tales Series characters. Then there's Troy Tempest , who battles monsters from the ocean deeps. Tinstar: A segment on The Schnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show or a Super Nintendo game?

And there's Tin Star the short-lived rock band best known for the song "Head". P. G. Wodehouse 's famous character Bertie Wooster has an Uncle Tom, but not the racist kind . It's just that his Aunt Dahlia married a man named Tom Travers. While most people know Ultraman as a Japanese giant hero, Superman has an Evil Counterpart also called Ultraman. This character even preceded the more well-known Ultraman by two years. Either of those two might have been the inspiration for My Secret Identity's Andrew Clements (played Jerry O'Connell) to call himself Ultraman when Dr. Jeffcoate's experiment accidentally gave him superpowers. And all of them were preceded by at least a quarter century by " Gary Concord, the Ultra-Man " a Golden Age hero who first appeared in All-American Comics #8 in 1939. Speaking of Ultraman, is Gomess the very first Ultra Kaiju Windam the Capsule Kaiju should not be confused with Windam the Earth Alliance mass-produced Gundam suit . But, if we get to basics, they're both gigantic robots.

Metron, the DC Comics god of knowledge, should not be confused with Metron Seijin (often translated as "alien"), a bizarre shrimp-like extraterrestrial who has tussled with the Ultramen many times. Susan Walker, of Once in a Lifetime and Coupling : two very different young women. And neither of them is the woman who ran Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Miracle on 34th Street . James Wilson: American Founding Father portrayed as a meek "non-entity" who doesn't want to be remembered, or a doctor who's best friends with House ? George Wilson: perpetually exasperated neighbor to Dennis the Menace or the slightly worrisome car mechanic from The Great Gatsby ? Mary Worth: meddlesome US newspaper comics protagonist or ghost ? A double cross-media example from within the same franchise. Gary Oak's sister is named Daisy in the Pokï¿½mon Red and Blue game, and May in The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga. Unfortunately, the anime has reserved both names for completely unrelated recurring characters.

Naturally, bringing Gary's sister into Fan Fiction causes a lot of head scratching unless written quite clearly, as using either name for the poor girl will get her mixed up with someone else either in or closely related to the main cast. For bonus points, in Electric Tale of Pikachu Ash had a crush on May Oak, and shippers will occasionally pair Ash with May from the anime as well. It's like an Abbott and Costello routine just waiting to happen. Kiba Daioh (Great King Fang): The leader of the Kiba Clan from Fist of the North Star ? Or the combined form of the Kiba Ranger's giant robot and four other mechas from Gosei Sentai Dairanger ? Or the combination of Unicorn Drill and Leo Circle from GEAR Fighter Dendoh ? Red Falcon: The evil alien army from the Contra series? Or the Red Ranger from Choujuu Sentai Liveman ? Itsuki the esper? From the Haruhi Suzumiya series or the Elite Four member in Pokï¿½mon Gold and Silver (Will in English)? There's also "Gatekeeper" Itsuki , a demon with the ability to breach through dimensions and control lesser demons from other worlds.

The Butt Monkey of Initial D is also called Itsuki. The nation of Belka, with its Germanic airs - A homeland of powerful mage-warriors or skilled fighter pilots ? Speaking of Belka, there's a small village within it named Arlon, pronounced exactly the same as Arlen, Texas . Who is Doctor Evil: the archenemy of Austin Powers , or DC Comics hero Captain Action? The Gorillaz biography Rise of the Ogre makes reference to a preteen Murdoc's run-in with a bully named Tony Chopper, who apparently has no connection to Tony-Tony Chopper of One Piece . Gou Hibiki: Dan Hibiki's father? Or the name of Speed Racer in the Japanese version of Mach GoGoGo '97 Also not to be confused with the unit for measuring an object's gravitational pull . And not to be confused with a group dedicated with finding and stopping a certain gigantic green, atomic fire-breathing lizard . Or the fourth game on the horrendous Action 52 . Steve Austin: The Six Million Dollar Man or the WWE superstar ? The latter actually was named for the former, as one of his nicknames, "The Bionic Redneck", suggest.

The Brood are either X-Men villains or a Professional Wrestling stable consisting of Edge , Christian , and Gangrel (and later The Hardys). Also the name for an almost-extinct Dragon Clan . The Beast is an X-Men member, a demon of The Hand ninja clan, a Fairy Tale character , famous fighting game tournament player Daigo Umehara, a low-level Advance Wars: Days of Ruin villain, or Satan . Or the antagonist of Over the Garden Wall . Does anyone want to see a battle between Alucard and Alucard ? You forgot about the Sandman ! For that matter, there's also Mr. Sandmannote The song by The Chordettes; perhaps best known by its cover version by The Four Aces, which appeared in Back to the Future . and Mr. Sandman . All of the above were named after the Sandman, the mythical being who makes people go to sleep with magic sand (which the Metallica song references). (The) Thing: a rocky superhero , a disembodied hand , or an extraterrestrial abomination ? Blue Falcon: a blue-clad Hanna-Barbera superhero and Dynomutt's companion? The giant mech in Shadow the Hedgehog ? Or Captain Falcon's ship?

It doesn't help matters that Captain Falcon himself is often mistakenly called "Blue Falcon" and bears a bit of a resemblance to the Hanna-Barbera character. Blood Falcon: Captain Falcon's Evil Counterpart ? or the terrorist group in Contra : Shattered Soldier? Black Condor: A DC Comics superhero? Or the Black Ranger from Choujin Sentai Jetman ? Who owns a parrot named Iago? Is it Bianca Castafiore or Jafar in Disney's Aladdin ? The Disney one was named after the villain from Shakespeare's Othello . The Tintin one was named after the villain from Verdi's opera based on Othello. Confused yet? Mike Brady, head of the Brady household or the heroic health inspector ? Goemon is the name of a character in Lupin III , and also the name of the protagonist of the Mystical Ninja series. Both are named after the legendary Japanese bandit Ishikawa Goemon though, so it's not a coincidence in this case. Avatar the film, or Avatar: The Last Airbender ? To avoid Title Confusion (and possible lawsuits) the film adaptation of the latter dropped the Avatar from the title.

As for someone titled the Avatar, you might go for the aforementioned Avatar of four elements or the Avatar of the eight virtues . James Cameron 's Dark Angel (which also had a video game adaptation) vs. Dark Angel: Vampire Apocalypse (a horrible PS2 game). Not to mention the Dolph Lundgren movie I Come in Peace , also known as Dark Angel. Or a Marvel UK character, herald of Galactus, or Wonder Woman villain. Sugar Ray (Leonard), a boxer, Sugar Ray (Robinson), another boxer, and Sugar Ray (named after Leonard) the rock band. Ayla of Clan of the Cave Bear and Ayla of Chrono Trigger . The latter is also somewhat of a Shout-Out to the former, since both characters are prehistoric women. Ayla (pronounced eye-la, from Turkish) is also an alias of electronica musician Ingo Kunzi (aka DJ Tandu). The Scarecrow. DC Comics villain, Marvel Comics villain, brain-lacking Oz resident , Lee Stetson , alias of the Reverend Doctor Christopher Syn or Syd Barratt song? And what about a badass US Marine whose real name is Shane Schofield ? Remove the The and you have his callsign.

An episode of Family Guy had an joke where Oz's Scarecrow was in place of Stetson. Jack Wade is both the name of a CIA operative who assists James Bond in GoldenEye and the protagonist of the video game Headhunter . There's also The Cheese from Diary of a Wimpy Kid . A Candroid is a Robot Me named after Candace Flynn in Phineas and Ferb . Another type of Candroid is a Robot Buddy that transforms from a soda can in Kamen Rider OOO . Kasumi Asou is the name of a gorgeous Phantom Thief in the manga City Hunter , and the name of a gorgeous teacher in the Dating Sim Tokimeki Memorial 2 . The Big Bads of Aladdin and the earlier Prince of Persia games are both viziers named Jafar (the latter's is spelled with two f's), which was also the name of a character in The Arabian Nights, although that one wasn't a villain. All three were actually named after a real Grand Vizier Jafar . There is also an assassin named Jaffar , although that's not really the subject. Zurg from Toy Story 2 , or the Zerg from StarCraft ?

Or The Zurg , probably named after the latter. Chimera was a monster in Greek mythology, the name of an order of cartilaginous fishes, a monster in Resident Evil , and the alien race in Resistance (who actually look rather similar to the RE monsters). Don't forget that Chimeras are also hybrids of animals in Fullmetal Alchemist . Chimaeras (originally named Wyverns) are recurring foes in the Dragon Quest franchise. Chimaera is also a rock band. And the flagship of Grand Admiral Mitth'raw'nuruodo and Admiral Gilad Pellaeon . And real life humans or animals who've absorbed deceased siblings and carry both their own DNA and the dead twin's. Also, half-alien shapeshifters from El Goonish Shive , Candy Candy: classic shojo anime , or Axe Cop villain with the power to excrete explosive cars? Harley Quinn is The Joker 's young female apprentice, while Harley Quin (originally Quinn) is one of Agatha Christie 's (male) detectives, created over sixty years earlier. Both, of course, are a play on the word Harlequin.

Bill Williamson is the protagonist of Uwe Boll's Rampage and an outlaw in Red Dead Redemption . Black Cat is an anime and Felicia Hardy from Spider-Man . Kharma is a female member of the WWE . Karma is a female member of the X-Men . The Darkness: Comic book -turned- video game , or a British falsetto-voiced rock band best (and in America, only ) known for the 2004 hit "I Believe In A Thing Called Love"? Zelda: princess who usually needs rescuing from The Legend of Zelda series or an evil hag alien from Terrahawks ? Robin Williams named his daughter after the former, as a recent advert for the 3DS shows. How about Sabrina the Teenage Witch 's Aunt Zelda? Princess Zelda herself is named after Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of Francis Scott Fitzgerald. Zelda Van Gutters, dog reporter from the now defunct Nickelodeon Magazine. There's also a witch with that name in The Swan Princess films. And Septimus Heap 's aunt. The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter: A 1940 novel by Carson McCullers, or a Reba McEntire song?

Nuts and Milk: The eponymous Waddling Heads from an old video game, or two of the three mascot creatures in Yes! Pretty Cure 5 ? Sam the Eagle: Patriotic eagle or patriotic eagle ? Doesn't help that the former's company now owns the latter. Or a robot that qualifies for My Little Panzer , from Danball Senki . Or an online radio service. Wanda is either the fairy who guided Mario through levels when he had a bucket stuck on his head, or the fairy godmother of Timmy Turner . Or the Asian student in Ms. Valerie Frizzle's class. Wander is either the happy-go-lucky and exceedingly friendly critter from Wander over Yonder or the morally ambiguous and single-minded archer from Shadow of the Colossus . Suzie Wong is a Chinese prostitute from a novel by Richard Mason , and Henry's little sister on Digimon Tamers . Necron: The final boss of Final Fantasy IX or a Warhammer 40,000 faction? Meanwhile, Nekron is either a DC Comics supervillain, a Doctor Strange villain, or a Big Bad from Rhapsody of Fire .

Son Goku: Hero from Dragon Ball and the Japanese pronounciation of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King . Also, one of the four leads of Saiyuki , which is also based off of Journey to the West. Java is a caveman in both Martin Mystery (and Martin Mystère, the Italian comics it's based on) and in DC Comics' Metamorpho-related titles. Also a programming language. Besides being an island in Indonesia and another name for coffee. And one of the Technos in The Tribe. Java is also a one-hit wonder Bubblegum Dance group, whose song "Sister Sister" gained fame through the line of Warfare Puppetry dancing terrorist dolls. Is Poochie Yoshi's pet dog or an extremely hated cartoon dog who died on the way back to his home planet? John and Dave , the snarky hero and goofy best friend, or John and Dave , the goofy hero and snarky best friend? Princess Celestia from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic actually shares her name with a popular astronomy software . Angel and the Super Duper High School High Roller .

Related to this: Molestia: the regnal name of Celestia's sister (who has a rather Unfortunate Name and is Adorkable ) in Friendship is Witchcraft or the nickname of Celestia's Memetic Molester self in Ask Princess Molestia ? Celestia's sister Luna shares her name with the Dream Suite manager from Animal Crossing : New Leaf. Chuggaaconroy nearly confused the two in his Let's Play of the game. Knowing Chugga , though, that was most likely intentional. Elizabeth Halsey is of course the scientist who helps develop the SPARTAN program in Halo and also a minor character in Ayn Rand 's The Fountainhead . , or an earth seraph ? There are at least 3 separate works titled Tamayura . The one we have here on TV Tropes is the anime adaptation of a Slice of Life manga ; another is a (heterosexual) Visual Novel about slaying demons from Akabei Soft 2 ; and finally, a yaoi Visual Novel , unrelated to either of them, from Palmiers.

To tell one from the others, the hetero VN has "soul" character for its tama while the yaoi one has "ball" . Devastator: Either a giant robot made up of several smaller ones , a giant biomechanical being capable of turning into sand, or an exploding battle-lance . Or perhaps some smaller robot dudes who ride in giant robot suits ? Or even the Imperial Star Destroyer that captured Princess Leia ? Pokey the Pig, one of Adam's few real possessions in I Am The Cheese, and Pokey Minch ( whose first name is actually Porky ), Ness's pig-like Jerkass of a neighbor in EarthBound who becomes The Dragon and then the Big Bad in MOTHER 3 . N-n-n-none of the them should be mi-m-mis-m-mista-mi-confused for "Porky Pig" . Gauron: Klingon warlord who hopes to lead the High Council and makes a deal to restore Worf's family honor, or an unhinged evil mercenary mecha pilot. Both Tribeca Prep and Moperville North High School have teams with the unlikely name the Turkeys.

Spider-Man and Batman: costumed super heroes with Animal Motifs or the first two foes of Kamen Rider Ichigo? Shocker: A C-List bad guy that fights a arachnid superhero or a super powerful evil Neo-Nazi organization that battles insect superheroes ? Star Sapphire: Is she a level-headed member of a trio of mischievous fairies? Or is she a villainess with a thing for the Green Lantern? [The] Eggman: a character in I Am The Walrus , another name for Dr. Robotnik in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, a nickname for Pixar employee Ralph Eggleston, or the boss of the "Eggman Movers" removal company in the Toy Story movies note named after Eggleston, natch? The Pixar Wiki page for Eggman Movers is plagued by idiots repeatedly inserting the "connection" between this company and Sonic. [The] Negative Zone: antimatter universe from the Marvel Universe , or Luigi 's Final Smash in Super Smash Bros. Brawl?

Joker: Insane clown-themed criminal , the singular Kamen Rider identity of Shoutarou Hidari , a creepy jester-themed villain who faces a team of magical girls , one of the Red Barons of a Warlord of the Sea , or the pilot of the Normandy? There is a character in Family Guy with the name of Joe Swanson. Joey Swanson is also the name of the male lead of the infamous Maradonia Saga . Both nicknames are presumably short for "Joseph", so it counts. Dead or Alive : An extremely popular fighting game by Tecmo, or a new wave group from the 80s who became popular due to Memetic Mutation ? Also adding to the confusion is a Tom Clancy novel and a set of completely unrelated films. It's also a popular JAM Project song. "T-T-T-T-TWO JEEGS?!" Also a Eurobeat song which samples the 80's band's signature song "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)". The Shield: Either a fast-paced, gritty cop drama that aired on FX, the name of Archie Comics ' patriotic superhero that predates Captain America, or a massively popular WWE stable allegedly out to stop injustices in the company.

Scott Walker: Musician or politician? If you like the former on Facebook, it'll recommend articles about the latter. Teddy Altman is the name of one of the male Young Avengers and also the name of a female doctor on Grey's Anatomy . This was intentional , as both characters were created by the same writer. Both Dead Rising 2 and the Goosebumps book "The Haunted Mask" feature characters named Chuck Greene. MTM can be one of two things: either a television production company (named after Mary Tyler Moore) known for having a meowing kitten as its Vanity Plate , or a Do-Anything Robot built by Calvin . Please, don't confuse them with Rouge, who might be either a magical girl or a thief/secret agent bat . Ben Jackson is the name of a Tiger & Bunny taxi driver/ secret keeper and also a companion of the first two Doctors . Labyrinth is an American movie with David Bowie and a British miniseries with Katie McGrath. Even more confusingly for soundtrack fans, Trevor Jones scored both. Or Labrinth a British R&B singer. A certain Capcom game for the PS1 happens to be called One Piece Mansion , but despite the name, it has no connection to the actual manga One Piece .

A new idol from The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls happens to be named Akane Hino, which is the civilian name of Smile Pretty Cure! 's Cure Sunny. When you mention Aranea, are you talking about an elven priestess of a Daedric prince or a spider-themed alien girl ? The two have different last names (Ienith and Serket, respectively), but the name is definitely not common: a type of orb-weaving spiders. While Aranea Serket's connection to them is clear, Aranea Ienith's is up for debate. Is the Universal Union The Federation or The Empire ? Depends. Are you reading Redshirts or playing Half-Life 2 note that's the Combine's official name? Destron: An evil terrorist organization that Kamen Rider V3 fought or the Japanese name for the Decepticons Creeper was also the name of the Boogey Man's assistant in Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure . House: You're either talking about a cynical surgeon or the arrogant ruler of New Vegas . More interestingly, Considering that Robert House graduated MIT, he might just be qualified to call himself Dr. House.

Apparently before the more famous House, Sci-Fi had a horror show which is also called House . Who is Princess Lydia? A Spoiled Sweet girl from a merchant family whose love happened to be the heir to the kingdom , or a Rich Bitch aristocrat who married the heir in order to usurp his throne and possibly tricked him into marrying her ? Scandal: Adding to the confusion with the 80s New Wave group and the Japanese rockers , now we have the American TV show . There's also the New God who consorted with Superboy before being seen in the Secret Six . Anna Torv is an actor who starred in Fringe ( and almost nothing else of note ) and was Rupert Murdoch's second wife. The latter is actually the former's aunt. or professional wrestler (whose name was a direct shout-out to the song and even used it as his theme)? Miku is an Idol Singer , but which one? The Vocaloid , the Spirit , or one of the Cinderella Girls ? Tom Walker, the devil-dealing protagonist of Washington Irving's 'The Devil and Tom Walker', or Tommy Walker, the deaf, dumb and blind kid who sure plays a mean pinball?

Charlie Duncan: We could be talking about the adorable baby from Good Luck Charlie , or we could be talking about the Crazy Awesome Mary-Sue Hunter from the MSEA Files. (Naturally, there are theories that said baby grows up to be said Mary-Sue Hunter .) Probably not related to HAN-sel and Gretel . "HAN-sel?! HAN-sel? HAN-sel..." Does Dragonborn refer to a race of humanoids with draconic physical features , or to any of several lines of biological humanoids with the souls of dragons ? When we are talking about someone nicknamed The Swamp Witch, are we talking about Werbellia , Metallia , or Sophie ? Or better yet, when we are talking about Metallica, are we talking about the band or the Swamp Witch note This is only in regards to her original Japanese name. NISA changed her name to Metallia most likely to avoid legal issues with said band? He's also a bunny who is far from angelic . On that topic, people searching for Mattel 's Angel Bunny vintage baby toys are getting frustrated and infuriated that Google is returning Fluttershy's pet rabbit instead.

Yes, both are white and both are bunnies, but one is angelic and the other... isn't . Or an alien who can turn good aliens into bad ones. Or the creatively-named angel from the Tekken series. Jack Harper is he a Manipulative Bastard on Tru Calling , the protagonist of Oblivion2013 or the real name of The Illusive Man ? There's Luna , an anthropomorphic moon. Then there's Luna , a Winged Unicorn who spent a thousand years of imprisonment on the moon. Try not to think too hard about it. Before the two, there's Luna, Usagi's cat in Sailor Moon . There's also a tapir NPC named Luna in Animal Crossing : New Leaf. It is also a popular stationary range from German stationary company Staedtler Luna is also a Glass Cannon '' Dota 2 hero themed on the Moon. Luna is the Latin name for our Moon, so its actually a pretty popular name for moon-related characters (like Luna Lovegood ). Luna is also the name of the token music lover of The Loud House . Or the Gadgeteer Genius of the James Bond movies? Or a guy with a metallic mask and a trenchcoat from Street Fighter III ?

Or the tea-loving British Robot in a Centurion's helmet from Armed and Dangerous ? Or Q: The Winged Serpent . Mordecai? Do you mean the vault hunter , or the blue jay ? Or WWE 's short-lived Zealot gimmick played by the future Kevin Thorn? The Lovable Rogue ( not thief ) from Irregular Webcomic! is Morde'kai, so try not to get him mixed up with the rest. Fred the basset hound: Cledus Snow's pet or Alex Graham's comic strip pooch. Andraste: A mix of Jesus, Mohammed, and Joan of Arc , or a war goddess from ancient Britain ? Ryan Newman is the name of both a male NASCAR driver and a teen actress ( Zeke and Luther , See Dad Run ). Shang Tsung: an Asian crime lord from The Power of Five , or a demonic shapeshifting sorcerer from Mortal Kombat . The Authority: Either the Warren Ellis -created superhero team , or the WWE stable led by Triple H and Stephanie McMahon that's determined to do what's " best for business ". Celestopoli is the Italian name for both Celesteville and Cerulean City . Or what about...

one of Recca's Flame Dragons? Y'know, the one with the whip fire. Spider-Man has an enemy named Scorpion, whereas there's a character in Mortal Kombat who appears in both Mortal Kombat Vs D.C. Universe and Injustice: Gods Among Us both of which feature characters from rival D.C. Comics. Oh, and Captain Marvel a.k.a. SHAZAM, appears in both games, which is coincidental in that the villain in the 1941 serial The Adventures of Captain Marvel was calledï¿½ you guessed itï¿½ the Scorpion. Reimu: A Shrine Maiden ? or a Dream Hunter ?note Rem can be also read as Reimu Jinx: Are they a boy who causes bad things to happen around him or a girl who causes bad things to happen around her ? Or a ninja? Or a bounty hunter? Not to be confused with Jynx, the 124th Pokï¿½mon . Crazy Bus: A song that Arthur developed Hype Backlash to from his little sister playing the song on repeat non-stop? Or the Indie Genesis game with the randomly generated title musicnote Still can't picture how bad it sounds?

Think a room of Beeping Computers that can make your ears bleed? Also a real pirate-ship type fairground ride from Zamperla [1] . Volbeat is either a metal band or a Firefly Pokï¿½mon . Is Mukuro one of the Vongola Mist Guardians (and the shadier one) or the 16th student at Hope's Peak Academy? Or one of the three rulers fighting for rule of the demon world? Not to be confused with Mukkuru or Mokuroh, the Japanese names of Starly and Rowlet , respectively. Similarly, is Layton an archaeologist with a gift for puzzles , one of the most legendary sports players of his time , or both ? There are two My Little Pony characters who have the name Sonata: the victim's manager from Turnabout Storm (given the name Sonata Tarot in the fan novelization) and Sonata Dusk, one third of the Dazzlings group from My Little Pony: Equestria Girls ï¿½ Rainbow Rocks .

This name confusion is Played for Laughs in chapter 3 of Undazzled in which, after Adagio tells Pinkie that she is worse than Sonata, the Sonata that Pinkie describes is not the same Sonata that Adagio recognizes. In addition to the aforementioned examples, Sonata is also a planet that is the Band Land world of Ristar . When most people think of " Gun smoke ", they usually think of the long running radio and TV series rather than the arcade and NES game "Gun.Smoke" made by Capcom. The have no connection to each other other than the western theme. There's a fourth one by the first name of Kit . Dr. Venom is either: a mad scientist from the early issues of the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comics or a recurring antagonist in the Gradius series. Never underestimate "The Power" ...in the Sakura Zone!note All of the Clow Cards have "The" as part of their names , including "The Power", one of 33 anime-only Clow Cards.

Many jokes were cracked when the character of Miss Delphox was introduced in the Doctor Who episode Time Heist , as coincidentally a Pokemon from Pokï¿½mon X and Y was also named Delphox. Weiss is either the leader of Deepground , the heiress of the Schnee Dust Company , a white-haired girl in a Mecha from the Spiral Chaos games or a German white-haired girl . note For the record, the first Weiss is a guy. Cindy Campbell is a Weirdness Magnet who's seen her fair share of ghosts ...or was it squid ? Kiva, a time-traveling Ace test pilot from the year 3037 , or a vampire-themed Kamen Rider ? There are two cat girls with the name Erma, one is the member of Extraplanetary Defense Force and the other one is a scientist . Albedo: The already mentioned comic , the main, deranged, villain , from the Xenosaga series, another younger villain with the same name , a virtual demoness , the Vangelis's album of the same name, a brand of toy trucks or a first-person shooter .

The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles once managed to confuse the actor Clint Eastwood with the very definitely not-related Jamaican reggae duo Clint Eastwood & General Saint. Cerberus is either a huge demonic dog with three heads or a partially shape-shifting glutton affiliated with the sun . Top Gear is either a BBC show or a series of Racing Games made by Kemco. Amethyst is both a Crystal Gem from Steven Universe and the title character of Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld ; it's also Iggy Azalea 's real first name. Due to both series' use of Rock Theme Naming , several character names overlap: Opal, Sardonyx, and Sapphire, for instance. Princess of Gemworld has House Diamond, while Steven Universe has a character named Yellow Diamond.

Is Pearl a teenage whale with a crab for a father , the younger sister of Earl Sinclair , a nervous gem warrior turned surrogate mother , a flapjack octopus with one tentacle shorter than all the rest , one of The Big Harbor's two pilot boats , Barry's manga name , an adorable young spirit medium in-training note Known as "Harumi" in the Japanese original., a (male) commander of the Krieg Pirates or a female mad scientist who tortures her test subjects with terrible movies ? Peridot is a green-themed, Tsundere-to-the-max "antagonist" who ends up helping the heroes, is shipped with a tomboy whose name starts with the letter "A," and is not happy with the canon pairing in her favorite TV show. But be warned—the space rock's name is pronounced "PeriDOT" while the bunny witch pronounces it "PeriDOH" and will not be happy if you get it wrong. Or a train service ? The Paradise City in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier isn't "where the grass is green and the girls are pretty" , because it's located on a desert planet. Ultron: Either a recurring Marvel villain or a mysterious device owned by the Utwig in Star Control .

Although there is a one-letter spelling difference, Cadence is either a pink DJ penguin or a pink pony princess. Jupiter Jones is the name of the fat boy detective in The Three Investigators book series and the character played by Mila Kunis in the movie Jupiter Ascending . Strike Force can refer to one of three things: a Professional Wrestling Tag Team consisting of Tito Santana and Rick Martel (before the latter turned on the former), a video game by Midway that acts as either a sequel or Spiritual Successor to Defender and "Stargate"note Itself an example, as it has no relation to the later movie and TV franchise also called "Stargate"., or a Mixed Martial Arts promotion (in this case, spelled "Strikeforce"). Dixie Carter: Current President of TNA , or an actress and one of the stars of Designing Women ? Sid Vicious: Either the bassist for the Sex Pistols or the professional wrestler (as he was known in WCW) .

GTO could refer to the cars made by Ferrari, Pontiac, or Mitsubishi (the latter having two iterations, the second one known as 3000GT outside Japan out of the respect for the former two), a class of sports car racing under IMSA (International Motor Sports Association) for racing cars over 2.5 liters or the manga Great Teacher Onizuka . The first two letters form Gran Turismo (in which at least one GTO by the three manufacturers have included as of the sixth game), which is a car term for "grand touring" and also happens to be the name of Maserati sportscar, also incidentally featured in Gran Turismo since 5. We have two guys named Tuco: the shady but lovable bandit , and the unambiguously psychotic drug lord who was one of Jimmy McGill's first clients . Princess Twilight: purple alicorn or Towa Akagi's evil persona ? Even more so, the same Japanese voice actress portrayed both characters!

Rebecca: A young imprisoned gladiator forced to fight against her will , the owner of Higher for Hire , a research vessel , a crazy young woman who lives in a tank , a young gunwoman working for the Lagoon Company , a young soldier forced to fight hordes of zombies and other bio-weapons , a young archer , or a reporter who wants to find out what's behind zombie outbreaks in Fortune City ? She's also one of the main characters in Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea . Mimi the rabbit is either one of the mascots from Pop'n Music , a character from Adventures of the Little Koala , or a character from Guess With Jess . Not to be confused with the voice-recognition-enabled music-playing toy by Hallmark (that one's a mouse, by the way). She's also Kitty's twin sister (although her name is usually written in English as "Mimmy"). Mike is also a karaoke robot , a singing mouse , a red minimum-gauge engine who works on the Arlesdale Railway , or the repeated name of a camel's co-worker . Tally Hall refers to both an American rock band and an American soccer player.

Meredith Blake: a (male) character from the novel Five Little Pigs , or a (female) character from the movie The Parent Trap. Likewise, Pip's uncle Skipper should never be mistaken for Barbie 's sister, the owner of a flight school , or the leader of the Penguins . Steven has a thing for rocks, but is his last name Stone or Universe? Ethan Carter is either a 12-year-old kid who once wrote a letter to an occult detective or a professional wrestler best known as the nephew of a corrupt president (and usually referred to by his initials) . Stella from An Awfully Big Adventure has a strained relationship with an uncle Vernon just like the more famous Harry Potter. While she doesn't have an aunt Petunia, she does have an aunt Lilly, funnily enough. The film adaptation came out in 1995, two years before the Philosopher's Stone was published, so perhaps it served as a little inspiration. It's also the name of Sam Baines' wife in Back to the Future , not to mention " STELLAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

" Jet Black is both an intergalactic bounty hunter and Viewtiful Joe 's dad.note It's also a hair color as well as shade that nylon legwear comes in. Red Racer is either the Red Ranger from Gekisou Sentai Carranger or The Flash of Earth-36 introduced in The Multiversity . Depending on whether you live in Canada or Mexico, "TVO" can either be an acronym for "TV Ontario" a public TV network, or the name a Spanish language game show hosted by Gabrielanote Popularly known as "Gaby" Ruffo.note It was also seen in the U.S. on Univision. Is Mr. Conductor a tiny magical man who lives in a painting of a signal house , or a trodon ? Either way, both shows they appear in have aired on PBS , and both shows also involve trains. Snuggle is either the name of the adorable bear mascot for a brand of fabric softners of the same name, or the English name for a cute singing bunny created by JAMBA/Jamster called Schnuffel. Mr. Hat is one of Mr.

Garrison's hand-puppets, and also a puppet used by Trucy Wright , as well as a hat-obsessed minor antagonist in Shovel Knight . Lulla and Laa-Laa may not sound like this trope, but their names are pronounced the same, and in Japanese, a missing dash (ララ vs。 ラーラ) is all it takes to create confusion. Who is Retsu? Is he the Shorinji Kempo master or the Mini 4WD racer? Concerning both, Akuma's name in Japan, Gouki, shares the name with another Mini 4WD racer, Gouki Ichimonji. The latter probably does not want to be associated with the former, though. There's Juni , the doll who works for Shadaloo, and then there's June , a soldier from a dystopian version of America. John Darling, one of Wendy's brothers in Peter Pan or a dead TV host who used to have his own strip in the Funky Winkerbean Verse? Jessica Darling: daughter of aforementioned TV host or main character in the Jessica Darling novels? Or a Guilty Gear character. No one can be told what The Matrix is...

If you're looking for it, it's usually in Optimus Prime 's chest. Or is an artificial life-form shape-shifting into Supergirl . Or is another name for Cyber Space . Winston Smith: doomed hero of Orwell's dystopian classic Nineteen Eighty-Four or Lara Croft 's butler? Birdy: a female space cop sharing a body with a boy she accidentally killed , a minor telepathic character who helped Sabretooth , someone who keeps calling Leah , a bartender , a scarecrow , an anthropomorphic bird and Jetter , or Launchpad McQuack's mother . Not to be confused with Birdie, which includes an English bouncer , a soldier , Ronald McDonald's early bird friend , and a Flicky, of whom Amy helps him find his parents . EDI is an artificial intelligence acting as the autopilot for a state-of-the-art military craft- either the Extreme Deep Invader , or the Enhanced Defense Intelligence . Gaston is either the the Beast's love rival , a glory-seeking, turn-stealing Crusader , or a lazy Bungling Inventor who's a constant thorn in Fantasio's backside .

Charlie Brown is either the mopey, unlucky main protagonist of Peanuts or the mischievous subject of a song by the Doo-Wop group, The Coasters (contrary to popular belief, the song is not about the former). Star Trek Online has a Duty Officer with the name Charles Xavier Brown whose flavor text complains about the connections to Charlie. The Pokï¿½mon and Yu-Gi-Oh! fandoms use the same "[x]shipping" naming trend when it comes to shipping . Alas, due to the huge amount of ships in both fandoms there's a lot of identical names. For example, "Diamondshipping" is either Ash's mother Delia and Team Rocket boss Giovanni from the Pokï¿½mon anime together or it's Kaito and Rio from Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL together.

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