History AerithAndBob / WebOriginal

* Most prominent ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' servers and series, in their classic mixture of roleplay and Let's Play, feature both content creators who prefer to be called by their online aliases (often the Aeriths) and those who prefer to be called by their real-life names (usually the Bobs). This goes double with the fact that most of their roleplay characters are TheDanza, prompting fans and later, even some of the creators themselves to differentiate characters (c!) and content creators (cc!) with tags on social media.

** On ''WebVideo/SMPEarth'' this is best exemplified with the Antarctic Empire, which consists of Phil, Pete, and ''WebVideo/{{Technoblade}}''.

* ''Podcast/ThePenumbraPodcast'' has Peter, Vicky, Omar, Rita, Ramses... Juno, Miasma, and Pilot.
* ''Podcast/KakosIndustries'' generally sticks to Corins, and Stephens, and Haleys--but then there's Melantha.
* ''Roleplay/CelestialRefresh'' has it primarily because of massive CultureClash AND including several worlds already known to have this trope applied to them.
* ''Roleplay/FireEmblemOnForums'': Different roleplays in this series have different levels of enforcement of this specific trope, ranging from averting it entirely to encouraging it with the different cultures present in the settings.
* ''Roleplay/PokemonUniverseRP'': Seeing as the moderators aren't too critical of what you name your character and anybody can play with somebody else, it's inevitable.
* ''Roleplay/RiseoftheBelievers'' has quite a bit of it. [[JustifiedTrope Understandable]] when you consider that characters come from all over the world [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace and beyond.]]
* This comes up in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' a fair bit, with students supposedly hailing from America having bizarre names (although occasionally {{justified|Trope}} if the character has immigrated). Examples include names like Rais, Shoar, and Venka amongst Adams, Alans and Helenas.
* On the Livejournal roleplaying community Drama Drama Duck, [[Comicbook/TheSandman1989 Delirium]] has mentioned having two fish: Humphrey Finkleton the 75th, and his daughter, Bob. [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} It's in character for her]].
* ''Literature/TalesOfMU'' has quite a bit of this because of the cultural mishmash of the college environment. Characters brought up by Humans have names like "Mackenzie", "Ian", "Steff", and "Jamie". Other races have more exotic names or even constructed ones.
* The original ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' has some examples that are somewhat easy to overlook (Guts, Pippen, Corkus, Zodd and Caska among others, mixing it up with Julius, Charlotte, and Griffith) but ''Creator/{{Hbi2k}}'' turned this trope on its head [[WebVideo/BerserkAbridged for his abridged series]] when he went ahead and named the snake baron [[LampshadeHanging Phil.]]
-->'''Phil:''' [[XtremeKoolLetterz "Well maybe I don't need a scary name full of 'z's and 'x's to be intimating!"]]
* Very common in ''Roleplay/DarwinsSoldiers''. Characters with names like Neku or Dr. James Zanasiu interact with people like Dr. Josephine Smithson and Dr. Rudyard Shelton
* ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'': The PPC's agents come from [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover all over the multiverse]], creating an understandable disparity in names. The Department of Mary Sues alone has agents whose names include the likes of Brenda, Diocletian, Martin, and Evangeline von Lilith.
* ''Austrailiangamer.com.au'' and ''Game Damage's'' [[NotSoAboveItAll Matt]], [[AlcoholHic Yug]], and [[JustHereForGodzilla Yahtzee]]. Yeah, that [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]].
* ''Literature/SmirvlaksStone'' has the main goblin brothers. One of them is named Nickolas, while the other is named Gnekvizz.
* In ''Time to Shoot Down The Moon'' and ''Sentinel'', a German scientist is named ''Vier'' Sackingen. It means four even though he is the second in his family.
-->'''Vier:''' My older brother is called Jacob, my younger sister is called Lilia, I'm called ''No.4''. Not even 2. Oh, and the actual 4th kid, my younger brother is called Elwin, after general Rommel.
* FanFic/AntiClicheAndMarySueEliminationSociety has some agents who are generically named: Tyler, Ben, Dave, etc. It gets a bit crazy when you put them next to people like Aster, Ossa, Chrys, Cristoph...
* A running gag in Nigahiga's early "How to be" videos. "Hello, my name is [[OverlyLongName Hanatewakusoshiseotadashiteteriyakisuzukihondacivic]]!" "Hello, my name is [[spoiler:Bob]].
* ''Literature/TheQuestportChronicles'' gives us Djadan, Sabriel, and Jaheira alongside Emmy, Acre, and Tulip.
* [[http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2986354/The_Saga_of_Pretzel_Bob The Saga of Pretzel Bob]]: in this case though, it's [[{{Expy}} Seraphoth]] and Bob.
* The heroes from the LetsPlay/SomethingAwfulDungeonsAndDragons gaming sessions include Joey, Miriam, Kensington, Minerelle, Asalynn, Bananaramawicz, and Kodrinschreiner. This isn't even getting into NPC names, such as Thraxidelantis, which is embarrassing enough that Syrg just shortens it to "Thraxi" after a few jokes at his expense.

* A few examples from ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'', usually through [[HelloInsertNameHere in-game naming systems]].

---> '''Ross:''' I think they're spelled right. Yes. Continue.
* At the time of her introduction in ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', the dog-based supervillain Bitch has three dogs: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Brutus, Judas]], and Angelica.
* Actually [[ChekhovsGun used as a (subtle) plot point]] in ''Literature/TheLayOfPaulTwister'': Most of the human characters have standard English names like Paul, Sarah, or Patrick, but then there's [[spoiler: Archmagus Ken'tu Kel, head of the Circle of Magi. Gerald says that several things about him are suspicious, including his name which "sounds like something out of an ancient saga." Turns out that's because he spent a couple decades on Earth, where [[YearInsideHourOutside time flows at a different pace]]]].
* In ''WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemon'', a Pokemon will either be nicknamed, and end up with a very bizarre and usually unpronounceable jumble of letters, or it will be left with its original name. [[HiveMind The Mob]] typically gives any Pokemon with a major role a nickname based on said jumble of letters.
** The Championship team in ''WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonCrystal'' has, on the one hand, [=LazorGator=], [[EmbarrassingNickname Breakfast Burrito]], and [[VideoGame/MetalGear METAL GEAR]], and on the other hand, Brian, Katie, and Ace.
** In terms of actual protagonists, we have [[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonRed Red]] and [[WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonCrystal AJDNNW]].
* ''{{Literature/Pact}}'' has names such as Essyit, Blake, Laird, Padraic, Barbatorem...
* ''WebVideo/DemoReel'' has Donnie, Rebecca, Quinn, Carl and... Tacoma.
* In ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'', Creator/PabloPicasso invokes this during his battle with [[Series/TheJoyOfPainting Bob Ross]], by rapping out his entire OverlyLongName and then,
--> ''Back to you... Bob.''
* PlayedForLaughs in ''WebVideo/NeedsMoreGay:'' Rantasmo reviews a gay porn parody of ''Film/TheRing'' where none of the characters have names, so he makes some up for them. [[GenderBlenderName Note that all of them are men]].
-->“[[Creator/NaomiWatts Naomi]] goes to investigate the other two friends, who I’ll call...Cedric and Boniva.”
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPyhlybViJw reshiram and justin, together forever!]]
* [[WebVideo/MatthewSantoro Matt Santoro's]] clones are named [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Hugo]], Eugene, [[TheCasanova Lorrenzo]]... and [[TheBigGuy Big Shine]]
* ''Literature/EnterTheFarside'' main character Shaun doesn't like the idea of superhero names. Being a new recruit to the NFU means he doesn't have a name regardless, which makes him stand out from other Agents like Visionary, Tether and Grandmaster.

--> "Me, Sir Big-Toot Erdun Lemon Trout, and my sidekick, Watson.
* The Gaming Beaver likes to give his Jurassic World creatures funny nicknames: His Pteranodon is "Pecky Eyses", his Dimetrodon is "Unicorn Wizard", his Diplocaulus is "Flaffy", his Archelon is... Dave.
* The six characters that have been given proper names in ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'' thus far are Tony, Roy, Michael, Malcolm, Colin and... Shrignold.
* In ''AudioPlay/RefletsDAcide'', we have characters named Zarakaï the Dwarf, Enoriel the Elf... and Roger the Bartender.
* The usual cast of ''WebVideo/OneyPlays'' consists of Chris, Julian and [=DingDong=].
* ''WebVideo/{{Petscop}}'': Some of the pets have strange names like Pen, Wavey, Roneth, and Toneth...but then you have Amber and Randice.
* ''LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys''' TRG Colosseum charity livestream featured a TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons game with protagonists Mittens, Methanthor, Feista Ki... plus Barry and Brock (the Rock). Then there's Steve the Dragon ([[ItMakesSenseInContext Who is also Brock the Rock]]) and Barry's ex-wife, Brenda
* ''Literature/TheGodsAreBastards'' {{lampshade|Hanging}}d at one point with a drow-human couple whose names actually ''are'' Avrith and Bob.
* In the ''WebVideo/ClassicGameRoom'' review of ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles II: Back From The Sewers'' for the UsefulNotes/GameBoy, host Mark Bussler forgets the name of the turtles and names them "Leonardo", "Donatello", "Mussolini" and "Bob".
* As noted in the General section above, most prominent ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' servers and series, in their classic mixture of roleplay and Let's Play, feature both content creators who prefer to be called by their online aliases (often the Aeriths) and those who prefer to be called by their real-life names (usually the Bobs). This goes double with the fact that most of their characters are TheDanza, prompting fans and even some of the creators themselves to differentiate characters (c!) and content creators (cc!) with tags on social media.

** The ''WebVideo/EmpiresSMP'' has rulers named Katherine, Joey, and Scott exist alongside ones named Sausage, fWhip, and Pix. Its sister series by virtue of creator overlap and CanonWelding, the ''WebVideo/AfterlifeSMP'', doesn't have it as bad as other [=SMPs=] as most members of the ALSMP either go by their real names, or, like Gem, have online aliases that can plausibly be used as actual names, but [=fWhip=] and Sausage are ''also'' on that server.

** ''WebVideo/SMPLive'': Compare names like "Connor" and "Josh" to the likes of "Altrive", "Beef" and "Krinios".
** On ''WebVideo/SMPEarth'' this is best exemplified with the Antarctic Empire, which consists of Phil, Pete, and ''Technoblade''.

* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'''s characters all come from wildly different backgrounds, so name disparity is bound to happen.
** From the first campaign, we have Grog, Keyleth, Scanlan, the twins Vex'ahlia and Vax'ildan... and [[TokenHuman Percy]].
** The second campaign is slightly more balanced in this regard, with names like Caleb and Beauregard contrasted against names like Caduceus, Jester, and Nott. [[GenderBlenderName Molly]] straddles the line, since his full name is Mollymauk.
** The third campaign has perhaps the wildest disparity, ranging from regular human names like Imogen and Ashton, to fantasy names like Orym and Fearne, to just plain ridiculous names like Fresh Cut Grass.
* The titular character of ''WebVideo/TheLegendOfNeil'' is named, well, Neil. Not that anyone in the game world cares, as everyone insists on calling him Link. Except for the Octorok in one episode who does it only to distract him long enough to wail him in the head with a rock.

* ''WebVideo/SMPLive'': By nature of being a ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' server. Compare names like "Connor" and "Josh" to the likes of "Altrive", "Beef" and "LetsPlay/{{Technoblade}}".