History Main / EgocentricTeamNaming

* In ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope'', the fascist minority of the [[FictionalPoliticalParty National Progressive Party]] in the United States are called "Yockeys", after their leader Francis Parker Yockey.
* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

* ''VideoGame/StarControlII'':

* ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' has Raynor's Raiders, formerly known as Raynor's Rangers when they were upholding the law.

* ''Franchise/Kirby'' has the Meta-Knights, named after the titular Meta Knight, who appear as recurring enemies in the series. And this is likely for a good reason; Meta Knight's pause description in ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' reveals that he has a [[{{Narcissist}} vain streak]] which was increased thanks to being corrupted by the Jamba Heart.

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* Subverted in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''. Ruby is the leader of Team RWBY and Sun is the leader of Team SSSN (pronounced "Sun"), but neither was responsible for their team's name.

* Invoked in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'': When Harry's secret group of students was caught and brought before the headmaster, Dumbledore claimed responsibility for the whole thing, noting how their charter specifically read "Dumbledore's Army, not ''Potter's'' Army".

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->'''Sly Cooper''': We're friends! ''Equals''!\\
'''Dr. M''': Then ''why'' is it called "the Cooper Gang", you self-centered ego-maniac?!

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* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': Haruhi's SOS Brigade doesn't look like this... until you expand the acronym and find that the second S stands for Suzumiya.

* ''WesternAnimation/FriskyDingo'' featured Awesome X and the X-ticles, a team of well-funded badass normals. TheyFightCrime.

* Every team in the Tournament of ''Machinima/SmashKing'' is named after whoever put the team together (Team Bowser, Team Sonic, etc.). Daisy's Caravan is another example, the band being named after the eponymous lead singer.

* Maybe Music/MarilynManson. Similar to the Music/AliceCooper example in that the name refers to both the group and the stage name of the lead vocalist. The band was originally called Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids.

* Lukas Graham, named after lead vocalist Lukas Forchhammer (the "Graham" referring to his middle name).

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Note this '''doesn't''' include "X and the Ys" names unless Y is very strongly related to X which would be FaceOfTheBand, or instances like ''Film/TheMightyDucks'' where they named the team after someone else, in that case, to get that someone to sponsor them.

* This trend is the source of humor in ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall'' sketch about the three-man garage band "Rod Torkelson's Armada Featuring Herman Menderchuk".

* ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' states that this is a typical naming theme for Mobile Infantry companies, using the commander's name with some AllierativeName to produce examples such as Rasczak's Roughnecks. Though when Rasczak buys a farm and Sergeant Jelal takes charge he vetoes an attempt to rename the company "Jelal's Jaguars" out of respect for the old man. [[spoiler: It ends up "Rico's Roughnecks" when Rico make lieutenant.]]
* ''Literature/HammersSlammers'' are a mercenary company under the command of Colonel Alois Hammer.

* In ''''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', when the team is deciding on a team name, Lancer (who by then is ''actively opposing'' the group) suggests "Lancer Fan Club".

** Orks are long on imagination and high on boasting about who's the boss, so most just name their particular mob/WAAAGH! after themselves. Some examples include Slasherz Speed Freeks, Warboss Bulzak's Destroyaz and WAAAGH! Ghazghkull

* Very common among mercenary groups in ''TabletopGame/BattleTech''. Famous examples include [=McCarron's=] Armoured Cavalry ([[FamilyBusiness led by seven generations by the McCarron clan]]) The Gray Death Legion (founded and led by Grayson Death Carlyle), the Kell Hounds (led by several generations of the Kell family), Hansen's Roughriders (led by Gerhard Hansen), Avanti's Angels (led by Marcus [=GioAvanti=]), Snord's Irregulars (led by several generations of the Snord family) and Wolf's Dragoons (led by Jaime and Joshua Wolf), etc.

Compare {{Egopolis}}, ConspicuousConsumption and AirstripOne. May overlap with IdenticallyNamedGroup if the group ''is'' named after their shared name.

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[[caption-width-right:350:I mean, unless Mario is also their surname... [[spoiler: Weirdly enough, it is.]] ]]

* This trope makes the titular band from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} And The Holograms'' stands out compared to The Stingers and The Misfits. Jem is the lead singer and undeniable FaceOfTheBand who is a celebrity in her own right. No one thinks it's cocky or awkward in-series, though the [[ComicBook/JemAndTheHolograms IDW comics]] have Rio disapprove of the name (and Jem).

* In a similar fashion to the above, Music/MarinaAndTheDiamonds is often mistaken for this. The "Diamonds" part [[FanCommunityNicknames refers to her fans.]]

* ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' states that this is a typical naming theme for Mobile Infantry companies, using the commander's name with some AddedAlliterativeAppeal to produce examples such as Rasczak's Roughnecks. Though when Rasczak buys a farm and Sergeant Jelal takes charge he vetoes an attempt to rename the company "Jelal's Jaguars" out of respect for the old man. [[spoiler: It ends up "Rico's Roughnecks" when Rico make lieutenant.]]

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', the group of pirates the series follows is called the Straw Hat Pirates, even though Luffy, the captain, is the only one who wears a straw hat. This goes for most other pirates, who are either named after the captain (Whitebeard Pirates, Kidd Pirates, Buggy Pirates) or an attribute of the captain that no other crewmember has (Spade Pirates, Red-Haired Pirates, Firetank Pirates). Less often, a pirate crew has a name that actually covers the whole crew rather than just the captain.