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* A rhyming nickname in ''Literature/OnlyTheDeadAreColdBlooded'': "Unified Municipal Security Force" is shortened to "Security Force" in dignified contexts. But when the agents are making [[BlackHumor dark jokes]] about it, they call it "Uni Muni."
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* ''Series/{{The Odd Couple|1970}}'' featured Creator/PennyMarshall as Myrna Turner (which rhymes when spoken in Marshall's Bronx accent), and one episode also introduced Marshall's real-life brother (and series producer) Creator/GarryMarshall as her brother Werner Turner and their sister Ronny as Verna Turner.
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* ''WesternAnimation/WelcomeToTonkaTown'': Chuck The Dump Truck
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheToolStreetGang'' has a dog named Cog.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicKey'' has Jake Blake, who also [[RhymesOnADime speaks in rhyme]].
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* Matthew Patrick, better known as Creator/MatPat.
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* Jarvis was named in imitation of many other British comic characters including ''Comicstrip/{{Dennis the Menace|UK}}'' (the [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS other Dennis the Menace]] is also an example), Beryl the Peril, Roger the Dodger, Tricky Dicky, Contrary Mary, etc.
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* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' has I.M.P.'s founder, Blitzo Buckzo.

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* ''Film/{{Austerlitz}}'' has a Grognard (old soldier of UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte's elite [[OldSoldier Imperial Guard]]) named Alboise de Pontoise (played by Michel Simon).
* ''Film/ConAir'''s main antagonist, Cyrus Grissom, is nicknamed the Virus, and often called Cyrus the Virus. None of his criminal activities actually involve viruses or other forms of bioterrorism, but it does rhyme with his given name.



* ''Film/ConAir'''s main antagonist, Cyrus Grissom, is nicknamed the Virus, and often called Cyrus the Virus. None of his criminal activities actually involve viruses or other forms of bioterrorism, but it does rhyme with his given name.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}'': In the episode "[[Recap/CyberchaseS5E6TheFlyingParallinis The Flying Parallinis]]", all of the Parallinis have names that rhyme in some way.
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* ''Series/{{Llanargollen}}'' has Mia Pia.
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->'''Tommy Vercetti:''' Vance? ''[chuckling]'' Your name's Lance Vance?\\
'''Lance Vance:''' Hey! I got enough of that at school!\\
'''Tommy:''' Lance Vance. Poor bastard.
-->-- ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'', "Phnom Penh '86"
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* ''Literature/PhoebeAndTheHotWaterBottles'': The titular character's full name is Phoebe Beeberbee.
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* In one strip of ''ComicBook/DrBlinkSuperheroShrink'', Dr. Blink passes by the offices of Dr. Prentis, Superhero Dentist; Dr. DeSmet, Super Pet Vet; Dr. Sturgeon, Superhero Surgeon; and Dr. Killdare, Superhero General Care. Then he meets the newest building resident, [[DontExplainTheJoke Dr. Guinan Collegist...]]

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* In one strip of ''ComicBook/DrBlinkSuperheroShrink'', Dr. Blink passes by the offices of Dr. Prentis, Superhero Dentist; Dr. DeSmet, [=DeSmet,=] Super Pet Vet; Dr. Sturgeon, Superhero Surgeon; and Dr. Killdare, Superhero General Care. Then he meets the newest building resident, [[DontExplainTheJoke Dr. Guinan Collegist...]]
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* In one strip of ''ComicBook/DrBlinkSuperheroShrink'', Dr. Blink passes by the offices of Dr. Prentis, Superhero Dentist; Dr. DeSmet, Super Pet Vet; Dr. Sturgeon, Superhero Surgeon; and Dr. Killdare, Superhero General Care. Then he meets the newest building resident, [[DontExplainTheJoke Dr. Guinan Collegist...]]
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* One of the recurring villains in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerPuffGirls'' is named Mojo Jojo

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* One of the recurring villains in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerPuffGirls'' is named Mojo JojoJojo. TheMovie has him lead an army of primates that all have the same naming convention.
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* The ''Film/{{Point Break|1991}}'' French {{parody}} film series ''Brice de Nice'' has the eponymous character (Creator/JeanDujardin), real name Brice Agostini, and his friend Marius Lacaille (Creator/ClovisCornillac), aka "Marius de Fréjus".

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* ''WebAnimation/DrCrafty'' has the show's deuteragonist, Nurse Worse.
* ''WebVideo/MotherGooseClub'' modernizes various nursery rhyme characters. The girl based on the nursery rhyme "Mary, mary, quite contrary..." is named "Mary Quite Contrary".
* ''WebAnimation/OverSimplified'': In "The War of the Bucket" video, when the town of Bologna are holding an election for the position of Chief Magistrate, one of the candidates is named Giovanni Kablami.
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* ''WebAnimation/DrCrafty'' has the show's deuteragonist, Nurse Worse.
* ''WebVideo/MotherGooseClub'' modernizes various nursery rhyme characters. The girl based on the nursery rhyme "Mary, mary, quite contrary..." is named "Mary Quite Contrary".
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* Actor and Music/TenaciousD singer Thomas Jacob Black is more commonly known as Creator/JackBlack.

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* Actor and Music/TenaciousD singer Thomas Jacob Black is more commonly widely known as Creator/JackBlack.


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* Brian Johnson recalls being approached to join AC/DC after Bon Scott's death. He was called to audition by a woman with an East German or Russian accent, which he initially rejected because she wouldn't give him any details. Since he doesn't know her name (nor did he ever see her), he'd always refer to her as Olga from the Volga (a Russian river) in interviews.

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