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* In'' BigTroubleInLittleChina'', the Three Storms, [[BigBad Lo Pan's]] [[QuirkyMinibossSquad elite servants]], are named Thunder, Rain, and Lightning. These names vaguely conform with their abilities. Well, [[PsychoElectro it's pretty obvious with Lightning]].

* The ''BattleNetwork'' series uses a computer theme for its main characters (Net/Site or Lan/Hub, Mail, and so on), but contains a nod to the musical theme of the earlier games in the third game -- the master of the Ura Internet and penultimate final boss, Serenade. The manga [[LampshadeHanging hung a lampshade]] on this, where in an {{omake}} the author decides to make Blues a girlfriend named Rhythm. Rhythm and Blues!

* All the Phoenix Corporation Agents in [[FanFic/AkatsukiKittenPhoenixCorporationOverhaul]] have a Jewel-based codename, which have been adopted as their actual names in many cases. There are only three that don't: Agent Chimera (Tiger's Eye) and Agent Nightingale (Pearl and Obsidian) consider their jewel-based codenames to be too long and cumbersome for everyday usage. Agent Silk, for reasons unknown, keeps his hidden from everyone. The only person to actually know his is the author, and she's not telling.

** In X8, we have Alia[[note]]Aliasing, jaggies, anti-aliasing[[/note]], Layer[[note]]Background layers, rather important in sprite ripping.[[/note]] and Pallette[[note]]Palettes, duh.[[/note]], all graphics related.[[hottip:*:[[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle And now you know]]]].

* The Card Professors in ''Manga/YuGiOhR'' are named after Intel project codenames (Mendo Cino from Mendocino[[hottip:*:the 300 [=MHz=] P6 Intel Pentium II Centrino chip]] and Kirk Dixon from Dixon[[hottip:*:the 333 [=MHz=] 1.6V Intel Pentium II chip]], for example), which explains why [[AerithAndBob some of them are much more "unique" than others]]. This overlaps somewhat with LocationThemeNaming, as many of those codenames were originally taken from the locations of various Intel plants (Tilla Mook is derived from Tillamook[[hottip:*:the Embedded 266 [=MHz=] Intel Pentium MMX chip]], Oregon, and Willa Mette is named after the Willamette[[hottip:*:Intel's 1.5 [=GHz=] P7 Pentium IV]] River from the same state).

* Who can forget the original ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' towns? ''Pallet'' Town, Pewter City, Viridian City, Cerulean, Vermillion, Celadon, Fuchsia, Saffron, Cinnabar... Running ''Pokémon Yellow'' in a Game Boy Color even tinted the screen the corresponding color!

** Six of the Seven Sages have names based off colors. Zinzolin is French for "Reddish purple." Gorm is Gaelic for blue, Bronius is similar to braun (German for brown), Giallo is Itallian for yellow, Ryoku is short for ryokushoku (Japanese for Green), and Rood is Dutch for Red. Ghetsis [[spoiler:Harmonia]](the Seventh Sage and [[spoiler:true BigBad]]), N Harmonia, Anthea and Concordia have their names based off musical terms: Harmonia, while it means "harmony", is also the name for a musical instrument. Ghetsis sounds like G-Cis, which is a tritone. "N Harmonia" is a play off of 'Enharmonic', which is two differently named notes that play the same tone (such as C sharp and D flat). Anthea means "anthen" and Concordia".
** The Nimbasa Gym in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' does this with the three trainers you face before the leaders; they are named Nikola, Fleming and Ampère.

** ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has students named Ruby Rose (Little Red Riding Hood), Yang Xiaolong ("Yang" in Chinese translates to "light", referring to Goldilocks), Weiss Schnee (her name is German for "White Snow", referring to Snow White), Blake Belladonna (Bellona, Roman goddess of war), and Jaune Arc (Joan of Arc).

** ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has students named Ruby Rose (Little Red Riding Hood), Yang Xiaolong ("Yang" in Chinese translates to "light", referring to Goldilocks), Weiss Schnee (her name is German for "White Snow", referring to Snow White), Blake Belladonna (Bellona, Roman goddess of war), and Jaune Arc (Joan of Arc). Two of the teachers are named Professor Ozpin and Glynda Goodwitch, references to ''TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''. In addition, one species of the Creatures of Grim (The Brothers Grimm) are known as Beowolves (Beowulf).

** ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has students named Ruby Rose (Little Red Riding Hood), Yang Xiaolong ("Yang" in Chinese translates to "light", referring to Goldilocks), Weiss Schnee (her name is German for "White Snow", referring to Snow White), Blake Belladonna (Bellona, Roman goddess of war), and Jaune Arc (Joan of Arc). Two of the teachers are named Professor Ozpin and Glynda Goodwitch, references to ''TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''.

** Practically all of the Pokemon Gijinkas.

* In ''ComicBook/ThePro'', the [[JusticeLeagueOfAmerica League of Honor]] are each named for medieval titles: [[{{Superman}} The Saint]], [[{{Batman}} The Knight]], The Squire, [[WonderWoman The Lady]], [[GreenLantern The Lime]], and [[TheFlash Spe]][[OddNameOut edo]]. Their enemies are named after grammatical terms (The Noun, The Verb, The Adverb, and The Adjective), because all the other names were taken.

* In the playing card-themed ''JAKQDengekitai'', there are Spade Ace, Dia Jack, Heart Queen and Clover King.

* For the magic-themed ''[[SuperSentai Mahou Sentai Magiranger]]'', the core five are members of the "Ozu" (as in ''TheWizardOfOz'') family.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' uses different kinds of this again and again. The Midnight Crew of the Intermission (''Spades'' Slick, ''Hearts'' Boxcars, ''Diamonds'' Droog, and ''Clubs'' Deuce) are named after suits of cards, the Felt are a stunning example of NumericalThemeNaming, and the trolls, aside from having all their handles constrained by the ThemeInitials being from genetics (GCAT, a pattern also seen in the kids [[OddNameOut except for John]]), are named after various zodiac signs. This has actually spawned a WMG that there is a thirteenth troll, based upon the "thirteenth zodiac sign" Ophiuchus, whose handle maintains the genetic pattern by adopting the handle UU (for uracil in RNA).

** MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga names all its places after laughter, such as Hoo Hoo Mountain, Chucklehuck Woods, Woohoo Hooniversity and Teehee Valley. Fittingly, ThatOneLevel, the DiscOneFinalDungeon and place the ThemeNaming comes to a screeching stop is called Jokes End.
** In MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime, all the enemies and things have 'Shroob' added to their name and purple alien redesigns. Tashroomba, Shroobsworth, Yoob...
** In MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory, the places are named after bodily diseases/issues. Cavi Cape (cavity), Plack Beach, Dimble Wood, Bumpsy Plains and a few others are included
* In VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam, every place (and many characters) are named after sleep and things associated with it. Pi'illo Island/Castle and the Pi'illo Kingdom, Dozing Sands, Wakeport, Mount Pajamaja... heck the main professor guy is even called Professor Snoozemore (who keeps falling asleep), the other ExpositionFairy is called Prince Dreambert and the third giant Luigi opponent is called Earthwake.
* ''DawnOfWar II'': Your fellow Blood Raven Space Marine squad leaders mostly seem to have names ending with "-us" (Tarkus, Thaddeus, Cyrus, Avitus, plus the NPC Techmarine Martellus). Your Force Commander is nameless, but you can name him, thus allowing the fulfillment of this trope. This excludes the characters (playable later on in the campaign) Captain Gabriel Angelos, and Captain Davian Thule, [[PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo the commander from the original Dawn of War]]. This also extends to the the sequel (Chaos Rising), as you play with the same squads, with the addition of a new character, the Librarian/sorcerer archetype Jonah Orion.
* Who can forget the original ''{{Pokemon}}'' towns? ''Pallet'' Town, Pewter City, Viridian City, Cerulean, Vermillion, Celadon, Fuchsia, Saffron, Cinnabar... Running Pokemon Yellow in a Game Boy Color even tinted the screen the corresponding color!

* ''BatenKaitos'': Lyude and Savyna's finishing moves are themed with music and weapons respectively. Lyude has Overture, Concherto, Sfrozando, Creshendo, etc, and Savyna has Burning Arrow, Erupting Flail, Splash Spear, Freezing Axe, etc.
* ''EveOnline'' has each Empire's ships follow theme naming for easy distinction. The Ammar use religious terms with an inquisitorial bent (Apocalypse, Omen, Punisher), the Gallente use Latin/Greek names (Hyperion, Incursus, Thorax), Caldari are generally birds, but with some mythological or land-based animals thrown in (Rokh, Merlin, Caracal), and the Minmatar have names based on violence, storms, and animals (Maelstrom, Stabber, Jaguar).

* Every location in Santa Destroy in ''NoMoreHeroes'' is named after a pro wrestling maneuver; Body Slam Beach, Rounding Body Pess Station, Atomic Drop Ward, Suplex Pizza, etc.

* While not universal, many of the elemental witches from the ''LuminousArc'' games have names that reflect their power. In the first game, there's Lucia (based on the Latin word for light), Clair (possibly derived from the French word "éclair," meaning a flash of lightning), and Vivi (maybe from the Spanish word for wind, "viento"). ''LuminousArc2'' has Dia ("día" is Spanish for day, as in daylight), Potpurri (her element is nature, which combines earth and wood), Luna (meaning moon, she is the Tide Witch and the moon affects the tides), and possibly Fatima (sounds like "fatal," referring to her power over darkness).

* In WorldOfWarcraft, there are a few examples of varying types.

** Bosses often drop loot that's related to the boss or setting. The gear might belong to the boss (such as "Finger of Zon'Ozz" from Warlord Zon'Ozz), be named after one of the boss's attacks(Ultraxion's Morningstar of Heroic Will reflects an ability you must use to survive some of his attacks), be a reference to who the boss is (Morchok, a powerful earth elemental, has gear referencing the earth, such as "Rockhide Bracers"), or so forth.
* In ''EarthBound'', the first four main towns that you visit, all part of EagleLand, have numbers in their names. They are '''One'''tt, '''Two'''son, '''Three'''d and '''Four'''side.

* You meet three Prothean [=VIs=] through the three ''MassEffect'' games (well, you meet two and see another one in some flashbacks). Their names are Vigil, Vendetta and Victory.

* In ''HarryPotter'', most (though not all) members of the Black family are named after stars or constellations, with some more distant relatives, like Draco Malfoy and his son Scorpius, also following the tradition.

* The Doozers in ''FraggleRock'' are all named after tools, machine parts or gadgets; Flange Doozer, Cotterpin Doozer, Old Man Pipe Wrench, Modem Doozer, etc.

*** On the original generation, the main character had the optional names [[IAmNotShazam Red/Blue]], [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Ash]] / [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Gary]] and Jack/John, depending on your version. TheRival had the opposite names.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** The gym leaders in the English version are all named as with a name that has something to do with their gym's type, eg. Brock, Roxanne, Roark (rock), Lt Surge, Wattson, Volkner (electric)

* The Nimbasa Gym in Black 2 and White 2 does this with the three trainers you face before the leaders; they are named Nikola, Fleming and Ampère.

* The names of the Boos in LuigisMansionDarkMoon are this, as are the Possessor names (which are both all referneces to college professor descriptions and happen to spell the word 'ghost' if you take the first letter from each).

* Used [[TVTropes on this very wiki]], no less. All of the main four ElementalPowers tropes are [[PunBasedTitle based on popular metaphors]]: PlayingWithFire, MakingASplash, BlowYouAway and DishingOutDirt.

Authors like to use themes to create a sense of unity or cohesiveness within their work. Some extend themes to the names of the characters, often beyond the similarities that would be expected for characters from the same culture or who all speak the same language. When the author does this, you have Theme Naming, for instance, all the female characters will have names of flowers or plants; all the names start with the same letter or syllable, groups of characters are named after groups of gods, demigods, or mythical heroes. As the list of subtropes demonstrates, there are a ''lot'' of possible themes (and that's not all of them, either)

** [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Kaioh]] and Tenoh mean "Sea King" and "Sky King" respectively {{Quirky Miniboss Squad}}s.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', there's a very AerithAndBob style convention: Either you're Jake, Billy, Harold, etc., or you have a noble title (Lumpy Space Princess, Ice King, [[StealthPun Duke of Nuts]], Princess Bubblegum, etc.). This is particularly in view with the princesses, who comprise [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses easily a quarter of the show's cast]].

* Many, many modern names were statements in older languages, often invoking god. Literature/TheBible is the source of many of them in the Judeo-Christian sphere.

* Julius and Augustus Furst, the patriarchs of the First Family in ''AstroCity'', are both named after Roman emperors who had months named after them.

** Mythical/Religious themes ([[{{Satan}} The Devil]] in this case): Mr. Satan, Videl, [[RunningGag Pan]] (A satyr in Greek Mythology). In the ''[[AllThereInTheManual Super Exciting Guide: Character Volume]]'', [[WordOfGod Toriyama]] revealed that Mr. Satan's real name is "Mark", which is based on anagram of the word ''akuma'' (rearranging the syllables leaves you with ''maaku'', the Japanese pronunciation of the name "Mark").

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** Freeza and his family in ''Manga/DragonBall'' are all named after English terms for cold, or cooling kitchen appliances (King Cold, Cooler, etc.).

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