History Main / ThemeInitials

* Several games for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS have "DS" as their initials, such as ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow]]'', ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars: Dual Strike]]'', and ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei: VideoGame/DevilSurvivor''.

** Clark Kent's comics have a bunch of characters with the initials L.L., most of whom are love interests. Lois Lane, Lana Lang, [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Linda Lee]], [[ComicBook/SupermansReturnToKrypton Lyla Lerrol]], [[ComicBook/TheUnknownSupergirl Lesla-Lar]]... A list may be found [[http://superman.wikia.com/wiki/LL here]]. Even his mother is named Lara Lor-Van. This was apparently entirely unintended at first, until someone pointed out the theme in Lois Lane, Lana Lang, and Lex Luthor, and they just ran with it.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': The future children of [[spoiler: Ron and Hermione are named Rose and Hugo]].

* On ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}},'' the Halliwell family tradition is to give every girl a name starting with a P: grandmother Penny, mother Patty, sisters Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige. Even though Paige is a long-lost sister, her mother still asked her foster parents to give her a name beginning with a P. The pattern is eventually broken by [[spoiler:Wyatt and Chris, who are also the only boys born into the family for quite a while]]. Additionally, when the girls [[spoiler: fake their own deaths, they all take names beginning with a J.]]
* After considerable pestering by Hawkeye, B.J. Hunnicutt of ''Series/{{Mash}}'' eventually revealed why his military file lists only his initials, not his first or middle name: [[spoiler: his parents, Bea and Jay, ''literally'' named him "B.J."]].

* Westernanimation/{{The Simpson|s}} family has a thing for middle names starting with J. Originally we just has the letter, but various episodes and supplementary material have established that Bart's middle name is Jojo, Homer's is Jay, Marge's is Jacqueline, and Abe's is Jedediah. Mona's middle name also starts with J, but we don't know what it is. The odd ones out are Lisa, whose middle name is Marie, and Maggie, whose middle name is unknown.

* Kevin Conner, the ComicBook/StarBrand in ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'' and ''Comicbook/StarbrandAndNightmask'' shares his initials with the original Star Brand from ''Comicbook/TheNewUniverse'', Kenneth Connell.

* Kevin Conner, the Starbrand in ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'' and ''Comicbook/StarbrandAndNightmask'' shares his initials with the original Star Brand from ''Comicbook/TheNewUniverse'', Kenneth Connell.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Next, Superman will watch a Creator/LindsayLohan movie, [[FoeYayShipping write a love letter to]] ComicBook/LexLuthor while listening to Music/LLCoolJ, become a limited liability, read ''Literature/LordsAndLadies'', and visit [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara.]][[note]]Because he's Lewis Lovhaug.[[/note]]]]

A subtrope of ThemeNaming and supertrope to AlliterativeFamily. SisterTrope to LetterMotif. See also AlphabeticalThemeNaming and AddedAlliterativeAppeal.

* On the opposite end of DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything from the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' example, ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'''s John Constantine has many relatives and ancestors who share the initials [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} J.C.]]
* ''Comicbook/{{Superman}}'' has a bunch of characters with the initials L.L., most of whom are love interests. A list may be found [[http://superman.wikia.com/wiki/LL here]]. Even his mother is named Lara Lor-Van. This was apparently entirely unintended at first, until someone pointed out the theme in Lois Lane, Lana Lang, and Lex Luthor, and they just ran with it.

** Back when he was Superboy, the big guy once met Mighty Boy, who had multiple friends and enemies with the initials C.K.; obviously, these are Superboy's own initials. It doesn't go both ways, however, as Mighty Boy's real name is Thomas Keith.

* Kevin Conner, the Starbrand in ''Comicbook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'' and ''Comicbook/StarbrandAndNightmask'' shares his initials with the original Star Brand from ''Comicbook/TheNewUniverse'', Kenneth Connell.

[[caption-width-right:350:Next, Superman will watch a Creator/LindsayLohan movie, [[FoeYay write a love letter to]] ComicBook/LexLuthor while listening to Music/LLCoolJ, become a limited liability, read ''Literature/LordsAndLadies'', and visit [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara.]][[note]]Because he's Lewis Lovhaug.[[/note]]]]

** Another ersatz Superman, ComicBook/TheSentry, knew a lot of people with the initials E.E. in his fake Silver Age backstory

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' names all begin with B, even those of one shot "guest" powerpuffs (Bullet, Bunny).
** {{Lampshaded}} in TheMovie: [[TrulySingleParent Professor Utonium]] names them Blossom because she opened right up to him, Bubbles because of her bubbly personality, and Buttercup because it also starts with a B.

* In ''VideoGame/BoxBoy'', all three of the main characters have a name that starts with Q: Qbby, Qucy, and Qudy.

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* Ariel's sisters in ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' are Alana, Adella, Aquata, Attina, Arista, and Andrina.

[[caption-width-right:350:Next, Superman will watch a Creator/LindsayLohan movie, [[FoeYay write a love letter to]] ComicBook/LexLuthor while listening to Music/LLCoolJ, become a limited liability, read ''Discworld/LordsAndLadies'', and visit [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara.]][[note]]Because he's Lewis Lovhaug.[[/note]]]]

* The male corners of the LoveTriangle in ''Film/TheFly1986'' are named '''S'''eth '''B'''rundle and '''S'''tathis '''B'''orans. On top of that, and absolutely coincidentally, their respective actors -- [[Creator/JeffGoldblum '''J'''eff '''G'''oldblum]] and '''J'''ohn '''G'''etz -- also have the same initials!

* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': When the mercenaries name their [[TheBattlestar superfortress]] ''Post-Dated Check Loan'', the onboard AI starts going by "Petey" for short. After he becomes [[TheUnfettered an unfettered intelligence]] and starts building a [[HiveMind fleetmind]] to act as a police force for the entire galaxy, he insists on giving every ship the initials "P.D.," such as the ''Predictably Damaged'' ([[{{Irony}} mark I-V]]) and ''Priority Delivery''. When he creates a sovereign nation, he names it the Plenipotent Dominion, which translates roughly to "overpowered empire."

* NATO designation of Soviet materiel. Fighter plane codenames all start with an F (Flanker, Foxbat, Fulcrum, Fishbed...), helicopters with an H (Hind, Hip, Havoc, Halo...) while strategic bombers all start with a B (Blinder, Bear, Backfire...). Air-to-air missiles all start with an A (Archer, Apex, Acrid...), air-to-ground all start with a K (Kingfish, Kelt, Kickback...), and SAMs all start with a G (Gainful, Gecko, Gaskin). Oddly enough, submarine codenames break the theme - most are called after letters in the radio alphabet (Tango, Charlie, Foxtrot etc...).

[[caption-width-right:350:Next, Superman will watch a Creator/LindsayLohan movie, [[FoeYay write a love letter to]] ComicBook/LexLuthor while listening to Music/LLCoolJ, become a limited liability, read ''Discworld/LordsAndLadies'', and visit [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara.]][[note]]Because he's Lewis Lovhaug! ... OK, I'm done.[[/note]]]]

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* In ''Fanfic/PanopticonQuest'', the New World Order Convention of the Technocratic Union likes to gift its agents with names that initialize to [[ShoutOut J.B.]] once they've proven themselves and reuse certain last names as status indicators within the NWO. Needless to say, people within the Union quickly learn not to assume that NWO agents are related when they have the same last name.

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* ''VideoGame/MetalGearGhostBabel'': "Ghost Babel" shares the same initials as the GameBoy.

* On ''Series/{{Charmed}},'' the Halliwell family tradition is to give every girl a name starting with a P: grandmother Penny, mother Patty, sisters Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige. Even though Paige is a long-lost sister, her mother still asked her foster parents to give her a name beginning with a P. The pattern is eventually broken by [[spoiler:Wyatt and Chris, who are also the only boys born into the family for quite a while]]. Additionally, when the girls [[spoiler: fake their own deaths, they all take names beginning with a J.]]

* Several games for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS have "DS" as their initials, such as ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow]]'', ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars: Dual Strike]]'', and ''[[ShinMegamiTensei Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor]]''.