History Main / WeNamedTheMonkeyJack

* In ''Literature/EmpireFromTheAshes'' the Emperor and Empress's second son is named Horus Gaheris [[=MacIntyre=]] with his middle name coming from one of the Imperial families dogs. Although in this case the dogs in question are genetically engineered to have human-level intelligence and Gaheris was severely injured saving the Empress from an assassination attempt shortly before the son was born making this more a case of naming a child after a close friend rather than a pet.

* In ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', Long John Silver has a parrot named Cap'n Flint, after his former captain. This was is of the earliest examples and is almost certainly where ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' got the idea that Barbossa's monkey should be named after the previous captain.
* In Creator/SandyMitchell's ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' novel ''[[Literature/DarkHeresy Scourge the Heretic]]'', an undercover woman has to quickly name an imaginary pony. She calls it "Mordechai" - and then wonders because she [[ObliviousToLove has been told that it's obvious she's in love]] with the real Mordechai and she had even started to wonder if it were true.[[note]]The text is actually somewhat unclear on this: she ''could'' be talking about an imaginary stableboy when she mentions "Mordechai," though the pony is more likely, and would certainly be [[RuleOfFunny funnier.]][[/note]]

* In Volume 9 of ''Literature/TheWanderingInn'', a Sariant lamb (supposedly SweetSheep luxury pets who are [[BitchInSheepsClothing anything but]]) stows away on Erin's carriage ride back to the Inn from Riverfarm. After seeing how well the lamb hides it's successful malicious emotional power-plays under a cutesy face (and having some admirable willpower). Erin names the lamb after a similarly manipulative and determined ghost she met, [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Nerrhavia]]. "Nerry" is shown to [[InsultBackfire love her new name]].

* The ItsAWonderfulPlot episode of ''Series/{{Sorry}}'' has a similar example to "Rise of the Cybermen": In the world where Timothy was never born his BelovedSmother has a yappy dog which she, of course, has named Timothy.

* Exaggerated in an episode of ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', in which town oddball [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Kirk]] adopts a cat, which he ends up naming...[[NamesTheSame Kirk.]]

* In ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', Long John Silver has a parrot named Cap'n Flint, after his former captain.

* Katherine Parr, the last of King Henry VIII’s six wives, had a dog called Gardiner, after the anti-Protestant Bishop of Winchester Stephen Gardiner. It was clearly meant as an insult, and she dressed the dog in ecclesiastical clothing, much to the delight of her household and the displeasure of the human Gardiner.

* According to Creator/JeffFoxworthy: if you've ever named a child after a "good dog", ''[[CatchPhrase you might be a redneck]]''.

* In ''Literature/TheApothecaryDiaries'', the Jade Pavilion adopts a stray cat after the Princess Lingli takes a liking to her. She is named Maomao, which does not please the main character whose name is also Maomao. To note, the characters and tones for their names are different, Maomao the cat is written with 毛毛 and uses the second tone while Maomao the human's is 貓貓 and is said with the first tone, but it's still pretty similar.

* There's an episode of ''Series/FatherTed'' where Dougal gets a rabbit, and initially wants to name it Ted, then suggests "Father Jack Hackett" as an appropriate name. So it is played with, but they end up calling it Sampras, a PetTributeName to Pete Sampras. Dougal gives his logic in this as "[[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} the obvious rabbits-tennis connection]]."

* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'': Doc Brown names his dogs after famous scientists: Copernicus in the fifties, and Einstein in the eighties. In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', Fifties Doc reads a letter to Marty from Eighties Doc, and for a moment thinks his future self picked up the actual Einstein at some point.

* In ''Film/TheHunt2020'', the pig is named [[Creator/GeorgeOrwell Orwell]], because the hunters are drawing symbolism from ''Literature/AnimalFarm''.
* At the end of ''Film/TheInterview'', David Skylark revealed that he named his Cavalier Spaniel puppy [[spoiler:after the late Kim Jong-un]].

* In ''Literature/HeartInHand'', Alex names a stray cat "Gary" after the unpopular NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, because he has "dark hair, a funny face, and a [[CurseCutShort really really tiny...]]"
* In the AlternateHistory novel ''Literature/HowFewRemain'', Samuel Clemens (a Creator/MarkTwain that never adopted the moniker and instead became a journalist in San Francisco) names his dog "Sutro" after the city mayor, Adolph Sutro. When Sutro's inactivity leads to the city being invaded by the British, Clemens comments that the shared name is actually more insulting for the dog.

* At the end of ''Literature/TheMurderOnTheLinks'' Hercule Poirot takes the 500 Francs he won in a bet with the annoying Inspector Giraud and buys a foxhoud statuette, which he names "Giraud".

** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E3ImageOfTheFendahl "Image of the Fendahl"]], archeologist Adam Colby calls his dog Leakey. The intent by writer Creator/ChrisBoucher was that he was named after archeologist Louis Leakey, but he later realised a dog named Leakey suggested [[UrineTrouble something else entirely]]. [[Literature/DoctorWhoNovelisations The novelisation]] by Creator/TerranceDicks claims it's ''both''.
---> His name was partly a tribute to the famous anthropologist, partly a reference to an unfortunate habit of occasionally forgetting his house-training.
* There's an episode of ''Series/FatherTed'' where Dougal gets a rabbit, and initially wants to name it Ted, then suggests "Father Jack Hackett" as an appropriate name. So it is played with, but they end up calling it Sampras, which is a sort-of example, since Pete Sampras is obviously a human, but equally obviously not a character on Father Ted. Dougal gives his logic in this as "[[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} the obvious rabbits-tennis connection]]."

* ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'':
** In "[[Recap/TalesFromTheCryptS1E6CollectionCompleted Collection Completed]]", Jonas is totally nonplussed when he discovers that his wife Anita has named one of her stray dogs 'Jonas'. The canine Jonas becomes the first animal the human Jonas kills and stuffs.
** In "[[Recap/TalesFromTheCryptS2E1DeadRight Dead Right]]", Madame Vorna's dog is named 'Trotsky'.

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* On ''Series/TheMuppets2015'', Miss Piggy brings back a baby penguin from her vacation to Argentina. She names it Music/GloriaEstefan because it was the only Spanish name she could think of at the time.
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** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E3ImageOfTheFendahl "Image of the Fendahl"]], archeologist Adam Colby calls his dog Leakey. The intent by writer Creator/ChrisBoucher was that he was named after archeologist Louis Leakey, but he later realised a dog named Leakey suggested [[UrineTrouble something else entirely]]. [[Literature/DoctorWhoNovelisations The novelisation]] by Terrence Dicks claims it's ''both''.

* In ''Fanfic/ItsAWonderfulChristmasCarole'', Colin is revealed to have named one of his cats after his boss, Gordon Brittas. The Ghost of Chirstmas Present had been hoping to use this in a bid to change Brittas' decision to not close the centre early on Chirstmas Eve, dooming everyone else to depressing Christmases. However, the cat is not in the best state, and Brittas is offended that he named the "mangy thing" after him.

* In ''Litersture/AuntDimity's Good Deed'' Lucy mentions that her uncle has a stuffed giraffe named Geraldine and she used to tease her cousin Gerald by claiming he was named after it.

* In Nancy Atherton's ''Aunt Dimity's Good Deed'' Lucy mentions that her uncle has a stuffed giraffe named Geraldine and she used to tease her cousin Gerald by claiming he was named after it.

** Later on we learn that [=DiNozzo=] owns two fish, which he named Kate and Ziva.

--->'''Sallah:''' Please, what does it mean, this "Junior" business?\\

'''Henry Sr.:''' [[TropeNamers We named the]] ''[[TropeNamers dog]]'' [[TropeNamers Indiana.]]\\
'''Sallah:''' The '''''dog'''''?! Heh heh. You are named after the dog?!? ''[belly laugh]]'' Hahahahahaha!]]\\

* In Literature/ArtemisFowl ''The Time Paradox'', in a combination of WeNamedTheMonkeyJack and DeadGuyJunior, the heroes name a lemur [[spoiler: Julius Junior, or [=JayJay=] for short]].

* During World War Two, UsefulNotes/BernardMontgomery had a pet dog named [[UsefulNotes/ErwinRommel Rommel]].

* During the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant had a horse named "Jeff Davis."

* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' reveals that the title character's legal name is actually Henry Jones Jr., which he considers an EmbarrassingName. He took his nickname, we learn, from the name of the family dog. [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents Henry Sr.]] considers this ridiculous and insists on calling him "Junior" up until [[YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious a climactic moment.]]
** Behind the scenes, Indiana Jones was indeed named after a dog: Creator/GeorgeLucas' dog.

* In ''Literature/TheGreatBalloonRace'', Professor Aristotle Pilaster's CanineCompanion is named Plato.