History Main / WeNamedTheMonkeyJack

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

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

* Catherine Parr, the last of King Henry VIII’s six wives, had a dog called Gardiner, after the anti-Protestant Bishop of Winchester. It was clearly meant as an insult.

* Though not an animal, the man who discovers the killer asteroid in ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' names it after his bickering wife ("She's a vicious life-sucking bitch from which there is no escape").

* Wiki/TheOtherWiki has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animals_named_after_celebrities list of animals named after celebrities]].

* In ''Franchise/{{Batman}},'' one of [[Comicbook/{{Robin}} Damian]]'s pets is a cat named after [[OldRetainer Alfred]], who gave it to him. The fact that he's been shown addressing it as "[[LastNameBasis Pennyworth]]" just adds to the confusion.

* On ''Series/TheMuppets'', 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.

* In VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}, the generically engineered gorilla Winston was named after his creator, Dr. Harold Winston, and after his death the gorilla becomes a scientist like his namesake.

* In the Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}}, Joyce has, unintentionally, named two dogs after boys she had crushes on, both times after being mindwiped of the boys' existence. In ''Webcomic/{{Roomies}}'' Joyce has an [[Main/AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited]] [[Main/{{Yandere}} crush on Danny]]. Still mindwiped and unable to remember her prior life, she and new BF Walky get a dog. Named? [[http://www.itswalky.com/d/20000422.html Daniel]].

* ''WebSite/NotAlwaysRight has one [[https://notalwaysright.com/very-a-mew-sing/101490/ here.]] Good antidote to telemarketers.

* As mentioned in Theatre/{{Hamilton}}, Martha Washington had a feral tomcat she named after UsefulNotes/AlexanderHamilton. The play implies it's because [[ReallyGetsAround he's reliable with the LADIES]] but historians disagree.

* In ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent'', the family tree published at the end of Chapter 12 revealed prologue characters Michael and Signe to have named their son "Magnus", which in the prologue proper is the name of Michael's cat.

'''Sallah:''' The '''''dog'''''?! Heh heh. You are named after the dog?!? [[BellyLaugh Hahahahahaha!]]\\

'''Sallah:''' The ''dog''? You are named after the dog?!? Hahaha!\\
'''Indy:''' (''wearily'') I've got some very fond memories of that dog...

* In ''ComicBook/LoriLovecraft'', Lori's cat is named Keaton in honour of Buster Keaton.

* A possible example in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'': The Jester (Joker's analogue) has a monkey named Harley - and we know his allies were killed off almost to a person. It's unknown if the monkey is named after [[Characters/BatmanHarleyQuinn Harley Quinn]] the person or if she is Harley Quinn's actual alternate-universe counterpart.

* It's commonly believed that [[ComicStrip/Garfield Garfield the cat]] was named after [[UsefulNotes/JamesGarfield President James Garfield.]] This is mistaken; he's actually named after Jim Davis's grandfather... who was named after President Garfield.

* In ''Fanfic/ItsAWonderfulChristmasCarole'', Colin is revealed to have named one of his cats after 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.

-->'''Niles:''' Why, Mr. Sheffield, of course.

* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': In "Pretty, Pretty Dresses", Bill adopts an iguana and calls it Lenore, after his estranged wife, showing that he hasn't gotten over breaking up with her.

* ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'': Makoto buys two {{Right Hand Attack Dog}}s and names them after his friends Eikichi and Ryuji [[spoiler:to fulfill his promise to Samehara to "[[ExactWords introduce him to the Onibaku]]"]]. This backfires when, at the end of the chapter, Eikichi overhears Makoto telling his friend that "Onizuka and Danma are my dogs!" and [[AGlassInTheHand crushes his glass in anger]].

* One of the many alter-egos [[ActionGirl Arya Stark]] comes up with over the course of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' is "Nymeria", the name of the pet direwolf she was once forced to [[ShooTheDog release into the wild]], who herself was named the wolf after a legendary warrior queen.

* Kemal Ataturk had an entire menagerie called Abdul.

* On ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', Buster, in an attempt to grow away from his near-Oedipal relationship with his mother, adopts a turtle, who he named "Mother".

* On ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'', Benny's ex-husband names his dog after her. It's a [[TakeThat female dog]]. This caused some confusion when Benny meets his current wife, who asks her dog if she wants to use the potty.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ElCid'', Rodrigo names his horse after his girlfriend Jimena, which annoys her greatly when she finds out.

No relation to the monkey named Jack in ''Film/WhatDidJackDo''. Compare with ''PetsHomageName'', when the pet is named after someone the owner ''doesn't'' know personally.

* In Creator/DouglasAdams's unfinished Dirk Gently novel ''Literature/TheSalmonOfDoubt'', Dirk is hired to discover the name of a client's late husband's small dog, which turns out to be "Kierkegaard"; the guy was writing a biography, and sometimes just ''really needed'' an excuse to yell "Shut up, Kierkegaard!"

* ''Literature/YoungSherlockHolmes'': Duke Balthasar, the BigBad of ''Red Leech'', is the leader of '[[TheRemnant the Government in Exile of the Confederacy]]'. He has two semi-tamed cougars he calls Grant and Sherman, in what he admits is a kind of sick joke.

No relation to the monkey named Jack in ''Film/WhatDidJackDo''.