History OneSteveLimit / WesternAnimation

** There's Sunset Shimmer and Starlight Glimmer. They're two villains who ended up undergoing {{Heel Face Turn}}s and becoming Twilight's friend, albeit the former only exists in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls''. Their names are similar because they're both meant to parallel Twilight Sparkle.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' has two characters named André: André Bourgeois, the mayor, and André Glacier, the ice cream man.

** Kyle's cousin Kyle, although it seems that instance only exists for the joke that Sheila considers her own son to be "Kyle 2."

** [[DependingOnTheWriter Depending on the episode]], ''every penguin'' in the Ice Kingdom may all be named Gunther or slight variations therof. And Ice King is not aware of it, but [[spoiler:he actually named all of the penguins after the original Gunther, a dinosaur who served Evergeen, the wizard who ceated Ice King's crown.]]

** There's also Simon the ladybug and Simon Petrikov, [[spoiler:the Ice King]].
** The most obvious case would be the various penguin minions of the Ice King, all named Gunther but with subtle pronunciation differences. And Ice King is not aware of it, but [[spoiler: he actually named all of the penguins after the original Gunther, a dinosaur who served Evergeen, the wizard who ceated Ice King's crown.]]

** Aqualad's friend back home is named Garth, while [[Characters/ComicbookTeenTitansNewTeenTitans Beast Boy's]] real name is Garfield "Gar" Logan. And for a meta coincidence, his voice actor is named Logan Grove.

** Butters' parents are Stephen (originally "Chris") and Linda; Token's parents are Steve and Linda. Jimmy's dad was originally also "Stephen", [[SuddenNameChange but is now]] "Ryan."

** Other aversions exist through extremely minor characters, such as a second Terrance (who only most prominently appeared in the episode right before [[ShowWithinAShow Terrance and Phillip]] were introduced, and was later pushed to the background) and three recurring {{Living Prop}}s named Kevin, and various stock names used for random characters. [[note]][[WordOfGod According to Matt Stone]], "Kevin" is most often used for random male characters as he finds it to be the dumbest, "whitebread" name a man could have.[[/note]]

** After several years, the male {{Goth}} Kids are [[GivenNameReveal finally named]]. The tallest one is named Michael, in an episode that also reprises the Vampire Kids and their leader, Mike. One of the others, Pete, was given the surname "Thelman" in ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth''...despite the fact that [[https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/Pete_Thelman_(3rd_grader) there's a very minor character with the exact same name]], plus [[https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/Pete_Melman another named Pete Melman]].

** Sharon Marsh and Sheila Broflovski were both originally named Carol, as was Linda Stotch. Because of this, it became {{Fanon}} (and eventually AscendedFanon) for Kenny's mom.
** Butters' parents are Stephen and Linda; Token's parents are Steve and Linda. Jimmy's dad was originally also "Stephen", [[SuddenNameChange but is now]] "Ryan."

** There are actually [[RuleOfThree three]] Scotts: [[ArchEnemy Scott Tenorman]], Cartman's enemy and [[spoiler:half-brother]], [[{{Geek}} Scott Malkinson]], an unpopular classmate of the boys, and [[{{Jerkass}} Scott "the Dick"]], seen in various Canada-centric episodes.

** The names of "Rebecca" and "Kelly" have been used as stock names for various female characters, although the original two were one-shot love interests of Kyle and Kenny, respectively.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheOblongs'' has the Debbies.

** There are actually three Scotts: [[ArchEnemy Scott Tenorman]], Cartman's enemy and [[spoiler:half-brother]], [[{{Geek}} Scott Malkinson]], an unpopular classmate of the boys, and [[{{Jerkass}} Scott "the Dick"]], seen in various Canada-centric episodes.

** Harold refers to either a commonly-seen background character (best known for the line “big meaty claws”) or [=SpongeBob=]’s father.

* ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' and its AnimatedAdaptation, ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'':

** You also have Dana, another one of Lori and Leni's friends, and Dana Dufresne, a {{transgender}} pageant host formerly known as Donnie.

* Similarly, ''WesternAnimation/CodeMonkeys'' has Black Steve, who was probably called that to differentiate himself from Gameavision's original owner Steve Wozniak, but he continues to be called that even after Wozniak sells the company to Mr. Larrity in the first episode. In later episodes, it serves to remind people who might otherwise try to [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch co-opt his blackness, bitch.]]

** There are three Toms: [[TallDarkAndSnarky Tom Sloane]], who dated [[CoolLoser Jane]] and later [[TheSnarkKnight Daria]], as well as [[HenpeckedHusband Tom Griffin]] ([[AlphaBitch Sandi's]] father) and [[KarmicDeath Tommy Sherman]] (the dead JerkJock).
** There's also two Brians: [[EnfantTerrible Brian Taylor]], [[DumbBlonde Brittany's]] little brother, and [[OvertOperative Brian Danielson]], the guy who married Daria's cousin [[FairytaleWeddingDress Erin]].

** And this is not getting into the whole "Bort" thing from "Itchy and Scratchy Land".

** There are actually three Scotts: [[CainAndAbel Scott Tenorman]], Cartman's enemy and [[spoiler:half-brother]], [[{{Geek}} Scott Malkinson]], an unpopular classmate of the boys, and [[{{Jerkass}} Scott "the Dick"]], seen in various Canada-centric episodes.

---->'''Principal Sklnner''': Well, this is a lovely gesture, but we all have to face the fact that I'm not really Seymour Skinner.\\

** Perhaps the most obvious example of all, Diesel in ''Duck and the Diesel Engine'' and Diesel in ''Stepney the Bluebell Engine''.

** Bordering on PlanetOfSteves when we learn that any Gems of the same kind have the same name — for example, the story has three Pearls as recurring characters[[note]]The scripts/fans differentiate them by calling the main one "(our) Pearl" and the others "Yellow Pearl" and "Blue Pearl"[[/note]], while the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Ruby Squad]] all introduce themselves as "Ruby" (and "[[ShellShockedVeteran Eyeball]]" at least seems annoyed by Steven trying to give her a nickname).

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' gives us Sari's pet dog Sparkplug and a recurring extra named Sparkplug.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' has both a Jack (Jackson Darby, the [[AudienceSurrogate main human character]]) and a Jackie (Bulkhead's nickname for Wheeljack).

--->"It says "No Homer'''s'''. We're allowed to have ''one''."

--->"It says "No Homer'''s'''. We're allowed to have one."

** ''The Simpsons'' has the Ancient Mystic Society of No-Homers; which means only one Homer can join. Unfortunately for Homer Simpson, it's already admitted a Homer Glumplich.

* The SpinOff, ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'' does this a lot with names from the old series. There's [[SurferDude Brody]] (similar to [[{{Geek}} Beth]]'s boyfriend [[NotSoImaginaryFriend Brady]]), [[ComplexityAddiction Ellody]] (similar to [[PrincessPhase Ella]]), [[BornUnlucky Mickey]] (just a variant of [[HollywoodPersonalityDisorders Mike]]), and [[TheHost Don]] (pronounced the exact same as [[CuteWitch Dawn]]).

* In ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', there are two characters named "Duncan" in the series; Duncan Potter, the little rabbit boy Babs Bunny babysat in "I Was a Teenage Bunnysitter" (part of The "Acme Home Shopping Show"), and Duncan Duff, Elmyra's younger brother who appears in the episodes, "Take Elmyra Please" and "Grandma's Dead."
* Tom's black cat friend (or enemy, depending on the premise of the short) in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' is named "Butch". However, an alternate name used for Spike the Bulldog is also "Butch".

** There are actually three Scotts: [[CainAndAbel Scott Tenorman]], Cartman's enemy and [[spoiler:half-brother]], [[{{Geek}} Scott Malkinson]], an unpopular classmate of the boys, and [[JerkAss Scott "the Dick"]], seen in various Canada-centric episodes.