Line #8 ADogNamedDog/AnimatedFilms


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4	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'': The film's MacGuffin is a magic lamp, in which a genie lives. And his name is Genie.
5	* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail: Fievel Goes West'' has Cat R. Waul and Miss Kitty, whose species should be obvious.
6	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Barnyard}}'' has a pig named Pig, which is what everyone calls him.
7	* The cast of ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'' except for Kirby, the vacuum. It's a subversion, however, as he's named after a real-life brand of vacuum cleaners.
8	* Mack from ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'' is a rare non-animal example, a big rig named after the Mack line of trucks. Same with Doc Hudson, a Hudson Hornet whose real name actually ''is'' Hudson Hornet.
9	* The BigBad in ''Animation/CatCity'' is a cat named Mr. Gatto.
10	* ''Animation/GoatStoryOldPragueLegends'' has a goat named Goat.
11	* ''Animation/MavkaTheForestSong'': "Mavka" is used as the character's name in the film. In Myth/SlavicMythology, the word is used for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavka her species]].
12	* ''Literature/RingingBell'' has a wolf named Wolf.
13	* ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'':
14	** Thomas O'Malley from ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'' is a tomcat named "Thomas". In this case, his full name is actually Abraham De Lacey Giuseppe Casey Thomas O'Malley.
15	** The cat from ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'' is named Cat.
16	** Tod and his girlfriend Vixey from ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound''. Tod actually gets his name from the word used to describe a male fox, while Vixey gets her name from the word vixen, a female fox.
17	** Simba the lion in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King\|1994}}'', getting his name from Swahili.
18	** The main villain of ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', Shan Yu, has a falcon named Hayabusa. Hayabusa is the Japanese word for such a falcon. Well, Shan Yu's own name is [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep the human equivalent]][[note]]"Chanyu" was the title of the leader of the Xiongnu, the real people the movie's "Huns" are based on[[/note]].
19	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' features a pop star gazelle named... Gazelle. According to WordOfGod, the jaguar child in the opening play is named Jaguar, as well.
20	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' has a Main/{{Pegasus}} named... Pegasus. However, in this case, it is justified since this pegasus is supposed to be the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology mythological]] one from which the fictional species as a whole derives its name from.
21	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'': The family's SapientHouse is named "Casita". It also happens that "Casita" is spanish for "Little House".
22	* ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''
23	** Many of the characters in ''Finding Nemo'' are named after something found underwater, but are rarely named after their own species. For example, Marlin is actually a clownfish. The one exception is the minor character Mr. Ray, a stingray.
24	** The trope's also used as a joke:
25	--->'''Marlin''': So, Mr. Turtle--
26	--->'''Crush''': Whoa, dude! Mr. Turtle is my ''father.''
27	* The main villain of ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' is a toad named Toad.
28	* ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings''. Kubo's two companions, a monkey and a beetle-man, are called Monkey and Beetle. This is lampshaded when Beetle asks why Kubo isn't called "Boy". [[spoiler:Their true identities as Kubo's mother and father reveal their names to be Sariatu and Hanzo.]]
29	* ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'':
30	** The Furious Five, Mantis, Tigress, Viper, Monkey and Crane. It's both a reference to their species and to the kung fu style they use.
31	** Several of the other kung-fu masters are also named after their species, sometimes with added adjectives like "Thundering Rhino". Though considering how Po is occasionally referred to as "Panda" it could be they're on a RaceNameBasis.
32	** Master Oogway's name is just [[BilingualBonus the Chinese word for Turtle]].
33	** The main antagonist of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda4'' is a chameleon sorceress named "The Chameleon".
34	* The famous CowardlyLion of ''WesternAnimation/LionOfOz'' is just called "Lion".
35	* Little Blue Dragon from ''[[Animation/MissionIncredibleAdventuresOnTheDragonsTrail Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf - Mission Incredible: Adventures on the Dragon's Trail]]'' is a... dragon.
36	* The ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' franchise:
37	** The main series has Donkey (a talking donkey), Literature/PussInBoots (a pussycat) and Dragon (a dragon).
38	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Puss in Boots\|2011}}'' introduces Puss' female counterpart, a declawed cat named Kitty Softpaws. In the sequel, ''[[WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish The Last Wish]]'', Puss and Kitty are joined by an unnamed dog companion, whom they usually call ''perrito'' (Spanish for "doggy"). [[spoiler:In the ending, the dog decides that he wants to be called "Perrito", as that's how his friends have been referring to him.]] In addition, Puss is hunted by an unnamed wolf, who is only ever called "the Wolf" in-universe (or TheBigBadWolf in promotional materials, though ''Shrek'' already had one). [[spoiler:He eventually reveals himself to be the Shrek universe equivalent of [[TheGrimReaper Death]], however.]]
39	* Cù in ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea''; "Cù" is simply Irish for "dog."
40	* The main character in ''WesternAnimation/SpiritStallionOfTheCimarron'' is usually called "Mustang" until he gets properly named at the end.
41	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'', there's a puffin named Puffin.
42	* ''Franchise/ToyStory'':
43	** An interesting variation: rather than being named for their species or occupation, most of them are named after the brand of toy they are. Thus, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head are a Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head, Barbie and Ken are a Barbie and Ken, etc. Also applies to characters not based on real toys: Woody is a Sheriff Woody doll and Buzz is a Buzz Lightyear action figure (one of hundreds, as we're shown).
44	** The few examples that aren't directly named after their brand are nicknames derived from what kind of toy they are: for instance, Mr. Mike is a microphone toy (specifically a Playskool Rockin' Robot), and RC is a radio-controlled car.
45	** The straightest examples of this trope would be Dolly the doll from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', Angel Kitty (a Christmas tree ornament of a cat dressed as an angel) in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStoryThatTimeForgot'', and Ducky and Bunny (a plushie duck and rabbit respectively) in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4''. (Forky could also count -- given he's a plastic fork -- but he ''was'' given the name by a kindergartener.)
46	* From the same studio as Song of the Sea above, in ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}'' Robin's falcon is named Merlin, the name of a variety of falcon.

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