Line #19 ADogNamedDog/AnimeAndManga


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4	* One strip in ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' reveals that Tomo has a pet hamster named Ham-chan; next to the dog named "Black" (after its fur color) and the girl from Osaka nicknamed "Osaka", it demonstrates how uncreative Tomo is. Some translations though change the pets and their names.
5	* ''Anime/BlackButler2008:'' [[spoiler:Angela is an AngelUnaware.]]
6	* In ''Manga/CMonDigimon'', Makoto Abe and Kentaro Kamon are the only ones who actually give their monsters names. Everyone else merely calls them what they are (Meramon, Deathmon, ect). Downplayed in Manga/DigimonVTamer01, where most plot relevant monsters do have names and out right {{subverted\|trope}} in Arkadimon's case, as that ''is'' it's name. On the other hand, Bun's species name is only implied but never outright confirmed while Arkadimon, Pal and Pul's species names are ''never'' given(well, Pal and Pul were called Petitmamon years after V-tamer was done). The ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' as whole played this totally straight after C-Mon and V-Tamer were done though, despite some monsters being fluent in human language (unless you count Chaos Lord and Neo Crimson from ''Videogame/DigimonWorld2''. Once again, [[InvertedTrope species names never revealed]])
7	* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}''
8	** In the remake of ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheHauntsOfEvil'', there's a minor background dog character named Bernard. Who's a St. Bernard, of course. Said character isn't in the manga or first anime adaptation.
9	** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheBirthOfJapan'' has Nobita creating three mythological animals using Doraemon's Instant Life Kit, being a {{Pegasus}} named Pega, a [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent Gryphon]] named Gri, and a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon]] named Draco. Justified since, well, it's ''Nobita'' who did the naming.
10	** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheAnimalPlanet'' has the animal planet's wise leader, an EruditeOrangutan named Mayor Utan.
11	** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheWingedBraves'' has an andromorphic Barbary Falcon of the ''Falco pelegrinoides '''''babylon'''''''icus genus named '''Babylon'''.
12	** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaInTheWanNyanSpacetimeOdyssey'', set in a world of andromorphic cats and dogs, have some of the new characters being named after their breeds, notably a bulldog named Bulltaro and a dachscund named Duc.
13	** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasNewDinosaur'' has a Sinoceratops named "Top".
14	* ''Manga/DragonBall'' features a turtle named "Turtle".
15	** For Japanese and Slav viewers/readers, Fortuneteller Baba is also this. She's a ''baba'' [[note]] "old woman" or "hag" [[/note]] named "Baba".
16	* A partial example in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. The villains of the series are the Homunculi, and the original one, who eventually becomes the "father" of the others, was called Homunculus. It's a partial example because he was also known as "the Dwarf in the Flask" (and is addressed using both names together, as "Dwarf in the Flask, Homunculus"), and once he's created his offspring, he's referred to as "Father" by most characters. It's worth noting, however, that Hohenheim ''always'' calls him "Homunculus" and/or "Dwarf in the Flask"[[note]]Because Hohenheim is the only character old enough to have known Father before he ''became'' Father.[[/note]], and once his "children" have been defeated/killed, other characters do so as well.
17	* In ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'', Angelica's dog was named Perro, or "dog" in Spanish.
18	* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'':
19	** [[PollyWantsAMicrophone Mr. Puffin]], the strangely [[FormallyNamedPet formally named]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin puffin]] that serves as [[IJustWantToBeNormal Iceland's]] [[NonHumanSidekick constant companion]] and [[VitriolicBestBuds friend]]. He's a strange case in a series where most of the nations' close animals have non-species names.
20	** There's also [[DeadpanSnarker Norway's]] gigantic green [[AllTrollsAreDifferent troll]] [[InterspeciesFriendship companion]], which is just referred to as Troll.
21	* ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'':
22	** One of Rias' [[ChessMotifs Pieces]] is a junior {{Catgirl}} named Koneko, Koneko being Japanese for kitten (or literally, small cat). [[spoiler:Justified, as it's an alias given to her by OccidentalOtaku Rias. Her real name is Shirone.]]
23	** There's also a Welsh dragon named Ddraig. Of course, [[AllMythsAreTrue given the setting]] it's plausible he isn't named after Welsh dragons - Welsh dragons are probably named after him.
24	* This is how the animal characters are named in ''Anime/JackAndTheWitch'', an anime movie released by Toei in the 1960s.[[note]]Only the dub released by American International Pictures gives them actual names (such as the mouse being called "Squeaker".[[/note]]
25	* In ''Anime/JewelpetSunshine'', the Plum class's teacher is an anthropomorphic dolphin named Iruka-sensei. "Iruka" is the Japanese word for "dolphin".
26	* Zigzagged in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable''. One minor character is a stray cat that dies and is reincarnated as a flower (just go with it). Officially, the cat's name is Tama. However, this name is never really used in the series, and so most fans refer to the stray cat by the name of its Stand... Stray Cat.
27	* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'' has Panda. If you couldn't already tell, he's a panda who knows martial arts.
28	* ''Anime/{{K}}'' has [[spoiler: Miyabi Ameno, a traumatized (human) RealityWarper who turned herself into a cat - but thinks she's]] a [[VoluntaryShapeshifter cat that turns human]] who introduces herself saying "Literature/WagahaiWaNekoDeAru" - which can mean "I ''am a'' cat," or "I'm (my name is) Neko (cat)"... so they just call her Neko. Except for [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Kukuri]] who calls her Wagahai-chan (which is the [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns pronoun she uses]]).
29	* [[{{Omniglot}} Fujiwara]] from ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' has a pet dog named Pes, which is Czech for "dog".
30	* ''Anime/KemonoFriends'': The Friends (animals turned into LittleBitBeastly humans) are all named for the species of animal they originally were. Exceptions are the PPP, who are [[LegacyCharacter Legacy Characters]] and [[LineOfSightName Kaban, named for its bag.]]
31	* ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion''[='=]s Japanese name is Leo, the Latin word for "lion".
32	* Hakase in ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' sort of counts, as "hakase" is the Japanese word for "professor", and she was never revealed to have a real name.
33	* ''Manga/NurseHitomisMonsterInfirmary'' has some examples that overlap with ALizardNamedLiz, since they're BeastMen rather than actual animals:
34	** Taiga Toura is a [[PantheraAwesome humanoid tiger]]. His given name is the Japanese transliteration of the English word ''tiger'', and his family name is based on the Japanese word for "tiger", ''tora''.
35	** [[NiceMice Nezu-kun]] is a [[RatMen mouse person]] who's name is based on the Japanese word for "mouse", ''nezumi''.
36	** Okutou the [[UnscaledMerfolk octopus girl]] has a name that's based on the Japanese transliteration of ''octo''.
37	** Kaneko the CatBoy has a name containing the Japanese word for "cat", ''neko''.
38	* One of the characters in ''Anime/OhSuddenlyEgyptianGod'' is Otter, which is a deity in the form of an otter. An OddNameOut as well given that the rest have regular Ancient Egyptian deity names like Anubis and Thoth.
39	* ''Anime/{{Ojarumaru}}'' features a cow named... Cow[[note]]"Ushi" in Japanese.[[/note]]. Considering that all the other animal and insect characters actually have a distinct name, it's quite odd that Cow lacks one.
40	* A partial example of this is found in ''Franchise/OnePiece'', where there are at least two [[FishPeople Fishmen]] that are named after the fish they're based on. Their names are [[LightningBruiser Jinbe]] and [[IrrationalHatred Daruma]]. The former is a whale shark Fishman (In Japan, whale sharks are called "'''jinbe'''e-zame") and the latter is a cookie cutter shark Fishman (cookie cutter sharks are called "'''daruma'''-zame" in Japan).
41	* In ''Manga/PeachBoyRiverside'' Mikoto Kibitsu's dog ([[TalkingAnimal fully sentient, talking]] and being much like a {{Commissar}} to him) is literally named Dog.
42	* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
43	** This is almost omnipresent in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''. While the species names are either PokemonSpeak or VerbalTicName, it seems a little weird that nearly every pet Pokémon is named after its species. This is most likely due to marketing reasons (viewers would get confused and think that the given nickname is what the whole species is called). The number of nicknamed owned by main characters can be counted on one hand: Misty's Luvdisc named Casrein, James's Growlithe named Growlie and Lillie's Vulpix named Shiron/Snowy. Apart from that, nicknamed Pokémon are mostly owned by very minor or one-shot characters.
44	** In ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', trainers who bother nicknaming their Pokémon usually give nicknames that barely deviate from the species' name anyways. In fact, White is the only nicknaming Dex Holder who gives her Pokémon regular names, albeit slightly punny ones. In an interesting variation, X gives his Pokemon nicknames based off of their ''French'' names.
45	* The heroine of ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' is a duck who can turn into a human girl. Her name is Duck. Often she's still referred to by her Japanese name, Ahiru... which is Japanese for "Duck."
46	* In ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'', the TeamPet Jeep (aka Hakuryuu) is a white dragon who [[VoluntaryShapeshifting can turn into]] a [[CoolCar Jeep]]. ''Hakuryuu'' means "white dragon."
47	* In ''Manga/{{SuperLovers}}'', "Tanuki" who's called "Raccoon" in the translations. It's a little complicated, as "Tanuki" is a Japanese word meaning either "badger" or, usually, "raccoon dog", the latter of which looks similar to a raccoon (but is actually a canine), so, this is more of a "close approximation in translation" case (i.e, the tanuki in the Eng. dub of ''Anime/PomPoko'' were called "raccoons").
48	* ''Manga/SlimeLife:'' Slime is a slime who introduces himself to Darul as such. There is no indication given that he has any other name.
49	* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', we have Simon's pet pig-mole, Boota (or Buta). Buta literally means "pig" or "swine" in Japanese[[note]]e.g. [[Anime/PorcoRosso Kurenai No Buta]], which means "Pig of Crimson", or "Red Pig".[[/note]]
50	* In ''Literature/{{Toradora}}'', Ryuuji's parakeet is named "Inko-chan". "Inko" happens to be Japanese for "parakeet".
51	* In ''Manga/WildLife'', Tesshou's dog is named Inu, which is dog in Japanese. [[spoiler:He also befriends a bear, which he calls Kuma, that is bear in Japanese]].
52	* In ''With A Dog AND a Cat, Every Day is Fun'', the dog and cat are just known as "Dog" and "Cat", respectively.
53	* ''Anime/VoltesV'': Hiyoshi is a teen genius and invents a [[CuteMachines CuteMachine]] named "Tako". It is a red octopus, and Tako is Japanese for octopus.
54	* In ''Anime/YokaiWatch'', all yo-kai go by their species names. In the games they can be nicknamed, but the anime opts out of this. We know that Jibanyan's name was "Rudy" in life, but he strictly goes by "Jibanyan" as a yo-kai.
55	* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'': The majority of monsters are just named after what they are, and only less than half of them have proper names, such as Osiris/[[DubNameChange Slifer]], Raviel, Wisel, Kibou'ou Hope/[[DubNameChange Utopia]] or Kali Yuga. For example Black/Dark Magician is always called Black/Dark Magician (even though Mahad might be a valid name for him) and Blue-Eyes White Dragon is always called Blue-Eyes White Dragon (or simply Blue-Eyes for short). This trope is particularly common with Dragon-Type monsters, with only a handful of those having proper names, e.g. Blaster, Ultimaya Tzolkin or Ignister. Most characters in the various anime and manga series shorten the names of the "nameless" dragons by simply leaving out "Dragon" or other words, for example "Blue-Eyes" for Blue-Eyes White Dragon, "Ultimate Dragon" for Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, "Red-Eyes" for Red-Eyes Black Dragon, "Stardust" for Stardust Dragon, "Shooting Star" for Shooting Star Dragon, "Ancient Fairy" for Ancient Fairy Dragon, "Red Daemon's" for Red Daemon's Dragon, "Odd-Eyes" for Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, "Odd-Eyes Rebellion" or "Haohkokuryuu" for [[TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard Haohkokuryuu - Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon]], or "Starve Venom" for Starve Venom Fusion Dragon. Those shortened names are always used as if they are actual names.

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