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18->'''Judge:''' State your first name, your last name, and your occupation.\
19'''Lizardman:''' Lizardman, Lizardman, and... Lizardman.
20-->-- ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw''
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22Sometimes, a character either a) is so very funny, badass, awesome, or all three, they don't deserve OnlyOneName, or b) has a MeaningfulName to the Nth degree that no other name works. What do you do?
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24Make their last name, and first name, the same name.
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26There are four common variations on this:
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28* Classic Classic: Their first, last, optional middle, and in [[Literature/CatchTwentyTwo some cases]], [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep job title]] are all the exact same word. Never is there a literal OddNameOut, or even an [[MyNaymeIs intentional misspelling]], unless it spans all the names. This would make it both an AlliterativeName and RhymingNames.
29* Classic Classical: The name consists of a short first name and a last name that is like the first but longer (like "John Johnson"). This would also be an AlliterativeName.
30* Classic Original: The names aren't quite the exact same thing, but they are extremely close synonyms. Usually, this only works for people named after something, or products and inanimate objects. Often TruthInTelevision, due to {{UsefulNotes/Patronymic}} surnames (e.g. "John Jackson" or "Fernando Fernández").
31* Classic ''Kurashikku'': Also often used for characters named after something, it's when the two names mean the same thing, in different languages. ("Giovanni Johansen", "Sylvester Woods"). AlternateCharacterReading can allow a similar effect with a single language, turning the pair of names into heteronyms or [[FunWithHomophones homophones]].
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33Compare MeaningfulName and ThemeNaming. Can be confused with TheNameIsBondJamesBond. Imagine any one of these characters doing TheNameIsBondJamesBond. (It hurts, doesn't it?)
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35When not applied to names, this is covered by ShapedLikeItself. Not to be confused with the DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment, which concerns repetitive dialogue. Compare DoubleDoubleTitle.
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37See also [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_reduplicated_names this list]] on [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]].
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39!!Example subpages:
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41[[index]]
42* RepetitiveName/RealLife
43[[/index]]
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45!!Other examples:
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49[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
50* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': Momiji Momi and Yaku Yakusen.
51* The BigBad of ''Manga/AnimalLand'' is actually named Giller Giller Giller.
52* Lampshaded in ''{{Literature/Another}}'' by Mei Misaki when [[spoiler:she explains that she was adopted by her aunt instead of her twin sister Misaki Fujioka to avoid having the name "Misaki Misaki"]].
53* In ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'', Moritaka Mashiro's father, Masahiro Mashiro, is a Classic Classical example in which the given name is longer than the surname.
54* Miyako Miyazaki in ''Manga/BambooBlade'', who is affectionately nicknamed "Miya-Miya" by her boyfriend.
55* ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'' has Quincy twin brothers named Loyd Lloyd and Royd Lloyd (pronounced as ''Eru no Roido Roido'' and ''Aru no Roido Roido'' in Japanese, respectively[[note]]which would roughly mean "Loyd Lloyd with an L" and "Royd Lloyd with an R"[[/note]]) and another Quincy called Mask de Masculine.
56* Mikoto "Mikorin" Mikoshiba from ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun''.
57* Ming-Ming, Chiru-Chiru, Tam-Tam, and undoubtedly the fourth member of the Ming-Ming Band from the final season of ''Anime/BakutenShootBeyblade''.
58* ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo''. Worst, he did TheNameIsBondJamesBond schtick.
59* Khamen Khamen from ''Anime/{{Braiger}}''.
60* Sakura Sakurakōji, heroine and FauxActionGirl of ''Manga/CodeBreaker''. Also her real mother, Sakurako Sakurakōji.
61* Carson D. Carson from ''Literature/DirtyPair''.
62* Tsukutsun Tsun in ''Manga/DoctorSlump''. The rest of his family also have at least two 'tsu' syllables each.
63* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'': Aside from [[OddNameOut Sewashi]], the male Nobi family members have "Nobi" in their given names. There is Nobita, his father Nobisuke, his uncle Nobirou, and his grandfather Nobiru. In the future, Nobita also has a son named after his father.
64* The ''Manga/DragonBall'' USA dub changed Muten Roshi's title (meaning "invincible old master"; real name unknown) to Master Roshi, which would mean... "master old master."
65* Shayla Shayla from ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld''.
66* Excel in ''Manga/ExcelSaga'' claims her full name in the anime is Excel Excel; it's hard to tell if she is being serious or engaging in hyperbole. The manga clearly defines this and those of other ACROSS members as codenames, and her real name is never revealed.
67* 90% of the cast in ''Manga/EternalAlice'' have this going on, such as Arisu Arisugawa.
68* Haruha "Haruhara Haruko" Raharu of ''Anime/{{FLCL}}''.
69* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
70** The second anime series for ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' is entitled "''Hagane no Renkinjutsushi, [[GratuitousEnglish Fullmetal Alchemist]]''". Translate the Japanese half into English, and you get "''Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist''". The English version [[{{Woolseyism}} changed the name]] to "''Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood''" Granted, a more literal translation of ''Hagane no Renkinjutsushi'' is "Alchemist of Steel" and "Fullmetal Alchemist" is a sort of GratuitousEnglish subtitle in the Japanese version.
71** ''Brotherhood'' give titles to the homonculi that are just adjective synonyms for the SevenDeadlySins they're named for: "Lust the Lascivious", "Gluttony the Voracious", "Envy the Jealous", "Greed the Avaricious", "Wrath the Furious", "Sloth the Indolent" and "Pride the Arrogant".
72** Führer President King Bradley must be mentioned. ([[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep King is his first name.]])
73* Saki Saki from ''Manga/GirlfriendGirlfriend'', though her given name and her family name are written with different kanji. This was invoked by her parents, since they thought it would be cute.
74* Haruka Haruno from ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure''. Kirara [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this by nicknaming her "Haruharu".
75* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
76** This is where the main Joestars' collective nickname "[=JoJo=]" comes from. In the cases of Johnathan, Joseph, and Johnny, both names start with the syllable "Jo". Giorno has a variant where the repeating sound is "Gio" ('''Gio'''rno '''Gio'''vanna).
77** The Kujo branch of the Joestars have names that become repetitive when read in Japanese order (Ku'''jo''' '''Jo'''taro, Cu'''joh''' '''Jo'''lyne).
78** Lisa Lisa and Magenta Magenta are more traditional variants.
79* Referenced in ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'' when a sobbing Ayu accidentally says that her last name is Ayu. Yuuichi then starts calling her Ayu Ayu. Including ''right after'' she later says her full name is Ayu Tsukimiya.
80* Naru Narusegawa of ''Manga/LoveHina''. When calling her "Naru", it isn't clear if it's actually her first name or her last name shortened.
81* Miho Miho in ''Anime/Macross7''.
82* Kuran Kuran from ''Anime/MacrossFrontier''.
83* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', the some of the Innovators names, like Regene Regetta and Revive Revival.
84* Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu from ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', whose given and family names are made up of different kanji that all have the same pronunciation and that all refer to hardening and metal due to his quirk.
85* A whole lot of this is found in ''Literature/MyYouthRomanticComedyIsWrongAsIExpected'':
86** Yukino Yukinoshita
87** Yui Yuigahama
88** Hayato Hayama
89** Saki Kawasaki (Better when said in Japanese order: Kawasaki Saki)
90** Tsurumi Rumi
91* ''Manga/MonsterMusume'': Rachnera Arachnera.
92* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
93** Hinata Hyuga has a given name (spelled in katakana) that's an AlternateCharacterReading of her surname (spelled in kanji), both meaning "place in the sun".
94** Kotetsu Hagane has a similar example to Hinata's, except his names are written in katakana (given name) and hiragana (surname). Both ''kotetsu'' and ''hagane'' mean "steel" in Japanese.
95* Konoka Konoe of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' (and her grandfather, Konoemon Konoe). Also the old teacher, Takamichi Takahata. At first, it can seem like Negi had mispronounced his last name.
96* The main character of ''Manga/NonoNono'' is named Nonomiya Nono.
97* ''Manga/OsomatsuKun'': The Matsuno brothers have names that begin and end with "Matsu" (ex. Osomatsu Matsuno). Their parents, Matsuzou and Matsuyo, have both their given names and surnames begin with "Matsu" instead.
98* Otome Saotome in ''P2! -- Let's Play Ping Pong!''.
99* Yomiko means "Reading Child" in Japanese, and "Readman" speaks for itself. Thus is named the heroine of ''Anime/ReadOrDie''.
100* The sequel series of ''Read or Die'', ''Anime/RODTheTV'', has a character named Alice Alice Arquet.
101* The heroine of ''Manga/RecoveryOfAnMMOJunkie'' is named Moriko Morioka. Koiwai nicknames her Morimori because of this, which she finds somewhat {{embarrassing| Nickname}}.
102* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' has a set of villains named the Amazoness Quartet. Their names are [=VesVes=], [=CereCere=], [=JunJun=], and [=PallaPalla=].
103* Otome Saotome appears in ''Literature/{{Shimoneta}}''.
104* Apricot Anzu in ''Manga/SorcererHunters''.
105* Collin Collins from ''Anime/SpaceCarrierBlueNoah/Thundersub''.
106* Crossing over with NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast (or at least it ''would'' [[MinionWithAnFInEvil if she had a negative bone in her body]]), Torture Tortura from ''Manga/TisTimeForTorturePrincess''.
107* Kazuma Azuma from ''Manga/YakitateJapan''.
108* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' lampshades this by forcing Judai to say three card names. They are: Gagagigo, Giga Gagagigo, and Gogiga Gagagigo. Even Judai can't say it due to the repetitive-ness. The real card game also has a fourth and fifth member of this family, but they aren't named anything nearly as clever. They're just called Gigobyte and Gagagigo the Risen.
109* ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'' has monsters with these names as Yuma's deck theme, such as Gagaga Magician and Gogogo Golem. Lampshaded with some of the key cards being named variations on "Onomatopeia".
110* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' has Ayu Ayukawa.
111* Victor Nikiforov from ''Anime/YuriOnIce''. 'Nikiforov' can be loosely translated from Russian to "victorious", making his name translate to Victor Victorious.
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113
114[[folder:Asian Animation]]
115* ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'': Yaya's full name (Yaya Yah) is the inversion of the "Classic Classical" variation (let's call it "Classic Class").
116* The Lookus English dub of ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' does this with a ''location'', weirdly enough. The dub calls Planet Xing by the name of Planet Xing Xing, most likely due to the way that its name is written in Chinese (星星球, or "xing xingqiu"; "xing" means "star" while "xingqiu" means "planet").
117[[/folder]]
118
119[[folder:Comedy]]
120* Comedian Ahmed Ahmed has a bit where he lampshades his repetitive Arabic name, saying that he has to get to the airport early "because it's not a good time to be named Ahmed, and my name's Ahmed Ahmed."
121* Stand-up comedian Bruce Bruce.
122* One of comedian Joel Hodgson's stand-up skits involved a two-headed ventriloquist dummy he named Danny O'Danny.
123[[/folder]]
124
125[[folder:Comic Books]]
126* The synonym version applies to the title character of ''ComicBook/{{Arrowsmith}}'', Fletcher Arrowsmith.
127* ''Auntie Agatha's Home for Wayward Rabbits'', is threatened by (unseen) real estate tycoon J. Jackson Jackson. The J stands for Jackson! Julie finds him obnoxious enough as it is, but that ''name''...
128* In ''ComicBook/BlackHammer'', the Martians follow a naming scheme wherein the last name is the same as the first name, but with a z tacked on at the end. This results in characters with names like Mark Markz, Lok Lokz, Kev Kevz, and so on.
129* Franchise/TheDCU:
130** Brian Bryan from ''ComicBook/{{Azrael}}''.
131** Brian O'Brien, Quality Comics' ''The Clock''.
132** In the ComicBook/DoomPatrol ''Doom Force'' special that parodied ''ComicBook/XForce'', Scratch, the WolverineWannabe, has the full name "Morgan Morgan". This is probably meant as a joke on how at the time Wolverine's real name was thought to be "Logan" but it was never established whether that would be his first name or last.
133** Gregor Gregorovich of the Blue Trinity in ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' comics.
134** General Glory's sidekick Ernie, a parody of Bucky and other Golden Age sidekicks who use their RealNameAsAnAlias, has the full name Ernest E. Ernest. We're not told what the E stands for...
135** [[ComicBook/{{Tomahawk}} Hawk, son of Tomahawk]]. This doesn't actually get addressed in-story, but since Tomahawk's real name is Tom Hawk, logically Hawk would be...
136** The ComicBook/MartianManhunter's name (written J'onn J'onzz) looks like it should be one. It's pronounced "John (or ‘Jean’, like the French name) Jones" though.
137** Tommy Tompkins of the Newsboy Legion
138** Tad Ryerstad, alias Nite-Wing in ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}''.
139** ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' gives us "Uncle Marvel," real name Dudley H. Dudley.
140** Thomas N. Thomas, the secret identity of the imaginatively named superhero TNT.
141** ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} Zatara.
142* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': [[DubNameChange In Brazil and Portugal,]] [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Scrooge McDuck]] is known as "Patinhas [=McPatinhas=]".
143* The title character of the Disney Adventures comic ''ComicBook/GorillaGorilla'' and his roommate/nemesis Lizard Lizard. Also, five alien-made clones of Lizard who call themselves Lizard Lizard Lizard Lizard Lizard; Gorilla, understandably, prefers to call them L-5.
144* MadScientist Simon von Simon (and his rival in mad science, Sigmund von Sigmund), from ''ComicBook/LittleGloomy''.
145* The main character of German {{Animesque}} comic ''ComicBook/LosingNeverland'' is called Lawrence V Lawrence (Laurie [[InSeriesNickname for short]]).
146* Franchise/MarvelUniverse:
147** Mobius M. Mobius, a member of the [[TimePolice Time Variance Authority]] in ''ComicBook/FantasticFour''.
148** The La Brea tar pits example is lampshaded by a couple of guards in ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}''.
149** ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
150*** J. Jonah Jameson. One ''ComicStrip/TwistedToyfareTheatre'' comic joked that the "J" ''also'' stands for "Jonah". In actual Marvel continuity, the "J" actually stands for "John".
151*** J. Jonah Jameson's employee's nickname is Robbie Robertson, though to be clear, "Robbie" is a nickname. He's actually named Joseph.
152** Comic relief character Harold H. Harold from ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula''.
153** [[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix6/meme-mainimage.jpg Me-Me]], a member of the Morlocks from ''ComicBook/XMen''.
154* ''Equator Cold'', the third album of Creator/EnkiBilal's ''ComicBook/NikopolTrilogy'', features a [[GeniusBruiser chess boxing champion]] named John Elvis Johnelvisson.
155* ''ComicBook/LesNombrils'' has John John, a SatelliteLoveInterest to Jenny and Vicky. He's a cool biker who never takes off his helmet. The truth about his name is revealed at the end of book three: [[spoiler: they're actually conjoined twins, with one body but two faces, both named John.]]
156* ''ComicBook/RichieRich''. As RealLife wants to have it, there is a comic artist named Richard "Richie" Rich too. (Not to be confused with the Earl of Warwick.)
157* Odious Kamodious the demon lord, from Creator/JackKirby's ''ComicBook/SatansSix''.
158* Kate from ''ComicBook/{{Shutter}}'s'' father and brother are both named Chris Kristopher.
159* ''ComicBook/SoulsearchersAndCompany'' has Peter P. Peterson, the team's accountant and wielder of a magic carpetbag.
160* ''ComicBook/TakaTakata'' is a comic from Joel Azara, telling the daily life of a low-rank Japanese military (the titular character) and caricaturing Japanese society.
161* In the first ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}} Heroes'' graphic novel, Korvus Korbiau. ''Corvus'' is the genus to which ravens belong, and Korbiau is one vowel away from ''corbeau'', which is the French word for raven.
162* The second ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks'' miniseries by Creator/GarthEnnis features a Russian tank commander named Piotr Piotrwicz. His girlfriend/driver Ginger seems to [[FullNameBasis only call him by the full name]], and in turn he playfully expands her nickname to "Ginger Gingerova."
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165[[folder:Comic Strips]]
166* The Dutch comic strip series ''ComicStrip/{{Eric de Noorman}}'' had a character named Pum-Pum, which later inspired a comic book magazine named ''Pum-Pum''.
167* ''ComicStrip/TerryAndThePirates'' has Charles C. Charles, a.k.a. "Hotshot Charlie". Also a ThirdPersonPerson.
168* Jamaal J. Jamaal in the daily newspaper strip ''ComicStrip/HerbAndJamaal''.
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171
172[[folder:Fan Works]]
173* In ''[[http://jeconais.fanficauthors.net/Blue_Steel/Chapter_9/ Blue Steel]]'' one of the reporters at a press conference is named Simon Simonson.
174* In the ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'' {{romhack}} ''VideoGame/EquestriaBound'', one of the default names for the third character in your party is Apple. Since that character is Apple Bloom, and the second part of her name is the part that is customized by the player, this causes a repetitive name.
175* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9227250/8/Finally-Living Finally Living]]'' a Slytherin first year who's being abused by his family is named Robert Jackson Robertson the Fifth.
176* ''Fanfic/HumanAfterAll'' contains a character named "Bjorn Bjornson".
177* ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' has taken this approach for Sasaki; the author had a moment of confusion as to whether "Sasaki" was meant to be the character's given name or surname, [[TakeAThirdOption so it ended up as both.]][[note]]It's almost certainly meant to be a surname in the source material, as the kanji used to write it spell an extremely common surname.[[/note]]
178* ''Fanfic/{{Quizzical}}'': Grand Chef Blitzen "Lightning" Éclair, as explained in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/72475/14/thweet-geniuth/thow-time Chapter 14 of Thweet Geniuth]]:
179-->"Perhaps it would help if you thought of how ridiculous it really is," said Quiz. "Consider – 'Blitzen' is Paarderdamen for 'lightning.' 'Éclair' is Fancy for 'lightning.'"\
180"And his nickname's 'Lightning'?" exclaimed Scootaloo. "So the Grand Chef wants to be called 'Lightning, air-quotes Lightning, Lightning'? What a doofus!"
181* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10813020/4/Some-Kind-of-Wonderful Some Kind of Wonderful]]'' the last student to be sorted during Harry's final year at Hogwarts is named Zach Zachariah Zachmann.
182* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' fanfic ''[[Fanfic/TheNowakverse Under the Bridge]]'' introduces us to Captain Jürgen Jürgen Jürgen of the ''Albacore''. You see, his father stuttered, and didn't want to correct his mistake. He's just called "Jürgen" throughout, so we don't find out until near the end that it's repetitive.
183* After the episode "Saloonatics" introduced his [[AmbiguouslyRelated ambiguous ancestor]] Sherriff Thompson, some ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}'' fans have headcanoned that Tom's full name is "Tom Thompson".
184[[/folder]]
185
186[[folder:Films — Animation]]
187* ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' has Francis Francis and Lamb-Lamb. (Some in-universe justification - reduplication is common in baby talk.)
188* ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' has an anchorman named Patrick Patrickson, presumably PlayedForLaughs.
189* Germain St. Germain, the effective male lead of ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal2000''.
190* ''Franchise/TheIncredibles'' has the youngest child, John Jackson Parr, who goes by the nickname "Jack-Jack".
191* ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'':
192** Master Shifu. Shifu is Mandarin Chinese for "Master".[[note]]To be exact, ''shifu'' refers to a master in a specific skill or skillset, including martial arts.[[/note]]
193** In the [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1 first movie]], there is Chorh Gom Prison.[[note]]'Chorh Gom' is somewhat-mispronounced Cantonese for 'in jail'.[[/note]]
194** Tai Lung's name means Ultimate Dragon, and wanted to become the Dragon Warrior.
195* ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa'' had Moto Moto -- in his own words, "So nice, you say it twice."
196* Auguste Gusteau from ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'', his first and last name are anagrams of each other.
197* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'' has [[CreepyDoll Gabby Gabby]].
198* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei is called "Mei-Mei" by her mother and female relatives.
199[[/folder]]
200
201[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
202* Officer Dick Dicks in ''[[Film/TwoThousandAndOneASpaceTravesty 2001: A Space Travesty]]''.
203* Durand Durand in ''Film/{{Barbarella}}''. (Note the - albeit voiceless - d which makes it easy to distinguish him from the pop band named after him.)
204* One of the wishes in ''Film/{{Bedazzled 2000}}'' features the reporter Bob Bob.
205* Bart Bartholomew in ''Film/BeyondSherwoodForest''.
206* Chazz Michael Michaels in ''Film/BladesOfGlory''.
207* The Tim Robbins film ''Film/BobRoberts'', when you remember that Bob is short for Robert.
208* From ''Film/CannonballRunII'':
209-->'''Cannelloni:''' When I passed the powers of the Don...to my son Don...making him...Don Don...
210* Yet another Jackie Chan example, ''Film/CityHunter'' has the main villain Donald "Don Mac" [=MacDonald=].
211* Mary Merriman from ''Film/DeadlyLittleChristmas''.
212* Rockwell "Rocky" Rockman in ''Film/TheDevilsBrigade''.
213* "Bake" Baker of ''Film/FollowTheFleet''--probably a nickname, but the character is never called anything else.
214* Larry L. Lawrence, the hero of ''Film/TheGhostBreakers''.
215* The anaesthetist, Dr. Barney Barnes in ''Film/GreenForDanger''.
216* In ''Film/GunsGirlsAndGambling'', the ElvisImpersonator who wins the contest (and steals the mask) is only ever referred to [[OnlyKnownByTheirnickname Elvis Elvis]].
217* Wayne Wayne Wayne, Jr., one of the two protagonists of ''Film/HappyTexas''.
218* The not so obvious Stanley Yelnats in ''Literature/{{Holes}}''. And not just him but his whole paternal line too.
219* Aaron A. Aaronson in ''Film/HotFuzz'', whose name mysteriously refers to a joke one of the Andys made earlier in the movie.
220* Kuman-Kuman from ''Film/TheInterpreter.''
221* Ruben Rubenbauer, the muscle in ''Film/JudasKiss''.
222* Lipo-Lipo from ''Film/Jungle2Jungle''. The river guide even lampshades it with "So nice, they named it twice", a reference to Michael's home city of New York.
223-->'''Mimi-Siku''': In Lipo-Lipo, we eat with hands.\
224'''Michael''': In New York, New York, we eat with forks.
225* Ascoyne D'Ascoyne in ''Film/KindHeartsAndCoronets''. (In the novel it's based on, ''Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal'', the corresponding character is the even more repetitive Gascoyne Gascoyne.)
226* ''Franchise/KingKong'', from the movie of the same name, when you consider that "kong" is the Danish word for king.
227* Solomon Solomon from ''Film/{{Magnolia}}''.
228* [[MessianicArchetype Freder Fredersen]], the protagonist in ''Film/{{Metropolis}}''.
229* [[TheSheriff Sheriff]] Ole Olsen in ''Film/OneFootInHell''.
230* EgomaniacHunter Brian O'Brien in ''Film/SandsOfTheKalahari''.
231* Peter P. Peters ({{stage name|s}} Petrov) of ''Film/ShallWeDance'' (1937).
232* Grant Grant in ''Film/{{Slither}}''.
233* ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' interpreted "Mario Brothers" literally and made their last name Mario. There's even a scene where Mario has to explain to somebody that Mario is both of his names. Many years later, this would officially become canon.
234* The kooky 1970 Music/OliviaNewtonJohn vehicle ''Film/{{Toomorrow}}'' (featuring the prefab band she was in at the time, also called Toomorrow) has as part of the secondary cast a student leader who's called "Matt" and "Matthew" by the other students and "Mr. Matthew" by the college administrators. As Website/TheAgonyBooth [[https://www.agonybooth.com/toomorrow-1970-part-8-9898 pointed out]], a background radio report mentioning him late in the film seems to confirm the inescapable conclusion that the character's name is indeed Matthew Matthew.
235* Owen Owens from ''Film/{{Toys}}''.
236* Dr. Henry Henry in ''Film/{{Track 29}}''.
237* In ''Film/TheWeddingSinger'', Julia was engaged to Glenn Guglia (pronounced "Gulia"), causing her to break down in sobs when she tries out her married name for the first time. He doesn't see the problem.
238* In ''Film/WhateverItTakes2000'', Ryan is mostly known by his friends as "Brian Ryan" after they misheard his first name as "Brian" and assumed someone calling him "Ryan" was using his last name.
239* Karol Karol from ''[[Film/ThreeColorsTrilogy White]]''.
240[[/folder]]
241
242[[folder:Literature]]
243!!!'''In General:'''
244* One French kid's novel has a character named Germain Germain Germain.
245* And a Spanish kid's novel has a Mauricius Mauricius. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by the main character, who refers to him as "Mauricius squared".
246
247!!!'''By Author:'''
248* Rickard Dickens in the gangster spoofs by Rolf and Alexandra Becker -- better known as Radio/DickieDickDickens.
249!!!'''By Work:'''
250* Detective Meyer Meyer from Creator/EdMcBain's ''Literature/EightySeventhPrecinct'' series of novels.
251* Lawrence Block's ''[[Literature/BernieRhodenbarr The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams]]'' has Bernie's business landlord's brother-in-law, Martin Gilmartin.
252* Narrator Santiago de Santiago in ''Literature/ACaseForCasanova.''
253* ''Literature/CatchTwentyTwo'' has a character called Major Major Major, who was promoted to Major. Ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen ensures that Major Major Major Major can never be promoted or demoted because [[RuleOfFunny he thinks it's funny]].
254* Rose Rose in Creator/JohnIrving's ''Literature/TheCiderHouseRules''.
255* The protagonist in Creator/AnthonyBoucher's ''Literature/TheCompleatWerewolf'' is called Wolfe Wolf. His more irreverent students nicknamed him "Woof-Woof".
256* William Williams in ''Literature/TheCenturyTrilogy'', resulting in his nickname of "Billy Twice".
257* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
258** It seems that some dwarfs are lacking imagination when naming their sons or daughters. We have Albrecht Albrechtson (''Literature/TheFifthElephant''), Bashfull Bashfullsson (''Literature/{{Thud}}''), Gimlet Gimlet (''Literature/FeetOfClay''), Glod Glodsson (''Literature/SoulMusic''), and the "Low King", Rhys Rhysson (''The Fifth Elephant'', ''Thud!''). This could be explained by them being [[AncestralName named for their father]], with the problem that they also use Norse naming conventions, i.e. [father's name]son for last names. The dwarfs do mix it up a bit for variety, as with Snorri Snorriscousin.
259** Two counterparts of CMOT Dibbler, Dib Diblossonson and Swallow-Me-Own-Blowdart Dhlang-Dhlang.
260** The Discworld counterpart of Film/CrocodileDundee in ''Literature/TheLastContinent'' is a humanoid crocodile. So, naturally, he's Crocodile Crocodile.
261** Volf Volfssonssonssonsson is the name of a Hubland barbarian in ''Literature/SoulMusic''.
262** Glod is a common name for dwarves on the Discworld (there used to be just one of them, but on two separate occasions [one based on King Midas, the other on Rumpelstiltskin], a case of bad spelling resulted in things being turned to "Glod" rather than gold, so that poor dwarf got magically copied several thousand times...). Therefore, Glod Glodsson is also a common name.
263*** On top of that, dwarf patronymics ''stack'', so that after a few generations you get Glod Glodssonssonssonsson.
264** ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'' gives us Sergeant Jack Jackrum.
265** ''The Discworld Atlas'' describes the correct form of address for Nothingfjord chieftains, in which you basically have to list ''all'' their ancestors. The example given starts "Eric the Wise, son of Eric Ericsson", and goes on for 22 lines, mostly of Erics. One of them is Eric the Eric.
266* In Erich Kästner's ''[[Literature/LottieAndLisa Das doppelte Lottchen]]'', Lotte and Luise the two separated twins first meet in a fictional place called Seebühl am Bühlsee (roughly "Lakehill on Lake Hill").
267* Donald D. [=DonaldmcDonald=] from Brian Doyle's ''Literature/EasyAvenue'':
268-->And I always wanted to ask him what his initial D. stood for, but I never did.
269* The title character in Paul R. Beath's ''Literature/FeboldFeboldsonTallTalesFromTheGreatPlains''.
270* The pawnshop owner's grandfather in the book ''Literature/JeremyFinkAndTheMeaningOfLife'' is named Oswald Oswald. Jeremy even wanted him to ask about it.
271-->'''Jeremy:''' [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Who names their kid Oswald Oswald?]]
272* Golem Golem, the KillerRobot turned RobotBuddy of ''Literature/FeliksNetAndNika'' series. He was called Golem, but he calls himself Golem Golem because his body was called Golem when it was being built and his program ("mind") was called Golem during programming. Other characters find it odd but finally decide to go along with it and call him Golem Golem.
273* Morton "Suds" Morton in Jerry Spinelli's ''Literature/FourthGradeRats.''
274* In "Granita", Umberto Eco parodies ''Lolita'' with his Umberto Umberto. The whole short story is living this trope, half of the examples found here being used.
275* Chester W. Chester IV of Creator/KeithLaumer's SF novel ''Literature/TheGreatTimeMachineHoax'' (1964).
276* Remus Lupin from ''Literature/HarryPotter'' is a Classic Kurashikku example: "Remus" comes from the Remus of Roman mythology, who was RaisedByWolves, and "Lupin" comes from the Latin "lupus," meaning "wolf." But his father, Lyall Lupin, is even worse because "Lyall" is derived from a Norse name meaning "wolf." Therefore, Remus is [[MemeticMutation Werewolf McWerewolf, son of Werewolf McWerewolf]].
277* Carlington Carlington, the hero of Creator/GeorgetteHeyer's short story "Hazard". Though this ''may'' be a case of an omitted comma, since he's given a different first name later in the story.
278* Kantos Kan and Tars Tarkas in the ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'' books.
279* Jameson Jameson from Richmal Crompton's ''Literature/JustWilliam'' stories.
280* Humbert Humbert in ''Literature/{{Lolita}}''. Given the author's hobbies, it's a pun at taxonomy's use of repetitive genus/species names, which are called tautonyms.
281* ''Literature/MidnightRobber'': Tan-tan, the protagonist.
282* Jean Valjean from ''Literature/LesMiserables''.
283* ''Literature/TheLunarChronicles'' has a short story where an android poising as a human takes the name Hoshi Star. "Hoshi" means "star" in Japanese. Notably, her boss looks somewhat askance when he reads it.
284* [[PungeonMaster Robert Asprin]] couldn't resist naming a Mob boss from a ''Literature/MythAdventures'' short story Don [[Franchise/{{Dragnet}} Don de Don Don]].
285* Corvus Crow from ''{{Literature/Nevermoor}}'', as "Corvus" is the Latin word for "crow."
286* Wallace Wallace from ''Literature/NoMoreDeadDogs'' by Creator/GordonKorman.
287* ''Literature/NurseryCrime'': Appropriately for a novel about nursery-rhyme crime, Jasper Fforde's ''The Big Over Easy'' has Detective Sergeant Mary Mary.
288* ''Literature/OddlyEnough'': In "What's the Worst That Could Happen?", the narrator's name is Murphy Murphy. His first name has been passed down through his mother's family, to be given to the firstborn son in every generation, and he lampshades that given this, she ''really'' should have thought better than to marry a man with "Murphy" as his ''last'' name. His sister, as he notes, agrees.
289* ''Literature/TheParasolProtectorate'': Major Channing Channing (of the Chesterfield Channings).
290* Jack Jackson in ''Literature/ThePillarsOfTheEarth'', though he's eventually known as Jack Builder.
291* Jay-Jay, the protagonist of the novel ''Literature/ThePrinceOfCentralPark''. The exposition explains that his deceased mother's two heroes were the Pope and President Kennedy (the book is set in the 1970s), so she named her son John John after the pair of them.
292* ''Literature/ThePurpleCloud'' has Clodagh's nephew, Peter Peters.
293* "Quijote" by Creator/SalmanRushdie seems to be quite fond of the trope. Main example is the protagonist Ismael Smile (the author explains that "Smile" is the Americanized version of "Ismael").
294* ''Literature/{{Rant}}'' by Creator/ChuckPalahniuk has Echo Lawrence, whose father was named Larry. She points this out and seems annoyed at the constant jokes, but [[FridgeBrilliance her nickname takes on an interesting light.]]
295* ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'': ''Broken Homes'' has a minor character, an instructor at Hendon police college, who glories in the name of Douglas Douglas.
296* Joseph Joséphin, alias ''Literature/{{Rouletabille}}''.
297* Antoine San-Antonio of the eponymous ''Literature/SanAntonio'' series of French police novels by Frédéric Dard. Also, his love interest is named Marie-Marie.
298* ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' had Dr. Montgomery Montgomery, AKA Uncle Monty. (He studies [[Creator/MontyPython pythons]].)
299* ''Literature/SeriouslyNorman'' focuses on the Normann family: Son Norman Normann and parents Norma Normann and Orman Normann.
300* Brian [=McBrian=] in ''Literature/TheSisterhoodOfTheTravelingPants'' series.
301* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' has a minor character called Benfrey Frey.
302* ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'': ''Literature/ServantsOfTheEmpire'' presents the audience with one Leo Leonis, father of Zare, whose name is guaranteed to make any [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_(constellation) astronomy enthusiasts]] who see it giggle.
303 * {{Discussed|Trope}} in ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'', when Yuuki and Asuna are jokingly talking about getting married. Yuuki says that Asuna would have to join her family, as otherwise her name would be Yuuki Yuuki.
304* In Kathy Reichs's ''Literature/TemperanceBrennan'' novels, Tempe's ex-brother-in-law is named Howard Howard. Apparently, he was abandoned on the steps of a church with a note that said "The baby's name is 'Howard'." The nuns weren't sure if this referred to his first or last name, so...
305* ''Literature/WarriorCats'': Two characters with names like this are Twigbranch and Blazefire. Twigbranch's name, at least, was chosen for a reason: "Twig" came from her being "as tiny as a twig" when they found her as a kit, while "branch" was chosen as the suffix of her warrior name to represent how much she's grown up.
306* Heathcliff Heathcliff from ''Literature/WutheringHeights.'' Found wandering in the streets as a child by Mr. Earnshaw, who adopted him, but for some reason didn't give the boy his own name. It was at first an instance of OnlyOneName, but later it became both his first name and his surname.
307* German SF ''Xperten - Das Paranetz'' has Muriel D. Muriel. (His father got annoyed about people asking whether Muriel was his first or second name, so he avoided it for his son.)
308* Kelly Kelly in the ''Literature/YoungBond'' novel ''Literature/DoubleOrDie'', the younger sister of Bond's friend Red Kelly.
309* ''Young Indiana Jones and the Gypsy Revenge'' by Les Martin features a character named Thornton N. Thornton VI. Indy considers it to say [[TheBore all you need to know about the Thorntons]] that they not only gave someone the same first name as last name, but then kept on doing it for six generations.
310[[/folder]]
311
312[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
313!!!'''Networks:'''
314* Mouse Mouse, the puppet co-moderator from Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}.
315
316!!!'''By Series:'''
317* Thing T. Thing of ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' (the T stands for Thing).
318* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'': Bob Loblaw, who was briefly the Bluth's lawyers. His name is clearly an allusion to BlahBlahBlah, and is known to write on his "Bob Loblaw Law Blog".
319* Arthur Arthur in ''Series/BeverlyHills90210''. By his own account, he used to go by "Arthur Squared".
320* Creator/PaulLynde's first appearance on ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'', before becoming the regular Uncle Arthur, was as Samantha's driving instructor Harold Harold.
321* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' has Lord Percy Percy.
322* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': When Booth asks his psychiatrist why he always introduces himself as "Gordon, Gordon Wyatt", Dr. Wyatt asks if maybe it hadn't occurred to him that his parents named him "Gordon Gordon".
323* Richard (Richie) Richard in ''Series/{{Bottom}}''.
324** Many of Creator/RikMayall's characters were named some variation on this theme -- q.v. Rick Richard in ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' and Rich Richards in ''Series/FilthyRichAndCatflap''.
325* Chicago's ''[[Series/TheBozoShow Bozo's Circus]]'' has a clown named Oliver O. Oliver (played by Ray Rayner).
326* The short-lived TNT series ''Series/Bull2000'' has a family of this: Main character Robert Roberts III is nicknamed "Ditto"; his grandfather, Robert Roberts, Sr., is known as "The Kaiser"; and his father, Robert Roberts, Jr., runs the day to day operations of the trading firm Ditto and his pals broke away from (which The Kaiser owns).
327* Shirley on ''{{Series/Community}}'' names her youngest child Ben before she realizes that Ben Bennett is something of an {{unfortunate name|s}}.
328* One of the constables in ''Series/CoppersEnd'' was '''Dink'''ie '''Dink'''worth.
329* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
330** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks One instance]] of Clara is called Oswin Oswald.
331** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E11TheCrimsonHorror "The Crimson Horror"]] has Thomas Thomas, who happens to be a {{pun}} on a certain commercial GPS brand.
332** More than once, the Doctor has been challenged with "Give your name and rank" (or similar) and responded with "The Doctor, The Doctor".
333* ''Series/DonkeyHodie'' features a character named Duck Duck.
334* ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' has a one-episode scientist named Carl Carlson.
335* Steve Stevens, the father on ''Series/EvenStevens''.
336* ''Series/FamilyMatters'':
337** The show has Waldo Geraldo Faldo.
338** There is also an episode where Carl Winslow's immediate superior Lt. Murtaugh reveals that he changed his first name to match his current rank, making him Lieutenant Lieutenant Murtaugh -- although his friends call him Lou.
339--->"What was your name before you changed it?" "Sergeant."
340* In ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Rachel apparently has a chiropractor named "Dr. Bobby Bobby" (she insists it's actually ''Robert'' Bobby). This is ''heavily'' mocked by Ross and her father.
341* One of the regulars in ''Series/TheGongShow'' was Gene Gene the Dance Machine (real name Eugene "Gene" Patton).
342* ''Series/TheGoodies'': The Reverend Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn (Creator/JonPertwee) in "Wacky Wales".
343* Ben Bennett in ''Series/{{Greek}}'' is marginal, but is good enough for his whole name to be his KT nickname.
344* On ''Series/HeresHumphrey'', Humphrey B. Bear's full name is Humphrey Bear Bear. The character was originally called Bear Bear before a viewer competition to find him a first name.
345* ''Series/{{Heroes}}''' Peter Petrelli.
346* The famous wise neighbor from ''Series/HomeImprovement'', Wilson. Last name? Wilson. Oh, so then what's his first name? It's Wilson. Oh yes, Wilson W. Wilson. Guess what the "W" stands for.
347* ''Series/HorribleHistories'' has “your host, a talking rat” named Rattus Rattus, [[SpeciesSurname the scientific name of black rats]].
348* ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie'': When she takes a job in the real world, Jeannie says her last name is Jeannie too. HilarityEnsues when the CIA attempts to track her, leading to several ultra-serious discussions about the non-existence of a Miss Jeannie Jeannie anywhere on record.
349* ''Series/ILoveLucy'' has Ricardo Ricardo, better known as Ricky. His full name, with Spanish tradition of mother's surname last, would be [[OverlyLongName Ricardo Alberto Fernando Ricardo y de Acha]].
350* The ''Series/KeyAndPeele'' sketches about the East/West Bowl feature players named Jammie Jammie-Jammie, EEEEE EEEEEEEEE (pronounced "dolphin noise, longer dolphin noise"), Ladadadaladadadadada Dala-Dadaladaladalada, Javaris Jamar Javarison-Lamar, Dahistorious Lamystorious, Quatro Quatro, Creme de la Creme, and Xmus Jaxon Flaxon Waxon.
351* The Creator/DennisPotter mini-series ''Series/LipstickOnYourCollar'' featured Private Francis Francis. His superior officer reminds him that his Repetitive Name does not exempt him from LastNameBasis:
352--> '''Major Church''': Well, Francis, get this clear. When we call you "Francis," we mean "Francis," not "Francis."
353* ''Series/{{Lost}}'' minor character Dr. Arzt. (Type 4 - Arzt=German for "doctor")
354* The titular character in ''Series/MarvinMarvin'' tells his teacher that his name really is "Marvin Marvin", much to the teacher's disbelief.
355* ''Series/TheMiddle'' has Sue Sue Heck. Her first name was accidentally written twice on her birth certificate. Her parents have been meaning to get that changed. When they finally get around to it in "The Name", [[spoiler:the government worker at the courthouse thinks her name is interesting. Sue, delighted that someone has finally found something about her unique and special, decides not to have it changed after all]].
356* One of the competitors in ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''' "Upper-Class Twit of the Year" sketch is named Vivian Smith-Smythe-Smith.
357* ''Series/MrYoung'' has Derby. In the finale, his last name is revealed to be [[spoiler: Von Derbitsford]].
358* Clark Clark from an episode of ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'', and recurring character Ray Ray.
359* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''
360** The short before ''Film/TheAmazingTransparentMan'' has talk of a young couple looking forward to their marriage, commenting that the girlfriend can't wait to be Mrs. Joe. Mike responds with, "So his name is Joe Joe?"
361** Mike notices a "Leon Leon" in the opening credits of ''Film/TheDeadlyMantis''. Crow is appalled at how lazy and uncreative his parents must have been,
362** During ''Film/DevilFish'', a computer voice talks about a Dr. Davis, and (for some reason) repeats the "Davis" part twice. Crow thinks this means the character in question is named "Davis Davis Davis", and makes the same "unoriginal parents" joke as above,
363* ''Series/NewsRadio'':
364** Jimmy James. "The man so nice they named him twice." The head scriptwriter has said the character was named after the Music/BeastieBoys song.
365** Later in the series, we are introduced to his nemesis, Johnny Johnson.
366* ''Series/{{Nichols}}'' has CluelessDeputy Mitch Mitchell.
367* ''Series/{{NTSFSDSUV}}'' featured Trent Hauser's rival Van van Damme as the villain of one episode. Like a lot of weird things in this show, the fact that his first name is "Van" isn't commented on.
368* ''Series/{{Pizza}}'' has Habib Halal Habib.
369* ''Series/PoliceSquad'': variation -- Detective Drebin (who is acting undercover as a crooked locksmith) lets himself into a mob boss' office...
370-->'''Mob Boss:''' Who are you? And how did you get in here?\
371'''Drebin:''' I'm a locksmith -- and I'm a locksmith.
372* Mary Cherry and her mother Cherry Cherry from ''Series/{{Popular}}''.
373* On one episode of ''Series/PrivateBenjamin1981'', Judy gets a visit from her grandfather, Benjamin Benjamin.
374* Charlotte "[[TomboyishName Chuck]]" Charles from ''Series/PushingDaisies''. Her father was named Charles Charles.
375** For this reason, some fans believe/hope the Piemaker's full name is Edward "Ned" Edwards.
376** There's also Sister Mary Mary from "Bad Habits" and Dick Dicker from "Window Dressed to Kill".
377* On ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'', Winston often quotes a self-help guru named Anthony Anthony.
378* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' had Roseanne Roseannadanna, a recurring character on "Weekend Update" played by Gilda Radner.
379* Humorously invoked in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''. One of [[DrJerk Dr. Kelso]]'s signature quirks is that he insists on addressing Chris Turk as "Turkleton", apparently believing that "Turk" is short for something. At Turk and Carla's wedding, Turk finally tells him that it's just "Turk"; a drunken Kelso indignantly replies that he knows that, but apparently believes that "Turk" is his ''first'' name.
380-->'''Turk:''' ...You think my name is "Turk Turkleton"?
381* Joe Flaherty's Guy Caballero from ''Series/{{SCTV}}''. Guy is pronounced like the English word for a man. And what does Caballero mean in Spanish?... Man (okay, ''gentle''man, but you know where we're going).
382* Count von Count from ''Series/SesameStreet''. His name appears one... two! Two times! Ah ah ah ah ah! ''(DramaticThunder)''
383* In one ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode, Jerry hosts a distance runner from Trinidad and Tobago, coming to New York to run the New York Marathon. The runner is named Jean Paul Jean-Paul.
384* ''Series/ShakeItUp'': Deuce's real name is Martin Martinez, explaining the nickname.
385* ''Series/SledgeHammer'': Dori Doreau.
386* Subverted in ''Series/SummerHeightsHigh''. Mr. G's full name is Greg Gregson, but [[spoiler:it is later revealed that his real first name is Helen]].
387* ''Series/TheTerror'' has Commander James Fitzjames, RN (who was also a real-life example). [[spoiler:It's a rather cruel PunnyName his biological father stuck him with as a joke about his [[HeroicBastard illegitimacy]].]]
388* In one episode of ''Series/ThreesCompany'', Jack works for an encyclopedia salesman named "Morris Morris". (Janet: "Sounds like he should be selling ditto machines!") When he introduces himself to Chrissy, she responds with "Hello Hello."
389* The angels in ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'' have either this or OnlyOneName. Their lack of a surname is often the target of jokes.
390-->'''Col. Walls:''' Your name is... Rafael Rafael?\
391'''Rafael:''' Yes. It is the name my father gave me.
392* ''Series/UnbreakableKimmySchmidt'' has idiotic {{Cult}} leader Richard Wayne Gary Wayne.
393* Wilson Wilson from the British drama ''Series/{{Utopia}}''.
394* ''Series/WaterlooRoad'' has Barry Barry (which is ironic because who named their son twice).
395[[/folder]]
396
397[[folder:Music]]
398* Alessandro Alessandroni was a longtime fixture on the Italian film music scene as a composer and performer, though his big legacies these days are as the whistler on various Music/EnnioMorricone scores, and as the male scatting voice on the [[Film/SwedenHeavenAndHell original version]] of "[[Series/TheMuppetShow Mahna Mahna]]".
399* Belgian rock band Allez Allez.
400* The Automatic Automatic [[note]] Not that anyone calls them that anyway; the band was originally The Automatic. In America, there was already another band called The Automatic, so they changed their American name to The Automatic Automatic. To the rest of the world, they're still The Automatic. To America... [[JustIgnoreIt they're still The Automatic]].[[/note]]
401* Motown session drummer Benny Benjamin.
402* Music/BruceDickinson went by Bruce Bruce (inspired by Creator/MontyPython's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruces_sketch sketch]]) before joining Music/IronMaiden.
403* Chaos Chaos, the sister-duo band known for its appearances in ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''.
404* Music/DuranDuran
405** Not to be confused with the breakcore producer Duran Duran Duran.
406* Music/EvelynEvelyn (Creator/NeilGaiman once wrote an article called "Afterword Afterword: Evelyn Evelyn")
407* Music/EverythingEverythingBand, who incidentally have songs titled "Suffragette Suffragette" and "Cough Cough".
408* There's a Latin band called ''The Los Hermanos Brothers'', which of course translates to "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment The The Brothers Brothers]]."
409* Music/{{INXS}}' bass player is Garry Gary Beers. (However, his real middle name is William.)
410* Australian band Jackson Jackson.
411* One of the founding members of Music/TheKinks is named Dave Davies.
412* Former Music/{{Kiss}} guitarist Vinnie Vincent.
413* New York indie band Liquid Liquid.
414* x3 bonus to Music/ManMan, whose lead singer is called Honus Honus, and whose website is [=ManManBandBand.com.=]
415* Music/MotherMother
416* Mr. Mister
417* My Morning Jacket lead singer Jim James.
418* The Dutch hip-hop band Osdorp Posse has a song called "Sam Sam", in which many of the lines are words that repeat themselves and are homonyms.
419* Music/OzzyOsbourne
420* Music/PhillipPhillips.
421* In the late 1990s, there was a short-lived CountryMusic duo called Regina Regina, which consisted of two women named Regina. (Their last names were Nicks and Leigh.)
422* The front singer of the Belgian rock band The Scabs is named Willy Willy.
423* Music/BillyIdol's long-time guitarist/songwriting partner, Steve Stevens.
424* Music/TalkTalk
425* Music/TheThe
426* Tony! Toni! Toné! – Repetitive in pronunciation, though obviously not in spelling.
427* Honorable mention to Music/WasNotWas.
428* Xiu Xiu. (Probably not related at all to the female Chinese Pentathlon athlete.)
429[[/folder]]
430
431[[folder:Pinballs]]
432* The Japanese release of ''VideoGame/PinballDreams'' for the UsefulNotes/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}} was named "Pinball Pinball".
433[[/folder]]
434
435[[folder:Podcasts]]
436* ''Podcast/BeefAndDairyNetworkPodcast'' has a songwriter named Paul Paul.
437* Johannes Johannes Johannesburg in ''Podcast/DoneDisappeared''.
438[[/folder]]
439
440[[folder:Print Media]]
441* ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' #70's "Museum of Madison Avenue" has a pedestal honoring Charles Charles (Chuck Chuck to his friends), whose pioneering contribution to the advertising industry was discovering the importance of repetition.
442[[/folder]]
443
444[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
445* Wrestling/{{ECW}} wrestler [[Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys Dudley Dudley]]
446* Seen in IWA Puerto Rico, Andy Anderson
447* Rad Radford of the World Wrestling Federation and then Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance member ECCW
448* Tony Anthony, better known as T.L. Hopper and Uncle Cletus in the late-'90s [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]]. His complete first name, however, is Darrell, and not Anthony.
449* The "Big Japan Wrestling/{{CZW}} Crisis Big Born Cage of Death Death Match". Apparently [[GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath needed two deaths to describe it]] and is but one example of how Big Japan looks at a dangerous {{gimmick match|es}} and decides it's not dangerous enough.
450* [[Wrestling/KenAnderson Ken Kennedy]]... KEEEEEEEENNNNNEEEEEDDY!
451* One half of Wrestling/RingOfHonor's American Wolves, Eddie Edwards.
452* Dragon Dragon of Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} and Wrestling Is. Also, one of his {{red baron}}s, "Mighty Mighty Monster Monster Medieval Medieval".
453* Wrestling/KellyKelly which is a lot better than her real name Barbie Blank.
454* Minoru Tanaka's TagTeam with Wrestling/FergalDevitt, Prince Prince.
455* One half of Better Than You, Jayme Jameson
456* The Marvelous pro wrestling PowerStable Mabutachi 2 [[UsefulNotes/NonNaziSwastika Manjimanji]].
457* Rex King of the Southern Rockers, "rex" being Latin for "king". This was by coincidence rather than design; he named himself after the original Moondogs tag team, who in turn had chosen common dogs' names.
458[[/folder]]
459
460[[folder:Radio]]
461* ''Radio/AdventuresInOdyssey'' has a character named Digger Digwell. On top of it, he often introduces himself to characters in the Imagination Station as "Digger, Digger Digwell", prompting many of the characters to address him as "Digger Digger Digwell".
462* In ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978'', Arthur Dent introduces himself to Slartibartfast as "[[TheNameIsBondJamesBond Dent. Arthur Dent.]]" which Slartibartfast takes to mean his name is "Dentarthurdent".
463* Ann Arbor, Michigan radio station WWWW, which brands as "W4 [[CountryMusic Country]]". Surprisingly, given the UnfortunateImplications of [[UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan the call letters]], a couple of radio stations in the Colorado Springs, Colorado area have used KKKK in the recent past, though not currently.
464[[/folder]]
465
466[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
467* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'''s ''Arabian Nights'' expansion has the card Kird Ape. "Qird" is Arabic for ape.
468* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' has Corvus Corax, Primarch of the Raven Guard. Corvus is [[GratuitousLatin Latin]] for raven. Corax is [[GratuitousGreek Greek]] for raven. As a bonus, ''Corvus corax'' is also the scientific name for common raven. Real creative, GW.
469[[/folder]]
470
471[[folder:Theatre]]
472* Among the D'Ysquith line in ''Theatre/AGentlemansGuideToLoveAndMurder'' are Lords Asquith D'Ysquith, Senior and Junior.
473* Nicely-Nicely Johnson of ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls''.
474* In ''Theatre/KissTheBoysGoodbye'' by Clare Boothe, one character is a Hollywood director named Lloyd Lloyd.
475* As in the Literature section, Jean Valjean from ''Theatre/LesMiserables''.
476* Durak [=McMackMack=] from ''Theatre/OfDiceAndMen.'' He ultimately traces his line back to his ancestor, Mack the Mack.
477* The hero of Creator/MartinMcDonagh's play ''Theatre/ThePillowman'' is named Katurian K. Katurian. Guess what the middle initial stands for. His parents "were funny people". Given the context and the dual definition of "funny", he probably meant they were strange rather than amusing. They are funny-peculiar rather than funny ha-ha.
478* A Swedish farce which spawned six movies had as its main character eternal law student Sten Stensson Stéen.
479* The hero of Robert Bolt's play for children ''Theatre/TheThwartingOfBaronBolligrew'' is the portly knight Oblong Fitz-Oblong.
480* In Creator/AntonChekhov's ''Theatre/UncleVanya'', Waffles' real name is Ilya Ilych Telegin. Someone accidentally calls him Ivan Ivanich, and he corrects them.
481* Caldwell B. Cladwell, the villain in ''Theatre/{{Urinetown}}''.
482[[/folder]]
483
484[[folder:Video Games]]
485* ''VideoGame/AlterEgo1986'' has Martin Martinson and Morgana Morganstein from ''The Date of a Lifetime''.
486* ''VideoGame/BeyondTheBeyond''
487* ''VideoGame/BlushBlush''
488* The ending credits of ''[[VideoGame/BurgerShop Burger Shop 2]]'' give the Dog Lover's name as Summer Summers.
489* ''VideoGame/CriminalCase'' has Jackson J. Jackson.
490* In ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsII'', randomly generated lowborn Berber characters can get the first name Sultan. If you now give him a landed title he becomes a noble and since Berber take the first name of the founder as dynasty name, this character will be known as Sultan Sultan. If he now has a son who is named Sultan too and who gets a kingdom title, this son will be known as Sultan Sultan al-Sultan of the Sultan Sultanate.
491* ''VideoGame/CrushCrush''
492* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' has Spamton G. Spamton.
493* ''VideoGame/DivineDivinity''
494* ''VideoGame/EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'' introduced us to the politician Charles L. Charles. [[spoiler:Actually [=LeChuck=] in disguise.]]
495* Dick Richardson of ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}''; Given that Dick is short for Richard.
496* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'': ''Cook-cook'', the {{Pyromaniac}}, [[ImAHumanitarian human eating]] cook for the Fiends.
497* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'':
498** ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus''' QuirkyMinibossSquad all have colour-based names and titles -- three of them have the same colour mentioned twice. To whit, "Azul the Cerulean" (or "Blue the Blue"), "Rosso the Crimson" ("Red the Red") and "Nero the Sable" ("Black the Black").
499** The Japanese-only storyline added one more to the list - "Argento the Silver" ("Silver the Silver").
500* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' has a Dark Knight who's called Gaff Gaffgarion in the original Playstation translation. Downplayed in the updated translation where his first name is changed to Goffard.
501* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has this specifically as the [[https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Lalafell_naming_conventions naming scheme]] of one of the playable races, the [[LittlePeople Lalafell]].
502* Vanilla H in ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' has a habit of giving her space rabbits names like "Ugiugi", "Mugimugi" and "Neginegi". She also applies this to her adoptive daughter Nano-Nano Pudding, come the ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngelII'' trilogy.
503* Sheriff Duane Dwayne from ''VideoGame/{{Harvester}}''.
504* ''VideoGame/{{Indiecalypse}}'': Jack Jackson.
505* Celestial 'Celes' Stella, the older sister of the Stella we see in ''VisualNovel/KaraNoShoujo.'' Both names are clearly linked to the heavens and stars. TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth, perhaps?
506* The ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' games have King Dedede. ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' has '''Zan''' Parti'''zanne''', at least in English. In Japanese, Zan's name was spelled in a strange way to make it hard to remember [[TheUnpronounceable even in-universe]], which got LostInTranslation (think "Zan Parulutizahne").
507* ''[[Franchise/KungFuPanda Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends]]''
508* In ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'', the low-ranking crook that Eve's struggling to write an article about is named Benny Benson.
509* In ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights: NeverwinterNights/ShadowsOfUndrentide'', your mentor is a dwarf with the non-stereotypical class of wizard, but nevertheless the [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame stereotypically dwarven]] LukeNounverber name of Drogan Droganson.
510* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
511** Darkrai's name comes from the English word ''dark'' and the Japanese word for dark, ''kurai''.
512*** This same line of thinking was also used for Tirtouga and Klefki.
513** In the Japanese versions of ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', Klink, Klang, and Klinklang were named Giaru, Gigiaru, and Gigigiaru. People would jokingly refer to the third form as [[OverlyLongName Gigigigigigigigigiaru]] (the number of "gi"s varied, of course).
514** The sponsor of Motostoke Stadium (Kabu's Fire-type Gym) in ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' is Huo Guo Hot Pot... "Huo Guo" being Chinese for Hot Pot.
515* The main character in ''VideoGame/PurrfectPetShop'' ends up running their grandmother's pet adoption center due to her being ordered to take a vacation by Dr. Doctor.
516* Subverted in ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' with Bill Williamson, whose name could be read as William Williamson. ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' reveals that Bill is actually a nickname he uses to cover up his actual first name: [[EmbarrassingFirstName Marion]].
517* In the Sugarland level of ''VideoGame/ScoobyDooWhosWatchingWho'', one of the suspects for the true identity of the Clown Ghost is named Samson S. Samson.
518* Averted in ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' with Samir Duran ([[spoiler:later Emil Narud, then just Narud]]), despite being named for the band. Though one of his StopPokingMe quotes is "I told you my name, it's Duran, Duran!".
519* ''VideoGame/SummonNight: Swordcraft Story 2'' features a character named Nina Nina. The [[HelloInsertNameHere player character]] and their [[{{Familiar}} Guardian Beast]] make fun of it by introducing themselves the same way.
520* ''VideoGame/SunsetOverdrive'' has Kim Kim Kym-Kim, called "4Kim" for short.
521* When it comes to ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', Nintendo and Miyamoto tend to [[FlipFlopOfGod go back and forth]] on whether or not Mario's full name is indeed Mario Mario, or he has OnlyOneName. Originally the story was that it's just "Mario", or that he ''had'' a surname that was never brought up, but it wasn't "Mario", and the reason they were called the "Mario Bros." was simply that Mario was the frontman. Both the [[Film/SuperMarioBros1993 live-action movie]] and ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' introduced the idea that the brothers' last name was "Mario", which became popular fanon for the games that went unconfirmed for quite a while. But for the 30th anniversary of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'', Miyamoto said that "Mario Mario" was his full name.
522** The Mario series also has a habit of giving repetitive names to its levels. See: [[VideoGame/SuperMario64 Cool Cool Mountain, Tall Tall Mountain]], [[VideoGame/PaperMario Dry Dry Desert, Lavalava Island]], [[VideoGame/MarioKart Dino Dino Jungle, Sweet Sweet Canyon, Ice Ice Outpost]], [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi Beanbean Kingdom, Hoohoo Mountain, and Doop Doop Dunes]], among many, ''many'' others.
523* ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'' reveals that Stan's full name is Stan S. Stanman.
524* ''Videogame/ThemsFightinHerds'' has an inversion with Jarl Stronghoof Hoofstrong.
525* ''VideoGame/TheUrbz'' have Loop D. Loop.
526* The Hozen from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', like Ook-Ook and Mung-Mung. Earning the "Name-Name", as it's called, is a rite of passage among the Hozen (who tend to die young due to predators or their curiosity getting the better of them) and a single-name Hozen, Riko, joins the Horde player's FiveManBand in the hopes of earning his second Riko.
527* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' has a few examples, largely of the last type, by pairing actual Japanese words with English ones for {{Punny Name}}s:
528** Midori Gurin. Midori is "green" in Japanese, and Gurin, is the transliteration of Green, so her name means "Green Green".
529** Kizana Sunobu. Kizana is Japanese for "snobby", and Sunobu is a Japanese pronunciation of "snob", so her name is basically, [[MeaningfulName fittingly enough]] "Snobby Snob".
530** Nasu Kankoshi, the school nurse. Her first name is a modern Japanese way of saying "nurse", while her surname is a more traditional word meaning "nurse". Her name is Nurse Nurse, or [[Literature/CatchTwentyTwo Nurse Nurse Nurse]].
531* Non-character example: In ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'', Link learns a number of magic spells. Easily the oddest one is the Spell Spell. Its function has nothing to do with spelling, either.
532[[/folder]]
533
534[[folder:Visual Novels]]
535* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series:
536** PhantomThief Mask☆[=DeMasque=]. His original Japanese name, Kamen Mask, also counts ("kamen" being Japanese for "mask").
537** The Japanese version of ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'' features characters named Takita Kitaki and Namina Minami. Namina Minami became Alita Tiala in the English version (Takita Kitaki became the non-example Wocky Kitaki)
538** Detective Dick Gumshoe also falls under this trope.
539** The disgraced, {{unperson}}ed StageMagician, The Mysterious Mr. Reus (pronounced "ree-us").
540** The fan translation of ''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Investigations 2]]'' has President Di-Jun Huang, which if translated from Chinese would make him President Emperor King.
541* ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'': The Ultimate Swordswoman, Peko Pekoyama.
542* ''VisualNovel/EfAFairyTaleOfTheTwo'' gives us Hirono Hiro and Miyako Miyamura.
543* Suzu Suzuki and Sae Saionji of ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo''.
544* ''VisualNovel/LiarLiar'': Yukari's sister, Minami Minamida.
545* Sasasegawa Sasami of ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters''. There is a RunningGag revolving around Rin, [[UnknownRival supposedly her rival]], [[MaliciousMisnaming never getting her name right]].
546[[/folder]]
547
548[[folder:Web Animation]]
549* ''WebAnimation/CampCamp'', which is about the horribly run-down Camp Camp''bell''.
550* Frankie Frank from ''WebAnimation/EddieAtTheLMV''.
551* The main ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' universe has the Heavy Lourde. (Lourde is French for heavy.)
552* Brett Bretterson is So-and-So's imaginary boyfriend in ''WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad.''
553* ''WebAnimation/PuffinForest'' played a CowboyCop in a ''Literature/DresdenFiles'' [[TabletopGame/TheDresdenFiles RPG]] named Detective [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Detective]] Savage "Savage Rage" Rage.
554[[/folder]]
555
556[[folder:Webcomics]]
557* ''Webcomic/{{Achewood}}'': Todd Todd Todd Todd Todd T. Squirrel. Though for convenience's sake, one "Todd" will suffice.
558* Dennis Dennis III from ''AwesomeStormJustice41''
559* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'':
560** A case of a Repetitive Code Name: the word "Sciuridae", the family name for squirrels, means "shade-tail". Grace Sciuridae, once carried the code name Shade Tail. [[MeaningfulName Good reason, too.]]
561** Later they introduced [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2010-11-29 Arthur J Arthur.]]
562--->'''Interviewer:''' I must say, Arthur... or do you prefer Arthur? \
563'''Arthur:''' ...
564* In ''Webcomic/LeagueOfSuperRedundantHeroes'', one of the Power Group superheroes is Phantom Ghost.
565* Johnny Jhonny from ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}''. Jhonny pronounced "JUH-HAW-NEE".
566* Polk Polkster from ''Webcomic/PolkOut''.
567* The titular character of ''Webcomic/RodneyRRodney''. Not only are his first and last names both "Rodney", it's also implied that his middle initial ''also'' stands for Rodney, meaning his name repeats three times.
568* Mayor Mayor from ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'', the first ''Mayor'' being his occupation, the second one his surname.
569* ''Webcomic/VanVonHunter'' changed his name from Vaughn to [[MeaningfulName Von Hunter]], so his real name is Van Vaughn, or possibly (as his sidekick decided) Van Von Vaughn.
570* The original ''Webcomic/{{Sporkman}}'' had Steve "The Steve" Stevenson.
571* In ''Webcomic/StationSquare'', one of the Princessguard knights is named Riley O'Reilly.
572* Wayne W. Wayne from ''Webcomic/TwoGuysAndGuy''.
573* Leo Leonardo (the 3rd) from ''Webcomic/VGCats''.
574[[/folder]]
575
576[[folder:Web Original]]
577* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjGpzhcnA64 Fuwa Fuwa Foof]]'': As confirmed in the opening content for a fan comic creator Kyra Kupetsky approved of, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TURCoo7nvLw Fair Play]]'', Foof's full name really is Fuwa Fuwa Foof (as in the show's title), meaning that she has the same first name and middle name.
578* James "Jim" James, father of Jan(issary) James, from the ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'' ARG ''ARG/ILoveBees''.
579* ''Literature/LoomingGaia'': Since the most common first names in the Evangeline Kingdom are Evan and Angeline, and the royal family's last name is Evangeline, the kingdom has had several kings and queens named Evan Evangeline and Angeline Evangeline.
580* [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/moon-moon Moon Moon]], a [[MemeticMutation memetic]] mentally challenged wolf.
581* Nico Nico Douga, the (rough) Japanese Youtube equivalent.
582* The title character from ''[[http://www.alexandraerin.com/stories/2007/the-redundant-man-who-was-redundant/3#more-3 The Redundant Man Who Was Redundant]]'' is called Steven Stevenson II. He works in the Department Of Redundant Acronyms with his secretary, Dora.
583[[/folder]]
584
585[[folder:Web Videos]]
586* ''WebVideo/CLWEntertainment'': The Mallet Mallet from the ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' fandub episode [[https://youtu.be/6t-4ZtpAHVg "My Best Friend, Doraemon"]].
587* The Evil League of Evil from ''WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog''
588* ''WebVideo/DrGlaucomflecken'': The resident's name is Dr. Bill Bill. WordOfGod says that this is short for William William.
589* Alasdair Beckett-King's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-OOpZitfd0 Every Single Scandinavian Crime Drama]] gives us Gunnar Gunnarsson and his son Gunnar Gunnarssonsson.
590* ''Film/MorganMMorgansen''
591* In ''WebVideo/MonsterFactory'', [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Pebble]] is introduced into the ring as Christopher Christopher Christopher Christopher.
592* Title character from ''WebVideo/TheRemarkableJourneyOfHigginsVonHiggings''.
593* ''[[WebVideo/DreamSMP Tales From the SMP]]'': The episode "The Wild West" features John John the SaloonOwner, Ron "Michael" Ronson the postman (who is the [[AncestralName third person in three generations of his family]] to carry the name Ron Ronson), and William Williamson the clerk.
594[[/folder]]
595
596[[folder:Western Animation]]
597* ''WesternAnimation/AbbyHatcher'' has a character named Melvin Melvin.
598* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': In the ''Rita & Runt'' spoof of ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', Runt's full name is given as "Runt Valrunt".
599* Dr. David Dave from ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger''.
600* Jeong Jeong from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', though it's not a first-name-last-name thing. He just has two identical names.
601* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': The best friend of Cricket and Tilly is named Remy Remington. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Cricket himself.
602-->'''Cricket:''' Wait, your name's "Remy Remington"?
603-->'''Remy:''' Yeah, why?\
604'''Cricket:''' No reason.
605* ''WesternAnimation/ButtUglyMartians'' has Shaboom Shaboom, the only female Martian seen in the series and the only one whose name is the same name twice.
606* Jamie James from ''WesternAnimation/CarlSquared''.
607* Leonardo Leonardo from ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries''.
608* ''WesternAnimation/TheDatingGuy'' provides us with Anderson Anderson. Apparently, his parents thought it was funny.
609* [[{{Phonymon}} Ling Ling]] from ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether''.
610* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
611** Cosmo Cosma.
612** Music/{{Britney|Spears}} [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Britney]].
613* ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'' has the latter title character, as well as his cousin Muk Muk and friend Yum Yum.
614* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'': Barney Rubble's kid, Bamm-Bamm.
615* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'', we have Dexter Douglas' dad, Douglas Douglas.
616* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
617** Bender Bending Rodriguez.
618** Presidential candidates John Jackson and Jack Johnson are Classic Original and Original Classic of the same name, respectively.
619* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'':
620** Creator/GregWeisman [[WordOfGod has established]] that the recurring policeman character Morgan's canonical full name is actually Morgan Morgan. Apparently, Weisman used to know someone by that name.
621** A more subtle one: [[CunningLikeAFox Fox Renard]]. However, her birth name was Janine, and she changed the last name after [[UnholyMatrimony her marriage]] to [[XanatosGambit David Xanatos]].
622* ''WesternAnimation/GetAce'': The full name of Ace and Becky's dad is Dougal [=McDougal=].
623* In ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'', Goofy got the surname "Goof". And Pete's full name was Peter Pete. His son PJ is Peter Pete Junior.
624* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
625** In "Carpet Diem", Mabel flashes back to a time where she was kept up all night by Dipper's summer reading. The book Dipper was reading? It was written by Jenkins W. Jenkins.
626** Mabel’s friend Grenda’s full name is Grenda Grendinator.
627* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' has Fred Fredburger.
628* Luke St. Luke from ''WesternAnimation/TheHauntedWorldOfElSuperbeasto''.
629* ''WesternAnimation/JacobTwoTwo'', nicknamed so because, being the youngest of 5 siblings, he developed the habit of saying things twice to be noticed.
630* Quack Quack the duck from ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}''.
631* Obscure Type 4: ''WesternAnimation/{{Keepvogel}}'''s flatmate, Lupus Wolfram Tungsten. [[note]] Both the same element. The English translation keeps the chemistry theme naming and calls Keepvogel Coppernickel.[[/note]]
632* Señor Senior, Sr. from ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''. And his son whose name is...well, you can guess, right?
633* King Leonardo, Leonardo Lion, the title character of ''WesternAnimation/KingLeonardoAndHisShortSubjects''. "Leonardo" means "brave lion".
634* ''WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart'': Mao Mao. In the episode "Small", his full name is revealed to be "Mao Mao Mao".
635* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': Tooey is short for Tookkone — "wolf" in Koyukon Athabascan. His last name, Ookami, also means wolf, but in Japanese.
636* The OneShotCharacter Angela D'Angelou, from ''WesternAnimation/MyDadTheRockStar''.
637* ''WesternAnimation/PennZeroPartTimeHero'': The BigGood of the [[EveryoneIsASuper Superhero/Supervillain Dimension]] is a FlyingBrick named Captain Super Captain. His ArchEnemy is his EvilTwin brother, the {{Cyborg}} EvilGenius Professor Evil Professor.
638* On ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', Carl's full name is Carl Karl, according to the credits of more recent episodes. Originally he was credited as "Karl," while "Carl" was seen the first time his name was spelled in the show proper, making this a sort of gag[=/=]AuthorsSavingThrow.
639** As life goes, there ''exists'' a [[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Karl German composer]] and a [[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Carl Austrian theatre player]] with that name (the latter is a pseudonym, though).
640* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' has Mr. Sultana Sultana, who lives next door to Acme Labs.
641* Big Billy, aka William W. Williams of ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls''.
642* The Rankin-Bass stop-motion ChristmasSpecial ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'' has BigBad Burgermeister Meisterburger.
643* Dr. Quentin Q. Quinn from ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}''.
644* Professor Professor and Doctor Doctor from ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretShow''.
645* ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'' has a character named Texan Texas Tex (the most Texan Texan in all of Vermont).
646* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
647** Lenny and Carl's full names are Lenford Leonard and Carlton Carlson.
648** Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo.
649** In his debut, Fat Tony's real name is given as "William Williams". However, [[SuddenNameChange pretty much all subsequent appearances name]] him "Anthony D'Amico" (or [[GenderBlenderName Marion]]).
650* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
651** Tweek Tweak.
652** The Woodland Critters, including Beary the Bear, Rabbity the Rabbit, Squirrely the Squirrel, Chickadeey that Chickadee, etc.
653** Doctor Dr. Doctor.
654** Tom Thompson, the news reporter.
655* Professor Willard W. Willard from the classic ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1987}}''.
656* ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'' himself.
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