| 1 | %% |
| 2 | %% |
| 3 | %% |
| 4 | %% |
| 5 | %% |
| 6 | %% This list of examples has been alphabetized. Please add your example in the proper place. Thanks! |
| 7 | %% |
| 8 | %% |
| 9 | %% |
| 10 | %% |
| 11 | %% |
| 12 | %% Image selected via crowner in the Image Suggestion thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php?crowner_id=90skyvvh |
| 13 | %% https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1452266899092104700 |
| 14 | %% Please don't change or remove without starting a new thread. |
| 15 | %% |
| 16 | [[quoteright:350:[[ComicBook/ThePunisher https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/punisher_frank.jpg]]]] |
| 17 | %% |
| 18 | ->'''Barbossa:''' Why thank ye, Jack.\ |
| 19 | '''Jack Sparrow:''' You're welcome.\ |
| 20 | '''Barbossa:''' Not you. We named the monkey Jack. |
| 21 | -->-- ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' |
| 22 | |
| 23 | This is where a human character and an animal companion share a name for some reason. This can work one of two ways: |
| 24 | |
| 25 | # '''"[[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean We Named the Monkey Jack]]":''' The animal was named after its human counterpart, either [[DeadGuyJunior to honor a fallen comrade]] or (more likely) as a subtle TakeThat against an enemy. |
| 26 | # '''"[[Franchise/IndianaJones We Named the Dog Indiana]]":''' The human was named from the animal or takes a nickname (or [[InventedIndividual false identity]]) from the name given to a beloved pet or other animal companion. |
| 27 | |
| 28 | No relation to the monkey named Jack in ''Film/WhatDidJackDo''. Compare with PetsHomageName, when the pet is named after someone the owner ''doesn't'' know personally. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | ---- |
| 31 | !!Animal named after human: |
| 32 | |
| 33 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 34 | |
| 35 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 36 | * In ''Literature/TheApothecaryDiaries'', the Jade Pavilion adopts a stray cat after the Princess Lingli takes a liking to her. She is named Maomao, which does not please the main character whose name is also Maomao. To note, the characters and tones for their names are different, Maomao the cat is written with 毛毛 and uses the second tone (Máomáo) while Maomao the human's is 貓貓 and is said with the first tone (Māomāo), but it's still pretty similar. |
| 37 | * In ''Manga/SevenSeeds'', Takahiro Aramaki is left as the SoleSurvivor of his team, alone except for two puppies, which he naturally names after his two dead friends, Mitsuru and Fubuki. The dogs and their descendants are his only company for the next fifteen years, and he associates them strongly with their dead namesakes. After the rest of the teams have emerged from cryostasis, he tells Ayu that he regretted choosing the names almost immediately, because he knew he would probably outlive them again. |
| 38 | * In ''Manga/CaseClosed'' the estranged wife of detective Kogoro Mouri has a cat called ''Goro''. It takes even Shinichi/Conan a while to realize that there is just one syllable difference. And since they separated before the series began, but she acquired Goro way later, it's also clear who was named after whom. |
| 39 | * In ''Manga/FutariEcchi'', Rika's cat is named Yamada, after her boyfriend. |
| 40 | * ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'': Makoto buys two {{Right Hand Attack Dog}}s and names them after his friends Eikichi and Ryuji [[spoiler:to fulfill his promise to Samehara to "[[ExactWords introduce him to the Onibaku]]"]]. This backfires when, at the end of the chapter, Eikichi overhears Makoto telling his friend that "Onizuka and Danma are my dogs!" and [[AGlassInTheHand crushes his glass in anger]]. |
| 41 | * In ''Manga/KurokosBasketball'' they named the dog as Tetsuya 2-go because of obvious similarities with the lead character. |
| 42 | * Mr. Soichiro, Kyoko's dog in ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku'', is named after her deceased husband. Unusually, he responded to the name "Soichiro" even when her husband was alive. |
| 43 | * In ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'', Kōjirō Sasahara names his pet goat after himself. |
| 44 | * In ''Manga/{{Nisekoi}}'', Marika Tachibana's parrot is named Raku-sama, after the main protagonist, Raku Ichijou, whom Marika is in love with. She's teaching the parrot all sorts of kinky stuff to say, making her all the more a creepy stalker. |
| 45 | * ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'': Lillie and Gladion's DisappearedDad, Mohn, had been living with a shiny Nihilego who rescued him when he was trapped in the Ultra Wormhole. For a long time he believed that the Nihilego was his daughter Lillie, and thus named it such. When he's finally reunited with his children and wife, he regains his memories, and they decide to welcome the Nihilego into the family (with Gladion catching it) and with the name Lillie as well. |
| 46 | * Nanami the cow from ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''. Not only does Anthy name a cow Nanami, in the episode "Cowbell of Happiness", Nanami the ''human'' turns into a cow. [[MindScrew It's that kind of series]]. |
| 47 | ** She later names a chicken Nanami, as well. It's strongly implied that all Nanami's animal-related issues are a result of Anthy's passive-aggressive retribution for her cruel prank in episode 3. [[spoiler: She ''is'' a witch, after all.]] |
| 48 | * In ''Manga/SilverSpoon'', Vice-President was the stray puppy that Hachiken found and rescued; the equestrian club decided to name him after Hachiken and he has since become the unofficial guard dog of the horse stable. |
| 49 | * Ichigo of ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' names her fluffy mascot, Masha, after her boyfriend, Masaya. |
| 50 | * Kouya in ''Literature/TheTwelveKingdoms'' renames his youma (demon) "Rokuta" after the human name of his first (and for a long time, only) friend. |
| 51 | * Subverted in ''Anime/WolfsRain''. After feeding a stray dog, a girl named Leara meets a boy who says the dog's called Toboe. She's confused when he later calls himself Toboe. He claims this is because he and the dog are so alike. It's probably not spoileriffic to reveal that the dog is actually a wolf and that the boy and wolf share the same name [[ActuallyIAmHim because they are one and the same]]. When Leara finds out the truth she freaks out, to his dismay. |
| 52 | * The TeamPet in ''Manga/YonaOfTheDawn'' is a little squirrel named Ao. He originally belonged to Sinha, who named him after the previous Blue Dragon, who was his mentor and father figure. This leads to an amusing moment in the manga when Yona asks where Sinha learned swordsmanship. Sinha replies "Ao" and Yona, not knowing the backstory, imagines the squirrel holding a knife. |
| 53 | * ''Franchise/YuGiOh'': |
| 54 | ** In the dub of the original ''Anime/YuGiOh'', Mana's bird is named Anzu, referencing the Japanese name of Tea Gardner. The bird is unnamed in the Japanese version. |
| 55 | ** Used for a dub-only ContinuityNod in the English dub of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': Judai and co. meet a trained dueling monkey named Wheeler; in [[Anime/YuGiOh the original series dub]], Joey Wheeler was frequently called (as an insult) "a dueling monkey." |
| 56 | ** A non-pet variant: the duel school created by Seto Kaiba is divided into three dorms named after the ancient Egyptian cards: the opulent Obelisk Blue, Ra Yellow, and the lowest, the run-down Osiris Red. The reason behind the hierarchy? He had the Obelisk card. His rival Yugi had the Osiris card. |
| 57 | * In ''Anime/YuriOnIce'', Yuri Katsuki has admired famous figure skater Victor Nikiforov ever since he was young. When he learned Victor owned a poodle, he got one himself and named the dog after Victor, though the dog is usually referred to as "Vicchan". Vicchan's death from old age greatly affects Yuri, enough that it causes him to flub his routine at the Sochi Grand Prix Finals. |
| 58 | [[/folder]] |
| 59 | |
| 60 | [[folder:Comedy]] |
| 61 | * The ventriloquist Creator/JeffDunham: |
| 62 | -->'''Jeff Dunham:''' I named the dog "Bill" because I got him when [[UsefulNotes/BillClinton Clinton]] was in office, and as a puppy, he was humping ''everything.'' |
| 63 | * An old joke (replacing the actors' names as appropriate) concerns an aspiring screenwriter sending his work to a famous director for appraisal. Sometime later, he runs into the director walking his dogs and asks him about it. The director replies that he showed it to [[Creator/PatrickStewart Stewart]] and [[Creator/RobertDowneyJr RDJ]], and they ''loved'' it, damn near devoured his script while showing great enthusiasm. The screenwriter is ecstatic until one of the director's dogs starts humping the other, at which point the director yells "Stewart! You get off RDJ right now!". |
| 64 | * Invoked in an old anti-Castro joke where two Cubans discuss the potential names for their dog. The first suggestion is Marti, but they consider it would insult the Independentist leader. Then they ponder about calling him Fidel, but soon decide that would be an insult for the pooch. |
| 65 | [[/folder]] |
| 66 | |
| 67 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 68 | * Angel's dragon and Groo's pegasus in ''[[ComicBook/AngelIDW Angel: After the Fall]]'' are both named after Cordelia Chase. |
| 69 | * In ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'', one of [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Damian]]'s pets is a cat named after [[OldRetainer Alfred]], who gave it to him. The fact that he's been shown addressing it as "[[LastNameBasis Pennyworth]]" just adds to the confusion. |
| 70 | * In ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'', Cerebus becomes a shepherd and names one of the sheep "Elrod". It is unclear whether he's doing it because the sheep annoys him as Elrod used to, or if (after all these years) he misses Elrod (as well as his other old acquaintances). Outliving everyone you knew can have that effect on you. |
| 71 | * ''ComicBook/{{Condorito}}''[='=]s dog Washington got his name as a thinly-veiled TakeThat against Washington Quezada, a clubhouse waiter who insulted the wife of the strip's creator. |
| 72 | * In the ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' comics, Scorpius has acquired a small pet lizard-like creature whom he calls John. |
| 73 | * In ''ComicBook/FireflyBrandNewVerse'', Kaylee and Simon have a dog named Jayne because he's "big, smelly and likes to eat a lot". |
| 74 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' comics, it's revealed that Mary and Finella name their horse after Magus. "Something about his face," Mary says. |
| 75 | * ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'': Scrooge [=McDuck=] named his horse after his FieryRedhead sister Hortense, since the horse was the only thing he had ever met that could match her bad temper. [[FurryLens The human]] Hortense was not amused. |
| 76 | * In ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim,'' Ramona has a cat that shares the name Gideon with her most recent ex-boyfriend. It is a source of much speculation why the cat is named thus, especially due to all the MagicalRealism of the story. [[spoiler: Turns out, it was just her way of getting over breaking up with him.]] |
| 77 | * Creator/DoriSeda had given her friend Tony a cat, which he called Doro. When she got a dog from him, she called him Tona. (Her RealLife and her comics [[WriteWhoYouKnow tended to overlap.]]) |
| 78 | * Not exactly a pet, but in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, after the ComicBook/TwoGunKid is permanently stranded in the 21st Century, he is given a sky-cycle that he names 'Nancy' after his girlfriend back in the WildWest. |
| 79 | * In multiple stories of the spanish comic ''Mortadelo y Filemon'', multiple characters name animals after people they despise. |
| 80 | * In the ''Comicbook/TwoThousandAD'' story ''Hershey: The Cold in the Bones'', [[Comicbook/LowLife Dirty Frank]] has an AngryGuardDog named Joe. [[Comicbook/JudgeDredd Joseph Dredd]] is not amused .. but later quietly impressed when he sees the dog in action. |
| 81 | [[/folder]] |
| 82 | |
| 83 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 84 | * ''Fanfic/AnImpracticalGuideToGodhood'': Perseus names his new hellhound Zoe just to annoy Zoe Nightshade. |
| 85 | * In ''Fanfic/{{Delusions}}'', Celestia named her pet phoenix after her sister. Luna was originally named "Philomena" but changed it upon transforming into an alicorn. |
| 86 | * In the ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/827529/chapters/1571549 Lab Specimen]]'' Ryuk decides to keep a cockroach as a pet and names it "Light II" much to its namesake's annoyance. |
| 87 | * In ''Fanfic/OfLoveAndBunnies'', the married Jason and Trini name their dog "Tommy". His namesake is...disgruntled when he finds out. |
| 88 | * In ''Fanfic/PurpleDays'', Joff names the ornery ox he bought at the Summer Islands Stennis. |
| 89 | * In the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Returning}}'', Rose Weasley names her cat after her uncle Charlie. Unfortunately, cat!Charlie is a grumpy monster. |
| 90 | * In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fanfic ''Fanfic/SeeItAllInBloom'' Todoroki and Izuku have a Chow-Chow named Barkugou and Hitoshi has a cat named Nyazawa are named after their friend Bakugou and their homeroom teacher Aizawa. |
| 91 | * In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/15336675 The Wayne Family Petting Zoo]]'', Damian Wayne decided he would raise turkeys and named one female Martha. His father Bruce frankly hesitates to take it as a compliment, while Superman's mother happily told her friends how her grandson's friend named his pet after her. |
| 92 | * In ''Fanfic/LetTheGalaxyBurn'', [[TheExile Lord Farwynd]] dubbs a stubborn, dumb, and somewhat strong-looking boreal otter that's been following him Victarion. |
| 93 | * In ''Fanfic/CareToFind'', Shen Yuan dubbs his Harmonic Demon puppy Bingpup because the red mark on its head reminds him of the crest on the Demon Emperor's forehead. Said royal feels very much offended since he hates the dog breed. |
| 94 | * In ''Fanfic/ItsAWonderfulChristmasCarole'', Colin is revealed to have named one of his cats after his boss, Gordon Brittas. The Ghost of Christmas Present had been hoping to use this in a bid to change Brittas' decision to not close the centre early on Christmas Eve, dooming everyone else to depressing Christmases. However, the cat is not in the best state, and Brittas is offended that he named the "mangy thing" after him. |
| 95 | * ''Fanfic/TheSimpsonsTeamLASH'': Principal Skinner’s pet cat, [[FormallyNamedPet Miss Edna]], is named after his ex-girlfriend Edna Krabappel. Since Edna [[TheCharacterDiedWithHer died with her voice actress]] in Season 25, this also overlaps with DeadGuyJunior. |
| 96 | [[/folder]] |
| 97 | |
| 98 | [[folder:Film — Live-Action]] |
| 99 | * Toward the end of ''Film/AdamChaplin'', Adam names the demon with whom he has struck a deal "Dennis", after the mobster who killed Adam's wife and whom Adam plans to kill. Demon-Dennis is less than amused. |
| 100 | * In ''Film/AllCheerleadersDie'', Leena names her new kitten 'Princess Madeline' after her crush/ex. Maddy is less than impressed (and more than a little squicked out) by this turn of events. Even Leena admits its pathetic. |
| 101 | * Though not an animal, the man who discovers the killer asteroid in ''Film/Armageddon1998'' names it after his bickering wife ("She's a vicious life-sucking bitch from which there is no escape"). |
| 102 | * In ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'', [[ComicBook/HarleyQuinn Harley]] names her pet hyena Bruce "after [[Franchise/{{Batman}} that hunky Wayne guy]]". [[{{Irony}} Oh, if only she knew.]] |
| 103 | * ''Film/BlackWidow2021'' |
| 104 | ** Alexei is not amused that Melina, who posed as his wife during a DeepCoverAgent mission, named one of her pigs after him. |
| 105 | --->'''Melina:''' What, [[YouAreFat you don't see the resemblence]]? |
| 106 | ** TheStinger shows Yelena calling her dog Fanny after an alias Natasha took in the movie. |
| 107 | * In ''Film/BornFree'', Elsa the lioness is named after a former classmate of Joy's. In this case it's a compliment, as Joy chose the name because Elsa the lion reminded her of some of the qualities she admired in the human Elsa. |
| 108 | -->'''Joy:''' She reminds me of a girl I knew at school; she was the smallest of us all, she wasn't very good at games, but she was very bright, and brave, and good, and I liked her very much. Her name was Elsa. |
| 109 | * In the ''Film/{{Casper}}'' movie, Dibbs taunts Carrigan's ghost by telling her that he'll use the treasure to buy -- among other things -- a little dog also named "Carrigan" ("a bitch, just like you!"). Carrigan responds by [[DestinationDefenestration flinging him out the window]]. |
| 110 | * In ''Film/FierceCreatures'', Rollo Lee is placed in charge of the Marwood Zoo and one of the zookeepers named a lemur Rollo as a show of respect. Which leads to a bit of hilarity when the human Rollo and the lemur Rollo are together with the "''[[SmallNameBigEgo Pronoid]]''" Vince [=McCain=]. |
| 111 | * In one of the unused scripts for ''Film/HighlanderTheSource'', Duncan has a monkey named after his cousin Connor. |
| 112 | * Marilyn Rexroth in ''Film/IntolerableCruelty'' names her dog [[spoiler:Howard]] after one of her ex-husbands. |
| 113 | * The zoo tiger in ''Film/LifeOfPi'' winds up with the human name "Richard Parker" due to a clerical error, since the hunter Richard Parker accidentally wrote his own name in the space for the animal's, and his name was thus recorded as "Thirsty None Given". |
| 114 | * In ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'', the protagonist names an evil alien plant after his sweetheart. It's meant to be in a nice way, as he first believes the plant is a previously undiscovered (terrestrial) breed. |
| 115 | * In ''Film/{{Payback}}'', Porter's ex-girlfriend named her dog after him. This becomes useful later when a man comes looking for Porter the man, and she takes him to Porter the dog and has the dog attack. |
| 116 | * {{Trope Namer|s}}: Captain Barbossa in the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' series has a pet monkey named Jack. It is implied that this was a barb against his rival, Captain Jack Sparrow. Likely a reference to Long John Silver's parrot Cap'n Flint (see below under Literature). |
| 117 | * In ''Film/{{Stepmom}}'', Isabel buys her boyfriend Luke's children a Golden Retriever puppy to curry favor with them. Anna then suggests giving it her name, since it smells like her and she doesn't like it, either. |
| 118 | * In ''Film/TheTerror'', Katrina's falcon is named Helene, which is the name of the young woman who may or may not be in the ghost/reincarnation of Ilsa von Leppe: a woman who Katrina says does not exist. It's that kind of movie. |
| 119 | * Aragorn's horse Brego in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers'' is apparently named after an earlier king of Rohan. Aragorn acknowledges this in a scene from the extended edition, commenting that the horse has "a kingly name". Given how much Rohan values horses this is likely intended as an honor for both horse and King. |
| 120 | * ''Film/UltramanCosmosVsUltramanJusticeTheFinalBattle'': A little girl named her beloved puppy Cosmos, after the Ultraman of the same name. |
| 121 | [[/folder]] |
| 122 | |
| 123 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 124 | * ''Literature/AnimalInn'': A friendly version with two of Harvey (a female rabbit)'s babies, who are named for people that their owner Jake knows -- Doc and Valentine (the last was Jake's brother Toby's idea), as seen in book 2. |
| 125 | * In Literature/ArtemisFowl ''The Time Paradox'', in a combination of We Named the Monkey "Jack" and DeadGuyJunior, the heroes name a lemur [[spoiler: Julius Junior, or [=JayJay=] for short]]. |
| 126 | * In ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'', after the Thomas kids' collie is put to sleep, Shannon Kilbourne gives David Michael a puppy. When Kristy prompts him with "What do you say?" David Michael replies "I say let's name her Shannon!" |
| 127 | * In the ''Literature/CharlieParkerSeries'', Parker names his dog Walter after NYPD friend Walter Cole, although his reasons are unclear and it seems likely that the author never actually intended this trope, but simply forgot when naming the dog that he already had a character named Walter. The trope still applies retroactively, however, and Walter Cole is never particularly pleased about having a dog named after him. |
| 128 | * In ''Chronicles of a Strange Kingdom'', a protagonist stranded on Earth adopts a one-eyed cat and names her Kira after his [[LadyOfWar warrior queen]].[[note]][[DamselOutOfDistress She fought a dragon]] and a piece of his tail hit her eye.[[/note]] When he finally returns home, he's afraid to tell the cat's name. Then a [[IntrovertedCatPerson cat-loving]] king of another country [[TheSilentBob tersely]] names the cat Kira again. They do look alike, after all. |
| 129 | * Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse Literature/NewSeriesAdventures: |
| 130 | ** In the novel ''The Last Dodo'', the Doctor names the titular bird Dorothea. He [[StealthPun doesn't explain why]], but Dorothea Chaplet was a former companion, usually called "Dodo". |
| 131 | ** In the novel ''At Childhood's End'', Dorothy [=McShane=], formerly known as Ace, has a cat named Sorin, presumably after Captain Sorin from "The Curse of Fenric". |
| 132 | * There are two characters named "Mike" in ''Literature/ADogsWayHome'': a deceased cat and the ex-boyfriend of the cat's owner. Her son gets confused when she mentions that Mike (the cat) was hit by a car. |
| 133 | * In the light novels of ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'' around 9th volume, Saito buys a horse and names it Louise, like his girlfriend. Needless to say that she didn't take it well. He was forced to change the name. |
| 134 | * In ''Iron Dawn'', a veteran of the Trojan War who'd fought under Achilles names his horse after the wife of the Trojan hero Hector. The implication is that the old soldier can ''really'' hold a grudge, as he named it that as a snub: he's riding his enemy's wife. |
| 135 | * ''Literature/TheMachineriesOfEmpire'': The Shuos faction's BadassBureaucrat Zehun names their cats after famous Shuos assassins. By the end of the series, they've named one after TheDreaded undead FourStarBadass Jedao, which amuses their mutual acquaintance to no end. |
| 136 | * At the end of ''Literature/TheMurderOnTheLinks'' Hercule Poirot takes the 500 Francs he won in a bet with the annoying Inspector Giraud and buys a foxhound statuette, which he names "Giraud". |
| 137 | * According to ''Literature/{{Malevil}}'', this is a tradition in rural France. Since UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution, ranchers have named their livestock with nobility titles as a generation-spanning TakeThat against their [[AristocratsAreEvil distant ancestors' oppressors]]. Namely at Malevil, there is a Baronne, Comtesse, Marquise, and Princesse. |
| 138 | * Alex Morrisey of the ''Literature/{{Nightside}}'' series named his pet after his ex-wife Agatha. It says a lot about their breakup that said pet is a ''vulture''. |
| 139 | * In Dawn Cook's ''Princess at Sea,'' Tess names her gelding "Jy" after her FriendlyRival Captain Jeck (who, incidentally, also cannot have children...) |
| 140 | * ''Literature/{{Misery}}'': Annie's pig is named after her favorite character. |
| 141 | * In Creator/RudyardKipling's arctic story ''Quiquern'' Kotuko the young Inuit hunter has a sled dog named Kotuko. The story implies that this is common practice. |
| 142 | * In ''Literature/RedCountry'', Lamb owns a pair of oxen named Calder and Scale. Readers of ''Literature/TheFirstLaw'' will remember those to be the names of Bethod's sons; and given their past enmity, it's likely the names were chosen as a private insult. |
| 143 | * In ''[[Literature/LittleHouseOnThePrairie The Rose Years]]'', Almanzo Wilder names both a mule and a colt after his older brother, Royal. Roy the mule is probably meant to be a joke, as his wife named their other mule after Nellie Oleson, her childhood rival, but the colt was named "Royal" because he'll be the crown prince of the Wilders' livestock, just like Almanzo's brother was the crown prince of their family. |
| 144 | * Maikel Staynair in the ''Literature/{{Safehold}}'' series has a pet cat-lizard he named after his late wife. Only after that did he and his children realize that [[YourTomcatIsPregnant the cat-lizard was a male]]. Since the Staynairs' late matriarch had the kind of sense of humor that would've considered this hilarious, they never bothered to try changing the name. |
| 145 | * ''Literature/{{Sharpe}}'': Richard Sharpe named his dog Nosey, the nickname of the Duke of Wellington, on the grounds that he'd spent fifteen years taking orders from the bastard, so he might as well give a few. |
| 146 | * In ''Slaughter's Way'' by Creator/JTEdson, CampCook Coonskin has a pet skunk named 'Mr. Earp', reflecting how most Texas cowhands felt about Kansas lawman Wyatt Earp. |
| 147 | * In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', Daenarys Targaryen named her three dragons after her dead husband Drogo and her dead brothers Rhaegar and Viserys. |
| 148 | * Zimmerman from [[Creator/BenElton Ben Elton's]] ecothriller ''Stark'' names a camel that he captures and tames for the final attack on Stark after two fallen friends. |
| 149 | * As pets can seem a lot like people when you're nine, Peter Hatcher's naming of his dog at the end of ''[[Creator/JudyBlume Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing]]'' might count. He named his new puppy "Turtle", after the pet turtle [[spoiler: his little brother had swallowed]]. |
| 150 | * In ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', Long John Silver has a parrot named Cap'n Flint, after his former captain. This is one of the earliest examples and is almost certainly where ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' got the idea that Barbossa's monkey should be named after the previous captain. |
| 151 | * In Creator/SandyMitchell's ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' novel ''[[Literature/DarkHeresy Scourge the Heretic]]'', an undercover woman has to quickly name an imaginary pony. She calls it "Mordechai" -- and then wonders because she [[ObliviousToLove has been told that it's obvious she's in love]] with the real Mordechai and she had even started to wonder if it were true.[[note]]The text is actually somewhat unclear on this: she ''could'' be talking about an imaginary stableboy when she mentions "Mordechai," though the pony is more likely, and would certainly be [[RuleOfFunny funnier.]][[/note]] |
| 152 | * In the novel ''The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle'' by Haruki Murakami, the main character names his cat Noboru Wataya after his brother-in-law, whom he hates. |
| 153 | * In Volume 9 of ''Literature/TheWanderingInn'', a Sariant lamb (supposedly SweetSheep luxury pets who are [[BitchInSheepsClothing anything but]]) stows away on Erin's carriage ride back to the Inn from Riverfarm. After seeing how well the lamb hides its successful malicious emotional power-plays under a cutesy face (and having some admirable willpower). Erin names the lamb after a similarly manipulative and determined ghost she met, [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Nerrhavia]]. "Nerry" is shown to [[InsultBackfire love her new name]]. |
| 154 | * In one of the ''Literature/TheWitcher'' novels, FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire and TechnicalPacifist Regis names the party's donkey "Drakul". Jaskier, who is narrating the story, says that Regis refused to explain the name, saying its "an untranslatable play on words". One possible explanation is "dracul" is Romanian for dragon or devil, which would count as a GeniusBonus since it's also the origin of the word {{Dracula}}. |
| 155 | * In ''[[Literature/SirAproposOfNothing Woad to Wuin]]'', Apropos discovers that he has named his horse Entipy, after a woman he knows. |
| 156 | [[/folder]] |
| 157 | |
| 158 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 159 | * On ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', Buster, in an attempt to grow away from his near-Oedipal relationship with his mother, adopts a turtle, whom he named "Mother". |
| 160 | * On ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'', Shawn has a pig he calls Little Cory. |
| 161 | * ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Scully]] regularly makes references to someone who lives with him named Kelly, but his descriptions are so confused, contradictory, and vague that nobody in the precinct can figure out if Kelly is his wife or his pet dog. In season seven, it's finally revealed that this trope is the source of the confusion; [[spoiler:there are two Kellys, one being his ex-wife and the other [[ReplacementGoldfish a dog he adopted and named after said ex-wife when she left him]].]] |
| 162 | * ''Series/{{Community}}'': Troy names his pet monkey Annie's Boobs after Annie, or at least part of her. |
| 163 | * In ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'' the kids adopt a puppy and promptly name it "Ramoncito" after Don Ramón the [[TheSlacker resident slacker]]. The kids don't mean ill, but of course the human namesake isn't very flattered. Mostly because when the kids justify their reasons by pointing how cute the physical features of Don Ramón look in the puppy, the "homaged" only sees the StealthInsult. |
| 164 | * Bobby on ''Series/CougarTown'' gets a dog who he names Travis, which is also the name of his son. He later explains he names everything he loves Travis. To avoid confusion, he refers to the dog as D.T. which stands for "Dog Travis". |
| 165 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 166 | ** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E5RiseOfTheCybermen "Rise of the Cybermen"]], the Doctor, Rose, and Mickey travel to a parallel universe, where Rose's father is alive and still married to Jackie. They don't have a daughter but instead have a Yorkshire Terrier named Rose. Rose is deeply upset, while the Doctor has a hard time hiding his amusement. |
| 167 | ** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E10TheGirlWhoWaited "The Girl Who Waited"]], Amy, [[spoiler:trapped in the Two Streams facility for thirty-six years, gets a CompanionCube robot that she has literally disarmed and painted a smiley-face on for company, and names it Rory. It's initially taken as a sign of how emotionally distant to Rory she now is, she doesn't address him by name. Later however when Old Amy talks to Young Amy, Young Amy points out/reminds her why she named it Rory, instead of "the Doctor" or after her favorite cat. It's because Rory is the love of her life.]] |
| 168 | * There's an episode of ''Series/FatherTed'' where Dougal gets a rabbit, and initially wants to name it Ted, then suggests "Father Jack Hackett" as an appropriate name. So it is played with, but they end up calling it Sampras, a PetsHomageName to Pete Sampras. Dougal gives his logic in this as "[[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} the obvious rabbits-tennis connection]]." |
| 169 | * In ''Series/FawltyTowers'', Manuel's pet rat ("No rat, ees ''[[InsistentTerminology Siberian Hamster]]!!''") is called Basil. |
| 170 | * In a Season 2 episode of ''Series/FullHouse'', Danny sets up a triple date with a woman he meets, Denise, and her two friends for Jesse and Joey, only for all to find out Denise and Jesse are exes and Denise named her puppy after Jesse. |
| 171 | * In Gordon Ramsay's UK series ''Series/TheFWord'', he has a habit of naming the various animals he raises in his backyard after other celebrity chefs. Given that the animals are intended to be ''slaughtered and eaten'' at the end of the series this is pretty clearly intended as a piss-take. And Janet Street-Porter once got Gordon back by naming the horse she was going to have slaughtered for its meat after him. |
| 172 | * On ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'', Benny's ex-husband names his dog after her. It's a [[TakeThat female dog]]. This caused some confusion when Benny meets his current wife, who asks her dog if she wants to use the potty. Benny herself jokes that she will name her toilet after her ex-husband as revenge. |
| 173 | * Exaggerated in an episode of ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', in which town oddball [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Kirk]] adopts a cat, which he ends up naming... Kirk. |
| 174 | * In the first episode of ''Gloria'', a much-belated spinoff of ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' where Gloria -- now divorced -- starts working for a vet, her son Joey gets a dog he names after his grandfather Archie -- a black, ''gay'' dog. |
| 175 | * ''Series/TheGoodPlace'': In the series finale, [[spoiler:Michael names his dog "Jason" after his friend who's long since passed on from the universe]]. |
| 176 | * ''Series/{{Gotham}}'': In Season 5, Penguin gets a bulldog he names "Edward" after his [[VitriolicBestBuds frenemy]] Ed Nygma/The Riddler. Ed himself is less than pleased by this. |
| 177 | -->'''Oswald:''' ''(tearing up)'' I'm going to miss you, Edward. |
| 178 | -->'''Ed:''' ''(stiffly)'' I'll miss you too, Oswald. |
| 179 | -->'''Oswald:''' I'm not talking to you! I'm talking to the - ''(gestures to dog)'' |
| 180 | * ''Series/HannahMontana'': One episode revealed that Miley once had a pig named Luann. The later episode, "Torn Between Two Hannahs" features her obnoxious cousin, Luann, whom she had named it after. |
| 181 | * In the first season of ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', Chandra names his pet lizard after his son, Mohinder. |
| 182 | * One of Wilson's exes in ''Series/{{House}}'' owned a dog with him that constantly peed on their rug; she blamed House for wrecking their relationship and subsequently named the dog Hector because "Hector Does Go Rug" was an anagram of "Doctor Greg House". House thought that connection was tenuous at best too. |
| 183 | * ''Series/ILoveLucy'': Little Ricky names his dog Fred. |
| 184 | * ''Series/InspectorRex'': Morini named his goldfish Filippo after his boss [[DaChief Filippo Gori]]. He tries to hide it, but he is discovered calling his fish Filippo. |
| 185 | * In ''Series/JustShootMe'', one of Jack's ex-wives names her dog after him because it humps anything that moves. |
| 186 | * In ''Series/KaboulKitchen'', General Amanullah named his two dogs "George" and "Bush". Ironically, he is supported by the American government. |
| 187 | * ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall'': When Gavin's mother dies, someone gives him a pet hamster to console him. "I named the hamster Mom, and it died. Ironic, eh?" |
| 188 | * In the ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'' episode "Authority", criminal Merritt Rook names a sheep "Elliot" after Elliot Stabler, implying that Elliot is a sheep who blindly follows rules. He later rescinds that statement though, saying that Elliot "is a human being, not a sheep." |
| 189 | * On ''Series/{{Lost}}'', Daniel has a lab rat named Eloise. We later learn that this is his mother's name as well. |
| 190 | * In the ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE'' episode "The Bow-Wow Affair", Illya is working alone on the case, but he names a borrowed fox Napoleon. |
| 191 | * ''Series/MillionYenWomen'': Discussed. In the opening scene, the women are trying to find a name for a cat they just took in. One of the options that gets shot down is naming it "Shin", which is the name of the protagonist who owns the house in which they all live. |
| 192 | * In the ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' episode "A Murdog Mystery", Ruth Newsome, sister to former recurring character Roger Newsome, who was killed off earlier in the season, has acquired a Staffordshire Bull Terrier named Roger. |
| 193 | * ''Series/TheNanny'': In "Take Back Your Mink", Gracie names her hamsters after her father and Fran. It leads to this: |
| 194 | -->'''Grace:''' Miss Fine's having a baby. |
| 195 | -->'''C.C.:''' Who's the father? |
| 196 | -->'''Niles:''' [[LiteralistSnarking Why, Mr. Sheffield, of course]]. |
| 197 | -->'''C.C.:''' (''SpitTake'') |
| 198 | * ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': |
| 199 | ** S2 [=Ep15=], "Caught On Tape": Kate names the dog of the killer, Tony, even though it's a girl. This leads to a humorous scene where Tony is listening in on Kate and Abby talking about whether Tony likes them, how cute Tony is, and how maybe they could share Tony. |
| 200 | ** He probably brought this on himself by claiming in S2 [=Ep10=], "Chained", to be looking for his dog, a mangy Shih-Tzu named Kate. |
| 201 | ** S5 [=Ep13=], "Dog Tags" has Abby running tests on a military police dog, who she names Jethro. |
| 202 | ** Later on we learn that [=DiNozzo=] owns two goldfish, which he named Kate and Ziva. |
| 203 | * Tina Lord of ''Series/OneLifeToLive'' named her dog David Vickers after the human character David Vickers. [[YourTomcatIsPregnant Then David Vickers had puppies]]. |
| 204 | * In an episode of ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'', Ron brings a live pig named Tom to the town's Fourth of July barbecue, planning to publicly kill, butcher and cook it in front of everyone, much to the actual Tom's discomfort. He is prevented from doing so at the barbecue, but at the end of the episode he serves the cooked meat to the office. After a moment's shock Tom declares "Damn that smells good! Gimme some of Tommy's ribs" |
| 205 | * ''Series/PieInTheSky'': When Crabbe retires and opens a restaurant, he buys a flock of chickens to provide fresh eggs, and names the rooster after his PointyHairedBoss after deciding it has the same "strange mixture of complete stupidity and naked ambition". |
| 206 | * ''Series/SchittsCreek'': Alexis Rose is missing her boyfriend Ted while he is studying wildlife in The Galapogos Islands so she gets a pet turtle she names Ted. |
| 207 | * In an episode of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', Kramer gets a rooster which he names Little Jerry. |
| 208 | * In the ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' episode "Krypto," Lois Lane spends much of the episode referring to the dog as "Clarky" because, as she says, "he's annoying and I can't seem to get within ten feet of him without getting sick" which was, [[BelligerentSexualTension of course, actually a dig at Clark.]] She later suggests that Clark change ''his'' name to avoid confusion. |
| 209 | * The ItsAWonderfulPlot episode of ''Series/{{Sorry}}'' has a similar example to "Rise of the Cybermen": in the world where Timothy was never born, his [[MyBelovedSmother Beloved Smother]] has a yappy dog which she, of course, has named Timothy. |
| 210 | * In the 27th episode of ''Series/SpiderManJapan'', Takuya Yamashiro's little brother Takuji adopts a dog and names him after his older brother. |
| 211 | * ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': One of the signs that Reg Barclay's attempt to maintain contact with USS Voyager is turning into one of his obsessions is that he has a cat named Neelix. |
| 212 | * ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': The now-retired Jean-Luc Picard has a dog named "NumberOne", his nickname for his former first officer William T. Riker. |
| 213 | * ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'': In "[[Recap/TalesFromTheCryptS1E6CollectionCompleted Collection Completed]]", Jonas is totally nonplussed when he discovers that his wife Anita has named one of her stray dogs 'Jonas'. The canine Jonas becomes the first animal the human Jonas kills and stuffs. |
| 214 | * Myka on ''Series/Warehouse13'' names her ferret after her partner Pete because "they're both cute and annoying" |
| 215 | * At one point, Neal from ''Series/WhiteCollar'' introduces Peter as 'Mr. Satchmo', in tribute to his yellow lab. Peter then destroys Neal's perfected cover in retaliation, something Neal understood. |
| 216 | [[/folder]] |
| 217 | |
| 218 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 219 | * An issue of ''Magazine/DragonMagazine'' had an article on religious attitudes for non-cleric characters, and suggested that chaotic characters may show their devotion through naming weapons, pets, or children after their god. Depending on the character, it may be difficult to discern between a chaotic character using giving the name as a tribute, and an impious character giving it as an insult. |
| 220 | [[/folder]] |
| 221 | |
| 222 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 223 | * ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'': Seymour names the strange and interesting plant he purchased "Audrey II," after his coworker and crush. Audrey I is quite flattered. |
| 224 | [[/folder]] |
| 225 | |
| 226 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 227 | * At the beginning of ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'', [[BigBad Handsome Jack]] calls up the Vault Hunters to talk about [[ConspicuousConsumption a horse made of diamonds that he bought]], saying that he's considering naming it "Piss-For-Brains" after them. He later settles on the name "Butt Stallion". |
| 228 | * ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective: A Fumble in the Dark'': When his sidekick and best friend Dooley goes missing for months, [=McQueen=] acquires a cat who he names "P.D.", which he eventually admits is short for "Placeholder Dooley". |
| 229 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': |
| 230 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'': The cat at NORA House in New Bodhum is named Snow, after the team's BoisterousBruiser leader. Fragments reveal Gadot originally meant it as a joke, 'but the name stuck and that was that. For the record, [[GenderBlenderName the cat is female and the NORA leader is male]]. |
| 231 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles: Echoes of Time'', in the post-game, has a cat named Sherlotta, after one of the main characters. Well, kind of. |
| 232 | * ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'': [[spoiler: Sissel was named after Yomiel's dead fiancee, which provides a neat explanation for his GenderBlenderName.]] |
| 233 | * In a ''VideoGame/{{Hakuouki}}'' drama CD, Okita takes in a stray cat and, because he's a troll, names it "Toshizo" after the Shinsengumi's vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo. Comedy ensues when Kondou overhears Okita, Nagakura, and Saito discussing the feline Toshizo's penchant for stealing food, sneaking into people's beds, and siring children around the neighborhood; the misunderstanding that results is not helped by the fact that Saito can't bring himself to [[FirstNameBasis use Hijikata's given name]] even to address a cat, and instead calls the cat "Vice-Commander" as well. |
| 234 | * In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', a family on Outset Island names their pet pig after Link. |
| 235 | ** A variant occurred earlier in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' (which may overlap with DeadGuyJunior depending on how you look at it). Darunia ends up naming his son after "The Legendary Dodongo Buster", so he's known as "HelloInsertNameHere of the Gorons." |
| 236 | ** Also occurs in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', where the cat owned by Beth's family shares Link's name. This makes no sense until you remember the hilarious ''[[FridgeBrilliance schoolgirl crush]]'' that Beth has for Link. |
| 237 | * In ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland2LeChucksRevenge'', Elaine has named her dog Guybrush, for a series of unflattering reasons. |
| 238 | ** Mostly because this is a ShoutOut to Indiana Jones. |
| 239 | * In ''VideoGame/NeoTheWorldEndsWithYou'', Ayano's character profile in the Social Network page reveals that she named her pet iguana after her friend Shoka, unbeknownst to anyone else. |
| 240 | * In ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', Travis Touchdown's cat Jeane is named after his ex-girlfriend. It's never explicitly stated why, though it can be assumed that it was a way to cope with the breakup. |
| 241 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'', the generically engineered gorilla Winston was named after his creator, Dr. Harold Winston, and after his death the gorilla becomes a scientist like his namesake. |
| 242 | * In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', the name of a parrot is a clue to the real identity of a witness, as somebody important to the case lost a girlfriend. Manfred Von Karma retorts that his granddaughter has a dog named Phoenix and that it doesn't mean she named it after him. |
| 243 | * One feature of all ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'' games is the nicknaming of one's mons. So, it is entirely possible to name that Rattata you caught "[[AscendedMeme Joey]]". |
| 244 | * ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'': ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'' has [[TheBigGuy Jungo Torii]] name a cat he finds "Jungo" because it's easy to remember. It gets confusing ''very'' quickly. |
| 245 | * In ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'', Claude makes an offhand mention about having a pet dog named Roddick. It's likely that Claude's father Ronyx named him after the hero of ''VideoGame/StarOcean1'' who Ronyx became good friends with. And, apparently, because both Roddicks had the same fluffy tail. |
| 246 | * In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', Emperor Peony named his rappigs with the name of people from his childhood (bar Luke). Hilariously, Saphir, [[spoiler: which is Dist's real name]], is the name of the stupid one. |
| 247 | ** Also, the one named for Jade's sister Nephry (whom Peony has a crush on) has the nicest collar. Jade is ''not'' amused. |
| 248 | * ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd'': [[spoiler:After retiring from treasure-hunting, Nathan Drake and his wife Elena got a dog and named it Vicky, after Nate's ParentalSubstitute, Victor Sullivan. Vicky is [[SamusIsAGirl female]].]] |
| 249 | * ''VideoGame/UncleAlbertsMysteriousIsland'': |
| 250 | ** While stranded on an island, Uncle Albert tames a monkey which he names "Gus", because the monkey reminds Albert of an old friend of his. |
| 251 | ** The original French name of Kipling the parrot is "Hugo". It's said in a cutscene that it's named after Creator/VictorHugo. |
| 252 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': According to Pandaren legend, Shen-zin Su, [[TurtleIsland the Wandering Isle]], was named after a shopkeeper who humored Liu Lang (the turtle's original owner and traveling companion) when he announced his seemingly ridiculous plan to explore the ocean on the back of a (at the time) normal turtle. |
| 253 | * In ''{{VisualNovel/Bustafellows}}'': after taking in a stray cat, the heroine asks the others for help choosing a name. Helvetica suggests on naming it after her since [[TheCasanova he'll care more about it that way]]. After deciding to try calling out different names to see which one the cat responds too, if you're on Helveticas' route then the cat responds to the unamused heroines name. |
| 254 | [[/folder]] |
| 255 | |
| 256 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 257 | * In ''Webcomic/PepsiaPhobia'', Phobia accuses her slave/boyfriend Klepto of naming their dog Mania after his ex-girlfriend of the same name. Subverted because, as Klepto points out, ''Phobia'', who had no idea the other Mania existed, named the dog. |
| 258 | * In the ''Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}}'', Joyce has, unintentionally, named two dogs after boys she had crushes on, both times after being mindwiped of the boys' existence. In ''[[Webcomic/RoomiesItsWalkyJoyceAndWalky Roomies!]]'', Joyce has an [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited]] [[{{Yandere}} crush on Danny]]. Still mindwiped and unable to remember her prior life, she and new BF Walky get a dog. Named? [[http://www.itswalky.com/d/20000422.html Daniel]]. Additionally, her childhood dog was named Walkies. She'd met Walky onboard the alien craft that gave them superpowers, but they were both mindwiped of the encounter. |
| 259 | [[/folder]] |
| 260 | |
| 261 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 262 | * Three [=YouTubers=], Melisa ([=GirlOnDuty=]), Kevin ([=zXNoRegretzzXz=]), and Jamie ([=Utorak007=]) did a ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' series called ''LetsPlay Survival Island''. Their friend Crowley ([=irishCROWLEYz=]) couldn't join them, so Mel tamed a wolf and named it after him. |
| 263 | * ''Website/NotAlwaysRight has one [[https://notalwaysright.com/very-a-mew-sing/101490/ here.]] Good antidote to telemarketers. |
| 264 | [[/folder]] |
| 265 | |
| 266 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 267 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[spoiler: In the DistantFinale, a now-adult Anne is shown to have a pet tree frog that she names Sprig after her old friend from Amphibia.]] |
| 268 | * In ''WesternAnimation/ElCidTheLegend'', Rodrigo names his horse after his girlfriend Jimena, which annoys her greatly when she finds out. |
| 269 | * A possible example in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'': The Jester (Joker's analogue) has a monkey named Harley - and we know his allies were killed off almost to a person. It's unknown if the monkey is named after [[Characters/HarleyQuinnTheCharacter Harley Quinn]] the person or if she is Harley Quinn's actual alternate-universe counterpart. |
| 270 | * ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': |
| 271 | ** In "Pretty, Pretty Dresses", Bill adopts an iguana and calls it Lenore, after his estranged wife, showing that he hasn't gotten over breaking up with her. |
| 272 | ** In the ending of "Raise The Steaks", Hank gets a letter from [[NewAgeRetroHippie Appleseed]], who tells him that the calf he saved from their now-closed co-op has been named after him. |
| 273 | * In the episode "K'nuckles Is A Filthy Rat" of ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'', Flapjack adopts a rat and calls it "K'nuckles II". |
| 274 | * On ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall,'' [[CheerfulChild Greg]] carries around a frog that he gives several names, including Wirt Jr. (after [[SociallyAwkwardHero his brother]]) and UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington. In the final episode, he decides that the "perfect frog name" is [[spoiler:Jason Funderburker, the name of Wirt's romantic rival]], who actually seems honored. Interestingly, WordOfGod says that the names are spelled differently (the human is [[spoiler:Jason ''Funderberker'']], with three "e"s instead of a second "u"). |
| 275 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 276 | ** In "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds", Charles Montgomery ("Monty") Burns steals 25 greyhound puppies from the Simpson family and names his favorite "Little Monty." |
| 277 | ** A pair of [[NewAgeRetroHippie New Age Retro Hippies]] have a dog named Ginsburg, after the famed proto-hippie poet. |
| 278 | * ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': |
| 279 | ** Steven temporarily adopts a goat and names it Steven Jr. |
| 280 | ** When Garnet realizes Steven isn't dependent on her guidance anymore, she adopts a kitten because she missed having someone to take care of. She names the ([[GenderBlenderName female]]) cat after him, but when Steven says that would be confusing, she decides on "[[Music/CatStevens Cat Steven]]". |
| 281 | * On ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Island,'' Harold adopts a snail and names it Leshawna Jr., after his love interest. It's supposed to be a compliment, though Leshawna probably wouldn't take it that way herself. |
| 282 | ** Twice [[StalkerWithACrush Sierra]] adopts animals and names them after [[CasanovaWannabe Cody]], acting as if the pets were their children. |
| 283 | * ''Jack'' Spicer from ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' adopts a parrot for a short time which he names Little Jack. It turns out the parrot is the Yin Yin Bird in disguise, Hannibal's bird companion. |
| 284 | [[/folder]] |
| 285 | |
| 286 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 287 | * Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné): |
| 288 | ** The Swedish botanist is claimed to have named ''Geranium robertianum'' (a flower mostly known for its repulsive odor) [[TakeThat after a childhood bully.]] |
| 289 | ** A legend claims that the common toad, ''Bufo bufo'', was named for Linnaeus' rival as a biologist, Georges-Louis Leclerc, count of Buffon. (It wasn't: ''bufo'' is simply Latin for "toad.") |
| 290 | ** Linnaeus's inclusion, in his taxonomic system, of a rule against naming species after ''yourself'' has done a lot to perpetuate this trope, as you ''can'', at least, honor somebody else that way. |
| 291 | * Music/KatyPerry named her cat [[PunnyName Kitty Purry.]] |
| 292 | * Creator/JohnBarrowman, who played Captain Jack Harkness on ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', has a Jack Russell called Captain Jack. |
| 293 | * Frequently happens when a new species is discovered, such as when [[ComicStrip/TheFarSide Gary Larson]] had a newly-found breed of parasitic louse named after him. It was meant as a compliment (as he stated in one of his books, he knew no one was going to name a new species of swan after him). |
| 294 | ** Sir David Attenborough has a species of echidna named after him, as well as a plesiosaur genus. |
| 295 | ** UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin has a moth and a prehistoric lemur named after him. |
| 296 | ** Sir Creator/TerryPratchett has an extinct sea turtle named for him. A very large one, naturally. |
| 297 | ** Martin and Chris Kratt have a praying mantis named for them: an honor they celebrated with a ''WesternAnimation/WildKratts'' episode, complete with a cameo by the entomologist that chose the name. |
| 298 | * Website/TheOtherWiki has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animals_named_after_celebrities list of animals named after celebrities]]. |
| 299 | * In some Shi'ite Muslim majority countries, they will frequently kick and refer to dogs as "Umar" as a reference to the 2nd Sunni Caliph. Sunnis and Shi'ites are rival Muslim sects. |
| 300 | * One Argentinian journalist, Jorge Lanata, once had a little pig in his show. He named it "Varone" (but said he was also considering naming him "Orlando"), after "Orlando Barone". Because he knew that ''"once he grows up, he will become a big pig"''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-RboDxJsE4]] |
| 301 | * During the Civil War, UsefulNotes/UlyssesSGrant had a horse named "Jeff Davis." |
| 302 | * During World War Two, UsefulNotes/BernardLawMontgomery had a pet dog named [[UsefulNotes/ErwinRommel Rommel]]. |
| 303 | * Averted by a French law that always comes up in discussions of ridiculous past legislation, which forbids anyone from naming their pig Napoleon. |
| 304 | * As mentioned in ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'', Martha Washington had a feral tomcat she named after UsefulNotes/AlexanderHamilton. The play implies it's because [[ReallyGetsAround he's reliable with the LADIES]] but historians disagree. |
| 305 | ** [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington Her husband]], meanwhile, had a greyhound named Cornwallis after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis Charles Cornwallis]], whom he'd defeated at the Siege of Yorktown. |
| 306 | * Giuseppe Garibaldi named one of his horses "Papa Mastai" as a TakeThat against the then-[[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope]] Pius IX (whose pre-papal name was Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti). |
| 307 | * It's commonly believed that [[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} Garfield the cat]] was named after [[UsefulNotes/JamesGarfield President James Garfield.]] This is mistaken; he's actually named after Jim Davis's grandfather... who was named after President Garfield. |
| 308 | * To the surprise of exactly no one, the late Creator/SteveIrwin has an arboreal snail named after him, one ''Crikey steveirwini''. |
| 309 | * Catherine Willoughby, the Duchess of Suffolk and friend of Caterine Parr, the last of King Henry VIII’s six wives, had a dog called Gardiner, after the anti-Protestant Bishop of Winchester Stephen Gardiner. It was clearly meant as an insult, and she dressed the dog in ecclesiastical clothing, much to the delight of her household and the displeasure of the human Gardiner. |
| 310 | * In his autobiography ''Going Solo'', Creator/RoaldDahl mentions living on an oil company ship where they had two pet lizards named Hitler and Mussolini. Dahl and his associates were British, making them enemies of the fascists. |
| 311 | * According to Creator/LeVarBurton, when he was starting out in show business, he was gifted a cat from Creator/RegisPhilbin, who was a KindheartedCatLover, which [=LeVar=] ended up naming after him. |
| 312 | [[/folder]] |
| 313 | |
| 314 | !!Human named after animal: |
| 315 | |
| 316 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 317 | * In ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'', main character Alita is named after a cat that Dr. Ido owned, which had died a short time before he found her. She's not happy to hear this. Of course, in the Japanese version, the cat's name is Gally instead. Either way, part of the reason she's not happy about it is that [[GenderBlenderName the cat was male]]. |
| 318 | * In the ''Manga/BlackButler'' manga, Sebastian was named after Ciel's dog, who was [[DeathByOriginStory killed along with Ciel's parents]]. Though he didn't show it, Sebastian was quite displeased at this, as he doesn't like dogs. |
| 319 | * In ''[[Creator/ShojiKawamori The Daichis - Earth Defence Family]]'', mother Seiko recounts that as a child, she had to return a puppy that she had found to its original owner. Her son Dai suddenly realizes that in Japanese, "dog" is just "Dai" with one added line, and becomes indignant at the implication that he was named that way. (The English dub handles this by saying that the dog's name was "Dino-Chief," with Dai's name being pronounced like the first syllable.) |
| 320 | * The main protagonist of ''Manga/DGrayMan'' Allen Walker took this name after his adoptive father started confusing him with his dead dog "Allen"... On the lighter side said dog was probably named after another human Allen whom the dog owner knew. |
| 321 | * Amadeus, Sieglinde's BattleButler dragon in ''Anime/DragonautTheResonance'' is named after her late dog from when she was a kid. |
| 322 | * In ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'' a tragic version is a girl named Charlotte who received a doll named "Tabitha" shortly before her mother was poisoned. Her now-insane mother believes the doll to be her daughter, so Charlotte took to calling herself Tabitha. |
| 323 | * In ''Anime/MichikoAndHatchin,'' the title characters' search for Hiroshi takes them to Elis Michaela, a woman he dated after he [[FakingTheDead faked his death]]. He told Elis that he had no name, so she called him "Rock" after a dog she once had. His response was a playful "Woof, woof." |
| 324 | * Yoite from ''Manga/NabariNoOu'' has the same name as a cat Yukimi used to have. Strangely, this is later inverted when Yukimi gets another cat after [[spoiler:Yoite dies]] and, unconsciously influenced by the [[spoiler: traces of his memories of Yoite]](the person, not the first cat), names it Yoite. [[ZigZaggingTrope And in the end it's subverted]] when everyone [[spoiler: regains their memories of Yoite]] and Yukimi [[spoiler:renames the cat "Yoi"]]. |
| 325 | * In ''Manga/{{Nana}}'', one of the two Nanas was nicknamed "Hachi" to differentiate between them. This came from UsefulNotes/{{Hachiko}} because she was known for being incredibly loyal. And also means "Eight" in Japanese. "Nana", respectively, [[ArcWords meaning]] [[SevenIsNana "Seven"]]. |
| 326 | * ''Literature/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline'': The name of Miyu's VRMMO character is "Fukaziroh", after her deceased dog. |
| 327 | * The main character of ''Manga/YoureMyPet'' first decides to keep Takeshi as a 'pet' because he reminds her of her old dog -- so, in reference to said dog, she calls him "Momo". [[spoiler:Even on their wedding day...]] |
| 328 | [[/folder]] |
| 329 | |
| 330 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 331 | * In ''ComicStrip/SallyForthHoward'', Sally's sister Jackie names her daughter after the family cat. Her husband isn't happy when he finds out. |
| 332 | [[/folder]] |
| 333 | |
| 334 | [[folder:Fanfiction]] |
| 335 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12404778/1/Knights-of-Remnant-The-Ring-of-Darkness Knights of Remnant: The Ring of Darkness]]'', a ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' FusionFic, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Jaune]], who is this story's version of [[spoiler:Aragorn]] took the fake name [[spoiler:Strider]] from his dog, with the lines in the scene revealing this being a shout-out to ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' |
| 336 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13010260/1/The-Second-String The Second String]]'' a time-traveling Harry discovers that Ron was named after the Weasley family dog. |
| 337 | [[/folder]] |
| 338 | |
| 339 | [[folder:Film — Animation]] |
| 340 | * Subverted in the Hungarian animated film ''Animation/TreasureOfSwampCastle'': the main female protagonist, Szaffi gets her name after her baby sneeze, but incidentally it's the same as her surrogate mother's cat's name. |
| 341 | [[/folder]] |
| 342 | |
| 343 | [[folder:Film — Live-Action]] |
| 344 | * ''Franchise/IndianaJones'': |
| 345 | ** Henry Jones Jr. so disliked being named for his father that he used the nickname Indiana for most of his adult life. As revealed in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', this was the name of the family dog. |
| 346 | --->'''Sallah:''' Please, what does it always mean, this, this "Junior"?\ |
| 347 | '''Henry Sr.:''' That's his name. Henry Jones ''Jr.''\ |
| 348 | '''Indy:''' I like Indiana.\ |
| 349 | '''Henry Sr.:''' We named the ''dog'' Indiana.\ |
| 350 | '''Sallah:''' The '''''dog'''''?! Heh heh. You are named after the dog?!? ''[belly laugh]'' Hahahahahaha!\ |
| 351 | '''Indy:''' (''wearily'') I've got a lot of fond memories of that dog... |
| 352 | ** The decision to ditch his father's (who that last line implies he ''doesn't'' have many "fond memories" of) name in favor of the name of his beloved childhood pet tells the audience just what kind of childhood he had. It's a major turning point in their relationship when Henry Sr. finally calls his son Indiana rather than treating him like GenerationXerox. |
| 353 | ** Indiana was [[TributeToFido actually the name]] of Creator/GeorgeLucas' dog (who was also the inspiration for [[Franchise/StarWars Chewbacca]]). And following the line, the other two protagonists of ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom The Temple of Doom]]'' were named after dogs, Willie (Creator/StevenSpielberg's) and Short Round (screenwriters Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz). |
| 354 | ** Played with in ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' with Mutt Williams, who is named not after a dog but after a synonym for "dog". |
| 355 | ** In the GraphicNovel, Marcus says his family had a cat named Marcus before he was born, and Elsa, if she survived the Grail Temple sequence, says she thinks her father had a secretary named Elsa. |
| 356 | * In ''Film/RockyMountain'', Capt. Lafe Barstow asks Jimmy Wheat why the initial on his sign-up papers was 'B'. Jimmy explains that his actual first name is 'Buck'. He then explains that his uncle had a pair of wagon mules and promised to give his father whichever one he named the child after, and his father chose the one named Buck. Barstow remarks that he probably wishes his father had chosen the other one, but Jimmy says no, because the other one was named Sally. |
| 357 | [[/folder]] |
| 358 | |
| 359 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 360 | * The 19th-century novel ''Literature/AtTheBackOfTheNorthWind'' has a cabman's son named Diamond, named for his father's favorite horse, who is important character himself in the book, and is referred to by the narrator as Old Diamond. |
| 361 | * In ''Literature/AuntDimity's Good Deed'' Lucy mentions that her uncle has a stuffed giraffe named Geraldine and she used to tease her cousin Gerald by claiming he was named after it. |
| 362 | * In ''Literature/EmpireFromTheAshes'' the Emperor and Empress's second son is named Horus Gaheris [=MacIntyre=] with his middle name coming from one of the Imperial family's dogs. Although in this case the dogs in question are genetically engineered to have human-level intelligence and Gaheris was severely injured saving the Empress from an assassination attempt shortly before the son was born, making this more a case of naming a child after a close friend rather than a pet. |
| 363 | * ''Literature/InCryptid'': Frances, a CircusBrat, claims she was named after the snake-handler's favorite python. She could have just been trolling Jonathan though. |
| 364 | * PlayedWith in ''Literature/TheLostYearsOfMerlin''--the title character was named Emrys, but his IdentityAmnesia and his suspicions about his mother meant that he was not very attached to that name. In the first book, he has a pet merlin named Trouble that pulls a HeroicSacrifice for him, so he takes "Merlin" on as a new name instead. |
| 365 | * In ''Literature/{{Magehunter}}'', the titular protagonist purchases a dog and names it "Kurt", after his Uncle. |
| 366 | * Towser, an old jester in ''Literature/MemorySorrowAndThorn'' got his name from one of his king's dogs when he pledged to be as loyal as a hound. |
| 367 | * There's a YA book called ''Literature/MyLouisianaSky'' where the main character's mentally handicapped mother named her Tiger, after a cat she had when she was a little girl and loved so much she [[AndCallHimGeorge accidentally squeezed it to death.]] |
| 368 | * Dian Curtis Regan's ''My Zombie Valentine'' has twelve-year-old Joseph "Joey" [[EmbarrassingMiddleName Milford]] Ocean as its main character. Joey's younger sister takes great pleasure in reminding him that "Milford" was their grandparent's dog, who died the night Joey was born, a fact which greatly annoys him. |
| 369 | * ''Literature/TheSagaOfHrolfKraki'' has Queen Olof of Saxony bearing a baby daughter after being raped by King Helgi of Denmark. She names the girl Yrsa after one of her dogs and has her raised as a serf. |
| 370 | * One of the many alter-egos [[ActionGirl Arya Stark]] comes up with over the course of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' is "Nymeria", the name of the pet direwolf she was once forced to [[ShooTheDog release into the wild]], who herself was named after a legendary warrior queen. |
| 371 | * Unintentional example: In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'', main character Perrin meets a girl who has run away from her privileged lifestyle to become an adventurer but is having trouble deciding on a name. At first, she introduces herself as "Mandarb," an [[FictiveLanguage Old Tongue]] word meaning "blade," and Perrin laughingly points out that one of the horses in his group has the same name. She then decides that Faile, meaning Falcon, would also be a cool name. Which becomes a MeaningfulName due to an earlier prophecy, and any appearance in subsequent prophecies. |
| 372 | [[/folder]] |
| 373 | |
| 374 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 375 | * In Season 4 of ''Series/{{Community}}'', Troy reveals that his family had a dog named Troy, and a parrot named Troy. The parrot is older than him. [[ExplainExplainOhCrap He doesn't realize what this means until after he says it.]] |
| 376 | * In ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', Niles and Frasier discover their late mother's journal with numerous references (apparently) to them and their problems. After spending the episode angsting over the implications, they discover that they've been reading her lab journal from before their birth. "Niles" and "Frasier" were her experimental rats. At first, they're relieved, but then it dawns on them... |
| 377 | -->'''Frasier:''' ''(weary)'' Our mother named us after ''rodents''... |
| 378 | * Lionel Fusco of ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' was named after a lion his father once fed at the local zoo. |
| 379 | * ''Series/{{Monk}}'' has Adrian Monk's older brother, Ambrose, whose father named him after a tortoise. |
| 380 | * In the first season of ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' it is revealed that Cherry's real name is Rita. [[spoiler:She had escaped from an abusive husband taking all their belongings include Cherry the dog, before burning down their condo. When the dog died she started using the dog's name because she liked it better]]. |
| 381 | * In ''Series/WhiteCollar'', Mozzie takes his nickname from his mispronunciation of his teddy bear's name, Mozart. |
| 382 | [[/folder]] |
| 383 | |
| 384 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 385 | * The Australian rapper born Amethyst Amelia Kelly took half of her stage name from the name of her dog. She took the other half from the street she grew up on. That's how she came to be known as Music/IggyAzalea. |
| 386 | * Simon John Ritchie from the punk rock band Music/SexPistols was named "Sid Vicious" after John Lydon's pet hamster after it bit him. Which caused him to proclaim "Sid is really vicious!" in response. |
| 387 | [[/folder]] |
| 388 | |
| 389 | [[folder:Myths & Religion]] |
| 390 | * In Irish legend, young Sétanta was attacked by a guard dog belonging to Chulainn and killed it. In recompense, he promises to raise a new guard dog, and to take the dog's place himself until the new dog was ready, earning him the name by which he is known in legend: Cú Chulainn, or, in English "Chulainn's Hound". |
| 391 | [[/folder]] |
| 392 | |
| 393 | [[folder:Puppet Shows]] |
| 394 | * At the end of ''Film/TalesFromMuppetlandTheFrogPrince'', it's revealed that Prince Robin and Princess Melora named their son after Kermit. Kermit meanwhile is very honored to know that a prince is named after him. |
| 395 | [[/folder]] |
| 396 | |
| 397 | [[folder:Stand-Up Comedy]] |
| 398 | * According to Creator/JeffFoxworthy: if you've ever named a child after a "good dog", ''[[CharacterCatchphrase you might be a redneck]]''. |
| 399 | [[/folder]] |
| 400 | |
| 401 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 402 | * In the play ''Theatre/ChristmasOnMars'' by Harry Kondoleon, Audrey discovers her mother named her after a cat she once had. |
| 403 | [[/folder]] |
| 404 | |
| 405 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 406 | * ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'' again: [[spoiler:Yomiel, for the events on the day the game takes place, took the cat's name "Sissel" as an alias for dealing with the blue-skinned foreigners.]] |
| 407 | * ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'', the earliest game chronologically set before the first appearance of the Gerudo tribe, there is an insect located in the Lanayru Desert called the "Gerudo Dragonfly." Coupled with the Gerudo emblem resembling a dragonfly's head, it's implied the tribe is named after the insect. |
| 408 | * Early in ''VideoGame/MedievalCop 3: The Princess and the Grump'' Dregg has to snap Polly out of depression. If you pick "Insult him" Dregg remarks that Polly's parents hated him so much that they named him after the family parrot. |
| 409 | [[/folder]] |
| 410 | |
| 411 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 412 | * In ''Webcomic/BatmanAndSons'', Catwoman named her son, Terry, after her first cat. |
| 413 | -->'''Batman:''' She named my son after a cat, Alfred. |
| 414 | * In ''Webcomic/ImpureBlood'', [[http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Issue4PAGES/ib082.html Mac starts to speculate about this as soon as she learns his real name is Roan because she knew of a horse that was called a roan.]] |
| 415 | * ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' parodies this with Montana Jones, who was also named after a dog, but it turns out his real name is North Dakota Jones, Jr. |
| 416 | * In ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'', the family tree published at the end of Chapter 12 revealed prologue characters Michael and Signe to have named their son "Magnus", which in the prologue proper is the name of Michael's cat. |
| 417 | [[/folder]] |
| 418 | |
| 419 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 420 | * [[https://www.instagram.com/misty_draws/ Misty]] took her online name from her cat, named Misty, not the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' [[JustForFun/OneMarioLimit character.]] |
| 421 | * In ''Film/NoobLaQueteLegendaire'', Rafale does this to himself by complete accident. He technically simply used his real last name for his avatar, but the franchise canon happens to include another minor in-game character named Rafale: Omega Zell's flying mount. |
| 422 | [[/folder]] |
| 423 | |
| 424 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 425 | * Sterling WesternAnimation/{{Archer}} gets his codename "[[EmbarrassingNickname Duchess]]" from his mother's beloved dog. |
| 426 | [[/folder]] |
| 427 | |
| 428 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 429 | * There is an asteroid named after Mr. Spock... the namer's cat. |
| 430 | %%* Kemal Ataturk had [[PlanetOfSteves an entire menagerie called Abdul]]. %%ZCE. Who was named after the animals, or who were they named after? |
| 431 | * [[Creator/CSLewis Clive Staples Lewis]] didn't like his name (understandably). At the age of four, he began insisting that everyone call him Jacksie, after the family's recently-deceased dog; 'Jacksie' mutated over the years into 'Jack', the nickname his relatives finally stuck with. |
| 432 | * Marion Michael Morrison had a dog named Duke as a boy and went everywhere with it. As a result, one of his neighbors started calling him "Little Duke"; when he grew up and became famous as Creator/JohnWayne, the nickname of "Duke" stuck with him. |
| 433 | * Yet another real-life example: Bindi Sue Irwin. Her first name comes from a crocodile (given [[Creator/SteveIrwin her father]], that should surprise no one), and her middle name comes from the family dog's name (this is a slight subversion, as the dog's name apparently is ''Sui''). |
| 434 | * Delta Burke's name came from the family cat. The name was decided upon shortly after her birth when a relative exclaimed, "She looks like Delta the cat!" |
| 435 | * In Australia, [[http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/news18316.html a toddler named]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makybe_Diva Makybe]] was reunited with her family. Yes, she was named after the racehorse. |
| 436 | * Zenyatta Alexandra has become a rather popular name for ''human'' "fillies". It is often explicitly stated that they are named after the famous racehorses [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenyatta Zenyatta]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Alexandra Rachel Alexandra]]. |
| 437 | * [[Creator/BanjoPaterson Andrew Barton Paterson]], Australian poet and journalist, took his more well-known name from Banjo, the family racehorse. |
| 438 | [[/folder]] |
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/context.php
FollowingContext Main / WeNamedTheMonkeyJack
Go To
- Show Spoilers
- Night Vision
- Sticky Header
- Wide Load
