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"Your name is Giorno Giovanna, it reminds me of my nickname, "JoJo", because of the "Jo" in "Jonathan" and the "Jo" in "Joestar". The first three letters of your name is "Gio", and the same is in "Giovanna", so I believe your nickname should be "GioGio"! Well, if you'd like."
Jonathan Joestar, Jonathan Joestar, The First JoJo

Chris: Nice alliteration. You sounded like Stan Lee for a minute.
Tony: Thanks, I've been practicing.
Bite Me, Fanboy

"If a character had the same first initial in both names, I could at least remember one of the names."

"Lancel Lannister. Who named you, some half-wit with a stutter?"
Robert Baratheon, Game of Thrones

"Salladhor Saan is a good name for songs."
Salladhor Saan, Game of Thrones

"We have to make the name more memorable! And nothing makes people remember a name like alliteration!" J. Jonah Jameson said.
"Do you really think so?" Peter Parker asked the nearest bystander.
"I wouldn't know," Robbie Robertson commented. Then J. J.'s secretary, Betty Brant, informed him that he had a conference call with the noted scientists Bruce Banner and Reed Richards.
Spider-Man, the official novelization

"Ricky Rat, seen above leaping from tree to tree, was sent by the rest of his gang to recruit Toby Turtle. Because if they could acquire the skills of Toby, their gang of stuffed animals with have more gay names than even Beanie Bunny and Alliteration Alligator's club house."

Supergirl: While you were gone, I used my super-hearing and heard many Earth-girls' names! I thought of a good one for myself... Linda Lee! How's that?
Superman: Er... As good as any! (thinking) Lana Lang was my girlfriend when I was Superboy, and Lois Lane replaced her when I became Superman! By sheer coincidence, she picked the same initials... L. L.!

M'gann: Hi! We're new. I'm Megan Morse, and this is Conner Kent.
Marvin: Alliteration! I like it.
Young Justice (2010), "Targets"

Tsukauchi: The heroes who've encountered [Izuku] so far have taken to calling him the Green Guide.
Aizawa: The Green Guide? Seriously? They couldn't think of anything less obvious?
Tsukauchi: Well, the kid wears green and leads them to crimes in progress. I don't know, the alliteration is kinda catchy.

Hector Hammond: "Now, Green Lantern, be sure to tell your fellow Corpsmen on the other side that the last foes you fought were known, collectively, as the Triumvirate of Terror."
Hal Jordan: "Go to hell, Hammond."

"It's the fault of only one man, and he has an extremely on-the-nose and alliterative name."
Felicity Smoak regarding Damien Darhk, Arrow, "AWOL"

Jor-El: Kal-El, I want you to meet...
Kal-El: Don't tell me her name...yet! I'll bet her initials are "L.L."! (thinking) Astonishingly, every girl who ever meant anything to me has always had those initials![...]
Jor-El: Of course you know her initials! Who doesn't? Lyla Lerrol is Krypton's most famous emotion-movie actress!

"Hank Hazard, Vance Vanderberg, Hector Hernandez, Tommy Tsung- what WAS it with the alliterative names back then?"
Mephisto the Mentalist, regarding a Teen Genius team he faced off against in the 1950s, Whateley Universe, "Razzle Dazzle",Part 2

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