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* {{Justified}} in ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'': Wade Watts' father was a comic fan, and thought that an alliterative name sounded like a {{superhero}}'s SecretIdentity a la Peter Parker and Clark Kent.
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* {{Justified}} {{Justified|Trope}} in ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'': Wade Watts' father was a comic fan, and thought that an alliterative name sounded like a {{superhero}}'s SecretIdentity a la Peter Parker and Clark Kent.
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** In a variant, many historic Stark kings and lords named Brandon were given titles starting with "B", such as Brandon the Builder, Brandon the Breaker, Brandon the Burner, and Brandon the Bad.
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* Aubrey Argylle from ''Literature/{{Argylle}}''.
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* Aside from his titular nickname, the main character of ''Literature/BarebumBilly'' is named Billy Bottom, his given name and surname both beginning with B.
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* Creator/VladimirNabokov was fond of giving his characters alliterative names: Humbert Humbert and John Ray Jr (J.R.JR) from ''Literature/{{Lolita}}'', Cincinnatus C. and his tormentors Rodrig, Rodion, and Roman in ''Literature/InvitationToABeheading'', Professor Timofey Pavlovich Pnin and Vladimir Vladimirovich in ''Literature/{{Pnin}}''.
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* Creator/VladimirNabokov was fond of giving his characters alliterative names: Humbert Humbert and John Ray Jr Jr. (J.R.JR) from ''Literature/{{Lolita}}'', Cincinnatus C. and his tormentors Rodrig, Rodion, and Roman in ''Literature/InvitationToABeheading'', Professor Timofey Pavlovich Pnin and Vladimir Vladimirovich in ''Literature/{{Pnin}}''.''Literature/{{Pnin}}''.
** It was to the point that when Professor in Literature, Alfred Appel Jr., a former student of Nabokov who helped him writing ''[[TheAnnotatedEdition The Annotated Lolita]]'' in 1970, he noted -- somewhat to his amusement -- that his own name could easily be mistaken for that of a typical Nabokov character, and he felt it necessarily to insist in the pre-face he wrote for the book that -- not only ''is'' Alfred Appel his actual name -- he is also a ''real'' person (and "a veteran and a grandfather, a teacher and taxpayer") and not merely Nabokov masquerading as one of his own characters for a literary device, noticing that it would be exactly the kind of {{metafiction}}al trick Nabokov would try to pull off in one of his stories.
** It was to the point that when Professor in Literature, Alfred Appel Jr., a former student of Nabokov who helped him writing ''[[TheAnnotatedEdition The Annotated Lolita]]'' in 1970, he noted -- somewhat to his amusement -- that his own name could easily be mistaken for that of a typical Nabokov character, and he felt it necessarily to insist in the pre-face he wrote for the book that -- not only ''is'' Alfred Appel his actual name -- he is also a ''real'' person (and "a veteran and a grandfather, a teacher and taxpayer") and not merely Nabokov masquerading as one of his own characters for a literary device, noticing that it would be exactly the kind of {{metafiction}}al trick Nabokov would try to pull off in one of his stories.
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* ''Literature/SomethingToTalkAbout'': Jo took Jones as her stage last name, resulting in this.
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* ''Literature/FantasticMrFox'': The names of the farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean, often listed together.
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* ''Literature/ThomasAndFriends'': Jeremiah Jobling, who is made to surrender his leather bootlaces to make an emergency repair after James's rough treatment of the coaches.
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* ''Literature/DrSeusssSleepBook'': The yawning bug's name is Van Vleck.
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* ''Literature/TheTaleOfBenjaminBunny'': ''B''enjamin ''B''unny.
* ''Literature/TheTaleOfTomKitten'': The mother cat is named Tabitha Twitchit.
* ''Literature/TheTaleOfTomKitten'': The mother cat is named Tabitha Twitchit.
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* ''Literature/LumbanicoTheCubicPlanet'': The father of one of the main characters is called '''V'''emo '''B'''igil.
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* ''Literature/ThisSideOfParadise'': Amory Blaine's mother is named '''B'''eatrice '''B'''laine.
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* The early Enid Blyton book, ''Literature/BinkleAndFlip'', which takes place in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals, plays this trope ''absolutely'' straight with Every. Single. Character... except the titular bunny duo. So the animal residents include Herbert Hedgehog, Willy Weasel, Dilly Duck, Sammy Squirrel, Robert Rabbit, Brock Badger, and so on.
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* The early Enid Blyton Creator/EnidBlyton book, ''Literature/BinkleAndFlip'', which takes place in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals, plays this trope ''absolutely'' straight (combined with SpeciesSurname) with Every. Single. Character... except the titular bunny duo. So the animal residents include Herbert Hedgehog, Willy Weasel, Dilly Duck, Sammy Squirrel, Robert Rabbit, Brock Badger, and so on.
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* Young adult novel ''Literature/SkateTheThief'' has [[OldMaster Barrison Belamy]] as a central character introduced in the first chapter.
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* ''Literature/LevelUpHero'' has the main protagonist named 'Sam Shepherd'.
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* ''Literature/{{Melissa}}'': '''M'''elissa '''M'''itchell and her OldFriend '''R'''ick '''R'''amsey in the sequel.
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* ''Literature/{{Presidential}}'': Constance "Connie" Calvin, the US President, has this.
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* ''Literature/ChildrenOfTheRedKing'': Alice Angel, Bartholomew Bloor and his ancestor Bertram Babington Bloor, Beatrice Bloor, Christopher Crowquill, Titania Tilpin, Tancred Torsson, and Yorath and Yolanda Yewbeam. The Bloor/Yewbeam family tree also includes Hilda Hansoff and Solange Sourzac, who married into the family and do not appear as characters.
