History Main / AnimalThemeNaming

* 'VideoGame/BravelyDefault2'': All of the named members of Savalon's government other than the Royal family have names connected to animals: Dromed (camel), Bernard (bear), Cygnus (swan), Lupus (wolf), Draco (dragon), Leo (lion) and Delphinus (dolphin).

* In ''Anime/WeissKreuz'', the members of Weiss all have cat-themed codenames: Bombay, Siberian, Abyssinian, Balinese, Manx, Birman, and Persia(n). Sequel series ''Weiss Kreuz: Gluhen'' adds [=LaPerm=], Havana (Brown), and Rex.

* While American sports teams named after animals are common, a few combine if unintentionally: Chicago's football and baseball teams are Bears and Cubs[[note]]intentional[[/note]], and Atlanta has two NobleBirdOfPrey teams (Falcons and Hawks)[[note]]unintentional; the Hawks originated in St. Louis[[/note]].

* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'' has a long-standing association between its heroes and birds. Altaïr from ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' is named "the eagle" but in Arabic. His descendant [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII Ezio]] is also named "eagle", in Italian via Ancient Greek. Nikolai Orelov from the [[ComicBook/AssassinsCreedTheFall comic]] continues this trend: "Orelov" is Czech for "the eagle's son." In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'', Connor comes to captain a ship named the ''Aquila'', another word for "hawk". In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'', Connor's grandfather Edward captains a ship called the Jackdaw. As in the Aesop fable, "[[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Eagle_and_the_Jackdaw The Eagle and the Jackdaw]]", Edward is a common criminal (jackdaw) who pretends to be an Assassin (eagle).

* ''VideoGame/TheGameOfLife'' has numerous examples of spaceships named after animals, including but not limited to wasp, turtle, swan, spider, dragon, seal, lobster, copperhead, caterpillar, shield bug, waterbear, silverfish, and centipede.

* The criminals in ''Pinball/PoliceForce'' are [[YouDirtyRat Drug Rat]], [[WickedWeasel Diamond Weasel]], [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile Machine-Gun Croc]], [[ThreateningShark Loan Shark]], and [[KingOfTheDinosaurs Mafiosaurus Rex]]. Justified in that the game takes place in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals.

* From WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}, we have three members of the Hololive GAMERS group: Korone ''Inu''gami ("''dog'' god"), Okayu ''Neko''mata (named after [[BakenekoAndNekomata a cat-themed youkai]]), and Mio ''Ookami'' ("''wolf''").

* ''Anime/{{Noein}}'' has the Dragon Knights, who are all named after different birds (Karasu=Crow, Fukurou=Owl and so on) that were representative of their personalities. I guess being called Dragon Knights sounded cooler than being called Bird Knights.

** And finally, in the British Rail days, the racehorse trend was briefly revived for the Class 55 "Deltic" diesels, which replaced the A3s and A4s on former LNER turf.

%%* The ''wuxia'' ''Film/TheMightyOne''

* Pedestrian crossings in the UK include, in addition to Zebra crossings, Pelican crossings ('''Ped'''estrian '''Li'''ght '''Con'''trolled Crossing), the classic ones with the red and green men flashing opposite; Puffin crossings ('''P'''edestrian '''U'''ser '''F'''riendly '''In'''telligent Crossing), which have the red and green men on the same pole as the crossing button, and have more sophisticated sensor systems; Toucan crossings (the ones with bike symbols, because "two can" cross there); and Pegasus crossings (the ones with horse symbols, because horses).

* Pedestrian crossings in the UK include, in addition to Zebra crossings, Pelican crossings ('''Ped'''estrian '''Li'''ght '''Con'''trolled crossing), the classic ones with the red and green men flashing opposite; Puffin crossings ('''P'''edestrian '''U'''ser '''F'''riendly '''In'''teligent), which have the red and green men on the same pole as the crossing button, and have more sophisticated sensor systems; Toucan crossings (the ones with bike symbols, because "two can" cross there); and Pegasus crossings (the ones with horse symbols, because horses).

* Pedestrian crossings in the UK include, in addition to Zebra crossings, Pelican crossings ('''Ped'''estrian '''Li'''ght '''Con'''trolled crossing), the classic ones with the red and green men flashing opposite; Puffin crossings (''P'''edestrian ''U'''ser '''F'''riendly '''In'''teligent), which have the red and green men on the same pole as the crossing button, and have more sophisticated sensor systems; Toucan crossings (the ones with bike symbols, because "two can" cross there); and Pegasus crossings (the ones with horse symbols, because horses).

* In ''Comicbook/PowerPack'', the Emperor of the Snark was named Bhadsha (badger) and his son and successor was Jakal. While other Snark didn't follow this trend, Creator/AlEwing's Snarkwar in ''Comicbook/{{Royals}}'', ''Comicbook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' and ''Comicbook/{{SWORD}}'' has run with it, with characters including Wezel, Kuga, Djagyar, Hyinar, Koyoti, Stote, Khondor, and so on.

* Combined with MeaningfulName: In ''VideoGame/{{Return of the Obra Dinn}}'', [[spoiler:we have Topman Leonid Volkov, whose first name is a Russian term for "lion-like", meaning that he has pride and is on the prowl, like a lion. Also, his last name, Volkov, is derived from "''volk''", which is the Russian word for "wolf". And you can tell that this wolf is going wild.]]

* In the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' games, most of the UNSC's vehicles are named after animals: the Scorpion tank, Mongoose ATV, Warthog LRV, Elephant troop transport, Hornet VTOL and Pelican dropship, just to name a few. Further,
atmospheric flying vehicles are named after flying animals (appropriately).

* [[VillainProtagonist Crow]] from {{VideoGame/Nefarious}}.

* ''Webcomic/DragonBallMultiverse'': The Namekian/Snail themes continue with (Es)Cargot, Lumaca (Italian for "slug"), and Gast Carcolh (the former name brings to mind "gastropod", the latter [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Carc
olh a French mollusk beast]]).

** The author seems to especially love this one: Not only is the protagonist called Monkey D. Luffy, but all of the original Seven Warlords of the Sea [Crocodile, Jimbei (whale shark Fishman), Bartholomew Kuma (Bear), Gecko Moria, Donquixote Doflamingo (complete with pink feather boa), Boa Hancock(Giant pet snake, called the snake princess, and comes from an island of snake themed Amazons) and Dracule Mihawk] and the three Admirals ("Blue Pheasant", "Yellow Monkey", "Red Dog", all nicknames based on the animal companions of Japanese folk-hero Momotaro) have animal-themed names assigned to them, which more or less correspond with their characters or abilities.* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'': Virtually every character has the character(s) of an animal in his/her name, a MeaningfulName. A good example is Harumi ''Cho'' no, a schoolteacher with [[spoiler:a split personality disorder.]] "Cho" is one word for "butterfly" in Japanese, another is "chocho" [[spoiler:reflecting on her dual selves.]] This is put into even simpler terms in Episode 5, in which a Shonen Bat impersonator tells the story so far from his... "unique" perspective, many of the characters are depicted or referred to as their respective animals.