History Main / LetterMotif

* The Endless from ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989''. Their names all start with D: Destiny, Death, Dream, Desire, Despair, Destruction and Delirium.

* Mexican writer, actor, director, comedian, humorist, songwriter, poet, and philosopher Roberto Gómez Bolaños, best known as Chespirito, was rather fond of this trope. He was the man behind the incredibly popular ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'' and ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'' television shows, portraying the eponymous protagonists in both. Other characters created by him are la Chilindrina, el Chanfle, el Chómpiras, el Dr. Chapatín, la Chimoltrufia, Chaparrón Bonaparte and los Chifladitos. Words and phrases frequently employed in his shows include “¡Me lleva el chanfle!”, “¡Se me chispotéo!”, "¡Chusma, chusma!", “La vieja chancluda”, "Huesito, huesito de chabacano", “"¡Matanga, dijo la changa!”, “El Chipote Chillón”, “Chiquitolina”, and “Chiripiorca”. Can you tell a pattern? (Interestingly, Chespirito once stated it was not intentional at first, but started using this pattern on purpose once it was pointed out to him)

* In ''VideoGame/DontStarve'', almost all playable characters start with W. For example, Wilson, Willow, Wolfgang, Wendy, Wickerbottom, WX-78, Woodie, and Wes. [[spoiler:Even the apparant exception Maxwell can count if you consider that his past name, as revealed in a set of trailer-based puzzles, is '''W'''illiam Carter.]]

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* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' bad guys almost always have an "ak" sound in their names: [=MAKuta=], [=rAHKshi=], [=BohrOK=], [=PirAKa=], and so on. This is partly because the names [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign need to sound foreign]] and hard K sounds are easy targets.
** A better example is that each tribe of Matoran has a syllable representing its element. For example the fire Matoran are the "'''Ta'''-Matoran", a Toa of Fire is '''Ta'''hu, and fire Bohrok are '''Ta'''hnok. Rahkshi and Visorak also reference it even though they don't have elemental affiliations; continuing the previous example red Rahkshi are '''Tu'''rahk (close enough) and the red Visorak breed are Voh'''ta'''hrak.
* Toys/{{Squishmallows}}: The witches released in 2020 have names that begin with a W to create alliteration: Wexla, Whitney, Wilma, and Winnie.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}!'' had the 6 levels, four of which ended with -ia (Insectia, Reptilia, Splot, Quaria, Burrubs and Arachnia).

* NATO reporting names are code names the organization uses to designate military hardware made by its adversaries. All code names for Soviet/Chinese/Russian Air-air missiles start with A, Bomber aircraft start with B, Cargo planes with C, Fighter planes with F, Ground-air missiles start with G, Helicopters with H, air-surface missiles with K (after the first one reported, called Kometa in Russian), Miscellaneous aircraft with M, and anti-tank missiles with S (the first one reported was Shmel).

* In ''Series/{{Charmed 1998}}'', the women in the central Halliwell family all have names that start with P. The grandmother was Penelope, the mother was Patricia, and the daughters are Prue (Prudence), Piper, Phoebe, and Paige.

* Creator/PedroPascal's full name, José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal, follows a precedent for first names beginning with J; his paternal grandfather and father are both also named José, and his older sister Javiera. His nickname follows the lead of his father and grandfather, both also known as Pepe, for nicknames beginning with P.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': Academy City's Hard Science things all have codenames starting with Hs, and the other letters relate to its function:

* ''Manga/CaseClosed'': There was case where the victims have names that follow a musical motif and were killed in that order. (C -> D -> E -> F -> G -> A, a.k.a do re mi fa son la) The last person, B a.k.a si, [[spoiler: was the killer who intended to commit suicide after finishing the A person, as the initial letter of his name Haga, H, is the German version of "si"; but his suicide was [[InterruptedSuicide interrupted]].]]

* Franchise/{{Superman}}'s connection to the [[AlliterativeName initials L.L.]] Started as a coincidence in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, became downright creepy in the sillier part of UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks. These include but are not limited to Lois Lane, Lucy Lane, Lex Luthor, Lena Luthor, Lana Lang, Lori Lemaris, Luma Lynai, Lyla Lerrol, Lara Lor-Van, Letitia Lerner, and Lupe Leocadio.

** In the book's sequel ''Petals on the Wind'', Cathy names her son Jory, the "ory" for her brother Cory, but with a "J" for [[spoiler: Jory's late father Julian]].

* The Ericksen family in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' strictly follows this, with males having names that start with '''Mar''' (Marvin Sr., Marvin, Jr., Marcus, Marshall and Marvin W.) and females ending with '''Y''' (Judy, Ashley, Lily and Daisy). Of course there's also '''T'''ed '''M'''osby and '''T'''he '''M'''other, [[spoiler: whose name is revelaed to be '''T'''racy '''M'''[=cConnel=].]]

** Both [[spoiler: cherubs]] have strong connection to the letter U: their handles' acronyms are 'UU' and 'uu' , both of their [=UnUsUal typing qUirks MAKE HEAVY uSAGE OF THIS PARTICuLAR LETTER=], they use {{emoticon}}s like :u, u_u and tUMUt (which is supposed to be a frowning figure flipping the bird with both hands) and [[spoiler: Caliborn]] even has Opiuchus for a sign (that is, a tilde superimposed on the letter U).
** Except for the above two handles, all chumhandles and trolltags can be abbreviated to two of the four following letters: G C A T. This is supposed to [[FauxSymbolism represent the four genetic bases, Guanine, Cytozine, Adenine and Thymine.]] Later in the story, when [[spoiler: God Cat]] debuts, [[NoBiologicalSex its]] name is simply shortened to [[spoiler: [=GCat=]]].

* ''Film/TheKarateKid1984'': With the exception of [[OddNameOut Dutch]], most of [[GangOfBullies the major Cobra Kai students]] are known by nicknames ending in a double letter and a "y" (Ji'''mmy''', Bo'''bby''', To'''mmy''', and [[TheHeavy Joh]]'''[[TheHeavy nny]]''' [[TheHeavy Lawrence]]). To contrast, Ali introduces herself as "Ali with an I", and [[TheHero Daniel]] is never called Danny.
** ''[[Film/TheKarateKidPartIII Part III]]'' introduces Te'''rry''' Silver, the co-founder of Cobra Kai, who refers to Sensei John Kreese as "Johnny" (the aforementioned Johnny Lawrence [[OneSteveLimit is nowhere to be seen]]).

* ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': Jonathan, Joseph, Jotaro, and Jolyne Joestar.
** And the other main protagonists still have their names starting with a "jo" sound, as per the title reference.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', the Besaid Aurochs all have a double letter in their name. Wakka, Botta, Keepa, Jassu, Letty, Datto...and [[OddNameOut Tidus]] (if you're [[HelloInsertNameHere using his]] CanonName, at least).
** Considering Tidus was originally from the Zanarkand Abes and not the Besaid Aurochs, he might not really count.

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* ''Franchise/TheLittleMermaid'': King Triton's seven daughters have names that start with "A".

* Every named griffon in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has a name starting with G. Gilda, Gustave le Grand, King Grover, Grampa Gruff, King Guto, Gallus, Gabby, Greta...

* Several previous hosts to Plant Elementals in ''Comicbook/SwampThing'' have names that sound similar to Alec Holland (who, due to a StableTimeLoop, is the template they're all based on). The original Swamp Thing was Alex Olsen, and before him there was Alf Oldland (Jack-in-the-Green) and Alice Huston (Lady Jane). Between Alex and Alec were Albert Höllerer (the Heap), Aaron Hayley (Swamp Thing II) and Alan Hallman (Swamp Thing III). And when the Sprout was looking for a host, it attempted to bond with Alan Bolland, Gary Holland, Alden Hollandaise and Alan Helstrom.

* The Endless from ''ComicBook/TheSandman''. Their names all start with D: Destiny, Death, Dream, Desire, Despair, Destruction and Delirium.

* The Moopets from ''Film/TheMuppets'' take the names of the Muppets they are a knockoff of and fit an "oo" into them -- hence, Kermoot (Kermit), Foozie (Fozzie), Miss Poogy (Miss Piggy), Roowlf (Rowlf), Janooce (Janice), and Animool (Animal).

* ''VideoGame/ProjectM'' is a fan [[GameMod mod]] of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' designed to play as an ideally much better-balanced version of ''Super Smash Bros Melee'', hence the "'M'".

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* In ''WebComic/EightBitTheater'', we see that all Pronteran children are given names beginning with the letter P, such as [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/06/26/episode-166-good-samaritan-laws-are-crap/ Penny, Peter, Paul, and Pjoe.]]
* In ''WebComic/GunnerkriggCourt'', the names of the three most important locations in Antimony's life all start with G: the titular court, Good Hope Hospital, and Gillitie Wood. Don't know if that's just a coincidence or what.

* Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'s main four share initials with their ectobiological ancestors; all of the [[spoiler:Egbert-Harley-Crocker-English genetic clusterfuck]] have names beginning with [[spoiler:J]].
** Both [[spoiler: cherubs]] have strong connection to the letter U: their handles' acronyms are 'UU' and 'uu' , both of their [=UnUsUal typing qUirks MAKE HEAVY uSAGE OF THIS PARTICuLAR LETTER=], they use [[{{Emoticon}} emoticons]] like :u, u_u and tUMUt (which is supposed to be a frowning figure flipping the bird with both hands) and [[spoiler: Caliborn]] even has Opiuchus for a sign (that is, a tilde superimposed on the letter U).

** There has yet to be a Kremling whose name does not include the letter "K", usually as the first letter in a homophone of a word that contains a "C". (ex. [[BigBad K. Rool]], [[{{Mook}} Kritter]], [[BigGuy Krusha]], [[TeamPet Klaptrap]], [[TheChick Kalypso]], Kopter, etc.)

* Several characters in ''Manga/OnePiece'' possess the "Will of D", marked by having "D." as a [[MysteriousMiddleInitial middle initial]]. They don't know what it stands for, but they all have superhuman strength and willpower and no fear of death. These include the main character, Monkey D. Luffy.

* A vehicular version: All of the [[DeathFromAbove gun]][[MoreDakka ships]] used by the United States Air Force (basically heavily gunned attack planes converted from cargo transports) have names starting with S. AC-47 Spooky, AC-119G Shadow and AC-119K Stinger, and the AC-130H Spectre and AC-130U [[NamesTheSame Spooky II]], and the AC-27J [[NamesTheSame Stinger II]].

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' (all three of the girls' names start with B). There's also the Rowdyruff Boys and Powerpunk Girls.

** If we consider human cast only, [[PunctuatedForEmphasis EVERY! SINGLE!]] [[UpToEleven NAMED! CHARACTER!]] The apprentices trio (Akari, Aika, Alice), the teachers trio (Alicia, Akira, Athena), the traghetto trio (Ayumi, Atora, Anzu), Ai, Grandma Akino, Akatsuki, Ayanokohji (Woody for friends), Albert, Anno the postman.

* The Duggar family, who gave all 19 of their kids names starting with J. This led to names like Jinger. Go ahead, take a guess at the pronunciation. [[spoiler: It's pronounced like Ginger.]] This started out by coincidence, then when the Duggars realized the trend, they did not want to have a child who was the odd one out and then they kept having kids... However, that does not explain why they used Jinger before they used Jennifer (to Jennifer Duggar's future relief).
** Still better than Apple, Zuma, and Moses.
** Monogrammed clothing can still be used for hand-me-downs.

* ''Film/TheKarateKid1984'': With the exception of [[OddNameOut Dutch]], most of [[GangOfBullies the major Cobra Kai students]] are known by nicknames ending in a double letter and a "y" (Ji'''mmy''', Bo'''bby''', To'''mmy''', and [[TheHeavy Joh]]'''[[TheHeavy nny]]'''). To contrast, Ali introduces herself as "Ali with an I", and [[TheHero Daniel]] is never called Danny.

** The SequelSeries ''Series/CobraKai'' plays with this with the character of Miguel - his name has six letters and ends in -el, marking him as the next Karate Kid, but his mother often calls him "Miggy", tying into the aforementioned Cobra Kai naming scheme (which is otherwise largely abandoned, with the students having more varied names this time around).

* ''Film/TheKarateKid1984'': With the exception of [[OddNameOut Dutch]], most of [[GangOfBullies the major Cobra Kai students]] are known by nicknames ending in a double letter and a "y" (Ji'''mmy''', Bo'''bby''', To'''mmy''', and Joh'''nny''' himself). To contrast, Ali introduces herself as "Ali with an I", and [[TheHero Daniel]] is never called Danny.

* Kris Kardashian and her daughters Kim, Khloe, Kourtney... their brother's name is [[OddNameOut Robert]], after his dad. Their stepfather is Olympian Bruce Jenner (seriously) and his sons are named Burt, Brandon, and Brody. ''Their'' sister is Casey, and everyone's half-sisters are Kylie and Kendall (phew!).
** When Bruce Jenner came out as [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} a trans-woman]], she changed her name to Caitlyn, ''narrowly'' missing a continuation of the K theme.

* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'': There was case where the victims have names that follow a musical motif and were killed in that order. (C -> D -> E -> F -> G -> A, a.k.a do re mi fa son la) The last person, B a.k.a si, [[spoiler: was the killer who intended to commit suicide after finishing the A person, as the initial letter of his name Haga, H, is the German version of "si"; but his suicide was [[InterruptedSuicide interrupted]].]]

* In ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'', the Girlfriend's parents have [[AlliterativeName alliterative titles]] that end in "-est": Daddy Dearest and Mommy Mearest.