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# Trivia.DragonlanceChronicles: Laurana was named after Laura Hickman.
# Characters.ArcherRecurringCharacters: She is named after creator Adam Reed's grandmother.
# Wrestling.BobbyHeenan: Dick the Bruiser gave Heenan the name "Bobby" since he reminded Bruiser of "The Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers's manager Bobby Davis.
# Film.TheGalaxyInvader: Joe's idiot son JJ is probably named in honour of the composer for Dohler's movie Night Beast.
# Creator.ZuckerAbrahamsAndZucker: A lot of their characters are named after people they knew growing up in Shorewood, Wisconsin (a suburb of Milwaukee), with some even getting re-used in multiple films (like Rex Kramer).
# Trivia.{{Wishmaster}}: Some characters are named after 20th century horror or sci-fi writers; Finney (Jack Finney), Beaumont (Charles Beaumont), Derleth (August Derleth) and Merritt (Abraham Merritt).
# Trivia.FinalDestination1: Many of the characters are named after classic horror actors/directors: Alex Browning, Tod Waggner, Billy Hitchcock, Terry Chaney, Val Lewton, Larry Murnau, Agent Schreck and Agent Wiene.
# Characters.StarWarsCriminals: His species' name, Moyn, is taken from his voice actor's name, Bobby 'Moynihan.
# Anime.BakutenShootBeyblade: In the original version of [=S1E1,=] Hiruta tells Takao and the others to meet him at the Aoki River, a reference to the mangaka Takao Aoki.
# Film.Deadpool2016: Dopinder was named after a childhood friend of Ryan Reynolds who was struck by lightning.
# Recap.SmallvilleS08E21Injustice: One of the street names that Clark is directed towards to find the Cool Car is named for Greg Beeman, who served as a producer on the show and directed several episodes.
# Characters.CloneHigh: Apart from being a shortened version of "Christopher," was named in tribute to Topher Taylor, one of the producers of the first season of the show.
# Characters.CraigOfTheCreekKidsOfTheCreek: Named after one of Ben Levin's friends, Bobby Mozafari.
# ComicBook.SergioAragonesDestroysDC: -I am Nixon lad! I have the power to polarize people and to make a 18 1/2 minute gap appear anywhere! -Didn't we get rid of you several times already? Next!
# Recap.Ben10OmniverseS8E7MalgaxAttacks: Galvan medic Duffy was named for late UAF showrunner Dwayne [=McDuffie.=]
# Recap.TheTwilightZone1985S1E11: Jack Wheeldon is named after a boy who bullied Harlan Ellison while he was growing up.
# Creator.TadaoNagahama: Voltes V: Professor Hamaguchi's name is a Portmanteau of Tadao Nagahama (the creator of the Robot Romance Trilogy) and Shoichi Taguchi (the screenplay writer for Voltes V). In addition, Tako, Hiyoshi's Robot Buddy, is named so because "Tako" was Nagahama's nickname as a little boy. In episode 29 of Daimos, Dr. Izumi is sent a letter from the UN. Notice a familiar name on the envelope?
# Recap.StevenUniverseS4E20Lion4AlternateEnding: Steven would've been named "Nora" if he were a girl. Rebecca Sugar reveals that her parents had considered naming her Nora.
# Recap.StargateSG1S1E18TinMan: General Hammond's granddaughters Tessa and Kayla are named after the co-creator Brad Wright's daughters.
# Characters.TheAmazingWorldOfGumballOtherCitizensOfElmore: Her last name comes from one of the show's writers, Joe Parham.
# Film.PlunkettAndMacleane: Dixon and Winterburne are the names of two players - Lee Dixon and Nigel Winterburn - for the English football team Arsenal during the late 1980s/early 1990s, and part of Arsenal's famous "back four".
# Series.TheMrPotatoHeadShow: Dr. Fruitcake calls a press conference, and says hello to the reporters present: Tom Brokaw, Nancy O'Dell, and Diane Sawyer, all of whom were news anchors at the time the show was being aired. However, he only uses the characters first names.
# Recap.DoctorWhoS10E5TheGreenDeath: Stevens, was named after Jocelyn Stevens, formerly Robert Sloman's superior in the newspaper industry.
# VideoGame.NineteenFortyTwo: As already mentioned before, the game was pretty controversial in Japan when it was released in arcades, so Capcom had to make some modifications on the NES version of the game, including changing the name of the Japanese battleships using the Japanese transliterations of the names of Chinese warlords from Romance of the Three Kingdoms (like using the Japanese name of Lü Bu, as "Ryofu", as a very visible example), with the sole exception of the Ayako bombers, since they're probably named after the music composer of the game, Ayako Mori, not to mention the titular Battle of Midway being renamed to The Battle of Valhalla in the Japanese version. Oddly, the American game box still keeps the Battle of Midway subtitle, even if the English version also uses the changed Japanese names.

# Recap.FilmRerollTeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze: Caitlyn Evens is named after a Patreon supporter, as is her van, Steven Russel, which is also an In-Universe example.A meta example: In the mailbag segment, the Rerollers read out a message from a fan who named all of her Pokémon after them as a tribute.
# VideoGame.{{Geneforge}}: See this thread for a list.
# Film.TheGetaway: When the police pull up to Jackson's body, the cross street is Hopkins Street. Jackson was played by Bo Hopkins.
# Creator.GildaRadner: Named after Rita Hayworth's most famous role.
# Characters.GLGreenLanternCorps: Named after editor Peter Tomasi, by reversing his last name.
# Film.{{Fatso}}: The family name for the [=DiNapoli's=] comes from Anne Bancroft's mother's maiden name.
# WesternAnimation.TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack: Punsy [=McHale=] is named after show animator Patrick [=McHale.=] Unlike most Tuckerizations this is more of a disservice.
# Trivia.StevenUniverse: Steven is based off of Rebecca Sugar's brother, also named Steven (who works on the show). However, Rebecca Sugar's also stated Steven Universe has become less like his namesake as other staff members have contributed to his character.
# Series.DegrassiJuniorHigh: In "Nothing to Fear", Dr. Bruce Paltrow is paged at St. Michael's Hospital. He was the executive producer of St. Elsewhere, whose character provided the names for everyone else paged in the episode.
# Recap.TheMuppetShowS5E13: The spells Tony reads while trying to turn Miss Piggy back are the names of the Muppeteers said backwards.
# Characters.AmphibiaNewtopia: He's named after the illustrator Joe Sparrow, one of the main concept artists for the show.
# ComicBook.SpiderMan2099: After Miguel Ferrer's passing, David, who was friends with the actor, revealed Miguel was named after him.
# ComicBook.ChickTracts: Li'l Susy appears to have been named after Chick's second wife (and eventual widow).
# Film.ShortCuts: The characters of Tess and Zoe Trainer were created for the screenplay. Tess is named for Tess Gallagher, Raymond Carver's widow and the person with whom Altman negotiated the rights for the stories that formed the script.
# Creator.RenaldoKuhler: Some of the characters in Rocaterrania are clearly influenced by, if not based on, Kuhler's family — the first Emperor August Phillippe (named after his father Otto August Kuhler) and his wife, Empress Mary Catherine (who shares his mother's Belgian background and abusive tendencies).
# SignificantAnagram.{{Literature}}: the director of From Beyond the Grave, a film adaptation of several Chetwynd-Hayes short stories.
# Recap.InsideNo9S7E2MrKing: Mr Edwards is likely named for Edward Woodward, who played Howie in The Wicker Man (1973). The first teacher's name is revealed to be Mr Hardy, a reference to director Robin Hardy. Alan might be named after author Alan Garner, who is best known for writing retellings of British folklore and children's fantasy novels. His surname might come from Nigel Kneale's pseudonym or from Adam Curtis, a filmmaker known for his documentaries that are skeptical about the process of British society in the 2000s and 2010s.
# Literature.HowNotToWriteANovel: Ever heard of the Marquis vin Diesel?
# Roleplay.DarwinsSoldiers: Occurs several times. The fictional actor Stephen Di Georgi mentioned in the third RP is a fusion of the names of two people that Serris knows in real life. The Dragonstorm scientists Dr. Phyllis Lefrak and Dr. Thomas Sotille are named after people that Serris hated (an school teacher and a former classmate, respectively). Dr. John Volkowitz (the Pelvanida scientist mentioned in the second and third [=RPs)is=] named after someone that Serris knows in real life. Corporal Thomas Stern's last name comes from an old friend of Noname. The terrorist commander is named Halsey. He is played by LB&T, who has the surname of Halsey. The adopted son of Sharon and James Zanasiu-Varma is Erik, named for the creator of Darwin's Soldiers
# Characters.RedwallHighRhulain: She is based on a fan named Patricia who met Brian Jacques at a Pittsburgh book signing in 2003 and gave him a letter requesting that he name an otter character after her.
# Characters.TheGirlWhoCriedMonster: The above mentioned name is most likely a reference to Eugene Lipinski, who played Mortman in the TV episode.
# Literature.StarTrekMirrorUniverse: In The Sorrows of Empire, Lt. Kyle, who was played by John Winston, is given the first name Winston.
# Characters.AtomicRobo: Of a real-world nuclear health-safety scientist and amateur mad scientist (in his spare time, he's known for brewing the real-world equivalent of Klatchian Coffee known as "Black Blood Of The Earth").
# WordOfGod.{{Encanto}}: The names and the real-life people that inspired them of the three Town Kids are "Pumped" Juancho, Alejandra, and Cecilia.
# Series.WinTuition: The sign above the door where the host entered indicated the "classroom" was situated in "Cronin Hall". Rich Cronin was president of GSN at the time.
# Recap.StargateSG1S7E1Fallen: The names "Menard, J." and [="McGuire,=] B." can be seen on two of the lockers in the men's changing room in the SGC. This refers to the series' director of photography Jim Menard and production designer Bridget [=McGuire.=]
# Recap.TheOfficeUSS2E12TheInjury: Office park manager Billy Merchant has a name that's an obvious nod to Stephen Merchant.
# Fanfic.TheDracoTrilogy: The character Rhysenn Malfoy is named after the author's friend, who wrote under the pen name of Rhysenn.
# Film.FinalDestination5: As with the first film, the characters are named after famous horror icons. Peter Friedkin (after The Exorcist director William Friedkin), Candice Hooper (Tobe Hooper - director of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Poltergeist ), and Olivia Castle (after British horror director William Castle).
# Recap.TheTwilightZone1959S4E1InHisImage: In the short story by Charles Beaumont, the respective names of the protagonist, his creator, his fiancée, and his supposed neighbor are Peter Nolan (a tribute to Beaumont's friend and fellow writer William F. Nolan), Walter B. Cummings, Jr., Jessica Lang and Agatha Cook. In the television adaptation, their names are Alan Talbot, Walter B. Ryder, Jr., Jessica Connelly and Jenny Cook.
# Trivia.WonderGirl: When creating a new Wonder Girl for Wonder Woman Vol 2 John Byrne named her Cassandra Sandsmark after his friend Joanna Sandsmark. Later Joanna would get to write Cassie in Wonder Woman Secret Files and Origins #1.
# Characters.TheKindnessOfDevilsSupernaturalThreatsAndCriminals: Ravok Kraan is named after Ravok, a friend and fellow troper to the author Lightysnake.
# WesternAnimation.ACloseShave: When Wallace goes to the pantry to make his own porridge, on the shelf behind the two cans of beans is a box that says "Steve Box", key character animator. There is a large billboard with a painting of a baker and the slogan "Try Bob's Buns." The co-writer of the film is Bob Baker.
# Characters.BodyBlows: He is named for Team 17's game designer Daniel "Danny" J. Burke.
# SerendipityWritesThePlot.VideoGames: Overwatch faced a problem in 2021 regarding their resident gunslinger hero Jesse [=McCree,=] as he was directly named after a Blizzard developer who had been fired from the company amidst sexual harassment allegations. The Overwatch team made the decision to change the character's name to Cole Cassidy, but chose not to entirely retcon [="McCree"=] out in favor of a storytelling opportunity in the New Blood comic, which was in production during the scandal. In the story, Cassidy was confirmed to be his birth name, but "Jesse [=McCree"=] was an alias he used while working under the criminal Deadlock Gang in his backstory, which continued being used during his time in Blackwatch. New Blood hinges around Cassidy being appointed to help rejoin and reunite Overwatch, and so he makes the decision to return to his birth name, representing his "rebirth" as a hero of the resurrected team.
# Literature.PastDoctorAdventures: Business Unusual features a character named after real-life American fan Trey Korte.
# PhineasAndFerb.TropesQToZ: In "Dude We're Getting the Band Back Together", the band members are named after series creators Dan Povenmire, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, and Bobby Gaylor. Ferb is named after a friend of the creators, who is also quite talented in building things, but is "anything but silent". Isabella is named after Dan Povenmire's daughter, with the one-time character Melissa being named after his other daughter. Linda and her sister Tiana are named for Dan's sisters. Django Brown is named for Swampy's son.
# Trivia.{{Climax}}: Sofia Boutella's character, Selva, is named after Gaspar Noe's grandmother.
# Recap.TheSimpsonsS2E5DancinHomer: Writer Ken Levine named many characters after actual minor league people he met in his career as an announcer (for instance, Norfolk Tides general manager Dave Rosenfield became the owner of the Capital City Capitals).

# Literature.FearStreet: According to Stine, Matt from Goodnight Kiss was named after his son.
# Recap.StarTrekS1E21TheReturnOfTheArchons: "The Archons" was a club Gene Roddenberry belonged to at school.
# Characters.ArrowverseStarCityIndependentCriminals: His full name is a Shout-Out Theme Naming to former Green Arrow comic book writers Kevin Smith and Brad Meltzer.
# Recap.PennyAndAggieTheRaceCard: Campbell named Principal Giuliani after the former mayor of New York.
# Characters.LeagueOfLegendsOthers: Named after Youtube channel host Necrit, who posts videos about Runeterra’s lore.
# Trivia.ThePinkPantherStrikesAgain: French assassin Jean Tournier is named for the Real Life French cinematographer of the same name, whose credits include Moonraker and Peter Sellers’ final film The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu.
# Recap.PhineasAndFerbWeCallItMaze: Melissa is named for Dan Povenmire's daughter.
# Creator.RobertRMcCammon: "Something Passed By" is set in a small town whose streets and landmarks are named for several contemporary horror authors. It floated over Grant Street, where the statues of town fathers stood, past the Victorian houses at the end of King's Lane that had burned with such beautiful flames, past the empty playground at the silent Bloch School, over Bradbury Park where paint flaked off the grinning carousel horses, down Koontz Street where the businesses used to thrive, over Ellison Field where no bat would smack another softball.
# Trivia.{{Runaways}}: Alex Wilder's evil parents Catherine and Geoffrey are named after the actual parents of Brian K. Vaughan (however, he swears he has no actual issues with either of them.) Also, Molly Hayes is named after his sister, Molly Hayes Vaughan.
# Series.MightyMorphinPowerRangers: Billy Cranston, who shares a last name with Bryan Cranston, who voiced a couple Monster of the Week enemies. Tommy Oliver, named after series writer and voice actor Tony Oliver.
# Webcomic.VampireGirl: Levana is the Hebrew word for moon, and given that she is a vampire, night is really the only time of day she can venture outdoors without worrying about being killed by sunlight. Dr. Charmin, who is noted for being a very charming doctor... so charming in fact, that he was named after a toilet paper brand.
# Recap.PhineasAndFerbDudeWereGettingTheBandBackTogether: Danny is named after Dan Povenmire, Bobbi Fabulous is named for writer, and later voice of Buford, Bobby Gaylor, and Swampy is named after Jeff "Swampy" Marsh.
# ReferencedBy.TheDivineComedy: Virgil Incanto's name comes from the first part of Divine Comedy divided into three long sections called 'cantos', where Roman poet Virgil is Dante's guide through the first two books Dante's Inferno and Purgatorio.
# Characters.OrphanBlackProjectLeda: Cosima Niehaus is based on and named for the show's scientific adviser and friend to the creator, Cosima Herter.
# ShoutOut.TheXFilesSeasonsFourToSix: The Peacock family’s last names were named after former neighbors of Glen Morgan’s parents.
# Film.AustinPowers: Given Mike Myers is a huge Toronto Maple Leafs fan, there are two characters named after hockey players, Commander Gilmour (Doug Gilmour - whose first name is also Dr. Evil's real one), and General Borschevsky (Nikolai Borschevsky).
# Characters.LegionOfSuperHeroesSupportingCharacters: Reference to fan Richard Morrissey.
# Literature.TheLaundryFiles: Dr Mike Ford, the Laundry researcher with the implausible eyebrows who appears in The Fuller Memorandum, is a tuckerization of author and fan personality John M. Ford, to whom the novel is dedicated.
# Characters.MCUThanosForces: Corvus Glaive is named after Randall Lilly, a.k.a. Corvus, a Fandom VIP who ran one of the very first Thanos fansites.
# Recap.PsychS04E08LetsGetHairy: Dr. Tucker is based on an Entertainment Weekly critic that had criticized the show in the past.
# Literature.ApplejackAndTheHonestToGoodnessSwitcheroo: Two of the trees in the orchard are named Steffan (after the show's composer Steffan Andrews) and Big Jim (after the show's storyboard supervisor "Big" Jim Miller).
# Trivia.ItFeelsMoreLikeAMemory: Angie Burr calling her aunt Angelica “Auntjelica” comes from the author’s use of “Auntjelica” for their own aunt named Angelica.
# WesternAnimation.HarveyStreetKids: Zoe has a crush on Mike Yank from 5th period. Mike Yank is the show's story editor.
# Recap.ArrowS2E11BlindSpot: “Judge Carlin” is a reference to DC Comics editor Mike Carlin.
# Trivia.KamenRiderExAid: Possibly. Hironobu Kageyama does the voice of all the Gashats, including one Drago Knight Hunter Z, bringing to mind his most famous anime theme to date. And let's not forget Jet Combat, whose medley is pretty much drawing from Choujin Sentai Jetman, a Super Sentai show where he did many vocal songs, particularly the opening and ending.
# Literature.RainbowMagic: Daisy the Festival Fairy shares the name of the series' 'author.'
# Series.AreYouAfraidOfTheDark: Many charecters are named after co-creator DJ Mac Hale's friends, from in story charecters such as Dayday from Nightly Neighbors to Midnight Soecity memembers like Betty Ann. Notably, vange is named aftrer his wife Evangline.
# Characters.TheDragonPrinceCallum: Callum is named after one of the writer's brothers.
# Recap.TheSimpsonsS5E20TheBoyWhoKnewTooMuch: Freddy Quimby was named after Fred Quimby, who produced the Tom and Jerry cartoons.

# Characters.StarWarsSujimisSector: Befitting the Creator Cameo, his first name (which was originally his whole name during production of Revenge of the Sith) is loosely derived from "Not Lucas".
# Characters.Joker2019: She's named after Bob Kane, Batman's (and the Joker's) co-creator.
# Characters.WordGirl: An In-Universe example. Maria named herself after her favorite character from a movie. In real life, she shares the same name as her voice actress, Maria Bamford.
# Series.TheNanny: Almost. Co-creators Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson, a married couple at the time, had chosen the names "Brighton" and "Gracie" for the hypothetical son and daughter they were never able to have, and decided to give those names to the two Sheffield children to make use of them. (Maggie was added later in development.)
# VideoGame.MooMooio: Both the developer and his brother (who also took active part in development) were at one point present in the game as SID and VINCE bosses.There are also several wearable items named after the [=YouTubers=] who were heavily involved with the game, known within the community as Mootubers. Some are purely cosmetic, like the Enigma Hat, Blitz Hat, and Bob XIII Hat. However, Corrupt X Wings are both tied for being the most expensive item in the game, and have a powerful effect (25% damage reflection), due to Corrupt X's outsized role in the community.