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- Hakumen: one of the Six Heroes who fought against the Black Beast, or a nine-tailed fox demon bent on destroying the world one nation at a time for its own enjoyment? (Although the latter is properly known as Hakumen no Mono.)
- Hal is either the Green Lantern, a boomerang bird, the development team responsible for the Kirby series, Otacon's real name, a sentient computer that controls a spacecraft, a sentient AI inhabiting a pair of sunglasses, or Malcolm's dad.
- Or Hal-G.
- Halloween Town, the town that Jack Skellington resides; should not be confused with Halloweentown.
- Hammerhead: A Rulon general that ride dinosaurs to wage war, a gangster who use his hard head to battle Spider-man, a monster truck driven by two high-school dropouts, or a hover-tank?
- Hank Griffin is an early 21st Century police detective on Grimm or a World War 2 superhero in Mutants & Masterminds.
- Hannah is either Sid's sister, the pop singer alter ego of an ordinary teenage girl, a girl who recorded thirteen tapes before her suicide, a coach who temporarily replaced Henrietta, Jimmy's younger cousin, a treasure hunter Neopet, Josh's sister-turned-Wendigo, or Alois Trancy's maid.
- Hansel and Gretel. Are they the children from the original fairy tale, Ax-Crazy androgynous serial killers, or cannibalistic Ax-Crazy servants/assassins?
- Probably not related to HAN-sel and Gretel.
"HAN-sel?! HAN-sel? HAN-sel..." - Hans Gruber: German terrorist from Die Hard, German schoolteacher-turned-Nazi supersoldier in Jack Staff, or minor villain from Our Man Flint?
- Harley Quinn is The Joker's young female apprentice, while Harley Quin (originally Quinn) is one of Agatha Christie's (male) detectives, created over sixty years earlier. Both, of course, are a play on the word Harlequin.
- Harley could also be a troublesome rival or a middle child.
- Harper is either one of Lana's twin sisters who also makes an appearance in the games or Alex's best friend.
- Harry Dobbs: A character from the movie Rider in the Rain, or the protagonist in The New Twilight Zone episode "Shelter Skelter"?
- The prepubescent hero of the 1986 fantasy film Troll is named Harry Potter. Unlike the more famous Harry Potter he isn't a wizard, although he does wield magic weapons for part of the movie, and he fights a troll.
- P. G. Wodehouse's novel Uncle Dynamite includes the dimwitted Police Constable Harold Potter, and also a girl named Hermione.
- Harold Potter...first victim of Creatures from Another World.
- The Darkstalkers cartoon, which predated the novels, just happened to also feature a bespectacled preteen wizard named Harry.
- The antagonist in the wheelchair in It's a Wonderful Life? Henry F. Potter. It was revealed through supplemental material that this was Harry Potter's great-grandfather's (for whom he's named) name.
- Haruka: a Closet Otaku, an aspiring Idol, a former Broken Bird Telepath, a Schoolgirl Lesbian, May's Japanese name, a Sailor Scout, the Yamato Nadeshiko eldest sister, a tengu, flirty, chemist-based ninja or Kokona's surname?
- Four titular Harveys: Harvey Beaks, just simply Harvey, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, and Harvey Dent, also known as Two-Face.
- Speaking of Two-Face, there's a minor enemy in Kirby's Dream Land and Kirby Star Allies with that name that acts similar to Phantos from Super Mario Bros. 2.
- Additionally, there's a crane engine and a hippie dog who runs a trailer park in the Welcome amiibo update.
- Hatcher is the surname of Peter, Abby, and Billy.
- Hatchet: A 1987 Gary Paulsen novel, and a 2006 slasher movie.
- Or a chef.
- Hawkeye: Marvel Universe archer/member of The Avengers played by Jeremy Renner? Wisecracking surgeon of the 4077th MASH played by Alan Alda? Sharpshooter/right hand woman to Roy Mustang? Protagonist of The Leatherstocking Tales? Or a thief from Nevarl?
- Hawkman: Thanagarian hero of The DCU, or French Kinnikuman villain? They also have remarkably similar taste in headgear.
- Hayley is either the hippie daughter of the Smith family or the owner of a ranch for storing excess Pokemon.
- The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter: A 1940 novel by Carson McCullers, or a Reba McEntire song?
- Heathcliff is a main character in Wuthering Heights, a cat in cartoons and comics, and an overly powerful MMORPG knight character.
- There are two Alpha Bitch characters named Heather, but from which series? Alternatively, they may be an entire Girl Posse.
- Is Heather Mason a survival horror protagonist or SCP-3090
? - Heatwave: Enemy of The Flash or a robotic fire fighter that can transform into a fire truck?
- Hector is either a bulldog who protects Tweety from Sylvester, a one-time character Tommy Pickles befriended during a booster shot, a Mexican gangster baby, Osmosis Jones & Drixenol's new host, a crime lord whose brain and stomach were put in the body of a circus bear, a hopper truck who hides his fear of being loaded with coal through aggression, a furry giant, one of the seven Magi in the Dept. Heaven series, an axe-wielding Lord, a Devil Forgemaster who once served Dracula, a Trojan prince, a murdered songwriter, or a robotics scientist.
- Henrietta is either Toby's coach, a puppet cat, or Farmer Peck's daughter.
- Henry Hill: Did he always want to be a gangster (he was actually a real-life gangster), or did he, also known as Hank, sell propane and propane accessories?
- Hermione is either a bright young witch or a detective's trusty assistant.
- Hifumi is either the character designer for Eagle Jump, a student at Kosei High School, the Ultimate Fanfic Writer, or a Host Club bartender in Shinjuku who has Gynophobia?
- Hime, or Hime-chan, may refer to a magical girl of the cute witch type, or a calm girl who dislikes fighting but loves the sky of the planet, and like Nanako and Kyoko above, was welcomed by the silver-haired girl.
- or Hime Houzuki, the Japanese name of Pearl, Off The Hook's rapper.
- Hiro is either the younger brother of Tadashi Hamada or an employee at GNN.
- As well as one of many engines on Thomas the Tank Engine, this one being a wise old steam engine saved from scrap.
- Additionally he could be Kimi Finster's biolgical father as revealed in All Grown Up!.
- Hiro is also the nickname that Yasuhiro Hagakure goes by.
- Hobbes is either a stuffed tiger who may or may not actually be alive, a defector from the Kilrathi Empire, a philosopher, Buddy's real father's surnamenote , or Lillie's butler.
- The 1939 book Day of the Locust, and the 1975 film adaptation thereof, feature a character named Homer Simpson. The Simpsons is not a Shout-Out, though; Word of God is that Homer Simpson was named after Homer Groening, Matt's father.
- Homura: A Magical Girl?, a ninja? or the son of Tenjou Amanohokosaka, a.k.a. a former Imperator of NOL and the leader of Ikaruga?
- Or what about... one of Recca's Flame Dragons? Y'know, the one with the whip fire.
- Hop is either the brother of the champion of the Galar region and the player's rival, an Easter movie made in 2011, or the animated alias of Iggy Koopa.
- The Horde is a setting in Forgotten Realms, and the Orc faction of Warcraft.
- House: You're either talking about a cynical surgeon or the arrogant ruler of New Vegas. More interestingly, Considering that Robert House graduated MIT, he might just be qualified to call himself Dr. House.
- Apparently before the more famous House, Sci-Fi had a horror show which is also called House.
- Apparently before the more famous House, Sci-Fi had a horror show which is also called House
- Howard is either Marvel's duck, Phil and Lil's father, one of Clyde's fathers, the only engineer among a group of scientist "friends", the anchor for DNN News, or the founder of Ryme City.
- Huey is either a radical black-power advocate, a talking paint bucket, one of Donald Duck's nephews in red, or an oversized, naive baby duck.
- Hugh: Jimmy Neutron's duck-and-pie-obsessed father, the rival character in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, the father of the Tasmanian Devil, and a one-shot character in The Loud House who makes women swoon.
- Hugh Mann: Obscure Golden Age space hero, or a trope-naming badly disguised Decapodian spy?
- Hugo is either an abominable snowman, the Prince of Giant Land, one of three gargoyles, Bart Simpson's long-lost twin brother, a boy who lives in a train station, the manager of Reddi Mart, a rail zeppelin, one of Batman's first recurring villains (surname: Strange), the son of the chief of the Karaya tribe, an André the Giant knock-off, a troll who has to rescue his family a lot, an explorer of haunted houses, or one of Ron Weasley's children.
- Humphrey the Bear is either a very gluttonous bear at a national park or the star of an Australian children's series.
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- Who owns a parrot named Iago? Is it Bianca Castafiore or Jafar in Disney's Aladdin?
- The Disney one was named after the villain from Shakespeare's Othello. The Tintin one was named after the villain from Verdi's opera based on Othello. Confused yet?
- Ian is either Barley Lightfoot's younger brother, one half of the hosts of Minilife TV, or one half of the hosts of Smosh.
- This character is referred to by their surname, Iida. Is it Tenya Iida, the super-fast student training to become a Pro Hero at U.A. High School, or is it Marine Iida (known by her Barely Changed Dub Name Marina Ida in English), the Octoling DJ and member of the Idol Singer duo Off the Hook?
- "Ikachan" is a computer game created by Studio Pixel (of Cave Story fame). "Ika-chan" is the name Sanae uses when referring to Squid Girl.
- Barney & Friends has the infamous "I Love You" song, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has a song with the same title, though that one isn't despised.
- An Infinity Gem is a gem in Marvel Comics, and Tap Tap Infinity.
- Iowa: While this is best-known (aside from the obvious) as a name for the lead ship of the last class of American battleships commissioned during World War II, are we referring to the Moe Anthropomorphism of said ship who is a graceful brunette carrying a parasol or a blonde pin-up girl proud of her American heritage?
- Irma: The Assassin of the Fang, April O'Neill's best friend, an old friend of Mr. Bean, the waitress at the diner Jon and Garfield visit, or one of the five Guardians of Kandrakar?
- Itsuki the esper? From the Haruhi Suzumiya series or the Elite Four member in Pokémon Gold and Silvernote ?
- There's also "Gatekeeper" Itsuki, a demon with the ability to breach through dimensions and control lesser demons from other worlds.
- And there's Itsuki, the Wholesome Crossdresser Student Council President who will "light the darkness in your heart".
- The Butt-Monkey of Initial D is also called Itsuki.
- Or the Ninja Maid from Phantom Breaker who is "allied with justice".
- Or Itsuki Aoi.
- Ivy: Teddy Duncan's best friend? Or are we referring to the researcher in the Orange Islands who Brock never wants to speak of again? Possibly Cervantes's daughter? Maybe Adam's older sister? Or a young, playful, yellow frog?
- Ivy Pepper: The soon-to-be-villain Poison Ivy from Gotham, or a flapper cat girl?
- Izzy is either Koushiro Izumi's English name, a contestant on Total Drama, or a lazy Mexican banana tramper.
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- Jack and Rose are lovers, lovers from a century later, father and daughter, mortal enemies, or Companions.
- Jack Crowley is either a artistically-inclined inmate or a disgruntled State Alchemist and Big Bad of one of the series' games.
- Jack Hammer: Best pal of Deadpool better known as "Weasel", or a victim in the first Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney game?
- Or a fighter on steroids from Baki the Grappler.
- Not to be confused with the actual machine called the "jackhammer"?
- Jack Harkness: Immortal Time Agent associated with the Doctor and the Torchwood institute, or Elizabethan "boy" actor dragooned into a Clock Punk version of the Mega-City Judges in Paul Cornell's "Deathwatch"? (Interestingly, neither character is actually named Jack Harkness, but we never learn what their names are.)
- Jack Harper is he a Manipulative Bastard on Tru Calling, the protagonist of Oblivion2013 or the real name of The Illusive Man?
- Jack Napier Criminal mobster who eventually became The Joker, or a TV executive who helped create an animated, vulgar bear?
- Jack Ryan — Famous Tom Clancy hero or BioShock? Or both?
- Before there was Jack Shephard on Lost, there was the serial killer Jack Shepard in the movie Frequency. As a bonus, both starred Elizabeth Mitchell, and the actor who played Shepard in the movie (Shawn Doyle) guest-starred on Lost in season 4.
- They share a name but not a spelling with actors Jack Shepherd of Wycliffe and Jack P. Shepherd of Coronation Street.
- Jack Wade is both the name of a CIA operative who assists James Bond in GoldenEye and the protagonist of the video game Headhunter.
- The concept of "jacking in" involves computer systems, but the way it's done in The Matrix movies is different from how it's done in the Mega Man Battle Network gamesnote Furthermore, while the former method appears in (both versions of) the third game, here it's called "pulsing in".
- The name Jackson and the nickname Jax. But who could it be? For the nickname, you have Sonya's bionic-armed commanding officer and the recently-promoted president of a biker gang. For the full name, you have the older brother of either Miley Stewart or Max Fuller, or True's surname.
- Jacques: talking mouse note , talking shrimp, talking parrot, talking beaver, or talking gerbil (HAMSTER!!!)?
- He could also be a French baby who hangs out in the bathroom, first mate of the Black Pawkeet, a world-renowned artist from Paris, France who is also Jeffy's biological father, a French jack-in-the-box , a French-Canadian ice dancer and Josee's partner or a VFD agent.
- Jaegers: Giant robots, mutant super-soldiers, or elite assassins who work for an evil empire?
- The Big Bads of Aladdin and the earlier Prince of Persia games are both viziers named Jafar (the latter's is spelled with two f's), which was also the name of a character in The Arabian Nights, although that one wasn't a villain. All three were actually named after a real Grand Vizier Jafar.
- There is also an assassin named Jaffar, although that's not really the subject.
- Jaime Reyes, 3rd Blue Beetle or UNATCO doctor?
- James is either a purple-haired member of Team Rocket, a boastful red tender engine, an orphan boy who befriends insects that live in an oversized peach, Molly's younger brother, a blue monster who works at a power plant note , Sofia's older brother, Harry Potter's deceased father, one of Shepard's squadmates, the first footman at Downton Abbey, Bond, a man in a metal suit, Gotham's commissioner, Fox's deceased father, a young Colonial American boy, or a doctor facing mysterious and evil entities.
- Jim Sterling is either a British game reviewer or an American insurance investigator.
- Jimmy: a frail, scared young boy, the titular Boy Genius, a funky, groovy dancer sporting a blue afro, one half of a pair of gourds, the father of the Hughes family, the dub name of pre-HGSS Ethan, a happy young lad in a world of misery, Conan Edogawa's English real name, a boy in a devil costume, a 15-year-old who attends Bullworth Academy, Superman's pal, a boy who sees cartoons, or a boy obsessed with gaming, among many, many others.
- Two-Shoes was also used in a gag on Whose Line Is It Anyway? several years earlier.
- Agatha Christie's short story "The Rajah's Emerald" featured a mild-mannered clerk called "James Bond".
- Ian Fleming himself took the name from the Real Life author of a book on birds.
- Her short story "The Third Floor Flat" features a character named Donovan Bailey, later to be the name of a Canadian Olympic medalist in track and one-time fastest man alive.
- James Murphy was LCD Soundsystem. Jim Murphy was an Australian wine dealer. Jimmy Murphy (most of the time) is Alex Murphy's son before Alex was transformed into RoboCop.
- James Wilson: American Founding Father portrayed as a meek "non-entity" who doesn't want to be remembered, or a doctor who's best friends with House?
- Janet: one of the managers of the Good Place, Brad's fiancee, Arnold's cousin who's a bully to him and his classmates, or a galaxy girl?
- There are two Jasons in the Wonder Woman franchise, the first is the False Friend only in the book Wonder Woman: Warbringer while the second is supposedly her brother and was introduced in the comics in Wonder Woman (2011).
- Jasper is either Abraham Simpson's best friend, a dog who sings country music, Henry's friend who's obsessed with buckets, one of Blythe's friends, a ruthless Quartz soldier, a spy, a delivery boy at Butterbean's cafe, Brian's gay cousin, one of Cruella De Vil's two henchmen, or the original name of Tom Cat.
- Java is a caveman in both Martin Mystery (and Martin Mystère, the Italian comics it's based on) and in DC Comics' Metamorpho-related titles.
- Also a programming language.
- Besides being an island in Indonesia and another name for coffee.
- And one of the Technos in The Tribe.
- Java is also a one-hit wonder Bubblegum Dance group, whose song "Sister Sister" gained fame through the line of Warfare Puppetry dancing terrorist dolls.
- In Microsoft Bob, Java is a coffee-drinking dinosaur who hangs out at espresso bars.
- Jay, a grumpy patriarch, a cynical critic, the heterosexual life partner of Silent Bob, Mickey's older twin brother, one of the Adversity Twins, or another twin brother, this time of a prankster duo who works in the Starship Tetra, the kid investigating The Operator, the Blue Ninja and Master of Lightning, or Zeke's best friend?
- Jayce is a Wheeled Warrior and a Tap Titans 2 companion. Jace is a Planeswalker from Vryn and a test pilot for the Terran Confederation.note Jeice is a member of the Ginyu Force.
- Jeff: A spider, a hippie with a fishing hat, the real name of a glactic-conquerer-turned-good, a gadgeteer genius, or the original purple guy.
- Or maybe even a serial killer who tells people to sleep.
- What about the cameraman from EverymanHYBRID?
- Jem: Scout Finch's older brother or lead singer of the Holograms?
- Jem Finch’s real name is Jeremy, just like Candace’s megacrush, a mushroom, a kid who spoke in class today note , or a teen caught in the generation gap. note
- Jenna is either a singer, a drug-addicted hipster, the one in charge of the door, or one of Arthur Read's classmates.
- Jenny is either Phineas Fogg's traveling companion, the owner of The Pack, a teenage robot, Candace's hippie friend, Oliver's owner, Dory's mom, the police officer in every city of every region, a girl who knew Forrest Gump, or a girl whose number Tommy Tutone knew.
- Jessica is either the incredibly attractive wife of a cartoon rabbit, the love interest of a drunk scientist's grandson, the deceased significant other of a "special child", a beastess priestess with a Slap-Slap-Kiss relationship with a leader of bandits, the future Mrs. Claus, the wife of Louis and mother of three boys,Craig's organized sister, or another one of The Operator's victims?
- Jessie is either a yodeling cowgirl, a member of Team Rocket, a nanny, an intelligent student, a member of AVALANCHE, or a good friend of Rick Springfield.
- Jessica Darling: daughter of aforementioned TV host or main character in the Jessica Darling novels?
- Jessica Jones is either a superheroine who became a private detective, or a demoness who owns a country club.
- Jet is either an Earth Kingdom refugee, a humanoid alien from Bortron 7, one of Chloe's friends, one of Kirby's Copy Abilities, a spy guy, the hawk leader of the Babylon Rogues, an ENCOM programmer in an Alternate Continuity, an Australian rock band, or the second boss of Streets of Rage 2.
- Jet Black is both an intergalactic bounty hunter and Viewtiful Joe's dad.note
- Jigsaw is either The Punisher's archenemy or a Serial Killer who puts his victims in Deadly Games from the Saw films. There was also a short-lived Harvey Comics superhero named Jigsaw.
- Try not to confuse Jim Halpert, a smug and sexy paper salesman with Lt. Jim Halperin, a skeptical hard-ass cop from the past/present/1996.
- Jin Kazama is either a cold-hearted anti-hero devil or a Long-Haired Pretty Boy star of the Seiseki High Football Team.
- Jinx: Are they a boy who causes bad things to happen around him or a girl who causes bad things to happen around her? Or a ninja? Or a bounty hunter? Or a character from League of Legends? Or a martial arts master? Or maybe an NSA agent who is also a Bond Girl? Not to be confused with Jynx, the 124th Pokémon.
- Jiraishin: Is Jiraishin a hardboiled detective manga by Tsutomu Takahashi? Or the Humongous Mecha from Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya? The kanji used to spell both names are different, though.
- Toei used the name Jiraiya for two different tokusatsu heroes. The first was the title character of Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya, whose civilian identity was Toha Yamaji. The other was Ninja Black from Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, whose civilian identity happened to be "Jiraiya".
- What about a certain perverted Sannin?
- This was referenced in the episode "Hitting the High Seas". The ship's captain learns that one of the boys is named Davy Jones and assumes he is the descendant of the famous character from folklore - Micky quickly plays into it: "...and when he's 25, he'll inherit the Locker!".
- Joanna Dark is either the secret agent protagonist of the Perfect Dark games or God empowered super policewoman the Maid from Top 10.
- There is a character in Family Guy with the name of Joe Swanson. Joey Swanson is also the name of the male lead of the infamous Maradonia Saga. Both nicknames are presumably short for "Joseph", so it counts.
- Joel is either the protagonist of The Last of Us, the protagonist of Risky Business, or an inventor aboard the Satellite of Love.
- Is Joey a youngster with a top-percentage Rattata, a bunch of other youngsters, a flashlight wielding girl trapped on another world, a comedian who specializes in impressions, one sixth of a group of Friends who later got his own show, Numbuh 4's baby brother, a kid who can transform into a superhero by wielding a talking sock puppet, a blonde duelist, brother of Liv, Maddie, and Parker, the creator of Bendy, a duck villager, or Dennis' best friend?
- John and Dave, the snarky hero and goofy best friend, or John and Dave, the goofy hero and snarky best friend?
- John Carter. Hero of Mars or a doctor in Chicago county General?
- John Darling, one of Wendy's brothers in Peter Pan or a dead TV host who used to have his own strip in the Funky Winkerbean Verse?
- The main character of this Chick tract is named John Freeman.
- John G is the alleged killer of Leonard’s wife in Memento. Johnny G is the mafia don and father of Red Mist from Kick-Ass.
- The Saboteur has an evil British man named Bishop who is voiced by John Noble. On Fringe, John Noble plays Dr. Walter Bishop.
- Bishop is also the name of a time travelling mutant, an android servant, and a real life musician who debuted in 2016.
- John Shep(p)ard: he's a military man who fights aliens and has a unique approach to "first contact." But are you thinking of the one in the Navy or the one in the Air Force?
- Or the one in the Royal Navy?
- Jojo: clown, grandmother, bizarre adventurer, or Who?
- Joker: Insane clown-themed criminal, the singular Kamen Rider identity of Shoutaro Hidari, a creepy jester-themed villain who faces a team of magical girls, one of the Red Barons of a Warlord of the Sea, or the pilot of the Normandy, or the leader of the Phantom Thieves?
- There was an episode of The Loud House where all of Lincoln's sisters were given superhero personas. Luan's was called "The Joker".
- Joy is a nurse, the living embodiment of happiness, one of Charlotte's daughters, the false Chosen One, or a pizzeria worker who has a brother named Roy.
- Jubei could be Jubei Kibagami of Ninja Scroll, Jubei Yamada from the Fatal Fury series, or any number of characters named after or based on Yagyu Jubei.
- Judge Dee: Hero of a series of detective stories set in 900s China by Robert van Gulik, or hero of a Judge Dredd Megazine strip by Paul Cornell about a Brit-Cit Judge sent back in time to Elizabethan London?
- Judy is either America's most famous judge, George Jetson's daughter, Doug's older sister, Jimmy Neutron's mother, a rabbit police officer, one half of a puppet duo, one half of the Breakdown train, Cody's mother, or Fred's love interest.
- Julius Jr. is either the full name of a lemur known as Jay-Jay named after a deceased character, a TV show aimed at preschoolers, or a bomb-headed delinquentnote .
- Jumpman is either the logo for Nike depicting Michael Jordan making a slam dunk or the original name of Mario.
- It's also a song by Drake and Future named after the logo.
- June is either a soldier from a dystopian version of America, a young girl who was born to dance, one of Daisy Duck's triplet nieces, one half of the co-hosts of Kablam, or one of the production members of Wacky Game Jokez, 4 Kidz!.
- There's Juni, the doll who works for Shadaloo, Juni, male teenage spy, as well as Junie, young girls' chapter book icon.
- Juniper refers to either a father and daughter who research Pokemon in the Unova region or a magical pre-teen girl who fights many monsters.
- There's also Junk Man from Mega Man 7, minor Kinnikuman malcontent Junkman, Jimmy Neutron's Junkman, and Astro City's Junkman.
- Similarly, Kinnikuman antagonist Springman shouldn't be confused with Mega Man 7's Spring Man.
- Jupiter Jones is the name of the fat boy detective in The Three Investigators book series and the character played by Mila Kunis in the movie Jupiter Ascending.
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- Is Kabuto a trilobite, Orochimaru's right-hand man, a mean Japanese car, a Kamen Rider, or a giant monster?
- Kang is a one-eyed multi-tentacled Rigellian, a Klingon captain, and a time travelling conqueror.
- Kaos is either the Kremling leader faced by Dixie Kong, a criminal spy agency, son of Desty Nova, a god, a manga artist who looks like a little girl, or a short, megalomaniacal tyrant who seeks to conquer the Skylands.
- Karen is either Plankton's computer wife, the Dark-type specialist of Kanto & Johto's Elite Four, a half-English, half-Japanese schoolgirl, Frosty the Snowman's sidekick, or Kristy Thomas' stepsister.
- Kasumi Asou is the name of a gorgeous Phantom Thief in the manga City Hunter, and the name of a gorgeous teacher in the Dating Sim Tokimeki Memorial 2.
- Kat is either the cybernetic alien cat, one of Lincoln's female classmates, Ana's twin sister, or the owner of the shark.
- Katana is a superhero, an alien general, or the Dub Name Change of a former Mad Gear gang member, and Kitana is a Princess of Edenia.
- Kate Bishop: Daughter of the aforementioned Mama Bear, comic book superheroine, or Victorian actress?
- Kate Kane: A bat-themed comic book superheroine or a paranormal investigator from a series of novels?
- K.C. is either a spy or a koala.
- Kelly is either a very tall basketball player, Liam Kyle Sullivan in drag, one of Barbie's sisters, a crane who works for Ms. Jenny Packard, Bobby's older sister, Charlie's surname, a happy-go-lucky girl in military school, one of Star & Pony Head's friends or Taylor's overbearing mother.
- Kelso: Is he a candy manager in Recess, a cowboy in The Party, (with Peter Sellers in the main role), a bumbling idiot in That '70s Show, or a cynical chief in a hospital on Scrubs ?
- Kevin is either a kid who calls everyone a dork, a sentient crane, a teenage boy transported into a video game dimension, a sea cucumber SpongeBob idolizes, one of Gru's many minions, a rare and exotic flightless bird who lives in South America, a fat ignorant anthropomorphic alien penguin, Mr. Crocker's nephew, the Swansons' AWOL son, a dumb football player, a misfit kid who gets left home on Christmas, Krypto's owner on earth in the Krypto The Super Dog series, the British host of Blue's Clues, or a young, dimwitted lycanthrope.
- Kiba Daioh (Great King Fang): The leader of the Kiba Clan from Fist of the North Star? Or the combined form of the Kiba Ranger's giant robot and four other mechas from Gosei Sentai Dairanger? Or the combination of Unicorn Drill and Leo Circle from GEAR Fighter Dendoh?
- Kida, a Japanese boy voiced by Mamoru Miyano, or an Atlantean princess voiced by Cree Summer?
- Kino.... Traveler or caveman?
- Killer Bee. Cammy's former Shadowlaw codename? (and one of her signature moves) Or A's younger brother and jinchuuriki to the Eight-Tails? Or a manifestation of Dark Gaia?
- Kimba is an anime-styled white lion and the name of the heroes' team from the Whateley Universe.
- There is also a NPC named Kimba in Fallout 3.
- Kimmy is either an overly optimistic woman starting a new life in New York, DJ's best friend, or Chuckie's new sister (spelled "Kimi").
- Or perhaps a female female doppelganger of Timmy Turner in one episode of The Fairly OddParents.
- Kirby can be an adorable pink sphere who eats things, a brand of vacuum cleaners, a sentient vacuum named after said brand, a three-eyed alien child, the security guard of the SS Tipton, or an aspiring animator with a wild imagination.
- An NPC in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl named Roughneck Kirby uses Cleffa, a Pokemon that more or less resembles the pink sphere and is also highly associated with stars.
- Kiva, a time-traveling Ace test pilot from the year 3037, or a vampire-themed Kamen Rider?
- Klaus is either the strategist for the 3rd Royal Highland Army, the middle Baudelaire sibling, a talking goldfish or a wealthy German guy who uses Aquos Bakugan.
- Knuckles: Captain or echidna?
- Also the name of Hamton J. Pig's criminal doppelganger in one episode of Tiny Toon Adventures.
- Korra: the Avatar or the Tok'ra.
- Krabby: Pokémon or Patty?
- Not to be confused with Crabby, Dixie Kong's pet crab, or Craby, an enemy in recent Kirby games.
- Krang is a villain, but is he the enemy of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or the Z-Fighters?
- Kratt is either a pair of brothers that hosted Zoboomafoo or a weird kart-racing game that Vinny played.
- Kuai Liang. Adviser to Liu Biao? Or Bi-Han's little brother?
- Kuja is either an effiminate yet powerful sorcerer, or a tribe of women from Amazon Lily.
- Kwan Yin is a Bodhisattva in Buddhism, and an Ascended Master in the New Age, appearing as the Lady of Mercy in Dark Heavens, and Avalokiteshvara in Saiyuki. Kwan Yin is a superhero in Hand of the Morningstar. Kuan-Yin Xorn is the brother of Shen Xorn in X-Men. Psylocke's Asian body is from a girl known as Kwannon, an alternate spelling of the Japanese pronunciation Kannon. Other spellings include Quan Yin, Guanyin, etc.
- Kyoko: a redhaired magical girl who wields a spear, or a calm, blue-haired girl who can create crystal barriers and unleash a flurry of lasers, and, like Nanako above, is close friends with the silver-haired girl.
- Or the Ultimate Detective.
- Kyoshi is an Action Girl but which one? Is it the Avatar or the gym teacher?
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- Labyrinth is an American movie with David Bowie and a British miniseries with Katie McGrath. Even more confusingly for soundtrack fans, Trevor Jones scored both. Or Labrinth a British R&B singer.
- Lammy: a schizophrenic lamb, or a guitarist in a band?
- Or Scorpina's Japanese name.
- Lana is either the Water-type-based Trial Captain, the Loud family's token tomboy, a young blue-haired witch, a secret agent, or the Princess of Video Land.
- Hear the name Lancelot, and you might either be thinking of one of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table, or the small pet and Hypercompetent Sidekick of a girl who lives on an island, and in turn is either a helpful, laid-back frog, or a constant slave/butt-monkey turtle who serves his foolish owner's narcissistic whims.
- Langley is either Georgia's Japanese name, Asuka's middle name, or, part of the name of the Smith family's hometown (not to be confused with the real Langley in Virginia).
- Larry is either a muscular lobster lifeguard, an aggressive snail that temporarily replaced Gary in the same seriesnote , the clerk of every establishment in Elmore, a talking cucumber, the night watchman at the Museum of Natural History, the antagonist in The Cat in the Hat movie, Mr. Burns' son, one of the Koopalings, Loopy's older brother, one of The Three Stooges, a shrew who is Snaptrap's brother-in-law, one of two teenagers from early Rugrats episodes, a man who would eventually become Peter Griffin, Chuck's homosexual husband, a guy Joe can never seem to find, King Louie's identical twin brother, the youngest of The Dover Boys, a methane-reliant mutant more commonly referred to as Fartor, Luke's twin brother, or the temporary third member of Pinky and the Brain.
- Two different Sonic the Hedgehog cartoons, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Underground, as well as the anime Sonic X have each had an episode entitled, "The Last Resort".
- Is Layton an archaeologist with a gift for puzzles, one of the most legendary sports players of his time, or both?
- Leaf is either the female Kanto protagonist, a ditzy homeschooled spelling bee contestant, a half-elven mercenary, a former member of the Crucifolks, or one of Kirby's Copy Abilities.
- Leif is either the Prince of Leonster, a narcissistic Segway rider, or a sloth who runs a garden center.
- Or the moth adventurer with ice powers.
- Not to be confused with the Leafy examples on the Web Original page.
- Leech is a member of the Evil Horde in He-Man, and a mutant in X-Men.
- Lee Pai Long: Taiwanese doctor and martial artist or the English name of Tao Jun's guardian ghost (otherwise known as "Lee Pyron")?
- Legato is either the omnicidal Psycho Supporter lieutenant of Knives, or a vain music themed sorcerer.
- Leia is either the Princess of Alderaan and later General in the Rebel Alliance, or an adorable mermaid who you can pursue Interspecies Romance with.
- Lenny is either a pair of wind-up binoculars, one of Homer Simpson's co-workers, a vegetarian shark, an avian Neopets species, the helmet-wearing member of the Delightful Children, or the leader of a trio of three-year-old playground bullies.
- Not to be confused with Lennie, a tall, dim-witted man unaware of his own strength, and Leni, the token Dumb Blonde of The Loud House, the latter being named after the former.
- Leroy Brown: A kid detective more commonly known as "Encyclopedia" or the baddest man in the whole damn town?
- Leslie: an imaginative young girl, the director of the Parks and Recreation Department, a ditzy, effeminate male flower, Camp Kidney's nurse shark, girl who gets her pigtails pulled, a camel's co-worker, or a little girl who befriends a mischievous spider?
- Liam is either one half of the McPoyle brothers or one of Lincoln's minor friends.
- Liberty Belle was a member of the Justice League of America. It was also Blossom's wish fulfillment identity in The Powerpuff Girls episode "Super Zeroes."
- There are many Lieutenant Morgans in fiction, including Police Quest, Battle Nations, Dexter, and Fallout 3's Operation Anchorage DLC.
- Lightning is either a a cocky, sentient race car, a young woman with pink hair who fights with a gunblade, a dim-witted jock on a reality show, or an orange cat.
- "Lights, Camera, Quaction!" is an episode of either Pokémon or T.U.F.F. Puppy.
- Lillie, Lily, and Lili: Professor Kukui's assistant, one of Misty's sisters, baby Loud, a lightship, a lighthouse, Harry Potter's deceased mother, the first traveler to come to your oasis, Jonas's sister, Miley's best friend, a blind girl, or a frog villager. Note the first two are within the same franchise.
- Lilly Kane: Either Billy's younger sister from The King of Fighters or a murder victim played by Amanda Seyfried from Veronica Mars.
- Lily White is either the idol unit comprising Nozomi Toujou, Umi Sonoda, and Rin Hoshizoranote or a spring fairy.
- Is Lilo a Hawaiian girl with a pet alien or a mentally unstable hippo?
- There's Link from The Legend of Zelda series and Link from The Matrix Reloaded.
- A Super Smash Bros. parody site made fun of this by using the Matrix's Link in place of the Zelda character. When an update about Young Link appeared, it was a young version of said Link (as in, a young black baby).
- It's also the name of an experiment that binds two or more incompatible people together, Tracy's love interest, a pig in space, or Ethan's best friend.
- You're missing Mr. Link.
- Lin Kuei: A pack of criminal wolves trained from birth to be assassins or a clan of masked warriors trained from birth to be assassins?note
- Linus: Lucy Van Pelt's little brother, the Lionhearted (mascot of Post Crispy Critters cereal and star of a 1964 CBS cartoon show), one of the brothers Reed, the kid who bullies Max, or outcast of Pelican Town who lives in a tent.
- Lisa is either Johnny's fiancee, the smartest child in the Simpson family, the smartest child in the Loud family, an athletic raccoon girl, or Oliver's wife.
- Is Little Cup a curious young punch glass or a Stadium Cup limited to unevolved baby Pokémon?
- Is Little Miss Sunshine a cheerful, optimistic, pigtailed circle or that movie about the dysfunctional family and the beauty pageant?
- Lizardman is a lizard man, either Aeon Calcos specifically or a generic Mook, in the Soul Series. Lizard Man is a lizard man in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
- Is Lizzie a 2000s teen protagonist, an elderly car, Numbuh One's girlfriend, or a bear sidekick?
- Lois Lane (a.k.a. "Bianca") of the musical Kiss Me Kate is always true to Bill in her fashion, but she probably isn't Superman's type.
- For that matter, Lois could either refer to Clark's love interest, Malcolm's mom or Peter's wife.
- Lola is either Bugs Bunny's girlfriend, Charlie's little sister, a Hispanic zoologist bird, Tommy Turnbull's pal, the Loud family's token spoiled princess, a boa constrictor, a showgirl, a song by The Kinks, an inflatable candy-themed clown, or Brock's mother.
- Lor: sporty tomboy or Magolor's ship?
- Lothar, the black man from Mandrake the Magician and Defenders of the Earth, the former commander of The Alliance, or Lothor, the Big Bad from Power Rangers Ninja Storm.
- Lottie the Otter lives in either the Hundred Acre Wood or whatever you named your town.
- Louie is either one of a trio of duckling nephews, the king of the swingers, oh, the jungle VIP-turned-owner of a nightclub, a crazed chefnote , a dispatcher, Olimar's co-worker, or Richard's stepfather.
- Love Lab is either a manga series or a Rhythm Heaven minigame.
- Rat Race is also a Rhythm Heaven minigame.
- The plural Spaceballs is a comedic parody of Star Wars. The singular Spaceball is another Rhythm Heaven minigame.
- Lucas is either a blond boy in a striped shirt, a Pokémon Trainer, a cute jumping spider, a shrunken down kid, a 1986 film, a channel created by an old YouTube star, a kid with a Power Glove, a boy from Texas who moved to New York City, Daffy Duck as he’s known in Spanish-speaking countries, or Dr. Robotnik's romantic rival and first prisoner. Incidentally, the first two are Nintendo characters released in Japan in 2006.
- Lucas Simms is both the sheriff of Megaton and a seven-year-old boy with AIDS played by Haley Joel Osment.
- Lucky Star: Moe anime series about otakudom and food, an early song by Madonna, a Paper Mario item, or anything else named as such. Also the opening to Uchu Sentai Kyuranger, stylized as "LUCKYSTAR".
- Lucy is either Linus's older sister or the token goth of the Loud family. One episode of the latter series had a parody of the former series' famous football gag, and the latter Lucy took the place of the former.
- Lucy is also Wyldstyle's real name, Gru's partner-turned-wife, Miss Simian's first name, Ricky's wife, the Pike Queen, a girl in the sky with diamonds, a Fairy Tail mage, the owner of a produce stand, the youngest Pevensie child, a junior reporter with a Psyduck, or an an agent of SOL.
- Is Lucy Carmichael a wife with four children or a widow with two children?
- Two Ludwigs named after the famed composer: Von Drake and Koopa.
- For that matter, the late composer shares his surname with a dog.
- And for another matter, a beast hunter shares his name in relation with the Moonlight Sonata.
- Is Luigi an Italian plumber, an Italian chef, or an Italian car?
- Or is he a violent knife knut?
- Luke is either a blonde guy wielding a sword, a blonde guy wielding a lightsaber, a red-haired guy wielding a sword, An Irish narrow gauge engine who unintentionally sank a cuban one many years ago, a hillbilly racer whose partner is a bear, the assis- Ahem, apprentice to Professor Layton, one of the kids on Jessie, Phil Dunphy's only son, or a blonde guy wearing a magnifying glass as a monocle.
- And the real name of SMG4.
- Lulla and Laa-Laa may not sound like this trope, but their names are pronounced the same, and in Japanese, a missing dash (ララ vs。 ラーラ) is all it takes to create confusion.
- Lulu is neither a bratty little girl nor a black mage. Also, not a teddy bear or Lou Pickles's second wife. Or a Cloudcuckoolander fey sorceress or Luxeville's "hero".
- Or Lulu, the name given to the English arcade name for the first game for Rulue. The name "Rulue" retains in all other localized games in the series.
- Lumpy is a blob monster, idiotic moose, Chewbacca's son, heffalump, mouse turned- oil tycoon, and many others.
- There are many, many characters named Luna:
- There is an anthropomorphic moon with this name, but could it be either a puppet Luna or an animated Luna?
- Then there's Luna, a Winged Unicorn who spent a thousand years of imprisonment on the moon. Try not to think too hard about it.
- Before all of those, there's Luna, Usagi's cat in Sailor Moon.
- There's also the Dream Suite manager named Luna in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Chuggaaconroy nearly confused the two in his Let's Play of the game. Knowing Chugga, though, that was most likely intentional.
- And Luna, who is another of the Nonary Game Ambidex Edition player.
- It is also a popular stationary range from German stationary company Staedtler.
- Luna is also a Glass Cannon Dota 2 hero themed on the Moon.
- Luna is the Latin name for our Moon, so its actually a pretty popular name for moon-related characters including Luna Lovegood.
- Luna is also the name of the token music lover of The Loud House.
- And there's also the barely-dressed bounty hunter from Vanguard Princess.
- Now available in giraffe flavor.
- A spell caster.
- Two separate, recurring moon-elemental summons from their respective series.
- A young girl obsessed with the moon.
- Is Lyra a green unicorn or a Pokémon Trainer?
- Lysander is either Hermia's lover, a former sailor-turned-farmer, or Team Flare's leadernote .
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- Mabel is either a happy-go-lucky girl, one of the Able Sisters, or a Cappy fortune teller.
- Mac is either Bloo's creator, the co-owner of Paddy's Pub, one half of a double-ended Fairlie duplex locomotive, one half of a feline robot mobster couple, a Mysterious Alien Creature, a moon-headed lounge singer an Italian-American man who dreams of being a construction worker, or an extreme snowboarder.
- Or a Mack truck when spelled with a K.
- An episode of Uncle Grandpa introduced a one-time character named Lil' Mac, Mr. Gus's nephew. He has nothing to do with a certain "Bruiser from the Bronx".
- Mad Dog is either one of Don Karnage's henchmen, one of the bosses of Dynamite Headdy, a title of Linus Reed, Biff's ancestor, or a bounty hunter. You may also be looking for a violent and dreaded underground fighter, one actual dog who is a gangster, one of Bugsy Them's henchmen, a man so strong it's questionable whether he's even human, or an outlaw.
- Maggie is either the baby of the Simpson family, a six-year-old girl who explores the strange and wonderful world of Nowhere Land, an energetic, pink-haired teenage fly girl who aspires to be a world-famous musician, Abby Cadabby's mother, or a pig villager.
- A minor enemy in Kirby's Dream Land 3 and Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards was named Magoo.
- Magus is the antagonist of Adam Warlock, the antagonist of New Mutants member Warlock, and the prince of Zeal.
- Malekith is a villainous Dark Elf king with ambitions to reclaim what he sees as his rightful kingdom and once nearly caused the end of the world to do so. He's either Marvel Comic's white-haired grey pretty boy or Games Workshop's scarred tin tyrant. Who was first and how each came about has been fiercely debated for years by both franchises' fanbases and lets leave it at that.
- Mandy: sadistic young girl, iCarly's insane biggest fan, or the Alpha Bitch rival of the Totally Spies!?
- Or ManDIE?
- Manimal, a nickname for humans in The Little Flying Bears or the name of a TV show about a human who transforms into animals?
- The Man in Black appears as a nickname across various media: in Stephen King's The Dark Tower series and the 2017 film, and on TV in Westworld and Lost.
- Mankey is either the Pig Monkey Pokemon or the surname of Josh.
- Dr. Mann is either an amoral and probably insane but highly respected scientist who plots to kill important members of the covert humanity-saving organization he belongs to, or...an amoral and probably insane but highly respected scientist who plots to kill important members of the covert humanity-saving organization he belongs to. Or a lesbian scientist with an Ironic Name.
- Manny, a mammoth, a Latino teenager, a reaper, a handyman, Greg Heffley's little brother, El Tigre, a praying mantis, or a headless man-horse?
- Mantis is a member of either the Furious Five or a member of The Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy. As well as an alias used by Frank Reynolds on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Young Cricket's master in WarioWare, and Miles Hawkins's superhero alias. Cricket's original name was Mantis, but was changed to avoid confusion with the above former. Didn't stop him from having an Expy in a Show Within a Show with that name.
- Maple is either a VRMMORPG character who focuses on defense to the point that she's overpowered or a catgirl.
- Margaret Love is a Psycho Psychologist. But is she the enemy of Alex Murphy or the enemy of Bruce Wayne and Al Simmons? Frank Miller created both and the former version was the proto-version of Juliette Faxx.
- Marge is either the matriarch of the Simpson household, a creepy old woman in a truck, Team Magma's Courtney/Kagari as she's known in Singapore, or Vernon Dursley's sister.
- Maria(h) Wong is either a Chinese girl living in China or a half-Chinese half-Italian girl living in Canada.
- Is Marie a Kanker Sister, a Squid Sister, or Donny's sister?
- Or are we talking about Duchess' daughter, a Swedish Elegant Gothic Lolita marital artist and the youngest-looking fighter of her cast, an unarmed, younger-looking Samus Expy who's weighed down in water by her heavy anklets, the Canopy Kingdom's latest and youngest-looking Skullgirl, a murdered housekeeper from Montana 1948, or a mysterious girl added in the remake of Persona 4?
- Phineas and Ferb fanon created an OC with this name who is Phineas and Isabella's daughter.
- Marina:
- Is she one of several different mermaids, (I'm sensing a theme here), one of two human princesses, an octopus villager, an Octoling singer and DJ, a blind rabbit, a mystery-solving human girl, a bisexual Manic Pixie Dream Girl, a lesbian femme fatale, a busty Russo-Japanese girl, the anime counterpart for Kris from Pokémon Crystal under a Dub Name Change, a robot companion, a power-hungry witch, a cleric that takes her job way too seriously, an actress with a dark past, a shy Gorgon, a penguin who only has eyes for the film's protagonist, the head of Waterfall Colosseum, a tennis court... the list goes on and on.
- Additionally, some use "Marina" as a Fan Nickname for Jolyne's mom, which is a Shout-Out to Marina Diamandis.
- Mark is either a green alien, Endou's English name, or a virtual card game player.
- Marley is either a little dognote , a young lady who travels with you to Route 224, or a young lady with a beautiful singing voice.
- Or the surname of Scrooge's deceased partner.
- Maron is a high school girl who is the reincarnation of Joan of Arc, a girl Krillin met, a fairy, and a village and station on the Island of Sodor, or spelled with an l, a farm girl.
- Marty is either a zebra, a time-traveling teenager from 1985, or Greg Universe's old manager.
- The alternate spelling as Martin could either be a reckless LAPD detective, the titular Martin Mystery, the civilian name of the king for a fictional pantheon of deities, or the older brother of a mouse named Timmy.
- Marvin is either a martian, an old man, an alien played by an old YouTube star, a little-known tap-dancing horse, a redheaded baby, a kid who needs to go now, a paranoid android, or a guy who got shot in the face.
- Mary is either Mother of Christ, a magical nanny, the mother of the Winchester brothers, a Microsoft text-to-speech voice, a girl with a little lamb, Nicole's mother, a very plump experiment, The Queen of Magicant, or "The Selfish".
- Mary Worth: meddlesome US newspaper comics protagonist or ghost?
- Mary Worth: meddlesome US newspaper comics protagonist or ghost
- Two different characters are named Masaru Daimon in Japanese: the main protagonist of Digimon Savers (called Marcus Damon in the dub) and the leader of the Warriors of Hope in Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls. Their names even use the same kanji, and "Masaru" is a fairly common Japanese name with many possible kanji writings.
- Mask Man. A Super Sentai series, or a Korean ¡Mucha Lucha!-esque cartoon?
- Does The Master...
- Have seven incarnations?
- Have six wives?
- Live under the library?
- Want to turn everyone into mutants?
- Is he the last of mankind?
- Own a talking toaster?note
- Lead a horde of evil magical creatures?
- Live in Sardinia and plot the overthrow of the world while being voiced by Jon Pertwee?
- Look like LeeVanCleef and frequently fight Sho Kosugi?
- Own a bar called the Cha Cha Maru?
- Lead a cult?
- Mathman is the name of a Show Within a Show on Square One TV parodying Pac-Man, and also a PC math edutainment game.
- Matilda may be:
- The one who'll take your money and run to Venezuela, as sung by Harry Belafonte.
- A precocious bookworm with telekinetic powers.
- Spelled with an h, The Professional's Damsel in Distress.
- A handgun in Resident Evil 4, named after the Professional character.
- The love interest, and later wife, of Cranky Doodle Donkey.
- A member state of the Jowston Confederation.
- A young woman transformed into a monster by hatred.note
- An egg bomber.
- A female house robot styled after a triceratops.
- The mascot of Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid.
- Scrooge McDuck's younger sister.
- No one can be told what The Matrix is... If you're looking for it, it's usually in Optimus Prime's chest. Or is an artificial life-form shape-shifting into Supergirl. Or is another name for Cyber Space. Or a retired Colonel named John. Or one or more Liandri Mining robots.
- Maverick could refer to one or more cardsharps from the series or movie Maverick, the call sign of Pete Mitchell, Thomas P. Kiley, or Christopher Blair, the code name of David North, known as Agent Zero, or the mutant Chris Bradley. Mavericks could be a super team, the New Mexico Initiative super team, or any Reploids who have gone rogue.
- There are a number of characters named Max: The Grinch's forlorn dog, May's younger brother, Goofy's son, the greedy, notorious chairman of the Haltmann Works Company, the none-too-bright second to the Chief Blue Meanie, an Orange Star CO, a space baby, one half of the Dump Truck twins, the protagonist of The Secret Life of Pets, a teenager with time-warping powers, "the Mighty One", one of the two kids from Dragon Tales, the 2005 incarnation of Ultraman, an ambitious nerdy gamer, a young wizard-in-training, an evil wannabe, a soccer player with a Nice Hat, George Lopez's son, a kid with a crappy life, The Punisher's former pet dog, Ben and Gwen's grandpa, DJ Tanner-Fuller's second son, Eric's dog, Flynn's horse, a comedian with a Chatot, a kid with a vivid imagination, Darla Dimple's menacing butler, or a reformed teenage supervillain.
- Max could also be a white rabbit, but is said rabbit a rambunctions and mischievous younger sibling or a psychotic freelance police officer?
- Maxie is the leader of Team Magma and Chilly Willy's polar bear co-star.
- Two minor characters referred to as Uncle Max: the first being Calvin's uncle in Calvin and Hobbes, whom was initially going to be a recurring character but was dropped due to complications, and the second being Timon's nervous uncle in The Lion King 1½.
- Max Edison is a recurring character in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip, an easy going Agent Mulder, and friend of the Doctor. As far as is known, he has never killed anyone with a silver hammer.
- Is Maxwell a boy with a notebook that can summon almost everything by just writing what you want on it, a bookish hamster, or the little piggy who cried "Wee, Wee, Wee" all the way home?
- After Louis C.K was fired, Patton Oswalt now plays two Maxes- the ones from Pets and Mystery Science Theater 3000.
- May: either a bandanna-wearing Pokemon heroine and traveling companion of Ash, a Kanker Sister, or Peter Parker's aunt.
- If spelled Mai, it can refer to a non-bender from the Fire Nation who can throw knives from her sleeves. And if pronounced "My", she could be a witty but emotionless girl.
- Mei Chang is either a Badass Adorable Xingese Princess or a middle-aged inmate who runs the commissary at Litchfield Penitentiary.
- Mei Ling: Li Shaoran's cousin, a Chinese gate-keeper from the Scarlet Mansion, a Chinese-American Mission Control girl, a mysterious woman searching for magical rings or a climatologist of Overwatch?
- If spelled Mai, it can refer to a non-bender from the Fire Nation who can throw knives from her sleeves. And if pronounced "My", she could be a witty but emotionless girl.
- Dr. McCoy is improbably well versed in all areas of medical science, biochemistry, and genetics, but does he serve on a starship or at a school for gifted youngsters?
- And there's also a lawyer McCoy.
- McKinley is a high school plagued by Death in Final Destination 3 (the fourth reveals that it's the name of the town the school is in) and the high school Glee takes place in. So, if you see someone dying in a freak accident while singing a pop song, you'll know who to blame for that.
- McTeague is either an unlicensed dentist or an island.
- Mean Machine: Either Dick Dastardly's car on Wacky Races or a member of the Angel family in Judge Dredd.
- Mega Man himself is an example. See this page for more details.
- On the topic of Mega Man, it is not to be mistaken with Mega Men, which is a brand of protein powder.
- Megaman is an obscure Nova villain.
- On the topic of Mega Man, it is not to be mistaken with Mega Men, which is a brand of protein powder
- Meggy is either Wes' ex-girlfriend or a red-haired sharpshooter.
- Melony: Galar's Ice-type specialist or a watermelon with a beanie put on it?
- Meredith Blake: a (male) character from the novel Five Little Pigs, or a (female) character from the movie The Parent Trap.
- There's an Iron Man knockoff titled Metal Man, which is the name of a Robot Master from Mega Man 2.
- Metron, the DC Comics god of knowledge, should not be confused with the Metrons, bizarre shrimp-like extraterrestrials from the Ultra Series, beginning with Ultraseven. To make it more confusing the Metrons were also Sufficiently Advanced Human Aliens in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Arena".
- Mia, a preschool student from Miss Hugg's class. Mia, a bluebird who befriends an ordinary girl who became a princess and has a magical amulet. Mia Fey, mentor to Phoenix Wright. Mia, a Mercury Adept. Mia, princess of Genovia. And Mia, a girl who travels into the world of Elves and Unicorns.
- Mickey could refer to the world-famous mouse and founding father of animation, an irresponsible babysitter for three wealthy spoiled children or the younger Adversity Twin.
- Michelle is the youngest daughter of a household, but...which one? She's also Mike's girlfriend in The Room.
- Mighty is either an armadillo, one half of a double-ended Fairlie duplex locomotive, or an anthropomorphic mouse superhero.
- Or Mighty Ray.
- Mii: The player avatar in various Nintendo games and systems or Ai and Mai's younger sister?
- Mikazuki: The Mutsuki-class Destroyer, Tekkadan's Ace Gundam Pilot, or a Super Robot that runs on the power of words? Probably counts as Gender-Blender Name, as well...
- Mike is either a karaoke robot, a singing mouse, the repeated name of a camel's co-worker, a red minimum-gauge engine who works on the Arlesdale Railway, a color-blind ox, an orphaned bowler hat-wearing villain, one half of Da Bearz, a boy obsessed with television, a knight boy, a boy with split personalities, a Microsoft text-to-speech voice, Emily's ex and Jessica's boyfriend, a New Yorker on a tropical island, the father of the Heck family, a talking microphone, a limited-use Copy Ability, Cosgrove's first name, or Head investigator at Baker Detective Agency.
- Likewise, Mikey is either Bunsen's human buddy, one of the kids on Recess, an American teenager in Japan, Carlos's wheelchair-bound brother, or a kid who refuses to evolve his Eevee.
- Or Michelangelo's nickname.
- Mike Brady, head of the Brady household or the heroic health inspector?
- The duo Mike and Sully are lovers who met in the mountains. The duo Mike and Sulley are monsters who work in a power plant together.
- Mike Hammer is an American private eye, Mike Hamar is a friend of Red Green.
- Miko: Monk/Paladin or foreign exchange student from Japan?
- Or Shinto priestesses?
- Perhaps a genderswapped prince who slept for 1400 years?
- Maybe a living and combat-ready mushroom man-thing?
- Perhaps if spelled differently he could be Pocahontas's raccoon friend, spelled "Meeko".
- Miku is an Idol Singer, but which one? The Vocaloid, the Spirit, or one of the Cinderella Girls?
- The Milkman is a villain in both Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero, in which he's a man made of milk who plans to flood the cereal crops of the Cereal Dimension with milk, and in Psychonauts, in which he's an alternate personality of Boyd Cooper intended to burn down the Thorney Towers Home for the Disturbed with Molotov cocktails made from milk bottles.
- Milo can refer to a cat with a canine friend, Noah's dead cousin, a boy who causes disasters to happen, an Atlantis adventurer, a Clubhouse kid, one of Pepper Ann's friends, a fish in high school, or a Grass-type Gym Leader.
- Mimi the rabbit is either one of the mascots from Pop'n Music, a character from Adventures of the Little Koala, or a character from Guess with Jess. Not to be confused with the voice-recognition-enabled music-playing toy by Hallmark (that one's a mouse, by the way). She's also Kitty's twin sister (although her name is usually written in English as "Mimmy").
- Or Emma's Espurr.
- Or one of Count Bleck's greatest allies, even though the differences are...let's say, a lot more obvious.
- Or Drew Carey’s rival.
- Or one of Ninten's two sistersnote .
- Or is it the one with the catchphrase "Mimi's got a plan"?
- Perhaps one of the Digidestined.
- Is Mina a young schoolmistress, a spaced-out, artistic Trial Captain who specializes in Fairy-type Pokémon, or a mentally unstable Sailor Moon Expy who led a Solarian army to eradicate all monsters from Mewni?
- Mindy is a mermaid, Mandy's rival, a little girl who's always getting chased by her dog to avoid getting into trouble, an alien's significant human other, a obstetrician/gynecologist in New York City, Josh Nichols' rival turned love-interest, a little girl who wears a bear hat, or one of the Magus Sisters, the real first name of Hit-Girl, or CJ’s rival.
- Ming-Ming is a member of either BEGA or the Wonder Pets!.
- Speaking of which, BEGA? Is it an acronym for the Beyblade Entertainment Global Association or Lou's last name?
- Speaking of which, BEGA? Is it an acronym for the Beyblade Entertainment Global Association or Lou's last name
- Minus is the designation for a group of antisocial children with superpowers in Medaka Box. It should be pointed out that none of the children are actually named minus.... even though she'd fit right in!
- Mio is either a shy bassist, an outgoing idol, a scooter, one half of a pair of claymation kittens, a quick-to-anger blue-haired girl who doesn't want anyone to look at her artwork, or Princess Ial's name outside of the Underground empire Tube.
- By adding the Minato family name, she can either be the the deuteragonist of an idol anime or the Missing Mom for a pair of sibling Ultra heroes?
- Mira is the protagonist of an animated series debuted in the first quarter of 2020. She's either a 15-year-old astronomy enthusiast from Japan or a 8-year-old kid detective from India.
- Mister America: Justice Society of America member and Hulk Hogan's Charlie Brown from Outta Town identity.
- Is Misty the Cerulean City Gym Leader or Pacha's llama?
- Or an Ella Fitzgerald song?
- Mitchell, a gay lawyer, Mr. Sawyer's boss in Hey Arnold!, or a Tsundere detective?
- Moe: a bartender, Calvin's bully, a Japanese term meaning "cute"note , one of The Doodlebops, one of The Three Stooges, a bivalve treasure hunter, or Annie's sidekick.
- Vinesauce Joel was explaining the Japanese term and pulled up an image of Springfield's Moe instead.
- Mokey: one of the Fraggles or loud, psychotic version of Mickey Mouse?
- Add in a second 'Mokey', and you get a pillow angel thing.
- Add in a second 'Mokey', and you get a pillow angel thing.
- Moley is a mole, but is he an easygoing, laid-back guy who ends up going on huge adventures or does he pop out of the ground and throw bombs at you?
- Molly is either Rebecca Cunningham's daughter, James' older sister, Taz's younger sister, Andy's younger sister, Megan's younger sister, Ron's mother, Loonette's doll, a yellow tender engine, the communications officer of the Black Egrets, one half of a feline robot mobster couple, a very boring sauropod, a preschool mermaid, the daughter of two missing researchers, Winston's best friend, or a duck villager.
- She's also the youngest orphan in Annie (the 1982 movie version, at least), as well as the name used by DIC for Naru in their dub of the original Sailor Moon anime.
- Momiji: A Wolf tengu? The maiden of Kushinada? One of Ryu Hayabusa's apprentices? a Nobushi of the Dawn Empire? Or a boy who represents the Rabbit of the Chinese Zodiac?
- Momo is either a winged lemur, an infamous statue with a creepy stare, a large duck aimed at preschoolers, a very strong wrestler momo (known as "Sumo Momo"), a superhero student who can create anything from her body, the nickname of a young boy from the Wano Country, or a cute cat from Tama & Friends.
- Mona, aside from the obvious, can be the owner of a pizzeria, Homer Simpson's mother, some weird Canadian puppet, one of Ross' girlfriends, Plague Knight's partner-in-crime, a code name for a cat by the name Morgana, or Mad Max's pet cat.
- Monaka is a red alien deliveryman whom the God of Destruction Beerus uses as motivation for Goku and Vegeta to get stronger or a supposedly crippled member of the Warriors of Hope.
- Monstars are either enemies in Braid or overpowered aliens in Space Jam.
- Mon*Star is the Big Bad in Silverhawks.
- Another Monstar is a ghostly being from Paper Mario.
- The name "Monster Bash" can refer to a number of things, including:
- A pinball machine that portrays a number of famous movie monsters as rock band.
- A series of 30 second shorts that aired on the USA Cartoon Express during commercial breaks.
- Any number of various parties, celebrations, or events that have a Halloween / "monster" theme.
- A little known arcade game made by Sega in the early 1980s.
- A little more known side-scrolling platformer for DOS by Apogee Software.
- Monster House is either an animated film by the duo behind Who Framed Roger Rabbit or a Scrappy Mechanic in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series. Incidentally, both were released in 2006.
- Monstro: the whale or the town?
- Montana Max is either a greedy, villainous spoiled brat who runs the Acme Corporation or the leader of a battalion of Nazi vampires who survived World War II and want to start a war of their own.
- Mooncalf has been used as a species name for three very different creatures in three different works. In Harry Potter, they're small furry quadrupeds with long necks and big eyes that only come out on full moons; in Dungeons & Dragons, they're bat-winged octopus-like horrors that come from the Far Realm to hunt for their masters at night; and in The First Men in the Moon, they're enormous caterpillar-like creatures domesticated by the inhabitants of the Moon.
- Moose is either the dyslexic jock or the sane tomboy.
- Mordecai? Do you mean the vault hunter or the blue jay?
- The Lovable Rogue (not thief) from Irregular Webcomic! is Morde'kai, so try not to get him mixed up with the rest.
- Morgana is either a black-and-white cat, a pirate bat, Ursula's younger sister, or a formerly evil duck sorceress who serves as Darkwing's love interest.
- Mork is an Ork deity or an Ork citizen.
- Is Morris a moose with a unicorn tail or a midget moose?
- Or the world's most finicky ginger cat?
- Or a representative of Joja Corporation?
- Morty: Ecruteak City Gym Leader, a mad scientist's grandson, or one of Mickey's twin nephews.
- Mouser is a Super Mario Bros. 2 boss, and a type of robot in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Both are puns on Mauser firearms.
- Either you spell Monica to get the toothy and rabbit-plush-carrying title character from the brazillian comic series Monica's Gang, or Monika to get the side-character and meta-Yandere that went rough breaking the codes within her Animesque visual novel, Doki Doki Literature Club!.
- The Tiny Toon Adventures episode "Grandma's Dead" featured an extremely minor character named Mr. Bump.
- Is Mr. Conductor a tiny magical man who lives in a painting of a signal house, or a trodon? Either way, both shows they appear in have aired on PBS, and both shows also involve trains.
- Mr. Haney is either a salesman and con artist on Green Acres or the principal on Arthur.
- Mr. Hat is one of Mr. Garrison's hand-puppets, and also a puppet used by Trucy Wright, as well as a hat-obsessed minor antagonist in Shovel Knight.
- Mr. Kite is either the subject of The Beatles song "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" based on a 19th century circus performer or a kite puppet from Pee-wee's Playhouse who gives weather reports.
- One villain from The Powerpuff Girls is actually a Monster Clown named Mr. Mime.
- Mr. Poe is either the Vice President in Charge of Orphan Affairs at Mulctuary Money Management or the srongest Dorbee in the world.
- Mr. Small is either a small red circle wearing a blue bowler hat or Elmore Junior High's hippie school counselor.
- Is Mr. Turner a 2014 biographical drama film or Timmy Turner's father?
- Mrs. Cake is either a precognitive spiritualist or co-owner of Sugarcube Corner.
- Mugman is either the titular web video protagonist or Cuphead's brother.
- Muk is either a living mass of sludge or a polar bearnote .
- Is Mukuro one of the Vongola Mist Guardians (and the shadier one) or the 16th student at Hope's Peak Academy? Or one of the three rulers fighting for rule of the demon world?
- Munna is either a dream-eating tapir or a 2007 Tollywood film.
- Muriel is either Mort's deceased wife, the Tipton's former maid, one of Courage's owners, or Miss Finster.
- Or a goat.
- Musashi is either Jessie's Japanese name, a Sushi Striker, or Square Enix's two versions of the real life Miyamoto Musashi, himself.
- Muttley is the cartoon canine sidekick of Dick Dastardly. Mutley (one "t") was the live action canine sidekick of journalist Doug McConnell.
- The Mutos from Godzilla (2014) mustn't be mistaken for relatives of Dr. Muto.
- There's Myrtle, victim of a car accident caused by Jay Gatsby, victim of a basilisk's gaze and a ghost of Hogwarts, Yertle the Turtle's aunt, or a space turtle deity.
