This is one of the most used (and possibly abused) tropes that we have on the wiki. According to the laconic, the trope is about more than two characters from different works sharing a name. That is the first red flag, as some names are rather common. Some more red flags came up in the wick check as well as a skim through first-level bullets.

For the wick check done by Yindee, who volunteered to help with this part, the results are as follows:

• Similarity noted: 20/96; 20.9%
• Just name: 8/96; 8.3%
• Similarly Named Works: 13/96; 13.5%
• IU confusion: 5/95; 5.2%
• One-Steve Limit: 13/96; 13.5%
• Creator names: 13/96; 13.5%
• Shares with irl: 10/96; 10.4%
• Same-named roles: 2/96; 2.1%
• Other: 12/96; 12.5%

Okay, we're seeing overlap with other tropes here. As for the on-page check done by me, the percentage results of potentially valid examples are as follows:

• Real v Fictional: 31/627 = 4.9%
• Cross Media: (115 to 141)/1350 = 8.5% to 10.4%
• Anime and Manga: (36 to 43)/163 = 22% to 26.4%
• Comics: (17 to 38)/110 = 15.5% to 34.5%
• Fairy Tales: (0 to 1)/11 = 0% to 9.1%
• Film: (7 to 8)/33 = 21.2% to 24.2%
• Literature: (9 to 15)/33 = 27.2% to 45.5%
• Live Action TV: (12 to 20)/146 = 8.2% to 13.7%
• Music: (84 to 122)/647 = 13% to 18.9%
• Pro Wrestling: (10 to 13)/47 = 21.2% to 27.7%
• Radio: 3/7 = 42.9%
• Theatre: (2 to 4)/10 = 20% to 40%
• Video Games: (86 to 131)/507 = 17% to 25.8%
• Webcomics: (0 to 3)/12 = 0% to 25%
• Web Original: (7 to 8)/14 = 50% to 57.1%
• Western Animation: (53 to 77)/344 = 15.4% to 22.4%
• Real Life: (237 to 389)/1155 = 20.5% to 33.7%
• Other: (3 to 4)/5 = 60% to 80%

Categories in green on the check are for entries that I feel are noteworthy. These include similarities, lampshades, instances that caused legal disputes, etc. Categories in yellow are for those that could potentially be noteworthy. These include names recycled by the creator, blood relatives, geography (RL only), and so on.

• Restrict to examples in which the characters do have something in common. That will prompt a rename. Same Name Similar Background, maybe?
• Create a new trivia item for characters who share a name with another from another work the creator has done. Possible name would be Creator Recycled Name, although we can look into other options.
• Make a separate trope for In-Universe name confusion. If there's not enough, that will need a merge with One-Steve Limit instead.
• For cases in which a character shares a name with a RL person, restrict to gags only. Due to the low number that would qualify, that would need to go elsewhere.
• Turn Names The Same into a disambiguation between One-Steve Limit, Similarly Named Works, and any new tropes we make here. Other tropes can also be considered.

1. BigBad.Video Games Number To H: The Cartel: Cartel leader Juan Mendoza (Mind you not the same character in the first two games) and Corrupt Corporate Executive Michael Duke, as well as Assistant Deputy Director Shane Dickson acting as Mendoza's partner inside the Justice Department, and Psycho for Hire Antonio Alvarez playing all sides against each other for his own advantage.
2. Characters.Street Fighter Other Characters Part 2: No, no, no, Joe isn’t that Joe, David doesn’t work for the CIA and neither of them have any connection to the Skull Cross Gang. chars from same series/universe
3. Characters.Yu Gi Oh The Thousand Year Door: Has an identical name to a character that appeared in one of Cyber Commander's other fics, Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Messiah. two fics by same author
4. Fridge.Death Battle: A little subtle at first but, remember, Thanos had an arch enemy in the form of Drax, the being specifically created to kill him. Darkseid, once known as Uxas, killed his brother, Drax, to become more powerful. So when you look at it, Darkseid technically killed the man who can kill Thanos, so it's no surprise Darkseid can beat Thanos too. name shared between opponents of Marvel/DC supervillains
5. Memes.Super Sentai: Before much was revealed about the show, may suggested getting Taiko Katono (who played Mashin Chaser in Kamen Rider Drive) involved in the show. The actor even said he'd be up for being the show's sixth ranger. title/focus of later series shares name with earlier char
6. SelfDemonstrating.Pokemon Vietnamese Crystal: THIS WAS THE THING TEN YEARS AGO, LARGE BLUE TURTOISE ELF^note Blastoise NAME IS <GUIKI>. NAME IN FRANCE COUNTRIES, NEW BLACK WHITE FLAME PIG ELF^note Tepig NAME IS <GRUIKUI>. two pokemon have close names
7. Trivia.Atomic Betty: There is no connection between the Sparky of this show to the one introduced in the ninth season of The Fairly OddParents!. two contemporaneous animated shows
8. Trivia.Berwick Saga: Arthur has a father name Harold. Fire Emblem Fates has an Arthur who was named Harold in the Japanese version. Additionally you also have Arthur from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War and Artur from Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.
9. Trivia.Fangirl Frenzy: Lexi is also the name of the protagonist of another Game Mod, Friendly Night Funkin'. two mods for same game
10. Trivia.Goosebumps 2015: Hannah, the movie's deuteragonist, has the name of the [[spoiler:titular]] protagonist from The Ghost Next Door. [[spoiler:This turns out to be a subversion, and a very big clue as to Hannah's true nature -- they're the same character.]] two works in Goosebumps!verse
11. Trivia.Medieval Times Dinner And Tournament: The Green Knight is to not be confused with the similarly-named character of Arthurian legend. two medieval knights
12. Trivia.Mega Man: The Masters to the original scientists, possibly as a deliberate homage, Omega-Xis to Ax-Crazy Omega, and lastly, Aile to Aile (minor NPC). recycled across franchise
13. Trivia.Thats So Raven: Raven has a namesake who's also a girl with psychic powers. Coincidentally, in the Brazilian dub, both of them were dubbed by the same voice actress, Mariana Torres. Name shared between two psychic characters, who also share a VA
14. Trivia.Zathura: Chris Van Allsburg also chose "Walter" as the name of the main character of Just a Dream. two works by same author
15. VideoGame.Criminal Case City Of Romance: Your first partner, Hugo Mercier, coincidentally shares his name with one of the suspects of a case from Pacific Bay.
16. VideoGame.Haunted Memories: The reason for the game/series being rebranded from Haunt to Haunted Memories was to avoid confusion with the Xbox Live Arcade game Haunt.

1. Characters.PAW Patrol: He shares the same name with a certain animated walrus.
2. Funny.The Pop Arena: During his review of the The Secret World of Alex Mack episode where Alex prank-calls someone named Greg, Greg interacts by answering her. reviewer shares name with char
3. Headscratchers.Final Fantasy VII: Well she could be a doctor, what with those Cetra super-healing powers of hers. A Back-Alley Doctor, mind you, but better than that other Shinra.
4. OurDragonsAreDifferent.Live Action TV: Ultra Series: Hailing in the original Ultraman is Dodongo (no relation to the recurring The Legend of Zelda foes), who looks like a Chinese dragon combined with Pegasus. However, it's the guardian of a mysterious mummy discovered by the characters, summoned upon its master's death.
5. Pantheon.Heroic Attitude: With that said, he sympathizes with Lucy (especially her Kaede and Nyu personalities) and believes her to be far more human than her "hubby". Tenma actually opposes such an union and is planning with Nana, Haruka Kotoura and Kouta Kazuraba for a way so she would leave Johan since he is clearly a bad influence on her.
6. Trivia.Blue Beetle: Jaime Reyes, the most recent Blue Beetle, is not to be confused with JC Denton's doctor.
7. Trivia.The Power Of Five: Shang Tsung. merely similar name

1. HuntingTheMostDangerousGame.Live Action TV: Manhunt (not to be confused with the video game) was a short-lived reality show airing on UPN in 2001 that featured "Big Tim Kingman" and a bunch of actors pretending to be bounty hunters, all of whom chased after hapless contestants. Why was it so short-lived? Producers rigged the game in favor of certain contestants, a deal with WWE that would've seen more talent cast as "manhunters" fell through, and the show was filmed in California instead of Hawaii, as advertised.
2. Music.Vvvvva Vvvvvvr: anime and game
   • Invoked in the description of the first "Shelter" rip, which has a disclaimer: "Not the game where you play as a badger, I mean the anime music video."
   • Invoked further when the channel moved on to Shelter 2 rips, a Sequel Snark for the anime... but the new thumbnail has the logo and background from the actual Shelter 2 game.
3. Trivia.Seventeen Again: With the movie of the same name that has Tia and Tamera Mowry and their brother Tahj. The title of the movie however is not written in the number 17 though.
4. Trivia.Action Park: amusement park names with media works
   • The "Waterworld" section of the park shares a name with a 1995 Kevin Costner movie, a sizable water park in Denver, and the final (released) Sword Quest game.
   • Shellac's first album was called At Action Park. It's apparently a coincidence as drummer Todd Trainer thought "Action Park" was a cool name, but never heard of the actual park.
5. Trivia.Baby Looney Tunes: The episode "Now Museum, Now You Don't" shares its title with an episode of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo and another from Lupin III: Part II.
6. Trivia.Daryl Hall And John Oates: Irving Berlin, The Outfield, and Bon Jovi have also made songs named "Say It Isn't So".
7. Trivia.Taboo: The series title shares the same name with the 2000s National Geographic Channel documentary series.
8. Trivia.Watashi No Hero Academia: The name is the same as the Japanese name for My Heroine Academia (another spin-off focusing on the girls of Class 1-A, but a more slice of life focus). fanwork shares name with work's spinoff manga
9. VideoGame.Castlevania Harmony Of Despair: On a meta level. Fans of the series refer to games by an acronym of the first letters in the subtitle. This makes the game share the same acronym with Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance. To deal with this, fans just call this game Castlevania HD. same acronym for games
10. VideoGame.Cube: Completely unrelated to the movie of the same name.
11. Webcomic.Ghosts Of The Future: Not to be confused with the The Incredible Hulk arc of the same name, Ghosts of the Past, or the Ghost of the Christmas Yet to Come.

1. ComicBook.Sabretooth 2022: In-Universe, Sabretooth clarifies in the final issue that Nanny's Cove is not named after Nanny, but rather Nanny of the Maroons.
2. ComicBook.Wonder Woman: That other Princess Diana gets invoked in the Perez reboot several times. Myndi Mayer initially tries to get Diana (of Themyscira) to call herself "Diana Prince" instead, but gets refused.
3. Recap.Citation Needed S 6 E 1 Jack Churchill And A Live Studio Audience: In-Universe: Jack Churchill has no relation to Winston Churchill, something Tom has to explicitly tell the crew.
4. Recap.Eight Bit Theater Chapter 2 To Save A Princess: Back in the waiting room, BM soon learns that they need Orbs of Light to be considered for the gig, and after murdering a painter for his ladder to use it to get lightbulbs, he convinces King Steve that they are worthy, and Thief manages to have the king sign one of his contracts, with it made clear to the party that its rests control of the kingdom to him. They are then given their task; to defeat Chaos. After a lengthy rant from BM about the metaphysics from the idea of "order vs chaos," King Steve then corrects him that its the King of Demons Chaos. They soon learn however, that they won't be getting much help from the kingdom, and what little help they do receive is incompetent as best. IU confusing a being name with a concept name
5. Series.Corner Gas: [[invoked]] "No, MIKE Myers is Austin Powers. MICHAEL Myers is the killer from Halloween."

1. Characters.Whateley Universe Whateley Academy: There's also a Blue Streak among SPECTRUM. two chars same alias
2. DramaticIrony.Fan Works: Child of the Storm: Hermione notes of her new Professor that his name is the same as that of the ancient Welsh bard Taliesin. The audience, Harry, and Bucky all know that he actually is Taliesin, [[spoiler: and also Doctor Stephen Strange]].
3. Funny.Blaz Blue Cross Tag Battle Character Interactions: The Naotos interactions are pretty funny in a sort of meta sense, including Shirogane dubbing both Naotos as "Team Naoto", and Kurogane asking if she ever thought of switching to last names. better as One-Steve Limit aversion lampshade
   Naoto Shirogane: That turned out even better than I expected. I can always count on you, Naoto-san.
   Naoto Kurogane: Aww, c'mon. It was all because of your great strategy, Naoto! Huh. Ever think about switching to last names?
4. InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail.Tropes H To O: [[invoked]] Played for Laughs in the Crayola Car; Morpho shudders after Chloe introduces herself, reminded of another Chloé who proved a poor guest with all her utterly ridiculous demands. two chars with same name
5. Literature.Dead Stars: Narrowly averted; also mitigated by the examples being of different genders—Don Julian Salazar (Alfredo's father), and Julia Salas.
6. Manga.Yumeiro Patissiere: In-universe. The foundress of Saint Marie Academy and the Sweets Spirit Queen are both named Marie. In fact, sharing the same name is what started their friendship and eventually gave birth to the whole partnership system between humans and Sweets Spirits.
7. NightmareFuel.With Pearl And Ruby Glowing: Marian was sold into marriage by her Uncle John while Robin and Richard were both away and the trauma has affected her relationship with Little John due to him sharing the name of her Evil Uncle.
8. Recap.Fate Grand Order Event 19 Gudaguda Meiji Revival: To Medea's annoyance the Japanese figure she's fused with is also named Mouri but is a different person from who she was fused with in Honnouji.
9. RedDeadRedemption2.Tropes M To Z: Mirror Character: One of the debtor missions in Chapter 6 is for a man named Arthur Londonderry who's died by the time you can get to him. His boss tells you to go find his wife. When Arthur goes to his house, he finds Mrs. Londonderry and their young son. Arthur takes pity on them and even gives them money. A woman left with a boy to raise on her who Arthur helps financially mirrors both Abigail and Jack's situation early on as well as [[spoiler: Arthur's baby-mama Eliza and son Isaac who died. Arthur sent them money but wasn't involved in the day-to-day due to his career.]] same name as mirrored protag
10. Trivia.Super Smash Bros: both OSL and NTS because massive crossover
    • Several jokes have been made about there being two Roys in the series; Roy from Fire Emblem and Roy Koopa. Then the former was revealed as Downloadable Content for 3DS/Wii U, allowing the two to appear at the same time. They still have their own announcer clips (FE!Roy's is slightly triumphant, Roy Koopa's is a bit more sinister), and the promotional material has the Young Lion joyfully watch Roy Koopa fall into lava, although they later make up in the 3DS iteration, where Roy (Koopa) gives the Other Roy a ride in his Koopa Kart◊. If you want to be technical, there's also Snake's Mission Control Roy Campbell, commonly known as "Colonel", who appears in the Codec conversations in Brawl and Ultimate, along with having a Spirit in the latter game.
    • Please don't confuse the tall, gray Starman from Earth Bound with the cape-wearing, star-shaped enemy from Kirby, or the bouncing invincibility item from Super Mario Bros.. In PAL regions, the latter is known as the Super Star, avoiding the confusion. With Mega Man in the fourth game onwards, there's a Star Man from his series, but there's no reference or appearance from him.
11. YMMV.Once Upon A Time S 4 E 11 Heroes And Villains: Fridge Brilliance: Ursula clearly got some form of happy ending for herself - as she was worshipped as a benevolent sea goddess by the people of Eric's kingdom before the Dark Curse. Since Rumple refers to her as just "the sea-witch", she's probably not actually a real goddess; the mermaids and citizens just think she is. Turns out she isn't even that; just a witch with the same name.

1. Creator.John Hawkes: Shares a name with a Postmodern novelist who wrote in the latter half of the twentieth century. creators, not chars, share a name
2. Jumpin' Gene Simmons' (not to be confused with KISS's Gene Simmons) 1964 novelty hit "Haunted House" includes the line, "I had a hunk o' meat in my hand". creators, not chars, share a name
3. OneHitWonder.Pop: LFO (not to be confused with the British electronic group of the same name) had two Top 10 hits in 1999 with "Summer Girls" and "Girl on TV", but only the former is remembered today. An attempted comeback a decade later was cut short by the 2010 death of frontman Rich Cronin. name shared between bands
4. SeasonalRot.Live Action TV: Top Gear: Following a hiatus, Top Gear returned the following year to a mixed reception, with new host Chris Evans (no relation to the Captain America actor) in particular coming in for heavy criticism due to his lack of chemistry with his co-hosts (especially Matt LeBlanc, who was his primary co-host and met a fairly good reception). Evans departed at the end of the season; time will tell how well the show recovers. creators, not chars, share a name
5. SelfDeprecation.Fan Works: The Author's Notes in the beginning of chapter 6 of Eddward Wright: Ace Attorney has John himself making fun of his own Schedule Slip, comparing himself to ProtonJon in that regard (it helps that the two of them share the same name). creators, not chars, share a name
6. SimilarlyNamedWorks.D To G: Dilbert can refer to a comic strip by Scott Adams, or a World War II-era comic strip by Robert Osborn (no relation to the film historian). creators, not chars, share a name
7. Trivia.John Cale: Not to be confused with the American guitarist J.J. Cale (born John Weldon Cale), most famous for writing "Cocaine", "After Midnight", "Clyde", and "Call Me the Breeze". In fact, he took on the J.J. moniker to avoid getting confused with John. creators, not chars, share a name
8. Trivia.Mad: Longtime cover artist Richard Williams is not the same person as the animator. creators, not chars, share a name
9. Trivia.Maison Ikkoku: Yuki Saito, the singer for the anime's first opening theme, shares the same name with an animator from OLM Incorporated. creators, not chars, share a name
10. Trivia.Rage Band: They dropped the name Avenger because there already was a NWOBHM band with that name. name shared between bands
11. Trivia.Yoko Ono: A woman called Yoko Ono is listed in the end credits of Dark Souls II under 'Localization Support'. We assume that the famous musician didn't actually decide to try her hand at video game localization, although we can't be 100% certain... creators, not chars, share a name
12. YMMV.Agarest Senki 2: Hilarious in Hindsight: Kana Ueda voices the high elf Ellis in the first game. Fair enough. In Agarest 2 Another Kana voices the high elf Fiona. And you can have them both in the same party. Too bad no combination attack with Ellis and Fiona. creators, not chars, share a name

1. Film.Lieberman In Love: Joe Lieberman (no, not the former Senator!) is a 50-year-old widower, picking up the pieces nine months after his wife died. char shares name with irl person
2. Funny.Harry Hills TV Burp: occurs in one episode of Emmerdale. char shares name with irl person
   Man: [My name is] Roger Moore.
   Harry Hill: No you're not! You're nothing like him!
3. Recap.Mash S 2 E 13 Deal Me Out: Sudden Name Change: Major Freedman's first name was given as Milton in his previous appearance, in "Radar's Report". [[note]]Probably changed so as '''[[NamesTheSame not to be confused with]]''' the real-life economist Milton Friedman.[[/note]] char shares name with irl person
4. Trivia.Grand Theft Auto V: chars share name with irl people
   • Michael De Santa shares the same name as the real life Michael Townley, who is in witness protection. There's also an Australian politician named Michael Townley.
   • There's a Trevor Phillips, too.
5. Trivia.Home Improvement: Tim Allen's character is not to be confused with the real Tim Taylor, a longtime news anchor at Cleveland's CBS/FOX affiliate WJW-8 from 1977 until his retirement in 2005. char shares name with irl person
6. Trivia.The Idolmaster Side M: Michio Hazama shares his name with a veteran voice actor, who is well-known for voicing Captain Global in Super Dimension Fortress Macross. char shares name with irl person
7. Trivia.Resident Evil 3 Nemesis: Suffice to say, this Dario Russo should not be confused with the co-creator of Danger 5 char shares name with irl person

1. Creator.Lenore Zann: Tina in American Nightmare; Tina (a different one) in Law & Order (1 episode; "Veteran's Day") actor with two same-named roles

1. Creator.Nitrogen: Nitrogen (Full name Nitrogen Studios) is a rather unknown animation studio in Vancouver first established in 2003. The company is now under of the ownership of fellow animation studio Cinesite as of March 2017. Their website is here. Do not confuse with the Chemical of the same name. "not to be confused with"
2. DarthWiki.Stories From Metropolis: Has nothing to do with DC Comics' Metropolis. It's just that I had learned that word when I was 11, and thought it would be cool to name my fictional city after it, only to be disappointed when I learned someone had beat me to it... location name
3. HoistByHisOwnPetard.Fan Works: The Calvinverse villain Rupert Chill usually disguises himself as a human criminal of the same name whenever he'd arrive on Earth. ("The Five Calvins" implies this was intentional on alien!Rupert's part.) This comes back to bite him at the end of Calvin & Hobbes: The Series' Season 5 premiere when [[spoiler:Calvin arranges for Rupert to be arrested by police while wearing his human disguise, and they dismiss his frantic attempts to tell them who he really is as insanity.]] probably more of an alias trope
4. Music.The Jesus And Mary Chain: Shout-Out: And one called "Bo Diddley is Jesus." unsure what this is supposed to be
5. Music.Mike And The Mechanics: Mike & The Mechanics (1999)[[invoked]] self-titled album shares name with band/frontman...
6. Quotes.Just The Way You Are: ...-->--"Just the Way You Are" by Bruno Mars trope and song same name
7. Series.Destination Truth: While investigating the haunted Tanazian island of Memba, their host was a farmer named Jakob Marley, which Josh could not resist... person in docuseries same name as literary char
   Josh (narrating): Something had scared the Dickens out of Jakob.
8. Trivia.Bowsers Kingdom: Come ten years later, and the series would share it's name with one of the final kingdoms of Super Mario Odyssey. series name, location name
9. Trivia.Gamera Vs Zigra: The monster Zigra comes from the planet Zigra. better as Named After Their Planet
10. Trivia.Marvels Avengers: A-Day, the inciting incident of the game, would go on to share it’s name with an event mentioned throughout DC Comics’ Future State event and would occur during their Infinite Frontier relaunch. same-named event in Marvel and DC
11. Trivia.Moana: Crosses over with Genius Bonus and Meaningful Name. Motonui has a Real Life counterpart which is owned by Chile, which means "Big Island". It's part of none other than Rapa Nui ("Easter Island," to Westerners), which perhaps is another example of Shown Their Work, as Rapa Nui is Polynesian. comparing fictional location with irl location
12. Trivia.The Royal Mallard: Porky's Pizza Palace has the same name as a pizzeria at San Leandro, California. same name as irl location

1. Trivia.Cool Cat Saves The Kids: Just Name x1, Noted Alongside x2
   • There's no connection between this orange-colored Cool Cat and the orange-colored Looney Tunes character from The '60s. So what was that you were saying about infringing on other peoples' work, Derek Savage? A comment made on the Cool Cat Twitter feed by Derek, about how he collected a series of Looney Tunes glasses offered by Hardee's when he was a kid, one of which featured Cool Cat on it, does strongly suggest that he was aware of the earlier character.
   • Pee-wee's Playhouse also had a character named Cool Cat, albeit much different in terms of design and personality.
   • A bully named Butch also isn't an entirely original concept.
2. Trivia.Hawaii Five O: With irl x2, Creators Share x1
   • "The Friends of Joey Kalima" features an HPD Internal Affairs cop named Bernie Fryer. Around that time, the NBA's Portland Trailblazers had a player named Bernie Fryer, who is now an NBA referee. char shares name with irl person
   • Linda Marsh is the name of an actress who appeared in the episodes "Sweet Terror", "Force of Waves" and "Image of Fear" and also the name of a character in the episode "Beautiful Screamer". char shares name with irl person
   • Stunt Casting: Also "Trouble in Mind," with Nancy Wilson as a singer - not that one, the jazz singer. creators, not chars, share a name
3. Trivia.The Last Ship: Same-Named Roles x1, Noted Alongside x1
   • Some people may Double Take upon reading the description of an episode mentioning "Chandler" and "Rachel". two tv shows with same pair of names
   • Others may Double Take upon finding out that Rhona Mitra is playing another character named Rachel in a military show. actor with two same-named roles
4. Trivia.Sonic The Hedgehog Archie Comics: One Steve x1, Noted Alongside x1
   • Black Death, the Black Arms alien from the new continuity, shares the same name as a one-off Mobian villain from the previous continuity.
   • Scourge shares his name with a character from Transformers: Robots in Disguise, who is also a black-and-green evil version of the protagonist.

• Nearly all are alphabetized, in folders.
  • General: 2
  • Shares with IRL: 625. Valid examples:
    • Lampshades: 9 fictional, 5 nonfictional
    • Similarities: 9
    • Forced name change: 6
    • Intentional: 2

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  • General: 2
  • Similarity: 45 (one Spell My Name With An S subbullet)
  • Creator-recycled: 2
  • Just Name: 399
  • RL violation: 14
  • Similarly Named Works: 11 (includes subbulleted list)
  • Shoehorn: 1
  • Duplicate: 1
  • Where the Hell Is Springfield?: 1

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  • Just Name: 328
  • I Read That As shoehorn: 1
  • Similarity: 26 (including 2 subbullets)
  • Similarly Named Works: 7
  • Identical terminology: 1
  • Creator recycled: 3
  • Same origin: 2
  • Shoehorn: 1

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  • Just Name: 422
  • Similarly Named Works: 14 (including one acknowledgement and one RL violation in the same bullet)
  • Creator-recycled names: 16 (including 1 subbullet)
  • Similarity: 43 (including 1 subbullet)
  • Where the Hell Is Springfield?: 1
  • RL violations: 16
  • Duplicate: 1 subbullet
  • Same actor: 2
  • Adaptations: 2
  • Insufficient context: 1
  • Lampshaded: 1

• No alphabetization
  • Similarity: 34
  • Just Name: 114 (including 1 Spell My Name With An S)
  • Lampshaded: 2
  • Creator-recycled: 6
  • Same inspiration: 1
  • Shoehorn:2 (applied to VA, not a character)
  • Shares with IRL: 1
  • Similarly Named Works: 2
  • ZCE: 1

• No alphabetization
  • Just name: 66
  • Creator-recycled: 21
  • Similarity: 14
  • Legal issues: 2
  • Invoked: 1
  • One-Steve Limit: 1
  • Similarly Named Works: 1
  • Shares with IRL: 3
  • General: 1

• No alphabetization
  • Creator-recycled: 1
  • General examples: 3
  • Shoehorns: 2
  • Just Name: 5

• No alphabetization
  • Similarity: 6
  • Creator-recycled: 1
  • Shares with IRL: 4 (1 Lampshade)
  • One-Steve Limit: 1
  • Just Name: 16 (1 RL meta-example)
  • Similarly Named Works: 6

• Alphabetized, no folders
  • Just Name: 17 (including one deliberate and one lampshade)
  • Creator-recycled: 4
  • Similarity: 9 (1 Spell My Name With An S)
  • One-Steve Limit: 3

• Alphabetized, no folders:
  • One-Steve Limit: 2 (2 are used as series basis)
  • Similarity: 11 (1 creator-recycled, but still counts)
  • Just Name: 65
  • Creator-recycled: 4
  • Shares with IRL: 30 (1 shared with creator, 1 alias, 1 lampshade)
  • Recycled episode titles: 4 (including 1 subbullet)
  • Similarly Named Works: 14 (including 1 beta name)
  • Real Life: 15
  • Same Name Role: 1

• General examples: 7 (including 1 lampshade)
• Similarly Named Works: 296 (includes 3 acknowledgements and 1 subbullet)
• Just Name: 213
• Creator-recycled title: 21
• Similarity: 41
• Acknowledged: 35 (includes noted disambiguations)
• Coincidental examples: 12
• Legal issues: 8
• Namesake: 4
• Blood Related: 1
• Statement violation: 7
• ZCE: 2

• Similarity: 5
• Caused lawsuits: 2
• Just Name: 34
• Forced One-Steve Limit: 3
• Cited audience confusion: 1
• Acknowledged: 2

• No alphabetization
  • Invoked: 1
  • Similarity/Mixup: 2
  • General example: 1
  • Just Name: 3 (including 1 Spell My Name With An S)

• No alphabetization
  • Similarity: 2^note 1 case is same acronym
  • Creator-recycled: 2^note Includes a subbulleted group, counting the whole example set as 1
  • Similarly Named Works: 2
  • Just Name: 2
  • General: 2

• Most alphabetized, in folders
• Unsorted and multiple: (0-7 out of 16)
  • Just Name: 6 (1 has some creator-recycled cases)
  • One-Steve Limit: 3 (2 Spell My Name With An S)
  • Creator-recycled: 6
  • Similarly Named Works: 1
• Alphabetically sorted:
  • A-E (20-32 out of 149)
    • Just Name: 116
    • Creator-recycled: 10 (1 lampshade)
    • Similarity: 18 (including 1 Spell My Name With An S)
    • Game Mod-induced: 1
    • Creator-invoked: 1
    • Forced name change: 1
    • Similarly Named Works: 2 ( 1 beta name case)
    • Same-named roles: 1
  • F-K (26-36 out of 108)
    • Just Name: 71 (including 2 Spell My Name With An S)
    • Similarity: 26 (including 1 Spell My Name With An S)
    • Creator-recycled: 8 (including 1 subbullet)
    • Same-named roles: 2
    • One-Steve Limit: 1
  • L-Q (17-22 out of 111)
    • Just Name: 86 ( 1 subbullet denotes a lampshade)
    • Similarity: 16
    • Creator-recycled: 4 (including 1 Spell My Name With An S)
    • RL meta-example: 1
    • Repeat example: 1
    • Shoehorn: 1 (using a Fan Nickname)
    • Same-named roles: 1
    • Similarly Named Works: 1 (1 Game Mod)
  • R-Z (24-34 out of 123)
    • Just Name: 87 (1 with a One-Steve Limit note)
    • Similarity: 22
    • Creator-recycled: 10
    • Lampshaded: 1
    • Similarly Named Works: 2
    • Forced name change: 1

• No alphabetization
  • Just Name: 5 (including a full name, and a subbullet)
  • Similarly Named Works: 3
  • Creator-recycled: 2
  • One-Steve Limit aversion: 1
  • ZCE: 1

• No alphabetization
  • Similarity: 4
  • In-Universe lampshade: 2
  • Cited audience confusion: 1
  • Creator-recycled: 1^note Subbulleted group, counting the whole example set as 1
  • Just Name: 6

• Alphabetized in folders
• Company-specific:(3-5 out of 10)
  • Creator-recycled: 2 (two sets of subbullets)
  • Similarity: 2
  • Just Name: 5
  • Acknowledged In-Universe: 1
• A-F (19-26 out of 121)
  • Similarity: 19
  • Creator-recycled: 7
  • Just Name: 86
  • Similarly Named Works: 9
• G-O (11-16 out of 71)
  • Just Name: 49
  • Similarity: 11
  • Creator-recycled: 5
  • Same-named roles: 1
  • Similarly Named Works: 5
• P-S (12-17 out of 96)
  • Similarity: 12
  • Just Name: 68
  • Creator-recycled: 5 (including 1 subbullet)
  • Similarly Named Works: 11
• T-Z (8-13 out of 46)
  • Similarity: 8
  • Just Name: 29
  • Creator-recycled: 5
  • Similarly Named Works: 3
  • Same-named roles: 1

• 0-F (63-102 out of 334), checked 9:36 PM CDT, 2 Nov 2022
  • Just Name: 228
  • Blood Related: 5
  • Geography: 17
  • Historical: 4
  • Similarity: 55 (includes 1 cited confusion)
  • Same-name creators: 3
  • Legal dispute: 2
  • Coincidental Examples: 10
  • Lampshaded: 6
  • Played with: 1
  • ZCE: 2
  • First-level Indentation violation: 1

• G-M (89-133 out of 395), checked 4:21 PM CST, 9 Nov 2022
  • Geography: 11
  • Just Name: 250 (including 1 redundant single level bullet)
  • Similarity: 62 (includes 4 acknowledgements)
  • Coincidental examples: 22
  • Blood Related: 8
  • Lampshaded/acknowledged: 26 (including 4 subbullets)
  • Real v fictional: 4
  • Unsorted multi-example: 4 (1 similarity, 1 set of unsorted subbullets)
  • Similarly Named Works: 2
  • General example: 3
  • Historical: 3

• N-Z (85-154 out of 426), checked 8:25 PM CST, 9 Nov 2022
  • Just Name: 262 (2 stated a lampshade, but no context)
  • Coincidental examples: 23
  • Similarity: 66
  • Geography: 19
  • Caused name changes: 10
  • Blood Related: 16 (including 1 subbullet)
  • Lampshaded/Acknowledged: 19 (including 1 subbullet)
  • Unsorted multi-example: 2
  • Repeated example: 1
  • Similarly Named Works: 3
  • General example: 3
  • Real v fictional: 1
  • Namesake: 1

• Asian Animation: 2 Just Name^note For Keke, if we restrict to commonalities besides name, the first two listed cases might pass.
• In-Universe: 3 Lampshades