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Names The Same has been discussed many times. It's on Tropes Needing TRS for a reason; we definitely need more than just a normal cleanup.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallI suggest folderizing the query because it's quite large in the view. The problems with Names The Same are already known and can be discussed at Trope Talk or Trope Repair Shop.
Edited by Amonimus TroperWall / WikiMagic CleanupThis feels like the same problem as One-Mario Limit, which established some limits as a result (and became JFF).
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.It's also the same problem Hey, It's That Guy had. That was a useful bit of trivia when it came to quality character actors like William Fichtner or Donald Sumpter, but people who don't understand how it's supposed to work just shoved everything in there regardless of whether it fit the spirit of the trope.

Many of the examples listed under Names The Same contradict what the entry says.
Common names and/or first names only, whereas the main page says they need to be identical first and last names.
Obvious literary and historical references, which are not coincidental.
Intentional examples of reusing character names, either by the creative staff or a franchise, violating the "coincidental" and "unrelated works" clauses in the header (and thus more fit for Production Throwback or Mythology Gag).
Things that aren't character names (and are so generic they're not really noteworthy):
There's probably a dozen other issues, but the page too huge to go through since people keep adding meaningless bloat based on vague similarities. I think the page needs to be gutted and clear notability guidelines established.
Edited by WarriorsGate