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This is when someone names his team/group after himself. Sometimes Justified in that the Group Namer is the most famous member, but sometimes it's just a point of self aggrandizement. And sometimes it won't even be noticed by the namer.
Note this '''doesn't''' include "X and the Ys" names unless Y is very strongly related to X (and X is not an in-universe fictional name) which would be [[Face of the Band]], or instances like ''[[The Mighty Ducks (
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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▲* In ''[[Beck (Manga)|Beck]]'', when the main characters are trying to come up with a name for their band, lead guitarist Ryuusuke spends a moment on the floor writing ideas. When he's finished, he holds it up proudly, and every suggestion contains his name, like [[Jimi Hendrix (Music)|"The Ryuusuke Experience"]] and so on. Of course, no-one was impressed, though the fangirls that hang around them were amused.
▲* ''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]]'': The Ginyu Force, named after Captain Ginyu.
▲* In ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'', the group of pirates the series follows is called the Straw Hat Pirates, even though Luffy, the captain, is the only one who wears a straw hat. This goes for most other pirates, who are either named after the captain (Whitebeard Pirates, Kidd Pirates, Buggy Pirates) or an attribute of the captain that no other crewmember has (Spade Pirates, Red-Haired Pirates, Firetank Pirates). Less often, a pirate crew has a name that actually covers the whole crew rather than just the captain.
▲* ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|Haruhi Suzumiya]]'': Haruhi's SOS Brigade doesn't look like this... until you expand the acronym and find that the second S stands for Suzumiya.
▲* In ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'', Yukari has the class separate into two teams for a game of dodge-ball. Naturally, she's the leader of one of the teams, named "Team Yukari".
▲* ''[[Shaman King (Manga)|Shaman King]]'' has Ren's team -- which he named Team "The Ren".
▲* Shinta Fukuda from ''[[Bakuman｡ (Manga)|Bakuman｡]]'' likes to refer to the group of mangaka protagonists trying to get published as "Team Fukuda". He first tried to go for "Team Niizuma" after the fact that, albeit quickly, he, Mashiro and Nakai worked under Niizuma, but quickly changes it to the current form when talking to Mashiro on the phone.
* Mr. Fantastic named the [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]] and himself simultaneously. Their [[Evil Counterpart]], the U-Foes, are named after the member whose idea it was to get bombarded with cosmic rays in the first place: Simon Utrecht, alias Vector. It's important to note, though, that this was Ironclad's idea.
* Professor X, The [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] (denied in-universe, but c'mon...).
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** ''That Wilkin Boy'' features Bingo's band the Bingoes, who were just [[Expy|Expies]] of the Archies.
* ''[[Blue Devil]] Annual #1'' had several supernatural-themed characters team up. At the end, the Creeper suggests they be a regular team called "The Creeper's Spirit Squad". Which everyone thinks "the '''stupidest''' idea I've ever heard!"
* Would you believe that the [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|Incorruptibly Purely Pure]] and [[Humble Hero|Humble]] [[
* The [[Sinestro Corps War|Sinestro Corps]] in the ''[[
* ''[[Casino Royale 1967]]'': Once [[James Bond (
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* Invoked in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (
▲* ''[[Casino Royale 1967]]'': Once [[James Bond (Film)|James Bond]] becomes head of [[MI 6]] after the previous M gets offed, the very first thing he does is rename ''all'' his agents, male ''and'' female, James Bond 007 as a ploy to confuse the enemy.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==▼
* In ''[[
▲* Invoked in ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix|Harry Potter]]'': When Harry's secret group of students was caught and brought before the headmaster, Dumbledore claimed responsibility for the whole thing, noting how their charter specifically read "Dumbledore's Army, not ''Potter's'' Army".
** A somewhat similar bit occurs after Arnold's burns down, and Al
▲== Live-Action TV ==
▲* In ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'', there's Angel Investigations, and when he leaves, the group all try to name the group after themselves, but decide to keep the original name.
▲* ''[[Happy Days (TV)|Happy Days]]''
▲** A somewhat similar bit occurs after Arnold's burns down, and Al & Fonzie are preparing to reopen. (Fonzie has invested his life savings.) Al wants to call the new establishment Big Al's, and Fonzie wants to call it Fonzie's. The finally compromise and call it... Arnold's.
** Also from ''Happy Days'', fictional bands "Johnny Fish and the Fins" and "Leather Tuscadaro and the Suedes".
* In ''[[
* ''[[
** Sheldon tries to get Leonard's app development team to name the app after himself, twice. The first time Sheldon uses [[Fun
** In another episode the guys team up to help Sheldon get over his fear of public speaking, comparing themselves to the X-Men. Sheldon thinks that "Since I am Sheldon Cooper, you shall be my [[Innocent Innuendo|C-Men]]."
* ''[[
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''(murderous glares)''
'''Monica:''' Okay, we'll think of a name later. }}
* ''[[
* This trend is the source of humor in ''[[The Kids in The Hall]]'' sketch about the three-man garage band "Rod Torkelson's Armada Featuring Herman Menderchuk".
== [[Music]] ==
* [[Bon Jovi]], named after lead singer Jon Bon Jovi. ''[[SNL]]'' did a sketch about this.
▲== Music ==
* [[
* Daughtry, formed and fronted by ''[[American Idol]]'' season 5 finalist Chris Daughtry.
* [[
* Dio ([[
* [[
* Maybe [[
* [[Santana (
* Bill Haley and his Comets (cf. Halley's Comet).
* [[The Beatles (
* [[Ben Folds
* [[
* In a similar fashion to the above, Marina and the Diamonds is often mistaken for this. The "Diamonds" part refers to her fans.
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
* ''[[Super Mario Bros
* ''[[
* Semi-example: The [[Useful Notes/American Football|Cleveland Browns]] were named after their first coach, Paul Brown, after a "name the team" contest. Brown himself preferred the name "Panthers", but someone else already had the rights to the name "Cleveland Panthers". ▼
** It should be noted that ''[[
* The [[Useful Notes/Basketball|Charlotte Bobcats]] were named after their owners Robert "Bob" Jackson. ▼
* The [[Useful Notes/National Hockey League|New York Rangers]] are so named because its founder was "Tex" Rickard, leading to the nickname "Tex's Rangers".▼
▲== Video Games ==
▲* ''[[Super Mario Bros (Franchise)|Super Mario Bros]]'', unless you go with the "Mario Mario and Luigi Mario" explanation.
▲* ''[[Sonic Heroes (Video Game)|Sonic Heroes]]'' gives us Team Sonic and Team Rose. Averted by Team Dark and Team Chaotix. At the end of the game, for the sake of a [[Title Drop]] Sonic refers to them collectively as "Sonic Heroes!" You'd think he might've asked first if the others were okay with that...
▲** It should be noted that ''[[Sonic Adventure 2 (Video Game)|Sonic Adventure 2]]'' called Team Sonic "Team Hero" instead. It's likely that the change was due to the ''game'' being called Sonic ''Heroes'', so calling one team "Team Hero" would leave people wondering. Later, [[Sonic Riders (Video Game)|Free Riders]] [[Flip-Flop of God|would change the name back to Team Hero.]]
* In ''[[Star Control II]]'', there's a part where you can pick the name of your new coalition. Options include "The New Alliance of Free Stars", "The Concordance of Alien Nations", "The United Federation of Worlds" and "The Empire of (Insert your name here)". Hayes is a bit put off if you choose the Empire of Me option, but goes along with it.
* This is the basic premise of ''[[
* Attempted but failed by [[Deadpool]] in ''[[
* Various team names in the ''[[
* Actually called out in the ''[[Sly Cooper]]'' games. In the third game, the main villain Dr. M accuses Sly of thinking himself better than his teammates. Sly denies this, saying that he and his team are equals. M retorts that if that's true, then why are they called the Cooper Gang?
== [[Web Animation]] ==▼
* From the ''Space Tree'' episode "Allon's Crib", where Allon is replaced in his trio: ▼
▲== Web Animation ==
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▲* From ''Space Tree'' episode "Allon's Crib", where Allon is replaced in his trio:
▲{{quote| '''pinkfrosting88:''' You see, Reginald is too valuable to our trio. Plus, he finally named us.<br />
▲'''Reginald:''' That's right. Say hello to The Reginalds.<br />
'''Allon:''' What the hell? How come you're named after him? }}
== [[Web Comics]] ==
== [[Web
* Slovenian shooting team Polenar Tactical, most famous for the YouTube Channel of the same name, is named after leader Žiga Polajnar. The team's spelling is deliberately nonstandard for for uniqueness/search engine optimization purposes.
▲** ''Schlock Mercenary'' revolves around a band of mercenaries, "Tagon's Toughs", led by Kaff Tagon. At the group's formation, there's a three-way argument between people who want to name the group for themselves, but Tagon wins out because he's already gotten the business cards printed.
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
* In the ''[[
▲== Western Animation ==
▲* In the ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' episode "The Drill", [[Ditzy Genius|Sokka]] sees the Earth Kingdom's "Terra Team" gains a minor obsession with giving his own group a cool name. While he knows to name it after [[The Messiah|Aang]] instead of himself, one idea he tries to justify like this - "The Boomer-Aang Gang" -- is named after his ''own'' weapon.
** Note their [[Fan Nickname]] is "The [[Just for Pun|Gaang]]."
* ''[[
** Jade names their group of allies "the J-Team" (which sticks). It's ''ostensibly'' after ''Jackie'', but...
** When Finn, Ratso, and Chow finally get fed up with just being treated as mooks all the time, Finn decides to form his own gang with them, but he can
* ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
** When Jimmy and his friends gain superpowers due to cosmic radiation, he immediately calls them the "N-Men" (as in Neutron Men), despite a couple of protests.
** In the episode where they form a band, Sheen proposes the name "Sheen and the Sheenettes".
* [[G.I. Joe]]'s original founding member was Lt. (later General) Joseph
* ''[[Frisky Dingo]]'' featured Awesome X and the X-ticles, a team of well-funded badass normals. [[They Fight Crime]].
* In ''[[
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* ''[[
** When trying to come up with a name for their [[Five-Man Band]], Sadlygrove and [[Talking Weapon|Rubilax]] suggest "The Brotherhood of Grovy" and "Rubi and Fools", respectively. They eventually settle for "The Brotherhood of the Tofu", after the [[Team Pet]].
** Appears again in the second season.
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* In ''[[Beetlejuice (
== [[Real Life]] ==
▲* Semi-example: The [[
▲* The [[
▲* The [[
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