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* Mao (as in Mao Tse-Tung) is fairly common, especially in anime. Note that Mao could be written several different ways in Chinese, and is a common enough surname. |
* Mao (as in Mao Tse-Tung) is fairly common, especially in anime. Note that Mao could be written several different ways in Chinese, and is a common enough surname. |
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** ''[[Code Geass]]'' |
** ''[[Code Geass]]'' |
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** ''[[Darker than Black]]'': Justified in that Mao literally means "cat" and the character in question is a [[Talking Animal|guy trapped in a cat body]] -- and it's a code name, not his real name. |
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** ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' |
** ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' |
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== Norse == |
== Norse == |
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* ''[[World Heroes]]'': [[wikipedia:Erik the Red|Erick]], [[Justified Trope|justifiable]] in that Erik is still a very common Norse name. |
* ''[[World Heroes]]'': [[wikipedia:Erik the Red|Erick]], [[Justified Trope|justifiable]] in that Erik is still a very common Norse name. |
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* Celty [[wikipedia:Snorri Sturluson|Sturluson]] of ''[[Durarara]]'', who came from Ireland and now lives in Japan, but ended up with a Scandinavian name along the way. Kind of runs into problems because Sturluson is a patronymic, not a last name. |
* Celty [[wikipedia:Snorri Sturluson|Sturluson]] of ''[[Durarara!!]]'', who came from Ireland and now lives in Japan, but ended up with a Scandinavian name along the way. Kind of runs into problems because Sturluson is a patronymic, not a last name. |
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== Norwegian == |
== Norwegian == |
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* The ship that took [[Warhammer 40000|Luna Volves and Death Guard]] loyalist captains [[Horus Heresy|Iacton Qruze and Nathaniel Garro]] to Terra is also named after the famous filmmaker -- or, rather, a pale shadow of his memory. |
* The ship that took [[Warhammer 40000|Luna Volves and Death Guard]] loyalist captains [[Horus Heresy|Iacton Qruze and Nathaniel Garro]] to Terra is also named after the famous filmmaker -- or, rather, a pale shadow of his memory. |
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* Another 40K reference is Lord Inquisitor [http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Karamazov Fyodor] [[wikipedia:The Brothers Karamazov|Karamazov]], [[Kill It with Fire|Pyrophant]] [[Knight Templar|Judge]] of Salem Proctor. |
* Another 40K reference is Lord Inquisitor [http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Karamazov Fyodor] [[wikipedia:The Brothers Karamazov|Karamazov]], [[Kill It with Fire|Pyrophant]] [[Knight Templar|Judge]] of Salem Proctor. |
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* [[wikipedia:Leonid Brezhnev|Simon Brezhnev]] of [[Durarara]]. |
* [[wikipedia:Leonid Brezhnev|Simon Brezhnev]] of [[Durarara!!]]. |
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* There's a fairly important character named [[wikipedia:Vladimir Mayakovsky|Mayakovsky]] in [[The Magicians]]. Especially irritating because the characters in the book are supposed to be highly educated and you'd figure one of them would have noticed that. |
* There's a fairly important character named [[wikipedia:Vladimir Mayakovsky|Mayakovsky]] in [[The Magicians]]. Especially irritating because the characters in the book are supposed to be highly educated and you'd figure one of them would have noticed that. |
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* ''Eye of the Red Tsar'' also features a Mayakovsky, as well as a [[wikipedia:Sergey Kirov|Kirov]], a [[wikipedia:Aleksandr Kolchak|Kolchak]], and a [[wikipedia:Peter Kropotkin|Kropotkin]]. |
* ''Eye of the Red Tsar'' also features a Mayakovsky, as well as a [[wikipedia:Sergey Kirov|Kirov]], a [[wikipedia:Aleksandr Kolchak|Kolchak]], and a [[wikipedia:Peter Kropotkin|Kropotkin]]. |
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