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* Kimiyo Hoshi, the female Dr. Light, received her powers from a star. Again, "hoshi" is Japanese for "star".
** The wordplay only works in English, but her name combined means 'I am a star'.
** [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20060514063923/http://www.geocities.com/names4pets/fk.html An animal-naming site] gave the meaning of "Kimiyo" as "she who is without peer, or without equal", which is all-too appropriate for her often-bitchy, [[Insufferable Genius]] personality. Furthermore, we have both the [http://www.kabalarians.com/Male/kimiyo.htm male] and [http://www.kabalarians.com/Female/kimiyo.htm female] interpretations of her name from the Kabalarian Philosophy site, which describe her personality to a tee.
* ''[[Steel]]'', the armoured, hammer-wielding African American hero, whose real name is ''John Henry'' Irons - after the folk hero who was stronger and faster than a machine.
* Virtually every ''[[Batman]]'' villain has a theme name, some (Temple Fulgate/Clock King, Julian Day/Calendar Man) more subtle than others (Harley Quinn, Mary Dahl/Baby Doll), Jonathan Crane (Crane being a reference to [[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow|Ichabod Crane]]). The ones that don't, like Harvey Dent/Two-Face and [[The Joker]] don't either because they were a non-villain character previously or because they've had several names and the [[Canon]] can't agree.
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