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** Henry--the janitor on ''[[The Jetsons]],'' Corry's pal on ''Jeannie,'' and the eldest of the [[The Amazing Chan and The Chan Clan|Chan Clan]].
** Klunk--the assistant in the [[Magilla Gorilla]] cartoon "Mad Scientist" and the imperfect inventor of [[Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines]].
** Curly--O'Neal of ''The Harlem Globetrotters'' and Howard of ''[[The Robonic Stooges]]'', although it is most likely a case of both figures being actual people to start with.
* The [[Donald Duck]] short "Trick or Treat" features a character named [[Punny Name|Witch Hazel]], as do the [[Bugs Bunny]] shorts "Bewitched Bunny" and "Broomstick Bunny". Although they were two different characters created by two different studios ([[Classic Disney Shorts|Disney]] and [[Looney Tunes|Warner Bros.]], respectively), [[June Foray]] provided the voices for both witches.
** Yet another Witch Hazel character appeared in the ''[[Little Lulu]]'' print comics.
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* Two evil organizations called "M.A.D.": The agents on ''Tom of T.H.U.M.B.'' (segment of the 1966 ''King Kong'' cartoon--acronym meaning "'''M'''aladjusted, '''A'''nti-social and '''D'''arn mean") and the agents of ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' (acronym meaning<ref>according to supplemental material, [[The Merch]] or both</ref> either "'''M'''ean '''A'''nd '''D'''irty" or "'''M'''alevolent '''A'''gency of '''D'''estruction", not to mention Penny's derogatory version).
* The kingdom on ''[[King Leonardo and His Short Subjects]]'' was Bongo Congo. In the 1990s ''[[Donkey Kong Country (animation)|Donkey Kong Country]]'', it was Congo Bongo.
* In an odd form of recycling, this time by a writer, Zagras the Wizard goes from being Keeper of the Comets (in the episode "The Cosmic Comet") in ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'' to a wizard in ''[[The 13 Ghosts of Scooby
** They had a writer in common, Tom Ruegger.
* [[Thomas the Tank Engine]] and [[Theodore Tugboat]], both shows about talking vehicles with a similar structure, had a few cases of this. One interesting case is that both have a regular character named Emily, one a friendly great ocean tug, the other a Scottish steam locomotive.
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** Luna is the Latin name for our Moon, so its actually a pretty popular name for moon-related character.
** Also from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', there's a background pony named Rose (not a [[Fan Nickname]], but actually called Rose onscreen). There's a popular ''[[Doctor Who]]'' companion named Rose. Given the popularity of "Doctor Whoof", a background pony that bares a resemblance to [[David Tennant]] and spawned a ton of crossover fanworks, its kinda surprising the Pony Rose isn't seen more in said fanworks.
** Another example from "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]" is Spike. There's a dinosaur called Spike in "[[The Land Before Time]]".
*** [[X-Men: Evolution]] and [[Rugrats]] both have characters called Spike as well. The X Man [[Spell My Name with an "S"|spells his name with a Y]] though.
* Both ''[[The Fox and the Hound (film)]]'' and ''[[The Plague Dogs]]'' feature foxes named Tod which is the proper term for an adult male fox.
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