Named After Somebody Famous: Difference between revisions

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* In ''[[Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!!|Bakusou Kyoudai Let's and Go]]'', the main characters' names, Retsu and Gou, are a pun on "Let's go!". Also, combined with their friend Jun, the three are named for Jun Retsugou, the stage name of Yoshiji Watanabe, one of the members of a 70's Japanese [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine|manzai comedy]] trio.

* Almost everybody in ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' is named after a band, movie, or rock star. Dio Brando, the main villain, is named after both [[Ronnie James Dio]] and [[Marlon Brando]].

** The [[Action Girl]] -centered ''Stone Ocean'' saga of ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' has characters named after fashion designers -- [[Break the Cutie|Emporio]], [[Big Bad|Pucci]], [[Heroic Sociopath|Annasui]], [[Dark Action Girl|Hermes]], and [[Ineffectual Loner|Versace]]—in addition to the usual rock bands ([[Nanomachines|Foo Fighters]]).

** The [[Action Girl]]-centered ''Stone Ocean'' saga of ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' has characters named after fashion designers -- [[Break the Cutie|Emporio]], [[Big Bad|Pucci]], [[Heroic Sociopath|Annasui]], [[Dark Action Girl|Hermes]], and [[Ineffectual Loner|Versace]]—in addition to the usual rock bands ([[Nanomachines|Foo Fighters]]).

* In ''[[Bleach]]'' the top ten Arrancar, the Espada, are all named after, of all things, Mexican architects and designers.

* In ''[[Cromartie High School]]'', all of the schools, including the titular one, are named after foreigners that played on Japanese baseball teams.

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* ''[[Black Butler]]'': Snake's snakes are named Bronte, Oscar, Wilde, Keats, Wordsworth, and Webster.

** Heck, a lot of characters are either named after someone famous (look up Sebastien Michaelis on the other wiki), or are someone famous themselves such as the Queen and her bodyguards.

* ''[[El-Hazard: The Magnificent World]]'': Katsuhiko becomes the Bugrom's military leader, and gains six Bugrom underlings. He nicknames them [[The Marx Brothers|Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Zeppo,]] Gummo (after the fifth Marx Brother who didn't appear in any of the movies) and Margaret(after Margaret Dumont, who frequently played Groucho's love interest/straight woman).

* ''[[El-Hazard: The Magnificent World]]'': Katsuhiko becomes the Bugrom's military leader, and gains six Bugrom underlings. In the English dub, he nicknames them [[The Marx Brothers|Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Zeppo, Gummo]] (after the fifth Marx Brother who didn't appear in any of the movies) and Margaret (after Margaret Dumont, who frequently played Groucho's love interest/straight woman).

* The girls in ''[[Strike Witches]]'' are named after real-life ace pilots.

* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'': [[Word of God|Creator Yoshiyuki Tomino]] says that Char Aznable is named after the French musician, Charles Aznavour.