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In a group of characters with [[Theme Naming]], sometimes one just doesn't fit the pattern.

 

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* In ''[[Burst Angel]]'', the main characters are named after the heroines of ''[[Little Women]]'', substituting "Sei" for "Beth". {{spoiler|A [[Lampshade Hanging]] occurs in the [[OVA]], where Sei ends up commanding an airship called the ''Elizabeth''}}. Appropriately, Beth's name is sort-of the odd one out in the original novel—she's the only March sister whose name wasn't changed from [[Real Life]].

** In the original novel Jo was the odd one out with her comparatively tomboyish name, which actually suits her fine considering she's [[The Stoic]] [[Action Girl]].

* In ''[[Hero Camp]]'', Dina Might's family, the Might Family superteam, which is made up of David (father), Donna (mother), Desmond (brother), and Charlie (uncle).

* The Three Lieutenant Marvels from ''[[Shazam]]'' comics: Tall Marvel, Fat Marvel, and ''Hillbilly'' Marvel.

* [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]: [[Katanas Are Just Better|Leonardo]], [[Schizo-Tech|Donatello]], [[Life of the Party|Michaelangelo]], [[Knight in Sour Armor|Raphael]]. In one of the movies, Mikey can't help but get a dig in: "All the good ones end in O!".

** In most of the Japanese localizations, they ALL do - Raphael is called "Rafaello" in those dubs.

* ''[[XXXenophile]]'': "Now Museum, Now You Don't" features the four goddesses Okaraska, Boolatraaca, Xynotreen and ''Trixie''.

 

* In the ''[[Charmed]]'' fan fic, ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2532056/1/Justice Justice]'', the Charmed Ones met up with the group of elders who are responsible for the trial. They are: Darban, Esttai, Briel, Serris, and George.

* The main cast of the [[Mega Crossover]] [[Fanfic|fan]][[Web Comic|comic]] ''[[Roommates 2007|Roommates]]'' is [[Pirates of the Caribbean|James]], [[Labyrinth|Jareth]], [[Les Misérables|Javert]] and [[The Phantom of the Opera|Erik]]

* The Van Waldenberg siblings in ''[[Blades of Glory]]'' are named Stranz, Fairchild, and Katie. Guess which ones are world-class figure skaters and who "cheers on the sidelines".

 

 

== Literature ==

{{quote|'''Twoflower:''' And the Hongs and the Fangs and the Tangs and the Sungs and the McSweeneys have been killing one another for thousands of years. It's all part of the royal succession.

'''Rincewind:''' McSweeneys?

* Honey Bear, the youngest of [[The Berenstain Bears]], is the only member of the Bear family that has a proper name. Her parents and her older brother and sister are all named after their relationships in the family.

* In ''[[Warrior Cats]]'', the majority of the [[Loads and Loads of Characters|700-something]] characters have compound names like Bluestar, Mudclaw, Russetfur, Cedarpelt, Whitestorm... so when there's a cat living in the Clans with a name like Boulder, Daisy, or Millie, it sticks out.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* On the TV series [[Batman]], all members of the Gotham police force had an Irish name starting with O. Except for Goldberg.

* The demons in ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' all have classical demonic names (Azazel, Lilith, even [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastor Alastair]), with the exceptions of Ruby, Crowley and Meg,<ref>granted, it's not her real name</ref> who all end up allying with the protagonists against their own kind.

 

== Music ==

* [[KMFDM]] normally names their albums with five letters, words, or [[Lucky Charms Title|symbols]], but dropped this convention for two albums; ''Hau Ruck'' and ''Tohuvabohu''. Also, the remix album ''Brimborium'', whose title has no relation to its parent album.

 

== Newspaper Comics ==

* 'Irish' Murphy's three [[Angry Guard Dog|dogs]] in ''[[Footrot Flats]]''; Tiger, Wolf and Creampuff.

 

== Theatre ==

* ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'': The [[Dramatis Personae]] in some editions lists "companions to Antonio and Bassanio": Salarino, Solanio, Salerio and Gratiano. Guess which one ends up being important.

* The five main players in [[Altar Boyz]] are Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan, and Abraham.

 

== Video Games ==

** In a Strong Bad Email called "web comics", Strong Bad describes web comics as being about "video games, gamernerds, webgeeks, dorknerds, gamewads, nerdgames, webwebs, and elves."

 

* The characters from the eponymous video game in ''[[Kid Radd]]'' are named after slightly mangled pieces of Eighties slang - Radd, Gnarl, and Bogey (from 'bogus', not the British for 'booger'). The only one who isn't is Radd's 'girlfriend', Sheena, who's not only invincible, but who ends up merging with a version of herself from the sequel to her game, and becoming the most versatile fighter in the comic.

* ''[[Homestuck]]'' has four kids, whose online handles can be shortened to TT (tentacleTherapist), TG (turntechGodhead), GG (gardenGnostic), and... EB (ectoBiologist), which belongs to [[Lovable Nerd|John]], our original protagonist. This discrepancy is actually a [[Chekhov's Gun]]; {{spoiler|a group of [[All Trolls Are Different|internet/real trolls]]}} had forced him to change his handle from ghostyTrickster.

* Not a name thing, exactly, but Lady Surka of ''[[Digger]]'', a professional bridge-troll, lists some of her past jobs as dishwasher, assassin, and pirate queen.

* [[Played With]] in ''[[No Rest for The Wicked (webcomic)|No Rest for The Wicked]]:'' November is the daughter of King January, and has older sisters named August and September. The queen is named Avril, which follows the [[Temporal Themed Naming]] in another language. (They're also missing an October, though [[Word of God]] says that's because there's a two-year difference between September and November's ages.)

 

== Web Original ==

* Fey's three fairies from the [[Whateley Universe]], Trixie, Dixie, and Brunhilda.

* In [[Notting Cove|''Fairies of Notting Cove'']], all the forest fairies have Irish names, except for The Cook, who is [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]. Saga is also an Odd Name Out, justified since she's a foreigner.

 

== Western Animation ==

* One episode of the 2010 ''[[Pound Puppies]]'' series features five puppy siblings: Flip, Blip, Tip, Whip, and Chubbers.

 

 

== Real Life ==

* The three periods that made up the Mesozoic era are called the Triassic, the Jurassic, and the Cretaceous.

* The University of California at San Diego is split into six colleges (which basically entails different general education requirements, generally with some vague theme to each college's curriculum): [[Named After Somebody Famous|Revelle, Muir, Warren, Marshall, Eleanor Roosevelt]], and...[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Sixth]]. This is just a placeholder until they ''do'' decide on a name, but it's already been ten years...

 

{{reflist}}

[[Category:Naming Conventions]]

[[Category:The Last of These Is Not Like the Others]]

[[Category:Theme Naming Tropes]]