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** Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob... Malcolm.

* ''[[Dude, Where's My Car?]]'' gives us the following line:

** Guess which one's the crazy one.

* ''[[Up]]'': Charles Muntz's dogs are all named after letters of the Greek alphabet (Alpha is the lead dog, Beta is second in command, and so forth). The one hold out is D(o)ug, implying that he's so low in the pecking order that there are no more letters left to be named after.

== Literature ==

* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld/Interesting Times|Interesting Times]]'', five noble families from the Counterweight Continent have been fighting each other for centuries: the Hongs, the Sungs, the Tangs, the Fangs, and the McSweeneys, who are no more important to the plot than any of the other families. A [[Running Gag]] is that people have trouble with how the last family don't fit into the pattern.

'''Twoflower:''' Very old established family. }}

** This is a [[Shout-Out]] to James Clavell's [[Asian Saga]], a novel series about a Scottish family who founded a business empire in China.

* In ''[[Captain Underpants]] [[Long Title|and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (And The Subsequent Assault Of The Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds)]]'', the main villains are three aliens named Zorx, Klax, and Jennifer. The aliens are aware that their names may raise suspicion while disguising themselves as cafeteria ladies, so they go by [[Comically Missing the Point|Zorxette, Klaxette, and Jenniferette]].

* Comes up in the [[X Wing Series]] novel ''Wedge's Gamble''. A pilot sees a freighter named Contruum's Pride and knows it's not legit because it doesn't fit that planet's [[Theme Naming|naming system.]] There are holes in his theory - couldn't this ship be ignoring tradition, or not an official Contruum ship? - but as it turns out it's full of TIE fighters.

* In [[John Ringo|John Ringo's]] latest book, ''[[Live Free Or Die]]'', on an alien space station that no human has ever heard of or been to:

* In ''[[Memetic Mutation|The Falcon's Malteser]]'', the main character Nick is kidnapped by four goons called Lenny, Kenny, Benny and Fred.

* Major characters in the ''[[Codex Alera]]'' include Isana, Amara, Fidelias, Maximus, Araris, Invidia... Tavi? Every Aleran character has a [[Gratuitous Latin]] [[Name of Cool]]... except him. {{spoiler|Which, as it happens, is [[Foreshadowing]]. His name is short for Oc'''tavi'''an, which is very much in line with the rest.}}

** Also: A woman had four children: Eeney, Meeney, Miney... and Steve. Why? {{spoiler|She didn't want no mo'}}.

* There's also the joke:

 

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