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In a group of characters with [[Theme Naming]], sometimes one just doesn't fit the pattern.
 
To the viewer, this is about as subtle as placing a big, blinking neon sign saying [[Chekhov's Gun|"HEY, LOOK! THIS GUY'S IMPORTANT!"]] above their head even before the character has a chance to ''do'' anything, and whether or not they really ''are'' important is a matter of debate. For some reason, this character tends to be named [[Everything's Better Withwith Bob|Bob]], due to the inherent hilarity of the name "Bob". He may also have another [[Plain Name]].
 
Sometimes identifies [[The Runt At the End]]. Can also apply to a lapse in [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]].
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** 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]].
** According to [[Word of God]], Sei's last name is Elizabeth. Why her middle name is the same as the airship is anyone's guess.
* In ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' Light is the only Yagami not to have a name that starts with "S" (Sochiro, Sachiko, Sayu)
** Then there's the Wammy's boys: L, Beyond, Mello, Near, and... Matt.
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' includes the kanji for the senshi's planets in their last names, save for Aino Minako, whose name comes from Venus being the goddess of love. Fitting this, Minako is also the first senshi to draw her powers from her planet's namesake rather than from what the kanji means. This is because she was created first for ''[[Codename Sailor V|Codename: Sailor V]]''.
** In the Outer Senshi, Sailor Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto's last names are Ten'ou (天王), Kaiou (海王), and Meiou (冥王). They mean sky king (Uranus is a Greek "ur-god", the personified sky the way Gaia is the personified earth), sea king (Neptune is the Roman name for Poseidon, the god of the sea), and dark king (Pluto is an alternate name for Hades, god of the death and the underworld). The Japanese name for Uranus, Neptune and Pluto (the planets) are Ten'ousei (天王星), Kaiousei (海王星), and Meiousei (冥王星). See the pattern? ...Sailor Saturn's last name is Tomoe (土萠). It means sprouting earth (and has no connection to mythology whatsoever). The Japanese name for Saturn is Dosei (土星), so Tomoe seems to fit the inner senshi's naming scheme.
** Jadeite, Nephrite, and Zoisite stayed the same in the English dub, Engrish (Jeddite, Nephlite, the oi as a diphthong) notwithstanding. Kunzite became Malachite. Big hint he's Beryl's last henchman. Beryl herself qualifies. Also, Jadeite and Nephrite were the first two. A ''lot'' of [[Odd Name Out]] going on.
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** The Huckebein family in ''FORCE'' mostly adhere to [[Vehicular Theme Naming]] except for Karen.
* Inverted in ''[[Soukou no Strain]]'': most of the characters' names come from ''A Little Princess'', but the rare ones whose names come from ''other'' Hodgson Burnett novels have a much smaller role in the plot. Colin, Mary and Cedie [[Everybody's Dead, Dave|existed to die]], while Martha and Dickon are barely around.
* Episode 14 of ''[[El Cazador Dede Lala Bruja]]'' is titled "[[Canada, Eh?|Maple Leaf]]", as opposed to all other episode titles that contain either the word "man" or "woman" in them, and is the largest continuous [[Mood Whiplash]] in the entire series.
* The Hwang family in ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' consists of Honcha, Lucha, Hanacha, Heicha, Chancha and Bu-ling. Bu-ling avoids her younger siblings' suffix-based [[Theme Naming]] in order to fit into the food-based theme of the [[Magical Girl|Mew Mews]] (Bu-ling being a pun on pudding).
** In addition, the English version of ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' has Pie, Tart, and Kisshu. "Kisshu" would be the Japanese spelling of "Quiche", but somehow the translators missed that.
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** All of the Mangekyo Sharingan's abilities are named after Shinto Gods (Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, {{spoiler|Susanoo, and Kagutsuchi, as is the non-Manekyo technique Izanagi}}) except for Kakashi's ability, Kamui, which is named after an '''Ainu''' god.
* In ''[[Case Closed]]'', the suspect in a murder is both the literal odd guy out (he's something of an introvert and doesn't get along well with the rest of the group) and, as Conan quickly realizes in a [[Eureka Moment]], the only one of that circle of friends that doesn't have an airport-based name.
* In ''[[Fate/stay Stay Night (Visual Novel)night|Fate Stay Night]]'' the Servant Classes are: Saber, Archer, Lancer, Rider, Caster, Berserker, and... Assassin. <ref> Alternatively, "Saber" is the odd name out, as it is the only class named for a type of weapon, as opposed to the term for a person who wields the weapon (which would be "Sabreur").</ref>
* {{spoiler|Blackbeard}} from ''[[One Piece]]'' is the only one of the [[Psycho for Hire|Seven Warlords of the Sea]] without an animal-themed name and [[Animal Motifs|motif]].
** The Medaka Mermaid Quintuplets are named [[Numerical Theme Naming|Ichika, Nika, Sanka, Yonka]]... [[Rule of Funny|and Yonka Two.]]
* Most of the Ushiromiyas in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Umineko no Naku Koro Nini]]'' have real Western names (Jessica, George, Maria, Rosa, Rudolph, Krauss, Eva), with one exception: the protagonist, Battler.
** There's also Kinzo, being the only direct Ushiromiya bloodline family member without a Western style name.
** And there's also Kyrie. In Japan, Kirie is an actual name but the romanization to 'Kyrie' (apparently, a reference to Ragnarok Online) is considered strange because she is not a blood relative of the Ushiromiya family and therefore has no reason to have a Western looking name.
* ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' has an unintentional example with the three brothers descended from the Ryuoh bloodline: Kaioh, Raoh and Toki. Originally it was just Raoh and Toki, who had a [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]] kind of rivalry: Toki was a pacifist who wanted nothing more than to use his powers to heal the sick, while Raoh was a tyrannical conqueror who sought to become the world's greatest warrior. Kaioh was later introduced as Raoh and Toki's estranged brother and he turns out to be a more insane version of Raoh, but with a scar on his face.
* These are the Japanese given names for each lead protagonist over the seven seasons of the ''[[Digimon]]'' anime: Taichi, Daisuke, Takato, Takuya, Masaru, Taiki, Tagiru. Guess which one of the seven isn't a gogglehead. {{spoiler|Hint: "Ta" and "Da" share the same kana, the latter just has a dakuten...}}
* The few non-European names in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Mangamanga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' not from Xing really stand out. For example, the named military characters includes Hughes, Hawkeye, Mustang, Bradley, Marcoh, [[Fullmetal Alchemist (Animeanime)|Archer]], and...Hakuro. In a ''Japanese manga'', guess which one doesn't matter for crap?
* ''[[The Legend of the Legendary Heroes]]'' features the Eris siblings: Iris, Ferris, and Lucile.
* Everyone in ''[[Violinist of Hameln]]'' has a musical instrument for name: Flute, Drum, Guitar, Sizer (synthesizer), Raiel (a type of piano) etc. Everyone except for the main protagonist, Hamel. His mother Pandora is another exception as it refers to her act of releasing a great evil. And you'd think the [[Big Bad]], The Demon King Chestra was another exception (as he's supposedly occupying a chest), until you realize japanese for "king" is "ou"... making him Ou Chestra, or ''Orchestra''.
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== Fan Fics ==
* 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 (Webcomic)|Roommates]]'' is [[Pirates of the Caribbean|James]], [[Labyrinth (Film)|Jareth]], [[Les Misérables|Javert]] and [[The Phantom of the Opera|Erik]]
 
 
== Films ==
* In ''[[Jay and Silent Bob]] Strike Back'', we have Missy, Chrissy, Sissy and ''Justice''. Guess which one does a [[Heel Face Turn]] by the end of the movie.
* In ''[[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs]]'', the dwarfs' names are adjectives that describe their personality - Grumpy, Happy, Dopey, Bashful, Sleepy and Sneezy. The one hold out is Doc, the self-appointed leader.
* In the beginning of French movie ''[[Asterix]] and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra'', the pet crocodiles belonging to the Queen all have names ending in "is" (as do all Egyptians characters) except for one called Serge.
* The names of the quints from ''[[Raising Arizona]]'' are Harry, Larry, Garry, Barry, and Nathan Jr.
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** and Fran Stalinovskovichdavidovitchsky.
* In the [[Live Action Adaptation]] of ''[[George of the Jungle]]'' Lyle's henchmen are name Gunner, Gunter, Hans, Jans, and Phil.
* Zidgel, Fidgel, Midgel and Kevin of ''[[Three Two One3-2-1 Penguins!|3-2-1 Penguins]]!''
* In ''[[Mirror Mask]]'', all the Monkeybirds are named Bob. Except Malcolm.
** Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob... Malcolm.
* ''[[Dude Where's My Car|Dude, Where's My Car?]]'' gives us the following line:
{{quote| '''Zarnoff:''' My name is Zarnoff. This is Zabu, Zellnor, Zelbor, Zelmina, and, uh, Jeff.}}
** 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.
* ''[[The Mummy 1999 (Film)Trilogy|The Mummy 1999]]'': Abdul? Muhammad? ...Bob?
* In the [[Marx Brothers]] movie ''[[Animal Crackers]]'', Captain Spaulding dictates a letter to his laywer, Charles H. Hungerdunger of Hungerdunger, Hungerdunger, Hungerdunger, Hungerdunger, and McCormick.
* The [[Fan Nickname|Big]] [[Rule of Three|Three]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'': Luke, Leia, and ''Han''. One of them is not related to the other two.
* In the [[Three Stooges]] short ''A Pain In the Pullman'', the booking agency's name is Goldstein, Goldberg, Goldblatt, and O'Brien. Of course, O'Brien is the one who speaks with a Yiddish accent.
* Jim is the only crow from ''[[Dumbo (Disney)|Dumbo]]'' that actually has a proper name. All the others are actually named after their distinguishable outfits.
* The Terrafirminator from ''[[Gnomeo and Juliet]]'' is the only lawn mover available that is not named after a cat. Guess which one Benny ended up buying!
* 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".
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== Literature ==
* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld (Literature)/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.
{{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.<br />
'''Rincewind:''' McSweeneys?<br />
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* In ''[[The Witcher]]'' there's a passing mention of royal quadruplets from Ebbing, called Putzi, Gritzi, Mitzi and Juan Pablo Vassermiller.
* Peter Rabbit's sisters were named Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail.
** Parodied in ''[[Tom Strong (Comic Book)|Tom Strong]]'', where Tom's [[Funny Animal]] counterpart, [[Animal Superheroes|Warren Strong]] has three daughters (Tesla's counterparts) called Topsy, Turvy and Fluffytail. Fluffytail prefers to be called Delilah.
** Also parodied in ''[[Girl Genius]]'''s [[Filler]] side story, with Flopsy, Mopsy and [[Friedrich Nietzsche|Nietzsche]].
* Subverted in [[Christopher Moore]]'s ''[[Lamb: theThe Gospel According To Biff (Literature)|Lamb the Gospel According To Biff]]''. All of Balthasar's concubines have elaborately long names usually referring to sex, such as "Tiny Feet of the Divine Dance of Joyous Orgasm" and "Delicate Personage of Two Fu Dogs Wrestling Under a Blanket," with the sole exception of Sue ("Short for Susanna"). Naturally, if any of them are going to be important, it'd be her -- right? {{spoiler|Nope. When the demon Balthasar was keeping sealed gets unleashed and starts killing everyone, it's ''Joy'' (Biff's name for Tiny Feet of the Divine Dance of Joyous Orgasm, because she didn't take kindly to being called "Orgasm") who survives the ordeal and has the biggest role.}}
* In ''The Joy Luck Club'' by [[Amy Tan]], one of the daughters has four brothers: Matthew, Mark, Luke and Bing. To elaborate, {{spoiler|guess which one tragically dies when the daughter fails to keep an eye on him?}}
* All of Lynn Kurland's romance novels are titled after songs, with the exceptions of her novellas (except ''To Kiss In The Shadows'', which was released as a single paperback novel) and her books ''Dreams of Stardust'' and ''Much Ado in the Moonlight''. There doesn't seem to be a particular reason for DoS and MAitM.
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* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'': The "Australian Philosophy Professors" sketch, in which the members of the department complain about the newest addition to the faculty being "a bit confusing" -- because he's the only person on the entire staff who isn't named Bruce.
* A [[Benny Hill]] gag once combined this with [[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion]], with the law firm of Arten, Marten, Barten, and Fargo.
* ''[[Gilligans Island|Gilligan's Island]]'' had the guest stars, "The Mosquitos", whose names were Bingo, Bango, Bongo... and Irving.
** Which group was a parody and inversion of "The Beatles", whose names were John, Paul, George... and Ringo.
* Episodes of ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]'' have short, usually one-word titles... except for the seventh season episode "Please Note We are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger".
* Lauren, Lauren, Cassie and Lauren, Will's interns on ''[[The West Wing]]''.
* In ''[[Scrubs]]'', Dr. Kelso decides to save effort by calling all the male interns Dave and all the female interns Debbie. Except the one who actually is named Debbie--in the interest of fairness, he calls her Slagathor.
* Australia's ''[[The Comedy Company]]'' character Con the Fruiterer had daughters Roula, Soula, Toula, Voula, Foula and Agape.
* In the ''[[Space Mutiny]]'' epsiode of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', Mike and the 'bots make up tons of silly nicknames for the protagonist along the lines of "Big McLargeHuge", "Slate Slabrock" "Thick McRunfast", and "Smash Lampjaw" (to name four)...and then there was "Bob Johnson". Doesn't have quite the same punch<ref> Punch Sideiron</ref>, does it?
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode [[Doctor Who/Recap/S31 E04 The Time of Angels|"The Time of Angels"]] saw this with the clerics: Angelo, Christian and... [[Everything's Better Withwith Bob|Bob]]. [[Ominous Mundanity|Sacred Bob]]. {{spoiler|''Angel Bob''.}}
* In one episode of ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', the women buy minks to breed for fur. Rose names them Fluffy, Muffy, Buffy, and Joanne.
* For a season of ''[[Stargate SG -1]]'', the team consisted of: Sam, Cam, Dan(iel) and Teal'c. One of them wasn't from Earth. Guess which one.
** They later pass it off as an obscure African name. Given that most Americans don't know much about Africa, it works out.
* [[Newhart|"Hi, I'm Larry. This is my brother, Darryl. This is my other brother, Darryl."]]
* Happens with the names of the tasks on ''[[The Amazing Race]]'': Detour, Roadblock, Yield, Intersection, U-Turn, Speed Bump, and... Fast Forward? One has to wonder why no one thought of calling it a "Shortcut" instead.
* In the ''[[Black AdderBlackadder]] II'' episode "Head" Blackadder becomes Lord High Executioner. When he is introduced to his staff, the first one is Ploppy, the second is Miss Ploppy. The third one? Baldrick. Ploppy and Miss Ploppy do suggest renaming Baldrick to Ploppy.
* ''[[The Big Bang Theory (TV)|The Big Bang Theory]]'' has this in the episode "The Zazzy Substitution", wherein Sheldon buys several cats, naming the first five after scientists who worked on The Manhattan Project (Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, Richard Feynmann, Edward Teller, Otto Frisch), and the last one Zazzles. "He's so...zazzy!"
* The four main characters on ''[[The Young Ones]]'' are Rick, Neil, Mike, and [[Gender Blender Name|Vyvyan]].
* One ''[[Get Smart (TV)|Get Smart]]'' episode featured a descendant of Christopher Columbus. When he and Max first met, Gino (the descendant) was with three girls and introduced them as Pinta, Niña and Rosa. Max incorrectly guessed Rosa's name was "Santa Maria".
* In the [[Super Sentai]] franchise, the codenames for some of the [[Sixth Ranger|Extra Rangers]] don't follow the same pattern as the main members, unless they're named after the metallic colors (Gold or Silver). Examples include:
** The members of ''[[JAKQ Dengekitai]]'' consists of Spade Ace, Dia(mond) Jack, Heart Queen, Clover King and Big One. This trope also applies to their alter-egos, since Big One's surname is the only one that doesn't end with an "-i" sound (Sakurai, Higashi, Mizuki, Daichi and Bamba).
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** A non-extra example is featured in ''[[Battle Fever J]]'', where the [[Smurfette Principle|lone girl]] of the team is codenamed "Miss America" instead of following the "Battle (nation's name)" pattern of the other members.
* In ''[[Power Rangers]],'' get ready for the "is he a Ranger or not?" battle to ''never'' end if a hero's name doesn't have "Ranger" in it. <ref> The last ''three'' to not have Ranger in the name did have "Knight" in the name ([[Power Rangers Mystic Force|Koragg the Knight Wolf, Solaris Knight]], [[Power Rangers Operation Overdrive|Sentinel Knight]]), so "Knight" seems to be established for more-heavily-armored Ranger-like characters (we'll have to see what they do with [[Tensou Sentai Goseiger|GoseiKnight]] when his series comes along.)</ref> Similar to sentai, the [[Sixth Ranger]] is also going to be named for something other than his color about half the time.
* In a vampire-themed episode of ''[[Psych]]'', a suspect's three roommates are named "Eddie, Jake, and Lucien." Shawn, Gus, and Julie immediately look for "Lucien." {{spoiler|Of course, it's not Lucien or Jacob, but [[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Edward]].}}
* 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 (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.
 
 
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== Video Games ==
* Inky, Pinky, Blinky and Clyde, the ghosts from ''[[PacmanPac-Man]]''.
** ''Ms. Pac-Man'' replaced Clyde with Sue.
** And ''Jr. Pac-Man'' replaced him with Tim.
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* The Generic Dudes [[Gang of Hats]] from ''[[River City Ransom]]'' is a group of thugs with rhyming names (Gary, Cary, Terry, Jerry, etc.) Their leader's name? ''Ralph''.
* In the original ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' (and its remake, ''Shadow Dragon''), Oguma's three axemen are named Saji, Maji, and Barts in the Japanese version and Cord, Bord and Barst in the American version. This is expounded upon in the ending, the two similarly named ones becomes woodcuters, while the one that sticks out stays with the army.
* Until ''[[Silent Hill Origins (Video Game)|Silent Hill Origins]]'' came out, [[Silent Hill 2|James]] was, either accidentally or on purpose, the Odd Man Out of the protagonists whose names otherwise began with H. ([[Silent Hill 1|Harry]], [[Silent Hill 3|Heather]], and [[Silent Hill 4|Henry]].)
* The Brownie Kings from ''[[Eternal Daughter]]'': Mixie, Moxy, Pixie, Poxy, and Randolph.
* In ''[[The Sims]] 2'', the Curious family siblings are named Jenny, Pascal, Vidcund, and Lazlo.
* In ''Trusty Bell: Chopin's Dream'' (''[[Eternal Sonata]]''), if the subtitle didn't tip you off that he's the main character, his name would. It's the only one that has nothing ''literally'' to do with music (compare it to other names: Polka, Jazz/Jitterbug, Allegretto, Viola, Beat, etc.).
* ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' [[Original Generation|OG Saga]]: [[Endless Frontier]] has group of antagonists call Orchestral Army. Their members have German name based on "[[The Bremen Town Musicians (Literature)|The Bremen Town Musicians]]" (Henne - Hen, Ezel - Donkey and Katze - Cat), then we have a [[Cute Witch]] call '''Kyon'''.
** Which still fits the Bremen Town Musicians, because Kyon is Greek for Dog (though it's still odd name out for not being German)
* In ''[[Final Fantasy IV the After Years]]'', there is a band ([[Combination Attack|no, not that Band]]) of five [[Wutai|Eblanese]] [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja|ninja]], enough to form a full party in that game. Of these ninja, the first four are named Tsukinowa, Izayoi, Zangetsu, and Gekkou, Japanese terms for phases of the moon. The last is named Edge -- Edge, being one of the heroes from the [[Final Fantasy IV|previous game]] and their king and master. And his real name is "Edward Geraldine."
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* In [[Pokémon]], Eevee is the only member of its family not to have "eon" in its name. Similarly, Tyrogue is the only one of its family to not have "Hitmon" in its name.
* ''[[Tactics Ogre]]'' has the Foriner sisters: Selye, Shelley, Sisteena, and...Olivia.
* Two odd names in the six levels of ''[[Bug! (Video Game)|Bug]]!''- Insectia, Reptilia, '''Splot''', Quaria, '''Burrubs''', and Arachnia.
* In ''[[Stacking (Video Game)|Stacking]]'', the main character Charlie Blackmore is the only member of his family whose name doesn't start with the letter A.
* The Fey family from the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series: Maya, Mia, Misty, Morgan... and Pearl. (Unless you count {{spoiler|Iris and Dahlia}}.)
** What about Ami?
* [[The Strategist|The strategists]] of the ''[[Suikoden]]'' series have always been from the Silverberg family ([[Suikoden II|Shu, at least, is a student of Matthiu]]), but [[Suikoden V|the fifth game]] gives you Lucretia Merces, a hot Karayan [[Expy]] of Zhuge Liang, who has no relation to the Silverbergs in any way. The other side's strategists have nothing to do with the family either.
* Belladonna is the only properly named character from the ''[[Persona (Videovideo Gamegame)|Persona]]'' series to be related to the Velvet Room and not have a name that somehow ties into ''[[Frankenstein]]''. The remainder are Igor, Nameless, Elizabeth, Margaret (this one's pretty obscure -- she's the ship captain's sister in the novel), and Theodore. (most likely for Theodore Roszak, author of ''The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein'')
* In ''[[Metroid Prime]] 2'', the [[Dark World]] counterparts of Temple Grounds, Agos Wastes, Torvus Bog and Sanctuary Fortress are respectively Sky Temple Grounds, Dark Agon Wastes, Dark Torvus Bog and ''Ing Hive''. Repeated in ''Metroid Prime 3'', where the main planets visited are Norion, Bryyo, Elysia and ''Pirate Homeworld''. Ing Hive has the name probably because it's where the Ing proliferate the most, while Pirate Homeworld is the only planet without a fully confirmed name.
 
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** ''[[Problem Sleuth]]'' has the four poker-playing elves: Ropo, Zobo, Foko, and Blod.
* ''[[You Damn Kid]]!'' [http://www.youdamnkid.com/d/20000403.html shows some of the problems that can occur with this naming pattern.]
* Not a name thing, exactly, but Lady Surka of ''[[Digger (Webcomic)|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 (Webcomicwebcomic)|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.)
 
 
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** Well, [[Comically Missing the Point|the name "David" is just as Semitic as those other three...]]
* Fey's three fairies from the [[Whateley Universe]], Trixie, Dixie, and Brunhilda.
* In [[Notting Cove (Literature)|''Fairies of Notting Cove'']], all the forest fairies have Irish names, except for The Cook, who is [[Only Known Byby Their Nickname]]. Saga is also an [[Odd Name Out]], justified since she's a foreigner.
 
 
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* The Ghostly Trio of ''[[Casper the Friendly Ghost]]'': Fatso, Fusso, and Lazo, who become Fatso, Stretch, and Stinkie in [[The Movie]].
* All the charactes in ''[[Maryoku Yummy]]'' have [[Gratuitous Japanese]] names (Ooka, Hadagi, etc.) except for Bob. This could be because he's a delivery man, and doesn't live in the same land as the main characters, though.
* ''[[SpongebobSpongeBob SquarePants]]'': "Dear Vikings" has several vikings named Olaf, Olaf, Olaf, Olaf, Olaf, Olaf, Olaf, Olaf, Olaf, Olaf, [[Overly Long Gag|Olaf, Olaf, Olaf, Olaf, Olaf, Olaf, Olaf, Olaf,]] and... Gorton.
* ''[[The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin (Animation)|The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin]]'' has characters named [[Overly Long Gag|Fred, Fred, Fred and Fred]] in episode 42- "Tweeg the Vegetable".
* Yakko, Wakko, and Dot from ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'', who get double credit for this trope as the actors that voice them are all similar, with two rhyming names and a third odd name: [[Tress MacNeille|Tress]], [[Jess Harnell|Jess]], and [[Rob Paulsen|Rob]].
* The five girls in the first season of ''[[Winx Club]]'' are Stella with sun and moon powers, Flora with flower power, Musa with music power, Tecna with...well, take a guess, why don't you? Last but not least - Bloom, with fire powers. Guess who's the main character?
* [[The Simpsons|"This is Maude, Rod, Todd, and I'm Ned!"]]
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* ''[[Futurama]]'' has Calculon, who was "all of history's great acting robots: Acting Unit 0.8, Thespo-mat, David Duchovny!"
* [[Rocky and Bullwinkle|Boris Badenov]] once claimed to be a partner in the advertising firm of Dancer, Prancer, Blitzen and Fink. No prizes for guessing which.
* In ''[[The Incredibles]]'', the two older children have names and powers that are symbolic of their time of life -- hyperactive ten-year-old Dash, who has super speed, and shy fifteen-year-old Violet, who can turn invisible.<ref> Although her clothes don't, unless specially made to do so. Her name is also symbolic in that ultraviolet is invisible to human eyes, and [[Agatha Christie (Creator)|Agatha Christie]] would have smiled at the name if she'd lived to see the movie, for "violet" in the language of flowers means "modesty".</ref> Then there's the baby, Jack-Jack, who doesn't appear to have any powers or a significant name.<ref> But "Jack-Jack" sounds like it may be a nickname rather than his real name. {{spoiler|And in the last act of the movie, we see that he has a veritable cornucopia of powers, thus making him a "Jack" of all Trades.}}</ref>
* An episode of the Disney series ''[[Bonkers (Animation)|Bonkers]]'' had the eponymous character being followed by agents Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and [[The Beatles|Ringo]].
* An episode of ''[[A Pup Named Scooby Doo]]'' featured a family carnival run by the Jipners, who consisted of Jolly, Joey, Jerry, Julie (to name a few) and Bart. Guess which one was the ghost. {{spoiler|Subverted as it was Joey.}}
* The Possible family in ''[[Kim Possible]]'' has Kim, Jim, Tim, Slim, (great aunt) Mim and Joss.
* In ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'' we get Toaster, Lampy, Radio, Blanky, and... Kirby? It's a type of vacuum, but still.
* In the 2010 animated series of ''[[The Jungle Book]]'', the crocodile's five sons are Biter, Grabber, Chomper, Guzzleguts and Colin.
* In ''[[Three Two One Penguins|3-2-1 Penguins!]]'', the eponymous penguins have the names Zidgel, Fidgel, Midgel, and Kevin.
* ''[[Wakfu (Animation)|Wakfu]]'' has an in-universe example. It's the oddity of the man referring to [[Third Person Person|himself]] as Grougaloragran that tips Nox off to the fact that he is actually one of the legendary dragons, because apparently only they used names like that.
* Everyone in ''[[Almost Naked Animals]]'' is [[A Dog Named "Dog"]]. Except for Howie, who ''is'' a dog.
* Four thugs that were in an episode of ''[[Young Justice (Animationanimation)|Young Justice]]'' were [[All There in the Manual|named]] Hoody Boy, Git N Paid, Daddy Lidz, and [http://jerome-k-moore.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d3hkn0p Henry]
* According to the book ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'', [[All There in the Manual|''The Essential Guide'']], the five snakes on [[Gorgeous Gorgon|Celia's]] head are named Amelia, Ophelia, Bobelia, Cordelia, and Madge.
** Also, all of the Scarers in the film except Sulley and Randall [[Tuckerization|are named after]] several [[Pixar Regulars]].
* [[The Powerpuff Girls]] are named Blossom, Buttercup, and Bubbles. Bubbles is the only Powerpuff Girl that is not named after a flower... unless you count [[Gonk|Bunny]] and [[Everythings Nuttier With Squirrels|Bullet]].
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** Ursa herself stands out for having the only Western-based name (Ursa is Latin for "bear"), aside from the born-onscreen baby Hope, whose name was specifically chosen to be meaningful.
* [[Totally Spies]]: The three protagonists are named Sam, Alex, and Clover. And the three of them are girls.
* [[USU.S. Acres]]: Unlike his brothers, Orson's name doesn't end in "-rt".
* [[Dastardly and Muttley Inin Their Flying Machines]]: Klunk is the only one in the Vulture Squadron to have a name that doesn't end in Y. Dick Dastardl'''y''', Muttle'''y''' and Zill'''y'''. Also, Dick is the only one of the four to be known by name ''and'' surname.
* In ''[[Birdz]]'', Sleepy Bat is the only character with a "cartoony" name instead of a more normal one. Lead character Eddie and his family could also qualify, since their last name is Stork''owitz'' instead of the [[Species Surname]] that everyone else has.
* ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]'': His parents are Richard and Nicole. His ascended pet/brother is Darwin, and his sister is Anais. And yet Gumball is the odd name out.
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* [[Keith David|Goliath]] from ''[[Gargoyles]]'' is the only member of the Manhattan Clan (until Angela joins the cast later -- and Angela fits the [[Theme Naming]] of the Avalon Clan she was born into) that's not named after a certain section of New York City. That's because being the leader, he is the first gargoyle to actually be given a name, back in the [[Middle Ages]] (his followers were all named in the present day).
* The [[Three Little Pigs]] are named Fifer, Fiddler, and Practical. Guess whose house didn't get blown down by [[The Big Bad Wolf]]!
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has the six main character ponies named: Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Twilight Sparkle. The last name is the only one with four syllables.
* In ''[[Taz -Mania]]'', Molly's favourite band is The New Chips of the Block; Donnie, Ronnie, Lonnie, [[Bonnie and Clyde|Bonnie and Clyde.]]
* One episode of the 2010 ''[[Pound Puppies]]'' series features five puppy siblings: Flip, Blip, Tip, Whip, and Chubbers.
 
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* The Earth's continents are named Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, the two Americas, and Europe.
* 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 Onon the Tin|Sixth]]. This is just a placeholder until they ''do'' decide on a name, but it's already been ten years...
 
 
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