One Steve Limit: Difference between revisions

* [[Marvel]] has two Hanks, both of whom are doctors and Avengers. In an ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]''/''[[Star Trek]]'' crossover, Nurse Chapel asks for "Dr McCoy?"

** The Beast referred to this at least once (outside the crossover), saying that whenever addressed as "Dr. McCoy, he felt the urge to say, "He's dead, Jim!"

*** And when they do, it's always Stephen, not Steve.

* Incidentally, Marvel refuses to have two active super-heroes by the same name, in two separate collections but in the same universe. They can have, say, the Chameleon impersonating Spider-Man in his series, or a new Captain America while Steve Rogers cannot use the shield. However: When Jim Starlin wanted to resurrect Adam Warlock, the Warlock from the ''[[New Mutants]]'' had to go -- and was killed in his own series. Similarly, the return of "the man called Nova" (Richard Rider) meant that the ''girl'' called Nova (Frankie Raye, herald of Galactus) was to be killed.

* In an Americomics ''Blue Bulleteer'' oneshot, the heroine known as the Blue Bulleteer crosses paths with a hero ''also'' calling himself the Blue Bulleteer. Neither has ever heard of the other. She's had the name for longer, but he had it patented. By the end of the story they seem to have reconciled the fact that they operate under the same, because they both keep using it afterwards.

* In ''[[X-Force]]'', team director/owner Spike Freeman and team member the Spike shared a name. Lampshaded when Mr. Freeman says he really likes the Spike, and not ''just'' because of his name. Interestingly, this is the only time it ever came up, since the director usually goes by "Mr. Freeman" anyway.

* Averted in British girls' comic Bunty, whose main strip ''The Four Marys'' was [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. The girls went by nicknames based on their surname - "Raddy" (Mary Radleigh), "Cotty" (Mary Cotter), "Simpy" (Mary Simpson) and "Fieldy" (Mary Field.)

* In [[Marvel Comics]], Cain Marko is the Juggernaut; William Baker, alias Flint Marko, is the Sandman; Michael Marko is "Man Mountain" Marko. This wouldn't be so unusual if the last name weren't so uncommon, really.

* Dennis L. McKiernan's ''[[Mithgar]]'' series involves two male elves that are almost always mentioned together because the characters themselves go 'wait, what' and need an explanation to clarify. Vanidor and Vanidar (who, if recalled right, are neither related nor the same type of elf) are usually referred to as their translated names of "Silverbranch" and "Silverleaf" after their first introductions in each book.

* [[Orson Scott Card]] considers this trope one of the most important rules to follow for any writer. Even though his most well-known series has unrelated major characters named Peter and Petra. {{spoiler|Who end up getting married...}}

* In the ''[[Star Trek]]'' EU, there are at least four Vulcans named Solok (the canon captain from ''[[Deep Space Nine]]''; an official in the Shatnerverse; a scientist for whom a science vessel is named; and a security officer in the Mirror Universe, who doesn't appear to be a version of any of the above). Maybe "Solok" is the Vulcan equivalent of "John"?

** The [[Star Trek Novel Verse]] averts this several times. Cardassian characters are particularly notable for sharing names - a character in ''The Never-Ending Sacrifice'' has the same first name as one of Gul Dukat's sons (Mikor). In the same book, a minor supporting character (Martus Lok) shares a family name with an established major character (Pythas Lok) but is likely not a relative. In [[Starfleet Corps of Engineers]], there's also Winn Mara, a minor supporting character and a Bajoran. She shares one of her names with Kai Winn Adami from [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]], but there's no evidence they're related. [[Word of God]] has more or less confirmed the name "Winn" was chosen to deliberately subvert the [[One Steve Limit]] rule.

* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'', after a fashion. Edd is usually addressed as "Double-D".

* ''[[The Oblongs]]'' has the Debbies.

* ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]/The Railway Series'':

** The Railway Series had a bus named Bertie, and a Small Railway engine named Bert.