Shout-Out Theme Naming: Difference between revisions

 

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* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' contains [[Shout-Out|a nod]] to Disney's ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]'' with the ancient mage Bibidi, his son Babidi, and the demon that they created, Buu ("Bibbidi bobbidi boo!").

* Three out of four of the main characters from ''[[Burst Angel]]'' are named after characters from the book ''[[Little Women]]'' (Jo, Meg, and Amy, with Sei being the [[Odd Name Out]]). In an interview, the creator mentioned that Sei's middle name was Bethany, thus making her still technically fit.

* The titular character's father from ''[[Anime/Kimba The White Lion|Kimba The White Lion]]'' is named [[Julius Caesar|Caesar]] and one of the villians is named Cassius, which reflected his bitter past with Caesar.

 

* The movie ''[[Heathers]]'' does this with the protagonist, Veronica Sawyer, and her former best friend Betty Finn, a reference to famous best friend pairs [[Archie Comics|Veronica Lodge and Betty Cooper]] and [[Mark Twain|Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn]].

* '''Rosen'''berg and '''Guilden'''stein from ''[[Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]]''. Named after [[Shout-Out/To Shakespeare|Rosencrantz and Guildenstern]], of course.

* In ''[[Back to The Future]] Part III'', Doc Brown's sons are named [[Jules Verne|Jules and Verne]].

 

* ''[[Stationery Voyagers]]'' has the Xylien Society, which contains [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to a LOT of pop-cultural depictions of [[The Men in Black|Men in Black]] types. While [[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]] (weird technology, wearing black, and liking to keep secrets from surface [[Muggles]]) and [[Blade Runner]] ("retiring" rogue Mechies) are pretty egregiously referenced, [[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]] tops the list. A lot of references to The Company can be found throughout.

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* ''Mission of Honor'' introduces several characters who are plotting to become the heads of various planetary governments. Most, if not all, are named after movie directors.

 

* In ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'', the [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]] versions of the previous ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' heroes are references to their original series (see Decade's page for details). The biggest exception is Yuusuke Onodera, the alternate [[Kamen Rider Kuuga|Kuuga]], who is named for ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' creator [[Shotaro Ishinomori]] (whose birth name was Shotaro ''Onodera'').

** ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze]]'' pulls a similar trick by naming most of the main characters with variations and anagrams of character names from the Showa era seasons of ''[[Kamen Rider]]''.

* In the new Nickelodeon show ''[[Supah Ninjas]]'', there is a character named [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Katara]] [http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/supah-ninjas-katara-matching-boo-boos-clip.html\]

 

* A number of [[Lizard Folk|Lizardmen]] heroes in ''[[Warhammer Fantasy]]'' ride dinosaurs. Particularly, a Carnosaur named Grymloq, a Stegodon named Slaq, and a Pterosaur named Zhwup ([[Transformers|Or rather, Grimlock, Slag, and Swoop]]).

 

* The four elemental fiends in ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' were originally named for demons from Dante's ''[[Divine Comedy|Inferno]]''—Scarmiglione, Cagnazzo, Barbariccia, and Rubicante. A display issue caused their names to get changed in the English translation, to Milon, Kainazzo, Valvalis, and Rubicant, respectively. All four are also corrected in the official GBA re-release.

** To say nothing of [[Those Two Guys]] in every game named [[Star Wars|Biggs and Wedge]].

* The names of Nina and Anna Williams from ''[[Tekken]]'' are both references to ''[[La Femme Nikita]]''. Anna in particular is named and modeled after actress Anne Parillaud, who played Nikita in the original 1990 French version. Nina's name on the other hand comes from the alias used by Bridget Fonda's character in ''Point of No Return'', the 1993 American remake of ''Nikita''.

 

* Major characters in ''[[Penny and Aggie]]'' tend to be introduced with two hangers-on (who, unlike [[Those Two Guys]], tend to move ''toward'' [[Ascended Extra|the spotlight]]) with [[Theme Naming]]. Specifically, Penny's [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Sara and Michelle]], Rich's [[Marvel Universe|Stan and Jack]], and Lisa's [[Scooby Doo|Fred and Daphne]]. Also, although introduced separately, an adult couple is named [[Angel|Nick and Charisma]].

* In ''[[Sabrina Online]]'', everyone in Sabrina's family is named after various media witches, from Sabrina herself and her sister Tabitha, to her mother Endora and father Warren (who only sorta sounds like 'Darrin'). There's also her online friend Carli and her husband Spike, named after the human couple from the ''Transformers'' cartoon.

* In ''[[The Mansion of E]]'', most of the forest Nomes are named after magic spells from old [[Zork]] [[Interactive Fiction]] games.

 

* ''[[Open Blue]]'''s players tend to name Avelian NPC's after ''[[Halo]]'' characters in similar positions. [[Four-Star Badass|Admirals Hood and Harper]], [[Cloak and Dagger|Lieutenant Sobeck and Admiral Standish]], and so on. The Espartanos from v1 - v4 were an obvious reference to the Spartans, and the fortress colony of Reach is named for a planet in the Haloverse that serves a similar purpose.

* All of the characters in ''[[Ruby Quest]]'' are named after animals from ''[[Animal Crossing]]''.

 

* All of the Tracy children in ''[[Thunderbirds]]'' are named for the Mercury astronauts. Possibly an in-universe example given that their father used to be an astronaut himself.

* The second ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon featured a fighter called [[The Hulk|Kluh]], from [[Marvel Comics|Planet Levram]]. Later on, his father, Ammag, was introduced, continuing the theme.

* To say nothing of the gargoyle clan naming themselves after famous sections of New York.

 

* The individual chemical components of [[wikipedia:Bohemic acid|bohemic acid]] are named after characters from ''[[La Boheme]]''. They include Marcellomycin, Musettamycin, Rudolphomycin, Mimimycin, Collinemycin and Alcindoromycin.

* There is a species of dinosaur called Gojirasaurus, which literaly translates into Godzilla Lizard

* People sometimes do this with their pets or their children, which can lead to cases of [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?]].

* Some man-made elements on the Periodic Table include Promethium, Einsteinium, Rutherfordium, Europium, Lutetium, Neptunium, Plutonium, Nobelium, and Lawrencium.

 

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