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* '''James Wilson''': American Founding Father [[1776|portrayed]] as a meek "non-entity" who doesn't want to be remembered, or a doctor who's best friends with [[House (TV series)|House]]?

* '''George Wilson''': perpetually exasperated neighbor to ''[[Dennis the Menace US]]'' or the slightly worrisome car mechanic from ''[[The Great Gatsby]]''?

* A ''double'' cross-media example from ''within the same franchise''. Gary Oak's sister is named '''Daisy''' in the ''[[Pokémon Red and Blue]]'' game, and '''May''' in ''[[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]]'' manga. Unfortunately, the anime has reserved both names for completely unrelated recurring characters. Naturally, bringing Gary's sister into [[Fan Fiction]] causes a lot of head scratching unless written quite clearly, as using ''either'' name for the poor girl will get her mixed up with someone else either in or closely related to the main cast.

** For bonus points, in ''Electric Tale of Pikachu'' Ash had a crush on May Oak, and [[Shipping|shippers]] will occasionally pair Ash with May from the anime as well. It's like an [[Who's on First?|Abbott and Costello routine]] just waiting to happen.

* Who owns a parrot named '''Iago'''? Is it [[Tintin|Bianca Castafiore]] or Jafar in Disney's ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''?

** The Disney one was named after the villain from Shakespeare's ''[[Othello]]''. The Tintin one was named after the villain from Verdi's opera based on ''Othello''. Confused yet?

** Or [[Starman (film)|Jeff Bridges]].

*** A winner may be you if you pick Star Man in the NES title ''Pro Wrestling''.

** Don't forget about [[Samurai Shodown|Shiki]]!

*** And there's an anime show that's ''called'' [[Shiki]].

* '''Lammy''': [[Happy Tree Friends|a schizophrenic lamb]], or [[Parappa the Rapper|a guitarist in a band?]]

** Or [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Scorpina]]'s Japanese name.

* '''Animus''': Able to [[Assassin's Creed|send you to the memories of your ancestors]] or a [[Power Rangers Wild Force|God in giant robot form.]]

** Or the unconscious masculine side of the female psyche, [[wikipedia:Anima and animus|according to Carl Jung]]?

** Or a technology series from [[The BBC]].

* '''Young Frankenstein''' is a [[Mel Brooks]]' [[Young Frankenstein|film]] and a ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' [http://www.titanstower.com/source/whoswho/OYG/youngfrankenstein.html member].