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* Is '''James Carter''' [[Jimmy Carter|the 39th President of the United States]] or a loud-mouthed LA cop from ''[[Rush Hour]]''?
** Or is he an old-time blues singer who contributed the song "Po' Lazarus" to the soundtrack of ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]''?
** Or is he [[wikipedia:James Carter
* '''John Casey''': [[Badass]] NSA agent from [[Chuck]], [[wikipedia:John Casey
* '''Calypso''': An amputated green sea turtle in the National Aquarium in Baltimore or [[Twisted Metal|the organizer of a demolition derby whom grants a wish made by whoever won it]]?
** Could be a [[wikipedia:Calypso
** Or the name of [[Jacques Cousteau]]'s research vessel.
* '''[[Skins|Naomi Campbell]]''' is not a supermodel. She is quite super, though. And rather beautiful. (The show does refer to the confusion - once, in one of those "yeah yeah, [[Never Heard That One Before]], can we get on with our lives now"-type scenes.)
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** A National Guardsman firefighter changed his legal name to Optimus Prime.
* '''Arthur Currie''', the brilliant Canadian general of [[World War One]], should not be confused with '''Arthur Curry''', [[Aquaman]].
* '''Matt Dillon''': Movie actor or [[Gunsmoke|Dodge City marshal]]? Or a [[wikipedia:Matthew Dillon
* Is '''Frank Drake''' a reluctant vampire hunter from a 1970s [[Marvel Comics]] series or an astronomer famous for his ideas about extraterrestrial life? Even their Wikipedia pages have redirects!
* '''Michael Emerson''' (a.k.a. [[Lost|Benjamin Linus]]) is also the name of the head physician in ''Whose Life Is It Anyway?''
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* Is '''Golden Harvest''' a [[wikipedia:Golden Harvest|film company]] that's produced many [[Bruce Lee]] and [[Jackie Chan]] movies or a ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' character with an [[All There in the Script]] name?
** Speaking of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', '''[[Lauren Faust]]''' never [[Faust|sold her soul to the devil]], and bears no relation to the [[Real Life]] 16th century scholar Johann Faust.
* When you say '''Archie Goodwin''', do you mean the assistant of [[Nero Wolfe]], or the [[wikipedia:Archie Goodwin
* '''James Gordon''': [[Batman|Gotham City police commissioner]] or Canadian folk singer?
** There was also a ''Jim'' Gordon who worked as a session drummer for numerous rock albums in the '60s and '70s, later became a member of [[Eric Clapton]]'s band Derek and the Dominos, and still later became a schizophrenic who stabbed his mother to death.
* There is a real disc jockey named '''[[wikipedia:Meg Griffin
* '''Sergei G''u''rlukovich''', the former GRU colonel from ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'', is one letter off from '''Sergei G''o''rlukovich''', the Russian soccer player. In the Japanese version of ''MGS'', his name was actually pronounced ''Gorlukovich'', so it's possible they changed his spelling on purpose.
* '''Scott Hall''': [[Professional Wrestling|Pro wrestler]] once known as [[Scott Hall|Razor Ramon]], or [[The Venture Brothers|Monarch Henchman #1]]?
* '''Roy Harper''': <s> Speedy. Arsenal.</s> [[Green Arrow|Red Arrow]] or English folk singer?
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* '''Ryan Howard''': a first baseman with the Philadelphia Phillies, and a character on ''[[The Office]]''.
* Is '''Victor Hugo''' [[Victor Hugo|an author]] or [[Cars|a mean, beaten-up car]]?
* '''General Ike''', leading allied multinational forces against a destructive madman. Is this ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Path of Radiance'' or [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]?
** Ike's crowd cheer in the English version of ''[[Super Smash Bros]] Brawl'' plays with this a bit. "We like Ike" indeed.
** Also, Ike was the name of a powerful hurricane, which resulted in many jokes in the Smash Bros. community during September 2008.
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* '''Billy West''': [[Billy West|famous voice actor]]? or an action game hero better known as "[[The Adventures of Bayou Billy|Bayou Billy]]"?
* Actor '''Michael Weston''' once played the client of the week on ''[[Burn Notice]]'', the main character of which is named '''Michael Westen'''.
* Looking for someone to play '''Michael Williams''' in your [[wikipedia:Henry V
* '''Windam''' is either the name of a Earth Alliance mass-produced mobile suit from ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]'' (GAT-04 Windam), a [[Magic Knight Rayearth|Rune God]], or, up until the introduction of Toyota's Lexus brand back into Japan, the Japanese market name for the Lexus ES sedan (sold as the Toyota Windam).
** It should be noted that many character and place names in ''Rayearth'' come from car brands. Lantis anyone?
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