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* '''James Kirk''': [[Star Trek|Starship captain]] or [[wikipedia:James Kirk (actor)|actor]] or [[wikipedia:James Kirk diploma mills|diploma mill scammer]]?
* '''LBX''': Little Battler eXperience, the toys featured in ''[[Danball Senki]]'' or Little Blue boX, a Japanese band. Interestingly, the latter sang openings for ''Danball Senki'' PSP game and anime.
* '''Jake Long''': [[American Football|Miami Dolphins]] offensive lineman or the [[American Dragon: Jake Long|titular American Dragon?]]
* The concept was given a humorous [[Lampshade Hanging]] by voice actor [[Troy Baker]], when he described his try-outs for ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'' - specifically, [[The Hero]] '''Yuri Lowell''': "Yeah, how bad a sign is it when they start [[Yuri Lowenthal|naming characters after actors]]? 'Hey, I wanna read for this guy. What's his name?' 'Um...[[Vic Mignogna|Vic Migna]].'"
* '''Alex Mack''': [[Tomboyish Name|girl]] [[The Secret World of Alex Mack|with weird powers caused by exposure to GC-161]], or the Cleveland Browns' first pick in the 2009 NFL draft?
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* '''Steve Rogers''': [[Captain America (comics)|Superhero]] in a red, white, and blue uniform; or [http://www.itemsofpotentialinterest.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/steve-rogers-1981-fleer-1.jpg baseball pitcher] in a red, white, and blue uniform?
* '''Marco Rossi''' is not only the name of two fictional characters (one of them being a playable character in the ''[[Metal Slug]]'' video games, the other the protagonist of the anime series ''3000LeaguesInSearchOfMother''), it is also named of several Italian people (including two football players and sexologist), since "Marco" and "Rossi" are both common Italian names.
* '''Andrew Ryan''': Objectivist [[Big Bad]] of ''[[BioshockBioShock (series)]]'', or [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/television/andrew-ryan/ a television critic for The Globe and Mail]?
* '''Chris Sanders''', one of the creators of ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]'', shares a name with a certain teen girl [[Gamer Chick]] played by [[Jennette McCurdy]] in the movie ''[[Best Player]]''.
* '''Sebastian Shaw''': [[X-Men|Mutant]] or [[Star Wars|Anakin Skywalker]]?
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* Oh, it's '''[[Kei Shindou]]'''! Are you a [[Seiyuu]] who used to be a [[Cosplay Otaku Girl]], or that girl from the [[Ef]] series?
* '''[[The Simpsons|Mona Simpson]]''', mother of Homer, shares her name with the biological sister of [[Apple Macintosh|Steve Jobs]].
* '''Kevin Smith''': is he an [[Kevin Smith|actor/director/producer/writer]] or a [[Killer 7Killer7|knife-throwing assassin]]?
** Or possibly [[Xena: Warrior Princess|the god of war]]?
** Nah, he's the Detroit Lions' only good player.
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