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== Literature ==
* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[
{{quote|'''Twoflower:''' And the Hongs and the Fangs and the Tangs and the Sungs and the McSweeneys have been killing one another for thousands of years. It's all part of the royal succession.
'''Rincewind:''' McSweeneys?
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* Honey Bear, the youngest of [[The Berenstain Bears]], is the only member of the Bear family that has a proper name. Her parents and her older brother and sister are all named after their relationships in the family.
* In ''[[Warrior Cats]]'', the majority of the [[Loads and Loads of Characters|700-something]] characters have compound names like Bluestar, Mudclaw, Russetfur, Cedarpelt, Whitestorm... so when there's a cat living in the Clans with a name like Boulder, Daisy, or Millie, it sticks out.
== Live-Action TV ==
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* On the TV series [[Batman]], all members of the Gotham police force had an Irish name starting with O. Except for Goldberg.
* The demons in ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' all have classical demonic names (Azazel, Lilith, even [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastor Alastair]), with the exceptions of Ruby, Crowley and Meg,<ref>granted, it's not her real name</ref> who all end up allying with the protagonists against their own kind.
== Music ==
* [[KMFDM]] normally names their albums with five letters, words, or [[Lucky Charms Title|symbols]], but dropped this convention for two albums; ''Hau Ruck'' and ''Tohuvabohu''. Also, the remix album ''Brimborium'', whose title has no relation to its parent album.
== Newspaper Comics ==
* 'Irish' Murphy's three [[Angry Guard Dog|dogs]] in ''[[Footrot Flats]]''; Tiger, Wolf and Creampuff.
== Theatre ==
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* ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'': The [[Dramatis Personae]] in some editions lists "companions to Antonio and Bassanio": Salarino, Solanio, Salerio and Gratiano. Guess which one ends up being important.
* The five main players in [[Altar Boyz]] are Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan, and Abraham.
== Video Games ==
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** See also the member of Taranchula in the image above. Two Daves with Scandinavian names, and a Schenkel McDoo.
** In a Strong Bad Email called "web comics", Strong Bad describes web comics as being about "video games, gamernerds, webgeeks, dorknerds, gamewads, nerdgames, webwebs, and elves."
== Web Comics ==
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* Fey's three fairies from the [[Whateley Universe]], Trixie, Dixie, and Brunhilda.
* In [[Notting Cove|''Fairies of Notting Cove'']], all the forest fairies have Irish names, except for The Cook, who is [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]. Saga is also an Odd Name Out, justified since she's a foreigner.
== Western Animation ==
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* One episode of the 2010 ''[[Pound Puppies]]'' series features five puppy siblings: Flip, Blip, Tip, Whip, and Chubbers.
== Other Media ==
* Played with in the old joke: "My mother had four children. The first was named Spring, the second, Summer, and the third, Autumn. What was the name of her last child?" {{spoiler|The answer, of course, is the first name of the person asking the question, which is probably ''not'' "Winter".}}
** Another version of the joke goes: "Sarah's mother has four children. Three are named April, May and June. What is the fourth child named?" {{spoiler|Sarah.}} The original name can be anything.
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* There's also the joke:
{{quote|So apparently one out of five people in the world are Chinese. MY family has five people in it, so I guess one of them must be Chinese. Could be my mom. Or my dad. Or my brother Jack. Or my little brother Heilong. {{spoiler|I'm pretty sure it's Jack.}}}}
== Real Life ==
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[[Category:Naming Conventions]]
[[Category:The Last of These Is Not Like the Others]]
[[Category:Theme Naming Tropes]]
▲[[Category:Odd Name Out]]
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