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In a group of characters with [[Theme Naming]], sometimes one just doesn't fit the pattern.
To the viewer, this is about as subtle as placing a big, blinking neon sign saying [[Chekhov's Gun|"HEY, LOOK! THIS GUY'S IMPORTANT!"]] above their head even before the character has a chance to ''do'' anything, and whether or not they really ''are'' important is a matter of debate. For some reason, this character tends to be named [[
Sometimes identifies [[The Runt At the End]]. Can also apply to a lapse in [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]].
Compare [[Aerith and Bob]]. Subtrope of [[The Last of These Is Not Like the Others]].
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== Anime ==
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* In the first season of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', most of the episode titles ended in a cheery "nano". The few ending episodes did not, signifying a [[Mood Whiplash]].
** The Huckebein family in ''FORCE'' mostly adhere to [[Vehicular Theme Naming]] except for Karen.
* Inverted in ''[[Soukou no Strain]]'': most of the characters' names come from ''A Little Princess'', but the rare ones whose names come from ''other'' Hodgson Burnett novels have a much smaller role in the plot. Colin, Mary and Cedie [[
* Episode 14 of ''[[El Cazador De La Bruja]]'' is titled "[[Canada, Eh?|Maple Leaf]]", as opposed to all other episode titles that contain either the word "man" or "woman" in them, and is the largest continuous [[Mood Whiplash]] in the entire series.
* The Hwang family in ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' consists of Honcha, Lucha, Hanacha, Heicha, Chancha and Bu-ling. Bu-ling avoids her younger siblings' suffix-based [[Theme Naming]] in order to fit into the food-based theme of the [[Magical Girl|Mew Mews]] (Bu-ling being a pun on pudding).
** In addition, the English version of ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' has Pie, Tart, and Kisshu. "Kisshu" would be the Japanese spelling of "Quiche", but somehow the translators missed that.
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* [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]: [[Katanas Are Just Better|Leonardo]], [[Schizo Tech|Donatello]], [[Life of the Party|Michaelangelo]], [[Knight in Sour Armor|Raphael]]. In one of the movies, Mikey can't help but get a dig in: "All the good ones end in O!".
** In most of the Japanese localizations, they ALL do - Raphael is called "Rafaello" in those dubs.
* ''[[
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* Australia's ''[[The Comedy Company]]'' character Con the Fruiterer had daughters Roula, Soula, Toula, Voula, Foula and Agape.
* In the ''[[Space Mutiny]]'' epsiode of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', Mike and the 'bots make up tons of silly nicknames for the protagonist along the lines of "Big McLargeHuge", "Slate Slabrock" "Thick McRunfast", and "Smash Lampjaw" (to name four)...and then there was "Bob Johnson". Doesn't have quite the same punch<ref> Punch Sideiron</ref>, does it?
* The ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' episode [[Doctor Who (TV)/Recap/S31 E04 The Time of Angels|"The Time of Angels"]] saw this with the clerics: Angelo, Christian and... [[
* In one episode of ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', the women buy minks to breed for fur. Rose names them Fluffy, Muffy, Buffy, and Joanne.
* For a season of ''[[Stargate SG 1]]'', the team consisted of: Sam, Cam, Dan(iel) and Teal'c. One of them wasn't from Earth. Guess which one.
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* ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' [[Original Generation|OG Saga]]: [[Endless Frontier]] has group of antagonists call Orchestral Army. Their members have German name based on "[[The Bremen Town Musicians (Literature)|The Bremen Town Musicians]]" (Henne - Hen, Ezel - Donkey and Katze - Cat), then we have a [[Cute Witch]] call '''Kyon'''.
** Which still fits the Bremen Town Musicians, because Kyon is Greek for Dog (though it's still odd name out for not being German)
* In ''[[Final Fantasy IV the After Years]]'', there is a band ([[Combination Attack|no, not that Band]]) of five [[Wutai|Eblanese]] [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja|ninja]], enough to form a full party in that game. Of these ninja, the first four are named Tsukinowa, Izayoi, Zangetsu, and Gekkou, Japanese terms for phases of the moon. The last is named Edge -- Edge, being one of the heroes from the [[Final Fantasy IV|previous game]] and their king and master. And his real name is "Edward Geraldine."
* The Koopalings do it ''four times'': First, the general theme of living (well, at the time anyway) male musicians:
** Lemmy Koopa (Lemmy Kilmister)
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* In [[Pokémon]], Eevee is the only member of its family not to have "eon" in its name. Similarly, Tyrogue is the only one of its family to not have "Hitmon" in its name.
* ''[[Tactics Ogre]]'' has the Foriner sisters: Selye, Shelley, Sisteena, and...Olivia.
* Two odd names in the six levels of ''[[Bug! (Video Game)|Bug]]!''- Insectia, Reptilia, '''Splot''', Quaria, '''Burrubs''', and Arachnia.
* In ''[[Stacking (Video Game)|Stacking]]'', the main character Charlie Blackmore is the only member of his family whose name doesn't start with the letter A.
* The Fey family from the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series: Maya, Mia, Misty, Morgan... and Pearl. (Unless you count {{spoiler|Iris and Dahlia}}.)
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== Web Animation ==
* In the ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' [[Show Within a Show]] ''Cheat Commandos'', everybody has a cool commando name, for instance, Crackotage, Gunhaver, Fightgar and Silent Rip... and then there's Firebert and Reynold. (Reynold later undergoes a [[Face Heel Turn]] and renames himself "Scrawnjob". Also, there's Mr. Bland, Senor and... The Robot (the only one who doesn't have a variation of "Mister" in his name, [[Viewers
** 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."
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* In ''[[Three Two One Penguins|3-2-1 Penguins!]]'', the eponymous penguins have the names Zidgel, Fidgel, Midgel, and Kevin.
* ''[[Wakfu (Animation)|Wakfu]]'' has an in-universe example. It's the oddity of the man referring to [[Third Person Person|himself]] as Grougaloragran that tips Nox off to the fact that he is actually one of the legendary dragons, because apparently only they used names like that.
* Everyone in ''[[Almost Naked Animals]]'' is [[A Dog Named "Dog"]]. Except for Howie, who ''is'' a dog.
* Four thugs that were in an episode of ''[[Young Justice (Animation)|Young Justice]]'' were [[All There in the Manual|named]] Hoody Boy, Git N Paid, Daddy Lidz, and [http://jerome-k-moore.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d3hkn0p Henry]
* According to the book ''[[Monsters Inc.]]'', [[All There in the Manual|''The Essential Guide'']], the five snakes on [[Gorgeous Gorgon|Celia's]] head are named Amelia, Ophelia, Bobelia, Cordelia, and Madge.
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* [[Keith David|Goliath]] from ''[[Gargoyles]]'' is the only member of the Manhattan Clan (until Angela joins the cast later -- and Angela fits the [[Theme Naming]] of the Avalon Clan she was born into) that's not named after a certain section of New York City. That's because being the leader, he is the first gargoyle to actually be given a name, back in the [[Middle Ages]] (his followers were all named in the present day).
* The [[Three Little Pigs]] are named Fifer, Fiddler, and Practical. Guess whose house didn't get blown down by [[The Big Bad Wolf]]!
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has the six main character ponies named: Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Twilight Sparkle. The last name is the only one with four syllables.
* In ''[[Taz Mania]]'', Molly's favourite band is The New Chips of the Block; Donnie, Ronnie, Lonnie, [[Bonnie and Clyde|Bonnie and Clyde.]]
* One episode of the 2010 ''[[Pound Puppies]]'' series features five puppy siblings: Flip, Blip, Tip, Whip, and Chubbers.
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* Henry VIII's wives were: Catherine, Catherine, Catherine, Anne, Anne ... and Jane.
* The Phoenix siblings: River, Rain, Liberty, Summer, and... Joaquin (though he was billed as Leaf Phoenix early in his career, the others were born with their names.)
* The members of Super Junior and subgroups: Leeteuk, Kangin, Kibum, Hangeng, Siwon, Heechul, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Sungmin, Ryeowook, Yesung, Shindong, Kyuhyun, Zhou Mi... and [[Canada, Eh?|Henry]].
** Now that [[Han Geng]] a.k.a [[Han Kyung]] has left, you could say that Zhou Mi also fits this trope, being the only one with a Chinese name.
* In quantum physics, the different 'flavours' of quarks are up, down, bottom, top, strange, and charm.
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