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* The Three Lieutenant Marvels from ''[[Shazam]]'' comics: Tall Marvel, Fat Marvel, and ''Hillbilly'' Marvel.
* The [[Metal Men]] consist of (in the most recent series anyway) Gold, Lead, Mercury, Tin, Iron, Copper, and Tina (which is admittedly just a nickname for "Platinum".)
* [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]: [[Katanas Are Just Better|Leonardo]], [[Schizo
** In most of the Japanese localizations, they ALL do - Raphael is called "Rafaello" in those dubs.
* ''[[XXXenophile]]'': "Now Museum, Now You Don't" features the four goddesses Okaraska, Boolatraaca, Xynotreen and ''Trixie''.
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** This is a [[Shout
** War's children fit this one, too: Panic, Terror, and, um, ''Clancy''.
** Leonard of Quirm's inventions include such things as the Going Under the Water Safely Device, the Very Fast Coffee Device, or the '''E'''ngine for the '''N'''eutralizing of '''I'''nformation by the '''G'''eneration of '''M'''iasmic '''A'''lphabets, and the Gonne. It's probably an indicator of how [[Artifact of Doom|different]] [[Fantasy Gun Control|this invention]] was that he didn't name it something like the "Propelling Pieces of Metal through the Air at High Speed using Chemical Energy Device".
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* In ''[[Memetic Mutation|The Falcon's Malteser]]'', the main character Nick is kidnapped by four goons called Lenny, Kenny, Benny and Fred.
* Major characters in the ''[[Codex Alera]]'' include Isana, Amara, Fidelias, Maximus, Araris, Invidia... Tavi? Every Aleran character has a [[Gratuitous Latin]] [[Name of Cool]]... except him. {{spoiler|Which, as it happens, is [[Foreshadowing]]. His name is short for Oc'''tavi'''an, which is very much in line with the rest.}}
* Also from [[Jim Butcher]], ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' books all have two word [[Double Meaning Title|Double Meaning Titles]], each with the same number of letters in each word (''Grave Peril'', ''Dead Beat'', ''Summer Knight'')... Except for the twelfth book, which is simply called ''[[Wham! Episode|Changes]]''.
* The ''[[Inheritance Cycle]]'' began with ''Eragon'' and ''Eldest,'' both of which start with "E" and have six letters. Fans speculated that the last book in the trilogy would be called ''Empire,'' but the author eventually made it a quartet with the final books titled ''Brisingr'' and ''Inheritance,'' respectively.
* In the novel ''Murder at Avedon Hill,'' the five children in the Avedon family are named Richard, Carin, Edvard, Jon, and Julienne. {{spoiler|If you guessed that ''two'' of them would turn out to be Important and Special, give yourself a pat on the back. Edvard is a vampire-bite victim and Julienne has some sort of magical affinity.}}
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** See also Noah's three sons: Ham, Shem, and Japheth
** Lamech's three sons were Jabal, Jubal... and Tubal-Cain. The first two were from the same mother, the third - and his sister, Naamah - from another. On the other hand, this is only a partial example since Jabal, Jubal and Tubal rhyme.
* The [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] gives us Han and Leia's children: [[Theme Twin Naming|Jacen, Jaina]], and [[Dead Guy, Junior|Anakin?]] Not intentional, just that the people behind ''[[Dark Empire]]'' didn't know Jacen and Jaina existed.
* Elizabeth Hand's novella ''Chip Crockett's Christmas Carol'' features a set of cut-rate Ramones called the Maronis -- Tony, Mony, Pony and Tesla. The real Ramones all had names ending in an -ie sound, except for Elvis. [[And Zoidberg|And CJ.]]
* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', the direwolves are named Nymeria, Ghost, Summer, Lady, Grey Wind and... Shaggydog, who was named by a three-year old. It's also an ironic name, given that Shaggydog is the most wild and savage.
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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 ''[[
* 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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** In ''[[Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger]]'', Dragon Ranger is the only ranger who is based on a mythical creature instead of an actual prehistoric beast like the main team (Tyranno Ranger, Mammoth Ranger, ect.)
** In ''[[Gosei Sentai Dairanger]]'', all of the rangers are named after their respective totem animal except Kiba Ranger, whose name translates to the "Fang Ranger" (his totem animal is a white tiger).
** For the other teams we have [[Hikari Sentai Maskman|X1 Mask]] ([[One
** A non-extra example is featured in ''[[Battle Fever J]]'', where the [[Smurfette Principle|lone girl]] of the team is codenamed "Miss America" instead of following the "Battle (nation's name)" pattern of the other members.
* In ''[[Power Rangers]],'' get ready for the "is he a Ranger or not?" battle to ''never'' end if a hero's name doesn't have "Ranger" in it. <ref> The last ''three'' to not have Ranger in the name did have "Knight" in the name ([[Power Rangers Mystic Force|Koragg the Knight Wolf, Solaris Knight]], [[Power Rangers Operation Overdrive|Sentinel Knight]]), so "Knight" seems to be established for more-heavily-armored Ranger-like characters (we'll have to see what they do with [[Tensou Sentai Goseiger|GoseiKnight]] when his series comes along.)</ref> Similar to sentai, the [[Sixth Ranger]] is also going to be named for something other than his color about half the time.
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* Director Robert Rodriguez named his four sons the unique and rather badass sounding Rebel, Rocket, Racer, and Rogue. While he kept the "R" theme with his daughter, he gave her the much more normal sounding Rhiannon.
* [[Not Always Right]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/hawaii-spell-that/9451 Oh, that poor kid.]
* The [[Marx Brothers]]: Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Zeppo, Gummo, and... ''[
* [[The Beatles|John, Paul, George, and Ringo]]. With Ringo replacing Pete.
* Henry VIII's wives were: Catherine, Catherine, Catherine, Anne, Anne ... and Jane.
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