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* '''Alucard''': The main character from ''[[Castlevania
* '''Dizzy''': [[Dizzy (
* The '''Nobodies''' from ''[[
* '''Mother Brain''' is a [[AI Is a Crapshoot|malevolent AI]] in three different games. Taken literally in ''[[Metroid]]'', where she's a giant [[Brain In
* Both ''[[Paper Mario (
* In [[Rare]] games ''[[
* '''Still Alive''', a song from ''[[
* [[Ultima|Lord British]], let me introduce you to [[Gradius|Lord British]].
* One of my friends once remarked: [[Darkstalkers
** [[Celtic Mythology]]. Depending on who you ask, [[wikipedia:The Morrigan|The Morrigan]] was either a goddess or general [[Badass]] of death whose name either meant [[Red Baron|Great Queen or The Terror.]] Both fit.
* '''King''': [[Bifauxnen|the lady bouncer]] from ''[[Art of Fighting]]''? [[Legacy Character|Or a masked luchador persona]] in ''[[Tekken]]''? Both are prominent [[Fighting Game]] characters. There's also a villain named King in ''[[
** A prominent rabbit-thing character in [[
* ''[[Capcom]]'' has actually quite a few examples within their games:
** '''Retu''' the final boss from ''[[Final Fight|Final Fight 2]]'', shares his name with the Shorinji Kempo master '''Retsu''' from the first ''[[Street Fighter (
** Which '''Lucia''' are you talking about? [[Final Fight|The cop trained in Taekowndo who assisted Mike Haggar and Guy in fighting the Skull Cross gang]]? [[Devil May Cry|The redheaded demon hunter who fought alongside Dante?]]
*** [[Contra|Or the bioroid who fought alongside (and against) Bill Rizer]]?
*** What about the [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|blue-haired]] woman who fought alongside [[Fire Emblem Tellius
** '''Arthur, Lancelot and Perceval''': The [[Power Trio]] from the latest mobile phone ''[[Ghosts
** '''Belger''': the [[Big Bad]] from ''[[Final Fight]]'' or the 2P character in ''[[Magic Sword]]''?
** '''Mr. X''': [[Resident Evil 2 (Video Game)|Powerful Umbrella B.O.W.]] or [[Mega Man 6
*** Or, from Irem, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Kung Fu Master]]''?
*** Or, the Tommy gun-wielding Syndicate head from ''[[Streets of Rage]]''?
** '''Tyrant''': [[Resident Evil|Well-known Umbrella B.O.W.]] or [[Breath of Fire IV|Fou-Lu's final dragon form]]?
*** Not by Capcom, but there's also a certain Brother from [[Turgor]].
** '''Joe''' can either be [[Viewtiful Joe|Viewtiful]] or [[Bionic Commando
*** or [[Tatsunokovs Capcom
**** Or even [[Mega Man (
** Both the main character from the old game ''Son Son'' and his [[Marvel vs. Capcom 2
** '''Rudra & Agni''': [[Devil May Cry|Weapons Dante uses]] or [[Breath of Fire
** Both [[Breath of Fire II|Ray]] and [[Breath of Fire III|Rei]] are written identical in katakana (''rei'').
** '''Maya''': [[Ace Attorney|Spirit Medium]] or [[Street Fighter IV
** You forgot about '''Axl,''' which could either be a [[Final Fight|mook in the Mad Gear]] or [[Mega Man X|a Reploid with the ability to copy any Reploid he chooses.]]
* Gentlemen, I'd like to introduce you to this [[Ninja Gaiden|gentleman from Tecmo Gaming]], Ryu Hayabusa, who'll be watching us here at the Gaming University of [[Capcom]]. These are respectively [[Street Fighter|Ryu, minister of martial arts]], [[Breath of Fire
** A much more obscure fact is that Capcom has 2 more [[A Protagonist Is Ryu|main characters named "Ryu"]], upping the total to '''''8''''': Outside of the 6 mentioned above, there's also the protagonist for both old arcade games ''Avengers'' (known in Japanese as ''Hissatsu Buraiken'') and ''Trojan''.
** The [[Big Bad]] of Data East's ''Karnov'' is a hydra-type dragon named Ryu.
* ''[[Tsukihime]]'' and ''[[
** While we are on the subject, has [[Tsukihime|Kohaku]] and [[Tales of Hearts
* '''MooMoo Farm''' is both a racetrack in ''[[
** '''Moo Moo Farm''' is also the infamous secret cow level in ''[[Diablo II]]''.
** '''Rainbow Road''' in ''[[
* Another same company example: an [[F
* '''Dr. Carroll''' appears as name of a computer in ''[[Perfect Dark]]'' and as name of a scientist in the prequel. The former is implied to be a [[Virtual Ghost]] of the latter.
* '''Kratos''' in ''[[
** Both of these are references to an obscure Greek God (really obvious in the [[God of War (
** Kratos Aurion even has a title in his game named "War God".
* '''Gray Fox''', the [[Metal Gear Solid|cyborg ninja]], or the [[The Elder Scrolls Four|leader of the Thieves' Guild?]]
* In the Japanese version of the first ''[[Mega Man (
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has '''Xavius''', first of the satyrs and '''X'avius''', a Scourge necromancer. While the satyrs are very found of naming places or themselves after their master, there is no connection between him and X'avius.
** Also, there's Hakkar the blood god in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', and Hakkar the demon in ''[[The War of the Ancients]]''.
* '''Raiden''' the thunder god from ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'', Raiden the [[Masked Luchador]] from ''Fatal Fury'', ''[[Raiden]]'' the [[Shoot'Em Up]] series, and Raiden from ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''.
* There's the '''Mecha Dragon''' from ''[[
* The '''Nameless Ones''' of ''[[Forgotten Worlds]]'', or the '''Nameless One''' of ''[[Planescape: Torment]]''? Oh, and don't forget about '''Nameless''' from ''[[King of Fighters]]''.
* ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' has the "Kometo" (sometimes transliterated as "Komayto") enemy type; ''[[Iji]]'' has the "Komato" aliens.
* Do not confuse the [[Touhou Project|Nineball]] and the [[Armored Core
* ''[[Gradius]]'''s name resulted from a Japanization of "gladius", which is also the name of [[Gladius|a much later RPG involving Roman gladiators]]. It's also the name of the first sword in ''[[
* '''Sauria''' is the name of a dinosaur-inhabited planet in ''[[Adventures Of Rad Gravity]]'', as well as ''[[Star Fox Assault (Video Game)|Star Fox Assault]]''.
* '''Beat''' happens to be a speedy guy who lives in a trendy alternate Tokyo. Am I talking about the protagonist of [[Jet Set Radio]], or his partner in [[
** And then there's Beat, the avian robot from the ''[[Mega Man (
* '''Iris''' is the ex-girlfriend of a [[Capcom]] character, whose relationship with said character ended with a tragedy. Is she a [[Robot Girl|robot]] [[Mega Man X
** Or is she [[Mega Man Battle Network
** Might also be [[Bragging Rights Reward|ultimate summon]] from the [[Golden Sun]] series.
** Or [[Rosenkreuzstilette|one-half of the reincarnation of the magus Rosenkreuz]].
** Unless, of course, she's actually {{spoiler|Erim, the Sinistral of Death}} in Lufia II.
* Speaking of ''Gradius'': is '''Cruiser Tetron''' a boss in ''Life Force'', or the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Hero Core]]''? However, this one is intentional, since [[Daniel Remar]] came up with the story of the latter game as a child and named the villain after said boss.
* '''The Boss''', either the way too patriotic [[Badass]] lady from ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]'', or the way too violent [[Badass]] player character from ''[[Saints Row]] 2'' (who can also be a lady if the player wants). In ''[[La-Mulana]]'', it's the name of the blue enemy unique to Hell Temple (and the avatar of one of the game's creators). It's also the name of the [[Big Bad]] from ''[[Jumper (
* There's a character in ''[[Blaz Blue]]'' who plays with this trope with her first AND last name. Her name? [[Street Fighter III
** In ''[[Blaz Blue]]'', there's also '''Jin K'''isaragi, a cold-hearted [[Jerkass|asshole]]... and in [[Tekken|another game]], there's '''Jin K'''azama, a cold-hearted [[Tragic Hero]]. Both like keeping people away from them. Now you'd need to be careful if you ever named a game character "Jin K."
** Also, when you say '''Vermilion''' with [[Guns Akimbo]], is it about [[Badass Adorable]], [[Shrinking Violet|shy]] [[The Woobie|Woobie]] [[Blaz Blue|Noel]] or the [[One Name Only|single-named]], [[Ax Crazy|crazy-ass]] [[Psycho for Hire]] [[Battle Arena Toshinden|Vermilion]]?
* '''Gene''' from ''[[God Hand]]'' is the male [[Player Character]], who specializes in [[Good Old Fisticuffs]], reversing enemy wrestling movies and dodging enemy attacks instead of blocking them. '''Jeane''' from [[No More Heroes]] is the female [[Final Boss]], who specializes in [[Good Old Fisticuffs]], reversing ''your'' wrestling moves, and dodging ''your'' attacks instead of blocking them.
** Jeane is also the [[Ms. Fanservice]] magician from the ''Suikoden'' series.
* From two of [[Square
** Though in Japan, Terra Branford was known as Tina. However, the mage Tellah from FFIV, however, can also be read as Terrah, or Terra if you prefer.
*** From a [[Mega Man (
** Similarly, there's [[Final Fantasy X|Rikku]] and [[Kingdom Hearts|Riku]]. Even better: Rikku makes an appearance in [[
*** That one's more down to odd romanization (wouldn't be the first time - Hello Seifer). FFX's Rikku is spelled ''Ryukku'' in kana.
** This trope is at its most [[Egregious]] in ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', which boasts two Prince Edwards (who have absolutely nothing to do with each other) as major playable characters ''in the exact same game''. One is Prince Edward Chris von Muir of Damcyan (who, to be fair, [[Dub Name Change|was called "Gilbert" in the original Japanese version]]), and the other is Prince Edward Geraldine of Eblan (who [[Known Only By Their Nickname|goes by "Edge"]] anyway).
** Both ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' and ''[[
* '''Mercer''' as a villain in science? Do you mean Dr Mercer from ''[[Dead Space (
* A character named '''Sora''' who eventually gets an alternate self: Sora! [[Kingdom Hearts|Roxas!]] [[.hack|Haseo!]] Wait...
* An immense space station with picturesque plant-heavy corridors, cityscape-like views out of the windows, lots of residential modules and offices connected together, and the second location the player visits in the game, before [[Opening the Sandbox]]. You're thinking of '''Citadel Station''' from ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]] II''... or perhaps ''[[Mass Effect]]''. There's also a Citadel Station in the first ''[[System Shock]].''
** But not the '''Citadel''' from ''[[
** Or the ruins of the Pentagon in which was rechristened the '''Citadel''' by the [[Fallout 3|Capital Wasteland Brotherhood of Steel.]]
* '''[[Red Faction|Alec Mason]]''', the Martian freedom fighter, is one letter away from '''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops
* '''Scorpion Tank''': main battle tank of the [[Halo|UNSC]] or the [[Command and Conquer Generals|GLA]]?
** '''Scorpion''' is also the name of a light anti-infantry vehicle in later ''[[
** Relatedly, '''Goliath Tank''': first fielded in [[Battle Tanx|2001]] or [[Unreal Tournament 2004
* '''Mobius''': [[Command and Conquer Tiberium|leading researcher on Tiberium]], or the [[Ace Combat|118th Tactical Fighter Wing?]]
** It's probably a planet brought about via localization in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]''.
** You may also be referring to the [[Big Bad]] dark god of the ''[[
* '''Pigsy''' is either a character in ''[[Enslaved:
* '''Maki''' had her name changed to [[Dub Name Change|Mary]] in both ''[[Revelations Persona]]'' and ''Kira Kira Pop Princess''. There is also a Tammy in both, but the former's Japanese name is Tamaki while the latter's is Tamae.
* '''Albatross''': [[Rolling Thunder|secret agent of the WCPO]]? Or [[Bionic Commando
* '''Starly''': A [[The Legendary Starfy|pink starfish]] living in the sky, or [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
* The ''[[
* '''Scorpion''' from ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' is not to be confused with '''The Scorpion''', a masked wrestler from Capcom's short-lived ''[[
** Or the fact that it was [[Contra|Lance Bean's]] nickname in the American versions, up until Contra 4, where a new character was given the nickname.
* The '''[[One Bad Mother|Mother]]''' antagonists from ''[[Wild Arms]]'' and from ''[[Rogue Galaxy]]'' are both major villains, with world eater tendencies, and both have insect-like characteristics (Mother from [[Wild Arms]] was trapped in a cocoon; Mother from [[Rogue Galaxy]] looks like a praying mantis in her first form, before her shell cracked and then turned into a moth-like creature).
** And don't forget [[Hive Queen|The Mother]] from ''[[Dragon Age]] Awakening'', an [[Ax Crazy]] major villain with arachnoid characteristics ([[Biological Mashup|in addition to]] the [[Multi Boobage]], tentacles, human face weeping blood, etc.).
* How many video game characters are named '''Ignis''' again? Let's see, [[Blaz Blue|Relius' wife-turned-automaton]], [[Super Robot Wars Destiny|crazy-ass Ruina General that plays with fire]], [[King of Fighters|the lovable and god damn hard SNK Boss with the voice of]] [[Norio Wakamoto]], [[Agarest Senki 2|a proud guy who thinks himself as holier than other elves]]...
* '''Fennel''' is a glasses-wearing side-character researcher, that much is certain. Question is, is ''she'' amiable and generous in generally peaceful [[Pokémon Black and White|Unova]], studying the dreams of Pokémon, or is ''he'' a misanthropic [[Mad Scientist]] who [[Looks Like Orlok]] while studying [[Applied Phlebotinum|Thaumatech]] in the warring state of [[Radiant Historia
** Last I heard, he [[Steambot Chronicles|left to start his own band]].
* Sgt. Jack Barnes in ''[[Medal of Honor]] Allied Assault: Spearhead'' is not to be confused with Corporal Barnes in ''[[Medal of Honor]]: Frontline''.
* '''Aurelia''': [[Soul Calibur|queen of Dalkia]], [[Dawn of War|a planet once lost to the Warp]], or [[Ace Combat|a nation at war with Leasath]]
* Games of ''[[American McGee's Alice]]'' seem to use the name '''The Red Queen''' to refer to the Queen Of Hearts and the red queen chess piece interchangeably.
* A rather insteresting example with '''Sheena''': both a minor character from the NES ''[[Strider
** What about [[Tales of Symphonia
** The president's [[Suikoden II|playboy son]] .
* Don't confuse '''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
* '''Shadow''''s a generic name, but ironically only two may come to mind: One's a [[Sonic the Hedgehog|hedgehog]], the other's a [[Final Fantasy VI
* More a [[What Could Have Been]] example, but in ''[[
* '''Georg''': Are we referring to the [[Memetic Badass]] [[Suikoden II|Georg]] [[Suikoden V|Prime]] or are we talking about [[Badass Grandpa]] [[Agarest Senki 2|Georg]]?
* '''Boomer:''' [[Gears of War|idiot Locust]] who like to [[Stuff Blowing Up|launch grenades]], or [[Left 4 Dead|fat zombies]] that can [[Mook Maker|call in more zombies]]?
** I prefer the [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]] of Boomer in [[Super Mario RPG]].
** The plural form could be [[Fallout: New Vegas|a tribe hailing from Vault 34 who likes blowing shit up with heavy artillery.]]
* [[Super Mario Bros.|This]] Starman makes you invincible for a few seconds. [[MOTHER|That]] Starman is a servant of Giygas. Star Man might also be the Robot Master from ''[[
** What about that [[Kirby|other]] Starman?
* '''Destruction Derby''' is both the name of an early arcade game by Exidy (also known as ''Demolition Derby'') and a [[Play Station]] racing game series.
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* '''Gilgamesh''' is either the prince who wore golden armor and attacked monsters to save Ki in ''[[The Tower of Druaga]]'' or the weapon-collecting [[Recurring Boss]] from ''[[Final Fantasy V]]''. Both Gilgameshes are interested in a sword called Excalibur, though they might get the bad version instead. There's also the [[Nasuverse]] Gilgamesh who also wears golden armor and would like to wield Excalibur, though it's usually wielded against him.
** This is the entire reason why the latter two met [[Our Avatars Are in A Room Together The Forum Game (Roleplay)|in a room]]
* '''Magman''': An enemy fought in a volcanic area. Question is, is it a [[Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards
* The working title for '''[[Rez]]''' was ''Project Eden'', but a [[Project Eden|PS2 action-adventure game]] snapped up that name.
* '''Zero''': [[Mega Man X
** There's also the [[Kirby|white Eldritch abomination that tears out its own eye and attacks you with its blood]].
** Anyone forgetting [[Metal Gear Solid 3
* '''Nathan Graves''': [[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon|Vampire Hunter]] or [[Freedom Force|Dark Age of Comics parody]].
* Top Man is either the name of [[Mega Man 3
* The name '''Rock'''. [[Fatal Fury|Geese's son, perhaps?]] [[Mega Man (
* Speaking of "Rock", ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' has two separate dungeons named '''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* In regards to '''Black Orchid''' most people would recognize [[Killer Instinct|Jago's estranged sister and winner of the first KI tournament]], [[Eternal Champions|not the corporation of assassins, of which Shadow Yamoto is a member]].
* Everyone knows about '''Pandora's Box'''. Both contain immeasurable power, but while one [[God of War (
* There's three characters named '''Jubei Yagyu.''' The first two [[Onimusha|are a master swordsman and his granddaughter who fought against the Genma]]. The second is [[Samurai Shodown|is a master swordsman/ronin who is seeking personal enlightenment.]]
* '''Yuna.''' Single name? Check. Different people? Most definitely. The well-known one is [[Final Fantasy X|a female summoner turned sphere hunter]], while the other [[Breath of Fire|is a male mad scientist.]]
* '''Monty Mole''' is the name of the hero of a series of British platformers, and is also the name of an enemy in the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' games.
* '''Yoshimitsu:''' [[Tekken|The current head of the Manji Clan?]] [[Soul Series|Or his ancestor?]]
* There are two major events which carry the name '''The Great War.''' The first is [[God of War (
* '''Eddie:''' also known as [[Mega Man (
* There's also '''Ed E.''', [[Final Fight|the crooked cop on Belger's payroll]] and '''ED-E''', [[Fallout: New Vegas|the Enclave eyebot who flew far and fast.]]
* Which '''Seth''' are we talking about here? [[The King of Fighters|The secret agent and partner to Vanessa]]? [[Street Fighter IV
* [[Mortal Kombat|Princess Kitana's best friend]], [[Beyond Good
* '''Athena.''' [[God of War (
* '''Deimos.''' The younger brother to a certain [[God of War (
* '''Assassins' Guild.''' The very first had [[Guilty Gear|Zato-1 and Milla Rage]] as its members, while the well-known one had [[Assassin's Creed|Altair and Ezio Auditore]] as its members.
* '''Valentine.''' [[Soul Series|Ivy Valentine's namesake sword?]] [[Skullgirls|Or a]] [[Deadly Doctor|deadly ninja nurse with a personal agenda?]]
* '''Chaos.''' [[Primal Rage|The God of Decay?]] [[Battle Arena Toshinden|A former scythe-wielding Secret Society executive who went batshit insane following severe memory loss?]] [[Sonic the Hedgehog|A Chao mutated by the Chaos Emeralds which act as a guardian for its species?]] [[
* '''Shiva.''' [[Streets of Rage|Mr. X's right hand man?]] [[Final Fantasy|Or a summon most known for her Diamond Dust attack?]]
* '''Cerberus:''' [[Mass Effect|A pro-human organization?]] [[Devil May Cry|A boss, later transformed into one of Dante's weapons?]] [[Final Fantasy VII|A triple-barreled handgun used by Vincent Valentine?]] [[Resident Evil|A zombified Doberman designated MA-39 found inside and around the Spencer Mansion?]] [[Fallout 3|Or the sentry of Underworld who hates ghouls but can't kill them due to the combat inhibitor?]]
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* '''Ashe:''' [[Mega Man ZX|A hunter searching for loot and fortune?]] [[League of Legends|The Frost Archer?]] [[Final Fantasy XII|Or the alias of a certain Hume princess]] [[Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated|thought to have died?]]
* '''Elena:''' [[Final Fantasy VII|The newest member of The Turks?]] Or [[Street Fighter|the tribal princess skilled in Capoeira?]]
* '''Maria''' could either be [[Silent Hill|a manifestation sent to tempt and torture James Sunderland,]] or it is [[Fallout: New Vegas|Benny's signature firearm.]] But what if she's [[Final Fantasy II|Firion's friend]] or [[Final Fantasy VI|an opera singer]]?
* You got '''Fatman''', [[Metal Gear Solid|a mad bomber on rollerblades hell-bent on blowing up The Big Shell]], and the '''Fat Man,''' [[Fallout 3|a nuclear catapult weapon]] [[Fallout: New Vegas|capable of launching miniature nukes.]]
* '''Hayate''': The one from ''[[Dead or Alive]]''? ''[[Street Fighter EX]] 2''? ''Shadow of the Ninja''? or ''Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi''?
* [[Heavenly Sword|Nariko's trigger-happy sidekick]] and [[Mortal Kombat|a Shaolin Monk who is friends with Liu Kang]] are both named '''Kai.'''
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