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* In ''[[Sir Apropos of Nothing|Woad to Wuin]]'', Apropos discovers that he has named his horse Entipy, after a woman he knows.

* In [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s arctic story ''Quiquern'' Kotuko the young Inuit hunter has a sled dog named Kotuko. The story implies that this is common practice.

* In [[Sandy Mitchell]]'s ''[[Warhammer ~~40000~~]]'' novel ''[[Dark Heresy|Scourge the Heretic]]'', an undercover woman has to quickly name an imaginary pony. She calls it "Mordechai" - and then wonders, because she [[Oblivious to Love|has been told that it's obvious she's in love]] with the real Mordechai and she had even started to wonder if it were true.<ref>The text is actually somewhat unclear on this: she ''could'' be talking about an imaginary stableboy when she mentions "Mordechai," though the pony is more likely, and would certainly be [[Rule of Funny|funnier.]]</ref>

* In [[Sandy Mitchell]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' novel ''[[Dark Heresy|Scourge the Heretic]]'', an undercover woman has to quickly name an imaginary pony. She calls it "Mordechai" - and then wonders, because she [[Oblivious to Love|has been told that it's obvious she's in love]] with the real Mordechai and she had even started to wonder if it were true.<ref>The text is actually somewhat unclear on this: she ''could'' be talking about an imaginary stableboy when she mentions "Mordechai," though the pony is more likely, and would certainly be [[Rule of Funny|funnier.]]</ref>

* In the novel ''The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle'' by Haruki Murakami, the main character names his cat Noboru Wataya after his brother-in-law, whom he hates.

* [[Sharpe|Richard Sharpe]] named his dog Nosey, on the grounds that he'd spent fifteen years taking orders from the bastard, so he might as well give a few.

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* On ''[[Total Drama Island]],'' Harold adopts a snail and names it Leshawna Jr., after his love interest. It's supposed to be a compliment, though Leshawna probably wouldn't take it that way herself.

* A possible example in [[Justice League Crisis On Two Earths|Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths]]: The Jester (Joker's analogue) has a monkey named Harley - and we know his allies were killed off almost to a person. It's unknown if the monkey is named after [[Harley Quinn]] the person or if she is Harley Quinn's actual alternate-universe counterpart.

* A possible example in [[Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths|Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths]]: The Jester (Joker's analogue) has a monkey named Harley - and we know his allies were killed off almost to a person. It's unknown if the monkey is named after [[Harley Quinn]] the person or if she is Harley Quinn's actual alternate-universe counterpart.

* In an episode of ''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]]'', Flapjack adopts a rat and calls it "K'nuckles the second."

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