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{{quote|''"I'm Penny Parker. You can remember that 'cause it's got the same letter at the front of each name. That's important theatrically, you know."''

 

An alliterative name is a name in which the first and last names begin with the same sound. In more extreme cases, this can also include the middle name.

 

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* ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'': Spike Spiegel.

* Any of the leading protagonists in the ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' series.

* ''[[Love Hina]]'': Naru Narusegawa.

* ''[[Kagihime Monogatari]]'': Kirihara Kiriha, Kagarigi Kirika, Arisugawa Arisu, Toukouin To-ko, Narumi Nami, Moegihara Moyu, [[Lady Not-Appearing-In-This-Game|Mikoshiba Miko]], [[Gender Blender Name|Jack Jacqueline]] [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Lilina Lorina]]

** Letty Lowran in A's, [[Spell My Name with an "S"|depending on the translation]]. Lucino Lilie in [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS]]. {{spoiler|Nove Nakajima}} in [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS|StrikerS]] Sound Stage X and [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid|ViVid]].

* Well, they don't start with exactly the same letter, but... [[Ichigo Mashimaro|Miu Matsuoka]].

* ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'': Tomo Takino.

** Don't forget Takashi "Jumbo" Takeda.

* ''[[Zombie Powder]]'' gives us Baragne Binoix Bartoreuil Balmunk, a.k.a. Balmunk the Mystic.

* Every single character in ''[[Magic Users Club]]''.

* ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'' has Saihitei Shu/Seishuku Shu/Saihitei Seishuku (Hotohori, whose real full name remains a mystery to many fans), Suzaku Seikun and Seiryuu Seikun.

* ''[[Solty Rei]]'' gives us the two main adult characters, Roy Revant and Miranda Maverick.

 

* Peter Parker / ''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]''. Among others, he had to deal with J. Jonah Jameson and Otto "Dr. Octopus" Octavius. Jonah himself has a son named John Jameson by his first wife, Joan, he later married Marla Madison, his editor-in-chief is Joe "Robbie" Robertson (who has a son named Randy), and secretaries have included Betty Brant (whose brother was called Bennett) and Glory Grant. The Bugle staff absolutely adores alliteration. In fact, it was recently revealed that JJJ is actually J. Jonah Jameson, ''Junior''. We have also Curt Connors, the Lizard, and Cletus Kasady, a.k.a. Carnage.

** This reached the height of absurdity with a splash page showing the characters attending a Bugle funeral. Of the ten characters named, ''nine'' had alliterative names, with only Aunt May not fitting in.

* Minor ''[[Invincible]]'' character Damien Darkblood, Demon Detective. In his latest appearance he remarked that he hates it when people say the "demon detective" part—evidently it just sounds silly to him.

 

* In the ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' fanfic ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', there's a case of alliterative [[Only Known by Their Nickname|nickname]]: Kyon is amused during Masao's apology when he addresses him as [[Gratuitous Japanese|Kowa-Keigo]] Kyon.

 

* Roger Rabbit from ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]''.

* The title character of ''[[Megamind]]'', as well as his nemesis Metro Man and [[Love Interest]] Roxanne/Roxie Ritchie. The latter may be a nod to Lois Lane, given their similarities.

* Barry B. Benson from ''[[Bee Movie]]''.

* The ''[[Cars]]'' series films has Axle Accelerator, Aiken Axler, Bernie Banks, Bruce Boxmann, Benny Brakedrum, Bruiser Bukowski, Bertha Butterswagen, Chuck Choke Cables, Charlie Cargo, Charlie Checker, Chief Chick, Cora Copper, Kathy Copter, Dirkson D'Agostino, Derek "Decals" Dobbs, Galloping Goose, Green Gremlin, Hank Hallsum, Hudson Hornet, Kimura Kaizo, Miles "Meattruck" Malone, Mach Matsuo, Matthew McCrew, Marlon McKay, Misti Motorkrass, Piccolo Perry, Polly Puddlejumper, Petrol Pulaski, Rod Redline, Rusty RustEze, Sarah Safestreet, Shirley Spinout, Timothy "Timezone" Truecoat, Tony Trihull, Timothy Twostroke, and Valerie Veate.

* Jenny Johnson/G-Girl from ''[[My Super Ex-Girlfriend]]''.

* Many of the characters from ''Thank You for Smoking'', including Nick Naylor, Heather Holloway, and Lorne Lutch.

* ''[[Donnie Darko]]''

* ''[[King Kong]]''

* On ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to The Future]]'': Marty McFly, Marty McFly Jr., Marlene McFly, Maggie McFly, Clara Clayton, S. S. Strickland.

* The real name of [[The Court Jester]] is Hubert Hawkins.

* Assassin brothers Vic Vega and Vincent Vega from [[Quentin Tarantino|Tarantino]]'s ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'' and ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' respectively.

* The eponymous Nemo Nobody from ''[[Mr. Nobody]]''. Funnily, he's something of an [[X Meets Y]] of [[Donnie Darko]] and [[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button|Benjamin Button]].

* Heroic Ewok warrior Wicket Wystri Warrick from ''[[Star Wars|Return of the Jedi]]''. Also, his siblings Weechee, Willy, and Winda.

* Billy Brown from ''[[Buffalo '66]]''.

* Steve Stifler from ''[[American Pie]]''.

* Grant Grant from ''[[Slither]]''

 

* ''[[Gentleman Bastard Sequence|The Lies of Locke Lamora]]'' by Scott Lynch

* ''[[Catch-22]]''. Major Major Major Major was promoted directly from Private to Major while still in recruit training. He can be neither promoted nor demoted, because the army has only one Major Major Major Major and Ex-PFC Wintergreen will not ever allow this to change.

* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' has surprisingly few of these, given the [[Loads and Loads of Characters|incredibly large cast]]: Sansa Stark, Hyle Hunt, Lancel Lannister, Podrick Payne, Yurkhaz zo Yunzak, Sarella Sand, Mandon Moore, etc. Nicknames are much more likely to be alliterative.

 

* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' references this—one of the heroes is named Peter Petrelli, and the villain's real name is Gabriel Gray. So far, these two are the only powered characters in the series to have these alliterative names. They also seem to be set up as nemeses. They are also the only two characters who have multiple powers, although for different reasons.

** And then there's Richard Drucker, who's a half-step from Dick.

* Samantha Stevens of ''[[Bewitched]]''.

 

* Adrian Adonis.

* Arn Anderson

* Val Venis

 

* ''[[Barney and Friends]]'': Baby Bop.

* ''[[Sesame Street]]'': Big Bird.

* ''[[The Muppet Show]]'': The Great Gonzo (but is usually just called "Gonzo").

 

* Professor Harold Hill, from ''[[The Music Man]]''

* Benjamin Barker and Beadle Bamford from ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (theatre)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''.

 

* A set of 1960s astronaut action figures were led by "Major Matt Mason, Mattel's Man in Space," supported by Lieutenant Long, Sergeant Storm, and civilian astronaut Doug Davis. The lieutenant's given name was Jeff, though.

 

* ''[[The World Ends With You]]'': Koki Kariya.

* ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'': Koopa Koot. Kammy Koopa. Tayce T.

* ''[[Virtua Fighter]] 4: Evolution'' gaves us Muay Thai kickboxer Brad Burns.

 

* ''[[Homestar Runner]]'': Strong Sad, Pom Pom, Perry Palaroncini & Peacey P. And Stop Sign, Stom Stom, Sickly Sam, Rumble Red, Pan Pan, Szechuan Steve, The Teach, The Thnikkaman, Moth Mouth, Brett Bretterson, [[Shout-Out|Bill Bellamy]], Sir Hotbod Handsomeface, Wireless Wizard, Ogg Oggerson, Flash Fight, and Fox Face. Thank you, [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Characters HRWiki.]

 

* ''[[Supernormal Step]]'' has two alliterative names: [[Sixth Ranger]] Hall Henderson and [[Friend in the Black Market]] Vic Valentine.

* Referenced in ''[http://www.comedity.com/index.php?strip_id=45 Comedity]'', with Garth Graham and Larom Lancaster, in issue Origins #0. The main characters decide that, since they have alliterative names, this is an invitation to become superheroes.

** One of the neighbors is Glen Goode, who has two daughters Gloria and Greta.

* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', there's Arthur J. Arthur. The writer joked that he likes to think the "J" stands for "Just". "As in Arthur. Just Arthur."

* Taken to the maximum with ''[http://dtoons.com/conroy The Cartoon Chronicles of Conroy Cat]''.

* [[Platypus Comix]] has Keiki Kikilaka and Marie Magnolia from ''[[Keiki]]'', and Aerynn Arlia and Lululu Lopez from ''[[Electric Wonderland]]''. Additionally, the cartoonist ''himself'' has an Alliterative Name: Peter Paltridge.

* ''[[General Protection Fault]]'' has Dwayne Duncan, Trudy Trueheart, Trent Terrell and Detective Carl Club.

* "[[No Black Plume]]" has one-shot character [http://noblackplume.blogspot.com/2011/09/no-black-plume-22.html Lil' Lolita].

 

* The ''[[League of Intergalactic Cosmic Champions]]'' has Rocket Ranger, Crimson Crossbow, Tammy Tembar...

* ''[[Lonelygirl15]]'': Whatever Lucy's last name is, it begins with the letter L. Jonas apparently knows her full name, as he is able to find her apartment by looking for someone with same-lettered initials.

* ''[[I Love Bees]]'' has James James and his daughter Janissary.

 

* Archibald Asparagus from ''[[Veggie Tales]]''.

** Intentionally averted for most of the other characters. Series creator Phil Vischer explained:

* ''[[American Dad]]'': Stan and Steve Smith

 

* [[UNIX|Ubuntu]] developers has alliterative [[Theme Naming]] - [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames "Funky Fairy" naming system] (Adjective+ Animal) for releases, from ''Warty Warthog'' to ''Trusty Tahr'' (current).{{when}}

** Naturally, the Linux users' community couldn't help but muse whether [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/18/linus_torvalds_digg/ alliterative allegations] of Linus Torvalds point at the preference for that distinguished distribution?

 

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[[Category:Naming Conventions]]

[[Category:Superhero Tropes]]