Its arguably no coincidence that so many comicbook and cartoon characters have alliterative names. Alliterative means relating to or connected with alliteration. Indexes useful notes tropes a to e tropes f to l tropes m to r tropes s to z academy award cat communication cultural cringe fringe festival furry fandom muramasa and masamune pride. Still, the major ones, a number of secondary characters, and a few never heard of ems are in there. I dont think anyone does it on purpose, but instead i think authors get in a rhythm and dont even realize what theyre doing. Bonus points if their last name also starts with the same letter.
According to the sage of the comic book world stan lee, it comes down to making the name memorable. Raj koothrappalis list about stan lees characters names. List as many marvel characters that have alliterative names where the first and last names start with either the same letter of the same sound as you can. In xmen noir, thomas halloway learned lockpicking from a criminal by the name of horrace hobbs, the harlem houdini. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. Many of his marquee creations donned the mark of double initials. Marvel has a bunch of characters like peter parker, bruce banner, stephen strange, and so on. Adrian alexander veidt ozymandias batman beyond batman beast boy teen titans bernhard buddy baker animal man bibbo bukowski superman billy batson captain marvel blue beetle.
These first names are used in canada, australia, new zealand, the united states and south africa. Az of alliterative actors and actresses textonly version. The most commonly studied traditions of alliterative verse are those found in the oldest literature of the germanic languages, where scholars use the term alliterative poetry rather broadly to. Click here to see this thread with all of the graphics, features, and links. You know it sounds a bit normal compared to the likes of dr mcninja haha but nick fury is one freaking badass name. Verisign computes scores on a 110 scale 10 being best, to measure the reliability and quantity of. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. He thought that using names that started with the same letter would help him remember the character s whole name. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details. The oneshots have been collected in a trade paperback and was released in march 2007. They snap, crackle, and popwhich is one reason why alliterative names are so widely used for the characters in childrens storiesfrom nursery rhymes like wee willie winkie to picture books like mike mulligans steam shovel to young adult book characters like harry potters luna lovegood. Im looking to come as close as possible to completng a roster of 26 names with following rules. Alliteration cartoons and comics funny pictures from. Id mentioned that i liked rufus and dh conceded last night that it was growing on him, more so than eddie, because of the same initials thing.
Today were exploring how alliteration helps make material more. I think of comic book characters when i hear alliterated names, like peter parker, green goblin and lois. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. Alliteration cartoon examples cartoon characters, titles. If shown, the year indicates when the book was first published. Here is the list for some of the marvel characters that have alliterative names where the first and last names start with either the same letter or the same sound. Babycenter is committed to providing the most helpful and trustworthy pregnancy and parenting information in the world. Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author. I used to be strongly against them myself, but now im sort of starting to see the appeal. Great surname and i think most names would go with it.
With thousands of awardwinning articles and community groups, you can track your pregnancy and babys growth, get answers to your toughest questions, and connect with. This does not mean that they necessarily have that nationality in the comics, only that they were created by british comics writers andor artists subcategories. All of these alliteratively named characters have been taken from the highest rated, highest voted on tv shows on the imdb website, all of them important characters within their works, which is your favourite. I love alliterative names too love polly pengelly but i also think the double l idea sounds good. The name is readily recognizable to americans as a moderately wellknown actual person living or dead or fictional character. Jessica drew, the original spiderwoman, has a phonetically alliterative name. While obviously this can be expected to be intentional on the part of the writers, it can also be shown to be deliberate on the the part of the. The real name of the court jester is hubert hawkins. There will be a famous song and you will guess the band or singer of the song. A form of theme naming in which everyone in a family, or one generation of a family at the very least, all possess names with alliteration, starting with the same letter or syllable. Alliterative titles 187 books meet your next favorite book. Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. Dec 12, 2008 after years of working in publishing i have decided that its a common mistake all writers make.
Many characters in dc have alliterative names, such as billy batson, lex luthor. Of the ten characters named, nine had alliterative names, with only aunt may not fitting in. Some available domains have been previously registered and are now expired. The characters this page leads to show the development of british comic book superheroes over the years. Til stan lees use of alliterative names in his comics e. Based off this, there was a funny animal version, named peter porker, the amazing spiderham, who worked for j. Jul 29, 2010 they snap, crackle, and popwhich is one reason why alliterative names are so widely used for the characters in childrens storiesfrom nursery rhymes like wee willie winkie to picture books like mike mulligans steam shovel to young adult book characters like harry potters luna lovegood. I wonder if some of the names, that arent alliterative, use other stylistic figures instead.
Yes, this is a list question, but it has a limited scope. If youre finding an unreasonable amount of names then we can limit this to just main and. Alliterative definition and meaning collins english. Slight variation in the british comic strip george and lynne featured in the sun the title characters seem to know a lot of couples who have first names beginning with the same letter such as dave and donna, or jack and jenny lots of examples in archie comics. These fictional characters have alliterative names. Nick norton, jared james, ray reed, tony taira, and chris cole. Moreover, a lot of businesses have benefited from alliteration for years now. Robert kirkman wrote the three oneshots with tony moore illustrating the first and second issue and with cliff rathburn on the third. I mean imagine being at a party and some guy just turns round and says, hi. Lots of nonmarvel fictional characters get this treatment mostly because it, like rhyming, helps a reader remember.
I believe it was an in old marvel comic featuring stans soapbox that was a column stan lee used to answer readers questions that stan lee revealed his technique on naming many of his characters. Nov 30, 2018 babycenter is committed to providing the most helpful and trustworthy pregnancy and parenting information in the world. The administrator has been notified and this will be fixed soon. List as many marvel characters with alliterative names as. For lists of characters in japanese comics, see category.
Archie andrews, jughead jones, coach clayton, dilton doiley, moose mason full name plus nickname marmaduke merton matowski. Baby names inspired by comic book characters babycenter. Why did stan lee purposefully choose to give his marvel creations alliterative initials. Our content is doctor approved and evidence based, and our community is moderated, lively, and welcoming. Your native english characters in britain will have english surnames, and english surnames will also be the predominant surname stock for characters in australia and new zealand, and, to a lesser extent, canada. Using clues, one or more players try to guess the name of a character whose first and last names begin with the same letter. Kmc forums movies movie trivia az of alliterative actors and actresses. This page covers tropes that have alliterative names. When i first read the books, i had no idea how fleur delacour is correctly pronounced, so i always thought that her first and last name actually rhymed. In the big bang theory, 3rd season, 16th episode, raj koothrappali has some issues about stan lees choose for characters names. In prosody, alliterative verse is a form of verse that uses alliteration as the principal ornamental device to help indicate the underlying metrical structure, as opposed to other devices such as rhyme.
Michael morbius, his temporary alias morgan michaels, as well as his father makarioa morbius. Frankensteins monster frankenstein, or the modern prometheus 110. The characters from the film bite me, fanboy, which is about comic book fans and fandom, all have alliterative names. After years of working in publishing i have decided that its a common mistake all writers make. Using clues, one or more players try to guess the name of a character whose. Between spiderman, iron man, the fantastic four, the xmen, hulk, daredevil and doctor strange, that was an awful lot of characters to try and remember so lee started giving them alliterative names with the idea being that if he could remember one name then it would help remind him of the other name. He owns a topless bar and has accumulated a large fortune. Another alliteration activity is to make up a quiz. Bilbo baggins, fred flinstone, tiny tim, willy wonka, olive oyl, betty boop, mighty. Some were serious attempts at superheroes, some were more frivolous or outright spoofs. Why do so many superheroes have alliteration in their. Based on the clue and the starting letter, guess the character.
Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. Comic books have plenty of alliteration with the names of superheroes and other characters. This list is comprised of some of the most recognizable names from fictional books. Millie the model humor comic published by marvel and a lot more i barely scratched the surface with this, as there are many more characters with alliterative names. The data is provided by verisign, that operates the. With thousands of awardwinning articles and community groups, you can track your pregnancy and babys growth, get answers to your toughest questions, and. These include novels, short stories, graphic novels and comic books. Apr 29, 2011 111 male characters of british literature, in order of bangability111.
Dungarees, spikey hair and a bucket are as much part of the. Alliterative characters, character names that all start with the same letter. He gave a lot of the original marvel characters alliterative names for their secret identities. Scotlands favourite laddy first appeared in the sunday post in the 1930s and has gone on to become a comic book icon. Jonah jameson reed richards sue storm pepper potts. Also there are characters who might not have alliterative names now, but had them at some point.
Even in the famous harry potter series a decent number of characters have alliterative names moaning myrtle, luna lovegood, salazar slytherin. Fictional characters that originated in british comics. This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total. Aug 25, 2007 its arguably no coincidence that so many comicbook and cartoon characters have alliterative names. Brit gained his invulnerability from a serum created by his father, he used it to join the army, and now works for the government. Dec 27, 2015 dont forget about clark kent and lois lane. Interesting enough, bill bixbys name was alliterative but his character wasnt. One storyline featured a character who was a superman affectionate parody with a twist. Apr 08, 2016 comic books have plenty of alliteration with the names of superheroes and other characters. If anybody sees any glaring omissions, feel free to edit them in.