Timeline for Do fictional TV shows ever have multiple characters with the same names?
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| Feb 4 at 2:17 | history | edited | Giacomo1968 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 4 at 2:12 | history | edited | Giacomo1968 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 14, 2021 at 12:39 | comment | added | komodosp | The trope you're taking about is the "One Steve Limit" over at tvtropes.org tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OneSteveLimit | |
| Apr 11, 2021 at 12:49 | answer | added | Darth Locke | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 18, 2017 at 16:30 | comment | added | jpaugh | Well, The Flash has multiple characters of the same name, played by the same actor. Surely, that's outside the scope of you original question, though, because it involves both time-travel, and travel between dimensions. | |
| Aug 11, 2016 at 15:09 | answer | added | Michael Seifert | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 11, 2016 at 12:02 | history | notice added | Napoleon Wilson | Needs detailed answers | |
| Aug 11, 2016 at 11:59 | history | edited | Napoleon Wilson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 9, 2016 at 12:06 | answer | added | Johnny Bones | timeline score: 5 | |
| Aug 9, 2016 at 8:25 | vote | accept | Mr. Manager | ||
| Aug 9, 2016 at 7:08 | answer | added | Chanandler Bong | timeline score: 9 | |
| Aug 8, 2016 at 16:07 | comment | added | Mr. Manager | @ChanandlerBong If you move your comment to an answer I will accept it as correct. Not only did you explain that this is something that is intentionally avoided most of the time, you gave an example of a show that went out of it's way to avoid it. While my question body may have muddied the question. I think you best answered the title. | |
| Aug 7, 2016 at 23:42 | comment | added | Mr. Manager | Mr. Bong perfect answer and perfect reference question. Thank you. | |
| Aug 7, 2016 at 23:39 | history | edited | Mr. Manager | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 7, 2016 at 23:39 | comment | added | Chanandler Bong | George R. R. Martin once said that as a young writer he's been told that you should avoid having characters not only with the same name, but even with names starting with the same letter, otherwise readers get confused. He said that he finds this rule unrealistic and as a result in Song of Ice and Fire we have multiple characters having the same name. However the screenwriters of Game of Thrones apparently follow the rule and changed some names to avoid viewers confusion - more details in this question. | |
| Aug 7, 2016 at 23:27 | answer | added | dbugger | timeline score: 8 | |
| Aug 7, 2016 at 21:59 | comment | added | SegNerd | This question needs some clarification - I thought you meant two different TV shows that have characters with the same first and last names. However, some people are taking it to mean two related people on the same show with similar names (kind of trivial), or two people with the same first name (also kind of trivial). There are at least some examples of different TV shows having characters with the same first and last names, as noted on tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/NamesTheSame/LiveActionTV One example is that both Friends and ER had a character named Rachel Greene. | |
| Aug 7, 2016 at 19:07 | comment | added | Oliver_C | The Gilmore Girls have the same first name: "Lorelai" (although, the daughter is usually refered to as "Rory"). | |
| Aug 7, 2016 at 16:10 | comment | added | Mr. Manager | This question is about unique names in a show to avoid confusion in storytelling. Not about what nicknames share a common root name. Jack and John are both short for Jonathan. But a viewer would never confuse the two while watching the show. Does that make sense? | |
| Aug 7, 2016 at 8:20 | comment | added | Paulie_D | The Simpsons has Marge & Maggie Simpson which are short versions of the same name, Margaret. | |
| Aug 7, 2016 at 7:20 | comment | added | Mr. Manager | I'm not asking for a list exactly. I changed the question question title anyways. I am asking for references to at least a show or two as citations. As opposed to an answer "yes, some shows do use the same name" | |
| Aug 7, 2016 at 7:20 | answer | added | cde | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 7, 2016 at 7:18 | history | edited | Mr. Manager | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 7, 2016 at 7:03 | comment | added | Francisco V. | I am afraid you are asking for a list which is against the site rules. | |
| Aug 7, 2016 at 6:36 | history | asked | Mr. Manager | CC BY-SA 3.0 |