name connection

A joke, reference, or pairing based on two characters or things having the same or similar names, be it English or Japanese. For example, a cosplay or crossover between two characters from different franchises having the same name.

Don't use for characters who share the same name because they're relatives, or for dual persona or alternate versions of the same character appearing in different titles. For namesakes based on animals or inanimate objects, use object namesake too.

Examples

Five Sakuras (Shinguuji, Kasugano, Matou, Haruno, and Kinomoto)

Futaba Aoi and Aoi Futaba

Izayoi Sakuya from Touhou as Sakuya from Ookami

Saten Ruiko from Toaru Kagaku no Railgun having the power of Saten from Needless

Gilgamesh from Fate and Prussia ("Gilbert") from Axis Powers Hetalia

Kasumi as Misty (known in Japan as "Kasumi")

Related tags

• color connection
• hair color connection
• company connection
• country connection
• creator connection
• date connection
• birthday connection
• genre connection
• look-alike
• hairstyle connection
• name connection
• kanji connection
• object namesake
• outfit connection
• power connection
• season connection
• species connection
• stage connection
• trait connection
• voice actor connection
• weapon connection

See also

• pun
• historical name connection
• kanji connection
• object namesake (when a character is paired with an object that refers to their name)
• place namesake

The following tags are aliased to this tag: namesake (learn more).

The following tags implicate this tag: historical_name_connection, kanji_connection, and object_namesake (learn more).