Role added by connieblackwood on October 3, 2023
Some completely uncreative owner has decided the family pet will be known as Dog. Or, perhaps, a similarly uncreative author names their feline character Kitty. Alternately, the creature in question does have a less Shaped Like Itself name, but for whatever reason, Alice the Pig prefers to go as Piggy. Usually but not always applied to animals; robots imaginatively named Robot and the like are part of this trope, too. Remarkably common in children's shows, despite the obvious problems it should theoretically cause.
Fan Casting
A Dog Named "Dog"
Teddy (The Forgotten Toys)
Lion (Steven Universe)
Star (Wish)
Donkey (Shrek)
Dragon (Shrek)
Pig the Pig (Barnyard)
Miss Piggy
Sun (FNaF)
Moon (FNaF)
Master Tigress
Master Crane
Master Mantis
Master Viper
Master Monkey
Boat (Engie Benjy)
Bus (Engie Benjy)
Bike (Engie Benjy)
Hamster (Hamster & Gretel)
Bubble Puppy
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