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Cartoon Characters Named after Non-Famous People
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This is a list of characters from animated cartoons, comic books, webcomics and comic strips who are named after people.
| | Homer Simpson, Marge Simpson, Lisa Simpson, and Maggie Simpson of The Simpsons are named after the family members of creator Matt Groening: his father Homer, his mother Marge and his sisters Lisa and Maggie. |
| | Garfield is named after Jim Davis's grandfather, James Garfield Davis (who is named after James Abram Garfield) |
| | Jerry "Arr"-On, from The Little Wolf and the Bad Little Girl, is named after Nate Speed's father, Jerry Speed. |
| | Jeff Fischer,from American Dad is named after Seth MacFarlane's good friend with the same name. |
| | Louie, one of "Huey, Dewey and Louie" – Louie Schmitt, animator |
| | Alvin, Simon, and Theodore (The Chipmunks), are named after the executives of their original record label, Liberty Records: Alvin Bennett (the president), Theodore Keep (the chief engineer), and Simon Waronker (the founder and owner). |
| | Timmy Turner from The Fairly OddParents – Timmy Hartman (younger brother of Butch Hartman) |
| | Charlie Brown and Linus, from Peanuts, were named after friends of Charles Schulz from Art Instruction Inc., where Schulz taught before and at the beginning of his cartoon career. |
| | Cree Lincoln, from Codename: Kids Next Door, is named after her voice actress, Cree Summer. |
| | Bullwinkle J. Moose is named after Clarence Bullwinkel, a friend of Jay Ward and Alex Anderson, who created Bullwinkle. |
| | Super Zia (from Toothpique Productions' series of the same title) is named after the actor playing him, a friend of the director's, Ziauddin Md. Nasrullah. |
| | Erfaan a.k.a. Mr. 85 (from Toothpique Productions' Super Zia) is named after a friend of the director's girlfriend. |
| | Shinji Ikari from Neon Genesis Evangelion is named after Shinji Higuchi, head of Gainax, the animation studio of Evangelion. |
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