Are there any cases of authors/writers that have intentionally stolen a character name from another work?

  • Hugin@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen basically all the characters. Captian Nemo, Mina Harker, Allan Quatermain, etc.

    • VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      I wouldn’t count that one. It’s not just the names, the characters themselves have been borrowed for a crossover plot.