| popularized by | character |
| Friday Night Lights | |
| Kill Bill | |
| The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo | |
| August: Osage County | |
| Self-titled television show | |
| Ugly Betty | |
| Self-titled movie | |
| The Uncharted series, the God of War series, Grand Theft Auto IV | |
| The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-Time | |
| Self-titled movie | |
| Fargo | |
| District 9 | |
| Self-titled movie | |
| Iron Man | |
| Will & Grace | |
| There Will Be Blood | |
| Character Name, M.D. | |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | |
| Election | |
| Melrose Place | |
| Animated Rock Band | |
| Wicked | |
| Damages | |
| Rent | |
| Fight Club | |
| The Office (UK) | |
| Mad Men | |
| Basic Instinct | |
| Battlestar Galactica | |
| Training Day | |
| Saturday Night Live | |
| The Devil Wears Prada | |
| Dreamgirls | |
| Character Name: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan | |
| | popularized by | character |
| The Notebook | |
| Gilmore Girls | |
| Gladiator | |
| Lost | |
| Character Name: The Smartest Kid on Earth | |
| The Shield | |
| Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Saphhire | |
| Halo series | |
| Self-titled movie | |
| Chappelle's Show | |
| How I Met Your Mother | |
| 30 Rock | |
| Self-titled movie | |
| Twilight | |
| Misery | |
| The Wire | |
| FunnyorDie.com | |
| Pretty Woman | |
| The Shawshank Redemption | |
| Waiting for Guffman | |
| Self-titled movie | |
| Family Guy | |
| 24 | |
| Middlesex | |
| Alias | |
| Self-titled movie series | |
| Anchorman | |
| Arrested Development | |
| Sesame Street | |
| The Usual Suspects | |
| The Lord of the Rings | |
| Self-titled television show | |
| Clueless | |
| Terminator 2: Judgment Day | |
| | popularized by | character |
| Self-titled television show | |
| Self-titled movie | |
| The 'Character Name' Report | |
| Pulp Fiction | |
| several Tyler Perry films and plays | |
| Self-titled television show | |
| The Amazing Adventures of 'Character Names' | |
| Toy Story | |
| Self-titled television show | |
| Self-titled movie series | |
| South Park | |
| Self-titled television show | |
| Self-titled television show | |
| The Matrix series | |
| Glee | |
| Tomb Raider franchise | |
| Self-titled movie series | |
| Self-titled movie series | |
| The Big 'Character Name' | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean series | |
| The X-Files | |
| Seinfeld | |
| Self-titled television show | |
| Sex and the City | |
| The Silence of the Lambs | |
| Self-titled movie | |
| Friends | |
| The Dark Knight | |
| The Sopranos | |
| 'Character Name' the Vampire Slayer | |
| Self-titled book and movie series | |
| The Simpsons | |
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