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

  • Denjin@lemmings.world
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    2 days ago

    Not quite what you’re asking for but in Douglas Addams’ Restaurant at the End of the Universe, there’s a side character called Hotblack Desiato which is the name of the estate agent in Islington that Addams walked past to get to his office each day and he liked the name so much he created the character around it.