Random Most On-The-Nose Character Names In Movie History (13 items)

(#5) Remus Lupin
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part I, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, Harry Potter
Remus Lupin is a half-blood wizard and a well-regarded professor at Hogwarts. He also transforms into a werewolf.

"Remus" refers to a mythological figure who was raised by a wolf, while "Lupin" is the Latin word for wolf. How Lupin's parents knew to name him after a werewolf is up for debate.
(#10) Helen Shivers
- I Know What You Did Last Summer
Helen Shivers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is one of the four teens involved in the incident that they thought ended the life of Benjamin Willis (Muse Watson.)

I Know What You Did Last Summer is a scary horror film. Often times, when people are scared, their body physically reacts with a shiver. Helen Shivers is a play on words linking horror movies to shivering.
(#6) Holly Goodhead
- Bonds Are Forever, Moonraker, James Bond
Dr. Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles) is a CIA Agent and astrophysicist working undercover for the evil Hugo Drax in the 1979 Bond film Moonraker. "Goodhead" is another one of those Bond Girls' not-so-subtle double entendres.

Goodhead winds up helping Bond (Roger Moore) save the day in Moonraker. At the end of the film, the pair hook up in a space shuttle.
(#12) Jericho Cane
- End of Days
In the Bible, the city of Jericho is surrounded by walls. In order for the Israelites to reach the Promised Land, they first must figure out how to get past Jericho's fortress.

In the 2004 horror-thriller End of Days, Jericho Cane (Arnold Schwarzenegger) must protect a woman named Christine York (Robin Tunney). She has been selected to be Satan's bride and the mother of the Antichrist. In order for Satan to get to York, he first must find a way through her protector, Jericho Cane.
(#4) Maleficent
- Maleficent, Sleeping Beauty
Maleficent is the evil fairy who curses Princess Aurora. The word "maleficent" means to cause harm. The prefix "mal" means bad or evil.

It's Disney's simple way of assigning a character name with a direct word meaning.
(#2) Mrs. Potts
- Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World, Beauty and the Beast
A fairy places a spell on the Prince and all of the people in his kingdom, including his innocent staff.

The servants are turned into objects reflected by their names and their jobs in the castle. The head housekeeper, Mrs. Potts, is turned into a teapot, while her son, Chip, transforms into a teacup (with a chip in it).