Spike Lee won a temporary court injunction to prevent Viacom from renaming the cable network TNN “Spike TV.” Lee claims that people will associate the network with his name (as if that would be such a huge marketing boost). Frankly I am stunned that any court would even consider Lee’s complaint let alone grant him even a temporary victory. Spike Lee is hardly the first “Spike.” There’s Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, there’s Snoopy’s cousin Spike, there was a Spike on Happy Days, a leading volleyball player’s named Spike, etc etc. And, oh yeah, there’s the word “spike.”

UPDATE: And: Before 8 billion readers point it out, there’s also Spike Jones.