Kali

The character of Kali, portrayed by Mia Bella, has appeared in three episodes of Gabby Duran and the Unsittables (2019-) so far: "Crushin' it", "Fake News", and "Tailoring Swift".

Kali is a green skinned Gwargwaran girl from an alien race of fierce warriors.

So where did the creators of Gabby Duran and the Unsittables get the name of Kali from? Possibly from the book series Gabby Duran and the Unsittables, if Kali is a character in it.

Since Gwargwarans somewhat resemble Klingons, and Kali sounds like a Klingon name, the name might come from Kali, a Klingon in the animated Star Trek series episode "The Time Trap". https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Kali.

Or Kali might be namd after Kali, the Hindu Goddess of Death and other things. Kali is worshipped by many Hindu cults, But Kali's most famous group of worshippers were the Thugs, members of the Thuggee cult who allegedly murdered travelers in India.

In the 1830s, William Henry Sleeman was in charage of detecting and destroying the Thuggee cult. Many Thugs were areested, convicted, and executed or imprisoned. Some modern historians claim that the Thuggee cult was imaginary and the Thugs were innocent.

The Thugs lasted much longer in popular culture than in real history.

The Stranglers of Bombay (1959) and The Deceivers (1988) are films depicting the Britsh supression of the Thugs in the early 19th century vaguely similar to the historical events.

But the Thugs later revived according to other movies. In Gunga Din (1939), set in the 1890s, the revived Thugs form an army and hope to defeat the British and take over India, but they are defeated.

In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), set in the 1930s, the Thugs have revived, taken over the Kingdom of Pankot in India, and plot to take over all India and maybe the whole world and abolish all other religions. It is also mentioned that the Thugs were active at Pankot during the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58.

In Help! (1965), set in the 1960s, the Beatles get involved with a dangerous eastern cult similar to the Thugs.

So anyone who watches a lot of movies would be familiar with the name of Kali, a fierce, death dealing female divinity, and might think it was appropriate for a fierce alien girl.