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Posted May 02, 2016
Zaphod Beeblebrox, though stupid / ridiculous was the point, and no more or less stupid / ridiculous (in a great way) as the story itself.
Posted May 02, 2016
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snowkatt: count dooku
Fun fact: The name Dooku is pronounced the same way as the portuguese words "do cu", which means "from the butthole" or "of butthole"

Here they changed his name to Dookan precisely to avoid people from snickering.

From that same movie we also had Master Sifo-Dyas, which sounds like "se fodia", which in portuguese means "kept getting fucked", or maybe more literally "kept fucking himself".

That one they changed to Zaifo-Vias, but I watched it subtitled and I knew what I heard, the Master Kept-Getting-Fucked trained the Count of Butthole, that's what you said Lucas.
Posted May 02, 2016
Miles Kilo, son of Liter(Litre) Quart.
Post edited May 02, 2016 by morrowslant
Posted May 02, 2016
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DaCostaBR: Fun fact: The name Dooku is pronounced the same way as the portuguese words "do cu", which means "from the butthole" or "of butthole"

Here they changed his name to Dookan precisely to avoid people from snickering.

From that same movie we also had Master Sifo-Dyas, which sounds like "se fodia", which in portuguese means "kept getting fucked", or maybe more literally "kept fucking himself".

That one they changed to Zaifo-Vias, but I watched it subtitled and I knew what I heard, the Master Kept-Getting-Fucked trained the Count of Butthole, that's what you said Lucas.
That is awesome. XD
And, yeah, Lucas was never very good at coming up with names -- a lot of the throw-away characters and alien races from the original films wound up with names that are rather embarrassing in hindsight: Klaatu, Barada, Mon Calamari, and plenty more.

P.S.: "Dooku" doesn't sound much more dignified in English -- it's very close to "dookie", a slang term for feces. ;D
Post edited May 02, 2016 by HunchBluntley
Posted May 02, 2016
Stupid names are part of the fun. Hiro Protagonist from Snow Crash is a favourite of mine.
Posted May 02, 2016
When it comes to names reality is definitely stranger than fiction....

The dumbest stupid name i ever heard was Olyphant!

Then there is Seinfeld.... wtf?

Oh and i really hate Lloyd .... one L is not good enough for those snobs! lol
Posted May 02, 2016
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LootSeeker: That character from The Hunger Games, Katmess or Katnip or whatever her name is.
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WBGhiro: Oh yeah, You mean Katpiss.

She could've just gone with Kat, is the odd thing.
Well, katniss is actually a plant, also known as arrowhead, which fits with the character (likely why the author chose the name). As well, it fits with the naming convention in the family, since her sister was also named after a plant (Primrose).
Posted May 02, 2016
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HunchBluntley: Klaatu, Barada
These were taken just as a reference to the phrase from the film "The Day the Earth Stood Still".
Posted May 02, 2016
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Jonesy89: Anastasia Rose Steele from the godawful 50 Shades series, hands down. I refuse to believe anyone could be saddled with that name without imploding from the sheer embarrassment. To quote someone who actually sat down and read those damn books:

Anastasia Rose Steele is not a heroine in a contemporary novel. Anastasia Rose Steele is the name of Jack and Rose’s rebellious teenage daughter in a Titanic fanfic. Anastasia Rose Steele is the name of a literal rose that doesn’t flourish very well, even in ideal conditions, thus making it a sought after bloom by master rose gardeners. Anastasia Rose Steele wins the Triple Crown.
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Jonesy89:
Thats actually a good porn star name :D
Posted May 02, 2016
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Bavarian: This thing with the fictional names is one of the many reasons why I didn't like Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. I mean, it already starts with the title, which is bulky, unappealing and has a fantasy name in it. But that's only the tip of the iceberg. Everything in this game has a fantasy name. Every person, location, item etc. And there's hardly any line of dialogue that doesn't contain at least one fantasy name. You're constantly getting cluttered with words like Dokkalfar, Esharra, Gorguath, Sagrell, Tuatha Deohn, Bhaile, Tirnoch and so on and so forth. So irritating.
I stopped trying to tell everything apart shortly before I gave up on playing altogether because I had no sense of progress whatsoever. That game is way too big.
Posted May 02, 2016
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HereForTheBeer: Zaphod Beeblebrox, though stupid / ridiculous was the point, and no more or less stupid / ridiculous (in a great way) as the story itself.
It's a very different thing when the story is silly, and everything is meant tu be humorus. Paradoxically, I think the names meant to be funny are never quite as funny as something like Cypher Raige or Cormoran Strike, ridiculous names you're supposed to take seriously.
Posted May 02, 2016
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Bavarian: This thing with the fictional names is one of the many reasons why I didn't like Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. I mean, it already starts with the title, which is bulky, unappealing and has a fantasy name in it. But that's only the tip of the iceberg. Everything in this game has a fantasy name. Every person, location, item etc. And there's hardly any line of dialogue that doesn't contain at least one fantasy name. You're constantly getting cluttered with words like Dokkalfar, Esharra, Gorguath, Sagrell, Tuatha Deohn, Bhaile, Tirnoch and so on and so forth. So irritating.
Maybe that's why Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire is so popular. Most of the places and people sound like actual places and people, with the exception of the exotic ones which sound unusual and exotic, as they should.
Posted May 02, 2016
One of R. A. Salvatore's Drizzt novels has a villain called Roddy McGristle. Yes, really.
Posted May 02, 2016
I am shocked that nobody has brought up Steven Seagal, but then we do seem to have taken a sci-fi / fantasy slant to all this. Here's a list of some of his characters, just about all of them as generic as you can get (My favourite is "Mason Storm"):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Seagal#Films
Posted May 02, 2016
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wpegg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Seagal#Films
"Cock Puncher"

Beautiful.
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