# Best Cartoon Character Name **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 22, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574 "2003-06-22T12:45:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecb155/32.png) [@Zander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zander)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574/1 "2003-06-22T12:45:32Z")
What do you think is the cartoon character with the best name? The criteria can be: appropriateness to their themes, clever wordplay, or that it just plain makes you smile. I suppose we could expand this to other characters as well, but let’s try to focus on cartoons. My favorites: Tennessee Tuxedo Commander Bragg Olive Oyl Bubbles, Blossom, and Buttercup Strong Bad Peppermint Patty JabberJaws Chip and Dale Polly Purebred (from Underdog) Thompson and Thomson (from Tintin) and of course, my all time #1: Snidely Whiplash ---
**Author:** ![Zander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecb155/32.png) [@Zander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zander)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574/2 "2003-06-22T12:46:52Z")
I should probably qualify that: Thompson and Thomson were Dupont and Dupond in the original French. ---
**Author:** ![Phnord\_Prephect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Phnord\_Prephect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phnord_Prephect)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574/3 "2003-06-22T12:55:23Z")
“Yank” the monkey from an episode of The Tick, animated. Still makes me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574/4 "2003-06-22T14:09:50Z")
I always liked Tom Slick. Tess Truhart was good. Gladstone Gander had a nice ring to it. I also had a fondness for nephews and nieces like Daisy Duck’s nieces, April, May and June and Woody Woodpecker’s (a rather obscene name if you ask me) nephew and niece, Knothead and Splinter. Popeye’s nephews were entertaining also, but their names escape me just now. By the way, what was Superchicken’s real name? TV ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574/5 "2003-06-22T14:39:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TV time \* > \*\*By the way, what was Superchicken’s real name? > TV \*\* If I remember correctly: Henry Cabot Henhouse III. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574/6 "2003-06-22T14:58:25Z")
Let’s not forget Itchy Brother. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574/7 "2003-06-22T15:17:33Z")
Hong Kong Phooey was always my favorite. And from DuckTales, Admiral Grimitz. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574/8 "2003-06-22T15:48:03Z")
Even though the cartoon was lame, Peter Potamus is a pretty good cartoon name. Also, Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole. And Magilla Gorilla and Grape Ape. ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574/9 "2003-06-22T21:48:24Z")
Spongebob Squarepants should be in there somewhere, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574/10 "2003-06-22T22:47:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TV time \* > **Popeye’s nephews were entertaining also, but their names escape me just now.** Pipeye, Peepeye, and Poopeye, IIRC. I like most of the names from the Powerpuff Girls: Mojo Jojo The Rowdyruff Boys The Gangrene Gang, especially Li’l Arturo Sara Bellum Lucky Captain Rabbit King The Salami Swami And others: Boris Badenov Foghorn Leghorn Baba-louie Castor Oyl (Olive’s brother, I think) ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574/11 "2003-06-22T22:48:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TV time \* > **Popeye’s nephews were entertaining also, but their names escape me just now.** Pipeye, Peepeye, and Poopeye, IIRC. I like most of the names from the Powerpuff Girls: Mojo Jojo The Rowdyruff Boys The Gangrene Gang, especially Li’l Arturo Sara Bellum Lucky Captain Rabbit King The Salami Swami And others: Boris Badenov Foghorn Leghorn Baba-louie Castor Oyl (Olive’s brother, I think) The Neptunes (Jabberjaw’s band) Shoyu Weenie (the J-Pop band from Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law) ---
**Author:** ![puggyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@puggyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puggyfish)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574/12 "2003-06-22T23:36:32Z")
You’re going for all the long ones. How about Gir from Invader Zim? Most of the characters have short names, but his makes so much sense. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574/13 "2003-06-22T23:50:29Z")
Crusader Rabbit! ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574/14 "2003-06-23T01:20:47Z")
What about **HIM** from the Powerpuff girls? So simple, yet so…scary. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574/15 "2003-06-23T01:26:31Z")
Optimus Prime. Means “first among noblemen”. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574/16 "2003-06-23T02:04:56Z")
It was Commander _Mc_Bragg, wasn’t it? Anyhoo, I always thought Underdog’s secret identity was worth a small existential chuckle. He worked as a shoeshine boy, and his name was… Shoeshine Boy! Gidney and Cloyd Wile E. Coyote Rupert Xavier Sarsparilla George Liquor Michigan J. Frog Mr. Peabody, and Sherman (Really, if you’re a superintelligent, time-traveling, pipe-smoking, anthropomorphic dog… could your juvenile human lackey have a better name than “Sherman?” It’s just so…\* perfect\*, somehow) Quincy Magoo Mac n’ Tosh (the Goofy Gophers, Warner Brothers’ super-violent, dynamite-wielding answer to Chip n’ Dale) And here I always thought “Optimus Prime” meant “first among coats of paint.” Boy, you learn something new every day, don’t you? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574/17 "2003-06-23T02:34:25Z")
How about the stuffed animals in Cow and Chicken: Piles the Beaver Crabs the Warthog Manure the Bear ---
**Author:** ![Shirty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Shirty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirty)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574/18 "2003-06-23T03:07:01Z")
What about: I am Weasel I R Baboon classics. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574/19 "2003-06-23T03:45:13Z")
I always thought Yosemite Sam, Elmer J. Fudd and Foghorn Leghorn were pretty funny names. Heifer Wolf The Kirwood Derby Fearless Leader Of course, I wanted to name my first two children “Gidney” and “Cloyd” but my wife wouldn’t let me. And how could we possibly forget – **Horse** ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574/20 "2003-06-23T04:31:42Z")
Muddy Mudskipper Powdered Toast Man Sfen Hoek I think “Rope Girl” from Team-0 Supreme-0 is interesting All of the Thundercats were great Nermal from the animated Garfield Gossamer from Bugs Bunny (the big orange hair) Gargamel (not sure on spelling) was an appropriate choice for a smurf hater. Q-Bert. Santa’s Little Helper (dog on the Simpson’s) Apu Nahasapeemapetelan (not sure on the spelling) On the WWF superstars cartoon back in the 80’s you had Junk Yard Dog, Tito the Superfly Snuka, and of course, Hulk Hogan. Seargent Slaughter from G.I.Joe Droopy Dog Itchy and Scratchy Side Table Drawer from Blue’s Clues Velma and Shaggy Bam-Bam from the Flintstones Captain Caveman Boo-Boo from Yogi the Bear As a side note, remember that cartoon about the Gummie Bears? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cartoon-character-name/183574.md?page=2)