# Do not take your screen name from a popular book or movie. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778 "2002-04-21T04:57:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Winnowill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@Winnowill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnowill)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/61 "2002-04-23T02:20:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JThunder \* > \*\*At least you guys aren’t named after comic book characters. That would be really pathetic. \*\* Yeah. Wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Winnowill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@Winnowill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnowill)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/62 "2002-04-23T02:26:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JThunder \* > \*\*At least you guys aren’t named after comic book characters. That would be really pathetic. \*\* Yeah. Wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/63 "2002-04-23T04:19:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JThunder \* > \*\*At least you guys aren’t named after comic book characters. That would be really pathetic. \*\* Meh. Don’t get me started. I picked my name as a reference to a rather eccentric historical figure. I’ve used this name since '99, and used derivations of it (“Tycho,” “Brahe”, “Silver”) in other places and when gaming. Suddenly some cartoonist picks up the name Tycho Brahe as his nom de plume, and now _I’m_ the copycat? “Brahe as in Tycho Brahe?” “Yes, but not the one you’re thinking of, you oaf. Read some history.” ---
**Author:** ![SpaceGhostofArrakis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@SpaceGhostofArrakis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceGhostofArrakis)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/64 "2002-04-23T04:40:41Z")
Bah. Space Ghost not only has a planet named after him, but, as you can see, He’s chilling on Arrakis! ---
**Author:** ![JubilationTCornpone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee59a6/32.png) [@JubilationTCornpone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JubilationTCornpone)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/65 "2002-04-23T05:00:43Z")
Speaking of cartoon characters, **LonesomePolecat** is clearly named after a _Li’l Abner_ character. How pathetic is THAT? [sub]Jest kiddin’, _Polecat_.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/66 "2002-04-23T12:55:12Z")
People keep wanting to give me flowers. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778/67 "2002-04-23T12:56:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Algernon \* > \*\*People keep wanting to give me flowers. \*\* Hey I thought it was funny the first 100 times. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-take-your-screen-name-from-a-popular-book-or-movie/104778.md?page=3)