# Favorite character names **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678 "2009-03-16T22:27:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678/41 "2009-03-17T15:37:33Z")
Agador Spartacus. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678/42 "2009-03-17T15:48:53Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Hiro Protagonist, from Neal Stephenson’s “Snow Crash”, was always one of my favorites. I liked that one too. It was such an in-your-face joke when you first see it written on the page that it was almost too over the top, but Stephenson doesn’t harp on it and you end up getting used to it. Another one I always liked was **Luke Skywalker**. I just thought it fit in well with the setting and it showed a new direction for naming - it wasn’t the clever reference, and it wasn’t the made-up alien language name. I’m sure others will disagree with me, and I may be showing my ignorance of earlier sci-fi (which is, admittedly, vast). ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678/43 "2009-03-17T17:47:32Z")
Zap Rowsdower from _Final Sacrifice_. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678/44 "2009-03-17T17:51:45Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Ralph Spoilsport, Nick Danger, Lieutenant Bradshaw, Rocky Rococo, Susan Underhill (everyone knew her as Nancy). > And that’s only one album… Georgie Tirebiter. He’s a spy and a girl delighter! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678/45 "2009-03-17T18:00:02Z")
Pushme-Pullyu ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678/46 "2009-03-17T18:17:27Z")
Horatio Hornblower James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser Peter Death Bredon Wimsey Siegfried and Tristan Farnon Lazarus Long ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678/47 "2009-03-17T18:22:49Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Marlene Dietrich and her thick German accent in “Destry Rides Again” - she played “Frenchy”. While we’re on that subject, in real life in World War 1 there were generals French and François – British and German, respecively. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678/48 "2009-03-17T18:23:50Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Ralph Spoilsport, Nick Danger, Lieutenant Bradshaw, Rocky Rococo, Susan Underhill (everyone knew her as Nancy). > And that’s only one album… Hey! What have you got against Catherwood? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678/49 "2009-03-17T18:24:00Z")
One of my favorite TV series was an Australian mockumentary called _The Games_. The three main characters were: John Clarke Bryan Dawe Gina Riley What’s so great about those names, you ask? Those are the actor’s real names. (If you’ve seen the “the front fell off” clip, that’s John and Bryan.) Most of the cast just used their real names. Sam Neill was in one episode, playing a character named Sam Neill (I think). For a show that was almost completely deadpan, it was perfect. One of the exceptions was a journalist, named Jack Hughes. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678/50 "2009-03-17T18:27:22Z")
Another _Discworld_ name Princess Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678/51 "2009-03-17T18:35:06Z")
Hotblack Desiato. Back to Pratchett: Salacia Deloresista Amanita Trigestrata Zeldana Malifee …_skips several pages_…von Humpeding. She’d prefer to be known as Sally. I’ve always liked Detritus. Simple and eloquent. Long John Silver. Allan Quatermain. **Eleanor**.Just beat me to it with Hornblower ! And I like your other choices, though Fraser is strange to me. ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678/52 "2009-03-17T18:47:13Z")
**Venture Brothers** , best cartoon currently in production, has some killer names. **Dr. Girlfriend** (who later marries The Monarch, becoming **Dr. Mrs. The Monarch** ) **Master Billy Quizboy** , “boy” genius **Jefferson Twilight** , a 70s-style hero who only fights blackulas **Baron Werner Ünderbheit** , a Doctor Doom-style dictator with a metal jaw thanks to a college accident (“In my country, lab partnership is a sacred trust…”) **Phantom Limb** , a bad guy whose arms and legs are invisible **Dr. Henry Killinger** , a mix of Henry Kissinger and Mary Poppins And my all time favorite, **Molotov Cocktease** , super assassine and, well, cocktease ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678/53 "2009-03-17T19:39:49Z")
Caracatus Potts ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678/54 "2009-03-17T19:41:00Z")
I love that House’s James Evan Wilson is JEWish. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678/55 "2009-03-17T19:50:44Z")
Hagbard Celine ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678/56 "2009-03-17T20:01:56Z")
Nanki-Poo Peep-Bo Ko-Ko Pish-Tush Pooh-Bah Yum-Yum Pitti-Sing Katisha ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678/57 "2009-03-17T20:51:21Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Caracatus Potts [nitpick]Carac **t** acus[/nitpick]. But great choice! Captain Nemo Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged Wonko the Sane ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678/58 "2009-03-17T20:59:02Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Caracatus Potts > [@Damfino](#): > > [nitpick]Carac **t** acus[/nitpick]. But great choice! From the same story that gave us Truly Scrumptious. And the same author that gave us Pussy Galore. That surprised me when I first found out. It probably shouldn’t have. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678/59 "2009-03-17T21:54:29Z")
Fargo North, Decoder. ---
**Author:** ![Bravo\_Romeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bravo\_Romeo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bravo_Romeo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-character-names/489678/60 "2009-03-17T22:28:29Z")
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