# Game: spot the obscure movie/book/etc.. references in doper's nicks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 1, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544 "2004-12-01T19:00:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/41 "2004-12-01T21:38:15Z")
**Lobsang** – maybe based on [this guy](http://users.uniserve.com/~dharris/Rampa/rampa.htm)? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/42 "2004-12-01T21:46:46Z")
**Ghanima** – from Ghanima Atreides of the novel _Children of Dune_. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/43 "2004-12-01T21:56:53Z")
**Otto** - Otto Sump, perhaps? I believe there’s a doper called **Winston Smith** the protagonist in George Orwell’s \*Ninteen Eighty Four. \* ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/44 "2004-12-01T21:57:20Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > No one’s gotten mine yet. D’oh! I was responding to the post above it and didn’t see Loach’s next post in which s/he did pick mine off. Indded, it’s from _Repo Man_ (there’s somewhat more to it than that but it’s a rather pointless and fairly dull story so I won’t bore myself by typing it). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Raven\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@The\_Raven\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Raven_1)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/45 "2004-12-01T21:58:17Z")
Howyadoin, **Coldfire** - from the Rush song of the same name. Betcha can’t figger out mine? Oh… well, that was fast… :smack: -Rav ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/46 "2004-12-01T22:12:12Z")
**Inigo Montoya** – Many Patinkin’s character in _Princess Bride_. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/47 "2004-12-01T22:15:37Z")
**Kid\_A** – Radiohead’s 4th album. Hardly obscure… ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/48 "2004-12-01T22:19:00Z")
I’m sure no one will guess mine. Or **Lute Skywatcher**. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/49 "2004-12-01T22:19:42Z")
**Jackknifed Juggernaut** – Radiohead song, Airbag. > [@](#): > > In the next world war > A jackknifed juggernaut > I am born again **acrossthesea** – Weezer song, Across The Sea off Pinkerton. I’m pretty sure about the first one, not so sure about the second. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/50 "2004-12-01T22:21:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **The\_Raven** > \*Betcha can’t figger out mine? > > Oh… well, that was fast… > > :smack: > > -Rav\* Haven’t a clue. Fill us in! ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/51 "2004-12-01T22:24:02Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I think **Eve** is the first name of a very talented and famous author of books about obscure early film stars. Typical. Everything’s always got to do with Eve. Always Eve. Never anyone else. It’s [All About Eve](http://imdb.com/title/tt0042192/). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/52 "2004-12-01T22:25:59Z")
I think I’m gonna win for obscurity. My usename is the title of an out-of-print 1975 earthquake disaster pulp novel by David Lippincott. It’s got a wonderfully lurid cover I’m gonna have to scan in one day… OK, I just did a search and it got ONE star on [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0451069471/ref=lpr_g_1/104-0505990-8425544?v=glance&s=books) and the reviewer suggest you “avoid this piece of trash”. Now my feelings are hurt…😉 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/53 "2004-12-01T22:29:02Z")
> [@mouthbreather](#): > > Two or three dopers have recognized the reference in my 5-ish years here. Most don’t, partially because of the obscurity, and partially because I act like an idiot/asshole most of the time anyway so the name seems to fit without the song reference. Was I one of them? If not, count me in and make it three or four. I love that song, and the Jesus Lizard in general. I coincidentally share the same first name as the apartment-wrecker David Yow wrote the song about. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/54 "2004-12-01T22:32:43Z")
My nickname is a personal reference so no one will figure it out, but my Location is a music reference… ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/55 "2004-12-01T22:36:06Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > My nickname is a personal reference so no one will figure it out, but my Location is a music reference… Mine is literary. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/56 "2004-12-01T22:42:18Z")
[ul][li] **5 time champ** – A known Jeopardy reference[/li][li] **Ataraxy** – It might be a reference to a Terry Fox album[/li] [li] **auntie em** – An assumed Oz reference[/li][li] **Badtz Maru** – I think that’s a Star Wars character[/li][li] **Capt B. Phart** – An assumed Don Van Vliet / Magic Band reference[/li][li] **Corbomite** – A possible Star Trek reference[/li][li] **Dryga\_Yes** – It could be an art reference [/li][li] **epeepunk** – Assumed vinyl record format / genre[/li][li] **Eutychus** – Possible Biblical reference about the boy who came to life[/li][li]**Fish42 (42fish)** – Possible reference to a Jason Vincent Scarpace painting[/li][li] **fishbicycle** – A possible card game reference[/li][li] **gex gex** – An assumed video game reference[/li][li] **Hello Again** – It could be a Car’s reference[/li][li] **HenrySpencer** – A possible reference to the father of the Usenet[/li][li] **HoldenCaufield** – An assumed Catcher in the Rye reference[/li][li]\*\*Interrobang!? \*\* – An obvious reference to the punctuation mark[/li][li] **John Carter of Mars** – A possible reference to Burrough’s ‘A Princess of Mars’[/li][li] **KarlGauss** – Possible reference to the mathematician[/li][li] **LindyHopper** – A possible dance reference[/li][li] **longjohn** – Probably underwear, but a possible Bluesology Baldry reference[/li][li] **Ludovic** – A possible operatic reference[/li][li] **Mr. Blue Sky** – A known E.L.O. reference[/li][li] **Neidhart** – Possible fake wrestling Anvil reference[/li][li] **pepperlandgirl** – An assumed Butthole Surfers reference[/li][li] **Roberta Plant** – A known Led Zeppelin reference[/li][li] **Rufus Xavier** – An assumed Schoolhouse rock reference[/li][li] **Snooooopy** – Do Charles Schulz comics count?[/li][li] **SolGrundy** – Possible Batman comicbook villian[/li][li] **Spiralscratch** – A known Buzzcocks reference[/li][li] **Spit** – An assumed reference to the ‘Persecution of Genius’ band [/li][li] **Ukulele Ike** – A possible Vaudevillian reference [/li][li] **waits** – A possible Tom reference[/li][li] **Widdershins** – Possible Wilfred Childe Rowland poem reference [/li][li] **WSLer** – Could be a reference to the Worker’s Socialist LEague[/li] **Young Mr. Grace** – An obvious AYBS TV show reference[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/57 "2004-12-01T22:53:13Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > **Exapno Mapcase** is Russian for “Harpo Marx.” To nitpick, Exapno Mapcase is the humorous transliteration Harpo gave to seeing his name in Cyrillic characters on a Russian poster. He was the first western movie star to be granted a Russian tour. For the rest of the family, **Julius Henry** is Groucho’s given name, and **RTFirefly** is from the character Rufus T. Firefly that Groucho played in _Duck Soup_. There are a couple of other Marxist names I remember seeing at one point or another, but they may not have chartered themselves. **Eve** , interestingly, was created from her own rib. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/58 "2004-12-01T22:55:31Z")
[QUOTE=JohnBckWLD] [ul][li] **Badtz Maru** – I think that’s a Star Wars character][/ul][/li][/QUOTE] Not quite. [Badtz-Maru](http://www.badtz-maru.com/site/html/sales.html) **Steve Wright** is neither a BBC DJ or an American comedian. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/59 "2004-12-01T23:04:20Z")
**Severian** is from Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun, I assume. I thought we had an **Alessan** here, and there’s an Alessan in (if I remember right) Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay. ? **Ilsa Lund** isn’t the name of Ingrid Bergman’s character in Casablanca? That’s what I think of whenever I see the name. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/60 "2004-12-01T23:20:05Z")
\*\*Frylock \*\* is a character from the Adult Swim cartoon _Aqua Teen Hunger Force_. **Evil\_Ash** is featured in the movie _Army of Darkness_. **CandidGamera** refers to Gamera, the giant turtle from Japanese monster movies, and the TV show _Candid Camera_. Mine is a corruption of a pop culture reference, but I’m in the process of selecting a new handle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544.md?page=4)