# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/121 "2004-12-02T16:27:31Z")
Someone ( **Vampychick**?) missed the other Robin McKinley-ite. My kitten’s name is Aerin-sol, too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![todd33rpm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@todd33rpm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/todd33rpm)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/122 "2004-12-02T16:28:50Z")
Our (as of this posting) guest Theodore Striker’s name is a filled-out version of the pilot from _Airplane!_ Still puzzling out **Miss Mapp** , though. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/123 "2004-12-02T16:40:51Z")
> [@JDeMobray](#): > > Mine is an abbreviation of a character name from a pair of somewhat obscure fantasy novels by Greg Costikyan. Another Day, Another Dungeon and One Quest, Hold the Dragons? I sadly don’t see the reference, and have also gone over a decade since reading them… ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/124 "2004-12-02T16:43:57Z")
OOOh! I want to check in with my name, which is a mis-spelling of Andy Pollin…Which is obscure in itself. Unless you used to listen to the Tony Kornhieser radio show, which was cancelled. It’ll be really obscure a few years from now. Then it’ll be really cool. But as for right now, **AndyPolley** is kind of lame. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/125 "2004-12-02T17:18:43Z")
> [@tremorviolet](#): > > Hmmm, I always figured your name came from the musical _Seven Brides for Seven Brothers_. > > I wonder which one came first, the musical or the comic strip character? I dunno, but Capp did have another minor character in the strip called No Nose Nanette, obviously a pun on _No, No, Nanette_. I guess it’s possible the Lonesome Polecat character was inspired by _Seven Brides for Seven Brothers_. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/126 "2004-12-02T18:04:02Z")
> [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > [list] > [li] **Snooooopy** – Do Charles Schulz comics count?[/li] Or songs from movies based on them? I’m still waiting for **Bosda di’Chi of Tricor**. Any takers? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/127 "2004-12-02T18:17:53Z")
I think **Bosda** said once that he got it by plugging his real name (under which he used to post) into a “Star Wars name generator.” **Jthunder** : [http://www.toonopedia.com/jthundr1.htm](http://www.toonopedia.com/jthundr1.htm) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/128 "2004-12-02T18:36:28Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by scotandrsn > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by JohnBckWLD > > [list][li]Snooooopy – Do Charles Schulz comics count?[/li] > > Or songs from movies based on them? If you sing the theme song from the film _Come Home, Snoopy, Come Home_, the word “Snoopy” is stretched out into as many syllables as there are "O"s in Snooooopy’s username. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/129 "2004-12-02T18:56:43Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > 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). What do I win? My nick could be a pop-culture reference, but isn’t. p.s. **Otto** , obviously I’m male, get your eyes checked. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/130 "2004-12-02T19:01:45Z")
Picking some at random off the forum pages… **WeRSauron** is an obvious LOTR reference As is **Tir Tinuviel** **Lumpy** Leave it to Beaver? **Jinx** couldbe a Hanna-Barbera reference **Dr. Zachary Smith** is Lost in Space, of course. **Kel Varnsen - Latex Division** isn’t that George Costanza from Seinfeld? **ShibbOLeth** could be a simple biblical reference, or a really obscure Firesign Theater reference **Ramanujan** is a famous mathematician **Malodorous** could be a reference to the “toffee-nosed, malodorous pervert” of Monty Python’s “Argument Clinic” **Snarky Kong** I asume is play on words of “Donkey Kong” **betenoir** is a Bryan Ferry album **bubastis** is another name for the Egyptian cat goddess, Bast, and was Ozymandias’ mutant lynx in the “Watchmen” comic series **Derleth** is a reference to Lovecraft’s disciple, August Derleth **Wikkit** Could be a reference to “Life, the Universe, and Everything” by Douglas Adams, and **harmless** could be a reference to the Hitchhiker’s series as well. **Duke** could be a reference to the peerage, a University in North Carolina, Doonesbury, or The Critic **fruitbat** could be another Monty Python reference **Gamaliel** was Warren Harding’s middle name ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/131 "2004-12-02T19:07:54Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > My nick could be a pop-culture reference, but isn’t. I’d consider it more of an icthyological reference, unless you consider the Golden Book of Tropical Fish to be literary. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/132 "2004-12-02T19:22:30Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I’d consider it more of an icthyological reference, unless you consider the Golden Book of Tropical Fish to be literary. 😃 I am not a fish dammit. 😃 I was thinking more about the film director [Ken Loach.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0516360/) Thats not where I got it either. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Bongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@Winston\_Bongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Bongo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/133 "2004-12-02T19:36:57Z")
> [@Evil Death](#): > > I’ve been reading this thread to see if anyone’s had a go at my nick. I wish you luck if you do. > > (My usual nick, **Jedit** , is much easier to get. I picked my Doper nick before I started going by that name everywhere, though, and despite having requested a nick change here I haven’t got one.) Ooh, ooh! I think I know! Is it from Bruce Campbell’s bio, _If Chins Could Kill?_ (“Ain’t you the guy from them Evil Death movies?”) I just read that recently. I, too, will feel all warm and fuzzy if anyone can guess the origins of my name. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/134 "2004-12-02T20:19:18Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > Barney or Tale? Tale. In other news, **Bottle of Smoke** is the name of a Pogues song. ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/135 "2004-12-02T20:22:14Z")
> [@scotandrsn](#): > > **Kel Varnsen - Latex Division** isn’t that George Costanza from Seinfeld? Kel Varnsen is Jerry’s alter ego. Kel was interviewing potential latex salespeople for Vandelay Industries. Pash (not a pop-culture reference) ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/136 "2004-12-02T20:36:52Z")
Mine is the name of character from Larry Elmore’s _SnarfQuest_ comic strip, which ran in _Dragon_ Magazine in the early 80s. It’s also my nickname among a very small but close circle of friends. **Katisha** is a character in _The Mikado_, by Gilbert & Sullivan. She has a left shoulder blade that people come miles to see. **tygerbryght** is a reference to the poem _Tyger, Tyger_, by William Blake. I wonder if **The Llama** is an Ogden Nash fan? ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/137 "2004-12-02T21:20:57Z")
Hi everyone - Isn’t Miss Mapp’s a reference to the Mapp & Lucia books which were turned into a quite successful BBC or PBS series? ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/138 "2004-12-02T21:24:59Z")
Kel Varnsen, Latex Dvision & Art Vandalay, Architect, are from Seinfeld. I’m sure someone else beat me to it, so apologies. One of these days someone should make a Pinnypacker. What’s his first name, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![down\_by\_law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@down\_by\_law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/down_by_law)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/139 "2004-12-02T21:43:07Z")
> [@Sunshine and Smiles](#): > > Kel Varnsen, Latex Dvision & Art Vandalay, Architect, are from Seinfeld. I’m sure someone else beat me to it, so apologies. One of these days someone should make a Pinnypacker. What’s his first name, anyway? h.e. pennypacker. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544/140 "2004-12-02T22:04:04Z")
> [@Evil Death](#): > > I’ve been reading this thread to see if anyone’s had a go at my nick. I wish you luck if you do. [Grinning Evil Death?](http://www.odyssey3d.com/odyssey3d/comanfes1cli.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-spot-the-obscure-movie-book-etc-references-in-dopers-nicks/277544.md?page=8)