# Help me name my shark

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-shark/124192>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 16, 2002, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-shark/124192 "2002-08-16T14:52:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-shark/124192/41 "2002-08-18T01:33:14Z")

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My vote is for …

Quint

-or-

Hooper (but you must YELL the name. “HOOO-PERR!” like Capt Quint does in the movie Jaws)

-or-

Mr Diller

-or-

Sparkles

that’s it.

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**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-shark/124192/42 "2002-08-18T03:16:43Z")

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If you’re a LOTR geek like me…

Saruman

😉

Or else my vote goes to J.D. 😃 [sub]Hey, my _grandpa_’s a lawyer, and he’s the nicest old coot I’ve ever met.[/sub]

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**Author:** ![Osbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cdc98d/32.png) [@Osbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osbie)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-shark/124192/43 "2002-08-18T07:13:16Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Kat \*  
> How about “Zoltar, Destroyer of Worlds, Swollower of Souls, and Friend to Puppies, **Esq.** ”?

Oooh yeah!

😃

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**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-shark/124192/44 "2002-08-18T07:31:51Z")

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Der Fuhrer

Snappy

Ziegfried (if he’s a tiger shark)

Bits

Parky

The Fonz

Loser (since he ended up on the business end of a taxidermists hand)

Ba-Donka-Donk

Hey you

Coaster

Flossy

That is all, for now…

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