# My first claymation project (thread starts with a naming suggestions request) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335 "2008-02-20T00:14:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335/1 "2008-02-20T00:14:24Z")
I’m currently working on a short claymation project - which I hope will be the first of a series. (There’s a possibility of this making me a small amount of money - so I have sought and obtained permission from Dex to discuss/show it here). It features [this](http://www.atomicshrimp.com/stuff/namethis.jpg) character (it’s deliberately done in a rough, blobby style). It needs a name. I’m thinking I’d like something monosyllabic and perhaps a but guttural, but those aren’t absolute stipulations. Anyone fancy suggesting some names? ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335/2 "2008-02-20T00:59:11Z")
“Torso” 😉 not monosyllabic, but gutteral ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335/3 "2008-02-20T01:00:02Z")
“Squat” ---
**Author:** ![dbuzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dbuzman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbuzman)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335/4 "2008-02-20T01:27:50Z")
“Yargh” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335/5 "2008-02-20T01:37:05Z")
Looks like a ‘Glump’ to me. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335/6 "2008-02-20T01:51:01Z")
I can guarantee you that if you don’t name that creature “Blup,” you and your film will burn in the seventh circle of stop-motion hades.\* \*Okay, probably not. I just felt like being flamboyant for once. Bah. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335/7 "2008-02-20T01:54:08Z")
I think his name should be “Pi,” since he looks like the symbol for pi. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335/8 "2008-02-20T01:55:03Z")
“Stomp” Good luck with this. Some of my friends from long ago have dabbled in stop motion, and I know how challenging, and satisfying, it can be. Can’t wait to see what you come up with. ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335/9 "2008-02-20T02:02:31Z")
Two ideas. Nurg or Glurn ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335/10 "2008-02-20T02:20:53Z")
Grek. He definitely looks like a Grek. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335/11 "2008-02-20T02:41:53Z")
[QUOTE=Merkwurdigliebe] Two ideas. Nurg or Glurn [/QUOTE] Here’s an idea. Consider **Merkwurdigliebe** ’s username, and go for something like: Sattarattleblatt Bardeyboik Guffledroit Wurglesplot ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335/12 "2008-02-20T08:05:02Z")
Pokey ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335/13 "2008-02-20T08:09:29Z")
These are all great suggestions, thanks, and they’re just the kind of thing I was reaching for, but not grasping. In fact, I’m tempted to invent some new characters just to use more than one of the names here. I finished editing the main part of the video last night and I need to do the soundtrack now - I’ll post a link here when I put it online… ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335/14 "2008-02-20T11:05:14Z")
What kind of armature are you using for that thing? I’ve been investigating the ball&screw type for some Steampunk projects I’ve got coming up. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335/15 "2008-02-20T11:07:47Z")
Surely it is an avatar of Og! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335/16 "2008-02-20T11:16:47Z")
[QUOTE=MrDibble] What kind of armature are you using for that thing? I’ve been investigating the ball&screw type for some Steampunk projects I’ve got coming up. [/QUOTE] It doesn’t have any armature at all - this places serious limits on what can be done with it, I know, but it’s necessary to do it that way because of what happens at the end (I’m not going to give too much away at this stage). The lack of armature is also part of the reason the character is shaped that way - big flat feet for stability, etc. I do hope I’m not over-hyping this. It’s going to be a very amateur production of 30 seconds or so. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2008, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335/17 "2008-02-20T11:36:08Z")
How about Morph? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335/18 "2008-02-20T11:37:36Z")
Or Gromit? Yeah! ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335/19 "2008-02-20T12:10:03Z")
Name him Poops! ---
**Author:** ![chocolatefrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@chocolatefrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chocolatefrog)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335/20 "2008-02-20T18:15:37Z")
Thy name is Grub. What? I’m hungry! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-claymation-project-thread-starts-with-a-naming-suggestions-request/438335.md?page=2)