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| 47drift | Jun 27 2008, 04:33 AM Post #1 |
Yo that's so pringles, where yo curleh moustache at.
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I finally gave in to the nicknaming business. Ever since Blue version, I've never once nicknamed a Pokémon unless it was for a trade. Not once. I was against it for some time, and I don't even know why. I wanted them to be called by their original names, I guess. But this evening, I finally gave in. I nicknamed my team in Pokemon Diamond. And you know what? I like it. Now then, I never really change my group, so it's the same as I posted in that one other thread. I'm just posting the names here, and why I named whoever that. Some of them are very complex to a point that you have to be me to appreciate them, and some of them are jut very simple references. So, without further ado, here is the newly nicknamed TEAM 47: Torterra = Raphael When I first got this laptop, I was excited as ever. In first turning it on, I eventually got to a screen. It said "Name your computer" or something along those lines. For some reason, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles instantly came to mind. I figured I would use this computer every day (as I do), so I named it after the most responsible one of the pack. Leonardo. Later on, it came time to name my Wii. I named it Donatello, for being the most technologically advanced. You can't name your DS, so I took a look at my head Pokémon in Diamond. Torterra. It's nature is Sassy. Just like Raphael. Blastoise = Yellostone Back when I was a little kid, I had lived off of my brothers' video games. I never had my own. That changed very early on when I got the first system that I could ever put my name on. The Game Boy. With it, the first game that I myself owned. Pokémon Blue Version. I've always loved turtles, so I chose Squirtle, naturally. I raised that thing like it was real and my own, all the way to Blastoise and beyond. It was my first Pokémon ever, and it never let me down. That Blastoise grew to be my Old Faithful. As my new one is in Diamond. I named it Yellostone. Charizard = Smaug Back in middle school, I read The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. It easily grew to be one of my favorite books of all time. At the end of the story, it's Bilbo Baggins's job to help get a pretty important treasure back from a fierce, fire-breathing dragon. That dragon was feared by all of Middle Earth. It's name? Smaug. Raichu = Rocket Back in the day, SEGA released a game called Chu Chu Rocket. That game featured several adorable mice in a pretty fun, and very different, sort of game. I loved it to death way back when. Chu, in case you couldn't guess, means mouse. And in case it's still not clear, let me just say this. Raichu chu rocket. Machamp = Zaphod I recently finished reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for the first time. I must say, it's the funniest book I've read in a long time. For a while, I had to put down the book to stop and laugh. It's quite excellent. One of the main characters of the book, some sort of Galactic President, is named Zaphod Beeblebrox. He's a two-headed, three-armed alien that's a bit of an airhead. Even though this name would likely better suit a Girafarig, I like my Machamp, and it's a great Pokémon to have around. I figured the fourth arm could make up for the lack of a second head. Farfetch'd = Hatsune There's a pretty popular program going around the Japanese internet these days. It's known as Vocaloid 2, and is a synthesized program that sings whatever songs you put into it. The main character, Hatsune Miku, a female voice, is the singer. The program has garnered many fans over just its first several months, and almost every fad-esque song has been played through Hatsune Miku. One of the first ones was the Loituma song, featured in the Leekspin fad. As such, Hatsune Miku, in fan animations, is often shown holding a leek. And where did this whole fad come from? Farfetch'd. That's right. Leekspin started with Farfetch'd. And well, that's my team. I like my choices for names very much, and wouldn't have them any other way. |
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| Silver Dragoon | Jun 27 2008, 07:59 AM Post #2 |
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Well, I was considering making this topic myself... Hmm... I think I remember quite a few of my nicknames... I've been nicknaming my Pokemon since Red version. Most of them are pretty easy to understand... Blastoise = Bowser Feraligatr = K. Rool Empoleon = Dedede Now I just need to figure out one for Swampert to complete the set... First Bird Pokemon (In this case, Starly line) = Chirpy A tradition at this point; been doing this one since Yellow. Snorlax = Fatboyslim Another tradition. I just recalled the name one time, and I had to use it. Dragonite = Bahamut (but might change to Dracian, or even Kio) Not sure which of these three I like the most... Lucario = Clauigi You can probably figure out this one. Porygon Z = Expensive Well, this time it wasn't, but a reference to how much it takes to earn Porygon in the other gens. Gengar = Spooks Crobat = Vamp Umbreon = Lunes Blissey = Joy Just some random names... Also, sometimes when I get a Pokemon that's a Gym Leader's signature Pokemon, I name it after the Gym Leader. That's... all I can remember at this point. |
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| Player 1 | Jun 27 2008, 11:52 AM Post #3 |
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yep. i think it speaks for itself.
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| indimew | Jun 27 2008, 07:13 PM Post #4 |
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I always named my pokemon far before I knew what they would evolve into, or I like the simple happy sounding names that can make your opponents give you the weirdest look just before they get their asses kicked. Some of my favs. MewTwo- Dark Storm Had him since Red. Never changed. Lugia = Illusion Swampert = Snippit (my friend once saw me calling Snippit. He yelled "What the hell kind of name is Snippit?" and burst out into laughter. Then snippit kicked his ass.) Dratini= Beo (after Beowulf. New lil guy in Fire Red but I'm likin the name. He smiteth his opponent.) Torterra= Kip Blastoise= Flip Psyduck= Ralph Because naming a psyduck Ralph, makes me lol. |
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| Sock | Jun 28 2008, 10:05 AM Post #5 |
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I usually name all my Pokemon after video game characters. For example, here's some of the names from my Sapphire ROM: Houndour- Volug Blaziken- Mario Abra- Soren Taillow- Janaff Slugma- Tauroneo Numel- Garcia Cacnea- Forde Makuhita- Brom Charizard- Bahamut Venasuar- Ryusei Absol- Sothe Lairon- Gilliam ( I have another one named Gatrie. ) Swampert- Innes Snorunt- Pent Sceptile- Oscar ( I once had one named Ike, too. ) Gardevoir- Lute Dratini- Nasir Manectric- Rutger Blastoise- Steiner Medichamp- Kain ( I have three others named Pahn, Zell, and Sabin. ) Then I have some names that I just kind of came up with: Eevee- Noir ( Black in French. I'm going to evolve this one into an Umbreon. ) Eevee- Rohag ( I don't even remember how this one happened. ) Corphish- Pinch Spheal- Orpheus Carvanha- Jaws ( >_> It'd make more sense if he was a Sharpedo. ) Beldum- Beast Lapras- Helio Elekid- Leo Chinchou- Nexus Marill- Pikablu Meditite- Peter ( Not sure how this one happened. ) Hitmonlee- Zinedine ( >_> I've always wanted to give this guy Headbutt. ) Ditto- Whore ( I use it for breeding purposes. ) Ditto- Gogo And if I ever get Diamond or Pearl, I'm going to nickname my Chimchar Diddy. |
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| Memento Mori | Jun 28 2008, 10:50 AM Post #6 |
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Well, I've never nicknamed Pokemon before, but while 47 was talking about nicknaming his in the IRC, I decided to go for it. However, the nicknames I chose don't have nearly as much sentimental value... In fact, I just named them all after X-Men.  I'm not posting any details about my team until I've had a good battle with someone, so I'll just list the nicknames for now and edit/post the Pokemon they correspond to later.Psylocke Warpath Armor Lifeguard Storm Juggernaut |
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| Doob Zurz | Jun 28 2008, 02:51 PM Post #7 |
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I only name the Pokemon I know I'll be using extensively...otherwise, they get PCed. At the moment I have a few... Format: PorygonZ; Shiny Ornamentio: Metagross; Shiny Current: Rotom Valuy: Altaria; Shiny Zakku: Ralts; Shiny (Gonna be a Gallade) |
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| Silver Dragoon | Apr 2 2009, 09:17 PM Post #8 |
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Well, I've decided to think up some new nicknames for my Platinum game (except Chirpy; my starter bird will always be Chirpy) I quite like my Eeveelution nicknames: Espeon - Sunday Umbreon - Monday Leafeon - Tuesday Vaporeon (The dad of the other six) - Wednesday Jolteon - Thursday Flareon (The only female) - Friday Glaceon - Saturday Obviously there's the days of the week, but kudos to who figures out why I specifically chose those Eons for those days. |
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| vandreand | Apr 3 2009, 09:09 AM Post #9 |
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i never use nicknames, i simply don't like them but i could name a ditto whore  good one (thumb up)
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| Sock | Apr 4 2009, 11:03 AM Post #10 |
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I just realized I never posted my Pearl nicknames. I'm too lazy to actually check my file right now, but here's the ones I remember: Infernape- Diddy Nincada- Wombat Torterra- Oscar Garchomp- Ike (>_> It fits perfectly.) Bagon- Kurthnaga Gardevoir- Lute Abra- Erk Pichu- Shine Lucario- Nate Azelf- Sarkana (I have no idea how I came up with this.) Uxie- Sephiran That's all I remember right now. I think I have an Eevee I called Innes, though. |
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| Memento Mori | Apr 4 2009, 01:48 PM Post #11 |
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I loled. It's so true. |
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| Ezekiel | Apr 13 2009, 11:46 AM Post #12 |
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Hm. I can only say how I would have named them differently. If Vaporeon had been Saturday, then any of the others would be Saturday's child. And with Flareon as Friday, there is no ruby Tuesday. (I also have a policy regarding the first bird I catch - I always call it "Jubjub".) I've been thinking about renaming all my Pokemon "Jack". Even the female ones. Of course, I keep forgetting where the name changer is... and that would get real confusing, real fast. |
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| Yaypenguins | Apr 15 2009, 06:18 PM Post #13 |
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Espeon evolves in the sun. Hence, SUNday. Umbreon evolves at night. Monday=moon day. Vaporeon for Wednsday because the Japanese word for Wednsday is Suiyoubi, meaning Water day. Flareon for Friday because Friday sounds like "fry day" which implies fire. I don't know about the others. I get the feeling I know Leafeon and Jolteon though... Edited by Yaypenguins, Apr 15 2009, 06:21 PM.
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| Silver Dragoon | Apr 15 2009, 07:35 PM Post #14 |
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Pyrex has the first two and of my reasoning for Friday being Flareon right. The water thing I didn't actually know; It makes it even more fitting. Anyways... Thursday is named for the Norse God Thor. Thor is the God of Thunder. Thus, Jolteon. Friday was named for Frigga/Freya; the female being named for Friday made sense. Couple that with 'fry day' and you have a female Flareon named Friday. Wednesday was named for Woden/Odin, the chief Norse God. Since the original Eevee is the oldest of the group, he became Wednesday. 'W' for 'Water'. Saturday was named after Saturn, both the Roman god and the planet. Saturn's rings are largely made of ice. Thus, Glaceon. I wish I had something clever to say about Tuesday and Leafeon, but really, it's simply the last one remaining. FYI, it's named after Tyr, Norse god of war. That's also equiv. to Mars, so Flareon would've worked for this too. Anyways, same more nicknames... Feraligatr (Diamond) - Krusha (The buff Kremling; I may give my Platinum's Feraligatr a Kremling-based name as well, but I'm not sure what yet) Dragonite (Diamond & Platinum) - Titania (Named for the FE9/10 character, whose Japanese name was Tiamat) I was considering making a GSF user-based team, using Pokes that fit the user, but I'm not sure just yet who to use for which user. The only ones I can think of right now are perhaps Weavile for Zeke, and the Pokemon representing me needs to be a Dragon-type or a Dragon like Poke... |
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| Yaypenguins | Apr 16 2009, 10:10 PM Post #15 |
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Ah, I see. I knew something seemed....lightning-ish about Thursday. I had no clue about Glaceon or Leafeon though Hehe, good luck with the GSF based team if you do decide to make it. And for some reason I'm picturing Vyse as Scizor now. Edited by Yaypenguins, Apr 16 2009, 10:11 PM.
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| Silver Dragoon | Apr 16 2009, 11:39 PM Post #16 |
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Well, I thought that somebody has to do it, or at the very least, I could come up with the idea. ... and you'd obviously be Empoleon, for clear reasons. |
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| Memento Mori | Jun 7 2009, 06:20 AM Post #17 |
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SCIZOR. I agree with this. Anyway, I'm playing through Platinum, and I'm actually nicknaming my Pokemon this time around. Currently I have... Dood, the Empoleon Tenebie, the Houndour Bridget, the male Gardevoir Inquisitor, the Raichu Bruce, the Zubat and HM slave Bidouche, the other HM slave Soon there will be a Riolu, whose name I have yet to determine. Other notables are Quincy, Quincy II, and Quincy III, three Shinx I caught that each sucked less than the one that came before it; Moorv, the Rotom; and LOL Uber, the Gible. Quincy and Moorv were placeholder Electrics until I got my Pichu. Now, for the curious/those who don't get them, explanations. Dood is a Disgaea reference. To the Prinnies, specifically -- warrior penguins who punctuate pretty much every sentence with "dood." Tenebie is a reference to Tenebrae from Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. Colette calls him this when she isn't calling him Doggy. Bridget refers to the character of the same name in the Guilty Gear fighting series: a legendary trap who appears to be a fairly hot female but is actually male. Inquisitor is the most random one (besides Quincy, which was chosen solely for its randomness). Right when Pichu was evolving to Pikachu, Jin and KFox finished a Brawl match, and Jin said in the IRC, "I didn't expect Pikachu." So Pikachu became an inquisitor, because no one expects him. Quincy, as mentioned above, was just a random name I gave to a filler Pokemon. Moorv is Vroom backwards. Fitting for a Rotom. LOL Uber needs no explaining if you're familiar with Smogon competitive tiers. |
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| 47drift | Jun 8 2009, 11:23 AM Post #18 |
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Yo that's so pringles, where yo curleh moustache at.
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I was surprised that Bidouche still exists. |
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| Memento Mori | Jun 8 2009, 01:12 PM Post #19 |
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It's not the Bidouche. I think KFox has him. This is just an homage. |
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| 47drift | Jun 8 2009, 01:26 PM Post #20 |
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Yo that's so pringles, where yo curleh moustache at.
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Oh, okay then. I gotcha. |
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